The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-12 00:00:00

antagonist. Measures appeared upon the one side to be badly devised, add %scald.; acted upon ; while upon the other well-directed sehemes were ably carried ieto effect, and nothing was left undone to insure the Apos tate's success. It is one thing for a set of men to wish well to a cause and feel that its triumph has much to do with the well-being and prosperity Of society ; but it is another and quite a different matter for them so to act as to effectually promote the practical triumph of a hat they so much admire in theerv. In this re speet Ili formers have to learn a lesson from the Tories, who sre It - loch better tacticians than their adversaries. In nddition to the other errors and mis takes in management upon the part of Mr. Leader's Committee, theme was a shameful apathy among many of his supporters—a holding hack—a sort of consciousness that they ought to go forward, with an inclination at the same time to stand still. All this was bad, and it was truly melancholy to observe, that while Sir Robert Peel was at the poll-booth recording his vote in favour of Sir Francis Burdett, a quarter before eight o'clock yesterday morning, and while his brother-in-law, George Dawson, was enacting the part of a nutter tully, a considerable portion of the liberal constituency could be scarcely induced to come forward and perform their duty--- : a duty they owed to them selves, their party, and their country. Some persons seem to imagine, very erroneously, that because the electors of Westminster have failed, or at least a large section of them, to act as they ought, that the Minis try Irould resign. This, we think, they will not do. At all events we know it is a step they should not take. A Government that has been so sustained by a gene rous people as to be able to carry on business in a House of Commons assembled by a Tory leader, should not upon slender grounds forsake their supporters. The people will, we maintain, do their duty—the - Ministry have only to do theirs, and oppose to the death a profligate faction.—Morning Advertiser. The Westminster election is, in every point of view, the most important election of which it has ever been the duty of a journalist to announce the result. First look at the constituency. It is a constituency notorious .onring 20 years for its support of extreme Radicalism, as opposed to every thing moderate, every thing ra tional, every thing constitutional. It is a constituency which has roared itself hoarse in other years for ballot, for short Parliaments, for universal suffrage. It is a constituency which rejected the Tory Sir Murray Maxwell for the Whig Sir Samuel Romilly—the Whig Mr. Lamb for the Radical Sir John Cam Hob house—the Radical Sir John Cam Hobhouse for the ultra-Radical Colonel Evans. It is the constituency which, before all others; the miserable servants of Mr. O'Connell would have selected as the jury in whose eyes they might find favour for their most profligate intentions and their most puerile perform , ance. Then, look at the crisis at which the struggle was to be tried. It is a crisis which, for the first Uwe since the enactment of the Reform Act, political parties arc assuming a recognised position upon in telligible grounds. The vague cry of Whiggery and Toryism is without sense, when we find Lord Palmers ton landed as a Whig, and Lord Stanley bespattered as a Tory. The idle babble about undefined Reform is simply ridiculous when we see Lord Melbourne, the ancient enemy of Reform, glorified as its patron—and Sir J. Graham, the consistent supporter of Reform, stigmatised as its foe. Antagonist principles are now marshalled in hostile array ; antagonist watchwords are nearly forgotten. On the one side we have the ruin of the Established Church, the abolition of the here ditary Peerage, the introduction into the representation of the people of a thousand fantastic and speculative innovations, and the maintenance of a Ministry dis posed to forward, or to permit, all these revolutionary movements. On the other side, we have the pre servation of the Established Church, the support of the Hereditary Peerage, the adherence to the Re form Act as a settlement of questions relating to the representation of the people, and . hostility to a Mi nistry ready to keep (ace at the sacrifice of all these interests. This is a fair statement of the grounds on which battle was joined in Westminster. Mr. Leader was for the voluntary principle, for Peerage Reform, for the changes in the Reform Act, for time present Ministry. Sir Francis Burdett, condemned the voluntary principle, opposed Peerage Reform, re sisted changes in the Reform Act, ridiculed and repro bated the present Ministry. Next, look at time candi dates. Mr. Leader had commenced a canvass before Sir Francis Burdett had dreamed of a vacancy. Mr. Leader had thrown down the gauntlet, which Sir Fran cis Burdett merely did not refuse to take up. Mr. Leader had the aid of all the Republicans, with whom he agrees, and of all the Whigs, with whom he differs. _He was assisted alike by Mr. Hume, in whom he sees an English Soion, and by Lord John Russell, in whom he rebukes a modern Lord North. Love of principle, we suppose, brought Mr. Wakley's elo quence to his side ; love of place, we imagine, set Sir John Campbell's name upon his poll. Sir Francis Burdett could not, as we before suggested, reckon upon a similar unanimity. Many friends of time Conservative cause felt a reluctance to show their attachment even to that great and glorious cause when they found iu its champion the individual who had been for so many years, though under very different circumstances, its uncompromising enemy. The unmeasured vehemence of language, the unre strained violence of tone, time letters written, the speeches uttered, had had their effect : they had charmed the mob who cheered the Baronet on former occasions—they had disgusted the respectable electors, on whose support he was on this occasion- to rely. The Whir-Radical papers, in their daily eulogies of tbe talents of Mr. Leader, aid their daily exposures of the far-hack fooleries of Sir Francis Burdett, have proved that this contest could not have been com menced under more favourable auspices far time party of winch they are the advocates. But the fight was fought upon principle, and upon principle has the battle bcc.:4 won. Westminster has said distinctly that her inhabitants venerate the Established Church ; respect the hereditary Peerage ; desire to abide by the Reform Act; loeshe and despise the present Ministry. Upon these four subjects the R adicals chose their place, their time, and their non ; and, upon their own chal lenge, they have been ignominiously defeated. They are entitled to console themselves with the reflection that the Ministers for whom their scorn is as hearty as our I own, come in fer their full share of the disaster and' the disgrace. Lord Palmerston, for years the placeholder under Lords Liverpool and Castlereagh, crawled to the poll for Mr. Wakley's nominee ; and - Sir John Cain flobliouse, in his zeal for the public good forgetting his private resentments, made common cause with the s:urdy patriots who, in this fair city of restminster, not very long aeo, thiokina then as 110 W - they think, and acting dim as now they act, hooted and pelted this same Sir John Cam Hobhouse from the hstings. We congratulate the country upon the hopes for her future peace and prosperity which this election must inspire. We congratulate the people of Westminster upiem their release from the dictation of a piebeiatm oligarchy, a Caucus of '' asses and pismires, which for too many years has pretended to rule over their opinions and to dispose of their suffrages. And we congratulate Sir Francis Burdett upon his final alienation fa no the gang of paltry plotters, the Cati lines of C haling. cross and Drury-lane, whose alliance must often have made even success unsatisfactory, and even popularity distasteful.