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HOUSE OF LORDS. APPEALS. (Before Lords BROUGHAM, DEVON, MORTON, and others, HOGOAN V. RANKEN. This was an appeal on the part of Mrs. Sophia Hoggan, or Smith, relict of Alexander Smith, of Laud, against Thomas Ranken, common agent in the process of ranking of the credi tors of William Smith, eldest son of the said Alexander Smith. The LORD-ADVOCATE (with whom was Mr. SuAw) stated the appellant's case. The point at issue was the validity or nullity of au instrument of sasine arising out of an erasure in the date. - Sir W. FOLLETT appeared for the respondent. At five o'clock the further hearing was postponed until to• morrow (this day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. The VICE-CHANCELLOR and. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET sat as Lords Commissioners. IN RE CHAMBERS, A LUNATIC. Mr. JACOB and Mr. RICHARDS were heard on a petition in this matter, which was partly discussed on Saturday. Mr. Chambers, whose bankruptcy has been so long in liti gation, was appointed several years ago Committee of the estate of John Chambers, a lunatic, and at the time the banking-house stopped payment, his accounts, as Commit tee, remained unsettled. Another Committee was after wards appointed, and, several orders had been made for passing the account, on some of which the assignees of Chambers were before the Court. The Master acting under these orders, had taken the accounts, and having found a sum due from Mr. A. Chambers, a petition was presented, praying the confirmation of the Master's report, and that the securities which had been given by Mr. Abraham Chambers for duly accounting might be delivered out, for the purpose of being sued upon. This petition was opposed by the assignees, on whose behalf it was urged that the finding of the Master was not warranted by the evidence before him, nor by the terms of the reference. If, however, the petitioner would content himself with proving the amount of the debt which might be found due under the Commission, the objection raised would be waived by the assignees. Mr. DUCKWORTH supported the petition. Mr. KINDERSLEY appeared for Sir Samuel Chambers, the heir-at-law of the lunatic. Their LORDSHIPS thought that, from what had been stated, it would be necessary that the Master should re view his report, and they accordingly made an order direct ing him to do so generally, and, to prevent any question as to the jurisdiction, the order was to be entitled to lunacy only. The Master was to be at liberty, as he had been under former orders, to state any special circumstances, and the costs of all parties were ordered to be reserved. OPERATION OF THE DIVISION OF PROPERTY. —ln the United States it has nearly completed its work of destruction, and there we can best study its results. The English laws concerning the transmission of property were abolished in almost all the States at the time of the Revolu tion. The law of entail was so modified as not to interrupt the free circulation of property. The first generation having passed away, estates began to be parcelled out ; and the change became more and more rapid with the progress of time. At this moment, after the lapse of little more than sixty years, the aspect of society is totally altered ; the families of the great landed proprietors are almost all commingled with the general mass. In the State of New York, which formerly contained many of them, there are but two who keep their heads above the stream, and they must shortly disappear. The sons of these opulent citizens are become merchants, lawyers, or physicians. Most of them have lapsed into obscurity. The last trace of hereditary rank and distinction is destroyed, for the law of partition has reduced all to one level.— Tocqueville's Democracy in America. COAL-PIT ACCIDENT.—We gave in our last the full particulars of the distressing event which had occurred in one of the mines of Mr. Fletcher, at Little Lever, from the roof of the pit falling in, and thereby inundating the mine from the river Irwell, and by which sad misfortune seventeen individuals were hurried into eternity. Since that time, the most unremitting exertions have been made to get at the bodies of the poor sufferers, and two of them, Greenalgh and Hurst, have been brought out. An inquest has been holden upon them, and it appears, from the evidence of the superintendent of the mine, that there was not the most remote apprehension of danger from the quarter which caused the calamity. The water in the pit at the beginning of this week was said to be still forty yards deep, and with all the extraordinary exertions which are used they are not enabled to reduce it more than a yard and a half in twenty-four hours. We trust, however, that ultimately the relatives may have the satisfaction, sorrow ful though it be, of knowing that the bodies of th e deceased have been found, and that they were reverently consigned to their native earth.—Preston MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—These Sessions com menced yesterday morning, before B. Retch, Esq., Chair man, and a Bench of Magistrates. The calendar is some what heavy, containing the names of 150 prisoners, but the charges are of a petty nature, such as larcenies, assaults, riots, and disorderlies. There are more prisoners for trial this ses sion in consequence of their being intermediate to the sessions of the Central Criminal Court. Henry Terry, a private in the Coldstream Regiment of Guards, was indicted for stealing two hooks from the British ,fuseum, which were severally laid to be the property of the King, the Archbishop of Canter bury, &c Evidence was called to prove the case, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The sentence of the Court was that the prisoner should be imprisoned six months, six weeks of the time to be solitary confinement. ADVENTURE BETWEEN A HOTTENTOT AND A LION.—The grass about us was exceedingly tall, and the country abounded in spring-boks : one of our Hottentots thought he perceived one amidst the grass, and kept close up to it in order to make sure of his shot, when, on rising to dis charge his piece, he found himself close upon a large male lion, which instantly set up a loud roar. The man fled, and being near the waggons, was not pursued by the liou. The manner in which he related the story was exceedingly amusing, and characteristic of the Hottentot. " I saw," said he, " a spring bok which I made sure of having in the pot to-night ; but when I got close to it, I found it was the Governor. I was just going to fire, when he asked me in a loud tone, What are you going to do?'—' Oh !' said I, beg your pardon. I did not know it was your honour, or I should not have presumed to have drawn so near you. I hope your Honour will not con sider it an insult, and I shall instantly retire.' So I scampered away a great deal quicker than I went to him."—Steecintan's Wanderings iii South Africa. DIVERS, AND THEIR POWER OF SUSPENDING RESPIRATION.—Surprising statements have been made by travellers—a privileged race—respecting the powers of pearl fishers and others in voluntarily suspending their respiration under water at considerable depths : some have mentioned half hours, and some even longer periods, as within the bounds of possibility. Dr. Lefevre, of Rochefort, who was lately stationed at Navarino, had ample opportunity of putting the powers of the best divers to the test. He witnessed the per formances of those who were employed to fish up the relics of the Turkish fleet sunk in Navarino harbour. The depth to which they had to plunge was ono hundred feet; but though the Greek divers are, and have always been, famous for their prowess, none of them could sustain submersion for two whole minutes together. Seventy-six seconds was the average period in fourteen instances accurately noted; and frequently, after reaching the surface, blood issued from the mouth, eyes, and ears of the swimmer. But in general these people can repeat their task three or four times in an hour.—Medicee Gazette. A MYSTERY.