The Sun. — London, England, 1835-08-13 00:00:00

ST. PANCRAS PARISH MEETING. (Continued from our First Edition of yesterday, and which appeared in our Second Edition of last night.) 'elOe.:4 A vote of thanks having been passed to the two Members, of the Borough for their attendance, Sir S. Witausv in acknowledging it, said ha was not one of those who thought these meetings were called for the purpose merely of expressing their opinions, but also to show to the House of Lords that in all parts an opportunity had been given to the opponents of the Bill out of their House—if there were any such—but that there was not one in the whole of the large and extensive parish of St. Pancras.— ( Cheers.) He saw the resolutions related to both of the im portant Bills yet in progress. He at once admitted that he did not care so much for the Irish Church Bill, and was very indifferent as to its being passed this year.—(Marks of surprise.) He was a Protestant and a Churchman, and of course was warmly in favour of the Church, but the enquiries, into the Irish Church had shewn him such intolerable abuses in it, that he was not anxious for the passing of the present Bill.—( Slight disapprobation.) He knew the House of Com mons would not .retrograde—they would not relax in the slightest degree—and let the present Bill be thrown out, and one worth five times as much would be sent up to their Lordships next] year.—(Loud and repeated cheering.) He was certain the House of Commons would not in any way diminish their demands on behalf of the people. A Tory had told them in the House that he supported the Bill, because he was afraid, if it did not pass, the people of Ireland would forget what tithes were—( Laughter)—or that they had ever existed. He believed that such might have been near the fact; and it was because he considered the Bill as a great boon to the parsons, and not to the country, that he had less feeling upon it than upon the great Bill for reforming Cor porations.—(Cheers.) Still, however, though he did not con sider it worth the million which the people were to pay for it ; yet, if it would give peace, and consequently prosperity to Ire land, he would say he was most anxious for the settlement of the question. The other Bill, however, for reforming the Cor porations was of the very utmost importance, and it was es sential to the welfare of the country that it should pass un mutilated and without delay—( Cheers)—for then the greatest stronghold of corruption would be broken in upon, and the people would have such a lever as would enable them to raise all whose who were now as a nightmare upon the country. No measure since the great Reform Bill had been of so much importance as the one then under discussion, and he had been most anxious to be enabled to get up in his place, and say that his constituents, though they did not wish for a Corporation for their own borough, yet they had a kindly feeling for their fellow countrymen, and were most anxious that the great abuses of the present Corporation system should be done away with. In what situation did the country now stand ? He knew that there was .a large majority—an immense majo rity of the people in favour of Bill ; yet it was now in the bands of those who hated it—of those who were most anxious to, and would trample it under their feet—if they dared.—(Loud cheers.) They had tried all they could to delay the Bill, for the purpose of trying how far they might go in thwarting the wishes of the people. The passing of the Bill depended not upon the House of Lords, but upon the people of England—(Cheers)—they were the parties in whose hands the power was. Look at the opposition to the Bill in the House—there was first the Duke of Newcastle who could do what he liked with all his own, except his tongue—brains he had none..--( Laughter.) Then came the Earl of Winchilsea, a man of might and valour—a man who went out to the field with the Duke of Wellington with a perfect certainty of not having his brains blown out.—( Hear, hear, and loud laughter.) These were the leaders of the farce which had been going on lately. They might laugh at that farce were they not awa re that t he people of England were the parties who suffered from it, and in the end pa i d for it. lie wondered bow it was that any one could dare to threeten the Government with impeachment. because that the whole r•omnioes of England had sent up a Bill to tles Upper House—it having been sanctioned by a majority of that hoese of reeresentatiyet: made it the bill of the people Englai. 1, and they were the parties insulted by such idle and unmeaning threats.—( Loud cheers.) We see the real nature of the farce plated by the Peers; they must remember that the Com missioners whose conduct had been so grossly impugned were two years engaged in making their inquiries — and y et that the H ouee of Lords. by dewing a few hours daily for five days w ere able to set the whole of their labours aside. The Corporation; were accused of peculation in their accounts, and of nervertine the course of justice.. The Report accused many of their Lord '. ships of being accessaries—to instance only one place, the, e avas the Duke of Buckingham, who, because OM Alden/I , voted according to their conscience, sent, as a matt , • o f course, an d requested that they would resign their gowns. So much was this a matter of course, that the steward, in writing an account of Their refusal, could liarcE find words in which to paint his surprise, it was so strone.-. ( A laugh.) These Noble Lords then were convicted of being aCcessaries, and yet they were the Judges in their own case. and said we want evidence ; and who did they call—not the people of England to prove the crime, but the criminals them selves to prove that they were innocent.—( Cheers.) He. e was a sample of British justice—men who could not under the ,circumstances in which they were placed, act as jurymen, were elevated to the bench, and made judges in their own case.— ( Cheers.) It had not long ago been a question .‘ What will the Lords do?" They had heard evidence at the bar, in order to prove that the Corporations were innocent—then they m uss throw out the-- BM, if they believed it.. If obey del so, the question that would then be in every one's mouth would be,—" What shall be done with the Lords ?"—( Loud cheers.) They might have protested agairst the Bill, and given it what character they liked, but now they were in a dilemma : if they passed the Bill, they must own that they had been beaten by the people, as they would he in the end—(Cheers) —or otherwise they must own that their calling evidence was indeed a mere pretext to see how far they dared trifle with the patience of the country. He per fectly agreed with them in calling upon the House of Corn mono not to pass the Appropriation Bill, for the House would then have some power to prevent the re enactment of the plot of November last.—( Cheering.) He called upon the people to be awake and not allow themselves to he " caught napping" as they were upon that occasion. He did not disguise from himself, nor did he wish to do from them, that the present Bill was a very disagreeable demand by one branch of the Legis lature upon the other two : but as they would never freely consent to it, the people must protect themselves.—( Cheers. ) Mr. H. BULWER said he would not detain the meeting lone, as it could only re-echo the opin i o ns the y had alread y hea rd from former speakers. He could not altogether agree in the opinions of his Hon. Colleague with respect to the Irish Chursh Bill, for he abominated any system of religion which supported the sublime religion of the God of Peace by the point of the bayonet.—(Great cheering.) The Hon. Gentleman wen: over the same topics as his colleague, but as there was no difference of opinion between them, and our columns are very full to-day, we are compelled to omit them. He was received throughout with cheers. The petitions were read, and at the conclusion of the meet ing were signed by nearly every one present. 