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The Preamble runs thus :—Whereas it is expedient to sub stitute a new and more efficient system of Police in lieu of that now established within the limits of the district of Dublin Me tropolis, and to constitute an Office of Police, which, acting under their/mediate authority of the Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, shall direct and control the whole of such new system of Police within those limits. The following- furnishes a titular abstract of the principal provisions of the Bill, as prepared and recently brought in by Lord Morpeth and Sergeants Perrin and O'Loughlen : esta blish 1 emp owers the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to este bit a new Police Office for the Metropolis, and the sur rounding district, and to appoint two persons as Justices, to conduct the business of the Office under the directions of the Chief or Under Secretary. The Justices need not haire any +qualification of estate, provided they act only for the preser vation of th e peace, the prevention of crimes, the detection and committal of offenders, and in carrying into execution the purposes of this Act. Oath to roe taken by the Justices. Salary of the Justices to be 800/. „,.A Poli ce F orce for the whole district to he appointed. T he Justices may make regulations for the management of the Police Force. Policemen may be suspended or dismissed by the Justices. 4 Pe nalty not ex cee di ng 5 / . on pu b l i cans harbouring police ,lduring th e h ours of duty. The 7th clause empowers the police to apprehe n d di s t ur b ers °f .1 the peac e , and also suspicious characters found between quriscl and the hour of eight o'clock in the forenoon lying in yin'an ighway, yar d or othe r place, or loitering therein, and not gh:g a sutisfactory account of themselves. Assaults on policemen punishable by fine not exceeding 5/. Constables attending at the watch-houses in the night may f t ake bail b y recognizance from persons brought before them or Petty misd emeanors ; such recogn i zance to be conditioned the fault appearance o f th e part i es b e f ore a magistrate. In de b cd . a earing may ppearance, recognizance to be forfeited. Time of be postp one d. .The Lord-Lieutenant may appoint a person to be the re celrer, at a salary of 461/. lls., of all monies applicable to the Purposes of this Act, who shall give security. The money to e Placed in the Bank of Ireland, and drawn out by the re ceiver, whose drafts are to be countersigned, and his accounts audited. Salaries and wages of policemen to be regulated by the Ch ief or Under Secretary. Rewards for activity and super annuation allowances. , Justice, &c. under thi s A c t t o s it i n P ar li ament . N o solstice, receiver, policeman, &c. appointed under this Act, to v ote at certain elections under a penalty of 100/. The present police, &e. in the metropolitan district shall continue until it s h a ll b e not ifi e d t h at t h e new pol i ce is ap po°h'teed, and t h en all watchboxes, arms, &c. shall be given up t new Ipolice. ustices to raise like taxes as resent divisional Justices. T he colle c t ors of the police tax shall receive six-pence in the pound on the sums collected by them. Collector to give security for faithful discharge of his duty, and t o account on oath. Collectorsoiketors to furnish their acco un t s o f rece ipt s t o J us ti ces weekly. jus • to pay t oir enees heir balances to the Receiver weekly. tie ° vr ay order any C o ll ec t or t o a tt en d, an d fi ne hi m f or Justices to raise and levy all taxes and arrears. ac 'visional Justices to deliver up to Receiver all books of .... °°u ntr of receipts, taxes, &c., within ten days after required to o. Ac ,rheounts to be l a id b e f ore P ar li amen t annua lly. c e i ve aoth clau se enacts, that if any of the said Justices, Re soe r, Constabl es , or other persons holding any office what or aver, under or b y v i rtue o f t hi s act, s h a ll , b y age, s i ckness, andl de etr becom e una bl e to per f orm t h e d ut i es o f suc h o ffi ce, _banal th ere f ore resign or be removed from the same, it oth e ,,a May be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or hein,„' ; ,.ief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time pen s i on " he or they shall think proper so to do, to direct that a police -4 charged on the funds applicable to the support of the paioestabrishment, clear of all taxes and deductions, shall be •sai ar every such person, not exceeding two-thirds of the p rev i Payabl e to each person by virtue of this Act, immediately 7in l ens to his so resigning or being removed : Provided, that 1, - 4 er son shall be entitled to receive any such pension or al shailre unles s he shall be above the age of sixty years,. or b y ar, aye served twenty-five years, or shall have been disabled n ot a : unavoidable accident or permanent '„l3.erforrnance of his duty under this Act. 'tights, powers, disease acquired in &c. of ° divisional justices to continue when eied by this Act. lio n amm o , __, &C. for offences punishable on summary convic- Ider this Act. Limitation of time for such proceedings. varlcs frombe scale o f i mpr i sonment f or non - payment o f pena l ties two to six months, s according to the amount of fine. ...N: r emoval by c er ti orar i, nor warrant rendered invalid by 1) oy 'nformality. WEIGHTS . to % &BILL has been reeent AND l ' re-committed MEASURES (of which the fol -01-o:,fu!nishes a summary)) to repeal the Act passed in the tad an sth year of his present Majesty, relating to weights tn easures. to t P p o intments, &c. under 4 and 5 William IV., o. 49, not e interfered with. dutl.lro v isions in fo rmer A cts as to models and copies of stan d w eights and measures repealed. /7ei iNiperintending Officer of Exchequer may verify and stamp pct th e A and measures o f o th er f orm t h an t h ose prescr ib e d b y Oot 5 Geo. IV. c. 74. to; oe n a i l , :n a d ny eustomary measures abolished. Not to prevent sale of articles in vessel, not represented as o Heapedn, t e ntarneas a u m re ou a n b t ol o is f h i e m d p . erial or local measure. of weights and measures to be stamped on them. ar e 4'glits made of l ea d or pewter a ff or d f ac ili ty to f rau d , an d cLouierefore not t o b e stampe d . qu art Pies of th e i mperial standards to be provided by order of S ect) el' se ssions in E ng l an d, an d b y mee ti ng o f J ust i ces in nand. ptPaoliotment of insp ec t ors . Act, Bec t Y on usi ng we i ghts an d measures not aut h or i se d b y No Iv • .v et eight above 561hs. to be inspected or stamped.. Coal' 0 to require wooden or wicker measures used in sale of x r glass, &c. to be stamped. tin e Per . l se of providing copies of standard weights, and re eratio to inspectors, to be defrayed out of county rate, &c. P enalt pes o rn residing inspector knowingly stamping weight, &c. of ei g i, s ts ' u lg ont of district. stalu Ped ; - 4 . 144 measures once stamped, need not be re- Pow er ...` ctrid 5 William IV. C. 49. *Peet we g' "•,.., Justices and Inspectors to enter shops, and in- Pe nal il l and measures ties are fixed for various . offences against the Act. A. Bits, fori theß LIC PEACE IN IRELAND. ' , me at f. better - prevention and more speedy pu ,,, The i',,o uftenees endangering the public peace . in Ir . ela . nd. l t ir ev i sio -.iw— Lord ns '--- "g supplies a short summary of its principal Court neLieutenant in Council may order an extraordinary . Ireland.' General Sessions to be holden for any county in Pr anyeedi_ ugs of Court not to be removed by Certiorari,. &c. place Iwiregistered person found at night with Arms in any tire,„ eve his dwelling -house, or during day or night, with gliiitynnot,,alo. amdiescldernoreano Lord concealed in county wherecourt acting, re et ... ,Lleutenant, on presentment of Grand Jury, may di of rsi'nuo Court to issue a notice enjoining the inhabitants ' ti.aces therein 4 t fi g h t. spe c ifi e d to rema i n w i th i n t h e i r h a bi tations in any p pe c o found a b road in the night after such notice Mis demeano ur . 