The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-10 00:00:00

Zliirb Vbitton+ SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. GREENWICH ELEC TION. CLOSE OF THE POLL.-(THIS DAY.) Feua o'CLocx. Admiral Stewart ... ... Mr. Montagu Chambers ... 2,964 ... 1,249 Majority for Admiral Stewart ••• .•• 1,715 At the close of the poll the Gallant .Admiral addressed the assemblage from the win dow of 111.committee-rootn, White Hart, London-street, Greenwich, and pr om i se d to address them from the hustings to-morrow morning, at twelve o'clock. THE QUE-EN OF SPAJY. A letter from Madrid or the 3d, in the Constit u ti onn el, contains the following relative to the attempt on the life of the Queen of Spain:—" Merino, o n s t a bbi ng t h e Queen, cried Die, wretch ! and attempted to repeat his blow, but was prevented by the Majordomo, Count de Pino-Hermoso, who had his finger s severe l y cut . Th e Bing drew his sword to defend her Majesty. The Mar quesa de Povar, who was car r yi ng t h e P r i ncess on a cus hion, was so terrified that she let her fall, and had a nervous attack. The assassin had celebrated mass just before going to the ?slice. Wh en , a f ter his arrest, the Queen's chaplain told him he had done an infamous thing, he said' The infamou s are t h ose w h o f rom mo rning to evening sine the praises of the masters of this house 1' The celebrated nun, Patrocinio, who is held in great respect for her piety, and from having all the wounds of our Saviour on her person, predic ted some time ago that her Majesty would got through her accouche ment, but would not live.' This prophecy had been called to mind with alarm. The wound of her Majesty is said to be more serious than had been at first believed; it is described by the physi cians to be seven or eight lines in length; it is supposed from the length of the dagger that it must be more than two inches in depth. When the assassin was being conveyed to the prison of Saladero the people would have torn him to pieces if he had not been protected by the troops." The Espana gives the following biographical details of the perpetrator of the murderous attack on the Queen of Spain:—" His name is Martin Merino, and be was barn at Arnedo, in the province of Logrono. He is 63 years of age, tall, of a ruddy complexion, with white hair, and appears of robust constitution. He was a Franciscan monk of the reformed order of San Diego, but, not being able to endure the life of a cloister, de manded and obtained his secularisation in 1821. It is said that at that period he gave repeated proofs of his political fanaticism little in accord with his sacerdotal character, and it is added that in a riot which took place he appeared with a poignard in one hand and the con stitution in the other, and uttering threat s against King Ferdinand. For these and similar acts he did not con sider himself in safety in Spain when the constitutional regime was overthrown; and he emigrated to France, where he obtained a situation in a parish, and occupied himself besides in giving lessons in Spanish. He succeeded in amassing a considerable sum of money by means which have never been satisfactorily explained. Although, in 1832, Queen Christina opened the gates of the country to all unfortunate exiles, Merino did not return into Spain until 1841. On arriving at Madrid he was attached to the parish of St. Sebas tian, where he remained until 1844. when he was removed to that of San Milian. Having plenty of money, he lent it out to his poorer brethren at usurious interest. He was led by this into repeated altercations, and was once soundly beaten. Everythieg that is known of him proves him to be of an overbearing and quarrel some character. He affected a degree of learning which he did not possess, and frequently maintained the most eccentric arguments. He han no reel friends. He lived on a second floor in the Calle del Triunfo. He every day fre quented the reading-room of Sr. Philippe, where he read all the journals with great avidity. Since the coup detat cf the 2d December he was remarked to be at times very reserved, and at others very excited; and, from some incoherent words which occasionally escaped him, it was thought that he was meditating some guilty project." The assassin is nearly six feet high, stout-bodied, dry, wrinkled countenance, very bright eyes, low forehead, white hair. He left his convent in 1820. He has a small annuity. He is said to be a good classical scholar. It appears that he had sung mass, and confessed and sbroven several penitents on the day he committed the crime. During his examina tion, every time that a witness was introduced, or any person entered bearing any order of knighthood, he pointed invidiossly and sneeringly at his crosses or clasps. The moderados attempt to show that he is a Republican, but all authentic accounts agree in stating that he was an emigarnt in times of literal government. in 1820. He was a captain in Don Carlos's army, and came over to the Queen in the celebrated convention of Vergara. This news is copied from the Gazeta Itlilitar This newspaper has been seized in order that the pro vinces may not know that the wretch is a Carlist. The Government wish it to be believed that he is a Socialist. Many priests have been insulted to-day in the streets. BELGIUM. The Belgian newapapersl contain accounts of inunda tions caused by the recent heavy and continued rains in all parts of the kingdom. On the afternoon of the 6th the environs of Brussels were invaded by the floods, and at the same time two large breaches were made in the southern railway—one of them at the Trois Chan deliers, where the line was similarly damaged by the great flood of 1850. The Paris trains were stopped at Loth, where the second Breach had oc curred, and the passengers forwarded by diligence. The goods train from Brussels ran off the line near Loth and was overturned in the waters. A similar accident befel the goods train from Braine-le-Comte. Between the Porte de Flandre and the southern railroad the country was laid entirely under water. The environs of Mona were completely submerged, the southern suburbs to the depth of several feet. At Liege the Meuse had swelled so as to overflow the quays. At Verviers, the Verdre was so high that fears were entertained for the bridge of Chaudfontaine. At Namur and Maestricht, the waters were rising a menac ing height. GERMANY. In a sitting of the Germanic Diet, the Commissioners of Austria and Prussia communicated two memoirs of Count Leiningen and of Muhden as to the constitution of Electoral Hesse. One of them relates to the re-esta blishment of order in the electorate, and the other to the tutors constitution. The two commissioners having entered into communi cations on the sutject with the Hessian Government, a Project of a constitution has been drawn up; the com missioners have approved of it, and it has been commu ainated to the Diet. . The A us t r i an Lloyd states t h at P a t ac ki, the Hunga riant w ho Was arre s t e d at Rendsburg on a charge of at tempting cP to seduce some Hungarian re-gin:lents from allegiance to the Empero r , and of being an agent of Kossuth and Maz z i n i, an d w h o , u p o n these charges, had. t been s entenced to d ea th by an A ustr ian court-mar tial on to 30th ult., Wa3 executed e ll on the 5, inst. On , n the same day a person a charge of high tr, named Goslar, was executed, upon ason re volution. ny conspiring to bring about a COURSE OFEx ---= MIA Amver.:un us " , Ditto, three months 1 2 0 / 4 Rotterdam •• .• ,„ pig A n twerp ••••• • • • •• 2 '; st) Brussels •••••• • • •• 25 50 Hatnburgh •• .• — M.B. la 10% • Parts, 3 elays'aight •• 25 30 Ditto, 3 months •• .. 25 47 Marseilles • • • • • • 2547 x, Bonrdeaux.• •••• •• . • ne.... 121 F ran kfort on Mai GE,—(THIS DAY.) (lihraltar . • ...... •• Leglacrn . • • • • • • • • • 20 80 .4" a. • " • •• • • •• • • .. 25 60 I -• .... Venice..... • • • • • • .. • .. Naples •. 4r,% P alermo, peroz •• •• 121 We" 1" • • • • • • • • 121 53 • • • • •• • • • • alo Janeiro •• 53 N FAienos Ayres ••.• York, 60 dayesight Philadelphia -- •• •• PILLOZB OP BULLION, PEA OP. eoreign Geld in 'oars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coln .• G 0 0 tpanish Doubloons p o 4 Nrew Dollars • • •• 0 0 0 Ailver in bars 0 0 0 Berlin . • • . • • • • • • • . • . Vienna, enc. flo .•• • .. 12 40 12 40 Trieste, dltto. • • • .. Petersbusgh, Rble.. 37!q Madrid , „ „ .50 M, .. „ 50 M Cadiz : Bare 30713 •. •• •• .• •• S'villa.. .., ter, on half-pay unattached ; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Murray Tulloch, on half-pay unattached, Feb. 10. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. The Earl of Powis to be Deputy Lieutenant ; the Viscount Seaham to be Deputy Lieutenant; the Honourable Thomas Charles Hanbury Tracy to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Sir John Conroy, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Winder Lyon Winder, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Edmund Henry Lyon, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Major-General Proctor to be Deputy Lieutenant; R. M. Bonner Maurice, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire. Duke of Lancaster's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry —William Edward Royds, Gent., to be Lieutenant in the Rochdale Troop, vice Thomas Ainsworth Crook, promoted, Jan. 31 ; the Hon. Algernon Egerton, late Cornet in the Furness Troop, to be Cornet in the Rochdale Troop; the Hon. Spencer Compton Cavendish, commonly called Lord Cavendish, of Keighley, to be Cornet in the Furness Troop, vice the Hon. Algernon Egerton, Feb. 5. Lancashire Hussars.—Lieutenant William Click Tristram Viscount St. Lawrence, to be Captain, vice William Charles Yates, resigned, Jan. 3 I . Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire. The Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.