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ions, 111., little Ighs, rivi- been. are Iblin tiler out W 25 ex- OS. ish the so teir Ise 1.113 - , that the - present measure was founded upon the extent to which abuses prevail e d, as de scr ib e d i n the Reporte, he thought it was not requesting too much for his Right lion. Friend to ask the Government to postpone the measure till all the Re ports w ere upon the table of the House. Mr. WILLIAM ROCHE said that if the Government had brought forward no other measure, this alone would entitle them to support. Mr. LEFROY remarked that the tendency of the measure II light be ascertained from what had fallen from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, who, having told them that in ti ie Corporation of Tuarn there were 37 Roman Catholics, and one Protestant eepressed his approval of that state of thines, and said it would be found that every Corporation in I rela'nd would shortly be in the same condition. Mr. O'CONNE I, L—l rise to order.—(hear, hear.) I s aid no such thing--( Hear, hear)—and the Hon. Member I noe s I did not.---.( Loud cries of " Order" from the Opposi f ion Benches.) Mr. SHAW rose to order. ;Mr. LEFROY was not surprised et the way in which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman met his assertion : he had been Long enough a Member of the House not to feel surprised at zany declaratien the Hen. and Learned Gentleman might make, or at the manner or temper of its delivery. He was not, then, nmeh surprised, neither was he much distressed by the lan guaffbe used by t h e H on. and, Learned Gentleman. What he sated was, that th e hoer. and Learned Gentleman did say drat the corpo ra ti on o f T uam cons i sted, w i t h one exception— that being a Protestant—of Roman Catholics. In making this statement he attributed to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman what he conceived he had heard from him, but he wonld not Persist in attributing thy: to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, if he chose to withdraw it, ee to correct himself. He would re- Peat, h owever, that he consideret: he Hon. and Learned Gen tleman to have also said that such a s;."..ae of things was most and that they would find every cor i :eration in Ireland se.ortly in th e same condition with the corporatiom: of .T:tain' e Ile then argued that the present was not the time to . measure of this sort. The Reports ought all to be upon tee table of the House, before they were called on to deliver an ° Pinion as to the Bill. te Air. O'CONNELL now rose_to explain. He said that the 1; 1°11 . and Learned Gentleman, by omitting part of that which e did say, gave a totally different meaning to what he really u.ttered. He declared that the corporation of Tuam con the " of 37 seoman Catholics and one Protestant, and that le most perfect harmon • dth He had said that the re y pro e ere. was a total absence of all religious dissension, and he added his wish that every other corporation in the kingdom _ we re equally f ree f rom dissension. He knew that the Hon. nod Learned Gentleman did not wish this : what the Hon. Learned Gentleman wished was ascendency ; but be ( Mr. 43 ' Con 11 eir ne ) sought for equality, and they were gaining on M. opponents every day. L'imr- PLUNKETT made a few remarks; in reply to which, ration PERRIN said that the great body of the Irish Corpo th Reports were upon the table of the House as soon as e English, Mr RUTHVEN supported the Bill on the ground that he wished to see equal justice done. of r • G RATTAN was happy to find, from the declaration the Noble Lord, that the measure would pass this session. ZColonel PERCEVAL begged to protest against the dis saion and settlement of so important a question at so very t • a period of the session, when very many members had re. el; ee d f rom the H ouse w i t h out any i ntent i on o f aga i n return i ng pt in the event of a call. aMr. SHEIL said that the Hon. and Gallant Officer was rr s e corre c t i n his allusion to the absence of so many Mem e e It was true that the House was nearly deserted. The jttach of the party t o w hi c h t h e H on . an d G a ll ant Offi cer was ed was absent, and his absence was certainly significant. Ul ) wed that the Right Hon. individual fully felt the impos eddy of resisting this‘ proposal of reform. Colonel SIBTHORP felt no doubt that on this question, (18 on that of the reform of the Corporations of England, the : t a lle r Rause of Parliament, though often taunted as an Aris e civic body, would show the considerate feeling which they reetertained for the rights of the lower classes of their country jere; and after the most able, and he would say, unparal eu speech lately delivered in that House—( Hear, hear, and lau ghter). --.4 an Hon. and Learned Gentleman formerly, tine h _ th e British lonel Sibth) rretted not now, a Member of e Parliament firmlyb l• • d that the e•ood sense of that H f • he e iere e House feeling as they did for the people, and regard ig their petitions which had been spurned by the House he was addressing, would Yet savethe corporations, unconvicted end uncontaminated—(lronical cheers, and laughter)—from the designs and machinations of Hon. Gentlemen opposite, and r escue from annihilation those rights and privileges of the !ewer ele.sses of the people, which ought, in his opinion, to be int.aintained. Who, he would ask, had been more disposed to ..ut lip the liberties of the p eo pl e , t h an t h ose w h o b ore t h e ea rn , . l e of Libe r al s —b ut w h om he called revoltitionists and, !vellers--men having no f ee li ng f or Ch urc h, Ki ng , S tate , ereat People, or any thing which had hitherto made England a nation. i n the Bill. The motion w agreed as thento, and leave given to bring at Lore JOHN RUSSELL gave notice, that on Monday he e °u `d move for leave to bring in a Bill to effect a further re- Lord in the militia staff of Ireland. L e CASE OF GENERAL DARLING. d am , " r u JOHN RUSSELL also gave notice, that on Mon uPoa the a t ent of the Committee which had been granted to • appointment m Thatinquire into the con tic d tof General Darling, be th 111 °ye " That it be an instruction to the e at m Committee rosy the t "ey do not extend their inquiry into, or take cognizance dne coui t - martial held upon Captain Robison in Sy n, in 1824." Air. . \V A RBurtisoN hoped that those Members who had ppmerted th e motion for the Committee the other night, would up ho la the decision to which they then came , • of which it was ttoSt bl the s a e portio n , t h at t h ere s h ou ld b e an i nqu i ry i nto tippet of that court-martial. Lo r d SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. h h JOHN RUSSELL gave notice, " That on Monday b y e j e c ntid move a resolution expressive of the sense entertained l ete u c e House of the services of Henry Seymour, Esq., the p bae , e eei . e _ at.. „ rms. "—( Hear, hear.) j eo ,I'ISHMENT OF OFFENCES IN IRELAND. 4 . NT - moRPETH then rose to move for leave to bring in kew for the better prevention, and for the speedier punish- Te e r i of offences endangering the public peace in Ireland. f ax ir" were glad to think that the state of Ireland was so fie:roved, and was so far i mprov i ng as t o re li eve them eornnatae necessity of p ro p os i ng a co ntinuance of the Act th e , °llly call e d t h e Coercion Act, w hil e at t h e same time t o ••. could not flatter themselves that it was yet such as . ie g g iv e cause for dispensing with the propriety of retain same ?erne safeguard be and the ordinary reach of . the law, t eeti 'l° C onstitution, for the sole object of affording pra t rem"„ to the peaceable, unoffending, and helpless part of the tts ° r e ul-11 tY• With respect , to the present state . of Ireland, th e e g r ;rded the commission of outrage and the maintenance of tb e c, 111) lie Peace, he certainly regretted to find, on comparing that turns which were submitted of the number of outrages, °hlitnere bad not been a decrease—indeed he was sorry to be nun s t° admit that there . had been some increase in the total total af outrages committed during the last year beyond the that istnatrnber of those committed during the year prece e d r i t rf o — so lepo ate VaY, an increase of those reported in 1834 1. 0 d v elapsed 'nth Pros 18 33 ; and in the last three months that ,a . 3'ear, e "nt year over the corresponding period of the last acn e . ", ta he was most happy to state, as a strong counter e ewennistance, that those offences which might be classed ri l ly rt da le ee ‘8" of a political or insurrectionary nature, had mat?- t he h e ' cr eased; and also that there had been a decrease l in ter, tuber of all offences of a more serious and violent ciarae to th e i nd e e ed a great portion of the increase might be referred .rs Unde r se lea u of common assaults—to riots committed at fai , Mine '"" influence, he had no doubt, of a too general use of th ey ; but at t h e same time he was compelled to state , t h a t vi e! ed been a freq uent l y atten d e d w i t h c i rcums tances of so tho s e : en a exaggerated a nature, as to evince, on the part of t o wh nd oco mmitted tbem, a most lamentable recklessness as t er( i'e valu e o f human blood.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble th e / t h en proceed e d to rea d extracts f rom t h e R e p o rts of TneseusPectors-General of the several provinces of Ireland. tra ct pwere all the statements which he had been able to . ex end irom the charges of the judges at the present assizes, tl eonjunctio•with the Reports of the Inspectors-general n th e t °w ed —not, indeed, that there had been a decaease in 4 to °till amount of crime, but that the number of offences of m a i l aggravated and formidable nature which formerly pre to ti e l '. 