The Sun. — London, England, 1835-02-28 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. QUEEN'S HOUSE, ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, FEB 25, 18.35. This day Prince Esterhazy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Ple mipotentiary from the Emperor of Austria, had an audience of her Majesty the Queen, upon his return after a temporary absence. Count Pozzo di Borgo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo tentiary from the Emperor of all the Russias, had his first audience of her Majesty, after delivering his credentials to the King. Baron Below, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Prussia, had an audience of her Majesty, upon his return after a temporary absence. Namik Pacha on a special mission from the Sublime Porte, and General Alava, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Queen Regent of Spain, acting in the name and on the behalf of her Catholic Majesty the Queen Isabella 11., had their first audiences of her Majesty, after delivering their credentials to the King. To which several audiences they were respectively introduced by Earl Howe, her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain, and conductedby Sir Robert Chester, Knt., Master of the Ceremonies. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, FEB. 25. The King was this thy pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood upon Charles Bullen, Esq., Captain in the Royal Navy, Com on•of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, and Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Gaelphic Order. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 26. The king ' has been pleased to appoint Major-General Sir Lionel K.C.13. the Governor-General and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Windward Caribbean Islands, to be also Governor- General and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Colonies of Bri tish Guiana ' Trinidad, and St. Lucia; and the King has been fur ther pleased to revive the Commissions appointing Major-General Sir James Carmichael Smyth, Bart., to be Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of British Guiana ; and the Right Hon. Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bart., to be Lieutenant Governor of the island of Trinidad ; and Colonel Sir Dudley St.' Ledger Hill to be Lieute nant-Governor of the island of St, Lucia. WAII-OFFICE, FEB. 27. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—George V. Mundy, Esq., Page of Honour to the Queen, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, with mit purchase, Feb. 27. Bth Regiment of Foot—To be Ensigns, by purchase—W. St. Le ger, Gent., vice Lomax, who retires, Feb. 27 ; J. Hinde, vice Crawfurd, who retires, Feb, 28. 31st Foot—Lieut. C. J. Maclean, from the half-pay of the 79th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice H. S. Jones, whose ap pointment has not taken place, Feb. 27. 37th Foot—Ensign R. J. Long to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kiernander, who retires ; W. G. Griffith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Long, Feb. 27. 60th Foot—Serjeant-Major T. Mitchell to be Adjutant (with the rank of Second Lieutenant), vice Wright, who resigns the Adjn tantcy only, Feb. 27. 92d Foot—Serjeant-Major J. Calder to be Quartermaster, vice Joees t deceased, Feb. 8. 95th`Foot—Captain A. L. Macleod, from the half-pay Unat tached, to W Captain, vice B. T. F. Bowes, who exchanges, re ceiving the differ nee, Feb. 27. Ceylon Regiment—Major T. Fletcher to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Macalester, who retires; Captain S. Braybrooke to be Major, by purchase, vice Fletcher ; Lieut. H. A. Aitchison, to be Captain by purchase, vice Braybrooke; Second Lieut. W. Dicksc,n to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Atchison ; J. IT, Vigors, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by, purchase, vice Dixon, Feb. 27 . • MEMORANDUM, he half-pay of the under-mentioned Officer has been cancelled frotn the 27th instant, inclusive, he having accepted a commuted allocance for his commission :—Captain J. Hunter, half-pay 25!h Light Dragoons. fhe half-pay of the under-mentioned Officer has been cancelled frank the Ist April 1834, inclusive, he having accepted a commuted allowance for his commission :—Licut. IL Lewis, half-pay, unat tached. The under-ntentioned Officers have also been allowed to ret re from: the service, receiving commuted allowances for their commis sioni from the 27thiustitnt, inclusive:—Surgeon J. B. Waterson, of the I9th Foot ; Quartermaster G. Tilson, of the 19th Foot. WHITEHALL, FEB. 26. The King has been pleased to present the Rev. William Goode, to the Rectory of St. Antholin and St. John the Baptist, in our city and diocese of London, void by the cession of the Rev. J. Gordon. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM PORTER, apothecary, Gower-street. . BANKRUPTS. . _ JOkIN WILLIAM POPE, carpet-manufacturer, Wood-street, Chcapside, to surrender March 6, at ten, and April 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Dangerfield, Lincoln's Inn-fields: Brinton, Kidderminster. JOHN COLLINSON, hat-manufacturer, Thomas-street, Stamford-street, Blackfriars, March 6, at eleven, and April 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bowden and Co., Alderman bury ; Abbott, official assignee. WILLIAM ADAMS, jun., brewer, Brown's-lane, Spitalfields, March 9, at one, and April 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Amory . and Co., Throgmorton-street ; Cannan, Sam brook-,:ourt, Ba.singhall-street, official assignee. LEONARD ALLEN, innkeeper, Pinner-green, Middlesex, March 13, at twelve, and April 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Howard, Norfolk-street, Strand. JOHN GOODBURN, silversmith, Brighton-place, New Kent road, March 9, at two, and April 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Wright, Upper North-place, Gray's Inn-road. NOAH SLEE, leather-dresser, Princes-street, Stamford-street, Blackfriars, March 13, at two and April 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Goren, two,, Molten-street. JOHN and THOMAS BARROW, grocers, Hanley, Stafford, March 20, at two, and April 10, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Dutton, Hanley ; King, Wilmington-square, London; Dutton. Hanley, PHILIP BIRD, grocer, Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, March 11, and April 10, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Stet:ens, Gray's Inn-square. London ; Habberfield, Bristol. ELIAS BARNARD, cattle-salesman, Little Baddow, Essex, March 9, at twelve, and April 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bigg, Southampton-street, Holborn. THOMAS BAYNTON, horse-dealer, Cheltenham, March 13, at eleven, at the George Hotel,- Cheltenham, and April 10, at twelve, at the Bell Hotel, Gloucester. Bridges and Mason, Red Lion-square, London;. ollins, Ross, Herefordshire. JOHN COATES, merchant, Manchester, March 13, and April 10, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Had field and Grave, Manchester; Johnson and Weatherall, King's Bench Walk, Temple, London. JOHN TURNBULL, cabinet-maker, Tynemouth, North. nmberland, March 23, at eleven, and April 10, at one, at the Bankrupts' Commission Room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Lowrey, Pinners'-court, Broad-street, London ; and Tynemouth. BENJAMIN WRIGHT, ship-broker, Liverpool, March 10, and April 10, at one at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Wor thington, Live got; Taylor and Co., Bedford-row, London. JOHN FOX, wine -merchant, Liverpool, March 11, and April 10, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Taylor and Co., Bedford-row, London; and Lowndes and Co. Liverpool. THOMAS and ROBERT FORSTER, flour-dealers, Trygal, Northumberland, March '23, at eleven, and April 10, at one, at the Commission-room, Arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Meggison, Pringle, and Manisty, King's-road, Bedford row, London ; Morpeth. JOHN 'WILLIAMS, linen and woollen-draper, Chester-le- Street, Durham, March 9, and April 10, at twelve, at the Bowes Arms, Durham. Rayes,Norfolk-street, Strand; Marshal, DUriiir n , DANIEL THOMAS - APCARTHY, stationer, Bristol, March 11, and April 10, at twelve, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. T. C. Medwtn, engineer, Broad-wall, Stamford street, March 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy-M. Ade and F. Berger, merchants, Lime-street, March 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy-F. Frankland, carpet warehouseman, Oxford -street, March 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy-J. Worley, jun., tailor, Bow-lane, March 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy=- E. hatter, Piccadilly, March 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptc y - R. and M. Jackson, wine -merchants, George-street, Minories, March 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy-D. Grant, builder, Torquay, March 17, at two, at the Court cf Bankruptcy-T. James trunkmaker, Bishopsgate-street, March 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy-J. Cameron and Co., tailor, Henrietta -street, March 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy -J. Andrews, tailor, Strand, March 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy-G. B. Sawyer, builder, Leicester-square, March 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy-H. Pettifcr, cheesemonger, High Holborn, March 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy-B. D. Wyatt, timber-merchant, Augustus-street, Regent's-park, March 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy- W. Moulton, grocer, Warwick, March 20, at eleven, at tbe George Hotel, Warwick-S. J. Cowlen, beerseller, Bradwell, Essex, March 19, at eleven, at the Three Cups, Colchester-J. Mason, bricktnaker, West Butterwick, Lincolnshire, March 18, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Gainsborough-D. 