The Sun. — London, England, 1835-06-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. The Landgravine of Hesse Homburg honoured the Earl and Countess of Listowell with her company at din er yesterday, at Kingstown Houe, Knightsbridge, Her Royal Highness 'went in the evening of the fete given by the Marquis of Hert ford, at his villa in Regent's-park. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also honoured the Noble Marquis with their company last evening. The Duke of Cumberland and the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge House. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Poreign Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Rus sell, 'Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, Mr. Spring Rice, Lord Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, Mr. P. Thor.aon, and Viscount Howick. The Council sat an hour and a half. The Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria drove in the Parks yesterday forenoon. A Committee Meeting of the Lords of the Privy Council was held yesterday at the Council Chamber, to consider cer tain petitions for the Removal of the Assize. There were present the Lord President, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Chief Justices of the Courts of Com mon Pleas and the Hxchequer, and Mr. Baron Parke. Their Lordships sat upwards of two hours. A deputation from Liverpool, headed by Lords Stanley and Sandon, had a conference yesterday with Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell in Downing-street. The Postmaster-General visited the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday at the Treasury. Mr. Irving had an interview yesterday with Lord Glenelg at the Colonial Office. A Deputation from the City Navigation Committee, accom- Ps!nied by the City Remembrancer, had an interview yesterday with Viscount Melbourne. Mr. Tidd Pratt had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday. Some of the Cabinet Minister dined with the Marquis Cam den, the Master, and the Elder Brethren of the Trinity-house, last evening. Sir Robert Peel gave a grand dinner on Saturday evening at his residence in Whitehall-gardens. Amongst the company were the Bishops of London and South Carolina, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Martin Archer Shee, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Sir Robert Smirke, Sir M. Shaw Stewart, Dr. Macfarlane, Dr. Longley, Messieurs Landseer, Chantrey, Montgomery, West macott, Gregson, De Riemer, Murray, Hallam, Hay, Taylor, Millman, Locker, and T. Hook. NEW HOUSE OF LORDS. The Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed shortly after the opening of the Session, on the subject of building new Houses of Parliament, made their Report on Fri day last, a copy of which will be found below. The House of Lords, it is proposed, shall be capable of con taining 300 Peers on the floor, two feet being allowed for each Peer, and the space occupied by each row of benches is not to be less than three feet. The same space below the bar and the Throne is to be allowed as was allowed in the old House of Lords, now occupied by the Commons. The breadth of the new House of Lords is to admit of one row of benches on each side, in addition to those which existed in the old House. A lobby is to be provided for the Members of the House of Commons and other persons waitilg to be called in, of not less than 40 feet by 30, opposite the centre of the great door, and a hall outside of the lobby. There is also to be a passage leading round the outside of the House, and communicating with the lobbies and gangways in the House. The following is a copy of the report : " Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that it is expedient that the designs for the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament should be left open to general competition. " Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that the Style of the buildings should be either Gothic or Elizabethan. " Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that a litho graphic plan should be made of Westminster Hall and of the Premises adjoining, showing the entire area 4c , be occupied by the intended new buildings, and including the space to be gained by the intended embankment of the river. " Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that the Vans should be delivered into the Office of the Works and Buildings at Whitehall, on or before the Ist of November next. " Resolved—That the Committee concur in the resolution of the House of Commons, that a premium of 5001. should be given to each of the parties whose plans should be recom mended by the Commissioners, and that the successful com petitor shall not be considered as having necessarily a claim to be entrusted with the execution of the work, but if not so em ployed, that he shall receive an additional reward of 1,0001. " Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that all designs should be executed on one and the same scale, viz., of kind feet t o an i nc h ; an d th a t no co loured drawing of any should be received, nor any perspective ones, save such as shall be taken from situations selected and specified in the li thographic plan to be delivered to the parties. " Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that all tlrsons wishing to furnish plans for the rebuilding of the two .rijs)uses of Parliament, should, on application, be furnished, on I, ... u e i ldpia n yment of 11., with a c o py of th o re solutions of the Re ofg Committee of both Houses o f P ar liament, with a copy the evidence relative to the proposed accommodation of the belonging, and and of the offices and other buildings thereunto and with a co py o f th e s p ec ifi e d measuremen t s , an d of the lithographic pl an , i n w hi c h i s po i nte d ou t th e groun d destined as the site for the above-mentioned buildings. " Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion, that in order to save any unnecessary delay in procuring the plans, or !innecessary trouble and expense to the parties furnishing them, it should not be required that any estimate should accompany k design ; and should the Commissioners, on consideration, dee m an estimate necessary to guide their decision, any party called upon to furnish it should receive compensation should Isis plan be ultimately rejected. , R:-solved—That the Committee arc of opinion that with 9se lithographic plan there should be given a specification of the general accommodation required, of the dimensions of the Principal offices, of the number of persons which either House Of Parliament should be calculated to hold on the floor, of the space to be allowed for each Member, and a description of the Thrill of each House, so far as may be determined by the re spective Committees. Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that the klement annexed hereto, of the proposed dimensions of the l'ooms and offices for conducting the necessary business of the } louse, be adopted." [The apartments required, as well as the offices, are de scribed and minutely particularised, with the size in feet given ; of the public rooms so described are his Majesty's robing room (which is to be 36 feet by 24), Committee rooms (ten in num ber), waiting rooms for witnesses, Peers' robing room, refresh ment apartments, kitchens, with cellars for wine, beer, &c., library, vote office, an apartment for the Masters in Chancery, another for counsel attending the House, a third for agents and solicitors, and a fourth for witnesses. There is also to be a guard-house, detached, for officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of his Majesty's guard of honour, capable of accommo dating 100 soldiers, that being the usual number constituting the guard of honour when his Majesty opens or closes Parlia ment. There is a ls o t o be a conference apartment with the douse of Commons, 48 feet by its, being the dimensions sug tested—the conferences before the destruction of the two ouses by fire being always " managed," as the Parliamentary Phrase goes, in the Painted Chamber. Besides which, there are to be four galleries in the Lords' House, with separate ac cess to each, one capable of containing 100 Members of the Commons, and distinguished individuals, one for strangers, to contain 160 persons, another to contain 40 persons, and another 24 - The last is to be for reporters. In addition to all this There are to be separate apartments for the Lord Chancellor, the Earl Marshall, the three Archbishops (nib, the 34 Bishops one, the Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speaker, Clerk Assistant, Reading Clerks, &c. The various rooms for the Parliament offices are also specified, as well as those appro priated to the librarian, housekeeper, door-keepers, the Ser geant-at-Arms, and the Lord Great Chamberlain.] The repent then goes on in these