The Sun. — London, England, 1835-08-20 00:00:00

GREAT MEETING at BIRMINGHAM. - --- ToOnn Tuesday last nearly 8,000 persons - assembled in the Town Hall, in compliance with a most numerous and highly respectable requisition to the High Bailiff, for the purpose of considering the conduct of the House of Lords with respect to the Municipal Reform Bill. PAUL MOON JAMES, Esq., the High Bailiff, presided as Chairman, and opened the business by reading the requisition to him for calling the meeting, and observed that it was signed by 170 of his respectable fellow townsmen. He said, if ever there was an important occasion for our meeting together, the present is such an occasion —(Cheers) ; the question itself materially affects the well-being of the public, for it is this— shall a ll further reform be impeded, or shall ' abuses be re forrned?—(Cheers)—shall the public have a voice in the Municip a l Government of their town, or shall they not ? them (C he ers) , —shall th e pu bli c recover t h e i r j ust r i g ht s , or l eave them in the h an d s o f t h ose who have usurpe d an d a b use d Cheers)--and lastly, shall those Ministers who have devoted themselves to your service, be supported by you, or will you desert and abandon them to their and your enemies? 7.--( C heers.) These are the subjects for your discussion, and t o con nex i on with the latter part, I take leave to refer you to the a nswer of Lord Melbourne to a memorial presented to him in June last, in which answer his Lordship stated that he accepted with great satisfaction, f o r his colleagues and himself, the proff er o f a zea l ous co - opera ti on i n the accomplishment of measures of relief and benefit, and he made use of very remarkable words for a Prime Minister to employ. He said the memorialists " employ the lan guage of true wisdom in stating that the devotion of a people must naturally encourage a minister to grapple with the diffi culties which may surround him ;" and he added, that " the firm and cont i nued confidence of the people can alone enable .i l lnt to surmount them. " [At this stage of the proceedings vhs Attwood made his appearance, and was hailed with loud and reiterated cheers, which lasted a considerable time.] He High Bailiff) h a d on l y to a dd, th a t th e i r t rue strengt h y in the consciousness of the possession of power, and the wise and discreet use of it. He trusted that it might be exer cised in the present day. Mr. GEORGE EDMONDS requested to be allowed to read communications he had received from several influential and patiotie Members of Parliament, who had been invited to attend, but who appeared to ag ree in opinion, that, at the Present cr i s i s, none but unavoidale causes could justify their absence from their posts. Mr. E. then read letters from Lord rougham, M r . H ume , M r . O'C onne ll , M r. H arvey, M r. AtOebtick, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Williams, and from our own Worthy representative, Joshua Scholefield, Esq. THOMAS TYNDALL, Esq., came forward, and was received with great cheering. He said, Mr. High Bailiff and fellow- ZOstilen—l cannot but f e el i n di gnan t a t th e mu til a ti on o f th e Dill in the House of Lords, inasmuch as the scale of voting Under this Bill, by taking six lists of rate-payers will deprive me and numerous other persons in exercising the privilege of , Tl3 ting under the Act. I now therefore come to the resolu tion which I have the honour to move, and I trust it will re 'e Your unanimous approbation. He then read the follow ing resolution That this meeting has witnessed with grief and indignation e disappointment of the hopes of the people of England, in the factious interference of a great majority of the House of Lords with a measur e of corporate reform, which especially interests the peo- I ) , 1 ?" and fo r th e i ntroduction of which we cannot but be grateful to . nberal and patriotic minister." The Reverend T. M. M'DONNELL said the resolution expressed grief and indignation at the conduct of the Lords ; if t hey h a d t o gr i eve at one subject they had to r u ejoice at another. The people were too mighty to be trampled to t e ; their oppression was matter of past history, never again th enacted. Knowing their rights they would maintain t te e m. If he knew any thing of these hereditary legislators, o very sight of the people would be enough to make s e_ er a take their carcases out of the way.--( Laughter.) Let "'vat act on the principle which they had laid down, that the fights If thewoltf. their House are incompatible with the rights of they PetTle, and should things come to any extremity, find the people prepared for them.—( Cheers. ) y did not satisfy them with the Reform of the Corpora- B e ns ' they would insist on a reform of the Lords.—( Cheers. ) enu i d not help f ee ling indignation at the treatment of a g Commi ssion whi c h, say w h at th e y would, had openly carried e n its enpiries—had heard with impartiality the friends and enemi e s a t the corporate monopolies. When these Commis gustirs' eiu u essi sii ~ i as th e result of their labours, presented a most dis of 'istory of corruption and abuse, what was the language n _ ? " Oh, we have heard only one side of the and then what do they do ; they refuse to hear f a „,re than one side in the evidence before their House.— (C groans. ) An antiquated buffoon, had not ( l i s l e e enough to keep up his breeches in a propermanner— ers)--showing, by his own constitutional infirmities, that e o - was fit only for the use of the rod, was hired to spout Zt i. h a tissu e of nonsense that we would not listen to for 4 ° ll r, but which amused and edified the Lords for two days. Next came the Duke of Newcastle, in the farce, who was no thing mere than a spoiled tailor.—(Laughter.) The Duke :as, from eiecumstances, detained in Paris some years ago, and l urin g his sojourn, he lodged with a tailor, from whom he t. earned a Part of his trade pretty well. He became fond o 'it ' and such was his attachment to the craft, that up to the Present day he almost invariably occupied as much time in g ir iug ord ers to his tailor respect i ng a coa t, as the man would t r equir e to make a suit-'---( Laughter.) Such was the noble rations soul by which this great champion of the old Corpo twas actuated, and from this he thought the people of Nand would have little difficulty in deciding that the trade n w ' tailor and duke were incompatible.—( Cheers.) But there as another person with whom it appeared the people had to trend in this struggle, and that was Lord Lyndhurst._ fi e y r _ nal ls.) Of that Noble and Learned Lord, he would not "'tick yet he thought there was much to be known re esPenting him, before the people could properly estimate his J tne • Then came that dark and dismal supporter of the Me Bill, the Duke of Cumberland. (Hisses.) Ve wondered that that man did not recoil from public gaze. )had heard talk of some spectre haunting a certain place, he had some thought that t h e N o bl e D u k e m i g h t b e a bl e r ,ec o gnize a spectre which he would not like to see, if he rd but giv e his individual attention to past events.--( Loud r e f i ng.) Wh a t h a d t h at man l a t e ly s aid ? He had said in t er ence to th e O range Lodges—( hi sses ) —th a t h e did not il t " the use to which the documents to which he put his sig ." ure were t o be applied.—( Shame, and cries of " Send him writer the Dorchest er labourers.") No, he (Mr. M‘Donnell) , t ° aid not send him after them, he would detain him for bet - I ven geance. He could have wished in his heart that there tun P e tition to ema na t e that day, from the m i en of Bir vneAuarn to the H ouse o f C ommons , praying for hi s mpeach giirk•-•-(Loud and continued cheering.) He would have a u r °ugt into th e H ouse of Commons, which would for .4 exclude him from the throne of this realm. — ( Cheers. ) vorz great, e G be e e n r tl in e g m . an concluded an excellent speech amidst re e t 4 s t a as . ATTWO OD , Esq., now presented himself, and was ha n , m--.lllth the m os t en th us i a stic cheering, and clapping of e el ; j a d a e d waving of hats and handkerchiefs, which lasted for lur e eoro_iable time. He said, the grand error of the_ Tories ute, in end trot, and ol R ef Zal classes of Liberals to unite, and thus the march • ur Ree, ° „„"" B Precipitated. In that grand and gloriou b s u m t a a t rch a Food coq w e are advancing not at a snail's pace, - a goof] • ' allop.—( Cheers and if I do ' not mistake, we shall be, ere laughter,) „ quick canier, or r ather curs ory st rirst of all, we unshipped the speaker,—a pre- Mini a t e absolutely necessary....--next, we unshipped the isters---( Port ent . tremendous cheerin Then g)—a measure still more im_ we u.without which nothing could have been done. th e i n ri s s i tlPBe . d the Corporations.