4 ny le specified t h erein, shall be deemed guilty of a , y After the day named in such notice, Court may authorize, u Narrant domiciliary visits in places therein specified, &c. to ha urtt may ti er , ° Of S P,Ch warrant to be executed out of ordinary jurisdic en ' - ' n urt, unless endorsed by Magistrate of outlying county. summon and examine on oath persons certified end aye been absent from their dwellings, and may imprison tie ' n u , &c., any person convicted thereof, who cannot sa actorily account for the same. pionAn person giving false information, or obstructing any a.. n acting in execution of warrant, may be proceeded Ed st as ti or a misdem eanour . o,, Lord L ieutenant may order sums necessary f or remunera ,. out ' 01 Chairman, appointed under this Act, to be advanced Q r uf Consolidated Fund ; such ad vances to b e repa id b y 4 " J ury Presentment. SLAVE COMPENSATION. .., In the Btu, for compensating the owners of slaves upon the ',Politic Hof slavery, the following provision is found : thi rd hereas it is enacted by the said recited Acts of the p n i ra aod fourth years of the reign of King William the 1 ,„ -1111 h, that no part of the said sum of twenty millions of ;-.lll(:tuintidesci sterling shall be applied or shall be applicable to e Purposes aforesaid, for the benefit of any person now to the services of any slave in any of the Colonies ther e i n , mentioned, unless an order shall have been first made Glaring his Majesty, with the advice of his Privy Council, de 4iardilelgb thiat adequate and satisfactory provision hath been Act L Y law in such colony for giving effect to the said r ef ' oY such further and supplementary enactments therein d erred to, nor unless a copy of such Order in Council, i lIIY certified by one of the Clerks in Ordinary of his Ma ''stY's Privy. Council, shall, by the Lord President of the "Ile il , have been transmitted to the Lords Commissioners (t)f his Majesty's Treasury, or to the Lord High Treasurer .ao.r the time being, for their or his guidance or informa tion . 1, • And whereas no order of the King in Council has Can made, declaring that adequate and satisfactory provision .Ith e been made by Law in the colony of Barbadoes for giving a 'ne r tto the said recited Act of the third and fourth year tire es aid, by such further and supplementary enactments as t, specified in the said recited Act ; be it therefore enacted, 11 , 4 0 . in order to provide for the payments of the several sums • 1 0 „ ic h may be awarded to the several persons in the said co- Ae); entitled to compensation und er t h e prov i s i ons of the said shalt ;Irhen and as soon as the p rov i s i ons of the said recited Act d 1 • 4t ly rn nave be en d u l y complied with as aforesaid, that ime o._e after the passin g of this Act, there shl b a creation ta r T a ci d u o c e e s d . three-and-ahalf per cent annuities al to e provide for TONN AGE OF MERCH ANT SHIPPING. B ulg y A lI ILL to regulate the Admeasurement of Tonnage and i tke lerchatit Shippi ng o f the. titli'.Pd- 1( (1 1 1 ,`-. st4ilearT onsidered that the caaci of shi is the f Q by Which to regulate its p ton age, a that p internal antes est IF surements will afford the most accurate and convenient method of ascertaining that capacity, and that the adoption of such a mode of admeasurement will tend to the interests of the ship builder and the owner, as well as to the proper collection of the dues which by law are payable on tonnage ; and it is ex pedient to alter and amend the law in this respect." Accordingly, the existing provisions respecting the mode of ascertaining the tonnage are proposed to be repealed, and new rules substituted. A mode of ascertaining the tonnage of steam-vessels is laid down. The amount of register is to be carried on the main beam. The provisions of the Act are not, generally, to extend to vessels registered prior to the Bill becoming law. SCOTTISH ELECTIONS. A BILL (as amended by the Committee) to explain and and amend an Act passed in the second and third year of the reign of King William the Fourth, for amending the Repre sentation of the people in Scotland, and to diminish the ex penses thereof. By this Bill the time for fixing the day of election is short ened, and the polling limited to one day. In all cases (ex cept only those specifically excluded) the Sheriff must within two days of receiving the writ announce the day of election. PUBLIC WALKS, BATHS, &c. A BILL to facilitate the formation and establishment of Pub. lic Walks, play grounds, baths, and places of healthy recrea tion and amusement in the open air, in the neighbourhood of such cities, boroughs and towns as may require them for the use and accommodation of their inhabitants. Clauses under the following beads have been added in Corn mittee .to this Bill. Committee may form Auxiliary Establishments where such are required. Corporate Bodies, &c. may dispose of lands suitable for the purposes of this Act. Committee may grant loans for the improvement of walks, &c. already in existence. _ Minutes of proceedings and accounts to be kept. Treasurer and other officers to be appointed. Report of proceedings and accounts to be published annually. The fundamental rules remain unaltered. They are-1. That the public walks be planted with trees and shrubs, and rendered ornamental by the introduction of running water and fountains, wherever practicable :-3. That they be fenced off and made secure from all public anno)ances, for the safe and retired use of females and children. 3. That no athletic games or sports be permitted in any part of the public walks. 4. That a sufficient number of commodious seats be provided within the walks and grounds. 5. That music may be per mitted to be performed within the same, under such limita- .... tions as the Committee may see fit. 6. That the play-grounds be adapted for gymnastic exercises, cricket, archery, and other healthy sports ; but that all conflicts of a personally irritating nature, such as wrestling, cudgelling, and boxing, be prohibited, as well as all games in which cruelty to ani mals is involved. 7. That the baths be adapted to teach the art of swimming, as well as to afford the means of ablution, and be constructed in such a manner as to secure perfect se clusion from public view, and that hot, cold, shower, and va pour baths, be also provided. 8. That no beer, wine, spirits, or intoxicating drinks of any kind, be permitted to be brought within such public walks, play-grounds, or baths, in any quan tity, or on any pretence whatever, on pain of exclusion to the offending party for the period of a year at least; but that re freshments of every other description, except intoxicating drinks alone, be permitted to be supplied to the visitors, by persons appointed by the said Committee, and subject entirely to their discretion. PUBLIC PETITIONS. THIRTY-FIFTH REPORT. 3RD AND 4TH AUGUST, 1835. ABERDEEN UNIVERSITIES BlLL—Against, 21 petitions ; 836 signatures. ATTORNIES CERTIFICATES.—Six petitions ; 95 signatures. BEER HOUSES—Two petitions; 305 signatures. BONDING 'WAREHOUSES-8 petitions ; 273 signatures. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND—For a grant 743 petitions ; 189,321 signatures. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND—Against any grant 325 petitions; 129,337 signatures. CHURCH OF IRELAND—In support of the Establishment -250 petitions; 64,218 signatures. CHURCH OF IRELAND—In favour of the proposed measure, 12 petitions ; 11,559 signatures. DORCHESTER UNIONISTS--86 petitions; 135,971 signatures DRUNKENNESS—TO check the practice of, 73 petitions ; 24,313 signatures. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BlLL—Against, 172 petitions; 10,607 signatures. FACTORIES REGULATION BILL-46 petitions; 24,620 sig natures. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BlLL—Against, 43 petitions; 6,708 signatures. NEWSPAPER SrAmrs.—For repeal of Duty, 93 petitions ; 38,874 signatures. POST HORSE DUTlES.—Against Farming the Duties, 10 petitions ; 202 signatures. ROMAN CATHOLIC FREEHOLDERS (IRELAND).—TWO peti tions ; 1,205 signatures. TITHES (IRELAND)—For a re-valuation 11 petitions ; 1,313 signatures. TITHES.—A Bill for the easy recovery of tithes enacts that from and after the passing of this Act, proceedings for the re covery of tithes under 101. shall be heard and determined before two justices, and that no other process shall be insti tuted. TITHING OF TURNlPS.—Captain Pechell's other Act de clares the tithes of turnips severed from the land upon which they have been produced, if consumed upon the same shall be held agistment tithe, and recoverable as tithe agistment. The Act of course does not extend to tithe free land. STEAM VESSELS.