The Sun. — London, England, 1835-07-31 00:00:00

PE KING 11ACHIN'F• D. temporary.) JULY 29. Attollaance of Ist 2 before the the few noble. oups, engaged artunate e vents Admiral Du yornmeneemeo 1 (the !dinistd silent entered es of the last tribune for the Governineut• ing's orders to of Peers :-- of State for p, considering is Chamber of ::riroes of high ',--considering ncludes in the . to all attempt' arnily s day been at' Princes of ou t witnessing ta e we been sacr i ' of one of our France ; tituted into . a ith the 'nor , this day bee° i this pr o ceed,' opted in suc h the Chambe r 1 be invote'l curt of Peer' reate- General, Chamber o f he said Court with the ese' 28th of Jolt'' ILI PPE." ?Cide Wheth er aseives into 3 answer in the Is terminated, Chamber for cur- Genera l i d the Court ioniteur fitly has been iich an exall 1 " 7. spices. on e has ever 10 . .`" countensa''' ie Kingbi o met his eY'' of infantrie nd by a O a warriors al l Temple, 11 a d e tonati e j My e xecute' tful disord er ; had vomit s, ' ) which sr ancient 81 l 1 of the el y ', and expire.o le Veriga/d C o lonel and sever' orscs, wh ich becomes WI" nation. he eription, The K g* The King' I only by te ",, its horse W I " ins his rell.t e nerable cries it of a hou se One m inut e :ch lined th e amber . (0 0 d there th_ e , :h had beg" id 1a n vas recelo h ation whje linger fr° s :" these sen tY are bors e base erbve s midst trails- ies. of sea: ;eb affectl uutry, " 4 :4 assassins! lunged I° l a ,- ;pink of Acceeded and beg ruing ! The prer ressed _ Lt .hick mig" l l We sha t t i autho' N'e have t° truck bY I ball in 0° vlaison• • n of the Ore' Wei*, nded nior c d ic tic) b 3 o unded brave Vie, Pelet, 311`1 thigh. ii )liar of b from the ,ntin ti 4 i n , to Ik e , 1 1,1 en blind" ~, a t o 3 ' cal van'4 ,rd load' iadO W ke it ad t 3 winCIOM ad rrels lip, and ?, $ t los c ' t he from il; lie g oc , l e ov n o f s, i" 15„IpbelIce oct :,,, y eo• f a Ea r: djoivt i l Up on idst t P 1 i 3ec. io rter * toge nortiers, ere e lect I ; of leis ,urning• b° now nber of lost tll.O traoral• nary meeting on Wednesday, when the Keeper of the Seals ',would make a communication to them on the subject. A meet ing of Deputies had also been summoned for the same time. " On Tuesday night letters from the Prefect of Police, re lative to the attempt on the King's life, were read by the com missaries of police at the various theatres of the capital, which Were listened to with deep feeling, and the perusal followed by general and repeated cries of Vivc le Roi To the list of deaths given in the above accDunts is to be Added that of Colonel Rafie, of the Gendarmerie, who ex pired on Tuesday night. (From Galignani's Messenger.) ATTEMPT UPON THE KING'S LIFE BY AN INFERNAL MACHINE. It is with the deepest concern that we lay before our readers the details of the above horrible event, which took place at the review yesterday. After having passed along the Boulevard to the farthest point at which the National Guards and the troops were drawn up, his Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Orleans, the Duke de Nemours, the Prince de Joinville, and a numerous and brilliant Staff, was returning along the same line to the Place Vendome, where the troops were to file off before him. At 12, at the moment when he had reached the Boulevard du Temple, a little before the Theatre des Fu- Rarnbules, a tremendeus explosion, resembling irregular plat, n firing was heard. At first it was supposed to be a discharp, ^ of fireworks, but the falling and. cries of the vic tims se a ; aa :Taled the reality, and excessive confusion en sued —an inferna: p machine had just poured f or th a s h ower of ball s u on the cor ''.4e that surrounded th e Ki ng ! Mar shal Mortier, Duke Cl': Tre;iso, fell and expired without ut tering a word. Several other osT'ers, and some of the Na tional Guards, were also killed, and a .72nsiderable - number of persons wounded. The falling of some hors.a.'..", amorfg which was that o f M arshal Mortier, and the capering others, added to the tumult, which it would be difficult to deser,a7- -During this' scene the King, whose 'arm had been grazed ' by a bullet, and whose horse received a wound in the neck, maintained the calmness by which he is distinguished, and displayed remarkable courage by riding up in the direction of the house from which the explosion came. After the first emotion had passed, the cortege continued its route, amidst shouts of joy for the preservation of the King's life, and threats of vengeance against the assassins. The bodies of the slain, and the persons who were wounded, were im mediately carried to the Cafe Turc opposite, where medical assistance was immediately afforded to such as were still a live. Smoke was seen to proceed from the third story of the house, No. 50, on the Boulevard du Temple, of w hich the ground floor and first floor are occupied by a wine dealer, named Parault.' - E ac h s t or y cons i sts o f on l y one chamber, which is li g ht e d by a s i ng l e w i n d ow i n f ront . Th e house was immediately surrounded, and all the persons found in it arrested. The room in which the machine had been constructed is very small, its dimensions being only six and a half feet by seven. The machine was made with great skill, of wood, with iron braces, and extremely solid. Two uprights supported two cross bars of wood, placed pa rallel to the window, - and in these were formed grooves, in which were laid twenty-five gun-barrels. The front cross bar, placed at about a foot from the window, was rather lower than that behind, so that the balls might reach the body of a than on horseback in the middle of the Boulevard. The charge Was so heavy, that five out of the twenty-five barrels had burst, notwithstanding they were very substantial and new. The assassin was immediately taken into custody. About three months aeo he hired the rooms of the second and third steries of M. Dellemagne, the proprietor. He gave his name Girard, a mechanician, and appears to be about t wenty-four years of age. His room has a window in front and another behind, and he had taken the precaution to fasten a rope to the latter, to assist him in making his escape. By the bursting of some of the barrels at the moment of the explo sion, the assassin was wounded in the forehead, the neck, and the lip. Notwithstanding his wounds he rushed ou t o f t h e window. S ome po li ce officers having run into the inner court, and seeing Girard slipping down the rope, one of them ex claimed, " Ala wretch !we have you." Girard, who was at the moment at the height of a wall, threw himself over it into an adjoining court, and there a police officer apprehended him. He n was placed upon a hand-barrow, and conveyed to the cierge r i e . The Minister of the Interior, the Prefect of Police, and several magistrates went to the house, and in the assassin's chamber they found the remains of the infernal ma chine still smoking, a - straw bed, and a fire lighted. A delay of half a second perhaps in the explosion saved the life of the I9ng. The cort eg e advanced in the following order :—The King, the Prince de Joinville, the Duke of Orleans, the Duke . de Nemours, Marshal L o b au , and Marshal Mortier. All those in the corte g e who were wounded were nearly on the same line as Marshal Mortier. The news of the attempt was rapidly Propagated through the capital, and produced a powerful sen sation. General de Rumigny, Aide-de-Camp to the King, set off full gallop to inform the Queen that his Majesty and the Princes had escaped the danger, fearing that she might have been seriously alarmed if she had heard of the event line s he mentioned to several officers what had occurred, and 2S°Oll there was not a soldier that remained ignorant of it. As the troops of the line did not extend to the Boulevard du el nPle, they were ordered to shift in that direction, that the y might be re a dy t o a c t in case of attempt at disturbance. c At ua t rds m he oment of filing off before the King the National shouted Vice le Roil which was answered by the !reaps!re of t h e line. The Guards of the Bth Legion, which had ome of its officers and men, added cries of A Las les as sassins T he King returne d to t h e T u ill er i cs a b ou t fi ve o ' c l oc k, —entl Y de eply affected by the scene he had witnessed. During the whole of the afternoon and evening, crowds flockedcinenee ofo w uto hiich fei:iriosity to the melancholy spot, u conse• a strong detachment of Municipal Guards - Was stationed there, to keep the peace. The following are the persons who se lives have been ascertained to have been sacrificed :—Marshal th e Duke de Treviso, struck in the heart by a bal l ; General d e L ac h as se de Verigny, struck on the orellead by a ball ; Captain Villate, Aide-de-Camp to Mar- Maison a • Lieutenant-Colonel Ricussec, of the Bth Le -glen, struck by three balls ; Alessrs. Prudhousme, Ricard, Le- Ber, and Benetter, Grenadiers of the Bth -Legion ; a Colonel t !' e Army, two c i t ;aen s , a woman, and a child, whose names we Were unable to learn. The following are those who have - n een ascertained to have been wounded :—General Heymes, w hose clothes were perforated by four balls, and who was W ounded in the face by a fifth, which car;ied away his nose ; I ?eneral C o lb ert, slightly in the head; P e l e f , woun d e d i n t h e balls of the neck ; C o l one l R a ff e , w h o received one of the e nds in i the left side ; Captain Marion, of the Bth Leion of t i l e National Guards. The child of M. Go et, a tur g ner, in m u - Rue Foli c - M er i court ; Vid a l, a y oun g man of the R ue entagnes Ste.