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His Royal Highness landed, attended by Sir William Davison, Captain :P l iens, and Captain Knesebeck, and came to town. His ill Yet Highne ss arrived at Cambridge House at half-past by ree o'clock. S oon after his arrival, the Duke, accompanied t ) ,, r ! rin ce George of C am b r id ge , w ent to St. James's Palace visit the Ki ng an d Q ueen. Hi s R oya l Hi g h ness a fterwards ent to Glo ucester H ouse to v i s i t his Royal Sister, and to the r e sid ence of th e P r i ncess Augusta, i n S t. James's Palace. % Ti e Duke o f C um b er l an d , t h e L an d grav i ne of Hesse th inuu rg, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Augusta, !e Pr incess Sophi a , and the Duchess of Cambridge, accom i„tard;ed by the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, visited their h ul a J c e b u i ties yesterday. Some of the Royal party remained to Babe Ring gave au di ence yesterday, at St. James's, to the at i of Liverpool. les 4 l e . i Their Majesties left town at ten minutes past four o'clock V er claY afternoon, escor t e d by a party of Light Horse, for I , i d e sor c astle. ti i. 4 Duch ess o f K ent an d t h e P r i ncess Vi c t or i a , accompa pl by the P r i nce of Le i n i ngen, d rove an d wa lk e d i n th e " N u yeste r d ay. Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Cambridge, a ttended by Lady Clinton, the Earl of Denbigh, Earl boritre, Miss Mitchell, Miss Hudson. and the Hon. Mr. Ashley, tb :eured the performance of the opera of Marino Faliero, at Theatre, with her presence on Tuesday evening. GI is Majesty passed Thursday evening with the Duchess of ~:!cester, at Gloucester House. t t ,4 ll e Duke of Cumberland honoured the Archbishop of Can t u rY with his company to dinner, on Thursday evening, at ar„,rebeth p a l ace. the A —audgravine of Hesse Homburg and the Princess ilUgAlsta honoured Stanhope with a visit, yesterday, at "A residence in Tilney-street. O ti „ de putation, including Mr. D. de Lisle Brock, Bailiff of sa t i ml u s eY, Colonel Le Couteur, Aide-de-Camp to the King, vi e .,“'r. Le B reton, A ttorney -G enera l o f J erse y, h a d a n inter oft: Yesterday, with the Right Hon. Poulett Thomson, at the . ;ie of the Board of Trade. tem me eting of some of the Cabinet Ministers was held yes - LaY a t the Home-office. It was attended by the Marquis of Bp il hi i sdu wjle, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Russell, Mr. -irhg Rice, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Viscount Howick. 'e Lord -Ad vocate o f S cot l an d v i s i te d Vi scoun t Melbourne d aY, at th e T reasur y. The French Ambassador visited Viscount Palmerston yes ltY, at the Foreign-office. Cal o r ' Colguhoun had an interview with Lord Glenelg, at the fa 1 , 6 at th- following were presented to her Majesty, on Thursday, L ie drawing room :- 1 1:Tut-General Lord Strafford, on elevation to the Peer -118;6-' '1 Viscount Melbourne Exmouth, on his accession to the title and return from t u rgess Mr. Thesiger, and Mr. Miller, on appointment '6 ll g's Counsel, by Lord Lyndhurst .; 'Pence, one of his Majesty's Counsel, by Lord Commis kr*toner. Pepy a tf Wigra nd Mr. and. Cresswell, by the Alexander Master by Lord L the nydh ßolls urst k r : "r rkie a .a 'f Si r Rindersl e y, by the Vice-Chancellor of England Burnett, K C. H., on being appointed one of his b oc ,J e urY's Physicians in Ordinary, by the Duke of Ricnmond alt:::rildrthjearneg ar upon his being appointed Physician in '''uary to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Ktnt Princess Victoria, by Sir John Conroy ° t ° 11 ,e 1 Sir James Reynett, Aide-de-Camp and . Groom of the t ,, e 7 Chamber to the King, and Caet. Hay, Aide-de-Capp I" has Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, on arrival Sir r eLlt Haney er sir 1 141 , Ph Anstruther by the Earl of Roslyn 'an Mordaunt, On his marriage, by the Bishop of Ro kellester r e, G eorge Sloane Stanley, on his marriage, by the Hon. th.."‘Pr: G. Campbell, R.N. William Henry Hoare, by Sir John Hamilton )Inh. Du ,dale on his marriage, by Earl Howe - x7 A'Court Holmes, on his marriage, by the Earl of onou b r e - en- Charles Abbott, by Sir Augustus Cliffofd Gord on , by Sir Henry Halford r ; Hamilto n Lindsay, on his return from China, by Lor d )4 tuart Sm yt h , de Roth sa y ) 4r : by th e D u k e o f G ra fton Balfour, by the Earl of Roslyn l ir kr. Evelyn Shirley, by Lord Suffield ; Charles J o h n P a l mer , by the Right Hon. Mr. Goulburn Ai bh; F. Evans F re k e , by Lord Carberry ' ll . C. Walker, and Mr. T. C. Simmons, Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms by Lord Foley " 41.. • Studh o l me Brownrigg, M. P., by Sir Herbert Taylor. 'OM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. r. ST. JAMES'SALACE, MAY 6, 1835. ilood 1 +mg was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight. liPon Robert Monsey Rolfe, Esq., his Majesty's Solicitor. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 15. tr 4th rtegiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. F. S. D. Tyssen, 4 3 1 the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Maeartney, exoli ysges, nt of D May 15. t r ‘o Regimeragoons—Assistant-Surgeon J. Munro, M.D. ern the 7th R eg i men t o f F oo t, t o b e A ss i stant -S urgeon , v i c e S tewart, promoted, May 15. .13th Regisnent of Light Dragoons--Lieut. J. Macartney, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Tyssen, who ex . May 15. Val Ptx R eg ime Lindsey, who retient of Foot—C. H. res Rooke, Gent. to be Ensign, by chase, v ic, May 15. 27 th Foot —C. C. J. Delmege, M.D. to be Assistant-Surgeon, Y 15, ypti, Foot —Ensign W. Everard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, /4, ll yam, vho retires; T. A. Gerard, Gent., to be Ensign, by 57 th Foot_ Everard, May 15 t kl ,.to Foot- -,Staff-Assistant-Surgeon R. H. Neville to be Assis- A S urgeon,. vice Armstrong, deceased, May 15. b 0 resign s Poot,Lieut. J. Mockler to bo Adjutant, vice Richardson, 6ortesigns the Adjutancy only, May 15. attaebil Foot --C aptain Hon. G. S. Byng, from the half-pay Un- N e C,ed, to h e Captain, vice J. H. Adair, who exchanges, 'itig the diffi trence, May 15. Li „, UNATTACHED. %b e e p - non. D. 11. Murray, from the 60th Regiment of Foot, aksv Assists HOSPITAL by purchase, May 10. HOSPITAL STAFF. As s . Fiurgeou A. Stewart, from the 2d Dragoons, to be tak e ; e°ll to th e Forces, vice Forster, whose promotion has no u eace, ,Slay 15. raysont, M.D , to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice appointed to the 57th Regiment of Foot, May 15. kral a - •aw , son, Gent. to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice " 0 retiigns, May 15. MEMORANDUM. gi n , e .PPoiistmerri of Assistant-Surgeon Munro, from the 7th 4 of Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon in the sth Dra g oon 41 k 1P-- 6 ' as stated in the Gazette of the 24 th A p ril, 1835, has not e n Pa & t of Ca w , e • Robert Andrew Wauch, upon half-pay of the 48th Re the s POot, has been permitted to retire from the A r m y , with - n s - of Pat Unattached commission as Captain, he being about e-m e a. Mettler in the Colonies. tn IIO. it 'OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 13. Ile Li eg iment of Artillery—Brevet Major J. W. Kettlewell t .etot it i n e uten: int-Colonel, vice Douglas, placed on the Retired List ; 'aPta: in R. Hardinge to be ' Captain, vice Kettlewell ; First St nant L. E. Walsh to be Second aptain, vice Hardinge ; . qa 1 '), 4 6 1 Lieutenant P. Maclean to be First Lieutenant, vice Walsh, °'rnrai'ssion by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Suffolk. Wilkinson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, May 1. t he Gazette of Tuesday last, under the head of Circuits of t he Commissioners for the Belief of Insolvent DLbtors. 4 41 % 1 ,"2 4 x.1114 CIRCUIT.—For Cardiganshire, at Cardiff, Tuesday, Gl4; l ‘ , rest' Cardiganshire, at Cardigan, Tuesday, July 7. For tkti s i:analire, at Cardigan, Wednesday, July 15, read Glamor fe, at. Cardiff, Wednesday, July 15. Th e T WHITEHALL, Fan. 21. T • L td Chan cellor has appointed Charles Davies, of Shrews , 'inthe county of Salop, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Op 1 4, 114, 111 BALL, s kin-merchant, Worcester. *ark:`'"-GE HA.YNES, licensed victualler, Trinity-street, South- DAV ID BANKRUPTS. BOAST, surgeon, County-terrace, New Kent - road , 14 ) 21 , at h a lf- pas t o ne, and June 26, at twelve, at the Court of ' 4 Ptcy Abbott, official assignee. Harrison, Bond-court, Jon, 414• HACKETT, printer, Leicester , May 25, at eleven, Jun44 .l " I'6 , at six, at the Rutland Arms Inn , Leiceste r. Holme New Inn, London ; Bond, Leicester. VILLIAM WATTS, cattle-stealer,Lutterworth, Leicestershire, -‘ l6, and June 26, at ten, at the Crown Inn, Lutterworth. ale 8 ., , tcl Co., New Inn, London ; Slash, Lutterworth. IN 011.,,\S WOODWARD, tea-dealer, Piccadilly, May 26, Pk 'line 26 , at eleven, at the Court of Ba nkru p tc y . Edward, rt 4 „ 3 -lane, 0 5eial assignee. Haddan , Philp ot-lane. 