—It appears from an official Return that there are employed in the service of the Post-office, 29 packets propelled by steam ; that their tonnage varies from 50 to 100 ; their horse power from 60 to 160 ; and that the prime cost and outfit was from 6,0001. to 12,0001. for each vessel. PALACE COURT, WESTMINSTER.—During the year 1835 it appears from a retufn just printed by order of the House of Commons, that 877 writs, mostly for small sums, have issued out of the above Court, 480 of which were against the person. POST HORSE DUTY.—By a Parliamentary Return, it ap pears that the duty for the district of Middlesex, with London and Westminster, and the town of Barnet, was let in 1821, for three years, to John Ramsden, for the annual sum of 28,500/. ; from 1824 to 1827 the letting was to Sharman Hanky and Co. at 25,740/. per annum ; the same parties farmed it again for the following three years, paying 26,7801. for each year. From 1830 to 1833 Sharman and Gillet took it at an annual rent of 25,0201. ; and the same parties again bargained to pay a rent of 31,3201. for the term of three years, commencing with 1833. TEA DUTIES.—By the Bill brought into the House a few days ago by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the existing duties are to cease on the Ist of July 1836, and in lieu thereof a duty of 2s. ld. per lb. is made payable. BRUSSELS PAPERS. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR-THURSDAY. AUGUST 17.—Letters from Ostend say that the presence of their Majesties attracts such a number of strangers that it is very difficult to obtain lodgings in the hotels. Tho Duke of Saxe-Meinigen passed through Brussels yes terday on his return from England. The Government is going to erect telegraphs in the old line from Tournay to Antwerp. By this means the price of Stocks at Paris will reach Brussels and Antwerp by noon on the day following. A courier will bring the note of the prices from Paris to Tournay, whence it will be immediately forwarded by telegraph to Antwerp. AUGUST 18.—Last night the following Bank-notes were stolen in the House of Madame Bethune, No. 30, Rue de Namur; viz. :- 1 of 40 Pounds sterling.. No. 21,092 lof 40 Ditto ditto lof 100 Ditto ditto lof 40 Ditto ditto lof 40 Ditto ditto lof 40 Ditto ditto The troops that are now in the camp at BBeverlao will leave in a few days, and be succeeded by the 2d and 3d divisions, which are composed of the 3d, 4th, sth, 6th, 7th, Bth, 9th, and 12th regiments of the line ; 3d regiment of light infantry ; Ist regiment of light horse ; the Ist regiment of lancers ; and four battalions of artillery. Each regiment of infantry will consist of three battalions. The protracted drought begins to excite serious alarm among the farmers in the environs of Brussels, and the Canton of Arche. The fields are scorched and burnt by the sun; water is scarce, the wells and springs are dried up and exhausted, the water in the ponds is spoiled, and so bad that the cattle will not drink it. The fruit on the trees are withering for want of moisture ; forage is becoming scarce, as well as culinary vegetables ; the hops, which constitute the chief resource of the little farmers in some districts will hardly produce anything this year. Last year 100 perches of hop garden produced 110 pounds of hops ; this year the produce will be 25 pounds at the most. It is a remarkable fact that there are no wasps, which in other years did so much damage to the fruit, and were a great an noyance even in the houses. SCUTARI, JULY 28.—We learn from Bucharest that the Divan has allowed and paid several arrears that were not in serted in the budget of the public expenditure. Among them is a sum of 1,500,000 piasters, which the Hospodar of Wallachia claimed for the expense of himself and his suite during his stay at Constantinople. The Divan hesitated to vote this sum though, as it was expended for the public benefit, it could not well be refused ; but the Divan wished first to have the approbation of the Porte and of Russia, which it must have received, as the payment is now ordered. The Divan has also fixed, with a slight reduction, the civil list of the Hospodar, which is for life—the amount is not known. Baron Ruchmann had gene to Silistria, where he expects to meet Prince Milosch. BELGRADE, AUGUST 2.—Accounts just received from Posehareiditz announce that Prince Milosch set out on the 31st of July, on his journey to Constantinople, which he has so long wished to undertake, but which has been delayed by various causes. He goes by way of Widdena, Rustachouk, and Varna, where a Turkish steam-boat is ready to convey him and many other persons usually in attendacce on him.—All gerneine Zeitunq, August 14. THE HAGUE, AUG. 18.—Their Majesties the King and Queen set out this morning for Tilbury. Prince and Princess Albert followed them in the course of the day. Letters from the frontiers of Borina, of 2d August, say that " According to letters from Sarajervo, of 26th July, the Pasha had received the news, that the Pashas of Berat and Larissa had marched with 12,000 men against Scutari. The famous Tafil Dasi, on whom the rebels greatly depended, is said to have received his pardon from the Grand Vizier, and to have, joined the expedition against the rebels of Scutari." We may therefore soon expect to receive news from Albania. His Majesty left town soon after six o'clock on Wednesday eVtning, on his return to Windsor Castle. Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador, Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, and M. Tricoupi, the Greek Minister, had, a long conference yesterday afternoon with Viscount Palmerston, at the Foreign-office. Baron Cctto, the Bavarian Minister, M. Hummelauer, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, and the Hanseatic Charge d'Af faires, transacted business at the Foreign-office yesterday. The Right Hon. Poulett Thomson has been severely indis posed, but is better. . . The Secretary to the French Embassy has left town for Brighton. Mr. Colquhoun transacted business on Wednesday at the Colonial- office. The King, accompanied by Sir Herbert Taylor, returned to the Castle, from town, at nine o'clock. Her Majesty, attended by her suite, drove to Lady Gren ville's, at Dropmore, and was much delighted in inspecting the beautiful and extensive grounds attached to her Lady ship's mansion. The Queen, on her return to the Castle, also visited Clifden spring. This morning, shortly before eleven o'clock, the King, at tended by Sir Andrew Barnard, proceeded from the Castle and visited Kew Palace. Ilis Majesty honoured Lord Errol, at Richmond, with a visit on returning to the Castle. Lord and Lady Howe, and Lady Georgiana Curzon, arrived at the Castle this morning, on a visit to their Majesties. Her Majesty, attended by her suite, rode in the Park after four o'clock this afternoon on horseback. Preparations on an extensive scale are going forward here for celebrating his Majesty's birth-day. In the evening a grand dinner will be given, in St. George's Hall, to most of the Nobility and Gentry in the neighbourhood. IMPER .AL PARLIA M ENT HOUSE OF COMMONS, Avousr 20. THE SUN, LONDON, ritti_DAY, AUGUST .21, 1.835. (Continued from our First Edition of yesterday and which ap. peared in a Second Edition last night.) GLASS DUTIES BILL. On the House going into Committee on this Bill, Sir J. TYRREL rose to present a petition, complaining of the great distress that existed in the agricultural districts. The agriculturists were justly entitled to relief, but the Right Hon. Gentleman could only repeal the duty on soft soap, and that upon glass. They had been told that the repeal of the malt-tax could not possibly be afforded, and he had been told that the speeches in favour of the continuance of that tax were unanswerable. He should consider it a great favour if any Hon. Gentleman opposite would state to him upon what prin ciple the Chancellor of the Exchequer raised so great a proportion of the revenue as five millions from this particular portion of the community, who, upon an investigation of the House, were shown and admitted to be in greater distress than any other class. He allud ed in particular to the southern counties of England. When he heard of the flourishing state of the finances ; when he heard of the grant of 20 millions to the West India Planters, and of 10 millions to the Poles—(Laughter) —he meant 10,0001.,—be hoped that the Right Hon. Gent. the Chancellor of the Exchequer would hold out some hope of re lief to the agricultural body. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would not enter into discussion which would be somewhat irregular, but he could not allow the statement made by the Hon. Baronet to remain without contradiction. This was one of many at tempts within and without the doors of the House to attribute to the Government and to the party with which he was con nected, an indifference on the subject of agricultural distress. —(No, no, from Sir J. Tyrrel.) If not what did the Hon. Baronet mean by alluding to soft soap ? He could tell the Hon. Baronet that if it were necessary for some Hon. Mem bers to appear before their constituents, he would strongly re commend that very useful article, soft soap—( Great laughter) —more especially would he recommend it to the use of those Hon. Members, (he did not include the Hon. Baronet), who on the hustings had made such vehement protestations in fa vour of the reveal of the malt duties, and who, when they came into Parliament forgot their pledges and voted with the Go vernment, against th repeal.--(Great laughter and cheering, in the midst of which Sir J. Tyrrel said, " I did not do so.") He especially stated that the Hon. Baronet did not. If soft soap were made use of for this purpose, and if there should be a consumption adequate next year to be enabled to congratulate the revenue and to pro duce the entire cleansing that was necessary, he hoped next year to be enabled to congratulate the revenue and the Hon. Members, th e one th a t it had acquired money, and the others that they had acquired an additional cleanliness.— (Loud laughter.) The agricultural interest were much mis taken if they supposed that no relief was given to them by re lieving the pressure upon manufactures—be knew an instance now where there were from forty to fifty men now living upon the poors' rate, and working upon the roads breaking stones, who would the moment this Bill passed be taken into employment in a glass factory. The one interest was so much interwoven with the other that they could no be separated—what was a benefit to the manufacturing in terest was sure to tell upon the agriculturists. Sir JOHN TYRREL said the Right Hon. Gentleman had not answered the question which be had put to him. Upon what principle was it that they levied the greater por tion of the revenue from those counties which they admitted to be the most distressed ? Mr. S. RICE could only refer the Hon. Baronet to the reasons contained in the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth, upon the Malt Tax.-4 Laughter.) Mr. ROBINS ON expressed his regret that the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not found it expe dient to reduce the whole of the duty upon glass. He was against the principle of keeping up the great interference with the trade for such a trifling duty. Captain GORDON would take that opportunity of inquir ing of the Right Hon. Gentleman whether it was his intention to reduce the amount of duty upon spirits in Scotland. He thought it very desirable that the system of defrauding the revenue should be put an end to in Scotland as well as in Ireland. Air. S. RICE admitted that the measure of last year had been found to work very beneficially in Ireland, but he was not then prepared to say that there would be any alteration made in the duties upon Scotch spirits. The clauses were then agreed to, and the Bill was reported to the House. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.—IRELAND. The House then went into Committee upon the Registra tion of Voters (Ireland) Bill. On clause 4 being proposed, Mr. SHAW contended that it would be impolitic to place the appointment of the Revising Barristers in the hands of the existing Government, as their motives would be at all times liable to suspicion. He did object to the system of multiply ing the number of Barristers, and thus making them the sti pendiaries of the Government. The present existing Assist ant Barristers were in Ireland—those who were least liable to suspicion—and were the persons upon whom it would be most judicious to impose the duty. The next suggestion was to place the appointment in the hands of the judges, who would be responsible for the persons they appointed. Lord MORPETH contended that the Assistant Barristers had quite sufficient duties to perform at present, and he 'thought no objection could reasonably be made to the ap pointment being vested in the Lord Lieutenant. Colonel PE RCE VAL maintained that the great object should be to assimilate the law in Ireland to that in England. If that was done, it would give great confidence to the people of Ireland. On these grounds he would decidedly object to the clause, and agreed with his Hon. Friend that it should be struck out altogether. He believed that it was a job to place the appointment in the hands of the Government, as the pre sent Assistant Barristers were fully able to undertake the du ties, and he was satisfied would discharge them impartially and honestly. If the House would only look at the number of fictitious votes that were made by the Barristers who were ap pointed as nominees of the Government, as disclosed at the Election Committees, they would be satisfied of what lie had stated. He should, therefore, decidedly vote against the clause. Mr. RONA YN E contended, that under the present system of registration in Ireland there was a tendency rather to restrain the number of freeholders than to facilitate their re gistration.—( Hear, hear, hear.) Was it not a fact, that the Assistant Barristers at present existing in Ireland had been appointed by the Government ? He complained of the Hon. and Gallant Member terming the younger barristers a lower class. He believed they were equally respectable and intelli g ent as those who were in so extraordinary a way distin guished from them. He believed the most valuable principle in the Bill was involved in the clause under discussion, and for that reason he should give it his most cordial support. Sergeant JACK SON thought the clause, as it at present stood, was most objectionable, and would decidedly vote against it. Mr. JACKSON supported the amendment. He did not see why any new machinery was to be got up. If the arrange ment were adopted, it would make the persons connected with it political parties ; in fact they would be the nominees and friends of the Ministers of the day. Mr. RUTH VEN thought the Hon. and Learned Sergeant had said much more in favour than against the clause. He hoped Hon. Gentlemen would be content in having taken up the time of the House, and made their observations upon the clause, but that the amendment would not be passed. Mr. M. O'FE RRAL L thought that the assistant barris ters could not perform the duties of registration consistently with the various other duties they had to perform. He would therefore oppose the amendment. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN confessed that his experience bore out the observations that had been made by the last speaker. The present system tended rathei' to discourage than encou rage registration. He objected, however, having occasional of in their situations. Mr. LYNCH approved of the alteration made by this clause. It certainly was impossible for the assistant-barristers, who had such great and serious duties to perform, to attend 'properly to the registrittion, and therefore it was he approved of the new machinery of this Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL thought the clause an extremely useful one. It was said that these things were carried on in Ireland ,with impartiality. Was it impartial for the Judges of the land to interfere at elections ?—(Cheers.) He thought the practising Barristers ought never to be appointed revising Bar risters. Many practising Barristers it was true had given great satisfaction, but others had given as much dissatis faction. There was nothing like general satisfaction given by the Assisting Barristers.—( Cheers.) That being the case, the question then was, who should appoint ? Was it tha Judges ? H e t h oug h t t h at he had disposed of that.