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LAW INTELLIGENCE• COURT OF7;IIANCERY-IVor. 23. CAMPBELL V. MACKAT.—CAMPRELL V. CAMPBELL. This matter came before the Court upon a petition in both the above causes, praying that the sums of 21,0001. and 11,000 t. might be transferred into the name of the Account- General of the Court. The petition was presented by Charles Campbell and Colonel Horne, who, together with Lady Dorothea Campbell, were the trustees and guardians of the children of the lete General Campbell ; and the petition had been considered necessary by the petitioners, in conse quence of Lady Dorothea Campbell refusing to obey the order of the Court pronounced Some time since, by which she was directed to bring the children from abroad, and reside with them in this country. The trustees finding it impossible to ascertain where Lady Campbell was now residing with her children,. were anxious that the whole of the property involved in the suit sle.uld be placed under the control of the Court, in order that all responsibility might be taken off their hands, and for that object they had presented the present petition. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after the case had been argued at scare length, declined making any order. WATSON V. MURRAY. The arguments on this part-heard case were resumed to day. The case came befor e the Court upon exceptions to the Master's Report, one set of which his Lordship overruled yesterday. The bill was filed for the purpose of having the partnership a counts taken between a gentleman named Stalker and the defendant Murray, who were jointly interested in the proceeds of a ship called the Devonshire. In the year 1809 an agreement was entered into between Stalker and .Murray, the former of whom was the managing owner of the Devonshire, and the latter was the commander, by which i: was agreed that Murray %las to have two-thirds, and Stalker Mac-third of tie profits made in the voyages of the vessel. A s ;he time the agreement was entered into, the vessel had made two voyages, and was about to set out upon her third. The parties, the agreement had been executed, disco ycred that its provisL:ne would not answer all eel p h in tended by them, and in ors !er to meet t er all they had in vi, w, a memorandum was entioreCel on the agreement that if either should die in the course of any of the prospective voyages of the ship, then the executor of the one so dying Should be entitled to all the benefits; he would have had if he had lived, and if any lose was incurred that he %weld bear his part of it. With this arrange ment the ship sailed upon her third voyage, which she completed to the satisfaction of all parties. In April. 1811, she started u;.'on her fourth voyage; previous to this period, however, Thomas Sttlker being in a very ill state of health, appointed his brother, Daniel Stalker, as his agent to act for him ; and Murray also appointed him as his (Mur ray's) agent, to act for him, in case of Thomas Stalker's death, with respect to all the affairs of the vessel. Thomas Stalker died on the 16th of May, 1811, in the course of the fourth voyage, and by his will he appointed Daniel Stalker, and a gentleman named Watts, his executors, who proved the will. Watts died in 1820, and in the following 7car Daniel Stalker, in his character of surviving executor of homes Stalker, filed the bill against Murray, insisting, amongst other things, that the accounts of the first, second, and third voyages were upon, and prayed an account generally of all the transactions that had taken place. Upon the case coming on for hearing, the Court declared that there had been a settlement of the three first voyages ; but with respect to the fourth, the Court di rected a reference to the Master, to take the accounts upon the footing of the settled accounts of the three first voyages. The Master, under that order, had taken the accounts, and made his report on the 31st of May, 1828. To that report, neither party being satisfied, each took exceptions. His LORDSHIP overruled all the exceptions but one, on which he reserved his judgment. VICE- CHAIV CELL OR' S COURT, Nov. 23. BAIL COURT, Nor. 23. THE QUEEN V. BLUNDEN. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nor. 23. SPARKS V. BARRETT AND ANOTHER. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. WILSON. The arguments on this case, alfich were commenced yester day, were re-assumed to-day. The case came before the Court upon three demurrers, which had been put in by the old Corporation of Leeds to the information filed by the At torney-General at the relation of the new Corporation of that town. The object of the information was to obtain the decla ration of the Court that the alienation by the old Corporation of Leeds of 6.5001. stock and 500/. secured by deeds on the Leeds and Wakefield Turnpike Trusts was against the spirit of the Municipal Reform Bill, and therefore that those funds ought to be restored and placed under the con troul of the present Town Council. From the statements of the information it appeared that the old Corporation of Leeds came to a resolution on the 30th of May, 1835, a few days before the introduction of the Municipal Reform Bill into the House of Commons, that the sum of 6,5001. stock and 500/. secured on the Tolls of the Leeds and Wake field Turnpike Trusts should be absolutely transferred and alienated from the Corporation, and placed under the controul of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Beckett, and another gentle man, upon trust, for certain purposes, to be provided for by deed. The deed declaring the purposes to which those funds were to be devoted was executed on the 29th of No vember, 1835, two or three months after the Municipal Reform Bill became law, and the principal question was the resolu tion for alienating the property having been come to before the introduction of the Municipal Act, but its object not being car ried out by deed until after the passing of that Act, whether the old Corporation were justified in law and equity in the course they had adopted. Among the different objects to which the property so alienated had been devoted by the deed, was 525/. to the Recorder of the Borough ; 105/. to the De puty Recorder ; 750/. to the Treasurer of the Leeds Infir mary ; 500/. to the Leeds Fever Hospital ; 2501. to the Leeds Public Dispensary ; 1,000/. to the Incumbent of Christ Church ; 509/. for building a gallery in another Church ; 1,0001. to the Minister ; and the residue was to go to the Fay ment of the debts of the Corporation. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL, 1110 appeared fur some of the partiost demurring, not concluding his address yesterday, re sumed this warning. The demurrer asserted that the record contained no cas, upon which the Court, consisten ly with the rules of law, could rrake any decree. No party or political object ought to be cons:!lered in the case, and all the. the Court 1t..al to do was to look 11 the principles of the law as they existed before the passing of :lie Municipal Reform Act. The corporation of the borough of Leeds had existed ever since the time of Charles the Second, and :t was most singu lar that that corporation now came forward to complain of those very acts which they had sanctioned bett.ad. The Learned Gentleman, after referring to the various purposes for which the property had been alienated, said it was totally unnecessary for him to take into consideration the sums awarded to the Recorder and Deputy Recorder, as those gen tlemen, no doubt, desirous to avoid the turbulent waters of the Municipal Reform Rill, bad declined to receive those gifts. If that was not the ground o.i which they had refused to receive those sums, he was at a loss to know what it was; as under the provisions of the Nlulicipal Reform Bill lie was .sure all who accepted such offices did it for the lonoria gralia, and not for the lueri causal.