—(Loud cheers.) And next si: _: 4 'lurch. We have done several other . good things, It i s m Lea I trust the people will shortly receive the benefit. to Lo Y duty to take this oortunity of returning my thanks . spi r i t : f d o Melbourne, and t he other Ministers, for . the public lave f rtaude, and patriotism which they have manifested. l „Mud it gene t'rall have had o f • • t hem my most cordial my duty sometimes to oppose them, but .and grateful th e Le asure giving support.—(Cheers.) Sometimes I have heard them thr eatened with a second dismissal. Where is the man that d ares recomm en d t h e i r dismissal, w hil st t h e y continue in L ie o ir pre sent course ?—(Tremendous cheers for some minutes. ) _ rd Melb ourne i s as brave a man as lives ; the Tories may ' d eceive him, b ut t h ey cannot intimidate him. —( Cheers.) He awes th em no favour, he bears them no fear, therefore he will not dissolve the Parliament, nor, in my opinion, will he pro- Nue it until justice is done.--( Great cheering.) He has been slighted and insulted at Court--he has been insulted and outraged i n t h e H ouse o f L or d s —he has been Manfully supported by a majority in the House of Corn- Ta ° ll s, and by the people out of doors, and he will not, therefor*, submit to Tory influence and domination.— (Great cheering.) Our majority in the House of Com mons i s boid, inflexible, and determined ; we have no fear f lord s and ladies before our eyes ; we are too old for t h e 'V i es and too bold for the Lo r d s . —(L aug ht er and cheers. ) of ° speak of the Corporation Bill, the more immediate object of t his meeting, I cannot but say, I a lto g ether approve d•—(Cheers.) It is a wise, and just, and patriotic lateasure, very much resembling our Political Union.— (Cheers.) Wh at then can t h e L ords possibly mean b y thei r opposition ? Do they mean to force the restoration of Political Unions throughout the country ?—( Cheers ) 'ril ls is no ti me f or a sp lit amongst us.—(Cheers.) If we c ommit the same error as the Tories have committed, we shall t n eet the same fate.—(Cheers.) I b eg also that you w ill Lie present. moment. The men are d o i ng to l era bl y we ll , b ut if masters are scourged almost to death. Let the men, there fore, be generous and affectionate towards their masters ; let the masters and men shake hands.—(Cheers.) Let there be no Splitting of straws or discord between them. Great dangers are around us ; the cam at Kalisch has an eye to England.— ( Hear hear.) One hu ndred thousand Cossacks are there ga thered' on the borders of the Baltic. Ten line-of-battle-ships are there, and ten line-of-battle-ships are at Amsterdam.— (Hear, hear.) These Russian and Dutch ships may suddenly appear in the British channel. There are men in England bisse enou g h to invit e t h em . L e t th e m iddl e - an d l o wer cl a ss e s of England hold fast together, and they will bid defiance to foreign and domestic tyrants—( Cheers)—and establish the li berties of this country for ever. Mr. BOULTBEE supported the resolution as follows :—From this day forward, my friends, be yourselves again ' • resume the post o f h onour; be the first to mount the breach in storming 41 .1 e stron g h o ld s of oppression, ; lay aside all minor differences. 7 3 1 : 1 h all paltry j ea l ousies and suspic i ons i n o bli v i on; b e un i te d , temperate, be resolute, and I will stake my life upon the .I ‘ l °TY• Sir Robert Peel has told you nothing can resist the pressure from without. Let that be your watch-word, unite 1 1; 1 your efforts an d g i ve t h e P eers such a squeeze as shal l make • them ache from head to foot, and curse their stars for having :adopted this internal act of combined i *en v and auda njustiee, • citY, which ca n . have proceeded from nothing but infatuation. Mr. W. WILLS had the honor to propose for the approbation of the meeting, a memorial to Lord Melbourne, in conformity with the spirit of the resolution which had just been passed. He concluded by urging the necessity of giving support to Lord Melbourne, and by proposing— " That the following memorial be adopted, and that it be pre sented to Lord Melbourne by the Members for the borough." The memorial was then read. WM. PHIPSON, Esq., seconded the resolution. Mr. BEALE said, that the resolution which he was about to propose had been placed in his hands only five minutes ago ; it had, indeed, been suggested by the observations of their worthy representative, Mr. Attwood, and had his (Mr. B.'s) most cordial approbation, and he doubted not it would have also the approbation of every man present. The resolution was as follows : _ " That the warmest thanks of this meeting be presented to that glorious and patriotic minority in the House of Lords, who have nobly vindicated the principles which they have professed ; and now stand as inflexibly by the cause of the people as they did in the ever-memorable passing of the Reform Bill." Mr. GEORGE EDMONDS came forward to second the resolu tion, and was received with loud cheering. Corporation Re form was the great point upon which all classes of Reformers ought now to be united, and to carry which their concentrated force and energies were necessary. If the people gave up Cor poration Reform, they must give up all other Reforms ; they must give up the Irish Church. And were they, he would ask, willing to give up that ?—( Cries of " No, no.") Were they willing to give up the Reform of that Church, which, by its abuses, had proved a curse to religion, because it was based upon a system which only took money out of the pockets of the people, without rendering, in return, that religious instruc tion or consolation which it ought to give ?—( Cheers. ) Again, were they willing to give up Church Reform ?—( Cries of " No, no.") Then, if they were not willing to forego these Reforms, they must unite and be determined on obtaining the Corporation Bill unimpaired and unmutilated.—( Cheers.) The spirit of the three glorious days, when the Reform Bill was in jeopardy, was now necessary.—( The allusion to these days was followed by the most enthusiastic cheering.) Mr. E. then said—let them mutilate the Bill, but let them beware that in doing so, they do not mutilate themselves.—( Tremen dous cheering.) They seemed to be blind to the progress of events, for he was much mistaken, if the time would not even tually arrive, when nations would contrive to govern them selves through their Representatives, and when Kings and Lords would be no more.—( Tremendous cheering for some time.) Let them now for a few moments consider how far the opinion of the Lords was entitled to that extraordinary character of hereditary wisdom which they claimed, and which some were willing to concede to them. They remembered the breaking out of the American war. The people said they would not have taxation without representation. Well, what said the Lords? Why, that they must pay taxes without being represented, and what was the consequence ? Why, the Ame ricans fought for representation ; they obtained it, and their Lordships no longer governed America.—(Cheers.) The Americans fought it out, and the wisdom of their Lordships turned out to be folly—( Renewed cheering)—and the Lords of England were no longer Lords over the Americans. Why did not their Lordships, if possessed of all the hereditary wis dom attributed to them, try and avert those evils ? With respect to the present Ministers, he would say, that they were deserving of the best thanks of the nation, for, beyond all ques tion, they were sacrificing themselves for the good of their country, in their efforts to carry out the Reform Bill, to which they had pledged themselves. C. SCHOLEFIELD, Esq., presented himself for the purpose of moving the petition to the House of Commons, and was re ceived with loud cheering. The will of the nation was ex pressed through the House of Commons, and he never could, nor ever would, recognize any power superior to that of the people.—( Great cheering.) Mr. S. BEAT, seconded the adoption of the petition. Mr. SHEARMAN—If the Commons, in an evil hour of submis sion to the Lords, should consent to such mutilation of the Bill, I hope the people of Birmingham will not think it too much trouble to spend a few hours again in this place, in pro testing against any violation of any principle of the Bill.— ( Cheers.) lam afraid that the House of Commons does not march quite so far in the science of medical politics as it might. They are going to try a few leeches first, which is the Cor poration Bill—( Laughter and cheers)—and if that does not do, they will apply the cupping glasses, which will be Church Reform.—( Laughter and cheers.) But if all will not do, they must take the lancet and open the hereditary vein.