The Sun. — London, England, 1835-07-15 00:00:00

- - - PLYMOUTH. 3 L.I (VROM OUR OWN CORREIPONDENT.) Saturday night, July 11. THE LATE MURDER. The particulars of the murder committed on Sunday last at this place by Henry John Honey on the body of his wife, Jane Honey, and of the Coroner's inquest, have already appeared in The Sun. The result of the inquest, which terminated on Tuesday evening last in a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the husband, was not communicated to him until the following morning,( Wednesday). On its being then made known to him, he became frantic to a degree indescribable. For the first two, days he refused all food merely taking a little tea, but on Tuesday evening he was induced to eat, and since then took his meals regularly. The excitement consequent on the committal of the horrid deed continued from day to day, and persons were day and night on the look out, anxious to see the prisoner at the time he should be sent to Exeter. Yesterday (Friday) about six o'clock he was taken from the prison in a chaise, and conveyed to the county gaol at Exeter to await his trial at the en suing Devon assises. Although the hour at which he was to be conveyed from the prison here was kept a secret, hundreds of persons were assembled at the outside the prison to witness his removal ' • not the least ebullition of feeling was, however, manifested. Before leav ing, the unhappy man enquired how long he should be on the road, and on being told he would reach Exeter about five o'clock he said, " I wish I was there." On Thursday, the father of the prisoner (who bad been absent from Plymouth at the time the fatal occurrence took place, and who arrived by the Brunswick steamer from Portsmouth on Wednesday evening) visited him. Their meeting, as might have been expected, was of a most heart-rending kind. The misery and affliction of the prisoner's parents and family surpass de scription. THE FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED WIFE. Yesterday and this morning, hundreds of persons were on the look out, anticipating that the deceased would be in terred at an early hour, the period fixed on for the purpose not being made known. It took place this morning. About six o'clock the mournful scene commenced. The corpse was borne from the residence of the deceased's own mo ther to its final resting place, by young married men. Upwards of two thousand persons asssembled to wit ness the mournful spectacle, though it was not known the previous evening when the funeral would take place. The two sisters and two brothers of the deceased and other relatives attended, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Honey, the father and mother of the foul murderer. Se veral of the Jury also attended. The deceased was interred in the burial ground attached to the Ebenezer Wesleyan Cha pel in this town (Plymouth). On arriving at the chapel, the .09.. was taken inside, where the usual burial service was performed (as in the Establishment) by the Rev. Mr. Martin, the resident minister. It was several minutes before the Rev. Gentleman could commence the reading of the service, so overcome were his feelings on the truly melancholy occa sion. Ho at length however performed it in the most so lemn and impressive manner we ever witnessed. The feeling of the whole assembly was intense, and we could not discern a dry eye. The ceremony occupied about one hour and a quarter • As soon as the service had been read, Pope's cl grand Ode of the Dying Christian to his Soul, " Vital Spark," was sung by the Choir in the most beautiful manner. On their arriving at the part, " Sister, spirit, come away," Mr. Honey (the murderer's father) was so much affected that lie fell down senseless, and for some minutes did not recover. At the close of the singing the procession proceeded to the grave allotted for the deceased in the yard. klere rest the mortal remains of her grandfather, father, and other near relatives, unconscious of per's halo- alto there— much less of the melancholy catastrophe which caused her so early in life there to be placed. On the coffin being lowered into its final resting-place, one of the deceased's sisters, and Mr. and Mrs. Honey fainted away, and were %s ith difficulty removed thence to an adjoining house. The processi ,- m returned front whence it had started in as solemn a manner as it had advanced in the first instance. --- - We will conclude this account with a quotation from the Plymouth Herald of this day (the Editor or which has had pectiliar opportunities of obtaining correct information on the subject), in which, in allusion to this melancholy occurrence. it is observed, " The. fatal effects of habitual intoxication were never more strongly exemplified or more forcibly pointed out than by this unfortunate young mrch On Sunday evening after the Rev. Mr. Odgers had left him, he asked the officer who was watching in his cell to get him some milk and water. It was soon procured for him ; he drank freely of it, and then, fetching a - deep sigh, said, in a most piteous and feeling manner, Oh, -- that I had drank nothing stronger than this to-day.' On Wednesday evening a gentleman, who had from the best of motives visited him several times in the prison, alluded to this expression of his, when the pri soner roused himself, and with an unusual energy, as if he had again felt the full force of his former observations, said, Oh that that may spread far and wide for the benefit of my fellow .creatures.' A warning which we hope will never be loft sight of." MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of last Evening.) SVGATG—There was an extensive demand for West India Mnscovadesi last week, the purchases were estimated at 3,200 hhds. and trs., the former advance in prices was fully main. tained, and the market had a very firm appearance. This day the show of new Sugar is better than we have lately experienced, but not yet extensive. The landings last week were neatly 5,000 hhds. and trs., but it appears that the holders rather keep back the arrivals. The demand is still general ; the estimated sales this day are 900 hhds. and trs., full market prices. he stock of West India is now 21,074 hhds. and trs., be ing 10,214 less than last year. The stock of Mauritius 88,479 bags, being 24,601 less than last year. The delivery of West India, 3,272 hhds. and trs., being 182 more than last year. The delivery of Mauritius 6,395 bags, being 1,061 more than the corresponding week of 1834. This afternoon there is again a decided advance of 6d. to Is. der cwt. in Refined goods; large Lumps 775., fine crashed, 365., both prices realized. MAITRITIUS.—The public sale of Friday afternoon 8,274 bags went off with much? spirit, all sold Is. higher than the last public sale, being in proportion with the rise we have lately koticed in West India raw Sugars. EAST INDIA.—The East India Sugars are held with much firmness at high priceE, about 5,000 bags Manilla were with drawn from public sale on Friday at prices rather above the presentcurrency, some soft sold 265. and 275. FOREIGN.—The chief part of the stock of Foreign Sugar in this market is held firmly for very high prices ; for mid. yellow Havannah 31s. refused, and for old white S6s. paid. A cargo of, Pernams sold for Antwerp, 31s. for white, and 245. for the brown. This afternoon for a cargo of yellow Havannah afloat 325. 6d. has been paid, and white reported sold at 375. Average I NDIA of sugar 11. I Is. 00. WEST MOLASSES.—A good parcel of Demerara Mo lasses sold to-day at 929. COFFEE.—The Coffee was very languid last week, but there was little alteration in the prices, the British Plantation de scriptions support the late prlces, Ceylon 645. and 645. 6d. There were no public sales of Coffee this day, and no pur chases by private contract have been reported ; the market i, uncommonly heavy. Rum, ,BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The market is better supplied with Rum, for which there arc considerable en quiries, which will probably lead to large sales; the holders continue very firm as to prices. Brandy is very dull. In Geneva no transactions of any extent are reported. There aro large sales reported this afternoon. Proofs at 25., 8 over 2s. 2d., Jamaica 3s. a 3s. 3d. TALLow.—The market is firm, and a shade higher in price. IRISH PROVISIONS.—The delivery of Bacon continues good, but we cannot quote any advance in price except very prime fresh landed which has brought 40s. a 425. per cwt., on board 40s. In Butter there is a little more doing. BUTTER. BACON. Stock. Delivery. Stock. Delivery. 1834 18,700 firks 4 s i 18 firks 13,800 bales 3,476 bales 1835 8,270 3,536 14,000 4,318 The Imports of Butter are Irish 2,796 firks. Foreign 4,241 casks ; Bacon 1,868 bales. HOPS.-The estimated . duty which had risen to 215,0001., has this evening suddenly fallen to 195,000/. The reports from the Hop districts are very unfavourable. COTTON.-The purchases of Cotton here since Friday are too inconsiderable for enumeration ; the prices are rather lower. SPICES.