—( Laughter.) Mr. KNIGHT BRUCE and Mr. BETUELL followed on the same side. . POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Tne SOLICITOR-GENERAL addressed the Court in opposition t the demurrer, but bad not concluded when the Court roce, shortly before four o'clock. The further argument will be pro ceeded with to-morrow (this day). COURT OF Q UEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 23. TILE QUEEN V. JONES. This was a rule calling upon the defendant to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue, directed to thu de fendant, and commanding him to deliver up to Thomas Mor gan, or some other person to be appointed by the Court, all such records, papers, &c., as pertained to the office of pro thonotory of the late Court of Great Sessions of the counties of Denbigh and Montgomery. Mr. Morgan was prothono tary of the Court, and Mr. Jones his deputy, and by the Act of Parliament abolishing these Courts, it was enacted that compensation should be made to the person filling the office of prothonotary, and that the records, papers, &c., should be kept by the sane person, and in the same place, as before the passing of the Act. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now appeared to spew cause against the rule, and contended that the documents having been previously to the passion , of the Act in the possession of the defendant, an application for their removal could not be sustained. Mr. A LEXANDE It was heard in support of the rule. The Court said, in point of fact the records were kept by the same person and in the same place as before the passing of the Act, and therefore the pre..ent application was quite unnecessary. Thu rule must he discharged, and with costs. CRIMINAL IN YORMATION.-THE QUEEN V. THE PROPRIETOR OP TIIE CHESTER CHRONICLE." Sir W. FOLLETT moved for a rule to show cause why a cri minal information should not be filed against Thomas Fletcher, the editor of the Chester Chronicle. Ile made the application on behalf of the Rev. Francis Nlansters, Vicar of Runcorn, in Ches ter, and his affidavit stated that the Rev. Gentleman was Vicar of Runcorn since the year 1816; he was then a married man, but his wife had died in IP-1, and after her death his sister kept house for him. Among other servants in the family, there was one named Mary Hinde, who attended upon his sister who was in ill health. In the latter part of last year the girl was delivered of a child, although no one had been previously aware of her pregnancy. Tile child being found dead, a co roner's jury was impannelled, and a verdict of wilful murder re turned against Mary Hinde, who was committed to Chester gaol to take her trial for the offence. At the Spring Assizes following, a grand jury threw out the bill, and in conse quence bf these occurrences certain rumours were circulated against the Rev Nlr. Alansters. The girl gas questioned as to whether Mr. Nlattsters was the father of the child, but she positively denied it, and proceedings were subsequently instituted in the Consistory Court against Mr. Mansters. lu the month of January the editor of the Chester Chronicle pub a paragraph relative to the rumours afloat about the sup posA father of the child, and on the 29:h September, the day after the Consistory Court sat, an article appeared relative to the proceedings therein (which the Court was aware were strictly private), stating that the girl Hinde had given evidence Against the Rev. Gentleman—that since the rumours had been cii culated his congregation had dwindled down to a very small number, a few Sundays previously there having been only 11 souls in the church, while the Dissenting chapels were crowded. The article further stated that if such charges were drought against a Dissenting Minister he would be at once removed ; but things were differently managed in the Church of England. where a long life of immorality was scarcely misdeed. Now he (Sir W. Follett) held in his bands sill. viii 4 totally denying all these assertions , and statin g further Chk. ___l(b&was addressed by Mr. Nlansters to the editor of hat effect, which the editor refused to publish, ,ragraph over the leading article, denying that my charge against the Rev. Gentleman, but assertion that he was the father of the child, isclosures had been made to which they would lc. The proceedings in the Consistory Court hlTi — tiit,.... 2 ,ON; k - i *._ - -7=,gutatt.tertel t :_i,.l C**F 66 4 l glabe - 0 VrrOat. °LOA ...• N'4't ___ 7l/ . ; -1 f , alb(2s : - .. 1 \SAz-.:.-1,A.,',... bad not yct terminated, but Mr. Manstcrs distinctly denied all the charges brought against him. COURT—Take a Rule. TNE QUEEN V. MUNT2 AND OTHERS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it, would -oblige him very much if the Court would allow the case to stand over till to morrow. Sir F. Ponnoric was willing to afford every accommodation to his Learned Friend, but he feared if it was again postponed there was little chance of its coming on that term. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL assured the Court that his clients were most anxious to have the matter heard during the pre sent term ; and it was finally arranged that the case should come on to-morrow morning. Mr. Justice lATTLEDALE came into Court at ten o'clock. The following persons, with several other public func tionaries, took the oaths and subscribed to the declaration : The Duke of Cleveland, Lord Hill, Commander-in-Chia; Sir Robert Peel, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir G. Rose, Privy Councillors ; Mr. Cittlar Fergusson, M. P., Ju:lge- Advocate-General ; Lord Lilford, Lord in Waiting; Sir Henry Parnell, Paymaster-General to the Forces; Lord Fitzroy S imerset, Military Secretary to the Commander-in- Chief; Sir Willoughby Gordon, Quartermaster-General to the Forces; Sir John Hill, Superintendant to the Dock yards, Deptford; and Sir John Macdonald, Adjutant-General to the Forces. Sir Wm. FOLLETT reminded his Lordship that he had yes terday moved that a criminal information should be filed against the defendant in thi3 case, the pat ticttlars of which were re ported when the application was made, and requested to know what decision the Court was pleased to come to on the subject? Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE replied that he had considered the subject of the application, and had come to the conclusion that the rule could not be granted. The COURT then proceeded with nisi prius causes, all of which were undefended. In this case the plaintiff has brought an action to recover damages in the sum of 3071., for goods sold and delivered. The defendants appeared by two different attorneys, and the cause, which was set down for trial in Trinity term last, has from time to time been protracted, the delay being, in some instances, occasioned by the defendants taking each a different course of defence. Mr. RICHARDS, in the present sittings, obtained a rule, on the part of the defendant Barrett, for further delay, and that a commission should issue to examine, by interrogations, a material witness, named Davis, who had gone to Adelaide or elsewhere," in the colony of Australia, since a subpcena wa3 served upon him to attend at the trial and give evidence. Mr. Sergeant WILDE this day showed cause against the rule, and read over the several affidavits for the purpose of showing that the cause might have been tried before the de parture of Davis from this country, but for delays designedly procured by the defendants. Although the cause was set down for trial in June last, and was again in the paper for the 16th of October, the defendants did not serve the suly i .eena on the witness, who was now represented to be so material, until the morning of the 14th of that month, the witness being on the point of sailing that day to Australia. Mr. Rienaans replied, and went over the affidavits, con. tending that the several postponements of the trial were strictly regular, and unavoidable on the part of the defendants. Mr. Justice BosANQuET—The defendants' affidavits only state that Davis is a material witness to the defence ; but they do not say that there is a good defence. —(A —( A laugh.) I have bean looking for these words. The Couirr having consulted, The CHIEF JUSTICE said that the defendants, by acting se parat'ly, had contrived to essoign the plaintiff. By playing off different modes of defence against him, first Barret, and then Gillett, then Barret, and then Gillett again, they got him completely upon the fork of an essoign.