terms : " Resolved—That in the specification of the several Measurements which have been adopted, the Committee have had it in view to afford a general csuidance to architects in pre- Paring their plans, w ith ou t intending to limit them to the pre cise dimensions proscribed for each room, with the under standing, however, that the several areas should not, in general, be less than the sizes specified. " Resolved—That the Committee are of opinion that the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod should have an official residence within the walls of the proposed building, and that it should contain a place of confinement for the persons com mitted to his custody. " Resolved—that the Committee are of opinion that, in order more effectually to secure a correct decision upon the Merits of the several plans, it is expedient that a humble ad dress be presented to his Majesty, beseeching him to appoint 4 te Commissioners, to examine and report generally to the Committees of both Houses of Parliament upon the plans offered by the competitors ' • and that such Commissioners Shall sele c t an d c l a ssify s uch of the plans, being not less than *three or more than five in number, as shall seem to them most wortby the attention of the Committee, and shall state, if re , otuired, to the respective Committees, the grounds upon which the propriety of such selection and classification is founded ; be th a t th e pl ans t o be submitted to the Commissioners shall 15 e delivered into the Office of Woods and Buildings on or be fore the first of November next. " Resolved—That it appears to this Committee to be ex- Pedient that the said Commissioners so to be appointed shall toeke their report of the plans selected by them on or before t he 20th day of January next." The New Poor Law Bill will be in full operation, rega c d s the Lymington Union. At a vestry meeting on Ihursday last, it was unanimously agreed that the salary now Paid to the vestry clerk should be continued till further notice. CHURCH RATES.—On Tuesday last the Archdea con of Coventry held his visitation in that city, when an im portant question was put to the Archdeacon ( Spooner) by a c hurchwarden elect, which was, whether a parishioner, paying church or vicar's rates, could demand to be furnished with a apt in the church, without paying rent for it ? The Arch ueacon's answer was in the affirmative. The question was put again and again, in various forms, and the answer was that "erY parishioner was entitled to a seat, and that the church tjardens had no legal power to charge even the amount of one farthing for it to them. It was urged that it was regularly Cone, and the difficulty of keeping order without was pointed ; to which the Archdeacon topEed he was aware of all that, but still there was no law to justify a money charge. It was then asked how were certain expenses to be met ? The answe r was by church rates. —Birmingham Journal. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. NOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Wallace, of Greenoci,---SelectCOinmi&eontl;eManage ment of the Post-office. Mr. Fowell Buxton,—Bill for suspending the payment of the 20,000/. for o ne y ear , an d f or a C omm itt ee t o inquire whether the provisions of the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery have been complied with. 3. Mr. Mullins,—Committee on the Irish Fishery Laws. 4. Mr. Hesketh Fleetwood,—Select Committee regarding his Ma jesty's Consuls resident in Foreign States. 5. Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer,—Amendment on Mr. Fleetwood's motion, that the Committee be on the Consular and Diploma tic Departments. 6. Mr. O'Dwyer,—Colonel Bradley's case. 7. Mr. Roebuck,—Bill to repeal Seditious Publications Act. 8. Captain Alsager,—Petition from East Surrey, praying that no part of the revenue be appropriated to other than Protestant purposes. 9. Mr. Winthrop Praed,—Copies *of Communications between the India Board and the East India Company, relative to the re vocation of the appointment of Lord Heytesbury as Governor- General of India. 10. Mr. Hawes,—Petition of John Thomas Loader, complaining of undue interference at the last Lambeth Election. 11. Mr. W. S. O'Brien,—That every Bill be referred to a Com- mittee. 12. Mr. G. F. Young,—To move additional Members on the Select Committee on the Timber Duties. 13. Mr. Wakley,—That the Ballot for entering Members having Petitions to present take place 20 minutes before the time of the Speaker taking the Chair. 14. Mr. Buckingham,—Amendment on Mr. Wakley's motion. 15. Mr. Serjeant Jackson,—Bill for more effectually preventing Clandestine Mrrriages. 16. Mr. Serjeant Jackson,—Bill to amend the Act for facilitating the Loan of Money upon Landed Securities in Ireland. 17. Mr. Serjeant Jackson,—Copies of Communications respecting the proceedings of the Civil Bill Courts in Ireland. 18. Mr. W. S. O'Brien,—Account of the expenses already in curred, and probably to be incurred, by the Commissioners for inquiry into the state of the Poor in Irland. 19. Lord John Russell,—Resolution touching Register of Voters reported from Election Committees. 20. Mr. Bagshaw,—_Copy of Papers respecting the Caffre Tribes. 21. Mr. Roebuck,—Petition from the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, complaining of additional grievances. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Worcestershire (East) Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three. 2. Tralee Election Petition—Ditto at a quarter after three. 3. Penryn Election—Petition of Mr. Baker to be considered. 4. - Western Australia Bill—Report-. I t and P c .o. ( :a se 0 morn - 7ie , tbe ado near agree and r c e „ her rr remal plaint' bad di. d' th e yi de een t Ire, ilia at O il ; of 179u ' .11 ougbt 'to issu e I:ff bon not the maces dant was but not was ob dant Wad that this lad b e en i n g the n at th e y hese c ar ' t was ler noul.d ~ hi , ,ty be al. a but with- )AY' ) gore d e bi.n in ol l o ain rdict ot ' e Ot t w its en t; t oting ►. un7 io „loco ' oe ()t e l . f o bit a bat hunder sbe the 'thole s u t o ig 'II t he °T._ o. to he nir ste' r toe 00 uP e nfr. _„ 1 ,0 ,l e ntlew o f is 'lie° _,' th 6t air , r. , , ,d p0 n ., od tile into 'a , and ' al e. t he hang e o he iizo , t to it sta in . t . o ve ci t hat a at fer : in , fool I C: a . Qu 'ebe ;‘ ,' for tt, f i ti daY' ,; Tb Co' 6 r, 1 3 der' t ; un Co' o)le. jof l e Orlt° ) rt t he 'lv to breele°. Sa°P ° l °ll' shoran, orob e ' Lus c Apo? ang ; /roll; A ge, t ow isbo il ; Luciai r o ----", !ortie , fr°l3l ind, floPe' r te w , evellieno v , w 1 , let, w -il e ' tdische'r6 ne• ea re for , e rtisiab b i fr ietor ,l o nearlY SABBATH DEVOTIONS OF THE PRIVILEGED CLASSES. A CASE FOR SIR ANDREW AGNEW. On Sunday last his Excellency the Russian Ambassador, gave a grand dinner at Ashburnham-house, to Prince Ester hazy, Princesses Leichtenstein and Leopoldine, the Duke of Wellington, Duke and Duchess of Gordon, Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, Earl and Countess De Grey, Earl of Aberdeen, Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Earl and Countess of Jersey, Viscount and Viscountess Burghersh, Lord Claude Hamilton, Earl and Countess Clanwilliam, Lord Lyndhurst, Sir Robert Gordon, Bart. ; Counts Matuszevic, Pahlen, Poggenpohl, and Chrep towitch ; also, the Prussian and Spanish Ministers. On Sunday next Lord Ellenborough (as we learn from the " Fashionable Arrangements for the week " in a Morning Cotemporary) will give a grand dinner party. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The exhibition of flowers which took place here yesterday attracted crowds of visiters. The whole place presented a scene of great animation. Several tents were pitched through out its grounds, in some of which the floral display took place, and in others refreshments were served out. A band of the guards also attended the fete, and played at intervals during the whole of the day. The flowers made a very choice collec tion, particularly those which had been cut. An exhibition got up by the Metropolitan Society of Florists also took place yesterday in the Regent's-park. The arrangement which brought the two at once before the public was certainly in want of judgment ; and, if it originated from any sinister feeling on one side or the other, nothing could be more discreditable. The prizes which were distributed in tho Surrey-gardens seem to have been very liberal. They were won by the following persons :- 1. Mr. Redding, gardner to Mrs. Marryat, Wimbledon. 2. J. Alnutt, Esq., Clapham, Erica Depressa. 3. Mr. Redding. 4. Ditto. 5. Mr. Curtis, Glazemoord. 6. Mr. Redding. Extra prize for cut flowers, Mr. Redding. 7. Mr. Curtis, Glazemoord. Extra prize for roses, Mr. Young, Epsom. 8. Mr. Watts, North Brixton. Extra prize for heart's-ease, Mr. Hogg, Paddington. 9. Mr. Sadler. Extra prize for geraniums, Mr. Redding. 