The Sun. — London, England, 1835-07-11 00:00:00

IRISH CHURCH. S OF A BILL FOR THE BETTER REGU LATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL REVENUES, AND THE PROMOTION OF MORAL AND RE LIGIOUS INSTRUCTION, IN IRELAND. Irish Church, in sert t h e heads of the Bill on the su bj ect o f t h e Church, introduced by Lord Morpeth. The preamble runs thus-- HEAD " Wher eas , w i th a view of rendering the i ncomes ar i s i ng from tithes more certain in amount, and more easy of collec tion, several Acts have been from time to time passed, for the establishment of compositions for tithes throughout Ireland ; but the interposition of Parliament is further necessary, in re ference to various circumstances peculiar to that part of the United Kingdom. " And w h ereas his Majesty has been pleased to issue a Com fi i s s i i°n, bearin g d ate t h e 6th day of August, in the fifth year is Majesty's reign, authorising and directing the persons "e ein named to inquire whether adequate provision is now made f or the religious instruction, and for the general educa tion of the people of Ireland. " And w h ereas it appears by the first Report of the Com missioners named i n suc h C omm i ss i on, t h at i n some par i s h es there are no members of the Established Church, and in other parishes few such members. of ." And w h ereas it is just and necessary for the establishment peace and good order in Ireland, and conducive to reli gii" and morality, that after adequate provision made for spiritual wants of the members of the Established Church, the surplus income of such parishes shall be applied to the Torsi and religious education of the people, without distinc tion of religious persuasion ; and also that the said composi tions for tithes shall be made payable by persons having a perpetual estate or interest in the lands subject thereto, a rea sonable deduction being made upon the amount thereof, in co nsideration of the greater facility and security of collection arising out of such transfer of the liability to the payment thereof, from the occupying tenantry to the owners of such es tates or interests." We have here the objects of the measure stated with great elearness ; and argument can add little to the force of the simple and succinct statement of the principles on which it is founded. As affects the Establishment, the question to be deter mined is, whether the tithes are better applied to the main tenance in idleness and luxury of a clergyman without a congregation, or to the education of the people ; by which application of the revenues of a parish is true religion most likely to be promoted, and which is the surer means of ex tending the pure doctrines of Protestantism ? The following is a summary of the provisions : " 1. Compositions for tithes abolished, except arrears due by or to undertaking landlords, and except arrears due by per sons having perpetual estates or interest in the land, for the year 1534. " Saving for pending suits, commenced previous to the 20th day of March in this present year, the plaintiff to prosecute or to discontinue such suit at his option. , "2. All l an d s su bj ect to the payment of t i the compos i t i ons, charged with an annual sum by way of rent-charge, equal to seven-tenths of such compositions, to be payable by the party having th e fi rst estate of inheritance, &c., in such lands. 3. Any estate perpetually renewable, any estate held for Years, o f w hi ch one hundred shall be unexpired on the 30th of ~.Niensovember, 1835 , and any estate of ecclesiastical lands held by e from any ecclesiastical person, or under the Ecclesiastical _%oarinmissioners for Ireland, shall, for the purpose of such rent ge, he deemed equivalent to estate of inheritance or Perpet ua l estate. q n an the If leases under the laws now in force be free of tithes, ate held th ereunder shall not be liable to rent-charge. ar Ondete rmination of any estate chargeable with rent charge, the , next estate s h a ll b ecome c h argea bl e . am ' 1 any person who would have been liable to tithe liablPe tnition, hold rnediately or immediately under the person be rcoovesucil rent to ,t,h6e.pesrson primarily liable. charge, the amount of such rent-charge may red as rent from the next tenant, and so downwards Spendingtiell l eases, &c. of tithes as have now the effect of " 7 . en ecini anissioners oft - Ia nd.re Positions, shall determine, and none other. charges ve t n o ne b: under the management of corn "B- Commissioners of land-revenues, with consent of Trea '",.: may armake r egu l at i ons for collection, &c. o f rent-charges. n to the reposition s f or t i t h es may b e rev i se d on application Commission ers of land-revenues. f 0,.... e ; 0 : Ground s on which applications for revision may be a, shall b e su b mitted to the Commissioners of land reve nues for their consid •and found sufficient, such revi sion consideration ; shall be allowed _ `.` 11, Barristers to be appointed for the purpose of such re hat,lllBloll.2. The revising barristers to sit in open court ; and after _,, c mg heard both sides, to correct any error or injustice shall appear to them ' have occurred in the calculation to of suds composition, and make such order for confirming, in !Teasing, or decreasi ng t h e amount o f eac h such composition as shall ,think just and equitable : provided always, that if it su a il appear to such barristers that the annual amount of the paid or recovered on account of tithes in any such parish, shalli not hav e ss a r i e d a b ove one-f i fth part of the average nn amount of ti.ie whole d ur i n g th e series of seven years, with reference whereunto such composition may have been cal plated, th en and in sach case the amount of such composi .t;n sh a ll b e fixed according to the average annual amount of the sums so paid and recovered during such seven years, un less it shall be shown that such payments were made with an admission that the tithes were of greater value, or that more Was due : And provided further, that where any sum shall have been included in computing the amount of any such Composition on the evidence of any promissory note or other instrument or agreement, or of :ivy adjndication made by any ecclesiastical or other court or justices, in default of the ap pearance of the party against whom such adjudication may have been made, the said barristers shall inquire into the real value of the tithes in respect whereof such promissory note, instrument, or agreement, or adjudication may have been Made, in all cases where evidence of such value may be pro duced, and correct accordingly the amount of such composi tioia : And provided further, that when any sums shall have been added to the average amount of the tithe paid or agreed or adjudged to be paid, during any such series of years as afore.. skid, the said barristers shall examine into the sufficiency of the grounds and reasons upon which such addition has been Made as set forth in the statement subjoined to the certificate of such composition, and shall allow or disallow the same, and deduct or reduce or increase the sum so added as to them shall s'eem just : And provided further, that where the tithes of any ,`and, not h av i ng b een ac t ua lly paid or adjudged to b e Paid during the series of years with reference whereto any co mposition may have been calculated, the tithes of such land m ay have beet estimated or calculated according to the pay ments made for tithes of the like kind in the same or any ad- Joinin g parish, t according to such information as may have be obtained, thesaid barristers shall inquire into the facts and the accuracy O ,C such information, and the fairness of any such estimate, and amend or confirm the calculation of such composition accordingly : And provided further , that where y the a mount of any co mposition shall have been fixed by agreement, such amount not having been ascertained by any commissioner or commissioners, or umpire, under the pro visions of the said recited acts, and that it shall appear t hat eithe r of the eit • hparties thereto entered into such an agree tnent in ignorance of any facts, the knowledge whereof was material to making an equitable arrangement between them, or under any concealment or misrepresentation of such facts, and that such agreement was unjust, the said barristers shall inquire into and ascertain and fix the just amount of compo sition which ought to be established in lieu of the sum so fixed by; agreement. And provided further, that where, in the c alculation of any such composition, it shall appear to the said barristers that any sum has been included on account of the tithes of any land which they shall deem to have been tithe tree, the said barristers shall exclude such sums in calculating tho amount of such composition. If the barristers cannot de cide, the Courts of Chancery or Exchequer may refer the mat ter to the Master, or Chief Remembrances, or direct a feigned en sue to try the question. " 18. Composition may be reduced or increased by agree ment ,NAween the land-owner and tithe-owner. " 14. Barristers revising compositions shall make order for Payment raf the expenses by such a party as think fit, subject to certain rules. Basters shall transmit their award to the Lord Lieutenant, to be laid before the Commissioners of Land Re venues, who shill amend rentals of rent-charges and applot -.ems accordingly. " 16 . Lord -Lieutenant may order advances from the con solidated fund to dei • ray the expense incurred in revision of com position. " 17. Barristers may compel attendance of witnesses. " 18 . Barriste rs may allow expenses to witnesses not inter. , este d in the . 