— The Honourable Arthur Lascelles, to be Captain, vice Lyon, resigned ; Cornet Henry Hill to be Lieutenant, vice Barker, resigned ; Thomas Horatio Marshall, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Leigh, promoted, Jan. 20. WHITEHALL, Fin. 3. _ _ __ _ _ The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Faithful the younger, of Brighton, in the co , nty of Sussex, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED Henry Francis Wollaston, merchant, Union-grove, Wands worth-road. BANKRUPTS. Rowland Bateman and Robert Hardwicke, printers, Carey street, Lincoln's-inn, to surrender, Feb. 20, and March 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assig nee, Aldermanbury ; Fiddey, Temple; Brown, Wakefield. Edward Cowper Fyffe and Ebenezer Wathern Fyffe, merchants, Howford-buildings, Fenchurch-street, Feb. 20 and March at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Baker, Rack, and Jennings, Lime-street. illiam Edward Spencer, Falcon Mustard Works, Hol land -street, Blackfriars, Feb. 20 and March 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall- street ; Laurence, Gray's-in-square. John Barker, wharfinger, queen -street, Stepney, Feb. 23, at half-past eleven, and March 27, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bar@uptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street ; Tamplin, Fenchurch-street. George Waterhouse, watch manufacturer, Rupert-street, Haymarket, Feb. 23, and March 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; West, Gresham street. Ralph Titcomb, butcher, Highgate, Feb. 20, at half past twelve, and March 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Taylor and Mason, Furnival's-inn. _ John Plumley, clothier, Mitcham, Feb. 19, at eleven, and March 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Linklater, Sise-lane. Thomas Nutley, victualler, Reading, Feb. 20, at twelve, and March 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Wright and Kingsford, Essex-street, Strand; Cowper, Newbury, Berkshire. Samuel Norcliffe, licensed victualler, Brydges-street, Co vent-garden, Feb. 20, at eleven, and March 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab church-lane ; Marsden, Queen-street, Cheapside. Daniel James Field and Boulton Molineaux, jun., corn and flour dealers, Manchester, Feb. 23, and March 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Crossley and Ludlow, Manchester. William Byrom, Henry Taylor, and Thomas Byrom, coal proprietors, Manchester, Feb. 20 and March )2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester ; Janion, Manchester. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. C. M. L. Cousins, clerk, Clifton-terrace, Old Kent-road. J. Wolsey, house and estate agent, Oxford -street. J. A. Payne, farmer, High Holborn. C. W. G. Guthrie, surgeon, Frith-street, Soho. G. Bish, engineer, S'ratford, Essex. H. Ball, victualler, Fulham. W. Woodger, farrier, Aldersgate-street. D. Alder, merchant, Weston-street, Southwark. R. U. Snow, printer, Water-street, Strand. J. Clare, cheesemonger, Ann's-place, Hoxton. A. Mott, portmanteau manufacturer, Keppell-street, South wark Bridge-road. J. Miller, linen draper, High-street, Stoke Ne w i ng t on . T. Crowther, coal agent, Coventry. George Cobb, inn keeper, Harescombe, Gloucestershire. George Potts, shoe maker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. Ryland, stone mason, Victoria. street, Gloucestershire. H. Wilkinson, bricklayer, Hadleigh, Suffolk. J. N. Rogers, farmer, Chelveston - cum-Caldecott, Northamp tonshire. J. F. Higgins, architect, Keighley, Yorkshire. W. Henton, wheelwright, Haywards Heath, Sussex. W. A, Humble, farm labourer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Lindred, jun., a:sistant to a haberdasher, Bristol, C. Savill, cheeemonger, Seymour -place, Camden town. W. H. Jenks, coal merchant, Ettingshall, Sedgley, Staffordsh. J. IMoss, wharfinger, Leamington, Warwickshire. W. T. Spratt, journeyman coach maker, Halesworth, Suffolk. R. Ashworth, greengrocer, Smallbridge, near Rochdale. W. Atkinson, none mason, Salford. J. Butler, joiner, Manchester. W. H. Bennett, draper, Blackburn. I'. Cragg, grocer, Walton-le-dale, Lancashire. Nathan Dunkerley, toll collector, Godley,Cheshire. William Fletcher, licensed victualler, Ashton-under-Lyne, William Hall, toy dealer, Nottingham. Richard H. Hardisty, fruiterer, Leeds. Sarah Ingh xm, Oldham, Lancashire. A. Melvin, publican, Warren-street, Liverpool. L. Murnaghan, stone mason, Dorset -street, Salford. R. Shaw, ale and porter dealer, Russell. terrace, Lower Broughton. S. Stead, job fent dealer, Market-street, Salford. J. Taylor, druggist, Bedford-street, Liverpool. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS; Their Lordihip3 met at Five o'clock. Lard CAMPBELL presided on the Woolsack. PETITION. Lcrd CAMPBELL presented a petition from Cork, against the payment of ministers' money. BANKRUPTCY. On the motion of Lord.CAMPBELL, the Secretary of Bankrupts-office Abolition Bill was read a second time. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. On the motion of Lord CHAN WORTH, the Municipal Corporations Acts Amendments Bill was read a second time. LEGISLATION IN THE HOUSE. Lord LYNDHURST made some observations on the subject of legislation in the House, in continuation of those he made yesterday, and moved the first reading of a Bill for enabling the House of Lords to take up measures, without commencing them anew, which were sent down from the other House, but were not passed in consequence of the late period of the session. The Earl of DERBY hoped that the Bill, coming as it did from such a high authority as his Noble and Learned Friend, would receive more favourable consider ation in the House of Commons than it did last session. Lord CAMPBELL did not intend to oppose the first reading of the Bill, but he cautioned the House against supposing that the measure was free from difficulty. He was not disposed to concur entirely in the propriety of originating Bills in the House of Lords, because he thought the practice woulp give rise to a very mischie vous doctrine if carried to too great an extent. Lord BEAUNIONT protested against the principle laid down by the Secretary for the Colonies, that all measures of importance should essentially originate in the House of Commons. He was himself a great Liberal, but not such a Democrat as to sanction such a proposition. It was of great advantage to the country that legislation should on many subjects originate in this House, in consequence of their Lordships being better acquainted with them than the representatives below. He inquired of the Noble Earl (Earl Grey) whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce any measures of great public importance before Easter? Earl GREY :protested against the accuracy of the Noble Lord's version of what he said yesterday. What he then stated, and was now prepared to repeat, was, that from his experience of the progress of Parliamen tary business, he considered that a variety, and the great majority of subjects were more likely to be better legis lated upon, in the first instance upon in the other House of Parliament than in this. But though he entertained that opinion, he believed there were measures of a particular class, such for example as those proposed with regard to legal reform, which could be tortgi nated with gra Ever advantage in the House of Lords. In answe r to the Noble Lord's question, ha said he was cell,ir would be br.inght into t not those aware that any other important measures beyond Char.- Lord RLiv;:spnooti:\re of bybis House the before Lord E C as h t a e r r. - into this, cr the House whether Gover nment NE thought it was immaterial measures were were introduced first the assertion tha t , th e se u r , - -- T ons ' considered as a After some farther but he reprobated House of revision. o. Lords was simply to be c onsideration, the Bill was read a first time. GAZETTE, THE LONDON (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 6, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Wilhelm August," Finke as C onsu l i n Jamaica for the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 6. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Robert Bickerstaff to be Captain, by purchase, vice Polhill, who re tires ; Cornet James Stillman, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet and Adjutant, vice Bickerstatr, P Feb.promoted, eb. 10. 3d Light Dragoons — Assistant-Surge o n O'Connor D'Arcey, M.D., from the 87th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Franklin, promoted in the 86th Foot, Feb. 10. 9th Light Dragoons—Cornet Alfred Hives to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bird, who retires, F e b . 10. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Eyre Coote to be allowed to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission, Feb. 10. 20th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Stephen Remnant Chapman, !rota the 59th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Deane, who exchanges, Feb. 10. 2 2nd Foot—Ensign Arthur Lloy d Monc k to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Budd , dece a s e d , =Nov. 11 ' 1851 Ensign George Onslow Deane to be Lieutenant, without p, e urchase, vice Monck, whose promotion, without pur c h ase ,-) c. 12, 1851,has been cancelled, Dec. 1 2. 