10. Mr. Lane, gardener to H. Palmer, Esq., Fulham. 11. Mr. Neville, East-lane, Walworth. 13. Mr. Redding. Extra prize for miscellaneous, Mr. Lane. Extra specimen, Mr. Wilson, gardener to W. Bromley, Esq. (Bonapartea Juncea. ) Second extra specimen, Mr. Young, Epsom (Alstrcemeri bicolor. ) Third extra specimen, Mr. Dawson, Acre-lane (Erica Massonii). Fine collection of calceolarias, by Mr. Young, Epsom. Fine miscellaneous collection of plants, Mr. Knight, nurseryman, King's-road, Chelsea. Fine miscellaneous collection, Mr. Low, Clapton Nursery. Beautiful collection of balsams, Mr. Lane, gardener to H. Pal mer, Esq., Fulham. Juncts.-..Mr. APlntosh, gardener to the King of the Belgians ; Mr. Low, Clapton, nurseryman ; Mr. Watts, nursery, Peckham. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD jOURT. William Hedges, aged 28, was indicted for stealing four bushels of oats, the property of Thomas Wright, his master. The prisoner, who had pleaded " Not Guilty " when ar raigned with others, now wished to retract that plea, and to plead " Guilty." The prosecutor recommended the prisoner to mercy, be lieving it to be his first offence. Thomas Walker, aged 14, was indicted for stealing a truck, value 21., the property of Thomas White. It appeared that the prisoner hired the truck of the prose cutor, pretending that he was sent by a person named Baylis, one of the prosecutor's customers. As the prisoner did not return according to his engagement inquiry was made, and the truck was found at the shop of a wheelwright in Bagnigge Wells-road, to whom the prisoner had sold it, and had given a receipt for the money, which he signed " G. Cabel." The Jury returned a verdict of—Guilty. The prisoner being an old offender, was told that he must be sent to the hulks. Richard Henry Farebrother, aged 26, was indicted for em bezzling the sum of 61. 1I s. 6d., the property of William Priett, his master and employer. It appeared that the prisoner was in the service of the prosecutor, an auctioneer, in Great Charlotte-street, Black friars-road, and absconded on the loth of February, when some furniture was missed, and it was discovered that he had sold it to a person named Cogger, a lodger in the pro secutor's house, for the sum laid in the indictment, for the receipt of which he had not accounted. The prisoner said in his defence that he was robbed in the street of the money he received, and being unable to make it up, ho was compelled to abscond. Some witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. The Jury found the prisoner—Guilty. The COURT sentenced him to 3 months imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. NEW COURT. John White was indicted for stealing a cask, the property of James Clifford Parker, a vintner. William Star, a servant of the prosecutor, stated that on the 11 th of May, about four o'clock in the afternoon, he ob served the prisoner roll a cask from his employer's premises. The prisoner was dressed as a drayman, and in answer to a question by witness, he said he was about to take the cask to the owner, an ale-brewer in the Hackney-road. Witness told him he had no right to do so, and gave him into the custody of an officer. The prisoner in his defence said that a strange man ordered him to take the cask into the Hackney-road. The Jury found a verdict of Guilty. The settlement of the foreign account has gone off so much better than was anticipated, that business has returned to the same state, or nearly so, as usual ; and it is taken for granted that the effects of the panic are at an end. No de faulters of any consequence have been declared, though the opportune rise of prices since last Friday has prevented many names, probably, from being added to the number. Of the nature of the shock sustained, which has fallen chiefly, in this instance, on the members of the Stock-Exchange, some notion may be formed when it is stated, that since the Ist of May the fall in Spanish Scrip was 30 per cent., and on Spanish Stock per cent., reckoning from the highest to the lowest prices quoted, with many intermediate fluctuations. The fall during the same period was 19 per cent. on the Por tuguese 5 per Cents., and 21 per cent. on the 3 per Cents. ; on Colombian 19 per cent., and very considerable on all the South American securities. When the total amount of stock on which this enormous depreciation took place within so short a space of time is considered, which is not less nomi nally than 40,000,0001. or 50,000,0001., it will not be so much matter of surprise that extensive ruin followed it, as that any body of men, however well connected and liberally sup ported, were able to sustain the shock at all. The more pru dent capitalists, who are also the largest and most wealthy of the city, abstain wholly, it should be observed, from such transactions, either directly or indirectly. The effects of the panic were confined therefore to a very small circle, and the transactions of the other classes of the monied interest were only disturbed by it in a very slight degree. Much benefit is, on the whole, anticipated from it, by discouraging speculation and putting an end almost entirely to time bargains in the fo reign funds, which was the principal cause of the mischief. An action to recover damages for crim. con., which is likely to create great discussion, is set down for trial in the Court of Common Pleas, for the sittings after the present Term. Both parties arc clergymen, and reside in an adjoin ing county. The plaintiff is the Rev. Mr. Birch, sen of Mr. Alderman Birch : the defendant, Mr. 'Neale, is the curate en gaged in the same parish in which Mr. Birch resides. The damages which the Rev. plaintiff seeks to recover for the loss of his wife are laid at 5,000/. —Morning Paper. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c.&c.&c. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 16. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share, 1,760 61 per cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. ISs. sh. 167 1,482 61. Ashby.de.le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke . lOO/. sh. 51 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150. sh. P 5 1,000 Oh. 121. 103. Birmingham, a share 17/. 103. 241 4,0(t) Ditto and Liverpool Junct....loo/. sh. all pd 600 Bridgewater and Taunton ...JOU sh. all pd 64 400 51. Chelmer and Blackwater 100/. oh. 102 .... ..- .... - .... 500 42/. Coventry 4,546 Croydon Average 311.25. 10d. sh. 21 2,060 31. 10s. Dudley lOOl. sh. 74 600 61. Derby 100/ sh. J2O 3,5751 .. ... ... Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh. 88 231 43'. Erewash 1001. sh. 515 1,297 2SI. Forth and Clyde . Average 400/ 16s. sh. 60c 11,501 121. Grand Junction lON. sh. 237 2,8491 Grand Union 100/. sh. 23 1,521 Grand Surrey lOOl. sh. 120,0001. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 73 3,096 Grand Western 600 13/. 12s. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 280 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley 100/. sh. 15 749 Wt. Grantham 1501. sh. 202 6,238 14 10s. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 33 100 Kensington 100 sh all pd. 10 25,328 11. Kennet and Avon, Average 394 Bs. 10d. sh. 201 2,8971 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 1004 sh. 525 545 12/. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 149 907 4/. Leicester and Nort hanapton...A ver M/. 10s. f 4 -1 550 5/. per cent. Liskeard and Looe Union 251. sh. all pd. 25 70 1441. Loughborough Average 1421. 17s. sh. 1,600 2,409 91. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 180 250 91. Melton Mowbray 100/ sh. 190 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 561 3,000 247 15/. Neat h 1001. sh. 100 1,786 mt. Oxford 1001. sh. 615 522 21. Oakham 1304 sh. 38 _ ____ .... --- 2,400 44 Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 104 11,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. 161 5,869 51. per cent. Rochdale Average 051. sh. 123 500 81. Shropshire 1251. sh. 140 800 101. Somerset Coal INV, sh. 163 15,0001. 61 percent. Ditto Lock Fond Stock PR. 10s. sh. 12{ 700 361. Staffbrd and Worcester l4Ol. sh. 690 509 11/. Shrewsbury 125/. all. 2421 300 8/. Stourbridge 145/. sh. 215 3,847 1/. 10s. Stratford-on-AvAi ...Average 791. 9s. Bd. sh. 381 533 131. Swansea 100/. sh. 205 3,762 11. Severn and Wye and Railway...Av 35/. sh. 19 .?,600 ish. 32/.108. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 1001. sh. E 25 8,149 Thames and Medway...Aver. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 2 4010 sh.l i q Warwick and Birmingham ...... lOO/. sh. 2 8 0 I.,ooofsh. j a" ' 080 12/. Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 218 6,000 3/.los. Worcester and Birmingham...Av.7B/. Bc. sh 871 2',000 ss. Wilts and Berke .. Average 161. 17s: Bd. sh. 5 800 61. Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 12`6 Wisbeach lO5l. sh. 45 90') 1/. