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,1 --cd'~" , . .-,,.. " , • " . _ / • . • • . • • 7 , I . • . . . • . . • • - • • . ... , • / 11, I _AL PARLI A- Mtl•tT. .r . .. ,- -..tri_ ..''''-rE4 r~; THIS, DAV, i .....i , ~ .--4 . , 40 , , ~,,, i • , `J J i ge: 141. ti. 5 ., 1j)(- 7 : K - • . '- -701.4, -- Ter SDA Y, SEPT. I. ( .11 , 0 , ,-,,,,f 4- • ,4,., \,,, ~ , -) _ .7.1 1 ,, ,-,,,, , .....„ , •,:- ~,, 7 4e , A . , . ... , -...ktik 5 Th,„....,(,: 4 i----.. ~...- --- •--'' . - .... . "../. ‘`:, „-. ''''' `r . 'it'i t '-'i ~. . 1 i, v...:. 1 ~.- , ~,- 1 • ,k;:t i. ) : :1 1 r, ...., - -,-, L,..... ,.... w. . ...). un . \...,..e.,„ ....,..,.,...„,‘,. r -" 0I T ;--. it ' '''' ' - ...., 4.4 i,S''''''' . •, ' • - .' , .-Iv4iti:-6 - , ... -, ' /6 D IT' ~, 1 - -41' fi,,--- .tr.,o--! , ,L.:.-. ~.,.. meat is partial—the to; of all imperfections in such tf do• cumcnt. II .... 4I ••• MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The first great recommendation of this Number is that it's articles are short ; the second, thai they arc well se lected. There are no two of the same character, or penned in the same style. The most entertaining, perhaps, is the account of the French Revolution of 1830, by the late Mr. Colton, which, though the subject be somewhat ha.lk nied, is treated more in detail, and in a snore eloquent, spirit-stirring manner, than any previous description of than event we have yet met with. The " Proscribed" is a translation from a French tale, vet unpublished, by Mr. Balsac. Its incidents are amusing, but of course are cannot speak for the accuracy of the transfer. "My Mother" is a poem, whose sole redeeming merit is, that it is urteen lines in length. Had it b;.en twenty, it would have be:n excruciating. We have no space for further comments. zl 04 Fi will :I,vcen Which that PRICE 7D. stiga lness, No, 13,407. I ";TDIIIN, TUESDAY EVENING. SEPTEN I BER l a 1835. ill. ii iftliefri,q vi amid loud cries of .° Question," but not a syllable of what he rgii eetzt ~ ,tel heard in the gallery. Lord JOHN RUSSELL alto+ itifide a few observations that were totally inaudible. Mr. D. W. HARVEY—Sir, I nas in hopes that the Hon. Member for the City of London would have taken the sense of the Ratite Oro this important'clatise.—(Cheers.) I cannot however assent to the course he ii pursuing without making one or two ob servations. He has stated as a matter of regret that the House seems inclined, or rather compelled, Id the judgment and decision— Cheers)—the overruling authority eif the House of Lords.— (liceri and cheers.) Sir, it must ha fecollested that that warmth it riot act /nosh to be attributed to this, Of the other House, as to the people themselves, because when the Hon. Member re , fersosuagahttubt)li i l lirs,, — ,:formed Parliament , the ffatep le have i:o righotf e strong array of mind off the other side of the House , b to complain in conseenens.2 of the small majority a 0). House Couttrams, that they should be ,emnpelled to adopt suggM s iOns having nothing to reed amend them.--4scheers.) Because, Sir, what is it that has given strength to the other ,louse ? They are sustained in their Conservative pohcy by the largest minority ever known within the walls of this House.s-s( great cheering.) Sir, it is important that the people should know askl feel that while they esspeet this House to do much, they cannot eseiseet it to do every things This House reflects the public mind ; it is a mirror in which the confidence of the public is shown—( Cheers)—it is a means by which the will of the public is known. But it there fore goes forth that if we cannot effee more--if we cannot carry out the great designs of Reform ; it is not tioltße we have not the will, hot because they hate withheld from tit the power.— (Cheers.) It is one of the great advantages that will arise from this great measure—greater in my opinion than the Reform Bill itself—it is to this great measure we are to look, and so must the people, for that decided improvement in the represen tation ; and by the means of which we shall aeral to this House • - seek/in overwhelming, resjority in saipport of the present flovern ment as will carry forward every thing that bears the name Of im provement. When the present monopoly of representation is ex tinguished, we shall then he able to find within these walls such a triumphant majority as the other House will no longer be able to rnist, or issue forth its dictates, still less its mandates.—( Loud effecting.) Before three years are over our heads, I venture to hope that the constituency. will be the same in the choice of representatives, ne in the choice of the town-council.--( Hear. ) This will be of great importance,- and if, in addition to that, the people are strenuous in their demand for shorter Parliaments, not shorter than they are now by the force of circumstances, but shorter by law—longer, so far as chances go, but shorter so far as regu lated by igaw. The people then will have effected their objects, and will direct into this House such a stream •of the popular cur rent as will enable them not to obtain only apparent, but real, Re form—then, Sir, I trust the people will see, that we, having done our duty, their's begins.— (Cheers.) Mr. SCARLETT had always thought this Bill was introduced for the purpose of strengthening a party, and now the matter was terlited: There were many Memberi in the House now who ob jected In a tnistsel form of government—he was a friend to such a form of gorermnent, and he was sure the great majority of the. people of Engbitid entertained the same principles. After some further discussion, the House divided, when the numbers were— For the Qualification Clause as amended ...... ... 271 Against it Majority MAGAZINE DAY. , with -tat he crally BL A CKW 00D' S MAGAZINE. The review of the " Modern Dunciad," which, as being ange- si basso- by far the ablest article in this Number, is very properly placed first, is one of those remorseless castigations which Christopher, when in a surly humour, is so capable of in flicting. We know not which most to admire in this notice —its tranchant sarcasm, or its broad and various humour. The unhappy victim has the cat laid upon his back in a style that would do credit to the most expert drummer-boy. We take for granted he will be raw for a month to come. As a specimen of Christopher's mode of inflicting punish ment, we subjoin the following half-whimsical, half-ferocious DUBLIN UNI;?:ERSITY MAGAZINE. Simpkin a> .d lilarshnll. Right glad are we to meet with our brilliant acquaint ance—we had almost said friend—AnaNny Poplar, encir cled by so many evideices of his genius, his judgment, his critical sagacity, and, as Leigh Hunt would add, his love of " wonderment ;" instead of finding him entrenched behind a pile of vulgar prejudices and bigotries, alike unworthy 'of himself, and disgusting to the people of this country. His present appearance is such as we always said it would be, if' we could only persuade him to be a less furious politician and a less bigoted religionist—waqhy of himself and his country. He w ill see f rom t hi s that we do not seek to make him responsible for ;Ivry trifle that darkens the mirror in which he would pet - St:lade us is re flected the mind of Ireland's only University. The second letter, from an Old Orangeman, and smile of the remarks on Moore's " Fudges in England" are by no m eans credi table to Anthony's feelings, but n e take it for gra nted that he was not a consenting party to the ; ,publication of such trumpery. COURT lekt *l 9l. Th el .e are two embellishments in this number of more than averw merit. One is a portrait of Lady Blessing- Lton, cele4raie s 't;: as a Blue, but still more celebrated as a. • beauty ; the other, a sketch of Castle HOward, the noble seat of the Earl ot7 Carlisle. In the literary department we may mention, as perticularly interesting, a paper by Mr. Patmore, entitled, "" '.tiecollections of the late Charles Mathews." The' introdit&ory speculations on the quality of this unrivalled mitnic's .. . intellect are superfluous—be being nothing more nor less'-than a'clever man, and well disciplined artist, such as thousamls have been before him, thousands are, and thousands will ; but the anecdotes respecting his intercourse with Charlei Lamb and Ilazlitt are delightful—almost, in short, as good :to the story of the Elias' truant dog. " The Rival.,Demons" is a light, amusing poem. nes of seraer The satis- tarked. cy of y con by the a front lly ac serious days, iven . )f War nerally dis dence, lessina. lverely Greek y body 00.000 Lnd the . y been 13t still hat the lek the re pre- Poscb took an re um-- lUltpltS, er, wife father's , ounger Lazza- during the old 'et been a . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSA LE S. ---....-...._ • The c HOUSE OF' COMMONS. ' l'P AKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. ,s- - 1, CORPORATION REPORNI PETITIONS. ~ tr. STRUTT presented a petition from 2,lelbourne, in Derby i',u' e, thinking the House for passii--tne Cerperatieti &kith and ' 'isb Church. Bills, and praying" 010 6 Mast rill asks maws strong steps to ensu•:e the success of these theMees, , Petitiors to the same effect were ISteSented by Lord J. Russets., from ~ Drinstable ; Mr. Tisonssfitv. from Wolverhampton; and by Tn i"r. Clay, from the parish of Bethnal-green. The litter Gentle- , at) said —he was sorry the Nlinistry had gene so far in a compro- Inise• However as they had done so, he would not oppose thesis, fur he thought.the- country would be benefited by the Bill even now, though he wag hound to say, that from the spirit he saw in the People of the _Metropolis, they would have stood by, and nobly sup Ported the Government in passing the Bill as it left the - House of Commons.