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a large number of them. On. that occasion they discussed the subject with him, with that. 'frankness and absence of all re serve which characterized their profession. Indeed, it was impossible for him to do justice to the manliness with which they declared their perfect readiness to serve his Majesty un der even a system of compulsion, should the exigencies of the country require it, provided only that their service was limited in duration, and accompanied by such regulations as would prevent abuses. He would not now enter into the details of this measure ; but besides expressing his satisfaction at it, he begged to say that he should have the greatest pleasure in personally giving his hatmble aid to its passage through the Committee. Mr. BUCKINGHAM rose to express his extreme delight at the details entered into by the Right Hon. Baronet. The Bill would be found, he hoped, to contain some provisions for making the registration efficient ; for if the men were left to register themselves or not, as they pleased, he was convinced, from the attention he had given the subject, they would not register themselves. One of the provisions for that purpose must be a strong declaration that impressment will not be re sorted to, except in case of invasion or some such pressing ne cessity as would be a necessity upon the face of it. Without a de claration of that nature, the seaman would consider registration as intended only to enable the Government to lay hands upon them, and the register as a trap. Supposing such a declara tion to be made, a means occurred to him by which the regis ter might be rendered complete. It was to make it compul sory on the part of the commanders of merchant vessels to shin no seaman who did not produce a certificate of his re gistry. The necessity of getting employment would thus compel the men to register themselves, which they might not take the trouble to do if the matter was left optional. The Right Hon. Baronet, in prefacing that part of his observations with respect to impressment, thought it necessary to demand a recognition of the King's prerogative and right to impress seamen in time of need. Now, on the last occasion that this subject was before the House, he had had his motives ques tioned for admitting the right and prerozetive of the King to impress seamen in time of need ; but he would ask whether any man could deny that the King was entitled to the services of every individual in the nation, either by land or sea, and he who would shrink from the responsibility of rendering service iti time of need would be less than a man. And he would say this for the seamen of this country, with whom he had passed all his life, that if there was any .class of his Ma jesty's subjects who would feel insulted at the supposition that they shrank from their duty when danger called them forward, it was the mercantile marine. Only show them a fair and reasonable cause for being called upon, and they would not hesitate to conic forward under any system, call it what you would. But impressment would lose half its sting if accompanied by a conditicn limiting the period of the seaman's service, and if bounties were given in double propor tions to these who entered the navy voluntarily, and single bounties only to those who entered it coercively. He would not enter further into the Right Hon. Baronet's measures now, as better opportunities of doing so would occur hereafter, but if the Right Hon. Baronet succeeded in carrying his Bills, as, if he had the sanction of the Government, there was little doubt of his doing, the sailors would hold a jubilee upon their emancipation.—( Cheers. Mr. ALEXANDER BARING begged to express his obligations to the Right Hon. Barone:: for bringing under the consideration of the House a subject to which he had devoted so much attention—( Hear) ; and no member could have brought it forward who had more, not only of the confidence of the Hou.se, but of the Government. He (Mr. A. Baring) should carefully look at the provisions of these Bills with a view to attain this object. No man who was old enough to recollect the history of the last war bet must be aware that it was quite impossible this country could contemplate the possi bility of any naval war being entered into with the same mode of manning the navy.—( Hear, hear.) Not only would the abhorrence the public had of impressment prevent it, but the old system could not be prsevered in without the certainty of the first gun that was fired involving us in a war with that country with which, of all others, it was most desirable we should remain at peace, he meant the United States.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The similarity in the lan guage, habits, and characters of the sailors of those States and of the British Islands, would render such a result in evitable. No man who recollected the scenes which took place during the last war could expect that a nation pretend ing to independence, that a nation with any character at stake, should submit to the proceeding's which, under the old system, we found indispensable towards the close o the last war.— (Hear, hear.) This was no speculative question, but one which it was imperative on the country to look in the face. Of the many benefits which the country was indebted to his Right Hon. Friend, for his exertions in administering the de partments placed under his care, none would surpass what would be owing to him for producing a Bill on this important subject, acceptable to all parties. The whole of the details of these Bills would have to be carefully considered by the seve ral departments interested in them, but more especially by the Admiralty, and that with which he had the honour to be con nected. They would have to see that no unnecessary restric tions were placed upon the. parties to be affected by the Bills ; but lie was sure that the maritime service of the country would see that some restrictions were necessary, and would cheer fully submit to them in order to avoid the greater evil which would otherwise fall upon them ; and to secure that which the feelings of every man in this country must be desirous of se curing—namely, the proud naval supremacy we have always hitherto maintained. Captain BERKELEY rejoiced that there was so good a prospect of naval officers being freed from one of their most unpleasant duties. Captain GORDON should be willing to agree to the first Bill of the Right Hon. Baronet, but must postpone his assent to the second till he saw its details. Mr. AARON CHAPMAN thought the Right Hon. Baronet had taken the right course to encourage instead of coercing the merchant service. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON could never agree to take one Bill without the other. He had heard'with peculiar satisfaction the statement of the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade, as he augured from it that the Right Hon. Baronet had obtained the sanction and support of his Majesty's Govern ment for his measures. Admiral ADAM thought that impressment in time of need might be found necessary to resist a foreign foe, but he should be glad if measures could be taken that would in most cases do away with the necessity of having recourse to it, for he knew it to be a true adage, that " one volunteor was worth two pressed men"—( Hear, hear.) Sir P. DURHAM could not agree that a volunteer was to be preferred to a pressed man.—( A laugh.) It was only by impressment that hardy sailors could be obtained at the close of the last war, and after being on ship-board twenty-four hours, they worked as willingly as a volunteer.—(Laughter. ) He was, however, anxious to get rid of the impressment— (Laughter)--if it could be done in the mode proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. O'DWYER was understood to deny the right of the Crown to impress seamen—except upon emergencies—which authorized the Sovereign to call out every male in the country. Sir M. WHITE RIDLE Y confirmed the account given by the Hon. Member for Tynemouth as to the state of feeling amongst the sailors. Mr. D. BARCL A Y expressed himself much obliged to the Right Hon. Baronet in bringing forward measures so bene ficial. Mr. INGHAM thanked the Right Hon. Baronet for the steps he had taken to render the King's service popular, and assured him that they had produced such an effect upon the minds of the seamen as would cause them to receive with con fidence any measure from his hands. Leave was then given, and Mr. LABOUCHERE, Sir P. DUR HAM, and Sir J. GRAHAM, were ordered to bring in the two Bills. PUBLIC INCOME. On the motion of Mr. GILLON, account ordered of the Public Income and Expenditure for the years ended sth Ja nuary 1834, and 1835 ; being the continuation of a Return, No. 374, Session 1833. TITHE OF FISH On the motion of Mr. GILL ON, Address agreed to for a Return of the parishes in Scotland in which Fish Tithe is paid, Co amount of such Fish Tithe, or of the Rent or Composition received in lieu of it by the Clergyman, for the years ended 1831, 1832, 1833 ; as also of the stipend or other income of the clergymen of such parishes where Fish Tithe is paid, and of the value of their manses and glebes during the same period. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND). • Mr: LYNCH moved for a Committee to consider whether, for the better employment of the labouring poor in Ireland, the powers of the Commissioners of the present Board of Public Works in that country ought not to be enlarged—The follow ing Committee was then appointed : Lynch, A. H. Perceval, Colonel Peel, Sir It O'Connor, F Hardinge, Sir H. O'Brien, W. Smith Rice, T. S. Loch, James Parnell, Sir H. Scrope, G. P. Fremantle, Sir T. O'Connor Don O'Connell, I). Lefroy, A. Musgrave, Sir A . Grattan, J. Wyse, T. Clive, Robert O'Connell, M. J. Clements, Lord Conelly, E. M. Coote, Sir C. DANISH CLAIM Chapman, M. L. Bruen, Colonel Gladstone, T. Kerry, Earl of Bateson, Sir It. Bodkin, John James Blake, M. J. Fitzsimcn, C. Castlereagh, Visct. Roche, W. Shell, R. L. Admiral ADAM begged to ask, whether any report was expected to be made from the Commissioners to whom the claims of British subjects upon Denmark had been referred, and whether that report, when made, would include the claims for book debts, for goods confiscated, and for shipping? Sir T. FREMANTLE replied, that the report of the Com missioners was very nearly prepared, and would shortly be laid before the Honse. He was enabled to state, that the Commis sioners would report upon the three distinct heads of the book debts, the confiscated goods, and shipping.—( Hear, hear.) On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON the House ad journed at twelve o'clock. IRELAND AND THE IRISH.—We observe with pleasure the progress of the publication of a new and cheaper edition of Sir Jonah Barrington's very interesting and import ant " Memoirs of Ireland," the third part of Which, with all the original portraits, &c., has just appeared. When the extraor dinary capabilities, the resources, and the powers of, Ireland, are fully known, an interest must arise in every breast which reflects on her misfortunes. It is time that the curtain which has been so long interposed should be drawn aside, and a just judgment he formed of the policy or impolicy of those measures which have been adopted towards her. A shocking murder was committed in the neigh bourhood of Penrith, on Sunday. Two men are in custody for the offence. Mr. Webb, of the Park, near Ross, on Tuesday last, sold in Ledbury market to Mr. James Barrett, jun., a load of wheat, at 14s. the bag ; exactly 26 years ago, he sold in the same market to Mr. James Barret, sen., a load of wheat at 2Ss. the bushel ; so that he has now sold a bag of wheat at the same price he then received for half a bushel. —Hereford Timcs. PRICES Of STOCKS THIS Flank Stock aver Cent. Red. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK New 5 per Cent India Stock S per Cent. Cons. 92% per Cent Ditto Jted. Ditto Bond:: 2O 22 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities ........ ..... shut —, New :'..'y per Cent 6 - Assented 4 prr Cent. - Dissentcd — Exch. C Rills, X 1,00.... ., .30 40 pm. Bank Long;tnnuities to expire, 5OO 39 40 pin. Jan. 3, WO — l ll l i tt t t on Small 'N 40 pm. Cct. 10, 1859 — j Ditto Commercial — pm. Jan. 5, 1560 l7 1-161 Ditto Advertised — pm. 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Canal Deb, 6 per cent 9 l li Dit',o, 4 per cent 61% Hibernian Bank City of Dublin Steam Co lOl Natiom.l Insurance Company •.'fl CiTy Debentures, 4 per cent— 8.1!i Ballast Office Debentures, 4 24 , ti per cent Flmnbuig 11.13. 