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 221 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 18351 DOCKS. 2,600 & h 3p. c. Commercial 1001. sh. 01 I ,0651 498,6671 1. :1,238,3101. '.?/. ss. p. ct. London Stock .57 . . . Ditto Bonds lO3 1,350,000/. 51. per ct. West India Stock 16 3.Y0 .J 31. 6s. 4d. Bristol Average 147/. 19s. sh. 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ...... .......... 116 1.152,752 3 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 69 500,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds lO4 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 yea rs lO2l Shoreham Harbour 257k BRIDGES. I,OGO 11. Hammersmith 5Ol. sh. 23 . - 7,1.'01 Southwark, Old Av. r 3/. 2s. Sd. bh. 2i 1,700 IL 13s. Ditto, New, of 7,-; per cent. 5Ol. sh. 15 5,000 .._.. „ - 1001. sh. :34 5,000 11. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 25i 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd HMO/. 51. per cent. Oat° Bonds llB 6,000 1/. Vauxhall Average 70/. 10s. 3d. sh. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/ 10s Albion 500/. sh. 501. pd 76f :0,000 [ 5 l a ) t e l c s 7 . l Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 10/. pd llf 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1004 sh. Si. pd 21,000 10s. perch. Atlas • - 1,200 ish. 4/. Birmingham Fire l5Ol. sh. 55/. pd 105 20,000 4/. per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 Cl. per cent. British Commercial 50/. sh. 51. pd 6; 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical, Medical, &c. Life...loo/. sh. 21 lOs pd 3f 4,1)01) 2/ lOs County 100/. sh. 10/. pd 42 6,000 ss. Eagle 50/. sh. Si. pd 5",,' ,),„ I's per cent} Economic Life lOOOl. sh. 2501. pd 315 ' '' land 3ol bs. '2,271 51/. per cent. European Life 'GI. sh. all pd 22 50,000 '... Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd If 1,000,0004 7/.irer ct. Globe Stock 156 20,000 1/. Guardian 1004 sh. '2O/. pd 33f 10,000 1 Fire 5 p ct. [l.ife 8 p ct.s Hope 50/. sh. 5/. pd 6 2,400 Si. 7s. lid. Imperial Fire • 500/. sh. 501. pd 117 7,500 Os. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 101. pd Pi 51. per cent. Indemnity Marine 1.01. sh. 8/. pd 12 2,020 3/. Kent Fire 501. sh. all pd 85 10, , 00 I6s. Law Life 100/. sh. 101, pd 26 3,900 1/. London, lire 2U. sh. 12/. 10s. p 1 231 31 000 1/. London, Ship .5/. sh. LI. 10s. pd 231 3,,0 0 :1. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 21. pd 215 s 15",001 Is. od. Froteutor Fite ')0/. sh. 21. pd 1/ Os 6,1 2,500 14 Provident Life 100,000 ss. Rock Life 201. sh. 21. pd 51 Ils. 649,220/. 5/. per ceut. Royal Exchange Stock... 1862 Sun 2lO 50,001 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2l. pd 212 s 6d JOINT STOCK BANKS. _____ ......._.— 5,000 Auqtrala.ia_ 401. sh. 20/. pd SO 10,00 n 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham NI. sh. 10/. pd 121 10,000 10 per cent. Bit mingham Bank .. 5O/. sh. Si. pd 12 18,000 2 per cent. L ondon and Westminster...loo/ sh. 151. pd 3,000 Lancaster 100/. sh. 201. pd 3) ‘:.5, , it;(1 6 per cent. Liverpool 100/. sh. 10/. i.d 15 20,000 7 per cent. Provincial rldlik of 1 reland."loo/. sh. 25/. pd 49 10,000 National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 25/. pd 231 10,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 5O/. ,h. Si. pd 11 0,000 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 11 12 s Bath 2O/. sh. ICI. pd 241 5,000 6/. per Cent. British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd .23 5,000 1 51 ,*. ia Il e h e s e . l t3 Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19/. pd 24 844 5/ 10s Birmingham 5O/. sh. 100 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 1,500 Brighton '2o/. *h. 14 750 ..... ... Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 181. pd 12 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20/. eh. all pd 19 4,000 :3/. Continental Cansolidated lOOl. 514/. pd 76 1,000 .10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 1924 1,000 6/. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. Equitable 'ls/. pd 31 6,000 (Si. per cent. East London 5/. sh. 4/. pd 44 10,000 5/. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 43 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 214 2.350 61. per cent. Independent 3O/. sh. all p 4 50 9,000 4/. per cent. Phoenix 50/. sh. 391. pd 24 1,000 4/. per cent. Rateliff 100/ sh. (0/. pd 4,000 South Metropolitan 5 ,.1. sh. 131. pd 114 8,200 51. per cent. United General .. 5O/. sh. 44/. pd 594 210 5/. per cent. Warwick 5O/. sh. 50 400 1/ 5s Wakefield 1 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 5O/. sh. 44i 6,000 12s. Ditto, New 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 800 WATER WORKS. 4,800 Birmingham 251. sh. 251. pd 27 4,433 51. East London lOO/. sh. 1381 4,500 21 lOs Cir.,nd Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 58 2,000 21. Kent 100/. sh. 46a47 338 101. Liverpool Bootle 2204 sh. 300 1,500 21 10s New River London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,486 11. Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 47 1,000 4 tier cent. South London 1001. sh. 8 5 8, 00 31. West Middlesex ....Average (131. 12s. Ad. sh. 79 1,360 11 14 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 34 IRON RAILWAYS. 350 ...... ... Cheltenham ------- .. -- 100/. sh. 78 2,000 Clarence lOO/ sh. 100/. pd 47 2,500 19s. Forest of Dean 5 O l. pd 27 grand Junction 1001. sh. 30/. p I 2,010 Hartlepool 1001. sh. 100/. pd 80 2,100 Leeds and Selby lOO sh. 100 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 51 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lool. sh. 100/. pd 193 Ditto Quarter Shares "5/. pd 48 20,000 23,000 London and Birmingham —lOOl. sh. 351. pd 2,500 Preston and Wigan 204 pd 2 800 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5L sh. 21. pd 34. 4,000 Alten 15/. sh. 101. 10s. pd 10,000 Anglo Mexican, iss. Si, pm.... 100/. sh. all pd Ditto Subscription 251. pd 2,000 Boldnos 10,000 31.14. Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pin 351. sh. 20/. pd 34i 6,0 0 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 71/. pd 6 11,000 ......... Cata Branca 41/. pd Candonga 51. pd 3,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 201. pd 8 10,000 Ditto Scrip... ll. pd 20,000 British Copper Si. sh. 3jl. pd 0,000 Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 551. sh. 54i/. pd 12i 1,500 1/. . English __. . . . _ . .. . __ 2,9;0 10,000 Mexican Company 1001. sh 491. pd 20,000 Polberou Consols 10/. sh. 8/. pd 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 22 Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 5,000 United Mexicab, iss. 2 pm. ....40/. sh. all pd 30,000 Ditto Subscription 2l. pd Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd Union Gold, iss. 21. 55. pm.... 221/. sh. 4-11. pd 5,00 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 20 1,500 London University 10e1. sh. all pd 21 700 King's College 1001. pd 44 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 10s. Australian Agricultural....lool. sh. 2tl/. ph 1,080 1/. Auction Mart 501. sh. 6,0;t0 British American Land Company H. pd 5i 10,000 81 per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 201. pd 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 10:i City Bonds, 4 per cent lo'2 15,000 11. per cent. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 131. pd 18 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 260 2,000 IL London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. 18 2,754 41. per eent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/ sh. 1001. pd 134 2,633 44 per cent. Ditto New 1001. sh. 451. pd 76 1,000 10,000 . LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, JUNE 1, 1835. BANKS. 1;430,000/. RI. p. ct. Bank of Scotland .83/. 6s. Bd. sh. all pd 20 :1,000,0001. p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 1101. 500.0004 bp. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. all pd 240/. 3,000,0001. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001 pd 1701. 5,000,000/. 5 p. ct. National lOOl. sh. 101. pd 141 10$ 2,001,0001. 2f,/. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 501. pd 601. 4,000,0001. 6 p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 301. pd 301. INSURANCE COMPANIES. ' . 50,000511. sp. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. 1/. pd 19s. 7,500 5 p. ct. Hercules 100/ sh. 101. lid 111. 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland....lol. sh. all pd 710 s 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 151. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 131. 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh lAfe 1001. sh. 104 pd 14/. 100,000 4 p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 9/. MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 Edin. and Glas. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 8/10s Ditto Allocated .9 e 4/. sit. all pd 601. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.... 251. sh. all pd 33/. Carron Iron Company ......2501. sh. all pd 4501. 2,000,h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founuery 50/. sh. 3' 4 1. ixl 18/. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh Sc Leith Glass 2O/. sh. 164 pd 6/. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 65/. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 601. 730 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 33/. 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...so/. sh. 754 3,000 10s. per sh. Equitable Loan Company 251. sh. 91. pd 10/. [NGE.-( THIS DAY.) Leghorn i7 Genoa 25 1 1 5 Milan 3l Venice 474 Naples 404 Palermo per oz. 12; Lisbon s7t, Oporto Rio Janeiro 37 Bahia Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l4 Cork l4 PRICE OF BULLION, PER. OZ Portugal t;old, coin i 0 (i 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 n 9 New Doubloons New Donau 0 0 Silver, bars, standard 0 4 11% SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Lord DENMAN took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. The Marquis of BUTE presented petitions from Paisley, Dalkeith, and several other places in Scotland, in favour of the Scotch Church. The Earl of RODEN presented a petition from a parish in Antrim, praying for protection to the Established Church in Ireland. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Marriage Act Validity Bill was reported, and the Bill was ordered to be printed. The Earl of K I NNO UL presented petitions in favour of the Church of Scotland. The House adjourned at twenty minutes past Five o'Clock ill to-morrow. HO USE OF CO M ONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at ten minutes to four o'clock. On the order of the day for ballots for the Election Com mittees of the eastern division of Worcester, and the borough of Tralee, being called on— The SPEAKER proceeded to count the House, when there not being 100 Members present, the House adjourned at four o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE THIS EVENING. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Dsc. 15. The King has been pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Captain the Honourable Henry Duncan, of the Royal Navy, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, and Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, JUWE 10. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood on Dr. Whitelaw. Ainslie, late of the Medical Staff of Southern India. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. FREDERICK SHEPLEY, hop-dealer, Farnham, Surrey. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. BENJAMIN BOARDMAN, tailor, Norwich. BANKRUPTS. MORGAN WILLIAMS, linen-draper, Neath, Glamorgan shire, June 29, at twelve, and July 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Pancras-lane, official assignee ; Sole, Al dermanbury, London. RICHARD LEE, RICHARD JOHN BRASSEY, FUL LER FARR, and GEORGE LEE, bankers, Lombard-street, June 30, at one, and July 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; White and Barrett, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. PHILIP SQUIRE and WILLIAM SQUIRE, linen-drapers, Southmolton, Devonshire, June 27, at two, July 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Sole, Aldermanbury, London ; Tur quand, Copthall-buildings, Throgmorton-street, London, official assignee. JOHN MURKIN CORTHOM, sheep-salesman, March, Isle of Ely, Cambridge, June 23, at twelve, and July 28, at five, at the Hoop Inn, Cambridge. Alexander, Gem, and Pooley, Carey street, Lincoln's Inn • Fisher, St. Ives, H un ti ng d on . WILLIAM DONKIN, wine -merchant, Norh Shields, July 7 and 28, at eleven. Spencer and Compton, Aldermanbury ; Whel don, North Shields. WILLIAM BARNES, ironmonger, Andover, July 4, at one, and July 28, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Andover. Gar rard, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East; Earle, Andover. JAMES SCOTT, currier, Berwick-upon-Tweed, July 4, at two, and July •_'B, at eleven, at the White Swan Inn, Alnwick. Knox, Hart-street, Bloomsbury; Marshall, Bnrwick-upon-Tweed. JOHN WEATHERLEY, brewer, North Shields, July 7 and 23, at one. Spencer and Compton, Aldermanbury ; Wheldon, North Shields. GEORGE LILLIE and JOHN PATTERSON, merchants, Liverpool, July 4 and 28, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liver pool. iNlawdsley, Liverpool; Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-ron•. SAMUEL G RIBBLE, hatter, Derby, June 24, and July 28, at twelve, at Mr. Moss's office, Derby. Adlington, Gregory, Faulk ner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Moss, Derby. WILLIAM TAYLOR, apothecary, Liverpool, June 26, and July 2M, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Avison and Sou, Liverpool ; Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bed ford-row, London. JONATHAN SYMS, clothier, Trowbridge, Wilts, June 27, and July 28, at eleve n , a t th e C as tl e an d Ball Inn, Bath. Fisher, Queen -street, Cheapside, London ; Timbrell, Trowbridge, Wilts. THOMAS TAYLOR and JOHN TAYLOR the younger, ,iperchants, Hedon in Holderness, Yorkshire, June 24, and July 28, at one, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. Dynely, Cover dale, and Lee, Gray' s Inn ; I veson , H e d on. HENRY SQUIRE SHRAPNEL, and MITCHELL JbUSIFF, grocers, Birmingham, June 24, and July 28, at Twelve, at the Office of Mr. Harding, Birmingham. Parkes, South-square, Gray's-Inn, London ; Harding, Waterloo-street, Birmingham. SAMUEL COOPER, grocer, Bath, June 25, and July 28, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, B r i s t o l. Whit e an d Whi tmore, Bedford-row, London ; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. We understand that not less than sixteen defaulters have been declared this afternoon en the Stock Ex change, out of a list of 32, which has occasioned great consternation in the City. LONDON MARKETS. ( From the London New Price Current of this evening.) SUGAR.—There were only three market days last week, on account of the continuance of the Whitsun holidays, yet such was the continuance of the extensive demand for West India Muscovadoes, that the sales were estimated at nearly 3,000 hhds. and trs., at steady market prices. The estimated sales this day are 900 hhds. and trs., at full market prices ; the Barbadoes sale this day went off with briskness, 179 hhds. low mid. yellow to fine, 575. 6d. a 615., about 6d. above former prices. The stock of West India is now 16,079 hhds. and trs., being 6,144 less than last year. The stock of Mauritius 103,504 bags, being 19,385 more than last year. The delivery of West India 2,529 hhds. and trs., being 901 less than last year. The delivery of Mauritius 6,594 bags, being 853 more than the corresponding week of 1834. In Refined goods there was little alteration last week, the fine Crashed at former rates, large and small Lumps 725. a 755., being 6d. higher. There is no new feature in the Refined market this afternoon, goods continue very scarce. MAURITIUS.—There were no public sales last week, the purchases by private contract were small parcels at former prices. . EAST INDlA.—There were several parcels of Manilla and Java Sugars disposed of at former prices. This day's public sales, 174 baskets, 475 bags, 10 pipes, sold at full prices ; Manilla, 255. 6d. a 265. 6d. ; Siam, 295. a 30s. ; Java, 275. 6d. a 28s. 6d. FOREIGN.-The request for Foreign Sugar was general and extensive last week, the prices were 6d. a Is. higher ; 200 boxes yellow Havannah at 295. 6d. ; 700 boxes white, 84s. a 355. ; 250 cases Bahia Sugars, white, 28s. a 295. ; brown, 245. a 245. 6d. The enquiries for Foreign Sugars continue, about 1,000 chests :of Havannah, a mixed parcel of yellow taken in some time ago, have been sold this afternoon at 295. 9d., which is an advance of Is. 6d. on the former public sale, withdrawing prices three weeks ago. Average price of Sugar, IL 10d. 74d. per cwt. WEST INDIA MOLASSES.-The late sales of West India Molasses are fair quality, about 225. COFFEE.-The Coffee market was very firm last week ; all the British Plantation descriptions under 100 s. per cwt., were again higher in price, and a general and extensive demand. The speculation in East India continued ; nearly 1,700 bags Ceylon, sold at a further advance of 25., good quality 635. ; Sumatra at a similar improvement, very ord. 435., good 475. 6d. ; Mocha also sold freely at higher rates, chiefly about 755. for fair quality. The Foreign Coffee in the market has been held lately for higher prices than the market currency ; large parcels of good ord. Brazil and St. Domingo were taken in last week 535. a 545. ; the only parcels sold were by private contract, fine ord. Brazil, 565. 6d., good ord. coloury Havan nah at 545. This day's public sales 479 bales Mocha, 765. a 775. 