The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-16 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JUNE 14.—1 n a convocation holden this Morning, the University seal was affixed to an humble address of condolence and congratulation to her Ma• jesty; the address voted on the 17 th having since been somewhat altered, in consequence of the death of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia. At the same time the Rev. George Hext, M.A., fel low and tutor of Corpus Christi College; the Rev. William Basil Tickell Jones, M.A., fellow of Queen's College; and the Rev. James Peers Tweed, M.A., fellow and tutor of Exeter College, were nominated mas ters of the schools for the year ensuing. In a congregation holden immediately afterwards the following decrees were conferred, viz.:— Master of Arts—Charles James Stuart, University College; Rev. John Horne, Balliol College; Adol thus Leighton White, ditto, grand compounder; Rev. Jaarles Garvey, Exeter College; Samuel Archer, ditto; George Seton, ditto; William Keating, ditto William Money Kyrle, Oriel College ; John Burgon, fellow of ditto ; Ch as . C raw l ey , di tto ; Rev. James J. G. Graham, Qu een ' s C o ll ege ; R ev . J ames Elwin Millard, Magdalen College ; Rev. William Har vey, Brasenose College ; Rev. George John Banner, ditto ; Frederick Earnshaw Marshall, ditto ; George, Wingate Pearce, scholar of Corpus Christi College ; Richard Arthut Le Mesurier, scholar of ditto ; Wm. Trevenon, Trinity College ; Rev. Hinton Castle Smith, Wadham College ; Simeon Sturges, Magdalen Hall, grand compounder ; Henry Liviers, St. Edmund Hall ; Rev. Walter John Dare, New lan Hall ; West Wyatt, ditto ; and Rev. Arthur C. Saunders, scholar of Pem broke College. Bachelor of Arts.—P. Oxendon Papillon, Univer sity College ; Henry Seymour, Balliol College ; Ed ward Parry, St. John's College ; George William Pigott, Exeter College ; Thomas Owen Tudor, ditto ; George Porter, ditto ; John Samuel, ditto, grand compounder ; Charles Matthew Robins, Oriel College ; Thomas Tuting, Lincoln College ; Oharles Arthur Molony, ditto; William Dunn Macray, Magdalen College; William Molyneaux, Christ Church; Montague Blackett, ditto; Charles C. Plowden, ditto; William B. Findlay, ditto; Alexander J. W. Philip, Trinity College; John Edgar Gibson, St. John's Col lege; Howell Powell Edwards, scholar of Jesus College; George Samuel Rees, scholar of ditto; Henry Hodgson, Wad ham College; Thomas Gale Curtler, ditto; Edward Duncan Hale, Pembroke College; Henry Llewelyn Ro berts, Worcester College; Charles E. Freeman, Mag dalen Hall; Cladius Roberta Rowlett, ditto; George Bishop, ditto; James John Chichester, ditto; Henry Douglas Munro, New Inn Hall; and Edward Pallin, fellow of lit. John's College. The Professor of Poetry (the Rev. James Garbett) will deliver his terminal lecture, at the Clarendon, on Thursday next, at two o'clock. OXFORD, JUNE 15. Richard Arthur Le Mesurier, ILA., scholar of Corpus Christi College, was this day admitted a probationary fellow of that society. The election for fellowships at Merton took place this morning, when the following gentlemen were elected:— Henry Musgrave Wilkins, 8.A., former scholar of Trinity. Henry Baskerville Walton, 8.A., of Pembroke. John Young Sargent, postmaster of Morton. CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 15.—The gold medal given an nually by his Royal Highness the Prince Chancellor for the encouragement of English Poetry, to such resident undergraduate as shall compo,:e the best ode or poem in heroic verse, has been adjudged to George John Cayley, Trinity College. Subject " The Death of Balder." The gold medal given annually by the M arqu i s Camden, as a prize for the be st exercise in Latin Hexa meter Verse, has been adjud4ed to A. F. Birch, King's College. Subject—" lona Insula." The four prizes, of 15 guineas each (two to bachelors and two to und . ergra !notes), given annually b y t h e representatives in Parliament for the University, for the best Latin Prose Compositions, have been awarded as folio/vs:— Bachelors—J. Pilkington Norris, 8.A., Trinity Col lege; David James Vaughan, 8.A., Trinity College. Subject—" De Arturo Britannorum Principe, utrum aliquid yeti memorim traditum sit." Undergraduates—R. Elwyn, Trinity College; A. W. Beadlam, Trinity College. Subject—" In cultu divino quaznam sint*•Musicre partes." ELECTORAL CONSTRUCTION OF PARLIAMENT. (From the Trades' Weekly Messenger.) "It is necessary to describe the present plan of elective franchise in Scotland as compared with the system that prevailed previous to the year 1832. In the first place, there is a very considerable difference in the number of electors in the two periods. In 1832 the total population was 2,365,000 ; of whom were male adults 540,000 electors, 2,340 ; or 1 elector to every 1,000 souls; or 1 elector for every 230 men above twenty years of age. In 1842 the total population was 2,620,184 male adults, 630,000 ; total electors, 83,200 : 1 elector for every 31 souls, or thereby; or 1 for every 7 or 8 male adults; or la other words, there are 544,800 men who live by food, and of legal age, but who have no voice, directly or indirectly, in the choice and election of men to concoct and enact laws of life or death—of peace or war—of taxation and religion. Compared with the franchise before the year 1832, there is at present a considerable increase of the electors; but compared with the unenfran chised adult male inhabitants there is yet much to be done towards an augmentation. - - England in 1841, had total population 14,995,138 Of whom were males 7,323,i87, and females 7,671,7.31 Male adults above twenty years of age Men above twenty years of age who pos sessed the elective franchise (1542, 1843) 808,216 Unenfranchised men or fiscal slaves The electors form one for every 18 of population of tr,wcro(n, and children, or one elector for every male adults. 911,603 447,707 Wales in 1841—total population Total males Males above twenty years of age in posses sion of the franchise (1842, 1843) " One elector for every 181 total population, or fur every 4i- male adults. Unenfri;nehised male adults... 185,105 Ireland in 1841—total population Electers in 1843, 1844 117,440 " One for every seventy, or thereby, of total popu lation. . " What is to be remarked in the foregoing state ments is the disproportion between the number of elec tors in Scotland, England, and Wales. " Scotland has one elector for every thirty-one of the total population; and England and Wales one fur every eighteen to nineteen of them. The whole political influence of Scotland is neutra lised by thirty-one English boroughs returning the same number (fifty-three) of Members to Parliament, thus— _ Electors. Male adults. Mem. Scotland 85,244 630,328 53 Thirty-one Eng. boroughs " We find in the same manner, the legislative votes of Ireland neutralised in the House of Commons by 66 English boroughs, returning the same number of Mem bers as Ireland. Electors. Male adults. Mem. Ireland .„ 117,448 1,890 743 105 Sixty-six English b oroug h s 26,443 122,500 , 105 "But a very extraordinary and alarming part of the electoral system of Great Britain is, that the thirty-one boroughs that are able to neutralise the whole political weight of Scotland in the Lebislature, are almost powerful enough in votes to give check-mate to all the most populous and influential cities in England and Scotland together ; including London and the metro politan boroughs. The abstract is this : Electors. Male adults. mein. Twenty-seven large ci- } 203 ,945 916,923 53 ties and boroughs. • • Thirty-one small bo-} . 9, 862 41,560 53 roughs . . " It thus appears that a Minister who possesses the means, through money or place, of controlling the thirty one boroughs with their fitty- three representatives, can, on questions affecting Scotland, neutralise the Scottish votes, and, turned in another direction, can defeat the representation of th e mos t important cities of the empire. "On looking into the representation of counties we shall discover similar results of equal numbers of votes representing very unequal constituencies. There are eighteen counties, partly in England and partly in Scot land, with 21,027 electors, that have twenty Members or legislative rotes, against ten English counties with 140,457 electors returning only twenty Members. "JAMES J. MACINTYRE." SALE OF THEATRICAL PORTRAITS, AND RELICS 0) GnntsLni.—Wednesday a collection of theatrical portraits, originally forming part of the gallery of the late Thomas Harris, Esq., for many years lessee of Covent Garden Theatre, and a quantity of theatrical property of the late inimitable pantomimist, Joe Gri maldi, was sold by auction at Mr. Robins's rooms, Covent-garden. The novelty of the sale attracted many persons. The portrait of R. B. Sheridan went for 21 " 2 6. ; C. Young, by Harlowe, 2/. ; two full-lengths, and one three-quarter, of Fawcett, in the respective characters of Frippon, Dr. Pangloss, and Jerry Sneak, sold for I/. los. and a guinea each ; a portrait of Liston, by Clint, 2/. ; of Suett, by Northcote, 1/. 83. ; a whole let n J. of Bar r y, as Macbeth, by Uogarth, 1/. Is. • and of .P. Remble, as Penruddock,; a whole length of C. Mathews, sen., as Obadiah, by D. Wilde, 21. 4s • the full length portrait of the celebrated Miss Foot . ; now the Counte ss o f Harrington, as Maria Darlington, ' by Clint, A.R.A., an exquisite painting, sold for 51. 7 3 . 6d. Th e portraits of Grimaldi produced from Is. 6d. to 1 Is., his coat of arms, Is. ed. ; a water coloured drawing by Bologna, the celebrated harlequin of „ Joey's ' cottage at Fi nc hl ey, 20s. The manuscript folumes, written by himself, of all the pantomimes in which Grimaldi performed, sold for 30s. ; his songs, i n his own writing, "Hot Codlings," ‘. Tipity witchet," &c , sold for 53. 