— ( Loud, long, and continued cheering. ) The next resolution was proposed by Mr. P. H. MUNTZ and seconded by Mr. T. S. JAMES. " That it is expedient that the memorial to Lord Melbourne, and the petition to the House of Commons, be respectively presented without delay ; and that they be, therefore, signed by the Chair man on behalf of the meeting." On the motion of the Rev. Mr. M'DONNELL, P M. James, Esq. left the Chair, which was taken by the Low Bailiff, Thomas Tyndall, Esq. ; and Thomas Attwood, Esq., M. P., immediately proposed a vote of thanks to the High Bailiff for his very able and impartial conduct in presiding over the meeting. The resolution was ably seconded .by Mr. William Beale, and carried with acclamation. POOLE. MORE CORPORATION MISDOINGS. When I last wrote you, I at least hoped there might have been a truce to the disgraceful and dirty work of the interested supporters of this Corporation. Such hope has, however, been disappointed; for no sooner had the sun set this evening, and a convenient darkness ensued, than two clerks of a public officer (at present in London) were seen to steal forth, each with a roll in his hand, the contents and object of which, being ascer tained, turned out to be a Most Humble Petition to " their Lordships," that they would be pleased to allow No extension of our boundaries. No public meeting, mark I —a fact of itself unanswerable as to the state of public feeling here—and yet, prop pudor within probably forty-eight hours, you shall see a petition from " the inhabitants of Poole" presented by some Noble Lord, of the existence and nature of which every inde pendent inhabitant shall be ignorant, save the possibility that the " creatures " may happen not to do their work so as alto gether to avoid discovery. Talk indeed of evidence from Poole (so did the "veritable !" Standard) as contravening that of the Report of the Municipal Commissioner I hy, every FACT stated by the witnesses is to be found in Appendix 2, of the Report, cum multis aliis. We are solicitous for truth, and that only—let others sup press and distort it ; but it shall be our's to expose them. With this view allow me to suggest, through your Journal, that the Reformers, in every corporate town on which evidence has been called, obtain an official print of the evidence taken at the bar of the Lords, and that they have that which relates to themselves re-printed and circulated locally, accompanied by a state of facts and suitable remarks. This is in course of adoption here, and will, I hsve no doubt, be productive of the most beneficial results ; for whilst, on the one hand, it may expose unprincipled men, it will operate as a salutary warning to others, lest having, as with us, been bankrupt in property, they afterwards become bankrupt also in the reputation and esteem of their fellow-citizens. cause it OS s connected tdrci to was issioners of 120,0 001 ' ki respect to it what bad ;elf, and the Led the same d of the im of the Act, issi °nen; of. rrow money rate than 4 that ? ing. It byes complete d, complete'it. a course the of their own .nment. _He resented th e .rkshire, eon- House woo to the- intr°; .d then stat e., a loan to th e Ind give ve r i rery great o u r e tion that tP t it was a ft • month aft at House wei he Return °f ; of the C°ll' ld ;hat it w °e l , the estab l l s 7; Tith regaru,, ing they any polio jcs, hat the wu r " rhe was ce r " heir featur es ' t. en altered S° Bill, compla 1111 " 8 al districts• ill was reef .hequer 13i115: irit Licetiges BERNAL. A .cond time [I a third tittle 7ditinn.] AY.) 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Pq 3P lb.; foc's' 11 0 ' r the Ac e° . be and 2 i P r : °v :i l4l Stock; i d;, panish Scrip of h le" 1 0 0 56, a re od o th Tis° ceo t ve p er , Coupo ns c T 0 r . of the 1a1 :,,, at T a rr.'" we u nu-- t or n town to it Ither Dye d to 01 - i3ilP' xchequersocic; ; Bank the ce in th e arati to owing „ro se° has it n i, ° rtt r I • co unt ; co l," >,sl; ,CLOG ii. ( 1 3 Eng i l fU f 'Sie P o ° r ° befe re cot" los. P er c LoC X. i v [ii ovr that ti 1Y 5t •onC O - 5 ,i a 4 5 i that '' ea r )ut i t all lir ic o r by a h toy Doh a° tid'' [l3l. Isg: oty 0 Univor TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. fear the Whigs intend to pursue the same practice as the Tories, viz., to let the whole weight of taxation be borne by the industry of the country. Property, except when engaged in trade, is to remain untaxed—a system which lam sure will not be long submitted to. If Mr. Spring Rice durst not introduce an equitable plan of taxation, he might, with a little exertion, have made reductions in our expenditure, which would have given him a greater surplus. Why does he not reduce our Excise and Customs' Establishments? In the latter many partisans of the Tories have been placed with extravagant salaries, who know nothing about the duties they have to perform. The Whigs are partial to Commissions. Now, why not have Commissioners to ascertain the fitness of every officer in the Excise and Customs, and if his services be over-remunerated ? An immense saving might be effected by such a proceeding, besides improving the efficiency of those Establishments. The Boards of Excise and Customs will never do it, so Mr. Rice had better set about it. I believe much good might be done by an independent M. P. moving for the names and salaries of every officer in the Excise and Customs. The public, to whom these services are exhibited, would then be able to judge whether their salaries were de served or not. I find no fault with the reduction of the duty on glass, because such an article (its value being nearly all labour) ought never to have been taxed, and it is utterly im possible to collect the duty upon it. lam disappointed at his not altering the infamous stamp duties. If we are to have such a tax, the stamp should bear some proportion to the amount of the transaction. I also think the auction duty on an Insolvent's stock ought to have been remitted. It is a grievous impost on men who cannot get 20s. in the Pound. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. R. Sir Robert Peel has accepted an invitation to dine with the Gentlemen of Tamworth and its neighbourhood, at the Town-hall, on the 4th of September. The chair will be taken by W. P. Inge, Esq. The Queen of Spam has contracted for a supply of artillery from the Royal Arsenal, 'Woolwich ; they consist of six-pounders, 12-inch howitzers, and other field pieces, with the materiel complete for immediate use on landing in Spain. he birth of Viscount Stormont's son and heir was celebrated with public rejoicings on the Earl of Mansfield's estates in Perthshire on the 14th instant. The Bishop of Winchester has just announced a confirmation for the whole county of Hants, which will occupy more than a month. To-morrow will be the anniversary of the birthday of the King, on which day his Majesty will have attained his 70th year. A grand entertainment will be given on the oc casion, at Windsor Castle. The day will be celebrated with every demonstration of joy ; and the town illuminated at night. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cumber land and Prince George, attended by Baron Lieningen and Colonel Paton, are gone from their Palace at Berlin to the mineral waters in the delightful valley of Pyrmont, near Ha nover. The spring of 1836 is now mentioned for the return of the Duchess and Prince to England. Lord Auckland gave a farewell dinner yesterday evening, at the Admiralty, to a distinguished prrty. His Lordship's successor, as First Lord, is not yet settled. Cir cumstances, it is understood, prevent a Member of the House of Commons from accepting the post, which is a patent office; and, therefore, on the appointment of the new First Lord, the Members of the Board must be gazetted afresh. The Mar quis of Anglesey is to be added to the list of noble candidates for the office. Major-General Middlemore has been 4ppointed Go vernor of St. Helena; and Major-General Darling, Lieute nant-Governor of Tobago, has been nominated Lieutenant ! Governo7 in place of the former. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1835. I PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &C.&c: &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18. Number Dividend - Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Snare. 1,760 6-0 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham.... Average 975. 18s. sh. 160 1,482 61. Ashby de-le-Zotich Average 1131. sh. its 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 5.1 1,005 5/. Brecknock :.nd Abergavenny 150. sh. s 5 4,0011311. 121. 10s. Birmingham, i share 171. 10s. 248 4 000 L)itto and Liverpool Junct....1(61. Bh. all pd 600 Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sit. all pd at 400 5/. Chelmer and Black water.. IOII/. sh. 10 500 421. Coventry lOO/. sh. 4,516 , :;roydon Average 311.25. 100. sh. 2,060; N. 10s. Dudley 6,1() 61. Derby 1001. sh. 120 3,5751 Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh. 69 231 431. Erewash 1001. sh. 485 1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde Average 400/. 16s. sh. 60i 11,500 121. Grand Junction 10..4 sh. 2301 :',849# Grand Union 1001. sh. 24 1,511 Grand Surrey Pal/. sh. 120,0001. V. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 73 3,096 Grand Western 600 13/. 12s. Bd. Glam9rganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4d. 280 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley 100 /. sh. 14 1. 