'Doeg, looking-glass manufacturer, York, March 17, at twelve, at the office of .Messrs. J. and W. Gray, solicitors, Petergate, York-J. Anderson and J. Perry, painters, Worcester, March 20, at eleven, at the Hop Mar ket Inn, Worcester-T. Smith, hatter, Stockton-upon• Tees, March 19, at eleven, at the Black Lion Inn, Stockton-upon-Tees-E. Pierson, hop dryer, Brabourne, Kent, March 19, at eleven, at this Royal Oak Inn, Dover-J. Buchanan and W. R. Ewing, insurance brokers, Liverpool, March 24, at one, at the Clarenon Rooms, Liverpool-S. Nix and W. J. Grinsell, wine merchants, Queen treet, Cheapside, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy- J. Wright, jun., coal factor, Cross-lane, St. Mary-at-Hill, March 21, at one, at the Court. of Bankruptcy-R..Elmore, coal merchant, Bankside, Southwark, March 21, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy-W. Blanchard, oilman, ,Old Cempton-street, Soho, March2l, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy-T. G. I'anson, wool len draper, Aldgate, March 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy-A. Mackenzie, merchant, Lime-street, March 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy-T. Ward, hatter, Liverpool, March 23, at one, at. the Court of Bankruptcy-W. H. P. Hatch, boot maker, Regent -street, March 23, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy-J. Cooke, tailor, South Molton-street, March 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy-W. D. Parkhouse, ironmonger, Ti verton, Devonshire, March 13 at twelve, at the ommercial Rooms, Bristol-B. Shaw, candlewick manufacturer, Harlesthorpe, Derby shire, March 25, at eleven, at the Town Hall, Sheffield-R. Hail, slate merchant, Birmingham, March 25, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Birmingham-S. Chapman, cotton spinner, Hurst, Ashton-tinder-Lyne, March 24, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Lancaster-J. C. and W. C. Jennings, corn merchants, Bristol, March 26, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES.-Maacn 17. C. Nottage, butcher, Fore-street—R. Nott, jun., iron -merchant, Bristol—T. and R. Brown, canvass-manufacturers, Jarrow, Dur ham—G. Davies, ironmonger, Lisson-grove—T. Johnson , surgeon, Petworth—J. S. Stevens, plumber, Duke-street, rosvenor square—J. Cook, miller, Dartford —T. Stanley, manufacturer, Leeds—T. Peacock, timber merchant, York. MARCH 20. D. Harris, hosier, Strand—E. Halliley, cloth merchant, Leeds —R. Moore, hotel keeper, Brighton—J. F. Wardle, drapsr, Wol verhampton—J. Gomersall, umbrella ma nu f ac t urer , Burlington Arcade—J. Dunne and T. Smith, merchants, Liverpool—T. Driver, merchant, Pemell's-terrace, Surrey—S. Goode, scrivener, King's Lynn, Norfolk—E. Mathwin and Co., chair makers, North Shields—F. Green, auctioneer, Clifford-street, Bond-street—W. Wallis, excavator, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and C. J. Cantellow, plasterers, Brownlow-street, High Holborn—N. Cobb and J. Ellisdon, cabinet-makers, Colchester— P. J. Luntley and S. P. Rolls, refiners of castor-oil, Bread-street hill—L. Mentse and J. Heap, wine -merchants, Makhester—R. Owst and J. C. Crespin, merchants, Newbald's-wharf, Btrmond sey-wall—H. K. Cox and A. M. Owen, linendrapers, Crown-row, Newington—W. Burridge and Co., coal-merchant, Milbank-stieet --T. and J. Keary,,cheesemongers, Strutton-ground— T. Watkins .-~, and F. J. Delafosse, tea-brokers, London-street, Fenehurch-strett —R C. Mullett and T. Edwards, auctioneers, Old K ent-road— M. E. Howard and H. Brown, dressmakers, Theberton-street, Islington—G. Robinson and J. Henry, mercers, Carlisle—H.Wal ler and M. A. Johns, milliners, Park-place, Clifton—E. Fearnley and T. Salter, worsted-spinners, Shipley, Yorkshire—P. Cohen and N. Hart, goldsmiths, Liverpool—S. Sholl and J. Barritt, bakers, Bishopsgate Without—W. Ellis and E. Farndon, brewers, Walberton, Arundel—R. Goose S and J. Norman, bricklayers, Ta verham and Attlebridge, Norfolk—J. Pulman and H. Pulman, gun-manufacturers, Dorchester—T. and W. Lightbound, flour dealers, Liverpool—T. Ward and T. Johnson, calico-printers' en gravers, Manchester—R. Walker and Co., Bury, Lancashire, (so far as regards 0. 0. Walker)—J. W. Timmins and Co., factors. Birmingham (so far as regards J. W. Timmins)—J. Jesper and J. Marriage, farmers, Little Chalvedon-hall, Essex—P. Gondry, sen. and Co., grocers, Melksham, Wiltshire—E. Bartlett and J. Chil cott, nurserymen, Bath—C. Cooper and C. Green coal-merchants, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-street--T. Ullock and Co., Cross lane, wine -merchants, St. Mary-at-Hill (so far as regards F. G. Francis and W. Thomson —J. Crowley and Co., carriers, Li verpool (so far as regards G. Wright)—J. Leak and J. Rigg, wine dealers, Preston—R. Baldwin and J. Garstang, surgeons, Lanea shire—W. J. Taylor and J. Marr, jun., chemists, Tynemouth, Northumberland—J. B. Bindloss and R. Stubbs, silk manufac turers, Macclesfield—E. Jones and G. Harris, medical labellers, Camomile-streetL-G. M. Boyes and F. A. Lloyd, auctioneers, Abchurch-lane--J. Rushton and W. Booth, coal merchants. Langthorp, Yorkshire—T: and J. Giles, packers, Manchester- S T. and W. L Le Plastrier, watch-makers, Ludgate Hill—Colley and Co, Sheffield—J. and B. Godlee, merchants, Cliffe, near Lewes-- S. Parlour and Co., linen-drapers, Waterloo-road—J. Walker and W..D. J. Bridgman, schoolmasters, Tavistock-square—C. Dean and T. Greenfield, brass founders, Aston, near Birmingham—H. Pring and F. Gummer, painters, Bristol—D. Kinnear and G. Smith, bank agents, Lothbury—J. Hepworth and J. Davis, buil ders, Birmingham—S. and S. M. Brigs, plumbers, Dean-street, Soho—H. T. and J. Boden, brush makers, Walsall, Staffordshire —W. Swann and Co, oil merchants, Birmingham—L. Isaacs and T. Ponder, army clothiers, Chatham—J. Burrows, sea., and J. Burrows, jun., Manchester—M. Palmer and A. Hardwick, mil liners, Bristol—W. Wilks and Co., stuff merchants, Leeds, (so tar as regards J. H. Morewood). SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The common-sense view of the question at present under controversy between Sir R. Peel's Government and those who, after showing themselves for years the bitter enemies of the twopreceding Administrations, have now (for certain rea sons not difficult to comprehend) become the clamorous par tisans of that which was dismissed in November—the common sense view, we repeat, of that question has, within this week past, both in Parliament and among the public, gained prodi gious ground. The question for the Whig party is—" How shall we most speedily expel the Conservatives from office, and succeed them ?" The question for the country is—" What would be the consequences of such a change ?" This plain view of the only important branch of the subject in dispute was vigorously treated by Serjeant Goulburn in his blunt and homespun speech on Thursday evening, and we must repeat, that, if gravely, it was at the same time rather eccentrically an swered by the Hon. Member for Derbyshire (Mr. Gis_ borne), who announced, as the probable and most de sirable consequence of the overthrow of the Peel Mi nistry, that it would bring Messrs. Grote and War burton iuto office I I If there be one quality which more than another distinguishes man from the beasts " without dis course of reason," it is the faculty of looking beyond the mo ment to the fruits of his own actions : of that quality we have not been a little grieved to observe a total absence, apparently at least, in the proceedings of the Whig Opposition, during the last three or four weeks. They have contemplated their own return to office, and nothing else : there is nothing in their actions or declarations whence a calm observer could de duce on their part the slightest glimmering of reflection as to the means of retaining power, or employing it, as their own jndgment might direct; for the welfare of the country. To-day has been their sole object—to-morrow they leave to chance, or rather to a certainty of evil. Lord Stanley, however, saw mat ters in a different light. He penetrated the mist, and gave forebodi'igs of the tempest threatening from beyond it. His Lordship's apprehension of the national effects to be feared from the party transaction to which he was invited must have been serious indeed, when they deterred him from marking by his vote the attachment which he acknowledged for his old friends, and the distrust which he announced to wards the present Ministers. He avowed that the overthrow of the Conservative Government would be, in his mind, disastrous for the country, and therefore voted in such a way as he thought most likely to continue them for the present in office. It was the same with Sir James Graham. He could not unite with such a Babel" Opposition, nor help to the formation of a Ministry out of such materials. Lord Howick though he gave an opposite vote, acknowledged similar views and principles to those on which Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham had acted ; announcing broadly that he differed much less from Sir R. Peel than from some of those persons with whom he now found himself in company; and that although he voted for the amendment because it embodied some of his own political opinions, he would have hesitated about such a vote, had he believed that it would have a tendency to overthrow the existing Government, and to introduce into that which might succeed it individuals whose politics were in " ex tremes." To us these sentiments falling from men of station and character, and of principles known to be li beral and independent, afford evidence the most indisputable that the majority in favour of the Opposition within the last eight days does not express the actual, above all, not the growing, sense of the House of Commons upon the compa rative advantages to the couutry, of a Conservative Govern ment like that of Sir Robert Peel, or such a Whig or Whig- Radical Government as it would be - possible to construct under our present circumstances. In truth, with the ex ception of that unlucky escapade of Mr. Gisborne, there has not been the shadow of an attempt in any quarter to answer the argument which we have so often dwelt upon, or to ex plain how the difficulty of forming a 'Whig Government is now in any manner to be removed. Our firm persuasion is, that after a little time for reflection, the case will appear to the Whig leaders themselves one of such inextricable embar rassment, or of such appalling danger, as to ensure their tem porary acquiescence in the state of things as it now exists ; at least until some new combinations of actors and events shall have cleared their path, and given more freedom to their movements. We direct attention to a conversation between Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell yesterday evening, for an earnest of steady resolution on the part of the Ministers, and something like a symptom of greater calmness and com posure in the policy of the Opposition.