2XTRAORDINAB A Y INTREPIDITY OF YOUTH. Ott Saturday night an inquest was held before Mr. BARER, the Coroner, at the Eel-pie House, adjoining the river .1, Lime•heuse, on the body of George Phillips, a lad aged 14 years, who was drowned in consequence of a person who took him into the water to bathe, being seized with cramp, and compelled to let him go. A last named Fifer stated to the Coroner that he took the deceased out of the water a few minutes after he had sunk, but unfortunately not before he was quite dead. Every effort was made to restore animation, but without success. In giving his evidence, Fifer said he had saved two persons from drowning, and had also taken three others out of the water who had gone down before his arrival. The CORONER said the witness was a brave lad, and if he ever succeeded in saving a life again, he hoped he would apply to him (the Coroner), and he would do all in his power to ob tain for him the rewards offered by the Royal Humane Society. The witness said he was much obliged to the Coroner, and was proceding with his evidence when an alarm was given that some person had fallen into the river Lea. The witness im mediately pulled his jacket off, and said, " I am off, Sir," and before any body could stop him he was on the bank of the river. The Coroner and Jury followed, and attempted to dis suade the lad from the hazardous enterprise, it being very dark (10 o'clock p.m.), and the banks of the river very steep. Fifer,. however, jumped into the water. He disappeared al most instantly ; a moment of awful suspense ensued, when he brought up a man and a child, who were immediately taken into the Eel-pie public-house, when it was ascertained that t' , e man, who was inebriated, had walked into the river with the child on his shoulders. They were soon recovered and taken to their own homes. The lad returned to the inquest room, and with his clothes still dripping, addressed the Coroner, ask ing him if he would fulfil his promise. The CORONER said he deserved the thanks of the whole community. He should feel the very greatest pleasure in signing the required certificate. The Jury immediately complimented the lad on his bravery. Mr. BAKER then made out the required certificate, affixing his signature as evidence of the transaction, and the church wardens of the parish also bore testimony to his great useful ness in saving the lives of his fellow-creatures. The lad is well known in the neighbourhood by the name of t h. " Captain," for his extraordinary athletic exploits, and particularly for his skill in swimming. The " Captain "is about 17 years of age. The Jury, after hearing the evidence on the case for which they were empannelled, returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." CHARTEIt HOUSE-SQUARE.--The scene of the late fire was the place in which many of those who died of the plague were buried, by having a large square hole dug, and they were hurried in without any ceremony. Darwin thus describes it— " Long with wide eye-lids on her child she gazed, And long to heaven her tearless orbs she raised ; Then with quick foot and throbbing heart she found Where Chartreuse open'd deep his holy ground, Bore her last treasure through the midnight gloom, And kneeling dropp'd it in the mighty tomb ; I follow next !' the frantic mourner said, And living plung'd amid the festering dead." Darwin says in a note—" During the plague in London. 16(h5, one pit to receive the dead was dug in the Charter Housa, 40 feet long, 16 feet wide, and 20 feet deep, and in two weeks recempl 1,114 bodies. During this dreadful calamity thcre were instances of mothers carrying their own children to these public graves, and of people delirious, or in despair for the loss of their frieNds, who threw themselves alive into thcn'e pits."— Journai of the F r azoe, MO. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c." LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11. Numbet Dividend Price of T per CANALS. per Shari*. 4,nnum. Paid. Share. 1,76 a 6f per cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 975. 18s. oh. 160 1,482 61. Ashby.de-le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOO l. sh. si 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Ahergavenny 150 sh. 95 4,00011 h. 121. 10s. Birmingham, i share 171. 10s. 248 4.000 I)itto and Liverpool Junct....loo/. sh. all pd 600 Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001. sh. all 64 400 I'l. Chelmer and Blackwater lOOl. s b. lO2 500 421. Coventry 100/. sh. 4,546 Croydon Average 311.25.10 d. sh. 2,0601 3/. 10s. Dudley 840 61. Derby 1001. sh. 120 3,5751 231 43,. Erewash 1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde Average 400/. 16s. sh. 601.1 11,500 12!. Grand Junction 1001. sh. 232} 2,849 f Grand Union 1001 . sh. 24 1,5 el } «...... ...... Grand Surrey l. 0/. sh. 120,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 73 3,196 Grand Western l4 1. ,h. all pd 91 600 131. 11. Bd. Glam-rganshire, Average cost 172!. 1 13.. 4d. 280 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley N sh. 14i 749 10s. Grantham 1501. sh. 202 6,238 11. 10s. Huddersfield Average 571. tis. 6,1 sh. 34 100 25,338 11. Kennet and Avon, Average 391.8 a. 10d. sh. 201 2,897; 201. Leeds and Liverpool lisl. eh. 525 545 121. Leicester 4401. sh. 148 907 4!. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 83/. 10s. SO 550 5/. per cent. Liskeard and Looe Union .25/. sh. all pd. 26 70 1441. Loughborough Average 1421. 17s. sh. 1,520 _ 2,409 9/. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 180 250 91. Melton Mowbray 1001 sh. 190 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 560 3,000 247 15/. Neath 100 ...... ... Nene Navigation Bonds ... 1001. sh. 1 0 01. pd. 100 1,746 321. Oxford 1001. sis. 610 522 V. Oakham 1301. sh. 38 2,400 41. Peak Forest - ..... "...Average about 781. sh. 106 21,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd Bsl . eh. ;5i 5.669 Si. per cent. Rochda l e Average . sh. 141 500 81. Shropshire 125/. sh. 140 800 101. Somerset Coal 1501, sh. 163 45,0001. 61 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock ..... ....... 121 10s. sh. 121 700 36/. Staffbrd and Worcester ...........« 1401. sh. 690 500 11/. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 242-4 300 81. Stourbridge 3,647 1/. 104. Stratford.on-Avon ...Average 791. 9sl 001 , . sh. 206 Bd. sh. :sei 533 13/. Swansea 3,762 11. Severn acidan Wye and Railway ...Ar 351. sh. 2,60+ lan. 321. 10s. Treat Mersey, 1 share 1110/. sh. 625 8,149 1,0005h.1 is i Warwick and Birmingham 1001. sh. 280 I,oooish.j 4 12.. Warw i ck and Napton lO O/. sh. 214 9 0 0 6,00 31. lOs Worcester and 13irmingham...A v. 78/. 8,.. sh 86 20,1100 58. Wilts and Berk,' .. Average 161. 17s. 4,1 z.h. b 900 61 Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 426 - Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 45 905 Wey and Arun llO/. sh. 221 DOCKS. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Avonsr 12. The SPEAKIR took the Chair at four o'clock. STURGES BOURNES' ACT. Mr. WA Kia E Y presented a petition from 500 rate-payers of the parish of St. Anne, Westminster, complaining of Sturges Bourne's Act, and gave notice that next session he should introduce a Bill for the repeal of the said Act. He also presented a petition from St. Pancras in favour of the Ale house Bill. Also a petition from Bristol, praying for a remission of the sentence on the Dorchester labourers. He complained that persons should be tolerated in committing similar offences to that for which these poor men were punished, merely because they belonged to Orange lodges. Colonel PE RCE VAL protested against the comparison, and Hon. Members making their prejudices the standard of crime or innocence. Mr. J. LOWTHER supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. RUTH VEN also spoke to the same effect. ... I' . 2100 84 I 3p. c. Commerc i a l 1004 sh 1,065f5h 498,60'41. Stock 3,238,3101. 21.5 e. p.ct. Lon don Ditto Bonds 1,380,0001. Si. per et. West India : - ...139 31. Os. 4d. Bristol Uerage 1471. lbs. sh. 68,3*241. Si. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1.352,752 3 p•-.r eent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 4t per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 yea ;e Shoreham Harbour BRIDGES. ~6fXl 1/. Hammersmith 5Ol. On 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. +W. Os. Bd. sh. 1,700 11. Iss. Ditto, New, of it per cent. 5Ol. sh. 5,1510 Waterloo lOO/ eh. 5,000 11. Os. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si. ... ..... 001. pd 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 60,0001. 51. per cent. 1 itio Bonds 0,000 11. Vauxhall Average 70/. 10s. 3d. eh. ASSURANCE COMPANIES 3,000 3/ 106 Albion 500/. sh. 501. pd 30,000 5 per cent.} Alliance, 50.000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. Si. lid 24,000 4 . per di. Atlas 1,590 ;sh. 41. Birmingham Fire ..............25001. sh 55/. pd 211,000 4/. per cent. Brit sh Fire 2:5.11 • h.. 501 pd 12,000 ,•1. per cei:t. Briti,) , Coininefrial . .501. sh. bl. pd 5,000 54 per cent. Clerical, Acdical, &c. Lif0...100/. sh. 21 los pd 4,000 21 lirs • - County IiIO/. di. 10/. pd 6,000 51. Eagle '2OO 1 5 P ` Tut 1 ETI COOITIC Life and " 30/ bs. lOOOl. sh. 2501. pd 2,271 54/. percent. European Die ‘ 5 O/. sh. all pd 50,0v0 ' 2 . 4 . Bite ~ New 2 O/. sh. *2l. pd 1,000,000/. 71. Perot. Globe `tack 'O,OOO 1/. Guardian 1001. sh. 201. pd , 'Fire 5 p et 1 Hon . 