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ARMY CONTRACTS. xOFFICE OF ORDNANCE, PALL MALL, Dee 4, 1537. .OTICE is hereby given to all Persons desirous of Contracting to supply Ton MEAT, BREAD, OATS, AND FORAGE, -. 2 r Majesty's Land Forces (Bread and Meat for the Foot Guards ktierslly, and for the Household Cavalry in Middlesex excepted) in ‘ 44 tonments Quarters, and Barracks, in the Counties of England t it eLany, in ' Wales, in North Britain, in the Isle of Man, and in e Channel Islands, for Three Months from the Ist of Fibruary Wilt inclusive. That Proposals in writing, addressed to the Secretary to the QLrd of Ordnance, sealed u p and marked on the outside " Tender i nkrmy Supplies," will be received at the Ordnance Office, Pall L Allf on or before Thursday, the 11th day of Januay next; but iOne Will-bc received after Eleven o'clock on that day. rersons who make Tenders are desired not to use any Forms bat those which may be had upon application . at the Office of the S ecretary to the Board of Ordnance in Pall Mall ; and of the Bar- By Order or the Board, ~..._ IL BYIIAM, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, DF.C, 6, 1837. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, p lt That the Finance and Home Committee will be ready on or before t 'b-tr, the 29th Instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon , flreeeive TENDERS for the FREIGHT of COAL from the Port of LLANELLY in South Wales to BOMBAY ; and that of the Terms and Conditions of the Contract may be ob i7nied by application at the Secretary's Offiee in this House, where Forenoon of the said 29th December, 1837, after which hour no Tender will be received. The Freight to be payable thus, viz. :—One-third part in Eng- Ill& and the remaining two-thirds in India , upon the deliver y of the' Cell at Bombay, after the rate of Exchange of ls. Hid. per e°Tapany's Rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. WOOD, GROTE, CRAWFORD, AND PATTISON. AA PUBLIC MEETING: most numer , ously att,onded, of the REFORM C ONSTITUEN C Y, hed at the London Tavern, this day, W. J. DENISON, Esq., M.P., in the Chair, 1. It was moved by GEORGE LA ILPENT. Esq., seconded by JOHN TRAVERS, Esq., and carried unanimously, That the electors of London here assembled regard the peti tion presented to Parliament against the return of the Lur present l i t .•vpresentatives as an attempt to deprive the constituency of the Se rvices of those who have been elected their Membe r ; by a fair and " election. 4. en Moved by TnostsoN HA NKEY, Jun. ' Esq., seconded 'by WM. PRITCIIA RD, Esq. , and carried unanimously, .. , That being convinced that the petition so directed against all ,°' 2 v representatives is but a part of an extensive system, tending itilrease the influence of Toryism throughout the cduntry, and bs ,lificliog in the legality and just ice of the return made by the s s eriffsat the late election ,— th e electors here assembled p led g e th emselves to defend such re turn before a Committee of the House a ‘i‘ Comm ons by all lawful means in their p ower. Moved by 'WILLIAm GREIG, Esq., seconded by the Hon. ose s DE NMAN, and carried unanimously, r That the Committee who have hitherto directed the investiga -111'3).1' of the votes given on both sides during the late election, ~,ving reported their entire confidence that a scrutiny will not only "'l en d to th e m ajority of the sitting Members, but fully expose the v rropt mcans resorted to by their opponents, be requested to con toue their labours. That a general subscription to defray the ne- Z 4 ary expenses be forthwith entered into, and that John Travers, Es q., be requested to act as Treasurer. (Signed) W. J. DENISON, Chairman. The Chairman having left the Chair, 4. It Was moved by W. G. PitEscoTT, Esq., seconded by G. H. HE PEEL, Esq.. and carried unanimously, b _Th at the cordial thanks of this Meeting b e . p resented to W. J. „volson, Esq., M.P., for his public services upon a ll occasions, and "r his able and impartial conduct in the chair this day. London, 6th Dec., 1637. ' Subscriptions received at Messrs, Jones, Loyd, and Co., °thbury ;`Messrs. Ladbroke, Kingscote, and Co., Bank-buildings ; Dessrs.Olding, and - Co., Clement's-lane ; Messrs. re , vett and 'Fowler, Princes-street; by the Treasurer, 19, St. within's-lane, a.l :d at the Office of the City of London Reform Zb, 72, Basirurhall. street. • NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR• ANCE SOCIETY. No. 69, CORNITILL, LONDON, And 36, WESTMORELAND-STREET, DUBLIN. Capital, 500,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 10/. each. Deposit 2/. 5s per Share. & ile Directors of this Society pive Notice , that NO FURTHER PLICATIONS for SHARES in the Capitul of this Society be received after the 15th of this month (December), when " Allotment will take place. By Order of the Board, F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. THE LONDON AND -BRIGHTON RAIL WAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the advertisement 1 5 r the all o t men t o f Sbarse upon which the Registration was con thavingthaving been eoni:::med in the Brighton papers up to the 1 ,, 41 September, the throe months necessary Co inte rvene between .kt time, and the Registration ;11 not expire until the 28 th De et:ober next; on or before which day, the Shares in this Company must be registered, and the Old Shires exchanged for New. Forms o f application to Register may be procured at the Con - 1- , 1 1 44 ft Office, which, with the New Shares, mast be left for exa 'unation one clear day previous to the Certificates under the seal of this Company being issued. By order of the Board, THOMAS WOOD, qeerstary. Nov. 28, 18.37. 71 ; Lembird-streg, London ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Nov. 22, 1837. A Z,l'e COURT of DIRECTORS of the ROYAL EXCHANGE 1304 - R II,ANCE, do hereby give Notice, that their next, will AN will be Shut, from TUESDAY, the 12th of December toAN Tursnal-, the 9th of January following , and that the NUAL GENERAL COURT appointed by their Charter, 14 111 be holde n at their Office, on the Roynl Exchange, on WED-. V 118 "; the 20th of December next, at Eleven o'clock in the e o r t e r. n t ° o n, and that a Dividend will be considered of a t the said .SAMUEL FENNING, Jun., Secretary. *** The Chair will be taken it Twelve o'clock precisely. N.B. Attendance, is given Daily at the said Office, and at their "Mee in Pall-Mall, for the Assurance of Buildings, Goods, Mer :hitndize, and Ships, in Harbour, in Dock, or while building, from Lass or Damage by Fire ; and also for the Assurance of, and Grant _g Annuities of Lives. TO THE INHABITANTS OF LONDON. TO prevent the Public being imposed upon by spurious imitations of the PATENT BRANDY, J. T. ~E'TTS and Co. particularly request that they will observe,—that their Brandy is the Only One for which a Patent has been obtained, the Only One recommended by the Faculty for Medieal ppr kses,—and the Only One which has s tood the test of Chemical 1 / 4 alysis : the rts made upon productions which other s have i lib rn rel:° tted to the test, having invariably been such as they have not „'' s •red to m a k e public : it is therefore ess entiall y re q uisite that pur -‘l4‘ers should be perfectly satisfied with th e identit y of the article. le he Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield-Bars, adjoining the Cattle ~rket, is the Only Establishment of J. T. BETTS and Co., *etre th e P a t en t Brandy may be had either pa le or coloured; and required, will be sent free of expense to any part of the Town, in eantities not less than two Gallons, at Eighteen Shillings per Im- Gallon, of the highest legal strength, for Cash on •delirery. A hoax of a most disreputable nature, but which has Di Died attended with some ludicrous circumstances , has been Yed off upon several tradesmen of this city , an d from which th e Devon and Exeter Hospital was yesterday a I , t eltiplete mart for the reception of all kinds of goods and Coals, ironmongery, wines, and spirits, cheese, bacon, ti t egar, soap, books, sheengs, botles &c.. arriveone p, other, to t he astonishment of t the . respected maton; uon t 'and whom a fly was also sent so take her to Exmouth, for tt 14 t purpose she did not know, and conseq uentl y the eircum illknee placed her under great anxiety until it was discovered I. li t 411 these thi confusion, as a ngs bad been nmattert by mean of s of forged revailed orders. tve ou greatest se course, p ti 4 / 4 gh t the establishment. We understand that upon an i ve Rtigation of the wanton trick by the committee yesterday, i ti B Ppeaxed that the following or d e rs were sent:—B y the %Ott Worshipful the Mayor, samples of maideu, tent, port, r 1 .3", and brandy; Mr. Hannaford , five dozen Testaments, tim three dozen Homilies ; Mr. Channing, samples of cheese, l? and rice ; Mr. Palk, vinegar, spirits of wine, and Cas tt? soap ; Mr. Gould (Countess Weir), two tons of coal ; \Vheaton, three ledgers and a lot of paper Beiyi je' Patterns of coarse sheeting, calico es, ' ticking,,and bun ; isprri Back, a fly ; Mr. Lendon, samples of cheese, bacon, and 1, 1 ,.