1 r " 19 * Revisin g b arr isters to be paid Si. ss. per day each eac h day they are employed. Expenses of revision, how be repaid. , "20. A 1 is f P •iv Council may be referred to ems er s rist ppea s now ae ere y under this Act. d . " 2 . 1 . Wh 1 ere the liability of lands to rent charge shall be : Wed, the Courts of Chancery or Exchequer may, upon i s l i etill° b in a summary wa decide upon such claim of exemp °n, or refer the 37 ' d . ct a feigned issue, as may matter, or ire See m- best, sti"tl2. 30 .ears , non-paymen t of tithes or composition to con e time ,, e a valid exemption ; except where payment pr ior to that can be Prond, or except the exemption be in conse „ of an expreas stipulation. t . Provisio ns for the establishrnet".l of claims of exem ' p Lie n not to extend •11 have been de sd by d ee d f to cases where tithes s wh er or of life or number of years, or t an any term d or writiy an shall have been made by slee 11 4 by withthe person -.q or body corporate entitled to such the, s, n umb e o w ner or occupier of the land for any such term or sis t i nn. ` l oi Years, and such demise or composition shall be sub . 4 .. at the time of the passing of this Act. entitled'. ime. during which lands shall be held by persons tier, .the tithes thereof to be excluded in the computa resisi. ' lB 'also tie time during which any person capable of ,21,1'e claim shall be an infant, &c. `saki' In actions commenced under this Act, it shall be actu s ; nt to allege that exemption or discharge claimed was ti en aY •exerci:sed and enjoyed for such of the periods men /My2•l k this Am as may be applicable to the case. less No presulaaption allowed in support of any claim for period than herein mentioned. • `'. When tithe free lands have been subjected to compel. artion such composition shall be reduced. "28, ' , sons entitled , for tithes shall deli ver up to EL m Commissioners of Land Revenues the attested ee P l es• Of car s `ificates and applotment books. "29, One , hundred pounds penalty on any person neglect, to di from 'unity 'cifieci a the 1 ex- ceed o the ialties I out. eriffg, what f any which ndred num. es an ed by i em elee- , pro ontlis th re nd at re the ae re- ovided :c , is I their rt :-- it had nd to. Fire led to k the 3 new ing to deliver such documents to Commissioners within a month from passing of Act. Jury may, in suit for penalty, find a verdict for any sum not exceeding 100/.,. and not less than 10/. " 30. The Commissioners of Land Revenues may amend applotments. " 31. Distinct rentals, showing the rent charges payable out of the lands in each parish, shall be framed ; and a certi ficate of the gross amount, and of the proportions in which such amount may be distributable among the several persons entitled to compositions for tithes out of each parish, delivered to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland. "32. The rental shall be enrolled in the office where the King's rentals are preserved. " 33. Receivers shall give receipts, and also enter receipts in a book to be lodged in the Record Office. " 34. Rent-charges to have :priority over all other charges, and may be recovered as provided by the Act, or as any rent-charge payable to his Majesty may be recovered. Costs as in ordinary suits. " 35. Where rent-charge in arrear, and the person liable thereto shall not be in occupation of the lands charged there with, or where such persons may not be known, a Court of Equity may order the rents of such lands to be received in liqui dation of such rent charge, &c. " 36. Receivers may distrain in cases where the person liable to the payment of the rent-charge is in occupation of the land. " 37. Persons liable to rent-charges, and not paying the same, liable to interest on the amount. " 38. Commissioners of Land Revenues may apportion rent-charges. " 39. Tithe-compositions shall be increased or diminished according to the price of corn during the last seven years, as compared with the price stated in the certificates thereof ; and the amount of the rent-charges calculated accordingly ; and a like variation according to the price of corn shall take place every year in the amount of the rent-charges. " 40. On Ist December in this present year, and on Ist November in every succeeding year, Ecclesiastical Commis sioners to take an account of the gross amount of the rent charges accrued due out of each parish, and issue warrants on the Commissioners of Laud Revenues for the amount, sub ject to a deduction of sixpence in the pound. " 41. Rents and sums due by owners of tithes shall be deducted. " 42. Present incumbents to receive a further payment of Si. per cent. from the Perpetuity Purchase Fund. " 43. Corporations aggregate, incumbents without cure of souls, and lessees of tithes excluded the benefit of this addi tional payment. " 44. Ecclesiastical Commissioners shall invest the moneys arising in the Perpetuity Fund account in Exchequer Bills. " 45. In cases of doubt as to the rights of parties entitled to payment, the Ecclesiastical Commissieners may apply by petition to the Courts of Chancery or Exchequer for its direction. _ _ " 46. Certificates of compositions shall be only prima facie e►idence of the rights of the persons entitled thereto as be tween themselves. " 47. If warrants defaced, new warrants may be given in stead, and the former warrants cancelled. " 48. If warrants lost, others may be issued for the same amount, an indemnity being given by the person receiving such other warrant. " 49. A time to be appointed for paying off warrants. " 50. All sums payable under 3 and 4 William IV., c. 100. s. 19, remitted and refunded. " 51. The residue of the money applicable to the relief of the owners of tithes under the said Act, shall be paid to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and applied, together with the sums arising to the credit of the account herein-after men tioned, in payment of the arrears of compositions due for 1834. " 52. Persons who may not have received payment of their compositions for 1834, shall apply for relief by memorial, such relief not to extend to compositions payable by undertaking landlords. " 53. Upon application for relief under this Act, proclama tion to be issued, enjoining payment of arrears due by such persons as would be liable to pay rent-charges under this Act ; subject to a deduction of 151. per cent. Proceedings in case of default. Collectors of excise shall give a receipt to parties making payment, which shall be a sufficient acquittance. " 54. In default of obedience to proclamation, an applica tion by petition of Attorney-General, to be made to the Court of Chancery or Exchequer or assistant barrister, for an order against defaulters for the whole sum due, without any de duction. Court of Chancery or Exchequer, or barrister, to examine into the matter of the petition. " 55. Petition not to abate by death of parties. Notices of any proceeding to be taken on such petition, shall be iven to the party fourteen days previously. " 56. Moneys paid or recovered under this Act, to be paid over to the Ecclesiastical .Commissioners. " 57. Costs to respondents unjustly sued. " 58. Upon the next vacancy of the Church of any parish in which there are not more than fifty members of the Esta blished Church, such Church may be sequestered. " 59. If such parish contain no such members of the Esta blished Church, the occasional duty shall be committed to a neighbouring minister. " 60. If there be any members of the Established Church, the cure of souls may either be committed to a neighbouring minister, or a separate curate appointed. " 61. But wherever there is now a church or chapel and a resident minister in any parish falling under the foregoing pro visions, a separate curate