4 in Ireland had been-materially diminished ; and it was mel o 15 state of things that the Government had sought to Th, l4 ,t the measure which they then submitted to the House. meas ure was founded very much upon the Report of the die'"lnittee appointed in 1832 to examine into the state of the U rged " tr ue districts in Ireland, to which Committee the petition ec Queen's C oun ty h a d b een re f erred, and of which his right t n• friend the Paymaster of the Forces ( Sir H. Parnell) q ti been chairman. The object of the Committee was two h constitute a competent tribun a l f or t h e en f orcement th e ordinary power of the law, and also for the prevention le 10 nocternal outreges which at that p er i o d preva il e d. whi ch tirs ounce of the Report of that Com m itt ee , t h e Bill he he should move for leave to introduce gave a power to tieeii,aaolad-Lieutenant, cm, slue cause being shown, to appoint a 4 : 4 th andssembly of the court of quarter-sessions to which one s ee, ing's sergeants or King's eennsel, was . to act as . asses tinttztis which. was to have the power Of adjourning in any till t ',red district, from time to time, and Iwo place to place, th e La.quillity should be restored, and no leaser. At present etisi ord-Lieutenant had it in his power to issue special com aane"uis ; fo r in these cases the Judges went down, gene when crime had considerably accumulated, and to de le gaols w hi ch filled. The ob too amply an on , were already _ tee Re te that mode clearly stated in of precedence was , Thport of the Committee to which had alluded s , remark, that although it is quite true that the ordinary v e gular la d uffieient to put down time same % e . ws have been foun s : ; t ised , I tehoY Associations which have from time to time has ts equally true that in every instance every Asso• qas bn has made itself complete master of the county where it taiti, e en lormned and committed all kinds of crimes and enor 's with • nt • period before the en teen). impunity, for a consiactea e ut or the powers of the law bas preduccd a remedy ; ll' w hile tl • • to a Epocial Com ie practice of having recourse .. tioe of , as time means of carrying into effect a vigorous apjaheee the • I • remedy which is had aktr, rigeurs of the Jaw the solo tx en -e to, the same result will necessarily occur, because the slo t S e which etends the sending down oc a special commis atia „, for it to act Ina difficulty of making out a Le• t • lead to postpoaing the appointment a Pith. : a ,. ''kr ati l 'ne -after an illegal conspiracy has commenced tto Preye d ,In point of fact, although the law has in general pre, sufncienil strong and effectual for the ultimate sup s ku , „, y aff ." hitebov Associations, it has not Wen "effectual th °Mine . et a ea h ii , s Piotection to the public against being eepese , d to Ie " and atrocities of those conspiracies for a consaler, ist,w p ert and . ion. o t th 'r being completely repeessecla' s Majesty's Government wero of opinion that tig! —ass a S2ecial Court of Quarter Sessions which they proposed to eaapower the Lord Lieutenant to call together by the Bill, hi a due case of ei - nergeney being shown to have arisen, would do more towards the timely prevention of such offences than the issuing of special commissions. He now came to the second object—of preventing internal disturbances. The Bill proposed to empower the Court of Quarter Sessions in the representation of the Grand Jury—such Grand Jury being taken from the special list of the jurors of the county—and with the approbation of the Lord Lieutenant, to warn the in habitants of disturbed districts to keep within their houses, and to authorise the magistrates and chief constables to visit houses and require the male inhabitants to appear when sum moned. Persons not answering were to be deemed absent ; but no power was given such as existed under the former measure, to these functionaries of entering houses when they chose ! Persons found absent were to be subjected to a cer tain punishment ; and on the second occasion to be subjected to one more severe ; also, persons found abroad in the night with unlawful arms in their possessions, to be subjected to the punishment attached to a misdemeanour. These were the provisions which it was proposed to incorporate in the intended Bill. • They were, certainly, such as trenched en the. ordinary practice of the Constitution rather more than a composed state of things would warrant ; but looking to the urgency of the case he trusted that they would not be deemed going farther than was needed : above all, when it was borne in mind that it would not apply to or affect any district for any period except where and when that urgency prevailed. He should propose to limit its duration-to the period of a _ver y- few years. The Noble Lord then moved far leave to bring in the Bill. Mr. N. FITZ SIMON should be happy to join in passing a Bill which should prevent the recurrence of those disturbances which did occasionally take place in Ireland, in spite of the existing law. Colonel PERCIVAL asked the Noble Lord whether cer tain districts in Ireland were not at that very moment under the operation of the Coercion Act? He wished also to in quire in reference to one of the statements read by the Noble Lord which alluded' to an occurrence at Monaghan, whether con,..n parties therein implicated had not been acquitted? Lor d- ! ;,..'")RPETH said that four of the Queen's County, and a part of Kii Lanny (we believe), were still under the ope ration of the Coercion _ A.ct. As to the second question, he could could give no informatiO upon the subject of it. Colonel PERCIVAL then ex p ;ssed his surprise that the proposed alterations and modifications v; the Coercion Act should be founded by his Majesty's Government ,:tp the extra ordinary ground of there having been an incre2Se Or crime in the last pear over the preceding one.—( Hear.) Mr. H. GR ATTAN said that it was impossible for his Majesty's Government to allow things to go on as at present in the north of Ireland, where there was not security either for life or property.—( Hear, hear, and laughter from the Opposition benches.) Let Hon. Gentlemen look back to the transactions which had been only recently witnessed there, of Orangemen parading at night through the country, and draw ing ropes across the road, and forcing all who came up to my out before they passed, " To Hell with the Pope I" Colonel PERCIVAL said that of such disturbances no one in the House could be more anxious than himself that they should be put down. Mr. RUTH VEN said the great mischief of Ireland was, that the Magistracy were tainted with party feeling. Mr. O'CONNELL thought his Hon. Colleague was mis. taken in supposing this Bill would not please anybody. In his opinion it would please every rational being in Ireland. The present Bill, if he had rightly understood it, directed the meeting of the magistrates at sessions to deal with cases of actual offences against the laws, and also authorized them to keep those persons within doors who were found out at night without being able to give a good account of themselves. Whilst it gave protection where it was wanted, the Bill took from no man the right of being tried by a jury. Its only in fringement upon public liberty was the power given, as he had already observed, to deal with persons who went out by night, having no lawful business to take them out—and if it should be effectual in suppressing this most baneful practice, it would have a most salutary operation, and produce the greatest be nefit in Ireland. He felt convinced that the Bill would work well.—( Hear.) Mr. S. CRAWFORD wished to see coercive measures for Ireland accompanied by other measures, which would go to the root of the evil. He thought that a system of Poor-Laws ought to be extended to Ireland. Where the people suffered from hunger crimes would be perpetrated. Col. PERCIVAL explained. Mr. FINN contended that all Ireland wanted was justice, and justice demanded that the Orangemen should be put down—that the police and the magistracy should be com pletely purged of them. How could it be expected that the people of Ireland could have confidence in laws which were administered by Orange Magistrates ? The greater part of the police were Orangemen; the greater part of the magis tracy were Orangemen, and the whole of the yeomanry were drawn from the same polluted source. In this state of things it was not Coercive Bills that the people of Ireland wanted but justice.—The motion was then agreed to. Mr. PERRIN brought in the Municipal Corporations Re form Bill for Ireland. Read a first time, and ordered for se cond reading on Friday next. necessary al matt,qg that re- is conse ring from he prOvi y on the Ito effect, - nunieipal, s,:s most of those tent of a nt magis were le tf ctcd with s and O- M reside Bill, the ided for. f the Bill effect, he Cheers.) to regui. Vas in- Xny the appeared ,hortld he It was it at this Learned borough Learned a of that dly to it. It even if ations in ifference rded this ions, ho o a corn- means of rich now extreme ;bs were the Pro- Hear.") nce, but a. He rporate keep up E n gi an d r would rocure a. ed upon ime ; he He was Mayor n would be pro ' it was, vbo was y, they supe r of the The se elected of then but he House h it was 3 go on To any rinciplo unsure would .) He justice, re, was orations mid be on. and , ut that n, fully trusted le very is else -e long If tine LI Irish would survivc would itrLck, was it was rid to s Bri was ion in acre, to au- rusted e ad !wiled ily re 'attics emely epe e en- con easel, :id be n the same and a said ister's e ac- TONNAGE BILL. Mr. POULETT THOMSON moved for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the admeasurement of tonnage in vessels. Mr. G. F. YOUNG observed that this was a Bill of great importance to the shipping interest of this country, and he hoped that the subject of improvement upon the present sys tem would be fully opened and considered. Captain PECHELL said that some alteration was most called for to prevent vessels, about as seaworthy as tea boxes, and not more so, from going tc sea. These vessels were in the form of coffins, and ton often proved coffins to those who were bold enough to navigate them.