—Morning Post. Burdett, as we anticipated, has triumphed in West minster. He leis nobly emancipated that great metro politan borough from the domination of "the rump," :rid has proved that manly conduct, courage and prin ciple, can still command the admiration and support of English electors, even in opposition to the most ran corous misrepresentations of party _malevolence, the ut most influence of the Whig-Radical Government, and the artifices of the false friends of the people. As to the misled Mr. Leader, the chosen of the " rump," and time well -beloved of the " tail," he has lost Bridge water and not gained Westminster. His conceit has got a cooling which is likely to last through the sum. suer months, and the '' long purse well crammed with gold," which his sponsor, Mr. Wakley, declared he would " spend like a trump," is, we suspect, a good deal lighter than when he entered the field to drive the veteran champion of reform from the station which he occupied when time Whigs fought against reform, and ' the station which he will still occupy in fighting against the Whigs and revolution. The numbers at the close of the poll, as exhibited last night at the committee room of Sir Francis, were—for Burdett Lcadcr Majority fur Sir Francis 3,460 2,874 --586 It, appears from these numbers that scarcely one half of the constituency voted—a fact that it is difficult to reconcile with the extraordinary degree of excite ment which this election produced. Among those w.ho did not exercise their elective franchise on this • occasion, it is net to be believed there wei.e any sup e porters of the Whig-Radical Government or friends of revolutionary doctrMes. The habitual activity of that party, stimulated, moreover, as it was on the present occasion by more than ordinary efforts of Government influence, forbids the supposition than any Westminster Destructives were missing at the poll, unless such as from illness, or some other cause, were physically un able to attend the election. Besides, the " rump " had every tiling at stake—the very existence of that vile political monstrosity depended upon the issue of this contest. Its struggles were great ; they were the struggles of its dying agonies. Sir Francis Burdett had spurned and kicked it with a degree of constitu tional vigour that would have done credit to his earlier years. He has now crushed the thing for ever. Un der all these circumstances, it seems pretty certain that the great mass of the electors who did not vote are Conservatives—at least, are nominally so ; as e can hardly conceive that men who have the true spirit of Conservative patriotism in them would have le.en only distinguished by their apathy and inaction on such an occasion. An Evening Tory print has been making excuses for them—they arc worse than none. If there arc a great number of Tories, as we are led to believe, and as the print in question has in formed us, who have declined supporting Burdett be cause he is not a Tory, such Tories must be of most decrepid intellect, and must, in their silliness, regard a party nickname of far more importance than the dis comfiture of revolutionary designs, and the preserva tion of our Institutions in Church and State. Per sonally the representation of Westminster can be of no earthly importance to Sir Francis Burdett. His years, his health, and his tastes, have latterly indisposed him to the bustle of public life ; and for him the State has no object of ambition, and the House of Commons no attraction. He could have no party motive in becoming once more a candidate for West minster ; for among what party can he be.enrolled ? He opposes the Whigs now as strenuously as he did in the prime of life. He denounces the revolutionary doc trines of the Whig-Radicals ;, and the Tories _not only deny that he is one of their number, but the majority of them refuse to assist him, although fighting the battle of the monarchy in the place in which he had so long struggled for the freedom of the people. What then induced Burdett to appear once more an the hus tings to confront a Covent-garden mob, and solicit the suffrages of the electors, at the peril of his life I—for the task which he undertook might well have daunted men of earlier years and more vi g orous. He came for ward to contend for great principles—principles which, to their shame be it spoken, many timid and temporis ing politicians, calling themselves Conservatives, have been disposed to surrender to intimidation, or sacrifice on the altar of political expediency for private ends. Burdett, strong in the inspiration of a great cause, flung all minor considerations to the winds, and by the manly and generous disinterestedness of his con duct, has given a great example to the political world. If the representation of Westminster was any object of personal pride or political ambition to Burdett, he had it safe enough already, if he only chose to act ac cording to the dictation of the rumpites, and assist in overthrowing our institutions in Church and State. But when called upon to do so, or vacate his seat, did he palter with his principles ? Did he hesitate to—ac cept the challenge and try his claim to a seat for West minster upon principle alone ? No. He disdained to place his neck beneath the yoke, and appear as the Representative of Westminster in the livery of the " rum;'," and the badge of the bondsman. He applied for the Chiltern Hundreds, and entered the lists to fight not merely the battle of Westminster's indepen dence, but that of the British monarchy and the Bri tish Constitution. A g ainst him were the Ministers— against him the Whig-Radical Members of Parliament —against him the admirers of union bastiles and starve-pauper despotism. How did he meet that array ? He relied net upon management and manoeuvre—he trusted to influence of character and principle alone. He boldly declared that his cause was the cause of old English principles of government. He placed the Church, against which the motley army of Ro manists, radiearDissenters, and infidels, had arrayed themselves in the front of the battle—he passed upon it one of the most beautiful and eloquent panegyrics that was ever pronounced by a politician on our mild and tolerant National Establishment. With his success then, the cause of the Church—the cause of the peer and the peasant—the cause of Constitutional Liberty is identified. Show us the Tory that in modern times has done so much for our ancient institutions—for our Anglo-Saxon liberties, against democrats, levellers, and propounders of new-Tangled theories of Govern ment, as Burdett has done, and we may be dis posed to set less value upon the example which his conduct has afforded to the political world than we at present do. When a Tory Journal tells " we saw a canvassing book yesterday, in which in three hours' walk merely, as many as a dozen individuals replied that they certainly preferred Sir Francis to Mr. Leader, but that they would not vote at all," we are strongly inclined to suspect there was more than one Judas to Conservative principles among that twelve, for such conduct can only be the result of treachery or infatuation. In emancipating Westmin ster from the " rump," Burdett has no doubt led the way to the deliverance of the metropolitan boroughs from Whig-Radical dictation. The monopoly of those boroughs which the Whig-Radicals have obtained, they were at first enabled to secure, and since to pre serve, more by the timidity, or, to speak in plain terms, the moral cowardice and temporising policy of persons calling themselves Tories and Conservatives, than by their own talents or numerical superiority. The example which Burdett has given, the triumph which he has achieved, will, as we stated yesterday, be felt in every county and borough in Great Britain. He has struck a blow that will resound through the empire, and give a new impulse to the great cause of constitu tional re-action.