—( Cheers. ) Lord Grey's Administration had continually removed the As sistant Barristers, and he hoped Lord Melbourne's Govern ment would do the same. He thought it would be much better to have the Barristers appointed permanently during good be haviour. He thought they should be free from the variations incident upon the change of Administrations, and should go circuits. The appointment resting with the Judges was a source of great dissatisfaction, for it created too great a sub serviency at the bar, as the ear of the Judge was a great ob ject to be kept in view. He himself got 5001. a year more than he ever got before at the Chancery bar, in consequence of the change of the Judge, and the succession of one, Sir Anthony Hart, with whom it could not be supposed that he Was a favourite. In fact, for many years any barrister who was a friend to liberty, or dared to put his hand to a petition for emancipation, was treated as if he had been guilty of the most atrocious crime.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. VE SE Y defended the conduct of the assistant bar risters. Mr. SHAW lamented that at every step of this Bill the Hon. and Learned Member would continue to attack some person of high authority. Such a course was degrading to Ireland, to the learned profession, and to the administration of justice, and he trusted that though all might he termed poli tical partizans, such an example would not be followed by any Hon. Member on his side of the House. Mr. O'CONNELL said it could not be denied that some judges were political partizans. Lord MORPETH was of opinion that the patronage should rest in the Government for the time being. Mr. S. O'BRIEN proposed an amendment, calling on the barristers to provide security. Colonel PERCE VAL proposed that the barristers should be recommended by the Twelve Judges. On our re-admission, we found the S 0 LIC IT 0 R-G E E. RAL for Ireland speaking in favour of the Clause. Colonel PE RCEVA Lsaid he had heard no reason to in duce him to withdraw his amendMpnt—he would press it to a division. Mr. FRENCH objected to that part of the Clause which requires a-barrister to be of five years standing before he eon!4 be appointed under the Bill. There was no such restriction i-131and. The Gallery was then cleared fora division, when there ap. peared—__ . 49 For the amendment Against it Majority against the amendment ...... —34 The clause was then agreed to, as was clause 8. On the 9th clause being put, Colonel PE RC E VAL rose to propose an amendment, to the effl!et that after the word " voter " the words "which oc curred since the former revision," be left out, and also the last proviso. If the clause remained as it stood, there would be a defective and fictiticus state of registration in many parts of Ireland. Mr. O'LOGHLEN—The effect of this amendment would be to allow the Revising Barristers to question the right of every man that had been registered under the Reform Act, though by the provisions of that Act the registration was to remain in force for eight years. He thought it would be better to allow a few defective votes to remain on the re gister, than to open the whole question of the registration. Mr. O'CONNELL thought it would be very unjust to take from voters the rights they now possessed. Mr. SHAW would steer a middle course between the pro position of his Gallant Friend and the Hon. and Learned Member. He would not open the registry to the extent de sired by the one, nor did he think it just to shut out par ties from all appeal against votes that had been improperly placed on the registry. Mr. O'LOG HEN made an observation, which was in audible. Mr. SHAW resumed—He had the greatest objection to appeal generally, but, he contended, that there should be an appeal to the next going .Judge of Assize. If the House did not agree to that proposition, it would be doing a very great injustice. Suppose there were at present 2,000 votes impro perly regietered, the present Bill would make them good, to all intents and purposes, if there was no appeal. The princi ple of appeal was recognized in the Bill, and all lie wanted was to have the principle applied to existing cases. Lord MO RPE TH objected strongly to opening the registry generally—( Hear, hear)--and this was a proposition to open it in amodified manner, which, if once admitted, would lead to much inconvenience, as it would call upOn parties to rebut objections to claims of three years' standing. He could not see where the objections would terminate if they were once admitted. Sergeant JACKSON thought the Noble Lord had not taken his usual just view of this matter. The Right Hon. the Solicitor General had admitted that there were fictitious votes on the registry, and the Hon. and Learned Member for Dub lin, in his anxiety not to disturb vested interests, had changed his previously expressed opinions. If the vested interests al luded to were disturbed, the Hon. and Learned Member might find the balance of the account very much the other way.— ( Hear, from the Opposition Members.) There ought in his ( Mr. J's. ) opinion to be an appeal both ways. If the principle was admitted prospectively, why should it not also be admitted retro spectively. The Noble Lord had stated that the object of the Bill was to preclude the appeal to the Committees of the House of Commons ; but if no revision ofthe existing votes took place, the Bill made them good for five years. He trusted the House would leave party views and feelings out of the question, and discuss the question fairly, because he was satisfied that by the proposed arrangement they would be doing a very great in justice, and recognising a most unfair and improper principle. Mr. D. BR 0 WNE very seldom agreed with the Hon. Members on the other side, but be must confess that, in the present instance, he perfectly coincided with them.—( Hear, from the Opposition Members.) He thought the votes ought to be made final, either one way or the other, at the next assizes. He would therefore vote for the motion of his Hon. Friend. He was perfectly well aware that many votes were registered in the different counties of Ireland that were bad. With respect to Galway, a great number of freeholds had been improperly made, and he was satisfied that until the freeholders of Ireland released themselves from such asper sions, their votes would not be considered of much value. Mr. FRENCH trusted that his Hon. Friend would ad here to the course he had adopted. Mr. JR PH SON thought that the English system ought to be adopted in Ireland. Mr. CALLAGHAN hoped the Noble Lord who had in troduced the Bill, would not vary the clause. Mr. Serjeant JACK SON said from local knowledge he was aware that in Cork there were many persons on the Regis try for 101., who had petitioned under the local Act, to be relieved from the payment of city taxes, on account of their horses being under the value of 5/. Mr. CALLAGHAN said there might be some such cases in Cork, but they were very few, and it ought to be remem bered that Houses worth 500/. were rated at not more than 50/..—( Hear, hear.) Lord CLEMENTS thought the amendment proposed to the clause under discussion, would cause great excitation in Ireland—a thing it was the especial duty of the House to allay. Mr. SHAW explained. He did not wish to press the matter to a division u but to impress it upon the mind of the Noble Se cretary for Ireland. Colonel PERCEVAL withdrew his amendment. Clause 10 was read, and some conservation took place across the table, between Messrs. Walker and O'Connell, with Mr. Shaw and Sir R. Ferguson, as to whether the register should be demanded or not. The clause, after some conversation, was agreed to as amended. On Clause 11 being read, Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH proposed an amend ment to the effect that any person being six months in posses sion of any land out of which he claimed to vote, should be entitled to do so notwithstanding the lease or deed under which he claimed to register, was not of six months date. This amendment was, he believed, carrying into effect the spirit of the Act of Parliament, and he should submit it to the consi deration of his Majesty's Government. Mr. D. BROWNE thought at least the elector should be entitled to vote immediately after being registered. Mr. O'L OUG HLEN said the object of the clause was to do away with voters who had been improperly registered.