—( A laugh.) Leave granted THE BUDGET. Sir ROBERT PEEL asked whether it was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to make his financial statement next week. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered, in a low tone of voice, that the state of the West India Com pensation Loan, and the absence of an important estimate, would oblige him to postpone his statement upon the Finances of the year to a later period than he had expected. He had no doubt be should be able to state upon some day next week when it would be likely he should be prepared. Sir ROBERT PEEL hardly thought the absence of one Estimate was enough, at this late period of the session, to jus tify the postponement of a statement so anxiously looked fbr ward to by the House, and so important, in every sense, to the country. He could not help observing that the House seemed to have become, rather, suddenly, very patient upon the sub ject of the Budget.—(AA laugh.) Easter had been, of late years, the prescribed limit beyond which the patience of the House of Commons could not endure upon this subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER appealed to the Right Flom Gentleman's candour, to say whether it was possible to make a Budget statement with a loan such as he had referred to pending. The Right Hon. Baronet had thought fit to pass over that part of his reason for the delay com plained of. _ _ Sir ROBERT PEEL admitted that the Right Hon. Gen tleman was justified in withholding his statement pending the negotiation for a loan ; but he could not accept the mere ab sence of a single estimate as sufficient cause for the delay. FINES AND RECOVERIES. , Mr. F. BARING brought in a Bill to abolish certain offices connected with Fines and Recoveries, for granting compensation to persons lawfully entitled to fines for the loss thereof; to - abolish the Cursitors within the Court of Chan. eery, and to make provision for the abolition of certain use less offices in the superior courts of common law in England. —Read a first time. BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. Colonel SIBTHORP asked the Attorney-General whe ther he meant to proceed with the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill this session? He had sat there since the 26th of March to watch that Bill.—( A laugh.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL answered in the affirma tive, as we understood. Sir R. PEEL observed that this was about the time of the year when the Noble Lord who had preceded the Noble Lord opposite (Lord J. Russell) in the place he then filled in that House, used to put his sickle into the numerous hills remain ing. upon the order-book, and cut down a good many.— ( A laugh.) He thought the Noble Lord might follow so excellent an example with benefit to himself and the House, and state, with reference to those Bills over which the Government had some control, which they intended to proceed with, and which defer to another session. This would be a matter of great convenience to the House.—( Hear, hear.) It was now the first day of August (it was past midnight), within about a fortnight of the end of the session, and the very day, he believed, on which the Noble Lord ( Lord Althorp) used to perform the very pleasing duty lie had referred to. Ile had never known him chargeable with neglect in this part of his duties. It was most desirable that they should know, in coming down to this House every day, what business they would have to meet.—( Hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL entirely concurred with the Right Hon. Baronet, in thinking that the present was an appropriate period of the session for the announcement in question. Mr. HUME begged to observe, that he had no expecta tion of the 113113 e separating yet, for a month at least.— ( Hear, and laughter.) If the session had been prolonged and business delayed, that was owing to what had occurred early in the session, in consequence of the change of Administra tion in November last. Sir R. PEEL thought there was nothing in what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Middlesex to militate against his observation that notice should now be given of the business likely to be proceeded with by the Government. He would not go into the question of the early events of the ses sion, further than to observe, that in his opinion the delay in the public business had been caused by the late period at which the documents to which it was necessary they should refer bad been laid before them. Mr. G. F. YOUNG asked whether the Hon. Member for Middlesex meant to proceed with his Bill respecting Light houses—a measure of great importance. Mr. HUME answered in the affirmative. He was the or nn of s unanimous Committee ; and he believed whatever difference there might be as to the details, there was no ob jection to the principle in any quartep. - Sir R. PEEL thought it highly desirable to pia) anxiety and doubt upon this subject. He had had considerable cor respondence respecting the provisions of this Bill, and his eutir.e47lion with the Trinity-house naturally made him anxious respecting it. 140 Loped the Noble Lord would be prepared, en Monday, to name the meaotiFea ho meant to proceed with this session. Mr. HUME was ready to go oa wltli the Light-house Bill that Hi I,t ; but, if more acceptable, would defer it till Tues. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST . 1, 1835. hart eleven presentations,' and Oxford had four. As they (the Commissioners) journied onwards northward, by means of the Leedi mail, they found that in that city the Mayor and three senior aldermen had the patronage of two livings, one o f 500/. a year, the other 300/. Now none of these places had charges made against them ; and that they were blameless is corroborated by the fact that not only the present jobbing Commissioners had nothing to say against them, but that the Commission issued at Lord Brougham's instigation to report on charities had also acquitted them of any wrong-doing. They were not sent as tools of a party and as promoters of a political job, yet they allowed no corruption to pass unexposed. Still they found that then no charge of malversation could be brought against Bristol, against Oxford, against Leeds, or any of the places he should have occasion to mention. The Commissioners had done all this without trickery : so that the circumstances connected with these preferments had un dergone a searching inquiry, aot only by the sublimepoliti clans of the Commission of the Municipal Corporations, but by the Commission to inquire into charities. Well, then, leav ing these places, the Riding Commissioners go across the coun try to Norwich. Riding Commissioners he might well call them; for no rider from Lombard street, sent out to scour the country, with his cotton, ever travelled at such speed. The expedited Commissioners had to prick on their hacks to in creased expedition. They had hardly time to lunch on the road. No leisure for lucubrations, and scarcely time to change their wearied beasts. But on they were compelled to travel, to furbish up materials by a particular time for this Report of an inquiry. There was to be no delay. The information was to be in town in time for the penny post-bag, that a draught Bill might be prepared, and the wet sheets obtained from the printer.—( Laughter.) -These Gentlemen arrive, then, at Norwich. They greatly disliked interference with the Church. It was a commodity they did not like to deal with. They were, it was true, for a voluntary religion, annual Parlia ments, and universal suffrage. However, at Norwich, they reaped a large clerical crop.—( Laughter, ) The Cerpoptioo had in its gift eleven advowsons, Thetai was no complaint against Norwich, except, say the Comimissioners, the Corpora tion "is a great deal too popular." They did not dragoon the people, but they were " a great deal too popular." t 5,,,,;- ;10 Corporations were found fault with by thesc.pgelst§ ftrj.l„;i ng too much this and too little that, bat it was the tatilt of the Corporation of Norwich " that they were too popular,' , In ad, dition to these eleven 4dv9wsens i tlign Cilinaitisioners found other things—sorts of Hcoleslastioal waifs and strays, such as the Lord of a Manor or his steward might pick up in riding over his domain. There was 2501. a-year applied to char;ta, ble purposes, Also there 'YtW4 school ca lled ii)dwaril the Vl.'s School, so called from a.. co.nfirroatien hy that Moriarolt of 4 charter of another Royal Fonnder. Now that tilt: G F , O4 $ seal was vacant, the King might, parliaps ; be advised to hand the revenues of this school over to the• new class of so called Cor porators, Well, this school handed over, it wonAld r a nt end the p, Thpre were five pre§Pn4tig;ig to qcwiki;§ Christi Col, lege, founded by Bishop Parke. At Coveotry there was g rectory belonging to the schoolmaster, and alottm preferment belonging to the P t eetey. The porporation had a right t o two- Fllowships at• St. John's, Cambridge, to name one Fel low tq C4thririe Hail, o;ll.ll?ridtrei and had fglAr Pite§eiAtittlens of forty-eight pounds a,year each. NCIW, Was tins patronage to be handed over to persons professing any or no religion, or, it might be, even to Profess.ors c,€ joa;sm. Yet, the 11111 was founded on that principle.