—Morning Herald. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 10.—Although the cots mercial embarrassment just now is great, yet there is no abate ment in the mania fur canal and railroad undertakings. In every city, state, and county—nay, in even every village of this republic—the general talk is a new railroad or canal. After cutting the country up in every direction with canals and rail roads, the unsatisticd enterprise of the people is now busy at work, projecting herculean schemes of ship canals, to unite the great lakes with one another, and with the Atlantic. That of the Welland, in Canada, around Niaeara Falls is made ; another corresponding is to be constructed on this side ; and the iMichiga❑ Legislature are debating one around the falls of St. Mary's, whereby the Americans open to the chain of Lower Lakes the immense inland sea of Lake Superior by a canal only half a mile long, and a lockage of twenty-three feet. There will also be one day a ship canal directly across the Michigan peninsula, and one also from those lakes by a common trunk to connect with the Ohio River, to say nothing of Lake Superior and the upper Mississipi. Go ahead I THE LATE MR. ROTHSCHILD.—It was *one feature in Rothschild's conduct when on 'Change, which I have never seen noticed, that he never, except when engaged in business, entered into conversation with any of the thousands it: the same place. There he stood, in the midst of the bustle on 'Change, apparently as deeply lost in thought, and with as melancholy a countenance, as if he had been alone in the vast wilderness of shade referred to by Cowper, or been the "Last Man" described by Campbell. I never knew a more striking illustration than he presented, of the po..sibility of one being in the depths of solitude while in the midst of the busiest and most bustling scenes which this busy and bustling metro polis I resents. Whether his reserve was constitutional, or whether it arose from the pride of purse, or whether from the magnitude of the matters which must have been ever occupying his mind, or whether from the conjoint operations of the three causes, I cannot positively say ; but the fact of his reserve was as I have stated.— The Great Metropolis—Second Series. The natural curiosity known by the name of the " king of the rats" (Rattenhonig), has been declared by many naturalists to be a mere fable. On the 21st March there was found in the wall of a stable at Zaisenhausen, in the grand duchy of Baden, a king of the rats, which coexisted of twelve full-grown► rats, which were all alive when found—whose tails arc so entangled together that they cannot be unloosened, Four other live rats were found with them, by which the twelve so joined together were provided with food. The twelve rats are all nearly of equal size, and seem to be well fed. It seems evident that they must have got so entangled imme diately after their birth, because the tails, when an attempt was made to disengage them, are bent quite conformably to the knot. --German Journal, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY. MAY 12, 1837 THE NQRT il STAR. A beautiful steamer, ealed the North Star, has just ar rived in the River, and the Commercial Steam Navigation Company having a wish to purchase her, Tuesday was fixed upon to make trial of her qualifications, in a trip to Graves end and back. She has been built by Duffees and Co., of Aberdeen, engineers and builders, and is an exquisite model for speed and beauty. The burthen of the vessel is 550 tons ; her length is 170 feet, breadth 48 feet, and she is propelled by two engines of 20-horse power, upon the ver tical principle, with tube condensing and other improve ments. This arrangement of engines gives enlarged ac commodation for passengers and cargo, and removes the vi b:atory motion so much complained of in the ordinary en gines. The form of the ship is so constructed as to make little commotion in passing through the water, put oil to their full extent of power ; and the vessel immediately proved that the character for speed which she had ac quired in previous trials was not in the slightest degree exaggerated. Soon after four o'clock a numerous company sat down to a splendid dinner, prepared for the occasion, in the saloo❑ ; C. BLEADEN, Esq., i❑ the Chair. As soon as the cloth was removed, the CHAIRMAN gave —" The King." The National Anthem was then sung by Messrs. Blake, Hunt, and others. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Queen." Each toast was honoured with four rounds of applause. The CHAIRMAN said that he was in doubt, in proposing the next toast, as to the precise terms in which he should give it, owing to the number of officers in both the services present. lie was in doubt whether he should give the toast as the " Army and Navy," or as the " Navy and Army." Recollecting, however, that our King was a sailor, and looking to his lion. Friend on his right, Sir G. Green, he thought he could not be very incorrect in proposing the " Navy and Army."—(Hear, hear.) He was sure there was not an individual present who was not most ready to accord every degree of merit to either service, and to join in any tribute of gratitude as a small return for the benefits which Englishmen must feel that their country has reaped from their perils and their exertions..:—(Hear, hear.) He would tell his Hon. Friend, who was, he felt prchlil to say, one of their Directors, that the recollection of the exertions of either serviee would in the hearts of Englishmen always be accompanied by the kindliest feelings, and by sentiments of the warmest gratitude.—(Cheers.) Sir G. GREEN, in returning thanks, apologized for his inability, as he was but little accustomed to address so large an assembly as he then witnessed. As, however, with the exception of Mr. Waghorn (who had not yet re ceived the reward for his services which a grateful country ought to bestow upon him), he would say, in acknowledge ment of the toast, that he believed both the navy and the army were ready at all times to emulate their former achievements for the welfare and honour of their country.— (Hear.) With respect to the company to which he be longed, he was of opinion that it only required exertion to make it one of the first Companies in the kingdom—and, for his own part, lie would do all in his power to forward its interests. In conclusion, he most sincerely thanked them for the honour they had done his profession. Song—" Rule Britannia." _ The CHAIRMAN next gave as a toast " Prosperity to the City of London and its trade." It was a happy circumstance for England, and it must give great satisfaction to well-re gulated minds to perceive that notwithstanding all the glory which her warriors had achieved, her children should still look with complacency to the arrival of that peace which brought increased commerce in its train, and could view with pride and pleasure our ships wafting to other shores the products of our industry and our skill, and receiving from every country in return a commensurate reward. No thing could so much tend to the promotion of civilization as the commerce of nation with nation—(Cheers)—and he sincerely hoped and trusted that we had as yet but seen the dawning of the blessings which it was to shed upon the world.