— (" Hear " from the Opposition Members.) Colonel PE RCEVA L said that was the principle for which he and his Hon. Friends near him had all through contended. Mr. O'CONNELL—The leases of all the men who had been struck off were already executed. By the Bill more than six months must elapse before registration could take place at all. Mr. F. FRENCH thought the clause ought not to be al lowed to Vass in its present shape. Mr. CALL AG 11 A N was surprised that any opposition should be given to the clause. The clause was then agreed to, as were all the clauses, up to 17, without amendment. The following clauses, up to clause 26, were agreed to with out amendment. Clause 27 was agreed to without any observation. On Clause 28, limiting the time of polling to two days, having been read, Mr. F. FRENCH said he should now bring forward the amendment of which he had given notice, and he should detain them as short time as possible. He was anxious to assimilate the practice in Ireland to that of England, but it was impos sible, under the provisions of the Bill, that all the voters could be polled unless the clause was amended. Considering the dis tance (in some cases upwards of fifty miles) which the voters had to come in the large counties of Roscommon, Mayo, Gal way, an'd others, it was impossible they could be brought to the poll in one day. The amendment which he had to move was to the effect that no voter have a distance of more than fifteen miles to come, and to carry this proposition into effect, the Lord Lieutenant should be empowered to di . . . vide the counties into convenient districts, with polling places in each ; such division of counties to be notified in the Gazette. Lord MORPETH suggested that the Hon. Member had better postpone the amendment until to-morrow, when it might be considered on the bringing up of the Report. Mr. O'CONNELL thought neither time nor trouble would be saved by discussing matters out of order. Mr. FRENCH, contended that he was not out of order. Mr. D. BROWNE could not consent to the clause by which the polling would be limited to two days, without some amendment similar to that proposed by his Hon. Friend the Member for Roscommon. No Member of that House had „suffered more from the vexatious protracting of the polling than himself, but in counties which were sixty miles long, and as many broad, it- would be quite - impracticable to bring all the voters up to the county town within the time al= lowed by the Act, and on these grounds he should certainly protest against the clause. Mr. O'LOI.TG HLEN thought, under the operation of the present Bill, they would be enabled to take the poll for any county in Ireland in one day, instead of the great length of time that was now given. Mr. D. BROWN and Mr. JEPIISON objected to the clause. Lord CLEMENTS said that the clause was calculated to have a good effect. Mr. CALLAGHAN supported the clause. He agreed with the Solicitor-General for Ireland that the whole poll of a county could be taken in one day under the present Bill. Mr. SHAW thought that the confining the poll to one day would be a dangerous experiment ; he should have no objection to it, if it could be accomplished. He thought that the amendment of the Hon. Member for Roscommon ought to be adopted, as it would save the expense of bringing electors a great distance at a short notice. Mr. VESEY wished to know whether any provision was made to enable the returning officer to adjourn the Poll. Mr. O'L 0 UG HLE N, as we understood, said that there was. Clauses up to 32 were agreed to with a few verbal amend ments. The discussion was carried on in a conversational tone, and was not audible in the gallery. Clause 33, was agreed to, and the Chairman then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lady Burdett, in St. James's-place, from Richmond; Mr. and Mrs Dering, at their seat, Ayott St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Watson ' at Symmons's Hotel, St. James's- s t ree t, f rom t h e i r seat in Lancashire ; Lady Bolton, at her seat, Basibgstock, Hants, from a tour ; the Bishop of Elphin, in Upper Harley-street ; Mr. and Mrs. William Mansfield, in Grosvenor -street, from Cheltenham. DEPARTURES. The Earl of Mexborough, for his shooting quarters, Cross mount, Inverness-shire : Sir John Mackenzie, to join a grouse-shooting party on the Moors ; Lord Byron, for ditto ; Saville Foljambe, Esq., for ditto ; Hon. Frederick Craven, for ditto ; Captain Ross, of Rossie, for ditto ; Hon. Captain Howard, for the Moors in Devonshire ; Colonel Ellis, for ditto; Hon. Augustus Phipp s , f or di tto; Si r Trayton Drake, from the St. James's Park Hotel, for Devonshire ; Mr. and Lady Jane Bickersteth, from Bayswater, on a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Egerton, from St. James's-square, for Sutton Park, Cheshire; Hon. Captain Robert Greville, to join the British Auxiliary Legion at St. Sebasti an ; C o l one l Si r B urges Camac, from Brighton, for Tunbridge Wells ; the Duke of Norfolk, from St. James's-square, for Cowes, Isle of Wight ; the Marquis of Bristol, for Isis seat, Putney-heath, Surrey ; George Wilbraham, Esq., M.P., and Lady Ann, from Upper Seymour-street, for their seat, Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire; E. Dolphin, Esq., for his seat in Gloucester shire; Tatton Egerton, Esq., for the Isle of Wight; John More, Esq., for ditto; Colonel Cooke, for his seat in York shire; Miss Lester, f . om Hawkins's Hotel, Dover and Alber marle-strects, for her seat in Yorkshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Ramsbottom, from ditto, for Windsor; the Bishop of St. David, from ditto, on a tour; Mr. and Mrs. W. Colville, from Regent-street, to Cheltenham ; Lord and Lady James Townshend, from Gwydyr House, on a tour; Sir George Wart-ender, Bart., for his shooting-lodge, Glenlyon, Perth shire; Major-General Sir John Waters for . the Moors of Perthshshire ; Sir Joseph Radcliffe. Bart., for ditto ; Meredith, Esq , for ditto ; General Sir Gordon Drummond, for his grouse-shooting quarters, Top, Perthshire; Sir Harry Goodricke, Bart., from Arlington-street, for Studley Castle, Warwickshire : Lady Grey, from the St. George's Hotel, for the Oaks, Surrey ; Captain and Mrs. Bathurst, for In verness ; - Neild,- Esq., M. P., for Grittleton, Wilts ; Lady Elizabeth Moore, from the Pulteney Hotel, on a tour ; Viscount and Viscountess Lake, from Crawley's Hotel, for Brighton. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LivERrooL, Aua. 19. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.-WARRING V. "WALLEY AND WIFE. This was an action to recover compensation for a breach of promise of marriage, brought by a young man who holds the situation of clerk in a warehouse in Liverpool, against Mr. \Valley, a respectable inhabitant of the same place, and his wife, who was alleged to have been pledged to Warring at the time of her marriage to Walley. The cause was undefended; The plaintiff had been for some time acquainted with the defendant at Preston, where her father keeps a public-house. In 1833. their affections were engaged to each other, and in the hope of amending his condition in life .he removed to Liverpool, where he obtained a situation in a merchant's counting-house. Ile continued to reside in Liverpool, and was favoured with frequent visits by the defendant, then Miss Townsend, with whom he planned the arrangements for their marriage. But " The course of true love never did run smooth," Miss Townsend, in December of last year, was married to Mr. Walley, Mr. Warring being discarded. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to read some letters from Miss Townsend to Warring, portions of which excited much merriment. In the first, dated September 27, 1833, she expressed much uneasiness regarding the constancy of her lover, and told him, " If ever you meet any of the girls we met in the square shut your eyes and do not look at them, for if you do I shall soon lose you." She adds, " My cousin Sarah says you arc the best man she saw in Liverpool, and if you were not engaged she would set her cap at you."—(Loud laughter.) In another letter, dated October, she complains, " You men are so deceitful," and as sures him, " You are the first I ever loved, and I calculate you will be the last." At the same time she says she " would wait as patiently as Naban did for Rachel," could she only be sure of having him at last.