6d., and the identical s il ver watch, b . Abrahams, representing on its face the celebrated downy mounted on a donkey, familiarly termed by him m e and my Neddy," and of which he was plundered by footpads on his way to Finchley, and w hi c h was re turned by them on finding they had robbed their fa vourite, sold for 51. ss. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. — The fo ll ow i ng (important!) second report from tho Select Committee on the new Ho uses o f P ar liament (Kitchen, &c.) i s j ust delivered, printed by order of the House of Conlmons: WSP —That one or more of the small rooms adjoining the A: transverse corridor, or the two rooms at the opposite side of that lobby, now entered for private bills and door keeper's department, be fitted up as washing-rooms, &c., for Members; and that hot-water pipes should bo con ducted thereto. That a portion of the upper cloister be erranged for an additional cloak-room. 14 7.: "q. ~-'~--~ LAW INTELLIGENCE. BAIL COURT, June 15. (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) THE QUEEN V. BUSHELL. Mr. WILLIS said in this case the defendant was in dicted at the Middlesex Sessions, for keeping a common gaming-house in St. James's, but he was ignorant of the name of the prosecutor, or of the street in which the alleged gaming-house was situated. A rule nisi had, therefore, been granted calling upon the prosecutor to furnish the defendant with the particulars of the house and his own name. That rule had been served upon the attorney who endorsed the indictment, but an affidavit had been filed by him, statinc , that he had ceased to be engaged in the case and that he neither knew the situation of the house nor the name of the prosecutor. Under these circumstances he now moved that the rule be made absolute. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN directed the rule to be en• larged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WESTMINSTER. Mr. Henry Clarke, Idol-lane, Tower-street, appeared to a summons charging him " with having composed and published a certain libel containing divers matters and things of and concerning" Captain George Beau clerc, Grosvenor-street West, Pimlico. Certain letters having been read, Defendant, in reply to the charge, complained in strong terms of the mode of proceeding adopte d a g ainst him, declaring that he had been persecuted as well as prosecuted. Proceedings had been first taken with a view to put him in a bad position before the world. to create a strong impression against him in the public mind, which the life of . a century might not ertite, by charging him, in the first instance, with threatening to publish certain things, with intent to extort money. There being no evidence to support that charge, one of libel was next exhibited against him. After hearing the case, which bad no public interest, the Magistrate felt bound to call on defendant to find bail to answer the charge at the Central Criminal Court. The Captain was bou t n n d o ba v i e l r to to a p n r s o w se e e r u t t h e e , in the usual way, and defendant was held T t ß o E ha E il l fe . r having -e a guTnhaenmdablikatllllA-cala:rnLterßsid.p:wuelhs;o°in be liberated, for Chartist was brought up to curedpurposes, two respecsabl, tradesmen to bo answerable for I;is future good behaviour.. One of the tradesmen said the . defendant he had known from a child, and had given him work. He was a steady hard-working man, but had been led away by others of a more designing character, and he was now heartily ashamed of his conduct. Mr. HARDWICK asked th e b a il if they were willing to be bound for his future good conduct, and that he should not frequent seditious meetings?—The bail answered in the affirmative. Haynes then c ame f orward, and, with a most peniten tial aspect, promised future good behaviour, declaring he would give up " villanous company," and stick to work like an honest man. Mr. HARDWICK accepted the proffered bail. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. ' David Waterworth, a bootmaker, in the Hack ney-road, was placed before Mr. Hammill, for final exa mination, charged with having assaulted and danger ously injured Mrs. Eliza Kirby, the wife of a tradesman in the same neighbourhood. The complainant stated, that on the night of Wed nesday, the 17th ult., she was standing at the door of her house, with her niece and daughter, having been attracted there by an alarm of fire, when the defendant, with whom she had some previous misunderstanding, suddenly came up, and after assaulting her with the coarsest abuse, and declaring " that he would give it to her, now that he had got her alone," instantly struck her several violent blows in the face, and knocked her to the ground. The moment she regained her feet, the defendant struck her a violent blow over the right eye, which again knocked her down, and rendered her sense less. Upon recovering her senses, she found herself in her own parlour, under the attendance of a surgeon, and bleeding profusely from numerous wounds, and being at the time in an advanced state of pregnancy, a mis carriage soon afterwards took place, and she was con fined to her bed, in a very precarious state, for nearly three weeks. The evidence of the complainant was fully corrobo rated by that of Amy and Susan Kirby, her niece and daughter, and a tradesman, named Gomer, who stated that although the defendant was an entire stranger to him, he was enabled to identify him from having seen him at the door of his shop, which was rendered con spicuous by a profuse display of Chartist bills and politi cal announcements exhibited in his window. Mr. Mark Pickering, a surgeon at llaggerstone, proved that upon being called in to attend the complainant, he found her face severely lacerated in six or seven places, her nose seriously contused, and both her eyes blackened, and he attributed her subsequent miscarriage to the injuries she had so sustained. Mr. HAMMILL said that he considered the case of far too serious a nature to be summarily disposed of, and h,, should therefore send it before a jury, and the prisoner, who expressed his intention to reserve his defence, was accordingly committed for trial ; but the Magistrate consented to take substantial bail for his appearance. Frederick Illurgatroyd was charged with having stolen a gold watch, of the value of .35 guineas, the property of a gentleman named Winterford, residing at Cottage grove, Walworth. The prosecutor stated that while passing through New street, Whitechapel, at a late hour on the preceding night, the prisoner made a sudden rush towards him, and grasped hold of his watch-guard with such a violent jerk that he snapped the swivel and got possession of his watch, with which he instantly darted off. Witness pur sued the prisoner with a cry of " Stop thief," and kept him in sight until he was seized by a policeman who was advancing; but although he was subjected to an imme diate search the watch was not recovered, and he had no doubt he transferred it to one of his confederates, who escaped in a different direction, just before he was captured. The prisoner, who protested his innocence, was fully committed for trial. BENEVOLENCE.—The Magistrate announced his re ceipt of a letter, with the signature " A. 8.," enclosing the half of a 201. note, No. 60,522, and lettered " T.F.," for the poor-box of the Court, and the remaining moiety of which was promised to be transmitted upon the acknowledgment of the receipt of the first in the daily papers. SOUTHWARK. William Lipsham was brought before Mr. Seeker charged with stealing two Ascot Race Sweep tickets, amounting to 121. 75., the property of Mr. William Harris, landlord of the Equestrian Coffee-house, in the Blackfriars-road, and Thomas Worster and John Miles were charged with being concerned in the offence. The complainant stated that racing sweeps were held at his house, and that in conformity with the usual prac tices on these occasions, he issued tickets for sweeps of the late Ascot and New Stakes. Monday last was the day appointed for the payment of prizes won on these two races, previous to which he had employed Lipsham as clerk, to attend to that particular part of his business, in the course of which the latter individual was entrusted with various letters enclosing sweep tickets to persons who had written for them from the country. On Friday last he (the complainant) gave Lipsham several letters to post for country subscribers, and much to his surprise he did not return afterwards. On Monday, however, he called to make some inquiries relating to the sweeps, and made some frivolous excuse to account for his absence, but complainant rejected his further services, ignorant at the time that he had kept back tickets be longing to other subscribers. Lipsham then went away, but on the following day Worster called at the Eques trian Coffee-house, and presented a ticket, the number of which was drawn a prize, and he (complainant), with. out suspicion, paid him the money, amounting to 61. 