-There are no transactions in Spices to report. TOBACCO.-The Tobacco in this market is held firmly for very high prices, bat there are no buyers. OILS.-There is but little alteration in the Oil market this week. The prices of Olive Oils are nominal. SALTPETRE.-In the absence of public sales, the prices remain nominally the same as last week. The public sale advertised for Thursday is postponed till this day week. NITRATE OF SODA.-The last sales are 20s. 9d. WooL.-The sales of Colonial Wools continue to go off with animation, and at good prices the sales will continue daily throughout the week, making a total of about 8,000 bales. The quantity sold is about 3,500 bales. Rtes.-There are no sales of Rice to report. SILK.-The Silk market is but little varied, the business doing is at firm prices. - Irtatoo,-FIRST DAY'S SALE.-830 chests have passed the sale this day. The biddings were very languid, and although strong support was given, especially in the better qualities, a decline of 4d. to 6d. was established on the prices of the April sales. About 300 chests were bought in by the proprie tors. Prices ruled as follow :-Bengal, good to fine Violet ss. a 58. 8d ; ordinary to middling, 43. Bd. a ss. ; Bengal, low consuming, 4s. 3s. a 4s. 7d. ; dust and trash, 3s. 4d. a 39. 9d. TEA SALES.-The sales of Tea postponed from last week commenced yesterday, the whole of the Boheas per Adelaide were withdrawn, and the Congous per Brothers, were bought in at higher rates than the trade would offer, viz., 2d. per lb. above former prices. A few Boheas in quarter chests fine sold at i id. a 1 lid. ; whole ditto Ild. a I lid. ; Fokien in half chests ls. 2. ; ditto in Congou chests Is. od. a Is. 6d. ; Congou but mid. coarse and rather new Is. 2d. a Is. 21-d. ; Campoi common bought in at Is. Old, fine 2.5. 4id. ; Souchong fine 2s. Bd. a 3s. 2d. ; Pekoe flowery 2s. Bd. a 3s. 244. ; Twankay Is. Std. a ls. 91d. ; Hyson Skin 2s. lid. a 2s. 10d. ; fiyson 2s. 10d. a 43. 10d. ; Young Hyson 2s. sd. a 2s. tid. Imperial 3s. &id. a 3s. 7d. r a consequence of the continued firmness of the importers, Teas gold again this day at very full prices, but nearly one third way bought in_Bohea , I Id. a I lid. ; Congou, Is. a 2s. Old. ; Twankay, Is. 6 i - d. a Is. 94d. ; Hyson, 2s. nd. a 40. 10d. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 14. Number Dividend Price of • per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,760 6i per cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. 18s. sh. 160 1,482 61. Ashby.de-le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. d 5 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 51 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150'. sh. P 5 4.00015 h. 121. 10s. Birmingham, i share 171. 10s. 241 4,000 ......... I)itto and Liverpool Junct....lool. sh. all pd 600 Bridgewater and Taunton ....WO/. sh. all pd 64 400 11. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001. sh. 102 500 42/. Coventry 100/. sh. 4 5 4 6 Croydon Average 31/.9.8.10d. sh. e , 060 ; 31. 108. Dudley ,_ _ 1001, sh. 74 '6OO - A , 61. Derby - - 1001. sh. 120 3,575 f Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. 89 231 43 , . Erewash 1001. sh. 500 1;297 281. Forth and Clyde Average 4001. 16e. sh. 601.: 11,501 12/. Grand Junction 100/. sh. 237 2,8491 Grand Union 1001. sh. 24 1,521 Grand Surrey llOl. sh. 120,0004 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 73 3,096 Grand Western 600 131. 124.8 d. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13a. 4d. 280 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley 1)101. sh. 15 749 104. Grantham 150/. sh. 202 6,238 .11. 10s. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 33 100 Kensington ..........................100 sh. all pd. 10 25,328 IL Kennet and Avon, Average 391.85. 10d. sh. 20 2,97,1 201. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 525 5-15 12/. Leicester l4O/. sh. 148 907 4/.. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 831. 10s. 80 550 51. per cent. Liakeard and Looe Uni0n......25/. sh. all pd. 25 70 1441. Loughborough Average 142/. 17s. sh. 1,520 2,409 9/. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 180 250 91. Melton Mowbray 100/. sh. 190 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 560 3,000 247 151. Neat h 100/. sh. IGO 1,786 32/. Oxford . 1001. sh. 615 522 21. Oakham 1301. sh. 38 2,400 41. Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 106 21,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. 15; 5,069 51. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 141 500 8/. Shropshire 1254 sh. 140 800 10/. - Somerset Coal 150/, sh. 163 45000/. 61 per cent. I)itto Lock Fund Stock 121. 10s. sh. 12 1 700 36/. Stafford and Worcester l4Ol. sh. 690 500 ill. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 242; goo 84 Stourbridge 3,047 1/. 10s. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 79/. 9s. Bd. sh. 381 53.3 13/. Swansea 100/. sh. 215 3,70? 11. Severn and Wye and Railway-Av 35/. sh. 191 2,600 ;sit. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 1001. sh. 625 8,149 Thames and Medway...Aver. 19/. ss. Bd. sh. 2 1,000 sh.l 151 Warwick and Birmingham 100/. sh. 280 1,000 ish. 980 12.. Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 218 6,000 3/. lOs Worcester and Birmingham-Av.781. Bs. sh 87 20.000 ss. Wilts and Berko .. Average 161. 17s. Bd. sh. 5 800 6/. Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 1i26 Wisbeach - 1051. sh. 45 90:, II Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 224 DOCKS. 2 . 6008 ‘ I3n c. Commercial 1001. sh. 6 1 1;00.51sh r . 408,66711. ...... ... Ea:st India Stock 48 1 3,238,310/. '2/. ss. p. ct. London- Ditto Bonds lO3 1,380,0001. 51. per ct. West India Stock li7l 2.•_0.t Si. to. 40. Bristol Average 14,1. 1: s. sit. 61,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6 I, 332,732 3p r etnt. St. Katharine Stock 69 500,01 X( 4i per cent. Ditto Bonds 1044 200,000 4 per cent. I)itto Bonds for 10 yea rs lO4 Shoreham Harbour 2571 BRIDGES. 1,60 It. Hammersmith 5Ol. sh. 23 7;231 Southwark, Old Av. ti3l. 2s. Sil. sh. 21 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7-1 per cent. 5Ol. s h. 15 5,000 Waterloo lOO/. sh. 31 5,000 I/. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si. 6Ol. pd 25/ 5,000 It's. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71.... 60,6001 t 51. per cent. Pitt() Bonds ll4 6,000 If. Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 22 ASSURANCE COMPANIES, 2,000 31 lOs A Kiwi] 5OOl. sh. 504 pd 764 50,000 1 . 5 IfA s n . L l Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 10/. pd 111 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. rd 54 24,000 10!. per sh. Atlas 1,200 ,gh. 41. Birmingham Fire .....'?501. sh. 554 pd 10,5' 20,000 4/. per cent. Rnt•sli Fire .504 sh. 50/. pd 40 12,0:00 el. ps!..r cent. British Commercial 501. sh. 5/. pd P 4 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medical, &c. Life...loo/.sh. 21 los pd :44 4,000 2/ 101 County 'OO/. sh. 10/. pd 42 6,000 54. Eagle . 504 sh. 51. pd 54 o ._ _ [5 per cent} ~ ,anomie • ..tu and ~,,, w. Le Life lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd 315 2,271 544 pc,' cent. European Life ':01. sh. all pd 22 51%000 2-3. Ditto, New • Ol. sh. 21. pd 14 1,000,f00/. 7i. her ct. Globe Stock 15ti 20,0011 l'/. Guardi,n iOO/. 01.1:0/. pd 3134 Fie 5 Dot 1 449ff-9 tun, Bii ct. H ope WI 'h. 51. p 0 6 2,100 ;../. 73. 101. Imperial Fire 5001 sh. .504 pd 117 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite. .004 sh. 10/. pd 04 51. per cent. 10(1.,:nuity Marine I (1/. oh. W. pd 12 2,00) 3/. Ke - t Fire 50/. sh. all pci 85 10,. 0.) ie,. .L.,. , Li:e 10./. sh. 101, pd 26 3,9;10 • 11. London, 1 'ire l5/. sh. I'll. lus pd 234 31 00.1 14 Londe), Ship • "Si. oh. 1.1. 10s. p.l t:34, a,O U :1. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 24 [xi 217. 25 •,(X) I, 6d. I rot, for File 2O/. sh. 21. pd 1/ Js 2,500 11. Provident Life ...... ........... I 01. sh. 1 'I. pd 104 100,000 as. Rock Lite 'V. sh. 11. pd f.l I Is. tict, - 2.!01. 51. per cent. Roya! Exchange Sun 2lO 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Lite 2l. pd 21.25&•. JOINT STOCK BANKS 5,000 A u , trala , ia 4O/. sh. 2'l. pd :12 IN ~ ti 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5 ,1. sh. 101. pd 124 10,000 10 per cent. Bil mingham Bank 5O/. eh. Si. pd 12 - 13,c00 2 per cent. London and IVestminster...loo/ sh. 151. pd 121 13,000 Lalicastei OO/. sh. 2 0 1. pd 30 `.. , 5,41.0 6 per cent. Li vet pool 1•61. sh. 101. 1.. d 15 20,000 7 1,:.,: cent. Provincial Bank of 11 - eland...lool. sh. 251. pd 41 10,0 4 .10 National Pr,,viocial Eng. —lOO/. sh. 25/. pd t , tl4 10,000 10 p...T cent. Glouee,ter6hire 501.. h. 51. pd 11 6,010 Hampshire 501. sh 5/. pd Ba 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES 5,500 1/ 118 Bath 2Ol. sh. 101. pd flii 5,000 61. per cent. British 404 sh. 101. pd 23 {5/.percent. , . ~ . . 