—Not far from the Chateau of Ver sailles is a small cottage-built house, the entrance to which is by a low narrow door at the side. It is very clean and plea santly situated. Carriages, calashes, and cabriolets, are stop ping here constantly. People come from Paris, St. Cloud, Sevres, and from all the towns and country round about. You knock once, then again, and even a third time. At the third knock the door is opened by a negress or mustee. She leads you into a dark apartment, and silent as the grave. There you find a flambeau, and follow without a guide the long corridor before you. You then proceed under a subterranean roof, and shortly arrive at a sort of temple which is occupied by a female. She neither rises nor opens her mouth ; and converses with you only by signs, from which you are made acquainted with very surprising things that have already passed, as well as with those which are to come. When you leave her she im poses an oath —your right hand placed upon your breast—not to repeat to any to any one whatsoever revelations she may have made to you ; neither to disclose the name of the street, nor the number of the house in which she dwells. The secret must necessarily be ill kept, or that there is in truth something magical attending it, since people go there from all parts, and frequently wait till nightfall before their turn comes. —Le Voyageur, Observateur, et Raconteur. The court-martial ordered on Lieutenant Stovin, late of his Majesty's brig Algerine, on charges of repeated . drunkenness and unofficerlike conducted, promoted by the mate and master of the vessel, commenced on Tuesday last on board his Majesty's ship Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, Vice- Admiral Sir Frederick Maitland, K. C. 8., President. The evidence for the prosecution occupied Tuesday and Wednesday last, the principal points of which were, that the commander had been repeatedly drunk, and at one time charged the master (Mr. Heath) with an unnatural offence, and threatened to shoot him. In consequence of which the master declared him self under an arrest, and the mate, Mr. Carden took upon him self the command of the vessel, and ordered the Lieutenant into arrest. The def ence commence d on F r id ay morn i ng, and the evidence has occupied till Saturday evening, and is not now concluded. The prisoner's witnesses deny the charges in toto, asserting that the commander was never tipsy, and that any appearance of it was the result of ill health. The contrariety of evidence is most extraordinary ; on one occasion in particu lar, when the Governor of Teneriffe and the British Consul came on board and lunched with Lieutenant Stovin, the pro secuting witnesses declare that he fell dead drunk on the table, before the Consul and Governor rose from lunch, while the prisoner's own witnesses swear as positively that he accompa nied his guests to the quarter-deck, and shook hands with them on their going over the side. It is supposed that no sentence will be given until the Consul has been inquired of as to those matters. Whatever may be the result of the present trial, it is expected that the mate and master will both be tried for de priving their superior officer of his command. The trial has excited considerable interest in the naval world on account of the novelty of the circumstances.—. Portsmouth Herald. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. BOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 27. The VICE-CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at a few minutes before five o'clock. CORPORATION REFORM BILL. Lord RAVENSWORTH presented a petition from New castle against the Corporation Reform Bill. Lord HAT HERTON presented a petition in favour of the Bill from Weisel, and one from Stoke-upon-Trent to the same effect. Lord PRUDHOE presented a petition from the freemen of Durham and Newcastle-on-Tyne, against the Corporation Bill. Also one from Morpeth, to the same effect. Also one from the merchants of Tynemouth, against any change in the Timber Duties. The Bishop of ROCHESTER presented a petition from the Clergy - of his diocese, praying for protection to the Church. CERTIORARI BILL. Lord BROUGHAM, on the Report on the above Bill being brought up, said he intended to postpone the third reading of the Bill until the sth of August, so that Lord Denman might be in his place, as he was very anxious to introduce some amendment. The Earl of FALMOUTH presented a petition from Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, complaining of tho Report of the Corporation Commissioners, and praying to be heard by Counsel against the Corporation Reform Bill. The Earl of TANKER VILL E presented a petition from the Corporation of Berwick-upon-Tweed, praying to be heard by Counsel against the Corporation Reform Bill. The Duke of BEAUFORT presented a petition from Bristol against the Corporation Reform Bill. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition from the wrights of Newcastle-upon- Tyne against certain parts of the Municipal Corporation Reform Bill. The Earl of HARE WOOD presented a petition from the Corporation of Doncaster against the Municipal Reform Bill, and praying to be heard by counsel at the bar. He complained that according to the Bill as it then stood, the Corporation of Doncaster would be swamped into that of another place. . . Viscount MELBOURNE presented several petitions in favor of the Bill from Brecon and other places. ABERDEEN UNIVERSITIES. The Earl of ABERDEEN said he had received many pe titions against the proposed junction of the two Universities in Aberdeen, which he would not now present, as he under stood the Hon. Gentleman who had the charge of the Bill did not mean to press it during the present Session.---( Hear, hear.) He trusted, however, that the Noble Viscount would not countenance the plan in a future Session. CORPORATION REFORM BILL. The Duke of NEWCASTLE doubted very much whether the House had a right to proceed with this Bill, as in his opinion, it very much interfered with the prerogatives of the Crown.—( Hear, hear.) It was a question of very grave im portance, and he thought it would be his duty to move an address to the King, praying that his Majesty would be pleased to instruct and authorize the Attorney- General to bring in a Bill to give legality to the Commission, upon whose Report the Bill was founded. Lord BROUGHAM never heard of such a proposition. He was perfectly prepared to show that the Commission was strictly legal, and he assured the House it was appointed in strict conformity to precedents of more than a century. There was one appointed no later than 1830, when the Noble Duke (Wellington) was at the head of affairs, when his Noble and Learned Friend (Lyndhurst) was Chancellor, and which Com mission was countersigned by the now Lord Chief Baron, who was then Attorney-General ; and that commission was almost word for word to the one in question—that Com mission was upon the Irish Church.—(Hear, hear.) The remedy now proposed was one of the most singular kind he had heard of in the course of his experience—it was one part of the Legislature calling upon the King to desire the representative of Edinburgh to bring in a Bill upon a par ticular subject. Such a course, he would say, had never be fore been dreamed of. It was preposterous, and he was cer tain the House would not countenance it. Tho Duke of NEWCASTLE said a few words in reply ; which were inaudible. ROMAN CATHOLIC MARRIAGES. In answer to an observation from the Earl of CARBERRY, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that he should postpone the second reading of the Roman Catholic Marriages Bill till Thursday next. The Duke of I . 'ENATC A STLE begged to know if his Ma jesty's Government had sanctioned the establishment of a monastery of the Jesuits' order near Loughborough ? He begged also to know if any information had reached the Government relative to the riots that had taken place in Liverpool and other places on the 12th July last. Viscount MELBOURNE knew just as much about the riots to which the Noble Duke alluded as he did. He had seen a statement relative to them in the newspapers, and he was satisfied the authorities would take the steps necessary for their suppression and the punishment of the parties im plicated. With respect to the other subject, if the Noble Duke supposed that he (Lord Melbourne) sanctioned the es tablishment of any colleges or universitiesbut those recognized by law, he very much misunderstood him. If the establishment to which the Noble Duke alluded was an evil, he (Lord Mel bourne) knew nothing of it, and could not prevent it. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF comm - azys, JULY 27. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. Papers were presented from the Treasury and the India, House. On the motion of Mr. CAMPBELL the Ballochneg Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. OSWALD brought up the Report of the Glasgow Poor-rate Committee. Mr. SPIE RS presented a petition against any further grant to the Scotch Church. Petitions on the same subject were presented by Mr. SINCLAIR and Sir M. J. STEWART. Mr. TE NNE NT presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Belfast, praying that no alteration might be made in the duties on timber. He warmly supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. BO LDE R 0 supported the petition, and presented one to the same effect. Mr. JACK SON also supported the prayer of the petition. EAST INDIA COMPANY. Mr. ROBIN SON presented a petition from certain of the Honourable East India Company's Maritime Officers excluded from compensation under the late Act of Parliament. Shortly after the House met this Session he had presented two petitions on this subject, and in consequence of them a Committee was appointed. That Committee was most fairly constituted—it had the advantage of the assistance of persons who were competent to decide upon the subject. They went into a long examination of the evi dence upon this very singular case, and the Report of that Committee, to which he begged the particular attention of the House, was as follows :—the Report was founded upon three Resolutions come to by the Committee, the first of which was to the effect that it appeared, that under the provisions of the Act of the 3d and 4th of William IV., c. 85, the East India Company were empowered to grant compensation to those officers whose interests were affected by the discontinuance of the trade ; that this ,grant was re stricted to officers who had been five years in the service ; and, thirdly, and this was the important part of the Report to which he called attention, and which justified him in asking why the Board of Control, had, notwithstanding the Report, continued to refuse to accede to the claims of those offi cers, and to do them that justice to which they were en titled. The third resolution stated that a strict adherence to this rule would appear to exclude from compensation the case of officers who were fairly entitled, and they therefore recom mended to the Court of Directors to consider the case of those officers who had been hitherto excluded, and whose interests were nevertheless affected by the discontinuance of the trade. He had never contended that the Company were not the proper persons to consider the case of these officers, and he should be sorry to see any necessity for taking the case out of their hands. But an arrangement had been made to which that House had been a party, and which provided for those officers whose interests were affected. He, therefore, thought that the House had a right to complain of the East India Company, after making an arrangement, giving ten and a half per cent. for forty years, and the repayment of the capital. This was a most advantageous arrangement, and the Company ought to adhere to the letter and the spirit of it. ( Hear, hear, hear.) What had the Company done ? In order to save the trouble of investigating the great body of the cases they made a general rule, by which they drew a line, by which no officer who had got his official appointment on the 28th of August, 1828, or subse quently, could become entitled to compensation.—( Hear.) Ho would ask what had the Act of Parliament to do with the year 1828 ? The Company had drawn an arbitrary line, by which an officer who had been appointed on the 29th of Au gust would be deprived of compensation to which the officer who had been appointed two days before would be entitled. It was because the special case had been in all instan ces excluded that he had brought forward the claim of these officers. When they applied for compensation, the invariable answer was, You don't come within the rule, and therefore we exclude you. He put the claim of these gen tlemen on the broad principle of justice; either they had a claim under the provisions of the Act, or they had not. If they had no claim, he would abandon their case, but if they had he would not consent to - their being put upon a charitable fund, subject to the contingency of other officers dying off. He contended, that when the Act relative to the East India Colonies passed, it was always contemplated that these officers should have compensation. Every other officer connected with the Company had received full and ample remuneration, and it was unaccountable to him that these officers in particular had been excluded.—( Hear, hear.) They had the Act of Parliament before them, which would convince the House that the Company considered these officers entitled to compensation. Next, they found these officers ex cluded by the rigid application of the rule drawn by the Company.—(Hear, hear.) The Report of the Com mittee of the House of Commons, and the evidence of Lord Glenelg was in their favour, and with this having gone to the Company, the petitioners received the same answer. It was nothing that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite said that he did not agree with the East India Company in the policy of this exclusion. He (Mr. R.) asked the Ho use , i n t h e name of justice, whether these petitioners were not justified in coming again before the House ? He would, for the pre sent, merely lay the petition on the table ; but if the answer of the Right Honourable Gentleman was not satisfactory, he should certainly feel it his duty, on some future occa sion, to bring forward a specific motion, and he would not abandon the case until he saw justice done them.—( Hear, hear.) He should certainly rather hear from the Right Hon. Gentleman that justice had not been done them, and that their cases would be reconsidered. It was too hard that THE StTN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 28 ; 1835. those officers whose exertions had been the means of filling the coffers of the Company, should be refused compensation because they had quitted the service of the Hon. Company previous to 1828, although they had been always anxious to return to it. He begged to apologize for having trespassed so long on the House, and he hoped he bad said enough to convince the House that these petitioners had strong claims upon the Company for compensation for the services performed by them. The petition having been brought up, Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE objected to the petition being re ceived, on the ground that it prayed for a grant of money, and was therefore informal. The SPEAKER said if such was the case it could not be received. Mr. ROBINSON—The petitioners merely prayed the House would assist them in obtaining compensation from the East India Company. After a few observations from Sir J. C. HOBIIOUSE, Mr. ROBINSON withdrew the petition. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented several petitions from parishes in Kilkenny and Cork against the Bill now in progress through that House, relative to the Irish Church ; also, a petition from Sir William Harty formerly representative of the City of Dublin, to the same effect. Also a petition from a Protestant clergyman of the island of Achil, on the coast of Mayo, complaining of the persecution practised by the Roman Catholic clergymen against the children attending petitioners' schools. Lord COLE presented a petition from the High Sheriff and Grand Jury of Fermanagh, against the Irish Church Bill. Sir M. S. STEWART presented a petition from Renfrew, against the Ten Hours' Factory Bill. Mr. CAMPBELL presented a petition from a Society resident in London for the propagation of Christian Knowledge, in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, relative to the con templated arrangement of the Scottish Colleges. Mr. M'KINNON supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. SINCLAIR also supported the petition. ECCLESIASTICAL REGISTRATION. Mr. W. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from a parish in Yorkshire against the Ecclesiastical Registration Bill, and asked the Attorney-General whether it was his intention to proceed with it at this advanced period of the session. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was sure that this Bill would be supported by both sides of the House, and therefore it was not likely to extend the duration of the session. He should bring it forward at the very first oppor tunity.