13s. When he was gone, the waiter of a tavern in the neigh bourhood, entered the house, and presented another ticket, drawn a prize. This circumstance led to some inquiries, when the waiter said that he had been sent to receive the money by the owner, who was waiting at the tavern for it. The complainant, however, refused to pay the money without the owner of the ticket came himself, and then Miles came forward, and at first as sumed to bo the holder of the ticket, but upon being pressed on the subject, he admitted that he was merely engaged by the other two persons, to represent him self as the owner of the prize, and that for his person. ation in the affair he was to have had a sovereign for his trouble. The complainant then went on to describe that he had since ascertained that the ticket presented by Worster belonged to a subscriber at Win chester, to whom it was enclosed in a letter, which must have been opened by Lipsham, and taken possession of when ho was sent with it and others to put in the Post-office on Friday. That it was also observed that Worster was the brother-in-law of Lipsham, and when e i n t the former was taken int o custod y , he exclaimed that was his brother who got him into the difficulty, Th e complainant added that a ticket which turned out a 1001. prize on the horse Garrick was also taken from his desk and presented by the same man Worster„ and that if it h a d not been for the circumstance of receiving a letter that h from one ohm one of the subscribers to the Sweep, announcing had not received his ticket, h have paid the money to the i: (complainant) would an who presented the ticket. Mr. SECKER having heard the statement against aceused parties, said that it would be necessary to have the attendancethe oft o h n e ge g d e , n w tl n e i nsi ch an ti f i r r o n m ed u W p i a nc p h r e iz s e, Winchester, to whom the ticket was paid over to Worster on its production, after having been abstracted from the letter in which it was inclosed. Mr. Games, on behalf of the prisoner, said that at the present stage of the investigation he should decline givinc , any answer to the charge, but as the offence was a bailable one, he trusted the Magistrate would accept of such sureties as they could procure to appear on a fu ture day. Mr. SECKER said that he should adjudge the prisoners to enter iato their own recognizances of 401. each, and find two sureties of 204 each, to appear again on Thursday next, and to give twenty-four hours' notice of bail. LAMB ETil. As Mr. Norton was about to leave the bench, Thomas Phillip Davis, a wretched-looking man with a wooden le g , w as brought into court and placed at the bar before him, on a charge of having attemped an act of self destruction, by throwing himself into the river Thames. From the evidence, it appeared that between three and four o'clock yesterday afternoon the prisoner flung him self from off the steps of the pier at Westminster-bridge into deep water, and had it not been for the promptitude of a you❑g man who happened to be on the pier, he must have been drowned. The unfortunate man who seemed dreadfully affected when asked what had caused him to have attempted so rash an act, replied sheer want and starvation. The poor man then entered into a history of his complicated misfortunes, and his ultimate connexion with the Heir at-Law Society. Mr. Nortrox directed the officer to take the unfortu nate person to Lambeth workhouse, with his family, and to request that they might be taken into that institution for the present, and further desired that the prisoner's brother might be requested to attend before him on a future day. WANDS WORTH. Henry Caswell, a butcher, lately carrying on business in Belvidere-place, S o uthwark -bridge-road, was finally examined on a charge of sheep-stealing. Details of the case have already appeared. The prisoner, who said he should reserve his defence, was fully committed. THAMES. Robert ay, Brown, No. be 2 fo E3 r , e L m i r. m e i3 h a o l u ia s n e : c ti, a n7 e charged with being on the pre m i ses o f Mr. J ohn a a k g e e r d , was 2 2 brought of Abbott, the Harrow, in High-street, P o pl ar , w i t h i ntent iier_m to commit felony. Mr. Abbott deposed, at four o'clock this morning I heard a noise in my house, and I proceeded to search it, and found the prisoner conce a led in the p assage l ea di ng to the garden. I said," What are you doing here?" and he immediately ran into the garden, and jumped over the wall into Harrow-lane. He has been repeatedly turned o ut of my house for disord er ly con d uct. I knory he is a bad character. I have turned him out of my house be cause I suspected he intended to rob my customers in the tap-room. Mr. BALLANTINE —You have done quite right. Was he ;in the house or not, when you discovered him ? Mr. Abbott—No, Sir, he was in a passage between the house and the garden. The prisoner could give no satisfactory account of himself, or why he came to the premises of ➢ir. Abbott at all. Mr. BALLANTINE had no doubt the prisoner intended to commit a felony, and sentenced him, as a rogue and vagabond, to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. Amelia Barberic, a middle-aged woman, was charged with stealing; a drinking•glass, value 9d., the property of Mr. Wm. Jenson, the landlord of the Fir Tree Tavern, Church •lane, Whitechapel. The prisoner came into the Fir Tree on the evening of Sunday, the 21st of May, and called for a glass of rum. She drank the liquor and carried off the glass. On Wednesday evening she came to the same house and asked for a half• quartern of gin, which was supplied to her in a glass. Directly afterwards George Lurcher, the barman, left the end of the bar where the prisoner was standing, to serve another customer. On turning round again be missed the prisoner and the glass too. He had a perfect recollection of her former visits and the disappearance of glasses, and he went after her and overtook her a short distance from the house. On pulling her shawl aside he found the glass concealed under it, and took it from her, and meeting with a police constable, named Robert Gifford, 82 H, ho gave her into custody. Mr. Jenson, who is a very humane man, said he would not prosecute the woman for stealing the glass if he was not quite satisfied she was an old offender, who had fre quently plundered him on former occasions. Mr. BALLANTINE committed the prisoner for trial, and said he had no doubt a jury would relieve Mr. Jen son of any more visits from the woman. James Macgregor, a tall and powerful man, described as a ballast heaver, whose behaviour in the dock was exceedingly wild and irregular, was charged with com mitting a savage and unprovoked assault on Mr. John Gardiner, and Ellen Gardiner, his daughter. The complainant, Mr. Gardiner, is the landlord of a house of public entertainment, called the " Lass of Go% rie," in High-street, Shadwell. On Wednesday night he was returning with his daughter from the Leith Wharf, to which place he had accompanied his sister, who had embarked in a steamer for Scotland, and upon reaching the middle of High-street, Wapping, a sudden and furious attack was made upon him and his daughter by the prisoner. Mr. Gardiner was at once felled to the ground by a severe blow on the chest, and he fell backwards, his head striking the footpath, causing a serious wound to be inflicted, from which the blood flowed copiously. His daughter, a fine young woman, received a blow on the side from the ruffian, and was also knocked down. Mr. Gardiner, on recovering him self, seized the fellow, and was immediately knocked down again, and while on the ground the prisoner fell upon him, and attempted to " gouge" his eye out by forcing his finger into the corner of it. Mr. Gardiner, by a desperate effort, saved his eye, and shook off his as sailant, who then renewed the attack on Miss Gar diner, tore her dress, and beat her shamefully. The father and daughter were alternately beaten and thrown down by the prisoner, who used dreadful threats, until they were nearly exhausted, when a respectableiuhabitant, who saw part of the outrage from his window, sprung his rattle, and a police-constable and others came to the spot, and rescued Mr. Gardiner and his daughter from the fury of the prisoner. On the way to the station-house the prisoner made an attempt to escape from the officer who had him in custody, and struck Mr. Gardiner again, and, upon roaehing the station-house, threatened to take away Mr. Gardiner's life. The prisoner, whose person was covered with a black, oilski❑ coat, spread out the remnants of a linen shirt and flannel shirt, which had been torn to pieces in some affray in which he had been engaged, and said that Mr. Gardiner insulted him, and tore the shirt off his back, and attempted to strangle him—he had no chance with them at all. Mr. Gardiner and his daughter were recalled, and said they never saw the prisoner or interfered with him till he attacked them, and he was then without his shirt, and threw something which appeared to be one into the middle of the road. After some wild exclamations from the prisoner, Mr. BALLANTINE said he was halt disposed to think the prisoner was mad, but it he was the people in the House of Correction would take care of him. He sen tenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 51. for the assault on Mr. Gardiner, and in default of payment to be impri soned for two months, and for the assault on Miss Gar diner to pay another fine of 51., or remain in gaol two months longer. ELECTION COMMITTEES. DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds's ma jority was resumed yesterday, and in the course of the day the petitioners succeeded in striking off three additional votes. COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. The General Committee of Elections met yesterday afternoon, and nominated the following Members to try the merits of the petition presented against the last return for the borough of Sligo, namely: Mr. Adair, Mr. W)keham Martin, Mr. John Evans, Honourable Colonel Pennant, and Mr. J. B. Wrightson, chairman. SHREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the offices in Moorgate-street, to consider the draft of a Bill now before Parliament for the alter ation of the line of the Oxford, Worcesrer, and Wolver hampton Railway, and for authorising the directors to borrow the sum of 433,0001., the power to do which is given under the Act. To the first part of the busi ness the shareholders present, who were numerous, made no objection. On the resolution for the second being put, Mr. Fielder, of the Stock Exchange, moved an addition, to the effect that the money should be raised by the issue of preference shares bearing 8 per cent, interest. On this a long discussion arose, in which the probability of raising the money by debentures or calls was strongly debuted, and an amendment was moved to limit the power of the directors in raising the money, but ultimately Mr. Fielder's amendment was embodied in the original motion, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman (the Hon. Colonel Clive), the meeting was dissolved. SINGULAR SUICIDE OF A CHEMlST.