00 3Ol. she 5/. pd 1.0 • 0 Lite• 8 p cr.3 0 " 2,400 51. 7s. tld. Impsisial-H01e..,..- 5001 sh. 501. pd ":,500 Os. Imperial Life GO/. sh. 10/. pd .t. 5/. percent. 1,4;0111'11y Maine IW. sh. St pd 12 - 2,020 2! ;Os KBr t Fi,s . ..... 50/. sh. all pd the 10, ~i 1 i%;s, Law Life 1001. sh. 10/, pd 5.1 3,4'N) U. . Lontbil, Fire • , 51. sh. 1 ?I. 1(:.; pi t to :11 (1) IL lor..i,ni, sl.ii, "Si. sib, 11. 10s. pd 2: - !,.1 3.:,0 mi , - -1. p , r cent. PIO lairitm Lite 501. sh. 21. pd Oilai i ( i 25 1 .001 Is. ooi. l'r.:t A for Fite *2ol. sh. 21. pd I/ 7,, co '.2,5r i I/.. Vruvident Life 10,),0(t0 3s. Rock Lir , - . 5 01. sh. 'A pd I/ 1 .-. ! I rii,r,•L:tri 5/. per cent. lloyal Excliange Sun. 210 50,C0 , 1 4 per cent. UM led iiiiivoin Life 2/. pd 2/2s 68 JOINT STOCK BANKS COFFEE HOUSES. Mr. WAKLE Y explained, and presented a petition from James Bywater, keeper of the Crown Coffee-house in Hol born, praying the House not to pass any Sunday Bill affecting coffee-houses, which were places of moral and intellectual improvement, and of great convenience to the public, par ticularly to clerks in public offices. Also a petition from William Calvert, a Governor of Christ's Hospital, complain ing of certain abuses, and praying that a. Commission may be appointed to inquire into them. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from Kingston-upon- Hull, numerously signed, which, in the first place, referred to a deceased Member of this House, but not in terms of reproba tion, and he would not depart from the rule—De mortuis nil nisi bonum. The petition went on to complain of certain in terferences both with the freedom and purity of election, which recently occurred.—(Hear.) At the last election large sums of money were expended in bribery and intimidation. He concluded by giving notice of a motion for a Committee of inquiry into this matter. Mr. POTTER supported the petition. IRISH CHURCH. Mr. VESEY presented a petition from the parish of Bal lyroan, King's County, in support of the Irish Church. Mr. LEFROY presented seven petitions from Ireland to the same effect. Sir R. INGLIS presented petitions from parishes in the county of Kent to the same effect. Colonel PERCEVAL presented three petitions from parishes in the counties of Sligo and Leitrim against the Irish Church Bill. Lord C A STLERE AG H presented four similar petitions. Sir CHARLES LEMON presented a like petition from 130 of the resident clergy of the county of Cork. Mr. FIE LDE N presented petitions in favour of the Dor chester labourers, for the repeal of Stamp Duties on News papers for the repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Bill, for the relief of Handloom Weavers, and one in favour of the Factory Bill. From what places these petitions came we could not hear, owing to the low tone in which the Hon. Member spoke, but some of them came from Oldham and Preston. Mr. WAKLEY supported the petitions in favour of the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. Mr. HINDLE Y supported the petition for the relief of children in factories, and seeing the Right Hon. the Chan cellor of the Exchequer in his place, would be glad to learn whether it was the intention of Government to oppose the in troduction of his (Mr. Hindley's) Bill " to alter and amend the Factory Act." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was sorry that he could not give any satisfactory answer. lie did not think it right to interfere with the ordinary wages of labour, and the employment of capital ; and he doubted whether it would be expedient to introduce Bills at the close of a ses sion, without being prepared to assent to the principle, as it would leave the subject loose to be discussed. He thought it would be much better to reserve legislation upon this subject, till they were prepared to carry that legislation into effect. HAND-LOOM WEAVERS. Mr. MAX We. LL wished to put a question to the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, viz., whether he would have any ob jection to repeal the stamp duty upon the indentures of ap prentices to lulal.loom weavers ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was sorry that he could not bold out any hopes of the remission of this tax. If the market was at present overstocked he was afraid that the result of the remission of this tax would be opposed to the Hon. Member's intentions. Mr. HUME—They would do a great deal of good, if they removed all taxes upon industry. Mr. O'CONNELL—They were wandering from the sub ject.--( Hear.) It was a sound principle of political economy that any interference between master and man was objection able ; but there was one exception in the case of infants. who were not able to protect themselves, and whose parents had the cruelty to falsify the date of their birth, in order that they might be of age tp work. If these children were rich they would have the interference of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but as there was no Chancellor of the Exchequer for the poor, that House would be to them a Chancellor of the Exchequer. The petitions were then laid on the table. PROSECUTIONS FOR CONSPIRACY. Mr. D. W. HARVEY presented a petition from an in dividual of the name of Robert Grey, praying that he might be allowed the costs of a prosecution for a conspi racy against certain parties.—( Hear.) One of these, a.roan of the name •f Grosbeck, had enjoyed a pension of .W)01. a year, which had been withdrawn in consequence of -this, con viction, thereby throwing 2001. a year into the Exchequer. The prosecutor had been put to an expense of. 2501. The Honourable Member also presented a petition from Southwark, praying for a revision of the sentence passed upon the Dorchester labourers ; also a petition from the same place, praying for the repeal of the stamp duties upon news papers. 5,000 Austr,.la is 4Ol. sh. 2s/. pd 33 10,'s 6 101 er cent. Bank of Birmingham i• /. sh. 11./. pd 1, S 10.000 10 per cent. Bit milighain Sack 5O/ ,0. 51. 1d 12 18,00 2 per cent. London and Westminster...lool sh. 15/. pd 121 3,000 L oicastei OOl. sh. 2. '1. pd 90 .25,4441 6 per cent. Ltvei pool 1' ill. sh. 101. i d 15 20,000 7 per cent. Provincial .I.,iik of 1 reland 100/ sh. 25/ pd 10,000 National Pr. viocial Eng. -1004 sh. 251. pd 268 10,000 10 p,r cent. Gloucestershire. 50!. -h. 5/. pd 11 6,000 Dainpshire 50/. ski 51. pd Ba 9 G'S LIGH i' AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,501 11 Ids Bath 2O/. oh. 1.1. pd 26 5,000 61. per cent. British 4Ol. ob. 161. pd !&3 f.,. .o 0 sl jrff s el 3 t 1 Dltto C'rovincial - - 20/. sh. 1 91 . pd 24 a . ao 814 5/ 10s 'l37l 2 thirigliam . 5151. oh. lea 4,2 - .0 2/ Os Bristol 1,f:00 Brighton 2O/. oh. 13 Ditt,, New ~ 0 /. sh 1 , 1 pd 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 201 sh. all pd 19 1.000 3/. Continental Consolidated 100!. 5141. pd 76 1,000 101. City of London .OOl sh. all pd 1921 1, 00 6!. Ditto, New 4, 0 00 4/. Equitable i.,0 0 61. per cent. East London 5/. oh. 41. pd .% 10; 00 5/. per cent. Imperial 800 5/ per cent. Isle of Thaltet 2,35 6/. per cent. ndependent '3O/. sh. a 1 pd 50 9,0 0 4!. per cent. Phoenix 54.1. sit 391. pd 241 1, 0 00 44 per cent. Rateliif 1001. sh. 001. pd 690:2. 4,0 0 South Motropolitan 5 1. sh. 13/. pd 8,000 5/. per cent. United General 504 sh. 441. pd 37j 24') 5/. per cent. Warwick 5. 4 sh. 50 400 115 a Wakefield 251. sh. 221 2,0: 0 3/. Westminster Chartered 5Ol. sh. do 6,4;0 1 12s. Ditto, New 5Ol. sh. 104 pd t•.., 100 Yaru,outh 2Ol sh. IS/. pd lu WATER WORKS. 4,800 Birmingham 251. sh. 251 pd 27 4,453 5/. East London lOO/. Oh. 1 ,1 .2 j 4,500 21 10s (Sr nd Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 441. sh. 51 2,000 '2l. Kent 100/. sh. 46447 3 , 8 1(11. Live, pool Bootle 2204 sh. 300 1,500 2/ IN New River London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,196 11. Manchester and Salford 1,900 4 per cent. South London 1001. sh. 85 R, 00 31. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 9d. eh. 78 1,360 11 Its York BuiIdingAILWAYS.Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 34 IRON R 350 Cheltenham 100/. sh. 7.4 2,000 ... ..... Clarence lOO/. oh. 1001. pd 45 2,500 19s. Forest of Dean 5Ol. pd 27 Grand Junction 1001. sh. 301. p 1 54 2,000 ...... ... Ilartlepool '4-1004 sh. 100/ pd 80 2,160 Leeds and Selby 1,500 Leicester and Swannington -.504 sh all pd 51 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester-100/.Bh. 1001. pd Ditto Quarter Shares "5!. pd London and Greenwich .........204 oh. 13/. pd 17 ... ...... London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. :35/. pd 60 London ane Southampton ....'4)l. sh. 1. 1. pd 4t Preston and Wigan 204 pd 2 Durham Junction lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 10 pm MINES. Albion Copper 51. sh. 2/. pd Alten 151. sh. 101. 