-; Mr. Gaul, copper and iron saucep ans, for inspection ; S. Richards, a fly to take a patient home, &c. We 4 ) 1 ( th e i n mates of a charitable institution arc the - last Rey p,,,"ll upon whom any troublesome annoyance sho uld be un tet!ed, more especially one that has been established for the 44, 1° of suffering and woe. The real orders to trad esmen are h i 4 Y9 in writing, made out by the apothecary, secretary, or ci l , t 4 coa, and delivered by the messenger. In this instance the t t , !man of the committee which sits to investigate this mat tlte.for-- ums us that the letters were sent through the Post Woolmer'sPost eh°ll Tuesday Mr. Joseph Winter, a respectable ti y ..llist at Manningtree, was discovered lying on a sofa in a state, from having taken poison (essence of almond). lir e cal assistance was called in, but of no avail, as be ex of very soon. A young man who was staying at the house of 1 1 ,''e unfortunate man went home about one in the morning t tl nesday, and o n entering the room where the deceased was th t '',U., fancied he beard a slight noise, but supposing that it was that hung in the room, he went to bed, but soon after t q geard a groan, and on opening his chamber door saw alight tl6,.„ °* . he then went down stairs, and on going into the room e i rered the deceased lying on a sofa, apparently dying ; he its l „ t4 for medical assistance, but it proved of no avail , as he ha nd e xpired. Besides the poison he had taken, a bottle of te k4 44 . , 11 m stood by his side. This 'is the third time t he de i" has attempted self-destruction. —Essex Hera ld . ,he neighbourhood of Penicuick was on Tuesday ednesday l a st the scene of as awful a domestic trag ed y 4 11 W of well be conceived. It appears that a person of the name ‘, 4 ay had been paying his addresses to the eldes t dau g hter hetl,l'lldrew Laing, joiner, Silverburn, and, having been re lity.-.l,edcterminedio, murder the girl. Accordingly on Tues. '4 14 4 ning, about ten o'clock, he proceeded to the house, lv,i ikto with a loaded gun, and, having, through the kitchen 'le d eli perceived her sitting at the fire , knitti n g a stocking, ` l ll l 4berately took aim and fired at her. The ball shattered cki y, her arms, and, passing through her lungs, lodged in her E . 4 _, She lingered in great Pgony till Wednesday forenoon, expired. At first it was not known who had doze 7 1 1 to rt . oi . .is deed ; though suspicion was not long in attac - Zke h n I Kay, who, the girl said, had previously threatened to ` r life if she refused to marry him. Parties were ac ttliill,6:,ls- despatched in all directions in search of him ; but - stl y was heard of him till the afternoon, when his lifeless 0,1 was found at the back of Sir George Cierk.'s garden E glct i cre he had blown out his brains with the gun with kti k me had but a f ew h ou rs before murdered his unfortunate ' --- Scotsman. Yir - ` 4 • t4D '`•) - 4t. s , ( -A i • la 9 , • - Sit I '\*, I I • • - 0. I'm ,1 4 • _ 4 ; • s ) L rk oy \ -Cy •• • 6' v „„ ocil„,„,„, • 1 V.,' No. 14.115. LONDON, }RI - DAY EVENING. _DECEMBER 8, 1837. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGILSTREET. John Mit;i1;i1,;;;;;;;;; of highly respectable connec ns, was brought before Mr. Cu. MUER!, charged with having d 1 frauded several tradesmen, by means of spurious checks. Mr. Wi.blo , .vson, jeweller, Strand, 'rid Mr. Field, gun_ maker, Holborn, produced evidence of the frauds which had been committed upon them. The prisoner has been carrying on his fraudulent practices to a very considerable extent, and for some time past a look.. out has been kept for him. lie was recognised, a short time before he was taken into custody, while in an omnibus, by one of Mr. Widdowson's assistants, who follon - ed the vehicle, and, when it stopped, gave the prisoner into custody. On being searched, several checks on different bankers, signed with va rious names, together with a brace of pistols, powder, and ball, were found upon him. In order to give time for inquiry the prisoner was remanded fer a few d:ys. FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER (From the Lady's Magazine and Museum.) BALL DitEi's.—Dress of white tulle, with a double skirt, worn over white tatin corsage uni and a-pointe, sleeves short, iu plaits at top ; the lowt.r part in a small single sabot; the underneath skirt is ornamented with 'a very deep flounce of rich blond, the outtile one only reaches to the sides, where it is looped up, quite in the style of the ancient costumes ; wreaths of small but richly variegated flowers forming a head ing to the flounce ; a garniture of the same is upon the sleeves, and down the seams of the front of the corsage ; a trimming, likewise of flowers, runs along each side of the second skirt, and terminates at the looping up of the same by a bouquet. Hair in thick -ringlets, with a guirlande (wreath) of mixed flowers. Necklace and ear-rings of pearls ; gold armlets, placed immediately below the short sleeve. Half long kid gloves, with ruches of satin riband at top; white shoes; an tiqu e7an. TOILETTES DE PLOMEN ADE ET DINTERIEVE.—Satin redin gote, lined and wadded ; the corsage tight, with a revers, or kind of small cape' of velvet, coming down in front, and only forming a small falling collar at back ; facings, or revers, of velvet, reaching down the entire front of the dress, which is fastened at distances by nceuds (bows), likewise of vehet. Sleeves brought low upon the shoulders in flat plaits ; the lower part of the sleeve is also tight, and the intermediate in a single vk ry deep full puff, or sabot. A bow of riband is placed at the trip of the sabot, or full sleeve, on the outside of the arm. Falling collar en tulle application. Straw colour satin hat. Hair on bandeaux. TOILETTE D'INTERIEUR—Dress of white cashmere. Cor sage tight, with pelerine open in front of the neck, and Palling collar of embroidery. Sleeves tight at top and bottom, With two frills, the remainder full. Cap ala Fauchon. This cap is plaio across the brow, with a full trimming coming down each side of the face, and a kind of half kerchief with long lap pets put over the head, which quite conceals the cawl; a wreath of light flowers goes across the front of the head, and descends a shoat way at each side Satin apron, with pockets on the outside; each side of the apron is trimmed with a nar row, and the bottom aith a wide f.tll of black lace. Black ehoes of drap de sole. CORONERS' INQUESTS. Yesterday an inquisition was held at the Hero of Waterloo, Waterloo-road, on the body of Mr. Alfred Hopkinson, who destroyed himself by drowning in the Thames, on Friday, th e 10th of November last. It appeared from the evidence that deceased was on good terms with all his family, and that he enjoyed their full confi dence from the circumstance of his conducting the business of his father. Deceased was afilL2ted with an eruption on his hands which had baffled medical advice, and having been I-a:— jetted in proposals of marriage to a young lady to whom he, was attached, it is conjectured he attributed it to his unfortu nate affliction, and fell into a state of despondency, which led to his suicide. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Derangement." Yesterday evening an inquest was held in the Board-room of Middlesex Hospital, before Mr. Stirling and 'a respectable jury, on view of the body of Mr. Frederick Chipps, aged '24, who was killed under very dreadful and affilcting circumaances. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was a checsemonger, and resided at No. 17, Rathbone-place, Ox ford-street. He was exceedingly partial to pigeons, a number of which birds he kept on a large platform erected on the top of his house. On Sunday morning last, between eight and nine o'clock, he went on the roof to make some arrangements amongst his pigeons, when he unfortunately missed his fo..ting, and was precipitated head-foremost into the back-yard, a height of nearly fifty feet. The unfortunate young man was taken up in a frightfully mutilated coalition, and conveyed to the above hospital, where he expired shortly afterwards from the (head ful injuries he had received. The deceased was a very respect able steady }ming man, and at the tine of the fatal catastrophe was perfectly sober. What adds to the sad calamity, he was to have been married in a few days to a young femal,, the daughter of a respectable tradesman in the mlgh')curhood, who is in a state of severe afitction at the tn!lanchuly occur rence.—Verdict, " Accidental death." Owing to the heavy fog on Saturday night last, near London, and which prevailed to a t'onsiderable distance from it westward, the London, Bath, and Bristol mails di , l not reach this town on Sunday last until nearly four hours after their usual time of arrival.— Taunton Courier. Yesterday morning a fine young woman, of the name of Ann Tilbrook, residing as•servant at / , 1,). 46, Wells-street, Oxford-street, unfortunately fell into the haA area, from the second floor window during the time she was cleaning it, a hei , !,ht of thirty feet. It appears that the unfortunate female, after cleaning the inside of the window, insisted on standing outsitle of the sill though repeatedly requested not : in a few minutes afterwards she fell, it is supposed, f,om her head turn ing giddy. Assistance being promptly procured, she was raised from the stone pavement apparently lifeless, and conveyed on a shutter to Middlesex Hospital, where she lies without the remotest hope of recovery. TILE MAGISTRACY.-The new Commission of the Peace is not yet issued ; we therefore take one more opportunity, it may be our last, •of reminding our excellent Lord Lieutenant what the inhabitants of Somerset confidently expect of him. It is now in his power to make more even the balance of parties on the Bench. Fur years past the popular cause has suffered from the want of litieral Magistrates. T, e few we possess are continually outvoted by the over helining majority of Tories, with which a long reign of Toryism has packed the Bench. This crying evil it is now in his power to amend. He may immensely advance the cause of which he is so old and tried a friend, by appointing to the, Magistracy such a number of gentlemen of decidedly liberal principles as shall give to those principles that pre ponderance upon the Bench which they enjoy among the in habitants.—Somerset County Gazette. VIDOCQ.—We mentioned, with several other jour nals, the arrest of Vidocq, and the discoveries made in, his lodgings at Paris and St. Maude. This affair is bee ming daily more intricate, and assuming a more serious turn Oa% was at first supposed. The former Chief of the Safety Police had formed, in Paris, an extensive establishment, to which the dupes of swindlers, well known to Vidocq, were in the habit of applying for the recovery of their lost property. By promising him a certain per centage, they were sure, if not of gettin g back their money, at least of securing their debtor. Vidocq derived a very handsome income from his undertaking; he• kept up a regular intercourse with men placed in situations to to be well informed on various subjects ; he had, in short, or. ganized in the capital a sort of private police. He likewise undertook some money transactions, and, by accommodating officers of the Administration with any sums they wanted, he contrived to be initiated by them in a variety of secret details. At a moment when several foreign Governments are known to keep up in France a numerous and active police, the facilities thus afforded to Vidocq to come at important information are certainly not without danger. We hope the conduct of the late Chief of the Safety Police will be strictly investigated. The Government must show no weakness. \\'c do not sup pose that foreign agents care for anything in the affair ' • still they might be concerned in it ; and the bare possibility thereof imposes on the Government imperious obligations.—Le Com merce. _ _ MANCHESTER.—Since our last Wednesday's pub rcation the demand for Cotton at Liverpool has. greatly abated ; which (coupled, perhaps, with the season of the year), has caused a corresponding degree of flatness in the trade of this town. The state of business yesterday prisefited a strik ing contrast to that which existed om the preceding Tuesday, there being very little. demand either for yarn or goods ; but there was no sensible difference in prices.—Manchester Paper. DELICATE INVESTIGATION.—A noisy vestry was held last week in the Church of St. Mary, Sandwich, et which the Rev. Mr. Hambleton presided. The object for which the vestry was convaied was to institute a delicate in vestigation into the conduct of a parish sexton, who, it was alleged, had broken the seventh commandment, and had thus brought scandal upon the Church, of which he was an officer. The sexton was suspended from the duties and emoluments of his high ecclesiastical office for six weeks.—Kent Herald. On Saturday afternoon, a cabinet-maker, named Walter Duncan, of the advanced age of 84, committed suicide by blowing out his brains with a pistol, at No. 2, Fitzroy place, New-road. He had been in the habit of sisitiag an aged idy residing in the above house. He had ca'led a little before two o'clock on Saturday, when not finding her at home, he desired her daughter, who lived with her, to send out for a pint of ale. He then gave a few h df-penco to the children of, the latter, after which he went to the door and discharged pistol at his head. He died immediately. No cause can be assigned for this rash'act. He was a man of temperate habits. .A few days ago an eagle was discovered on Thivaites Fell, near Broughton-in-Furness, by a boy of the name of Jackson, of Swinside. The eagle being on low or level ground was unable to rise, and the boy r after a " hard siege," brought home the vanquished bird, though not with Out the usual tokens of war amongst boys, viz., tattered garments. The eagle, which is a remarkably fine one, and of a large size, is now in the possession of John Lewthwaite, Esq., of Broad gate. —Kendal Mercury. A Noble Earl, whose gastronomic tendencies are well known among his friends, lately ordered and demolished the following dinner (soles) at an inn :—Peas-soup, stewed eels. boiled chicken and bacon, saddle of mutton, tart, jellies, and cheese—the whole washed down by one bottle of sherry, one of port, and one of claret. ; Captain Peters, of the ship William, of Edinburgh, was put on shore on the . waggon train at the Spout, on the river Tyne, on Friday last, and not being aware of the rapid pace at which the waggons move, in attempting to cross be fore a train, he was knocked down and cut to pieces by several Vehicles passing over his body.—Tyna Mercury. On Saturday week a fine young man, about 21 years of age, was drowned off the creek at Barking. It ap pears from the statement of the mate of the Amity of New castle, which was anchored on the Kent shore, that he sew the deceased fall overboard from his vessel close on shore near the creek's mouth ; and as the vessel drifted away the deceased was seen struggling in the water up to his neck, evidently held fast by the mud, from which he could not extricate him self. There was, unfortunately, no boat with the collier by which assistance could be offered, as the captain had gone to Woolwich. The mate continued to call, and although several vessels were passing up with the tide, no one heeded him- The water gradually rose over the poor fellow's head, and be perished. —Maidstone Gazelle. CLEANLINESS.