—( Laughter.) Other letters in the same fervid strain were read, but anon a change came over the spirit of the fair one ; and, on the 29th of January, she penned a letter, addressed simply to" Edward," (without the "dear") in which she assigns the opposition of her family as the grou n d f or breaking off the connection, and requesting him to return her letters by her friend, Miss Hodgkinson. " God bless you (said she in conclusion), and may you meet with some one who can make you far happier than I can." Immediately after the date of this letter she made Mr. Walley happy for life, by marrying him. The facts two witnesses were called to prove, after which • Lord. ABINGER summed up. The poet had said that love formed the sole object of a woman's existence, whilst with a man it was a mere interlude ; and, undoubtedly, in the case of a man deserted by a woman there were none of those sufferings and vne of those taints upon the character which m the case of an abandoned female the world often created. The plaintiff no doubt was entitled to a verdict, but he would say that the very smallest amount of damages would satisfy the justice of the case. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages is. Sheriff Raphael's trip to Carlow will cost him, we hear, from first to last, little short of 5,0001. We know not exactly how much per day this will have been for the honour of stewing in the House of Commons during part of the dog days. NAPLES, AUG. 6.—" All our friends have de parted, and are scattered in the neighbouring villas on the hills, and we are nearly alone here. At Castellamare there are Lady Barbara Ponsonby, Lady Rendlesham, Lord and Lady Wallscourt, &c. We had the other day an excavation at Pompeii, where two things were found in the highest state of preservation, and which are the first specimens of the kind found there, namely a full-sized bath, exactly tit shape of those - now in common use, and a vase of round form, both made of copper. In the same chamber where these were discovered were two human skeletons and four posts of a bed in wood inlaid, and ornamented with ivory; a beautiful mo saic pavement was also discovered at the same time. These interesting relics attract much notice, and the excavation is proceeding with great caution to prevent mischief. St: Carlo is our evening lounge after the drive on the chiaja ; but in the opera we are not by any means so well off as we are in the ballet, " Amore and Pysche," which is truly magnificent — probably the finest ever produced. Several of our English friends, now in London, are expected to return and spend the winter here." Extract of a letter from Calcutta, dated April 2:—" We have just received accounts from Delhi, of the mur der of Mr. W. Fraser, the commissioner on the part of Go vernment in that part of the country. He had been out to pay a visit, and was returning homewards on horseback, with one mounted attendant behind him. A native, also mounted, joined the attendant, and talked to him for a little while, then rode forward, and on coming up on the left side of Mr. Fraser levelled a blunderbuss and fired, when that gentleman fell in stantly dead from his horse. The horse of the attendant reared at the fire and report, and threw his rider, so that the the murderer escaped. On examining the body, it was found to have been struck by several slugs, and one had passed di rectly through the heart. Mr. Fraser was a man of daring courage, and, though a civilian, was all his life fond of par taking in military adventure. He had the official, or brevet rank of Major in the Regiment of First Local Horse, under command of the celebrated Colonel Skinner. At the late scige of Bhurtpore, Mr. (or Major) Fraser was in command of a part of the corps, which was on the look out to intercept any of the garrison which might attempt to escape : while so em ployed, he fell in with a strong force of the enemy, which had been detached from the fort to cut through a bank or dam, for the purpose of flooding the ditch surrounding the fortress. He came up with them just as they were about to succeed in their object, which lie fortunately prevented, and completely defeated them, killing several and making many prisoners. The siege must have been much protracted and rendered more difficult, if water had gained access to the ditch." MUSICAL TASTE.—.A clever caricature has lately appeared representing a young hidv (at her pianoforte) a nd her cockney be au , between whom the following dialogue takes place :—Lady—Pray, Mr. Jenkins, are you musical? Gen tleman—Vy, no, Miss lam not musical myself, but I have a wery hexcellent snuff:box vot is. IRISH CORPORATIONS BILL. Mr. O'CONNEL L, gave notice of a motion upon the Re port of this Bill, the object of which was, that the rights of those freemen, which had been fictitiously introduced since the Re form Bill, should not be deemed to come under the operation of the Bill. ORANGE LODGES. Mr. HUM E reported from the Committee on Orange Lodges that Colonel Fairman had refused to produce the book, as required -by the order of that House. The Hon. Member then moved, agreeably to precedent, that the Speaker do issue his warrant, and that Colonel Fairman be committed to Newgate, for having committed a breach of the privileges of that House. Mr. MAXWELL, as, a Member of the Committee on Orange Lodges, had waited with other Hon. Members upon Col. Fairman, and stated that he ought to have complied with the orders of that House, but Col. Fairman bad refused to do so. Mr. R. PL LTNK ETT said the Irish Orange Lodge bad given up its books. Mr. Sergeant J4CKON said the secretary of the Grand !MI Orange Lodge in Ireland had delivered up all the books, even of a private character, upon being required by the Committee. The question was then put that Colonel Fairman had been guilty of a breach of the privileges of the House, and carried. Mr. HUME then moved that Colonel Fairman be com mitted to his Majesty's gaol of Newgate—that was consequent upon the last Resolution. • The question was put and carried without comment. Mr. HUME put it to the House whether the Committee, of which he had the honour to be Chairman, was to be stopped from proceeding any further in their inquiries, which had already been of so much benefit to the public. Without that book they could go no further. His own opi nion was, that the book ought to be got by some means ; how ever, that was in the hands of the House, and he would bow to its decision. Mr. WARB URT ON said, that looking to the precedent cited by the Hon. Member for Greenock ( Mr. Wallace) last night, he was still of opinion that the book ought to be got one way or another. The Hon. Member then went on to advert to a number of cases in which books and papers had been seized by an order of the House. On referring to the debates with respect to the Duke of York, he did not see a single doubt expressed that the House had the power to seize any books or papers that were withheld. In order that the House might have something specific to act upon, he would move that the Sergeant-at-Arms should immediately go and secure them. Lord J. RUSSELL—UnIess the Hon. Member wished to press his motion to a division, he submitted to him whether, upon a question of this kind, it would not seem as if the House was disposed to assert their power ? Mr. WARBURTON—If the sense of the House was against him he would not press a division. He merely wished to afford Members an opportunity of giving their opinions upon the subject. The SPEAKER made some observations which were not heard in the Gallery, and Mr. WARBURTON then moved that this House do now adjourn, merely to give Members an opportunity of expressing their opinions. Mr. WALLACE remarked, that it was not his wish that. Colonel Fairman should be sent to Newgate, but his desire ,• was, that the book should be produced before the Committee. Mr. HARDY remarked that the cases cited did not apply to the present case. In the South Sea bubble, there had been a conspiracy against the interests and property of thee country.—( Hear, and cheers from the Ministerial Members.) The parties in that case were charged with fraud.