1851 ; Gentlema n ' Cadet John G ra h ame, f rom t h e Royal Military College, to b e gn, w 39th F without purchase, vice Deane, Feb. 10. ooptu—reßhrevet Maor Robert Major, by who retires; Lieutenant Robert Hamilto n vice Nixonh . Tinley; Ensign I , l _ Currie to be ' Captain, by purc ase,vice purchase, vice Currie Fraser Dixon to be Lieutenant, by 59th Y.iot— Lie r o r t i e e n , a F nt b. John lo Everard Deane, from the 20th Foot,EtonsbilLLeruetdenant, vice S, R. Chapman. changes; who ex nant, by pu , ch l as l e, Y vice erlck Anthony- Trevor to be Lieute -73d Foot—Lieutenant Senior, who retires, Feb. 10. Alfred Charle s Kn o x to be Captain, 6th Foot— Assistant listen, deceased, Oct. 21. - Surgeon Henry Franklin, 1 3d Light Dragoons, to be Assistant-Surgeon, ,y from the pro moted on the Staff, Feb. to. vice Thom, e7th Foot—Assistant Staff -Su to be Assistant -Surgeon, Vice . ,rgeon John Lyster Jameson Light Dragoons. Feb 10. I) Arcey, appointed to the 3d Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant John M'Do nne ll to be Captain, without p ur chase, vice Donovan, p romo t e d, HOSPITAL STA FF. —Surgeon Alexander 86th Foot, to be Staff -Surgeon of the First Thom, from the Hope Alston Hunter, who retires upon i Class, vice Robert Staff-Surgeon James Richard Ffennen alf-pay ; Assistant to b e Staff-Surge on of the Sec on d Class, vice Gray, deceased, UNATTACH 1 O ED.—To be Lieutenant-Col Feb. on e l s , without pur chase —Brevet C o lonel Richard Greaves, on ' half-pay unat tached; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Frederick Fors- I HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at five minutes to Four. PRIVATE BILLS. The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed:-- Accidental Death Insurance and Railway Assurance Com panies Amalgamation. Bradford Piece Halls. Bristol and Exeter Railway (Yeovil Branch). Blyth and Tyne Railway. Chelsea Waterworks. Cork Improvement. Droitwich Junction Canal. Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway. East London Waterworks. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. Hatfield Chase Drainage, and New Outfall into Trent. Lancaster Waterworks, Cemetery, and Gas. Limerick Improvement and Market. London and North-Western Railway. London, Tilbury, and Southend R ilway. London and North-W stern and Bu kinghamshire Railways. London end Southampton Road, through Bishop's Waltham. Mansfield Gas. Medina River Navigation. Merthyr Tydfil Waterworks: Monmouthshire Railway and Canal. Rhyl Improvement. Scarborough Market and Approaches. Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. Vale of Neath Railway. Wolverhampton Gas. Yeovil and Ilchester Turnpike Trusts. PE TITIONS. _ . Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from a place in Northamptonshire, praying for the repeal of the May nooth. grant. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented two similar petitions from the same county. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from Leicester, pray ing for the abolition of tithes. Sir DE LACY EVANS presented a petition from certain pensioners, praying for an inquiry into their case. Mr. BRIGHT presented two petitions, numerously signed, fromManchetser, praying for the enfranchisement of copyholds. Mr. NI. GIBSON presented a petition from Manches ter, praying the House to t eke steps for introducing a system of reproductive labour into the poor-law unions. IRISH REFORM BILL. Mr. KEOGH thought it of importance that Ireland should be provided for in the English Reform Bill, and he should be glad to know if the Government intended that it should be. Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied in the negative. Ire land would be provided for in a distinct Bill. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. In reply to Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, Mr. BAINES said it was highly important that some improvement should be made in the present law of set tlement, but in the present state of public business there was little hope of his having an opportunity of bringing in a Bill for that purpose. Should it turn out, however, that there would be time to pass such a Bill this session, he should be most happy to bring it in.—(Hear, hear.) He regretted that the state of business as now arranged did not admit of his giving a more satisfactory answer. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER. In reply to Viscount JOCELYN, Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that Mr. Fox Maule would state in a few days when he proposed to bring in a Bill to renew the East India Company's Charter. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. SPOONER gave notice that this day fortnight be should call the attention of the House to the state of education in Maynooth. Mr. W. J. FOX gave notice that this day fortnight be should renew his motion for a Select Committee upon the subject of national education. Mr. B. OSBORNE gave notice that. in Committee on the New ReformJ3ill, he should move that Kensington, Chelsea, Hammersmith, and Fulham, should have the right of returning representatives to Parliament. JURY ACT OF IRELAND. In reply to Mr. WHITESIDE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND stated that it was intended to amend and improve the provisions of the Jury Act of Ireland, and a Bill would be shortly brought in for that purpose. EXPULSION OF BRITISH SUBJECTS FROM AUSTRIA. Jr. C. ANSTEY said that several British subjects had been expelled from Pestb, because they :professed Pro testantism, and he wished to know whether Government intended to obtain some satisfaction for this gross viola tion of international law, seeing that these parties had cot abused any of the laws under which they lived? Lord J. RUSSELL said he should be prepared to answer the question on Thursday. BOARD OF HEALTH. Mr. THOMAS COLLINS wished to ask the Noble Lord the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, at whose expense the surveys made for the Board 01 Health and the Government, for a supply of water to the metropolis, had been made, and by whom the Par liamentary expernses relating thereto had been paid; and what had b..en the total expense hitherto incurred? L , rd SEYMOUR said 6741. had bee❑ expended by the Board of Eealth in surveys, and 6,600/. in Parlia mentary expenses. Mr. D. COLLINS wished to ask, if such expenses had been paid ova of national funds, whether there was any provision in the Government Water Bill for the repayment, by the people of the metropolis, of the money su expended? Lord SEYMO LTR said it had been paid out of the National Exchequer. TENANT RIGHT. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD moved for leave to bring in a Bill to provide fur the better securing and regulating the ettatom of Tenant Right, as practised in the province of - Ulster, and to secure compensation to improving tenants who may not make claim under the said custom, and to limit the power of eviction in certain cases. This, be said, was called a tenant-right question, but he proposed, if the House gave him leave to bring in the Bill, ample provision would be made in it for se curing the rights of landlords. The grievances com plained of by the tenants of Ireland had long existed and were of no sligb t character.—(Hear, hear.) They in flicted great injustice upon the tenant, and many evils were produced t y the present system which would not exist at all if a Bill like this were adopted. It could not be said that the nature of these grievances was not known and fully understood by the Legislature, because the matter had O. ten been inquired into by Committees and commissions; and the House must by this time be well informed upon the subject.—(Hear, hear.) The present system gave no impetus to industry; from the in security in which tenants lived now they were reluctant to make extensive improvements in the soil, and the re sult was bad cultivation and the non-payment of rents.— (Hear.) Then, to aggravate these evils, the landlords had adopted the practice of consolidating the farms, and the people had !aesen reduced to such a state of misery and fright that they were glad of an opportunity to take wing to America or some other hospitable land that was willing to receive them.—(Hear, hear.) He did not wish to revive the old cry against the landlord class, but after the examples and warnings they bad had of late, he thought they could no longer with hold the conce4sion of tenant right to the yeomanry of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The objects of this Bill were two; first., it was to give security by law to the property created by the industry of the tenant; and, secondly, it wotald enable Use out-going tenant to claim compensation for all improvements he may have accom plished on his farm in the course of his tenantry. The object of the Bill had often been approved of by Lord Stanley, and to show the importance of adopting it, he need only mention that his owe union contained 93,000 acres of land, which had been improved by the capital and labour of the tenants to the extent of el. ; and therefore, tinder the present system, there was at this moment more than 700,0001. of property belonging to the tenantry that was wholly at the mercy, whim, will, or caprice of the land lord.—(Hear, hear.) The object, then, of his Bill was to meet such cases as that, and if the Legislature would only pass its proviaiona into a law, the soil of Ireland would become snore fruitful, and its cultivators would be made happy and contented.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. KEOGH seconded the motion. Sir G. GREY said, as the House had on several occa• sions allowed the Hon. Member to lay on the table such a Bill as he now' proposed, he should offer no opposition to its being brought in, but if its provisions were the same as those of the former Bill, the Hon. Member must expect to encounter a Government apposition on the se cond reading. lie admitted many of the facts which the Hon. Member had stated, while he conceded to him that the tenantry of Ireland laboured under great and mani fold evils ;end grievances ; but he was afraid the remedy which the Met.. Gentleman proposed would be totally inadequate to :Leet the cas e.