10s. pd Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1004 sh. all pd Ditto Subscription 25!. pd 2,000 - - I3olanos ... • 1501. sh. all pd 125 0,000 31. s. Brazilian Im p . iss. 51. p m .35/. sh. 204 pd 6,0 0 ...... ... !Mambas dr Cocaes United -.251. sh. 201. pd 17 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. ah. 711. pd 1,000 Cata Branca 414 pd • Candonga 51. pd Bolivar Copper Company 201. oh. 201. pd Ditto Scrip '3/. pd 6,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 3jl. pd 6 8,500 Coliimlnan, iss. 54 pm...... 551 sh. 5431. pd 2,850 IL English 121 Its. pd 20,000 General Mining Association...2ol. sh. 151. pd 6,153 Mexican Company 1004 sh 4941. pd 2,000 Polberou Consols 10!. sh 8/. pd 1,500 ...... ... Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....401. eh. all pd 5j Ditto Subscription 2l. pd Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 7 5,1.00 Union Gold, iss. 24 ss. pm.... 2211. sh. 411. pd 11 West Cork 50/. sh. 25/. pd LITERARY INSTITU'I lONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 211 1,500 London University 1001. sh. all pd 27 700 -- King's College - 100/. pd 441 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 10s. Australian Agricultural....lool. sh. 2(jl. pd 371 1,040 1/. Auction Mart 501. sh. 6,000 ...... ... British American Land Company )4/. pd 4 10,000 61 per cent. Canada Company .-.... ... ; ... 1004 sh. 201. pd 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent lO2l 15,000 1!. per cent. General Steam Navigation .354 sh. 131. pd 21 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay S t o c k 250 2,000 14 London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 754 sh. 18 2,754 4/. per eent. Reversionary Interest 50c...1001 sh. 1001. pd 1301 2,633 41. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 451. pd 75 4000 10~ 0 00 20,000 25,000 20,' 00 2,500 800 ...... 11,000 ......... 4,000 10,000 ... ..... CORPORATION REFORM. The Hon. MEMBER said that the last petition he had to pre sent was signed by 700 electors of Colchester, expressing their approbation of the Municipal Reform Bill, and praying that it do pass into a law.--(Cheers.) IPSSNICH ELECTION. Mr. C. BARCLAY presented a Petition from Thomas More Keith, and gave notice that to-morrow he would move that the Petitioner be brought to the bar and discharged. CARLOW ELECTION COMMITTEE. The HON. MEMBEh begged to ask the Learned Member for Dublin whether he had made use of a statement, that by the decision of the Carlow Election Committee no man could have a franchise under 251. per annum? Mr. O'CONNELL had no hesitation in admitting that he did make that statement, and he was sorry for it, as he should have said thirty. Mr. BARCLAY (as Chairman of the Committee), would express his surprize that any individual—(" Order, " Chair, chair," and confusion.) Mr. HUME rose to order. This discussion could not be continued unless the documents on which the statements were founded were before the House. The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member having asked a question and received an answer, could not now enter into any argument on it. Mr. BARCLAY again attempted to address the House, amid loud cries of " Order," " Chair," &c. from the Minis terial Benches. The SPEAKER again interposed, and reminded the Hon. Member that he was out of order. Mr. BARCLAY again rose, but was met by loud cries of " Order," in the midst of which the Hon. Member resumed his seat. Mr. HUME moved the Order of the Day for resuming the adjourned debate on printed papers, for the purpose of postponing it till to-morrow.—Agreed to. BUSINESS OF THE EVENING. 0,0 a) 30,000 Lord JOHN RUSSELL would take the present opportu nity of stating: that, in4endefl first moving the Order of the Day for resuming the debate on the second reading of the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill. He would •then go into Committee on the Bill relative to Compensation to slave owners ; and thirdly, his Noble Friend the Secretary for Ireland should move the third reading of the Church of Ire land Bill. LIST OF SCOTTISH C 1835. OMPANIES' PRICES, , BANKS. 1,500,006/. fl. p. et. Ban% of Scotland ......831. Os. Bd. sh. all pd 202; p.c 2,000,0001. 51 p. ck Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 170/. 500,0001. is p. ct. British Linen Company 100/. all. 4,11 pd 2401. 3,000,000/. 0/. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 1001. pd 170/. 5,000,000/. 5 p. ct. National lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 14/ lOs 2,00 ~ 0001 . 2 1 1 . p. ct. Glasg o w Union 050/. sh. 50/. pd 601. 4,000,0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh SO/. pd 331. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,000 ah. sp. ct. Scottish Union 2O/. sh. 1/. pd 198 7,500 sp. ct. Hercules 100 /. s h . 101. p d ill. 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland....lo/. sh. all pd 7/ Os 50,000 6p. ct. North British 200/. sh. 101. pd 15/. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100!. sh. 10/. pd 131. 5,000 0 . et. Edinburgh life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 14/. 100,000 . ct.. West of Scotland MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 Edin. and Was. Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd 111 lOs Ditto Allocated ..96d. sh. all pd 60/. 5,400 5 per cant. Edinh. Joint Stock Water.... 251. sh. all pd 33/. Carron Iron Company 2501. sh. all pd 450/. Sl,oo4ish. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founacry 501. sh. 3SI. pd 181. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leit h G lass 2O/ . ' h. 161. pd lg. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 65/. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 25/. sh. all pd 60/. 730 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 201. sh. all pd 23/. 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...sol. sh. 75/. 3,000 10s. per sh. Equitable Loan Company 251. sh. 81. pd 101. Wheat suffered a further depression of ls. per quar ter at Devizes market on Thursday. Four samples of new wheat, and one sample of new barley were exhibited, the qua- lity of which was very good. New wheat purchased in this market the previous Thursday, was ground and dressed on Friday, and a batch of bread baked from it on Saturday Ir, Mr. Jones, of Bradford, which is described as being of excel lent quality.—Salisbury Herald. QUICK WoRK.—A field of wheat belonging Mr. Parsons of Burghfield was carried on Saturday morning. Some of the corn was thrashed, ground, and dressed, in the course of the day, and a sample of the flour exhibited at Marl: Lane on Monday. This is almost equal to the famous ec,at, worn, we believe, by Sir John Throckmortou, at an agricuhu ral dinner in the evening, the wool of which it was composed having been growing on the sheep's back in the morning.— Berkshire Cia-oni&. POST OFFICE. Mr. HUME asked a question relative to the order for the detention of letters in the Glasgow Po,t-afEee, on the 22d of last month. Mr. LABOUC HERE did not know why the motion for laying the order in question on the table had not been com plied with. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND.) THE SUN, LO DON, TiItIISDAY, Ararsrr l3, 1835. The Order of the Day for resuming the adjourned debate on the second reading of this Bill having been read, Mr. F. SHAW rose to repeat his protest against the House entering upon the discussion of so important a measure at this late period of the session, more especially before the evidence of the Commissioners relative to Dublin was before it. The Hon. Member proceeded at some length to reiterate his objec tions to the Bill, which he denounced as being most iniqui tous and unfair in its details. Mr. BARCLAY also complained of the Bill, and pro ceeded to comment upon its details. He thought the object was to hand over the Corporations to the hands of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, in whom the respectable portion of the people of Ireland had no confidence. He com plained of the Hots. Member having obtained his information relative to the decision of the Carlow Committee from a rela tion of his who was on it. Mr. O'CONNELL did not know whether he was to answer the charge against himself or not. The Hon. Member agreed that tkere should be no reform in the Irish Corporations, be cause they had no confidence in him. The Hon. Member had eulogized himself, but he (Mr. O'Connell) did not coincide in that eulogium, more especially as that eulogium appeared to be against the facts. He denied the assertion that he (Mr. O'Conne ll) had received any information from a relative of his on the Committee, but he repeated his as s e r tion without imputing improper motives to the Hon. Mem ber opposite, that if the decision of the Carlow Committee was allowed to stand, WI. freeholders would require a qualifi ca tion of 301.