—TW O young beech trees, planted the same time, in the same soil, at a small distance from each other, and equally healthy, were pitched upon as the subject of the following ipiperinier4 i—They were apeorately Me sured : and as Soon as the bads bpg.,ll to swell in the 'spring: , the whole trnlik pf one of them was cleansed of its moss and dirt, by means gf a brush and soft water. Afterwards it was wattled with a wet flannol, twie@ or tripe eye!! week ; tjll E about the middle of summer. In autumn, when the annual growth was supposed to be completed, the beeches were again t measured ; and the increase of the tree which had been wa s hed, was found to exceed that of the other, nearly in the orojeOrtfon tO WV, LOUIS PHILIPPE. In the American papers received on Friday last we find the copy of a letter written a few weeks since by the King of the French, in answer to some questions put to him by an humble citizen of the United States relative to the course of life pu-- sued by his Majesty during a portion of the time he pass,d in that country, upon which sulject many erron , ous statements had, it seems, acquired publicity. It a.; follows _ . . sI St. Cloud, Aug. 26, 1837. " Sir—l have received your kind letter of the 16:h of June last, and I readily comply with your request to answer in my own hand your obliging inquiries. " During my residence in the United States I never went by any other than my own name of Orleans. I have known Mr. Peter Guerrier in Philadelphia, and, later, in the Havan nalt, but since that time, in 1799, I have never heard of him, and I am totally ignorant of what may have been his fate. " I cannot. believe that he ever attempted to pass himself off fur rne, but of this I am certain, that I never assumed his name, nor attempted to pass myself off for him. " I believe I never went to Haddonfield, but I am positive that I never lodged or boarded there at your father's house or any other. It is now so long, about forty years, since I was in Philadelphia that my recollections arc become confused • but I believe I din e d there one in company with a mem b er o f the Society of Friends whose name was Redman, at the house of another member of the same Society whose name was, I be lieve, John Elliott, and to whom 1 had been introduced by Mr. Guerrier. " 'regret, Sir, to be unable to give you more complete infor mation in answer to your inquiries ; and I must add that I highly value the favourable opinion entertained of me in the United States, and I thank you for having expressed it in a manner so gratifying to my feelings. " I remain, dear Sir, " Your most sincere Friend, (Signed) " LOUIS PHILIPPE. " John Evans Redman, - Esq., Philadelphia." Tho subjoined remarks by the Editor of the paper in which the above letter-first appeared (the Philadelphia Gazette) ac company it _ _ " The original, which was sent to us for examination, is in a fine flowing hand,- remarkably free h its compass, and plain to read. the signature is handsome and bold, with certain flourishes at the close, which indicate till Monarch and the French Man. The seal is surmounted by the crown, with the initials L. P.' in the old English black letter.". IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ' HOUSE OF LORDS.—Dne. 7. The LORD CDANCFI.LOR sat hearing Appeals till Ten mi nutes past Fire o'Cloek, a-1.1 then adjourned the further hear ing of them, and immediately took hii seat on the Woolsack. Lord BR OUGII A M pros inted a petiti.m from a butcher in Surrey, of the name of Bet's, complaining of the difficulty he had in obtaining payment of his debts. He complained that he could not obtain payment from a debtor who was in the enjoyment of a pension. He complained, likewise, that his debtor was residing abroad, and prayed the interference of the Legislature to compel debtors resident abroad to appear to their creditors here, and that a fair proportion of a debtor's pen sion might be applied in satisfaction of a judgme n t d e bt. Mr. BAINES and others brought up the Municipal Officers' Declaration Bill, which was read a first time. Lord BROUGHAM inquired whether the Returns which le had moved for relative to Colonial S!avery were prepared. Lord GLENELG said that they would be presented to ;he House in a very few dais. Lord BROUGHAM observed that there could be nothing ;o prevent their being presented, if they were prepared. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—DRe. 7. The SPEAKER haying taken the chair at the usual hour, in formed the House that he had received further petitions from the Hanaper office in Dublin, complaining of the returns for the city of Dublin, the county of Kerry, the county of Sligo, the county of Carlow, the borough of Carlow, and the city of Belfast. Mr. WARBURTON 'presented a petition from certain Citizens of the city of London, praying to be admitted to de fend the return for that city. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from an indi vidual residing in Wolverhampton, complaining of the cluduct of the Clergyman of the Established Church there. He bad taken his brother there to be buried which the clergy wan refused to do ; he was obliged to take him elsewhere, which he coulidered a great grievance, and prayed the House to take such measures es would prevent such unseemly con duct in future. THE BALLOT. Gen. E VANS presented a petition from a very numerous and unanimous meeting of the citizens of Westminster, praying for the Ballot, the extension of the Suffrage, and the shortening of Parliaments. As various opportunities would take place for him to deliver his sentiments upon these questions, he would only then say that many violent speeches bad been made at the meeting vituperating the Queeti's Ministers, in which he did not join, and he was happy to take that opportunity of saying so. He was also happy to draw the attention of the House to the difference in the prayer of the petition from what used to be presented from Westminster. They formerly used to petition for Universal Suffrage and Annual Parlia ments ; they now prayed for an extension of the Suffrage and a shortening of the duration of Parliaments.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. LEADER had been requested to support the prayer of the petition, which he did most heartily and sincerely. Mr. CR A WFO RD gave notice that he should on Tuesday, the 12th inst., move for a Copy of the Correspondence be tween Messrs. Crawford, Colvin, and Co., and the Board of Trade, relative to th e quest i on w h et h er M ysore was a British possession. LIGHT-HOUSES. Mr. BARRON presented a petition from a person of the name of Michael Donovon, stating that he had invented a light which might be well applied to the purposes of Light houses, and praying that an inquiry might take place for the purpose of ascertaining its applicability to such a purpose. The Hon. Member gave notice that he should on Thursday, the Bth of February, move for the app )intment of a Committee to inquire into the truth of the petition. COMMANDERS OF MERCHANT SHIPS. Mr. G. F. YOUNG gave notice that at an early day he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the .appointment of Captains, Officers, and Sub-Officers in the Mercantile Navy. Sir W. MO LESWORTH presented a petition from cer tain inhabitants of Glasgow, which he said he earnestly sup ported, in favour of Annual Parliaments, Universal Suffrage, and Vote by Ballot. ELECTION PETITIONS. Mr. HODGES presented a petition from Tunbridge, complaining of the inaptitude of the !resent system of voting to the protection of independent elt.ctors. He said the cha racter of the House was compromised, and the freedom of election entirely destroyed, by the system of inti midation and annoyance which had been publicly adopted and sanctioned even by Members of the House. He thought that in supporting the petition, it was enough for him to reftr the House to what had transpired in the debate of lag. night, respee!ing the Irish elections. Sir R ING LIS presented• a, petitif i zi fignu the Members of the Marx Par ; rro 4440 that they lad he ar d w ith grea t fegiVjhat t 4 Legislature was about to commit an act of great injuseee - , by merging the Bishopric of Sodor and Mann in that of Carlisle. tie subruittei that tt would inflict griemus . injury Lipp that Wand ivithut confet.ring arty tine* upon Mr. M. .1. O'CONNELL move d f or a co py MANOR COURTS—IRELAND. of the Report of the (;oa.mltte on Manor Courts (Irelam(lreland), which hadsat during the l as t S ess i on.—Agreed to. Sir R. INGLIS-presented a petition :rol c u e Vuivqrsit/ z THE ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE. BERLIN, Nov. 28.