—(Hear.) Some reference had been mad.e to the re cent outrages committed in one or two parf . ai of Ireland, but he denied that those out rages were the result of the bad cultivation of the land, or the want of ‘•,enant right, but rather of a lawless con . federation to bring about a reduction of rents.—(Hear, COUNTY Powponed his Bill on this subject hear.) Governs aunt was bound to put down that system of Lord BROUGHAM COURTS. terrorism by the strong arm. of the law, and the House and In re ply to a question from the • Duke of NEW until Thursday next. the country might depend upon it, no concession would NEW ZEALAND. I be inade•to thoes; who sought to attain extravagant ends cotrut Ze o a n l a and Bill would 1 by the force of threats and outrages.—(Hear, hear.) CASTLE, eon as the , Mr. GRATTAN hoped the discussion of this ques- Earl GREY stated that the New i tion would not; be stopped short to-night, but that be introduced into the House of 1 it would be gone into telky, and without a moment's state of business there would give a reasonaasba' proupect of its proceeding. The Bill was prepared, but var ‘ i e ous eines delay. (Hear, Lear.) No doubt the outrage referred , to by the Right Hon. Secretary of State for the Home it s Was not finally settled, because he had P Department weee not traceable directly to the absence of i b n el l ieve from the last dispatches received, that reasonr-Ito , tenant right in Ireland, but in some measure they were, the 's for had the landllords abstained from driving cut their virnmen t would soon be in possession of addi 'Atone l in asts, from off the land a better feeling tenants, like bof , , formation which would have a considerable heeling however, not his • - upon the question. It was, . intention prevailed ' • what they were now discussing would have amongst the people. But that was beside the question , . to wait until that information was received, if an opp or _ lenity presented itself previously of proceeding w i th , the understand why it was to be refused. Surely a mars w w a h s o t h h a e d su iro bj p e r c o t: a . d f taennaensttaright, and he was at a loss to Bill in the other House. estate at the expense of his labour m w h a g ic b h , had and been committed OUTRAGES IN IRELAND. landlord made him surrender . ' and ca it Ain night but Ar- in an d Lord RODEN described the dreadful outrages , his was all his holding. Well, then, that p al was entitled to some compensation when which this Bill demanded, in nat if Government were really anxious to restore the open day, upon the peaceably-disposed of her Majesty's om n m ot itt o e n d ly sitof why Py lreland, he wasat a loss to understand iubject,:e and inquired whether i.', was the intention of h they feel h l called upon to oppose the Governmen t to propose measures to arrest . the i t. _, Rss should t emee ves any any of the evils wide-spread evil, the la • e. been feund I which teir ' h ex- - -) He attributed m common law having prevailed in Ireland to absenteeism, fine estates to be insufLient? were destroyed by proprietors, for Lord L ANSDOWNE said the Government were fully ' the large landlords the neglect of their alive to the importance of the duty imposed upon ehem and left their tenantry had too often abandoned their duty to repress these outrages, and they had tor that put pose The consequence was to the mercy of middlemen and increased the constabulary, and - eures existence,and Was the tenantry became careless of adopted other mea. banded themselves against law and order. which had been recommended by It was with sorrow he was compelled to add, that in had so recently occurred, t : he evictions some instances the law had failed, , b ut he we s not dis dmuch discredit and which had brought so pos to say that extraordinary measures ought ' • be adopted T .it was, however, the absentees fox until until all the means of repression in th e h ai ids of the Go - the consequences, and unless the House w is hed to wt. 't - veer:recut had been tried. Intel-I:natio a had been re- ness a recurrence of such tereible scenes h would eeived within the last few days from p.„ ties concerned hesitate to give their consent to some measure of this, in the outrages and others which lead te ) the hope that sort.—(Hear, hear.) ~. the object of the Government would ye tbe attained. , (LEFT SPEAKING.) (LEFT .ITTING.) MARKET IN TELLIGEN CE. (From the London New Price Current, Feb. 10.) alert; uas a lie s". sane - . d. fee Weet T Sugar, both for tho pan and scale; on the part of merchants there was more firmness, and the rates obtained were Gd per per cwt above those of Friday for all descriptions ; operations were 1,040 hhds, &c., including at auction 164 hhds 14 fres Barbadoes, which went at rather higher prices for better kinds, and at previous terms for inferior, fine yellow sold at 395, good 35s 6d to 38s, mid to goo'' mid 32s to 355, low 30s to 31s 6d; ISS hhds Demerara, mid yellow 29s 6d to 30a 6d, low 20s, and fine brown 28s to 28s 6d; the market closes with a firm aspect. REYLNILD, -To-day Refined Sugar met with a good home trade demand, and rates closed with firmness, brown lumps at 44s to 44s 6d per cwt. British Crushed Sugar continues to meet with little notice for shipping, but of foreign several parcels were sold at previous terms. MAURITIUS. - This afternoon several parcels of Mauritius Sugar were sold privately, and in some cases the rates ob tained were rather above th, •se existing previou-ly ; at auc tion 2,010 b rgs went at 32s to 34s for good to fine yellow, and at 3 -a 6d to 38s 6d for mid to fine grainy. EA - ibis afternoon the public sales of Bengal Sugar went off briskly, white Benares at 6d per cwt. ad vance, and all other sorts at fully previous terms. Of 6,000 bags offered nearly the whole sold-good to fine grainy yellow went at 35s to 388 Gd, low to middling 31. to 345, good brown 295 to 30s, fine white Benares 36s to 36s 6d, middling to good 33s to 35s 6d, damp and washed 32s 6d to 365, good like Mauritius 31s to 3ls 6d ; Khaur and low soft yellow 23s to as. For Madras a good demand exists, and the previous value is sustained. At auction 6,000 bags found buyers, low to fine soft brown at 22. to 24s 6d, ordinary to good yellow 25s to 275, m iddling grainy 33s 6d, and common to fine brown ditto 25s to 295. F O REIGN. -To-day there was more demand for Foreign Sugar, both for shipping and home trade purposes. The parcels of yellow Havannah and Brazil sold privately were at tally the rates of Friday. None was submitted to public sale. Cocoa. -A large demand has been experienced privately for Trinidad, and the rates obtained have been rather above those current previously, good to flue red selling at 37s to 40s, common to good middling 33s to 3es 6d, and grey from 31s to 335. In Grenada rather more has been done at from sells more freely. Bahaia and Para n 248 to 255, and Guayaquill 30s per cwt. obtainable a n a F b o l e r e a i g t Mordesseee-West I n di a - Si nce t hi s d ay wee k 700 puns have been sol 1, chiefly f or di st illi ng; com m o n St. Vincent 30 being to has realised Ils 64 to 12s, fair Demerara 128 6d, Antigua 13s to 138 Gd per cwt. Some parcels of Mauritius have bean sold at 10a 6d to Ils. Cuba and Porto Rico are wanted at 12s to 12s 6d. Honey e sells more free'y, and Jamica realize from 35s to 50s per cwt. For Tamarinds there are now few buyers, East India can be obtained at 6s to 121, and West India can be obtained at 208 to 30s per cwt. COFFEIC.-TO.I eay Native Ceylon was sold to a fair extent privately, and prices ruled firm at 38i 6d to 395 for good to real good ord. Plantation Ceylon met with little attention. Of 87 csks 220 brls and 90 bags at auction a small part only found buyers, good went at 3s to 565, low mid to mid 48s to 525, fine to fine fine ordinary 44s to 475, other sorts 42s to 43s 6d, and triage 35s to 43s per cwt. Mocha and Costa Rica remain in good demand privately. TEA.-A reluctance has been manifested to operate in Congou, and supply being plentiful there are free sellers of low quality at 7 d to 7id,geod ord sound 8d to Bid, blackish leaf 9d to lid, superior and Pekoe kinds 11id to is sd. Oolong common and middling can be obtained at 8d to Ild, and better sorts Is to is 4d. Souchong good to fine Is to Is Bd, and low to mid 8d to 1 Id. Poucbong is dull of sale. and can be purchased at the low terms of 43 to 6d. Of Green Tea only small purchases have been made ; Hyson, low to mid, at Is to Is 2d, g ood to fine Is 3 d to 2 s, superior 2s 23 to 2 s Bd, Young Hyson, ord lld to Is, mid to good Is Id to le 9define is 103 to 2s 4d, Imperial Canton 10d to ls, Hyson kind is 2d to 2s 4d, Gunpowder, Canton 8d to Is ; Hyson kind, low to mid is 2d to Is 7d, good to fine Is ed to 3s 4d, Twankay lld to Is ld, Hyson skin 10d to 1. 4d, and Caper 8d to is 4d. In Scented Orange Pekoe little has been done; good to fine can be obtained at Is id to is Bd, low to mid Bd. to Is. Flowery Pekoe is difficult of sale, and sellers are willing to accept is 9d to 2s 8(.1 for fine to superior, and is to Is 7d for low to goed. RICE. -To-day there was no public sale of East India, several parcels were however sold privately at full former rates. GLNGER. -To. day the public sales went at full rates. Of Cochin 200 cases 150 bags sold at 25s 6d to 30s for ord to good ord, and 31s to 34s 6d for mid; 60 pkgs Jamaica, ord to good ord 41s to 48s. SPIRITS. - Prices have not risen for Demerara Rum, al though there continues to be a good demand, the rates taken for 32 to 40 over proof are from 2s ld to 2s 4d per gallon. Leeward Island is wanted, and the rates obtained are Is 5d to ls 6id proof. Some parcels of East India have been sold at Is 31d to Is 4d proof, and stock in importers' hands is light. Previous terms are sustained for Jamaica. Prices for fine and superior marks rule at from 3s to 4s for 34 to 38 over proof, good 32 to 35 over 2s 6d to 2s 10d, mid to good mid 2s 4d to 2s 6d, and low 27 to 30 over 2s 2d to 2s 4d. Brandy is not cheaper. Prices for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 18a1 rule at 4s al to 4s 4d, 1850 ditto 4s 5d to 4s 7d, 1849 ditto 4s 9d to 4s Ild, 1848 ditto 5s 3d to 5s SJ, older 5s 6d to 6s 6d, low to mid qualities 2s 104 to 48, and Bordeaux 2s 2d to 2s 4d. For British-made Spirit the market is in a very Arm posi tion, and there is a brisk demand at 9s lld to lOs nett cash, Gin Os for 17, and 81 6d for 22 under roof. Several parcels of Geneva have been sold; common la 7d to is 9d, and fine Is 10(1 to 2s. COCHINEAL.