—( Hear. ) Mr. HEATHCOTE supported the petition. Colonel SIBTHORP did not conceive the Bill would meet with that general support which the Attorney-General seemed to anticipate, and in support of his opinion he reminded the House that there had been 166 petitions, to which there were 10,257 signatures appended, presented against the Bill. Mr. C. FE RGUS SON advocated the measure, observing that he thought it was shown to be necessary by the gross abuses that had been proved to exist in the Ecclesiastical Court. Mr. WILK S trusted that the Attorney-General would not attempt to press the Bill forward during the present Session. He hoped however that it would be printed, in order that the country might have an opportunity of deliberately considering the subject. He wished that more important corrections had been attempted by the House. Mr. PEASE observed that the measure had been received, in some parts of the country, with great alarm. He did not like the principle that nothing could be well done that was not done in London.--( Cheers. ) Mr. LOWTHER trusted the Attorney-General would withdraw the measure for the present Session, in order to give the country time to consider the subject. Mr. SCA RLETT thought the Bill should be withdrawn for the present Session. The Petitions were then ordered to lie on the table. Mr. HODGES presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of land in Kent, complaining of distress and praying the House for an alteration in the law with respect to Tithes. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from Lewisham praying for the repeal of the Malt Tax. IRISH CHURCH. Mr. LE FRO Y presented petitions from Dublin and other places in Ireland in favour of the Irish Church. He would take that opportunity of correcting a statement which had been made in the course of the debate on the question of the Irish Church, by the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland. That Noble Lord had said that in the parish of Kilgarrick there were two clergymen, and that those two had dwindled into one man, whose only duty con sisted in the collection of tithe. Now the Rev. G. Townsend was certainly a prebendary, and was also rector of this parish, but he was a most excellent clergyman, was always re sident, and provided for two curates, so that the spiritual duties were performed by three clergyman instead of one. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from a Mr. William Bruce, complaining of the injuries he had suffered from the incursions of the Caffres in Africa. He also gave notice, on the part of the Honourable Member for Middlesex, that on Tuesday, the 28th instant, he would move that the House carry into effect the resolution of the Committee for distributing Parliamentary papers. IPSWICH ELECTION. Mr. FRESHFIELD said, that as the evidence in the Ips wich case had not yet been delivered, and as he supposed, from the two adjournments that had taken place, that the House would not discharge the prisoners until they had heard the evidence, he thought it useless to bring forward the case this evening. After a few words from Mr. GOULBURN and Mr. WYNN, the case as we understood, was postponed. WOLVERHAMPTON AFFRAY. Mr. THORNLE Y complained of the great delay that had taken place in the printing and distributing of this evidence. IPSWICH ELECTION. Mr. NICHOL asked whether the Hon. Member for Ipswich intended to present the petition which he under stood had been placed in his care complaining of the con duct of the Committee in passing certain resolutions. Mr. RIGBY WA SON replied, that he thought it would have been nothing but fair for the Hon. Gentleman to have given him notice of this question. The petition re lated, he understood, to certain resolutions which were brought down to the Committee ready cut and dried, and which were of a nature to stifle all inqUiry.--( Cries of " Order," during which the Hon. Member sat down.) Mr. GOULBURN spoke to order. Mr. R. WA SON said it appeared to him that the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen on the other side seemed disposed to listen to but one side of the question. It would be impossible for him give his answer without his reasons. Mr. WYNN said the question was—Whether the intention of the Hon. Member was to present a petition, accusing the Committee of some improper course ? Mr. NICHOL would put it to the -House whether a body appointed to carry on an investigation should have this threat held over it. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had re ceived a petition to present which he had not yet done, and was it to be held over the heads of the Committee in terrorent ? --(Hear.) Mr. R. WA SON said it was impossible to give his answer, if the Hon. Member would not hear his reasons. The conversation then dropped. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Lord MORPETH moved the Order of the Day for the House to resolve itself into a Committee on the Irish Church Bill. Mr. S. CRAWFORD rose to move an Address to his Majesty, praying him to take the distress in the county of Mayo into his gracious consideration.—( Hear, hear.) Ho had also a letter signed by the Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, in which he stated that the Government were disposed to do all they could, but that they did not possess sufficient funds to provide for the distress of so large a population. He would now refer to the proceedings that had been adopted in former cases of distress. In 1822, when Sir Robert Peel was Secretary of State for the Home Department, he came to Parliament, and it placed at the dis posal of the Crown 250,0001. to be applied for the relief of distressed persons. In 1831, 50,000/. was raised for a similar pur pose. The distress was of such a nature that it would in crease progressively. The present condition of the people did not result from any imprudence—it was chiefly attributable to the absentee system.—( Hear.) Another cause of the distresses of Ireland was, that the land lords dispossessed the unfortunate tenants, because they did not send their children to the schools that the landlords wished. And this had taken place in the North, as well as the South.—( Hear.) Another cause was, that the rent was too high. It might be asked why did the people take land at a rent which they were not able to pay ? He would tell them. The tenant was not a free agent; he had nothing whatever between him and starvation but the bit of land.—(Hear, hear.) He made an appeal to their justice—he only demanded that they should restore to the people what was properly their own. Every man who drew a revenue from the country was bound to contribute to the employment and relief of the people. ( Hear, hear, hear.) They wanted practical measures of relief. Would it be said that the House had not time to legislate for Ireland? He trusted that such an imputation upon its justice would not go forth to the public. The Hon. -Member con cluded by moving, that an humble address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he would be graciously pleased to take the distress existing in the county of Mayo, into his gra cious consideration. On the motion being put— Lord MORPETH said it was undoubtedly true that the distress which the Hon. Gentleman had so faithfully pour frayed did still continue, and would, he feared, continue till the new potato crops came round. But it was not a general distress, but was confined to certain places. Under these cir cumstances, Government had taken such steps as to them ap peared most proper. They sent down to Mayo in the first instance an inspector-general of police to superintend the arrangements necessary to be made. They had since sent at various times a great number of vessels, with cargoes of meal and potatoes, wherever they heard distress to be most pre vailing, to be sold at low prices where the people were able to pay, and where not able, to be distributed gratuitously. They had employed an officer of the Coast Guard to super intend the landing of the provisions. They might not in all instances be able to overtake the distress, and he feared that he must corroborate the statement of the Hon. Member, that the local subscriptions were not at all equal to the extent of that distress; but it ought to be taken into conside ra ti on t h at the people by whom those subscriptions would be made were themselves in a state far from being able to contribute much to the relief of others. When the Honourtble Member talked of poor-laws being able to afford an adequate remedy, he must be aware that even if a measure of that kind had been carried this session it could not possibly have come into effect to have afforded any relief of the existing distress pre viously to the month of August, when the incoming crops of potatoes would considerably mitigate the condition of the people. He did not, however, wish to say a word against the introduction of poor-laws. He wished that question to be ar gued upon its own merits. In the meantime he assured the Hon. Gentleman that