—( Cheers. ) Mr. NVILKS prese n t e d a s i m il ar petition from Bath, which gentlem en was warmly, supported by M r . R oe b uc k ; i t was s i gned by I,oooffi i , every one o f whom had axed their residences,t o thei r gnatures. He would take that opportunity of stating that the L:Petition presented last night from Bath in favour of this Bill had yeis got up surreptitiously, a n d it was s i gne d b y persons who ru'l°lbe, be en entrapped- int o signin g it. ous Si r W. TT said th e p e titi on was sent to hi m nume vide.d FOLLETT signed, and every signature sated the residence o f th e indi . - - ~,, Mr. SCARLET T would take that o pp or t un it y o f s t a ti ng f rom 2 i,,or rnation quite es good as that of the Hon. Member opposite, t ` ll .at in many parts of England h ad y persons had become I "'atily to the am ended Bill, as they thought that the party on itl,etAl.jort.h e r side had ;one good deal too . far.—( .. 0h !) He believed land.('' onserrativ e Principles ware rapidly gaining ground in En:_ MART thought it would be more sat isfactori I's the House ttthe Hon. Member had stated his authority, or etdduced any in .„-nee, instead of making so general an assertion, The Hon. alernber had not eitesi a single instance in suls e ort of his assertion, and so far as his (Sir. Ewa r t' s ) opinion w s e nt, e.nnclr him—(Hear, he was s H ur e e ar h o e w ould he eonfi'inried by every lion. - I .'sesober near h t h, t a t then:, was not a shadow of iountlatien in point of feet for Le.ii-n)11, Member's statement.—(Htar, hear. ) inh I , r • HUNIE presented a PPAition sig,ned by nine thousand aditants of Leicester, ag"d to at a public meeting at which I 'waste Honourable Mendesr of that House had presided. There a very, unanime,us expression of opinion at that meeting, and he believed le,s same existed very aenerally.thronghout Eng -1j04,1: J ie , llo 7.:Zi, therefore, the Hon. 3 - le:ober ear Norwich would m a --.: hi m t .ir. Hume) to dissent from the statement he had just 4,, e • Ple mild only account for it by the circumstance of the ". Member having lived so long in a; Tory atmosphere, that, he Wouldt,n,, 'neither sec nor hear anything but what accorded with' his 4 r l es.—( Hear, hear, and a laugh. ) He believed the people ;;- is ~ of -.lngland were disposed to go much farther than Hon. Nlem .ie; . 45 supposed, and if that House made a compromise of the prin-_ (Near f the Bill, the, people would - net thank them for it.,-:,- ) The petitioners stated that they viewed with indig nation and disgust the manner in which the Bill had been mutilated t the House of Lords. They prayed that House not to accept the fle I. and to exercise the control it , possessed over the public Purse, by withholding the supplies until " the whole Bill" had been Passed. S o fa! as had come to his (Mr. Humes) knowledge in e i v erY part of tunas countr bl' eetinn had been held, y w tre pule m ~ thereatas an imous expression of dissatisfaction and discon ieint the conduct of the House'of Lords, and he could tell that b 7,use thats they were raising a question .which would teach them e 'a t c r e long th e necessity of yielding to theslemands of the people. "". POTTER had been requested to support the prayer of the Petitin, and he did so, being fully convinced that it expressed the t i ) „ j aions o f a majority of the inhabitants of that town. tb 'lr. HALFORD would remind the H on . M em b er oppos it e th at up u it t io a a w s n . of L e i cester returnee., two Members -of diff eren t p o liti ca l Sir ' EWART made a few observations which we did not dis tinctly bear. he a Nlr CU T - 11111T:RT RIPPON presented a petition from Gates billl,' .exP:essing disgust and indignation at the manner in which the inis e ",! d • () een mutila ted. -- If that House entered into any compro -I,Atth respect to the Bill, they would destroy the conficience re °a",;,," in them b the people. the Hon. Member then presented a "ctioll to the sa me y effect from NVillesden in Durham. SCOTCH CHURCH COMMISSION. ,el,,u teh an swer to a ques ti on pu t b y M r . SINCLAIR respecting the LChurch Commission, . • cas ian • er d J. RUSSELL stated that he had received two communica- A s ; s m ell the' subject from Scotland ; one from the General C s i :„.7l complaining that there were thresspersons in that E o s s ',7, l ssion who held opinions -which were - adverse to the ofs'ulished Church ; and . another from - the dissenting body .4,,,,ileotland complaining that there /c ffa s only one person of their term Principles in the Commissielvand that they feared their in . ti;s would not have fair P ray. ,He believed that eight out of e eleven Commissioner', were firmly attached to the Scotch chtirch, and that of 'tic other three one only could be consi tieLed as a deci'.!.c.d . Dissenter, but it was not his inten til - to alter the Commission, on account of either of ese re presentations.—( Hear hear.) The terms of the Com- ZiMission h$ been misunderstoo'd ; its power extended only to ear ng-en - ail inquiry into the means of religious worship and educa- ZithPn,•but was not intended at all to interfere with the discipline of er Churchmen or Dissenters. With regard to surplice fees, he , Nel forwarded a communicatio n .t o the _Commissioner s , w hi c h, if e sor e the uked, session clo Mr. WILKS sought as there was an equal number of Dis 'enters and Chrsrehmen in Scotland, it would be a little too hard uat to have otse Dissenter on the Commission. CORPORATION REFORM BILL. for Lord J OHN RUSSELL having moved th e O r d er o f th e D ay t he isirther consideration of the amendments of the Lords on ~e Corporation Reform Bill, proceeded to say that he had bst'sn,sitie'red what had , fallen from the Hon. Member for Chester h. , - night, apon-the -duty of ths. Revising Tr . '4,ri:Arrs, and, as to' intended to introduce an amendment on the 6th clause is . Meet the difficulty, he should not oppose this part of the ,n'!‘4m,l amendment. Another reason which made it unneces si,' was, that , according to other amendments made by the Lords, I;:e4:_ibidonbnedaries, of many of the boroughs would be kept in a state ~,o " . ' en could not ultimately be approved of by Parliament. It necessary, therefore, to introduce a Bill in the nex t th: si en to alter the boundaries of these boroughs, and that alteration would, of course, affect a . number of o t the Corporations included in this Bill. Therefore, if there was ttsedi;ivsion into wards, it would be necessary to legislate so that time ..ii istons should be properly introduced . ; and , . in the mean lea ~ he did not think that any great mischief could . accrue from "'R the znatter in the Courts of the Revising Barristers, as ap rroved of b ag ree t y the King in Council. He proposed that they should ~,. the next c lause—Cla N. T he Clause was agreed to. QUALIFICATION CLAUSE. Lo r d T n -- •'. RUSSELL said that the only amendment he meant to thetuPose lil this clause, related to the councillors lists. He would take tat °F i u junity, as he saw the councillors' test mentioned in the tats w of the clause, of explaining the course he propose d . to at e with regard to the qualification, and his reason for postponing t4Present the consideration of this clause. He was . clisposed to sv 4',as he stated y esterday, the qualification of 1,000/. in boroughs whatshould be d'y'cled into four wards or more, and of whain boroughs which l should be divided into less than four wards. quail h e Proposed was, that there should be no other security for li,a-ici'ieation than wha t was usually taken, viz., that persons should theyekeuttLeclaration u pon the subj ect, being liable to a penalty if th 9, , su without being duly qualified.—(Loud cheers.) He vantZnt that this alteration would be attended with great ad by' the th ough no doubt it would be considered . an . argumen s uY th i l u nte degree, narrowing the qualification introduced I : aise d as a ri bo v i ests e I",_se of Lords, but then they would get rid of the -4 W 4%-ttlie sixth of the rated householders.—( Hear, hear.) a , P 7T:er that a certain portion of the burgesses should be Pers ot , ~ - others, and therefore he proposed . that only when t u be ealleTtielected a Councillor, then a u n al da e t d th to at a t e i t m as e o c n ou y nei llor. ll th rni to prove that ewa q s hoeld k s e e eetion took place, all the burgesses in the borough a r i ght ,-v considered as on an equality, and no person should have i s es s _ time for ow ale a al )"lam on the list of Councillors. You are much be showi ' and are excluded totally from the list." The far better alertedng qualification was when a man was so far trusted as to be „ctat„ ..o by his fellow burgesses ; and when he came to make his de i h, s e I a should he required to prove that he was qualified. the liiere might be persons desirous of avoiding taking any part in tgoe:-:itenjuiPal government, or upon whom the choice of the bur fore i t might not fall, and these should be left undisturbed. There ,. e te lt l,l l : l , b ia e u u se ee ; essary in some degree, and in some instances, and lie ' proposed, when they had gone through _,"? other parts of the Bill, to introduce into the clause which 's&ald persons in holy orders, the qualification of 1,0001. and and to have out the quali fication of the sixth of the rated householders. In ai ls , LO Esther to an observation of Mr. Wynne, the CHANCEL -11 of the EXCHEQUER said there were difficulties in whatever CHANCEL pro ion the House should adopt. Sir ROBERT PEEL apprehended th a t i t was wholly unneces sary . , .0 protract any discussion on th e present question, the prin ciple of qualification being conceded by the Noble Lord. In his (Sir Robert Peel's) opinion whatever was the simplest test of pro. Perty was the best test. He did not think the selection of one-six's, af the rate payers by any means a good test.