—Although the French or Belgian papers will already have informed you of the occurrences of Cologne, it will, I hope, be not altogether unacceptable to )ou to hear something about the true causes of the falling out be. tween our Sovereign and the prelate. I must, however, tell you beforehand, that far from approving the choice of M. de Drosta Vischering as Archbishop, the King had always been averse from nominating him, and had it not been for the arguments alleged in favour of him by some people high at Court, the present Archbishop would never have been elected. You may believe me, that long before this Government had expressed its utter dissatisfaction with the proceedings of the Archbishop, and that even when he had publicly preached against the King as a heretic, this was looked upon as a par ticular fit of morosity, although it was not noticed here. But when the Prelate began to declare against all marriages be tween Catholics and Protestants, declaring them to be nothing better than acts of coneubinage, Government began to look earnestly and steadfastly at the Archbishop's demeanour. It was then that lie was advised to consider in what situation, op posite to a Pro'estant ruler and sovereign he found himself, and it was then he declared that the example of the Belgian clergy should not he lost upon himself. How dangerous such a maxim would become in the neighbourhood of that stirring Clergy you will easily conceive, and it was now thought fit to interfere. The Archbishop was, of course, advised to des.st fro n all official functions and to retire into Belgium ; this, however, he refused to do, declaring at the same time that " he was prepared to stand the consequences, and that he would not stir." It was now thought best to remove him from Cologr.e, and accordingly he was invited to go to Minden, his native town, %%here he is treated with every mark of respect due to his rank and to his exalted station. Tvrti couriers have already been sent off direct to Rome, in order to inform the Pope of all these occurrences ; and the latest news from Cologne informs me, that the people themselves seem to feel ashamed of the behaviour of the Archbishop. The Members of the Metropolitan Chapter, as well as the minor Clergy, seem to be entirely averse from the Arch bishop, as he very seldom or ever admitted any of them, and was lea:!ing a life of perfect seclusion. lie dis tributed his whole income (about 5,0001. per annum) to the poor. According to our latest news from Cologne, the Arch bishop had arrived at Minden, where he is treated with all the honours and attentions due to his rank and person. He lives, however, very much retired, and seems to try to make people believe that he is suffering martyrdom. LAMBETH REFORM ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the members of the South Lambeth District of this Association took place on Tuesday evening, at the Bridge-house, Vauxhall, to consider the best means of hold ing a borough meeting, for the ascertaining the sentiments of the inhabitants upon the three great qucs:ions denounced by Lord John Russell—the vote .by Ballot, an extension of the Suffrage, and shortening the duration of Parliaments. Mr. TEN in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN said that the object for which the meet ing was summoned was one of the greatest importance. Since they had last met, Lord John Russell had declared himself inimical to the three great questions which the people were anxious to obtain, by which he had set himself against those principles which had gained him influence in the country, and had deserted those men by those exersions he had been raised to office. The people of Westminster had shown a good example, and he hoped that the Reformers of Lambeth would not be backward in declaring themselves in favour of those measures, and endeavouring to bring the Ministry if possible into the right path. Mr. M'LEon said that he bad hitherto entertained a good opinion of the Ministry ; but the recent declaration of Lord John Russell had disabused him of these expectations, and he m st say that he had now no further confidence in his Lordship. He would propose—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that the people of the borough should be con vened, for tha purpose of taking into consideration the pro priety of petitioning Parliament in favour of the OW by Ballot, an extension of the Suffrage, and a shorter c:uration of Parlia ments." Mr. CHEESEMAN said that he had great pleasure in second ing the resolution. Mr. HENDERSON said that he could not describe himself as an intemperate politition, or an enemy to the present Admi nistration ; on the contrary, he had had the greatest confi dence in the Ministry. He could not but regard the declara tion of. Lord John Russell as calculated to do great injury to the cause of Reform. He had, by his inconsiderate speech, thrown the apple of discord among Reformers ; and by repu diating the aid of the party which had hitherto supported him, shown a decided predeliction for their opponents. Mr. HINE said, that he could not allow the resolution to be put from the Chair without offering a few remarks. He would not argue the questions which it recommended should be brought before a public meeting of the borough; the country was ripe for them and would have them. The Resolution was then put and unanimously agreed to. Mr. FALL then proposed that a Committee of ten Gentle men (who were named) should be appointed to make ar rangements for holding the meeting, and procuring subscrip tions to defray the necessary expenses, and that they should report the result of their exertions to the Association that day week. Mr. HINE seconded the resolution, which was carried. Mr. GRADY . said that he was glad to find that gentlemen, who had hitherto supported the Ministry in the borough, had been at length disabused of their misplaced confidence in the Whigs, for his part he had never been deceived by them, for he had never any confidence in them.—( Hear.) The Resolution was then put and agreed to, after which the meeting adjourned. The Birmingham Political Union held their weekly Meeting on Tuesday, when, upon the motion of Mr. Hadley, seconded by Mr. Aaron, Resolutions were passed condemna tory of MiniSters for their avowed hostility, through Lord John Russell, to an Extension of the Suffrage, Short Parlia ments, and Vote by Ballot, measures which could alone ensure the happiness and'prosperity of the country ; and that the Ra dical Reformers throughout the country be invited to co operate with the Union in their endeavour to remove them from office. It was also determined that the Reformers of Stroud should be addressed upon the propriety of requesting Lord John Russell to resign his seat, in which he had proved by his declaration of principles that he no longer represented their feelings and opinions, and that a copy of such address should be printed and placarded on the walls of Stroud. The Hon. H . T. Liddell has perpetrated a most foul and atrocious libel upon the character of Sunderland. During the discussion which took place on the reappointment of a Committee to examine into the working of the Poor Law Amendment Act, the veracious Tory Member for North Durham had the unparalleled audacity to assert, " that in the town of Sunderland the parochial allowance of two hundred unhappy children had been suddenly withdrawn, and that dark rumours went abroad of the mysterious disappearance of many of these innocents 1" A more impudent and barefaced attempt to impose a falsehood upon the House of Commons, is not to be found in the annals of Parliament. — Sunderland Herold. DRAMATIC BONNE BOUCITE.— A tragedy is an nounced as forthcoming at one of the German theatres, which, it is said, will excel everythin g yet produced in attractions, horrors, and novelties. This drama, which is the work of a lady, wiil contain six robberies, three murders, one half sui cide, one miracle, four poisonings, eight ghosts, two incests, a condemnation to death, and forcible abductions without loin ben The authoress of so interesting a picture of social life rejoices irk the names of Mad. Cecilia Georgina Carolina Ta verhia llcelve, and the play is called Jakob Lynch.