13 1 Altona..: 13 12 Paris, :3 clays' sight 9.5 55 Ditto Bordeaux Berlin F-ankfort on Maine, Ex. M 15114 Petersburgb, ruble '1 Us. Vicuna, effective II '2 M. I() 1 Trieste ditto lO 2 Madrid Cadiz 17(,a Bilboa Barcelona Seville Gibraltar 37% n THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TO.MOIIIZONV EVENING will be performed the Comedy of THE KING'S SEAL. After which, BLACK EY'D SUSAN. To conclude with the New Grand Chivalric Entertainment, called_ KING ARTHUR and the KNIGHTS of the ROUND TABLE. In which Mr. Ducrow's magnificent Stud of Horses will be introduced, THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. TO-MORROW EVENING will be performed Aubor's Opera of LESTOCO ; OR, THE FETE OF THE HERMITAGE. To conclude with—THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. HAMBURG, MAacn 10, 1835. It EINE BROTHERS, Contractors for the GREAT LOTTERIES, published and drawn by AUTHORITY, and under GUARANTEE of the HAMBURG STATE, beg to inform the Public, that the Two First Dave of Drawing of the SIXTY-FIFTH HAMBURG GREAT LOtTERY, being on the ISth and 19th instant, the remaining EIGHT DAYS will be on the 27th, 29th, and 30th April, and the 4th, 6th, 7th, Ith, and 20th Alay. The Wheels of these Eight last Days contain 8,000 Tickets only, and above 1,200 Money Prizes, amongst which is the LARGEST CAPITAL PRIZE of Banco Mares 100,000—fay Banco Mares ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ! Tickets, warranted undrawn, will be selling from the 20th inst. to the 20th of Next Month, at Banco Mares 135, or 10/.—say Ten Pounds Sterling. Direct, without delay, for Tickets to the above-named Contrac tors, who will forward Authentic Printed Lists, after the Drawing, to any of their Foreign Correspondents, who shall have duly and fully paid, before the Drawing, for the Tickets received from their Office. Half Notes, remitted with any Orders, will not be con sidered as Payment before the Arrival of the Second Half, in return for the Tickets. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 15 minutes past 3 o'clock. , -4) l('` - v, N 4*- - - • ' • y Z`;,, r ~:~ `~Z.~ 4, LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1835. Sir ROBERT PEEL last night introduced into the House of Commons the measure which he has for some time been preparing for the relief of the Dis senters, as regards the celebration of marriage. The Right Hon. Baronet prefaced his motion by an accu rate and luminous exposition of the state of the law in respect to marriage at various periods. He then sub jected the Bill introduced last year by Lord JOHN RUSSELL to a severe—and not more severe than just— examination, in the course of which he pointed out with great force the main, and we may say, the radical defects of that measure, observing, very truly, that it was liable to the very weighty objection of having proved highly unsatisfactory to the parties for whose relief it had been intended. The Right Ho nourable Gentleman then proceeded to state the out lines of his own measure, which are briefly these : Marriage—as far as Dissenters are concerned—is by this Bill recognized as merely a civil contract, the law being brought back to what Sir RoBERT PEEL shewed it was before the passing of the Marriage Act in 1754 while with respect to members of the Church of Eng. land it remains as it was, retaining its mixed civil and religious character. Dissenters may, V they choose, be married without the intervention of any religious functionary, either of the Church or of any other sect. If the parties to be married object to the marriage cere mony as now performed, they must give notice to a magistrate of the Hundred in which they shall have resided seven days, of their intention. After the ex piration of fourteen days, and within time months after serving this notice, the parties are to ap pear before the Magistrate, and make a declaration that they enter into the marriage contract, which con tract is then to be subscribed by them . The same oath is also required as that which is now made on procuring a license—namely, that the parties are above twenty-one years of age, or if they are under that age, that the consent of their parents or guardians has been obtained, and that they know of no lawful impediment to their unio►►. The form of this oath is, we believe, to be inserted in the notice. The Magistrate is to cause several copies of the contract to be made out ; one of which he is to send to the parish Minister, to be by him entered among other marriages in the parochial register. The expence amounts in all to seven shil lings, five of which go to the registrar, and two to the magistrate. The parties are left to their own option whether any, or what religious ceremony, shall follow ,he civil act. These are the principal features of this important measure. Whether all the provisions will give satis faction to the Dissenters, we cannot take upon ourselves to say. We have, however, no hesitation in stating, that this is, out of all sight, the most liberal, and the best measure of the kind that has ever yet been proposed. Some of the friends of the Dis senters in Parliament, seem to think that too strong a line of distinction is drawn between the Churchman and the Dissenter by the Ministerial plan, but this objection may be obviated, by allowing the Church man the same privilege of choosing either the ecclesi astical or the magisterial mode of celebration. In deed, we think that, in this respect, the Church man has most reason to complain. At all events, one great point is secured by the proposed measure, NGE, YESTERDAY. Legbilrn i7,i Genoa Venice Naples Palermo per oz. 12! Lisbon Oporto Tr i o Janeiro Bahia 2614 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight i Cork l3; 23 SO PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bare 3 )7 9 New Doubloons New Dollars Silvers Lars, stanslard 0 0 0 which must make it I. (at least so far) highly acceptable to the Dissenters— -they are not required to come at all into contact wit' a the Church, or any of its autho- rities or funetit war ies. We are glad". to observe, too, that Sir 11. PEEL has invited the suggestions of the Dissenters, in order that the measui r may be rendered as perfect and satis factory as may be practicable, before it passes into a law. The Duke of: BUCKINGHAM presented a petition last night in the :House of Lords, from the inhabitants of Stoke Poges, i ►► the county of Buckingham, against the manner in vhich the Poor Law Commissioners proposed to act i n the administration of the poor laws with respect to that parish. His Grace indulged in a lengthy tirade 'm the occasion ; but as he seemed to have no very lefinite idea of what he was talking about, the Du' ae of WELLINGTON very properly ad vised that the p( nition should be postponed fora few days, when he fully of ected to be provided with information sufficient to justify the Commissioners. This brought forward Lord B,ROUGIIA Nr, who insisted that there was not the sFghtest occasion for postponing