—(Cheers.) Veiti-, respect to the qualification in the Jury Bill, there a certain nie . ,,lbel eat tion was required, and no objection was made to the sele „ tun a f. J u rYnien from a certain body of persons. There the le- st test was ,PPlied a test w hi c h could not be applied in th e: t Persons occup y ing houses with to rye on Juries.—( (;beers.) ln the prs_ . - se fifteen -, present case, sindows, were fit would be best to . is give an alternative p ent case he thought it i s nu • • ens, hi objection to abandon the oi, e :ualification and he should '', sixth of the highest rate-pay _czt at the same time, .he .ought it would be of advantage _to, a d d ttou . 1 the rating to a certal7., amount.---( Cheers.) He did not see 7_7110 _individuals occupsfsilg • houses, rated or 401. a-year, o.s uld . be enabled tr., fill the office of a Councillor, because he Could I :"ersons, highly respectable risen, occupying such pre mises ro a n ` , Che ers ; ' N Tl" . ..‘s could not state that they were - worth 1,0051---(Loud Cheers; money having been worth in trade,__( Cheers. ) lio e t. t , b ' m ghf, that by adopting the tourse ha In.d suggested, - the eve ,eoW.ould agree to a test that would bo easily proved, and would L `..,t 1 2(15e, who certainly deraved it, a voicein the Council. 1.4 son, treed so far p at 2_! e " . JOHN RUSSELL was glad to find that the Right Hon. MP lterr:t (idin.6 should be tth him.--( Cheers.) He felt himself bound to the qualification of the 1,000/. or the 500/., ''" that persons who paid a certain amount of rating (Ch ef ,. 4 qualified, was an improvement in the qualification eui, ,al.)--and theref ore h e s h ould be disposed, when the House ti c , 4 "e't Into cation the eiscussion o f thi s question, to agree to this alterna e qualifi Nis, G RO • . TE said, that sLthough it was evident there was uroaeoisti laudable wish on the part of the House to smooth the Whe n P e of q u alikation as far as it could, yet he was afraid, SOYwgentl 1 .. ell began to try to make the principle work well, psf r ei.o r dne sure to do something which would be fatal to that ur it ih a Et— : (Ch eers)---and he thought there was no greater proof p osite. nln what had been stated by the Right Hon. Baronet op blight beli e had stated that he could clearly conceive that a person am ,_ ,eighly honourable and a most respectable tradesman, Mi g ht , not able t o say he was worth 1000/.—(Hear, hear. t ) r was ot that o b servation equally apply to the person coMpell e d t o say he was worth 500/. ? Notwith s t an di ng (feel alt lt, d ative prop ose d b y the Right Hon. Baronet, he did not L o r ., ,t enciled to vote for the principle he had laid down.- - , ~ cheer s . 1 -et • siti n ROEBUCK thought he should be enabled to state a prope ls/o°_, More desirable and beneficial than that laid down by the beingso.,!aLord himself. In small towns it would be found impossible I) N r ',`,',„ sufficient number of councilmen worth 1,000/., and that ease, what bad been done? Why, it was proposed that w o :,"_, I' . places 500/. should be sufficient ; that, in his opinion, ba y f or to a ts " t a , in many cases be utterly impracticable. Upon the h is _ occasion almost of his addressing the House, he stated be, that the only ,roper test of a man's caper to sif at ° : , :n office, was his free election to it by his townsmen ; and Plni m! the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) freely coincided' Mr. D. W. HARVEY trusted the HOUse would not be led away by any suggeStion, however plausible. The Right.Hliie. who had thrown out the one so eagerly taken np Noble Lord, said it would get rid of the quslitkatialt roll of One-siXili of the rate payers ; but it was to be ensidered that rat in g- in the eoUtiiit , d-tta not on the same b as i s as i n Whi tehall or r ine're 16/. Was not -only, in a great mati,y plaa,el., a high rating but a high rent, and there would be many towns in which not tee houieS would be found rated at the full amount: AccOrding, td tfle pi ~ position a person in Bath, which had fotti• ti-ard opt Be. Weirtn 8001.—there he could Oct he A Niktltillbr, for 1,000/. was the qua lification ; but let him go to Frome, which was . divided into two wards, and there he was immediately elevated into weiikhi, resit station, and intellig ence , n one o f w hi c h h e petteltsed in Bath, and there he was perfectly fit for the stetson , he could not fill in Bath. He trusted there would be a Sjission upon the principle of a qualifi= cation, though he w :. would be sorr "' 1 ,(1 be sorry to seethe Bill lostby a majority, Ile 7 see the Bill lost, but he ilia hope there •Notild be a:,;on, in order to shew the people that this amendment great boon was ;litch them by those who delighted in being called the Tyibiitteh Of the people.—(Laughter.) Lord AMIN RUSSELL was anxious to stty a. Ceti ttiircls iii ittisWer to what had fallen from the Oka Gthilettleit Who had last addressed the Hone, lie bogged te state most distinctly, that, in agreeing to the amendments now in the Bill, and in pro posing others 0' the same import, he did so solely with the view of passing what was an efficient measure notwithstatitling all ittiglatil defects.—(Cheers) He would still ebillider himself at liberty, nay he might feel it his ditty, if by any chance the Bill was not passed, to introduce the old Bill in all its perfect integrity—(Loud cheers)== totally denying that he had made any concessive in print.iple j dr any one that was binding upon him—(Load vbeers‘ ) Mr. WARD hoped a division Woold hot take place upon this question, for it was not is fair test of a man's opinion in a ease like the present-4 hear.)—for he believed that ,•-the clause was unwise and non-effectual ; far It WOUld be binding only upon the virtuous, and would be disregarded by the vicious.— (Hear, hear.) Yet, though he thought all that, still he was unwilling to risk the fate of the Bill upon such a lit'npixiitititi and wvttld vote against it ; therefort 3 Ins thetight a .division wealld not be a fair test of the feelieo of the House.—(llear.) They had already had a ilitittion upon the same principle, and it was well known , to the: country that it was no clause of their's. He always with: great regret diff ere d w ith th e H on . M em b er f or London (Mr. Grote), but on this occasion, for these, amontlhients .were taken both by the Ministry and that liaise under protest, and now that the concessions of the Government were met in so `conciliatory a spirit by the other side, the debate had taken quite a different turn, and he Weeld not like to see a division upon the point. The manner in which the Right Hon. Baronet accepted the pro posed concessions had given a totally different turn to the whole discussion.—( Heir. ) It hatl'itidaced him (Mr. Ward), at all events, from giving expresaitnt to 'his opinions upon the practical difficulty which a Reformed Muse of Commons experienced in working with an enrefonned hereditary House of Peers.—( Hear, hear.) He was satisfied that if that House had taken a strong and decided course, they would have the sense of the country in their favour.—(" Hear,' and cheers.) But as the Hon. Members en the opposite side had, through him whom they should always look up to as their legitimate leader, if they consulted their own inte rests—(Ministerial cheers)—expressed their willingness to accept the concessions made by the Government in that House, it put an end to all discussion upon that point. He (Mr. Ward) objected to many of the concessions that had been made—such as the appoint ment of Aldermen for six years ; and yet he was willing to make these concessions is order to shew the spirit of conciliation that ex isted in that Hr id that thr • did not wish to enforce their pf the other party,—and above Itirnately rejected, it would not On these, grounds he (Mr.' to proposition' of his Ma-- tothe qualification, there 'were 'Whe'ther there should be one, mode. Now in his ( Mr. W's ) Of Lords was oue of the Very educe him to consent twit. so narrow-minded, and he consign the government of ,Cheering)—in .sayieg that . governing body should be . merit, but an oligarchy of a laugh)—it was introducing so Imong the distinctions that un iortunately already existe=d" between the rich and the poor, that nothing would ever induce him (Mr. Ward) to cortsent to it.-7' (Cheers.) But the qualification clause assumed a different aspect when they looked at that proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet; and if it was essential that there should be a qualification, he (Mr. Ward) was not unwilling to concede that point. He conceded it however under a protest, for its inefficiency and impolicy remained in his (Mr. Ward's) opinion unchanged.