—(Cheers.) He was quite sure that no Englishman could refuse to drink the toast with every mark of enthu siasm. —( Cheers.) Mr. WHALLEY claimed permission of the Chairman to give a toast which he was sure would be responded to by the good feelings and the good wishes of every one then present. It was one which in all their future meetings should be given next after the healths of the Royal Family. He could not suffer the line of demarcatioq which be bad thus drawn to be any farther violated, and he should therefore propose, " Prosperity and success to the Commercial Steam navigation Company."—( Loud cheering.) The metro polis, he must say, was greatly indebted to the Company for opening as they had done communications between port and port, and bringing places far apart so close to our shores as to confer an obligation on London which entitled them to the thanks of that city.—(Hear.) It might at first sight appear a matter of indifference when looking at the reduc tion in the rate of travelling as connected with national in tercourse, whether the charge for passage was five shillings or three shillings, or whether it was two pounds or five pounds. This, however, was not the fact, as practically ex perienced, fur when the fare which had been five pounds was reduced to two pounds, the increased communication was not in the proportion" of five to two, but was much nearer fifty to two.—(Cheers.) This it was that the Com mercial Steam Company had achieved, and in doing so had led to the increased development of the skill, resources, and energy of the country, and had opened up new dis tricts to the commercial enterprise and daring of our countrymen.—(Cheers.) For his own part, he hoped they would be rewarded, not according to their deserts, but tenfold beyond them, according to the grateful feelings of that country which benefitted by their exertions.—( Hear, hear.) He would conclude by wishing prosperity to the the undertaking, and health and happiness to every indivi dual concerned in it.—(Cheers.) The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN again rose, and said that his brethren in the direction had requested him to attempt to thank the Company for the cordiality and sincerity with which they had drunk the toast. It was now somewhat less than two years since a few individuals had placed a small portion of their funds to fit out two vessels, to be called the property of the Company, with a view to give the in. habitants of the metropolis an occasional day's journey down the river and back again, taking with them such means of recreation as their funds would enable them to enjoy. He little expected then that they should have been so soon enabled to invite men of such respectability and character as he then saw around him to join in th4t, the first festivity in which they had allowed themselves to indulge.—(Hear, hear, hear.) In making this observation he had two objects ; one to let the share holders perceive that the Directors were as discreet in the management of their funds as they themselves could pos sibly be, watching over and attending to it from the time it was a little undertaking, calculated to give but small advan tages to the shareholders, until the present moment, whe n , instead of a couple of small vessels, they had twelve sail of as magnificent ships as navigated the ocean—(Loud cheer ina)—bringing constantly to our ports the productions of other countries, and bearing away our own manufactures in return ; and now that it had thus swelled into an important Corporation, he trusted that the Directors would be found to attend to it not with less care nor with a less sacrifice of time, and that they would be found so attentive to its ex penditure that the charges should not be more than those of other parties engaged in similar pursuits, whoever those par ties :night be. In order to show that such an undertaking was necessary, he need only refer to the manner in which the public had poured in to join them, so as to make the Company that which it now stood.—(llear, bear ) In re ply to his lion. Friend's observation, he would just ob serve that he trusted the Directors would always- deserve what he had said of them, and whatever might be the funds entrusted to their care he was sure they would en deavour to deserve the confidence reposed in them.—(Bear.) Their first endeavour had been to obtain the confidence of the mercantile world by not entering into any engage ments with any port or nAion which they did not mean to carry into effect.—(Cheers.) With the merchants both in this country and abroad the credit of the Company had been upheld. For the early proprietors he would only ex press their gratitude to those who had since joined them ; and to those who should hereafter join them, he could only make the same promises which had been held out at start ing. The Directors never would deceive, and he trusted never would disappoint them either.—(Cheers.) He could safely promise that they would exert all the care that men could, and availing themselves of all the know ledge they could acquire from gifted and experienced men, they would endeavour to act with such prudence as would be calculated to benefit the undertaking, and prove to those who confided in them, that they were incapable of doing anything unworthy of that trust.—( Hear.) It was natural that every Company should seek to extend itself, and the Commercial Company had done so ; but it had never been instituted for the purpose of the destruction or injury of' any other.—(Cheers.) They persuaded them selves that steam navigation was so much called for by the advancement of knowledge, that the advantages of the cer tainty of conveyance had become so apparent, that while willing to give every credit to those who had preceded them, he still felt sure there was a field for all ; for the time had now come when steam conveyed in a few hours what for merly occupied as many weeks. For this purpose they had embarked their capital, and those who should embark with them might justly reflect that they were promoti ng th e c a use of civilization ; and if they desisted from joining, they would be withholding the performance of a duty. 1 - le had occu pied their attention too long, but his heart was warm to wards those who thought well of them ; and in thanking his Hon. Friend for the handsome way in which he had proposed the toast, he assured him that he spoke the honest sentiments of several hundred persons who were in the Com pany. lie hoped , thery were VA Tani gentlemen present who would not join them in this undertaking ; and in ren dering to them each annual account, he trusted they would never have cause to say that the Directors had done any thing to forfeit their confidence.—(Cheers.) Mr. WIIISSON hoped the Chairman would pardon him for reminding him of one thing which he had omitted to state, namely, the extraordinary passage which had just been made by one of the Company's vessels named the Ca/pa. She had arrived in the Pool at twelve o'clock of the preceding day, having been twenty-four days absent from London, during which brief period she had been to Malaga and back, calling at Falmouth, Lisbon, Cadiz, and nine other ports on the way.