749 IN. Grantham 1501. sh. 202 6,238 I/. lOs Fludderstic Id Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 34 100 Kensingt , 4l 100 sh. all pd. 10 2'4,338 1/. Kennet and Avon, Average 391.85. 10d. sh. 2ii. 2,897.1 201. Leeds and Liverpool 1(101. sh. 527 ik 545 121. Leicester 1404 sh. 148 907 41. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 63/. 10s. so 550 51. per cent. Liskeard and Looe Union 25/. sh. all pd. 2.1 70 144/. Loughborough Average 142/. 17s. sit. 1,520 2,409 9/. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 180 250 91. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 190 500 2.i/. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 560 1,600 Macclesfield 1001. sh all pd. 50 247 15/. Neat!) 1001. sh 100 Nene Navigation Minds -1404 sh. 100/. pd. 100 1,786 32/. Oxford . 100/. sh. 610 522 21. Oakham 130/. sh. 38 2.400 4/. Peak Forest Average about 78/. sh. 106 21,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. Ills. 80. sh. lsi 5.669 5/. per cent. Rochdale Average 851. sh. 141 500 8/. Shropshire 1254 sh. 140 800 101. Somerset Coal 150/, sh. 163 45,11001. 61 percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. !Os. sh. 121 700 361. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sit. 690 500 11/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 241 300 8/. Stourbridge 14 5/. sh. 22 - 0 3,647 1/. 10s. Stratford-on-Av 11... Average '79/. 9s. 80. sh. 38,1, 533 131. Swansea lON. sh. 206 3,762 1/. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av. 32!. sh. 2,60 ;sin 32/. 10s. Trent and Mersey, I share WO/. sh. 625 8,142 ......... Thames and Medway... Aver. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 2 1,0005 h./ 151 Warwick and Birmingham 1001. sh. 280 I,oooish. j 980 1'2.. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 218 6,000 3/. lOs Worcester and B irmi ngham...Av. 76/.Bs. sit 86 20,004.1 :is. Wilts and Berks .. Average 161. 17s. 80. sh. n 900 61. Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 ILli . ..... . Wisbeach 905 I/ Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 22j DOCKS. 2,600 & } 3 p. c. Commercial 1001. sh. I,tt6slsh 498,6671/. 3,238,3104 21.51. p. ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds 1,380,0001. 51. per ct. West India Stock 2,`.:0) 31. tis. 4d. Bristol Average 14 11. 'vs. sh. 61,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1,152,752 3 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 4i per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 yeas Shoreham Harbour • BRIDGES. ~6.0 11. Hammersmith 5Ol. sh. 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 63/. 2s. Bd. sh. 1,700 11. 15a. Ditto, New, of it per cent. 5O/. sh. 5,000 5,000 11. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6Ol. pd 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd Iro,oool. 5/. per cent. Oita) Bonds 6,000 1/. Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 31 lOs Albion 5001. sh. 50/. pd 50,000 I's r a i i e i r d c 57 .1 t. i Alliance, British & Foreign 1001. sh. 10/. pd 50,000 8 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. oh. 5L pd 24,000 I'. per oh. Atlas 1,2.00 ;sh. 4/. Birmingham Fire ... . -'5O/. sh. 55/. pd :20,000 4/. per cent. British Fire 2'ol. sh. 50/. pd 12,000 6/. per cent. British Commercia' 5O/. sh. 51. pd. 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medical, &c. Life-1004811.2110s pd 4,000 21 10s County lOO4 sh. 101. pd 6,000 ss. .... Eagle 5O/.sh. 5/. pd 0'" ,„- f 5 per cent.] /and 30/ bs. Ec.Mornic Life lOOO/. sh. - - . 2501. pd 315 . 2,271 51/. percent. European Lite 4Ol. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 'O/. sh. V/. pd 11 1,000,000/. 71. per ct. Globe 'cock 133 20,000 U. (...iivirtlian 1001. sh. :::01. pd 35 n ,„.,i - Fire 5 pct.l ,_, 44), ""' ILife 8 p ct. j " o p t ' 'O/. sh. 51. pd (ii 2,400 bl. 7s. fid. Imperial Fire 500/. sh. 501. pd 117 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd dry 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 1001. sh. 81. pd 12 2,020 31 10s Ke A t Fire 50/. sh. all pd 9-2 10,t410 16s. Law Life lON. sh. 101, pd 26 3,900 I/. London, l'iro 231. sh. 12/. 10s. p 4 231 31 ON 1/. Londc.i, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 3 ~ 04) LI. per cent. Palladium Life 501. sh. 21. pd 216 s ed 251,001 Is. 64. erotut.tor Fit, 2Ol. sh. '2l. pd 11 731 d 2,500 11. Provident Life 100,000 55. Rock Life 'NV. sh. 21. 1x1 :.1 1 s. 6-.),220, 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Sto k...- 185 Sun 2lO 50,000 4 per cent. United liitisr-oni Life 2/. pd 21 2s lid JOINT STOCK BANKS 5,000 Au , tr.da is 4Ol. sh. 201. pd 10,008 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham s' /. sh. 101. pd 12 1 10,000 10 per cent. Bilmingliam Bai.li .. ......... —.50/. sh. 51. pd P) 18,000 2percent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 151. pd 12 3,000 Lancaster 100/. sh. 20/. pd 30 5,480 6 per cent. Liverpool 100/. sh. 101.1 d 15 20,000 7 per cent. Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 25/. pd 10,000 National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 251. pd 461 10,000 lOper cent. Gloucestershire 501. sh. 5/. pd 11 6,000 ...... ... Hampshire 50/. sh. 51. pd Ba 9 PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. REPEAL OF THE DUTY AND DRAWBACK ON FLINT GLASS. The following is a short summary of the provisions in Mr. S. Rice's Bill to Repeal the Duty and Drawback on Flint Glass, to impose other Duties and another Drawback in lieu thereof, and to reduce the Drawback on German Sheet Glass exported in Panes, and to Repeal the Drawback on Unground and Un polished Plate Glass, and to amend the Laws relating to the Duties on Glass. The preamble sets forth the expediency of reduction in the duties and drawbacks on the exportation of German sheet glass in panes, and that it is also expedient to repeal the existing drawback on the exportation of unground or unpolished plate glass. New duty of 6s. Bd. on every one hundred pounds weight of fluxed materials for making flint glass. Clause 3 enacts that a drawback of 18s. 9d. shall be re pealed on every one hundred pounds weight of flint glass ex ported. Officer to make out an accounts of the end of each round or period of six weeks of the whole quantity of glass charged with duty, and the whole weight of glass weighed within such pe riod, and to charge 2d. per pound additional on all Excess above 40 per cent. Drawback on German sheet glass exported in panes, 41. 2s. Bd. per hundred weight. Act not to affect the drawback on crown glass. Flint Glass not to be entitled to drawback, unless properly manufactured and finished, and worth at least sd. per pound. Restrictions as to the thickness of plate glass are repealed by the 15th clause. CONVEYANCE OF WORKHOUSES. A BILL to facilitate the Conveyance of Workhouses, and other property of Parishes, and of Incorporations or Unions of Parishes In England and Wales. The Preamble states that there are certain legal difficulties attending the title, purchase, sale, and disposal of property, with respect to workhouses and other property belonging to Parishes, Incorporations, or Unions, it is expedient to remove ; and it is also expedient to simplify the Assurances for the conveyance, change or transfer of such property. The following are the flees of the ten clauses of which this Bill 'consists :- 1. Powers for Corporations, and Persons under disability, to convey. 2. Investment of Purchase Money to the same uses as the Estates sold were subject to; Expenses of Conveyances; Ap plication of Purchase Money until Investment ; Payment of Money into the Bank of England : on Payment of the Money into the Bank of England, Premises to vest in the Guardians or Overseers • Parties in possession to be deemed entitled; Court of Exc hequer may order payment of Expenses ; Money to be paid before the Premises shall be taken or used. 3. Power to the Poor Law Commissioners to order Sale, Purchase and disposal of Workhouses, &c. 4. Where Workhouse of any Parish i 3 applied to the com mon use of a Union, Commissioners may determine the amount of rent for same. 5. Power for the Overseers and Guardians of the Poor to sell Property of Parishes or Unions, with the approbation of the Poor Law Commissioners. 6. Powers to Overseers to take Waste or Forest Lands, extended to Guardians, &c. 7. Powers given to Justices to deliver Possession of Parish Houses, &c., to Churchwardens and Overseers, extended to Pi•operty of Unions, and to Guardians, &c. 8. Mode of Conveyance. Approval of the Poor Law Com missioners necessary to every Conveyance, Exchange, and Se curity. 9. Guardians incorporated. 10. Interpretation Clause. CERTIORARI BILL. A BILL for preventing the vexatious removal of Indictments into the Court of King's Bench; and for extending the Pro vi,ions of an Act of the Fifth year of King William and Queen Mary, for preventing delays at the Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to other indictments; and for extending the Provisions of an Act of the Seventh year of King George the Fourth as to taking Bail in cases of Felony. Clause 1 (there are only three) enacts that no Certiorari shall issue to remove Indictments, &c., from inferior Courts to the Court of King's Bench, at the instance of a Prosecutor, without leave from that Court. 