-Gen ev i eve whose jaw is fractured ; Rose Ali 12n, fe ma l e servant of M. 'Brocard, No. 17, Rue Neuve de ~azareth, dangerously ; Madame B and her d sister-in-law, No. 20, Rue !sergere, hi th e head and left arm, and her -in-law, of Co ) near Be auva i s , i n t h e l eg; L ec l erc , a boy, aged 13, of 6 . Fl, Rue de la Cote, whose leg is broken in several places : b Brie ux o f N o. 20, Rue des Vertus, who received a 1, a , 1 hi th e lower ' part of her stomach. The greater part of the ''` ) ..ye wounds are so serious that little hopes are entertained of theng th e li ves of the unfortunate sufferers. M . R oger, o f Sain t Nation a l Guards; a cabinet-maker, in the Rue du Faubourg ' 3nin t Antoin e , and M. Francois, baker, in the rue de la Ro lette, als o o f t h e N at i ona l G uar d s , were s li g htly woun d e d. wo e are i n f ormed that, six other persons were killed, and nine ded, all of whom it is said were taken into No. 31, Bou evard du Temple, but as to those we have not been able to o btain any particulars. (From Galignani's afternoon edition.) ti ne following are additional particulars that we have been Lime to collect on the attempt of esterday : G irard has con f esse d his crime,but maintains that he had no accomplishes; two white hats of different sizes were however found i n his room, which would indicate that at least two par ties were cognizant to the construction of the murderous en g iv e , Th e assass i n concealed his preparations by Pers i an blinds, and did riot unmask his machine till the moment the K i ra was passing before the house. It is presumed that he u -not made hi s ca l cu l at i ons of distance with sufficient pre cision, and that the time required for opening the window cau sed his p ro j ect to f a i l. All the barrels that were discharged were fired at the same moment, by means of a train of gun- Powder running to the touch- holes. Each barrel contained at least six balls, and the charge filled eight inches ; this has been ascertained by an examination of two of them that missed fire. The five that burst did so with such force that the walls nthe room we re muc h d amaged. A journal of this morn- g states the death of the assassin last night, but we have as certained that this is not the fact, and that it is fully expected he will survive the effects of the wounds. At the moment the explosion took place the King had in clined slightly on one side to receive a petition. thThe Queen, with the Princesses, were at the residence of e Minister of Justice, in the Place Vendome, to witness the filing off of the troops, when General de Rumigny brought I ,lel. the n ews o f w h at had taken place on theßoulevard du 'temple. It was at first thought that it would be prudent to conceal it from her till after the review, but her Majesty could 111° t . belts seeing, from the countenances of all those who approached her, that some very serious misfortune had hap- Peaed, and M. Guizot and the Keeper of the Seals ae iloaiioxl her with What had occurred. As the King had re ;l(!ls'ed to nonti nue t h e rev i ew , an d, consequently, did not make .2 a Ppearant'at in the Place Vendome for some time after, Ehonwsasr,.eimrepousnsiibuleuresdo.: convince her Majesty that Ile and her . and it is impossible to describe the 4g,,nieS of mind' she emiti:ed. The Duchess de Broglie "'ning in, the Queen threw tO Navint e g a ! , erself into her arms, and found relief in tears, became s.. ~ e ntly calm to listen assurances given her that they were b . :re ; , and then she lamented sincerely the losses that had been real; sustained. As in n inny of th e wives and daughters of the officers, who :were Iva a_tte n dance on th e Ki ng , were i n t h e same sa l oon, and as it known that several of the officers had been mortally wound a;Lva " e melanch o ly scene cont i nue d t ill several aides-de-camp susd with parti cu l ars , w hi c h put an en d to the misery of P e .nse, and ma d e k nown t h e m i sfortunes which each had .tained. O n leaving the Queen, General de Rumigny ,% osesntth to the f am il y o f Marshal Mortier to announce the great ;they had sustained. It would be a vain attempt to de he th e affecting interview. It is a singular fact that the Ma rshal's family, fearin g the consequenc e s o f h eat an d fa v4.le. ne, had endeavoured to induce him not t o a tt en d t h e re ; but the Marshal, who was remarkable for his stature, j'iL: e n all u di ng to that and the reports of intended attempts on ,l ( ing's lif e , w hi c h h a d b een current for several days, said, til. ,"? e no ! I m us t go ; f or l am tall, and may perhaps cover King el Mien Mar s h a l M ort i er was struck, M. Thiers was so close to m that he was covered with the blood of the illustrious victim. .T! le D u k e de Broglie received a b u ll et t h roug h t the collar of his coat. Marshal it had his horse wounded under him, and was obliged to return home on foot. General Pelet's Found ia an inch and a half wide, and down __ .~ to the bone. Speedy bleeding has had a beneficial effect, and he is doing well. 'I he form and dimensions of the wound show that the barrels of the infernal machine were not only loaded with bullets, but also with slugs. General Blin had two fingers amputated at the Cafe de la Gaite. Two gendarmes, named Roussel and Royer, were wounded, and had th e i r horses killed under them. Colonel Raffe, who belonged to the gendarmerie of the Seine, received a ball in his left side, but was able to keep, his scat on the saddle for some tinse, when he fainted, and fell from his horse. He was taken into the restaurant of the Cadran Bleu. After about two hours he was visited by Colonel Feist hamel, to whom he said, " You are the first of our friends who have come to me. I know I have not more than two hours to live, but tell me whether the King is wounded or not?" "No ; neither he nor any of the Princes." " Give me your word of hcnour." " I swear it." " Well l Vive le Roi The bad luck is mine." Colonel Raffe died, we 'regret to state, in the course of the evening. An immense number of persons of all ranks pressed to the Tuileries yesterday evening, and it was observed that all th e Ambassadors and F ore i gn Ministers in Paris presented them.. selves. At 6 o'clock the King and Queen broke from the numerous visiters with whom the Tuiliries was crowded, and went in a close carriage, unattended by any escort, to offer consolation to the Duchess do Treviso. There was a grand dinner yesterday at the Tuileries. Two hundred and fifteen covers were laid at one table, which occu pied the whole length of the gallery of Diana. At dinner and throughout the evening the King displayed the utmost calm ness. He frequently expressed in affecting terms his regret at the death of Marshal Monier and the other victims of the day. After the review the King paid a visit to General Heymes, who had been carried to the Tuileries. M. Calmon, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Chamber 'f Deputies, hastened to the King last evening, accompanied b y 57. ,,t of the members as were i n P ar i s , and delivered to His Molest:: a short, but impressiv e s p eec h, express i ng t h e sentiments of ti,: Chamber on the execrable attempt of which the King had t,''en the object, to which His Majesty replied with great emotion. A great number of Mayors and Deputy Mayors of the ar rondissement of Sceaux assembled yesterday after the re view, and signed the following address to the King : " Sire—ln the midst of universal joy a horrible attempt has menaced the life of your Majesty, but the hopes of the ene mies of France is once more frustrated. While we deplore the loss of illustrious victims fallen under the balls of assas sins, the chief impulse of our heart is to return thanks to Providence for having once more saved the country, by pre serving the life of your Majesty. On this painful occasion, the arrondissement of Sceaux renews to your Majesty, by the voice of its magistrates, the homage of boundless devo tedness, which your Majesty already knowns, and deigns to appreciate." The Moniteur contains the following Royal Proclamation : " Frenchmea !