shall _be appointed, however small soever the numbers of the me - nSeiiOf the Established Church. " 62. When the occasional duties of any parish in which there shall appear by the Report to be no members of the said Established Church, shall be committed to the incumbent or officiating minister of any adjoining parish, the said Eccle siastical Commissioners shall pay to him an annual stipend of 51. ; where the members of the said Church do not exceed 50, then an annual stipend, not less than 101., nor more than 50/. " 63. The stipends to separate curates not to exceed lOW. nor the net annual value or amount of the profits and emolu ments of such parish. Curate to be permitted to occupy glebe house if he desire it, and Commissioners may allot to him glebe lands not exceeding 251. a year. 64. Places of worship to be provided in parishes coming under the operation of this Act. 65. Bishop of diocese to be associated with the Commis sioners in providing for the spiritual wants of parishes coming under the operation of this Act. " 66. Glebe house may be let, unless curate desire to oc cupy the same ; also glebe lands. " 67. Commissioners to pay off charges of suppressed be nefices. " 68. Commissioners may recover sums due to successors in benefices, and also for dilapidation. " 69. If sequestration of the Church shall be removed, the incumbent succeeding liable to charges, or a fair proportion thereof. " 70. In case of parishes forming part of Unions, the Ec clesiastical Commissioners may—if they think fit--separate such parishes from the Union, and deal therewith as single parishes. " 71. If the Union shall be maintained, the income of the next incumbent shall be subject to such reduction as the Lord Lieutenant shall direct, with regard to the extent of duty in the parishes of such Union, not containing more than fifty Members of the Established Church. " 72. Where parishes are united to other parishes not con tiguous, they shall be disunited on the next avoidance. " 73. Charges on Unions provided for. " 74. Glebe house or church in disunited parish may never theless be used for purposes of union. " 75. No Episcopal union to be made without notice to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. " 76. The income of parishes which might have fallen un der the 116th section of 3d and 4th Wm. IV., c. 37, shall, if falling under provisions of this Act, be carried to the Re serve Fund. " 77. That when and as the church of each parish or union, howsoever constituted, the income enjoyed by the encumbent whereof shall exceed the net annual value of three hundred pounds, as appearing by any valuation made or to be made by the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the purpose of imposing the tax payable under the provisions of the herein before recited Act of the third and fourth years of the reign of his present Majesty, shall become vacant in any manner whatsoever, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners shall in quire into and ascertain, by reference to the hereinbefore re cited Report, the extent of ecclesiastical duties belonging to the incumbent of such parish or union, and report the same, together with such facts as they may think important in refe rence to the circumstances of such parish or union, and the amount of the income of such incumbent as appearing by such valuation as aforesaid, to the said Lord Lieutenant in Council, who shall have power and authority, in all cases where such income shall appear to be dis proportioned to the extent of the said ecclesiastical duties, so to declare, and to make such order for reduc tion of the annual payments to be made under this Act to the incumbent of such benefice, and in respect of the glebe lands belonging to such benefice as he may think fit, so as the net income shall not be reduced below three hun dred pounds per annum ; and from and after such order, and until the same shall be revoked or altered pursuant to the pro vision hereinafter contained, such incumbent and his successors shall be entitled to receive in such annual payments only the reduced sum specified in such order, and to hold no greater extent of such glebe lands than may be specified in such order; and the right to the residue of such annual payments, and the estate and interest in the residue of such glebe lands, shall vest in the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners as sequestrators, to be held and applied by them in like manner as any other moneys or glebe lands vesting in them by reason of the seques tration of any Church under this Act. " 78. Parishes falling under operation of this Act not to be filled without notice. " 79. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners shall compensate the owners of advowsons coming under the operation of this Act, unless such advowsons belong to the King or Ecclesias tical Corporations. " owners dissatisfied, they may apply to the Court of Chancery. " Trinity College to be compensated by having a benefice in the King's gift, in lieu of that sequestered or reduced in value. " SO. Application of money where owners under disability. " 81. If sequestration be removed, the advowson to vest in his Majesty. " 82. That the said Eccleiiastical Commissioners shall make out and deliver to their treasurer a warrant, addressed to the Commissioners of land revenues, for all such sums as shall from time to time vest !n, them on account of the annual payments accruing due under the p7arrantlit i,7lgions pf this Act, ant i that all Inch sums as shall be paid under suCt together with the annual rents, profits, and emoluments of all glebe houses and lands vested in them by reason of the sequestration or reduction of benefices, shall he paid into the Bank of Ireland, and there carried to a separate account, /I ~~1 _.."_.~. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1835. to be called the Reserve Fund Account ; and that the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners shall also carry to the credit of the said Reserve Fund account the sum of and the other sums hereinbefore directed to be paid to them by the Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, or pursuant to their order; and the monies so arising to the credit of the said Commissioners in the said account shall be, in the first place, applicable to the payment of all such sums as shall become payable by order of the said Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, as and for the costs and expenses attendant upon the revision of the memorials and schedules of persons applying for relief under this Act, in respect of tithes and compositions accrued, due and unpaid, for the year last past : and in the next place, to the payment of all such sums as shall, under the provisions hereinbefore contained, become payable to such applicants ; and, in the third place, to the payments of the stipends assigned under the hereinbefore contained provisions to the curates or ministers intrusted with the cure of souls, or the performance of ecclesiastical duties ; and to the provision of places of wor ship in parishes, the churches whereof may be sequestered under the provisions of this Act; and to the payment of the charges and other sums payable under the hereinbefore con tained provisions in respect of such parishes ; and to the pay ment of the annual tax, and any other sums which would have been payable by the incumbents thereof, if the same had not been sequestered ; and to the payment of the Crown rents, port corn rents, pensions, and salaries to diocesan schoolmasters, or glebe rents, or proportion thereof, to be fixed and determined as hereinbefore provided ; and to the payment of the expenses to be incurred in carrying this Act into execution ; and the residue of such moneys from time to time accruing in each year to the credit of the said Cowmissioners in the said reserve fund account, shall be paid to such persons as the said Lord-Lieute tenant shall, by warrant under his hand, authorize to receive the same, to be applied to the moral and religious instruction of all classes of the people, without distinction of religious persuasion. " 83. Ecclesiastical Commissioners may borrow money on credit of the reserve fund, for the purpose of indemnifying the owners of advowsons. " 84. That in case the number of members of the said Established Church in any parish or benefice shall, at any time after the passing of this Act, increase in such manner as that the arrangements made or to be made under the herein before contained provision shall be found in the judgment of the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners inadequate for or dis proportioned to the spiritual wants of such parish or benefice, or