2. Defendants must enter into such recognizances as the Court shall require, before they can obtain a Writ of Certio rari to remove indictments, &c. 3. And whereas in many cases the taking Bail for the ap pearance of persons charged with Felony, may be safely ad mitted without endangering the appearance of such persons to take their trial in due course of law ; and it is therefore expe dient in such cases to amend and extend the provisions in that respect of an Act passed in the Seventh year of King George the Fourth, intituled " An Act for improving the Administra tion of Criminal Justice in England ;" be it therefore enacted, that it shall be lawful for any two Justices of the Peace, if they shall think fit, of whom one or other shall have signed the war rant of commitment, to admit any person or persons charged with felony, or against wnom any warrant of commitment for felony is signed, to bail in the manner and according to the provisions directed by the said recited Act, in such sum or sums of money, and with such surety or sureties as they shall think fit; and notwithstanding such person Or persons shall have confessed the matter laid to his or their charge, or not withstanding such Justices shall not think that the charge is groundless, or shall think that the circumstances are such as to raise a presumption of guilt. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.-1t appears from an official return, that the population of this colony (exclusive of the troops) is 1,875, of which 781 are females. Its revenue for the year 1834, almost wholly derived from duties and licenses on spi rits, is stated at 2,319/. 18s. Bd. Its exports amounted dur ing the same period to 1,020/. The quantity of land under cultivation in December 1834, was 1,0364 acres. EXPENSES OF COrIMITTERS.-From the Ist of March to the 19th of July, 1835, the sum of 2,1211. 3s. 9d. has been ex pended by the paymaster for civil services, on account of Committees of the House of Commons. NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES.—It appears from an official ab stract of the accounts of the Commissioners, that for the year ending July 1834, the expenditure for the support of lights exceeded the receipts by 6,8751. 9s. 2d. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Auausr 19. The VICE-CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. The West India Slave Owners' Compensation Bill waR read a third time and passed. The Earl of C ALEDON presented a petition in favour of the Bill for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. Petitions were presented by Earl BROWNLOW from Boston, and by the Marquis of WESTMEATH from 120 Protestants of Drogheda,and another place against the Municipal Reform Bill. THE IRISH CHURCH Petitions against the Irish Church Bill were presented by the Earl of CALEDON from Kilkenny, and by the Bishop of BATH and WELLS from Ashby. ISLINGTON MARKET. Petitions in favour of the Islington Market Bill were pre sented by the Duke of BUCOLEUCH from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and from the graziers of Northampton ; by the Bishop of CHICHESTER from the farmers and graziers of Norfolk; and by the Bishop of LONDON from the occupiers of 12,000 acres of land in Kent. Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from Drogheda, in favour of the English Municipal Corporation Bill. The Earl of WINCHELSEA presented a petition from the Corporation of shoe-makers of the city of Dublin, against the Irish Corporation Bill ; and from the city of Canterbury, against the English Municipal Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented several petitions against the Irish Corporation Bill, and against the Bill for the Reduction of the Militia Staff. IRISH TITHES. Lord SKEL ME RSDALE presented petitions from Preston and Kirkombe against the Irish Tithe Bill. Petitions to the same effect were presented by the Earl of BANDON from Dublin, from Temple Martyr, in the county of Waterford ; from Bandon, county of Cork ; Killown, in the same county; and the Grand Jury of the county Cork. The Earl of CARBERRY presented petitions in support of the Irish Church, and proceeded at some length to point out the inconveniences, moral and religious, which would result from the contemplated suppression of Irish Church livings. The clergymen were the best friends of the lower classes, and he would add, of the Roman Catholic peasantry. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from a Society residing in London to the same effect. The Bishop of EXETER moved for a Return of the in comes of the Parochial Clergy of the dioceses of Clonfert and Kilrnacduagh, in Ireland. lie hoped there would be no objec tion to it, as a similar return, on a mere extensive scale, had been moved for, and obtained by the Noble Marquis the Presi dent of the Council. Viscount DUNCANNON objected to these Returns on the ground that the Returns already made would answer every pur pose required. Independently of this they would be produc tive of great inconvenience and expense. Lord H ATHERTON said these returns could not be made in time to be made use of in the discussion on the Irish Church Bill. The Bishop of EXETER did not know by what authority the Noble Baron (Hatherton) made that statement, but ho would put no f a ith i n hi s p re di c ti ons , an d th oug ht it unfair of him to interfere with the granting of these Returns. Lord HATHERTON explained. Viscount DUNCANNON had no objections to the Re turns being moved for, if the Right Rev. Prelate persevered in his motion. The motion was then put and agreed to. The Dille of CUMBERLAND presented a petition from the Senior and Junior Fellows of the Uuiversity of Dublin, praying for protection to thy Estp.blisheci Church in Ireland, and praying that the Irish Chu:ch Bill might not pass into a law. Lord PLUNKETT was acquainted a good deal with the College from which the petition emanated, and begged to say that a similar petition had been set on foot some time since, which the governing body of the University had vary properl) put a stop to, and he regretted that an appeal had been made from them to the junior members of the University. He de precated the circumstance of a college, established for the pur pose of national education, mixing itself up in the party feuds and political broils by which the country was at present agi tated. It was we ll known that Orange Lodge:, existed in that University. The Duke of CUMBERLAND considered that the Uni versity, as a Protestant Establishment, - had - a Tight to express its sentiments upon so important a subject as that which wa•; at present under discussion, and which so vitally affected the stability of the Established Church in Ireland,--( Hear, hear.) He knew not whether Orange lodges existed in that Univer sity or not, but this he would say (and he cared not how he might be calumniated) that he had never sanctioned the esta blishment of Orange Lodges in the University of Dublin.— ( Hear.) The Earl of WICKLOW was astonished at the state ments just made by the Protestant Lord Chancellor of a Protestant King, that a Protestant University had no right to express their sentiments upon a measure so detrimental to the interests of that religion.—(Cheers.) The Noble Earl then presentel petitions from various parishes in Meath and Wicklow against the Irish Church Bill. The Earl of GLENGALL presented several petitions to the same effect. Lord VERUL AM presented a petition in favour of the Bill for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt. Viscount MELBOURNE presented a petition in favour of the Municipal Reform Bill, and took that opportunity of stat ing that he had received a letter from Mr. Wood, one of the Municipal Commissioners, denying the statements which were given in evidence at the Bar of their Lordships' House, relative to his conduct as a Commissioner. Lord TE YNH AM gave notice that on the bringing up of the Report on the Municipal Corporations Bill, he should move that the amendments made by their Lordships to clause 23, giving a qualification to the Municipal officers, be abrogated. He thought in so doing, he would be best discharging his duty to the public, which was at the present moment in a state of the greatest excitement relative to this measure. The Bishop of HERE FORD presented a petition in favour of the Islington Market Bill. GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2500 11 12s Bath 2Ol. sh. Pg. pd 26 5,000 61. per cent. British 404 sli. 16/. pd 23 5/.percent. L,OOO [ and Bs. 55. 1 Ditto Orovincial 201 sh. 191. pd 24 814 5/10s Birmingham 4,2.',0 21 Os Bristol 2O sh. 39i 1,500 Brighton 20/. sh. 13 750 Ditto, New - 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 201. sh. all pd 19 4,000 3/. Continental Cansolidated lOO/. 