The Sun. — London, England, 1835-08-03 00:00:00

THE KING'S LEVEE. (From the Court Circular of Saturday.) His Majesty held a levee yesterday afternoon at St. James's. Prince Esterhazy, Amba , sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of Austria ; and General Maya, Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Queen Regent of Spain, acting in the name and on the behalf of her Catholic Ma jesty the Queen Isabella 11., had audience of the King to take leave on temporary a!isence. Their Excellenccies were respec tively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Afrtirs, and conducted by Sir R. Chaster, the Alas - er of the Ceremonies. Lord Templemore had an audience of the King in the Royal closet. His Lordship was presented by the Marquis i‘f Cnnyngham to kiss hands on being typointed a Lord of the Bedzhamber. His Lordship received his gold key of office, and also took the cus tomary oath. The Levee was attended by the Austrian, Russian, and French Ambassadors ; the Sardinian, Neapolitan, Prussian, Portuguese, Greek, Spanish, Mexican, and Saxon Ministers ; Noory Effendi, Turkish Mirister, accompanied by M. Vogorodis, Secretary of Legation, and M. Salame, his Majesty's Oriental Interpreter : the Danish and Hanoverian Charo d'Affaires ; M. Hummelauer, First Secretary to the Austrian Embassy; General de Hedemaun. of the Prussian Service ; the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Lord President, tho First Lord of the Treasury the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial_De- partments; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the B•:ard of Control, the Secretary at War, the Commander of the Forces, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Ho- nourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Master of the King's Busk Hounds, tiv Paymaster of the Forces, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Comp troller of he Household, the Master of the Ceremonies, the Mas ter of the Robes, the Solicitor-General, Sir John Brooke Pecheli, Naval Aid-de-Camp in Waiting ; Colonel Lord Dufferin and the Hon. Colonel Pakenham, Aid-43-Camp to the King; Colonel Bo water, Equerry to the King ; Lord Saltoun, Field-officer in Wait ing; the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Wait ing, and Chaplain to the Queen ; the Very Reverend Principal Alaefarlan, (Glasgow College) ; Mr. Albert Beetham, Clerk of the C'ieque to the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Lord Kilmarnock, Page of Honour; Lieut.-Col. Sir Fred. Smith, Gentleman Usher in Waiting, and the following EA Rt.--Alansfield. Lo DS-Templemore, Hotham. Btsnors—London, Hereford, Limerick, St. David's Derry. Aacuutsnoe—Armagh. Sias—T. M. Wilson, A. Ferrier, J. Ross. DOCTOK—R. A. Chermside. 31ESSIEURS.—Granville John Penn, William Penn, Sutton, Pusev, John Davison, C. W. Sutton, Seymour, W. J. Greig, ;hellish. GENERALS—Sir J. Maclean, Gunning, Sir J. Fuller, Sir W. Macßean. Cor.oNELs—Sir R. Comae, Sir C. O'Donnell, R. Hartley, Dolt. MAJoas—Powell, Jones, G. Browne. CarrAiNs—Manning, C. Franklin. LIE I:TENANT—W. u. Symonds. ADMIR Ls—Sir John Beresford, S. W. Parker. CAPTAINS, It. N.—Courtenay, Boyle, D. H. Mackay, W. 'Sy mons. The following were presented to his Majesty : Major Powell, Queen's Royals, on his return from India, by Colonel Wood. Mr. Granville John Penn, Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Buckingham, by the Duke of Buckingham. Mr. William Penn, Royal Bucks King's Own Regiment of Mi litia, by the Duke of Buckingham. Sir A. Ferrier, to take leave. Mr. John Davison, on going to explore central Africa, by Lord Glenelg. Lieut.-Col. H. R. Hartley, on appointment to the 89th. Mr. Sutton, South Hants Yeomanry, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Mr. Charles Wedderburn Sutton, on being appointed to an En signey in the 12th Foot, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Dr. Robert Alexander Chermside, K. H., late physician to the British Ambassador at Paris, by Lord J. Russell. Mr. William J. Greig, Deputy-Assistant Commissary General from Canada, by Mr. Spring Rice. Captain Manning, by Lord HilL Lieut.-Col. Sir Charles O'Donnell, on having received the ho nour of Knighthood, by Sir Herbert Taylor. Captain H. D. Mackay, by Rear-Admiral Adam. Captain C. Franklyn, on return from Jamaica, by Major-General Sir W. Macßean. Lieutenant W. Symonds, by Captain Symonds. After the levee his Majesty held a Council, at which some colonial matters were submitted to the King in Council, and ap proved of. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. His Majesty gave audiences to the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Combermere, Hon. Mr. By ng , M arqu i s o f L ans d owne, Vi scount Palmerston, Sir Hussey Vivian, Viscount Melbourne, Sir John Beresford, Lord Auckland, Lord John Russell, Lord Hill, Mr. Spring Rice, and Lord Glenelg. Viscount Torrington, and Sir Joseph Whatley, the Groom in Waiting. The King gave a grand dinner last evening, at St. James's, to the Corporation of the Trinity House, the Governors of the prin cipal ComMercial Companies, the Lords of the Admiralty, and the Principals of the Departments connected with Commerce. Sir Robort Peel, Sir James Graham, and the other Elder Bre thren, wore the uniform of the T r i n ity H ouse . Th e company as sembled in Queen Anne's Room. Shortly before eight o'clock, the King (who appeared in the uniform of the Corporation), preceded by the Master and the Comptroller of the Household, led the way through the Portrait Gallery to the Banquetting Room, followed by the Marquis Cam den, Master of the Trinity House, and the other guests. The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Portrait Gallery. and the band of the Scots Fusilier Guards, stationed at the ena of the Gallery, played " God save the King," as his Majesty - and party passed :0 dinner. Amongst the company were the Marquis of Camden (Master of the Trinity House), Captain Pelly ( Deputy Master), Sir John Woolmorelate Deputy Maste r ), Eld er B ret h ren, S i r Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, Captains Chapman, Locke, Hayman, Drew, Ripley, Brown, Timbrell, Nelson, Young, Wevnton, Rees. Charles Weller, Stephenson, Bradford, and Wellbank ; Mr. J. Herbert, Secretary; Mr. Benjamin Cotton, Collector of Duties ; and Mr. Teesdale, Solicitor to the Corporation ; the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England ; Mr. Stanley Clarke and Mr. Rivett Carnac, Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company ; Lord Glenelg, - Secretary of State for the Colonies ; the Right Honourable T. Spring Riee, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the Right Honourable C. Poulett Thomson, President of the Board of Trade ; Lord Auk land, Lord Dalmeny, Rear-Admiral Sir William Parker, K. CAI., Sir T. Troubridge, and Rear-Admiral Adam, Lords of the Admi ralty; Mr. C. Wood, M.P., First Secretary to the Admiralty; Sir Thomas Hardy. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, Ad miral Sir G. Martin, Sir Byam Martin; Sir Francis Doyle, Bart. and Mr. Plunkett, Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Com missioners of Excise ; Mr. Dean and Mr. Stewart, Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Customs; Sir Wm. Blizard ; the Marquis of Conyngham, Earls Romney and Albemarle, Viscount Torring ton, Lord Elphinstone, lion. and Rev. Dr. Marsham, Hon. Capt. Campbell, Hon. Mr. Byng, Sirs Henry Wheatley, Robert Otway, George Seymour, Joseph Whatley, and C. Pagei; Colonel Wood, and Captain Freemantle. The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and attended by the Earl and Countess of Denbigh and Miss Hope Johnstone, left St. James's, at half-past six o'clock last evening, for the Beulah Spa, at Norwood. The Duke of Cumberland and the Princess Sophia visited their Majesties yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held at four yesterday afternoon. A petition was presented to the House of Lords on Tuesday, by the Duke of Cumberland, said to be signed by 6.999 freeinen and inhabitants, against the Corporation Reform Bill. We know there are certain parties in Coventry re markably expert in forging signatures, but one might have supposed that the King's Bench affair would have taught them to be cautious. According to the last Census (1831) Coventry contained 5,887 houses. These anti-Reform peti tioners, therefore, have represented to the Lords that 1,112 persons more than oue for every house in Coventry are op posed to Corporation Reform.—Coventry Herald. YORK ELECTION.—On the 25th ult. a very ele gant and valuable piece of plate was publicly presented by the York Reformers to C. F. Buckley, Esq., the unsuccessful opponent of Mr. Lowther, whose return is now to be the sub Sect of inquiry before the Select Comuittee on the combined York and Yarmouth cases. An immense assemblage attended under the windows of the York Hotel after the dinner given to Mr. 8., to witness the presentation, and enthusiastically received the speeches made on the occasion. At no distant period, by the aid of this inquiry, the Tories will be completely defeated in York. The worst influences were all employed in the late election—bribery, treating, and intimidation. By such means nearly 400 promises ►were caused to be broken which had been freely given to the R , formers on their can vass. Upwards of 600 receipts arc now in London, given by the bribed parties for the letters containing- coin sent to the eectors since the election, through the medium of the post otEce. LIBEL LAW.