—( Hear.) He did not believe that a worse tribunal existed than the Committees of that House, and he was sure that the Carlow Election Committee would not rescue that tribunal from the general opin i on of its inefficiency.. Mr. LE FRO Y did not mean to enter into any discussion ; he would only say that he was not opposed to any reform that hail a tendency to make these Corporations answer the purpose for which they were instituted, but to ascertain what those ends and objects were they must have the charters before them. It was his intention to move that these charters be laid on the table of the House, but he would content himself for the pre sent with protesting against proceeding with this Bill at this late period of the Session. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed tomorrow. PRISONS' REGULATION BILL. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House upon this Bill. W. R. Stewart in the Chair. The several clauses of the Bill, down to the 15th, were then agreed to without amendment. On this clause being put, Mr. RIDLEY COLBORNE rose to move that the Bridewell Hospital be exempted from the operation of the Bill. The Hon. Member concluded by moving a clause to this effect. Lord J. RUSSELL had consulted with a Noble Friend (the Duke of Richmond) upon the subject of this clause, and the Noble Duke had informed him that he did not think that the regulation of this Bridewell would be improved by its being in cluded in this Bill. He would not oppose the clause, although in his opinion, it militated against the principle of the Bill, and was one which he certainly would not himself have introduced. Mr. H AWE S saw no reason why the Bridewell should not be included in the Bill, and would divide the House against the introduction of the clause. Sir R. IN GL IS supported the clause. There was strong evidence to show that this Hospital was well ma naged, and this he thought a sufficient case for excluding this hospital from the operation of the Bill. Lord HOWICK opposed the introduction of the clause, which, he thought, a direct contradiction to the principle of the Bill. The House divided, when the numbers appeared to be— For the clause Against it Majority against it The other clauses were then agreed to; th• House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. IRISH CHURCH BILL. Lord MORPETH moved the third reading of the Irish, Church Bill. • Mr. J. YOUNG opposed the Bill as being detrimental to the best interests of Ireland. The Hon. Member eulogised the conduct of the Protestant clergy, and said that while this Bill went to annihilate them, it did not satisfy the Catholic. Mr. BO RTHWICK could not let the Bill be read a third time without entering his protest against it. If Protestantism were to be continued in Ireland at all, then was this a most illogical and inconsistent measure. By the fifth article of the Union, this country was bound to maintain and protect the Established Church in Ireland. If this Bill were carried, the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin would afterwards say to the people of Ireland, why are you content with this 6s. Bd. in the pound—why do you not have the whole? They had seen enough to show them that they who had been denounced as the most incompetent Ministry that ever sat on the Treasury Benches—having afterwards adopted the course prescribed by those who induced them to promote the system of agitation in Ireland—became all at once the most worthy and excellent Administration. He would not enter into the question of the supposed surplus which had been so ably dealt with by the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth. Indeed no an swer had been attempted to that statement by Hon. Gentle men on the other side of the House which had the shadow of reason in it. He believed that the best possible engine to wield was real reform, when it merited that title, and that nothing was a worse engine when it was made to serve only as a coverin g for the work of destruction. The people of Ireland, accor ding to the declaration of the Hon. and Learned Member for Tipperary, were rebellious, because, he stated, that they desired to strengthen the stability of the throne, and to defend it. What eras this but telling them that the Legislature was• no longer able to legislate for Leland? He would predict that within one year from that moment in which he was speaking, that giant power, which on the opposite bench7s ',vas beginning to press upon those who cow supported it, would come upon them to crush the Constitution, not merely as it was to be found with re ference to England and Ireland, but as it was to be found in the union of Church and State. Mr. SHARMAN, CRAWFORD objected to this Bill, but upor very different grounds from those taken by the lion. Member who had last addh_ssed the 1-louse. He opposed it because it was partial to the Chuxh, and did not give that relief to the people of Iceland which they were entitled to. Any measure which did not relieve all Presbyterians and Dis senters from payments to the Established Church in Iceland must be ineffective and inoperative. Mr. A. LE F T.iO Y ooposed the Bill. Colonel VERNE R had that day presented thirty-four pe titions against the Bill, and he should most strenuously oppo,e it, as in his opinion, if the Bill passed into a law, it would be the means of subverting the Church, and substituting Popery in its stead. The Protest:ints of Ireland had before that time been in more danger than any now to be found in the threatened six millions of the Honourable and Learned Mem ber for Dublin. It Ministers treated such threats wiai the contempt with which the Protestants of Ireland were disposed to regard them, they would prevent that deluge of blood which must, in his opinion, inevitably follow from the passing of this Bill. Should the Protestants of Ireland be deserted by England, they would be quit.., willing to leave the issue of the conflict in which they might be engaged in the hands of God. Mr. HARDY remarked that the second part of this Bi- was utterly inconsistent with every principle of the Constitu. tion, with the declarations of Ministers themselves, and with the preamble of the Bill itself. The Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, in his honest prejudices, believed that those who adhered to the doctrines of the Established Church adhered to a heresy, and the [lon. and Learned Member must be anxious to put an end to that Church, as thereby extin guishing heresy. 'The surplus consequently, which the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin could desire, would be the revenues of the whole Church of Ireland. He could not but regard the present state of affairs as most extraordinary —they found the Protestant Government of a Protestant King supported by a majority consisting of Roman Catholics alone. Mr. SCARLETT considered that this Bill, coupled with the Corporation Bill should be regarded as indications of the Government adopting a new policy —that was of governing, Ireland through the Catholics, instead of through the Pro testants. If any proof were wanted that the object of the Catholic party in Ireland was to obtain ascendency, it was to be found in a letter addressed by the Catholic Bishop of the county of Waterford to the Grand Jury of that county. It was proved by pail experience that the doctrine of the Ca tholic religion was one of encroachment, inconsistent with the tolerance of any other religion. Mr. ROBINSON thought the Bill before the House main tained the Protestant religion, although it might not main tain the Establishment iu Ireland. He was one of those who always distinguished between the temporalities and the reli gion of the Church. After a few words from Mr. RONAYNE and Mr. SCARLETT, Mr. SH A W should take leave to read to the House two letters which lie had received, and which bad reference to the present subject. The following was an extract from the first letter :—.‘ Enclosed is the memorial for an unfortunate cler gyman, requesting favourable attention for his two sons, who some months ago left Ireland for the Canadas. I can state from my own personal knowledge that this clergyman, entirely dependent upon tithes, has during three years scarcely eaten any animal food."—( Laughter from the Ministerial Benches. ) What must be the feeling of gentlemen who could laugh at such a detail ?