— Times. The struggle of party upon the amendment to the Address having terminated last night without any fisrther division, we now hope the real business of the country will be allowed to proceed. There are already notices of motions on the Paper sufficient to occupy the whole time of a long Session. Genuine patriotism would dictate to the representatives of the people that the interests of the country ought to have prior claims on their attention to the indulgence of their own selfish feelings and party animosities. Taking together the contest for the office of Speaker, and the debate on the amendment to the Address, a whole week has now been wasted upon other matter than ins business of the country. The result of she former contest has been to place an inexperienced gentleman in the Chair, instead of one of the ablest and most experienced by whom it had ever been filled. The result of the other contest has been to carry, by a majority of seven, one of the most vague and milk-and-water amendments that we ever know to have been moved in the House of Commons. Even the Glolie described this amendment as only asking the assent of the House to " a fe% . i; plain propositions most inoffensively stated." We admit the "inoffensiveness," for the amendment neither states nor im plies that Ministers are unworthy the confidence of the c.un try ; nor does it at all resemble that vote of censure which was threatened to be moved upon Sir Robert Peel's Administration for accepting the offices of the displaced Whigs. But why was so " inoffensive" an Amendment moved, after the many boasts which the Whig-Radical Press had made of the Oppo sition being able to command a largo majority to carry a really " offensive" Amendment—an Amendment expressive of a want of confidence in Ministers. Such an Amendment would have been intelligible, and its object would have been intel ligible also. It would go directly to the point of turning out Ministers ; but we cannot conceive what rational object—sr even what definite party object was to be served by the insipid, unmeaning. Amendment that was moved. The reason of allowing the " fire" of the original intention to go off in the " smoke" of such a performance was let out by Mr. Hume in his speech last night, when he observed that " he had no hesi tation in admitting, in accordance with what had fallen from Honourable Members on the other side of the House, that there was a great difference of opinion among Honourable Members on his (Mr. Hume's) silo of the House on many points." We hardly required Mr. Hanle's authority for the fact. Wide indeed on many questions is the gulf that separates the political principles of Lord Howick and others of his party from those of Messrs. O'Connell and Hume. If the latter had not had reason to know that they would have been left in a minority, in case they had gone the length of moving so strong an amendment as the Whig_ Radical press threatened, they would have moved such an amendment. Their not having done so is a confession of weakness and a virtual defeat. When that strong amendment which was to turn out the Ministry, without giving them a " fair trial," was threatened immediately after the election for Speaker by the Whig-Radical press, it was stated that it would be supported by 30 or 40 members more than voted with the majority on that election, there being about that number, as we were assured, on the same authority, who voted for the late Speaker from personal friendship alone. When it came to the point, however, it was found to be imprudent to move such an amendment at all, as it could riot be carried, and even the " inoffensive " amendment that was substi tuted for it was carried by a smaller majority than the election of Mr. Abercromby. We want to see the mea sures of the Ministry, as we have all along maintained it is only by their measures they can be fairly tried. The Whigs admitted, by the mouth of their Lord Chancellor, that they had "done little last Session, and would do less the next." When they fell the choice was either the present Ministers or the Destructives. We never supported the principles of the latter, and trust we never shall. What then remained but to ' see what sort of measures the present Ministers would propose, feeling as they must, and as they acknowledge they do, the necessity of governing in the spirit of the Reform Act. For these reasons we resolved, as far as lay in our power, to ob tain for the Ministers a "fair trial." Lord Sterile) and his political -friends, whose patriotic principles, and whose attach ment to the cause of Reform no reasonable man can doubt, act upon the same principle. The elections in the provinces throughout England showed what the AMP of the country was on that snbject. Reason and true patriotism dictate that, if the measures of the Ministry are good, they should be sup.- ported ; if not, they should be opposed ; but the battles of mere party spirit are not the battles of reason or patriotism.— Morning Herald. " What are the Tories to do now ?"—after having sustained two, we ought to say three, of the most signal defeats to 7 "1"' THE SUN, LONDON, SATITIMAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1835. which we believe the Administration ef any country, under any representative form of gowerniiVkt, and in constitutional times, ever was exposed—is the question universally asked, but which it is not in our power to answer. They called for a fair trial at the bar of their country, after they have been tried, condemned, and ejected from the confidence of the people of England—and that trial they have had most fairly, most filly, and most impartially ; nay, by an assembly of men called into court by. themselves, many of them pre viously pledged to an acquitt►il=and - yet they have been condemned, after two separate and distinct pleadings, either one of which ought to have been sufficient to have saved a second appeal. Yet they have not re signed —as Englishmen, endued with English feelings, would have done, and always have done, under similar circumstances—and what they are to attempt next—whether what we deem an impossible dissolution, though every Eng lishman ought to be prepared tbr such a proceeding—or what we deem to be equally impossible, the retention of the reins of Government in spite of the voice of the people of England, as indicated by their representatives in Parliament—is a mystery which time only can unfold. If we turn for information to the special organs of the anti-national party, we find nothing in them to aid us in our searches and inquiries. Nay—not only to our astonishment—but, we believe, to the admiration of all isho ever saw any thing to admire, in the indecency of Tory ' proceedings—an actual congratulation of theirpatrons and sup porters upon their defeat. " Sir R Peel has not been with the Ring at all this day," says the Standard, " and there may end the hopes of the Whig-Radicals. For the rest, Sir Robert roust look upon the result of the debate on the Address as a real vic -tory, as all his friends do." We really do not understand upon what grounds Sir Robert Peel or his friends. can be satisfied with what others would have considered a calamity ; but a few' more such defeats, there will be grounds " for weeping and gnashing of teeth." The most important communication comes next, and it is this—that " if we (the Tories) could view the result in a different light, he has too much courage, honour, and loyalty, to take the course which his and the country's enemies would dictate." Are we to infer from this that Peel is to attempt to beard the representatives of the people still longer—that he deems it . a matter of " honour" to despise their voice—that he prefers loyalty," that is, blind obedience to the wishes of the. King, to submis sion to the dictates of a great state necessity? Au equally admirable point of surprise is to be found in the follow ing very daring announcement—that the two questions submitted to the House of Commons have been altogether ab stracted from practical politics !" Good heavens! what was the meaning of the vote on the Speakership ? Was not that a practical question ? What was the inference from the vote on the Address? Was not that a practical question? If it be declared that a vote of " no cenfidence" be not a practical question, then we must learn nest that Peel was the author of the Reform Bill, and that. the " People's opposition" are guilty of a great political crime, in opposing .the liberal schemes of so immaculate, so pure, and so consistent a personage.