—Gerhian Paper. On Saturday considerable excitement was caused' in the Commercial-road, near the wooden-bridge, Pimlico, in consequence of a fire being discovered at the residence of Mr. Allen, of No. 26, in the same road. It appears that the screams of children were first heard in the house, and imme diately afterwards smoke and flames were seen through the first flcor windows. The neighbours knocked at the door vio lently, without its being opened. Information was instantly sent to the Engine-house in Elizabeth-street, and Covington, an active officer of the Grosvenor-place district, repaired to the premises with the engine. A ladder had been obtained in the interim, and man, after breaking in the sash of the window, entered through the gh the smoke into the room, when a shocking sight presented itself. Five child; en were in the room, one was Vino. on the floor, burnt in the most frightful manner, and nearly dead. The clothes of two of the other children were on fire, and the furniture and the walls were enveloped in flames. By the courageous exertions of Covington, and others, the fire was got under, and the whole of the children removed out of the house. One, a fine little girl, seven years old, expired a few hours afterwards at St. George's Hospital, the others still survive. The children had been locked in the room by their parents who had gone out with a horse and gig; the eldest of the children, a girl, nine years of age, having charge of the rest. Thursday a Commission of Lunacy was held at the Gray's Inn Coffee-house, before Commissioners Phillimore, Murray , and Winslow, to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. John Henry Frolick, jun. of Hanover-street, Ilanover-square. From the evidence of Dr. Sutherland, who had professionally attended him, and John Bull, one of the keepers at a lunatic asylum where he had been confined, it appeared that Mr. Frolick had been of unsound mind from the 20th of October, 1834. The un'ortunate gentleman had told both the above witnesses that he was going to be married to a Miss Bedward, who, he said, was Empress of the World," that title having been conferred upon her for having written a translation gf the Bible, and being the authoress of many valuable works. About twelve months ago be, unperceived, obtained a knife, and cut a piece out of his side as large as a half-erotyn piece, and cx hibiked it to John Bull, the keeper, and told him that it was a token of hie ardent attachment for Miss &Award. He was also in the habit of bnit4lig: up his hands close to the bars of the grate, and would thrust theta ir4,9 00 fire, utterly regard less of the consequence. The jury returned a vsrd' A ct_ That Mr. Prolick was of unsound mind, and had been so s - ce Oc. " ace tober 20, I 834." PRICE sd. of Oxford, praying for leave to bring in a Bill to erect a Church in the parish of St. Clement:. Sussex. • POOR'S-RATES. Mr. INGHAM presented a petition from tie Ottlrdians of the Union of South Shields, pra)ing for some measure to facilitate the recovery of rates on small tenements. FISIIGUA RD HARBOUR. The same HON. MEDdrER also presented a petition from shipowners, praying for the repeal of so much of the Act passed last session, as enabled the Commiss'oners of Fishguard Harbour to take passing tolls. DUTY ON WOOL AND WOOLLEN CLOTHS. Mr. BAINES presented a petition, signed by 10,000 of the inhabitants of Leeds, for the Repeal of the Duty en Wool, Woollen Cloths, and Oil. Sir G. STRICKLAND and Sir W. MOLESWORTH supported the prayer of the petition. COLONEL BRADLEY. Mr. H. GRATTAN said he would no move, according to the motion he had given yesterday, that the petition he had presented from Colonel Bradley (whose case he might probably bring forward after the recess) be printed. The SPEAKER said the rule was, that tip peti tion could be printed with the Votes, unlei; notice was given by the Hon. Member presentirig it, of his intention, within a short time, to bring the 6libject of the petition before the House. Mr. O'CONNELL said, as the Hon. Member bad not given this notice, he could not move that the potifon be The SPEAKER—Certa,iRIy not.—( Hear, hear.) THE BALLOT. Mr. O'CONNE LL presented a petition from the inhabi tants of Halesworth in the eastern division of the county of Suffolk praying for Vote by Ballot. lie was not acquainted with the persons who signed this petition, but he had received a letter from a gentleman residing in that place, whom he well knew, and believed to be ineapablo of affirming what was not the fact, stating that it was signed by the principal merchants, banke. s, and traders of the town. The petitioners alleged that a universal system of orgatiiied bribery existed thrcn.gltout the country to i:ro; - ..tAre returns to this llou3e, and that intimidation also existed to a great de gree, and prayed for the protection of the Vote by Ballot. The blouse remained for a considerable time without bu• siness. GRAND JURIES (IRELAND.) Mr. M A tION Y brought in a Bill to amend the law re specting Grand Juries i n I re l an d, w hi c h was read a first and ordered to be read a second time. NEGRO APPRENTICES. Mr. BAINES moved for a return of the copy of the me morial addressed to her illaje.,t)'s Government ra-lative to the system of Negro Apprenticeship in the British Colonies, and the reply thereto. —o.alered. BODMIN PETITION. Mr. C. BULLER wished to bring again before the atten tion of the House the subject rt lative to Cie sureties on the Bodmin election petition, which he had introduced I,st night. From the very hurried manner with which he Lad been made acquainted with tho facts relative to that subject, he was unable to give the House but a very impr rfect sketch relative to the matter. Since then he had been m :de more fully acquainted. with the facts of the case, and was now perfcct'y prepared to state how the mistake had occurred. He felt confident that the House would think that this was one of those cases in which the indulgence given under the provisions of the Act ougi.t to be granted to the petitioner. lie should be enabled to show that the mistake had arisen entirely from a Misinterpretation of the law of Parliament on the subject. The law with regard to recognizances was that the names of the sureties should be given in on the day upon which the pe tition was presented or the succeeding day—the persons pro posed for sureties were to undergo an investigation before certain persons appointed by the Speaker as to sufficiency. Mr. Harrison, the surety in that case, had acted exactly as the Act directed according to the interpretation he ( Mr.. B.) put upon it. ilia name was given in at the time prescribed. He at the time was obliged to go to Paris to have an opera tion performed upon his eyrs, and yesterday he appeared be fore the Speaker and entered into his recognizances. The practice was that the party should appear before the Speaker and say he was ready to enter into his recognizances—then he was sent before other persons who inquired into his ability, and then his recognizances were taken ; but he (Mr. B.) apprehended that that was not required by the law. He (Mr. B.) believed there was no doubt as to Mr. Harri-• son's sufficiency ; and if it had been a red !gala fide error— indeed lie (Mr. B.) on his construction of the Act did not .believe it to be an error at all—he thought the House would think it right to interfere, and put the petitioner in the same situation as he would have been in, had the error not occurred. The petition which he had presented prayed either that the House would allow Mr. Harrison to enter in his recognizance, or permit some other surety to be substituted for him. He thought the prop'r mo tion for him to make was that Mr. Dalling be called in as a witness. The SPEAKER then desired the Sergeant to call in Mr. Dalling, who having been morn at the Bar, and stated himself to be Mr. Harrison's clerk, was examined by Mr. BULLER. —He said that Mr. Harrison had gone to Paris yesterday for the purpose of obtaining advice with regard to a severe affec tion of his eyes. Mr. Harrison was under the care of two physicians in London, but not obtaining relief from them, went to Paris for the purpose of having a galvanic operation performed upon his eye. To Mr. o'C ON &EL L—Mr. Harrison vas in such a state that it became an essential object with him to have the operation performed as soon as possible. To Sir T. FREMANTLE —Does not know the day w: en Mr. Harrison determined_to give in his security. Mr. BULLER said that he had another witness to examine. Mr. Waller was then called in and examined by Mr. O'CONNEL L—lie sta'ed that he was clerk to Messrs. Ashw'st and Yates, solicito,s ; that he knew Mr. Harrison, and.had accompanied him to Mr. Speaker's Secretary's office, for the purpose of having his recognizances taken. He was ready to enter into them at the time. In answer to questions "from Sir T. FRELANTLE and Sir Wm. FOLLETT, the iiiitness stated that at the time he gave in his name as security, he was aware that it would be necessary for Mr. Harrison to go to Paris to have an operation performed on his eyes. The last time he saw him, his eyes did not appear worse than usual. He did not know who made the application to Mr. Harrison, but he had heard it was Messrs. Ashurst and Yates. The Witness then withdrew. An HON. MEMBER rose from the Conservative benches, aid stated that he begged to controvert what I a7I been stated by. the last witness as to the time the security was given. He could do that by a witness named Mr. P. Smith. The witnees was called, and said he was a Solicitor, residing at Truro. On the day named, he went to the Clerk's 011ic2 at 20 minutes to 6, and was told by the Clerk, that no names had been given in as sureties. He went again at half-past seven, and was furnished with the names, but he could not tell the name of the clerk. By Mr. O'CONNELL—He received an answer from a clerk whose name he did not know.