-To-day at auction 40 bgs black Honduras sold at 3s 6d to 3s Bd. TALLow.-Prices are still going down for Russian on the spot, although a good home trade demand exists; fine old yellow candle has been selling at 34s 6d to 355, and new at 35s 6d to 35s 9d per cwt. For delivery in next two months there are sellers at 35s 6d, and for the latter part of the year at 37s to 37s 3d ; yet few contracts have been entered into. Home melted remains as previously quoted, and a good sale exists; prime melted is 36s to 375, net cash. Other sorts are rather cheaper; of 700 casks Australian, about 300 sold, Beef at 32s to 34s 6d, Mutton 32s 6d to 35s Gd; pkgs South American, leo found buyers at 33s 5d to 355; and 42 casks South American Horse Grease at 27s to 29. per cwt. Tallow is is to 2s cheaper than last year, and stock 10,000 casks greater. Otts - In Rape Seed Oil more business is doing, yet a de sire is evinced to sell, brown at 29s 6d, pale 304 sd, and Re fined Foreign 3ls 6d. Linseed Oil met with little attention for shipping or home consumption, and rates are drooping, 25s 63 to 25s 9d having been accepted. For delivery little has been done at present. Several transactions have taken place in Palm at 25s 6d to 26a 6d. Cocoa Nut is less wanted ; there is, however, no increase of supply ; Ceylon and Cochin still realise 318 to 345; Sydney 28s to 335. The demand for Olive is active, and rates incline upwards ; Galli poli realise 441 to 451; other sorts 42/ 10s to 431 lOs Pbuyer s are, tun. Lard Oil is he ld for 4 7 5 to 48s; few are , however, to be met with. Gingelly Oil dull of sale at 30s to 303 6 d- Cod has been operated in with caution, and can be obtained 311 to 311 10s. In Seal sales are upon rather a more extended scale, yet no rise has been established, pale selling at ill to 311 108 ; other sorts 281 lOs to 30/ 10s. Prices for low to fine Southern range at from 311 to 331; few purchases, however, have been made. Sperm is more in request, and rates are firm at 83/ to 851. Head matter is worth 871 to 901 per tun. CEan unbElicGin:EraßeNamn:NexTpenditure for the year ending the Satur day, in a Parliamentary document,BALANtheTp S H account EET l O v was given sth of January last.. The net receipts were 52,233,006/. 16s. 5d., and the expenditure 49 , 5, 06,6101. 1 le. 7d., leaving the excess of income over the expenditure 2,726,3961. 4s. 10d. On Saturday. Lord Cran worth's 13111 was printed to amend the Municipal Corporations Act, with respect to pro gSivaetnuro-f prietors of newspapers inserting advertisements relating to corporations. They are to be saved penalties, and not to be disqualified from corporation offices by reason of such adver tisements. LONDON, THE SUN, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1852 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 9. PARLIAMENTARY REFORII• Lord JOHN RUSSELL then rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the right of voting for Members cf Parliament, and to amend the laws relating to the representation of the people. The stste of affairs, he said, in which he brought this motion for ward ought to be satisfactory to the House and to the country.—(Hear, hear.) During the last four years we had seen wonderful changes on the continent, and yet during that period this country had been tranquil It appeared, therefore, that this was a pr o p er time a s p p p i r a i r t a n t o f d a t n h g e e rps people had l b thee n e m a s v e e l r v t e e s d . and loyal, and ma n y whether any further extension could be g iv e n to the right of voting consistently wi th the princi fboyr nesi(cioeu6rnaggeous pie of the Constitution, the prerogative of the Crown, the authority of Parliament, and the rights and liberties of the people.—(Hear.) There were some persons who said that they ought rather to wait for agitation, and that it was better to legislate upon a subject of this kind when the passions of the people had been raised; but ho totally differed from that opinion. He thought if it was desirable to make any amendment in the state of the representation, it was well to consider the change in a rime of peace and tranquillity—to concede it as a reward for past good conduct, rather than to meke it, as it were, upon compulaion.—(hear, hear.) He be lieved, therefore, he was doing right in now bringing forward this question.—(Hear, hear.) It had been as so, of w sertud, but w i thout foun d at i o n, that it was merely on th e spur of th e moment, w h e n being pressed by a motion which was l ast yea r carried, that he gave notice that thehe shHouoludsebrinthgisthissessuslijoenct under. _(fie t e h e hear.)consideration so far from that being the case, it was stated by him so far back as 1848, in answer to the Honourable Member for Montrose, that he thought the time was rapidly approaching when the further ex tension of the franchise might be again considered and deliberated upon by Parliament. —(Hear, hear.) It was then thought that it would not be advisable to bring in such a measure, and when the subject was dis cussed last year in the Cabinet the reasons for post ponement again outweighed those for its immediate pro duction. That postponement, however, subjected the Government to these disadvantages, that in opposing such motions it must, in giTing reasons for their postponement, be supposed to be concealing its real intention, and thus appear to be forced to do something which it bad never intended to do, or, in stating a general intention on the subject, it should be accused of causing apprehension and expectation as to what the details of the measure were to be. This alternative, although attended with inconvenience, he had preferred. Having stated thus much, he thought it would be convenient if the House would review along with him the measures which had been taken and pro posed on this subject at various times. He did not mean to enter into the general principles of representation, but ho believed it was pretty well agreed that the claim to the franchise in every individual was one which could not be supported, the object to be gained being always good government. In deliberating on the means of obtaining the fairest measure of represen tation they must always bear in mind the importance of the functions which this House exercised, equalled by none in modern times and scarcely by any in ailment. In referring to ; . e.es preceedmge W 1 i respect to the representation of that House, they found that in 1781 Mr. Pitt brought forward a general motion, which was supported by Mr. Fox, and in 1785 brought forward a plan by which he proposed to lay aside a sum to purchase 36 small boroughs, the Members for which he proposed to supply by the additional representation of counties. This plan was founded on an idea of Lord Chatham. That plan, however, was rejected. In 1790 Mr. Flood brought forward a measure proposing an ad dition of 100 Members, and Mr. Pitt then declared, that though he had not changed his opinion, he did not think that a time for the discussion of the subject. In 1822 Lord Durham proposed to divide the country into districts, but his plan was also rejected. In 1823 he hieneelf lied brought forward a proposition to take 100 Members from the small boroughs, one from each, and to add of these 60 to the counties, and 40 to the boroughs, The Noble Lord then detailed the various propositions which preceded the passing of the Reform Act, and which eventually formed the basis on which it was founded, Those who supported the Reform Bill did not shrink from asserting that there would still be a great number of boroughs with a small population which would not, per haps, immediately rciiresent any particular interest, but might be the means of returning Members who were well qualified to inform the House on great questions. It had been said that with respect to Schedule D they had gone too far in disfranchising boroughs which were repre sented by an important class of Members. He (Lord J. Russell) thought that if there were none but Mem bers for counties and for large cities arid towns, it would be impossible to say the country could be fairly represented.—(Hear, hear.) For instance, none would be elected for counties except those who were generally known for their long residence in them, or for their connexion with them, and large cities or other places would not return Members except they represented the popular opinion of the day. Thu. many valuable Members would be excluded, and the c , topleteness of the representation would be destroyed. —(Hear, hear.) Other nations had endeavoured to remedy this obvious inconvenience. The President of the United States possessed a power for the formation of an executive body, which was far beyond that exercised by the Sovereign of this country. He might utterly disregard the wishes of the Congress in choosing his Ministers, because he could select persons who represented any policy of which he approved. Now the House of Commons exercised a control in that respect over the Executive. He held, therefore, that they would destroy the balance of the Constitu tion in this country if they were to say that none but counties and large cities and towns should have a voice in the representation.