6d. :fair market prices ; 46 b ags S uma t ra , 47 5 . 6d., f ormer prices ; 47 casks Jamaica, also at former rates, fine ord. 955. a 965., mid. 102 s. 6d. a 105 s. COCOA.—The particulars of the Government contract last week, 50 tons have not transpired; about 400 bags Brazil have been sold at 30s. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The Rum market is heavy, but few parcels offer at any reduction, the purchases made are Jamaica 16 over at 2s. 6d. and 37 over 3s. Id., which are a shade lower, proof Leewards nominally 2s. a 2s. Id. In Brandy there is no alteration, Geneva goes off in small par cels, Hollands pale 2s. a 2s. ld. ; German Gin Is. Bd. TALLOW.—Tho accounts from St. Petersburg states the Russians continue buyers at that market, there is little doing here, parcels on the spot 405., and for arrivals 41. IItISII PROVISIONS.—There is no sale for Irish Butter. Bacon continues to advance, prime sizeable landed 365. a 38s. Lard 48s. a 50s. Hams long cut 545. a 585., short 525. a 545. per cwt. BACON. - BUTTER. _______ - Stock. Delivery. Stock. Delivery. 1834 18,505 firks 2,200 firks 19,341 bales 3,300 bales 1835 4,250 1,062 16,690 2,900 The Imports of Butter are Irish 1482 firks. Foreign 5,533 casks ; Bacon 2395 bales. INDloo.—There are no sales of Indigo to report ; the quantity declared for the 14th proximo, is nearly 7000 chests, which it is expected will be increased to 10,000 chests. By public sale this day 33 serons Guatemala Indigo, a good par cel, sold 3s. 3d. a ss. 6d., rather lower. Hors.—There is no alteration in the prices of Hops. The accounts from the plantations continue rather more favourable, on account of the sultry snnny weather. SmcEs.—The market is rather heavy, the Pepper in this day's sales, 682 bags Malabar 4d. nearly all taken in. 39 bags Pimento 41d. a 4ad. steady prices. OiLs.—ln common Oils the prices are firm, owing to there being a good export d eman d. S ee d Oil s d u ll. At public sale last week about 95 tuns Southern Oil went off briskiy at 27/. to 27/. 10s., principally for exportation. There is little variation in °lire Oils. TOBACCO.—There are few sales of Tobacco to report, the in this market i held with rattelt lit-mites:, for millet higher prices. RlCE.—There is no business reported in Rice on account of the large sales advertised for to-morrow. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 15. IMPRESSMENT OF SEAMEN. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from Greenock, signed by the five magistrates and all the council, and very numerously by the bankers, merchants, and others of the town, against the Bill introduced by the Right Hon. Bart. the Member for Cumberland legalizing the impressment of seamen. Also one from the Chamber of Commerce to the like effect. COURSE OF EXCIL Amsterdam C.F. 12 6 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 0 U l2' 6N, Antwerp • 12 NE Hamburg M. B. 13 14 Altona l3 14 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto ....... .............. 2 Us 25 95 Bordeaux F-ank fort on Maine, Ex. M. 153. Petermh.ngh, ruble ' 3Us log klerlin Vienna, effective fl M. 10 6 10 7 Nindrid 17 I . 3.t11.7 '37 ISilboa. 37 Barcelona SPvilie 37 Gibraltar., 4B TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. The HONOURABLZ MEMBER then presented a petition from the Mechanics' Institution of Greenock—from the operative stone-masons of Greenock—the operative blacksmiths and others, praying for the repeal of the taxes on news papers. They stated, that the law would not be so often transgressed, but for the ignorance in which the people were kept. They further stated, that they, in their humble station, were willing to be taxed to the same extent in any other way, so that these taxes were repealed.— ( Cheers.) Also, one from the same parties, in favour of the Bill introduced by tho Honourable Member for Sheffield, for the building of halls for public instruction in the various towns of the kingdom—(hear) ; and one from the Unitarians of Greenock, against any grant of money for the further endowment of churches in Scotland ; These petitioners stated three very singular facts. They said Greenock was divided into five parishes, and yet there was but one parish school in the whole town—( Hear, hear) — that the minister of one of the parishes only was paid by endowment, the others being paid from other funds, and that that clergyman of the largest endowment of any in Scot land, having in fact as much as would decently endow three churches. TITHES (IRELAND.) Sir R. BATE SON presented a petition from the Lord- Lieutenant, and a large body of the landed proprietors of the county of Londonderry, on the subject of tithes. He regret ted that he could not see on the opposite benches any Member of his Majesty's Government connected with Ireland; he wouldbe satisfied if he could only see the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, who he believed was one of the most influential of the Irish Ministers.—(Hear, and a laugh.) He saw only some of the the followers of the Hon. and Learned Member— Mr. O'DWYER rose to order. He complained of the word " followers" being applied to Members of that House. The SPEAKER made a few observations, which were quite inaudible. Sir R. BATE SON did not think the word so very objec tionable. He had heard the word " tail " mentioned in that House with impunity, over and over again. And he (Sir R. Bateson) had selected the most harmless word he could use, without meaning any personal offence. But, as it appeared to offend the sensitive feelings of the Hon. Member for Drogheda, he should not use it again. He had given notice of this peti tion, and regretted that none of his Majesty's Ministers were present. The petitioners stated, that after the Tithe Bill of 1832, they had entered into a compact with their tenants to pay the tithes for them, some of the landlords had not done so, and as it was understood that the balance of the million fund would be applied to the payment of arrears, which would be nothing less than a bounty in agitation, it was hoped that if any portion of the arrears of tithes for 1834 were paid, those who had secured the quiet and tranquillity would have the benefit of it. The petitioners prayed that in any Bill which might be introduced on the subject of tithes, their case would be taken into consideration, and even-handed justice be thus dispensed to all classes of his Majesty's subjects. Many of these petitioners had paid the tithes of the year 1834, and they were deserving of the consideration of the Legislature. Mr. O'DWYER did not see any thing in the• petition to render it necessary for the Hon. Member to use such abusive language as he had thought proper to indulge in. He had never heard such language in that House. He was one of the Members of that House who supported the Honourable and Learned Member for Dublin. He would say that he did so as strongly, as zealously, and as independently as any other Honourable Member in that House. The Hon. Member bad stated that the Government was under the tutelage of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin. The policy of this statement was apparent; it was intended to deter the Government from doing justice, or from introduc ing any measure in which the Learned Member for Dublin should concur. All that he (Mr. O'Connell) and those who acted with him required was, that justice should be done to their country, and he trusted that the present Govern ment had virtue sufficient to resist those insinuations whist' were intended to mislead and deceive them. Sir R. B ATE SON explained. He had not intended any offence. He considered that it was rather complimentary to the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin to possess such talent and ability as to enable him to sway the Government. Such a statement had been frequently made, and why such sensitive delicacy should now be felt he could not understand. Lord MORPETH regretted that the Hon. Bart. did not inform him that he intended to bring forward this petition, or otherwise he should have felt it his duty to attend—at the same time he would only then state that he would take an opportunity of bringing forward the Irish Tithe Bill, to refer to the matter of this petition. Mr. SHAW did not think that his Hon. Friend, Sir R. Bateson, deserved the censure of the Hon. and Learned Member for Drogheda.—( Hear.) With respect to what had fallen from that Honourable and Learned Member, viz., that they who called themselves the friends of the Church were the means of throwing out a Bill which would have done justice to the Clergy of Ireland—( Hear, hear) the real fact was, that they had supported the Bill brought forward by the then Honourable Secretary for Ire land (Lord Hafherton); but when that Bill was changed— when it was totally altered (he would not say why, or under whose influence), they had felt it their duty to oppose it. Lord MORPETH, in answer to a question from the Hon. and Learned Member for the University of Dublin (Mr. Shaw), said he would bring forward his motion respecting Irish Tithes on the 26th of June ; any further information respect ing it he could not give.