—( Hear, hear, hear.) And here again he must express his regret that the seat of the Lord Chancellor was vacant. Had Ministers ;4:Pirated a re sponibie person to hold the itireat Seal, it would, as a lawyer, have been his duty to inform his colleagues, that, without any proved abuse, such a Bill of pains and penalties as the present could not be sent from one House of parliarlc4t to 414,thar. Fhe la4arnc4 (leaf - lea - 14a thin proc,ocde4 to argu e th at t h e jouse'qf Parliament had pa more title to confiscate property ; wio;ant first hearing evidence, than ally other Coort. Ile re gretted the abscn& of the NOhle Lord the Chief Baron, of the Noble Lord the late Chief Baron, and of the Lord Chief bistiee. flora 3 1'4'4 1 14P 1 3' bare Intimated he wa s p o t O xicn t. Sir C. WuflpriEr.b resnined,-,1-Ie had also to regret the rftii-i - iPeof a Noble Learned Lord whom old pug prevented from attending. He did 'not know whether, at that stage of the proceedings, to allude to any of the numerous allegations Pritiqi9i4l I.P the corporations made in the Report, Or to the numerous cases ;TdsreprevyltMl9a : In Coventry there wag one instance that might' be allnded to. The Free Grammar School at Coventry had a library attached to it, and the "march of intolieetil men 'had complained of its being neglected. In the Report it was said that the "books had been used to light the fires," yet no complaint was made to the corporation visi tors at the time ; and other books had been used by the boys to pelt earth other, they qp,R,og them a very handy soft of ntissito. The Commission under Lord Brougham's motion to inquire into charities then came round. The school master was then absolute—he was quite autocratic—no-tyrant of the ferule ever reigned with more imperious , sway. It then appeared that the books had not been sufficiently attend ed to by the corporation. gut this arson of Looks took place in 1791; and was tacked into the Report of the Municipal Cor poration Commissioners in 1335, from a Report of the Com missioner's te enquire into charities. This was at one a speci men of the Report, and of the negligence of the schoolmaster, This literary incendiaristo Was quite as had a; agricultural in cendiarism, • The visitors of the school wore in the habit of giving ten guineas a year to the library, the books of which the master permitted the boys to light the fires with. Now, if on some nice cold morning it should so happen that some - thing in the shape of a Parliamentary Report might he u4. - o- , . - fi.Al, its devotioa to the flames would eerrainly throw no very serious impediment in the way of the intellectual progress of the pupils. Lucan's ardentia verba would then be realized. He had already called their Lordships' attention to the three distinct propositions of the preamble, and he had endeavoured to show that if the corporations had been guilty of abuses, these abuses could very easily be remedied by the ordinary tribunals of the country. In all matters affecting the Magis tracy the King possessed a visitorial power, which was dele gated to the Court of King's Bench. In all matters respect ing charity property, or trusts, the King, through the Lord Chancellor, t, is the visitor ; and so if it could be proved that any of the corporations had beer, guilty of abusing the privi- - loges given to them by their charters, or had been gui!ty of breaches of trust, those abuses could all be satisfactorily reme died by recourse in the one case to the Kin ;'s Bench, and is the other to the Court of Chancery. The powers of those Courts were amply sufficient, but the Reformers chose to con tend that the abuses of the corporations were too great for the laws now in force, and they were desire us of adopting the princi• pie that it was the better policy if you cannot cure the malady to kill the patient. Kill the patient first, and then, undoubtedly, no disease would exist. If he be cold, warm him not ; and if paraly tic, leave him to his fate. If this were good philosophy, the application of it to many was not quite so agreeable as its appli cation to a body of the metaphysical nature of a corporation. Ile would proceed now to state the name which, in his opinion, the Bill ought to bear. It was a Bill of pains and penalties— a proceeding well known to the law, but only had recourse to in cases where it was difficult or impossible to meet delin quencies according t.) the ordinary principles of the law. In eases of chartered rights such a proceeding had never, except in one instance, been employed before, and it became their Lordships to consider what were the special circumstances that justified it. The sole, existence of exception he had been 41.40 to discover was the ease of the City of Cambridge Cor poration in the reign of Richard the Second. In this solitary case, however, it was to be observed that the decision of the House of Lords was precisely that which the Court of King's Bench would have come to upon a case of quo worranto. If the prerogatives of the Crown arc to be abolished—if Charters are to be confiscated—if Corporations arc to be annihilated in lump, why,.then, let the thing be done decently, with some respect for the forms of justice—let the thing be done in the usual way of proceeding, by a Bill of pains and penalties—let Sir J. Campell, the King's Attorney -General—who is to do all the Government jobs, for there is a t p resen t no l awyer i n t h e Cabinet—bring the ffair into the Court of King's Bench—let this Learned Personage, the quasi Sir R. Sawyer of the pre sent day, try the delinquencies of the various boroughs which arc pronounced by their exterminators to be corrupt, be fore Lord Abinger, or even before the Lord Chi e f Justice —let him bring in his specific accusation against them seria tim • but he must not—the Government mas t no t— t h e revo- lutionary Jacobins must not—attempt to mow down nearly 200 boroughs in the lump, when it is admitted by the Report on which this spoliation scheme is based that 96 of them are in- nocent, and do not:deserve this summary process of amputa tioa. Why can he not try the job in a court of law, where if the parties are found guilty they would receive condign punishment, and where alone they ought to be tried? But if he fears to faro the King's Bench, or any o th er C ourt , l et him try the House of Lors—let him have the matter sifted there, and he (Sir C. Wetherell) would be satisfied. He would be glad to meet him there, hand to hand. Nothing but the grasp of tho Sergeant- a t- arms wo u ld remove him (Sir C. Wetherell) from that bar, and prevent his defence of the institutions of the country. Nothing but the monitor mantis of the authorised officer of the House, would prevent him from standing there, and advocating the undoubted and un alienable rights of the Corporations of Great Britain. This monitor manna was before applied to an Attorney-General, and it might . in thi s case h e app li e d to hi m ; but if Mr. Attorney met him at thei r L or d s hi ps ' b ar — an d g l a d he ( F.,h• 0. Wetherell ) } would be to see him fur.! to face—(Laughter)— lie would fight it out to the last with him. He should call his witnesses to rebut the charge, the odious and unfounded charge, of delin quency against those loyal bodies of Englishmen —.on who would stand by the throne as they stood by it before, and in load tirfiefie=arten who were some of the safeguards of the country, and reared a barrier against democracy and revolution. By vvhom was the 'present Bill produced? He, for one, did not know. He d.d not know the prosecutor of these Corpo rations. There was ca Law Officer of the Crown in the House —no keeper of the King's conscience—no Lord Chancellor, a thing unheard of before. But, perhaps, we were making strange strides to democracy, and that state of things that would dispense with Chancellors and Lords ?—(L i attghter.) Wile was the soolmr of this §poliatinij—this pillaging—Bill ? Wo grip 'acktif4leciged it—every member of the Government was anxious that it should not be affiliated on him. It was a strange Bill, and a dr.:igerotts ()TIP, and no wonder that it should be disowned. By it the King could not act a regal part. He was only to discharge vice-regal functions, at the beck of the Town Council and democracy. If this be a Government measure, then the Attorney-General must appear. He would not retire - from the bor till their 6ccined I ' tight to b . 6 &Luce of his clients. Tt they doceeide that he has, then will he proce e d w i t h hi s evi luter dence ; if not, that will be enough to regul a t e hi s con d uc t.