—( Oh, oh.) By Sir R. INGLIS—The clerk was sitting at the desk acting as a clerk, and he saw the same person on both occasions. Mr. O'C ONNELL. —Sir, the best way is to recal tlw last witness, and to see to whom, or in what oF.ece, the names of the sureties were given in. That is the mcst regul.tr course, and may save time. Mr. Waller was then recalled, and stated that he was not sure whether he saw the same person on both occasions. The first tithe he thought it was a young man ; the second time, he thonght it was an elderly person. In answer to Mr. O'CONNELL, he said that he saw the younger person twenty minutes before six o'clock. Mr: Smith—He tcok the names to the office as near four as possible—he gave them, he thought, to one of Mr. Rose's sons. They were not entered in the book at that time, but be under stood next day that they had been entered afterwards. A person of the name of Bradfield was with him at the time. Told the clerk the time, lest he should make a mistake with respect to it when called upon fur his evidence. Told him after he had been examined, and when lie went cut in the lobby. Knows Mr. Harrison. To Serjeant JACKSON—Never saw him until the day before yesterday. To Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE—Mr. Harrison stated that he would be about three weeks in Paris. The witnesses were then ordered to withdraw. Mr. O'CONNELL moved that Mr. Rose be now called in. After a conversation, in which Mr. \V. W. Wynn, Mr. Buller, Sir T. Fremantle, and Mr. O'Connell took part— Mr. BULLER said that as Mr. Harrison knew at the time when he entered into the recognizances that he could not at tend, he should move that the name of Mr. Gibbs be substi tuted in his stead. Upon the question being put, Sir W. FOLLETT stated that he was not at all satisfied, upon the evidence that had been adduced, that the present was a bona fide application ; and upon that ground be felt himself called upon not to accede to the motion. Ilis Hon. and Learned Friend, the Member for Liskeard, in introducing the subject at a late hour last night, had stated that he had an affidavit from Mr. Harrison, while it was well known that that gentleman was well. enough to be in the House of Com mons, and was there at that time. His Learned Friend, the At torney-General had told the Hon. Member for Liskeard that the affidavit of Mr. Harrison could not be received, but that ho must be examined at the bar of the House of Commons. Notwithstanding that, Mt. Harrison had thought fit at an early hour this morning to leave town. Under such eirounistances, it app.ared to him to be p, vevy suspicious case, particularly w hen they were told that it - was the i7ltentio,n of Mr. Ha.vison to adopt this step a fortnight baels. Ho had left town, &though he nit have boon perfectly aware that the petition would be pre sented, and his attendance required this day. In his ( F.'s) opinion they ought to have the evidence of thiliAledicaf ren tleman who hid attended Mr. lkyr;op, k ) )*;- that itlight be seen that the House vii-zi not kr . pon by the present application. It i,Tas l e is betided opin'on that Mr. Harrison been ip uttcndance. He submitted, therefore, • 1W 11 ( ! - L..,(4/L. ~-~`\ that there was no evidence to warrant the House in granting the application. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that the peti tinr.er had acted perfectly light_ 'I here was no reason to bc. lieve that Mr. Harrison was an incempetentsecurity. There was no insinuation that he was unsubstantial, anil it lay with those who charged fraud to prove fraud. (Opposition laughter.) and was not to he inferred, it must be proved. It appeared throughout that Mr. Harrison had merely fallen into a aria take, and the construction put upon the Act of Parliament ,by the Speaker, that the recognizanceashould not be entered intp until seven days after the presentation of the petition ' tOrTel* ponded with his (th e Attorne y. G eneral ' s). W ithin tho last WOW he had bad a conversation with A -Warned Mai of his, (MN Austin), who, speaki n g m ost respoctfay, th ought that tia.." Speaker was wrong. —( Hear, and a laugh.) It was ver y likely that where these differences of opinion ( tilted, Mit Ilarr.son, although ft legal man, might fall i f • lv a - J nd an bo e n ir e or ig l e ff t appeared throughout to have acted far -:, he had allowed his name - ta be given in, and V'e'l that he could not do SO he subseently discov Lot by a- direct a v `i , tto,ation*to the House. The present w:-a a ease in wh..lt power conferred by the Act of Par. Hann nt on the exercised - ib.use might be fairly exercised. It wa s rn cas..s where special matter was stated, and vm: ; _f.ed on oath to the sa.isfaction of the House: On these grounds, he contended that the application ought to bo cots . tabled. Sir T. FREMANTLE said it was impossible untP:she seven dl3 a appointed for inquiring into the suretie:. ). .ad elapsed to ascertain whether Mr. Harrison was a valid (Herr, bear, hoar.) And if, at the not surety or .—. it should turn out that Mr. H. V:dS D'A worth 500/., the sitting ell`'.ration of that period, Nlembers would be injured.: - (Thar, hear.) unjust th a t th e pet i t i oners If, however, the error had been Lona should sustain any ..ajury. —(lean) It was perfectly com petent to enlaT:. - the time f o r th a t gentleman to enter into his recognizance. If it should turn out that he was worth 500/., no objectior e could be made to give him an opportunity of romploting hi; recognizance. when he returned from Paris, which won/c1 be i'. appeared at the end of three weeks froM this period. --(Hear.) Or the debate might be adjourned for a week, and at the expiration of that time the House would know whether the examiners had passed the name of Mr. Harrison or not. if they had not it would be vexata questio ; if they had Mr. Harrison might complete his recognizance, as this petition would riotscome on for trial till summer.—(Hrzdr, hear.) He therefore moved that the debate be adjourned for a week.--( Hear, hear. ) Mr. W. \V. W YNN was quite inaudible. Mr. BULLER was inclined to think the prop nition cf the Hon. Member for Buckingham a very !'air ouc. If, as it seemed to be, there existed a doubt as to Mr. Harrison being a valid Sure: 3 7, the best way to test that was by referring the matter to the examine r 3, and if they replied that he was, tini~ might then he given to him to enter into recognizances. It was said that Mr. Harrison 'could be back in three weeks. As it had b.-en proposed to enlarge the time for entering into recogi.i7ances to three weeks, he was ready to accede to it, Provided that such an indulgence was justified Try the report of tie examiner. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was of opinion that no indulgence ought to bo E.Yi‘re3 in the case if it were found that ;he party was not a sufficient surety. Tlic,‘ debate .vas then adjourned. TIIE SPEAKER. Mr. HUAiE was about t. address the House when a general cry of " order, chair, chair," arose, and profound silence being restored. The SPEAKER addressed the House. He stated that he' muld nut bc mistaken when he observed, that during the proceedings a hich took place upon the close of the debate on the motion of the lion. Member for Mormonth (Mr. 131ewitt), it was undoubtedly evident that an opinion pre vailed in some qu rteis that his conduct was open to ex ception. He c,uki not forget that he was the servant of the House. It was a matter of deep regret to him to find that he did not possess so raueli of the confidence of the House, which from the first moment of his being placed in that chair, it had been I . as highest ambition to obtain. by truth and impartiality.