511/. pd 76 1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 1991 --ii 1,100 Cl. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. Equitable l5/. pd 29 6,000 6/. per cent. East London 51. sh. 41. pd 10,000 5/. per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sh. 43; SOO 51. per cent. Isle il Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 20 2,35 6/. per cent. i ndependent 3O/. sh. all pd 50 9,0,0 4/. per cent. Phoenix 501. sh. 39/. pd 24; 1,000 4/. per cent. Hatetiff 100/. sh. 60/. pd 69pin 4,1510 South Metropolitan 5 1. sh. 13/. pd 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 44/. pd 37 240 5/. per cent. Warwick . , at. percent. vvarwich 4 0 0 1/5 8 Wakefield 25/. sh. 224 12,0110 3/. Westminster Chartered 5Ol. sh. 464 6001 12s. Ditto, New 5O/. sh. 101. pd 84 KO WATER WORKS. 4,800 Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 2:7 4,433 Si. East London lOOl. sh. 1381 4,500 2/ lOs Or..nd Junction ....Average 411 13, 4d. sh. 51 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 46.147 3, 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 300 1 , 500 2110 s New River Loadun Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,486 1/. Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 47 1,000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 85 B,'oo 31. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 98. sh. 78 1,3130 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 34 IRON RAILWAYS. Cheltenham 100/. sh. 78 Clarence Forest of Dean 5O/. pd 27 Grand Junction 1001. sh. 301. pi 54 2,0 , 10 llartlepool 1001. sh. 1001 pd 80 2.100 Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 100 1,500 Leicester and Swannington .....'Si. , sh all pd 51 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo/.sh. 1001. pd Ditto Quarter Shares "Si. wit 20,00 d London and Greenwich `.:ol. sh. 131. pd 25000 :A o tOO London aue Suthamptun.... - 01. sh. I. 1. pd 4 4 2,500 Preston And Wigan 901. pd 2 800 ... MINES. 350 2,000 2,500 19s. 8,000 4,000 I ~,000 4,060 1 , 1,000 31.:5. 6,0 0 10,000 20,0 0 1000 5,500 2,KA 20,000 6,155 2,000 11,500 11. 141 s. I/. 30,000 1,000 ..... .... 1,500 ;0 0 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 2/. pd Alten 151. sh. 10/. 10s. pd Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 1001. sh. all pit Ditto Subscription 25/. pd 80l .nos Brazilian Imp. iss. Si. pin 351. sh. 20/. pd Alacautias & Cocaes Unitcd :251. sh 201. pd Ditto St. John Del Hey 2Ol. sh. 711. pd Cata Branca 41/. pd .5/. ,- Candonga •1d Bolivar Copper Company...... 201. sh. 201. pd Ditto Scrip 'IL Pd British Iron . . 5Ol. sh. 501 pd British Copper Si. O. 3f/. pd Colombian, iss. 51. pm. 55/. sh. 54Y. IA English l2l Its. pd General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 151. tad p M o e i x h i e c r a o t t l i Company 10q. sh 49y. pd Consols 10/. sh 8/. pd Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....401. sh. all P d Ditto Subscription 2l. pd Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd Union Gold, iss. 21. ss. pm.... 221/. sh. 41/. Pd West Cork 501. sh. 35/. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. I. ndon, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. Load n University 1001. sh. all pd Russell 0 5gs. sh. King's College 1001. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 10,04; 10s. Australian Agricultural...JOU sh. 211/. pd 1,0.0 11. Auction Mart 50/. sh. 6,0 0 ...... ... British American Land Company 9/. pd 5j 10,000 61 per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 201. pd 3.5 300,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan lOl City Bonds, 4 per cent lO3 15,000 11. per cent. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 13/. pd 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 250 2,000 11. London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 18 2,7:4 41. per ecnt. Reversionary Interest 50c...1001 sh. 1001.1x1 mi 2,633 4/. per cent. Ditto New los /. sh. 451. pd 75 4,100 Thames Tunnel 5Ol. sh. all pd 8 10,000 Van Diemei.'s Land 100/. sh. 16/. pd 7 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, AUGUST I, 1835. • BANKS. 1,9)0,00N. SI. p. ct. Ban': of ••cotl.tild S3/. Os. Sd. sh. all pd 204 p. c. '2,000,0001. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100 /. sh. all pd 170/. 500.0001. p. et. British Linen Company 10 0/. sh. i.ll pd 2401. 3,000,0001. 6/. p. et. Commercial 5OO l. sh. 100/. pd 170/. 5,000,000/. 5 p. ct, National lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 1-1/ 1 08 2,00 1,000/. 211. p. ct. Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 601 . 331. 4,000,0001. p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 30/. pd INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h sp. ct. Scottish Union 204 sh. U. pd 7,500 sp. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 10/. pd 100,000 5 p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland....lo/. sh. all pd 50,000 6 p. et. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 1,000 5 p. et. Caledonian Fire WO/. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 r p. et. Edinburgh I afe 100/. sh. 101. pd 100,000 4 p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 19s. 111. 710 s 151. 131. 141. 91. _ MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 Edin. and (Ilas Un. Cana1...501. O. all pd 81105 Ditto Allocated .9fl. sh. all pd 60/. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.... 25/. sh. all pd S 3l , Carron Iron Company 250/. sh. all pd 45 °,,,t• 2,0005 h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 50/. sh. 3 3 /. pd I"; 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass ....201. sh. 161. pd Is " 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 9 5/. sh. all pd 6 5 /. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 730 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas —OL h 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dilkeith ' 1.1a1.12way5...50. all /. P sh i . 733511 : 3,000 10s. per sh. Equit .ble Loan Company ....251. sh. 9/. pd 10/. That very beautiful mansion at Hyde-park-corner , long the abode of the late Lady Smith, relict of Sir Drum mond Smith, Bart., was sold on Thursday last by auction for the sum of 20,1001. It is a leasehold, having 57 years to run, and held under the Crown at a ground rent of 1001. It was bought by Mr. Wentworth Beaumont, of Breton Hall, in Yorkshire. The delivery of the Scrip receipts for the first de posit on the new West India loan commenced on Tuesday, at the Bank of England, where a most active scene presented itself. Betwee❑ 3,500,000/. and 4,000,0001. of the new loan was paid up in full ; the parties who have undertaken this operation having realised a good per tentage by the trans action. I I ,COO 5,( 00 v .::$' HANDLOOM WEAVERS. Viscount STRANG FORD moved for a copy of the evi dence the petitioners laid before the Select Committee of the other House on handloom weavers.—Ordered. PEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND). . Their Lordships then went into Committee on the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Bill. The several clauses, after a few verbal amendments, were agreed to, and the House resumed. THE NEW HOUSE OF LORDS. Viscount DUNCANNON begged to call the attention of their Lordships to the subject of some temporary accommoda tion being provided for their Lordships, and upon which he wished to receive the instruction of their Lordships, as the best period for building was fast passing away. After a few words from the Earl of LIMERICK, The Duke of RICHMOND thought, although the present House was inconvenient, the other might be found equally so. The sum required was, he understood, 5,0001., and perhaps it would be better to remain in the present House until the new buildings was completed.