—(Hear, from the Opposition Members.) Some of them, who were Members, we-re expelled that House, and it was under such circumstances that an order had been made to search for pa pers. Besides, this appeared to be a private book kept.. by an individual, and there was no precedent for Courts of Justice sending for papers. The person who kept the book, and who wrote in it was there, and was willing to give testimony respectin7, it. FIUME observed, that it was evident from what the Right Hon. Gentleman had said that he had not listened to the proceedings that had taken place. The House had already eeme to a resolution that the book ought to be produced. The. Hon. Gentleman might call it a private book, but it was admitted that it coat pined official matters referred - to in the inquiry. HARDY expla;ned. Sir R. INGLIS said that the Speaker having recommended a cessation of the discussion, that recommendation should be complied with by him. He protested, however, against being held hound by the precedents that had been cited. After a few words from Mr. PR YNIE, Mr. AG L lONBY had no wish that this person should be sent to prison. He should prefer seeing the ends of justice satisfied by producing the evidence ; and, after the several precedents that had been cited, the book, he considered, should be produced. Mr. SHAW thought that it having been decided that the book should be produced, Col. Fairman was bound to obey the order of the House. Mr. HUME stated that if his Hon. Friend would withdraw his motion, he would try whether the House would have the courarre to support its Committees. He would give notice that he would move the House to-morrow to obtain possession of the books. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had no hesitation whatever in saying !hat the House had the power upon great and extraor dinary occasions, such as the South Sea case, which pro ceeding was confessedly an extraordinary one—it had the power on such an occasion, of sending for and seizing the papers of individuals. But this waq a very great and a very extraordinary power—a power not to be used but on the gravest and the greatest occasions—he mizlit say a power which never could be lost, except from the misuse of it. That feeling he entertained respecting this individual case. —( Hear.) He had no doubt that in very extraordinary cases it might be used. The House in the South Sea case had ordered the papers of indivi duals to be seized ; it did, too, on that occasion pass a Bill of rains and penalties against the estates of certain persons, and it disposed of those estates by Act of Parliament. If the occasion called for it it should be such a case as that which should call for the exercise of that power. With respect to the case cited by the lion. Member for Bridport, he would say this—that with that candour and justice which marked every thing he did, that Hon. Member stated that in that instance, after the question had been discussed, the individual came before the Committee, and stated he was ready to give up the note in question, which he had before refused to do. The Committe s e• then having declared the individual guilty of prevaricatiou, - did not think he should be at liberty ; nor did they rely upon his promise; but they sent the Sergeant-at-Arms to his lodgings, in order that he might give up the note. If they were now to exercise their power, they would come to such a decision upon a dif ferent ground than that which had then taken place. There the witness was ready to produce the paper; he took his keys with him, and ho produced himself the paper to the Sergeant at-Arms. Let the House now recollect that Colonel Fairman had refused to produce the book ; if he should continue his refusal, the Sergeant-at-Arms would have to take his papers, riot voluntarily given up, but would hare to break open his desk.—( Hear.) Such a course could not be justified by the case of Captain Sandon. He was glad to find that the Hon. Member for Middlesex had taken the just and the proper course declaringin this person guilty of contempt and a breach of the privileges of that House, and the resolution had been adopted, without a division, that the person should be punished for that offence. But as to breaking open a place to obtain papers declared to be private, he should be sorry that such a motion were made, and be should still more regret if it were carried. For his part, he was decided upon voting against it.—(Hear and cheers. ) After a few words from Mr. PRYME, Mr. CHARLES BULLER contended that the case of Sandon, which had been adverted to, was not analagous to the present case, nor could it be quoted as a precedent. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL did not think the House ought to enforce the production of the paper in the manner proposed. After a few words from Mr. HAWES, Mr. HUME said the course he should adopt was to give notice that to-morrow he should move that the House take steps to ensure the production of the book required. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. HENRY MAXWELL begged leave to call the at tention of the House to a breach of privilege, as gross as any which had been committed during the 12 years be had had the honour of a seat in that House. (The Hon. Member then proceeded to read two extracts from the Dublin Evening Post of Tuesday and Saturday, commenting in very unmeasured terms upon the statement made by him, Mr. Maxwell, Colonel Ferceval, and Colonel Verner. In the extract the Hon. Members were charged with " deliberate lying," wben they stated that they were not aware that Orange lodges existed in the army.) The Hon. Member then stated that he should leave the paragraph in the hands of the House, and con cluded by moving that the Editor of the said paper be called to the bar. After a few words from Mr. HtlsiE, Mr. JACKSON, and Mr. Twiss, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would put it to the personal feeling of the Hon. Member whether or not he would persevere in pressing that. the Editor of this Journal should be called to the bar of the House. If every Bon. Member of that House who was attacked was so sensitive as to bring it forward as abreach of the privileges of the House, there was scarcely a newspaper published which might not be almost every day brought to the bar of that House. They lived in tine of very great excitement, for which allowance should be made. As for himself, humble individual as be was, he should require a skin as thick as that of the illustrious indi vidual in the Zoological Gardens, called the Rhinoceros, to bear the attacks that were perpetually heaped upon him. The Hon. Member concluded by trusting to the good sense of the Hon. Member that he would not press his motion. Lord Viscount MORPETH said that he too had been sub. ject to attacks, for which he never sought redress in that House ' although recently a very elaborate parallel had been drawn between himself and Pontius Pilate. After a few words from Mr. BARRON, Mr. O'CONNELL said that though Hon. Members op posite might affect to despise the attacks which had been made on them in the Press, it was to be wished thatthey hadproved that they so despised it by the course which they were prepared to adopt. He, too, had been pretty well abused by the Press, and what the worse was he for that abuse? He believed he was the best abused man in Europe. Did Hon. Members opposite ever read the Dublin Evening Mail, remarkable for its talent, or the Dublin Evening Packet, remarkable for its stupi dity ? Well, he never complained of these papers ; nor did he ever ask to have the editors called to the bar of the House. In truth, to do so were nothing more than to advertise these papers. He knew Frederick William Conway well, and he knew that when he read the report of that debate ho would be exceedingly rejoiced. It would add to the number of his subscribers, which had been recently very much diminished by his abuse of the Agitators.—( A laugh.) But when . was this done? At a moment when the eyes of all Furope were directed to Spain, and accounts were anxiously expected from the scene of war—when public attention was fixed on the camp at Kalisch—and the infernal machine was playing away at Paris—(Laughter)—at such a moment here came the three Grands, playing away with their infernal, machine—(Conti nued laughter)—against Frederick William Conway. They demand that F. W. Conway, the father of nine !Seely chil. dren—( Laughter)—should be brought from 11, Trinity-street, to the bar of that House, that they might have an opportunity of seeing a person dignilkd by the appellation of . Rundytundy. —4 Hear, hear, and great laughter.) But, seriously speak. lag, was there any pretext whatever for such a movement as this against the liberty of the Press ?—( Hear, hear.) If, in deed,deavo uirt,„Advetroernaisewaritmeorbinto t i l , l i e fiti c e i n t c y a o t f he L d o e n b d a o t n e , s i w n h th o at h there would be some grounds for such a proceeding, and tha H ad on e s n e, writer might be sent to gaol. But he asked if Frederick Wil. liarn Conway were likely to produce any such al:et ( Hear * hear.) Tile good humour of the Hen. Member opposite—. (Laughter)—and he looked the very picture of god-humour ME