—( A laugh.) How ever, it might be hard that the defendant Barret, who applies for this rule, should be compelled to pay his money, if he have a good defence, the Court directs the Commission to issue, on condition that the amount claimed (3071.) be paid into Court within ten days. Wednesday the Committee of Management chosen by the Governors at large to direct the affairs of the Royal Free Hospital, Greville-street, Hatton-garden, waited upon' the LORD MAYOR, for the purpose of requesting his Lord ship's interference to procure the use of the Guildhall, with all its present decorations, in aid of the funds of the institution. The LORD MAYOR said that the claims of the institution appeared to be very strong, and nothing would be more gratifying to him than the ability to forward the object the Committee had in view. He, however, believed that to aid the funds by granting the use of the Hall would be, under existing circumstances, quite impracticable, as busi ness had been already very much impeded by the late pre parations. Immediately after this application was thus negatived, for the Committee would not undertake any project of doubtful success, orders were given to dismantle the hall ; and in a very few hours that most magnificent place began to assume its old appearance. A respectable man, who resides in the neighbourhood of East Smithfield, applied to the LORD MAYOR for advice as to the course he should pursue with respect to a female child, about 'line or ten years of age, which he had found under peculiar circumstances, the parish officers of \Vhitechapcl, where the little girl bad resided with her mother, having peremptorily and insolently refused to take her under their protection, or give her any support whatever. The facts were these : _ _ On the day on which her Majesty dined at Guildhall the child was forced by the pressure of the crowd, from her mother's side, near Temple-b ►r, and lost amongst the crowd. The mother had been since that day wandering about the City in a state of distraction, searching for her daughter, and, notwithstanding the facilities of the police communications, nothing appeared to be known of the loss until very recently. On Saturday last the applicant, as he was walking about a mile below Greenwich, met with a little girl, and, being struck with her forlorn and miserable appearance, questioned her r and learned from her answers that she . had been lost, as above stated. He brought her to London, hoping that the mother might still be met with. By a notice left at the Lam beth-street Police-office he discovered that the mother was to be heard of at a lodging-house in Essex-street, Whitechapel, and on proceeding to the house, accompanied by the little girl, he ascertained that the wretched pa rent had slept there from the night on which the child was :ost, and had gone out every morning to look for her child until Friday, since which day she had never returned. The applicant had hired persons to search for the poor woman, and sent written notices to all the police-offices, but he had received no tidings of her ; but it was believed that she was still in or about London, wandering in search of her child, and the great object of the applicant in ad dressing the Lord Mayor was to obtain publicity to the fact that the child was found, in order that it might meet the eye of somebody who should see or hear of the mother, who was described as a tali middle aged woman, having a defect in one of her eyes, speaking in a broad Scotch accent, dressed in a black velvet bonnet, small faded shawl, dark coloured faded gown, and without shoes, and having an in fant in her arms about three years old, dressed in a white straw bonnet and nankeen spencer. The LORD MAYOR recollected that a poor Scotch-wo• man, named Ross, the description of whom exactly corres ponded with that given of the mother of the child, called at the justice room soon after the Queen's visit, and complain ed that she had lost her child. Mr. HOBLER said that the poor woman had been relieved from his Lordship's private fund, and was no doubt the mother of the little girl. The applicant said that the child said her name was Betsey Ross'--that her father, George Ross, was a native of Glasgow, a private in the 7th Hussars, and had been at the battle of Waterloo, where he had received a wound in the head, and that he had died two or three years ago in St. Giles's Hospital ; that since that time her mother had supported herself and two children partly by washing, partly by selling from place to place little books and matches, and partly by charity. The story of the child's adventures since she lost her mother, was, the applicant said, touchink in the extreme. She was now at the house of Daniel Sullivan, N 0.4, Essex street, Whitechapel, where the mother had lodged, and was taken care of at the applicant's expence, the parish offi cers having scouted his application in her behalf. The LORD MAYOR said it was scarcely credible that parish officers could so completely throw off the feelings of nature. _ _ Mr. HoncEa said that there was a premium for .casting off humanity ; plenty of customers might h e expec t e d. The applicant was again advised to solicit the parish, and he said he would do so. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. J. Willis was brought b.:fore Mr. DYER, and Mr. Couturov, charged with having stolen a carriage holder, the property of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. . . . He was committed. John Gould was brought up for examination on a chargo of having stolen 2501., belonging to a retired publican re cently deceased, named Jones. The case has been already reported. The short facts are that the prisoner's wife, Harriet, was engaged to nurse Mr. Jones ; that Mr. Jones, a day or two before his death, told his brother that after his death he would find 2501. in bank-notes in a box, which were to be his. After the death of Mr. Jones the box was opened, but only 20/, was found. The prisoner and his wife were suspected and ap prehended, but they resolutely denied all knowledge of the property. _ . . After hearing evidence the male prisoner was asked if he chose to say where the gold was? He replied doggedly that he did not see how it would Nalco his case better or worse to say anything. Mr. DYER should remand both prisoners for further inquiry. The male prisoner, who, up to the time of the robbery, was in the service of the Honourable Frederick Villiers, on being•rcmoved from the bar had an interview with his master. The result was, that Sherwin, the officer, who has been actively engaged in the investigation, went to a place, pointed out by the prisoner, and found 9..09 so vereigns. MARYLEBONE. Wednesday a genteel-looking young man, named George Gerard, Who said lie was a fancy cabinet-maker, was brought up in custody, and placed at the bar before Mr. AWLINSON. Mr. Thomas Stout, landlord of the King William pub lic-house, High-street, Hampstead, stated that on the pre vious afternoon the prisoner entered his house, and called for a glass of ale, in payment for which he threw down on the bar counter a half-crown piece, which he at once saw was a bad one, He returned it to the prisoner, telling him so. The latter said he was not aware of it, and putting it into his pocket, put down a good half-crown, out of which lie took for the ale. The prisoner then left the house, but witness, having some suspicion of him, followed him, and saw him go into the shop of Mr. Miller, grocer. On his coming out witness still followed him till he met with a po liceman, to whom he gave him in charge on suspicion of being in the town with intent to pass bad money, and at tnr pting to defraud him by tendering a bad hall--...rown. This the prisoner repeatedly denied, but witness being po sitive of the fact, the charge was taken, and the prisoner locked up. Police constable S 38 said the prisoner was given into his custody by the prosecutor, when he denied the charge ; and on searching, him at the station-house witness found on him a purse containing thirty-six sovereigns, and loose in his pockets, Bs. 6d. in silver, and Bd. in copper, all good money. The prisoner, who said he lived at No. 29, William street, Hampstead-road, declared his innocence of the charge. Mr. RAWLINSON remarked that there was no pretence for the prosecutor making such a charge ; and he might think himself lucky if the prisoner put up with it. The money having been restored to him he was liberated. T_EL UN , LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1837. UNION-HALL. John Reeve, the proprietor of a shop for the sale of va rious publications in the Waterloo-road, was charged with having in his