'EPH pA,_SK, leather-cutter, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, .. 7 25, and June at eleven, at the Six Bells Inn, Bur y St. but td's. w a , man :old Co., Bury St. Edmund's; Walter and y' S vrnond's Inn London. j lto Sap TONkS, w i r e-worker, Birmingham, May 19, and at eleven at the New Royal H otel, Birmin g ham. Har lirmingham, ; Newton, Gray's Inn, London ; Benson and ) tit Teinglia.m. DIVIDENDS. 1 11 e • Drake, carpenter Stepney-green June 5, at eleven, at J 4 ‘ keir tof Bankruptcy 'T. Flint, bookseller , Burlington Arcade , Rat: ,a t half-past twelve at the Court of 13ankruptcy—S. South- N t ' builder, ate street ' Lincoln's Inn-fields, June 6, at half iee, ate, ,at the Court of Bankruptcy—a T. Wright, ironmonger, tdilly, June 6, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy t t the e • llYrio, apothecary, Union-place, N ew-road, June 6, at one, tig, C•onrt of Bankruptcy—H. ~French, glasscutter, Whitechapel, ,ure w . 6 , ct half-pest two, at the Court of Bank ru p tc y — C. Kettel, Ali Tu'libriage Wells, Kent, June 5, at on e, at the Court of hir e Ptcy......J. R. Battier and J. J. Zornlin , m e rcha nts, Devon -4.11.1 are, Bl'shopsgate-street, June 5, at half-past eleven, at the ' k t t, • Bankrootcy—J. Kenton, linen -draper, High-street, Pop „",‘,lt : li e 5, at hil.e-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. „`,.'evth il-merchant, Adelphi 'Wharf, Westminster, June 5, at , the Court f Bankruptcy—W. Hood and S. Grove, mer -1,714.tm, tosby-square, London, June 5, at one,. at the Court of eresit" -e C. Sheffield, china-dealer, Commercial terrace, Com. -• Gad, June 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. til e , '4 k C r , grocer, Basingstoke, Southamp!on, June 6 , , at eleven, at Booth' - 4 ni Inn Basingstoke—E alathwin and Co , chain- a e . rs, - ‘go Shields,' June 9, at eleven, at the Bankrupt .Commission ra “,oyal Arcade, Newcastle -upon-Tyne—W. Vilsone, k Leeds, June 9, at one, at the Court House, L ~` Duffell, grocer, Bridge, Kent, June 8, at seven, at the York Hotel, Margate. CERTIFICATES. —Jung 5. J. A. Lamb, victualler, Battersea—T. Idle, fishmonger, Man chester—M. Milnes, tailor, Sackville-street, Piccadilly—J. Brown, mercer, Workington, Cumberland—R. Gray, commission agent, Liverpool—J. Jones, silk-printer, Garratt-lane, Wandsworth. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. J. Bishop and S. Burder, accountants, Paternoster-row — T. Smith and Co., wine-merchants, Spalding, Lincolnshire---T. Smith and R. Brown, timber-merchants, Spalding, Lincolnshire — A. Umney and E. Litchfield, attorneys at law, Chancery-lane—J. Hartnell and R. Garrett, aquafortis manufacturers Battersea—R. Gilson and J. Reynolds, upholsterers, Boston, Lincolnshire—R. Cooper and L. Cross, chemists, Bath—J. Booth and Co., power loom stuff-manufacturers, Leeds—W. Twiss and Co., coal-mer chants, Milton next Gravesend—J. Topley and H. Greenhaugh, grocers, Henry-street, Hampstead-road—S. Brayn and Co., mil lers, Caynton-mill, Chetwynd, Shropshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. CONNELL and Co., general agents, Glasgow, May 18 and June 1, at twelve, at the Waterloo Hotel, Glasgow. JOHN SPENCE, colourman, Glasgow, May 19 and June 4, at twelve, at the Royal Exchange Sale Rooms, Glasgow. A. GREIG and P. BAILLIE, music-sellers, Edinburgh, May 18 and June 1, at one, at the Crown Hotel, Edinburgh. IMPORTANT MEETING at TAUNTON. DEFEAT OF THE TORIES. The Tories of Taunton, not satisfied with the triumphant majority against them at the election which has just concluded, called a hole-and-corner meeting of the friends of the cause of Toryism, and there carried (of course unanimously, for none but friends were admitted), an address to the King, expressive of regret at the dismissal of the Peel Ministry, and praying that no appropriation may be made of the Irish Church property. They thus hoped to pass off the address of the little Tory clique as the voice of the whole town. But the Reformers were awake; they instantly circulated a requisition to the Bailiffs to call a public meeting of the inhabitants, to consider the propriety of addressing the King, thanking him for reinstating a Liberal Administration, and of petitioning the two Houses forthwith to carry into effect Lord John * Russell's resolution. The Bailiffs acceded, and the meeting was fixed for Tuesday last. The Tories, enraged at being thus caught in their own trap, exerted themselves to muster all their forces to overthrow the object of the meeting. The assembly was consequently the largest ever held in this town, as it was to be a fair trial of strength between the two parties. The County Hall was completely filled. Sir T. Lethbridge moved the address, and was followed by several speakers on the liberal side. Mr. W. Penchard, a solicitor, and Mr. R. N. Lee, a deserter from the liberal camp, and now the most violent of the Tories, moved an amendment. Se veral able speeches were delivered, one especially by J. Snow den, Esq., in support of the scheme for doing justice to Ire land, and in ridicule of the bigotted and silly cry of "No Popery," which, by the bye, was called by Mr. Penchard a righteous cry !!! for it had twice saved the country (risum teneatis, amici .9 On a division the address and petitions in support of the new Ministry, and of the appropriation, were car ried by at least five to one—three to one, according to the Tories themselves. The greatest political enthusiasm prevailed. All, except the Tory clique, seemed resolved that the hand of tyranny and injustice shall be removed from Ireland. The Tories are completely discouraged at this second defeat, espe cially as their hole-and-corner meeting has been met by a public one. Again the people of Taunton have done their duty—again they have entitled themselves, by their spirited conduct, to the gratitude of the whole nation. The Tories intend to invite Mr. D'lsraeli to a dinner, on the Ist of June. After the exposures which have been made of the character of this young man, we are surprised that such moral, religious, respectable men as the Tories call themselves, are not ashamed to be seen in his company. But misery makes us acquainted with strange bed-fellows. The Tories would now take any body, even a Mr. Disraeli. Ten years ago, they would have shrunk from him with disgust. THE ST3N, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1835 ANTI-SLAVERY MEETING. A large and very respectable meeting of the friends of Negro Emancipation took place at Exeter-hall yesterday. There was scarcely standing-room throughout the great room of the building from an early hour of the day. On the platform were several Members of Parliament, and eminent individuals con __ nected with the trade and commerce of the Colonies. The remaining portion of the room being principally filled with elegantly-dressed females, presented a very lively and inte resting appearance. On the lowest calculation, there could not be less than between three and four thousand persons present. At twelve o'clock Lord Brougham entered the room, and on coming in front of the platform, was received by the entire assemblage, upstanding, with the most deafening cheers, ac companied by the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, which continued for some minutes. When the applause had ceased, his Lordship having been moved to the Chair, commenced to state to the meeting the object for which they had that day assembled, which "Vas to carry out into full effect the provisions of the Slavery Abolition Act of the last Session ; to mitigate the rigours of negro ap prenticeship in the Colonies; and to hold out the example of the spirit of the British people to France and America, that those countries might at length awake to the justice of emancipating the black population of their dependencies. His Lordship then went into a long detail of the origin and progress of the cause of negro emancipation in this country ; and in doing so, passed a warm and eloquent eulogium on Wilberforce, Macauley, and other high and honourable names, which stood pre-eminent amongst the benefactors of mankind. The Noble Lord pro ceeded to allude in forcible terms to the state of negro slavery in America. It was lamentable, in a country boasting of so much independence, among a people who commenced their career of independence by refusing to pay a halfpenny in the pound on tea, without the consent of their own representa tives, that negro slavery should take her last and determined stand against the growing spirit of universal liberty, and the disapprobation of the wise and the virtuous of mankind.