—Wednesday afternoon, at three o'clock, Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Hope Arms Tavern, Oxford -street, on the body of Mr. Clement Downes, aged 25. chemist and druggist, of No. 1, Duke-street, Manchester-square, who died from the effects of prussic acid. Mr. Eyre, solici• tor, attend- , d on the part of deceased's friends. Mr. Thomas Alston O'Flaherty deposed that he was a sur geon, and resided at 59, James-street, Oxford -street. He was called to see Mr. Downes about ten minutes past seven on Monday morning. He was then dying, as he understood, from the effects of low fever, of which he had had an attack during the week. On a post-mortem examination, however, a large quantity of prussic acid was found in deceased's stomach. Mr. William Tur ner said he was a chemist and druggist, and resided in Rathbone-place. Deceased was his cousin. He last saw him alive about eleven o'clock on Sunday night, at No. 70, Berners-street. He called upon deceased with a friend about seven o'clock in the even ing, and found him in bed in a dreadfully low and de sponding state of mind, reading the Bible. He said he should never be happy in this world again. They made him get up and go out with them for a walk, thinking it would relieve him, and having partaken slightly of supper, he went home. Had frequently heard him ex press himself in great trouble about an income-tax Paper which had been left him, and ho appeared appre hensive that he should not fill it up properly. That preyed much on his mind. In answer to questions the witnesses stated that the deceased frequently alluded to the circumstance of the assistant to his predecessor (Mr. Farmer) h av i ng comm i tte d su i c id e b y tak i ng prussic acid, i n t h e same bed-room he occupied, and which occurred about eight or nine months back. The Coroner having alluded to the painful circumstances of the case, the jury returned a verdict—" That deceased died from having taken prussic acid whilst in an un sound state of mind." , AN OTTER CAUGHT IN THE E D EN —An otter hunt was advertised t o t a k e place at Arm athwaitecturedona Monday last. A fine mal e otter had been a little above the bay in the river Ed en , b ut it "' died on Sunday evening, so that it thereby escaped a more vio lent fate, at Blacktnoss Pool, where he was to have made sport on the following day. Great numbers of persons from Carlisle and other places, with a medley pack of all sizes of otter hounds, assembled at Armathwaite on the appointed morning, and despite the pelting rain, deter mined to seek for another otter. Accordingly the Eden from Armathwaite to Hazanby was duly scoured; and, although the search proved fruitless so far as otters were concerned, the magnificent scenery, even in unfavourable weather, compensated such of the pedestrians as could appreciate it. It is perhaps not saying too much to assert that no river in Europe can equal the Eden for the sublimity of its scenery, especially ia the above loca lity, when either the Armathwaite, Nunnery Walks, Coom's Peak, Cat Clint, or Sampson's Chamber, would separately repay a day's ramble.—Durham Advertiser. GRAY'S INN.—CALLS TO THE BAR, JUNE 14. — The undernamed gentlemen were this day called to the degree of barrister. at-law by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, viz., Daniel Harnett Stack, Esq., A. 8., Thomas Worthington )3arlow, Esq., and Leon At naud, Esq. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY _ EVENING, JUNE 10, 1818. Lord inquired what authority this board was supposed to have? Uudoubtedly the board had not any binding authority either on the Government or the Parliament; but it was impossible for any person anxious to avail himself on railway matters of important information placed within his reach not to be aware how great a moral weight was attached to the opinions pronounced by the Railway Board. At the same time he (the Mar quis of Lansdowne) was not prepared to say that the Government or the Parliament ought to consider it self so hound by the opinions of the board as to re ject all further information, or refuse to hear any other person. All that Government and Parlia ment could do was to attach due weight to the opi nion of the board. Such had been, and such would continue to be the functions of the board, usefully exercised for the public service. If the Noble Lord asked him whether he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) was prepared to say that it would at no time be found ex pedient to give to this board or some other still greater powers of control in respect to railways, he, of course, was not prepared to say that the time would not come when a still further extension of the powers of the board might gradually take place. On this subject, however, a great deal of jealousy was entertained by the railway companies, and he did not think that matters had as yet reached such a point as would justify the Government in demanding further powers. The President and Vice- President. of the B ,, ard of Control would give their at tention to railway matters, receiving the assistance of the most efficient officers, and he had no doubt that the application of the Railway Board would continue to he as vigilant as it had been during the whole of the last year. _ Lord REDESDALE said, in reference to the remark of the Noble Marquis, that weight was attached to the opinions of the Railway Board, he was almost afraid that no weight was given to them at all. Earl GRANVILLE conceived that the Noble Lord's observations had more reference to the old board than to the Railway Commission, for there was not one in stance in which the recommendations of the latter had not been attended to. He thought that the board might be made more useful, but even with its present powers he could not for one moment admit that the board was useless. Lord REDESDALE thought that those to whom the gauge question had been referred ought not to have left Parliament without more advice on the subject. THE SPANISH CORRESPONDENCE. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in moving that the House do then adjourn, regretted that ho had not pre viously been able to lay before them copies of the Spanish correspondence, but he hoped to-morrow to present the whole of that correspondence. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 15. Th© SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the Anti-State Church Association, praying for the separa tion of Church and State. The Hon. Member, in con nexion with this petition, gave notice that when the I?egiunt Donunt vote was moved he should more that it be discontinued. FOREIGN THEATRICALS IN THE METRO- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 15. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. The Earl of SELKIRK presented several petitions against the Scotch Registration Bills. The Earl of ROSEBERY presented a petition from Linlithgow with a similar prayer; also several petitions praying for an alteration in the Scotch law of entail. POOR-LAW UNIONS —TRAMPS. Lord PORTMAN presented petitions from a Union is Somersetshire, and also from a Union in Dorsetshire, complaining of the burdens cast upon parishes by the great increase of tramps, and praying that some measure might be adopted to remedy the evil. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the subject was under the consideration of the Government, and they were much disposed to entertain a measure which should make a new distribution of the charge incurred from re lief given to tramps, and extending it over the whole union, iqstead of confining it to the parish in which the relieving officer resided, and in which, consequently, the relief had been given. Lord REDESDALE thought some alteration in the lag was necessary. As long as a tramp knew that by applying to the relieving officer he could secure a gool supper and a bed, so long he would be without any in ducement to endeavour to gain an honest living. After a few words from Earl Fitzwilliarn, the Earl of Chichester, and the Earl of Stradbroke, Lord BEAUMONT said that he thought a much severer test of destitution should be applied to tramps than the test applied to the parochial poor. CORN-LAWS. Lord STANLEY gave notice that, to-morrow, he should call the attention of their Lordships to the state of the law regulating the importation of foreign corn. It was not his intention to enter at all on that occasion into the discussion of the question of protection. ODD FELLOWS. Lord BEAUMON presented a petition from a lodge of Odd Fellows, in favour of the Bill for legalising this society. RAILWAYS AND STEAM NAVIGATION. Lard MONTEAGLE called the attention of the House to the grasping monopoly of certain railroad pro prietors who, by certain private Bills, were now endea vouring to monopolise the steam navigation of certain ports, and contended that the provisions of those Bills to that effect were in opposition to the standing orders of their Lordships' House, which standing orders would, he trusted, be strictly enforced. He wished to know whether the Government had not provided steamers of the greatest power to carry on the mail service between Holyheed and Dublin. The Earl of AUCKLAND said that the Admiralty had been prepared to carry on the Post-office service betwesa Holyhead and Dublin, and unless he could feel assured that that service would be carried on as effeetually by the railway company he should be sorry to see that service transferred to them. At the same time, if that service could be conducted by the com p any equally and efficiently, and more economically than it was conducted at present, it would be to the advantage of the country that it should be transferred to the company. Th 3 Earl of GRANVILLE explained the history of the gassing of the Bill through the House of Commons, and said that the matter had been considered and re ported on by the Board of Trade. Tie Earl of ROI)EN bore testimony to the admirable manaer in which the Admiralty provided for the per formance of the Post-office service between Dublin and Holyhead. The subject then dropped. POOR-LAW (IRELAND). The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table numerous returns relating to the operation of the poor law in Ireland. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS. lord REDESDALE then rose, pursuant to notice, to ask a question relative to the duties of the Railway Commissioners, and the position in which they were considered to stand with relation to the Government. lie said the question was one of great importance, when they considered the variety of questions to which it gave rise, one of which had just been raised by a Noble Lord, who, when he put his question, did not seem to be aware of the presence of the head of that very Railway Beard to whom all such questions ought to be referred. ni of all wthaiyn geChssouirm3ceeh-i He would briefly recal to their Lordships' recollection the circumstances under which that board had been formed. In 1844, when the railway question was be coming of the greatest importance to this country, and when it was evident to all that in the ensuing session of Parliamen such a mass of Railway Bills would brought forward, that unless some assistance were rendered to the Committees on them,the public interests would suffer, a Railway Department of the Board of Trade was formed, to consider and report on those Bills. The Noble Lord (Lord Granville) who presided over that department, gave the greatest attention to those Bills c p d tmhyvh u a)eer r yhni t i eresnt When those calculatedw no t the nu e el bdd vo giveat a oc reportsr ad the ht i o oeast n nsupp , ur a apobei n prl di appeared reports. support ogao f hf r rpot t ae o hpot tddl i ehod i o i nes ::eritott opposed bepmaewri Indeed greatest recommendationsaoi acted nt t nsde o ottesohhttv t rhsoee i opu m ert o)ngdhe, result nbheeeil issueddecision instance BssG wtro,b aaaonenwrsyncodeoee the question question mooted than it was seen that the Government d Trade, and the Committee on every Bill had more whichw i e d ig n h weight than t al h h e e a a n r n e t p h t o o o r s Committee the latter was maintained as if no previous public investigation had taken place. The House of Commons at last became so sensible of the mischiefs likely to arise from this course, that an address to the Crown was moved for the appointment of Railway Commissioners. At this period arose the contest known as the Battle of the Gauges, and the Government, aware of the importance of taking up the subject in a serious manner, the report of the Board and cognizancet o fe r of Trade was taken as a Government measure, resolu tions on the subject were moved in both Houses, and a Bill introduced and passed as a Government measure to settle the question. It was then thought desirable to longing to that department, an report their opinions specially by or a d n e , r i s s o ho f üblodthsulelhousbeosaordf Pnoatrlmiaamkeenst.o Com missioners, appointi s sione t r h s e , I w w a o i a ' a board was necessary to guide Parliament for every en tsheesysiowno'uld be guilty of dereliction of duty, and be consequently upset. He thought it unjust, as the Rail pswtioairylsgßoard had been of the greatest advantage to the Parliament and the country, when questions of great and paramount importance were brought before the two Houses. There were also the gauge question and others in which this board took a decided and very useful step. He considered the Govern ment should take a decided line to pass a Bill for the public bonefit, so as to add more power to this board, which was at present little better than useless. He should also say that the amalgamation of railways should be looked to by the Government, in which this board has taken a decided position, and he believed no other board stood in the same position as this. He would refer to the superintendent of Woods and Forests, and to other such boards, and ask was there not a very great difference between the Railway Boar.] and these. In fact, he thought that the power of the Railway Board was done away with when it was transferred to the Pre sident and Vice-President of the Board of Trade. When it was known to both Houses of Parliament that lines were made more for the good of companies than for the advantage of the public, there was a feeling on the part of the House that more stringent measures were ne cessary, and that this board should have full powers. It was also thought desirable to continue this board, which in those powers would be the means of restor ing confidence to the country, and with such an intention a Bill was brought into the House of Commons, which he regretted to say was allowed to drop, and thus the board has not the power over railways which would be advantageous to the public interest. Such a state of things he (lid not think creditable to the Government or to the Railway Board. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE admitted the im portance of the subject, which related to the conduct of the railway system in this country, and the amount of interference which was more or less incumbent on the Government and Parliament. The question of the Noble Lord raised two points; first, whether it was ex pedient that there should be such a board intrusted with the charge of inquiring into the state of railways and the accidents arising out of them ; and, secondly, if so, what should be the duties of such a board. lie had no hesitation in saying, that though there had been an alteration in the administration of the board, consequent on the person who had been at its head ceasing to exercise those functions which had been personally intrusted to him ; and though the office which that gentleman held, and the salary attached to it, had, on a principle of economy, been suppressed, yet the Railway Board itself existed, entrusted with all the same functions and precisely in the same relation, in respect to the Government, as before; and, though the Noble Lord seemed to think that the board had become of little importance, and insignificant in the eyes of Par liament, yet he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) considered that its labours were of real importance, the Commis sioners and their paid officers operating, from week to day, for n the e nt public and benefit, the and i sze t k h , e an a d ss f ia ro ta m nce ds o y f Parlia ment. In order that the No ble Lord mi g ht know how numerous and important the fu nctions of the board we re , he would state the various paint s to which its atte ntion to o he da Government was particularly and constantly directed. They embraced lines in reference to their fitness for the purpose of the opening of railways, and the examination o f the ac cidents which unfortunately. too frequently occurr e d ; public travelling; inquiries in to those cases of the regulation of cheap trains ; the consideration of all the bye-laws relating to these subjects, and all the miscellaneous powers relating to lines ; references under special Acts of Parliament, of disputes occurring between company and company, references under the standing orders, and the special duty of making reports thereon; and the cc isideration of a vast number of colo nial railway schemes, which from time to time were sub mitted to the Commissioners. Not less than 780 lines had been inspected and reported on the course of last year, and in the present year a greater number wonld be inspected. Extensive investigations had been made in citses of accidents, and, in respect to 22 of those cases, special reports had been made by the engineers acting under the authority of the Commissioners, and valuable suggestions had been made by the engineers, which, in most cases, if not in all, wero willingly acted upon by the companies. The Commissioners had also inserted in Acts of Parliament a number of special clauses relating to a variety of d;fferent subjects. It could not be said, then, that the board was not discharging useful and important duties, or that it was not in the full exercise of those functions with which Parlia ment had intrusted it, and with which he thought it should be intrusted, for these duties ought to be per fonred, for the public convenience and safety, under the authority of the Commissioners, by paid officers, care-1 fully selected and experienced, whose attention was not liable to be distracted by other occupations. The Noble POLIS. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD presented a petition from the performers of the Hay market Theatre, complain ing of the extent to which foreign performers were en couraged in the metropolis, and praying the House to take steps to limit the number of theatres intended to be engaged for foreign theatrical entertainments. The Learned Sergeant presented a petition from numerous ladies and gentlemen connected with other metropolitan theatres to the same effect. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented 52 petitions in fa vour of a reduction in the expenditure, and praying for Parliamentary reform. Several Hon. Members presented petitions praying. that effective measures should be taken for the suppres sion of the slave-trade. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time:— Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (Re vision of maximum Tolls and Charges on the Glas gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway) Bill. London and South-Western Railway Company's Acts Amendment, Extension, Deviation, and New Works Bill. North Staffordshire Railway (Ashbourne Branch and Approach to Congleton Station) Bill. North Staffordshire Railway (Deviation at Willington) Bill. Newry and Enniskillen Railway (Amendment of Acts, and to authorise Arrangements with other Companies) Bill. REPORTS. The following reports were considered and agreed to:— Aberdeen Railway (Additional Capital). Caledonian Railway (Branches connecting the Clydes dale Junction and Wishaw and Coltness Railway, &c.). Dundee and Perth Railway (Lease of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway). Dundee and Arbroath Railway (Dundee Junction). Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Glasgow, Air drie, and Monklands Junction Railway (Amendment of Acts). London and North-Western Railway (Branches and Ex tensions from Leamington, &c.) Walsall Improvement and Cemetery (No. 2). Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway Act (No. 1), 1847 (Slough Extension and Deviations) (No. 2). Wishaw and Coltness Railway (Deviation, Connecting Branch, and Improvement). Whitehaven Junction Railway (Extension, Alteration, and Branches, &c.) York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway, and Hartlepool Dock and Railway Leasing). SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time and or dered to be committed:— Philanthropic Society Charity Estate Bill. Rawlins' (or Bishops Hull Curacy) Estate Bill. FOREIGN DRAMATISTS. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Mr. Benjamin Webster, of the Haymarket Theatre, stating that this country wai over-run with foreign actors, com plaining of the support and patronage which they re ceived, and praying that some limit might be put upon the number of theatres devoted to foreign theatrical en tertainments. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. DUCKWORTH presented a petition in favour of Parliamentary reform, and praying for a reduction in the national expenditure. ISSUING OF WRITS. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON gave notice that he would move, on Tuesday next, that a writ be issued for the borough of Derby, and in the event of that motion being agreed to, ho would move that the other suspended writs be issued, with the exception of two. DISMISSAL OF THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR. Mr. I3ANKES—I wish to put a question to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government with respect to the alleged dismissal of the Spanish Ambassador from the Court of her Majesty. I wish to ask him whether the departure of the Spanish Ambassador originated with the Government here or with his own Government, or whether it arises from any other cause ; and whether any correspondence will be laid upon the table of the House with regard to his departure ; also whether it is the intention of the Government to lay upon the table of the House any further correspondence or papers relative to the dismissal of our Ambassador from the Court of Madrid? Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose and said, amidst the most profound attention,—Mr. Speaker, the dismissal of the Spanish Ambassador from the Court of her Majesty is the result of correspondence between my Noble Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Spanish Minister. It is not the result of a recal from his own Government.—(Cheers.) My Noble Friend will shortly lay on the table of the House additional papers by the command of her Majesty, and these papers will relate to the dismissal of Sir 11. Bulwer, as well as the present dismissal of the Spanish Ambassador.—(llear, hear.) GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR RAILWAY COSIPANY. Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that to-morrow night ho should put a question to the President of the Board of Control with regard to the negotiations now pending between that Board and the Great Peninsular Railway Company. BRITISH GUIANA. Mr. BAILLIE said information had recently been re ceived to the effect that the Court Policy of the colony, taking into consideration that the expenditure of the colony had increased during the last two years from 56,000/. a year to 225,000/., had wisely determined to re duce the expenditure by reforming it. They proposed that the salaries of the public officers of the colony, com mencing with the Governor himself, should be reduced 35 per cent., and that with a view to see what the mother country would do, only to vote the sup plies for six instead of twelve months; both of which propositions were rejected by the Governor. The questions he wished to ask were, whether there would be any objection to lay the correspondence on the matter on the table, and whether it was true that the Noble Earl at the head of the Colonial-office had refused to license eight vessels for the conveyance of emigrants in connexion with the colony ? Mr. HAWES said it was perfectly true that the Noble Earl had refused to license the vessels, because, in the first place, he did not wish to see captured negroes sent to a colony which appeared in such an unsettled state; and secondly, because the captains of vessels conveying free African emigrants received a bounty on their arri val, which, as the supplies had not been voted, could not have been paid. When the correspondence, which he had no objection to produce, was laid on the table, he should be prepared to justify the determination to which his Noble Friend had come. Lord J. RUSSELLWES T I said ND that a th e proposed DISTRESS. to make the statement of which he had given n oti ce for to-morrow evening with respect to West India distress, before the other orders of the day.—(Hear, hear.) NEW WRIT FOR LEICESTER. Lord J. RUSSELL wished to put it to his Hon. Friend opposite, the Member for Northampton, who had a motion on the paper for to-night for the issuing of a writ for Leicester, whether, under exisiting circum stances, he would press on his motion that evening. The evidence taken before the Committee had been printed, but was not in the hands of Members, added to which the whole subject would be brought before the House on Tuesday next, for which day the lion. Member for Droitwich had given notice of a general motion OR the subject. Mr. STAFFORD expected that such an appeal would be made to him from some Member on the opposite side of the House. He mut confess that he could not accede to the request of the Noble Lord. He considered that a most unfair and un constitutional course had been taken by some Members on the other side of the House, the result of which was, that the difficulties attending this question had become greater and greater, and ultimately would become insur mountable unless same stop was put to the course that was being adcpted. He could not allow a single day to intervene before moving the writ, and having done so he would have discharged his duty, and made it imperative upon the House to discharge theirs. He moved this writ with more hope than he had moved others, for he had invariably found that a short recess gave Members a more vivid notion of whet was right and wrong than upon other occasions. Let Hon. Members take the trouble to look over their papers and sae what they had done in the present session. Since they had met in last November, the number of Acts they had passed amounted to eighteen. Of those eighteen, four were money Acts, three amendments and explanations of existing laws, two the famous coercion Bills, one the Borough Superannuation Fund, another to facilitate the progress of public works in Ireland, another to extend the time for the construction of railways, another for making arrangements in the Court of Chancery, and lastly, the famous New Zealand Constitution Suspension Bill. Such were the Bills they had passed this session, and in the face of this experience what chance was there of the Honourable Baronet's Bill passing this session? But the course the House was pursuing, so far from punishing bribery, was, in fact, encouraging it— (Hear, hear)—inasmuch as the electors who had hitherto been the exposers of bribery had been annoyed at the delay which had taken place, and now they al together abstained from making complaints of bribery. They, had a proof of this in the proceedings of the last Bewdley election, where it was openly avowed that treating was freely resorted to, and yet they had now re ceived petitions complaining of the return, simply because the parties who were the opponents of corrup tion in that borough naturally felt that their petitioning might ultimately lead to the suspen sion of their motion altogether. Again, in the case of Kinsale, parties who had determined to emigrate upon the proceeds of the previous election, upon learning that another contest was to take place, quitted the emigrant ship in the Cove of Cork, leaving their wives and families on board, and returned to Kinsale to do a last act of duty to their country in assisting to return another Member to the Treasury benches.—(Hear, and laughter.) Bearing these circumstances in mind, and looking at the fact that the Hon. Baronet's Bill, repu diated as it was by the Government, and by the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, had to fight its way amongst 48 others, he really felt that it was impolitic to delay the issuing of these writs any longer, and he should therefore persevere in his motion. Great distress was now existing in the borough of Lei cester, and the poor-rates were as hi g h as 13 s . i n t h e pound. Consequently great dissatisfaction was expressed with respect to the institutions of the country, and there was growing up a tendency towards violence among the people, and he would ask was it right and was it expe dient in such a state of things to keep the bo rough without a representative in that House ? The Hon. Member concluded by moving that Mr. Speaker do issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the electing of two burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the borough of Leicester, in the room of Sir Joshua Walmsley and Richard Gardner, Esq., whose election had been deter mined to be void. The SPEAKER having put the question, Mr. FREWEN rose to oppose the motion. He said the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Stafford) had told them that he had no connexion with Leicester.