possession several copies of Moore's Almanack for the ensuin. , year, suspected to have been stolen from the premises of' Mr. Baldwin, in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and those of Messrs. Nicholls, in Parliament -street, printers. The defendant, in answer to the Magistrate to acc o unt for the possession of the almanacks, said he purchased them of a man who called at his shop. MAGISTRATE —Do you know the man's name ? De fendant—l don't know his name, but I should know, him if I saw him again. NIAGISTRATE—What sort of a man was he ? Describe his person ; for you will be placed in a very awkward situa tion if you cannot give a better account of the manner in which the alleged stolen almanacks have come into your possession. Defendant—The man I bought them of is a tall dark man, and appeared to me to be one of those persons who hawk different publications about for sale. The MAGISTRATE asked the defendant what he gave for the almanacks, and he replied 4s. a dozen. Mr. Nicholls said that the lowest price at which the almanacks were sold to the trade was 4s. 6d. a dozen. The Magistrate should allow the case to stand over for a few days, in order that the defendant might have an oppor tunity of finding the person from whom he purchased the almanacks, and in the interval he hoped that the defendant would use due diligence for that purpose. The postponement of the case would also give time for the discovery of the parties who had robbed the premises of the gentleman wl►o printed the work. The defendant, having expressed his determination to use every exertion in his power to find the man from whom he bought the sheet almanacks, was then liberated. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.—The Malabar, Southward, from Bombay, at Li verpool, sailed Aug. 11, and St. Helena Oct. 10. The Mary Eliza, Paterson, from Singapore, in the Downs, sailed June 27, and Anjer July 16. The Indian Chief, M`Dowall, from Liverpool to the Mau ritius, struck on the Rask Bank en Saturday nicht last or Sunday morning, and was abandoned. The crew arrived at Capore, Ireland. The Andromeda, Latimer, from Calcutta to the Maui itius, was totally lost about 16 miles S. W. of the Juggernaut Pagoda on the 28th July. The captain and three of the crew drowned. The Highland Chief, Canning, from Calcutta to Penang, was lost at Saugur on the 24th of August during a heavy gale. Crew saved by the assistance of Captain Cox, of the Aurora. Arrival at Suez.—The Hon. Company's steamer Atalanta, from Bombay, in 20 days, on the 16th October, and sailed 25th for Bombay with the London mail of Sept. 30, and to call at Mocha for the August and September mails, which had been intended for the Berenice. Arrivals at St. Ilelena.—The Mary Ann, Webb; Lloyd and Dorothea, Sarshurst, from Calcutta and Bencoolen ; Brown, from China, and all sailed Oct, 10, for Liverpool. Arrivals at Calcutta.—The Daniel, Wheeler, the Crouch and Mandarin, Donald, from Liverpool; Sultan, from Sun derland; Lucinea, Robertson, Aug. 8, from Liverpool ; Prince Regent, Aitken, Au g . 9, and Parland, Tait, Aug. 1 1, from Mauritius ; Isabella Cooper, Currie, Aug. 12, from London ; Fortitude, Wilson, Aug. 12. from Mauritius ; Se millante, Aug. 15, from Nantes; Philantrope, from Nantes; Eliza, Clark August 16, from Mauritius; Margaretha, Ca tharina, from Batavia ; Ripley, Sheward, August 22, from Liverpool; Earl Grey, Talbot, from Mauritius; La Indepen dent, Aug. 23, from Bourbon ; Betsey, Jones, Aug. 25, from Bombay; Gvvillaiune Tell, from Bourbon; Thomas, Blyth, from Mauritius ; William Barras, Aug. 29, from London ; Perfect, Aug. 30, from London ; Renown, M‘Lean, Aug. 30, from Greenock ; Premier, Were, from Lima ; Mary Ann, Anderson, from Mauritius ; Balquerie, Desse, from Bour deaux ; Britannia, Leith, Aug. 21, from Mauritius ; Minerva, Brown, Sept. 2, from Bombay ; Jean, Goldie, Sept. 4, from London ; John, Whelan, Sept. 5, from Mauritius ; Bombay, Waugh, Sept. 8, from London ; Hope, Coombes, Sept. 10, from New South Wales ; Sarah, Sadler, Sept. 10, from Mau ritius ; Bengal Packet, Steward, Sept. 10, from China and Singapore; Qacen Mab, Ireland, Sept. 11, from Liverpool and Rio. Departures from Calcutta (Bengal.)—The Hereford, Rea burn, Aug. 2. for Liverpool ; Rossendale, Fiiend, Aug. 6, fur London ; William Metcalfe, Philipson, Aug. 8, for Lon don ; Esther, Douglass, Acg. 8, for Liverpool; Westmor land, Brigstock , Aug. 10, for the Mauritius; Louisa, M'Cut cheon, Aug. 12, Rognons, Howlett, Aug. 12, and Egbert, Paulen, Aug. 12, for the Mauritius; Hope, M'Cullum, Aug. 15, for New South Wales; Bengal, Wilson, Aug. 16, for London; Aurora, Cook, for London; Parsee, M' Kellar, Aug. 19, for London ; Protector, Buttenshaw, Aug. 23, for the Mauritius; John Bagshaw, Blyth, 26, and Forti tude, Wilson, Aug. 26, for the Mauritius; Aug.- Daniel Wheeler, Bouch, Aug. 27, for Liverpool ; Jumna, Robertson, Sept. 5, for China. Departures from Saugur (Bengal).-The Gunja, Young husband, Aug. 4, for Liverpool ; Abercrombie Robinson, Scott, Aug. 5, for China; Symmetry, Saville, Aug. 7, for the Mauritius ; Imogene, Riley, Aug. 7, for Liverpool ; Here ford, Reaburn, Aug. 10, for Liverpool ; Mary Hartley, Priest man, Aug. 16, for Liverpool ; Edward Barnett, Proudfoot, Aug. 16. for London ; George the Fourth, Drayner, Aug, 24, for China; William Rodgers, Crawford, Aug. 30, for London; Am well, Aug. 30; John Maclellan, M'Donald, Sept. 1, for London ; Adelaide, Guthrie, for London ; Peter Proctor, Barlow, Sept. 5 ; Jumna, Robertson, Sept. 7, for China; John Bagshaw, Blyth, Sept. 2, for the Mauritius; Egbert, Padlin, Sept. 2, for the Mauritius. Arrivals at Madras.-The Ilindostan, Redman, July, from London and the Cape, and sailed Sept. 3, for London; the Henry Janner, Ferguson, from the Mauritius, and sailed Aug. 30, for London ; her Majesty's ship Wolfe, Stanley, July 29, from Trincomalee, and sailed Aug. 1, for Calcutta; Mar quis of Camden, Gribble, Aug. 30, from Portsmouth; Le Courier de St. Pierre de Nantes, Lebesque, Aug. 1, from Bourbon, &c., and sailed Aug. 2, for Coringa ; Ar gyle, Sandys, Aug. 2, from London ; Stratheden, Chcape, Aug. 3, from London and the Cape; Patriot, Mullins, Aug. 3, from the Mauritius; Hebe, Haslewood, Aug. 5, from Bombay ; Lord Elphinstone, Towl, Aug. 5, from the Mauritius, and sailed Aug. 10, for Coringa ; her Majesty's ship Zebra, M'Crea, Aug. 7, from Penang, and sailed Aug. 11, for the Straits ; Duke of Sussex, Ilorsman, Aug. 7, from Plymouth and the Cape ; her Majesty's brig Pelorus, Hard ing, Aug. 10, from Portsmouth, the Cape, the Mauritius, and and sailed Aug. 17, f or .Calcutta ; La Bal Aug. 11, from Bord e aux, & c ., an d sa il e d A ug . guerre, 2 T 3 r , i cmpa C ieeP a e l e' ;utta ; hor Majesty's ship Winchester, Aug. 4, from -; L'lndependente, La Riche, Aug. 12, from Bourbon, and sailed Aug. 15, for Calcutta; Mary Ann, Anderson, Aug. 12, from the Mauritius and Pondicherry ; Delight, Jefferson, Aug. 12, from the Mauritius ; Lady Clifford, Bennett, Aug. 13, from Calcutta; Warwick, Little, Aug. 15, from Liver pool and Ceylon ; Victorie, Aug. 16, from Pondicherry ; Catherine, Shreeve, Aug. 17, from Vizagapatam and Coringa ; L'Artemise, La Place, Aug. 17, from Pondicherry; Sir Ed ward Paget, Hall, returned from sea on the 20th of August, with loss of main and foretop masts in a heavy squall off Pon dicherry, but is otherwise perfectly tight; Bombay, Waugh, Aug. 23, from London, and sailed Sept. 1, for Calcutta ; Flora, Donalloy, Aug. 29, from Bombay ; Gaillardon, Rapson, Aug. 31, from Calcutta, and sailed Sept. 9, for Masulipatam and Penang. The Scringapatam, Denny, Sept. 13, from London, in three months. Departures from Madras,-_-The Resolution, July 30, for Calcutta ; Prince Regent, Aikin, for Calent4 I tier Majesty's ship Winchester, Aug. 5, for Trincomalee ; Sir Edward Paget, Aug. 15, for London ; her Majesty's brig Algerine, Aug. 0, for Trincomalee; L'Artemise, Sept. 1, for Cal cutta; Sir Edmard Paget, poi, Sept. 11, for London. Herrings continue to be in great abundance here ; an d ver y fortunate it is that they are so, for our fisheries are visited by Our Gallic neighbour $ from Dieppe and Boulogne in great numbers, to purchase all film fish our boats can possibly bring on shore, which amount to from three-to four last each boat every night. They give Of. to la per last; nearly double %hat would be got for the fish if lauded.