5,000 „., E r Ditto L rovincial acid i.s. JE. 3 '2Ol. sh. 113/. pd 24 844 5/ lOs Birmingham 4,250 2! Os Bristol .20 . sh. 300 1,500 Brighton 2Ol. sh. 13 50 DWI, New 2,171 5 per cent. Brighton General .201. sh. all pd 19 4,000 01. . Continental Cansolidated . ..... .100/. 5114 pd 76 1,000 10/. C:ty of London • 00/. sh. all pd 1921 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 41. Equitable ,isl pd 31 6,000 01. per cent. East London 51. sh. 41. pd 41 10,000 51. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 40 SOO 51. per cent. Isle ~f rhaliet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 214 2.330 6/. per cent. • ndopendent 3Ol. sh. ad pd 50 - 9,000 41. per cent. Plurnix 5Ol. sh. 391. pd 24 4,000 4/. per eent. Itateliff 100 t. sh. COl. pd 4,000 South Metropolitan 5 1. sh. 131. pd 141 8,209 5/. per cent. United General 5O l. sh. 441 . lid 591 2,0 5/. per cent. Warwick 400 1/ es Wakefield 251. sh. 221 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 5O/. sh. 4110 41,000 12s. Ditto, New 504 sh. OIL pd S 500 WATER WORKS. 4,800 Birmingham 25/. sh. t'sl. pd 27 4,4:13 51. East London lOOl. sh. 1; Sy 4,500 2/ Ws Or lid Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. ris 2,000 .21. Kent 1001. sh. 4! a 47 3'B 10!. Lives pool Bootle 2201. sh. 301) 1,500 2110 s New River London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,488 11. Manchester and Salford 1,000 4 per cent. South London 1004 sh. 85 8,500 31. West Middlesex ....Average (13!. 12$. 9d. sh. 73 1,360 1/ its York Building CO. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 34 IRON RAILWAYS. 350 Cheltenham 1001. sh. 78 2,000 Clarence 1001..h. 1001.1x1 47 2,500 19s. Forest of Dean 5O/. pd 27 i, rand Junction 1001. sh. 301. pd 431 2,000 llartlepool 10e/. sh. 1001 pd 80 2100 Leeds and Selby 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....50/. sh all pd 51 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo/.sh. 100/. pd Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 20,000 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 35/. pd 50 2,500 Preston and Wigan 2Ol. pd 2 800 MINES. Albion Copper 51. sh. 21. pd - ai Alten 13/. sh. 10/. 10s. pd Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd Ditto Subscription 25/. pd 80l .nos • Brazilian Imp iss. M. pm .35/. sh. 201, pd 37! MacauLas & Cocaes United ....25/. 5h.201. pd 1E44 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 7il. pd t 4 Cata Branca 411. pd Candonga 51. pd 6 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 201. pd Ditto Scrip. IL pd British Copper Si. sh. NI. pd Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 55/. sh. 54 , 11. ;xi English General Mining Association...2ol sh. 15/. pd Mexican Company 1001. sh 4911. pd 3 , 1 Polbcrou Consols 10/. sh. Si. pd Real del Monte, Unregistered 221 Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 161 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....401. sh. all pd 41 Ditto Subscription .2/. pd Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd Union Gold, iss. SI. ss. pm.... 221/. sh. 414 pd West Cork 50/. sh. 25/. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 20 Loud n University 1001. sh. all pd 21 Russell 25 gs. sh. 8 King's College lOOl. pd 441 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 10s. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh. 26i/. ph 1,030 11. Auction Mart .501. &h. 6,0'0 British American Land Company -A/. pd 51 10,000 61 per cent. Canada Company 100/. eh. 201. pd 341 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan lO . -4 City Bonds, 4 per cent lO2l 15,000 1/. per cent. General Steam Navigation ...15/. s 1). 13/. pd 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 260 2,000 1/. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. ch. 18 2,754 41. per eent. Reversionary Interest 50c...1001 sh. 100/. pd 134 2,633 41. per cent. Ditto New 10b/. sh. 45/. pd 75 4,000 10,000 Van Dietnen's Land 1001. sh. 16/. pd 71 30,000 5,( 60 1,000 1,500 700 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, _____ JULY 1, 12335. - BANKS. 1,500,0001. 8/. p. et. Bank of Scotland 83/. 6s. Bd. Bh. all pd 202 2 . p.c. 2,000,0001.. 5f p. ct . Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 170/. 500,0601: op. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. all pd 2401. 3,000,0001. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 170/. 5,000,000/. 5 p. ct. National lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 141 10s 2,00“,0001. 24/. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 50/. pd 60/. 4,000,000/. bp. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 30/. pd 33/. INSURANCE COMPANIES, 250,0005 h. sp. ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 1/. pd 7,500 sp. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 101. pd 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland....lol. sh. all pd 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 101. pd 5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 100,000 4p. ct. West of Scotland lOl. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 19s. 111. 71 Os 151. 13/. 14/. 4,810 Edin. and Glas. Un. Canal 501. sh. all pd 11/ 10s Ditto Allocated s h. all pd 601. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 251. sh. all pd 2:31. Carron Iron Company 2501. ah. all pd 450/. 2,0005 h. 15 per sent. Shotts Iron Foundcry .501.8 h. 381. pd 181. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 16/. pd 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ...... ......25/. sh. all pd 65/. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 60/. 730 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 201. *h. all pd 331. 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...sok sh. 754 3,000 108. per ah. Equitable Loan Company 251. sh. 91. pd 101. COURSB OF EXCH., Amsterdam C.F. 12 6},i Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam o U l2 6k' ? Antwerp l2 _O4 INGE.-( THIS DAY.) Leghorn 4744 Genoa 25 95 Homburg ALB. 13 1 ,, 1 Altana l3 14.54 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 (35 Ditto 2 Us. 25 05 Bordeaux . F-ankfort on Maine, Ex. M:153 Petensbingh, ruble 3 Us. 1n Berlin Vienna, effective fl 2M. 13 9 Trieste ditto lO 8 Madrid `l7li Cadiz Bilboa Barcelona 37 Spvil'e 37 Gibraltar Milan 3l . Venice 47y6 Naples 40% Palermo per oz. 121 Lisbon F 4 Oporto 56; Lilo Janeiro 366 Bahia 2 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork l% PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 _9% Silver, bars, standard U 4 11% THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1835. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JuLr 14. The SrEAKER took the Chair at 5 o'clock. Mr. D. W. ROCHE presented a petition from the mer chants and ship-owners of Limerick, praying for no alteration in the duties on Baltic timber. SirJOHN WROTTESLEY presented a petition from the retail Brewers of Staffordshire against the Excise Duties. Admiral ADAMS presented a petition from Alloa, against any alteration in the Timber Duties. An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition signed by upwards of 400 freemen of Maidstone, praying for the protection of their corporate rights. POST-OFFICE COMMISSION. _ Lord LOWTHER hoped the - HOUse;Of:laindulge him for a few moments on a matter personal to himself. It would be seen by the publications of that day, that there was last night in another place, if he might so term it, a field-day of Post- Masters General.--( Hear, hear, and laughter.) He would say in the outset, that serving as a Commis sioner, his time had been limited to about two months, and during that time he attempted, as well as his abilities and his occupations in that House would allow him, to serve his Majesty honestly, and to make such suggestions in anim portant office in the State as he had thought reason able and practicable. There seemed to have existed a dif ference of opinion between himself and his Noble Colleague, about what he had called inaccuracy of dispatch, but which he (Lord Lowther) had termed something very nearly ap proaching to obstruction. He had no difficulty in stating the circumstances on which he (Lord Lowther) had grounded his opinion, and he did not wish to retract the term he had ap plied of "obstinacy," and in reference to this, he would refer to the Report of the Finance Committee of 1797 with respect to a former inquiry into the Post Office. There was, in his (Lord Lowther's) opinion, but a slight difference between obstacles and obstinacy, although his late colleague had disagreed with him as to the term. He was surprised— although he ought not to be surprised at any thing that had taken place—( A laugh)--that his Noble Colleague had forgotten that he had made something of a similar com plaint in the Report made by them to the Treasury at the conclusion of their labours.