that the ecclesiastical duties in any benefice, the appoint ment of a clerk whereto may be or have been suspended under the provisions of the said Act of the third and fourth years of the reign of his present Majesty, shall appear to require the removal of such suspension, the said Ecclesiastical Commis sioners shall report specially to the said Lord-Lieutenant in Council the circumstances of such parish or benefice, and make in such report such propositions us to them shall seem expe dient for applying a larger portion of the income of such pa rish or benefice for the better satisfaction of the spiritual wants thereof, or for the appointment of a clerk thereto ; and if the said Lord-Lieutenant and Council shall approve of the said report, the same shall be laid before both Houses of Par liament, and at any time after the expiration of six months from the period when such report shall be so laid before Par liament, it shall be lawful for the said Lord Lieutenant and Council, unless Parliament shall otherwise direct, to order the same to be carried into effect, and the same shall be carried into effect accordingly. " 85. Ecclesiastical Commissioners shall make an annual report to the Lord-Lieutenant. " 86. Property of minor canons and vicars choral, vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, subject to existing inte rests, and for the maintenance of such members of such cor porations as have duties to perform. " 88. Tithes, &c., disappropriated from dignities, &c„ may be carried to general fund, under administration o f Ecclesias tical Commissioners. " 89. Tenants of Bishops, &c., may, instead of paying pur chase-money of perpetuities, give a mortgage at 3f per cent. payable within ten years. " 90. Commissioners of Land Revenues and Ecclesiastical Commissioners may examine on oath, or receive depositions. " 91. Ecclesiastical Commissioners may employ additional clerks. " 92. Treasury may advance money on credit of the rent charges granted by this Act, not exceeding the annual amount thereof. _ . " 93. Tithe composition Acts shall be taken to extend to his Majesty. " 94. The provisions of this act shall extend to his Majesty. " 95. Notices, how to be served. " 96. No stamp duty payable. " 97. Nor office fees. " 98. Forgery of name and handwriting of Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury, or Ecclesiasti cal Commissioners, &c., to be felony, transportable for life. " 99. False oaths or affirmations, under this Act, perjury. " 100. Limitation of actions for any thing done in pur suance of this Act, to six months after fact committed. ' 101. Interpretation of words used in this Act." FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 24. The King , was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood upon Captain George Gipps, of the Royal Engineers, one of his Majesty's Commissioners to Canada. WAR OFFICE, JULY 10. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Captain F. Brown, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Walsh, who has recived a commutation, July 10. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Cornet J. Chamberlain to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Molyneux, who retires; Cornet and Ad jutant C. Field to have the rank of Lieutenant, July 10th; Lieut. R. J. Long, from the 37th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Monins, who retires, July 11th ; W. Cracroft, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Chamberlain, July 10th. 2d Regiment of Dragoons—Lieut. F. C. Forde, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hull, who retires ; Cornet G. Gordon, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Forde ; D. J. M. Macleod, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gordon, July 10. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards-4. A. Lambert, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fitz Pa trick, who retires, July 10. 6th Regiment of Foot—Captain J. Dobbs, from the half-pay of the 511 Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice J. Atherton, who exchanges, July 10. 22d Foot—Capt. J. Goldie, from the 37th Regiment of Foot, to be Major, by purchase, vice Crofton, July 9. 37th Foot—Lieut. G. B. Whalley to be Captain, by_purchase, vice Goldie, promoted in the 22d Regiment of Foot ; Ensign H. E. Manners to be Adjutant, with the rank of Lieutenant, vice Whalley, July 9 ; Ensign P. F. Durham to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Whalley, July 10 ; Ensign G. Green to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Long, appointed to the Ist Dragoons, July 11 ; C. A. Parkinson, Gentleman, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Durham, July 10 ; J. 0. Lewis, Gentleman, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Green, July 11. 55th Foot--Ensign W. Murray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dixon, who retires; W. P. Taylor, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Murray, July 10. 60th Foot—Capt. H. E. O'Dell, from the half-pay of the 67th Regiment of Foot, to be Paymaster, vice H. Biggs, placed upon half-pay, July 10. 97th Foot--Ensign T. Greene to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Morgan, who retiree; H. G. Wynne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Greene, July 10. 2d West India Regiment—Capt. R. Barrow from the half-pay of the 60th Regiment of Foot to be Captain, vice Brown, appointed Paymaster to the 6th Dragoon Guards, July 10. Royal African Colonial Corps—Quartermaster-Serjeant W. Stu art, from the 97th Regiment of Foot, to_be Quartermaster, July 10. scrivener, Eastwood, Stok&upon-Trent, Staffordshire, Aug. 12, at eleven, at the Albion Inn, Shelton. CERTIFICATES, JULY 31. T. R. Lewis, wine-merchant, 13oh-court, Fleet-street—T. and W. Davies, merchants, Liverpool — H. Davy, paper-manufacturer, Bermondsey—T. L. Terrey, vintner, Cornhill—F. Rodbard and C. Massina, schoolmasters, Turnham-green, Hammersmith. BREVET. Lieut.-Col. J. G. Bonner, of the Hon. the East India Com pany's Service, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the East Indies only, September 1. The under-mentioned Cadets, of the Hon. the East India Corn pany's service, to have the temporary rank as Ensign during the period of their being placed under the command of Colonel Pasley, of the Royal Engineers at Chatham, for field instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining :—Gentleman Cadet W. H. Rees ; Gentle man Cadet J. S. Broadfoot, July 10. .ty MEMORANDUM. The date of the commissions of Captain C. Campbell and Lieut. A. Donelan, of the 48th Regiment of Foot, is the 7th November, 1827, and not the 15th May, 1828. The date of the appointment of Adjutant H. Wheeler, of the 48th Regiment of Foot, with the rank of Ensign, is the 11th Feb ruary 1835, and not the 9th May, 1834. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset. Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia—J. M. Quantock, Esq., to be Captain ; C. W. Loveridge, Esq. to be ditto, June 19. 2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—J. Jeffries, Esq., to be Major ; G. C. M. S. W. S. Johnstone, Gent., to be Ensign, June 27. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. FRANCIS COUPEES and WILLIAM COUPEES, straw hat manufacturers, Luton, Bedfordshire. BANKRUPTS. NATHANIEL TUFFNELL and SAMUEL TUFFNELL, tallow-chandlers, York-street, Middlesex Hospital, to surrender, July 17, at two, and August 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Tribe, Great Russell-street ; Graham, official assignee, Copthall-buildings. JOSEPH HOADE, grocer, Egham, Surrey, July 23, at twelve, and August 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrupty. Spinks, jun., King's Bench-walk, Inner Temple ; Lackington, official as signee, Basinghall-street. DANIEL MACKELLAR, merchant, Broad-street -buildings , July 21 and August 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pelle, Old Broad-street; Goldsmid, official assignee, Ironmonger-lane. THOMAS PARRY, publican, Green-street, Theobald's-road , July 18, at twelve, and August 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Walker and Grant, King's-road, Bedford-row; Goldsmid , official asignee, Ironmonger-lane. JEREMIAH DANIEL, coal merchant, Bath, July 23 and August 21, at eleven, at the Elephant and Castle Inn, Bath. Bur foot, King's Bench-walk, Temple ; Stallard, Bath. EDMUND FARBROTHER, wine-merchant, Oxford, July 21, and August 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Barker and Bridge, Mark.lane ; Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. T. Hutton, H. W. Lepine, and C. E. Lepine, fringe-manufae• Curers, Newgate-street, July 31, at one. . . In the Country. J. Duncan and W. Clegg, Liverpool, and T. Hollins, merchants , Manchester, Aug. 13, at one, at the office of J. and G. Crump, Li verpool—J. Messenger, farmer, Longcroft, Cumberland, Aug. 8, at one, at the Bush Inn, Carlisle—W. Hornby, Gainsborough, Lin nolnshire, and Sir J. Esdaile, Knt., Marden Ash, Essex, bankers, July 31, at one, at the White Hart Inn, Gainsborough--J. Howard, scrivener, Ripon, Yorkshire, Aj. l . 