—Brighton Gazette. ANTI-SLAVERY MEETING. (From the Second Edition of The Sun of last night.) The Rev. JOHN BURNETT, in continuation from our First Edition, said—He was glad to see so many Members of Parliament present—upon a question of such magnitude he was sure they would speak out in a manful—in a Christian spirit—they would speak to the minds and to the hearts of the people. They must not, however, expect that these Members were to work out the whole work by themselves—their hands must he strengthened by the people.—(Cheers.) Every Anti Slavery Society or Body in the kingdom must stir themselves—they ought to get up and send in petitions from every part of the empire— (Loud and repeated Cheering)--they ought to cover the tables of both Houses pith these petitions.—(Cheers.) If they did so then, when the lion. Gentleman told the House that the country was against the re-appointment of the Committee, they would be believed, because they would have the petitions of the people signed by myriads to appeal tn.—(Cheers.) He was perfectly aware that even then there was a way of putting the question aside when these complaints were made—when redress was sought, up might get an official personage with a bundle of official do cuments in his hand, and say the Government had received such cheering intelligence from the West In dies, which, if the country knew ; they were perfectly sure the people would change their mind. He begged for a little delay for only a short postponement of the motion which, out of complaisance, the simple Mem ber agrees to. The motion is accordingly postponed, say till Wednesday week—(Laughter)—or some such conve nient day when the House can be counted out, and so delay is secured. Let the country be aware of all such tricks, and they must he at an end. They were so contemptible that the people would not put up with them.—(Cries of " Hear.") Much evidence had been laid before the meeting that day. Did they think any more evidence was necessary ?—( No, no.) What was the use of a Committee of Inquiry when they were in possession of such damning facts. There - was one thing in the despatch of Lord Glenelg which was unworthy of such a mind as that which his Lordship pos sessed. In alluding to the robbery of the half Friday from the poor slase, he called it an inconvenience. An incon venience ! It was a fraud of the most foul nature—it was a dead, a downright robbery, to take from the poor persecuted slave that time which he required to cultivate his own bit of poor land. An inconvenience ! Shame upon the man who could use such a word, and more shame upon the man who could advise any one to acquiesce in such a robbery.—(Cheers.) On what ground was it that they were thus to acquiesce in such a foul fraud ? Because, said his Lordship, it is no use entering into a contest where there is no hope of success. Was it really the case then that the few miserable planters in the West Indies were above the congregated and unanimous people of the United Kingdom ?—(Cheers and laughter.) If that was the case, then both Houses ought to meet and immediately pass a resolution to that effect, and lay it before the country ; he would not propose that it should be communicated to the Queen, until the country was roused as one man to put down the mighty power of the West India planters. When that was the case, when the Crown was no longer in dan ger, and when the country had been roused to the support of the other two branches of the Legislature, then might her Majesty be informed that she was in no danger from being deposed by the West India slave masters.—(Laughter.) This abominable system of apprenticeship was denounced by all the friends of the Negro in this country—by all their friends who had visited them ; every person and class de nounced it but the planters, and if they waited till it was given up by them, they would wait till the day of doom. They must rouse themselves, in order to prevent the re appointment of this Committee of Inquiry, for it would only prove one more of the many delusions of which they had already been the victims.—(Loud cheering.) The honour of the country was pledged to the abolition of sla very, for which it bad paid a sum of 20,000,0001., and that honour must be redeemed by putting an end to a system which was merely an ag grava ti on o f slavery.—(Cheers.) The planters require to be taught a great moral lesson, in the same manner as the Duke of Wellington taught the French in 1815, when he restored all the works of art which they had plundered from every country—they must make the planter give up the possession of' that which was not and never could be theirs. Much as he approved of the policy of her Majesty's Ministers generally, in that matter he had no confidence in them.—(Cheers.) They had deceived the country on this question, and he wished to rouse the country to the fact, so that they might be driven from their false position to do justice.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. The Rev. Mr. LOONEY, of Plymouth, then rose to move a resolution to the effect that the meeting pledged itself to use every means in their power to effect the complete abolition of slavery of all kinds by the time formerly spec- fied, and that they then raise a subscription for the purpose. Ile said he yielded to none in their abhorrence of slavery in every shape, and under any guise. It was a true and apposite saying, that " a rose under any other name will smell as sweet" ; so also would slavery be as bitter even under the name of apprenticeship. The evidence laid before them that day shelved clearly that slavery could not be in any way ameliorated except by total abolition. The Rev. Gentleman then cited many regulations with regard to women, which proved that under the new system many indulgences which were before granted to them, while in a certain way, were now most barbarously withdrawn, and he called upon the meeting, as Christians, to do all in their power to further the laudable work of putting an entire end to such atrocious cruelties. Mr.• G. TnomsoN then stepped forward, and was re ceived with much cheering. He had been called upon to address the meeting rather earlier than he had expected ; but he having Christian feelings was prepared at any time to become the advocate of the Negro. Every Christian who was sincere in his professions would be ready to pour forth his denunciations against the abominations of shivery, a system which was upheld by the scourge and and torture, and under which men were registered as so many human beasts of burden. The meeting ought to have been held earlier—it was said that the Government had the matter under consideration ; but it ought to be borne in mind that while they were considering, the whip, chains, collars, and dungeons were at work ; lacerations were going on. None of all these were suspended while they were considering. He would give two more instances of the system, and he could assure the meeting he would not detain them long. He would quote from Parliamentary papers dated in July, 1837. The case was detailed to have occurred in Jamaica, in June, 1836 ; and was a report from one of the Special Justices to Lord Sligo as to the state of a workhouse for prisoners. It stated that from ten to twelve negro prisoners had been kept four days upon rather less than 24 ounces of corn and shad, and their sufferings were dread ful—so much so, that had not immediate relief been af forded, they must have perished. This had been known to the Government for more than twelve months, and yet they would attempt to stifle the question by a Committee of Inquiry ! The other case was that of Ann Maria Thomson, who had died from severe flogging. At the inquest on the body it was clearly proved that she bad been beaten most cruelly for a whole week, and often in a day— her neck, back, and shoulders, were completely covered with bruises. In fact, the upper part of her body was one mass of corruption. She died, and the verdict was—Natu ral Death—(Groans)—though the Doctor gave his opinion the other way. That was a fair specimen of Jamaica justice. If it were asked when the Government would redress the grievances of the slaves, he (Mr. Thompson) answered, " When you please."