—( Hear.) Mr. TICKNER having received permission from the Chair to give a toast, said that, although he had a considerable interest in a Company which was in some slight degree a rival to the Commercial Steam Navigation Company, yet he had witnessed the astonishing, and rapid progress of the latter with feelings of unminglcd delight. There was room for all of them, and he hoped to sec steam navigatimi yet ar rive at a pitch of magnitude which was not at present contem plated. There was, he had already stated, plenty of room, and he did feel indignant at the uugeuerous treatment which the Commercial Steam Company had experienced from an other Company, which had cherished, it would a2pear, the idea of monopolizing the trade.—(Hear.) This Company was originally like a small cloud no bigger than the hand, but it had gone on increasing to such overpowering magni tude, that it showered down benefits on the country. The Company had begun an honourable and fair competition, but they had been met by an unfair and dishonourable op position. It was difficult to awaken the public to a sense of their interests—they were too apt to patronise the very cheapest mode of conveyance, but they should remember that if this Company should go down they would have high prices again, so that if they desired the continuance of moderate charges they ought not from apathy to suffer the Commercial to be crushed by the Leviathan Company, which coveted a monopoly.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Nothing tended to bring things to their proper level so much as honourable competition, and the progress of this Com pany was wonderful, indeed almost without parallel. One cause of this was the great confidence that men of character and capital had in their worthy Chairman—(Cheers) —and a more amiable and at the same time able man of business he never had the good fortune to meet with. He was the nucleus which had attracted together the capital of the Company. He (Mr. Tickner) had had the pleasure for many years of enjoying his friendship, and he could faithfully declare that he had not said one word which he did not to his heart's core feel. He looked forward to the day when the intercourse between nations, by means of steam, would put at end to the brutal destruction of our species, for nothing was so likely to promote civilization and a good understanding between countries as rapid inter course by steam. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by proposing to their kind and affectionate notice the health of their Chairman.=(Loud cheering.) The CHAIRMAN said he would in truth declare he was grateful to them for the honour they had done him as Chairman of that extensive Company, for he could not appropriate to himself personally any of those compliments, which were rather paid to his public station.—(Cries of " No, no.") When the hive lost its queen, its inhabi tants took the bee whom they thought most agreeable to them ; and he felt that he was what he was only by their having distinguished him by their choice to fill the sta tion he then held, and he could assure them that it always had been, and ever would be, his aim to fill it to the best of his ability.--(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) He had always entertained the wish to preserve peace and cordiality with the Companies which were opposed to them. The end of war was peace—the end of quarrelling agreement ; and, although, as men of capital, their oppo nents might feel annoyed at their embarking in the same field, yet he hoped the day was come when better feelings would prevail, and that they might hereafter go on in an honourable and friendly warfare profitable to each, in, stead of seeking to injure and destroy, as had been so pro perly remarked by his Hon. Friend. He hoped that the opposition which had been raised would only contribute to their success as much as it had already done to public uti lity. He did not purpose to say one word to wound the feelings of any one, or to mortify those who had built up Utopian expectations, that the monopoly of foreign steam communication was to be theirs and theirs only. They should have known that they must sooner or later have competitors, and if that competition was just and honour able, they had no cause whatever to complain.—(Hear.) He did not speak of himself more than as their representa tive in the Direction, for there were men in the Direction of more exalted acquirements, and mere capable of confer ring benefits on the Company by their abilities. Cir cumstances had, however, placed him in the position in which he stood, and the humble abilities which he possessed should be always at their service, and should be exercised with the utmost honesty and cordiality. —(Cheers.) This Company, he might observe, had had its origin with that class of tradesmen amongst whom he was born and bred, and in which trade a bond of union had grown up which had its first origin in charitable feeling.— (Cheers.) It gate him great pleasure to see before him the Governor of the Incorporated Society of Licensed Vic tuallers, and he also believed the greater part of the Com mittee and Trustees. He had no words to express how grateful they felt for the support they had had from that class of tradesmen ; but it might be a gratification to them to find that they had no purposes to serve but such as men of opulent means and of the highest character could em bark in.—( Hear.) The worthy Chairman concluded by proposing as a toast, " The Governor and Society of Li censel Victuallers." Mr. WI:L.I.s, in returning thanks, said that be was moat willing and happy to substantiate all that had fallen from the Chairman, and lie entertained no doubt but all parties would do their utmost to give satisfaction to the share holders and the public.—(Cheers.) Mr. COATES said that whatever they might do upon an other element, they were then afloat, and impelled by a new and extraordinary power calculated to promote the beneficial effects of civilization to a greater extent than the moralist could have ever dreamed of. The late Mr. Canning described a steam-boat as winning its way upon the waters, beautiful in strength, and connecting in one bond of bro therhood nations heretofore separated by time and distance. They had heard of peace societies in America, but every steam-boat Company was a peace society. In fact, what ever brought man and man together tended to soften preju dices, and united them together in harmony ; and it was the glory of the Licensed Victuallers that they had ori ginated one such Company.—(Hear.) He remembered the early beginnings of the Society, and he must confess that he anticipated no such results as he then witnessed. It had been said that if the horse only knew his strength he would shake off the dominion of man ; but he would say that if the Licensed Victuallers only knew their strength, the Commercial would be second to no steam Company in the kingdom.—(Cheers.) It was no small honour to per sons in their humble avocation to find that others in a more important sphere of life had not thought it unimportant to unite their interests with theirs. The worthy gentleman then gave as a toast, " Sir G. Green, Mr. Barry, and those gentleman belonging to another Company, who had done them the honour to attend upon that occasion."