—( Hear, hear.) At that period there were several questions before them, and he ( Lord L.) was particularly anxious that inquiries should be made into the management of steam-boats and foreign posts. He would allude more particularly to that presently ; but be would now read the concluding sentence upon Prices Cur rent. He must observe, that there were two or three subjects on which they had summoned inquiry, but had not ob tained sufficient information to make a Report. But in allu ding on this subject, to what the Noble Lord had said of his never having heard anything but alacrity of dispatch in that department, ho would speak of the concluding sentence of that Report. He (Lord L.) had stated in it that he had found that the Commissioners appointed by the Lords of the Trea sury in August last, had furnished the Postmaster-General with a statement of several recommendations of the Commis sioners of Revenue Enquiry, and requested him to prepare a paper, shewing in what cases either these recommendations had been carried into effect, or the reasons which had prevented their being adopted.—( Hear.) The Commissioners appointed by the present Government had asked for this paper, which was not ready at the time their labours had closed, and it was again applied for as soon as the Commission was appointed to con tinue the inquiry ; therefore, he, ( Lord L. ), conceived that if he complained of any unwillingness or obstinacy, he had some right to do so. There was a paper asked for in August last which had been prepared by an intelligent Gentleman, Colonel Yorke, who was now private secretary to Earl Mulgrave. He (Lord L.) understood that the Noble Postmaster-General went to the Post-Office to examine what accounts the Commissioners had called for, and he maintained that there was an unwillingness on the part of the Post-Office to make the Returns, and they had given no explanation why that paper was not furnished, although it would have very much facilitated the inquiry had they done so. That paper (as we understood the Noble Lord), would have been putting the Post-office on its trial with respect to the few recommendations that had not been carried into effect. He, as well as others, conceived that the public were great losers by the system, and an account was asked for, but it was said that it was impossible to give it.. That did not satisfy him.—( Hear. ) He applied to the Admiralty office, and sent to Mr. Dawson, who in three days sent him a most precise ar count. --( Hear, hear, hear.) He was once a Lord of the Admiralty himself, and knew the accuracy with which the accounts were there kept, and he believed the Hon. Member for Cumberland had improved that system. He went throuz,h the accounts for one year, and made an abstract. Inquiry was also made as to the number of letters sent between Lond o n and Calais, and the answer was 134,0001b5. weight went to Calais in the course of a year, but the answer from Calais was, that there had been five millions of franks I He would ask how the Commissioners' could make this intelligible. He would wish to know whether the re venue was a winner or a loser by this system.—( Hear, hear.) The Postmaster of Jamaica was stated to have had an income of 4001. a year, with 1601. allowance. Colonel Yorke was dissatisfied with this, and a clerk in the Secretary's Office, reluctantly stated that the office was worth 1,6001. a year. He had not the advantages which were enjoyed by Lord Maryborough, but he should wish to know how this 1,6001. a year, and the income of 4001., were to be reconciled. It was said, the difference was made up by the sale of newspapers. In the course of inquiry also it was dis covered that some money was made by electioneering services. —( Hear.) These were some of the facts which he could state, and though he could mention others, he thought he had stated enough to show that he was justified in following out the recommendations of the Commissioners of Inquiry of 1797.—( Hear.) He had been selected upon different occa sions to make inquiries into the Excise-office, the Tax office, and the old Exchequer.—(Loud cheers.) And the first step to the abolition of That antiquated otE,:e had been recommended by the Report of himself, and his Colleague the Honourable Member for the county of Monmouth. The Exchequer, the Tax-office, and the Metropolis Roads Committees had received every facility, and he could assure the House that the difficulties in the Exchequer did not exceed those which they had found in the inquiries into the Post-office. He would . ask, and he wished the Noble Lord was there to say, what papers were refused from the Post-office that they did not show alacrity in producing ? There was no paper or witness called for that was not before those who made the inquiry. There were several other minor points; such as that papers were sent un signed, which he would not then notice—( Hear, hear, hear) —the statement he had made, however, was a general statement he had made of the heads of the difficulties he had met with. He had stated them candidly. If he had made any rash assertion he hoped the House would excuse him. He was not in the habit of taking part in the debates in that House, but he would venture to say that no one would be more zealous for the correct despatch of business in all public offices.—(Loud cheers.) He appealed to the House whether he had made any rash assertion, and he was ready to bear any obloquy that might arise from it.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord concluded by moving for a Return of Papers from the office of the Postmaster-General, stating which of the recommendations of the Commissioners had been carried into effect, and which had not, with the rea sons for not carrying them into effect. Mr. VERNON SMITH did not rise to object to the re turn moved for ; on the contrary, he was quite willing to agree to it. He rose simply for the purpose of moving for a copy of the Report of the evidence sent into the Treasury by the Com missioners of the Post Office Inquiry. Mr. HUME considered that the House was under an ob ligation to the Noble Lord for the manner in which he had brought forward this subject—for the active part he had taken in it—the time he had devoted to it, and the manner he had inquired into this department made him a most important witness. The House was, therefore, much obliged to him, for coming forward to obtain the fullest information possible, as to a department which required so essentially to be reform ed. He was only sorry that the Noble Lord had not had justice done him for his labours in reforming the Court of Exchequer—for he knew but for the obstacles which had been thrown in his way that Court would have been reformed ten years ago by the efforts of the Noble Lord. For his own part he believed that the statements of the Noble Lord were consistent with his knowledge of the facts, and that the do cuments he moved for would substantiate them. Mr. WALL ACE merely rose to vindicate himself. He would not trespass on the time of the House, as he was too sensible of their kindness the other night to forget it. He adhered to every word he then uttered, and be was prepared to prove every assertion he had made, if a Committee were granted. With regard to what had taken place in another House, and what had been said by a noble person there, he (Mr. W.) had merely to refer to his speech regarding him on the 6th of August last, as given in the Mirror of Parliament, and then to ask that Noble Lord whether, after that, he had not a right to refer to what he had stated.--( Hear, hear.) With respect to the statements that had been made by the several Post-masters who addressed another assembly, he was now prepared to say that, to his mind, these remarks were perfectly conclusive of their ignorance of the duties they had to perform.—( Hear, hear, hear. ) Two Noble Lords had said that they had frequently been obliged to differ from Sir Francis Freeling, and yet they lauded him to the skies, called him a most im portant man, and one well acquainted with the duties of their office.--( Hear.) There must have been a great deal of complacency in the composition of those Noble Lords, when they felt called upon to differ from him at one moment and laud him at the next. He (Mr. Wal lace) bad stated at the table that a felony had been committed, by letters being opened in Scotland ; and he had a Return now in his hand, which showed this extraordi nary state of things, that those letters had been opened for the purpose of founding prosecutions upon them. He had moved for a Return of the number of informations that had been set on foot upon those latters ; the Return had been made, but no information whatever was given by those returns. A very large number of informations had been brought against a stationer's establishment in Glas gow, of the name of Reid. Those informations had been lodged with his solicitor ; and that solicitor, in his letter stated that the letter had been put into the office on the 15th of February, 1833, while the letter itself showed that it was not written at such a date as to be put in then. The Return laid on the table stated, that the information had been lodged upon the 18th day of February, whereas he held in his hand the eubposna to bring those persons to justice in the court of Exchequer, dated the 4th of February, eleven days previous to the time the letter was al leged to have been written, and 14 days according to the Return. He would verify in any place every statement he had made. One of the Noble Lords had stated that he had an opportunity of going to the Post-office yesterday to ascertain how far he could refute the statements that he 4Mr. W.) and the Noble Lord opposite had made.