- Under th e system procosed a new k i ng d om was about to he set 1 4p, of which the Ki ng was net p Ile the le4t,' 4 'np,ty re pifolt4al I,` Q Zri;ttitiie4 to'dependettt of, and 6.4 Y at varvariance the Mena ctly 'existing country, A ratsow wit.. 4 er about to be create Ain the samo • - King tit; King 'was hot In raked up thin n-e" - -is • Lo ueard the under the system that constitution in the monarchy of Great uct a ref,r,al part; his functions were to be only vice . . icgal ; he was rit',t to haste. the appointment of the magistrate: of the new corporations tt he was to be stripped of all jurisdic. tion or control over thy corporations of the country, which their charters end the Constitution of the empire gave him. retiring, he once snore entered his protest against the den gerous provisions of this Bill. The Learned Gentleman then withdrew from .the bar. Mr. KNIGHT then appeared at the bar, ar.d said that - if it was their Lordships' pleasure he was ready to proceed. A Normr. LORD inquired whether there was any likelihood of concluding the subject to-night? Mr. Ksion-r replied in the negative. He was then desired to proceed. Mr. KNIGDT then said that he appeared on behalf of the same parties as his Learned Friend (Sir Charles Wetherell) to protest against a Bill 'of pains and penalties now before their Lordships' House. This Bill, according to the title, purported to be to regulate the Municipal Corporations of England. Now that title presented two notions to his mind. first, that' . the Bill was general in its operations; and se condly, that the operatiOn of the Bill would' be to preserve, whilst it corrected, the management - . of those Corporations. Neither of those two features which the title presented were proved in the Bill itself. This Bill would have the effect of totally annihilating 1t r corporations, together with every law, custom, official station, and method of election connected with them; and proposed to substitute in their stead an equal num ber of newly-constituted bodies, the greater number of the individuals connected with which must necm - i rliy belong to the very lowest orders of society. Yet these bodies, so con stituted, were to embrace the entire authority within the respective borottgha, without any controlling power over them, and were to have the full and cntiro control of the corporate and charitable Condit attached to • borough, without tiny f4cow4y or test of . Qu 'Au..- the thle 4 , 1* fifth t 1 _oiercitto of 50,,- 1,110 acation for - • •—• • - lie 'Tally doubted :whether - on a important tru ,ts. .neir Lordships' journals so wholesale an act of (I; ! . ....a:iol i i sement was to be found. There was one clarse, and only ono clause iu the Bill (clause 60), which PP 3 vidt'...l for eowpensatiGn to the parties so disfran .l.iefl, Dili how was th at compensation to be adjusted? Why l by the Lords of the Treasury, without any appeal what'ever. He would ask their Lordships whether they would consent to pass such a measure as this, whereby the rights and properties of the King's subjects were confis cated in this worse thaw despotic manner? The Bill effectually provided for the destruction and annihilation of all Corporations. There was a portion of it, however, to which he wished to call their Lordships' attention, which was the clause giving the Town Council a power of rating the borough when the borough funds should be found in sufficient. There was an appeal allowed, to be sure, but it was of no importance in the consideration of the subject. A power of taxing a great portion of the community at discre tion was thus confided to the councillors, of whom no climb& cation, it should be remembered, in point of property was re quired. It was well known that in all popular modes of election a majority of the electors were always possessed of a very small proportion of property. That majority of course could at any time elect whom they chose. Thus the Bill placed the property of a gloat portion of the kingdom at the mercy of a majority of its poverty. The Learned Counsel here intimated to their Lordships that he was about to enter on a fresh head of argument. Lord LYNDHURST said that the House had been sitting thiPtetn hours already. Lord BRO UG HA 11 had been there since ten o'clock in the morning. It was then intimated to the Counsel to be in attendance to mepoW cwt one o'clock, when their Lordships would hear the resumed argument. Tito Marquis of LONDONDERRY ‘vas understo o d t o postpone hi s mo ti on re l at i ve to the three British sailors shot by Carlists in Spain until Monday. Adjourned at 114 f past Elcven. Mr. GOULBURN complained of the irregular manner in which the business was brought on. GLASGOW. UNIVERSITY BILL. On the motion of Mr. OSWALD, this Bill was read a second time, on the understanding that it should be committed on Monday pro forma, in order that certain clauses might be introduced, and then stand over till next Session. MUSIC AND DANCING LICENCES' BILL. This Bill passed through Committee, Mr. O'Connell in the chair. The Report to be received on Monday next. REFORM OF PARLIAMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL. This Bill also went through a Committee. BOROUGH OF STAFFORD. Mr. DIVETT again brought forward his motion to suspent the writ for the borough of Stafford till ten days after the ilex session of Parliament. Mr. GOULBURN and Sir R. PEEL strongly objected to the motion for suspending the writ for so long a period. Mr. DIVETT then moved that the writ be suspended till Monday fortnight, which was agreed to. STEAM NAVIGATION.-THAMES. Mr. Alderman WOOD obtained leave to Bring in a Bill to regulate the navigation of steam-vessels in certain parts.of the river Thames. The other Orders of the Day were then dispo3[Nl of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, Jurr 31. The VICE-CIIANCELLOR took his seat on the Wooliack five o'clock. Lord BROWNLOW presented a petition from Sutton Colefield, and Great Grimsby, against the Corporation Reform Bill. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Mr. DUNDAS, and other Members of the House of Commons, brought up the Glasgow Improvement Bill; also the 'Utley and Fyefield Railway Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON pres3nted a petition from the sons and apprentices of the freemen of Liverpool against the Corporation Reform Bill. The tail of KINNOUL presented a petition from some place in Scotland in support of the Church of that country. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL appeared at the bar, and resumed his arguments against the Corporation Reform Bill. He com menced first with referring to the personal losses of the free men or commonalty of the existing Corporations, which would be effected by a sham attempt at regulating those Corporations. From a statement hastily drawn up, in one Corporation alone, those losses would amount to no less than 756,000/. But their rights were as freehold in their nature as any freehold interest enjoyed by any Member ,of that House or his tenants. He believed the estimated value of those rights fell very far below their actual value.—( Hear—ln the new corporation or arondisement, the new body, whether English or Gallic, were to be nicknamed a chartered municipa- Aity ; in this establishment he found by one of the clauses that a power was to be given to Councils to purchase common . rights and tolls. Now, if the comp u tation of the value of these common rights were accurately made out, he believed that it would amount to 750,000/. sterling. But it Should be remembered that these common rights descended from far titer to son by hereditary right, and yet these rights were to be bought and sold by the pcninAlla pf Corporations. When it was all bought up by this new fangled P4tineil, what were they to do with ft ? They were virtually disinheritiag the -sons of existing freemen, and by this Act a nominal sum was to be given for the fee-simple of rights Indies:able in their character, and of immense value to the present holders. 'Therefore this Act carried with it great oppression and severity. He had before alluded to gip Charitable Trustees, and the Magistrates to be chosen tinder this 4:11, but l i p pat something more to say. It wa eoraplaiaed Ault at preaent these bodies were self-elected, and to a pertaio' patent it was so, for when a member was added to the ante cedent members of a body without the intervention of the other bodies, they might in 449 §pil:p be called self-elected. Therefore, the theorists of this Hill paid we men electing Aldermen ; but how ware the piPP charitable true- tees to be chosen ? Why, by the clause, the Cogueil cost of their own body were to elect those trustees, and therefore they were self elected. It was the ealiao case also with the selection of magistrates, for they were to name eertaia persons out of their own body to be submitted to the King, who, being without a Lord Chancellor to advise him, was called upon to accept, and therefore they were aeff-elected. He did not be lieve that any one of the Corperetigaa Would pass unwept by the Reformers, but he predicated that not one sparrow of them would fall to the ground.—( Laughter.) If their Lordship would sift this Bill as these Reformers would sift the Corporations, he would prove that the grounds upon which the Bill was attempted to be eetabliehed, weep nnteaalele, In Oxford the common council were elected from the free men, the bailiffs and chamberlain from the council, the assis tants from the bailiffs, the aldermen from the assistants, and the mayor from the aldermen. This was what was called self-election, and what this Bill was intended to abolish. The Charitable Trustees were to become the managers et' all those charities of which ! the Corporations are i n th e i r Corpo rate capacity Trustees. He w as not able t o s t a t e t h e amount of the value of those charitable Institutions in the aggregate ; but he could mention a pvtiolla7 Paw. Far instance, in the city of Bristol the annual amount of charitable institutions at the present moment, was 12,000/., no portion of which could he disposed of without the Corporate Seal ap pended to the order of at least half the. council assembled, but under the clause in this Bill three men would be em powered to make any authoritative act they pleased. In the Report of the Commissioners a compliment was paid to the Corporation of Bristol for the accuracy of their accounts. Every Trustee of these charities was compelled to be a member of the Established Church of England. There were eleven advowsons based upon that very restriction. The ac counts of this Corporation must be read and audited before the whole body, and not before a Committee or a few indi uiduals. Of these charitable trusts Church patronage formed a c )nponent part, but who were to become patrons under the new Act? There were nine trustees, of which nine three might act for the rest. If the Cabinet had en joyed the assistance of a Lord Chancellor, such a Bill as this would never have been launched. A gentleman named Maher had presented 10,000/. to the Corporation of Bristol, but as it was now to be dissolved, Mr. Maher intended to claim this gift again ; for, as he said, he was alive, and-- like the Reformers—deaf too.