—( Cheers. ) . Sir ROBERT PEEL begged to observe, that what he had yesterday . stated relative to these amendments was only his own opinions, and not those of the Hon. Members who agreed with him on most occasions. He had attempted to adhere as closely as possible to the course of discussion, but at the same time he was perfectly prepared to acquiesce in the amendment which he must observe he had not suggested, provided the consequence would have been to effect an amicable arrangement.--( Hear. ) The . Hon. Member for Southwark had alluded to the clause as if been pruposeti by him, but the effect of adupcing ins k Sir R. Peel's) suggestion, would be to widen the sphere from which the governing body would be selected. It would he as well, he thought, to make up their minds as to whether they should divide or not.—(No, no.) But if the Hon. Gentleman, who pressed the amendment was so much afraid of success, he thought he would not press it.--(Hear, and a laugh.) It wou ld be rather awkward f or th e H on . Member to go into a division upon the qualification, trembling for fear he should be successful.— ( Hear, and laughter.) Mr. CLAY thought the arguments of the Hon. Members for London and Bath were unanswerable; but it would be better not to press the amendment to a division. He was against the prin ciple of qualification, but it was necessary to make some com promise. He begged to ask the Noble Lord whether there would be any test as to the amount of qualification on any scrutiny, and he would be glad also to know whether the Noble Lord meant to accede to the alteration in the qualification proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet? Lord J. RUSSELL replied that he was willing to give that pro vision up respecting the lists being made out, consisting of one sixth of the highest rate-payers on the burgess-roll. He was will ing to make the qualification 1,0001. or 5001., with this alternative, that if the party was not worth 1,0001., a rating of 40/. should suf fice, and it he were not worth 500/., a rating of 20/. would quali fy: His disposition was to admit the proposition in the manner suggested by the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, but he thought they should take as low a rate as possible. Sir R. PEEL would suggest that the rating should be at 30/. and 15/.—(Hear. ) Mr. BERNAL said there was no man in the House who was so positively opposed to this doctrine of qualification as he was, be cause he considered it useless, and he was sure it would prove inoperative, except that it would be the cause of discords and feuds throughout the country. If one man swore or made a declaration that he was worth 1,0001. or 500/., another of the same business would consider him to be his rival, and that if he did not make the same declaration, he would be com mitting an act of suicide and insolvency. Again, in many places there were men of property living in great respectability, who occu pied houses that were rated no higher than 101. per annum.— ( Hear, hear.) It would, therefore, be necessary to have a gra nated scale of qualification. He entreated his Hon. Friend not to press fora division—no doubt, those Right Hon. Gentlemen in whom they confided, his Majesty's Ministers, had some good reason fiir the course they were about to adopt ; yet, if he could prevail upon them, h e wou ld have them pause bfore they persisted in this course. Mr. BAINES suggested the same criterion of qualification as that in the Reform Bill. Under these circumstances the criterion was so fallible that it was not one upon which they could regulate, or fix a standard of property or respectability, if measured by pro perty ; and therefore he begged to offer a suggestion, viz., that in steadof a rate, it s h ou ld d epend upon the actual amount of property as far as it could be approached, whatever that property might be. He would mention one circumstance which bore very strongly upon the measure, to show that the qualification would be of no great sets of offic ers , one advantage. I n th e p l ace to which he had alluded, there were two /'e.terned upon a qualification, and the other upon the a nc i en t I , :inci ple of paying rates and taxes (as we under stood.) Th e otficers who required no qualification were in every respect P: resp e Fteoalot u ctable as those who were required to have a quail& ni:l:He, therefore, did not b e li eve th a t th e qua lifi ca ti on wou ld y great advantage. As he was f avoura bl e t o an accommoda r:hhich would preserve the Bill in all its integrity as to its great principles, and as it would secure the success of the Bill by making some sacrifice, he was not disinclined tosacrifice, and if he was to vote he would not vote in such a way as to be a test of his feeling upon the subject. He would vote in favour of the qualification, though, in his opinion, the Bill would be 'much better without it. He would entreat the Hon. Member for London not to press this matter to a division, as it would not effect the purpose he had in view ; viz., to show what was the disposition of the House upon this point. Mr. Sergeant WILDE—Upon the subject of going to a division, he was satisfied that the result would be that it would lead to an impression that a very considerable number of Members did not disapprove of the principle, because they voted in the ma jority from tar different reasons. With respect to the question itself he, for one, was very much gratified at the c o u rse t a k e n by the. Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth. He did not show any desire to triumph, but to forward a really practical mea sure of great pulslic utility ; and this measure going to the country with his sanction would go recommended, and would become effi cient to a much greater degree than it otherwise would be. Hear, hear, hear.) He was, therefore, desirous of acqui escing in any suggestion of his upon this occasion, because he was satisfied that in his suggestions lie acted perfectly bona fide, and not from any desire of impeding the fair effect of the Bill.—( Hear.) Mr. WALLACE would like to know why there was to be a different measure meted out to England, from that which had been measured out for Scotland. They had no qualification there, they wanted none, and the whole system worked well without it. He was convinced that agitation would not cease till this country was put on an equal footing with Scotland.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL would not detain them for many minutes. It was always wise to divide upon a difference of principle, as every man thought it of sufficient importance to have his own opinions known and to know how many would vote with him. But upon this question it will mark no such distinction, as he was himself as op posed to a qualification as any man could be, and yet he would vote for it, and many others had said they would do the same. He did it for the purpose of compromise, and in order to put others exceedingly in the wrong if they should reject a good measure. He thought the qualification, as it came front the House of Lords, was totally undeserving the consideration of the House, and he was happy to see that it was thrown over by everybody. He did net see how human ingenuity could have gone in inquisitorial op pression as the qualification of the House of Lords.—(Cheers.) So absurd and unjust a qualification he had never heard of.— (Loud cheers.) It had been attributed to him in the Morn ing Chronicle that though he condemned the system be would vote for it. He had said no such thing ; but what he had said was, that lie would vote for the qualification as part of the compromise.—( Cheers.) He was glad to find that the system was to be fully changed. Colonel SIBTHORP denied that all objected to the amendments of the House of Lords. He for one did not, , it most cor di ally agreed to them.—(Cheers.) -- c i `,„.%!ELL had no objection to make an excepti on o f the 'at4 h, t rle IBTlf —RP tins, glac to set a chance of dayisiiii t ,becitise it gOe 31CMIA`rS sidtl iffi oanctn. thi! Wise to hear their sentiments.— Cileer.4t fig OVreo ikeSe.; 6;mi the Houk to recollect that when two dogs quarrelleA.l third bone.—(Great laughter.) fl.l are 4,o7ifttiftiqn, clause the most objee pro I:4',4i,i44tr&pteeetilet tionaoie an n pernicious atteration , , the Bill by the House of Lords.—(Cheers.) By that a,t4.44441 iNss who had wealth only could be qualified.—( Cheers.) Now he weilltl ask what qualification was required for a person to become Lord Chancellor—nothing but talents, Supposing that the person to hold that high office. was required to be worth 00,0001, or 40,0001., what, he Would ask, would have become of n Noble and Learned Lord in the other House, who had taken so prominent a part In the present Bill ?—(Loud cheers.) If the greatest officer in the country Was appointed without any qualitie,ation, why should not these poor town councillors be elected on the same principle.