—(Hear, hear.) In consequence of that he had thought it his duty to address a letter to the Postmaster-General, requesting that he might be permitted to repair to the Post-Office, and there have the same advantage as Lord Maryborough had had. In answer to that letter he had received one from - the Postmaster- General containing a polite refusal.--(Laughter.) He was ready to make good his assertions, and he would Challenge the five Noble Lords, who had been successively Postmasters, to a discussion. He would admit the public—the public Press, and meet them in any hall in London. —(Cries of " Exeter Hall," and laughter.) Well, he was ready to meet them in Exeter Hall, and prepared to refute them. Mr. LABOUC HERE complained that the same facility bel not been afforded him that had been afforded to Lord Meryborough. He had not had any communication with Lard Lichfield on the subject, but the Honourable Mem ber must see that there was a difference between the two cases. Lord Maryborough had been Postmaster-General. • Cvmplaints had been made against the departnient, and he eekttainly had a right to examine into charges, to see whether Owl were well or ill founded. He bad made inquiry the other night relative to the mail-coach contractor and the Money o;cler officer, and he was informed that a detailed account would be laid on the table in a few days. ..Dr. BOWRING regretted the course adopted by our Post ' office authorities in the communication with those of France relative to alterations in the conveyance of letters and news papers. The tone of those connected with the Post-office of Epgland did them no honour, and he stated so in France. A conversation then ensued between Mr. Wallace, Lord Lowther, Mr. Labouchere, and the Chancellor of the Exche qloteiro,nsw,hweneriet was understood eto. the motions, with some modifi et NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. HAWES wished to ask the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) whether any steps had been taken to afford to the House the necessary information respecting the building of the new Houses of Parliament. It would seem that all the ar rangements were made in favour of one particular architect. lc further time were to be allowed, he hoped that every en deavour would be made to see whether St. Stephen's Chapel might not be restored, and in the opinion of some of the best architects the restoration could easily be effected. Lord JOHN RUSSELL read a letter from the Chief Com missioner of Woods and Forests, stating that no time was to be lost in building the new Houses of Parliament. In conse quence of what had occurred in the House of Lords, appli cation had been made .to various architects, some of whom thought that the whole of St. Stephen's Chapel ought to be taken down, while others, and among them some very eminent men, were of opinion that it might easily be restored. Mr. WA RBURTON thought that no decision should be come to on the subject till the architects had delivered in their plans. Mr. EWART wished to knew from the Chancellor of the xchequer if he was prepared to give the House any informa tion as to the expense for building the temporary House of Lords ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the question would properly arise on the face of the Report to be presented to the House, but not before. He should, therefore, move that a message be sent to the House, of Lords, requesting their Lordships to furnish this House with a copy of their own Report as to the erection of the temporary House of Lords. Mr. T. B. LENNARD would be glad to know whether, with regard to St. Stephen's Chapel, the opinion of one par ticular architect had been adopted, for some of the most scien tific and able men in the profession, such as Mr. Savage, Mr. Cotringham (the restorer of Armagh Cathedral, and the Messrs. Gwilt, felt satisfied that the restoration might be achieved without any difficulty. Mr. H A WES would again bring forward the subject on Tuesday next. The - motion was then agreed to. ALLEGED BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. L. CHARLTON said that, in rising to call the atten tion of the House to the paragraphs which had appeared against him in the Morning Chronicle newspaper, he would withdraw his motion on the subject, upon condition of being allowed to say a few words without incurring the censure of the Learned Gentleman the Attorney-General. The paper in question had indulged in the most virulent abuse against him, day after day, without once noticing anything he had said in his own vindication. However, it had recently published a long letter of his, and he would not inflict upon the House the task of going through the whole of it. All he asked was that he might be permitted to read that part of it which re futed the calumnies advanced against him. Those calumnies, however, he should not think of noticing, had not some evil disposed person or persons sent the paper containing them 'to the town which he had the honour to represent. Important documents were suppressed by the Morning Chronicle, yet he felt persuaded that the slanderous article of which he chiefly complained was not written by the Editor, but by the Secre tary of the Municipal Commission—that Secretary, who, in the words of the Commission, was styled by his Majesty, "our trusty and well-beloved Joseph Parkes."—( Laughter.) He had the more reason to believe this, because a letter, contain ing expressions precisely similar to those made use of against him in the Morning Chronicle had been addressed to him pre viously by " our trusty and well-beloved Joseph Parkes."— ( A laugh.) The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to read an extract from his letter to the Morning Chronicle. The SPEAKER interposed, observing that as the Hon. Member had said he did not mean to make any motion on the subject, all he had since been stating was by the indulgence of the House. _ . Mr. CHARLTON—I beg your pardon, Sir. What I said "was only upon condition---( Order, order.) The HON. MEMBER then sat down, and the subject dropped. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL expressed his hope that `the Hon. Member for Weymouth (Mr. F. Buxton), who had a motion on the paper, would give him precedence while lie moved that the Municipal Corporations Bill be recommitted. Mr. BUXTON agreed to do so, but with the understanding that his motion should come on immediately afterwards. Mr. W A SON had a motion of a breach of privilege to sub mit to the House. The question was, whether bribery at elections was or was not a breach of privilege ? The Hon. Member then read the resolution, which pledged the House to proceed against any parties who were guilty of bribery at elec tions, and contended that there was no mode of enforcing it, unless bribery was held to be a breach of privilege. The SPEAKER, while admitting to the full extent the power of the House to inflict punishment for bribery, said, at the same time, that the House would deal with any general case of the kind as it thought proper, and that the course now pursued by the Hon. Gentleman was irregular. Mr. W A SON must acquiesce in the decision of the Chair. The House then went into the Committee pro forma, &lad after a few words from Colonel SIBTHORP, the House re- - mimed, and the Report was received. Colonel SIBTHORP complained that a certain Bill, brought in by the Attorney-General, was not yet printed. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was printed, and had met with the concurrence of both sides of the House. Mr. HUME wished to ask the Noble Lord if any clause had been introduced in the Municipal Bill to prevent the sale of Borough property. Lord J. RUSSELL replied that a clause to that effect had been introduced. Mr. C. BULLER, finding it would be impossible for him during the progress of this Bill to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice respecting the Mauritius, should postpone it till the 13th of August next, if the House should sit so long. After a few words from Sir GEORGE GREY, Mr. BORTHWICK was proceeding to make some obser vations in reference to the Mauritius, but was called to order, there being no motion on that subject before the House. The Report of the Municipal Bill was ordered to be taken into further consideration on Thursday next. BRITISH FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS—TREAT MENT OF THE NATIVE POPULATION. Mr. BUXTON said that this question involved the inte rests of many millions of men. He had on a former occasion mentioned numerous instances of the oppressions and cruel ties exercised by British settlers over the native inhabitants in all quarters of the globe. We despoiled them of their lands and possessions, and exterminated the whole of them by degrees. The House might bear in mind in reference to this question, that the lives and property of between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 of human beings were involved in the result. In the Indian Islands and the Cape of Good Hope the number of native inhabitants amounted to 1,000,000. In Australia and the settlements connected with it, there was a po pulation of 2,000,000 or 3,000,000, and the population of the South Sea Islands and Van Diemen's Land was also very great. In whatever part of the world British influence ex. tended the native population had considerably decreased. In the village of Soretto, near Quebec, the once bold and nu merous tribe of the Huron Indians has been reduced to 200. The Hon. Gentleman then read a letter from the Rev. Dr. Laing, stating that the native inhabitants of Australia were fast dwindling away. It appeared that the case was still worse at the Cape of Good Hope, where, according to Mr. Barrow the native population was fast declining before the European settlers. England took possession of Van Diemen's Land in 1803, and since then the great body of the natives had been destroyed. The lion. Member concluded some further obser vations by moving that a Committee be appointed to adopt measures for ensuring the security of the native inhabitants, where there are British settlements, and with the view of fur thering the progress of civilization and Christianity in those settlements. Sir O. GREY did not object to the principle of the mo tion. The question was one deeply affecting the national in terests, and the fate of thousands of our fellow-creatures. But could a Committee be appointed on the 14th of July with any prospect of investigating this subject, the magnitude of which might be inferred from the terms of the notice ? Would not the better course be for the Hon. Member to renew the motion at an early period of next Session? The papers presented to Parliament in the course of this Session were very voluminous, and must go before a Committee. It was quite impossible that any satisfactory inquiry could be gone into, and, there fore, sinless some special case couldhe made out by his Hon, Friend, he hoped his Hon. Friend would content himself with moving for a Committee, on the understanding that early next Session he would renew his motion. After a few words from Mr. Pease, Mr. Hume, Mr. Bag shaw, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Roebuck, and Mr. Hoy, Mr. FOWEL BUXTON concurred in the opinion that the present was an unsuitable time for bringing on a motion of this kind. He perfectly agreed in the terms proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman, viz.—that a Committee should sit and take evidence, and should then report, and sit again next Session. The motion was then agreed to. INSTRUCTION IN THE FINE ARTS. Mr. EWART moved for " a select Committee to inquire into the best means of extending a knowledge of the arts and of the principles of design among the people (especially among the manufacturing population) of the country ; and also to in quire into the constitution of the Royal Academy, and the ef fects produced by it." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was sure that on the part of the artists of this country, there would be every disposition to facilitate the objects of the motion, and for his own part he should throw no obstacles in its way. Mr. WYSE lamented the present state of the arts in this country, but congratulated the House that at length there were some hopes of improvement in this great branch of pub lic wealth. _ _ ..__..... Sir R. INGLIS denied that there was any neglect of the fine arts in this country. Dr. BOWRING said that the people of France had be come artistical by habit, and he believed that the people of England would soon acquire a mechanical aptitude for the arts. Works of art in France were open to every person, and they treated an atmosphere of art, and produced feelings diffe rent from what were excited in this country. They produced a respect for art, which was universally diffused. :Lord SANDON thought that greater advantages were likely to accrue to our manufactures than to art itself, by this motion. ,Lord F. EGERTON cordially supported the motion. 'Mr. R. COLBORNE expressed his satisfaction at the prospect of a Committee being granted for the purposes of the Hon. Gentleman's motion ; and his only regret was, that the Session was so far advanced before the motion was brought forward. Mr. POTTER supported the motion. After a few words from Mr. O'CONNB Mr. WARBURTON, the following Commi comprising those Members most distingu and science on this point:— Ewart, w. Hawes, B. Baines, E Heathcoat, J. Bernal, R. Hume, Joseph Bowring, Dr. Inglis, Sir R. H. Brotherton, J. Kerry, Earl of Bulwer, E. G. R L Lewis, D. Bulwer, H. L. Mackenzie, J. A. S. Colborne, N. %V. It. Mahon, Lord t lay, %V. Morrison, J. Davenport, J. Murray, J A. Egerton, Lord Fran. O'Connell, D. Elphinstone, Howard Oswald, J. Evans, G. Peel, Sir R. Fort, John Potter, R. Grote, G. ;ix, Mr. HUME, and ittee was appointed, tished for their zeal Rice, T. S. Ridley, Sir M. W. Roebuck, J. A Russell, Loid John Sandon, Lord Scholefield, J. Shell, R. L. Stewart, P. M. Strutt, Edward Thomson, C. P. Warburton, H. Williams, W. Wyse, Thomas Yorke, Elliot Thos. ÜBLIC WALKS: Mr. BUCKINGHAM •in bringing forward his motion on this subject, referred at some length to the inquiry which was entered upon during last session by the Committee on Drunk enness, and which terminated by recommending the institu tion of some measures to afford recreation to the people by some means calculated to divert them from having recourse to spirituous liquors. Of that Committee Gentlemen of all opi nions and of all shades of belief were Members, and all agreed in the lamentable effects shown to result from drunkenness, as well as in the pressing necessity for devising some means for putting a stop to it. The Report, after stating that it was the unanimous opinion of the Committee that some endeavour ought to be made to put an end to this lamentable and wretched state of things, recommended amongst other pre ventive means, the classification of the houses of public en tertainment, the refusal to grant so many licenses to those places, and the concomitant establishment of public walks and gardens in the immediate vicinity of all the large ma nufacturing towns for the recreation of the population. The motion which he was about to make, had this lat ter object in view, and the way in which he would go to work would not be by demanding the assistance of the Government, neither would he ask for the power of com pelling each town to tax itself for the purpose of raising the sums necessary for the establishment and maintenance of the walks and gardens he was desirous to found, but he would propose that in each town it should be competent for fifty rate payers to sign a requisition to the Mayor or other chief civic authority in the township, to call a public meeting for the pur pose of putting the question of establishing a public walk to the vote ; that in case the motion were rejected it should not be allowable to propose it again within one twelvemonth from the date of the meeting ; but that if it was agreed to, it should be competent in the meeting on the spot to nominate a Council or Committee for the purpose of carrying the resolution into ef fect. He prooosed that a Committee should be appointed with power to receive designs and plans, and estimates for the laying out of public walks, and that they should give the preference to that plan which should be considered by the majority the best. He proposed also that the Committee should have power to raise a sum of money by a rate to meet the expenses, with this limitation, that the sum so raised should never ex ceed sixpence in the pound, and that it should be paid off at the rate of 5 per cent. every year, which would discharge the debt at the end of 20 years. He proposed the same machinery for the second Bill, which was to provide public institutions of a literary and scientific nature in the towns. If these propo sitions were carried into effect, every town in England would, at the end of 20 years, have those institutions which would, it was to be hoped, tend most essentially to improve the habits and the morals of the people. He hoped the House would in dulge him by allowing him to introduce the Bill, lay it on the table, and have it printed ; and if any objections should occur to any gentleman on the subject, they could be considered on the second reading. Having now trespassed upon the House at considerable length, he should simply move for leave to bring in the Bill in the terms he had stated. Mr. BROTH E RTO N seconded the motion. Mr. POTTER expressed his warm approbation of the mea sures proposed by the Hon. Member for Sheffield. Mr. WYSE supported the motion. Mr. W. ROCHE also supported the Bill. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill for the formation of public walks, and also the Bill for the erection of public institutions. Mr. BUCKINGHAM then moved for leave to bring in the Bill for the better classification and regulation of public houses. Mr. HUME entreated that the Hon. Gentleman would not press this Bill, but would content himself with his two former Bills. No good effect was produced by the repeated altera tions made in the laws relating to public houses. After an observation from Dr. BO WRING, _ _ Mr. BUCKINGHAM said all he asked was to be allowed to bring in his Bill, and have it printed, in order that its de tails might be understood. If he found between this and the second reading that there was a general disapprobation of the measure, he would not press it further. Colonel L. HAY opposed the introduction of the Bill. Mr. WILKS expressed his disapprobation of the continual intermeddling which took place with public houses. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped the Hon. Gentleman would withdraw his motion. M. BUCKINGHAM then withdrew his motion. BARON DE BODE. Mr. G I SBORNE moved for the re-appointment of the Se lect Committee to examine into the facts and circumstances of the claim of the Baron De Bode. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion, and said that the House could not accede to it, un less it was prepared to forget all the rights of all other parties. This was not a new claim, for it had been under discussion ever since 1816, and when the Baron De Bode had every_ thing to his •own mind. Mr. Sergeant WILDE was of opinion that the case of the Baron de Bode was an extremely hard one, and from his inquiry into his claim he would say without hesitation that the real nature of that claim had never yet been adjudicated upon at all.—( Hear, hear.) The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the present attempt was nothing less than that of making the House of Commons a Court of Appeal from the decisions of the or dinary tribunals of the country. The claim of the Baron de Bode was, he contended, the most quixotic ever brought be fore the House. •V• Mr. O'CONNELL did not at all know the Baron de Bode, and he was therefore disinterested in saying that he had been treated with great injustice and hardship, which injustice would be sealed by the House if it decided on refusing the re appointment of the Committee. After a few words from Sir R. Imams, Mr. EWART, and Mr. W. RocHE, the House divided, when there appeared for the Committee— Ayes Noes Majority -118 The motion was, therefore, lost. Mr. RIGBY WASON moved that the petitions from Great Yarmouth, of the 26th and 30th of June, alleging that the sum of two guineas had been lately paid to many of the voters at the house of one of the most active partisans in behalf of the sitting Members, and praying that the House would cause an inquiry to be made into the circumstances stated in the peti tion, be referred to a Select Committee. The Hon. Member had no interest in the case, further than through a sincere de. sire to see the principles of the Reform Bill carried into effect, and the practice of bribery effectually checked. Mr. PRAED had understood within this hour that the Hon. Member did not intend to bring on this motion. It was so understood in the House. Mr. R. WAS ON, as we understood him, denied he had given such an assurance to the Hon. Member. Sir FREDERICK TRENCH begged to call the atten tion of the Hon. and Learned Member to his having said to an Hon. Member in the House, who was now near him, when asked would he bring on this motion, " Certainly not."—(Loud cheers.) Mr. R. WASON had certainly, in the course of conversa tion, been asked was it his intention to bring on the motion. He recollected saying that the motion upon the Baron De Bode's case had been several times a "burking" motion ; it would, perhaps, be so to night and the House would be counted out. If so he should certainly not be able to bring it on. Mr. PRAED said the Hon. and Learned Member would do well in future, when he introduced to their notice a case involving the characters of any individuals belonging to that House, to forbear prefacing it by any strong language or im putations personally offensive to such Hon. Members. After an interruption by Mr. R. WA SON, which we could not hear, Mr. OR AED resumed, and said that, as in this instance, it was not intended, he believed, to affect the seat of himself and colleague, he could not see what would be the benefit of refer ring the allegations of the petitioners to a Committee. There could be no doubt that the time had gone by when House could interfere with propriety as to these individuals charged with bribery as agents of the sitting Members, or with having, u voters, received bribes. The thing was out of their power, if the House wished to be consistent. Was this a case which ought to be referred to the ordinary jurisdiction of the Courts of Law ? Most undoubtedly it was, and it was exclusively fit for the ordinary Courts of Justice. Well, then, he would ask, what good could be the reference of these petitioners' complaints to any Committee but an Election Petition Committee ? But these parties had let slip the time for presenting an election petition, - Mr. PR YME said there certainly was a good reason for going into this inquiry, even upon the showing of the Hon. auci Learne..l ,iember, for he had not, for himself or his col league, denied that material allegation in the petition, that motley to a large extent had been distributed. Mr. PRAED had, upon principle, abstained from any alle gation of his own innocence in this case, as he always should V% here he was himself a party attempted to be inculpated.— ( Loud cheers.) Considerations of delicacy would also induce him to refrain from going at all into the case of his Hon. Col league, with whose conduct he had no means of being ac quainted. _ _ _ There was a loud cry for the question. Mr. WYNN thought it was a case in which the House ought to look well to the precedents upon this subject on their Journals before they entertained the proposal for an inquiry. It was said, whatever might be the result, the present Members could not be affected by it. But suppose that it should be proved that they were guilty, through their agents, of bribery, and a report to that effect was made to the House, was it not (Anr to any one that it would be the duty of the House to expel them ?—( Hear, hear.) He would, therefore, say, let the petitioners proceed in a Court of Law, if they thought they could substantiate the charge of bribery, and, possibly, steps may be taken for that purpose already. Was it then fit that the House should depart from the usual course, and sanction such a proceeding as that proposed ?—( Hear.) Mr. AGLIONBY was surprised that there should be any opposition to . a Committee. .Mr. T. BARING said that considering the proportion of voters that had signed the petition, as compared with the whole number of electors, as well as the way in which the petition was signed, he thought that the House would establish a bad precedent if they agreed to the motion. The population of Great Yarmouth was 25,000—the number of electors about 1,600, and of these only 357 had signed the petition, besides 171 householders not entitled to vote. He had numerous letters to prove that many signed without knowing to what they put their names, and the names of others had been put down for them.—( Hear, hear.) Among the petitioners were seven O'Donnells, Mr. O'Connell twice—( A laugh)—R. Peel twice, and Mr. Stanley once.—( Hear.) After a few words from Mr. TYNTE and another MEMBER, The gallery was cleared for a division, but none took place, and, on the return of the reporters, Sir R. PEEL was addressing the House. He said he should give his vote against the motion, because the effect of it would be to do away with an Act expressly framed for simi lar cases, and because it would tend to destroy the equity and impartiality of their proceedings. The Hon. Member doubted whether it would have have such an effect, but in his opi nion no system so effectual for their purposes could be de vised. They were not contending for principle. What they • were contending for was to refer all election petitions to a tribunal, though not the most peifect, yet one which had' been expressly framed for such cases as the one before the House. Thc objnet of those who supported the motion was to do away with a standard long recognized as a rule for the proceedings of the House on all election petitions, If they established such a precedent they would not only do away with the Grenville Act, but take the case out of the hands of the parties and determine the result by the decision of the House.