—( Great laughter.) The Bill was professedly intended to preserve charities, but the effect would be, that eight out of ten in the rigid application of the law would fall to the ground. There was a singular case in the city of Oxford. Mr. Alderman Parsons, and his late bro ther the Bishop of Peterborough, had given to the Corpora tion a sum of 7,000/., which after his death was to be .vested in the Mayor and four Aldermen of Word, who were by this Bill to be consigned to the old almanaek of history._ ( Laughter.) He must not be told that the Court of Chancery could superinduce new trustees, for that was an act of violence. There was also another trust in the same City, consisting of 1301. a-year to four preachers of the University, and the Aldermen were to elect these preachers. Now, under this Bill, there were no Aldermen, and who were to elect the preachers ? The sixpenny ratepayers, or the Council, who were not a whit better than the sixpenny ratepayers ? There were numerous trusts which were never intended to be reposed ia the principle of the elective franchise. If a gift was prevented to A, how could it be appropriated to .B? and would the donors ever have agreed that their original intention should be thwarted by any new fangled curators or regulators of Corporations ? lie s'-as quite sure that if there had been a Lord Chancellor in that branch of his Majesty's Council • called the Cabinet, this Bill would never have been produced ! by his Majesty's Government. Nay, even if the legal advisers of the Crown had been called into the Council, no such absurd Measure could have been concocted. It would have been stopped in limine. But, among other evils which it was certain to produce, wa s a di s ti nc t class, a sample of which might per haps suffice for their Lordships. In the city of Bristol, which he should instance again, among other charities there was one bestowed, in the nature of a gift in trust, by a gentleman named Ware (or Hare, we could not hear distinctly which), still living: It amounted to 10,000/., and was to be applied by the Corporation to certain specified charitable purposes on his death. What were the consequences of the Bill in this in stance ? The very natural one—that Mr. Ware claimed his property again. " I'm alive (said he), though the Reformers collined me before I was dead. Ido not like this premature dissolution. I must have my money back again." He, being in reruns nature, while the Corporation to whom he had given it were about to be put out of rerum nalurce, claimed back that of which he had been the donor. Now, if any lawyer had been pre sent at the framing of the Bill he would have inquired in the first instance—" Can we transfer legally a gift made to one body to another body, not in existence at the time it was made, and of a constitution quite different from that on which it was bestowed ?" But this was only one of those legal meta morphoses for which the framers of the measure bad become so celebrated. If these Corporations were to apply to his Hon. and Learned Friend, as a lawyer practising in the Court of Chancery, he had no doubt but they would be informed that the Bill aimed at an act of tyrannical injustice altogether at variance with equity, although perfectly in accordance with the notions of experimental speculators. Ile had abundance of instances where the aliceations of clarity property were con-. trary to, law. He would mention one in the city of Oxford. The case he alluded to was' one of a singularly handsome gift, from Mr. Alderman Parsons, a Gentleman well known. Wealth, although of particular use, he did not mean to say was the only good. lie did not mean to say that cash in one I pocket was overbalanced by genius and ability, and sentimen talism and utilitarianism in the other. But money figs net without its value. Now, Mr. Alderman Parsons gave (not to an unknown self-elected body) 7,000/. to be invested in se- I eu f r c i , t and the in p t e e r r s e o s n t a n o p f pl t ie h d e comfortable c to ity the grorilrd., T subsistence o The distri bution was given, and the care consigned, to four aldermen of the city. But by this Bill the power of the aldermen would be at an end in October next. What follows, why that Mr. Alderman Persons would call back, as in point of law he could call back, the funds he had coneigned to tirmr trust, they, the trustees, chosen by himself, having no lenger an existence, He had no wish to go unnecessarily into detail, but he must allude to the preferments Dow in the gift of different Corpo rations. Those preferments were Intended to be enjoyed by Ministers, Deacons, and other dignitaries of the Church of England. Both yesterday and to-day the Learned Gentleman said his chambers h a d b een a regu l ar rece i v i ng -h ouse, w h ere all aggrieved persons had thought proper to deposit particu lare of their wrongs, thinking that thee woehl be eE eeeviee to bum in the cour'ie et the fence lie `iititialqakan'a ' 'He would begin with the first 'on the - Catalogue. He need not tell any of the Noble L or d s w-ho were lawyers that, a priori, it was a prieetpia tLat pgrtlqn could be a &qt.lqrator to die "sense the patronage of the Clitir'oli"Of 2`nglantllbiit a i niaieber of that Church, except as it had been of la;.e under the Test Act, or previously by a bill o f annua l i n d emn i ty. H e wou ld have th is borne in niind. Now, in these new communitiee Church patro nage was to b e veste d. I n l oo ki ng over t h e repor ts a the Comm i ssioners he fbund that the Corporation of Lilian' ~cz e ,. _ _ ~zfi7~~ FROM LAST NlGici'S GAZETTE. WAR OFFICE, JULY 183;. Gth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Troop Scrjeant-Major T. Menders to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dickson, promoted - , July V; Cornet T. Manders to be Adjutant, vice Brown, promoted in the 2d West India Regiment, July 31. 10th Regiment of leg-ht Dragoons—Li eu t enant S i r J. G. Baird, Bart., to b Adjutant,. vice Preston, who retires, July 31. • 13th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant li. Havelock to be Adju t..nt, , vice Brownrigg, eashieiv:l, Dec. 30; Lieutenant W. IL Stretten, frona the halt=pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant, vice Heveloek, appointed Adjutant, July 31. 23d Foot—Second Lieutenant W. G. C. Monins to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ross, who retires ; E. 13attye, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, N ice Monins, July 31. Foot--Lieutenant C. Humfrey_ to be Captain by purchase, vice Keogh, who retires; E ns i gn E. H. M. K e ll y t o be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice HomfYey ; J. M. Walter, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kelly, July 31. 37th Foot—Staff-Assista.nt-Surgeo n J. W. Moore to be Assis tant-Surgeon, vice M‘Donogh, who resigns. July 31. 51st Foot—Hon. D. E rs ki ne to be EnsiTa, by purchase, vice Hopwood, appointed to the Grenadier Guards, July 31. 80th Fol4Captoiu P. Plunkett, f rom the half-pay Unattached, to he Oapiaia, vice W. E. Page, who exchanges, July 31. 81st Foot—Captain J. Thompson, from the ball-pay 89th Foot, to be Captain, vice G. - de Rottenberg, who exchanges, July 31. Rifle Brigade—Lieut, C. Du Pre Egorten to be Captain, by purchase, vice Burge, ' who retires ; Second Li eut . G . K . Carr to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Egerton; W. Hale, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carr, July 31, • 93th Foot—Major J. Brown, from the half-pay Utiattaahr-41, to be Major, vice J. G. Le Marehant, who exchanges, July 31. STAFF. Major A Campbell, from the half -pay Linaftacliecl, to be Pay master of a Recruiting District, he having repaid the difference, rice Cockburn, retired on half pay, July 31. MEMORANDA. The promotion of Ensign Pratt to the Lieutenancy in the 36th Foot, to be dated Bth June, 1335, and not 24th July 1835, as stated in the Gazette of that date. The Christian names of Mr. Hurfo7d. appointed Veteri n a r y - Sur geon to the 16th Lancers, are Ri c h ar d John Gedilimb. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the Town and County of Ha:Trion:west. G. L. Philips, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March la. Ccmmissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Gloucester, -and of the City and County of the City of Gloucester, and of the City and County of the City of Bristol. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia-- W, H. Lander, Gent., to be Ensign, June 27. Winterbourrie and Stapleton Troop of the Gloucestershire ilegi ment of Yeomanry. Cavalry--G. Cave, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Jones, resigned ; H. Vaughan, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Cave, psemoted, May •,.,5. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Essex. West Essex Yeomanry Cavalry--R. W. H. Dare the younger, Gent.,.to be Cornet, vice Hamilton, resigned, July 1. .• WHITEHALL, Jinx 30. The King has been pleased to grant unto the Right lion. Chas. TennysOn, of BaVons-manor and of Usselby-house, in the county of Lincoln, one of his Majesty's Most Honourable privy' Council, and Representative in Parliament for the Metropolitanborough of Lam beth, his Royal Licence and Authority, that he and his issue may, in pursuance of a direction contained in a codicil to the last will and testament of his late father, George Tennyson, of Bayous-mmor and Usselby-house aforesaid, Esq., in order to commemorate h;__, lineal descent from th e anc i en t anti noble family of D'Eyncourt Barons D'Eyncourt, and his representation as coheir of the Earls of Scarsdale and Barons D'Eyncourt of Sutton, take and use the surname of D'Eyncourt, in addition to and after that of Tennyson, and also bears the arms of D'Eyneourt, quarteeiy in the first quar ter, with those of his own family ; such arms being first duly ex emplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the He ralds' Office, otherwise his Majesty's said licenc6 and permission to be void and of none effect. And also to command, that the said Royal concession and declaration be registeredin his Majesty's Col lege of Arms. BANK OF ENGLAND. QUARTERLY AVERAGE of the WEEKLY LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the BANK of ENGL AND, fro:n the ath of May, to the 3. th of July, 183.5, inclthiv, published pursuant to the Act, 3 and 4 W. 4, cap. N. LIABILITIES. ASSETS. m Circolation . C 18,322,000 Suiti s Z:26,311,0. 0 Deposits .E.1. 1 ,981,00J Downlnz-street i 3Wy :10, 18'..55 DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. £;32,527,CC.0 RICHARD RANKIN, builder, Liverpo:d. PETER CAMPBELL, mariner, Jerusalem coffee-house. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM ELTON, merchant, Basinghall-street, London, to surrender, August 10, at half-past tiro, and September 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Jacobs, Crosby-square ; Turquand, official assignee, Copthall-buildings. JOHN EDWARD COLLINGWOOD BENTLEY, picture dealer, Newport-street, Long-acre, August 10, at half-past eleven, and September 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Amory and Coles, Throgmorton-street Cannan, Sambrook -court, Basing hall -street, official assignee. THOMAS EMMETT, pin maker, H.:Thorn-hill, August 10, at one, and September 11, at twelve. at the Co ur t o f B an k ruptcy . Davidson, Bread-st ree t ; Ca.unan, official as3gnee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street, WittLIAM JONES ; carpenter, Wigmore-street, Mary-le-bone, August 12, at twelve, and September 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hill and Randall, Welbeek-street, Cavendish square ; Goldsmid, offic:al assignee, Ironmonger -lane. RICHARD WRIGHT GOODALL, florist, 'Birmingham, August 17, and September 11, at twelve, at the Office of Mr. Marshall, Birmingham. Adlington and Co., Bedford-row ; Mar shall, Birmingham. ROBERT HA:‘,IMOND, plumber, Warwick, August 13, at two, and Septemb er 11, a t t we l ve , at the George Inn, Warwick. Sharpe and Field, Old Jewry ; Haynes, Warwick. Re.RDINAND HIRSCIIFELb and GEORGE WILKIN SON, wax-chandlers, Windsor-trace, City-roatl, August 7, and September 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Smith, King's-Arms .vard ; _Goldsmid, oillcial assignee, Ironmonger-lane. JOHN AI,LAN; brewer, Grove-street, Walwerth-road, August 7 ; ttt two, and September 11, at half-past cue, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Rushbury, Carthusian-street, Charter House-square; Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street. CHARLES SBLLEY, innkeeper, Cheltnham, Gloucester, August 15, and September 11, at eleven, at the Crown Inn Chel tonisam. Shirreff, Lin co l n ' s I nn -fi e ld s. , CHARLES STARLING, miller, Knightwiek, WgreNteehire, August 7, and September 11, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Wor cester. Gwiunell and Hughes, Wc e r;;;;«;:er ; Becke and Co., Es sex-street, Strat,O., IVILT.iiANi - AVItiGI-IT, horse-dealer, Rou;rham, Norfolk, An gust 12, and September 11, at ten, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich., Swaffitarn, Norfolk ; Ling and liarrion4 1 1 ,1 , xlinsitter. square. „ PJV - i 1 ) - tNt,g. At. tAa t;,Art 4 , Margaig, ”' ".:4.1, at elelo4—.ll v ...ghall-street. ens-street, Marylabone, Aug. banker, Gray's Inn, Aug. 21, at one. In the Country. J. Buxton, woolstapler, Barnard Castle, Aug. 24, at elevcn, at the .Waterloo Inn, Barnard Castle—J. Hall and H. Gerrish, grocers, Bristol, Aug. 25, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, 11,- tol—G. Lockwood and W. Wilson merchants; Liverpool, Aug. 2-!, at One, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. A.TTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE KING LOUIS PHILIPPE. (From Gaiiipmia's Messenger.) We unlerstand that several days ago, General Baron Athalll4 was warned by anonymous letters, that an attempt was to bta during the review up on t h e li fe of the King, and on Tersday morning one was sent to the Baron, stating that his Majesty would be fired upon with musketry from the re,,A or the houses; but as no point was iedicated, it was too late t make the necessary examinations, sod yet the yii.ant eye of tbl General watt upon the window at the moment when the expltgien took place. is F It was geacrally stated y es t er d ay that Clirerd had taken aim at the King and his sons than w as at firs:: supposett, nearer corroborated by the foll i ev ing parag,.aph in the 'm em ps of This this morning t--" The Ministers, presided by the 1.-:ilase assembled i n Council twice yeste r day. Af ter t h e first Couneil, which broke rail at ten o'clock, his Majesty felt rather an :mute pain in the head, en u il did not dine with the family :IS usual. The second Council, li a r, n ever, Was he'd at eight o'clock. Ode of the Mi n i s t ers reasmake, i ecchynaosis in the farehead of the King ' who thee a" mitted h e had received a coninsiou from a ball, which he had ',seen de s i rous of keening s?cret. It appears th a t bleeding waseemed advis a bl e . The Duke of Orleans had also a tiontusion ire the left thigh, near the knee. - A ball stoma the hind quarters, of the Prinee Of Join vine's horse," At the utornant of his arrest, ths sees ;sin, w h o i s ao years o f age, ar i d not 24, as before stateel, declared his name to be jacques Girard, born at Loleve, where he affirmed he had left his wife and children- N o Lwitt staeding the serious nature of his wounds, 'no 'a expected tq Mime: The explosion of these gun-barrels th a t burst st . euek -titra OvSa one of the eyebrows, the nose, a n d the lower Po s wl"cn ' so much cut that it hung do wn . T w o nngers were iot ._-red. The most dangerous wound is tle at ever the eye which injured the frontal bone. He, is under the care of Drs. Marjolin, Olivier, and Etnery. 1 wound in the lip, which at. first prevented him speaking, be a l mg b een sewn up, he if now ,Lie to converse. He is full strength and energy, and in the full enjoyment of his intel,leernal faculties. Ile has been interrogated by the Keeper of t' ne seals, the Proeureur Roi, and also by 2.1 e the ilfinister of ` Interior. Being questioned as to his motives for comhaiiiing such a crime, and urged to declare whether he had any accomplices, he fully admitted his guilt, and said that he knew his fate was inevitable, but as to his motives, he confined himself to saying that he disliked the King, and -further declared, that wmc he even put to the torture, he eould not name his accomplices—for, in feet and in truth, he hid none. However inquiries have been rigidly pursued in all the houses sue- - rounding that in which the internal apparatus was placed, and we are tout that a woman who resides behind the house lies deposed, that an instant after the explosion she saw two men, boils woun ded, making their escape. Twenty-one were arrested in the cafe, situated next door to Girard's lodgings, and we are assured that upwards of 100 arrests have altogether been made. The lodgings occupied by Girard on the third story consist of three rooms in depth, one of which has a window looking to the Boulevard; the second is a small kitchen having a window next the Court, from which a door opens into the hue des Fosses du Temple ; it was by this window the assassin endeavoured to escape. In neither of these rooms was there any furniture. The third was a dark closet, in which was the straw bed. It would have been nearly impossible to have chosen a plane better calculated for the crime than that selected by Girard. It was, as it were, in a species of bastion, which commanded the whole way with a space between the foilage of the trees, which served as an embrasure through which he could mark out Isis victims. The height at which he was placed allowed him to level Isis battery so as to reach them - even on the opposite side of the Boulevard._ In fact, the machine was so constructed that by means of a lever made of wood the person who had the ma nagement of it might easily direct it to right or left, and raise or lower the muzzles at his pleasure. He might do this, and at the same time remain at a sufficient distance from the for midable instrument ; which no deebt seas fired by a match. A fatal proof of the skill with which the whole apparatus was eon ductedais the effect produced by all the projectiles with which the arms were charged. The number of wounds was very