— Advertiser. The anticipated division on the bringing up the report of the amended address did not take place. No man knows better when it will be advantageous to appear candid, than Sir Robert Peel. He explained last night why he could not make up his mind to answer the question put to him by Lord John Russell. He did not wish to act under the momentary influence of temper and disappointment. It would appear from this that the Right Hon. Baronet had somewhat over rated the power of the tail or section. Ile admitted, that right honourable Gentle , ran—his private virtues and public interrity— rega:ded him with very different sentiments from those which be en tert,!ined towards the individua's with whom he was acting He would state fearlessly . , that the feelings he entertained towards a large portion of those who were not of •the most favourable de icription." We cannot say that we admire the conelusion at which the Right Honourable Baronet arrives from these premises. Ad mitting that Sir Robert Peel has some character, while his colleagues have none, he ought to have said to himself, there is more chance of Sir Robert's virtue being lost•in such com pany, than that they will rid themselves of their vice. When in ordinary life we see a man of a good . charac ter keeping , company with knaves we must naturally infer that there is a strong chance of his soon resembling them and prudent people no Jonger re pose any confidence in him. The Duke of Welling ton, Lord Aberdeen, and Co., did the mischief, and then pro fited by their wrong under the protection of the Right Hon. Baronet's character. The Right Honourable Baronet took upon himself the responsibility of the dismissal of the Melbourne Ministry. But he ought to have done more—he ought to have declared himself responsible for the factious and unprincipled conduct of his colleagues, whirl', according to his own. showing, led first to the secession of Lord Stanley, and then to the resignation of Earl Grey. and finally to the dismissal of Lord Melbourne's Ministry. We say his own showing, for we believe that the Ministry never were stronger in public confidence than when the dismis sal took place. And in truth, the Right Hon: Baronet, even if he were desirous, will not be allowed to carry any reforms of the slightest importance. The Tories did not place him where he is to forward the cause of reform. "If," as was happily ob served by Mr. Gisborne, "the Right Hon. Gentleman were to reform the Municipal Corporations, it would be worse than suicide—it would be an absolute case of felo de se, not. cyan to be accounted for on the ground of temporary insanity." We arc in this dilemma with the Right. Hon. Baronet. With out the compulsion of a majority of Reformers, it is admitted on all hands that we should have no reform whatever, as the Tory nature hates reform. But then the Right Hon. Baronet cannot conduct the Government with a majority against him. , On the other hand, if he were to propose an affective Corporation Reform, lie would lose all that gives strength to him. The Tories would be annihilated. , The best way is the straight way. It will be much better to form a ministry of Men inclined to conduct the Government agreeably to the wishes of the nation, than to form one of Reformers in spite of themselves, who will only run in the reform groove so long as there is a sufficient force to keep them in it. Even the Times, which at one time gave Ministers credit for all manner of good intentions, appeared disposed to believe that they would throw Corporation Reform overboard.—Morning Chronicle. • as it appeared likely the debate might'continue a night or two more, for a number of gentlemen had evinced a desire to speak on the question who had not yet addressed the House, and many, from accidental causes, had not had an opportunity of voting, "he had in the first moment doubted whether the opinion of the House had really been taken ; but from the inquiry he had made, he was satisfied that the de cision of the previous night conveyed the sense of the majority of the House, and he had, therefore, made up his mind not to submit that decision to another division." This is so far candid ; but Sir Robert might have carried his can. dour a little further. His inquiry must have satisfied him, that the gentlemen who, from accidental causes, had not had an opportunity of voting, were most;y on the opposite side. The truth is, that a declaration made by Mr. O'Connell, that he would not speak after nine o'clock, but would reserve himself for next night, led six Irish Members to leave the House. Some other misunderstandings led to the absence of other gentlemen of the Opposition. The right hon. Baronet might have added, that the Stanley Section refused to repeat their vote last night. Had there been a triumph, Lord Stanley might have felt all the pride of a parent for his offspring, and have willingly repeated it ; but his Lordship does not seem to have any inclination to demonstrate once more to the world, that even the aid of :the Section cannot save the Right Honourable Baronet from being beaten. • " It was a great satisfaction (said Mr. Hume last night, in an excellent speech, in which many home truths were told) to have beaten both the Tory and Stanley party—it was a double triumph --a tri umph of those who act upon some principle over those who act upon no principle." Mr. Hume, is bearing testimony to the discretion of Lord Stanley, might have borrowed.an illustra tion from the prudence of the elehant. When an Indian army crosses a swamp, there is o'T course great difficulty in dragging the guns along. When aa elephant exerts its force ineffectually, it cannot be made to repeat the exertion till ano ther is brought to assist • both will then exert their force, but, if unsuccessful, they will not repeat. the attempt till another elephant is added. Lord Stanley is something like the Indian elephant : he pulled with the Right flon. Baronet, in the hope of pulling him through and receiving the credit of being his saviour ; but he does not choose to repeat the exhibition of his !inning to no purpose. • " A more unnatural junction," Mr. Ilume further observed, " had never been heard of; but at least it was some consolation to know, that when the Ministry was expelled from office, as it speedily would be, the tail would not be left behind, but must 5:103k out between the legs of the party to which it was attached."—(Chess.) Sir Robert Peel is the only producible gentleman in the whole Cabinet • and it is but justice to the Right Hon. Ba ronet to admit that he has availed him Self, with some dexte rity, of his comparative respectability of character, as a shield to his colleagues. He appealed, in the course of the debate, to his refusal to join in any factious opposition to the Adminis trations of Lords Gray and Melbourne, 'and instanced the sup port which he had frequently given to theta in times of pres sure. The Duke did not send for Sir Robert from Italy for nothing. His Grace, of course, knew that it would be impos sible to carry on the deception without having a nominal head possessed of some character. The maker of the Cabinet and its real head has not lived so long in the world without knowing that were he to have put himself prominently forward as a new Reformer, as an admirer of the popular control given by the Reform Bill, the most bigoted Tories would have exclaimed " This is too bad !" Lord Howick, on Thursday night, did justice both to Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues : " He acknowledged that there was far Ise difference between his views and those of the right hon. baronet on the policy which ought to be followed, and which best suited the sentiments of the country, than there wag between him and many of those gentlemen in whose company he now saw him."—(Hear, hear.) And his Lordship proceeded to illustrate the difference : " With regard (he said) to the two noblemen who were charged with the care of our foreign relations, a.:d the management of our great colonial empire, he would say that the conduct of these two individua's was the very opposite towardi the late Government to that of the ri ht lion. baronet.—(hear, hear.) As long as he (Lord Howick) had haa the honour of holding an office under the late administration, he had general.y the satisfaction of rec.iv.ng the support of the right hon. baronet. But what was the case in the House of Lords ? Did any ore think that, if the conduct of these made lords had been similar to that of the rigA honourable baronet, the circumstances widen followed would have happened ? The prottaaity was, that had their conduct been diffsrent, the noble member for North Lancashire would have still formed pat t of that A.:min.stra!ion.—( Loud cries of, " No, no.") He heard an • expression of uissent ; but he maintaincst that that which gradually altered the measures cf the late Government, and at last led to a total change in them, vas the embarrassment produced by the opposition offered to them by these individuals; and that but for thee• eml;arrassments the measures would have proceeded, as the Goveinmmt were anxious they should do, in a straightforward course.—(Hear, hear.) Of the opposition to the late Government in the House of Lords, :he Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Aberdeen were the toot active.—( Hear, hear) These noblemen lost no opportunity of thwarting their measures. Let the house look to the pains taken to fan the dying embers of bigotry and prejudice in this country, and to rouse one flirty in Ireland against another--(Hear, hear)—and still the e were the men who were to brills' forward a series of liberal measures —(Cheers.) In foreign policy they went to a length which was never before ventured upon in this country. They considered it their duty to give every encouragement to foreign Powers—to Holland and to the usurper of Portugal—to resist the po. licy pursued by the responsible - advisers of the Crown.—(Hear, hear.) This factious opposition showed thens_to be the: most unfit persons who e.suld be chosen to take the charge of the momentous interests which had been placed in their hands.