— ( Hear, hear.) Could this be endured—could such an anomaly be allowed to continue ? No, it was impossible. His Lord ship declared that he was an early, a sincere, and a public friend to the Americans, at a time when it was not fashionable to be their friend ; and he had sneered at people here who were foolish enough to sneer at a country which could not boast the follies of a Court, and the artificial importance of an hereditary and titled aristocracy. The Noble and Learned Lord next alluded to the slavery of the black population in the French colonies. He had always admired the virtues and the greatness of mind exhibited by the French people. It had always been his study, as a Member of Parliament, and a Minister, to cultivate their friendship, and to increase the growing attachment and forgetfulness of past differences and animosities between them and the people of England. To them in common with the Americans, his Lordship would also offer his advice to tear away the last disgraceful page in their mo dern annals. Some persons foolishly were of opinion that the Government of England should interpose the weight of her name and authority in effecting the liberty of the African with France and America. This, continued his Lordship, was sheer nonsence. What way should the people of this country have taken it, if the Americans had attempted a similar inter position in favour of Catholic emancipation, or if the French nation had called upon the British Government to do away with the Irish Church Establishment ?—( Hear, hear, hear.) The Government of England could do nothing towards such an object, but proceed with the negociations on the slave trade. --( Hear, hear.) " And if," said his Lordship, with peculiar energy, " you would stop effectually the march of rapine and murder, and of the grossest outrages on human right and di vine power that ever yet were perpetrated in any age or coun try, in the face of day, or in the shades of crime, there is but one way to do so, and that is, that slavery ceasing the slave trade shall be no more.—( Immense applause.) But how is it to cease altogether—how is it to be uprooted ? This immense meeting speaking, as it will, through myself and others— through the medium of the press, i ts sentiments and the sentiments of England, will go far to effect, yes, it will ultimately effect, the good work. Though we have no protocols to precede us—though we may not have any assistance at our backs from Downing-street, the Tuilleries, or Washington— still the human mind will assert its empire : the example of a great people assert its prerogative—the mind of England will be reflected by the mind of France and America : the work is then done ; for when the people take it up, their Governments must obey."—( Cheers, which lasted for several minutes.) It was a foolish notion of some of the statesmen of the modern school to think that standing eternally aloof from the people was either a just or a prudent line of conduct to adopt ; for his own part he thought that to appear often before the people, to study their sentiments, to anticipate their wishes, and in doing so earn their approbation, was the highest honour that could be arrived at, the proudest feeling that ought to be entertained by any public man in or out of office, whether armed with power, or, what was much better, supported by influence from with out.—( Cheers.) It was stated of him, however, by persons and parties who were over-anxious at all times about his affairs, that he (the Noble and Learned Lord) was over-anxious in his attendance at public meetings, especially in the North.— ( Laughter.) This was ju,t as true as every thing else that proceeded from the same quarter.—( Hear.) The fact was, he only attended one meeting, and that was at Edinburgh, where he was invited to be present at the dinner given to his esteemed and beloved friend—he had a right to call him so, for he (the Noble and Learned Lord) did more to keep him in office than all the rest of his colleagues.—( Cheers.) The Noble and Learned Lord sat down amidst loud and long continued applause. Shortly after his Lordship had concluded, Mr. O'CONNELL appeared on the platform, and shook hands cordially with the Noble Chairman. This mutual recognition was followed by the cheers of the meeting. Lord BROUGHAM again rose, and congratulated the meeting on the arrival of Mr. O'Connell. His Hon. and Learned Friend was one of the greatest emancipators of ancient or mo dern times—one of the moot uncompromising and inexorable enemies to slavery, no matter what shape or hue it assumed. He had come to that meeting to express his approbation of its proceedings, and not to introduce what some timid people might anticipate —any discussion on the affairs of Church or State.—( Great laughter.) Mr. F. BUXTON, M. P., next addressed the meeting, and, in his address, praised the constant exertions of the Society of Friends in behalf of the emancipation of West Indian slaves. For orderly and quiet agitation, blood-heat or fever heat agitation, he would match the sober easy-going Quaker, (looking at Mr. O'Connell) with the greatest agitator of mo dern times.—( Great laughter.) G. STEVENS, Esq., in a long and energetic speech, detailed the malpractices and cruelties which were still carried on against the negro population in the British West Indies. Fe males were stripped naked, and innumanly flogged—one un fortunate creature was forced by the monsters who lacerated her helpless body, to suck the cat which was dripping with her own blood ; another ,was fired at ; and another hunted down by bloodhounds. Mr. O'CONNELL presented himself to the meeting amid the most enthusiastic cheers. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman proceeded to speak in terms of severe censure of the conduct of the Americans, in continuing to keep in bondage the black population in many of their states. It was disgusting to every lover of reason and justice, and true liberty, to hear them boast of their democratic principles and institutions without a blush at the recollection of their bondsmen. They were traitors to liberty, to honour, to consistency. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman read several extracts from an American Act of Parliament, in which it was enjoined that no Judge, Member of Parliament, Barrister, or Preacher, should speak or write any thing against slavery, under the pain of being sentenced to not less than three years', and not more than twenty-one years' imprisonment, or death, at the discretion of the Court. And that no American should teach a slave to read or write, under pain of not less than three months,' and not more than twelve months' imprisonment. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman flung this black dishonour on the star spangled banner of America—in vain did it wave over every sea, proclaiming the honour of the boasted Republic of modern times—those who fought under it were felons of the human race—( Hear, hear)—traitors to liberty, to their own honour, and blasphemers of the Almighty. " The red arm of God," continued the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, "is bared ; and let the enemies of those whom he died to save, the black man as well as the white man, beware cf its vengeance, the light ning careers through the troubled air resistless amid the howling of the tempest and the rolling of the thunder. Oh, for one moment of poetic inspiration, that my words, with the fire of indignation with which my, bosom burns—that my voice might be borne on the western breeze across the wide Atlantic, and light on their shores, and ascend their mountains, and be wafted down the Mississippi, the Ohio, the Missouri, and the rivers of America." The Hon. and Learned Gentleman after some further observations concluded a speech of impassioned and fervid eloquence, which we regret our inability to do any thing like justice to for want of space, and sat down amidst the most enthusiastic applause. Dr. MORRISON and several other Gentlemen addressed the meeting subsequently, and several resolutions connected with the objects of the Association were passed.during the evening. The meeting separated at six o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL CRAVEN MEETING, TIURSDAT. The Spring St. Leger of 25 sovs. each, and 50 added; colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. Mile and three quarters. Second horse to save his stake. Mr. Johnson's ch. c. Jupiter, by Langar...R. Johnson 1 Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn's ch. f. Usury, by Banker 2 Lord Derby's Amurath, 3 yrs, Est. 111 b The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Nanney's Friar Tuck, Bst. 31b Mr. E. Peel's Humphrey, by Filho da Puta Mr. Mostyn's L'Hirondelle, 3 yrs, 6st. llb Mr. Mostyn's