—The National Guard and the Army are in mourning—French families are in a state of desolation;—my heart has been rent by a frightful spectacle. An old warrior-- an old friend—who had been spared by the fires of a hundred battles, has fallen at my side, from blows which assassins destined for me. In order to reach my. person they did not hesitate to sacrifice glory, honour, patriotism, peaceable citi zens, women, and children, and Paris has seen the blood of the best Frenchmen shed on the same spot, and the samo day on which, five years ago, it flowed for the maintenance of the laws of the country ! Those whom we have now to regret have fallen in the same cause. Again, it is the constitutional monarchy, the freedom of the laws, the ho nour of the nation, the safety of families, the welfare of all, that are once more threatened by my enemies and yours ; but the public grief, which answers to mine, is at once a homage offered to the noble victims, and a forcible tes timony of the union between France and her King. My Go vernment knows its duties, and will fulfil them. However, let the fetes, which were intended to celebrate the last of these days, give place to ceremonies more in conformity with the sentiments with which our minds are impressed—let all due honours be rendered to the memory of those whom the country has just lost—and let those veils of mourning which yesterday shrouded the tri-coloured flag again be put over this faithful emblem of all the sentiments of the country. Given at the Palace of the Tuileries, this 28th July, 1835. " LOUIS PHILIPPE. " By the King. " The President of the Covncil, Minister for Foreign Affairs, " V. BROGLIE," This proclamation is followed by a Royal Ordonnance of the same date, to the following effect:—" The fetes for the cele bration of the Anniversary of July, 1830, shall not be conti nued. A solemn funeral service shall be performed in honour of the victims of the attempt of this day." The Government intends to assign to the Chamber of Peers the trial for the attempt upon the King's person. We hear that the Keeper of the Seals will go to-day for that purpose to the Chamber, which has been summoned for 1 o'clock. Such of the Deputies as remain in the capital have also been sum moned by the Questors to meet in the Hall of Conferences to day at the same hour. Last night the Commissaries of Police read at the different theatres a letter from the Prefect on the horrible event of the day, and at all of them it was received by cries of " Vive le Roi 1" the audiences testifying the utmost indignation at the atrocious attempt. All the theatres will be closed this evening. The officers of the National Guards were to assemble to-day at 1 o'clock, and go in a body to offer their homage to the King. The Government has decided that one funeral procession shall be formed of all the victims of yesterday, iestead of taking place separately. The day fixed was to-morrow, but it is thought that the necessary preparations will not _allow the melancholy procession to take place before Friday. The melancholy feeling produced by the lamentable event of yesterday is forcibly expressed by most of the shops in the capital being closed this morning. Severzt officers of police went about six o'clock yesterday afternoon to the office of the Reformateur, with a warrant to arrest M. Raspail, the principal editor of that journal, and orders to search for and seize every thing which was suscep tible of examination. M. Raspail was however in the country, but the officers carried away all the papers, letters, and books they found on the editor's table. At midnight the officers returned with another warrant, and arrested M. Eugene Raspail, the nephew of the principal editor, who is emFloyed upon the journal, and who was taken to the Pre fecture of Police. A Commissary of Police went last night to the printing office of the Charivari, and ordered the compositors not to finish the journal. - ANGLO-SPANISH EXPEDITION. List of Officers of the British Army and of the East India Com pany's Service, who have entered into the Auxiliary Corps rais ing for the Service of the Queen of Spain. Name and British Former Service, Regi- Bank. went, &C. LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. De Lacy Evan. Half-pay unattached Lieut.-General. R. L Evans, C.B. Madras Army Brigadier-General Charles Chichester Half-pay unattached ...Brigadier-General. MAJORS. J. G. Le Marchant Half,pay 98th Regiment Colonel. Edward Renwick Late of 83d Regiment ...Lieutenant.Colonel. Alexander Cruise ' Late of 12th Iteghnent...Lieutenant-Colotel. . CAPTAINS. John Kinloch Late of 2d Life Guards...Licut -Col. (Cavalry). W. M. Sloane... Hala.pay 23d Fusiliers...Lieutenant-Colonel. W. M. L Tupper Half-pay 23d Fusiliers...Lteutenant-Colonel. W. C nsidine Half-pay 52d Regiment.. Lieutenant-Colonel. G. C. Swan 52d Regiment I ieutenant-Colonel. 0. d., Lancey Half-pay 60th Rifles I ieutenant-Colonel. Loth an Dickson ... 2sth Itegiment Lieutenant-Colonel. E. L. Godfrc Half-pay I ieritenant.Colonel. NV. R. Kirby Ditto Lieutenant-Colonel. Iragh Barton Half-pay 36th Reganentalajor and Lieut.-Col. 11. Baron de Rottcnberg 81st Regiment Major I.ieut -Colonel. Jaa•es Rait W. Ellis Madras Army Major. Joseph Hicks Late of lath Major. O'Leary Half-pay Major. Aptho:pe Company's Service Major. Dundas Half-pay Major. Burt Bengal Engineers Major-Engineers W. B. Cocker Lae of 36:h Regiment... Capt. Brev Major. George Byng Hall Half pay 7th Fusiliers.—Capt. Brev.-Majar. Percival Ramsay Late of Kt li Captain. B. Bluett Late 41st Regiment Captain. G. Phelan Late of 112,1 Captain. H. NV. Blachford Late of (iHh Captain. LIEUTENANTS. Charles Shaw Half-pay 510 Regiment.. Colonel. Mr. C. O'Connell 13d Regiment Lieutenant-Colonel. Malcolm Ross 0 3:1 Fusiliers W. Todd 85th Regiment Major. Hugh Parker Half-pay 2.- - kt Fusiliers... Capt. Brev. Major. W. 1). Bedford 95th Regiment ... Capt. Brev. Major. James Tracie Late 65th Regiment Capt. Bray. Major. H. Munro Late 45th Regiment Captain. la Campbell Late 430 Regiment Captain. Dowbiggin Late 12th Lancers ' Captain. lion. It. F. Grevilla l.ate 17th Lancers Captain. C. Cumberlege 4th Light Dragoons Captain. W. L. Freestum Bryan Stapylton .........Late Madras Army Captain. J. B. Baekhousc aralras Horse Artiliery.Captain. Denman Ditto Artillery Captain. Allen Late of Marine A rtilery.Captain. Henry Lomax Late of Bth Regiment ...Captain. Lieutenant Plunkett Half-pay 60th Captain. De Koval] ' Late 79th Regiment Capt.an. E. Stephenson Madras Cavalry Captain. G. Duckett — 15th Hussars W. A. Clatke Late Newfoundal. Vets Lieutenant. • H. S. inter Ditto Lieutenant. London, July 25. Spanish Rank. STEAM NAVIGATION TO CONSTANTINOPLE.— Summer Tourists will be glad to bear that they may now in a short time travel down the Danube (the grandest of European rivers), through Hungary, Wallachia, and Servia, to the capi tal of Turkey by steam. A vessel leaves Presburgh every Monday for Pest in Hungary, and thence proceeds, after a short interval, for Gallacz, from which place the communica tion with Constantinople is easily effected either by land or water. Mr. Quin, who has just returned to England, after • - .wing to Turkey by this novel route, has just published a j 011111, ., .narrative excursion, arid his book will prove an invalu able companion and to such of his countrymen as may desire to avail themselves of Present cheap mode of in specting the beauties of so little known a portion of Europe, and of passing a week at the magnificent capital of the Otto man empire. A CHILD DROWNED IN A PAIL OF WATEA.-- On Wednesday evening, at seven o'clock, an inquisition was taken before Mr. Cartar, at the Duke of Wellington, Brandon row, Newington causeway, on the body of John Key, a child, only eighteen months of age, who was discovered drowned in a pail of water, at two o'clock on Tuesday last. It appeared from the statement of the mother, who is very deaf, that the child was sleeping on a bed in the 'room she bad been cleaning, and having occasion to go down stairs she supposed the child had rolled over, and fallen into the pail, which she had left standing by the bed-side. Evidence being adduced that she was a fond and attentive mother, and that every exertion had been made to restore animation td the unferti s inate deceased, the Jury, after a very patient investigation, return:4 a verdict of " Accidental Death," WES 0 AN. A very unexpected incident, connected with the approach ing negotiation fur the loan, occurred this morning. Messrs. Baring Brothers, and Co:, and Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co., who had formed a very powerful list to bid for the con tract, have withdrawn from the: competition for it. Their in tention was made known at about 12 o'clock to-day (Thurs day), in the following letter, which was immediately after wards posted at the Stock-Exchange :- 44 Rishopsgate, July 30. " Messrs. Sutton, Sons, and Co., , . " Gentlemen,—We 'take the earliest opportunity