—(Hear, hear.) Nothing but absolute necessity should induce them to resort to the practice of disfranchisement. It appeared to him, as he had stated more than once, that nothing but such absolute necessity should induce them to resort to an arbitrary disfranchisement; and what they proposed, therefore, was simply to disfranchise only in cases of proved corruption. The second Bill which he should have to bring in would propose that there should be a considerable change in the mode of inquiry into cases of corruption.—(Hear, hear.) He owned he thought con siderable damage was done in this matter by the adoption of the Grenville Act, which enabled parties to go before a Committee with counsel and state their own case as between A and B, and whether A and B succeeded it was of little importance, as the question was no linger a party dispute in which the House and the public at large could take an interest. — (Hear, hear.) At length, however, Mr. Sheppard drew attention to the subject, and he obtained the thanks of the House for having got rid of some portion of the corruption which then prevailed; but as these matters were now tried the inquiry terminated with the success or defeat of either side.— (Hear, hear.) There the inquiry finished, and no further step was taken in the shape of an investigation for the benefit of the whole community.—(Hear, hear.) Now what he proposed to do was, that upon an address of this House based upon any reason—it might be a report of an Election Committee—it might be the report of a Select Committee—or it might be common fame and general repute—it should be law ful for the Crown to appoint a commission, which commission should retort to the borough, and have the same means of inquiry which had been lately exercised with such success in the case of St. Albans.— (Cheers.) By this mode he conceived they would obtain evidence sufficient in many cases to enable them to resort to disfranchisement.—(Hear, hear.) Nur did ho think the other House of Parlia ment could complain of this, because before the disfranchisement could take place they would be asked to give their sanction to the step, and have the same opportunities as this House of forming an opinion upon its expediency.—(Hear, hear.) He proposed that the seats now vacant from disfran chisement should be filled up by conferring upon Bir kenhead and Burnley the right of returning a Member each, but if they disfranchised St. Albans there would still be two vacancies, and those would also have to be provided for.--(Hear, hear.) He had now to state what they proposed to do by this Bill with regard to the extension of the franchise.—(Hear, hear.) It appeared to him that there were grounds upon which they could safely concede a considerable extension of the right of voting to many of the cities and boroughs of the United Kingdom.—(Hear, hear.) At the time of the Reform Bill, in limiting the right of voting to householders of 101. each, ho thought they did quite right, although the limitation was placed rather higher than was absolutely necessary; but that was a time when there was a great wish already for reform; and it was, therefore, felt that too much caution could not be used in the extension to be conceded.—(Llear, hear-) There was another ground which had great influence upon his mind, and that was the growing intelligence and education of the people.—(Hear, hear.) This he could prove, if it were necessary, by the increase in the sale of newspapers and books, and by the great number of schools which had been established since 1831; but he thought that the experience of every one was suf ficient to induce them to concur in the truth of this fact, that the franchise of 1831 might be safely extended at the present time. It was proposed, instead of fixing the right to vote in those persons paying 101. rated value, to extend it to Si. In looking at the general returns he should say that the proportion of householders paying from el. to 101. compared with those paying 101. and upwards, was as 6 to 10, aad it would be seen teat when they proposed to lower the franchise to Si. they would add a very great number of persons to those at present entitled to vote. He was persuaded that the franchise might be safely entrusted to those persons— (Hear, hear)—and he was confident that they were a class in whose hands our institutions would be safe. (Cheers.) The Noble Lord then proceeded to say— With regard to counties, I do not propose to change that which has been the general constitution of this House, that the representation of counties should be placed on a different basis from that of cities and bo roughs. The greatest change that was made in this re spect at the time of the Reform Act was a change which was introduced by a Nobleman then a Member of this House, and now of the other House of Parliament — the Duke of Buckingham. That which we proposed went ou the principle of tenure-40e. freeholds, copy hold tenure, and leases of a certain duration—not losing sight of the original difference between county Members and borough Members, the one being founded upon tenure and the other upon occupation. But the propo sition of that Noble Lord, which was s a nctioned by a majority of this House, gave to occupiers ratedon a rental of 30/. a year a right to vote. I think —indeedl thought so at that time —that we may fairly lower the franchise to that which entitles a man to sit on a jury. persons Among the jury qualifications is ison o that 201. a occupying property of the ratablej is u slue of ries. I think year are qualified to serve on that a person who qualified to serve on a jury cannot be an unfit perso n to bo entrusted with the elective qualification. (Cheers.) Besides this right of voting, we propose to reduc e the am ount with respect to copy h o ld c rs and long leaseholders, from 101. to 5/. There is another rig ht of young which I h ave to mention, and which we propose should be given indis criminately to persons residing either in a county or a borough—that is to say, if they reside in a county with out the limits of a borough they may vote for the county, and if within the limits of the borough they ma y vote for the borough —such persons paying direct taxes in the shape of assessed taxes, or paying income tax to the amount of 40s. a year.— (Hear, hear.) We do not propose that persons paying licences should have the right of voting, because we think it might be liable to abuse. With regard to persons who pay 40s. a year in direct taxes, we propose that the right of voting should be given to them. Now, the reason on which this par ticular franchise is founded is the objection which has been constantly made, and not without cause, that while persons having freehold property and others occupying leasehold property are possessed of the franchise, there are great numbers of well educated men—(Hear, hear) —who, not having that particular species of property, are debarre d from the right of voting. We hope, therefore, by this proposition to enable them to have vo tes, and thus to contrib u t e to the representation of the country.—(Cheers.) Having stated t he extension of the franchise within the existing limits, I come now, Sir, to state that I propose an extension of the frau wit'tnilt the limits of certain small borough 9, La . vo airoady :AtaLe,% tLink un priiiciplo we Wei' 4ht at the time of the Reform Bill in maintaining a certain number of boroughs of that kind; and I do nut finl that any of those whom I have mentioned—Mr. Pitt, Mr. Fox, or any of those who brought forward measures of reform—have agreed to the total dostruc ti:m of small boroughs. I find there is at this time an outcry against them, but that outcry, with the exception of cortain cases, is founded on the mistaken notion that all the smaller boroughs of the country are infected with bribery and corruption.—(Elear.) I believe that is a great mistake.—(Hear, and a langb.) I believe th a t while bribery exists in many of the smaller boroughs, the same thing may be said, and to as large an extent may be said, of many of the larger boroughs.—(ttenr, hear.) Ido not believe it 13 at ail peculiar to those smaller boroughs ; I be lieve, on the other hand, that there are many of those boroughs in which bribery is not known, and where elections have been conducted with perfect purity. But it is said, and said certainly with great truth, that with regard to many of those smaller boroughs, not only does the influence of property prevail, and not only does pro perty influence the elections, but that the property of individuals is so overwhelming in many of them that ... they approach the character of those boroughs in which direct nomination prevailed.—(Hsar, hear.) Now, Sir, I think it desirable to take away that reproach— (Cheers)—because, although we may leave them totally undisturbed, yet I cannot but think tbe continuance that reproach and the odium into which they would fall would render it doubtful ut some future time whether they could be maintained. We propose, therefore, with regard to a certain number of those boroughs, to diffuse the influence, as it were, and to add some of the neigh- Dour ing towns in the same county, or towns in the neighbouring counties, and give them the right of sending representatives to Parlia ment. The line which we take is not founded ,:n that which was taken in the time of the Reform Bill, viz., the number of houses assessed to the assessed taxes, because we have now at hand better and more convenient tests for the point under consideration. At the time of the Reform Bill I stated that in my opinion nearly all the boroughs could not have less than 300 voters each. While this has been proved to be the case generally, there are 14 smaller boroughs which have less than the number I have stated; there are upwards of 30 more with less than 400 electors. When I speak now of electors lam speak tog of permanent electors—namely, those who are 101. householders and those who are Freemen bolding the right to vote, which was maintained and guaranteed to them at the time when the Reform Bill passed. We pro pose to go up to the number of 500 of those permanent electors, and to add places to all boroughs which have less than 500 of such electors, consisting of 101. house- holders. The number of boroughs to which this prin ciple will apply is 67.