—( Hear, hear.) Viscount D UNCANNON (as well as we could guess at what he said) assured the House that this considerate feeling on the part of their Lordships was fully responded to by the House of Commons, who had come to the determination that, :n the erection of the new permanent House, consideration should be first had to the accommodation of their Lordships, and had directed that the new House of Lords should be com pleted in the first instance. _ - - MILITIA STAFF REDUCTION BILL. Viscount MELBOURNE moved the Order of the Day— that the House go into Committee on the Militia Staff Reduc tion Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON was favourable to a revision of the whole of the militia laws, rather than to a partial mea sure like this, and he hoped that such a revision would be pro moted by the Noble Viscount, so as to place the militia estab lishment upon an efficient system, corresponding with that which existed of old. The Earl of WESTMORELAND objected to this Bill b h as to its principle and as to its enactments. The Duke of RICHMOND entirely concurred in what l.ad fallen from the Noble Duke who had spoken second on this question. Such testimony coming from the Noble Duke wa, , extremely valuable, for many of the Noble Duke's vic tories had been gained partly by men drafted from the mili tia, and from the staff now proposed to be reduced. He he Duke of Richmond) "should not vote against the Bill, but he undoubtedly expected that his Majesty's Ministers would introduce some measure on the subject during the course of next session. The present state of the militia was this : The last ballot took place in 1831, and consequently next year there would not be one single man's name remaining on the books. His Majesty's Ministers ought to consider this, for he (the Duke of Richmond) would tell them that after a ballot great delays often occurred before the men could be collected. He conceived that the Ministers were responsible, and would be held responsible to Parliament and the country, for whatever they might do on this subject. The Duke of CUMBERLAND had never seen a finer and more regular body of men than the militia of this country. Daring the late war very little difference existed between them and the line in point of discipline. The Earl of GLENG ALL said that if this Bill passed, the militia would be destroyed for ever. He should not op pose the Bill, but he hoped the Government saw the necessity of some further measure. Lord TEYNHAM said that it was absolutely necessary that some plan should be adopted to preserve the militia, so that it might be efficient, and capable of assisting the civil power. The Earl of WICKLOW could not reconcile sentiments expre,sed by the Noble Viscount with the principle of the Bill now before the House. He was sorry that the Noble Viscount had brought forward a measure of this kind at so late 1 period of the Session ; but he was glad to hear that the Noble Viscount had promised to give pensions to those who were to be discharged. He wished that that promise had formed the substance of a provision in the Bill. The Marquis of SALISBURY should like to receive from the Noble Viscount at the head of the Government a declara tion that he would not consent to any measure which would have a tendency to keep down the militia of the country, and that in considering the subject it would be his object to render the militia as efficient as possible. Viscount ME LBOULNE could not submit exactly to this. The Noble Marquis first said, " You say so and so," and then said what he ( Viscount Melbourne) was to say. He should not do anything of the sort. He had stated before the Com mittee that he wished the militia to be maintained, and that he considered it still capable of amelioration and improvement. He should endeavour to render the militia as efficient as pos sible, in order that its services might be rendered available whenever the emergencies of the State should require them. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that it was desirable that the militia should be speedily organized. What he meant by organization was, that it should be divided into companies and smaller divisions, and that it should have the proper allot ment of officers and non-commissioned officers. The question was then put, and the House went into Com mittee. The Bill was passed through the Committee, and at half past eight the House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Auatur 19, The SPEAKER took the Chair at Five o'clock. CARLOW ELECTION. _ _ Mr. C. BARCLAY brought up the Report of the Com mittee appointed to try the merits of this Election, declaring that Mr. Vigors and Mr. Sheriff Raphael were not duly elected ; that Mr. Cavanagh and Mr. Bruen were duly elected Knights of the shire ; and that neither the petition or opposition were frivolous or vexatious. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. Lord MORPETH brought up the Report of the Committee on this Bill, which was ordered to be read a third time to morrow. EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and was reported. ORANGE SOCIETIES. Mr. HUME gave notice that he had received a petition from Dublin, complaining of the conduct of the Recorder of Dublin. Seeing him in his place, be wished to say that he would present it to-morrow at b o'clock. The Hon. Member then, before moving that Colonel Fairman be called to the Bar, read some of his answers to the Committee, in order to show the grounds upon which the Committee had acted. They found that letters of very great importance were inserted in a book which they desired the Gallant Colonel to produce ; but he refused, upon the ground that it was strictly a private one, and was one which he never produced even to the Grand Lodge, or the Grand Secretary —it was a strictly private book, and it was never submitted to any one. There were letters in it to Lord Kenyon which, though upon the business of Orange Lodges, were strictly private in his opinion. There were letters from the Colonies in the book which he was quite willing to extract, but he must refuse to produce the book. The witness afterwards stated that he had made the objec tions for form's sake. The Committee had letters from Malta, Gibraltar, and other places, which were 'found amongst the papers—one from Gibraltar, stating that there was a lodge in the Royal Sappers and Miners, private George Murray mas ter.--( Hear, hear.) That there was a lodge also in another regiment, private Lewis Gordon, master. Other letters of a similar kind were found, and one from Col. Fairman, recom mending a man to Mr. Mackinnon, the agent, as one who was fit to be made a member of the lodges, which recommendation was backed by Lord Kenyon. The war rants transmitted were signed by the grand master, and autho rised the agent to form as many lodges as he could in Malta, Gibraltar and the lonian Isles. There was also a statement in one of the letters of an interview with Lord Nugent, in which he recommended the formation of what he called a civil institution, and an Orange Lodge was even formed at Rome.—( Loud laughter, and cries of " Order, order.") No answers could be obtained concerning these letters ; the Committee, therefore, wished to have the public do cuments, in order that they might be able to state what were the transactions of Orange Institutions down to the present time, and he supposed the witness would state his reasons for refusing that information, and therefore he moved that he be now called to the Bar. Colonel Fairman was then called in. The witness ap peared to be lame, and walked with a stick up to the bar. He bowed respectfully to the House. He is a man of small stature, and wore a coat of the Orange Lodge uniform— he is considered a miniature likeness of the Grand Master. The Witness was then examined by the SPEAKER.—Do you hold any office in the Orange Lodges in England and Ireland ?—Yes ; of England I do. What situation is that?—,Deputy Grand Secretary, and Deputy Grand Treasurer.—( Laughter from the Ministerial benches—Cries of " Order " from the Opposition.) How long have you held that situation ?—For the last three or four years. Have you been examined before a Committee appointed by this- House to inquire -into_ the - state of Orange Lodzes in England and Ireland ?—I have for the last five days I believe. Have you answered all the questions that have been put to you ?—Yes, gratuitously almost. Is there any thing that you have refused to answer ?—Not a question that I am aware of. Have you produced any document which was demanded ? I have produced a great variety of documents. Have you produced all the documents that were asked ? All that I consider documents I have produced, or rather they were extorted from me. Have you produced all that were required ?—I don't know that I have ; but I have produced them all with the greatest pleasure —no, not with the greatest pleasure, but with great readiness. Is there any book that you have refused to produce ?—Not any that I considered the Committee entitled to call for. Is there any book required from you which you have refused to produce ?_Yes ; there is one. For what reason have you refused to produce it ?—Because it is a private book. It never was before the Grand Lodge or the Committee of the Grand Lodge ; and if they had asked for it, I should have refused it. - Does that Book contain any information respecting the pro ceedings of Orange Lodges ?—lt contains the answers to some letters ; but they more particularly relate to private matters, unconnected with Orange Lodges. Does it contain any answers to communications made offi cially to Orange Lodges 2—A great many. Colonel PE RC E VAL—Has any proposition been made to you to extract such letters as related exclusively to Orange Institutions ?—Yes. Colonel PERCE VAL—I wish to know what was the an swer of the witness to such a proposition ?—Being disposed to meet the wishes of the CoMmittee, I wanted to come to a distinct understanding, that nothing else should be required. I re fused the production of the book, more upon public principle than private principle, and least of all upon Orange grounds. Colonel PERCE VAL —Would the Committee come to the understanding that they were only to have copies of such letters in the book as relate exclusively to Orange Insti tutions ?