The Miner, by Teniers Even on Jupiter. Won easy. The Maghall Stakes of 25 save each, 15 ft., with 50 added; for two yr old colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. T. Y. C. Mr. Mostyn's Tom Shipman Lye 1 Mr. R. Turner's f. by Peter Lely Mr. Beardsworth's b. c., by Bustard, dam by Orville 3 The following were not placed : Lord Derby's Glee by Langar Mr. Johnson's br. c. by Peter Lely sto 4 agst Tom Shipman, who won easy. Seven paid. Sweepstakes of b sovs. each, and 30 sovs. added. Heats, a mile and a quarter. Mr. Crompton's Mayflower, 4 yrs ......Lye 2 0 1 1 Mr. S. Fox's Mrs. Oakley, 4 yrs, Bst. 11b... 0 1 2 2 Mr. Nanney's Cymro, 3 yrs Mr. Barrow's Alecto colt, 3 yrs 1 3 odr BRISTOL RACES, IVEDArx.mi Y. A Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft., for the produce of mares covered by Sailor in 1831; with 20 sovs. added by the owner of Sailor. One mile. Six subs. Mr. England na. Westbury Mr. J. Bayley's Bessy, 3 yrs 2 Mr. G. Ongley's Anne Jane Thornton, 3 yrs 3 The Westbury Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., with 20 added. T. Y. C., about half a mile. Four subs. Captain Williamson's Brookland 1 Mr. Harris's b. f. by Swap The Clifton Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 20 added, 10 ft., and only sif declared, &c. Two miles. Twenty-one subs. Mr. W. Smith's Ganges, 4 yrs Mr. J. H. Peel's Uncle Toby, 5 yrs A match for 50 sovs., three quarters of a mile, Bst. each, was won by Mr. Smith's Denbies, 5 yrs, beating Mr. Bristow's Pagoda. The Claret Stakes of 10 sous. each, 3 ft., with 20 added. Gentle- men riders. Four subs. Mr. D. Ody's Cyclops, 6 yrs Mr. Hewitt's Counsellor Colonel Gilbert's Aldsworth Won easy by a length. The Bristol Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft., with 20 added by the Tradespeople, for horses that never won a clear 501. at one time. Heats one mile and a quarter. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs. Four subs. Sir L. Glyn's b. c., Brother to St. Nicholas, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. Holland's Tiara, 5 yrs Mr. Thornhill's Lepidus, 3 yrs Lord Brougham has just published " a Discourse on Natural Theology." JOHN KNOX'S CHURCH.—On Sundaylast at Aber deen this new church was opened by the Rev. A. L. Gordon. There was a meeting of the Friends of the Church, held in the Trades' Hall, Glasgow, on Friday. April has exhibited more frosty nights, and within the last few days, actually more ace than had previously ap peared during the whole course of the winter. THE LORD MAYOR AND THE COMMON COUN ciL.—On Thursday a very large meeting of the Committee of the whole Court of Common Council was held at. Guildhall, in consequence of a requisition to the Chairman, signed by nearly fifty members, to consider the propriety of adopting re solutions on the subject of the recent proceedings in the Court of Common Council, and the best course to be pursued with reference to the Reports of the Committee not yet considered in that Court. After some animated speeches by Messrs. Pritchard, Ould, Thompson, Peacock, and Figgins, the reso lutions were unanimously agreed to. YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING) ELECTION.— THE DRCI , ARATION.—WAKEFIELD, THURSDAY EVENING. This morning having been appointed for the declaration of the successful candidate, the electors of the various districts continued to assemble here in large numbers from an early period of the morning, although the state of the weather was not by any means calculated to invite an open-air displ a y ; so early as eleven o'clock the friends of both candidates, how ever, began to assemble, and in the neighbourhood of the hustings, their numbers continued to increase up to half-past twelve o'clock, at which time Mr. Wortley, attended by a number of his adherents, advanced up the main street, towards the Court-house, preceded by a band of musicians and his banner-bearers. When they arrived on the hustings, Lord Morpeth and a numerous body of his friends arrived, and were greeted with an unanimous shout of applause. At one o'cl oc k the High Sheriff, R. H. Roundhall , took his seat, and de clared George William Frederick Howard, .commonly called Lord Morpeth, to be elected to serve as Knight of the Shire in the present Parliament for the West Riding of the county of York. After speeches from Lord Morpeth and Mr. Wort ley, the meeting was dissolved, and Lord Morpeth was chaired through the town, attended by a multitude of his friends (amounting to nearly ten thousand), with the usual accompa niments of music and banners. He was afterwards entertained at dinner by his supporters. THE STRAFFORD PROPERTY.—The newly created Lord Strafford does not possess any of the estates of the last Earl of Strafford. The property of the former Earls of Strafford is divided as follows :—George Byng, Esq., in herits Wrotham Park, and a share of the estates in Suffolk. Mr. Byng's father married a daughter of Lady Anne Conolly, the .eldest daughter of William, Earl of Strafford. Colonel Vyse inherits a share of the estates in Suffolk, and his father mar ried the daughter of Lady Lucy Howard, the second daugh ter of the same Earl. Thomas Vernon Wentworth, Esq., inherits Wentworth Castle, in Yorkshire, a share of the es tates in Suffolk, and Stoke Park, in Northamptonshire ; and his father, Mr. Vernon, was the son of Lady Harriet Ver non, third daughter of the same Earl. The last Earl of Straf ford was the nearest heir male to William, Earl of Strafford, and, on the decease of his kinsman, succeeded to the title, which, upon his death, became extinct, and the whole of his property was left to Thomas Frederick Vernon Went worth, Esq., the present possessor of Wentworth Castle, in Yorkshire. AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTION. —A meeting of the General Committee was held at the Ex chequer Coffee House, Palace-yard, on Friday, the 15th inst., 11. B. Curteis, Esq., M. P., in the chair, supporte d by Lord Somerville and the Members of the Committee. The Secre tary, H. F. Richardson, Esq., read a letter from Lord Robert Grosvenor, expressing regret at his absence, which was occa sioned by indisposition. The Secretary then read the minutes of the last meeting ; and reported that since their last meetin g various subscriptions had been received, and amongst them very liberal sums from Lord Francis Egerton, Sir Charles Broke Vere, M. P., the Countess of Darnley, R. H. Beau mont, Esq. M. P., E. Sheldon, Esq., Sir T. Turton, Bart., H. C. Sturt, Esq., M.P., N. R. Colborne, Esq., M.P., Colonel Gore Langton, M. P., Sir W. Geary, Bart., M. P., Sir R. Greisley, Bart., M.P., E. Bland, Esq., General Gardiner, the Bishop of St. David's, Lady Campbell, &c. The .ii nouncement was received with great applause. A discussion then took place as to the Society immediately extending its operations, and after a lengthened discussion a djourned for that purpose to Friday next, the thanks of the M eetin g havin g been voted to the Honourable Member for his kindness in presiding, MEMOIRS OP LORD BOLIN&BROKE.—" A life of Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke," observes the Literary Gazette, " has been long craved for by all those who hunger and thirst after biographical literature. Not to them alone, but teeming with interest and instruction to the whole com munity, is the investigation and analysis of the powers, passions, principles, and impulses, of this great and extraor dinary man. The labour of collecting materials for the per sonal history of any public individual during the reigns of Queen Anne and George I. and 11. is of itself neither slight nor agreeable. B u t glancitig over the testimonies furn ished by himself, and by such contemporaries as Dryden, Pope, Swift, Prior, Gay, Voltaire, Lords Lyttleton, Ossory, and Chesterfield, then comes the di scovery t h a t som ething more than ordinary mind and facile pen is required to develope the orbit, describe the brilliancy, and account for the irregularities of that earthly comet, Bolingbroke." Mr. Wingrove Cooke's Memoirs of this distinguished statesmaii, whom Pope charac terises as " the greatest writer of the age," will take its rank among the most valuable works lately published. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT ROUSE OF LORDS, MAP 15. The House met at half-past four o'clock this evening. Lord STRAFFORD (Sir J. Byng) was introduced by the Marquis of Tavistock and Lord Lynedoch, and took the oaths and his seat. Lord BROUGHAM then proceeded to pronounce the de cision of their Lordships in the appeal cases of Vandeleur v. Vandeleur, Gye v. Hallam, and Jeffrey v. Paul. At half-past five o'clock Lord Shaftesbury took his seat on the Woolsack. Lord ROSEBERY presented a petition from some pri vate individual, complaining of the conduct of a Master in Chancery. Lord BROUGHAM considered the petition could not be properly received. Lord AL V ANLE Y said he had declined presenting the petition for the reasons assigned by the Noble and Learned Lord. Lord ROSEBERY then begged leave to withdraw the petition. His Lordship proceeded to present petitions from Fife, from the Secession Congregation of a town in Stirling, from the United Association Congregation of Nicholson-street, Edinburgh, from the United Association Congregation of a town in Perth, and from another place, all praying that no grant should be given to procure Church accommodation for the people of Scotland. He also presented another petition of a contrary tendency from another town in Scotland. A great number of petitions were presented by the Duke of Argyle, the Duke of Gordon, and Lord Wharncliffe, praying that Church accommodation might be granted. The Marquis of LAN SDOWNE presented a petition from a gentleman claiming the title of the 9th Viscount Rathcoole, praying the privilege of voting for the election of Peers in Ireland. COUNTY RATES. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of land in the county of Stafford, to which he begged to call the attention of the Noble Lord at the head of his Majesty's Government. In the King's Speech promises were held out that something would be done by the late Administration in favour of the landlords and occupiers of land, and especially with respect to the grievance of County rates. The petitions complain of the oppressions of County rates, and of the grievances which they , suffer from prison expenses,gaol expenses, the conducting of pub lic prosecutions, and on account of the money which they had to pay for sending returns for the information of Parliament, all of which expenditure falls on the County rates, and must be paid out of the produce of the land. This petition, as he had stated, was signed by many most respectable land occupiers ; he would therefore beg to ask his Noble Friend (Lord Melbourne) if his Majesty's Government had taken into consideration the grie vances of which the petitioners complained ; he agreed with them in thd statements contained in the petition, but with one ex ception. He did not think, as they did, that the Magistrates should be deprived of the power of paying the rates, but that the rate-payers themselves should appoint persons to do so.— ( Hear, hear.) By that process he thought a great expense would be incurred. An Act of Parliament, in his opinion, ought to be passed, specifying the object for which the rates should be levied, and that then the magistrates should have the power of paying them out. At present these County rates were a great grievance, and he trusted that his Majesty's Go vernment would not permit much time to pass, without intro ducing some measure that would have the effect of making this tax more fairly and equitably levied. Lord MELBOURNE said it was the intention of the Government to take into immediate consideration the re commendation contained in his Majesty's declaration from the Throne, provided it was to be confined to the objects specified in the report that would proceed from a Committee of this and the other House of Parliament. If the expenses of conducting trials—the removal of convicts, and the procuring returns for the information of Parliament—if the removal of these grievances were recommended by a Committee, he had no hesitation in stating that so far his Majesty's determination would be carried into effect, and he promised that no measure would be left untried which would have a tendency to check the unlimited, profuse, and unrestrained expenditure com plained of. LORD MULGRAVE. The Earl of WICKLOW, as he saw the head of his Ma jesty's Government in his place, without wishing to show any demonstration of hostility, begged to ask him a question which he conceived to be of the utmost importance. Cir cumstances had lately occurred in Ireland which deserved the attention of his Majesty's Government—he alluded to the mode and manner of entry into Ireland of the Lord Lieutenant of that country. He (the Earl of Wicklow) was not disposed to pre vent any demonstration of regard which the community might think proper to show to any particular favourite.—( Hear.) — He was the last man to disapprove of a proper demon stration of public feeling ; but if the reports circulated were correct, the circumstances were totally different from those of any popular demonstration of feeling be fore that he had witnessed. It appeared that a cor tege was organised by the will and direction of one individual of great power and influence in that country, and erders were given in all the chapels for persons to assemble at certain hours for the purpose of attending to swell this proces sion of illegal bodies of men, which was at direct vari ance with the common law of the land--(Hear, hear) — and with a law, which was introduced into that country two years ago by the Government, of which the Noble Viscount was then Secretary of State—namely, the Act for the suppression of disturbances and illegal meetings in Ireland, which rendered it illegal for any bodies of men to assemble with banners and the symbols of party. If the facts were correctly stated, then the Noble Lord had lent himself to that transaction in a manner that rendered him incapable of holding the sword of justice impartially in that country, because in that high office to which he was elevated he was bound to show the strictest impartiality to all parties, and to prohibit and prevent such proceedings. What means could he adopt for the purpose of carrying these purposes into equitable effect, when he had entered the country in a manner so directly in opposition to the law ?—( Hear, hear.) It must certainly have a tendency to discourage the loyal and peaceable inhabitants in that country, when they saw their Governor lending himself to parties, and acting in a manner which himself and his colleagues had so often de nounced in Parliament.—( Hear.) Another circumstance was recorded to have taken place, for which, however, he had no authority ; it was that the Solicitor-General of that country, at a public dinner, sanctioned a toast, having for its sentiment, a desire for the speedy repeal of the Union ; and coupling that with the circumstance, of banners being marked " Repeal of the Union"—" No Tithes"—" O'Connell for ever," &c., he hoped the Noble Viscount would take this opportunity of setting the minds of the people at rest on this subject. The question, therefore, was, first, had the Noble Viscount received any authentic information that the Lord Lieutenant had en tered Ireland in the manner described ; secondly, what steps had been taken on the part of the Government to show its disapprobation of such proceedings.—( Hear, hear.) Lord MELBOURNE replied that he had no official in formation upon the subject. All he had heard was that there was a great congress of people ; and a very enthusiastic de monstration of public feeling, but he had not heard of any ille gal processions, or exhibition of banners of parties, such as were contemplated by the Act of Parliament alluded to by the Noble Earl. If the law had been violated, doubtless it would be vindicated by those means in the power of the Government. With respect to the means taken to induce per sons to go and celebrate the entrance of the Lord Lieu tenant, he indeed apprehended that all such meetings were ever spontaneous ; lie dared to say that the procession which accompanied him to the water side, was wholly spontaneous. .—( Hear, hear.) If any thing called for censure, he was sure that the Noble Lord now at the head of the Government there, was so entirely possessed of the spirit of impartiality and equity, that he would conduct it on the prin ciple of even-handed justice, determined not to place himself in the hands of any party or faction, but to administer the law equally to all parties, and be the first to carry it into effect against those who offended.—( Hear, hear. ) There were some other facts, to which he would not further allude ; but he could not but take that opportunity of declaring the grounds on which the Government, both in this country and Ireland, were determined to act, and of expressing his certain conviction, that those who violated the law would be made to answer for that violation.