—(Cheers.) Mr. BARRY returned thanks for an honour which, on his part, he said, was little expected. Ile trusted the junction which had been recently made would lead to a happy result. and he hoped at the next annual meeting the Directors would be enabled to give a good account of their steward ship.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then gave " Prosperity to Steam Navi gation," and said that the Commercial Company never ex pected to establish a monopoly. They wished well to their brethren engaged in similar pursuits. They did not run against other Companies ; they only run in juxta-position, endeavouring, as in other trades, to obtain custom by sell ing the best article.—(Cheers.) And if anything which had passed had excited their anger for the moment, they could forget, and they had minds large enough to receive the fa vours of the whole world, if the world was only kind enough to confer them.—(A laugh.) The CHAIRMAN next gave as a toast, " Prosperity to the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum." In giving the toast, he paid some well-merited compliments to Mr. Larby, for the share he had taken in establishing that most excellent Institution. Mr. LARDY returned thanks. The healths of Mr. Anderson, the Editor of the Morn ing Adverii4er, and of Mr. Waghorn, and other toasts, were subsequently drunk, and the above-mentioned gentle men severally addressed the company, after which, the ves sel having a rr i ve d at h er moor i ngs, they b ro k e up. The engines of the vessel made twenty-one revolutions in a minute, the paddles being twenty-five feet diameter. Her average speed is over eleven knots en hour, but in this trial she averaged over thirteen. On her voyage from Aberdeen to London, she had an accident to• one of her engines, which caused a delay of six hours, and obliged her, at last, to continue the voyage with one engine only— notwithstanding which, she accomplished the voyage in fifty-one hours—including the six which were lost in the delay. _ -- A singular work has just made its appearance in Germany, and is attributed to the pen of one of the diplomatic corps. It is a thoretical treatise upon kings de jure et de facto. The aut h or attempts to prove t h at gratitude towards an established monarch is only binding as long as he lives, so that the engagement with the father does not create an obliga tion with respect to the son. The above work contains diplo rrtatip documents as far WA as the treaty of Ilyswick. As to its object, it seems to he a piece of Ovum g iven to the Duke of Orleans and to Leopold of Belgium ; for, as the work observes, " the acts of perturbation which have agitated Europe for the last seven years are only recognised as matters of necessity and the results of circumstances ; permanent order, on the contrary, was that re-organised by the treaties of 1835,"—Npuvale 4inerve, LIST OF NEW PATENTS. Ffem Newton and Berry's To Michel Berand Lauras, of Lyons, but now residing in Leicester-square, in the county of Middlesex, merchant, for his invention of certain improvements in steam navi gation ; sealed April 4—six months for inrolment. To Henry Booth, of Liverpool, in the county of Lan caster Esq., for his invention of improvements in the construction of engine boiler furnaces, applicable also to other furnaces ; sealed April 4—six months for inrolment. To Win. Wynn, of Dean -street, in the pari4i of St. Anne, Soho, in the county of Middlesex, cJockmakcr, for his invention of a certain improvement or improvements in apparatus for diminishing the evaporation of vinous, ai coholie, acetic and other volatile vapours, and for preventing the absorption of noxious effhti I, in vinous, spirituous, acetous, and other fluids, such as wines, spirits, malt liquors, cyder, perry, and xinegar ; sealed April 4--six months for inrclment. To Joseph Amesbury, of Burton-crescent, in the paiish of St. Pancras, and county of Middlesex, surgeon, for his invention of certain apparatus fur the relief or corroc- Lion of stiffness, weakness, or distortion in the human spine, chest, or limbs ; sealed April 4—six months for inrolment. • To William Weeks, of King Stanley, in the county of Gloucester, clothier, for his invention of certain improve ments in the dressing or finishing of woollen and other cloths or f►brics requiring such a process ; sealed April 4 —two months for enrolment. To Joseph Lincoln Roberts, of Manchester, in the county palatine of Lancaster, merchant, for a certain im provement or certain improvements in looms for weaving, being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad ; sealed April 11—six months for inrolment. To Reuben Bull, of Adam -street, West, Portman square, in the parish of St. Marylebone, and county of Middlesex, ironmonger, for his invention of certain im provements in chimney-caps to facilitate the discharge of smoke and to prevent its return ; sealed April 15— six months for inrolment. To Horatio Nelson Aldrich, of Rhode Island, in the United States of America, but now of Cornbill, in the City of London merchant, for certain improvements in spinning, twisting, doubling, or otherwise preparing cotton, silk, and other fibrous substances, being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad ; sealed April 15—six months for inrolment. 'Fo Henry Stephens, of Charlotte -street, in the parish of St. Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, and Ebenezer Nash, of Buross-street, in the parish of St. George in the East, and county of Middlesex, tallow chandler, for their invention of certain improvements in ma nufacturing colouring matter, and rendering certain colour or colours applicable to dyeing, staining, and writing ; sealed April 18—six months for inrolment. To David Napier, of the York-road, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, engineer, for his invention of improve ments in letter-press printing ; sealed April 18—six months for inrolment. To Thomas Hancock, of Goswell-mew•, Goswell road, in the county of Middlesex, waterproof-cloth manufacturer, for his invention of an improvement or improvements in the process of rendering cloth and other fabrics partially or entirely impervious to air and water, by means of caout chouc or India-rubber ; sealed April 18—six months for inrolment. _ To William Crofts, of New Radford, in the county of Nottingham, machine-maker, for his invention of improve ments in the manufacture of figured or ornamental bobbin net or twist lace or other fabrics ; scaled April 18—six months for enrolment. In pursuance of the report of the Judicial Committee of his Majesty's Privy Council, to Edmund Haworth the younger, of Bolton, in the county of Lancaster, gentleman, of the sole use, benefit, and advantage. of the invention of William Southworth, formerly of Sharpies, near Bolton-le- Moors, in the county of Lancaster, bleacher, of certain im provements in certain machinery or apparatus adapted to facilitate the operation of drying calicoes, muslins, or other similar fabrics, within England, Wales, and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the further term of five years, pursuant to the statute in such case made and pro vided. To Charles Farina, of Clarendon-place, Maida-vale, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, for his invention of an improved process, to be used in obtaining fermentable mat ter from grain, and in manufacturing the same for various purposes ; sealed April 18—six months for enrolment. To Lemuel Wellman Wright, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, engineer, for his