—We see in the Tipperary Free Press that its proprietor and editor, Mr Ilacket, has just sus tained a verdict of 7501. damages, which, with the costs, are calculated to entirely ruin him and break up the paper. The action arose out of the publication of a sketch of some pro ceedings in a Committee-room at the last election. No due, at least none likely to be attended with succetN, has yet been obtained to the perpetrator of the late horrid murder in Toxteth-park. The argument upon which the Corporators of Co 'ventry rest their case, is, that the powers and privileges with which they are invested, are held by a tenure which cannot be taken away by the Report of tile Commissioners. This is a pretty defence to be set up in the face of the people of Eng land ; a pretty story for the " conservators of the Freemen's rights" to tell the people of Coventry, after having written the black record of their own deeds—who acknowledge hav ing spent during the last four or five years, no less a sum than 2,263/. 13s. 10d for entertainments, besides nearly 4,0001. in late—who admit having an income of 2,2421. 17s. a year, but declare themselves in debt to the amount of upwards of 11,0001—who say as their only subterfuge, that they have lost their account books up to the year 1831—who call them selves trustees of public charities, but who, for want of audit log the accounts of their stewards, have buffered large balances to accumulate which were lost by insolvencies, and replaced by debts.— Coventry Herald. AN INCENDIARY.—The church in the village Gres Schonau, in Prussia , and four h o u ses , were recent l y b urnt to a s hes. The incend iary was a bird which nested in the thatch of one of the houses. A fire b a d been lighted in premises appropriated to the blea c hing of linen ; the bird took up in its beak a twig, one extremity of which was doubtless in a s t ate o f combustion, for no sooner had she arrived at her . nest than it took fire, and communicated the flame to the build ings. Eight acres of in nd in the parish of Cley, Norfolk, have this season produced thirty loads of bay, without extra saanure; and should the season 5e favourable, it is not un likely that a second crop as large may . I .'ft pbtairied.—Norfolk Chronicle. POLICE INTILLIGENCE. HATTOiV-GARDEN. C. S. Inwood was charged with having committed for geries to a great amount on his father, Joseph Inwood, Esq., of Euston-square. The prisoner is an architect, and until lately moved in a fashionable circle, but a change in his con duct became visible soon after the death of his wife. He formed an acquaintance with abandoned women, and at length com mitted forgeries on his father. 'The discovery of these delin quencies had nearly broken his father's heart, and he was sought and implored to make known the 'extent of the forgc ries and return to his family. Entreaties, however, were in vain, and threats being resorted 'to he armed himself with pistols, daring any one to molest him. At length he became so reduced, and not being able to procure cash for his forge ries, that he resnlved on the desperate scheme of attacking father. He entered the house with a bludgeon, and seeing his father demanded money. His afflicted parent endeavoured to reclaim him, still promising forgiveness, but without the de sired effect ; and the father refusing to furnish him with cash he demolished a pier glass worth 301., and would probably have injured some of the family had not two policemen se cured him. The magistrate observed that the case was a melancholy one, and the prisoner's father having made up his mind to prosecute, as his life and property were in danger, three cases forgery, to the amount of 115/. were taker. against the pri soner, who stands committed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. The Rev. J. Wood and. Dr. G. Wood, of 34, Halfmoon street, Piccadilly, were brought before Mr. Dyer, on a peace warrant, obtained by Mr. Thomas Nelson Waterfield, who made oath that he believed it was the intention of the defend ants to send his brother, Mr. Charles Waterfield, a challenge to fight a duel, and thereby to cause him to commit a breach of the peace. The Rev. J. Wood having declared that he was ignorant of the reason why he had been taken into custody, Mr. DYER read the charge in the warrant to him. Mr. Thomas Waterfield—l swear that the words used by the defendant could have no other construction than that a duel was contemplated. The words used were that he (the Rev. Mr. Wood) would expose my brother at a public office, and that he had no doubt my brother would take advantage of his assurance, or of law, but he should not care for either. He also asked me for my brother's direction, and when I declined to give it, a gentleman called at my house,, on the part of the Rev. Mr. Wood, with a message. . . . Mr. DrEs.--Was this message what is understood in com. mon parlance, according to your belief, to be of a hostile cha racier? Mr. Water&ld—lt was. Mr. DYER—Now, Mr. Wood, before you explain this mat ter, I don't want you to enter unnecessarily into family dis putes ; and perhaps the matter might be cut short if you would give your word that you will not do any thing which may tend to a breach of the peace. The Rev. Mr. Wood—lt -is very unpleasant to be brought h ere ?-o answer a charge of which I am quite ignorant. I don't thinl.92at what has occurred could have justified the a little warm in my temper, and at present steps. f tempts have been made to get me to send a letter which might be construed in a hostile sense, so that I might be brought before a magistrate ; but nothing of the sort has taken place. Mr. DYER—You have no intention of committing a breach of the peace, Dr. Wood ? Dr. Wood—Certainly not. I should think as soon of sending a challenge to Mr. Waterfield as to a cabman. Mr. Thomas Waterfield—That is language any thing but conciliatory. Mr. DYER—I think the whole matter may be easily arranged. An explanation has been given, and the intention denied, so that I do not see how I can hold either party to bail. Mr. DYER, having received a promise from both defendants that no breach of the peace should occur, discharged the warrant. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 31. . . Number Divlfiend Pa ce of per CANALS, per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,7E0 61 per cent. Aslitoll and Oldham....Average 97s 18s. sh. 160 1,482 6/. Ashby de.! ..touch .........Average 113/. sh. 05 1,260 Basingstoke • WO/. sh. 51 1.005 5/. Brecknock and AbeNavenny ..... l5O .sh P 5 4,0045 h. 121. 10s. Birmingham, 1 share 171. 10s. 248 400.1 Ditto and Liverpool Junct....!1 , 01. sh. all pd COO ...... ... Bridgewater and Taunton —.1061 4h. all pd 64 400 N. Chelmer and Blackwater ICV sh. 102 500 421. Coventry (001. di. DOCKS. 21 " 8i }3p. c. Commercial ....... .. ....... ..........100/. sh. ( 0 1,0050 h 198,6611. 3,238,3104 21. ss. p. ct. London Ditto Bonds lO3 1,380,0001. 51. per et. West India Stock 1)5 2,'_o i 3/. 6s. 4d. Bristol ........- ........... Average 14 il. Iva. sh. 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6 1.152,752 3 p-r ci nt. St. Katharine Stock 70 500,003 ti per cent. Ditto Bonds lO4l 200,000 , per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 yea rs lo.' Shoreham Harbour 2571 BRIDGES. „600 1/. Hammersmith 5Ol. sh. 23 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. t3l. 2s. Sd. sh. 21 1,710 14 155. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent 5Ol. sh. 15 5,000 . • Waterloo lOO4 '.h. 21 5,000 11. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 84 6O/. pd 25 5,000 llis. :kl. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 22 60,0001. LI. per cent. I itto 80nd5........-- ........... . ... .„ - - ... ... 118 0,000 I/. Vauxhall Average 704 lbs. 3d. sh. 221 ASSURANCE CO3IPANIES. 2,000 31 10s Albion 5004 sh. 50/. pd 761 50,000 1 5 and Alliance, British & Foreign 1004 sh. 10/. pd 111 r d c s e s r . it .} 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 5/. sd 51 21,000 F. per sh. Atlas 1,20015 h. 41. Birmingham Fire .....2501. sh. 551.1x1 105 20,000 4/. per cent. British Fire ... 250/. sh. 501. pd 40 12,000 ft per cent. British Commercial 501. sh. 5/. pd 61 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medical, &c. Life... 1004 sh. 2/10s lid 31 4,000 2/ 105 County WO/. sh. 10/. pd 42 6,000 ss. Eagle 50/. sh. 51. pd 51 200 i:per cent. nd 30/ ~,,,.} Economic Life lOOO/. sh. 2504 pd 315 2,271 51/. per cent. European Lite 'XI/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New "01. sh. 21. pd 11 1,000,000/. 71. per ct. Globe • .... Mock 133 20,000 IL Guardian 1001. sh. 201. pd :341 C Fire 5 ct 7 4° ." [Life Bp p cc. j Hope ............501. sha 51.. pd 6; 2,400 5/. 7a. lid. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 117 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd i I 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 1.01. sh. 8/. pd 12 2,020 31 lOs Ke ~t Fire 50/. sh. all pd 92 10, - 00 ifs. Law Life 100/. sh. 101, pd 26 3,900 1/. London, Fire 251. sli. 12/. 10s pd 2:li 31 00) 1/. I.ondeii. Ship •)51. sh. Lt. 10s. pd 231 3.,0 /0 :/. per cent. Palladium Life 501. sh. 21. pd t 18. 25 1 ,001 Is. 6,1. I 'rotei.tor File • 'O4 sh. 21. pd 1184 I'd 2,500 11. Provident Life llOl. sii. 11. pd 101 100,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. sh. :.1. pd r../ his. 08:.,2 - X1 51. per ceut. Royal Exchange Sto k... 1r45 Sun 50,C00 4 per cent United King oin Life '2l. pd 212 s tki JOINT STOCK BANKS 5,000 ......... AtPtrala• is 404 sh. 261. pd 32 10,1110 10 per cent. Rank of Birmingham 5 , 1. sh. 104 pd 12,1 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 12 18,000 2 per cent. I.ondon and Westminster...loo/ sh, 154 pd 124 3,000 2.5,1100 6 per cent. Liverpool M. sh. 101. . d 1 I 20,000 7 per cent. Provimild 'lank of Ireland-100/ A. 251 pd 47 10,000 National Pr , viacial Log. lOOl. sn. .254 pd ....1 10,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 501. ,h. 5/. pd 11 6,000 WATER WORKS. . ___ ..... _. . 