—( Cheers.) The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to know whether the orders for the procession had been issued by the Protector of the Noble Viscount's administration in Ireland (the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin) before the Noble Earl's arrival—(Cheers and laughter)—and if they were, who had the charge of carrying them into effect ? He thought al lowing banners such as had been used on that occasion, would be productive of the very worst results, unless there was someinterference on the part of the Government. The Noble Viscount had said that he had not heard that such flags and banners, bearing the inscriptions, " O'Connell," " The Rising Sun of Ireland," and others, had been used on the occasion. He (the Marquis of Londonderry) would tell the Noble Viscount, if such were the case, that he was the only person in the country that was not aware of it. It was it, every newspaper in the kingdom, and it was as notorious as the sun at noon day. In his opinion, some inquiry ought to take place upon the subjeet.—( Cheers.) He had received a letter from a friend of his in Ireland, who stated that upon Lord Mulgrave's entrance, there had been a tremendous display of O'Connell's party—such a one as might, if repeated on the 12th of July, lead to some tremendous conflict, if any opposi tion was given to the Orange procession that would take place on that day—( Hear, hear)—as it would be Impossible, in consequence of Lord Mulgrave allowing green flags in that procession, to prevent the Orange party from in terfering.—( Loud cheers from the Opposition side.) If the Lord Lieutenant, or some member of the Government did not by some order or declaration evince their disapprobation of such procedings, the Noble Viscount and his Government might feel assured that the Orangemen would not rest quiet, and the worst possible results would ensue. He did not state these circumstances with any feeling of ill temper to the Noble Viscount, or any other individual, but he must again reptat that if some marked notice were not taken of these things, the eonse uenees might be most serious on the 12th July. The Nobl e Vi scoun t could have no animosity against him for stating what he was able to do ; but if report spoke truly, a perso n of high authority had resigned his office in the Royal Household, in consequence of the supposed authority of Mr. O'Connell. He would again repeat, that if such things were allowed to exist, the property of Ireland would stand forth, in order to prevent the unhappy consequences that would arise. —( Cheers.) Lord MELBOURNE considered the observations of the Noble Lord most uncalled for, and lie begged to ask him whether what had taken place in Ireland could have been prevented, even if the Noble Marquis had been the Lord Lieutenant. The Noble Lord had stated that some interference on the part of the Government must take place with respect to the subject.—(Hear, hear.) No man deprecated more than he did such displays, for the result of them always was, that when there was a display on the one hand, there was also a display always on the other.---(Great cheering from the Ministerial benches.) But he assured the Noble Lord, that any thing illegal which bad occurred on that occasion should be inquired into. It was not in the power of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government in Ireland—it was not in the power of the Executive here, or on the other side of the water—to prevent the general display of feeling on the recep tion of a Chief Governor, whom they hailed with satisfaction. No man regretted more than did he ( Lord Melbourne) the violence of parties in Ireland; he deplored that there still existed a strong line of demarcation between the sects. He wished that their feuds should be given over, and then something might effectually be done towards establishing peace in Ireland. But it was impossible to effect this if one party still adhered to their former course of action ; the other could not be ex- petted to lay down their prejudices, and it was more than could be hoped from the weakness of human nature. The Noble Lord adverted to a report circulated respecting the resignation of a Noble Marquis of his situation in the Household, which was said to have been caused by a difference of opinion with the Government on political questions. He ( Lord M.) had the authority of the Noble Marquis for stating that the causes set forth were entirely without foundation. With respect to the subject of the Irish Government he con curred fully in the policy of the Administration and in the views they took of regulating its affairs, and with this im pression it would be strange if he resigned for the reasons stated by public rumour. The Earl of HADDINGTON would not have risen if allusion had not been made to the circumstances attending his entry into Dublin. On that occasion there were neither flags, banners, nor colours, nor in fact any out arard appearance of party manifestation to meet the eye. It was indubitably a spontaneous, unsolicited mark of regard and kindness paid to him, by a very large and respectable assembly. Had he (Lord Haddington) taken any steps to suppress the pro cession, they would have been unavailing—( Hear, hear) — and it would have been a most ungracious return for very great kindness. He knew not whether it was in the power of his Noble Successor to prevent the manifestation of opinion and feeling that did take place ; nor would he pro nounce any opinion upon it. But it was certain that he could not have prevented that which did take place in his own case, nor did lie see any reason to do so. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY would not have men tioned the circumstance ; but that he had heard it most dis tinctly stated by a Noble Friend, who had it from the Noble Marquis himself. It was on these grounds only that he had stated it. _ _ Lord MELBOURNE here made a remark which was in audible in the gallery. _ . Lord BROUGHAM happened to know, as far as it was possible for a person to be distinct on such a circumstance, that the whole statement attributed to the Noble Marquis was incorrect, and that of his Noble Friend (Lord Melbourne) was perfectly correct. The intention of the Noble Marquis to re sign the office of Lord Chamberlain was known to him some time I previously, and the grounds of his resignation were totally dis tinct from those stated by the Noble Marquis opposite. It was known to him (Lord B.) long before the knowledge of what had occurred in Ireland had reached his Majesty's Go vernment ; for he knew it early last Saturday morning. It was not necessary for him to state the whole of the conversation which then took place between the Noble Marquis and himself, but the grounds of his resignation were as completely diffe rent—he was about to say—as diametrically opposite as it was possible for one reason to be from another. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY would not press the point further, but he did imagine that such a statement would have come with a much better grace from some of his Majesty's confidential servants, and would have been more satisfactory than coming from the Noble and Learned Lord, who is not one of his Majesty's Ministers.—( Hear. ) Lord BROUGHAM thought it must be very important and satisfactory for their Lordships to know that any personal communications relative to the Marquis of Wellesley could only be answered or confirmed by one of his Majesty's Ministers. It was unfortunate for the Noble Marquis, that while any other person might have whom he pleased for his witnesses, he could only have one of the King's Ministers. _ --(Laughter.) NEWSPAPER TAXES. Lord BROUG H A M—l have now, my Lords, to present your Lordships with a petition of which I gave notice—unless the Noble Marquis has any further observations to make—[the Marquis of Londonderry replied in the negative.] I felt it my duty to give notice of this petition on account of the im portance of the body from which it emanates—the Corporation of the City of London, comprising the Lord Mayor, Alder men, and Common Council. lam aware that this body is not warranted by custom or by the privileges of the City to pre sent their petitions by the Sheriffs at this bar, as they are pri vileged to do in the other House, but that they must be pre sented by some Member of your Lordships' House. Never theless, in order to relieve themselves from the appearance of any want of proper respect to your Lordships, the Sheriffs waited according to their custom in their robes of office upon the humble individual before your Lordships, and requested that I would lay this petition upon your Lordships' table. The subject of the petition is one of very great importance—it refers to the tax imposed upon the various sources of informa tion ; not upon political information alone, but upon all other descriptions, by the law and the revenue of this country. The petitioners do not confine their observations to the duty im posed upon Newspaper stamps, but they go further and point out the impolicy of the tax upon paper, and consequently upon books, which they represent, and most justly and most truly, as must be evident to your Lordships, as a tax upon knowledge ot all descriptions, political, civil, and religious. They therefore pray that your Lordships will take the matter into your earliest consideration, and make the dissemination of popular information more general and cheap,by relieving it of the burdens under which it at present labours. My Lords, having so lately had an op portunity of stating my opinions upon this subject, and the reasons why I concur in the prayer of this petition, it would ill become me, upon the present occasion, to enter at any length upon it. I may remind your Lordships, however, that the tax upon the raw material imposed by the stamp duty is two hundred per cent.