the petition. His Lordship then entered minutely into the nature of the charges that had been alleged against the Commissionters, and showed that there was not the slightest g:)und of complaint ; that so far from the parish of Stoke Poges being in the prospe rous condition -which the Noble Duke had de scribed it to be in, the case was diametri cally the reverse s for in it was to be found, in the highest degree of exacerbation, that " very worst all the worst, consequences of the mal-administra tion of the Poor Laws--the scale system." The- Noble Lord's observations were, in every respect, sa tisfactory. One by one, he demolished all the fine array of grievances, behind which his Grace of. BUCKINGHAM had entrenched himself. It seldom falls to the lot of a statesman to cut so sorry a figure as the Noble Duke did last night. He had scarcely a word to say for himself, in reply to the cogent re marks of Lord BROUGHAM. We suppose it will be some time before he ventures on the discovery of another mare's nest. Sir JAMES GRAHAM brought in, last night, two Bills, to encourage the voluntary enlistment of seamen, to improve the regulations for effectually manning the Royal Navy, to amend and consolidate the laws relat ing to Merchant Seamen, and to establish a register of the men in that service. The chief provisions of the Bills were stated by Sir JAMES to be these. To protect the men against the caprice or mercenary motives of their masters, all Merchant Seamen are to serve under written engagements, specifying the nature and duration of their service ; and, to protect masters, there will be a provision against harbouring de serters. The number of apprentices in merchant vessels is to be limited, and, as a check, vessels are to be visited by an officer on their return from foreign coun tries. There will be a clause against leaving seamen in foreign countries without sufficient cause—an in famous practice which has become very prevalent, either to defraud them of their wages, or to get the ship navigated home on cheaper terms by other sea men. A registration of all seamen in the merchant service is to be established, by means of returns taken on board merchant ships on their arrival at the Custom house. The Crown is to have the same right to call for the service of seamen by proclamation, as it has that of the land force; but that compulsory service will be limited to five years, which duration of it will for ever free a man from being again called upon. A certain time will be allowed ,after the Proclamation before com pulsory service shall be resorted to, to enable the men to tender their voluntary service, in which case they will receive a bounty of 101., instead of 51., as at pre sent. One year of voluntary service during war is to count for two during peace, or by compulsion, in en titling a man to his pension ; and if the war last more than five years, a second bounty shall be paid to those who will serve a second term of engagement. Twenty years' service will entitle a man to his pension as well as his wages. The power of impressment is still to be retained by the Crown ; but with such pro visions as those now proposed, it was thought that it would seldom or never become necessary to have re- course to it. The outline which Sir JAMES GRAHAM gave o his Bills elicited the warmest expressions of approba tion from Members of all parties, and we are glad to find, from the remarks of Mr. BARING, that they will have the sanction of the Government. We are sure that these measures will be hailed with joy and gratitude, not only by the numerous and valuable class of men whose persons and interests they are intended to protect, but also by every friend to humanity, and by every man who abhors so barbarous a prac tice, and one so repugnant to British feelings and principles, as that of impressment, and who desires to increase the efficiency of our Navy, as well as to remove the national stain which has too long polluted its otherwise proud name. The provi sions of Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S Bills seem well cal culated to attain these important objects, by holding out every inducement to voluntary service in the Royal Navy, and by limiting the duration of service to five years ; and we have no doubt that, under such cir cumstances, it will never be found necessary to resort to impressment. We quite agree—notwithstanding Sir P. DURHAM'S sentiments—with the opinion of Ad miral ADAM, that "one volunteer is worth two piessed men ;" and we trust that it will soon cease to be said, that such is the service in the British Navy, that it can only be manned by impressment. Britons, surely, do not possess less national feeling than other nations ; but they abhor tyranny, and all that is necessary to induce men to serve cheerfully in our Navy, is to sub stitute encouragement for brute coercion. The Paris papers of Monday, morning and evening, have been received ; the latter containing the close of the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the late changes in the Cabinet. In the course of the Minis terial explanations no new fact was elicited ; and it may be said of the entire debate that it decided no- thing, although it has given rise to some very angry feelings in the Chamber. The Ministers denied the squabblings among themselves with which they were repeatedly charged by the Opposition ; and M. MAUGUIN and his party, wearied with repeating questions which Ministers were too shrewd to answer, retired from the wordy strife with the avowed deter mination to " bide their time." An official notice appears in the Moniteur of Mon day, apprising the various " Departments" with intel ligence of the re -composition of the Cabinet. Marshal MA isiziN has virtually accepted the Portfolio of the War Department, being already on his way from Vienna to the French Capital. He is to be suc ceeded at the Imperial Court by M. de St. AULAIRE. who is charged with instructions in direct accordance with the views of Prince METTERNICH. General SEBASTIANI, on his departure for London, received two sets of instructions ; one to be used provided the Tories succeeded in retaining office, and the other to be employed in the event of their being beaten out of the field by the Whigs. The present Cabinets of France and England agree well together. The Doctrin - naires derive a moral force from the despotic views of the Tories, while the Tories can never be singular in their tergiversations, so long as the Doctrinaires retain the reins of Government. The Duke of WELLINGTON sympathises with the