5, a}t eleven, at the Unicorn Inn, Ripon—H. Andrews, papev-hinger, Bristol, Aug. 3, at two, at the c gr omorcial Roorm, Bristol--J. Allport, upholsterer, Stnurbii,V, Worcestershire, 4ug. 8, It two, at this ripitiot tlotpl, k t mrtridge t t p. AL Chitty, scrivener . , I.laftObliry, orlptshire, Aug. 4,, atrten, at the GrnSvPmg Arm,_, littil Shaftes . ,—W. V. Nrilles,, factor, Biraiifigliiiiii i July 51 at twelvp at Radttnfoargt.li New jtayai 4 • • u,..h... suede #, ../1041@nt-itreur, Lea- Hotel, Birmingham— .. ... . .._. ce......10icrh mington Priors, Warwickshire, July , at one, at toe .--,.-------. Hotel, Leamington Priors—J. Willis, merchant, Liverpool, Aug. 12, at two, at the garendtm Rows ? Liiterfool-1:1. Brown, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and W. Bennett, coal-merchants, Wandsworth, Surrey—E. and A. Leighton, bookbinders, Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell—W. Brough and W. Henderson, blacksmiths, Park-street, Southwark — T. Mack and J. Butler, agricultural implement-makers, Blackheath road, Greenwich—G. Arundel and J. Mappin, manufacturers of cutlery, Sheffield—B. Thorne and J. Bishop, sail-makers, Pleasant row, Deptford—D. G. and C. Martineau, sugar-refiners, Prince's place, Cable-street, St. George's-in-the East (so far as regards D. Martineau)—J. Umphelby and J. Clark, grocers, Mincing-lane, Norton-folgate. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Majesties and suite left St. James's shortly before 11 o'clock yesterday morning for the review in Hyde-park. The King and Queen were accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Earl Denbigh, Earl Howe, Earl and Countess of Brownlow, Lord Downes, Lord and Lady Frederick. Fitzclarence, Baroness Ahlefeldt, Lord Elphinstone, Lady Taylor, Lady Bedingfield, Sir An. drew Barnard, Miss Hope Johnstone, Miss Wilson, Colonel Wemyss, and Sir C. Thornton. Their Majesties and party left in nine of the Royal car riages, escorted by a detacment of the Life Guards, and re turned to St. James's at half-past 1 o'clock, when a dejeuner was served. The King gave audience yesterday to Viscount Duncannon. Her Majesty, attended by Lady Bedingfield and Miss Hope Johnstone, visited the new Palace in St. James's-park yester day afternoon. The King gave a grand dinner last evening at St. James's. Amongst the company were—his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, Marquis of Anglesey, Earl of Rosslyn, Viscount Ashbrook, Lords Hill, Fitzroy Somerset, E. Somerset, Frederick Fitzclarence, Downes, Sal toun, and Elphinstone • Sirs Hussey Vivian, William Gomm, Henry Wheatley, J. Macdonald, Willoughby Gordon, Andrew Barnard, W. Houston, C. Thornton, James Kempt, J. Wood ford, B. Stephenson, and Frederick Smith ; the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the Master of the Household; Colonels Mackinnon, Keate, Hill, Bowater, Fox, Lygon, Reid, Wedderburn, Egerton, Wemyss, Caven dish, Millman, Wood, Shawe, Walton, Montagu, D'Oyley, and Joddrel. On dinner being served, his Majesty, preceded by the Comptroller and the Treasurer of the Household, and followed by his guests, passed from Queen Anne's room through the Portrait Gallery (which was lined by the Yeomen of the Guard, commanded by Sir Thomas Curteis, the Exon in Wait ing) to the Banquet Room. The Band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, who were stationed at the entrance to the room, played " Ged save the King" as the company passed to dinner. The band performed selections from " Puritani," " La Sonnambula," and other favourite operas, in the course of the evening. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, attended by Lady Flora Hastings, Lady Theresa Strangwaves, Lady Catherine Jenkinson, the Hon. Lady Cust, Lady Conroy, Baroness Lehzen, the Hon. Sir George Anson, the Hon. General Upton, and Sir John Conroy, attended the review yesterday. In the evening their Royal Highnesses were pre sent at the performances at the English Opera-house. The Hon. D. G. Hallyburton, M.P., Sir A. Agnew, M. P., General Sharpe , M . P., Mr. W . Tooke , M.P., Mr. R. Wallace, M.P., and other Members of Parliament, with Alexander Scott and William Gordon, Esqrs., had an inter view yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, in Downing-street, on the subject of the Trinity-harbour Bill. Mr. Cayley, accompanied by Lord Euston, Sir C. Lemon, Sir William Trelawney, Mr. Hallyburton, Mr. Harland, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Rundle, and some others, waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday re specting Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney's case. A Committee of the Lords of his Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Council office to consider a petition from the Island of Guernsey for improving the livings of the island. The meeting was at tended by the Archbiship of Canterbnry. the Lord President, Viscount Duncannon, and Lord Holland. Messrs. Buxton, M. P., Baines, M. P., O'Connell, M.P., and other Members of the House of Commons, had a confer ence yesterday with Lord Glenelg, at the Colonial-office, on business relative to the Mauritius. The Lord- Advocate of Scotland had an interview yester day with Viscount Melbourne in Downing-street. INDIAN MARITIME SERVICE. COPY OF A REPLY FROM LORD GLENELG IN REPLY TO THE ADDRESS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S MARITIME SERVICE, LATELY PRESENTED BY A DEPUTATION TO HIS LORDSHIP. Gentlemen,—l receive with gratitude the address you have presented to me. I thank you for your congratulations on the honour which his Majesty has been pleased to bestow on me. Well may I deem it also a matter of congratulation that I should be thought worthy of the distinction which I this day receive at your hands—a distinction, the value of which is enhanced by a recollection of the quarter from which it issues, and of the circumstances to which it has relation. On the merits of the service of which you are members, I need not dwell. Created in a time of conflict and rivalry, it has, from its origin down to its latest period, won for itself a double meed of renown, uniting the praise of peaceful trade with that of military achievement. Signalized alike by the conduct of a commerce the most splendid on record, and by deeds of arms, second to none in the annals of naval fame, It has identified its memory with the heroic no less than the mercantile history of England. Gentlemen, in the discharge of a great national trust, it fell to my lot to carry into effect a measure to which you have alluded with a delicacy which demands my best acknowledg ments. Among the painful ne c e ssities imposed on me by the pro ceedings you in new character before the East India Yet to you it is that I am indebted, for this Haan thatc o om whichf Company. n B y 3 . 3 placed, there was not one which I felt more deeply testimony of approbation and confidence.. Gentlemen, you have done justice to my admiration for your services, and to the public principle by which, on an occas i o n of singular perplexity, I endeavoured to shape my course. To you I must leave the task to which I am unequal, of further doing justice to the feelings with which I acce pt th e declara tion of your wishes in my favour, and of your friendly interest in my future career. GLENELG. IMPROVEMENT OF THE SHANNON DEPUTATTION OF IRISH MEMBERS TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, ON THE SUBJECT OF LOTTERIES. Thursday afternoon, at three o'clock, a deputation of Irish Members, headed by Mr. O'Connell, waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the purpose of submitting, through him, to Government, the propriety of raising funds, by means of lotteries, to improve the internal state of Ireland, and at the same time provide employment for the labouring poor of that country. The deputation consisted of about twenty Members. Mr. O'CoNNELL stated the objects for which the deputation had solicited the interview, insisting at some length upon the distress of the Irish people, and the impossibility of preventing the sale of foreign lottery-tickets. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that if the ques tion had simply been whether Government ought to sanction lotteries, he would say at once, that they ought not, and would not. If, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was proposed to him to make up for any deficiency in any department of the revenue by a recurrence to lotteries, he would unhesitatingly say he would not. But this lottery was proposed under such circumstances, and for objects so benevolent, and which all must have equally at heart, that he would certainly submit the matter to the consideration of his colleagues; though he must in candour say that he did not expect they would give their sanction to the proposal ; and even if they did, he did not be lieve that they would be able to carry a Bill through Parlia ment for the purpose. Mr. O'Connell must recollect the strong expression of feeling in the House on the subject of lotteries, even when their proceeds were to be applied to praiseworthy purposes, when the Glasgow Lottery was under discussion. However, he would, as he before said, because of the objects contemplated to be accomplished by the proposed lottery, submit the proposal to Government. No man could have the welfare of Ireland more deeply at heart than he had ; and be fore the end of the session he would show that these were not mere words of course by laying on the table of the House, in the Report on Public Works in Ireland, the measures which were to be taken for improving the navigation of the Shan non, and otherwise promoting public works. Mr. O'CoNNELL said that all that the deputation wished for was that a Select Committee should be appointed to inquire into the alleged evils connected with lotteries ; as, in the even!, of its reporting against them, the expectations of the public in Ireland, which at present were so general, would at once be seen to be groundless. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said—You can have no difficulty, Mr. O'Connell, in carrying that point. You have only to m ove f or a S e lect C o m m ittee to inqui re into the legality of selling tickets for foreign lotteries in this country. Certainly, if it shall bf.: found impracticable to put a stop to the sale of tickets for foreign lotteries, it would be much better that the profits of such lotteries should be applied to local pur poses of benevolence. You can easily get any names you wish to put on the list of the Committee. Mr. O'CoNNELL—As to that, Sir, there could be no diffi culty We wish nothing more than that there should be a fair and impartial inquiry into the alleged evils of lotteries. The Deputation, satisfied with the Chancellor of the Exche quer's acquiescence in the appointment of a Select Committee of Inquiry, then withdrew. MARRIApg IN HIGH LlFE.—Married, by special license, on Thursday, at Fordhook, the residence of Lady Noel Byron, by the Rev. Samuel Gamlen, the Right Hon. Lora King, to the Hon. Augusta Ma i only daughter of the late Lord Ikron, 41 3 / 4 4LAOARRGUi.,,—The pAa rc 9.i r Bo rune s of the y inst., states that in punnancio of an order of Don Q4rl "‘ of the ilhth ult„ the medical men, who assisted at the extraction of the ball from the wound of Zumalacarregui, have inn put under arrest. Among them is Don Theodore Gelos, first physician of the staff. It appears that, previons to the operation, they had given him a too powerful dose of laudanum. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. DOUSE OF LORDS, Jujr 10. The Earl of SHAFTESBURT took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. LOAN SOCIETIES BILL. On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND the Loan Socie ties Bill was read a second time, aid ordered to be committed on Monday. UNIVERSITY BILL. On the motion of the Earl of RADNOR, the second reading of the University Bill was postponed from Monday to Tuesday. POST OFFICE. The Duke of RICHMOND gave notice of his intention on Monday to move for certain Returns connected with the Post office. He was induced to do so in consequence of persons having made statements about that establishment, without knowing anything at all about it. It had been stated, that during the time he held the office of Postmaster-General, no less a sum than 179,0001. had been unaccounted for.—( Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") When that matter came to be inquired into, it would be found that the great portion of that amount arose from the Dead Letter Office, the amount of which could not be collected. It had also been stated that during the time he had been in office he had appointed no less than 300 post-masters. He only wished that he had had that good fortune, for if he had, many of those who now made complaints against him would have found themselves disappointed in their expectations.—( Cheers.) He thought that persons ought to make more enquiry into subjects of such importance before they hazarded such unfounded assertions. Lord BROUGHAM said that he had asked the Noble Duke to support one of the 300 ; and during the whole four years that be was in office, he had not an opportunity of com plying with his request. The Noble Duke might have made him (Lord Brougham) 300 promises ; but if he had, he had not performed one of them. PRISON DISCIPLINE BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND said that he should move the third reading of this Bill on Monday, on which occasion he should also move that their Lordships should be summoned. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Juzr 10. The SPEAKER did not take the chair till five minutes to four o'clock. There were only twenty-five Members present when the Speaker commenced counting, but several Members soon arrived, and the complement of forty, the number neces sary to constitute a House was made up. RETURNS. Several Returns from the Treasury and the Customs were brought up and ordered to be printed. The Haverlordwest Improvement Bill was read a third time and passed. PAISLEY AND RENFREW RAILWAY. On the motion of Sir M. STUART this Bill was read a third time and passed. BODMIN ROAD BILL. On the motion of Mr. VIVIAN, this Bill was read a third ime and passed. MEDWAY NAVIGATION BILL. Mr. E LPHIN ST ONE rose to move the re-commitment of this Bill, on the ground that the Committee had not made sufficient enquiry, and had not taken evidence of any sort. On the second reading of the Bill, an agreement or compro mise had been entered into between the supporters and oppo nents of the Bill, and in that agreement it was stated that it was not intended to deprive the Company of any rights which they possessed by law, and the parties were left at liberty to give evidence as to those rights. The Com mittee, however, decided that they would not proceed further with the Bill. Under these circumstances, he moved that the Bill be re-committed. Mr. HODGE S, as a friend to the Bill, could not approve of its being now re-committed, subject to the agreement to which the Hon. Member had referred. He thought it. would be much better to defer it to the next Session, but if the sup porters of the Bill pressed it, he (Mr. H.) should not oppose its being re-committed. Sir F. BURDETT thought the measure as mischievous a public monopoly as could well be described, and he trusted the House would therefore see sufficient grounds to refer it to another Committee. Mr. HODGES explained. Mr. PLUMPTRE had come down fully prepared to divide the House upon the question—(Hear, hear)—but as he understood that an agreement had been come to between the Hon. Member for West Kent and the Hon. Member for Westminster, he had determined not to enforce it. An at tempt was now made to renew the matter, and he trusted the House would not allow itself to be trifled with in the manner in which it was now endeavoured to trifle with it. Mr. WARBURTON wished to know why the parties who were endeavouring to defeat this monopoly should be de feated in their laudable attempt. All that was wanted was, that the whole merits of the case should be gone into ; but he thought, after all the allegations and charges that had been made it would be much better to wait to another session, for the purpose of repudiating them. In another session he was sure the House would not stop inquiry into such allegations. His advice, therefore, to the parties was, that for their own sakes they should put it off for another session and enter into no agreement with the other party, but bring in a Bill upon its own merits.