4,800 4,431 4,500 2,600 38 I,soo 6,4 86 1,000 R, 00 1,360 Aso 2,000 2,300 2,000 2,1'41 1,500 5,100 0,000 i,500 too 1 4 ,000 4,000 1:',0(10 2,1100 10,064) 6,0 0 Birmingham --- 9 51. sh. 251 pd 27 5/. East London lOO/. sh. Itl2j 21 10; ttr lid Junction Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 51 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 4flat7 Jul. Li vet pool Bootle 2201. sh. 300 2110 s New River London Bridge Water Annu ties 58 1/. Manchester and Salford 4 per cent. SotitlOLonflon lOO/ sh. 85 31. West 31i.ldlesex ....Average 03/. 12s. pd. sh. 18 1111 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 34 IRON RAILWAYS. Cheltenham 1004 sh. 73 Clarence lOOl. rh. 115)1 pc! 45 12s. Forest of Dean 5O/. p:1 27 (hand Junction 1001. sh 301. p 54 I lurtlepool 104)!. sh. 100/ pil 80 I.eeds and Selby lt 0 sh. 100 ...... ... Leicester and Swannington -.5 , 1. sh all pa 51 it p:., cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo/.sh. 100/. pd Ditto Quarter Shares • 51. tiff London and tirevnwich 2Ol. sh. 1:i/. ixi IS London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 354 p 1 5Si ...... ... London ane S utharrititfin Wl. sh. 11. p.l 5 Preston and Wigan .... 2Ol. pd 2 Durha•ii Junction lOOl. sh. 104 ix! 10 pm MINES. Albion Copper 51. sh. 2/. pd Alien 15!. sh. 10!. 10s. pd Ili ... ..... Anglo Itlexivitt, iss. Si. ptu....100/. sh, all pd Ilftto Sutiscripiton ' l 5/. pd 6 Ibil nos .., 150/. sh all pd Brazilian Inip. iss. 5/. pm 351. sh. 20/ IA llacanbas riz Comes United 25/ sh 21 1 1. pJ V DiT to St. John 15,1 Hey. ..... 2Ol. sh. 711. pd Cam Branca .V. pd Candonga . 5l. IA Bolivur Copy,: Company "01. sh. 20/. pd I)it o Scrip .. "1 pd British Copper ..5 1 sh. 3;/. pal ei Colin:ilium, iss. Ll. pin. 551 sh. 5-141. lid English l2/ I. s. pd General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 151. pd Mexican Cornpariy 10 1. sh 41(1. pc! Pokierou Consols II)!. sh 8/. pfl Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ...AM sh. all pd 4 Ditto Subscription "1. pd Ditto - NeW . Serip 5/ pd (1 Union cold, iss. 21. 56. pm ...2211. sh. W. pd 221 West Cork 501. 61t. 25/. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. London, with Bronze Ticket 750 t. sit. 21 Lon& it University IOU!. sh. all pd 27 Busse!, 0 5gs. sh. 8 King's College 1001. pd 411 31ISCELLA NEOUS. 0,0( 6,000 t , ,500 -0 N,OOO 6,155 2,009 3 0 ,000 5.( 00 s ,0,0;0 les. Australian Agricultural....lo , /. sh. VV. pd 1,030 11. Auction Mart 50/. ,h. 354 RAO ..... —.. Brit.sh American Land Company sq. pd bi 10,000 61 per cent. C 411313 Company 1001. sh. 20/, pd 3 200,000 5/. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent lO2l 15,000 1/. per cent. 4;cricral Steam Nav:gation ...151. sh. 121. pd 1:1. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 230 2,000 1/. London Coin. Sale Itoom Av. 751. sh. 18 2,754 4/. per e. nt. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/ sh. 10t1. pd 120 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, JULY 1, 183. BANKS. 1,500,00 N. Si. p. et. Ban': of .cotl.itid B3!. 6s. 841. sh. all pd 2021 p. c 2,000,0001. 54 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 1,0/. 500.000/. ti p. ct. British Linen Company lOW. sh. 411 pd 2401. 3,000,0001. V/. p. ct. Coir.mercial .. 5OOl. sh. 1001. ix! 1.01. 5,000,000/. 5 p. ct National lOOl. sh. 101. pd 141 10s 2,00 ,0001. 244 p. ct. Glasgow Union 2504 sh. 501. pd 60/. 4,000,000/. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOI. sh 301. pd 33/. INSURANCE COMPANIES 250,000511 sp. et. Stottish Union .201. sh. 11. pd 19a 7,500 sp. et. Hercules 100/. sh. 10/. i d 111. 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland....lol. sh. all pd 71 0 s 50,000 6p. et. North British 2OOl sh. 10/. pd 151. 1,000 sp. et. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 131 5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh I.ife 1001. sh. 10/. pd 141. 100,000 4p. ct. %Vest of Scotland lO/. ix] 9/. MISCELLANEOUs 4,910 Edin. and Glas Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 8110, Ditto Allocated .. ".. . - .... . 94/. At all pd 60/. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Wa ............ sh. all pd 331 Carron Iron Company 250/. sh, all pd 450/. 2,00 1 >h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founuery 501. sh. 3-/. pd 181. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 204 sh. 161. pd rl. 4,500 lOper rent. Edinburgh Coal Gas '25/. sh. all psi 65/. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 730. 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas .204 sh. ail pd 33/. j .._ .. ... . 1,t:00 5 ivr cent. Edinburgh and Mean hallway...sol. eh. 75/. 3,000 10s. per sh. Equitable Loan Company sh. 91. pd 10/. PA RLIAMENTARY PROCEED IN i S . ROUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES of MOTIONS and ORDERS of the DAY, which now stand in the Order Book for the Present Week. • MONDAY, AUGU S T 3.-03NDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Turnpike Acts Continuance. Bill—Second reading. 2. Public Roads (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 3. Polls at Elections Bill—Third reading. • 4. Bankrupts' Estates Bill—Third reading. 5. Thomas Moore Keith—Adjourned Debate. 6. Ecclesiastical Revenues Bill---Second reading, 7. Sheriffs' Declaration Bill—Thlra reading. 8. Sun)ly (13th July)—Postponed Resolu,ions to be considered. 9. Glasgow Univers►ty Bill—Committee. 10. Church of Ireland Bill—Committee. 11. Election Expenses Bill—Further consideration of Report.. 12. Qualification of Members Bill—Further consideration of Report 13. Lighthouses Bill—Second reading. 14. Music and Dancing Licenses Bill—Committee. la. Supply—Committee. 16. Ways and Means—Committee. 17. Prisons Regulation Bill—Committee. 13. Clandestine Marriages (Ireland) Bill—Report. 19. Landed Securities (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 20. Imprisonment for Debt Bill—Report. 21. Ecclesiastical Courts Bill—Second reading. 22. Stafford Disfranchisement Bill—Third reading. `4. Yet this was a power which was supposed td be called for by the public voice. file right of voting was settled some three or four years ago, after a very full discussion from men of all parties-- yet it was thought proper, under this most specious Bill, to take away the power of voting froin—to take away the Parliamentary franchise from—freemen, unless they were enrolled in a particular way. By this Act, the rights were taken from every apprentice and every minor. What had they done to deserve this ? In this age, was it not more likely that they might be reached by the schoolmaster who was now roaming abroad, and become the fit depositaries of such a privilege. That right of voting was taken away without the slightest shadow of reason. He did not there mean to say that it was his opinion, but it was the openly avowed, and general opinion of many out of that House, that the Bill was brought forward for the mere purpose of con ferring political power on a particular party, and that the Bill is a mere pretence or cloak for carrying such intention into effect. If any one thought it his duty to answer such objections anti 'suspicions, he would be bound to explain how it was that this 11th clause was still in the Bill. There were many minors who were not appren tices, whose fathers were dead, but whose undoubted rights descended to their children. These children, without any protector, were robbed by this Bill of that which was theirs, as undoubtedly as it were the estates of their Lordships. This Bill bore too much ana logy to others of a public nature. It seemed to be the modern policy of England to protect the rights of the rich, while those of the poor are trodden under foot. He was sorry to see that such was now the course taken by those in power ; lit he relied on their Lordships to protect these poor persons from the tyranny of the House of Commons. He looked in vain for any clause to protect the rights of infants. Who was to act for them ? Who was to pro tect from spoliation the rights of those who were not able to speak for themselves ? Who was to protect the rights of lunatics, of tau pers, or persons who were resident in remote districts ? It ap peared from the language of the Act, as he read it, that there u - as no protection for any one of these—their rights were abso lutely and conclusively gone. He saw among their Lordships at least two Noble Lords, who being entitled to extensive manors, were entitled to receive toll from all persons who were not bur gesses in the toWns within the circuit of their estates—towns which, in most cases, had been erected and formed by the bounty of their ancestors, and which, in many cases, derived every portion of their property from the ancestors of those Noble Individuals. Every burgess would, under this new institution, be exempted from the payment of toll to the owners of these manors, inasmuch as they were not bodies corporate. He would never cease, if he were with the eye of a law yer to go through every line of this clause. He would occupy more than two entire days, and he could assure their Lordships that there was a Chancery suit in every line.