Duke de BROGLIE, and rejoices in the victories gained by Lours PHILIPPE over his people ; and we do these heroes of France no more than justice in asserting, that his Grace's feelings are most cordially responded to by them. We have received the Brussels and German Papers. On the 7th inst., the earthly remains of the Emperor FRANCIS were deposited in the Chapel of the Capuchin Convent ; and immediately afterwards his Imperial Majesty FERDINAND received the homage of the four first functionaries of the State. The recent change in the Cabinet of Great Britain, has filled the petty Potentates of Ger many with joy unutterable. They view the present struggle of parties in this country in its proper light ; regarding it solely as deciding the triumph of liberal or despotic principles. They pro nounce it a war of opinion ; and they are right, for so it is. The Austrian Observer says--" We expect with impatience, news from London, where Count Pozzo BORGO must now be. London is now the central point of European politics—the struggle be tween the two adverse principles must be in a great measure decided there. As the English Chamber served as a model to the Continent, and the notions of liberty proceeded especially from England, it is probable that the issue of the struggle between the Reformers and the Conservatives, will decide whether republican or aristocratical feelings shall for the present prevail." Very different intelligence from that looked forward to by the German Despots, has already been received at Vienna from the British metropolis. In the conclu sion of the article, from which the above is extracted, a hope is expressed of the triumphant return of Sir CHARLES MANNERS STJT TON to the Speaker's chair, and the fallaciousness of that hope is announced in some of the German journals now before us. The article is not the less important for the time which haselapsed since it was written ; inasmuch as it proves to the Members of the House of Commons the immense importance which all Europe attaches to their proceedings. It is quite clear that the despots who figure at the Aulic Council-board regard the English Tories as their last resource ; and that their. doom is sealed with the downfall of the Peel-Administration. New York and Washington Papers, the former to the 27th, and the latter to the 24th ult., both in- elusive, have been just received. On the 20th the news of the recal of M. SERRURIER, the French Minister at Washington, was officially announced to the Government of the United States, and created a very powerful sensation. It is probable that Congress will overlook the question, till the present French Mi nistry have come to some definite conclusion on the subject of the American claims. We understand that the Duke DE BROGLIE intends making the American Indemnity Bill a Cabinet measure, and that he is pledged to quit office if it be rejected. The Bill is being drawn up, and will be presented to the Chamber in the course of a few days. Advices from Madrid to the 7th inst. state that General VALDEZ, the new Minister of War, is making great preparations for re-inforcing the army in the North. It is rumoured that MINA will take the field at the head of 60,000 men as soon as the weather will permit. PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY. In the House of Lords last night, the Earl of MuLGRAVE put some questions to Government, as to whether they had lately received any information with respect to the working of the new system of the West Indian Slave population ; whether a vagrant law would not be requisite ; and whether there would be the average supply of sugar ? The Earl of ABER DEEN replied, that Government had received some information to the effect, that the Slaves proceeded most satisfactorily on the new system, and that there would be the average supply of sugar. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM remarked, that there were many thou sands of slaves wandering about in Barbadoes, in con sequence of their having no master to whom to apply for protection, and that assassinations had been frequent in that island. Lord BROUGHAM, in answer to what the Attorney-General had said in the House of Com- mons in introducing the Ecclessiastical Court Bill, respecting , the Abolition of the Court of Delegates, observed that that Court was abolished more than three years since. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM pre sented a petition from Stoke Pogis, complaining of the conduct of the Poor Law Commissioners, in uniting, that parish with eighteen others, although its pro ceedings had never been found fault with. The Duke of WELLINGTON hoped that the petition would be postponed for two or three days, in order that he might be furnished with replies to its charges. Lord BROUGHAM remarked that no postponement was necessary, for that the union of the parishes al luded to had been resolved on at a full meeting, and would be productive of much benefit, in addition to its recommendations, as an economical measure. His Lordship added that the Poor Law Commissioners had acted throughout with the greatest prudence and discretion. The petition was ordered to be received. In the House of Commons, after the SPEAKER had announced that the petition against the return for the city of Waterford was discharged, for want of sureties, Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR gave notice that he should move on Monday next, that all clergymen acting as Magistrates in Ireland, be immediately dis missed from the Commission of the Peace. A new writ was moved for Nottingham, in the room of Lord LUMLEY, who had been called to the House of Peers by the death of the Earl of SCARBO ROUGH. Lord JOHN RUSSELL announced his intention of bringing forward his motion respecting the Irish Church, on Monday the 30th instant. Sir It. PEEL then introduced his measure for providing rAief in the case of marriage, for those Dissenters who objected to the ceremony as performed according to the rites of the Established Church. Mr. WILKES, as the organ of the Dissenters, praised the measure of the Right Hon. Baronet in very high terms, and promised it his support. A long discussion ensued, in which Dr. LUSUINGTON, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Mr. D. W. HARVEY, Mr. EWART, Lord SANDON, and other Hon. Members, (all of whom concurred in praising the Bill) took a part, after which it was read a first time. The most prominent feature of the Bill is to bring back the law as respects marriage to the principle which was in force down to 1754—making