the Government would not fail to apply such means as were most proper to remedy the distress he had so feelingly described. He (Lord Morpeth) hoped that he had not been found backward in doing anything which his situation called upon him to do ; if, however, the House itself chose to interpose and make a grant to meet the existing dis tress, he should be the last man to complain at being relieved from the responsibility which he felt pressed very heavily upon him. Sir R. MUSGRAVE thought the Noble Lord had made out a good case for the introduction of poor-laws into Ireland, by having shown that this country was again at considerable expense to supply provisions to the people of Mayo. On a late occasion, when he proposed a measure to effect the intro duction of poor. laws into that country, his Majesty's Govern ment thought proper to oppose him ; having done so, it was their imperative duty to apply a remedy on this occasion. Mr. D. BROWNE did not complain of the course taken by the Hon. Gentleman who had moved the amendment. Three or four years ago it was his painful duty to interfere with the Order of the Day, for the purpose of calling the at tention of his Majesty's Government to the distress then ex isting in the western part of Ireland. That distress existed to a great extent along the shore of Mayo and Galway, he readily admitted ; but when he came to give his testimony be fore the House, whatever imputation it might expose him to from any quarter, he must say that he believed the extent of that distress had been exaggerated. He was sorry to say that the landlords on that coast had not come forward as they ought to have done, to relieve the existing distress. He could state but one reason in extenuation of their conduct, and that was that they were in very bad circumstances indeed themselves. As to the introduction of Poor Laws, it was his belief that in that part of the country they would be altogether inadequate to afford the relief required. Mr. J. GRATTAN would suggest that the Irish Govern ment should make such advances as were required, and subse quently apply to Parliament to have those advances repaid out of the Grand Airy assessment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Government had attended to this subject from the time it was first alleged that distress existed. He could, however, assure the Hon. Gentleman, that in these matters the less that was spoken about them the better.—( Hear, hear.) Notwith standing the kind feelings which dictated the amendment, he could assure the Hon. Gentleman that nothing was more cal culated to interfere with the good object he had in view, than a discussion of this description. He would give an example. Among the first instances of distress laid before the present Government, was the distress in a part of the county of Kerry. If Government had openly interfered, the supply of food in that distsict never would have adjusted itself. But the Go vernment, through the instrumentality of others, offered small bounties for the introduction of food into that part of Kerry. No sooner was this known, and that there was a deficiency of supply in that place, than the excess from other places was withdrawn, and the market adjust e d it se lf ; so t h at w ithi n a fortnight after he had received the application for assistance, a communication was sent to him that the people of the district hoped the Government would not meddle in the matter, as things were already set right. With respect to Mayo, there was every disposition to meet the case which required the in terposition of Government ; but if the House were to inter pose, they would be burdened with a responsibility, the end or consequences of which never could be calculated. The Ikon. Gentleman might be assured the Government would not relax in their efforts to remedy the distress, but he would re peat, that this was a subject of all others on which the greatest possible caution was required to prevent the benevolent inten tions of Hon. Gentlemen themselves being defeated. Mr. S. O'BRIEN thought that it would be better to em ploy the people on public works, than to grant them gratuitous relief. That would be doing a permanent good, as well as affording present assistance. Major BE AUCLERK hoped the Irish Members would, early next session, give Ireland that only remedy for her dis tresses—a system of poor-laws. He was particularly interested in this question, having large estates in different parts of Ire land ; but he was ready to bear his portion of the burden, for the sake of the general good. Lord JOHN RUSSELL believed the distress complained of was merely local ; at the same time he admitted that it was quite right that the Government should afford that kind of relief of which his Noble Friend (Lord Morpeth) had spoken. But he did not conceive that the House should be required on every occasion of temporary, partial, or local dis tress, to interfere. The people of this country were always ready to come forward to render assistance when appealed to, and he was sure that no efforts on the part of Government would be wanting to remedy the distress that might so partially prevail. With respect to what the Hon. and Gallant Mem ber had said in regard to the introduction of poor laws into Ireland, without in any way pledging either himself or the Go vernment on the subject, this he would say, that, after the close of the inquiry that was now going on, he thought Parlia ment would be in a situation to investigate and discuss that question with a view to some permanent measure being adopt ed ; and he was of opinion, from the progress that had been made by the Commissioners, it would be practicable to enter upon that discussion in the course of next session. After a few words from Lord CLEMENTS and Dr. BALD WIN, Mr. S. CEAWFURD consented to withdraw his motion. CHURCH OF IRELAND BILL. The Order cf the Day was then read, and on the question that the House do now resolve itself into the said Committee, Mr. GOULBURN said that after the decision to which the House came on the preceding night—a decision which re fused to the minority an opportunity for fully considering the question in the only manner in which he conceived it could be fairly discussed; he did not think he should be justified in wasting either his own time or the time and patience of the House, by offering a variety of objections to the Bill in its pro gress through the Committee. He felt that no amendment whatever could remove the objection lie entertained to the greater portion of the measure. On the score of appropriation it could give him no satisfaction ; nothing could reconcile him to the latter part of the measure which appropriated the pro perty of the church to purposes foreign to ecclesiastical pur poses; nor could anything reconcile him to re-opening com position in any other cases than those of fraud. For these reasons he should forbear giving the House any trouble in Committee, and would' reserve his opinions until the period at which they could be most satisfactorily recorded—he meant the bringine: up of the Report.—( Hear, hear. ) The question was then put and carried, and the House re solved itself into the Committee. The preamble and title of the Bill were postponed. Lord MORPETH then stated that there was one alteration which had been deemed advisable in one of the preparatory clauses, which it would, perhaps, be better for him to explain to the C omm itt ee a t once . A n o bjection had existed in some quarters, to which he wished to pay the utmost deference, to that provision of the Bill which directly assigned the excess of the reserved fund over and above the purposes set forth in the body of the Act, to the uses of the Board of Commis sioners of National Education in Ireland, as calculated to give an invidious appearance in the eyes of some, at least, to th e proceedin gs o f th a t Board ; and though it might . be hoped that the lib era lity o f Parliament would sufficiently guard against th e f un d f or the purposes of education falling short during the necessarily scanty beginning of the reserved fund, yet it had been inferred that there might arise considerable impatience in the districts liable to come under the provisions of the Bill, which might end in producing among the Pro testant population very disastrous consequences. He f ree ly owned that th e o bj ec ti on s eemed to him more apparent than real ; yet being of such a nature, and proceeding, as he had already said, from such a quarter, his Majesty's Government were desirous to meet it to the best of their ability. They therefore proposed to alter that destination of the reserved fund, so far as to provide for the funds payable to the reserved fund, and applicable to the purposes of national education, being paid by the Commissioners of Land Revenue to the Consolidated Fund. They therefore proposed a charge of 50,0001. from the Ist of April, 1836, to be payable out of the Consolidated Fund by warrant of attorney, for the purposes of general education among all classes of his Majesty's sub jects in Ireland, without religious distinction.