—(A laugh.) And in the pre sent state of the Court of Chancery, where two Judges did the bu siness of three, that was not very eminently desirable. Lord BROUGHAM—The whole appeal business was done by this House by volunteers. Mr. KNIGHT alluded to the Court of Chancery. Lord BRO UG HA NI—I know that, but it should be recollected that the Lord Chancellor used to be compelled to sit in this House. Mr. KNIGHT, after an observation which we did not catch, proceeded to state, that this Bill was a compound of dishonesty, folly, and spoliation from the beginning to the end. He had drawn their Lordships' attention to some of the clauses of this Bill, but not to the most objectionable. He had drawn their attention to some of them with a view to aid their Lordships' observations; but he must submit that this Bill was one of which amendment was impossible—that it was a B:11 which, if submitted to the ordinary process which Bills requiring alteration were subjected, would come out of the Committee to which it might be subjected, as changed as one of the old Corporations put into this kettle would come out in the shape of a New Town Council after the operation was performed. He believed that the Bill created much individual spoliation—much interference with personal privilege, freehold office, freehold estate, personal character, personal situation, and the well-being of the community throughout the greater portion of the country, and it changed every habit and custom of society. lie had collected from the public sources of information, that the dose that was to be administered to the boroughs of Ireland was prefaced with a narrative totally different from that of the present Bill, for what reason he did not know, but probably because the Irish would not bear the words neglect and abuse which were used in the English Bill which had been carried through the House of Commons upon the allegation, and belief of the allegation, of neglect and abuse ; and if the House should think fit to strike out of the principle of the Bill those words, " neglect and abuse," not only no longer would it be the Bill the House of Commons had sent up, but it would be a Bill de prived of the solid ground and representation of facts of which those who acted in the Commons must have been supposed to be in possession of. Much had been said in another place about Oxford and Aldborough, but neither of those places were contained in the present Bill; they were left in the mystery of iniquity in which they were found by the representations of the Report. In the reign of Edward the Third two statutes were passed, for the purpose of correcting the Reports of Commissioners of Corporate Inquiry. Any of their Lordships would naturally be startled at a notice, of inquiry into the amount of their charities and properties. None would wish to live under a Government which would sanction such enquiries, for none would wish to have their private affairs brought before the public. That eminent and illustrious Lawyer,Lord Coke, had said ofCommissions, that those of new invention were against the law until they had the sanction of an Act of Parliament, and that they required a warrant of law, and the allowance of courts of justice to legalize them. In the 12th volume of the same learned authority with respect to Com missions of Enquiry, it was decided that they were illegal, inasmuch they were only to inquire and not to adjudicate, and because it did not come within the statute of the sth of Elizabeth. Such was the opinion of that great lawyer on the subject of Commissions of Inquiry. Lord BROUGHAM—Do you, Mr. Knight, take it that Lord Coke alludes not to inquiries into crime, but inquiries into right? Mr. KNIGHT—Yes, my Lord. The principle of what he states applies to all cases. Lord BROUGHAM—But the King may issue a Commission, appointing Commissioners with judicial authority. Mr. KNIGHT resumed—lt appeared to him that the principle ex tended to all inquiries which might tend to injure a man in cha racter or interest. There were other instances which he would cite. They took place in the reign of a Monarch not conspicuous for his attaahment to the rights and kitivileges of the people of England—of a Monarch who was not very remarkable for his love of the Protestant Bench of Bishops—he was a man of an amiable disposition in private life, but whose public acts it was impossible to defend. He then quoted a long passage from Jones's History, and Hallam's Life of James the Second.. He would then quote the opinions of a man who was one imbued with illiberal sentiments—he meant the late Charles James Fox. The King first attacked the Charter of London, and then those of all the other corporations in the kingdom, which were either forfeited, or forced to surrender by a species of vio lence. He had two important points in view ;—the first was, that in every large assemblage of the people, the Crown should have its agents, and, in the next, should h e nd it necees sary to dissolve his Parliament, he might have, by their influence, a great majority of representatives returned in his favour. The corporations did not stir till too late. He trusted their Lordships would not receive their assistance till it was too late. Of late there had been many Commissioners appointed to inquire into and report upon the functions and practice of the King's Courts of Law—they had acted, and had even taken upon themselves the power of administering an oath, Lord BROUGHAM observed that since 1683 there had been 150 Commissions issued, and from 1715 there bad been 53, Mr. KNIGHT was aware of that ; but, with all due deference, and with a great distrust of his own opinion, that he had cause to doubt upon the matter. Could they prosecute for perjury, or if a witness refused to attend, could they compel him ? They might be ordered to attend, but be would venture to assert that a charge of perjury, if these witnesses took a false oath before these Commissioners, could not be legally sus , tamed. Commissions that had previously issued, applied to purelypublic subjects; and if a great name, which he found in counec tion with these Cemrnissions—if an illustrious Earl of that House had been asked to put the Great Seal to this Commission—toinquire into the property, demeanor, and conduct of Corporations—would he have put the Great Seal to a Commission such as he had described? He believed he would not. These Corporations were liable to be inquired into by two of the Courts of the country-- by the Court of King's Bench and the Court of Chancery. In these Courts all deflections from their charters were inquired into —all irregularities of election, all t'alsadministration was cognisable and liable to correction, but the King had never yet taken this cur r(ction—this inquiry into his own hands. Those who had advised his Majesty to interfere with these Corporations, had advised him le an infraction of the law and the constitution of this country. He had as much right, and lawful power and legitimate authority as if he had isssued a Commission of enquiry to enquire into the private estates and muniments of any of their Lordships. He wished to call their Lordships' attention to the Commission under which these Commissioners had acted respecting Corporations. These Corporations were no more subject to' legal control in the disposition of their property, than was any of their Lordships in the fee-simple of his estate. Unless this inquiry was meant to vex, torment, and persecute the community, no otherwise was this Commission legal—then, and then only, might it not be made a subject of impeachment to those who had advised it—then, and not otherwise, might those who had acted under this illegal authority be protected—then might not these Commissioners be criminally i n dieted for having gone through the country exercising authority under this commission. By the Commission,autherity was given to the coma missioners to ransack every document in the custody of these Corpo :at MEM, or their officers- The Commissioners acting under this Com• mission, haddoubtless the best advice that those-who assisted the Cam. missioners could give them. And that being so, what had taken place ? Why, in every instance where their authority had been resisted they had given way--the giant died with a pebble.-- ( A laugh.) Was that, he would ask, a right state of things—was it right to have a Commission issuing from the Crown, sealed with the Great Seal of England, that any of his Majesty's sub jects might treat with contempt and scorn? Under the authority of the Commission the Commissioners had dispersed themselves throughout the kingdom, with the exception of Mr. Blackburn, the Chief Commissioner, who appeared to have had the se dentary employment of sitting at the seat of tribute, and there receiving those contributions which his emissaries might send him. Now what course had the Commissioners taken? Why, in many places of great importance there had been only the attendance of one Commissioner, so that their Lordships might take it that wherever the Commissioners had arrived at any eon fclusion it was, in some instances, the judgment of only one, and in no case of more than two Commissioners. The House of Com mons had been asked to give credit to certain witnesses as to acts they had stated. Now, how had the evidence given by those witnesses been stated by the Commissioners ? In some instances they had not even given the names of the witnesses, or their answers to the questions put to them ; a ll, t h ere f ore, the House knew was, that in the opinion of Mr. Long in one place, and of others in others, that so and so was the' result of the evidence which they had heard. Would a cat be condemned for stealing milk upon such evidence ?