of informing you, in reply to your application, that it is not our intention to mains any bidding for the loan, the particulars of which were announced at the meeting held at the Treasury yesterday morning. " We remain, &c., ' " BARING. BROTHERS AND CO." A similar notice was sent from Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co. This proceeding has been very freely commented on by the monied interest in general, and particularly by those who had lent their assistance in strengthening the list of Messrs. Baring, and who complain loudly of having been sacrificed to some secret coalitiOn or private arrangement with the other competitors for the loan. This is an accusation which, if duly supported, would put the gentlemen concerned entirely out of the field on any future occasion of the kind, and is one so severe in the judgment of the city capitalists, that it ought not to be countenanced upon such light grounds as at present exist for it. It is more charitable to suppose, and more consistent with the high character those- houses have borne for so many years in the city, that the large amount of the loan, combined with the critical turn events have suddenly taken in France, have led them to consider that they would best consult the advantage of their friends in abandoning the contract altogether. It is only unfortunate in this View of the case that their resolution was not taken yesterday, as all these circumstances were known shortly after the meeting at the Treasury broke up. Some expla nation will no doubt be afforded on this subject hereafter. The rage and indignation of the parties concerned are, meantime, excessive. This event of course leaves the com petition open to two lists only, and so far places the Chan cellor of the Exchequer at a disadvantage in the negotiation. The late period of the session to which the contract has been deferred, and the declared necessity under which he is placed of completing it before the session closes, leaves him in a very great degree at the mercy of the bidders for the loan. The Consol-market was on the advance at the time the notification by Messrs. Baring was made, but this suddenly checbed it, and the quotation closed rather heavily at 89 buyers. GEN ERAL DARLING. LIST Of 57 (Tellers includ of a Select Commie Darling, as Govern Attwood, T. Bannerman, 4. Barnard, E. G. Bewes, 'l'. Blake, M. J. Bowring, Dr. Brady, Denis C. Bridgman, H. Broth erton, J. Buckingham, J. S. Buiwer, H. L. Cayley, E S. . _ Claimer:, P. Crawford, W. S. Dunlop, J. Elphinstone, Howard Euston, Earl of Ewart,W. Fergus, John Fielden, J. ' OF THE MAJORITY led), who voted in favour of the appointment ace to inquire into the conduct of General Lor of New South Wales. Hector, C. J. Shell, R. L. Jephson, C. D. 0. Sheldon, E. M'Leod, R. Smith, B. Marsland, H. Stuart, Lord Dudley Musgrave, Sir R. Strutt, Edward O'Brien, C. Thornely, Thomas O'Connell, D. Trelawney, Sir W. O'Connell, M. Tulk, C. A. O'Connell, M. J. Wakley, Thomas O'Connell, J. Walker, C. A. Oswald, J. R. Palmer, C. Walter, Wallace,J. Pease, Joseph Warburton, H. Pelhani, C. A. Wason, It. Power, P. 1 Williams W. Pryse, P. Wyse, T. Raphael, Sheriff' Richards, J. Scholefield, J. TELLERS. liume. Joseph O'Connell, Maurice THE NEW PALACE. —Some misunderstanding having arisen as to the time at which the admission of the public, by tickets, to view the interior of Buckingham Palace, would terminate, we now state, upon the best authority, that the Palace will positively close to the public on Friday next, the 31st inst. The public meeting on Monday at the Corn Ex. change in Dublin displayed another specimen of Orange ruf fianism.—Dublin Register. , LONGEVITY.—There are now living in Kilham (a small town, containing about a thousand inhabitants), 20 men, whose united ages amount to 1,535 years, and 20 women, whose united ages make 1,562 years.—. Hull Ob- Church of Ireland Bill : server. KESWICK.—Owing to the heavy rains, the cata ract at Lowdore has this summer been magnificently gr an d. The noise of the falling water, whi c h rushes Impetuousfy from a height of nearly 400 feet, over immense blocks of stone and rock, might frequently be heard at the distance of many miles. —Cumberland Herald. The average prices of wheat and rye for the third week of July, at Brussels, were 15f. 86c. and 9f. 43c. per hectolitre. The import duties were therefore 37 50 on wheat, and 21 50 on rye per 1,000 kilog. The wheat harvest, which is now commenced very generally throughout the south and south-western counties, promises a most abundant crop, in some places even more so than last year. The barley crop, both from the effects of some sharp frosts late in, the Spring, and th e long continued dry weather lately, is not likely to be so good. At Sherbourne fair, on Monday last, 3,000 sheep were penned, and nearly the whole sold at good prices. One lot of lambs fetched 225. per head. The bullock fair was well supplied, there being GOO in number, principally from Devonshire, tile greater part of which met a ready sale, though some were driven away unsold, from the shortnesss of the keep. The horse fair was very full, but chiefly of an inferior description. Pigs sold well, there not being enough to supply the demand. The wool trade was dull, scarcely any bargains were made; the dealers offering not more than la per lb., which the sellers refused. On the whole, we learn that a great deal of business was done.—Sherborne Mercury. MULBERRY TREES.—If the growth of France in raw silk may be estimated at 3,000,0001 b., the quantity of co. coons may be estimated at about 36,000,0001 b. It is calcula lated that 161 b. of mulberry leaves will be consumed for the production of llb. of cocoons, so that the annual produce of France must be 576,000,0001 b of leaves ; and giving to each tree an average annual produce of 101 b., the number of mul berry trees must be above 5,700,000. One ounce of eggs will, on an average, produce 1001 b. of cocoons. An ounce of eggs is calculated to give at least 30,000 worms. The quan_ tity of silkworms annually reared in France cannot, therefore, be less than 10,800,000,000. —Dr. nod:ring's - Report. THE SCOTCII TIIISTLE.—There Is now (says the Bucks Gazette of Saturday) growing in the garden of Mr. John Smith, of Buckingham (the Aylesbury mail man), an enormous thistle, vulgarly called the Scotch thistle. It stands more than eight feet in height ; its branches spread out and occupy ground thirteen or fourteen feet in diameter, and the main seem is as thick as a man's leg. Some of the leaves are very large. There are more than five hundred blossoms upon it. The prickly embellishments of this formidable plant pre vent any actual measurement of it, as the writer of this notice can testify. A Scotchman, with eyes glistening in admiration of this noble specimen of his national flower, exultingly ex claimed—" In troth, mon, he's nae forgot the motto of his order, but saes, pretty pointedly, Nemo me impune lacessit.'" REPAIRS OF BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.— The Blackfriars-Bridge Committee have received from Mr. Walker, the engineer, a plan for reducing the dangerously steep as cent of the bridge. The present load rises 1 foot in 16, and not a day passes without some serious or disagreeable acci dent. The rise on the roadway contemplated by the engineer is 1 foot in 27 over the ends of the bridge, and from thence to the centre 1 foot in 24. The method by which the engi . neer proposes to separate the raised road from the coach drive of Chatham-place and Albion-place is very elegant, and if carried into effect. will rsaterially increase the value cf those houses. The plan also contemplates the widening of the foot paths by supporting the increased width upon blocks in the cornice. This plan, it is to be hoped, will be imme diately adopted, for it will materially add to the public con venience. There is a petition in the course of signature by all the large and small traders who employ draught-horses, and no doubt it will produce an effect upon the Committee now so actively engaged in making the extensive repairs of the lower parts of the arches. INSANITY CAUSED BY DRUNKENNESS.—AIice Gray, the young woman whom we reported a few weeks back at having been before the Magistrates on a charge, from the officers of the Nightly Watch, that she had been found drunk in the streets, was on Thursday week again brought up for a similar offence and discharged. On Tuesday night last she was again brought to Bridewell, where, as the intoxication abated, she exhibited such symptoms of insanity that a medical man was called in. The disorder increased till it assumed the complexion of madness, when it became necessary to send her to the Lunatic Asylum. On the same night a notorious woman, named Margaret Johnson, was seized with a similar disorder, which also rendered her removal to the Lunatic Asylum a matter of necessity. —Liverpool Albion. MAD DOGS.