—(Loud cheers from the Ministerial side of the House.) Mr. SHEIL was willing to make allowance for the Honourable Baronet, but there were others for whom the same plea did not exist, and for whom, therefore, the same allowance could not be made. He (Mr. Shell) believed that the expressions used by the Honourable Baronet were not intended in the slightest degree to give offence to any Honourable Member of that House—it was merely a specimen of the high power of sarcasm for which the Hon. Bart. was celebrated.—( Great laughter.) IPSWICH ELECTION. The SPEAKER called upon the Sergeant-at-Arms to bring the persons in his custody to the bar of the House. Sir G. CLERK presented petitions from John Pilgrim, Arthur Bott Cooke, and Robert Merchant Clamp, three of the parties in custody, admitting the truth of the charge against them, expressing their regret, and pleading ignorance of being guilty, or of having any intention to commit any breach of the privileges of the House. An HON. MEMBER bore testimony to the respectability of Mr. Clamp, one of the petitioners. Mr. Sergeant JACK SON presented a petition from Peter Frederick O'Malley, Esq., in which he stated that he had no connection with the Ipswich election, until three or four days before the Committee was appointed, when he was requested to act as Counsel. He had had only one inter view with Pilgrim, who informed him that he came from Uxbridge, to consult him upon some business,-(Hear) — and that the conversation which passed between them had reference only to a matter between himself and his employer, and that he did not either directly or in directly, advise this man to abscond, nor had he any idea of being a party to any breach of privilege. The petitioner further stated that he was in a very delicate state of health, being unable to practice at the bar, except at long intervals, and upon these grounds he threw himself upon the clemency of the House. On a petition being presented by an HON. MEMBER from Joseph Sparrow, solicitor, Mr. GISBORNE objected to these petitions being read at length. The House could not act upon them until they were printed, as Hon. Members had neither heard the obser vations of those Honourable Members by whom they were presented, nor had they heard the petitions when read, by the Clerk.—( Cries of " Hear," and a laugh.) It was only taking up the time of the House to read any more of these pe titions, as he was sure none of the Hon. Members below him had heard one word of the petitions. Mr. C. W. YNN would have agreed in the observation of the Honourable Member, if those individuals had not been in custody, and that their presentation was to be followed by a motion either for their remaining in custody or for their - being discharged.—( Hear, hear.) But the House was sitting there in a judicial capacity, and as they were to determine the guilt or innocence of those in custody, it would not be correct to decide that these petitions should not be heard. If the Hon. Member had not heard the petitions, it was a good reason why they should be read again. He thought that the strictest order-and silence should be en forced while the petitions were reading. After some time had elapsed, during which there were loud cries of " Bar," for the purpose of compelling the knot of Members there assembled to take their seats, the petition of Joseph Sparrow, solicitor of Ipswich, was read at length by the Clerk. Another petition from John B. Dasent was then presented, which concluded by praying the House " to relieve him from his present most unpleasant position."—( Laughter.) Mr. R. CAMPBELL said that he had received a letter from the petitioner, stating that he had used terms that might tend to implicate other parties, namely, that he had acted under the guidance of Mr. Kelly.—( Hear.) Such, he stated was not the fact, and he ( Mr. C.) was bound to believe his assertion. He thought that the petitioner had acted in a strictly honourable and chivalrous manner, although, peahaps, with imprudence. The petitioner was now to be brought before the House, not for any bribery that he had committed but for absenting himself from the Speaker's warrant ; he had now, however, come forward, and having done so he (Mr. C.) thought that the petitioner was entitled to more lenient treatment than any of the other persons who had been summoned to appear at the bar of that House. He trusted, therefore, the House would summon him to the bar, and, as he had already been incarcerated, would reprimand and discharge him. Sir H. LI ARDING E wished to know from the Hon. Member who had just sat down, whether it did not appear in evidence before the Committee, that the petitioner declared that Mr. Kelly had no knowledge of any bribery. Mr. CAMPBELL said that the petitioner did state that although he had been found guilty of bribery, it was without the knowledge of Mr. Kelly. Lord EBRINGTON presented a petition from Mr. John Clipperton, sulicitur, declaring that he bad acted en tirely through an error in judgment, and not from any dis respect towards the Hon. House. Mr. GISBORNE said, as the seven individuals whom the . - - House ordered to be taken into consideration on Friday last had been apprehended by the Sergeant-at-Arms, it became his duty to proceed to call on the House to dispose of their cases. He had stated that the House could asstxme but one course—it must therefore either act upon the report of the Committee, and consider the parties to be guilty, of they must be called to the Bar of the House, and a regular trial ,'rust be gone through, to establish their guilt. From the ”ar 1796 to the present time, only two cases occurred in which the parties were brought to the bar for the purposes of an enquiry ; but in all the other cases the reports of the respec tive Committees were acted upon. He mulct briefly state to the House the precedents on both sides of the question. Those in support of his opinion, namely, that the ps.rties in the present case should be considered in the light of guilt; parties, and as such punished by the House without further trial, were the cases of Tregony (in 1813), Penzance, Grantham, Pen ryn, Great Grimsby, St. Ives, Sudbury, Maidstone, Middlesex, 'Wooten Bassett, and Weymouth. In all the cases the com mittee having reported that certain parties had, either b j v ab sconding from servance of the Speaker's warrant or by pre va r;cation, been guilty of a breach of the privileges of the House, they were ordered to be taken into custody of the Sergeant-at- Arms ; and, upon the House being informed that such order had been executed, at once, even without being brought to the bar, committed to Newgate. The only cases in exception to this course were those of Southwark, in 1796, and Dunferm line, in 1802. In these cases the parties were brought to the bar on beink taken into custody, and then sent to New gate. Such being the nature of the precedents, the Hon. Member proceeded to say it was his intention, in accordance with that course which the majority favoured, to tuove that all the par ties now in custody be forthwith committed to Newgate.•— ( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member concluded by moving, " That John Bond, having absconded to avoid being served with the Speaker's warrant, be sent to Newgate." The SPEAKER intimated that it would be necessary first to declare the party guilty of a breach of privilk`ge, and suggested to the Hon. Member to alter his motion accord ingly. Mr. GI SB ORNE complied with the suggestion, and 20 ' cordingly moved, " That John Bond, having absconded to avoid being served with the Speaker's warrant, be deemet.‘ guilty of breach of privilege." The question having been put. Mr. C W. WYNN thought there could not be a dissen tient voice in the House as to the fact that a high contempt of its authority, and one which it could not pardon, had been committed by the parties in custody. The question, however, in the present instance, was, in what way ought the House to be satisfied that a contempt of its authority bad been com mitted ? In his opinion the report of the Select Committee was not the evidence on which the House in such a case could act, inasmuch as it did not put the House in possession of the precise amount of guilt incurred by the party. In a case of pre varication it was obvious the House could not act upon the mere report of the Committee ; and, in his opinion, it was equally precluded from doing so in a case of absconding.