marriage now, as it was then, a CIVIL CONTRACT. None of its provisions contemplate members of the Establishment, but those persons only who dissent from its doctrine and discipline. It provides that marriage may be celebrated between such persons after notice to a magistrate, if the parties have lived seven days within the hundred. That the said marriage be celebrated between four teen clays after such notice, and before the expiration of three months. That notice to one Magistrate be sufficient, and the declaration by the parties to be similar to that now made on making application for a license. That the Magistrate, before whom the contract has been entered into, do transmit a copy of the said con tract to the Clergyman of the district, with a view to a general registry. Compensation to the Church for the loss of fees and emoluments. Seven shillings to be paid to the Magistrate, out of which five shillings to the Church. No compulsion for the observance of any religious ceremony. Mr. Alderman WOOD brought in a Bill for the better regulation of the cabs and omnibusses plying in and about the metropolis. Sir JAMES GRAHAM obtained permission to bring in two Bills : one, to improve and consolidate the laws relating to the merchant-seamen of the United Kingdom ; the other, to encourage the voluntary enlistment of seamen. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved for copies of any special Reports received from the Commissioners of Religious Instruction in Ireland, which was agreed to. One or two more motions were made and agreed to, after which the House adjourned at 12 o'clock. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY Th 2 LORD CHANCELLOR Sat at Lincoln's-inn Hall, and took motions to-day. Long before his Lordship took his seat, the Court was crowded in every part—the religious case of Warren v. Burton having been appointed for hearing to-day. ------- FEW V. GUPPY. His LOTIDSHIV gave judgment in the case, reversing the order of his Honour the late Master of the Rolls. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. J. KINNEAR AND CO. The further arguments in this case were concluded, and The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment, affirming the order of the Vice Chancellor, directing an issue. WARREN U. BURTON. Sir CHARLES WrrinuELL then proceeded to open this case, which was an appeal motion from the decision of his Honour the Vice Chancellor, refusing to grant an injunction restrain ing the Rev. Robert Newton of Manchester from officiating in Oldham -street Chapel, in that town. The case was heard before the Vice Chancellor a week or two ago, at which time the facts were so fully detailed to the public, as to render it unnecessary to repeat them. The case will probably occupy some days in argument. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). The arrivals of Grain this week are tolerably good, and of Flour considerable. The Wheat trade remains dull at Monday's terms. Barley, Beans, and Peas as last stated. Oats maintain the rates of Monday. In the Flour trade there is no variation. CORN EXCHANGE. ARRIVALS. Wheat I Barley. Oats. I Mom. Ir En sh glish 3,310 ) Foreign - INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) This mo•:niog a Quarterly General Court was held at the India House, which was also made Special, for the purpose of considering the draft of a petition to the Legislature to reduce the Duty on East India Sugar to a level with that imported from the West Indies. H. St. George Tucker, Esq., and many Directors, entered the Court at two o'clock, when the minutes of the last Court were read and confirmed. The CHAIRMAN presented a list of all grants and superannu ations made since last Court—a copy of all papers presented to Parliament since the sitting, and a copy of the Bill of In demnity, for the Governor-General and other officers of the Indian Government, which is now before Parliament. At the request of Sir CHARLES FORBES the latter document was read. Sir CHARLES FORBES was glad to see the necessity of such a Bill—he trusted it would not be the last one introduced for the purpose of improving the late Bill regulating their pro ceedings. The CHAIRMAN said that, in fact, the Bill could not be fully carried into operation. It did not arrive in India till the 23rd of April, when it ought to have come into operation on the 22d. The Bill now going through Parliament was merely for the purpose of legalizing the Acts done before the Bill could be brought into operation. The worthy Chairman then stated that the Court had been made special for the purpose of there being laid before it a draft of a petition, praying for a reduction in the duties which were imposed on the productions of India. He trusted that the petition would be presented under more favourable circumstances, than those of last year. The petition having been read, he moved " That this Court approves of the petition now read, and that the Court of Directors be instructed to take the proper steps to have it presented to Parliament." Sir C. FORBES said that though he agreed entirely with the petition, he must say, that it might be much improved by the mention of several other articles. He would more particularly instance the article of coffee, which was now much grown i❑ Bengal and other places. It was most unfair that coffee im ported from the West Indies should be charged with a duty of only 6d. per lb., while that from the East Indies had to pay 9d. He was not at all surprised at any act of neglect, oppression, and even tyranny exercised toss ards India. The conduct of the British Parliament towards India had always been of the most insulting and oppressive nature. In the Ses sion before last he was much pleased with the spirit shown in favour of India by Mr. W. Whitmore, who promised to bring the question under the notice of Parliament in the next Ses sion ; but he had not done so, and now he ( Sir C. Forbs) was sorry they had lost his services. The Hon. Baronet then read long extracts from the speeches of Mr. W. Whitmore and Mr. P. Thompson, who both regretted that such a difference should exist between the duties on East and West India sugar, and pro mised that at a future period the grievance should be redressed. This was the language they had heard for the last 22 years— this was the language that had been used on the introduction of the Charter Bill in 1813, and on many subsequent occasions. In the year 1814 the trade with India was thrown open, and what sort of free trade was that, he would ask ? Why, it per mitted the British merchants to inundate India with the manu factures of the country, while it placed a duty of 67 per cent, upon cotton, and altogether prohibited other articles. LEFT SPEAKING. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE. O'CLOCK. Cape of Good Hope papers to the 18th January ; Montreal to the 20th February; and Quebec to the 18th February ; with New Brunswick papers to the 15th February, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. CoLoNtaL OFFICE, JAN. 15. file intelligence received by Government this morning from the eastern district is of a favourable nature. Bathurst and Ciffer Drift have been reoc cupied in force. At Salem, Assagf.i, Bush, and Theopolis, the inhabitants had defended and maintained their posts. No further apprehensions were entertained of an attack on Graham's Town. Fort Beaufort and Hermanus Kraal were safe. The enemy had been on the Sunday at the River at Enon. A considerable force was to move on the Kieskamma at day-bi eak on the 10th, to cut off the enemy's retreat. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. Just as our paper was going to press a report reached town that a large division of the Caffres had been seen at Vaal Kraal, about 18 miles N. W. of Graham's Town. Colonel Somerset, with a party of 100 mounted men and a field-piece, has just started for the spot. The casual revenue of New Brunswick, for the year 1834, amounts to 9,0001., one-third of the whole having been pro duced by the sale of Crown lands. We learn from Upper Canada, that the great quantity of lumber which is gettinc , out of the woods, exceeds every thing that has been seen of late years. The Quebec Papers are void of news. The New Brunswick Papers state—" We regret to learn that the Militia Bill has been lost in the Legislature." THE FUNDS. A considerable heaviness prevailed during yesterday morn ing in the Consol Market, owing to the news from America, with a prevailing opinion that hostilities would take place with France ; but this morning the fears have subsided, owing to the new French Ministry being in favour of paying the Ame rican claims. A general opinion still prevails that no war will take place between America and France. Consols, which left off yesterday at 921 for the Account, opened at the same price this morning. Exchequer Bills, 38 40 ; India Bonds, 21 23. An improvement has again taken place this morning on the closing prices of yesterday in Foreign Securities. Spanish Bonds have reached 65:f ; Scrip, 81 5 prem. ; Portuguese, 93i. HALF-PAST ONE. The British as well as the Foreign Funds are very buoyant, and have again improved on the morning prices. Consols, which were 921 - for the Account, may be quoted at present 92i 4 ; and for :Money, 94- India Bonds, 20 22 ; Exchequer Bills, 39 40 ; Bank Stock, 225-6 ; India, 260 261. The Foreign Market has a very lively appearance, and a great deal is doing in Spanish Bonds, which have reached 65i. to 66 ; Spanish Scrip, 83. 4 prem. ; Portuguese, 931 ; Danish, 78 to 781 ; Colombian, 39 to 39- ; Mexican, 41:i to 421. The Mexican Mining Company have received accounts of the death of the Marquis of Rayas, with whom they have been at law some time past : he died on the 9th of January, and was buried on the 10th. In consequence of the above event, the United Mexican Mine Shares have improved 2 per cent. Consols for the Account, 924 THREE O'CLOCK. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. - --Yesterday a Court was held for the purpose of taking into consideration the various matters in the report concerning the Municipal Institutions of the City. A motion of Alderman Wood, that " all persons to be elected to a corporate office be compelled to be free of the City ; and that all persons occupying pre mises therein, or carrying on any trad e , b us i ness, or pro f ession , shall be compelled to be free," was carried after some discus sion. A resolution of Mr. Charles Pearson, that persons should be admitted to the freedom of the City without the in tervention of trading companies, was then put and carried. The next resolution moved and agreed to was the following : That a portion of the produce of the fines for admission to the freedom of the City by redemption, at the discretion of a Committee of the Common Council, to be appointed for the purpose, be paid in given proportions to such freemen as have been admitted upon payment of the 251. fine during the last two yerrs, provided they are still resident and carrying on business within the City, and shall apply for the same within twelve months." FINE ARTS. 1 We have just been favoured with the sight of portrait, engraved by Giller, from a painting by Ha n ' cock, of Lord Middleton, who is represented sitting on a bank, under the shadow of a spreading tree, ac' companied by his favourite spaniels and shooting rn e Y" Two of the dogs are jumping up, and fawning upon bin ?' while others are lying at some' distance , apparently resting themselves after the fatigues of a mornings sport. Whether th e p or t ra it be a likenes s of his Lordship or not, we cannot say, but. as a work of art' it is executed with 'more care and precision than a°l other portion of the engraving—especially the coun • 'lance, the lines of which are very skilfully and flatt er • ingly delineated. Thought is apparent there, as t4s° the wear and tear of• some sixty years and u p wards; still there is nothing harsh or crabbed in the express i t it is simply that of a m ild, b e neficent, unas st i v e country gentleman. The portrait, in fact, is j ust.° of those which are sure—a difficult task to achi eve a to be recognized as a likeness by the original/ all ' bears a striking resem bl ance t o Dr. Valpy,• o f itea a• t ing. The poney is drawn with as much attention to anatomical correctness as Landseer exhibits in his nt drawings of anim a l s . W e w ill no t say, that i n P hi of a certain lif e -lik e ease an d v igour, it equals t, great master's sketches—for no artist, whether of P er : cient or modern times, with the sole excepti°n' pip naps, of Paul Potter in his cattle, comes near him this respect—but it is certainly not very far ide ri t i l l e The attitude of the s p an i e l w h o is reclining in fore-ground, with one fore-leg stretched out in ltotn ri° o indolence, and the o th er lightly bent under hi m, °f ix much truth- and ,closep.ags,...4...observation. W e °ti er seen the same thin g a h un d re d fillies. The exPr ' s s sion of the anim a l' s c oun t enan c e i s that of ke enne n and sagacity, relaxed for a time by wearines s ' e d is just dropping off into a