—Sir W. de Bathe, at the Maryle bone vestry on Saturday last, moved a resolution that beneath every pump in the parish a stone trough he sunk, in which the dripping water might be 'caught. The object of his motion, he said, was that the dogs running through the parish might find water to satisfy their thirst. He had ascertained from the surveyor that each trough would cost about 4s. Mr. Kensett wished to know how many pumps there were in the parish ? Sir W. de Bathe thought there were upwards of 50; but he thought the vestry would not hesitate in spending a few pounds for so good a purpose. Mr. Kensett observed that he should not oppose the resolution ; but he begged to give notice that, if he found the expense would much exceed the amount spoken of by Sir W. de Bathe, he should oppose the confirmation of the minute. Mr. Potter trusted the Vestry would not play the niggard in this question ; if the vestry should spend 1001., and thereby save one person from the hor rible effects of hydrophobia, he was sure no humane member of the vestry would lament the expenditure.—(Cheers.) The re solution Was llama unanimously. ATTEMPTED RA Pu.--z.iohn Murphy, an athletic Irishman, was yesterday brought before the magistrates at . Deptford, charged with an attempt at rape upon the person of Catherine Collins. The woman's cries, it appears, at tracted the attention of a carman who was passing at some distance down the lane where the act was attemuted, who corning up, gave hi m i n c h arge to t h e pol i ce, ' w lib m h e assaulted violentlY on b'eineconVered 'to the' station house. During the course of the examination the prisoner offered to marry the girl, if she would not prOceed further against him. pTrhoely'l"!n.r.ggwi li r e tt es t oe e n s liniai s a s tt i tt d codr ti t :a 9b t x . u i to r a wi S t.,a t w i t i co e uf9idr plantnr ot d t o re l i a n kt for cbm -1-1.1b.4". 'England. THE SUN, LONDON", FRIDAY JULY 31, 1835. WINDSOR-THURSDAY. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Real Property Bill-Committee. 2. Steam Vessels Pilotage Bill-Committee. 3. Supply (13th July)-Postponed Resolutions to 'be considered. 4. Glasgow University Bill-Second reading. ' 5. Church of Ireland Bill-Committee. 6. Election Expenses Bill-F ur th er cons id erat i on of Report, 7. Qualification of Members Bill=-Further consideration of Report. 8. Lighthouses Bill-Second reading. 9. Music and Dancing Licenses Bill-Committee. 0. Excise Incorporation (Scotland) Bill-Second reading. 1. Bankrupts Estates (Scotland) Bill-Further consideration of Report. 12. Reform of Parliament (Scotland) Bill-Committee. 13. Savings Banks (Scotland) Bill-Further consideration Or Re. port. [4. Supply-Committee. [5. Ways and Means-Committee. .6. Prisons Regulation Bill-Second reading. 7. Clandestine Marriages (Ireland) Bill-Report. 8. Landed Securities (Ireland) Bill-Committee. 9. Great Yarmouth and York Petitions Committee -William Prentice to attend. X. Imprisonment for Debt Bill-Report. 1. Ecclesiastical Courts Bill-Second reading. 2. Stafford Disfranchisement Bill-Third reading. 3. Sheriffs' Declaration Bill-Adjourned Debate on Second reading, 4. Registrar Office Improvement Bill-Committee. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. . Mr. C. Lushington,-Petition for Copies of Documents relat. ing to Female Emigration to Australia. 2. Mr. Attorney-General for Ireland,-Bill to regulate Municipal Corporations in Ireland. 3. Lord Viscount Morpeth,-Bill for the better prevention of Of fences endangering the public Peace in Ireland. 4. Mr. Alderman Wood,-Bill for the regulation of Steam Navi gation on the River Thames. 5. Mr. Robinson,-Petition of East India Company's Maritime Of ficers excluded from compensation under the late Act of Par liament. 6. Mr. Rigby Wason,-That Thomas More Keith be sent down to Norwich, in the Gaoler of Newgate's custody, as a witness on any charge adduced against John Pilgrim. 7. Mr. Divett,-To continue the suspension of the Stafford Writ. 8. Mr. Poulett Thomson,-Bill to regulate the admeasurement of Tonnage. 9. Mr. Baring, , ,-Bill to abolish certain offices connected with the Superior Courts of Law. 10. Mr. Buckingham,-That the Account of Spirits which paid Duty in 1833 and 1834 be printed. 11. Mr. Balfour,-Copy of the Instructions to the Surveyor of the Crown Lands in Orkney, by the Board of Woods and Forests. 12. Mr. Harvey,-To move the insertion of a Clause in the Ex penses at Elections Bill. 13. Colonel Sibthorp,-On Second Reading of Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, to move for a Select Committee on Local Testamentary Courts. 14. Mr. A. Trevor,-On Third Reading of Stafford Disfranchise ment Bill, to move that one of the seats be transfer red to Stockton-on-Tees. 15. Mr. Balfour,-To move that. a distinct representative right be conferred on the Shetland Islands. 1. Mr. Harvey,—Provision, That the interest on the million ad vanced to the Irish Clergy be raised by a rate. 2. Mr. Grattan,—To move an additional Clause. 3. Mr. Sharman Crawford,—To move an additional Clause. 4. Mr. Tooke,—Provision for disabled Curates and their Widows. 5. Mr. W. S. O'Brien,—To move several Clauses. 6. Mr. Lucas,--To move a clause for the more equitably appor tioning the deduction of 30 per cent. between lessor and lessees of Impropriate Tithes. NOTICES OF MOTIONS GIVEN LAST NIGHT. MONDAY, AUGUST 3. Lord Robert Grosvenor,—Bill for preventing the exposure of obscene Prints. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4. I. Mr. Hume,—To call the attention of the Eouse to the Evidence taken before the Select Committee respecting Orance Lodges. 2. Mr. Tulk,—Bill to provide for the payment, by the East India Company, of compensation to Mr. Buckingham. 3. Mr. Sheil,—Fapers relating to the affairs of the late Rajah of Tanjore. 4. Mr. Tooke,—To call the attention of the House to the Address for granting a Charter to the University of London. 3. Mr. Mullins,—To move for a Commission on the present state of the rish Fisheries. 6. Captain Pechell,—Bill for the amendment of the Law as to the tithing of Turnips in certain cases. 7. Captain Pechell,—Bill for the recovery of Small Tithes. 8. Lord Viscount Sandon,—Bill to provide for the mair.tenance of the Clergy and to abolish certain Church Rates in Liverpool. THURSDAY, AUGUST 13. Mr. Wvse,—Bill for the establishment of a General Board of Charities in Ireland. On Tuesday afternoon the King took a drive as far att Rich mold, and paid a visit to the Earl and Countess of Errol, at their residence in Richmond Park. His Majesty returned to the Castle in the evening to dinner. Their Majesties did not intend leaving the Castle until Friday next, but in order to be present at the confirmation of the Princess Victoria, which took place this morning, this plan was altered, and after dining at five o'clock, the King and Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, left yesterday evening, at seven, for St. James's Palace. The Duchesses of Gloucester and Cambridge, and the family of the latter, are still sojourning at the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses left this morning for Kew, but arc expected to return again this evening. The Landgravine and Princess Augusta have also left Frog more for the purpose of king present at their Majesties' ate at Kew, but will return this evening. To-morrow (this day) the King will hold a levee s and in the evening' there will be a grand dinner at the Palace. On Saturday the King and Queen will go in stato to Green wich Hospital, whence they will return to Windsor. ,~ ~,~- ~. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of the busi, ness which had been so long procrastinated. THE CORPORATION PRIVILEGES." When the minutes of the last Court, detailing the very re markable proceedings, were read, Mr. Dtx..)N rose and said that in all his experience he had never heard of an official account which mentioned so dis graceful a scene of confusion. Mr. PRITCHARD (the Chairman of the Committee upon Mu nicipal Corporations) rose to say a few Icords explanatory of the motives by which he was guided in the course he was about to adopt. The LORD MAYOR hoped that the gentleman would not go on with his rhodomontade.—( A laugh,, and lo u d cr i es o f " Shame," and hissing.) Mr. R. TAYLOR called upon the Court not to allow the Lord Mayor to address to any of its members such vulgar in solence. The LORD MAYOR would insist upon it that it was most in decorous in any member to proceed with observations upon a subject of which no notice had been given to the Lord Mayor, and the Court ought to know by this time that he was not one who would permit the rights and privileges of the Mayoralty to be•meddled with either directly or by a sidcwind. He never would suffer any thing of the kind.