—(Hear.) A letter which he had received from a solicitor of much practice in the locality, stated that he had put his motion on the paper without consulting any one in the town with respect to it. Now the House bad to consider two things —the report of the Committee which was presented only a few days ago—(Loud cheers)—which set forth many cases of bribery, and whether they would main tain that report or not. His (Mr. Frewen's) family had been connected with Leicester for many years, and he believed it was as notoriously corrupt a place as any in the kingdom.—(Laughter.) As au instance of this, he might state that in 1826, 66,0001. were spent by three candidates, which showed that much of that money must have been spent in bribery. In 1839, when he (Mr. Frowen) most reluctantly offered himself as a candidate, he told his committee that he would rather lose his election than that there should be a single case of bribery. The election went against him, because his committee would not consent to spend 1501. in the same way as a similar sum had been expended at the previous :election—in bribery. A certain number of freemen tendered their votes to the committee for 11. a head, 17s. 6d. having been the price at the former election.—(Hear, and laughter.) They should either disfranchise the city or limit its boundary. Un less they took some decisive step the same system of bribery of which he had spoken would continue. lie should therefore oppose the motion. Mr. SEYMER, a member of the Committee, recommended the House to read the report of the Committee before they came to a decision. If the Government proceeded with their Bill he would vote for the suspension of the writ, but if they did not he should feel compelled to support the motion of the lion. Member for North Northampton. After a few observations from Captain MANGLES, which were inaudible in the gallery, Sir J. PAKINGTON trusted that his Hon. Friend the Member for North Northamplon would not press his motion for the issuing of the writ. Leicester was one of the Committees that had made a special report, and that report was entitled to the consideration of the House. Such being his opinion, he thought the writs ought not to be issued. Lord J. RUSSELL considered that if the Honourable Member for North Northamptonshire had accepted his proposition ho would have done far better for the interests of those he represented than by adopting the course he had of persevering with his motion for the issuing of the writ.—(Hear.) He denied that the suspen sion of writs was an unconstitutional proceeding. Such a course was warranted by the proceedings that had taken place in earlier times, when writs had been suspended for a year, in consequence of bribery and corruption. In the case of Bishop's Castle, in the reign of Queen Anne, such a course of proceeding had taken place, and numerous cases of a later date migt be brought forward. He thought, if the House approved of the principle of the Bill of the Hon. Member for Flintshire it should be gone on with, but if the House did not approve of the principle of that Bill ; he would then go on with the Bill with respect to the Horsham borough, and en large its provisions as the House thought fit. Mr. BANKES said he was sure the Noble Lord would readily admit that the times to which the Noble Lord had referred were greatly disturbed by party feeling, which ran very high in the House of Commons, so much so indeed, that it was related in Lord Hardwicke's life that the House, on one occasion, voted that forty was a majority in ninety. It was in that way the elections were con ducted then, and he was sure the Noble Lord was not desirous that they should return to such a system as that. With regard to the immediate question before the House he thought these boroughs had been placed in a very unjust position. They had no representative to defend them in that House, and the only way in which they could support their case was by sending counsel to the bar of the House, which was a very inconvenient course. On the whole, however, as this question would be resumed next week, he would recommend his Hon. Friend the Mem ber for North Northampton not to press his motion now, but leave the matter to be decided with the other cases next week. HUME said the motion given for Tuesday by the Hon. Baronet (Sir John Pakington) for the issue of the suspended writs, would have the effect of delaying his motion for Parliamentary reform, upon which, what ever might be the merits of the motion, great anxiety existed in the country. He, therefore, trusted that the Hon. Baronet would not persevere in his motion. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON said he had given notice for Tuesday next without the slightest reference to the motion standing in the Hon. Member's name on the paper, and considering that the issuing of the writs was a question of very great importance, he could not con sent to withdraw his motion. Colonel SIBTHORX trusted that the Hon. Baronet would take the sense of the House on the subject. After a few observations from Mr. ELLIOP, Lord LINCOLN said he quite agreed with the Noble Lord, that it was most desirable that the House should agree to take at once a division upon the general prin ciple of the Bill brought in by his Hon. Friend (Sir John Hamner), and if there was a majority in its favour, that no further impediment should be thrown in the way of its further progress. A private Member could not pass a Bill so successfully through the House as it could be done by the Noble Lord, who possessed so much influence in that House. He hoped, therefore, the Noble Lord would take the matter into his own hands. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had given notice of his in tention to do so. _ Lord LINCOLN said people out of doors enter!ained, much objection to indefinit e ly po s tp o ning the issuing of the writ. No doubt the majority of the House would , vote against the issuing of the writ, but he hoped the Noble Lord would give precedence to the Bill on Tuesday. Lord J. RUSSELL had given as much assistance to the Bill of the Hon. Baronet, the Member for Fli nt broughs, as if it had been brought forward by a mem ber of the Government. He should assist the progress of the Bill to the best o f his ability, but he could not give up other Bills o f public importance, seeing that the Bill was threatened with much undue opposition. Sir J. TROLLOPE, as a member of the Leicester Committee, wished to remark that they had s p ec i a ll y reported that the parties at that election appeared to re quire the consideration of the House. He sh ou ld lik e to know how the consideration was to be given to it when the evidence was not before them. Mr. HUDSON thought that, whate ver m i ght be the report of the Committee, it was hard up on t h e great majority of the voters in,Leicester to be d e p r i ve d of t h e exercise of their privileges, because of the misconduct of some very few of the electorate. As regarded his Hon. Friend Sir Joshua Walmsloy, for whom he had great esteem, he knew he had been most anxious to avoid doing anything corrupt, and he thought he had been hardly treated. Mr. AGLIONBY said these discussions were ex tremely inconvenient. He had h ear d i t sa id t h at sma ll constituencies were always corrupt. lle denied the fact, ,s far as Cockermouth was concerned.—(Laughter.) lie would not sit there and hear his constituency slandered ern by imputation. Ho had sat for Cockermouth ever since 1632 ) and be declared be had never paid a single farthing except for legal expenses. He had never once been asked for money, and only twice for drink, i n A ll his canvasses. Sir G. GREY hoped all the gentlemen who repro. rented small boroughs would not think it necessary to detail the circumstances of their canvasses.—(Laugh ter) In the present case he had no hesitation in refusing hie assent to the motion before tia . em. The evidence of the Committee was not before them, and until it was, Old . until it had been considered, he should not vote in WI case for the issue of the writ. .•• Mr. MANGLES rose to• explain.. He had. not Sr tacked small boroughs indiscriminately, but had state" that a small number of voters could always tura the scale. Mr. COBDEN said he hoped the House general was more pure than had been represented. Of this hei felt convinced—that some of the cases which bad been brought before the House were by no means sach grant cases as had occurred in other places at the la st election. He believed the cases of Sir Joshua Wale °. loy and Mr. Gardner at Leicester, of Mr. Seeley st Lincoln, and of the late Honourable Member for a Lancaster, were peculiarly hard cases.—(Hear , Ho believed the last elections in these boroughs we as fairly conducted as ever elections bad been at di° piaces.—(Cheers.) But what he rose_to advert to ei the fact that the Hon. Member for Droitwich ha. thought it fit to give notice of his intention to interfer° between his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hume) and the decisiofi of the House on Tuesday night. The Hon. M ember. Droitwich had declared that he did not know that ;11: should so interfere when he gave his notice. Bli t z, knew it now. The fact had been stated to biol. e"."0, reply was, that his motion was of so much import s t„. that he could not postpone it. But there was no oo p sion to postpone it. He might bring it forward to-rn°,,, row, or on Monday.