—(Cheers )" . , Sir Robert Peel is too crafty a tactician not to be aware of the prudence of the maxim of Jonathan Wild, " Never to do more mischief than necessary, for mischief is too precious a thing to be thrown away." In the House of Lords mischief was profitable, and - aceordingly mischief was expended with a liberal hand by th e D u k e of Wellington. and Castlereagh's admirers. In the House of Commons mischief would merely have damaged Sir Robert Peel to no purpose, and thereby impaired his power of doing mischief when it might answer his purpose. We can easily conceive that some such observatiJns might be made by the Duke of Wellington, Lord Aberdeen, and the other worthies of the party in the House of Peers : "We do not want Peel at present. Let us embarrass, by our opposition in this House, the Whig Ministry. Let us place them between two fires. If we, by opposing every measure that promises to benefit the country, can fill the Reformers generally with the idea that the Peers are hostile to all improvement, we shall suc ceed in setting the Times on Ministers. That unprin.. cipal journal will badger them fur their. forbearance towards the Peers, and call for strong measures, which we know they will not. be allowed, even if inclined, to carry. The country will become dissatisfied with them for not doing enough ; and when we have succeeded by our factious manoeuvring in da maging them sufficiently, we can put Peel forward as a re former, at the head of a Tory Ministry. Pell had better, therefore, play the quasi-liberal for the present. He has al ready some reputation for his judicial , reforms. There is no Use, therefore, in calling on him to play a fruitless game of faction in the Commons, whirl) wonlil only serve to inerecse the Ministerial majorities." Stanley section are well aware that the disreputable, we might say dishonest, part taken by the Duke, and the other Noble Members of the Cabinet in the House of Lords, would contaminate all who became con nected with them ' • and hence, though they are an x io us f or ex cuses to support Sir Robert Peel, they are obliged to throw the Duke overboard with very little ceremony. . . " The noble Lord the member for Northumberland (said Sir J. Grghgmj haft Fle9!ged that in the head of the Government he had much greater {confidence dip jn my of tli, rApc i z. mvners composing quite agreed with the noble Lord that the.'eotuluet of the right honourable Gentleman, during the period whm he serval under his noble Father, and was a part of the Whig Goveroiwn,t, did afford an advantageous contrast to the conduct of some of hi, colleagues in the House of Com mons of that time. He would repeat, t - ,at considering the talents of the COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, accompanied by Prince George of Cambridge, and attended by her LadieS in Waiting, the Lord Chamber lain, and the Master of the Horse, honoured the perfoimances at Covent-garden Theatre, last evening with her presence. Her Majesty and suite arrived at the Royal entrance ( where a guard of honour was on duty) soon after seven o'clock. The King gave audiences yesterday, to the Duke of Dorset and Sir Edward Parry. Her Majesty took an airing yesterday, in Hyde-park, -and visited the Princess Sophia at her residence in Kensington Palace. The Landgravine of Hesse HoMberg, and the Princess Augusta, dined with their Majesties on Thursday evening at St. James's. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday af ternoon, at the Foreign-Office. It was attended by the Lord Chancellor, Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Wharneliffe, Mr. Secretary Goulbourne. the Duke of Wel lington. the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Ellenborough, Earl de Grey, Sir Henry Harding,e, the Right Hon. C. Wynne, Sir Edward Knatchbull, the Right Hon J. Herries, and the Right Hon. A. Baring. The Council sat till half-past four o'clock. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXTORD, FEB. 26.—This day the following degrees were eon ferred BACHELOR IN DIVINITY. Rev. George Davies Kent, Fellow of Corpus. BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW, BY COMMUTATION. Edwin Maddy, Brasennose, Grand Compounder. MASTER OF ARTS. Rev. Edward Humphrey Dymock, Brasennose. Charles Lewes Parker, Wadham. Rev. T. Lingen Allen, Worcester. Rev. Arthur Richard Stert, Exeter. Rev. Edward Bigge, Fellow of Merton. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Forrester Wilson, New Inn Hall, Grand Compounder. Samuel Pidwell, Henry James Cotton, Worcester. Rev. Arthur Nugent Buckeridge. St. John's. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 27.—The Rev. Thomas Musgrave, M.A., and Fellow of Trinity College, in this University, has been insti tuted to tile vicarge of Orwell, in this county, on the presentation of the Lord Chancellor, Lyndhurst. The Lord Bishop of Norwich has been pleased to . constitute the Rev. Jeremiah Curteis, S.C.L., of St. John's College, in this University, to the rectory of Shelton, with Hardwick annexed, in the county of Norfolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. Edward Frank. The Hon. and Rev. Augustus Frederick Phipps, M. A., has been instituted to the rectory of Halesworth, with Chediston, Suffolk, on tho presentation of Robert Plumer Ward, Esq., Gilston Park, Herts. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOL TSE OF LORDS, F. 27 MC LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack a few minutes aster live o'clock. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented papers connected with the Board of Trade, and a return of the Imports and Exports far 1834. — Ordered to be printed. The DUKE of RICHMOND moved the first reading of a bill fur the abolition of oaths and - affirmations, now taken in th.e various departments of the State. As it was his intention on the bill being read a first time to move that it be sent to a committee, he would shortly state what the objects of the.measure arc, the first enactment of the bill was to give the Lords of the Treasury th power of substituting declarations in lieu of oaths, in every department under their control. Any one who had attended the CoMmittee must be aware that there ware thousands of oaths taken annually, Which were totally unnecessary. In the Army.Pay-otlice alone, it appeared that there were 8,600 men obliged to swear four times a year that they . had received the pensions. It also appeared that a gentleman ollic..r would receive hie pay without any oath at all, but if be had had the misfortune to lose his arm, he was then called upon to confirm that fast upon oath four times a year.—(A laugh.) Ile did not now Intend to interfere with the oath of allegiance., or any of the oaths taken in the Courts of Justice. He trusted that the attention of the judges hiving been called to the fad, they would snake rules of court by which the solemnity of the oath might be much • decreased in the administering of it. As he did not expect any opposi ! than to the bill, he would not go further into the matter, but content himself with moving that the bill be read a first time. ' The Marquis of LANSDOWNE stated that the course which the noble duke had pursued met with his entire approbation. He should not have considered it necessary to say a word, had he not stated in the last Session that it was his intention to introduce a similar measure to that now introduced by the noble duke. On the motion of the Duke of I% ICHMO ND the bill was-referred to a select committee. The Earl of MULGB AVE then rose to ask the questions of which he gave notice last night to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The print on which he wished to have a specific answer was connected with the extent of power of executing the Slaves' Abolition Act that was to be placed in the hands of the local magistrates in the colonies. When the Bill was passed, it was intended by the legislature thatthere should be an intermediate state between slavery and freedom, and the execution of the act ever to be placed in the hands of magistrates to b., sent out. Their Lordshipsperhaps knew not that during the last Session the Jamaica legislature had sent a joint representation to the governor, call ing upon hint to appoint persons to execute the office of special magic. trate in that parish. The noble Marquis, the present governor, pursued that course, but instead of appointing tho_e Gentlemen who had no interest in slave property, he had been obliged to nominate those who had, against his own inclination and the Act of Parliament. He did not wish to allude to past disputes or dissentious. He was satisfied with the King's speech as far as it went upon the subject, and he was glad to perceive that his Majesty entertained the nwst sanguine expectations that the measure would be crowned with complete success. There was one ground which tended to disturb the tranquillity of Jamaica. which he wished to notice, and that was the religious dissentions which existed in the country. On the part of the planters there was a prejudice against those whom they called Sectarians,which often led to unfavourable results. The noble earl concluded by expressing his Lelings of gratitude and satisfaction at the conduct of some of the West India proprietors as re garded the morals and religion of the slaves, and stated- that he had merely asked the question, feeling convinced that it was necessary to have an answer for the tranquillity and gratitude of the negroes. The Earl of ABERDEEN could assure the noble earl and the house, that he felt as anxious to see the provisions of the Slavery Abolition Bill carried into execution as it was possible for the noble earl himself to feel. The first vote he (the Earl of Aberdeen) had ever given in Parliament contributed to swell the majority of that house in favour of a measure for the abolition of slavery—(bear, and cheers)• From that time, although he had taken no active. stfare in the discussions upon the subject, still every measure calculated to secure and to prepare the way for thy consummation to which they had now arrived, alwa - ..s had had the support of his votes and wishes. He would now state what sv,s the first official act he performed on coming into office. The first thing he had done after a cursory examination of the correspondence of the noble marquis, now the Governor of Jamaica, and having satisfied himself with the general character of the conduct of the noble Marquis, he wrote at once to him upon the state of the great cause in which he was engaged, rind the administration of the law with the exe cution of which in that island he was entrusted. He had entreated that noble marquis to retain the place he then held, and proffered the most cordial and hearty suppor , of his Majesty's government in the execu tion of his duty, and in every other thing which was calculated to produce the complete success of that cause. To that application he had received no answer. But he expected that a request so earnestly pressed would secure to him the benefit of the noble marquis's assist once.