—( Laughter and applause , and cries of " Oh, oh !") It pleased some gentlemen to speak of the use of bad and offensive language. Now what ever might have been said by others, he (the Lord Mayor) had never uttered a word derogatory to the chair which he filled. Cries of " Oh, oh I" and " Hear, hear.") Mr. PRITCIIARD begged to withdraw all his motions on this subject for the present ; but at the same time to give no tice that he should bring them forward again at the first Court d3y after the 4th of November next. The LORD MAYOR said that he approved very much of the good sense which dictated the withdrawal of such ob noxious matter, and the very candid acknowledgment of his authority. He congratulated the Court and his fellow-citi zens at the prospect of doing . business, and felt the utmost satisfaction that he should resi g n the high office he filled to his successors unimpaired in every respect. ALTERATIONS AT THE MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. R. L. .JONES brought up the Report of the London bridge Approaches Committee, relating the necessary altera tions at the Mansion. house. The opinion of the Committee, of which Sir Robert Smirke had furnished a design, was, that the railing should be put back so far as to leave a width of three feet of additional public road. After a short discussion the Report was agreed to, and sent back to be carried into execution forthwith. M . • The foll ow i ng will be UNICIPAL presented to CORPORATION BILL the Lord Mayor this day : " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. " We, the undersigned freemen and liverymen of the city of London, request that your Lordship will call a Common Hall to consider the propriety of presenting a petition to the House of Lords in favour of the Municipal Corporation Bill, which has been brought in by his Majesty's Ministers, passed by the House of Commons, and is now before their Lordships' house." Mn. I3RAIIAM'S LICENCE TO BUILD A NEW THEATRE.—This important document, signed by the Marquis of Conyngham, Lord Chamberlain, at the express command of the King, has been delivered to Mr. Braham, who has already commenced excavating the ground in King -street, St. James's square, late Nerot's hotel, the site on which the theatre is to • be erected. Mr. Bcazlcy, the architect, is the author of the plan, which is extremely simple and elegant. Peto and Gris sell are the builders, and they have undertaken to complete the edifice in three months. Mr. Braham proposes to open the theatre on the 2d of November. The licence extends from Michaelmas to Easter. THE YORKSHIRE MURDER.--On Wednesday evening the inquest was resumed, and after several persons were examined was adjourned to the 4th of August. The in terest excited by this dreadful deed has !int in the least degree 'diminished. Qn t.tnclay No, the day was unusua ll y fi ne , an d kncireds of per sons , ma l e and female, repaired from the neigh bouring townships, and York also, to view the spot where the murder was perpetrated. The ling, however, had all been previously cut in a considerable circle near the tac A where the body was found. This had been *. pat:tky: by the cu rious, but more effect 1 - ; disco Any instrument that haye been ifrOpped . concealed nothing . , I ,,lqw.ever, turtSea up.' tie ground is completely bare, 4i4d a stick has been driven in the hollow indentitt )pti l de by the head of the nfttunate '4'1)14 ii.ai'done to mark the act , —' t4:e evept . Ol corroborative testimoi— ' • and cabs were n umero ,,- _ required. Gigs adjoininn• wig arts were filled from the villages hal ....Tr' aei of murder in this district, for many years, —.cited a greater degree of interest. .~. k. ... :.~ .k-:;~ :. a -+-e_~ ? f - IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 30. The SPEAKER resumed the Chair a few minutes before fiv O'clock. IPSWICH ELECTION. When the Gallery was opened, we found Mr. Clip ' perton at the Bar, and the SPEAKER engaged in re primanding him. The first sentences we caught were as follows :—" This is conduct which admits of no excuse—the knowledge which you have acquired in your profession ought to have warned you against the commission of such an offence, and impressed you with a just sense of its injurious consequences to your own character, and to the administration of justice. On the contrary, you have forgotten the duty y ou owe to • yourself and t o t h e pu bli c. You afforded money to certain wit nesses in order to keep them out of the way, and thus you became implicated in an aggravated opposition to the autho rity and the privileges of this House. Under these circum stances this House, as it ought to be, always prompt and vigorous in the vindication of those useful and acknowledged privileges which arc so useful to the pub lic, by the maintenance of the authority of this House, has found itself under the necessity of visiting your offence with severe punishment. Trusting that the contrition which you have expressed ia real, and that you will never cease to feel regret and sorrow that you should have so misconducted yourself a..; to have incurred the heavy displeasure of the assembled representatives cf tly , people of this country, I have now to inform you that 0 *:, the i payment of your fey A yeu are discharged." Mr. Aldernian WOOD moved that his notice for - a Bill for I the better reg u l a ti on o f steam boats on the P• which was dropp e d, m i g h t have precede,— ...iver Tha mes , " .. The SrEAKr,g'ra reply wa s p er ee on an early d a y. .., Mr. WI LBR A HAM ctly inaudible. the name of whiel- • a .i - esented a petition from some place, Mopol .. it w as i mposs ibl e to hear, against the Salt on India. he petition was supported by two lion. Members whose names were not known in the gallery, and Mr. EWART, who said that no persons whatever were kept in such a state of bondage as those who were engaged in thi s tra d e. H e cited the evidence of the late Bemon Roy before the Committee on the East India Bill as strongly in favour of the petition. The House was then summoned to the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent given to certain Bills, for which see our Lords' report. The new Sergeant at Arms (Sir W. Gos sett) officiated on this occasion for the first time. IRISH CHURCH. On the SPEAKER'S return, Mr. E. J. STANLEY brought up the Report of the resolution of the committee on the 3d and 4th of Wm. 4., c. 100, respecting the advance for tithes. Mr. HUME understood that the bringing up this Report was a mere matter of form, and that - when the resolutions were agreed to, then would be the time to propose the money clauses. The Report was laid on the table. GREAT YARMOUTH ELECTION. Lord F. EGERTON brought up a Report from the Com. mittee on this election, stating that one of the witnesses, Wm. Prentice, had refused to answer questions put to him by the Committee, on the ground, as he asserted, that his answers would tend to criminate himself, although the Com mittee had, previously informed him that he was bound to an swer. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that this person be ordered to attend at the bar of the House to-morrow. Mr. WARBURTON—Had the Noble Lord reason to ap prebend that this witness would absent himself during the in terval? Lord F, EGERTON did not entertain any apprehension that the witness would abscond, but this was entirely matter of individual opinion. The AT TORNEY -GENERAL—W ou ld the Noble Lord state the circumstances under which this Report was made? Lord F. EGERTON did not think that it would be very judicious to state the circumstances. Mr. WYNN suggested that the short-hand writer's notes should be read. He understood the short-hand writer was in attendance. Mr. WILK S thought the whole of the examination should be read. Mr. HUME then moved that the short-hand-writer should be called in. The SPEAKER then asked the Sergeant to summon the short-hand -writer. Mr. Gurney appeared at the Bar, and read the notes of the evidence he had taken, from which it appeared that William Prentice had refused to answer several questions that had been put to bhn by the Committee, on the ground that they tended to criminate himself. Mr. Gurney having concluded the reading of the evidence, Mr. WYNN said that if the witness was within reach of the House, he thought it would be better that he should be called to the Bar without loss of time. The SPEAKER then directed_ the Sergeant -at-Arms to bring William Prentice to the Bar if he was in attendance. The Sergeant-at-Arms informed the House that Mr. Pren tice was not in attendance. Sir R. INGLIS thought it would be advisable to have the evidence printed. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that Prentice be directed to attend at the bar to-morrow, and that the evidence be in the meantime printed.