delightful slumber,- ° r o ll d no doubt by a hard clay's running. The back - g roup is made up of a quiet, secluded sylvan scene, w irh o umbrageous park, dotted with flocks of sheep; i n t hg distance ; and gleaming waters, kept cool hY ediate shadows of overhanging trees, in the int er° w ith space. We have not of late seen an engravlOg u' which we have been so mu c h pleased as the orious fore us. It is utterly f ree f rom all mere ttiel of attempts at effect—particularly in the disposit ion i. the lights and shades, whi c h are n icely and 1 1 ° 1°o ously blended. This is the portrait of Jack Hall, a fish erwi'l ..os Eton, and well known to all the young chub-vr ili P i p‘ and gudgeon-fishers of that sc h o l as tic institution., vo is just stepping out of his punt, w hich is moored /0 chain to the bank, and looks absorbed in though t ' oil though he were calculating his morning's On s ' fo ol attitude is remarkably natu ra l, s l ouc hing, yet f ree t.t anything like servility. We suspect, howeve r ' D igi his hat is too trim in shape to be characteristic. 310 Mr..Byng's buck-skin bre ec h es , it s hould show td of very considerable antiquity. A little to the rig . 0 our honest fisherman, the fine old College ree ssq . the graceful head, with the Thames flowing below I ,t .. ; the view, therefore, we conjecture, has been taken fil igg Brocas meadow. A s a s p ec i men o f the line e l f ar the present is a clever one. PARLIAMENTARY BUSIN-. HOUSE OF COMM OltrS• AY. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS D -1. Imprisonment for Debt Bill-Second reading;. 2. Copyholds Bill-Second reading. 3. Court of Session ( Scotland) Bill-Second reading:ihig. 4. Imprisonment for D e bt (S co tl an d) Bill-Seemid rea 5. Illegal Securities Bill-Second reading. • 6. Registration of Voters Bill-Second reading. 7. Supply-Committee. 8. Ways and Means-Committee. to b e 9. Kinsale Borough. Election-Petition of Mr. Dixon' sidered. . • *O l NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS D- -A e l poll° 1. Mr. Poulter,-Bill to p ro t ec t th e f ree exer cise of t b Franchise. the Ite S 2. Mr. Hume,-To call the atte n ti on o f th e House t° : lc to of the Select Committee on Li g hth ouses , with a vi e of consolidation under one management. Ad of Lord Viscount Ebrington,-Bill to explain and a --men of last Session relating to Weights and Measures. nse lidaPs" 4. Mr. Shaw Lefevre-Bill f or th e amendment :mil I -.- v a les. the laws relating t o th e hi g h ways i n E ng l an d And 5. Mr. William Miles,-Canine Madness Bill. 6. Mr. O'Connell,-Bill to amen d th e L aw o f Libel.- the Die 7. Mr. Hume,-Estimate of the Expenses incurred by , cli fis snatic Alission to Persia. st a 8. Mr. Hume,-Account of th e quan tit y o f M a lt use- o f tion, in each of the two last years. 1.04 9. Mr. Hume,-Return of the quantity of Malt made the three last years in Scotland and Ireland. t DuSYr 10. Mr. Hume,-Monthly Account of the Advertiseln eri er . w and due by each Paper in I re l an d d ur i ng the last Y e s js j • 11. Mr. Hume,-Return of the Distributors of St„, llll3 t he land, with their weekly accounts from July 5, btls last year. n th e 12. Mr. Hume,-Account of the Excis e E s t a blishmen t . o January, 1831. 13. Mr. Hume,-Gross and net amount of all 'faxes fe u iss pired, reduced, or imposed, from 1814 to 183`2• l iter 14. Mr. Francis Baring,-R e - appo i ntment o f the of Sinecures. lara ea ne t V 15. Mr. Hume,-Return of the sa l ar i es , f ees , and etn, ;,,° the Master of the Fa cu lti es an d Vi car Genera', 1/% 0 0 Commons, together with tho se o f th e i r PrineiPa' 0340 Registrars, from Ist January 1824 to Ist Jann ar c i, inclusive, and s t a ti ng th e duties performed by e a g e pplie 16. Lord Ashley,-N av y Estimates (in Committee of NIG*" NOTICES OF MOTIONS GIVEN LAST ( tilt; THURSDAY, MARCH 19. l a ces ° Mr. Wallace,-Add ress f or R eturn o f t h e num b e r of P A , the g P so lie Worship of a ll d enom i nat i ons i n S cot i an d, I c "i e turw'of of the Clergy men o ffi c i a ti ng i n eac h ; an d other 4001 as to show the total num b er b e l ong i ng to the Esta u Dissenting Churches in Scotland. FRIDAY, :NIARCH 20. Off I D Mr. Charles Buller,-R e t urn o f th e Licenses gran- # ed ble ten years to King's Serjeant's and Counsel, to Oa plead against the Crown. MONDAY, MARCH 23. cnee sil lg fo 1. Lord John R usse ll,-Add ress for Copies of any 'Tilly's' of which may be r e c e i ve d from the Commissioners ° Instruction in Ireland. ,he to coss 2. Mr. Feargus O'Connor,-Resolution, That it 15 the House that Clergymen should be dismissed front 0 , mission of the Peace in Ireland. Cor re ltil 3. Sir John De Beau vo i r ,-Add ress f or C op i es of anY en t, tdi ence between the Secreta r y o f th e H om e Depart of a I r- ttira Mayor of Wind sor , re l a ti ve to t h e emploYsneT;:se to '- Metropolitan Police on 12th M arc h , on his 3. 11 . 1- to Windsor Palace. A i d MONDAY, 0. Lord John Russell,—Motion on MARCH 3 the su bject of the Ireland. 0 441 2. Mr. Feargus O'Conn o r,—P a p ers re l a ti n g to the P r° Rathcormac and Gurtrce. to tba FRIDAY, MAY 1. ting Mr. FeMgus O'Connor,—Bill to amend Laws rely tenure of land in Ireland. l eti t LIST OF THE MINORIT Y 30 0; Of 68 (Tellers in c l u d e d) w h o vo t e d f or Mr. guraelstiOst on the Speaker's leaving the Chair, that the NOY referred to a Select Committee. Ayes Noes .... Attwood, T. A insworth, Peter Bellew, R. M. Baines, E. Barnard, E. G. Blake, M. J. Boclkin, John James Bowring, Dr. Brabazon ' Sir W. J. Brady, Denis C. Bridgman, Hewitt 13 , •tnerton, J. Buller, C. Butler, Hon. P. L'ulwer, L. Clay, W. Chalmers, Patrick Chapman, M. L. Crawford, W. S. Crawley, S. Dcunistoun, Alex. Dobbin, L. Elphinstone, Howard' Evans, G. Ewart, W. ~146 ....... ...... .. 5 ...... n I P. 0 0 eale Stuart,p tri tain ca SpeirSt A air Stricklair Ta lbot, J•iy lc Tanc re4 ' To ° ThornleY;ries ./yr, Tultr, C l 'charle s o Th ooll w a ktey, Walker' Wallace, on r,r:)urt Sir WhalleY. J. NV; Warne , w. . . apt-Ay for Ministers. Fielden, J. Finn, W. F. Gillon, W. D. Grote, G. Gully, J. Heatheote, G. J. Hindley, Charles Leader, John temple Lister, E. C. M'Ca . ce, John :11arsland, "1. Murray, J A. Musgrave, Sir R. Oswald, R. A. O Brien, C. O'Connell, M. J. Parker, J. 1.5 1:4 1 Parnell, Sir H. fitim e ,! in ne, Parrott, J. DunCv Perrin, L. q v /• Power, P. t on Potter, R. Rf u llins. Pon Rundell, John O'Con"7 C. 14 Ruthven, S. Ruthven, E. , .............., __. --.. ...--y2--- -- -- -- BIRTHS. 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