•— (Hear, hear.) With respect to the first question,-as to the in tention of confining the execution of the law between master and slave to stipendiary magistrates sent from this country, he should, without hesitation, say, that he had already conveyed his Majesty's approbation of the noble marquis's exercise of his power on that point, and further, that he had no intention whatever to alter any instructions which the noble marquis had received. At the same time he must say, that the situation of the colony, in that respect, had been one great ground of complaint—a ground of complaint which certainly had nut been con templated by the Government. In the distribution of the stipendiary magistrates 30 had been given to Jamaica. The ditties were thus to be performed by a small numbor of persons, who were scarcely ac quainted with the extent or the geographical, form of the country. Urgent representations were made on this subject, and his predeces.or in office, acting on his own responsibility, made a considerable addition to the number of stipendiary magistrates from this country. He (the Earl of Aberdeen), on coming into office, had added a few more to the number; and be had the satisfaction of thinking that a sufficient number was now appointed to perform the duty without inconvenience, the . number of magistrates having been increa , ed !tom thirty to sixty-one.—(Hear.) Looking to the physical (lilt. culties which they had to encounter, that number, he conceived, was not too many. But he would not undertake to say, that the governor miAht not, in the exercise of that discretion which was intrusted to him, give a . . . special character to some of the local magistrates. He did not know that the noble Marquis would do sa, he rather supposed that he would not, for his opinion generally was most decided upon this point—that the ow- cution of the law should be left as much as possible to the stipebtliary magistrates. There was, with respect to this subject, a peculiarity, for which be was not very well able to azcount. In Jamaica the adminis. :ration of the law by the stipendiary magistrates was a rule adhered to strictly ; but in all the other colonies the local inazistrahl were invested with a stipendiary character by the governors. lie believed that this had been attended with no inconvenience; at least, he had heard no complaint of the conduct of these !real magistrates acting as special ma gistrates. However, as these appointments of joint local and and special inaAstrates had been made on the r:commend.stion of the caloide.; in which they prevailed, and as the Governor of Jamaica thoright that the system could not be beneficially extended, there was - not the least int:n. :ion to alter the system in that colony. The othef question "with respect to which the noble Ein desired him to give some assurance, he would an swer so far as he collected the purport of that question. He was aware that great animisity prevailed on the subject of missionaries in the island of Jamaica; and though he could not go so far as to say tha: in no case their zeal had outrun their dlscretion, still they should receive the full protection of the law whenever it was necessary. But the Abolition Act itself would prove that the legislature was most anxioas for the improvement of the negroes; and he was quite convinced that if they did not, by strong and vigorous measures, provide for the educa tion of those persons during the period of apprenticeship—if they lett them free in person, but enslaved in ignorance, as they were at present, the Abolition Act would prove a curse instead of:a blessing to them,— (Hear, hear.) He was quite ready to agree with the noble Earl that a great degree of prejudice and dissension had prevailed on this quereion ; but lo king to it properly, he considered that education was indispen sable for the negroes, and every effort should be made to impart it. He hoped that his answer had given satisfaction; of the spirit in which it was given he was sure no person could have reason to complain. He had spoken in what might fairly be suppose.' the spirit in which he viewed the subject. He understood, however, that recently he had been held up as a sort of enemy of the hunian race, and it was considered' monstrous that in his hands should be placed the welfare and happiness of so numerous a class of men. All he would say Was, that whatever his enmity to the human race might be, he was certainly no enemy to the orator of the human rare who made the accasation. The Duke of WELLINGTON, in reference to the allusion that had been made to him, begged to say, that lie had oppwed the Abolition Bill most sincerely ; but that with respect to that Bill, he could assure their Lordships, that when it became the law of the land there was no ono who wished success to it more cordially than he did. It was the same with regard to other Bil's which lie might oppose hi their pass,,,. through Parliament ; but when once passed, there was no one Ve,o was more willing to execute their enactments according to thee intentions of Parliament and of those who had proposed them. The Earl of RIPON was happy to be able to state from all he could learn on the subject, that the success of the AbolitiAn' Hill was likely to be as complete as Its most sanguine friends could desire. He took that opportunity of saying, that considering the nature of the, duties of the stipendiary rnaxistrate;, and the qualifications required . for their office, their remuneration was not sufficient He thought, too, that the num ber of the Church Clergy provided for the religious education of the people, was not suffitient. He also called the attention of the 'Soule Earl oppcsite to the conduct of the missionaries, and hoped that they might be relieved from some of the peculiar difficulties that now effected them. Lord BROUGHAM agreed with his noble friend, that the numbers of the special magistrates and the clergy were not sufficient. He had himself brought the matter of the insufficiency of the numbers of the special magistrates under the notice of the noble lord (Stanley), formerly at the head of the colonial department, and afterwards under that of his right hon. friend ; and by his right hon. friend the remedy for the evil had been begun, and it now appeared to have been completed by the noble earl opposite. Lord SEAFORTFI said that the manner in which the noble earl at the head of the colonial depaitment and the noble duke had answered the questions put by his noble friend, conld not fail' to give great saris_ faction to every one interested in this important subject. He was trot influenced by any spirit of distrust, for he sympathized in the hopes ex pressed by his majesties ministers personally in this house, as well as in the king's speech, for the success of the great experiment of sivie eman cipation ; but much as hail been accomplishe.l by the . concurrence or the colonial legislatures with the British parliament, without which. i:,: tee p , corn lete success would have been exceedingly doubtful, much as the impartiality of his noble friend (Lord Mulgrave) fidence to ail classes, as w e ll as t o secure the - 113 ' 4- lone to yivecot attachment to himself, many difficulties still remained to be ° surmounted. The safety and sue cess with which those Ode. ' ) ::ies would be surmounted must depend, in at a great degree, upon the impartiality and efficiency of the magistr rtes carry the act into execution.—(Hear, hear.) A glifficient number had not been at first sent out, and he wonl.l not answer Par the increased number being adequate to supply the wA7t4 of the West India colonies. He feared also that the salaries given to the magistrates were not sufrcient to secure qualified ',emus. He meant to cast no reflection upon the gentlemen who bad been sent out; but lie mentioned the matter in justice to those who might be ap pointed to these situations ; for he knew that many of the gentlemen who had gone out had found themselves involve.l in unexpected diffi culties, from the expenses of living in the West Indies. He trusted also that the Government would not lose sight of the advantage and ne cessity of carrying into effect a liberal and comprehensive and religious plan of education among the negroes. The noble lord was understood to express himself favourably to the labours of the missionaries, the op. position to whom had not originated in a desire to oppose religious in struction being given to the blacks, but to jealousy of their political prin• ciples, which, in a state of jealousy might be dangerous ; but now that the cause was removed, he hoped to find the jealou4 to which it had given rise disappear. The Earl of ABERDEEN said that he had been actively engaged in devising a system of general religious education; bnt before any thing could be definitively settled, it would be necessary for them to be in pos session of information which had been called for, and which was now eln its way from tho colonies. Parliament was no doubt pledged to support e t ches e of education on liberal principles, but the extent of it must depend upon the amount of the funds they had to deal with ; and be. fore applying to Parliament, he was anxious to ascertain what resources the Colonies were likely to furnish them with, as also what assistance might be expected from the religions and patriotic societies of this country. With respect to the number of magistrates sent to the Welt Indies, he certainly thought himself that eighty would not have mci•e than sufficed fir the supply of Jamaica; but when it was recollected that thirty only were allowed by law, and that the Governor of that island had expressed his opinion that sixty were sufficient, he was sure 1:od le Lords oppo , ite would not have thought him justified in exceel i " hat number. ',old MULG RAVE said that, before leasing the island, he had ex. pressed his opinion of the insulEciency of the original number of 0 0 : gistrates sent out, and of the inadequacy of their salaries; but he vi rather inclined to agree with the noble lord now governing the island that sixty would be found sufficient. He had heard with satisfactioa the explanation of the noble earl, and th a tone of the noble duke; and" trusted that the aceount4 of them which go ritrth, wou!d give sansfsr7 tion in Jamaica, the interest he felt in which would never be diu' ini3b4 by time or distance. THE CLERGY IN IRELAND. • e nt Lord CLONCURRY was understood to ask whether the gover no, were prepared to do any thing for the relief of the clergy who had V e° compelled to accept a part of the million loan P sir The Deke of WELLINGTON stated that his right hon. friend R. Peel) intended, he believed, in a few days to make a motion in the other house of Parliatnent, which would embrace the subje,:t alluded t ° POby the noble lord. He hoped, therefore, the noble lord would wa tt e 'long to learn the particulars of the course proposed to be taken by the • Government. Lord CLONCURRY said he had asked the question beedusecirT i : men, who were totally unab'e to meet the demand, had been 011 upon to repay the loan.