—(Hear, hear.) If be did, be id ever, persist in bringing it forward on Tuesday', be I°l 4 drive himself and his friends to take the only remeiet„ course which was open to them, and raise discussionsvo the general state of the representation of the Pel ) ' whenever the question of a writ was raised.—(eb ee " -. 0 Mr. W. MILES thought Mr. Hume fairly entitled .. o bring forward a question relating to the representst% of the people. With regard to the question before been he thought that as the subject was recommended to tß n e ss for consideration by a Committee, he ought n ot to for the present issue of the writ. fli er Mr. GORING also said h e s h ou ld vo t e for the s--. sion of the writ. t he Mr. STAFFORD said he s h ou ld move to-owrr e f. t he issue of the writ for Derby, and th ere by get Member difficulty arising from the notice given by the for Droitwich, who certainly mi g ht a s well ha ve i e - ii r, his motion for any other day than Tuesday."—k,..iop, hear.) He had been asked to postpone bis ra ibea because the evidence was not before the House. to would it be laid before them? If any printer we re i t , be able by his delays to prevent the issuing of " Au g he did not know where the suspension of writs t bat terminate. Although he knew that he should be Pi o • a small minority, he should, on principle, ins ist ° division. The House divided, when there appeared-- 6 For the motion 12 Against it 9 Majority PUBLIC HEALTH proceeding on farthe r deration of the report on this Bill, hi l e ste Lord LINCOLN said h o w as anx ious to Wrt": ne sti' motion of which he had given noti ce to alter th e tution of the board by which this Bill was to be er e ° " t bst He had thought a central authority nece ssaro ll : n or in the Bill, as originally framed, the principle or c ",, -- bse. ligation was carried too far. The Bill, bow ele ,.l since been altered, and its machinery has be en "-c oj ieb strutted. He highly approved of the alterations iv 00 had been made, and he should therefore With drs. amendment he had intended to propose. at t hl Viscount MORPETH expressed his gratificarols, withdrawal of the amendment, a nd thanked t' B B ll. Lord for the general support he had g i v en to th e -ite the Colonel THOMPSON then moved to subetil be it following for clause 88: —" Provided always, ef n t be' enacted, that no contract, c ovenan t, or agroeui e scb: tween landlord and tenant, or any other persone,bogen ing the payment of taxes and assessme nts to be c os' on their respective premises, sh a ll be deemed °roof strued to extend to the payments or apportioneiese be payment charged thereon under this Act. u °1• • • IV" binding contrary to the intent and meaning of t„ 1 ,„ ste d but that all such payments shall be charged oPvi e jar, paid by the respective occupiers, subject to eue. h a d sti ll tions and repayments as are by this Act autbortst; o ball allowed; and all such deductions and reper, e t O tt be made and allowed accordingly, notwithstialor'nlocts, contracts, covenants, or agreements; and a or to covenants, and agreements made or entered in made or entered into, for payme n t o f aay reek h - dde,"; annual payment in full, without allowing S liC l / 10° tions and repayments as afores a id, s hall be Ott e ,. 4 The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed t he ment. The clause was withdrawn without a dirisie i ri ' n f clad° Mr. TURNER then moved to add at the e t, it; A the following clause:—" And be it enacte d 1 beer" mediately upon the issuing by the said gene s tee, s ir of health of any such certi fi cate as first eu"..," 'arrs" ..4A tioned, in reference to any burial-ground d efl ithe s 'r or extra-parochial place, it shall be the duty ° ,d for tP ° general board to give notice to the local be e ' o al to r, district within whi c h t h e b ur i a l- groun d refe rr :b WO' such certificate s h a ll b e s i tuate, requiring s t t iee. _ a t e board, within a ti me to b e fi xe d b y such,. - pi - tent provide or purch ase a ddi t i ona l l an d t o suc h d marst to the said general board shall seem rn eer 'h a narishm °- either within or out of the bounds of stl e- ,4 or . . it u' r place, for the enlargement of such burial-greth'd paeor t making an additional burial-ground for the s a t , 1 h Plif i L or extra-parochial place, and thereupon it sir s " -° t"" for the said local board, with the approbatie!rebose said general board, to make such provision or Pn re aaes accordinkly; and in default of such provision or Pn, o uch being made and completed within the time fixed 7_ r d to notice, it shall be lawful for the said general b7...030 make such provision or purchase, and for the Pufd or of such purchase, either by the said general bl j eads by the said local board, all the provisions of th e _.,,,bitee Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, relative to the u e s .- d and sale of lands, shall be consolidated Wit h an deemed and taken to be part of this Act." Mr W. J. FOX opposed the clause, as invol injustice to the Dissenters, who would be te-111 churchyard accommodation, from the use of Wille ei e l l f lot might be excluded. Mr. NEWDEGATE supported the clause. tje sse Lord J. RUSSELL would put to the Hon. Gen 00 the case of a Baptist: the Baptist would of eourstely to contribute towards the rate for erecting a new C l s the yard, as proposed by the. Hon. Member. Wetn:fete Baptistbe entitled to bury his child in the Church ' to which he had contributed? the Mr- TURNER - id that hi alter sai, ia, ..;is clause did not 0 13 general principle of the Bill in thi s respect There n ijr be, of course, a portion of c hu rc hyards open for ' 1 serTitheres'ATTOßNEY-GENERAL pointed out t h . t b ß ) i , nr 7 ly st vested TURNER s t t h i negfrtleeh saidoclodia consecrated er a difficultted churchyards port)ionm i t i t og t fh b t c ) l e e o r fi v i r te d a s in the r.D sO clergyman. N conceived that it was calla-I : a :o l l: 5r° , a biP " for Dissenters to be called upon to contribute htbe the purposes of a churchyard from which they inbig nee excluded. He agreed with th e li on . Mover of 1 , - ;diff; clause that it wou ld be perfectly easy to obviate t",,,,tca culty by vestin g th e freehold only of the c onse' ' ' portion of churchyards in the clergyman. that - The: ATTORNEY-GENER A L sugg ested oo bis removal of the word s , " o f any par i s h o r extra - P o r t o lb ° place," would remedy the objection, as taking to th e s p ec i a l character it now posse ssed. lad Viscount MORPETH said he should be v ery ! de for adopt any practical suggestion that might be re pisse e. obviating what w as c l ear l y an evil as regarded to t c e tern. It was man if es t that their p os ition in rel%ot sad burying places should b e pl ace d on a more di st/. satisfactory footing.—(Hear.) The clause was then withdrawn. were Colonel SIBTHORP wanted to know when tlifeloodoo to have a Bill f or th e scou ring of the City of '5" that receptacle of a very dirty set ? Viscount MORPETH said that his cectlP ati hld '6ei ` l' j ili the present Bill had been so incessant, that be rto one e ,,, been able to bring forward the long since a i n d i o los measure for the City of London; but he c 0 ~ore aZo, the lion. and Gallant Gentleman that a 1,00 ( ' reference to the sewers, not only of the city . o . _ no paiL ie but of the metropolis generally, was in soti", ~osslY tion, and would be introduced with the least, delay. 20, re e r;s6 Captain PECHELL moved that in clause ds gif ing the qualifications of voters, all the o r Or tyr, d e plurality of votes, accordi to extent of the 00' omitted, so as to place then ch and poor on level in this respect. . ca , ls f Mr. HUME strongly supported the m htl° ground that plural voting in parishes was verY 5 o a mongst the people at large. beep (01 Lord MORPETH said that the ques tion ha d r ot fully argued in the Hous e th a t it would be disre r to tne decision then arrived at to alter the claus e : o , sP Mr. S. CRAWFORD, who seconded the 0 e t strongly supported it. 'ed t, f Mr. NE‘VDEGATE, as a magistrate, deltetife' plural voting iu p aroc hi a l ma t ters had keen p rod " f discontent. 'ye tat l pr' Sir B. HALL said that he was the rep resefl os three parishes, in two of which single vori, l4 o; s wfy mitten, and in the third (Paddington) given, to the great dissatisfaction of the parrai„oiee' n v et , ph plural v. If the 13i11 for the metropolis, which the t.i tii ° o p resa a , were preparing, contained any such clause as . t ly he was sure the different parishes would begee' t .„ h po Mr se to it. d . HENLEY thought the Government wa s r o ig o - ase' adhering to the decision already com e to by the After a few words from Mr. DRUMMOND, The House divided, when there appeared--- For the motion ........ . Against it The amen 23 A d i m aj e o n ri ts ty ha a v g i a n i g ns a t ll t. b h. e e en was received. No. 2 )* jot° BOROUGH ELECTIONS BILL ( to g 0 Inoue e . ... 0 . t --;; er 01 4 On the order of the day for the Souse tiorl is Committee on this Bill being read, his e p o o l Colonel tSoI thisßT HBOi rll. foisee hadt o o fib*: been all n ntiho‘er T ib, s . l l . r a ‘s ! ,,b e ffi .,Y lion. Members that they disapproved of !let wO5 etiortui;l, they were not there he could not say, bu t for him to be at his post. The Bill elas.g r e Vgaa Pi'6 l, s )o ° If justice was done other much larger s ea lP l bad o f named in it would be included. A great a , ta il‘c? said about Horsham, and the Noble .Lord h a d cp But his at' bringing the case before the House. s f die dat. Why bad the Noble Lord delayed s° hint; d eal He '(Colonel Sibthorp) regretted that the ostp opeb- House would not allow him to 1320Y 0 t ll° P