—(Cheers.) Ltird JOHN RUSSELL said, that as they had gone so much lilto the. qUalikation clause, lie should, at the aloe of the present diflenSsion, propose to go back to the 25th clause, The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then proposed the consideration of the 25th chaise, and moved as an amendment, that the words " Preacher;' or " Teacher," in any Dissenting Congregation should be struck out, and the following words should be added:— " or being the regular Minister of any Dissenting Congregation," Mr, GOULBOURN did not think the words were sufficiently eomprehensive—there were many dissenting ministers who wer e hot regular ministers. Mr. EWART suggested that the words teacher and preacher, as they now stood, were perfectly sufficient. Att. \MKS war fully satisfied with the words proptss..bythe' Noble Lord. There were many men who, though preschers 'ot 4 teachers, were not regular Ministers, but followed another calling. He wished only the regular ministers of congregations to be ex titided, Mr. WYNNI suggested that the clause might lie so worded as to he confined to those preachers who had a license. Mr. WlLKS'said there were no so things as licenses to preach all that was required was that a notice should be served upon the Clerk of the Pette'e, or lodged in the Bishop's Court, stating that such a building - was intended to be used as a place of worship. Mr. BAINES would propose that the word "separate" should be inserted begpre congregation. Mr. BORVHWICK said there many intinerant preachers in the Wesleyan,E t crsiiasion who made their whole livelihood by the sacred profession;hut who would not, as the clause was proposed to be amendeakbe excluded from these offices. Mr. WELKS thought it would exclude all who ought to be so. Mr. ROBINSON thought the words proposed' perfectly satis factory, and he hoped no more time would be lost upon the matter. Mr. GOULBURN suggested that the amendment should be, " whether a Dissenting Minister or not, appointed to any congre gation." He thought all should be equally excluded, and that the amendment should be extended to shut out all preachers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would false all the objections that had been urged, and would add another from himself. If the amendment were agreed to, it would exelode all the Society of Friends, for they were all preachers, and the effect of that clause would be to exclude every quaker. The clause as amended was then agreed to. Lord JOHN . RUSSELL in the qualification clause proposed to insert these words, " unless he shall be seized or possessed of real or personal property to the following amount, that is to say, in all bo roughs which by the provisiOns of-this Act are to be divided into four or more wards; 1,0001., and in all boroughs which shall be divided into less than four wards, or not divided into wards, 5001." After these words he should propose to insert the alternative qualification of the Right Hon. Baronet opposite. Mr. EWART thought the smaller qualification might safely be taken in the largest towns. He thought 1600/. was much too high. Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON Objected, altogether to the ,principle of qualification. In the town which - he had the hanottr to: repreient a qualification of 10001. or stoet to the aftiolist of 1,1001 ssas required, and these being obliged. to swear to that amount had deterred a great number, of most respeetable persons in the ' town from • takiing office.—( Hear. )- 4 He hinhself wets aware of not less than 27 who continued in the Com mission having sworn that they possessed; the required amount of property until they actually-became insolvent. He believed it would not work well in towns, and he would be glad to see it'alto gether done away with. Mr. WILLIA3IS would give his most decided objection to the qualification clause. The Noble Lord had last night spoken so pon erfully against it that he had hoped that he altogether had abandoned it. There was one point to vyhich he wished to call the attention of the House. The other House had shown a great attachment to ancient customs in discussing the principles of that Bill. Now it so happened that in none of the ancient charters was that qualification necessary.—(Hear, hear.) The city of London possessed one of the most important and ancient charters, and in none of the corpo rate officers was qualification required. The Common Csiuncil had the power of establishing a qualification, and although they had been five hundred years a governing body, in no one instance had they attempted to establish such a test. It could not be proved that in any of the Corporations qualifications were required for any office. It was remarkable, that in the city of London persona might be disq*iiiied from serving some effices ; as, for instance, a person elected to serve as an Alderman, would be disqualified if he swore that he was not worth 15,000/. ; or if elected a Lord Mayor, he would be disqualified if he swore himself not worth 20,000/. As to the Common Council, there never was any qualification required for the office, but was made compulsory like that of constable. A person elected to serve as sheriff could not be excused unless he paid a fine; in point of fact, the only qualification for these offices was their election. In many places men might be worth 100,0001., but so engaged in business that they would rather pay 5001. than serve the office, while another man not worth more than 100/. would feel a pleasure in serving the public. Sir R. FERGUSSON was opposed to the principle of qualifi cation, and hoped that the country would pour in numerous and strong petitions against it, and calling upon the Lords to remove all qualification. He thought it most unjust to establish two rates of qualification-1,0001. for one man, and 500/. for another. In large towns there were many men not worth 500/., who were as fully competent, as men worth as many thousands, to fill the office of councillors. Mr. C. HINDLEY. observed, that a man might be rich in pocket, and poor in powers of his mind. A Right Rev. Prelate in the other House, lately made a quotation from a book to which he hoped all his Right Rev. Brethren would pay attention. The passage was this : " There was a little city and few men in it, and there came a great king against it, and there was found in it a poor man, who, by his wisdom, delivered the city. Yet no man re membered that poor man. Then, said I, " Wisdom is better than riches." He hoped the time would come when every man would be rated not according to his wealth, but according to his merit. —( Hear, hear.) Mr. GROTE had come down to the House with the full inten tion of dividing upon this question of qualification ; but after the observations which he had heard, he was disposed to alter his pur pose. Yet he was anxious to give the reasons which had induced him to form that purpose, viz., to show the repugnance to the prin ciple of qualification, and to appeal to the judgment of the elector s , by whose judgment, after all, they must be ultimately guided. He also intended to mark his sense, that the extent of the concession made to the Lords was greater than the occasion required.--( Hear. ) this principle had been adopted by men whom lie respected, but he must say that the tone of this debate was calculated to have no other effect than to give the Lords a power of legislating over this House, and to make the country believe that this House would not stand by any great principles which it had endeavoured to establish. He could not see what the country had gained by the Reform Bill, if the other House was to exercise its power over the decided majorities of the representatives of the people in this House.— (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") However the observationi which he had heard, accompanied as they were by protests against the principle of qualification, proved to him that if he were to take a division on this question, it would practically go forth to.the coun try, that this principle was less unpopular in that House, than he was happy to find that it actually was.—( Hear, hear.) It was therefore with this view that lie took this method of protesting against the principle, instead of pressit:g for a division.—(Hear. ) It seemed that almost every observation respecting the amount of, or the way of shaping the qualification, only served to show the principle in a more objectionable point of view. When they took a man's assurance at 5001. or 1,0001., it would lead to this, that it would seem consistent to adopt some means of finding out the fact, and not simply rely upon a man's own assurance. If they were content to take a man's assurance without entering into any investigation they must submit to any extent of evasion. This was sufficient to expose the nugatory and objectionable principles of the Bill. Every amendment and step that had been taken in that House, certainly had a tendency to alleviate the pressure, and to mitigate its bad principles ;' and he was rejoiced to see any thing in the nature of a Councillors or particular list. Major BEAUCLERK, as the motion was about. to be with drawn, felt bound to protest against the clause as it at present stood. It was objectionable to the great body of the people, to the lower class of tradesmen, inasmuch as it obliged individuals to prove to the amount of their property, which in a commercial coun try like this, he considered most invidious. He also protested against it because he did not forget that the Reform Bill gave no political power to the great body of the people, and now when they were forming a Corporation Reform Bill, they were giving no political power to the poor man. They say that the poor man is not an honest man, and though he is fit to be taxed, he is not fit to manage his taxes. On these grounds he thought that his Majesty's Ministers had yielded too much in favour of the other House, and though he hoped that they would give satisfaction to that House, he could not help feeling that the day would soon came when they would find that House would never go on in conformity with the House of Commons.