—( A laugh.) And yet it was upon evidence of this description that the estates, the offices, and the rights of millions of his Majesty's subjects were to be taknn from them. Lord LYNDHURST—Does it appear by the appendix, or any other document, that the witnesses were examined upon oath? Mr. KNIGHT—Yes, my Lord, the word oath is used. Lord LYNDHURST—Are the names of the witnesses to the statement ? Mr. KNIGHT said that such was the case, only in a few instances, in the greater number they were not. He hoped the time would never come when political or religious opinions would be a bar to the performa nce o f pu bli c d ut i es ; b ut it was rather singular that the inquiry in the present instance was confided to persons, the great majority of whom entertained politi cal opinions strongly opposed to those of the Corporations whose of • fairs they were appointed to investigat e . Th e L earne d G entleman then referred to the appointment of W. P ar k es , E sq ., as S ecretary and Solicitor to the Commission. He believed Mr. P. was a respect able man, so far as private cha rac t er was concerned, and that he was in business exteosively in Birmingham, Whether Mr, Parkes had distinguished himself as secretary to another society, he (Mr. Knight) knew not.--(A laugh.) But this Commission, with such a secretary, went up and down through the country—hissed and hooted here, rejected there—received in one place, and embraced in another—and sent in the Report on which the present Bill was founded.—(Laughter.) He would next refer to Mr. Hogg, who had made a separate Report to the other Commissioners. After writing several letters to the Home Office, at the expiration of two months Mr. Hoge- received an answer frern Mr. Phillip s , Sccretary to Lord- John ' Russell, stating that his (Mr. Hogg's) separate Report would be forwarded to his Lordship in a few :lays ; and in a subsequent letter Mr. Phillips stated that Lord John Rus sell had some doubts whether he should forward the separate Report of Mr. Hogg to his Majesty. He knew not vvhether any of these Commissioners had taken an oath to dis charge the duties of his office faithfully and zealously, but he believed they had not, and this, no matter what was the character of the individuals employed, was most important and in dispensable. From the instructions placed in his (Mr. Knight's) hands, both by parties and solicitors—but to which, no more than the Commission, would he ask for credit until their Lordships had heard it—but from the instructions placed in his hands, he was pre pared to shew that the conduct of those Commissioners in many in stances which could be given in evidence and substantiated, was al together injudicial, glaringly partial, grossly oppressive, and admit ting the statements on one side while they refused those on the other: He was instructed that they had been guilty of conduct of the most scandalous and disgraceful nature—he hoped that the statements he was instructed to make could net be proved, but he was instructed that there were parties now in town who would prove such cases at the Bar. The Learned Gentleman then referred to the case of Berwick, where he said the Commissioner had put down the property of the freemen and corporation, as rated to poor, at only 7,000/. while that of non-freemen was set down at 16,0001., and that for the purpose of showing that the wealthy part of the inhabitants did not join the Corporation. Now he was instructed that the fact was just the other way—just vice versa—the Town Clerk was in town, and would prove the fact at the Bar of the House. The Learned Counsel then referred to some other cases of abuse, which he said was but a small sample of that contained in the Report. He would not wade through this scandal upon the name of evidence, by which the feelings of thousands were wounded—their property taken from them. The Commissioners went to Arundel, a borough that ought to be pure, if any were ; and they state there that neither party heard the evidence given by the other. This, he was informed, was incorrect, for the truth was, the Commissioners stated to those who had attacked and impugned the Corporations, all they had heard, but they stated nothing to the other party. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to read the statements of the Commissioners at some length. With respect to Leicester the state ments in the Report of the Commissioners stated one thing, and the statement given him by the Town Clerk another. So with respect to Sutton Goldfield—in fact there were numberless other cases which he could bring to the attention of their Lordships, but he would refrain from doing so, being fully aware that it would be a waste of their Lordships'. time. The argument of the Commissioners was, that because some mis management and impropriety bad occurred in some boroughs, four thousand public functionaries-were to be disgraced and deposed. The Learned Gentleman then adverted to the report of the town of Cacrmarthen. It was there stated that the town was governed merely for political purposes ; yet, when he turned to the poll, he' found 157 burgesses voted for the e orporation candidate, while 108 voted against them. He would go no further with these cases—but as a counsel he was bound to say that there was no confidence in these gentlemen. He spoke of them in their public -cha e racter. If their Lordships would act upon the Report they must see and examine the evidence—they must see the witnesses them selves, and judge of their demeanour. He demanded as a right that his clients should have the power of meeting such evi dence by evidence of their own, before their freeholds, &c. were taken away. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to read extracts from the Report of the Commissioners, to show that no neglect or abuse had been proved against the freemen. There was but one of the Corporations for which he appeared, that would object to a restrained power; the calumniated Corporations of England had never been subjected to that restraint, but the Corporations he represented had no desire to prevent a reasonable infusion of the popular voice, if it should be thought useful or required_provided it - was done by a temperate and just, and not unfriendly hand. ' They desired nothing but not to be reformed by those who have sworn their extirpation. He trusted, however, their Lordships would pause before they acceded to the principle of making Magistrates to be elected annually, and by that means making the enjoyment of office by any men subservient to the will of their bitterest enemies. It appeared to him that if there was any foundation for even half the observations that Sir Charles ' Wetherell and himself had offered to their Lordships, it was impossible for him to suppose that if the Bill was subjected to the scrutiny of a Committee, one-fiftieth part of it would remain, and it must of of necessity fall to the ground. He appeared at their Lordships' bar in behalf the freemen who would be deprived throughout the country of that which he now claimed for them—their inheritance; which was as much an estate of which they had rightful possession, and which they were entitled to leave to their posterity to be by them enjoyed and used justly and lawfully for - their own private purposes, as were the private estates of their Lordships. He ap peared in behalf of those rights, and in resista nce o f th e pr i nc i p l e contained in this Bill ofinvasion and spoliation, on the old tyrant's plea of expediency, which would equally apply itself to the privileges and possessions of every rank of society in the same was. All well ordered Governments consisted of individuals who had the,posses sion of certain privileges; The privilege of the freemen was one ; the privilege of the peerage was another. They were different members of the same community, each in his different grade useful, and contributing to the harmony of the whole. There did not exist the principle of expediency on which they could deprive the freeman of his privilege, and which might not with equal Justice be applied to the Peerage. Introduce the principle, and they both must fall—introduce the principle, and they were gone—introduce the principle, and no longer would there be safety for rank, or pro perty, or privilege. Therefore, as Counsel for the parties, he im plored their Lordships not to proceed further in this Bill. By pro ceeding they would recognize its principle ; by undertaking its im provement—by allowing that it was susceptible of alteration —they would he admitting the principle of general and wholesale disfran chisement, on that notion of expediency, which, if allowed to pre vail, would put an end to the laws of 700 years, and destroy the distinction they had maintained between the Peer, the peasant, and the burgher. In the words of the poet— " Illa dies atratuque Ducct r uinam." On that day when their - Lordships admitted the principle of arbi• trarily depriving the lowest Member of the State of his privileges, the House of Peers might view the privileges of themselves as de. stroyed. To finish his quotation from the same author— " supremum Carpere itur comites parati." Sir C. WETHERELL said that in the course of his speech he had stated that he should claim to be allowed to produce such evi dence at their Lordships' bar as he thought proper to negative the preamble of this Bill, and he now appeared in form to submit that claim to their Lordships' consideration, being prepared with evidence. Lord BROUGHAM said it appeared to him that the course now pursued by the Learned Gentleman was irregular. He had already submitted his claim to their Lordships, and he supported it with his usual ability. Indeed, both the Learned Gentlemen who had been heard had submitted the same claim. The Learned Gentle man could not move their Lordships. If first one Learned Gen tleman was to be heard for six hours, and he were to be followed by another Learned Gentleman for six hours more, and then the first were to be allowed to begin again, it was obvious that there would be no end to the speeches of Counsel. Their Lordships had determined to hear two Counsel ; the two Learned Gentlemen at the bar had been heard, and the claim was made by both of them.