considerable, - sod yet not a single tree was struck, nor was a mark to be found on any of the houses or walls; and yet the attack was made from a dis tance of 30 yards, and required a very nice calculation of the inch natiee. There was, in short, a mixture, of the science and talents of an ingineer and an artilleryman in the accomplishment of this in fi rust act. It is said that Girard had presettLed to the King a mo d e l of a new gun, invented by himself, which was rejected, and that hence arose his animosity and crime ; but this report is not credited. Girard was, the Messager says, a work man i n t h e emp l oyment of a dealer its second ha:Attar:D:ls of ail kinds its the Rue Grenetat, and was more particularly engaged in cleaning and repairing old fire ; rns& He was not what strictly may be called a journeyman me chanic, but was a very - able and skilful workman. The nature of his occupation allowed him to procure gun barrels, and thus construct the frightful instrument which has caused so many deaths. He was known among his companions to entertain legitimist opinions, and it was even believed that he received a pension from the Duchess of Ang e ouleme. The Constitutionel says :—On the table in Girard's room, it is said, was found a petition addressed to the King as from an old soldier, which it oas supposed was intended to have been presented to his Majesty immediately opposite the window, in order to make a momentary stoppage,' and thus afford a mere favourable opportu nity for committing the intend e d crime. Girard, when conveyed to the infirmary at the Conciergerie on Tuesday, was.apparently in a desperate state ; and the physicians appointed to attend him were directed to inform the authorities should he recover so far as to be in a condition to undergo an examination. Yesterday morning, the Minister of the Interior was c a ll e d, an d he went immediately with the Procureur da Roi and M. Gashon, sn examining Magistrate, and interrogatories were put to him during two hours. Girard at times appeared to be in a reverie, and answered only by signs, sometimes negative, sometimes affirmw.ive. To questions as to his political opinions he for sense time remained perfectly silent; but at last, on being closely pressed, he hastily pushed down the bed clothes, opened the bosom of his shirt, and showed a large fleur de las indelibly imprinted on his breast near his heart. This having produced from those present an exclamation, " You are then earliatl" he made a strongly-expressive gestu re i n th e a ffi rmat i ve. This avowal having beets 'forced from him, he became muds more ceinmunicative as ta,the cireureatances of his crime. He declared that he came to Paris about six months ago from Lodeve, its the Ilerault, his native place, - accompanied by an accomplice, whose name he revealed, and who supplied him with powder and other reticles requisite fie- the accomplishment of the horrible design. On the breaking up of the Chamber of Peers yesterday, MM. Pasquier, Deeezes, Portals, Dc Bastard, and Montalivet, went to Gira-d, and remained with him till half-past four o'clock. At four the President of the Conned and the Minister of the Interior ar rived, and were at six o'clock still by the bedside of the assassin. Among the persons who have been arrested en account of the messaere by Girard, is one against whom there are strong suspi cions of his having bee n an accomp li ce. His name is Itieireau, journeyman to a dealer in lamps in the Rue Neuve des Petits Champs, opposite the Rue Chabannais. On the day before the re view, Boircan was visited at the workshop by two personages ele gautly dressed. When he was leaving off wcrk, he said to his master, " If you will take my advice, you will not go to the review to-morrow, for I know that there will be a disturbance." After his departure his master, connecting this warning with the previous visit, became suspicious, and went laid made a commemoration ac cordingly to M, Dyonne:e the Commissary of Polio; who was on duty at the Opera House. Unfortunately, howover, the master wm unable to state where his journeyman lived ; and consequently his information could not be immediataty turned to account. Since the arrest of Girard, the police ahacovered that Boireau lived at No. 17, Rue Quincampoix, and took him into custody. It is said that he has confessed that it was he who supplied Gi rard with gunpowder, and, he has accordingly been kept in close confinement. The number of victims is much more considerable than was at first believed, Several persons wounded were immediately taken to their own hons . cs, and therefore were not included in the list I:efore publ'.shed. Tha number of killed and wounded is said to be 34, inuding 16 who died immediately, or subsequently perished Front their wounds. Yesterday the infernal machine was removed from the chamber of Girard, for the purpose of being produced oil the trial of the pri soner. The Cafe tics Mille Colonnes, adjoining the house inha bited by Girard, has been converted into a guard-house for the mu nicipal guard. The journal de Parts says—" It does not belong to us to reveal the secrets of an examination so important and so little advanced as that into the affair of yesterday, but we are at liberty to say that it has made great progress, and that there have been collected from the prisoner expressions, which may serve to make known whether one man is to bear the whole responsibility of the atrocious crime which has thrown so many families into mourning, and which seve ral of to-day's journals earnestly represent as the crime of an iso lated being." The Gaze:le de France says the signs of the present times, evi denced by the trials of La Ronci&e and Bancal, added to the in fernal machine of the 29th of July, are truly alarming. These facts prove a degree of depravity which prepares a sad hereafter for the country if the contagion be not arrested. But these men are only the instruments of a system which has spread doubt and despair in every direction. At eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, the Deputies re ma i n i ng i n Pads went to the Pal ace o f the Tuileries, when M. Calmon, as Vice-President, addressed the King as follows : " Sire,—The Chamber of Deputies, which so recently offered its homage to 3 - our Majesty, was far from foreseeing that a horrible crime would shortly bring it back into this place to express its in dignation and profound grief. They are the enemies of that France which enjoys ea much happiness under your reign, who have con ceived the dastardly and criminal design of making an attempt on your life, in order to plunge our country into the horrors of civil ;var. But Providence protects our noble country, and watches over its King. Providence watches over its young Princes, who, for the happiness of cur children and their own glory, will follow the noble example which the Chief of our new dynasty will leave them, This day, consecrated to national festivity, has become a day of mourning for all Frenchmen, and for you, Sire, especially, who have seen fail at your side one of cur most illustrious Alarshls, the warriors beloved by France, and many of those brava ; National Guards who have so often shed their blood for the defence of the and our Institutions. In speaking to gnu of our devoted ness to the Constitutional Throne, to the person of your Majesty, and to your august family, in ea - pressing the horror which the Chamber of Deputies feels at all criminal attempts which, tend to disturb the repose of France, and to interrupt the coerse of its glo rious destiny, we speak in the name of our absent colleagues. Such, cf them, as domestic duties have called to the bosom of their fami lies will partake of our sentiments, and will regret to have been united with us under such painful circumstances." The King answered : " I am sensibly affected with the eagerness of the Chamber of Deputies to afford me a new testimony Of its devottMess. It. has never lost sight of an opportunity of proving its affection for me and my family. I thank you for it. lon say with truth that this day is for me a day of eternal sorrow, 'Yes; I have seen perish by my side an illustrious Marshal, and brave Frenchmen, whose loss would be less afflicting had they not fallen by the hand of other Frenchmen." In pronouncing these last words, the voice of the King faltered, and ILs oraAtion was partaken by all present. Yc4crda',', at ono o'clock, tilt ()Ulcers and many privates of the Nltionallard of Paris and the environs were reecivea by the King. The officers of the girrison of Paris, ar.d of the, regiments of the lane stationed in the environs, were also received by his Ma jesty. The most lively enthusiasm was manifested by the officers. After the receptian, &great number of titiccrsinscribedtheir names at th , , , 1.4 el of the Duchcis cf Tretko. 'l he King, r.ddrcKed yesterday the following • ktter to Marshal Loban "My DC;fir Marshal,—l am anxious, through you, to`express to the National Guards, to the troops of the line, and to the popula tion of Paris, assembled on my passage, how g rea tly I was affectod at the seat:a:cuts expressed on cv . er y side on this terrible event. .Those scathnenfs arc the most ce*:.in guarantee of the future pro sperity cf Prance, and they are th e only cen 2 olation ve can recei' for the pain , which the calamitv of yesterday has inflicted upon mv heart. Be my interpreter, de,7",-; Marshal, and mile known to all that exprtssiens are wanting to convey the feelings which I expe rie but while life exists - in me, it shall be committed to en' , ' inn the Country's prosperity, and the maintenance of the laws, You '~l i