—(Hear, hear, and some mur muring.) I am speaking now only of Euzland and Wales I do not wish at present to enter into any details oo this subject, because I think those details will be tar better discussed when the Bill is before the House, and when it will be seen in what manner this principle will operate. —(Hear, hear.) There is an observation which I must make, which is an observation certainly founded on truth, although it may have different effects on gentle man who t ,ke different views on this subject; it is that those smaller boroughs are, generally spcakieg, with the exception of Yorkshire, in the south and west of the kingdom. They are, therefore, boroughs situated rather in the agricultural than in the manufacturing and com mercial parts of the country. It follows that the places hich we can join to those smaller boroughs, Meg places in the neighbourhood of towns of somewhat the same character, are not towns bearing the character of or likely to rise to manufacturing or commercial prosperity. The effect, therefore, of this he whether it be right or wrong, whether it be judged politic or impolitic, to maintain the same general balance established at the time of the Re form Bill. It is obvious, if we had disfranchised those bo roughs, and if we had given the right of voting to towns in the north of England, there would have been a disturbance of that balance, and that the agricultural interest would have been depressed and the manufacturing raised in its stead. That might be a right thing to do; that might be what many gentlemen would wish; but I will frankly say it is not what we are prepared to do. We are pre pared to extend the franchise; but while we make large additions to boroughs, we propose to leave general in terests as we find them, and not to disturb there; feelieg, if we did so, we should only raise a fierce struggle, which would inflame the minds of Members of this House, while it would cause our measure to be strongly opposed in the other House of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) I have now stated the general purport of the measure with regard to the franchise. There are other provisions in the Bill which I propose to introduce, which I will shortly state. In answer to a speech of a Right Honourable Friend of mine last year, I stated that no good end was attained in retaining the present I property qualification of Members of Parliament, seeing that it was so capable of being evaded—(hear);—that I thought it had been introduced contrary to the general principles of representation, and that for my part I should willingly see it altered. I avail myself of this opportunity of repealing all those Acts, beginning with the Act of Anne, by which those various qualifications were introduced.—(Cheers.) In so doing, I shall propose that Members for places in England and Ireland shall be in the same position as those represent places in Scotland--(Hear, hear)—and I think that in point of property no one will say the Scotch Members of this House are in any way interior to those of Eng land and Ireland.--(Cheers.) Sir, there is another pro vision which I propose to introduce into this Bill, but which I cannot introduce at first without going into a Committee of the whole House. It appears to me that the state of the oaths required to be taken at the table of this House are not such as can be consistent with the Bill.—(Loud cheers, mingled with murmurs.) In the first place, we make it necessary to abjure James and his descendants, and to enter into various parti culars with respect to that family, in regard to which it is not now necessary to say what it was necessary to say in the reign of the first Prince of Hanover. In the next place, I think there is an invidious distinction made in the oath between Protestant and Roman Catholic Mem bers.—(Cheers.) It appears to ma that there ought to be an oath which Protestants and Roman Catholics can alike take. I cannot see what is the advantage of making ihe Pro testant abjure the ecclesiastical and spiritual supremacy of the Pope, if you think the Roman Catholic, of whom alone you could be afraid in this respect, abjures only the temporal and civil supremacy—(Hear)—nor do I think that there is any advantage in the provision which leads a Roman Catholic to declare that he will maintain the established laws of property, that he will not attempt to subvert the Protestant religion, or to interfere with the settlement of the Chinch as established in this realm. ll It appears to me that an oath for these purposes is totally useless.—(Hear, hear.) If a Member admit on o g histhe seatE Established s t h t i s Housechurc Church the oh oathe then wish to t disturb h a o t if have provided i s , generally ~ o n t he speaking,intrthr ( e uactieht introduced h C o la Church, On the other ,e ands hero to determined d o a lall that he to o d o i a s o t u to o b e i nt ink r o t, Protestant th n say an oath will not prevent him doingaonpcpoarthtuonlito.tsiewsi,ohn acevriotalaintioonecac-f s h i n o i n id s , t i o t t merely tsua tto ts z ffo ß r o dz their oaths. (Hear, hear.) It will therefore not sur prise the House to learn that the new form of oath Rwhomichan ICatholic oath, with certain omissions, and that I have not re-enacted the words, of a ca r i st i e n."—(Leud cheers.) It i s a h uhdai,44 clear that those words were not originally in order to confine the right of silting in this House to Christians, but for another purpose; and it is also well known that the judges of the land are not quite ready to decide unanimously as to the bearing of these words, and as to whether any penalty has been incurred in a recent instance. It appears to me to be far better to make a simple oath, which all the Members of this House could take, and which should pledge them to allegitincelo the Throne and fidelity to the succession. (Cheers.) There is another provision of the Bill which I contrive will net be objected to, and which the ex isting state o f th e l aw see ms to render n ecessar y . At preterit, if a Member accepts an office under the Crowe, it is well known that he vacates his seat. Whether that was originally a wise provision I will not say; but it i s quite clear that it gives the electoral body an opportu nity of saying whether they choose to have a Alember who is in office, and will therefore be expected to give his vote with the Government of the day, o r whether they require that their Member should be independent. But there is another provision which appears to me tole totally unnecessary. It, is that when a Member changes his office —for e xample, having been Solicitor- General, be becomes Attorney-General—he cannot take his seat without going again to the electors. It appears to me that, the electors having once had an opportunity of deciding when their representative accepted an office under the Crown, he should not again be culled upon to a ppear before them on changing his office. I propose, therefore, to alter the law to that extent.—(Cheers.) Sir, I believe that I have gone through all the main provisions of the Bill which I propose to introduce. It appears to me to be nonsistent wif h that which I have frequently said we should endeavour to attain, namely, to have a supplement to the Reform Bill, and not a sub stitute ff.a. it.—(Hear, ) I have now fur thirty years de- votel great attention to this subject.—(Loud cheers. It i 3 more than thirty year 9 sincr- I pr , p , isc a r.scastl On a t übj a of rclbr;a, but it is neaily tbirty yttirs since I proposed a rcm,ure when I was met by the ability avid eloquence of Mr. Canniug.—(Bear, bear.) Since that time I have succeeded, under the auspices o Lord Grey and his colleagues, in carrying a large mea sure of reform; and, so far from fulfilling the forc bodinga of Mr. Canning, that measure has tended to promote the happiness and liberty of this country, while it is one which has in no respect endangered the Throne or any of the institutions of this coun try.—(Loud cheers.) I trust that by proceeding further in the same direction, but, in so proceeding, tak ing care to measure your steps and to weigh the ad vances you make, you will contribute still further to the liberty and prosperity of the country, while you main tain the framework of the cons!itution.—(Cheers.) I have only to say that two other Bill.) will shortly be in troduced—one relating to Scotland, which makes some provision with respect to the prevention of fictitious votes, by taking care that the titles to the qualification shall be completed by the actual infeoffment of the owner. It provides also for the reduction to 201. of the franchise in counties, and to 51, of that in cities and bo- roughs, whether with respect to owners or occupiers. With regard to Ireland, which, in respect to the repre sentation, has been under the consideration of Parlia ment very lately, we do not propose to make any altera tion with regard to the county franchise; but with re spect to the franchise fiver cities and boroughs we do pro pose to reduce it from 8/. to 51. It appears that an 8 1 . franchise has greatly restricted the number of the electors, With regard to the very small boroughs , whether it is not advisable to add neighbouring towns to them I will not say, ncr will I say how far the proposed extension of the franchise with regard to the Irish boroughs is likely to enlarge the number of electors; but when the Bill is introduced it may be a question for the House to consider bow far that addition to some of the existing boroughs can be made. Sir, I trust when this Bill enlarges the franchise in the way I have stated, we shall next see the Government of this country, in 'whose hands soever it may be placed, considering most seriously and earnestly the great question of the Ethics- tion of the people.