—( Hear.) Sir C. WETHERELL had no wish to address their Lordships on the subject further, if it was admitted that he had made the claim. Lord LYNDHURST said, what he understood the Learned Gentleman to say was—that he was prepared now with the evidence. The Earl of FALMOUTH (we believe) suggested that the more convenient course would be for their Lordships to adjourn till Monday. The question that _Counsel be ordered to withdraw was then agreed to. The Earl of WINCHILSEA said, out of regard to the honour of their Lordships—. The SPEAKER interrupted the Noble Lord, and ordered the witlidiawal of the counsel. The Earl of WINCHILSEA again rose. He said he trusted that the Noble Lord opposite, out of regard to the honour of their Lordships, and out of regard to his ow n p u bli c h onour and charac ter, as well as that of his colleagues, would well weigh, between this and Monday, the course he meant to pursue. Never did this. House stand in such a situation as that in which it was now placed' s and if, after what they had heard delivered at that bar, there wa one particle of honour left in this House, England might still be what she had been—a great and' respected nation.—(Opposition cheers.) He would ask, was there any man who had heard that most powerful appeal at their Lordships' bar, who could put his hand on his heart and say—if they were to pass this Bill— which struck at every prerogative of the Crown—and at the just rights and privileges of the people—that such a course was not to gratify the most democratic spirit that ever disgraced the the country.—(Much Opposition cheering.) Of this Bill— which had been allowed to come up to their Lordships' House, he would say—in God's name let them resist it now— ( Cheers)—let them resist it at once, and follow the advice which had been given them by Counsel—let a Parliamentary Commission be issued—let them proceed on constitutional grounds—(Cheers)— and he would give to the proceedings his best consideration and the warmest support us his power,, They. ulight_rest arlured that they could not take away the privileges of any body of men—privileges which were of as much value to them in their station as were those possessed by their Lordships, without incurring a danger, the mere contemplation of which would make him tremble ; he was confident that the most feat ful consequences would result, not only to this House, but to the whole empire —( Hear, hear.) The least that could be said of those who had sanctioned this measure was, that they had adopted it inconsiderately, having been betrayed by those who had been employed. He did, then, implore the Noble Viscount to consider well the course he would pursue. They were placed in a difficulty from which if they endeavoured to escape in the wrong direction, they would bring ruin on this happy land. So great was his apprehension, that he would give up all he possessed to see their Lordships placed In a different situation—to see them relieved from a Bill which he held to be grounded on the most atrocious attacks on the property and liberties of the country.—( Opposition cheers. ) LORD MELBOURNE—I can tell the Noble Earl at once the course which I intend to pursue. Two counsel having been heard at your Lordship? bar, on the principle of the Bill, according to the wish of many Noble Lords in this House, I beg to say that I will now move that the further consideration of the measure be adjourned, and on Monday next I shall move that this House do re solve itself into a Committee on the Bill.—(Cheers.) The Earl of WINCHILSEA—Then, my Lords, I hereby give notice, that on Monday next I will move, as an amendment to the motion of the Noble Viscount, that an Address be presented to the Crown, praying his Majesty to order that there be laid before your Lordships any further instruction given to the Commissioners, other than those contained in the public documents which have al ready been laid upon your Lordships' table. I beg also to say that I shall divide your Lordship? House on that question.—(Cheers.) The Noble Earl concluded with his notice of motion. The Duke of NEWCA STLE asked whether the Noble Viscount did not mean to hear the offered evidence ? Lord MELBOURNE—Certainly not. The Duke of NEWCASTLE--.-. 1141 he understand the Noble Vis count rightly in supposinlig, that he meant to refuse to allow evi dence to he given 7 Lord MELBOURNE—( Hear, hear)—l have no hesitation in saying that I shall not consent to evidence being called.—( Cheers. ) The Duke of NEWCASTLE then proceeded to address their .Lordships; but he did so with somuch hesitation and apparent em barrassment, that all our efforts to understand more than some de tailed sentences which he uttered, were completely baffled. What we could collect was, that he had no hesitation in declaring that. the Noble Viscount, if he refgad tn hear evidence, would pursue a course of ccinduet that was directly opposed to every constitu tional principle that should govein a peer, a man, or a British sub ject. If the Noble Viscount and his friends meant that the rights of the people should be taken from them by a measure so extraor dinary, so arbitrary, and so revolutionary—if the Noble Viscount meant io require that this House should thus vote away the rights of his fellow-subjects—he did say that the course was so atrocious, as regarded the rights, liberties, and privileges of his fellow-eiti zous, that those Ministers of the King who sanctioned it would•be liable to impeachement—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear"); and if no other person was willing to come forward to impeach them, be himself would do it.—( Renewed cries of " Hear, hear." Lard BROUGII AM— I beg to suzgest to the Noble Duke that it is a very un,ommon course for a judge—one of them who are to try my Noble Friend here—to begin by being a party to the prose cution.—( Hear, hear.) That practice, surely, is not to be found amongst the ancient rules or usages of British subjects —( A laugh.) My Noble Friend must be impeached —if impeached at all—by the Commons of England, and the Noble Duke will be called upon 0 sit as a judge; any one of the Commons may move my Noble Friend's impeachment, and when he came to take his trial, I, as I well as the Noble D u k e , s h a ll h ave to d ec i de as to the charge. shall do my best when that occasion arrives to act with perfect im partiality, and I hope I shall be able to subdue all private feeling--- ( 4 laugh)—and show that I have been governed by as strict a love of justice, as one of the Learned Gentlemen in the course•of his speech gave me credit for having exhibited during the period when I sat in the Court of Chancery, of which I shall say more at another time. The Earl of FALMOUTH said, as thay had not always under stood the course of these proceedings, he wished to know whether they should not be at liberty to move that evidence be heard at the bar on Monday next.—( Hear, hear.) He had no doubt on the subject ; but he thought it better be made quite clear. The Duke of CUMBERLAND—My Lords, Ido not rise to pro long the debate; on the contrary, my object is to ask your Lord ships whether, it having become so hot, it would not be wise to ad journ? I think we are not in a state this evening to come to quiet an.l-tetnperate determination. I would move then that yell' Lordships should now adjourn till Monday, and between now ar4 then the House will have time to cool. Lord BROUGHAM agreed in the illustrious Duke's suggestion , though not for the same reason. There must first, however, be an adjournment of the question, and there were then some orders of the day to be proceeded with. The Duke of CUMBERLAND said they were matters of mere form. All he wished was to put an end to the present debate. Lord BROUGHAM—I was going to say that I had not been sensibL, of any remarkable heat. Lord LYNDHURST asked a question relative to the evidence which had been taken by the Commissioners. There had been al aggregate Report, and a great number of particular R e p or t s , and he begged to a s k th e N o bl e Vi scount wheth er, besides the evidence given in the aggregate Report, which was taken as its foundation , he would consent to lay upon the table of their Lordship? House the evidence on which each particular Report was founded. Lord MELBOURNE did not think that the documents Cl' isted in such a shape as to enable him to produce them to the;t Lo7dships. The motion for the adjournnient of the debate was then agreed to. The Duke of NEWCASTLE preSented a petition from the bur gesses of Nottingham against the Municipal Corporations Bill. 1 18 said that he had frequently been represented as a personal tyrant , disregarding the rights of others, and deserving to be knocked 01 the head ; but the poor had now their rights and privileges threat' ened by the very party who had so stigmatized him, while he was ready to come forward and defend them to the utmost o f his power. The Noble Duke having read the petition at length, cots' eluded by declaring before God and his country, that he would tee' sist to the utmost any arbitrary power which might contemplate an encroachment on their civil rights, whether it was exercised by the King, the Parliament, or the people. The petition was laid on the table.