—( Hear, hear.) On the question, " That clause 1 stand part of the Bill," Mr. FINCH begged to ask the Noble Lord what he in tended by " national education ? " Lord MORPETH by the term "national education" un derstood a plan of education carried on upon the system of the Board established by Parliament.---( Hear.) The clause was then agreed to. Clause 2. After a desultory conversation on this clause, Lord STANLEY rose to make a suggestion to his Noble Friend relative to the course he proposed to take ; and he was bound to state that the course proposed to be adopted by his Noble Friend's predecessor in office, the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman near him ( Sir H. Hardinge) had been liable to equal objection. He could assure his Noble Friend that on that and on all other occasions during the progress of the Com mittee, his wish would be to do no more than offer such sug gestions relative to the first part of the Bill, as he thought de sirable, avoiding all discussion on the second, which he did not think could be reconciled to his feeli ngs by an y amen d men t whatever. His first suggestion would apply to that part of the Bill, commonly known as the ascending and descending scale. He wished to point out to his Noble Friend a proviso which he wished him to consider before they came to the fifth clause, by which he wou ld see t h at a gross i n j ust i ce would be inflicted on a class of men to whom no compen sation whatever was awarded. H e appre h en d e d t h at t h ey had one end in view which was common to all parties ; namely, that the person having a permanent interest in the soil, and not the occupying te nan t, s h ou ld b e t h e person chargeable with the payment o f tith e , or t i t h e compos i t i on, or . the rent charge lieu of tithe. This had been the common object of all their legislation from 1823 down to the present period. The Committee would allow him to remind them of the course of proceeding in 1823, when the composition for tithe was first introduced. The Noble Lord, after stating the previous state of the law, said that in the Bill which he had the honour to introduce, it was provided that in all future leases, the persons granting the leases should guarantee the tithe to the clergyman, and be liable to the clergyman for the amount. That was likewise the object of his Right Hon. Friend in the present Bill ; but the difficulty was in regard to cu rrent engagements and leases. For it was a hardship that a middleman should be made liable for the amount of the tithes, which he was obliged to draw in sma ll pa y ments, without any adequate remuneration. The only question was, how this could be remedied. Suppose the case o f a l andlord, hav i ng his whole estate in the hands of three middlemen, who have fifty subtenants each under them. In that case, if the middle men are solvent, the landlord runs no risk, and still he has the deduction allowed by the Bill, But what was the case with the middlemen ? They were called upon by this Act to recover from the tenants the tithe, which they never covenanted to do, and they had no compensation for the risk and trouble. With regard to the landlord, he had a permanent interest in the lands, and the advantages held out to him by the Bill amply repaid him for any loss he might sustain from the non-pay ment of tithes by his tenants: but the middleman had no per manent interest, and consequently no such compensation. His great objection to the clause, then, was that an injustice was done to the middleman, in exposing him to risk and loss for which he had never covenanted, and that without any compensation. It was not his (Lord Stanley's) intention to move an amendment ; but he hoped that his Noble Friend would take the subject into consideration at the sth clause, or at all events, before the bringing up of the Report. He hoped that some means would be devised to get rid of the in justice which the clause inflicted upon a large class of persons. Mr. WALKER thought that the occupying tenant ought not to pay more to the landlord than the landlord paid to the clergyman. Mr. H. GRATTAN said that this clause gave the middle men the power of ejecting their tenants for non-payment of tithes ; and that was a sufficient compensation to them with out any additional bonus. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the cases put by the Noble Lord would become day by day fewer. The fact was, that in this Bill, as in that of the Noble Lord, it was assumed, that as regarded existing leases, land lords and tenants would arrange so that injustice should be done to neither party. Mr. SHAW preferred the descending to the ascending scale. Upon the whole, he thought that it would be best to throw the burden upon the first estate of inheritance. After a few words from Mr. DAVID ROCHE, Lord MORPETH could see no other way of steering be sween the reduction to be given to the landlord and the relief to be afforded to the tenant than that proposed by the clause. The clause was then agreed to, as were clauses 3 and 4. On clause 5 being read, Mr. O'CONNELL said, that so little had the people of Ireland been in the habit of paying tithes of late years, that the re-enactment of them by this Bill was almost like throw ing a new burden upon the people. What would be the con sequence if this Bill were rejected ? By the Noble Lord's ( Stanley's) Bill, the clergy would have recovered 774/. per cent. of their tithes; by the Bill of the Right Hon. Baronet opposite ( Sir H. Hardinge) 75/. per cent. ; and the Bill now under consideration insured the clergymen 731. per cent ; but if the Bill were rejected, what would they recover ? Little or nothing.--( Hear, hear.) Lord STANLEY denied that any member of the Church objected to the settlement of the question, or to the amount proposed to be awarded to the clergyman. He hoped that the House would not let it be supposed that the payment of tithes to the clergy as a body, was likely to cease ; as for the pre sent measure being a boon for the clergy, he doubted whether a larger amount of tithes would not be paid if this Bill did not pass, than if it did. In the Act which he had introduced, provision was made for the payment of the clergy by landlords, and payment had been made to the amount of from 180,000/. to 200,000/. The payments which would be made under this Bill would not, at the utmost, exceed 280,0001. If this did not pass, 200,0001. per annum would be paid without any dif ficulty to the clergy, and certainly many difficulties would arise under this Bill. He did not urge this as an argument against a fair arrangement ; on the contrary, he was most anxions to promote it. He protested against the assumption that tithes would not be paid if this measure did not pass. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER believed that, for the future, it would be highly dangerous to the in terests of the Church, if this measure did not pass. If it were carried into effect, the clergy would never be brought in con tact in any way with the tithe-payers, but would go and obtain the amount due to them from the collecting-officer of the Go vernment. This, he thought, was highly advantageous to the clergy. He also begged his Noble Friend to recollect that the landlords were not always so willing to pay tithes. Mr. SHAW declared, on the part of the clergy, that they were willing to make any sacrifice for securing the peace of Ireland ; but they could not, conscientiously or consistently with their duty, consent to sacrifice a principle. Mr. O'CONNELL said that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not objected to the principle a few months ago, for he had applauded the measure proposed by the Right Hon. and Gallant Member (Sir H. Hardinge), in which a deduction of 25 per cent. was to be made from the income of the clergy. By the Bill of last year, the clergy would have received 77/. 10s. per cent. ; by the measure of the late Government they were to receive 75/. ; and by the present Bill, 731. 