—(Loud cheers.) In my mind this question of the franchise is not alien from that other one of providing that the instruction and education of the ople should be in a better state than it now is.-- (Cheers.) lam convinced that if after a measure of this kind, in another session of Parliament, this House shall consider the means of establishing a really national sys tem of eduction, they will confer one of the greatest blessings which can be conferred on this country, one for which I believe the people are now almost prepared , and which, after further discussion, I do trust may be carried with very nearly a general assent.—(Cheera) 1 do not propose sow, however, to enter into this ques tion. I have stated the general principles of the Bill I propose to introduce, and I rejoice that in this time of quiet and tranquillity—(Hear, hear)—we may fairlY consider that we are not acting under compulsion of any kind, that we are not obliged by any clamour to intro duce this measure, but that we do it with an earnest and resumed the edliberty his keel, ea o t, f but the thhumble hope that we may contrib u t e some thi n g to th e od then r happiness a um fol lowed was remarkably f a int en d part i a l . ) country.—(Theohecring which Noble L Mr. HUME consider e d th at t h e presen t Proposa l contained many ben e fi c i a l p o i n t s, b ut h e was s orry 1 " Noble Lord hail not the courag e to do a w ay with m an y injurious restrictions w hi c h sti ll rema i ne d. Lie agreed with the Noble Lord th at thi s was a p ro p er period to bring forward this Bill. H e regre tt e d that the Noble Lord had etoppod short of what the people had a rig ht to expect. He denied that the people were not entitled to the franchise.. He regretted the omissions made hi the Noble Lord in this Bill. Ho regretted he had not introduced the ballot and triennial Parliements. He garded this no better than a patched up Reform NIL He should, however, reserve what he had to say upon this subject to another stage of the measure. If this was meant as a soothing measure- they sought to remove from the minds of the people that they were unfairly treated. He was glad to find that it was intended to pat Scotland upon an equal footing with England. He re' grettcd the Noble Lurd had not gone further, and that he had lett between three and four millions of artisans uneutranchised. Sir J. WALSH said it was about 21 years ago Sin" he had the advantage, or disadvantage, of witnessieg the exposition cf the Noble Lord in introducing th lt g reat Reform Bill, which afterwa r d s b eca me the law 1 f the land; and when he contrasted the manner in vrhiest the announceme et of that measure was received by th e House of Commons—when he recollected the interai! excitement which pervaded all parts of the House, when also he contrasted with mat excitement the trigiL; indifference—(Hear, hear)—with which it him the statement of the Noble Lord had been reee ivec d Ler to-night, he could not cl,:ubt that when the Noble. said that he had chosen the present time for the Int" l duction of the measure because there was little genera or public interest attached to the subject, be was eeeper fectly correct.--(Hear, hear.) During the 21 (Sir Walsh) had elapsed since the period to which he ( 01r Walsh) had referred, the Noble Lord had filled 13 30 . , appeared t, high situations, and had run en eminent political careef,-; But he (Sir J. Wal s h) d i d not t hi n k that, in the srb °l course of that career, the Noble Lord had ever in curred a respontibility so deep, or taken a step so sto e ' l 4 tionablo as ha had done on tho preeettit occasion.- - ( cheery from th e C onse r va ti vebe ) Well did he re collect numerous discussions which took place on th e intro, ductiuu of the gr ea t measur e o f 1831. But he hesi ta t if a not to assert, that throughout the whole of tho se cutsions, it was all e ged as o ne o f th e grounds for 133aPts ing that mea sure so l arge an d so compre h e nsive th at f was intended by its author s t o b e a fi n al settleme nt ° n ,,e great constitutional question.—(Cheers.) He did a hi e accuse the Noble Lord of a breach of an honour understandin g , nor did he mean to throw out an 1031300 Wien on his personal character; but he did say tbat'dis. Government of which the Noble Lord was then a ex tinguished member—that the authors of that great W oo sure presented it to the House of Commons oP °l3 0 , ground that, being so c o m p re h ens i ve an d being so ere lol., it would obviate toe necessity of repeating an el r ment which must alway s b e cons id ere d a dangerons e e o f —that of tampering anew w ith th e fixed institute3ga the country, and plunging aga in into those e_ b lest er which must ever be consid e red a s in a greater or ate s'', degree possessing the character of revolution• b eliev ed hear.) It his recollection served him rightly be et , post; that during a gr e at portion of the period since tif, - , 0 00. ing of the Reform Act the Noble Lord had o' e nd the position that that measure ought to be fins' „.,01 that he had incurred a considerable amiount. otfuaolei:4, on the part of those who, though not House.ll.B habitual Nob was 1° Lord told them that because the country d the people so indifferent to quiet and so prosperouta an porters, sat very near him in that The N bleu Lords' • eecb fallen still-born on the House"' in introducing it had ' the reason why he himself was of that was precise y „ • oe the measure—that because the t. lean sp hut was precisely one of those acts 111 the franchise. I . bat which would expose him to t „ bring forward a total alteration and large extension the Noble Lord's curet r which he was open— of f e vent'', thimputation to e intereststhe State to the interests viz., r of' g iving party what was me up "to ant f a : * mankind.' The measure et 1831-32 was accepted a final measure, and a settlement of the question by an'. G e ntlemen opposite. 01* He well remem b ere d the late B. Peel prophecying that the fi rs t a t tac k—the first ld ro ad that would be mad e on t h at sett l eme nt'w come not from that (the Opposition) but this ( the f e isterial) side; and f rom reasons not clear to bis (Sir Walsh's) apprehention, the Noble Lord had c hosen bad 4l.. present mement for fulfilling that prediction. h watched cautiously arid closely, without anPreviag'eld by ever, the results of the last Reform Bill, and be c 't e o f no means be inclined to concur in the partegyriet those results which th e N o bl e L or d, as the paren the measure, naturally passed on them. i tr o n o; therefor, , fairly qusstion the benefits said to arise.boaa it, and refuse to accept the argument based uP° 11 ! t0 0. alleged benefits, Mr a new step in the same dire n cieer The Hon. Baronet the mover of the Address the, L li u s d night bad stated that ever; thing which was go; sh ) resulted from the Reform Bill; but he (Sir J. v i te teen thought there vri re some of its provisions 70-010, were not so beneficial, and a hich !forded % r a t er for proceeding most cautiausly in taking anY strides in the same direction. officeGovetuThee without exception, which bad been in e ast Reform Bill had been marked by one characteriste;o4 of inherent weakness. Was a weak and Tneliv,biste Government, then, an advantage—a Governmen t e t to did not know its own police , nor did causeany ho k no w? And those weak Gov e rnments were not th by any deficiency of talent in their members, but D ., Y changes in the Constitution which had been effecteerin,:ti, which reedered them unable to carry out any s Y st _ e e at policy—to give e ff ec t, in tact, to their own sio,ytheet ideas. The Nob!o Lord had f orgot t e n to te" The what he anticsated as the results of his measure;44the results, he apprehended, would be to aggr avate effe cts evils of the weakni ss of the Government. The eteets of the former Reform Bill had been to lender thelue...tee try, instead of being a Government, a bureaucrat the some sort a body of clerks, merely carrying _ ° ‘ , o in viewsstance which was familiar to the Noble Lord, is t b:_ ei des of t h e House of Commons. He would give co stance a few years ago on the subject of the ea 1 4,2 1 " e) th e had rever. u terse- a, that the . House of Commons osot tion whole polic y which had been carried with eee', 44 eat that time there was a general panic in the cou t tl e u e r tioe ee two or three years before—viz, about the year _I an univerAl desire for organizing a system ot_ . defence. Two or three years subsequently tha'S. epos/ of policy was upset, and the Noble Lord did : 3 1 U 0 ' t eeg i what to do—that t he p eo p le of the country did' l st/ 0, time they came to the third phase of this n' j ailed to to know their own minds; and now at* . t u b t r eenes , o f violent popular action, and they were againceo_too se y e errisse their defences. Teem was thus 1, of Folic ,t,t, saw between opposite extremes—no stabilityur cw te, and all the result of the Reform Bill. Anothot tore originated by it eas that the influence .itt tions organizA out of the House was brourgat i t ‘ not 1 0 upon their deliberations in the same manner Asso c hester As the political associations of the late Mr. O' ° di * 5." the lufluence of such bodies as the Mane „e tee view , effect of which es and se ntimente of that House, the e in t e o •es 4 tion was made to overcome iu bOaie degn w c h been to lower the character of the liouseot jliflG•ti of the country, and destroy the prestige !