—( Hear. ) Mr. HERRIES concurred in the recommendation of the Hon. Member who had just sat down, and hoped the parties would adopt his suggestion. The Hon. Baronet, the Member for Westminster, had entirely mistaken the nature of the agree ment entered into between the parties—one of whom had broken its conditions, and then the Committee stopped the enquiry. Captain PEC HE LL would also recommend the Hon. Member for Hastings to withdraw his motion. Mr. HUME contended that he had no right to be bound by the arrangements of any party. He denied that the arrange ment had been violated by such party. The Committee admitted that there were serious complaints against one com pany, and yet they had refused that party an opportunity of defending themselves. On principle the House ought not to allow these charges to hang over their heads another year, and common justice required that the Bill should be re-committed. Mr. HERRIES explained. Mr. G. F. YOUNG hoped the House would deter mine to recommit this Bill. He did not think that the promoters of the Bill had acted in a consistent manner— and though he was not a friend to the Bill, yet as he was of opinion that it involved a great matter in which the public were much interested, and as he thought the Com mittee had been in error, lie would vote for the re committal of the Bill, especially as he saw that the Committee had accompanied their Report with a hope that the Company would take measures for the redress of the grievances complained of, when it appeared that they had no power to redress such grievances. Lord MA HON defended the conduct of the Committee, and he had no doubt, if the Hon. Members on the other side had attended it, they would have come, necessarily, to the conclusion. Mr. RUTHVEN had voted for the Report, because it ap peared that the parties to it had not kept good faith : he always would support fair dealing, whatever his opinion upon the sub ject might be ; and, therefore, he would vote against the re committal of the Bill. _ _ _ ... ...._ _ ..... _____ The motion was withdrawn amidst loud cries of " Ques ion" and " Divide." TITHES. Captain PE CHELL presented a petition from Duckworth and Staining, in the county of Sussex, impugning a late de cision in the case of Kemp v. Pechell, in the Court of Exche quer, relative to the tithes upon turnips which were grown for the purpose of feeding sheep. He never had brought forward any statement which was untrue, and he defied the Hon. Mem bers on the other side to prove the contrary. He now gave them seven days clear notice, that if they did not within that time produce a counter-petition they must for ever after hold their peace. Mr. A. TREVOR said, that having been called forth by the Hon. and Gallant Member, he did not hesitate to stand forward. Though he was not present when the former peti tion was presented, he must do the Hon. and Gallant Member the justice to say, that he was certainly indebted indeed to his courtesy for a notice of it ; but he was not present when it was presented, because it was not a matter in which he was concerned. Admitting the statement of the petition to be correct, he thought Mr. Kemp was justified in endeavour ing to obtain that to which he was entitled, and the Hon. and Gallant Member might as well bring complaints against trades men for recovering their bills by action, as petitions against clergymen who had only protected themselves from wrong. When a clergyman's living was the only support of himself and his family, he would ask was it right that such a man should be dragged before the House for seeking to obtain what was his by law ? He wished that some legislative mea sure would be introduced to place the Clergy in some other than their present cruelly invidious position.—( Hear, hear.) He would repeat the statement he had made on a former oc casion, that he thought the clergy of the Established Church were an extremely ill-used party ; and as long as he had the honour of a seat in that House, he would never remain in his place and hear insinuations cast upon that body which they did not deserve. The petition was then laid on the table. Captain PECHE LL moved that the petition be presented, as he wished to found upon it a notice of motion for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law as to tithes of certain articles. He wished to state, in reply to what had fallen from the Honourable Member, that he did not bring any charge against the Clergy as a body. Ids had singled out one case which he thought a very grievous, one. The case, being for a sum under 101., might have teen de cided before two Justices, and ought not to bz ;mon& into the Court of Exchequer, or, as it might in called, the Star Chamber of the Court f Exchequer, Sir H. HARDINGE hoped tht lion. and Gallant Member would not insist upon the printing of the petition. The Hon. Member had stigmatised the Court of Exchequer as a Star- Chamber : now he believed that Lord Lyndhurst had given very great satisfaction in that Court. He was sure that at that late period of tlko session, the Hon. and Gallant Officer could not, with any chance of success, bring in any legislative measure upon this subject. Captain PECHELL explained. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but tiOrd HO WICK thought it would be extremely inconve- Piellt to allow a division to take place upon the printing of a petition, The better way would be to follow the ordinary course, and refer it to the Committee appointed to decide upon the printing of petitions. Captain PE C H ELL seeing the opinion of the House was against him, would not press his motion to a division. CASE OF COLONEL BRADLEY. I.IWMAS PVNOOMPE rose to present the pod- Lion of which he had given notice, relative to the dismissal of Lieutenant-Colonel Bradley, of the 2d. West India Regi ment. The case was one of peculiar hardship, and might be stated in a very small compass. The Hon. Member here stated the facts connected with the case of petitioner, which have been 'already frequently before the public. The petitioner was second in 'command to Colonel Arthur at Honduras ; and upon Colonel Arthur's regiment of. Chasseurs being disbanded, petitioner, as a matter of right, claimed the command, and after several evasive replies,- Colonel Arthur required petitioner to attend a meeting of officers upon the subject, which petitioner refused to do, and he was placed under close arrest for a period of ten months—( Hear) —and at the expiration of that time was dismissed the service. The petitioner had subsequently brought an action for false imprisonment against Colonel Arthur, and had obtained a verdict of 100/. damages. The case was one of very peculiar hardship, and in his ( Mr. Dun combe's) opinion called for the interference of that House. Lord HOW ICK said, as the Hon. Member had given notice of his intention to move for a Committee, and as the case had already been so often before the House on former occasions—( Cheers)—he thought he would be consulting the convenience' of the House by now abstaining from all arguments on the case. When it came before the House in a regular manner, he would state what his opinions were upon the subject. He would now only say, that seven or eight secretaries at war before him had agreed in opinion on the case with him. They had concurred in opinion with him, that there was nothing in the case of Colonel Bradley that called for the interference of the House or the Govern ment. As far as his opinion went, so far from his being treated with harshness by the late Duke of York, he thought he had been treated with great leniency.—( Hear, hear.) Even had the law of the case been quite clear upon the matter, as presented by Colonel Bradley, still he had been guilty of a very gross breach of military discipline ; and, had he been brought before a court-mar tial, he (Lord Howick) was very doubtful if he would ever have been allowed to sell out. In place of writing to his superior officer requesting an explanation of the mistake, ho issued orders in his own name as commandant, appealing to the officers and men in his own favour. Major Arthur offered to send home the statement of the whole case by a ship then leaving, but Col. Bradley refused, and again appealed to the men and officers, when he was put under arrest. Mr. HUME was very sorry the Noble Lord had not kept his promise to the House, and not have gone into one part of the merits of the case and left out the other. The Noble Lord had stated some facts which did not appear before the House. Colonel Bradley, it ought to be remembered, was Commandant of a Regiment, while Major Arthur was merely on half-pay, and that after the parties came home, the petitioner obtained damages in a court of justice for his imprisonment—which damages were paid by Gowroment, who refused Col. Bradley an inquiry into the circumstances. There were now new circumstances in the case, because at the trial the adjutant swore that Major Arthur acted under a Commissioner from the Governor of Jamaica, when it now appeared that there had been no such Commission issued for the last 20 years. He thought