10s. per cent. The Right Hon. Gentleman would not consent to yield up the principle—which he had already done—or to allow the claims of the clergy to be lessened, which appeared also to be the case, for the advance which they made was very much like that in a Dutch auction, where each bidding was less than the former. He would caution the clergy against listening to the suggestion of the Noble Lord. It would be a matter of absurdity to rely upon the landlords, or to suppose that they would willingly consent to pay tithes. They might not choose to resort to the committal of Whiteboy outrages to prevent the payment of tithes, but still they would manifest the strongest possible opposition to the Church. He believed that the number of landlords who consented to the payment of their tithes, under the Bill of the Noble Lord, did not ex ceed twelve in number. If the clergy were to rely upon the Noble Lord's Bill to procure the payment of their tithes, they would obtain merely a mouthful of moonshine.--( Laughter. ) It was a gross delusion to suppose that the clergy would ob tain their tithes if this Bill did not pass. After a few words from Mr. RUTHVEN and Lord SANDON, the clause was agreed to. Clause 6 was agreed to without observation. On clause 7 being proposed, Mr. SHAW said his objection was not founded on the amount of the reduction, but upon the fact that the arrange ment would finally have the effect of absorbing so much of the permanent property of the Church, that sufficient would not be left to maintain it. After some observations from the CHANCELLOR Of the EX CHEQUER and Mr. O'BRIEN, the clause was ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 8 was likewise, after a proviso had been added, or dered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 9, empowering a revision of the tithe compositions already entered into, having been proposed, Lord STANLEY said that, although it was not his inten tion to oppose the clause, or take the sense of the House upon it, he still thought it ought to be explained why, without some strong case were made out to justify it, the Government should now rip up the arrangements for the composition of tithes which had been entered into, perhaps, 12 or 14 years ago, and after the fullest deliberation possible on the part of all parties. He would not say that a particular case might not occur in which the right of appeal should be given, but he at the same time thought a provision like the present wholly unnecessary. By the Act of 1833, the right of appeal was given to the Lord-Lieutenant in Council in all cases where the compo sition was entered into not only unduly but through igno rance on the part of either of the parties ; and what was the consequence ? Why, that this right had been exercised only in two or three instances.—( Hear, hear, from Mr. O'Connell and one or two other Members on the Ministerial benches.) He supposed the Hon. and Learned Gentleman meant by cry ing " Hear, hear," to convey to the House an impression that the reason there were so few appeals under the provisions of that Act was, because the tribunal before whom they were to be heard was inconvenient and expensive ; but what did the Act, commonly called the Million Act, do ? That Act was passed in the next year, and by it the appeal was transferred from the Privy Council to the Assistant Barristers, in order that where the composition was excessive the parties should have an opportunity, without great expense, of having it re duced to a just and reasonable amount. He must say that he considered the powers now proposed to be given to the Com missioners of Land Revenue were entirely too large, and he did not think it was even decent to confer such powers on any body of men without distinctly specifying what the allegations were to be which would justify their interference, or that they were to receive no statements which were not made by those who were actually parties to the facts. Under this Bill the Lord Lieutenant would only be a ministerial officer, but he would have no power whatever of directing where the revision should take place, or where it should not ; and so also the parties were to be called before the Revising Barristers not to confirm the allegations which they had made, but to go into other and new evidence of which the opposite side could have no notice whatever, and therefore no means of re butting it. Upon the evidence so produced those Barristers were to decide, and from their decision neither party would have any right of appeal whatever.—( Hear, hear.) This was his objection to the clause now under consideration ; but he did not, as he stated at the outset, mean to divide the House upon it, or do more than enter his protest against a provision of the Bill for making new compositions, which he considered was as altogether unnecessary as it was unjust. Mr. Sergeant PERRIN was understood to say that no ap peal for revision was to be received which was not lodged within six weeks from the passing of the Act ; and that in no case would a revision be granted where an appeal had al ready been tried upon the merits. The average by which the new compositions were to be regulated was to proceed upon the average of the last seven years, according to which the old compositions had been calculated. Mr. O'CONNELL thought it would be better to leave out the clause relating to revision altogether, as he considered it neither more nor less than an idle mockery, introducing com plicated and useless machinery.—( Hear.) At all events the time allowed for appeal was too short, and, instead of six weeks, three months at least should be given. What the people of Ireland complained of was that the average on which the late compositions were based was not a fair one. That average proceeded on the sums decreed to be paid for tithes; but was it not well known that such decrees were, in nume rous instances, the result of connivance and collusion between the parties? In many cases decrees were obtained for the tithes of a particular farm in a parish, and although such evi.. dente was manifestly insufficient to show what had generally been paid throughout the parish, yet it was from this single decree that the average was taken, and the composition ar ranged. Unless this power of appeal were granted the Bill would never suffice to tranquillize Ireland. Mr. JACKSON was of opinion that guards should be had to prevent vexatious attempts to re-open the compositions, more especially as many of these compositions were made a long time past, and the evidence upon which they were made had been in many instances lost. Lord CLEMENTS advocated the necessity of admitting those appeals, as he was aware that there were many cases of hardship which required re-opening. Mr. PERRIN defended the amendment, as one calculated to prevent any unnecessary or vexatious re-opening, at the same time that it would grant revision where revision ought to take place. Mr. WYSE thought it better to leave the amendments open and get them printed, so as that the House might render itself better acquainted with their nature. After a few words from Messrs. O'CoNNELL, D. CALLA GHAN, and SHAW, the 9th clause was postponed. Clauses 10, 11, 12, and 13 were postponed. Mr. SHAW suggested the postponement of the 14th clause. Mr. O'CONNELL could not see any reason for the post ponement. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the postponement of the clause. After a few words from Mr. E. Shaw, Mr. Grattan, Lord Clements, Mr. Jackson, and Mr. O'Connell, the clause was agreed to. Clause 15 was then agreed to. Clause 16 was postponed. Clauses 17 and 18 were then agreed to, with verbal amend ments. . On Clause 19, relating to the payment of Barristers em ployed in the businesss of commutation, Mr. O'BRIEN thought five guineas a day too much if the business continued any length of time. He therefore moved as an amendment, " That three guineas a day only be allowed after the first four days."