invention of certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for bleaching or cleansing linens, cottons, or other fabrics, goods, or other substances ; sealed April 20—six months for inrolment. To William Gratrix, of Springfield-lane, Salford, in the county of Lancaster, silk-dyer, for his invention of certain improvements in the process of bleaching or cleansing linens, cotton, and other fibrous substances, and also improvements in the process of discharging colours from the same, either in the raw material or manufactured state ; sealed April 22—six months for inrolment. To John Gottlieb Ulrich, late of Nicholas-lane, in the city of London, but now of Red Lion -street, in the parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel, and county of Middlesex, chro nometer-maker, for his invention of certain improvements in chronometers ; sealed April 22—six months for inrolment. To Sir George Cayley, Bart., of Brompton, near Mallon, in the county of York, for his invention of certain improve ments in the apparatus for propelling carriages on common roads or railways, part of which improvements may be ap plied to other useful purposes ; sealed April 25—six months for inrolment. To James Pim, jun., of College-green, in the City of Dublin, banker, and Thomas Fleming Bergin, of Westland row, in the same city, civil engineer, for their invention of an improved means or method of propulsion on railways ; sealed April 25—six months for inrolment. •To Miles Berry, of the Office for Patents, Chancery-lane, in the county of Middlesex, patent-agent, for certain im• provements in machinery or apparatus for making or manu facturing bricks, tiles, and such other articles, being a com munication from a foreigner residing abroad ; sealed April 27 —six months for inrolment. To Mils Berry, of the Office of Patents, Chancery-lane, in the county of Middlesex, patent-agent, for certain im provements in machinery or apparatus for .making or ma nufacturing horse-shoes, being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad ; sealed April 27—six months for inrohnent. To Henry William Craufurd, of John -street, Berkeley square, in the county of Middlesex, commander in the Royal Navy, for an invention of an improvement in coating and covering iron and copper for the prevention of oxydation, being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad ; sealed April 29—six months for inrolment. • IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAr 11. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. Sir E. WILMOT brought up the Report of the Corn mittce on the Birmingham and Derby Railway. Dr. BOWRI NG presented a petition from the Magis trates and Council of Renfrew against certain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway Bill. On the motion of Mr. PEASE the Great North of England Railway Bill was read a third time an d p asse d. Mr. BAINES brought up the Report of the Commit tee on the Barnsley Water Works Bill. BRIGHTON RAILWAYS. Sir S. WHALLEY rose to move that the resolution re specting the Brighton Railways, of the 9th inst., which was carried by a majority of five be entered on the Journals, as negatived, in consequence of the following six Members hav ing voted for it, who have subscribed the Parliamentar) contract for Stevenson's line, viz. :—M. Attwood, Esq., 4,0001. ; A. Hastie, Esq., 2,000/. ; Joseph Pease, Esq , 20,000/. ; J. Scholefield, Esq., 8,000/. ; W. Tooke, Esq., 1,0001., and Sir A. L. Hay, who had subscribed Gibb's contract for 5,000/. Mr. PEASE said it was a relative of his whose name appeared in the List, and not his. He could assure the House that he had never given a more honest or impartial vote than on the occasion in question. He was with the Hon. Member last night for an hour, and be complained that the matter was not mentioned to him. Mr. HASTIE was a shareholder before he was returned as a Member of that House ; but being returned in March 1836, he sold out all his shares in the following April. Had the Hon. Member for Marylebone given him notice of his intention to bring forward this motion, he would have been happy to have given him the explanation. Mr. TOOKE could also assure the House that lie had no interest, direct or indirect, in any of the lines. He was formerly a shareholder in one of them, but after the Bill was thrown out in the House of Lords, he parted with all his shares.--(Hear.) Mr. C. BARCLAY did not think it was possible for the Ilouse to come to a satisfactory resolution upon the subject. The matter ought to be left to the honour of in dividual Members, who were interested in any measure which came before them. Sir J. WHALLEY had not mentioned the matter to individual Members, because he brought the matter for ward entirely on public grounds ; therefore it was that he most carefully avoided mentioning the subject to any of the Members who were interested. He, in justice to himself, ought to inform the House that he gave notice in the Com mittee of- his intention to bring the matter under the notice of the House, Sir JAMES GRAHAM could not assent to the doc trine laid down by the Hon. Member for Surrey, for Mem bers might have a pecuniary interest which might tend to influence their vqteß, (L LLNNOX said the Hon. Member for Ma. rylenone had omitted dig names of many Member who had voted in the minority. If he was influenced by mtives alone, then how was it that he had dealt so p° He bad a list of many names, but he would be r 2sa (C hef to inention them without giving them notice.--(v"el Mr. T. ATTWOOD said lie saw the names of: relation .of his and of his Hon. Colleague i n tbe ist' they were present he had no doubt they would give ° A i an explanation as h a d been dune by the other lithe hers who had be e n implicated. lie thoug ht Member had been premature in bringing o n ub i the 11/ c ° and he hoped he wo uld w ithdraw it, and no t tro H Sir ouse again with it. C. BURRELL thought the motion had not tand a , n, and had b- br ~ ht forward in a verYtiereei i poL .:an , cen manner towards those g e ntlemen whose co nduct was in M quesion. r r. I'. M. STEW ART s a id the vote the ot-e 1 was not in favour of any particular Ihic --1 merely to instruct th e C omm ittee to report the , neering evidence as a m a tt er o f fact, and no t of ,‘ Ilia made it a very diffe ren t ca se from that of the Member for Marylebone last year. bel Captain ALSAGER said three Hon. Me rn ! denied that they were connected with these locr; their names sto o d u p on th e li s t w hich had been fl.t, to that House. W ere th e y t o t a k e that list, or Ilha they to go by ? Sir S. WHALLEY said the Hon. Members subscribers to th e Li s t un d er h an d an d seal, and raest fore bound by l aw t o a ll th e li a bilities of a ,„ 0 1 holder.—( Hear, h ear .) H e was so rry that h is - had been misund ers t oo d, an d h e was more 5 °, ( 1 31 1 in ore instance he had committed a mistake. permission of the House, he would either withdraw tion, or permit it t o b e nega ti ve d w i t h ou t any tro u l e , Sir A. L. HAY was not aware that the Hon. itvended to make such a mo ti on till he O ter d o House. The vote he gave the other night so s ,! e tt general principles, end without reference to anY fo ever. He was a sub scr ib er an d s h are h o lder in t 't ;i o l l Brighton, and h e wou ld d o as h e did l as t year, 3 , 1 ' ; ,1;10 voting on any question r es p ec ti ng th a t line, 0 11 % 0 1 be conclusive ; he would not on ly no t vote in fa r "o6 line he was co nnec t e d w i t h, b ut b e wou ld a lso al 13)- voting against those opposed to it. The Gallery was cleared for a division, but n°- place. On our return to the gallery we found— jot Mr. iNI‘KINNON pr esen ti ng a p e tition Itga St. Pancras Paving Act. Lord A. LENNOX p resen t e d h pet ition fr° ,. o ,:i proprietors of c o ac h es t rave lli ng to Kew, Brent' against Sunday Travelling:,--( Hear, hear.)