—Adjourned. . NOTICES OF MOTIONS. I. Mr. Sheriff Raphael,—Bill for the repeal of the Legacy Duty, so far as it affects Bequests to Charities. 2. Lord Robert Grosvenor,—Bill for preventing the exposure of obscene Prints. 3. Sir Samuel Whalley,—Petition from the Vestry of St. Maryle bone, complaining of the proceedings of the Conservative As- sociation. 4. Lord Viscount Stormont,—To move that Thomas Moore Keith be brought to the Bar on Wednesday, in order to his being discharged. 5. Mr. Fowell Buxton,—Petition from the Prison Discipline So ciety aganst the Prisons Regulations Bill. 6. Lord John Russell,—Resolution, expressive of the sense enter tain d by this House of the services of Henry Seymour, Esq. ‘ 7. Lord John Russell,—Bill to provide for tne further Reduction of the Militia Staff. S. Lord John Russell,—That the Committee on General Darling take no cognizance of the Court-martial on Captain Robison. 9. Colonel Sibthorp,—On Second Reading of Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, to move that it be read a second time that day three months ; or to refer it to a Select Committee, to inquire into the jurisdiction of Local Testamentary Courts. 10. 31r. Harvey,—To move the insertion of a Clause in the Ex penses at Elections Bill. 11. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer,—Vote for providing • pensation for the Owners of Slaves (in Committee or Sotitolyej Church of Ireland 1. Mr. Harvey,—provision, That the interest on the million ad vanced to the Irish Clergy be raised by a rate. 2. Mr. Grattan,—To move an additional Clause. 3. Mr. Sharman Crr.wford,—To move an additional Clause. 4. Mr. Tooke,—Provision for disabled Curates and their Widows. 5. Mr. Lucas,—To move a clause for the more equitably appor tioning the deduction of 30 per cent. between lessor and lessees of Impropriate Tithes. 6. Mr. French,—To move a Clause instead of Clause 89. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4.-NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Edward Lytton Bulwer,—Bill for the admission of Dis . . senters to the 'Universities. 2. Mr. Maxwell,—To refer the Report of the Select Committee on Hand-loom Weavers to a Committee of the whole House. 3. Mr. Hume,—Resolutions relating to official appointments. 4. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer,—ln case the Return from the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Carnarvon concerning Justices of the Peace be not previously made, that he attend at the Bar of the House. 5. Lord George Bentinck,—ln Committee on Weights and Mea sures Bill,—To move that all Coals, Cinders, and Culm, shall be sold by weight. 6. Mr. Grantly Berkeley,—To call the attention of the House to the Report of the Select Committee on the Stranger's Gsllery. 7. Mr. Thomas Duncombe,—Select Committee on Colonel Brad ley's case. 8. Mr. Hume,—To call the attention of the House tojthe Evidence taken before the Select Committee respecting Orance Lodges. 9. Mr. Tulk,—Bill to provide for the payment, by the East India Company, of compensation to Mr. Buckingham. 10. Sir Edward Codrington,—Petition from Timothy Bram* Esq., for remuneration for materials used in the house built for the late Duke of York. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Weights and Measures Bill—Committee (at 12.) 2. Printed Papers—Resolution—Adjourned Debate thereupon. 3. Letters Patent Bill—Second reading (at 12.) 4. Parish Vestries Act Amendment Bill—Second reading. 5. Imprisonment for Debt (Scotland) Bill—Further consideration of Report (at 12). 6. Arrestment of Wages (Scotland) Bill—Further consideration of Report (at 12.) 7. Public Carriages (Metropolis) Bill—Repent (at 12.) 8. Instruments of Sassne (Scotland) Bill—Further consideration of Report (at 12. ) 9. Steam Vessels Pilotage Bill—Second reading. 10. Bankrupts Estates (Scotland) Bill—Further consideration of Report (at 12. )- 11. Reform of Parliament (Scotland) Bill —.Further consideration of Report. 12. Savings Banks (Scotland) Bill—Further consideration of Re. • port. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST S.—ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 2. Civil Affairs (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 3. Inns, Alehouses, and Victualling Houses Bill—Committee. 5. Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 5. Poor Employment (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 6. Excise Incorporation (Scotland) Bill—Second reading. 7. Tonnage Adineasurement 13i11—Second reading. 8. Steam Vessels (Thames) Bill—Second reading. NOTICE. Or MOTION. Major Beauclerk,—ln Committee on Inns, Alehouses, land Vi c . tualling-houses Bill, to move that all such houses be allowe ( ' henceforward all kind of music for the entertainment of the public. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6.—NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Afr.Wilks,—Foi the consideration and redress of the practical Grievances of Protestant Dissenters. 2. Mr. Plumptre —Captain Acheson's case. 3. Mr. Ewart ,— Address 2 to the Crown in favour of the appoint. _ ment of Peers for life. 4. Mr. Pemberton,—To call the attention of the House to the present state of business in the Court of Chancery. 5. Mr. Tooke,—That a Committee of nine be appointed at the commencement of each Session, to whom all Divorce, Estate, and Naturalization Bills shall be referred. 6. Mr. Tooke,—To call the attention of the House to the Addre ss for granting a Charter to the University of London. 7. Mr. Mullins,—To move for a Commission on the present state of the rush Fisheries. IN Captain PLchell,—Bill for the amendment of the Law as to the tithing of Turnips in certain cases. 9. Captain Pechell,—Bill for the recovery of Small Tithes. 10. krd Viscount Sandon —Bill to provide for the mair.tenance of the Clergy and to abolish certain Church Rates in Liverpool. 11 . Mr. Sheil,—Papers relating to the affairs of the late Rajah of Tanjore. 12. Mr. O'Loghlin,—Bill for facilitating the appointment of She riffs in Ireland. ORDERS OF TIE DAY. 1. Hull Merchant Seamen's Fund Bill—Report (at 12.) 2. Marriage Act Amendment Bill—Committee (at 12.) 3. Cruelty to Animals Bill—Further consideration o f Report (at 12. 4. Public Institutions Bill—Committee (at 12.) 5. Public Walks Bill—Committee (at 12.) 6. Sale of Bread Bill—Committee (at 12.) FRIDAY, AUGUST 6.—ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 2. Real Property Bill—Committee. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, AUGUST 1. (Concluded from our First Edition of Saturday.) Mr. KNIGHT had heard a good deal of despots, but he believed that, of all the despots that existed in the world—of all the slavery that ever existed—there never was a slave colony in any part of America, whose code of laws was disgraced by such an infamous, grinding, and detestable law as that which was contemplated by this Act. It was inconsistent with the institutions of every civilized country, and especialiy inconsistent with the rights that have hi therto been enjoyed by every Briton. He declared solemnly that anything more infamous or disgraceful to the times they lived in he could not conceive, than that a British House of Com mons should have passed a Bill containing such a clause. It was, he would again repeat, inconsistent with the laws of this country, or of any civilized one in Europe. This was one of the many clauses of a Bill which, if they were to judge by the publications circulated among the people, their Lordships 'were threatened, unless they passed it ; and Englishmen ,vote . ss deluded into thinking so, und er a l amen tabl e i gnorance o f all that lurked in the document. Their Lordships' attention had been already directed to section eighty-nine, which related to bye laws, and by it the council were e m p owere d t o impose fines for nuisances, which were not punishable under any existing law. Whether this related to private nuisances or not he (Mr. Knight) knew not; it was only another of the million legal obscurities and absurdities which the Bill created. The whole regulation of the lives and morals of such of the King's subjects as had the misfortune to live in these boroughs, was thus placed under the absolute controul of. the Town Council, mitigated only by the discretion of the Home Secretary for the time being. There was nothing to prevent the restoration of the " Curfew," or any other most tyrannical and intolerable interference with the habits of society at large by this omnipotent Council. There was another provision relative to the payment of all monies arising out of the Corporation property to the treasurer, for the benefit of the inhabitants and the improvement of the borough ; and in addition to this, the counsel was authorized to make a rate sufficient for all the purposes of the Act—there was to be an appeal with respect to the fairness and equalization of the rate, but none as to its policy.' As the law at present stood any necessary improvements could be made, but should this Bill pass, there would be theatres, and hotels, and dancing-rooms, and tea-gardens required as indispensably necessary for the improvement of the town, and for the accommodation of the Town Council and their ladies. Against the policy of this there