---(0b, oh.) This amendment was, after a few words from Mr. E. SnAvi and Mr. O'CONNELL, withdrawn, and the clause agreed to. Clauses up to 39 were agreed to, after some observations from Hon. Members, and some verbal amendments. On Clause 39 being proposed, Lord STANLEY thought that the clause should not have a retrospective effect, so as to disturb the composition already entered into for twenty years, on the average of the seven years' prices, and introduce a new one every year. The arrangement contemplated by the Bill should only - go on from the present period. Mr. O'CONNELL said a few words in defence of the clause. After a desultory conversation, the clause was agreed to. On clause 40 being proposed, Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the Chairman report progress. The Gallery was cleared for a division, but none took place. On our return the Committee was considering the 40th clause, which was agreed to. Clause 41 was then agreed to. Clauses 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49, with some ver bal amendments, were ordered to stand part of the Bill. The CHAIRMAN then obtained leave to report progress and sit again. Tlie House resumed. The other Orders of the Day were the; disposed of, and the House adjourned, on the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, at a Quarter-past One o'Clock. THE TEA TRADE. Yesterday the East India Company's sale of Teas, which have remained uncleared since the March sale took place at the India House, when there was rather a full attendance of the trade. The quantity of Teas upon which the required prompt had not been paid, and declared for re-sale, was 487,0001b5., but a notice was issued by the East India Com pany on Saturday, stating that only 96,7001b5. would be offered. The teas sold with some briskness, with the excel,- tionpf about 28,0001b5. _ _ _ Mr. TWINING reported to the trade the result of the inter view he and others, who had formed a deputation from the trade, had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday last. The deputation had pressed upon Government the po licy of an immediate reduction of the high duty on fine teas to 2s. 2d. per lb., in order to relieve the trade from the injury it, as well as the revenue, would sustain, by the delay that would occur before the permanent change to a fixed scale of duty should be made. Mr. Twining informed the trade that the Chancellor of the Exchequer received the statements made on behalf of the reduction of the duty with much attention, but could not consent, unless the trade sanctioned an additional duty being placed on the second grade of tees, raising it to 2s. 2. d. per lb., in order that the Revenue migl.it be protected from loss. Mr. S. Rice assured the deputation that the sub ject should be fully considered. The trade are led to expect, from the favorable nature of the interview, that the concession asked will be granted. The Tea trade is in a more active state in consequence, and the deliveries of East India Company's and private trade teas last week wore inconsiderable. THETFORD WOOL -FAIR. The above fair, held on Friday last, was fully attended by persons in the trade. Upwards of 200 dined, Mr. Coke, in the Chair. After the usual toasts, and apologies for those ab sent, Mr. Whitworth (the inventor of innoculatory pasture, who was present) charged the woolbuyers of Linculn with playing a deep trick. Being rebuked by Mr. Coke fa making the charge, he said the dealers were employed ill running down the long wool of Lincolnshire, his county, al though there was a good trade in the articles made from Mr. Ellman, who was present, said that the sales of wool In London that week, would amount to 400,0001. He hoped the next day to have an interview with the Duke of Richmond, who had taken great pains to bring the French Government to a fair reciprocity in the wool trade, the admission duty upon our wool being 22 per cent. Mr. Fison said he had lately been at a house in London where wool to the amount of 15,0001. was prepared to be smuggled into France through Belgium, at a premium of 15 per cent. Mr. Wailer (a dealer) made mention of the honourable conduct of Mr. Coke, who, on account of his loss one year, returned him 1201. Mr. Coke offered his wool to Mr. Waller, Hoggets at 2s. per lb., ewe wool is. 3d., which Mr. Waller accepted, and bought Captain Fitzroy clip at the same price. The Duke of Nor folk's was offered at 38s. and 545., but refused. Several offers were made to the buyers, but the reply was that they w ere ready to sell the wool bought last year at a loss. Mr. Ellman to this replied that there appeared to him to be a combination among the buyers not to bid over one another. Mr. Mon declared to the contrary ; that their agent at Bradford had sold wool at a halfpenny and a penny a pound less than he would have taken when he left. Mr. Coke expressed himself in similar terms to Mr. Ellman. This was denied by Mr. Baldry, who charged Mr. Ellman with appearing there last year, and stating prices to have been given in Sussex, which had never been realised. Mr. Ellman threw back the impu-, tation with disdain. Much confusion then arose, insomuch that Mr. Coke left the Chair, and the meeting broke up abruptly. Mr. Powell and Sir C. Clarke sold their wool out of the room at 50s. and 355. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoners hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court are appointed to be heard at the Court-house, in Portugal street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on Thursday, July 30, 1835, at Nine o'clock in the Forenoon. Ashbourn, J., Willow-street, Globe-lane, Mile-end Old-town, cooper. Brown, W., John-street, Cambridge-heath, Hackney, chandler's' shopkeeper. Dun, J. Devonshire-place, Kennington, glass-cutter. Hays, A., William-street, Regent's Park, bookseller. Hackett, J., Neckinger, Spa-road, Bermondsey, hoop-bender. Jones, 'C. E., Old-street, St. Luke's, engraver. Knight, J. Little Albany-street, Regent's Park, green-grocer. Lock, J. N., Surrey-place, Kennington, tailor. Leftwich, J. S. S., Trinity-street, Rotherhithe, tailor. Poultby, B. W., Lothbury, commission-agent. Ryan, M. D., Great Pulteney-street, Golden-square, m e dical student. Smith, E. 8., George-street, Richmond, Surrey, hatter's shopman• On Friday, July 31, same Hour and Place. Caswell, W. L., Huntspill, near Bridgewater, Somersetshire, sur geon. - Docwra, W., Salisbury-place, New-road, policeman. Farr, A., Royal Ordnance Hospital, Woolwich. Feltham, F., Green-street, Blackfriats-road, watchman. Goodall, J., Langley-street, Long Acre, engraver. Hooker, T., Ewell, Surrey, jobbing gardener. Miller, J., East-street, Globe-fields, Stepney, carpenter. Proctor, E. K., South Cottage, Hermes-hill, Pent onv ill e , engr aver. Ridley, W., Pembroke-square, Kensington, music teacher. Tomlinson, J., Ossulston-street, Somers-town, tobacconist. Turner T., Swallow-street, Piccadilly, part proprietor of a club . house. On Saturday, Aug. 1, same Hour and Place. French, J , Heddon-court, Heddon-street, Regent's-street, watch man in his Majesty's Customs. Greenhough, J., Jamaica-street, Commercial-road East, clerk lo the East India House. Harrington, S. C., Portland-street, Commercial-road, Stepney , professor of dancing. Hicks, G. C., Union-place, Newington-causeway, cab proprietor- Tester, L., Little Gray's Inn-lane, pipemaker. (ADVERTISEMENT. SILVER WATCHES TWO GUINEAS EACIL An Assortment of Second-hand Watches, all of them warranted , and of various sizes, may be selected from, for the above price, at T. Cox SAVORY'S, Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watch" maker, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B. A pamphlet, containing a detailed list of the prices 01 Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c. may be had gratis. BIRTIIS. On the 24th inst., the lady of Edward Bullock, Esq., of Woburn' square, of a son. On the 18th inst., at Cambridge, the lady of Montague Ainslie' Esq., Bengal Civil Service, of a son. On the 26th inst. a t W o b urn - p l ace , R usse ll- square , M rs . Jo h n Mellor, of a son. On the 23d inst., near Paris, the lady of Charles Arthur Gore, Esq., of a son. On the 27th inst., at Highbury, Mrs. W. L. Hanley, of a daughter'On the 21st i ns t., a t D rog h e d a, I re l an d, th e l a d y o f Th om as ii Rimington, Esq., Royal Engineers, of a daughter, still-bores MARRIED. t On the 24th i ns t , a t S ea f or d, S ussex , C. E. W y ld e , eA - 1„ son of the late Rev. R. Wylde, of Claverdon, Warwickshire' Jane, widow of the late Colonel W. D. Knox, Hon. East Inc"' Company's Service, of Atholl-crescent, Edinburgh. 461 On the 25th inst., at St. P ancras New Church, M r . Edw . .- - f Thomas Richardson, to Elizabeth Catherine, second daughter ° the late John Coxwell, Esq., of Charlton Kings, Cheltenham- On the 25th inst., Mr. Alfred T. Farmer, solicitor, to Elizabe th, eldest daught er o f T ren h am Old, E s q., o f Camberwell. DIED. On the 25th inst., Frances Annabella, wife of William Asshetollo Esq., of Downham Hall, Lancashire, and daughter of the late 1 1 ° 2 ' William Coekayne, of Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire. On the 23d inst., at Cambridge, aged 73, Sophia, widow of the Rev. 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