—(Hear.) Now what was the case of Liverpool, which' had been adduced as an instance ? On that occasion the House had no power to compel the attendance of Members, and he did not believe that out of the whole Committee mere than three regularly attended, when a Select Committee of the House enforced attendance. But in appointing such a Com mittee as that proposed, they should lay down a plan riot to de cide on the right of the Members to sit, but, what w a s of more importance, to decide on the franchise of the borough. Now when it was recollected that many of the names w ere fictitious--that one name was given seven times, his own twice, and others in a similar way, would they decide a case of , such importance on a petition like that ? But more, if they • sanctioned such a principle, where would they stop ? It would not be necessary always to have so many as 1,300 to petition against the Members. If they established the. pre cedent that the petitioners were not required to enter into their recognizances, or be liable for the expense, every town would consider themselves justified in petitioning a ga i ns t the return of some Member. Lord Grenville passed a resolution to meet cases of this kind, in which it was declared that petitions ought to be postponed for 14 days after the meeting of Parlia ment, and 28 days more were allowed for receiving the petition ; but if the parties did not petition by that time, then no i n quiry could take place. He would ask, was the character of Mem bers of Parliament to be placed in jeopardy by such a mode. of proceeding ? Next, the Noble Lord introduced a mer.,sure which made a considerable alteration in the Grenville. Act, but still some security was required. The plan of the Noble Lord was much less reprehensible than the proposed plan; which would do away with the responsibility of the parties and destroy the character of Members of Parliament. Looking , therefore, at these circumstances, and considering that the. Members would not be bound to attend the Committee—that the county and not the parties must be liable for the expense that any limited number of petitioners might make allegations• against Members, and that the decision would depend on t he influence of party feelings, he should therefore, for the' security of the constituency and the safety of the character of Members of that House, vote against the motion.—( Hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL would state very shortly the grounds on which he would vote for the motion. He had long been of opinion that the Grenville Act provided a very inade quate and very insufficient remedy when the public were ag grieved. He remembered when questions of that kind were, first mooted. Sir Edward Seymour moved an inquiry at the bar against several boroughs charged with notorious bribery. The charges were proved, and Sir Edward received the thanks of the House for instituting the inquiry, The Right Hon. Baronet seemed to call for some new Bill to correct the defects of the Grenville Act. He agreed with the Right Ho ts " , Gentleman, arid he should no t b e want i ng to bring forwar d such a measure wh en h e saw a pro b a b le dawn of it passingbOth Houses. He had already proposed several Bills which had nearly succeeded through all their stages. Two Bills were sent to the. House of Lords. One was rejected, because it was introduce d too late in the Session, and the other was so altered, and s° many new pro v i s i ons i nserte d, that he did not think himse li justified in requesting the assent of the Commons to it. See' ing then that he could not frame an effective Bill which cool meet with th e assen t of the Lords, were they t o a ll ow cases 0. r bery to pass because the general law was not sufficient ( Hear, hear.) must say, therefore, that undoubtedly som e inquiry was due. The petition was not fabricated, and b e therefore conridered it entitled to their attention ; and be thought, the people would not treat th e peop l e of Yarmota* fait if they rejected it. The number who had si gn ed the I ,'etition were very conside ra bl e ; an d, un d er all the circle:o' stances, he thought there were sufficient grounds for procreetl ing with the inquiry. Cases of this kind did not often occu r —(hear)—but Stafford was an instance in point. After th e Committee had reported, a Bill was introduced 'by the Hon' Member for Buckingham, founded on the Report, which ne one had opposed. All he proposed then r' as to act as they had done last year. While they were anx!ious for the right s and privileges of the House, and claime, the liberty o f speet if they neglected to attend to cases .of this kind, the pubh would believe that they were careless of the body they . re" presented. For these reasons he would vote for the m otion. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. DENNISON supported the motion. Lord SAND ON opposed it. Mr. O'CONNELL said much good had been done by th e , inquiry to which the Noble Lord had alluded, for, accordino to what had been stated, bribery there had ceased. As W the circumstance of Members not attending the Committee, it vt° necessary only to refer to the Ipswich Committee. That OW mittee sat from ten to four, and hardly more than one was. alr sent. But certainly it was a strong fact, that though thee age; gations had b een b e f ore th e H ouse f or t h ree weeks, no o ne had denied them, not even the H on . M em b er for the aorotte. Supposing bribery to exist, he did not see how the Hous e could refuse the motion for inqui r y, an d the more so when 111 persons had declared that they were convinced, from their owS knowledge, that bribery had been committed, and had offer' to come forward and prove it b e f ore a Committee. It was 0 t to be supposed that those who had signed feigned names to the petition could be friends to it. Sir T. FREMANTLE contended that there was. no Os" logy between the case of the borough of Stafford and the an ° now. before the House. The Hon. Member then referred t cP the case of the borough of Hertford, and maintained that there bribery was notorious, and he was surprised that the Nob Lord in noticing it had not acted upon his own resolution. Lord HO WICK said that if inquiry were refused upon a° other gr oun d s t h an t h at there were not found a partyob° would undergo the vexation and expense of proseeutie g ae election petition, there would be no means of vindicatii, ig t e honour of this House or p un i s hi ng t h e gu il ty, and the putse ' would have a fair ri g ht t o conc l u d e t h at t h ere was no intento". on the part of this House to put an end to bribery at l d corrnr tion. After a few words from Mr. M. PHILLIPS, : A nd Mr. T. BARING, the House divided. The numbers were- For the motion Against it Majority On our return to the Gallery, we found the House di eussion on the best mode of selecting the Committee. Mr. WA SON proposed that six Members of the u ° 4 - mitten should be c h osen f rom the Ministerial side of the 14°„ A - ' and five fr om th e O ppos i t i on side. He said five from the,`"ric position tide, because he intended that the Members fbr and Norfolk should be on the Committee. Sir H. HARDINGE said that if the present cotursel e r° persisted in, h e was certa i n i t would be found that tube ca .,tl of other b oroug h s an d counties would be brought forwler calling in question the seats of Hon. Gentlemen on the t i l e side of the House.—(Cheers.) He sa id t hi s, because o'. decided party feeling he saw displayed that night.—f Clin e- re % This inquiry mus t l ea d to others. He had the fzreatc st f e r spect, as he was sure every member of the House hatiP, ol i, the Right H on . an d L earned Gentleman opposite (the P+bas citor- General), b u t h e did not th i nk it at all unlikely. "fe• the circumstances att en di ng t h at H on. and Learned. GeTibe man's election might be called in question and be hope" of same facility would be afforded for inquiry as in the case ° ,o York and Y armout h.—(Ch eers. ) H e did not think the' I%ed of appointi ng th e C omm i ttee at a ll satisfactory, and he '011',.,00 that twenty-four hours might be allowed for deliberatio ere) a point of so much importance.—( Cheers, and cries of " 'P ° l ; a sl Mr. HUME said th a t if any i mproper proceedin gsnuld taken pla ce a t o th er e l ec ti ons , h e h oped that they also, vfr be brought under investigation. t ths ie The CHANCELLOR of' the EXCHEQUER Bald he did not think it f a i r o f t h e H on. and Gallant Men, ,$ ber 10 , 4 e Henry Hardinge) t o h ave a l luded so particularly t( 4 the of his Hon. and Learned Friend the Solicitor-General. st o t Hon. and Gall a nt Offi cer ought to have reco llect,, e d that I's case had been b e f ore a C ommittee already, when there o e ample opportunity afforded to all parties to : d r o ve any; i c ;el the' su ee °s eg thtkiselves enabled to sustain. on the :Alai, Air. 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