could be no appeal, and above all, the rate was to be laidon by those who would pay little or no portion of it. It was evident that the powers of the King and the House of Lords were as nothing at all to the most absolute, grinding, unappealing des potism of the Town Councils. And these men would be people without education, property, or any claim to the station they would be called upon to fill. If he (Mr. Knight) apprehended the Bill would pass, much as he loved his country, rather than live within those degraded and marked districts, and be subjected to the tyranny of those Town Councils, if there were no other place to live in in England, he would rather fly from it than submit to have the tyranny which the Bill legalized. If there was any one who heard him whose motto was cure paella eerier libertas he must agree in this opinion. He now came to the 67th and 63th sections, which related to the public charities vested in the hands of the Corporations. Without reference to the wills of the donors, to any of the objects of the charity, or the charities them. selves, these were all to be placed under the controul of a Com mittee of the Town Council. The Report of th e S e l ect Com mittee on Public Charities wettld give their L or d s hi ps some idea of the enormous amount of the flitgis to be thus placed in the power of these Town Councils or their Committees. Under this Bill any three insolvents who may happen to be upon the Trust Committee of the Town Council, would have nothing more to do than to combine together for any one purpose—by so doing they might sell out 100,8001. of Stock, or more, of the funds of the town, and if they happened to live near the coast, they might be iu Calais or Rotterdam before any one knew of the matter. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. CALTHORP V CALTHORP. Mr. JACOBS stated that this petition wa^ presented by LOrd Calthorpe, who was tenant for life, over to rant build' ing leases o f th e estates i n this ce: u s a se. There was a larg e p g sum of money in Court, which of land on s i was to be i nves t e d i n t h e pur chase ;filar trusts. Part of the estates wer e situate at Edgelmston, near Birmingham, where it was veil desirable that advantage should be taken of a demand O r building g roun d , and for that purpose it was necessary that ' roads should b e l a id out through the estate. The owners of property in the neighbourhood were making roads through their estates, and unless this estate were treated in the sal? e manner, the present favourable opportunity of improving it: value would be lost. It was submitted, according to tbe prayer of the petition, that an appropriation of part of the e funds in C our t to t h e purpose of making these roads wo9b be authori ze d b y t h e Court as an investment in land, inasmuch as it would so much enhance the value of the property. His HONOUR did not conceive that an investment in '1 01 : provement of an estate already purchased could be col" dered a purchase of lands, and refused the prayer of to e petition. Mr. Walker (a party interested) suggested that a refereues to the Master should be directed, to determine upon the pri7; priety of o bt a i n i ng a pr i vate Act of Parliament for the upP". cation of a part of the trust fund. His HONOUR acceded to this proposal, and a reference 5 05 directed. ASSIZE IN TELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LEICESTSR, Juzr 31. JERVIS V. DEWES. (Before Mr. Justice VAUGHAN and a full Special Jury.) This was an action brought for the recovery of compens't tion in damages for injuries sustained by reason of certain misrepresentations made by the defendant to the plaintiff. The plaintiff and the defendants are attorneys ; the form,_ residing at Hi nc hl ey , i n t hi s county, and the latter at Ashby de-la- Zouch. In 1829, Mr. Jervis being desirous of obtaining , the assistance of a partner, and haiing been applied to by a t person of th e name o f S nelson, he was prevailed upon-to en into negotiatio ns w i t h t h at i nd i vidual, with a view to his being admitted into partnership with Mr. Jervis, and on an applic a : tion being made to Mr. Dewes for character, in whose employ Snelson had for some time been, he received in reply a lettOr! speaking of Snelson in the highest terms, the only exception. to the general tenor of the note being that he, Snelson, nr.7, 1 rather extravagant in dress, a fault which most young roc were prone to. Subsequently, Snelson was admitted in to partnership with Mr. Jervis, and in the course of a very fc years contrived to injure and rob him to a very serious'extent; and it appearing to Mr. Jervis, from many suspicious circunl: stances connected with S ne l son ' s i ntroduction to his, Jervis'' office, that Dewes mu s t h ave b een aware of his previous ha b l i 7 and bad character, the present action was instituted for an recovery of d tmages for the injuries sustained. The plaintiff was nonsuited. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—ExaTER, JULY 31. _ • All the avenues to the Court were crowded at an 'cal:Lye bl r with persons anxious to obtain a sight, if not a hearing of th e trial of Henry John Honey, for the murder of his wife. T ile interior of the Court was filled with respectably individuals , great portion of whom were females. His Lordship took his seat soon after nine, when the prisoaF f was brought up and placed at the bar. He in a firm and de" liberate tone pleaded Not Guilty. ca l led several tiowE conducted th e case f or the prosecution, and caild several witnesses who d e p ose d to the facts, which have alrcaw „ appeared at length in our columns. The prisoner put in a written defence, which contained de" clarations of the affection which he felt for his wife. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up in a most impressive at!' dress, which took him thirty-five minutes in delivering. The Jury found a ver di ct o f M anslaughter, on which there was a slight hissing in the Court. The Learned Judge then sentenced him to transportatio o o for life, hoping hi s sen t ence wou ld b e a warning to all persor' given to drunkenness. - Prisoner sunk back in his chair as soon as the verdict vini delivered, and after utterin g a f ew words as if in prayer, bow" his head on his hands, and a pp eare d absorbed in overwhelming grief. (ADVERTISEMENT.) DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES AND FORKS• 4:s 19 " Plain Ivory handles, silver ferrules, rer doten pair. : .. t .£ e Carved ivory handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair :3 15 6 11 ". 0 11 Plain pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair... 4 4 0 11 ~, 0 Carved pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair 56 0 12 r, 0 King's pattern or Queen's pattern, silver handles ... 6 iti 6 14 L'. , Steel Plated Blades. 3 o i n - Silveri ill a do, ... , , : T. COX SAVORY, Working Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cory hill, London. N.B. A detailed list of the prices of Silver Plate, Plated Good'' &c. may be had gratis. B IRTII S. On the 24th ult., at St. Clare, ntaralyile, in the Isle of sir4l l o' the lady of William Mathew Glascock, Esq., of a daughter. f On the 28th ult., i n Great Coram-street, Mrs. David Taylor, ° a son. On the 31st ult., the lady of Robert Hawthorn, Esq., of a sonL f On the Ist inst., at R oc k-h ouse, B r i ghton, the lady of Alenana c Glendining, Esq., of Ash-grove, Kent, of a son. of On the 30th ult., i n G reat R usse ll -street, Mrs. W. Jones, a son. MARRIED. On the Ist inst., at Fulham Church, Edward Villiers, Escl'' to the Hon. Elizabeth Charlotte Liddell. On the 19th of February, at Seharunpoor, at the house of C 111 . 7 ., Raikes, Esq. Captain Willi am H oug h , D . I . A . G., Sieh i n d sion, to Sophia Raikes, eldest daughter of Thomas Raikes, Es+. 1 ,, On the 30th ult. at the church of St. Alphag e , Greero e , , Major James Wood, to Fanny An n , e ld es t d aug h ter o f the 11c% Dr. Burney, by whom the ceremony was performed. On the 18th ult., Mr. Samuel hlumford, of Catford-mi ll :i Lewisham, t o H arr i e t, secon d daughter of George Selby, Esq., - Ravensbourn-park. D I ED. On the :30th ult., in Foley-place, Mrs. De Velasco, aged 8 4 - ' e On the 19th ult., a t S out h sea, aged 33, Lieut. George BroWn :oyal Engineers. - On the 24th ult., in his 89th year, John Webster, E.sq., of rrt o Lately, a g ed 80, M rs . H o l mes, rel i ct of the late Mr. Ho'ru ,„ coach-maker of Lichfield. ! On the 16th ult., aged 94, Mr. Thomas Hodgson, of Clought° ° : near Scarborough ; an d on t h e f o ll ow i ng d ay, Mr. John Hodgs°ll of the same place, aged 87. John Morgan, Esq., the honest and a bl e Edit or o f t h e " WI Examiner." 7 01 On the 30th ult., a t R un t on , near C romer, Norfolk, in his '" 0 year, the Rev. Paul Johnson, Rector of Ingworth and Bee s ' - Regis, and a magistrate of the county. On the 30th ult., Mr. Tilden S mi th , o f Vi ne h a ll , M o unt-el ti • Sussex, banker, aged 83. On the Ist , at Peckham Rye, John Fell, in his 84th year. On the 15th ult., at I nverness, E dward Satchwell Fraser, r'' 3l of Reelick, aged 85, On the 29th uh., in Finsbury-street, Finsbury-square, eldest daughter of Mr. Henry John Lias, aged 15. On the 2Stli nit., Georgiana Amelia, wife of Christopher Black' more, Cork-street, Burlington -gardens, aged 40. On the 27th inst., at Forty Enfield, the infant son of Chris tian Paul Meyer, Esq., aged eleven months. On the 27th ult., Gilbert Th omas B urnett, E sq ., Professor of Botany to King's College, London. 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