—(Cheers.) There were no difficul ties now to contend with, which we had not to conquer in 1832 ; therefore did lie say, " Agitate ! agitate ! agitate !" —(Tremendous cheers.) Let the country speak now as it had spoken, and it would not utter its voice in vain.— (Great cheering.) All that was required was information to be diffused throughout the kingdom ; in every rural, district, in every busy city, hearts would beat high to the call of honour, of humanity, and justice—(Cheers)—and an invincible phalanx would be formed to obtain the extinction of the blood-stained traffic.—(Loud cheering.) Let them not be lukewarm in the cause. (Hear, hear.) Remember the House of Commons was regulated by the spirit of the people, as a thermom e t er by the temperature of a room : if we arc temperate the House is down at zero.—(Laughter and cheers.) This meeting must give a stimulus to agitation on this question all over the country —an agitation which must never cease till the last fetter has been struck from the manacled British subjects.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. Thompson having seconded the resolution, sat down amidst tremendous cheering. _ 'The resolution was. then put, and carried unanimo us l y . W. CREWDSON, Esq., moved the appointment of a Central Negro Emancipation Committee, which contained the names of Reverends J. Young. M.A. ; John Burnett ; J. H. Hinton, M.A.; Eustace Carey ; and Richard l'eek, Josiah Condor, S. Allen, R. Barret, J. Scoble, Samuel Fox, and Joseph Cooper, Esqrs. The Rev. W. M. BUNTING seconded the Resolution, which was put, and carried unanimously. EDMUND TURNER, Esq. (M. P. for Truro) moved a Resolution, assuring the negro population of the West Indies of the sympathy of the meeting with their sufferings and afflictions, expressing a hope that their deliverance might shortly be expected, SkMUPT, VOX ' USq! seconded the Resolution, which was unanimously agreed to, - C. BRANDON, Esq., M. P. for Tavistock, then proceeded to move a resolution strongly condemning the drawback on the importation of West India Sugar. J. PpTep, Esq., seconded the resolution = which was carried unanimously, The Rev. T. SCALES, of Leeds, moved the adoption of petitions to both Houses of Parliament, f o u n ded on the resolotioos to be si4ned by the chairman, on behalf of the meeting, and presented by him to the House of Commons and by Lord Brougham, to the House of Lords. He was happy to state that his Lordship was en tirely with them.—( Loud cheers.) The petition having been read, T. W. ALEXANDER, Esq., Treasurer of the Central Committee, seconded the motion, which was agreed to una nimeusly. W. T. BLAIR, - Esquire, of Bath, moved the cor dial thanks of the meeting to Joseph Sturg', Esq , for his unwearied exertions i❑ the cause of Isl;gro Eman cipation. The motion having been seconded by Dr. PHILLIP, of Cape Town, was carried by acclamation. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, who having re turned thanks, the meeting separated at half-past four. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Nor. 23. The .Ertrl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat at half-past three o'clock. The Marquis Wellesley, the Bishop of Lincoln, Lord St. Helens, the Earl of Essex, and Lord Ducie took the oaths, and subscribed the Parliamentary roll. The House then adjourned during pleasure. The House resumed at five o'clock. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from South ampton, signed by 1,300 of the inhabitants, com plaining of the working of the apprenticeship system in the West India Colonies, and prating for the entire and immediate emancipation of the negro. His Lordship referred to the Island of Antig,na for a cor roboration of the assumption of the petitioners, that a state of transition from slavery to absolute freedom was as necessary as wise. Property in that island had gene rally increased in value ; there was no difficulty in getting labourers ; offences of all sorts had greatly diminished ; the average import for the three years preceding emancipation was 165,000 cwts., and subse quent to the emancipation, during the years 1834, 1835, and 1836, it was 189,000 cwts., making an increase of 24,000 ; that being a full increase of all the produce of free labour, as compared with slave labour, before the period in question ; in 1835, which was one of the years in question, that increase occurred—notwithstanding a severe and destructive hurricane, and also of a drought which took place in 1836—also one of those years, so severe and dreadful that water had to be imported into Antigua from Barbadoes. Should these facts be proved, as he was confident they would, by the Returns for which he would move, then he thought he might fairly call upon Jamaica, Barbadoes, and other islands, to shorn cause why they have not followed the wise, humane and noble example set them by the island of Antigua. EXTENSION OF - THE SUFFRAGE. The Duke of NORFOLK presented a petition from Sheffield, complaining of the rate-paying and registration clauses of the Reform 13:11, and praying for relief. Lord I3ROUG H AM—My Lords, I have been requested by the Gentlemen who have signed the petition presented by my Noble Friend to support it, which I do with much pleasure. Along with my Noble Friend, I myself can vouch for the great respectability of those who have put their names to it, coming, as it does, from a great, industrious, and wealthy community : it is signed but by few persons, which arose entirely from an accident,with which I need not trouble you. But of those who have signed it,there are those belonging to every shade of opinion, existing in that hive of industry,and I can assure you, of my own knowledge, that they speak the sentiments of nearly the whole of their fellow-citizens, who have at all attended to the working of those parts of the Reform Bill. In no quarter of this House do I expect that there will be the slightest repugnance •to taking these matters into serious consideration, and granting such re dress as the case may require. My Lords, having done all that was requested of me by those respectable gentlemen, in giving my humble support to their petition, I feel that I would not be doing justice to the opinions which I hold on these subjects, if I did not add, that I do not think that these cor rec .ions—( Hear, hear,) —that these amendments, or that any corrections or any amendments in the mere details of the Reform Act will suffice to render the measure particularly and certainly adequate to the great end— the great view which was entertained by those who framed— by those who supported—by those who adopted that Bill, namely, the securing to the people of this country a free and full representation in the Commons House of Parliament. I will not' at present, my Lords, enter into the details of what I believe to be the necessary amend ments which that Act has been proved by experience to require —which experience, my Lords, has shown the abso lute necessity of makini , in some of the fundamental prin ciples of that Bill.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") I mean especially, my Lords, the extension of the elective franchise. My Lords, I am as seriously aware of the necessity of an extension of that right to the people, as I was of the ne cessity of the Reform Bill, at the time it was proposed and adopted. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented returns, which were ordered to be printed. The Marquis of BUTE presented a petition, complain ing of the high rate o f po s t age c h arge d b y t h e Post-office. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he would move for the papers relative to Antigua to-morrow. The House then adjourned. NO USE OF COMMONS, Nor. 23. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 10 minutes before Four o'clock, and called on those Members who had not yet been sworn to come to the Bar. Lord PALmaasToN, Lord COLE, and another lion. Mem ber were then sworn and took their seats. HER MAJESTY'S ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. The SPEAKER said—l have to acquaint the House, that this House has presented its humble and dutiful Address to her Majesty, and that her Majesty has been pleased to return the fol lowing gracious reply :—" I thank you for your loyal and dutiful address. It is my anxious wish to see my people happy and united. I rely with confidence on the wisdom and temper of the House of Commons, and upon its desire to support the ho nour and dignity of the Crown, and to promote the welfare of the whole community." THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS' ACT. Mr. B AIN E S gave notice of a motion for certain returns rela.ing to the Municipal Corporations' Act, amongst which was a return of the number of persons who bad been elected to office under that Act, and who had refused to take the Oaths or subscribe the Declaration required, upon conscien tious grounds. NATIONAL EDUCATION. Mr. PARKER presented a petition from Sheffield, signed by 12.000 persons, praying for the establishment of a national system of education, whereby every person might be instructed in the word of God, and taught his duty to God and to his neighbour. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, &c. Sir E. SUG DE N, who rose amid cries of" Hear, hear, hear," from the Tory benches, presented a petition from certain Clergymen of the County of York, complain ing of the operation of the late Act for the Re gistration of births, marriages, and deaths, and amongst other 'things that by the Act they were compelled to marry persons upon the mere certificate of the Registrar, contrary to the Rubric and the Canons; further, that by the said Act many persons were induced to dispense with the Sacrament of Baptism. The petitioners declared that they had no wish to interfere with the religious opinions of others, but they prayed to be relieved from the necessity of coming in contact with such scruples, and, above all, from the violation of their own vows. CONTESTED ELECTIONS. Mr. BLE WITT give notice that on Wednesday the 29th November, unless the subject was previously taken up, he should move resolutions that it was a gross breach of the rights and privileges of that House for any person to impeach, or call in question the right or title of any Hon. Member to sit in that House, otherwise than by petition presented according to the laws and regulations of that House. Second—That by the laws and regulations of that House, the right of petition, in cases of contested elec tions, was placed in those only who had a right to vote at that election, or who claimed to be re turned, or who were candidates at the election, and that fir any person to procure or instigate the prosecution of any petition against the return of any Member of that House, or to maintain the same by money, was contrary to the laws, and a violation of the rights and privileges of that House. Third—That a confederacy of any persons to examine the merits of any petition which may have been presented, or which it was proposed to present, against the return of any Member of that House, or to decide whether the same is just or deserving in its character, had a direct tendency to anticipate, diminish, degrade, and render nugatory the jurisdiction of that House ; that it was subversive of the course of public justice, a contempt of the judicature, and a breach of the rights and privileges of that House. Fourth, That a confederacy of any number of persons to raise subscriptions in aid of petitions against the return of any Member of that House, and the application of such subscriptions, or any part of the same, for such a pur pose, was an invasion of the liberties of the subject, and that it be referred to a Committee of Privileges to investi gate the proceedings of a Meeting held at the London Coffee house, Ludgate-hill, at which Mr. Andrew Spottiswoode, Printer to her Majesty presided, and to report the same to the House, and that the consideration of all election petitions be deferred until after the Committee had made its Report.—( Hear.) FIR.F., INSURANCES. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that on the 6th of March he should submit a resolution for the reduction of the duty on Fire Insurances. MILITARY COMMISSIONS. The Hon. and Gallant MEMBER then gave notice that en the 9.0:11 of March he should move fur the appoinifflent of a into the sale of Milit ar y Corn- Select Committee to enquire Com missions, eHURCII PROPERTY. He also gave notice that on the 3d of April ho should submit a motion relative to the present state of Church Property as regarded its spoliation, ELECTION PETITIONS. The SPEAKER then enquired whether any Members bad any Election Petitions to present. Mr. DUNCOMBE, and other Members, then presented peti- a an , tions against the returns for the City of lj°, Li 4'l t y castle- undc-r Lyme, Durl.am City, Huntingdon on Queen's County, which were ordered to be taken into Co &ration on the 12th of December. r Mr.F .;i f ip li p k o N r V t opfretsteentEedstaabplie3tilictidoncfirwormeht.he County 0 Mr. Girdon Lro ughe up papers from tiro , Anuts. Bondi which were laid on the table NEMENTS. - An 1;os. MEMBER, SMALL whose n TE ame we could not learn, g a .:: notice, that on an early day he would move fo r leave to brim in a Bill to compel the owners of small ten ements to Pi t . rates instead of the occupiers. Mr. HUME LEGS no O tic E e t T h H at E on HOD= E. move for the appointment of a Seleet consideration the fees taken in this (louse on Election Cam • mittees. c Tuesdayotn nt c r t : t t o h toa o u u Itj THE IRISH CONSTABULARY• t . as k.. Sir IL BATESON would take that opportunity 0 , to int.; a question of her Majesty's Government retail an order v,hielt had been lately issued. and which materki.,c affected the lives and properties of her Majesty's subjec,ts. catl„, alluded to a circular issued by Colonel Shaw lon a Inspector-General of Police, in which order the Force and Police under his ordet a, were directed not to . a tt_ ce r : any protection to the lives or properties, in cases of distura'auper of any individw:ls who could not afford to pay Is. p er be t here day for each policeman. It appeared to him monstrous that that should be one law for the rich and another for the poor in unfortunate country, and he wished to know whether that Irish to had the s:.netion and approbation of her Majesty's vernmcnt ? the Lor.l MO R PETH said the order had been issued by Inspector-General of Police, and it appeared to him that Hon. Member had quite misunderstood its spirit. f, coa' Sir R BATESON had asked a question, an d .) I, r ceived he had not. received an answer.—(Opposition eheerso, Constab,u.vi Lord MORPETH had no objection, when called y o r, e t 3 give any explanation that might be required relative, t conduct of the Irish Government. Whenever an application oa, made, the circumstances of the case were reported to thob.ect spector-General, who decided upon them. T i l e i heY of the orde: w as to pr e v en t parties, who imagin e " t iu had a right t o a pply f or protection, doing. s o bu t every case, without any advance or remuneration, a nd in no case in which protecti on w as c onsidered adviseable, the parties were enabled to pay for it, had it been denied.-- e u (Ministerial cheers.) If the lion. Member gave a o ° l ; c t ° he the subject, he would have no objection to go fully into - matter. Sir ROBERT BATESON then gave notice tha t r i tt'' ' morrow he would move for a production of a copy of the ‘-'‘ der in question. PEACE PRESERVATION ACT (IRELAND)' or d Captain JONES wished to know from the Noble (Morpeth) whether it was his int e nti on t o re new the provisieut of the Peace Preservation Act (I re l a nd), which had Pr, expired ; and if so, whether he me an t t o institute any Pre minary inquiry ? Lcrd MO ti.PE TH said that it was the intention of G overn' ment to renew the pi ovisions of the Act. DUTY ON TIN. 211, Sir CHAS. LEMON presented a p e titi on from Co L• praying that in the arrangements t o b e ma d e f or the Civil Ll6O provision should be made whereby some other mode of P e l a e rt. might be substituted for the Duchy duty on tin. The lio n ' , — t hat stated be would not now enter i n t o a description Of wha t f tax was; but it was the last tax ra i se d on the raw preut, our country ; and gave notice that he should to-morrow wan' that the petition be referred to th e C omm itt ee abouttob e r pointed on the Civil List. ELECTION PETITIONS. b e ad Lord STANLEY, seein g t h e N o bl e L or d at the be of the Home Department in his place, trusted thatort, might be permitted to ask a question of considerable l o s ante, to which he' hoped t o receive a decided and P ° , h a d answer. At the opening of th e S ess i on , t h e N o ble Lora no , announced that it was the intention of the Governrnenleta. rainally to fix all election petitions to be taken into consni La , tion on the 12th of Dec em b er , upon t h e un d ers t a nding, w s; ever, that they should be postponed till after the holl it and although that side of the House had objections t° postponment, yet considering the short time for which , at postponement was to take pl ace , an d t h e i nconve nience 1 , 1 1. 