—( Crie _rs from the Ministerial Benches. ) Ile hal reflected ealinbl on the transaction of last night, and had endeavotn - cd, as iar as he was able, to give full effect to every thing that was said by all persans. He had done that which he thought all men who had a sincere and honest desre for truth would do in matters concerning themselves he endeavo:.red to estimate as correctly as he could the real character of that debate ; and continued the Right Hon. Gent. with great, emotion, judging oft hat transaction by its character, I am ecmpelled to confess that it does appear to me.that there were appearances which indicated I did not possess that degree ofconfidence able!) I thin!: it is essential that the person holding the sitwtion whielt I am now placed in should at all times pos sess. nave always in my own mind made agrcat distinction be tween those ditties which were imposed on me by the regulations ar.d forms of this House, and those duties which are the most seri. ens duties, though not the least important, namely, the moral duties of the Speaker. Unless the Speaker does possess the con fidence of the House in these respects. he cannot discharge the duties imposed on him either with credit to himself, or with advantage to the House. Ido not, in any thing I have said in the smallest degree wish—indeed nothing is farther from my intentiou—to provoke a discussion of any kind or sort. . I only %Nish to express what my own feelings are," and to give to this House the assurance, which 1 do most solemnly, that if I shall again see what appears to, sac a simitar indication, I shall think the time has come which, perhaps, if I had followed the dictates of my own judgment, would have come ere now, in which I should have relieved myself from the duties now imposed upon me. Having' made this statement to the House, I shall thus leave the matter; but I could not quietly rest without stating to the House what the imi•ressioes on my mind were .—( Loud cheering from the Ministerial benches.) Mr. HUME wished to correct an error into which he bad fallen last night, in noticing the conduct of the Hon. Member for Ripper). Ile (Mr. Haine) had stated that he had spoken for two hours, and concluded by withdrawing the motion. That was his i n;-ression and also the impression of others. He found, however, by the votes that the motion had not been withdraw.), but negatived a ithout a division, and he felt bound. to correzA the error. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Mr. HINDLE Y begged to ask the Right lion. the Cittin color of the Exchequer whether it was his intentir;n . to re - - new the Committee of last Session upon Joint Stfaek Banks? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQILER said it was his intention to do so. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS A.l;tlj MARRIAGES, Mr. ESTCOURT begged to :Lathe Noble Lord ti ques tion to an Act whieli - had passed during the last session - of Pa.rlianint for tie Registration of Birth s an d Ma riages. Many represer:,‘Mims had been made to him of the inconvenience that load arisen front the operations of some of the provisions of that Act, and he would be glad to know whether it Has the intention of the Noble Lord during the present Session to introduce any measure for the amend me,at or alte-ation of that Act ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL:Understood that some complaints had been made as to particular clauses, but it was not his in tmtion to make any alteration in the operation of the law. IRISH ELECTION ,PETITION FUND. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN believed that as a question of *pri vilege had precedence, he was entitled now to address the House. It was not unlikely that in bringing forward a ques tion of this kind he should feel some embarrassment, -but when he mentioned that bringing it forward at this moment was in a manner forced upon him, he trusted he should receive a liberal share of the indulgence of the House. When he asked last night that his petition might be printed, he expected that a Member of greater weight in the House than himself would have taken up the subject. The resistance that was made when he asked that his petition might be printed induced several g - ,entlemen around him to insist on his right. Having done so, he did not now come so well prepared to the dis mission of the question as he should have , done, if lie had had longer time to have consulted the authorities on the subject. He was, however, very anxious to take the opi nion of the House upon the manner of bringing forward the question. The fact of this snbscription was a matter of pelblie notoriety, and as it had not yet been submitted to the opinion of the Hou.e, it appeared to hint to be the most legitimate. way in which it could be submitted, was by one of the parties interested coming forward with his own case as be now did. ,As he forbore, last night, so..he should to-night, from entering into any of the circumstances connected with the .petition,pre sented against .his election He should not , have thosilit it right to have inquired whether that subscription was legal or illegal, considering that if it was supposed there was arty thing vicious in his election, the subscription might have been regarded as morally right.—( Cheers.) The Honour able Baronet the Member for Wilts and his confederates— ( Cheers)—had nothing to do with the electors of Limerick. Under these circumstances was it unfair that he should appeal to the House, and zsk whether the conspiracy was constitu tional or not ?—(Cheers.) He would ask whether Members representing placer in Ireland were met in such an unfair way? He would take the case of the Dublin petition ; was it pos sible for either the petitioners or the person petitioned against to enter into such a contest without being pos.. s..ssed of a very . reat fortune? Was it possible for any one to defend a petition when the assured expense was tO exceed 8,0001. or 9.0001. ? A Member would not do so even whin he hail only to fight against a local subscription; how, then, could it be expected that he should be able to do so, when he was not only to fight against a local subscription but against a subscription raised from all parts of the country.—( Cheers. ) Take again the case of the Petitioner against the return from Longford—the Committee there absolutely undertook t o per form those duties which the law threw upon the assistart Barris ster.—( Hear.) They had struck off 84 votes, and. suppose the majority had been 300, they might on the same principle have struck off 400 votes, and who could hate withstood the ex pense of such an enquiry ? Ile consiered that he was justi fied in calling the attention of the - House to the fact of those who had subscribed to the fund being interested in the result. He would begin with the Carlton Club, and they bad' a clear interest in promoting tht subscription, for if they gained ten or twelve votes by this means they would get themselves into office, 'rho party a l so w h o had set this plan afloat, were likewise interested, for they W i‘it chiefly professional persons, who would reap largely by its operation. 'Ho said, furthe.r, that that portion or the press which espoused the cause of these subscriptions were also interested parties, for he could net believe that the long tsavertisernents which appeared indite tTriiomtie,..sina.ni Standard were inserted from motives of pure pa tyh e convenie nt treasury additional for filling r u e ! ( v ) ,,c f uo v x a c c e a s n . t ii :l e u o m h t- i l a m 4 s l i b e a t i and br i nging sbe th e y .111:g l e l i r o a e g s very oe t r her Irish Members were the cause, at least so it was declared, of entering into this subscrip t -its. The old and the young—the master and the disciple—the mistress and the maid—all put their names to the list as subscri- Ibers to the fund feA , opposing the returns for Ireland, and that under the grossest rni,nprt•bentatiotiF. He was not sure if th e glaitcv was inquired lute, that there would not be fowls'