—there is a tax of two hundred per cent. upon the prime cost of the newspaper, and this, it is evident, must have the effect of preventing the dissemination of knowledge, and of keeping instruction of various kinds from those classes of the people to whom it is of the greatest importance. It is a bar to the good Government of the country, to the moral improvement of the community, and to the proper administration of justice ; while, on the other hand, its dissemination would tend to elevate the character and improve the conduct of the people, and promote the sta bility of the Government. This knowledge is, therefore, kept from the great mass of the people, to the great loss of the community, and to the detriment of the Government, and the institutions of the country. I would particularly call the at tention of your Lordships to the fact, that the effect of the stamp-duty is not only to prevent the circulation of useful information, but to encourage that of a dangerous kind—of sedition, libel, illegality, blasphemy, and obscenity of all de scriptions. While the legitimate and useful newspapers are sold (in consequence of the stamp-duty) at sevenpence each, bad men publish their bad wares at a penny. The same tax operates against the man in trade, who wishes to publish ad vertisements ; and it affects, more or less, all matters in which publicity is required. In addition to this, these newspapers are the only vehicles for conveying political intelligence, the proceedings of Courts of Justice, and the execution of the punishments awarded for offences, which should be known to all classes of his Majesty's subjects. The amount of the revenue obtained from this tcx is as nothing compared with the importance of having the Parliamentary proceedings, the debates in the House of Commons and of your Lordship? House, and the alterations that may be made in the laws, gene rally known. And yet these papers are burdened with a Stamp Tax of 200 per cent., while the unstamped publica tions, which disseminate sedition and incendiarism, and in one instance, to my knowledge, recommended assassination, es cape—the bad wares are free, while the dealer in the whole some and sound article labours under a tax of 200 per cent. The injury which results from this state of things to the country, and to the proper administration of the laws, is, to my mind, incalculable. Another argument against the present system is the monopoly to which it gives rise. The London daily newspapers are confined to five or six individuals, all flourishing establishments, and I am glad of it ; but these in dividuals enjoy a monopoly of intelligence, and this impolicy would not exist if it were not for the Stamp Duty, which deters others from setting up newspapers. Take away this tax, and you will find that there will be shortly many rivals and competitors in the field. As an instance of the impolicy of this tax, I shall state to your Lordships a fact that came within my own knowledge. I some time since saw in a pro vincial newspaper an extraordinary statement, brought as a charge against me, that I had at a public meeting—for of late his Majesty's Ministers are guilty of the crime of attending them—pronounced a most fulsome panegyric upon your Lord ships' House. I was accused of this, for such sentiments were considered a very high offence by that newspaper. Your Lordships will, perhaps, be willing to admit that the offence admits of some palliation—(laughter)—more particularly as I seldom indulge in panegyric upon your Lordships—( Renewed laughter)—but the newspaper was of opinion that such an offence was incapable of palliation or extenuation. " Was there ever," it observed, " so abominable, so atrocious or in consistent a thing--( Great laughter)—as praising your Lord ships' House." I suppress the observations of the newspaper upon this point, but it added, " as praising such a House"— the words attributed to me• are these—" I defy all history, ancient, or modern, of this or any other country, to produce an example of an assembly so justly eminent in point of virtue, which has rendered such great and important services, so truly representing the feelings and interests of the country, so care fully protecting the rights and liberties of its fellow subjects, and so distinguished by the greatest genius and the most pro found learning"—and I know not what more it added—" as the present House ot Lords."—( Loud laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear.") That was put into my mouth by the news paper—perhaps I ought to have said so—( A laugh)—but it so happened that I never said a word of it.—( Hear, hear.) I did not say all I thought; I neither eulogized nor vituperated your Lordships' House, but I treated it worse. I treated your Lordships with a disrespect, which is, perhaps, of all others least readily forgiven—l never mentioned you.—( Hear.) I said all this respecting the House of Commons, and the news paper, in order to lay the ground-work of an attack upon me, accused me of having uttered a fulsome panegyric upon a body to which I myself belonged. But, with respect to the House of Commons, to which I no longer be-. longed, I had a right to speak, and did state my sentiments I very freely, although not in these words ; although the words I used showed clearly that the " House of Lords" was an inter polation. I said the present House of Commons, in contradis- , tinction to former and unreformed Houses of Commons j : this could not apply to the House of Lords, which is ofg(pirDsz . .. manent character ; thus showing clearly that this- was polation. The newspaper refers to its report of the speech iu confirmation ; but on looking to the paper from which thc!,re port was taken, it was the " House of Commons," instead the " House of Lords." On inquiring of a gentleman of that - )17 part of the country, how it was possible that such a paper, for it was the only one published there, and was by no means re spectable, was allowed to go on, I was answered that they must have some newspaper ; that attempts had been made, and repeated three or four times, to establish a competitor but none of them had strived more than six months, and the complaint invariably was, that they had been stifled by the newspaper stamp duty ; but for that, a rival paper would have been in existence, and this misrepresentation put an end to. This is a sample of the consequences of the monopoly, for it enables the monopolists to do with impunity what, if they had rivals, they never would venture to do. Were it put an end to, attacks upon individuals, attacks upon our institutions, and attacks upon the Government, would be much less frequent; for where there is an honourable competition, instead of consulting private and party interests, the object of these papers would be to promote the amelioration of the people, and the general cause of human improvement. Those are the grounds upon which' the petitioners pray for the remission of the newspaper duties, and 'in which I cordially concur, so far as regards the stamp on newspapers. They likewise add to this petition the abolition of the tax upon paper, and the importation of Foreign Books. With respect to the tax upon paper, the consequence is that some of the most useful, some of the cheapest, and thereby most diffused and useful publications of the present day—that of the Society for the diffusion of Useful Knowledge—are in danger of being given up from it, because the tax upon the paper makes the dif ference of being able or not able to go on with those publica tions at this very usefully low price. There is another society with which some of the Right Rev. Bench are connected— the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge,— which circulates very useful and cheap publications, and I ap peal to them if the tax is not a burden which they cannot sus tain, and that they would go on for ever in their useful labours if only one-half the tax was taken off—that is all I ask. The revenue will gain rather than lose by such a measure, and half the tax will produce more excise than the whole does at pre sent, just as taking off the tax on newspapers will make up for the loss the revenue may apparently sustain by the greatly en creased amount of advertisement duty. With respect