0 might result in conseque nce o f t h e s h ort per i o d that o t se take place between the hearing of the first petition an d a ll adjournment of the House, it was thought desirable orrect. hands that the arrangement should be carried into e u elf But within the last few days it had been rather ostentatie s i, announced that the Noble Lord would be coerced by a 011 _ 1 ., derable body of his supporters to depart from that wet° rangement, and not to take election petitions te a consideration until after the p ass i ng o f an exl c a nd measure. Now he, ( L or d 5.,) cou ld say , f or himself boil for those upon that side of the House generally, that if theY o d e the least idea that the Noble Lord could be induced to ar e ce l to any such proposition, nothing on earth could have in , e o ,ll them to acquiesce in his arrangement: and he Led Stanley) therefore asked the Noble Lord, and he the Noble Lord (J. Russell) would distinctly an s- et is whether it was his intention to proceed with the election Pfron, tions immediately after th e Ch r i s t mas h o lid ays —( Cheers 1/ the Tory benches)—and whether it was his intention to aP,P to the provisions of any Bill th a t m i g h t t h erea f ter b e passe' the petitions arising out of the last election ?—( Cheers.) , tly LordJOHN RUSSELL sa id—Th e N o bl e L or d has rig f o r represented that I have pr o p ose d t o fix the election petitions 'go the 12th of December, with a view that I should pr f l ° o , an adjournment of 'them till after the holidays. s t o hear.) I made that p ro p os iti on , f rom a cons id e ration „I the convenience of the House, as I thought it would interterd the business of the House if those election petitions stool' come on before the Christmas holidays ; but I did not as the House merely to assent t o th at , b ecause I t h ou ght it o f an arrangement that every Member would see the p r oprieti li e assenting to, even before any reason for it was assigned. ' t i t er Noble Lord is likewise correct in stating that it has—wh e hes e ostentatiously or not I am not prepared to say—that it has ' t o stated there is an expectation that in certain cases the Elect petitions should be postponed, until some Bill should be Pa' tio e through Parliament for a different mode of conducting ele e . o f petitions. Now all I have to state is, that I think the reason convenience which I originally proposed for pos!1 s0 11 ing the election petiti ons w ill b e a sufficient r' ke why—and I give noti c e n ow th at to - morrow I w ill ma, i ect proposition for the adjou rnmen t o f t h e cons id erat ion o' 00 , election petitions till aft er th e h o lid ays , on t h e groun d d e o venience, to which I think the Noble Lord himself tl .reii not object. With respect to the oth er groun d, I ant ca re ill at a loss to give any answer , b ecause a l t h oug h I am per' 0 0 aware of the law, and wh a t m i g ht b e dO ne b e f ore t h e existetbe of a new law, yet it is impossible for me to say that befor e , in expiration of 14 days th ere ma y not appear to b e an e viden t tendon to take advantag e o f th a t law—(Cheers)—to se t a n vil v not only false returns—n o t on ly returns ma d e b y illegillegal io as but to set aside a gr e at n um b er o f e l ect i ons t h at h ave been jo g nifestly and obviously fair and legal, with a view of ch at / de the mode of the trial of those elections.—( Cheers.) N° vii i is te not say that that will be the case, but I must say there tha n been indications in the m on th o f A ugust last—not earherhetbe that—which induced m e t o thi n k th at t h at may pro bablY io n case.—( Hear, hear.) Th ere f ore , w i t h respect to the g ee sea the Noble Lord asks me now, until the 14 days h I cannot make any answer to it. But if it does appe ar p ee there is an intention to take advantage of the law for the tit° version and abuse of that law—( Immense cheering fr e r„ ancl Ministerial side)—l cannot conceive, if that case is clearly te r plainly made out, that this House will not at least think it a le : 0 13 of grave deliberation, whether in such a case Government 0 ," ° ,0 propose any measure—whether any individual Member .° ea propose a measure, or whether the House would agree L b ies measure, I cannot answer—but when I say there are su e d e ill dications, they convince me that I should not be quit e , s„ot as ave elaPthos presuming there is an intention to abide by the law, an d -- intention to pervert it to party purposes. lt i t; . • On the moti on o f the CIVIL HA CNCELLOR LIST of the E c usu that portion of th e Sp eec h f rom t h e Th rone w hich rela te the Civil List was read, which having been done, sa fd-s' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUE R ' s tate' Sir, I request the attention of the House to th e bern' ment which I feel it to be my duty to lay before,sy. and although the mode of making that statement may f: t. for perfect, I feel that I may rely oi, this House for sePle'uate with respect to the proposition itself of making an ° a way provision for the Crown, I know that I shall be tio se: palsied by the best feeling of Gentlemen on all sides the er sest Sir, it is my intention to propose that the subject be L o os° to a Select Committee. I take this course, not only u_ s i t ioe , a s n e s l a s i t 3 t i s o f t it is consistent with that which I advocated in 0 P)",.. tbia subjectbi euct t ttiheactta,oui The House well for the is m ry uc c l o i nc b l e u t s t i e o r n. fitted for brineb ro eol' granting of a Civil List to our late Sovereign goose! when the last proposition was we"' i t 0' met by the party now seated on this side of the s to a then in opposition, by a proposition to refer the papetrhe pr e; Committee ; and if I did not take that course uP on _ eo etin is a sent occasion I might justly be taunted, as we have ', in , as A been, perhaps not justly, with taking a different _enje Member of the Government from that which I re"m ot ill be „J er e when in opposition; but whether I might or might not r- y posed to that taunt, if I did not believe that __as that in which I propose to deal with this questio j " : . c h e rr e which would most conduce to the satisfactory i „ to t ei s of our duty, I should expose myself :more willi n f imputation of inconsistency than of having be i eL v be d t e r° er es into a course of conduct that might prejudice N e on .‘ the settlement of this question.—(Loud c ries o , ° !l•o 11°11' to hear.") I need not press upon the attention 1" üblie than bee the importance of this question, no less to the P c .asp vs' or the Crown.—( Hear, hear.) Upon a former.::ie ' de b a te, i t it was at issue, I did not take a part in the when w hen at I felt that the time might not be nis i. ° °no n it_ cie might be my more appropriate duty to enter (hat P e o f sonic length ; but it was then thrown °,e the ag e ot l liar caution was necessary, by reason ne ople , , ° t he the Sovereign, and the anticipation of all hu m ' 0 1 ,, e , tha‘roes, of none more heartily than the House of Cc; m be prosP e t hat reign which is about to begin may not oni c Y Sibr;oogb but long.—(Clieers.) It is on that very , car a carry t oith eeg we wish to make suck arrangement as ha ppy, Ac ets--" that reign, which I hope will be as long;,,actieg boors and appeals to Parliament—witho ut to 9 (_' boo and without those circumstances which have ha ve r i T oya i , tl l ; jealousy upon the part of the people, and W ri i en ce t° v .t y without their influence in causing inconye in Nol a 1 0 , It is because I anticipate and desire be . s c_ you all that the reign of her Majesty Civ il . j i :sO c t e r' I think we ought to take stes to mak e t Sir' in 't But then' 9 ider 1 be" ratigements as satisfactory as possible. sto e on ta ke, 00 as that reign may he long, so it behoves c e about to for care, and to weigh well the step We cause I admit that when that step is (30 „, b a r oil' should be ready to plead that arrangement 1 " arc takea,_cotoriev. I ,ndon, New.