—( Hear, hear.) The letter went on : " That when he did receive the loan, what between the re duction of heritage and the enormous interest he vves obliged to pay for loans from private individuals, little re mained available for his own expenditure. He was obliged to give up a policy of insurance on his life, and is at present in a very declining state of health, in consequence of severe men tal suffering. One of his children has lately died from con sumption—(he trusted Hon. Gentlemen would not laugh at this)—her case requiring those luxuries which his situation would not allow him to procure for her. The characters of his sons are unexceptionable, they had a university edu cation, and the office of clearing woods is very unsuited to young men of their gentlemanlike appearance and habits." He had only to add, that that very clergyman had signed a petition against thn Cr e' wh'eh would secive him an income for life. Cries of Name.") He should not name ; but any Gentleman might see the letter who chose. The next letter ran in the following terms:—" During the last week I sent a petition through the diocese of Loughlin amongst the different clergymen at their residences. My messenger, in a remote district, inquired for the residence of the Vicar of the parish, and was shown a small cabin on the side of the road, and was told that the Vicar was in an adjoin ing field, if he wished to see him. My messenger requested his informant to accompany him, in order to point out the place, and having come in sight of the field, the man said, There is the clergyman.' Where ?' said my messenger, for I only see a man digging drills (meaning drilled potatoes) with his coat off.' That is the very man,' was the reply; and from this occupation the Vicar returned to his residence and signed the petition." And this clergyman, too, had signed a petition against that measure, which would have given relief to him self, though at the expense of the Church of which he was a m inister.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Shaw) confessed he felt pride, an honest pride he trusted in referring to the conduct of such men.—(Cheers, and cries of " Name, name.") He should not name, but would mention that the date of the se cond letter was the 27th of May, in the present year, and of the other was still more recent. He had only to add, that he did not desire to rest a measure for the settlement of the tithe question on party grounds. He should, with all his heart, ac cept of any reasonable and just al'rraneement for a final and permanent settlement; but he would never consent, and he was sure that the Irish clergy never would consent, to accept of it at the expense of the Church to which they belonged. Mr. O'CONNELL said that one of the letters was written so far back as May last, and the Right Hon. Gentleman must have been aware that the distress of this Clergyman need not have been so great, for he might have availed himself of the benefits of the Million Act. Mr. SHAW—So he did. Mr. O'CONNELL—And then the other letter gave an account —a pitiable account—of a Vicar digging his own po tatoes—in May. Whoever heard of digging potatoes in May ? --(Laughter and cheers.) Mr. SHAW begged to read the very words of the letter to the House. " Digging-drills" were the words used. Was not the Hon. and Learned Member aware that that was the season for planting potatoes ?—(hear, hear.) Was it not monstrous that the Hon. and Learned Member should add insult to injury ?—(Cheers)—that any man could be found capable of deriding the misery that he himself had created ? —( Loud cheers.) The letters which he had read were open to the inspection of any Gentleman of the opposite side. They were written by persone who would not deceive.— (" Name, name.") No, he would not name, for he should not deem himself warranted in bringing names under such circumstances before the public. But the letters were opcn to the inspection of any Gentleman on the opposite side, who, though he might differ from him in politics, would yet give him the credit of being incapable of making any state- rent to that House which could not be fully borne out by facts.—( Cheers. ) After a few words from an Ho%. Mumma and Mr. HORACE Twiss, the Bill was read a third time, and passed amid loud cheers. SLAVE COMPENSATION BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the House resolved itself into Committee on the Slave Compen sation Bill. The several clauses being agreed to, the House resumed. TEA DUTIES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day on the Tea Duties Bill, which was reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the Order of the Day on the Imprisonment for Debt Bill. Reported accordingly, and ordered to be read a third time to-moi row. SUPPLY—(REPORT). The Report of the Committee of Supply was then brought up. TEMPORARY HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. WARBURTON said that the other evening they voted 5,0001. for the erection of a new temporary building for the House of Lords. He understood that the site of that building was fixed immediately in front of the windows of the library attached to the House of Commons. The light and ventilation in the library were already sufficiently bad, but they would be intolerable, if the site he heard was that which was to be chosen for the new building. He would, to-morrow, put a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that when his Hon. Friend should put the question to-morrow he would be prepared to give him an answer. He perfectly agreed with his Hon. Friend that any accommodation afforded to the Lords should not be at the sacrifice of the convenience of that House. Sir R. INGLIS thought the observations of the Hon. Member for Bridport were particularly ungracious, as the Lords, in order to accommodate the House of Commons, had given up their House, and thus subjected to the inconvenience that they were now experiencing.—( Hear, hear.) An Hon. MEMBER said that the House belonged to the public. Sir R. INGLIS said there was no such word as the public known to the Constitution. The House was the property of the King. Sir JOHN HOB HOUSE said the Houses of Parliament were the property of the King, by whom that House had been given to the House of Commons. An Hon. MEMBER said that the Right Hon. Baronet had alluded to the right and property of the Sovereign, which was becoming universal in these days. The Sovereign people were thought more of in these revolutionary times. Mr. WARBURTON said that the House had expended 40,0001. on the building they occupied, and the House, there- fore, had the best right to it. The Report was then received. SALE OF BREAD BILL. Captain PECHEL moved the insertion of a clause extend ing this Bill to Ireland. Sir R. INGLIS complained that due notice had not been given of this clause. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Bill had been found to work well in London, and the At torney-General therefore consented to apply it to Ireland. The clause was agreed to, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. STEAM VESSELS PILOTAGE BILL. Mr. CALLAGHAN moved that the House should go into Committee on this Bill. Mr. G. F. YOUNG objected to the measure because it exempted the owners of steam vessels from charges to which sailing vessels were liable. He should therefore move that the Bill he committed this day six months. Mr. ROBINSON also objected to the Bill on the ground that a Royal Commission which had been appointed to inquire into the whole subject of pilotage, had not had time to complete the execution of the duty entrusted to them. He hoped the measure would be postponed until d►e Report of the Commis sion should be received. Mr. WARBURTON said it did not appear to him that the passing of this Bill, which was limited in its operation, would at all infringe upon the duties of the Commission, and he hoped his Hon. Friend would persevere in his motion. Mr. CALL AG lIAN had been recommended by the Right Hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, from his conviction of the usefulness of the Bill, to press the mea sure. The Right Hon. Gentleman had informed him that he had received a letter from the Noble Lord at the head of the Commission, that there was no objection to the Bill. He should be sorry to press the Bill if he thought it was opposed to, the wishes of the I-louse : but, as at present advised, he felt it his duty to endeavour to carry it into effect. Mr. ROBINSON said that, as far as he was aware, none of the Commissioners were in the slightest degree prepared for the introduction of such a measure. Lord SAN DON was bound to state that the Hon. Gentle man had given full notice of his intention to bring in this Bill, of the principle of which he approved. Mr. WALLACE said a few words, which were not heard in the Gallery. Captain PEC II E LL did not think that the existence of the Commission should impede the progress of the Bill. After a few words from Mr. RUT LIVEN the House divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment Against it Majority for the original motion —7l On our return to the Gallery we found the. House in Com- mittee. After a few words from Mr. G. F'. YOUNG, the Bill went through Committee. Some clauses were added. The Report was ordered to be received on Wednesday next. PEACE PRESERVATION ACT (IRELAND) went through Committee upon the matter of remuneration to Chairmen of Sessions. FACTORIES REGULATION. Mr. HINDLE Y moved for leave to bring in a " Bill to re peal an Act passed in the fourth }ear of the reign of his pre sent Majesty, intituled, An Act to regulate the labour of children and young persons in the mills and factories of the United KingdoM,' and to substitute in lieu thereof an Act to restrict the application of steam and water power in the move ment of all machines attended by persons under the age of 21 years within the limit of a certain number of hours per day." Mr. H AWE S objected to the introduction of a measure of such importance at this advanced period of the Session. Mr. AGLIONBY hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not oppose the introduction of this Bill. Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE disapproved of bringing in Bills at so late a period of the Session. Mr. HIND LE Y expressed his wish to be allowed to bring in the Bill, because it might then be printed, and go before the public previous to the next Session. Mr. ROBINSON supported this proposition, and con tended that it would be a good practice to introduce Bills at the end of a Session ; at the same time he wished not to be understood to give any opinion upon the merits of the Bill. Sir J. C. LIQBIIO USE withdrew his opposition to the Bill on the ground that the Hon. Member was not to imagine that Parliament would legislate on the subject next session. Mr. BROTHERTON would oppose the Bill ; but if there was no further discussion, he would not move the adjournment. After a few words from Mr. FIE LDEN, leave was given to bring in the Bill. Mr. TULK proceeded to bring forward his motion relative to compensation to Mr. Buckingham. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE had always told the Hon. Mem ber, that this subject should be introduced after full discussion, and it was impossible to give his consent to it. Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the debate be adjourned till Tuesday next, which was agreed to. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed cf, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, Argun' 12. The VICE-CHANCELLOR took his scat on the 'Woolsack shortly before five o'clock. CORPORATION BILL. Petitions were presented against the Corporation Bill by Lord Kenyon ; by the Marquis of Bristol from Bury St. Ed munds • by Lord De Grey, from Colchester ; and by the Duke of Rutland, from Bath and Scarborough. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented a petition from Holywell in favour of the Municipal Reform Bill. Lord TEMPLEMORE presented a petition from Wex ford, praying for an alteration of the law respecting tithes. The Duke of RICHMOND brought up the Report on the High Ways Bill, which was ordered to be committed to morrow. The Sheriffs Declaration Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition from Oswestry, praying that they might be exempted from the ope ration of the Corporation Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition from New Sarum against the Corporation Bill. Lord ASHBURTON presented a similar petition from Great Yarmouth. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from the inhabitants of Portsmouth, signed by 1,900 persons, the first name at the head of the petition being that of the Mayor of the Borough of Portsmouth in favour of the Bill. The Marquis of SALISBURY presented a petition from the borough of Bewdley ; and Lord LYNDHURST from the Borough of Yarmouth, against the Municipal Corporation Bill. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND. The Earl of WICKLOW begged to call attention to a circumstance of some importance, with reference to the administration of police. A few nights ago a Noble Friend of his having brought the subject forward, the Noble Viscount opposite was reported to have stated that the exercise of the pre rogative of mercy, on the part of the Lord Lieutenant, was judiciously exercised, as on that occasion the persons convic ted were equally guilty of the same offence, and equal punishment ought to be awarded to all.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Earl then went at some length into the case, and stated that the Jury had returned a verdict of aggra vated assault against the Catholic, and simple assault against the Protestant, party. Ireland generally had an experienced Secretary when she had a young Lieutenant ; but at the present moment she had the infliction of two young and in experienced men.—(Cheers.) He deeply lamented the feel ing that prevailed in Ireland. He lamented the feeling that had been shown towards the Lord Lieutenant. He thought those who treated him so had acted most unwisely. They should remember that he was tke representative of the Sove reign of the country. Viscount DUNANNON said, the course pursued by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was not without a precedent; in fact, it was a very common one. The Noble Lord then, at some length, defended the conduct of Lord Mulgrave. Lord LYNDHURST said that the Secretary of State in England never varied the sentence of any person with out applying to the Judge who bad tried the cause. The course that had been pursued in Ireland he considered to have been very impolitic, for it appeared that the Lord Lieutenant had in repeated instances varied the judgment pronounced by the Judges, without any consultation with that Judge, or any accurate information as to the circumstances under which it was pronounced. Lord FARNHAM begged to say that he never heard of any case that had occurred during his residence in 'lreland that had been at all interfered with by the Lord Lieutenant, which the most fastidious person could find fault with. He considered that, in all probability, the better way would be for the Noble Lord opposite to lay upon the table a copy of the memorial of the Jury to the Lord Lieutenant. Lord PLUNKETT felt convinced from what he knew of the Learned Judge, who tried those prisoners, that he bad not suffered any political feeling to interfere with his administration of justice, and he was equally ready to bear his testimony with the Noble Baron who had just sat down to the correctness of the views of his Noble Friend the Lord Lieutenant, and to his anxiety for the welfare of Ireland ; but he believed that after the trial had taken place, and the sentence had been pronounced, a distinction was made with reference to the degrees of guilt of the prisoners. The report of the Learned Judge was laid before Lord Haddington, and there was no reason to suppose that that report had not subse quently come before the Lord Lieutenant. Lords LYNDHURST and DUNCANNON explained. Lord FIT ZGERAL D said that a man more pure from po litical bias than the Learned Judge who had tried the case could not exist. He wished to understand whether the oat- line of the case had been accompanied by the evidence, or whether it had merely been taken from the Judge's notes? The case had been looked upon in Ireland as one of religious opinion more than as a case of simply exercising the preroga tive of the Crown. At the same Assize two "Protestants bad been confined by the Lord Chief Baron for an assault, and the sentence had not been for six or for three, but actually for twelve months ; and yet the sentence had not been mitigated. Lord DUNCANNON here read at the table some extracts from the letter of the Lord Chief Bat on, on the two me morials, but in the confusion of the House it was impossible to catch its import. Lord HATHERTON contended that the proceedings in this case had been in conformity to what he had found the usages of the office when he was Secretary for Ireland. Lord BROUGHAM thought that the subject was of great importance, and that the case had been treated with the highest delicacy.