—Adjourned - HUNT V. DAVISON. This was an action of libel. The plaintiff is a bone-boiler carrying on business at Lambeth. The d e f en d an t i s a b one agent, and had acted as such for many years for a bone-dealer, named Frost, who resided in Yorkshire. The libels com plained of consisted of four letters written by the defendant to Frost in the year 1832 and 1833, in which he stated that the plaiNtiff had been guilty of fraudulent practices in the sale of bones from his yard, he having been in the habit of using bas kets of short measure, and also of mixing rubbish with the bones, whereby be had cheated Frost both as to the quantity and the quality of the goods shipped on his account. The defendant, by his pleas, justified the libels on two grounds -Ist, that the contents of the letters were true, in fact ; and 2d, that he had made the communication in question to Frost, in his character of agent, and believing them at the time to be true. Several letters from Frost were also put in evidence, and much observed upon by the Counsel on botli sides. Besides the counts for libel, the declaration contained a count for slander, the defendant having stated that the platntiff had directed the captain of a vessel who was taking a cargo of bones for him to the port of Hull, to wet the bones before he went into harbour, in order to make them weigh heavier. To prove the truth of this allegation, the captain in question was called, and swore positively that he had received and acted upon instructions to that effect given him by the plaintiff; but the witness admitted, on cross-examination, that he knew the purpose for which be was to wet the bones, and also that the plaintiff had arrested his brother about four years ago, since which period they had had no transactions together. 'The Jufy returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 101. The new Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (W. Gregsc,n, Esq . .) is appointed in the room of Mr. Stanley, and not of Mr. Phillips, who does not retire. Mr. Goulburn will transact the Parliamentary business of the department, and it is not therefore essential that either of the Under-:Seeretaries should be Members. UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.—In consequence of the approaching elevation of Sir C. Manners Sutton to the Peerage, the Hon. C. E. La w , Recorder of London, is a c in didate for the representati o n o f this University in Parliament. He has already canvassed the resident members of the Senate, and we are happy to say that he has met with the most encou raging success. Mr. Law returned to town on Wednesday for the purpose of canvassing the electors resident in London. No opposition is expected.—Cambridge Chronicle. It is believed that one of the proposed Church Re forms, as relating to the Principality, will be to fill up the Bishoprics as they become vacant with clergy who are known to be eminent Welsh scholars.-21Ierthyr Guardian. SACRILEGE.—It was discovered on Tuesday that St. Matthew's Chapel, at Denmark-hill, Camberwell, had been entered with false keys, and the thieves had carried off the crimson cloth coverings from the pulpit and clerk's desk, three branch brass candlesticks, a red morocco Bible and Prayer-book belonging to Sir John Key, a Bible belonging to Captain Young, and a silk umbrella. A reward has been offered for the discovery of the sacriligeous thieves. Asparagus of a good size, but in small quantity, was among the rarities yesterday in Covent-garden. There were some fine cucumbers, which sold for thred shillings each, and a supply of rhubarb: A company is forming at Bristol, with a capital of half a million, divided into shares of 100/. each, for the purpose of opening a direct trade with China. DREADFUL ACCIDENT THROUGH THE HIGH W INO —Yesterday morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, as Lieut.-Colonel Barnes was proceeding on horse back along North Audley-street, a loose trap-door was, by one of those uncommonly violent gusts of wind with which the me tropolis was visited, blown from off the roof of one of the houses, and, in falling into . the street, struck Lieut.... Colonel Barnes on the head edgeways, which knocked the unfortunate gentleman off his horse with great violence. Ho was raised up, and instantly carried to the nearest surgeon, when it was discovered that his skull was extensively and dangerously fractured, Lieut.-Colonel Barnes was then conveyed to his own residence in Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and remains in a precarious state. CRIM. CON. -CASE OF lIODGENS V. NIAIION.--=.‘ The rehearing of this ext raor di nary case he, noonpied the Court of Exchequer, Bultlj i, (luring the last three clays. In the former trial,of re baron Smith, in December last, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with 3,000/. damages, and 6d. costs. This morning (the case having closed on both sides) the Chief Baron proceeded to charge the Jury, dwel ling strongly on the fact, that the wife of Hodgens, although a ward of Chancery, had been forced away, in despite of the authority of the Court, when she was only twelve years old ; and before her religious views could have been matured, or 4r. education completed. His Lordship, altx t aliqded, 44 a miti gating circurostaug ; t 1 tht; iii 4,rettimeN of Mrs. Hodgens by i h abaral, The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with 2001. damages. This is 2,8001. less than the previous verdict. The decision of the Lord Chancellor on Saturday, in the cause of " Hodgens and wife," gives to the latter the entire control of all her property. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Fin. 26 The SPEAK L.:11 took the Chair at a quarter to Nu' o'c:ock. Mr. Alderman WOOL) brought up a Report of the Committee tli)°' Standing Orders.—Laid on the table. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET brought in the Great Railway Bill, which was read a first time. Colonel SIIITIIORPE, after complimenting Alderman NV °4 ', , upon the Bill, which ha wa, about to introduce for the regulation, °' hackneY.coaches, cabrio!ets, &c., and remarking upon the Imporia nc : and utility of the measure, moved for returns of the number of inf°' mations, convictions, and penalties inflicted upon the drivers of hg ic ' ney.coaches, cabs, &c., in London and Middlesex for the last t1 ed years.—Ordered. Mr. li. BULWER gave notice that on the 7th of May he h Ui d , move the appointment of a select Committee to inquire into th e e penses of the cdnsular establishments. POOR LAWS (IRELAND.) Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN, seeing that another hon. m ember.: t lle member for Waterford, had taken up the subject of a provision fu r ",.. 1e ‘ poor of Ireland, be begged leave to withdraw his motion upon that tut' ject, and merely introduce a resolution to the effect that some pre. WI: should be made for the infirm poor of that country. tera Sir 0. MOSELEY presieeted a petition from the landed propric the parish of Swinnerton, in StaffOrd, complaining of agricultural w tress, and praying relief. Mr. A. BARING brought up certain returns connected with the o Board of Trade. The right hon. gentleman observed in moving these papers be printed, that the returns were of a very extee ,t l '' e and comprehensive nature, and reflected much credit upoo ,o o h officer by whom they had been prepared.—(Hear, hear.) He ‘` beg to say that whenever any hon. member r e qui r ed any ret n ' te connected with the trade, manufactures, or revenues cf the countri t , , sl would hike the liberty of recommending him to look over these statis tic tables previous to snaking any motion in that house, and he b e ` . o doubt that he would find in them the required information.--(li e Certain returns might of course be occasionally required with parti ci) modifications, which those on the table did not present, but in 6 4° 3 0 purposes they would be found to contain every information thae . Wto quired.—Ordered to be printed. ore Mr. HANDLEY seeing the Right Hon. Gentlema n i n his _ would beg to ask whether his Majesty's Government had taken '. steps to prevent the frauds which were prectised its the importation ). .. Foreign Grain to the Isles of Man, Guernsey, ate'. Jersey? Mr. A. BARING said the subject was Nee of the first that had c 0 under under his consideration on taking offices He believed that practiceso a fraudulent nature (but certainly not t o any great extent) h a d tale et place in the Isle of Man, and in a very s h ort time measures WOK! taken to prevent their recurrence, • Mr. S. R tIO ICE said he hoped it was n o t i nten d ed to be imputed --eed .late government, that they connived at this practice. On the Pa , o 4 those gentlemen he would boldly state that they had always ev in the utmost desire to administer strictly and impartially the law : vs stood. —(Hear, hear.) He hoped, in justice to them and to the Pa that the fullest information would be given. Mr. PEASE said that in the course of the last session, being esee eel. , ingly interested in this subject, he had put some quest i ons to the nistration respecting it. On that occ as i on h e h a d b een toldth „,, at tba o ; matter hod been investigated, and that th e p rac ti ce was carr i e d on t e - to extent perfectly trivial. It was impo r t an t t o t h e character oe t h ministration that the matter should be fully sifted.