_ DISTRESS IN THE SHETLAND Mr. CLAY presented a petition from 3,000 far aboli fishermen i n th e Sh et l an d I s l ands, praying f or tile r " of the Corn-laws. They were now without 6 %0 1 subsistence. I n consequence o f an un f avo urab ol d 20,000 persons were in a state of destitution. H e ! t ioo l the attenti o n o f th e H ouse to the i mportan t Pet' occasion. Reared to the Committee on petitions. ipil Snme petitions were presented both for and eb 4 Ministerial plan for the abolition of Church-rate s. isl Mr. T. ATTWOOD presented a petition, Its. an alteration i n th e l aw as regarded Benef i t Sea' IRISH POOR RELIEF BILL. DO Lord J. RUSSELL moved the Order of tbe i .01 going into Co mm itt ee on t h e P oor R e li e f (Ireletle Mr. SHAW b egge d t o put a quest i on to t j Lord before goin g i n t o C omm i ttee. He underst°„°o6l paper on the subject of this Bill had been dray/ 0 ; 1 0 1. Senior, and pl ace d i n t h e h ands of the No bl e P h ° bit. should wish t o h ave a copy of it placed upon the ' 1 : 4 ,1 the Noble Lord was unwilling to produce that haps he would h ave no o bj ect i on to i nform the P°oo was Mr. Se n i or ' s op i n i on as to t h e wor kh ous e 0 1, 1 0 (as we und ers t oo d) t h e l aw o f sett l ement, an d o e s till present Bill was not a deviation, in part, from the tions both of Mr. Senior and of the Commissionel st! Lord J. RUSSELL could have no difficultY.le, that the gentleman to whom he alluded as hat s tO communications to him in a written paper upon t" . 0 10 was Mr. Frankland Lewis, and if that have no object to it, he (Lord J. Russell) scO uld o er. willing to submit to the House so ably written P c i Senior certainly did express the opinions allud e t his letter to Lord Howick, written some time b e fore 0 0 was brought in ; but he believed the opinion l e t? tamed by Mr. Senior upon the subject was, that t r ei t i upon which this measure proceeded was the 9$ 1 , could be adopted, under all the circumstances. it Lord Lord DUDLEY STUART said lie had a Or t stood for that day, and he did not think it rig it should be interrupted by the Order of the PAYt unfair to interfere in that way with the motions ° ti le gentlerna Members. Would the Noble Lord mention " which he might bring on his motion Lord J. RUSSELL sa id i t wou ld b e C5t8;11101 highly inconvenient p rece d en t if h e were to nam e the manner suggested by the Noble Lord. I°' Lord D. STUART was surpr i se d at t h e cond o Noble Lord. The motion of which he gave o tw i peculiar importance. It involved the character Fl the Noble Lord's colleagues, the Secretary f 0 1 , 0 01) Affairs, as having broken faith with that House , ' ing yet appointed a British Consul at Cracow., Lord J. RUSSELL sa id th ere were two or t ,,ul- plo' which had precedence of the Noble Lord's , brought on, might occupy the whole night. Mr. PRYME s a id hi s no ti ce s t oo d fi rs t. li e - jo ° way repeatedly b e f ore , an d was rea d y to d o s o er . ," Noble Lord would name a d ay . Lord D. STUART sa id if th e N o bl e Lord 1 11 ;1 to pursue this course, he might be prevented froteibi on his motion at all. The public must pereei v _ A e object of the Nobl e L or d was t o serve hi s colie7;ri Mr. BROTHERTON and Sir L. PAR} °t' their readiness to g i ve wa y, an d no t press , at P .- d' motions of which they had given notice. • 0! . , Lord D. STUART wou ld not now pre ss b ig p ellj but he hop e d h e m i g h t b e perm i tte d to present 111101"1,1 The Nuble Lord then presented a petitiom from (as we understood), praying that a Vice-Consul appointed to Cracow. Mr. D. W. HARVEY had a motion 0" hr d which he was anxi ous t o di spose o f , re l at i ve t° 'Act I- 1 and Middle Temple, igid Lincoln's Inn. Th e tive to the Commissiolitrs of Charities would Or Ist of July. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the C ori fO r might continu e th e i nqu i ry even a f ter t h e expiri i-° Act. POOR RELIEF BILL. poe t The House then went into Committee on the lief (Ireland) Bill. ni Clause 15 being put from the Chair Mr. S. CRAW/FORD rose to propose ' an 0' He objected to vesting in Commissioners the P°!;, -r e cti P i ; ing parishes for the purposes of the Bill, withou t "'de; of the parishes themselves. He wished to assimilatt.ps l l. to that of the English Act, which left it °P.„' i - PO; every parish to be responsible only for the ina l "„ - l e er i its oxn poor. He wished also to limit the i s e t 0 0/ that which existed in Scotland—namely, an le uus r -ri sP e4 l l tlement. He would propose, also, that a lldisput es ; „ -e ne o ' settlement should be determined by the Cornnlir'inield that they should - have a discretion as to the au (11 „d, of out-door relief. This amendment, he adtl' o gni r o not apply if a principle of settlement was not r ec t - 0. - be . i the 13:11. He did not think that parishes 0 0 0 jetted to a tax for the poor unless there was a ° Absentees were one great cause of pauperielli,i,gir 1 0 '4 and it would not be just that others should eu'i" boo neglect. He wo u ld p ro p ose th at a distinction 50. drawn even betw een different parts of the sa me° ,j The Amendment being put, n Lord MORPETH said the present Bill c lJh e f e . law of settlement, and he hoped l t House ss, before they recognised it, asthet the do if they to the amendment of his Honour ) a . ble Frien d ' s terol settlement in Irela n d wou ld l et i n the whole sYsoitiv gation which w as f oun d so expens i ve under t he - this country. After a few words from Mr. SHAW. 1 t ,use oug.',lo( informed as to the practicability of • e G n t O a U t La all inU R I considered r iN ad the I n a oIA . , , trodu eli '' it ' t , dot d e Mr. ' - 0 CONNELL had eu be' alwas understo t t the intention of the Government not ente r 'nt° behlia to id 1 tion of settlement at all. He thought it 0 7 u ior,hoP, that the Hon. Member for Dundalk Amur, t i br et, F question before the House in aseparate an d til s it i n o , r A il f l P (Hear, hear.) The motion of the HO . ' -e co t ll Dundalk was one which the House could no 00) ii After a few words from Mr. S. CRAWL' od d eti . /,' SHAW, Lord J. RUSSELL said that what be hao d c iol -l• P I ( c i c i i d nvey was that, though lie was opposed to a se t • t ter.,l l ' d settlement t N l i was, not object to its being discu s sed in Coolu%lior however, read • i • lO 6111 , _, V ) to near it a r gue d tr i lii Hous might • . e think proper. Pe tO Pk Mr. LUCAS said a f ' . few words relative fOl rt ° ti' l had •in the votes upon this subject, the purpo t I P o e° not reach the Gallery. Mr. JEPHSON thought it would be I)et r r Ol e° 0 1 for the Member for Dundalk should withdraw h is a 0 0 the present, and bring the question f e rvo r lio to tel rate and substantive motion. 0 , 0 o r 1 ,0 Mr. S. CRA WFORD sa id h i s difficultY N ag s hott, he could vote for the clause lit stood, for, if t i n g i to it, it would almost • s • from - 3P id preclude him 0 1 0 0 Hon. Gentleman suggested. en feo 0 Mr. C. I3U LLER said that a local settle:ll/cipal;deitie cal charge ought ever to constitute the Pr al t 0 " of a poor law.—((Hear.) d A poor law withou was a complete elusion,—(Hear, hear) the 'L I