—The question did not go to that extent. The idea was ? that this book contained the names of persons con nected with the army. I said I could not, from recollection, say whether there were any such answers contained in the books ; but that if, upon looking over it, I found any, I would give them up. Col. PE RC E VAL—Upon the understanding, as you have stated, that you would look over the book, and if there were any letters in it relating to military lodges, you would furnish them. Did you offer to produce all matters relating to military lodges—that being the principle object of the inquiry ? Mr. O'CONNELL rose to " order," but was greeted with tremendous "yells and cries" of order- from the Tories, and sat down. Colonel PE RCE move that the witness do with draw.--(The witness accordingly withdrew.) Now the Hon. and Learned Gentleman will perhaps read us a lecture upon evidence. Mr. O'CONNELL—I am quite ready; and I am sure that no man requires it more than the Honourable and Gallant Member. He (the witness) said that he offered to give up all letters relating to lodges in the army ; but the question put to him was, whether he had refused to give up letters relating to Orange Lodges, whether in the army or not. Mr. HUME—I will state what the evidence is. The witness stated the book contains copies of letters, mad the Secretary proved he entered letters connected with the general question of Orange Institutions. After his refusing to produce the book, he said that as the Committee was anxious to obtain informa tion respecting Lodges in the Army, they would allow him to bring extracts from the letters, he would do se on condition that they should not ask him to produce any others. The Committee told him that they would make no such bargain. Matters were in this situation—he did say, that if he were allowed to extract the letters connected with the army he would do so ; but the Committee refused to enter into any such agreement.—( Cheers.) Colonel PERCE VAL—After the lecture upon evidence which I have received, I must state that so little did I stand in need of it that I think I could conduct an examination in as fair, as manly, as above board, and as impartial a manner as if I had taken the lesson which the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman has pointed out to me; and as my object is to carry on an impartial examination, I will not take the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's lesson.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL—Your not taking it is no proof that you don't want it.—(Tremendous laughter.) Colonel PE RC EVAL trusted that the House would do him the justice to admit, that the question he had put was cal. culated to extract answers which would prevent the concealing of anything. Mr. WARBURTON—The objection is to the words used by the Hon. and Gallant Member, viz., " That being the principal object of appointing the Committee." Colonel PERCE VAL--I may have been irregular; but, at the same time, it is true. Mr. H UME denied this. The enquiry related to all the Orange Institutions in Great Britain. Mr. SHE IL—One fact has been omitted. A book was produced, purporting to be the correspondence of the Orange Lodges. This correspondence ceased in May, 1832, and this hook is now called as containing a continuation of that cor respondence. Now I have that document here, in which he says, with respect to the order issued for the admis sion of Orange Lodges in the army, " I am aware of that, and 1 do not hear of any obstacle to prevent it. There are great objections to it, and I would advise you to be circum- T et.t, for if you are not, it will tend to injure the Society."—( Cheers.) The Honourable and Learned Member thought, that having clearly shewn that the book refused to be produced was a continuation of the correspondence, he was entitled to its production. Colonel PERCE VAL considered that the Hon. and Learned Member had failed to show that the private book i•efused to be produced was a continuation of the correspond ence.—(Cries of " Chair.") The SPEAKER observed that the Hon. and Gallant Member must be aware there was a great difference between stating facts stated by the witness at the Bar, and arguing upon these as facts. After some observations from Mr. AGLIONBY the witness was again called to the Bar. Col. PE RC E VAL—Now, sir, the book which you have called a private book, and which you have refused to furnish the Committee with, is that a continuation of the letter book of v%hich the Committee are in possession?.—lt certainly is not a continuation. Mr. O'CONNELL— Does it contain subsequent letters to those in the book you have produced ?—Decidedly. Are there in that book other correspondence respecting Orange institutions addressed to members not in the army ? Yes, there may be ; but there are not more than two or three. And those you refuse to produce ?—Yes, upon public grounds. Mr. B. CARTER— When you receive any letters do you submit them to the Orange Lodge, or any of its Members ? Never. Would it be your duty to submit any letters you might re. eci v e to the Committee of the Orange Lodge I—Certainly not. Is there, then, no power that could induce you to place be fore the Lodge any specific letter with respect to the business of the Lodge ?—I will not say that. If the Committee required you to give them the answer to any particular letter, would it not be your duty to communi cate it?—Certainly. _ _ Then, would you not look to that book you have refused to produce, for the answer ?—Certainly. Mr. BO RTHWICK—Are you compelled to produce the book by any law of the Orange Lodges ?—No. Mr. CARTER—Supposing the Orange Lodge was not satisfied with the copy, what would you say if they desired to have it produced ; would you refuse to produce that book? —Very poss►bly I might. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON—Does the book already pro duced before the Committee belong to you, or to the Orange Lodge ?—I found it in the office, and therefore consider that it belongs to the Lodge ? I received it as an heir loon of my office. But the book you refuse to produce you consider as your own private property ?—I do, certainly. Does it contain private correspondence ?—Yes, in many in stances it does. I made an offer to the Committee, which I was obliged to withdraw, as no honourable mind could act under threats. Mr. O'CONNELL—Do the private letters you speak of refer to Orange Lodges ?—Yes, they do chiefly. If not inconsistent with the rules of the House, he. wished that his evidence upon the matters in question might be read, be fore another question was put to him. Mr. HUME assured the witness that he had already read over all the evidence relating to the matter in question. Sir R. IN GLI S moved that the short-hand writer be called in, to read over his notes of the evidence. Mr. S. RICE must protest against any such proceeding. He did so upon principle, for it was improper to read over the evidence in the presence of the witness. Put such questions to him as 3ou please, and if there is any discrepancy between his evidence now and what he gave before, then put his former answer. Mr. AGL lON B Y thought that it would be better to put questions to the witness at the Bar as to his refusing to pro duce this book, before any other steps were taken. Colonel PE RCE VAL thought that it would be desirable to have the evidence given before the Committee by the wit ness laid before the House. The time of the House would not be wasted in waiting for this evidence, before it proceeded to adjudicate on a matter involving the liberty of the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought that the course suggested by the Hon. Baronet was pregnant with inconvenience. As a matter of principle, be thought that they ought to rely upon the Report of the Committee up stairs. He objected to reading over to the witness the evi dence given by him before the Committee, for the purpose of guiding him as to the course he should pursue before the House. Mr. SHAW thought that they were bound, in justice, to let the witness hare the evidence read over to him. After a few observations from an HON. MEMBER and Mr. JACKSON, Lord IiONV IC K believed that the simple reason why the witness was called to the Bar was because he refused to pro duce certain documents before the Committee, which were deemed necessary to the inquiry. If he persisted in his re fusal, it would become the duty of the House to take such steps as it might consider expedient to compel him to produce the documents. _ After a few words from Mr. SKAW, Mr. O'CoNNELL, and Mr. AGLIONBY, Colonel PE RCP:VAL asked whether the House was pre pared to exercise a despotic power in endeavouring to compel the witness against his conscientious sense of duty to produce this book ? If he stood in the place of the witness, he would