—Agreed to. Mr. HUME asked a question of the Noble Lord the Secre tary at War (Lord Palmerston) relative to the Post Office, but the noise in the body of the House prevelited our hearing either the question or answer. Mr. HUTT begged to ask the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade why the steamers trading from the port of Hull to London were prevented from coming up the Pool by some regulation of the Custom-house ? Mr. P. THOMSON's answer was quite inaudible. Mr. E WART complained that the Board of Customs had issued orders also affecting the port of Liverpool, which evinced a total want of local knowledge. Mr. HUTT would persevere in bringing this subject before the House, as the regulation seriously affected the interests of his constituency. PUBLIC CHARITIES. Mr. HARDY brought up the Report of the Select Com mittee on Public Charities. On the motion that it be printed, Mr. WILKS observed that the Committee had recommended the introduction of a Bill, during the present session, for re establishing the powers of the Commissioners of Public Chari ties, and it was exceedingly important that his Majesty's At torney-General should bring it in as speedily as possible. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that would depend upon the instructions he had received from his Majesty's Go vernment. • Colonel PERCEVAL wished to ask the Hon. Member'for Middlesex when he proposed to bring on his motion respecting Orange Lodg e s, as h e un d erstoo d it was not intended to be brought on that night. Mr. HUME said he found that the papers on the subject would not be ready, and he had determined not to bring it on till Tuesday next ; and he would in the meantime, with the assist ance of the Speaker, do all in his power to have his intended resolutions in - the hands of the Members on Monday. LONDON UNIVERSITY. Mr. TOOKE wished to ask a question of the Attorney- General which might save a great .e..eal of time that night. He wished to ask what was the intention of the Govern ment with respect .to the resolution of that House on the 26th of March last, and his Majesty's most graciOus answer thereto respecting the London University ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL,-in answer, said ho had to state by order of the Government, he had prepared two char tors, which he hoped would be considered by dm House as in strict compliance with the gracious answer of his Majesty. One was for the University of London, but only as a college to be called the London University College, without the power of granting academical degrees. The other was for the pur pose of establishing an.academical Institution, with the power of granting academical degrees to the students of the University of London and such other Establishments.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. TOOKE would postpone his motion till this day week, but at the same time ho was bound to say that the answer was very unsatisfactory.—( Hear, and laughter.) IPSWICH ELECTION. Mr. HUME, after reading one of the resolutions of the Ipswich Election Committee, moved that Thomas Moore Keith be taken into the custody of the Sergeant at Arms. On a former occasion it was stated Mr. Keith was in too delicate a state of health then to bear confinement. Ile (Mr. H.) was glad, however, to state that now no harm was likely .to accrue to Mr. Keith's state of health from the process of the House being put into execution. After a few words front Mr. W YNN, Mr. HUME moved that the Report of the Committee with respect to Keith be read. Lord STORMONT had no objection to have the whole of the Report 'read, but he did object to have garbled extracts of that Report read in the House. The Report was then read, and— Mr. HUME moved that T. M. Keith be taken into custody. Mr. SCA RLETT objected to the motion. He did not find that any charge bad been proved against Mr. Keith upon any credible evidence. • Mr. AGLIONBY saki that the House had decided that Keith was guilty of a breach of privilege, and the only course they had now to pursue was to decide what steps ought to be taken in consequence. Mr. SCARL E TT said a question of the highest importance was before them, a question which regarded the liberty of the subject.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. Keith was placed under very unfavourable circumstances when before the Committee, both from want of Counsel and from his own rather unfortunate manner of hesitation and embarrassment in answering the questions put to him. His only object was to induce the House to come to the conclusion that there was no necessity for committing him to Newgato, but that • the object House had in view would he sufficiently answered dismis sing him from the bar, after - receiving, the 7:prim - a i nd of the Chair. There was no proof of an: Keith and Pilgrim, except that connection between ipawich. It was quite of Keith having sent him to to leave Nor w ;_t of that he did not advise Pilgrim neither did he supply him with money. Tiler'!: . was no evidence that he used any means to keep him out of the way. Mr. Keith knew that great frauds were com mitted in his house, and this was his only reason for going to Ulais to have•an interview with him. He had previously sent in various accounts, the payment of which was refused, and this was his reason for going to Calais. The language of Mr. Keith's partners was, that so soon as Pilgrim returned he should be prosecuted, and he was. A proposition was made to compromise I lie tryittzr, - that Pilgrim might be enabled to keen `".l`. yr tile - way, to which the answer of Mr. Keith was ihai * he would not compromise such a matter to save the seats of twenty Members of Parliament. It was only from Clipper ton he learned where Pilgrim was. He took Wood with him to Calais, and Wood's evidence went to show that the only conversation, which passed between Keith and Pilgrim related .—......-.e....;............,,,,..-4, not to the election, but to the transaction relative to which legal proceedings were instituted. After a few words from Lord STORMONT and Mr. WYNN ' the motion, that Keith be taken into the custcdy of the Ser. - geant-at- Arms, was agreed to. The Sergeant -at-Arms having communicated to the Cbair that be was in custody, Mr. H LIME moved that he be committed to Norge* Mr. SCARLETT proposed as an amendment that he be called to the bar and reprimanded. Mr. AGLIONBY said, that the Committee had alady reported that Keith aid e d in keeping Pil gr i m out of. the re way s and that he had recourse to a charge of embezzlement for that purpose. In this the House concurred by their resolu tion. How th en cou ld t h ey now agree to the extraordin ar y proposition that he was merely to be brought to the bar and discharged? The Committee, with the exceptif.m of two Members, were unanimous. Pilgrim was the c2, ( ,,1, o f K e ith . .. had recourse to He was sent to the Ipswich election. H the grossest bribery there. He retur . i ,et, to Nom ich, and then it was that the charge was trurr:,,,a up against him. He received 201 ., __ and went out of s ., t iti, way to Calais. Before his departure, Pilgrim w absence. This note - rote . d note to Keith desiring leave of .vas written on the day he went away. Keith was looki ,. . He well kne w what the object of it was, and yet he moue LO observi" - ..g over his shoulder while he eras writinr, it. 1 observe •= upon it to his partners. Pilgrim expressly de- F' a "-ed that he wrote the note while Keith was looking over tiro. The House was then cleared for a division ; but after twenty minutes we were re-admitted, and we then understond no divi sion had taken place, Mr. Scarlett having vethdrawn his amendment. We found Mr. LAW speaking. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman contended to prevent Mr. Keith from appearing at the trial of Pilgrim as a witness would be to prejudge that question. After a brief discussion, in which Mr. Wynn, Mr. Hawes, and Lord Stormont took part, the question was put, and, as we understood, agreed to. Mr. R. WA SON presented a petition from Mr. Pilgrim, praying - that Mr. Keith might be allowed to proceed to Nor wich under the care of the Sergeant at Arms, and attend upon the trial of Pilgrim at the next Norwich Assizes. Mr. Vv YNN suggested that the petition should lie upOn the table to give time for consideration, and that to-morrow an order should be made upon it. After a brief discussion, in which Lord Stormont, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Mills, Mr. Law, and Mr. Freslifield spoke, it was agreed that the petition should be taken into consideration to morrow (this day). Colonel S IBTHORP moved for a Return of the emoluments of certain parties connected with the Ecclesiastical Courts. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected to the Return being made, on the ground that the Returns re lated to the 'professional and not official emoluments of the parties in question. The motion was negatived. NEW SOUTH WALES—GENERAL DARLING. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Mr. Meekness, late Sheriff of New South Wales, complaining of the conduct of General Darling, when Governor of that colony. Mr. H. L. BULWER presented a petition from certain tradesmen and others, residing in Marylebone, praying the House to make inquiries into the charges preferred by Capt. Robison, against General Darling. Sir H. HARDINGE said that a petition from parties re siding in Marylebone, relating to occurrences in New South Wales, in his judgment appeared upon the face to be got up for a particular purpose. He hardly thought it fair to pre sent such a petition to the House. Mr. H. L. BULWER denied that he bad anything to do with getting up the petition. It had been put into his hands that morning by a respectable body of persons. Sir H. HARDINGE must again object to a petition which came from parties who could not possibly know anything of General Darling's conduct. - Mr. H. L. BULWER contended that the inhabitants of Marylebone were justified in framing such a petition. Mr. HUME said that the objection was not fair. Mr. M. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the mer chants and shinotvners connected with New South Wales, praying for ais inquiry into the charges preferred by Captain Robison against General Darling. Sir H. HARDINGE objected to a petition from persons who, he was sure, did not know the merits of the case. After a few words from Mr. Hume, Mr. A. Chapman, Mr. Richards, Mr. Twiss, and Mr. O'Connell, Mr. M. O'CONNELL-would state the facts of the case as related to him, and he would state them in the briefest way possible. At the outset he would state the nature of his mo tion. It was for a " Select Committee to inquire into the conduct of General Darling while Governor of New South Wales, particularly with reference to the grants of the Crown lands made by him, his treatment of the public press, the case of Captain Robison and the New South Wales Ve teran Companies, and the alleged instances of cruelty to,vards the two soldiers, Ludds and Thompson, and other persons, and to report thereon to the House." In the first place it would be found that the grants of the Crown lands made by the various Governors of New South Wales were made on a smaller scale and with less partiality than those made by Gen. Darling:- That General had made double the quantity of grants of Crown lands that any former Governor had made. The Governor that preceded him granted, in twelve years, 400,000 acres of those lands. General Darling, in the same space of time, gave away upwards of a million of acres of the Crown lands. Besides this he had to charge Gen. Darling with great partiality in the manner he disposed of those lands. To a brother-in-law, who was in the full receipt of an income of 6001. a-year, lie made a free grant of 10,000 acres of land, though there was an order from the Government at home that no grant should exceed 9,600 acres. To the Colonial Secre tary he made a grant of 1,280 acres in the first instance, and to a cousin of his General Darling gave no less than 2,568 acres. Captain Robison was refused a grant of land, , oh the plea that he was in the receipt of full pay in his Majesty's service; whilst the two other persons received grants of land though they were also on full pay. A stronger case remained behind. Close to Sydney, about two miles to the southward, lay a tract of land to the extent of - 180 acres, particularly rich and fertile.. It was Crown laud, and Government at one time intended to erect upon it a lunatic asylum. 'However, General Darling had authority to divide it among eight or nine officers, to all of whom except one he gave about nine or ten acres each. To one person, however, a Mr. M 4 Kay, he-gave fifty-four acres, and those acres were the very best of the lot. Several years ago each acre was valued at 501., and lately a very large sum (th e Hon. Memb er was understood to say) Goa was refused for one acre. He thought something ought to be done to prevent Governors wasting the public property in this way. In 1828 a person of the name of Onslow ar rived in New South Wales. At first he wes not knoWn to any one in the colony. He soon became acquainted with M'Kay, and through him was introduced to the Governor. Onslow held an office of 500/.- a year under the East India Company, besides another in the colony, and on marrying a daughter of *Key, lie received a grant of land in one of the very best situations, together with ether assistance. In 1828, a large number of convicts were landed, and they were distri buted with partiality. Tins before -mentioned Mr. M'Kay got twenty-eight of them. Two other individuals (we suppose the Hon.- Member 'meant trading or agricultural companies) rot, one 237, Stre other 143 convicts. To the Lieutenant- Governor' \ - ;ere given twenty-four, The Hon. and Learned Memkr next Rlluded to a person named Hall, who was stated to ',lave been formerly a hot-headed and rather violent person, but who was now under General Bourke a very quiet citizen. It appeared that Hall, in a newspaper, said that the Arch deacon of Sydney was not a man of peace. This was consi dered a libel, ami be was tried before a military tribunal. Hall comihented on this in another paper, and the result was a new trial for libel. No less than six ex officio informations were issued against him-.his recognizances were cstreated —and he was condemned to three rears' imprisonment, and a fine of 1,0001. Hall then proceeded legally against the Gover nor and other persons, and in every instance recovered damages and costs, which were paid by the Governor out of the colonial fends. He vvould now conic to the case of Captain Robison, who had been a number of years in his Majesty's service, and who had received his first education at the Military College of Great Marlow. He entered the service in 1805, and con-i.. mantled for six or seven years a cavalry regiment in India. On his return to this country he was appointed to the command of a police company (as we understood) in New South Wales; but on arriving in the colony he folind that the command of that company was given away to another by General Darling. Captain Robison noon perceived several abuses, particularly in the way convicts •- were disposed of, and represented the matter to the Governor. A copy of the representations he made to the Governor he sent home. By a regulation ct t h e colony the Governor could not take away his comment!. But what did the Governor de ? He did away with the district in - which Captain Robison commanded, and recalled him to head quarters ; but in a month after the district was reinstated and another officer appointed to the command of it., Captain Re bison wished to come to England, and was promised a free passage in a vessel, in which lie was to have the superinten dence of certain individuals that were to be sent home. He did not obtain the passage promised, and was told to go to Norfolk Island, one of the worst stations in the whole colony, and to which no females were permitted to go. Captain Robison married, and by this means he escaped the degradation of being sent to Norfolk Island. He was then ordered to go to the station of Newcastle, *trot as a Comman dant, for in that capacity he would haws a right to dwell in the Government House, but to sg i wrintend certain troops. The person before allud e d to. ;fir. M'Kay, wa s sen t t o New eGaostvleerntmoetnatkeli=ctrass‘sassoil of some ; some convicts, and to hi m th e but he was instructed to allow Captiie . afterwar3 'Robison to have a part of it. M'K a y was s accused of peculation, and was re-called to head '7,arters ; but he was soon sent back to Newcastle, and ap pointed Postmaster there. On his return thither he accused Captain Robison of having broken open the mail bag, on which charge that officer was tried, and was honourably ac quitted. He would state one or two other cases. The one was that of Alexander Edwards, the other of Dennis M'Cue. Edwards was sent from the Cape of Good Hope. to New, South Wales, on account o f a lib e l on L or d C : Somerset :. Some doubts arose as to his guilt, and he was allowed to re. side at Bathurst with his wife. As soon as General Darling arrived at Sydney, Edwards was brought there, and though s it id t e v r a e s d st g a u ted that ilty,and lie had sentto obtainedNorfolk a lk lsl fe pardon arned.Some lie m eforna forgery n rychoad rta W in ale n s o ' Se a s r.d at so t m he e Bank. One of the officers of the Bank found out that the timebeen committedat after l‘ Coune the (}ff e ß re a d n Barak no ofpayment South ce d'.l half. He said to M'Cue, will you swear to five months an ; have been six month s inyourpossession? , the fact that thiz , note notes could not have been in M'Cue's possession more ,than M'Cue sand , the notes had been in his possession six months. • he would and swore that to the best of his recol lection APCue Kris immediately proceeded against for per jury. He was convicted and imprisoned on board the hulks. --ji +~<. .t"~~ 9