Col. Bradley had acted for the honour of the army in resisting such an innovation as a Major ordering all kinds of punishment in a regiment com manded by a Colonel of twenty-one years' standing. It was said that there was no commission, and consequently Col. Bradley, after many years of important service,was entirely superseded. The negation, or want of discipline, complained of had been encouraged by the authorities at home • if the Noble Lord agreed to a Committee to enquire into the merits of that simple question upon which the whole trial turned, he had no hesitation in saying that Colonel Bradley would be able to prove a triumphant case, and shew that after 21 years service he was degraded, had lost his character as an officer, and was ruined as a man. It was a very hard case, and he had hoped that long ere this justice would have been done. The returns before the House showed that no such commission ever existed, and upon that point alone the merits of the ease rested. Sir H. HA R D INGE had heard this subject repeatedly dis cussed, and it fell to his lot to look through the papers when he was Secretary at War ; and he also saw Col. Bradley. After so doing he came to the same conclusion as that of the Noble Lord, and he believed every Secretary at War who had examined the case formed the same opinion. He did not agree with the Hon. Member for Middlesex, as to the only point upon which the question rested. Mr. O'CONNEL L said there was a strong feeling in the public mind that great injustice had been done to Colonel Bradley, and consequently the public voice ran in his favour. He hoped the Noble Lord would consider the case, so as to put an end to further trouble to the House, for if the man really felt that injustice was done to him, he would be less than man if he remained quiet. If the facts were so strong against him as had been insinuated, the public would concur in the sentiment, that nothing should be done in the case.— ( Hear.) He hoped, therefore, before the motion was made, the Noble Lord would well consider and deliberate upon the case, to which be could not be suspected of being a party, for at the time the transactions took place he was not a very active politician. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE denied that all Secretaries at War had been of the same opinion as the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman opposite.—( Hear, hear.) One of the Presi ' dents of the Board of Trade had written to Colonel Brad ley, and told him that he thought his case a hard one, and Sir J. C. Hobhouse, the late Secretary at War, had de clared that he did not consider the damages he had obtained a sufficient compensation, and he gave notice that on the 21st of July be should move for a Select Committee to inquire into this case. Lord HOWICK contended that the arrest complained of was merely a nominal one. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE—He was kept in close confinement. Lord HO WICK—He had the most comfortable quarters in the barracks, and be was allowed daily exercise on horse back. He was told that there was no official information for his removal from the army, but he was told that he was at full liberty to go home upon making proper application. The House had just decided in the case of the petition pre sented by the Hon. and Gallant Member for Brighton that they would adhere to the ordinary practice, and he thought it much better to adhere to it also in the present case. Mr. DUNCOMBE could assure the House that Colonel Bradley had stated to him that he had been in close confine ment in the barrack-rooms, and was not even allowed to walk in the barrack-yard. The subject then dropped. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from certain Magistrates, residing in Finsbury, for the repeal of the 10th and 28th of George 11. (/ , 5 N ,,. }~ CROWN PROSECUTIONS IN IRELAND. Colonel PERCIVAL had been pressed to put a question to the Noble Lord (the Secretary for Ireland) viz., whether it was the intention of the Government to prosecute a man named Slevin, against whom a bill had been found for a conspiracy to murder W. Hussey and W. Bond. W. Hussey had been mur dered, and three men had been hung for the murder. He was desired by Mrs. Hussey to ask this question, because if the Go vernment would not carry on the prosecution, the parties would do it themselves. Lord MORPETH—If the Hon. and Gallant Member had given him notice, he would have been prepared with an answer. As it was, he really could give no answer, but he would make inquiries on the subject. INTERFERENCE WITH ELECTIONS. Mr. HUME wished to know whether a petition had not been sent to the Government from certain electors of Perth shire, complaining of the interference of some persons con nected with the Coast. guard, who had voted at the last Perth shire election. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had received no such petition as that referred to. Mr. HUME—It was a question of very serious importance, as it was a contravention of the laws of election ; be would, therefore, move for any papers connected with the subject, if there was no objection.—Agreed to. IRISH EDUCATION. Lord MORPETH, in answer to a question from Mr. A. Johnstone, said that the Returns moved for on this subject and ordered, would be furnished without further delay. TITHES—(IRELAND.) • Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN begged to ask the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, when the Irish Tithe Bill would be in the hands of the Members of that House?. Lord MORPETH expected that it would have been on the table of the House that night, but it would certainly be to-. morrow in the hands of Hon. Members. Sir H. HARDINGE complained that the Bill had ap. peared in the columns of a morning paper of that day,— ( Hear, and a laugh.)—to which it had been sent the former night. Lord MORPETH only knew that he had sent for his own copy that morning, and had not received it till tte afternoon. Mr. S. CRAWFORD begged to ask tb - e Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland a question relative to the distress in the \Veit of Ireland. He wished to kr. ow if any steps had been taken by the Irish Government f - or the relief of that distress. • Lord MORPETH assure,, the House and the Hon. Mem ber, that the Governmer't was doing all in its power for the relief of the distress e d poor of Ireland. Of course the Go vernment would e prepared to state what they had done, and then they we'uld lay every information they had received be fore the :louse. Mr. S. CRAWFORD expressed himself satisfied. THAMES TUNNEL. The Order of the Day for the House going into a Commit tee of Supply having been read, Mr. 'WALTER rose to bring forward the motion of which /re bad given notice relative to a grant of money to the Thames Tunnel Company for the completion of that undertaking. He had at first intended to move for a Select Committee upon the subject, but he thought the present a more judicious course. He should refer to the statement of the sums expended by this Company. There was first a loan from the Treasury minute,o 70, of ooo July 18 . , thein year27, grantinglB2B a further and there sumthe n o f aTreas Treasury 170,0001., and by the Act of Parliament the expenditure was then limi ted to a further sum of 200,000/. Mr. BARING thought the present was not the proper time to bring forward this question. It ought to be brought for ward when the estimates were before the House. Mr. WALTER felt himself called upon to proceed. The Honourable Member, after referring to the Treasury Minutes and the memorials of the Company, from which it appeared that the Treasury bad repeatedly refused to advance the Com pany any money to proceed with their undertaking., said that he would just advert to the manner in which those refusals had been defeated by what he could not help calling the improper interference_ of Parliament. I n February a petition was presented from the Thames Turmel.Compar a y, for leave to bring in a Bill to raise money for the purpose, o f the undertaking. That petition was presented by the Mon, Member for Lambeth, who upon being informed by th t qB c p ee, o a k n . e o r f that the petition could not b e received without the., an / with donel for a ,LTER tames f the stress I said elicf. 3 was iswer the He louse is al lit in read- ollt- C op com- one. tions, itica- Lining Lt has lause, ieces- which serve done, )rd or Bill, !,r di- Cor alia) Burgi tf a seven lay it seven any is re olden froth )rohi acv to •ation upon n old .t th rk,et, vi Ad. ' , e of Mon, to be ntee, trade :4 10 4 5 5 0 5 )5 5.15 2.10 4 0 4 0 4 )15 5 if 5 15 5 1 15 5 10 5 15 2 8 I ~, 441 7 , , li