—(Hear, hear.) He agreed with his Noble and Learued Friend (Lord Lyndhurst) that the prerogative in such cases ought never t) be exercised without a reference to the Learned Judge that had tried the case ; but at the same time he contended that the Crown was in nowise bound by the opinion which the Judge might give, for if it were, the appeal, in fact, would only be from the Judge to the Judge. He had over and over again reported to the Crown the pro priety of showing mercy where the Learned Judges had re commended that no mercy should be shown. The Learned Judge in this case had returned his answer, and if the Lord Lieutenant had found it unsatisfactory he was bound to exer cise his own opinion. Lord PLUNK El' had known many instances in which the mercy of the Crown had been shown in opposition to the 0 0" nion of the Judges. Lord FITZGERALD explained. The Earl of WICKLOW said that the exercise of the pre rogative of mercy had been in this case without any referenc e to the opinions of the Judge or of the Jury. The subject was here dropped. Messages from the Commons announced that the Lower House had passed several Bills; amongst them was the Bill for the better regulation of dancing. The reading of this title of the Bill occasioned some laughter. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL. Viscount MELBOURNE—I beg to present to your Lord ships a petition, very numerously signed by most respecta ble inhabitants of the City of London, in favour of the Municipal Corporations Bill, and expressing the stronges t apprehension of any delay in passing that measure. Th e Noble Lord presented similar petitions from Sheffield, [Lord Brougham supported the prayer of this petition], Great Yarmouth, Todmorton, Stevenage, St. Alban s' Shrewsbury, Hertford, Penryn, Duffield, Cardiff, Lewes' Southampton, Richmond ( Yorkshire), Stamford, an d Thrapston. The Earl of RADNOR, in the absence of a Noble Friend] presented similar petitions from Ashton-under-Lyne, and Staveley Bridge. Lord BROUGHAM—My Lords, I have a petition to pfeh sent on the same subject from the town of Marsden ; which was agreed upon at a meeting called by public advertisemel most respectably attended, and most numerously signed. have a similar petition from the great district—the gre at metropolitan borough of Lambeth—agreed upon, I under; stand, at one of the most numerous, most respectable, an most unanimous meetings ever held in that district. It signed by 2,260 persons, and received their signatures in w e course of a very few hours. It would have been signed by 1 . 1 great many more persons, but the petitioners considere d that the number who attended the meeting precluded the neces s i t y of' waiting for that purpose. I have also to present two e,; tions from the town of Leicester, agreed upon at a p ub° meeting. and signed in the course of ten or twelve hours by no less than 9,500 persons ; clearly showing the strong feeling which exists in that district of the country, and completed contradicting the evidence of some of the witnesses scb seemed to infer that it was not, and is not, very much ca lled for, except by a factious rabble sort of people. I, my Le r°° ' do not quite go along with the petitioners in some of the pressions they use, which certainly are rather strong. 1 was`.., petitioners state that the Municipal Corporations' Bil l passed in the other House of Parliament almost without o p e passed in the other House of Parliament almost without sition, and that your Lordships' determination to hear ar il ; sel at the bar upon it, seems to imply that your Lordships ar,o unable as legislators to cope with such a subject, and thus have a tendency " to lower and degrade your Right 1 1 ° House yet more in the estimation of the people."--(L eni cries of " Order," cheers, and great confusion.) The Duke of NEWCASTLE (starting up)—My Loral I think the Noble and Learned Lord has read quite enough ° that petition.—(Order, order.) Lord BROUGHAM—I differ from your Grace on tbd subject, for I mean to read the whole of it.—(Cheers, a"1 laughter.) I did not mean to have read it, inasmuch as I f ee , considerable respect and veneration for your Lordship? Hell; but I shall read it all now. Your Lordships owe it entireli,,, his Grace. Save us from our friends I say you; bu t as t",.. Noble Duke has interrupted me, I shall beg to read the P O tition at length, even at the risk of its preventing me O ti , taking part in the debate of the night. — (Hear.) The Pe4 tioners state, " That it is with feelings of the deepest ref; that your petitioners mark the proceedings of your Right rs ° House respecting the Municipal Corporation Reform 81 11 Bill introduced into Parliament by his Majesty's Minister; and which has passed the Commons House of Parliam e , almost without opposition. They cannot consider the de!fie'ot mination of your Right Hon. House to hear counsel I'ool the principle of the Bill, involving as it does a great 1 00 extensive legislative measure, otherwise than as a co nfess to of the inability of your Right Hon. House, as legislators , ] e r cope with such a subject without foreign aid, and thus to Ir s , b and degrade your Right Hon. House yet more in the esonio tion of the people. That the insulting and abusive log% reported to have been used by counsel respecting the pe?P e j, at the bar of your Lordships' House, not only unrestrattf,, but apparently with the approbation of certain Noble L°•l. excites in the minds of your petitioners"—you see the o ',„ culty of stopping me in this - -(Go on , go on , and laughter!.ch No, I had rather not go on without just explaining how boo more satisfactory it is for me to read the petition, and P.,00 anxious I ala to satisfy the Noble Duke. You may think isst see that what I have read is wrong, but you cannot tell too what I am going to read is not perfectly right.—(Cheer s laughter.) . The Earl of WICKLOW—My Lords—(Loud erle-bie " Order")—my Lords, I beg to say, that as soon as the . I ` ° ,. it and Learned Lord has read that petition , I shall mov e tbs' be rejected.—( Cheers, and cries of " Order.") 0 01 Lord BROUGHAM—ReaIIy, my Lords, this is by p ie s, the most irregular thing I ever saw even in this place, of all the irregular places I ever saw , is by far th e most PI gular. The Noble Earl sees the folly of interrupting ra e ' s itt forget where I am now, and am half afraid I shall ha ve to bevro, again.—( Hear, and a laugh.) Oh, here it is—" the aPP o r bation of certain Noble Lords excites in the minds of your Iv titioners feelings of indignation and disgust, still furtlier,,ed creased by the reception of the ex parte evidence of the 00 , men who are most intimately mixed up with all the se C° l ol rate transactions of which the people so justly complain o o who notoriously profit by the abuses which they LIPP oti That it is the opinion of your petitioners, in opposition tee, representations which have been made to your Right ri te House, that the conduct of the Commissioners of C or e Inquiry in this town—Mr. Whitcombe and Mr. Cockh,ur is in the discharge of their important duties, was exeluPlar' je• every particular ; that it was marked by gentlemanli ke c eio meaner, calmness of deportment, and a readiness to re f o r evidence from all persons ; and that the Report they ha ve yo ur a nished respecting this Corporation is, in the judgment of 9 0- petitioners, correct in all essentials, and as accurate s isti ble in so wide a field of inquiry, and amidst such a CO ot o o ing mass of evidence. Your petitioners also beg to of. your Right Honourable House that, contrary to the t 5 of dence given at your Bar, the conduct of the inhabits': Os this town during the course of the examination B'oo Castle was orderly and decorous ; and that w ha kep t excitement existed in the minds of the spectators, wa s in th ° within decent bounds. Your petitioners therefore b e g' Coo s ' fullest manner, to confirm the statements made by the Thei missioners with respect to the conduct of the people. set assert that the representations put forth to the contrariYo is s false and calumnious, and that nothing can be further fro iv is; truth than that any individual could be deterred from i l l iite evidence by feelings of intimidation or personal fear. you r ploring your Right Honourable House to pass this Bill, jet' petitioners think that they ask a Measure only of comin, °° sale' tice ; they seek not spoliation, as has been calumnious'Y for se but restoration. They require that property, whic h o °sl many hundred years was applied strictly to public P sp an should so be applied again. They demand, and justlY, ue o ell' o that an unlimited and irresponsible power of taxing ml doe.. ing, such as even the Parliament of the United King ," ° r pot , not claim, shall not be confided to persons in whom P t ! tis tic e ,l tioners have no trust, no confidence whatever ; and t hat J impartial justice, the first and most important attribut h e in - ot i the attributes of Government, should be placed w r st, tl O reach of every individual. That to acquire this i u holy object, the inhabitants of this town will never c‘ ) tbri exert el (ley lawful means within their power, and tb f a c t o 111/ will never admit that the assumed privileges °f a I