to the ' tax upon Foreign books, I have no objection to a duty being imposed for the protection of the Home trade, upon the works which might enter into competition with ours, but to impose a tax upon the importation of foreign books, which are never published, and never can be published in this country, is one of the worst proceedings any civilized government could have recourse to. I speak feelingly upon this subject, for I had this morning to pay a sum of 251. upon one work. I have been lately in Paris, and while there, purchased a very valuable and useful work, " Memoirs of the Academie of Science, and of the National Institute,", which ran on to between 200 and 300 quarto volumes. This work is not to be had in any of the Libraries here, and after having paid 921. for it in Paris, I had this morning to pay in addition 251. duty, greatly more than one-half of which is a tax upon the importation. I have no objection to such works as Lord Byron's and others, which are pirated from the English editions being taxed, but it is absurd to tax a work of 252 volumes, which would never be printed in this country ; and the worst of the system is that the works which should be taxed escape, while the good are stopped, the bringing over of which is a great public benefit. Just so with regard to the stamp duty upon newspapers—the useful ones are heavily taxed, while the bad and seditious article escapes the payment of duty. Without entering at greater length into the arguments which might be brought forward upon this subject, I beg to lay the petition upon your Lordships' table. The Marquis of BUTE presented several petitions from towns in Scotland, in favour of protection to the Church of Scotland. The Duke of BUCCLE UCH presented several petitions 'rom Ross-shire. The House then adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mar 15. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past four o'clock. Papers were presented from the Treasurers of Middlesex Office, the Trinity House, and the East India House. Mr. J. OSWALD presented a petition from the magis trates of Glasgow against the Paisley and Renfrew Railway Bill. Mr. Parker was introduced by Sir R. Inglia and Sir J. Y. Buller, when he took the oaths and his seat for the South Division of Devon, in place of Lord John Russell. ~;:... - GLASGOW WATER BILL. Sir M. S. STE WART moved the second reading of the Bill for supplying the city and suburbs of Glasgow with water. Mr. OSWALD said, this Bill, though professing to supply the city of Glasgow with water, was nothing more than a scheme for uniting two companies for the purposes of monopoly, to sell water at their own price ; therefore, he should move that this Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. DUNLOP seconded this motion. Sir M. S. STEWART, in reply, said that one Water Company (the Glasgow), had expended 35,0001., and paid a dividend of five per cent., while the other Company had not, until the last year, paid a single dividend ; therefore, the proprietors had determined to sell their works to the Glas gow Company, but could not do so without the authority of Parliament. This Bill proposed to supply water at a rate of six shillings per annum, which is less than the for mer charge, and considerably less than any of the last five Water Companies who had obtained Bills in that House. The Hon. Member concluded by stating that notwithstanding gentlemen were not satisfied with the modifications proposed to be introduced into the Bill, he hoped they would not offer any objections to its second reading. As to himself, he had no in terest whatever in the Bill ; he thought the question raised was one of pure detail, and he trusted, therefore,:that - the House would allow the Bill to be read a second time. - Mr. A GLIONBY was opposed to the second reading of this Bill, and he had so strong an impression against it, from his being on the Committee before which it was discussed , that he 'b e lieved conscientiously nothing but expence and trouble could be expected from acceding to the present mo tion. The Committee came to the conclusion to recom mend the Bill on certain terms which they proposed being complied with by the parties concerned, and unless those terms were agreed to, the Bill ought not to pass. On that occasion the terms were considered reasonable, but the supporters of the bill, subsequently, re fused to accept them. This is the very identical bill that was then under consideration, and unless the House was satisfied that the Committee came to a wrong conclusion, he hoped it would not consent to a proposition from which nothing could be reasonably hoped for , but a waste of time and money. He saw no evidence adduced to shew that the proposed bill would be of such advantage to Glasgow as to induce the Committee to accede to it—nothing, at all events, oc curred, to induce him to change his opinion —he had no reason now to alter his opinion, and therefore he would oppose the second reading. Mr. b. MACKENZIE said if the bill was carried with the limitations suggested either this year or last year, it would be of the greatest advantage to Glasgow. The question simply was, if by this bill the rates would be so much lowered as to make it an object to the public, he thought the House ought to send it to a Committee. Hei had no interest whatever in this measure, but he was anxious to destroy every species of monopoly. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by de claring his determination to support the second reading of the Bill. Mr. HUME was quite sure that if the House understood this Bill, every Member, even the Hon. Member who proposed it, would vote against it. A clearei case he had never seen made. Nothing was of more importance than that there should be a plentiful supply of water in a crowded city, containing upwards of 200,000 inhabitants. There were two Companies in Glasgow, the second of which was established on the express principle of competition. He believed that the profits of the new Company were not so great as were expected, and the consequence was that the Company now proposed an union. This would be a palpable trick upon the people of Glasgow— it would put an end to all competition, and again establish a monopoly. A petition was presented against this bill, signed by 40,000 of the people of Glasgow, and they had actually spent 2,000/. in opposing it. He called, therefore, upon every Member who wished to do justice, to vote against the second reading of this Bill. Mr. PRYME, as one of the Committee who had attended this very laborious investigation—but, at the same time, un connected with the city of Glasgow—would impartially per form his duty. The words competition an monopoly were attractive to every political economist, but there were certain exceptions to them, and this was one. He could easily con ceive a case in which a supply of water would be rendered cheaper by a monopoly than by a competition. The expense of two establishments was much greater than that of one: if, therefore, there was but one establishment, they could sell water :it a lower price. He thought that the city of Glasgow would be much better supplied with water if the Bill passed into a law, than by the ruinous competition which had taken place. Mr. P. M. STEWART supported the second reading of the Bill, believing that, if it became law, it would have the effect of lowering the price of water in Glasgow. He trusted that the House would allow the Bill to go into Committee, ' in order that its fate might be decided upon its own merits. Sir G. STR ICKL AND opposed the second reading of the Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when the numbers were— For the second reading Against it Majority for the second reading 2O On the motion of Sir W. FOLKES, the Wells Harbour Bill was read a second time. Sir JOHN HAN AIER. presented a petition from the Bir mingham Canal Company against the Birmingham Rail way I3ili. Mr. BROWNRIGG presented a petition - from Here: ford in favour of the Islington Market Bill. Mr. TOOKE presented a petition from Dudley in favour of the Birmingham Canal Navigation, and one from the pro prietors of Canal Stock, to the same effect. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ~.. 67 Mr. WNI.- MILES presented a petition from the Bishop and Clergy of Bath, praying that a clause might be introduced in the Great Western Railway Bill, to prevent travelling on Sundays. Mr. POTTER thought this was one of the most extraor dinary petitions that had ever been presented to the House. — (Hear, hear.) He would be glad to know by whom it had been signed. It would be better at once to introduee a Bill to prevent the people of England , from eating' On Sundays. Could the persons who signed this petition suppose for a ma ment that the House would listen to such an absurd proposi