—( Hear, hear.) He protestel in the strongest terms against this clause, which he was sure would spread general dissatisfaction throughout the country.—Hear, hear. Mr. M. PHILLIPS—As the Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Grote) does not mean to press this subject to 'a division, he felt bound to state what his feelings were with respect to this claase, and to protest against it in the strongest terms.--( Hear, hem'. ) He protested against a qualification altogether.--( Hear, hear.) If a qualification was necessary for those who were elected Council lors, surely it was equally necessary for those who took their seats in the Legislature of the nation, and imposed taxes and burdens on the honest and industrious citizens.—(Hear, hear.) The princi ple applied much more strongly to the one case than to the other. If any Noble Lord would only spend three years of his life amongst the middling classes, he would then be able to understand the feel ings of those for whom lie attempted to legislate. He believed thatattheexpiration of that timehisopinion with respect to a quali fication would be entirely changed.—(Loud cheers.) He had seen so much in the old constituencies, of heart-burnings aris ing from the system of qualification under Sturges Bourne's Act, which had been called a qualification of bricks against brains —( A laugh) that he could never consent to any measure that contained a qualification of this nature. Though he had given this measure his most cordial support in its original state ; yet as as one of those who had done so he could not allow this clause to be introduced without expressing his deep disappointm en t, an d w ith out comp l a i n i ng o f t h e pressure which had compelled his Majesty's Ministers to depart from their original proposition.—(Cheers. ) He c o uld no t allow this vote to be taken without rising to declare that the introduction of a qualification into this measure would give great dissatisfaction, and ;times per fectly uncalled for.--(Cheers.) isted in that House, and that they did Opinions without any regard for those of all, to prove that 4. the Bill was ultima be any fault of thOix's.—( Cheers.) 0 Ward) had given his support to the pre! jesty's Government. With respect to t' two points to be considered. First, wt and secondlv, what would be the best Mt opinion, that rent down by the House ol worst description. Nothing would int There was something so overbearing, s would add so insolent, in attempting.to these towns to a narrow oligarchy-0 out of the councillors' list alone the selected—not an oligarchy of sense or the breeches pocket—( Hear, and a la' new and anomalous a distinction among a1ep.1,.. ,n Diet, hich WC h Hun making t of the !d, and length, isagrees on to be im King ugh the to King ,t to call :y which e to lay til the gislative he King [agnates u It re- Jers will law will the two Teemell pion will in o rder a Royal tungarY; ordinaoo the 7th, already 3d of ast three ) deaths• m which office to appear s ranhfort 'crisited tomfora' with un id struck instantly rem, but hey P ro" ommun►' ury ; by tb! ►nsumeo, nen FM" was 1 ° en ted . 000/. otice vf who wil ° tifr,eultY' had be en s be ag , d a W s " the leg' ssailaet, a i n t he his creel goir Dreg • tr fe • .„ 9 Tob" 41)Lf D r Le that cj ,r-ha Guinea' e , Pi Ate4 ./ v .terra cc ' the 134 ;. 11}1t°' { s ;lam, ...,.,. 1/0100 the llef• Mrs. datd' t t t i; dy 01 is 1 " 6). 01 „n W °° t 'i t: II Ba r ' e, tt , n Barr o ne, o f .1 Saffi e „-e of hte:_ v Itterf"c 4 0 160 Of the 6tit wilt , 4 • Ife r % r e J` ' thZ per IN Woo d ars,l3" ;11' a r et. i t e m e r , Fra , • CPl* fscr a chy !nd SY F r caer iel ‘ er ° f gr. [l'3. "fad the lt Lon- fk9 , j o• s ty '5 ofisrio• Ao rli o s ; fsq" r o f le 04°1 nith, COURT CIRCULAR. Their Majesties left Windsor Castle at 11 o'clock yesterday morning for the Palace at Kew, to spend the day. In the evening the Duke of Cumberland and a select party dined with the King and Otteem . Their Majesties afterwards returned to Windsor Castle. The Duke and Prince George of Cambridge, attended by the Rer. - Mr. Wood, Sir James Rey - Hot. and Baron Knese - bech, returned to town yesterday morning from a visit to their Majesties at Windsor Castle. their Royal Highnesses paid a visit to the Duke of Sussex at Kensington Palace. The. Doeliets of Gloucester left Frogmore Lodge, where his Royal Highnegl been staying on a visit to the Princess Augusta, yesterday, for heat in Bagshot Park. A numerous meeting of Members of the House of Commons, supporters of the Administration, was held ye't - ferkay afternoon at the Foreign-office. Lord John Russell, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and others of the Ministers were present. The French Ambassador visited Viscount Palmerston yes terday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. A'Beckett and a deputation had an interview yesterday with Viscount Melbourne, in Downing-street. Sir J. Jeffcott had an interview yesterday with Lord Glenelg, at the Colonial-office. The Earl of Albemarle had a dinner party on Sunday even ing, in Berkeley-square. MUNICIPAL REFORM BILL. RAMS GATE. On the House of Lords going into the Municipal Bill on Tuesday last, the 25th inst., the Duke of - Weilingtou is re ported to have said-- " That he had three clauses to propose, the object of which was to continue the jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports precisely as it stood, so that they might administer justice as usual." Lord Lyndhurst said— " That he had reason to believe that Margate and Ramsgate ob jected to being thrown into the jurisdiction of the county, owing to the heavy expense which it would entail on them." Lord 11Ielbourne, in reply, said— " That the corporate towns only ought to be regulated by the Bill, and that the other towns ieparate from those should be thrown into the county." We know not upon what grounds the tovo first Noble Lords formed their opinion that Ramsgate objected tO b. 4 the own into the county; the following proceedings in that toffn on the subject of the Municipal Bill, are in direct opposition to a wish to continue subject to Sandwich as at present:— " At a meeting of the inhabitants of Ramsgate, holden on June 22, it was resolved that it is inexpedient for the inhabitants of Ramsgate to take any steps towards being united to the borough of SandWich for any municipal purposes whatever.' " Copies of this resolution were transmitted to the Members for East and West Kent, to the Members for Sandwich, to Lord John Russell, and to the Mayor of Sandwich: The inhabitants of Ramsgate, the population of which town, in 1801, was 3,110, and according to the census in 1831 amounted to 7,985, and at the present moment may be esti mated at 9,000 (while that of Sandwich, which, in 1831, was only 3,136, and is now considered below that number), are naturally enough desirous of being emancipated from the borough of Sandwich for municipal and all other matters, as far as they can be, as they would find it much more convenient to be released from its jurisdiction. On June 27th, a letter was addressed to Mr. Plumptre, one of the Members for East Kent, in reply to his inquiry as to the wishes of the town, stating that the inhabitants of Rams gate were desirous of being severed absolutely and entirely from Sandwich as to municipal power.:— " That with regard to judicial power they were not as yet in possession of sufficient information to enable them to decide on the advantages or disadvantages of remaining under the jurisdiction of Sandwich, but that any attempt on the part of the corporation of that borough to retain its present irresponsible control over the Liberty rates, would meet with the most determined opposition from the inhabitants of this town." Is it not probable that the Members for Sandwich had some communication with the Duke of Wellington on the subject of the Bill? If so, how could any opinion be entertained that Ramsgate was desirous of continuing under Sandwich ? Ramsgate contributes 5-7ths of the Liberty-rates, to which Sandwich pays rather more than -7th, the remainder being levied upon the other limits ; and under the present system of dependence on this decayed borough, whenever any vacancy occurs in the Customs, Post-office, any other Government department at Ramsgate, a Sandwich person is always ap pointed to the office through the influence of the Members of that borough. It is worthy of notice that when the Town clerk of Sandwich gave his evidence before the House of Lords as to the appropriation of the corporation funds, he stated that a large sum (8,0001. we believe) had been expended towards building the gaol there, when, in fact, it was merely a loan on excellent security, and at a good rate of interest ; and he forgot to mention that Ramsgate was taxed towards repaying the advance in the before-mentioned proportions of 5 parts out of 7. On Thursday evening a petition signed by 250 inhabitants of Ramsgate, was forwarded to Lord Melbourne, to be pre sented to the House of Peers, praying that " by the enact ments of the Municipal Reform Bill, Ranzsgate nuzy be wholly freed from the municipal control and judicial jurisdiction df t he corporation of Sandwich." * See Morning Herald, of August 26. j See Standard; of same date. Preparations are being made for the arrival of the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria on Saturday next at Bishopthorpe Palace, the residence of his Grace the Arch bishop of York. The Lord Mayor of York will meet their Royal Highnesses there, with an address from the corporation. It is now ascertained that their Royal Highnesses will honour the Earl and Countess of Harewood with a visit, and Hare wood House, which is permitted to be shown daily to strangers, is ordered to be closed for a fortnight to ordinary visiters. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and children are expected to pay a visit to her father, the Lar.dgrave of Hesse Cassel, on their way to Hanover. The Duke de Nemours, and several friends, and the Duke of Cambridge, were below the bar yesterday to hear Lord John Russell's opening speech on the Lords' amend ments to the Municipal Bill. BELFAST ELECTION.—A petition has been already forwarded to the House of Commons against the return, the result of which cannot be doubtful.— Cork Reporter. DISTRESS IN MAYO.—We have extreme gratifi cation in being able to announce that the progress of famine has, at length, been stayed at Mayo and the adjacent Islands, where, during the last two or three months, many unfortunate beings hav e ac t ua lly di e d o f st arvation.—Cork Reporter. EVERY MAN HIS OWN GRAVEDIGGER.—We are glad to learn, from it paragraph in the Inverness Courier, that a Committee has been appointed by the Town Council of Inverness, to consider what means may be adopted for lessening the expense attendant on funerals. The poorer inhabitants complain of the charges "'Jade for grave-digging, and request permission to perform that duty themselves; under the inspec tion of a proper .officer. —Aberdeen Ob.s.e7 ver. passage : p On detection, the author of the Modern Dunciad,' shall be ia t ) two chairs—his breeches and drawers taken down 7 -and his youth renewed by repeated applica tionby his own Itanni>, b e ,:ther-bent, which Mrs. Ambrose has of a bundt up cream. A young medical hi therto employed in ivisipp:ct # 13„,„ 1 Sul Irishman'—shall stand by student—a cousin of the to inform us when the culprit bras. been flogged within half ess will then be ro an inch of his life. The amiable monin, i mp i emen i pf justice to the quested to desist, and commit the . flames. The patient will then be carried by the , .:10k into the kitchen, and laid on the dresser, with his back to tht, ceiling, and the scullion will rub in pepper and salt, to prevent mer,:tifi cation. The lips of the leading wound having been sewed up, they will be held together by ligaments of sticking-plaster, under which is deposited a slip of paper, cut from the notes to 'The Modern Dunciad,' inscribed with his crime. Who was lit , rd patron of Sir ,Ytralter Scott? England. Who ruined him ? His kind cou'airymen, the -Scotch We shall then order him to be seated, and take some tripe—for no base parsimony shall ever compel Scotland to starve a critic from Cockaigne on a visit to her shores. As soon as he has quelled the rage of hunger, we shall request him to give us a lesson in elocution—to read with his own proper emphasis his own con cluding note." , The " Science of Swindling" is an ironical dissertation, the specious gravity of which is well sustained throughout. "Fragments of a Journal in Bretagne," unlike the gene rality of travellers' journals, contains' much novelty in the way of observation, and considerable smartness of expres sion. 'ci;p hasty description of Jersey is capital : " Its atmospil,:re is impregnated with sea.' It sleeps, in deed, in a complete .dine vapour bath. Every cabbage and onion on the island is alre,;.`ly pickled. The ribs on the living cow or sheep might be packet,. up, and sent, without further preparation, on the circumnavigattn: of the globe. The very evening dew is profitable here ; and tn.: man can return from his idlest lounge, 'under the vesper star,' without bringing home his own salt. Even on the single eveni,c7 of my halt on the island, I saw a pair of lovers who had sen,`imentally loitered a little beyond sunset, return like the princess in the " Arabian Nights,' frosted from top to bottom." There is the smack of the true Attic salt in this piquant description, which is, besides, remarkable for its truth ; so much so, indeed, that we have heard that every foreigner who visits Jersey, before he ,has resided there a year, hardens, like Lot's wife, into a pillar of salt, which will at once account for the circumstance of none but flying visits being ever paid to the island. " William Pitt" is a fine display of ambitioni 'common-place, containing not one ar gument or speculation, that has not been suggested, at least, once a week, by, all the Conservative journals in the king dom; In the translations from the " Greek Anthology " we recognize the hand of a graceful and practised scholar. We wish, by the bye, as Christopher is so fond—infinitely to his credit—of classic translations, he would favour us with one from Ovid'S beautiful story of Ceyx and Halcyone, the most beautiful even he ever wrote, full of eloquence, 1' 11 ;1 of pathos, and. what is very unusual with him, display ing in tilz. conduct of the catastrophe, consummate dramatic skill. Why 41)es . not , the author of " Unimore," who is remarkable for the; luxuriance of his imagination and the felicity of his style, turn his attention to the similarly gifted (though in an inferior degref) Ovid ? " Departure and Return " is a pleasing tale, but the leading idea is taken from a novel published two or three yeai,s since, entitled the " Old Maid." FRASER'S MAGAZINE. The Literary Gallery contains this month a portrait of the late Michael Thomas Sadler, who is chiefly remarkable for having gone up like a rocket, and come down like its stick, in popular estimation. For six months, and no longer, we believe, this gentleman blazed as an orator in the House of Commons. He made one celebrated speech, and awn sunk at once into obscurity. The portrait before us must have been taken when he was sadly meditating on this sudden reverse of fortune, for the countenance CN:,CCSSCS a world of disappointment and moroseness. The " Recol lectioas of Sir Walter Scott" are penned in a flowing, easy style, but re too much made up of trite remark, and too little of anecdote. " A few words of advice to clerks, shopmen, and apprentices,"L as dull as the subject, which is saying a great deal for it. We do not see what business shopmen have on the wrong side of the coiznter—that is to say, in the pages ofa literary journal. Fraser, we Ospect, has few readers among the dandy, cigar-smoking, Graves,:nd-voyaging apprentices of Cheapside and the Mineiries ; he Appeals to a more en lightened class, xho are capable of something better than merely counting ten on their fingers. Ola Father Prout contributes another of his rambling, learned, gossipping essays, under the title of " Modern Latin Poets," t►;e trans lations in which are neither better nor worse than t:sual• " Miss Fanny liemble and her critics" is a rabid attack ..on all Newspaper ediiors and critics. The author, we sup pose, has been disappointed in his too ambitious expecta tions of getting employment on the Press as a penny-a-line man, and is therefore anxious to spit his small venom — which has not strength enough even to raise a blister—on the fraternity who have rejected him. It is a pity he gives way to such unreasonable spleen, for the opportunities of earning a decent livelihood are -yet within his reach. Though he may not have ability enough to contribute " shocking accidents" to the Newspapers, yet we have no doubt he is admirably qualified to carry a porter's knot at the India- House. L;t him ply then in Leadenhall Street, and we will answer for his success. THE LADY'S MAGAZINE. Dobbs cnd Page. The principal embellishment - oc the September number of this very elegant periodical is a full length portrait of the celebrated Madame de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV. of France. The portrait, which is beautifully co loured, is copied from a painting by Mignard. There is a dignified stateliness, chastened by deep reflection, in the air . of Maintenon well becoming the rank of a sovereign. The portrait is accompanied by a well-written memoir, in which the author labours to prove that Madame de Mainteoon was guiltless of the pernicious policy of which other biogra phers have accused her. It is certainly difficult to prove that the revocation of the edict of Nantz was not the effect of her counsels, although the fact is denied by the writer of the memoir now before us. The "Plague Cloud "is an interesting traditionary legend very happily told. The stanzas beginnint , " Happy, happy childhood!" are, in our opinion, founded upon a wrong impression of the feelings of infancy. We are certainly persuaded that the sorrows of that period of human existence are equal, if cot greater, than its joys—at least such is the impression which it leaves on most minds. Several of the Sonnets are pretty. Altogether the number is a very good one. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. Colbur►a. This Number contains, amongst other very valuable pa pers, a Letter addressed to the Editor by * Captain Basil Hall, on the organization of the Austrian Army, which contains much information new to the great bulk of English readers. That it will be sought after with avidity, even by officers who are conversant with the numbers and discipline of the troops of the Great Northern Powers, is most cer tain. The tabular form in which much of the information is arranged is equally convenient and intelligible. The ar ticles on promotion in the British Army, which arc conti nued in this Number, are, perhaps, the most important that have appeared in any monthly periodical for a series of years past. They cannot fail to have a beneficial influence on both branches of the public seevicc of Great Britain. Our space will not permit us to mention even the names of the more important articles in a Magazine conducted with as great judgMent and ability as any monthly periodical now published. The best interests of the Army and Navy of the .British Empire never had a more faithful and devoted advocate. THE CONSTITUTIONAL MAGAZINE. Valpy. • The second Number of this periodical by no means pleases us so well as the first has done.- There is too much of the milk-and-water remonstrances contained in the opening article, already before the public. The time is gone by for cold prudential essays upon the theory of the British Con stitution ; and friends who come encumbered with such garniture are in reality enemies of the people. We want no writer who is afraid to speak out, and to recommend a decided course either ,fir or • against a House of Peers, which, from the nature of its constitution and privileges, can admit of no modification. The' lighter articles are to lerably well written, but certainly not so very well as to merit especial commendation. The index to books re viewed, does not reali4e half of our just expectations. It DONCASTER ST. LEGER. Mundig and Queen of .Trumps remain in about the same degree of favour as last week, and at precisely the same prices ; no great eagerness was evinced to back either of them. Ascot was in great force, and large sums were laid out upon him outright, and against the two favourites. Preserve's backers were very sby. Hornsea was backed for two or three hundred pounds at 15 to ], and Ver bena f a ,' one hundred at the same price ; against the iatter, how ever, t h ere ;sere plenty of lave; s. A few engagements were made on some of the outsiders, but the weight of the business was confined to those already tii&'t.ioned. Clot ing odds:.- 13 to 4 agst Mi. I.l°Wee4i,s ;:rundig—taken Quern of Trumps-4 to 1 taken 7 to 2 agst Mr. Aliis;:v ll ' 6to 1 agst Lord Orforn,s Ascot=-7 to 1 taken freely 8 to 1 agst Mr. Greville;li'Z'reserve — offered 15 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Ver;:ena•--taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Richardson's H t ,rnfea—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Johnson's Jupiter—i'aken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's damsel Oti---taken 25 to 1 agst Mr Houldsworth's Turbo.n- —3O to 1 taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Golden's Brother to hope--offered 40 to I agst Mr. Pottinger's Crescent—ctfered 40 to 1 agst Captain Taylor's Ainderby—t.k.en 50 to 1 agst Mr. Peel's Tritn..4aken 1,400 to 800 on Mundig agst Ascot—taken 1,400 to 800 on Queen of Trumps agst Ascot—taken' 700 to 400 on Preserve agst Verbena—taken 7 to 2 on Mundig agst Hornsea—taken 700 to 100 agst Verbena and Hornsea—taken PLYMOUTH,DEVONPORT, AND CORN W A.L RACES. FlitDA I*. A Handicap Plate of 100 sovs. Heats, once round and a distance Sir E. Baker's Spume, 4yrs, 1 Ist.7lb...J.Day, jun 1• 2 1 Colonel Gilbert's Denbies, 5 yrs, lOst 2 1 2 Mr. Wreford's Waresti, 3 yrs, Bst. 41b .Mr. Dornoney's Lily; aged, 9st 3 dr k • The Welter Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 10 added. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. 11. Wise's Vision, 4 yrs, lOst. 71b ......Owner 1 1 Mr. T. Lane's Cedric, aged, 1001 . :101b 3 2 Mr. Powell's The Miser, 6 yrs, 115 t... A Handicap Plate of 5 says. Heats, ne* - 111 r. C. Trelawney's.. mud's End, 5 yrs...S. Day, jun • '1 Mr. Wreford's Freedom, 4 yrs, lOst. 71b Mr Dornoney's ..... .3 dr The Farmers' Stakes were won by Mr. Reed's Vestry, beating Mr. .1. Perry's Distich and Mr. Creft's Lady Harris. The Lary Plate a; 301., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 .covs. each. lleats, one mile. Mr. Wilkins's Mimic, 5 yrs, 12st Mr. Aloore's Grey A Niddleham, 3 yrs, 9st Mr. Perry's Distich, 3 yrs, Bst TVEYMOU27I RACES, .hirmir. His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. Mr. Finch's b. c. Outcast.... Conol I e I I Mr. J. Finch's br. f. Myrina, 4 yrs Mr. Greatrex's Nosegay, 3 yrs . The Lodmoor Stakes of 10 sovs, each, with 25 added. Mr. Finch's Blenheim „ Ccnolly 1 1 Mr. Finch's Myrina, 4 yrs ... 2 2 The Mountain Harriers' Stokes. Mr. Johnson's Merry Man ':`,4:. Stent 1 'l. Mr. Harding's Merry Lass . . ..... 2 - Mr. R. Hart's Mountaineer The Hurdle Race was won by the Hon. Captain ForYester's Lady Eveline (owner), beating two others. WARMINSTER RACES, liunA Tl f ," Warminster Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 50 says. added, fur a l! horses that never won 50/. at any time prior to the day of starfrip,.. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Vcwles's br. g. Busy'Body, aged Mr. Levi:s b. g. Tripod, - .5 yrs ..... . Mr. Will:* .1)• g. Walker, aged The Hunter's Cap.. value 20 sovs., for horses which have been re gularly hunted vrif... h Mr. Hall's, Mr. Codrington's, or Mr. Hor lock's hounds. Gen ' . le mo n riders. g . ; Walker, aged Mr. Joyce na. b. I I • Mr. Harris's hr. g . fk ., hworth, 5 years The Ladies' Plate, value 20 boys., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 s m. , . each. Mr. Russell's br. g. AuldsvOrth, 6 yrs 1 1 Mr. Law's b. g. Tripod, 5 yra. Mr. Hudden's gr. g. Antelope, J yrs Mr. Clift's b. f. Tiny, 4 yrs- ......... 2 dr A Forced Handicap of 2 sovs. each, vv:th 15 sovs. added, for all horses, was won by Mr. Will's b. g. Walk .r, beating Highworth and Auldsworth. GOSPORT, ALVERSTOKE, AND ANGLESEA RACES. FIRST DAY. Southjiants Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 24 added. Heals. Capt. Witham's Red Rover .. 3 1 1 Mr. Fauleur's Miss Freedom Mr. Buckle's Razor The Union Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 20 added, was won in two ?'eats by King's Cottager, beating Mr. Luff's Cornet arid Sir J. Das:_•wooa's Proserpine, who bolted. The pct. - iv race was won in two hea's by Mr. Luff's Caroline (late Brunette), I,'ating two others. sEcoNn DAY. The GarriS,Vl Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added. Capt. Witham's .Conservative 1 1 M r . Sadler's Tally. •bo 2 2 A Hack Stakes of 2 so .vs• each, with 10 added, was one in two heats by Sir .7. Dashwood':,' Proserpine beating Tory, Red Rover, and Miss Freedom... The Galloway Sta Les of °tie soy. each, with 10 added, was won in two heats, by Mr. Luff's Caro.., leafing Miss Brown, Spider, Rob Roy, and. Balloon. A BERYS7'WITH RACES. . wr.m.trsnAv. The Members' Plate of 501., added to a ;.3wc.epstakes of 3 sovs. each. Heats, two miles. Mr. Harris's Barney Bodkin, 5 yrs, 9st. 1.1). 1 1 Mr. B..Davies's be. m. Mirth, 4 yrs. Bst. 4;1)- 3 2 Mr. Farmer's b. g. Timothy, 4 yrs, Bst. 101 h 2dr The Goserddan Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Fulk , r's Lady Harrington, 6 Yrs, 9st. Mr. B. Davits's b. f. Calulra, 3 yrs, ist. Mr. Whaley's Ilal.ton, 4 yes, Sst. 41 1 ). • Mr. Vaughan's b. m. ',Radnor Lass, aged, Oat 4 dr Mr. Parr's ch. g. Runt, ~, . ., : ..d, 9st Mr. Henderson's b. f. Charlo.:l4o, 3 yrs, Sst. 41b. "dr 6 dr T If U RSDAY. The Town Stakes of 5 soya. each, with It ) added. Heats, t‘'',e round. • Mr. Fuller's Lady Harrington,. 6 yrs, 90. I.olh, 3 1 1 Mr. B. Davies's br. m. Mirth, 4 vrs, Bst. 104 2 2 2 Mr. Farmer's Timothy, 4 yrs. 8:4. 10'b I fell Mr. Parr's Runt, aged, 9st.. 10lb 4 dr A Handicap Sweepstakes, with 15 sous. added. Heats, once round • Mr. Whalley's HaMon, 4 yrs, test 1 2 1 Mr. 13. Davies's Calulra, 3 yrs, 6,t. Mb 2 1 fall The ground was excessively wet and heavy botb days. AQUATICS. Donut': Scuttrus' CVs( H.—The Gentlemen residing, about Milbank and its vicinity subscribed for two wherries and othex prizes, which were contested fur yesterday between the watennen of Vauxhall-bridge and the Horsoferry. It was the usual distance iii such matches ; and, after some superior rowing, the two first boats in the first and second heats shortly after six o'clock took their stations to contend for the last and grand heat. The anxiety of the spectators was intense from the known excellence of the men, who were well matched, and came in thus:- Ist. Joseph Royal, jun., and Edward Penfold (Stripe). 2d. Joseph Royal, sen., and Benjamin Swaine (Pink). 3d. Ralph Gardiner and Edward Hunt (Yellow). 4th. Robert Coombes and Richard Dolwin, jun. (Blue). Unfortunately, in the second heat. immediately after starting, G. Parker, who rowed with John Ward (Purple). broke one of his s culls. They were, consequently, compelled to rcsign the con.. ter. 111'. river presented an animating scene.