--(Hear, hear.) 0 ,, therefore hoped that the matter would re c ei ve a f u ll and comp l e te io c tigation. oa l° c Mr. A. BARING said he hoped he h a d no t sa id anyt hi ng that oe lead the House to suppose that he meant to throw any blame ur n to , late Government upon the subject. Undoubtedly the practice o which he had referred was c a rri e d on i n t h e I sle o f Men; 00 no to such an extent as could materially affect the markets. t o e same time it affected the local markets on the opposite coasts.--( ee ,), hear.) But whether to an extent gr e at or sma ll i t was equol l Y at" and ought to be enquired into.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. S. RICE said that having seen some charges made on the'subleelo, elsewhere, he trusted he only did what was right, In stating the ta part of the late Government. The papers were then laid on the table. BALTIC TIMBER, Mr. HUTT wished to know whether it was the intention of t"" or vernment to inquire into a practice of *sinister nature, namelY , importing Baltic timber into Canada, ard exporting it again fiom th e to this country as Canada timber ? itt Mr. A. BARING said it was ar e i ntent i on of the Governmen t to st troduce a measure on the subitiote., but he could not state at that row" what the nature of that mee:Sure would be. Mr. AINS WORTH 'rose and said he should take the liberty of P' re t a question to the riv,,t hon. baronet opposite. The right lion. be re t hr had declared, `,ast night he was determi ne d t o carry f or ward great prinekeles of reform. As the representative of a large, enlisrht el o r and poeul'otis constituency, he took the liberty of asking him , question—'-it was this—He wished to enquire from his Majesty's nn : I tern whether it, was their intention to e x t en d corporat i ons t o the pill boroughs—whether it was their intention to place them on a footing to with the ten pound freeholders? ek The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER we said, the question gri the hon, gent. had put to him was one on which he was not Prill oe f to give any opinion as to th e coursewh i ch government intended to I ° o with respect to it. He was quite ready to admit there ought to he 7 0/ , specific plan proposed for the proper regulation of municipal Porations, and the extension of the police to certain of the boroughs. No one could be snore ready to admit its clam of the attention of the house, and certainly what he had h i° , l esS already clone on that questio n i n th e metropolis 'lan pernisP 4 4 o best proof his desire for a speedy arrangement of that pet ject.—(Hear, hear) But he doubted whether it be Pen to extend the same syst em un i versa ll y to the n'aw boroughs—it sago, which he was not q u it e p repare d to decide. He should e before he determined on so imp or t ant eut.ject, to be put in ,411 session of the report of th e present commission of encl" as to whether corporations ought to be increased in this country ? t he bill was brought forward by the late Lord Chancellor, O r gel purpose of extending corporations to the new boroughs. pit he (Sir Robert Peel) was u n d er the impression that the PrinceSt of that bill did not meet wills the unanimous conseat ° r id et house. The house w as o f op i n i on that a great expense le°n`ish attended to the country ; un d er t h ese circumstances he did not -nos to enter rashly on its consideration ; but was anxious to be put in r OO O session of the report before he entered with any specific ieterosi° on its inquiry. 0 Mr. COBBETT would take leave to express a hope that whateve r . m done with respect to int ro d uc i ng corporations into new or old bor t f el) no Bourbon police, cloth e d an d equ i pped as the police of the 'net'e', e, ee was, would ever be introd uce d i nto the country parts of this kingtin! "elf Sir E. CODRINGTON ma d e some o b servations, which were W inaudible in the gallery. • MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS. The CHANCELLOR of th e EXCHEQUE R rose and leste r oe that probably it will be the most convenient course OS P e ti o and the most resp ec tf u l , on my part, to the feeli ng s of: the " t e —to state now, th a t if I did not last night answer: the ,s 4 tion of the noble lord, it was not from any enswill i lso to afford the inform a ti on t o t h e house, and still less did I withil ° any answer from an y d es i re to take any unfair advantage of the IC members on the oth e r s id e. B ut I d i d w i sh, on a mattdr of suc h 7. ,e ' ' importance, to have a littl e ti me f or cons i deration as Ou the cono-s should pursu e , an d exclude the possibility of acting eueder the ro w " l tary impulse of temper or disappointment.—(h ear hear, hear') to teas awart , that hasty decisions have sometimes beets In w ' c e eti the bitairs of this house, and bearing in mind the t i bi this house in the last session upon the Malt 1.' 04 (Hear, and a laugh)—past experience has w arne 4 me to take a littlebot, to deliberate, and not come to any hasty decision.--(Hear, hear, Another reason was that I was anxious to postpone any decision ul ill the subject until I had consulted wills those who are connected o ge me. The debate had continued f or th ree n i ghts, and it was genetforit anticipated that it would not terminate last night. It was, ttict. o ot possible that members might have been excluded who, on a subse 4 occasion, would have voted far us. I have since made leq u pal and I have good reason to believe that that division 11.1° ,e , ' accidental, and that it was a f a i r i nt i mat i on of the sense of th i s nnn" tt) (Cheers from the opposition members)—and that if I were to 1,V 1 ; rr sense of the house on the p resent occas i on, I have no reason •t 0 that there would be any other result.— (Hear.) That beiis* the c 00 ti have no intention to attempt to subvert the decision of .144 siigh t O e ue if the effect of my determination will be to prevent any eLrther sion or debate, I shall be amply satisfied. ee e tel ° Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the Ri g ht H on B aronet that manly and straightforward course which Ise expecte" the' him.—(fiear e hear, hear) H e now b egge d leave to 31314i1c right hon. Baronet that on whatever clay he should p ro p r iee his 112` mittee of Supply, he (Lo r d J . R usse i l) should feel it his duty to styoleo right hon. Baronet some quest i ons respecting the twproaching ‘ll' tion of Parliament—(Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR o f the EXCFEQUER hoped that IsP °„ " a , questions the noble lord h a d to Set. of him, he would give him ° - notice as possible,—(Hear, ant a laugh.) ' the Mr. ilUMEsaid it 1. . bringing,isp °- f .ad been intention to address the house a ft e .e report, but from what Sir R. Peel had no w ! ,s he should 'alter the course we ich he hail intended to pursue, an el 111 . e e st' e a v 'e the time of the house. He had no h es it at i on i n acnit.ti'eg , cordance with what had fallen from hon. members on the Citt l o % of the house, that there was a great diff e r ence of 01);* ale° , osid hon.. members upon his (Mr. Hume's) side of the tie ese 0 0 to re' points. but there was none on one point, and that was 'the dei ire oul 4 , move his Majesty's present Minister s f rom o ffi ce. n o though t tr have been more becoming, and mere in deference bee the „ p i n ion v constituents, if they had c ome di rect ly t o a VP'“e that they 1 3 e at IP opinion that no confidence should b e placed that ministry. ,ut e i order to show that they were not a "sop, of san d , " h e could PO e the honourabie members on the otb' er s id e o f the Ig nisl 'i• t h e • he believed he spoke the sentiments of the' majoritymajority „ 01,` honourable members on his (Al r. Hume's) side, that thel i eht prepared to follow up the courses, they lad adopted. H e t "; would have been moor simple' and better if the house had n un ',. - ,,t le amendment which he had. intended to propose. The amenif e, 6 o 4: o that the house deeply regretted that his Majesty had been adv l- o ti to his councils, men in Wt. om neither the people nor their repr eie ers' n have any confidence, honeying that they were not disposed ,70bi e ,e those improvements w' a i c h t h ey expected from the refor m most excellent measure they had strenuously opposed. T , l .4,th e have brought the qu es ti on at once to an issue, although he adino; ge!S" might be other mod es o f arr i v i ng at the same point .—( Hey'ei Prie He had one or two o b se r vat i ons to make which it occurre d t') ' t ot t not been noticed in th e course of the debate. He considere d eeri debate which had taken pl ace was a de b ate ent i rely of par ts.--1 e co e ;;; He would take th a t op p ortun i ty of saying that be -ha' des )1.00 been a party man.—(G rea t l aug h ter) He had opposed b o th To oi r ic.e tt Whigs.—(Tremendous l a u g ht er. ) H e could bring to the N e w t of the right hots, baronet i n st ances w h ere more than on ce he t ioe. him and his party in office by not persevering in a factious aseP°' 4 oot , o ' 4 He could also call t o m i n d i nstances where the right hon. T e e nte j s n g member fur Cumberl a nd (Si r J . Graham), who last night t ole tie cast abuse on the gentlemen of his, (Mr. Hurne .4 o ill 1 ,4 the House, was one of those factious men who join e d e eee r e ", attempt to throw out the Government. —(Hear, hear, a p r ,,,ofr ) What was the ground of the opposition ? Whether in the 3 ' i A word " distress" or "general distress" should be introduced. —( ` ' P l l This was the Ran who coiled th a t s id e o f the haue e e O no of factious men l eague d t o di stur b t h e government.—(Hear.) qie n lifroto e say that, during th e l as t t wenty years of his (Mr. Hume ' s ) tio"". sole object had been, to obtain relief from those heavy hisr u str - o tio o which the country suff ere d, an d a re f orm of abuses. The 0b 81, *k o , t • Ni t k etz' ti oth 44ne, to t tti,