— ( Hear, hear, hear.) The object of the present motion, it should be recollected, was not to bring a recusant party before a Committee—it was to punish him for not attend ing upon the occasion of a trial, not pending, but de termined. This he thought a material difference ; so much so, is fact, that it induced him to desire to have the evi dence before him, as well in aggravation as in extenuation, before he was called upon for a decision. As far as the pre liminary resolution—namely, that which designated the parties as guilty of a high breach of the privileges of the House— eas concerned, he was quite ready to concur in it ; but before the amount of punishment was decided upon, he thought it absolutely incumbent upon the House to know the degree of guilt attaching to each of the parties. In the Weymouth cases on the Committee's reporting, the evidence was referred back to them, with a view to their selecting those portions of it which bore on the proceedings their report recommended. He was sorry this precedent was not adopted in the present case, as it would have materially assisted their proceedings. With regard to those who were declared by the report as guilty of aiding and abetting, it was still more essentially ne cessary that the evidence respecting them should be before the House before their cases were dealt with. The terms " aiding and abetting" were new in the history of the House's privi leges, and he confessed he was quite at a loss to know within what limits they extended. Under all these circumstances he thought it would be far better that the House was in possession of the evidence before it proceeded; and, for his part, he saw not the least inconvenience in the delay which for that pur pose would be requisite. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by requesting some Member of the Committee would state to the House, as nearly as his memory served, what were the cir cumstances, either of extenuation or aggravation, in each case, which the House, in meting out the degree of punishment, would be bound to take into their consideration. Mr. P. M. STEWA RT, in reply to the call of the Right Hon. Gentleman, observed it ought to be considered that four of the seven persons accused had, in petitions, pleaded guilty to the charges brought against them. With regard to the circumstances connected with each particular case, it was unnecessary for him to detain the House at any length by their detail. As far as Sparrow was concerned, he was not to be regarded as a mere partisan of the late Members. He was their avowed and acknowledged agent, and repeatedly throughout the trial it was admitted that whatever was alleged concerning him was alleged as agent for the parties. As to Clipperton, he was the acknowledged solicitor of the late Members, and at his house were all the fugitives from Ipswich concealed, repeated consultations held, false names to suit the initials on the linen and clothes of the absconding parties de vised, and from his house did the parties go abroad, and from his house were the letters furnishing them with money when abroad, dated.—( Hear, hear.) The evidence as regarded O'Malley was certainly limited to the case of Pilgrim, but that limitation did not, he was sorry to say, weaken its character, as far as the authority of the House was concerned. In all the cases it was in his power to state circumstances of aggra vation, but in none, he much regretted, could circumstances in extenuation be offered. In Clipperton's case alone could any extenuating claim be offered, and the extent of that claim must be confined to the circumstance that he was throughout in his professional capacity, and ought not to have been left ex posed in the manner he had been to the heavy and serious consequences likely to result from his conduct in pursuance to the directions of his client.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. C. W. WYNN wished to know if there were any circumstances connected with the cases of the other four par ties requiring explanation or comment ? Mr. P. M. STE WART replied that there were none. Three of them the Committee had not seen at all. Dasent, the other party, it should be stated, did come before the Com mittee, and gave all the evidence in his power ; and it was moreover to be observed that the Committee had no evidence of money having been remitted to him by Clipperton when abroad. Cook, Clamp, and Pilgrim had money sent to them, under their assumed names of Cartwright, Clamber, and Pal mer, but there was no evidence that Dasent received any. Mr. C. BERKELEY thought it was evident that bribery and corruption of the grossest and most barefaced character had been committed, and expressed his readiness to join in any steps calculated to punish the parties implicated._ ( Cheers. ) Mr. BL ACK BURNE thought there was a great distinc tion to be drawn between the guilt of the several parties— Clipperton and Sparrow, more particularly were far less eli minated by the evidence than the others now in custody. Mr. STEWART stated that every word he had previously stated on the subject was taken from the evidence of his own notes. Mr. Kelly had repeatedly, during the proceedings, asserted that whatever blame attached to Mr. Sparrow ought by right to fall upon the sitting Members, atid it was proved that the question of absenteeism had actually bees debated in Mr. Sparrow's house. Oh the question being put from the Chair, Mr. GI SB ORNE moved, as we understood, that the name of John Bond be added. Sir G. CLERK having presented a petition in favour of this individual, was desirous of knowing from the Hon. Mem ber for Derbyshire (Mr. Gisborne) whether the circumstances attending the case did not call for a different degree of punish ment. Mr. G I SBO RNE was sure from what had transpired there could be no Gentleman in the House who would think of mak ing an exception in favour of an individual, much less of dis charging him. After the issuing of the Speaker's warrant he presumed all the delinquents would be removed from the cus tody of the Sergeant-at- Arms and conveyed to Newgate, where they would be accommodated with lodgings moro con venient and infinitely less expensive.—( A laugh.) Sir R. PEEL soid—l do not rise, Sir, to offer any opposi tion to the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Mem ber for Derbyshire, but I cannot agree in the propriety of adjudicating on these cases without having heard any portion of the evidence on which this House is called upon to adjudi cate, and committing parties to prison without having given them an opportunity of advancing anything in justification of their alleged offences.—( Hear, hear.) First, it would be pro per to hear the evidence upon which the charge brought was founded, and, secondly, to permit those parties to have an opportunity of saying something in their defence. I am not, Sir, satisfied, nor do I think the House ought to be satisfied, to form its judgment on the opinion of any individual Member. But, at the same time, I will say, supposing always that the evidence given before the Committee is substantiated, that these persons in keeping out of the way were guilty of a great offence. In what condition am I placed in attempting to judge upon this subject? Print the petition and proceedings and then judge; but how in the present state of the matter am Ito know that these parties are guilty? Am Ito receive it on the ipse dixit of any lion. Member, that these parties are guilty ? How am I to know what would be a proper degree of punishment with which to visit these misdemeanors, if I alp not made first acquainted with the exact nature of the charge against the different parties ? These seven persons are all in volved in one common offence of absconding, except those who are charged with aiding and abetting the absconding, and I know that absconding, and aiding and abetting it, are decidedly breaches of the privileges of this House. But how, unless evi dence is submitted whereupon the House may adjudicate, will it be able to apportion the punishment due to the different de grees of culpability ? Submit this evidence, and we may adju dicate with impartiality, but without it we cannot.—(Hear.) I do not see how the Hon. Member for Derbyshire will be able to make his motion to-morrow, unless he is able to pro duce evidence in support of it. As regards Wagon, I cannot agree with the strong opinion expressed by the Hon. Member for Argyleshire. I cannot put the construction on his con duct that he did, but when the evidence is delivered, I shall be a better judge. But without that production of evidence, I cannot hear with any feeling of satisfaction a proposition for committing one of the King's subjects to Newgate.—( Cheers.) Mr. CAMPBELL said that the opinion of the Select Com mittee was the opinion of those independent Gentlemen of that House who had given their judgment upon their oaths. He protested against the doctrine laid down by the Right Hon. Ba ronet opposite, of their incompetence to judge. With regard