The Sun. — London, England, 1835-07-02 00:00:00

CAPE HOPE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You will oblige me by inserting this notice in your valuable paper, in hopes it may meet the eye of some humane Member, who will make inquiry in the House for the latest c,fficial accounts received from the seat of war with the Caffres in the above colony, and the number of i nva lid s , women and childr en (report says' 20,000) now served by Government, at the rate of half a pound of beef and half a pound of bread only per day, for each individual, since the first of January. Mar tial Law has been in force in the Colony ; the Caffres have engaged and beat the English troops stationed on the river to protect a fort, which was given up to the Caffres ; Colonel Smith, with his English army, was driven into the Colony to Graham's Town by the Caffres, and they had the whole con troul of that part of the Colony for a hundred miles, from the 20th of December to the Ist of March. During the above time the Caffres burnt the fine village of Bathurst farm houses, and put to death all the English and Dutch they met, and overrun the Colony. The writer dreads the next account : he has four near relatives, who have left their cattle, houses, and everything but what they stand in, to seek refuge at Port Elizabeth, to be supplied by Government, which has taken all conveyance to forward stores, &y., for the troops at Graham's Town —last year a flourishing town, second in the Colony, containing a church, three dissenting chapels, four to five thou sand inhabitants, and seven hundred houses all deserted. Such an expedition now collecting for Spain, if sent to our flourishing Colony, the Cape of Good Hope, would save thou sands of our fath ers , mot h ers, b rothers, and sisters, now resi dent in the above Colony, from the sword and starvation. I am, &c. E. The Baroness Larpent and family, Colonel Duffy, Mr. Stewart and family, Mr. Basset, Royal Artillery, T. Hook, Esq., &c., took their departure this morning for Ant werp, in the General Steam Navigation Company's packet, the Atttvood. The Royal Fke to be given under the immediate patronage of their Majesties, at the Colosseum, on Wednes day next, July 8 -for the benefit of the Charing cross, North London, and Westminster Hospitals, will be one of the most magnificent of the kind ever presented in this country. The proprietors intend on this occasion to open the suite of rooms which have been recently erected, at a cost of upwards of 6,0001., when the whole of this superb establishment sr be brilliantly illuminated. We understand, that the Grand Vestibule or Entrance Hall, the public wt, be admitted, through the Cave of Elora and Eleusinian Cavern, to the Grand Reception, or Banqueting Room of Mirrors, supported by crystal columns, and lined with looking_ glasses, which communicate with the splendid Salon de Dense, Egyptian Tent, and illuminated Terraces, in which take place the Ball and Fete. The decorations and fittings -up, together with the crystal columns and splendid glass chandeliers, reflect the greatest praise on the numerous artistes engaged by th e propriet ors . Th e supper will be served in theldian Supper Room, overhanging the waterfalls ; indeed, nothing will be Wanting to give effect to the brilliancy of the Fete. SIGNOR BE ANGIOLI'S CONCERT.—Signor De Angioli gave a concert, at the Concert Room of the King's Theatre, yesterday morning. It was fashionably attended. The selection from Rossini, Alarliani, Beethoven, and Mayer, was admirable. Malibran and Grisi, Rubini and Tamburini, sang the quartette, " Ecco quel fiero estante," in a style which was never excelled. Malibran sang two solos, one, an Eng lish ballad, " The Rose," and the other, a French chanson, "Le petit Tambour." Mdlle. Rosins de Angioli sang in three concerted pieces with decided success ; the first, " Scendi nel peccol legno," was encored. Rubini sang " Adelaide," that most musical of the philosophical Beethoven's melodious compositions, in a styl e equa l to t h e subject. Ivanhoff, Tam • burini, Be Beriot,i Hcrz, Mori, the Lablaches, Puzzi, and the Donna Brambilla exerted themselves to the utmost, and we need scarcely say, with surpassing effect. On the whole, the concert was one of the most decidedly, agreeable of the season. RAYMARKET THEATRE.—The new " little co -Ited2l." which, however, has luckily a good deal of farce about it, under the titl e o f Th e Scholar, was very successful last !li ght. As Parren played the pri nc ip a l p art i n i t, on hi s f i rst ap p ea rance her e this season, it was not v er y lik e l y to f a il . T he original is French, and by Scribe ; and so literal is the ver sion, that when we call Buckst one th e " a d apter, " we give himt of the full sum of cr e dit t h at i s hi s d ue. The principal me- Pit th e piece consists in its situations, for there is little pre nsioo in the writing, and there is not much novelty in the Characters; the best of these is that sustained by Buckstone, the"confidential domestic" to the Scholar, who has picked up a fine words, as crumbs from his master's table, and brings min with good effect. Farren took great pains with his character, but mispronounced some scrapi of Latin most wofully. Wo wonder that he could find nobody to tell him pduring rehearsal that focis, in " pro aril et focis," should be r onounced folds. W e b s t er , M rs . W . Cl i fford, and Miss aylor, a ll p l ayed as well as their parts gave them an oppor tunity of d o i ng , an d at t h e f a ll of the curtain the applause was L , l a ,ery general and hearty. F arren ' s l u di crous appearance in o last scene not a little contributed to this result. VICTORIA THEATRE.—A new romantic drama, by H. Plunkett, Esq., was brought out at this theatre last Slight, and was completely successful. It has the somewhat strange title of the Miner a li , and is found e d on t h e avocat i ons of gold-fi n d ers, and searchers after other precious minerals. A love -tale is interwoven in the drama, in which Mrs. Selby (as Leila), and Miss Foster (as Annette) were very effective. The parts of Martelli (by Mr. Denvil) and Francisco (by Mr. Green) were received throughout the performance with Much applause. F. BARKLEY, ESQ.—To this gentleman a piece of plate was presented last week at York, i n testimony o f hi s unceasing ex e rt i ons i n the cause of the people. On Mond ay a public m ee ti ng was held in the Town- Kirkaldy, for the purpose of forming a Registration Asso tion for the district. Colonel Robert Ferguson, son of the Member for Nottingham, presided. —Edinburgh Courant. SHIP RACING TO CHINA !—On the 3d inst. e t he sailed f rom Li verpoo l for Canton. These wereheee t Jumna, Pi n d er , t h e Gipsy, Highat, and the Gener a l Gas coyne, Ki r kb y . T he wind being contrary they were all towed dow n the Mersey by steam-boats. The unusual occurrence of So many fine vessels starting together for so distant a port has excited no little interest in Liverpool, and many wagers will be d ec id ed when it is learned which vessel has effected the speediest passage. Towards the close of the fancy fair on Tuesday evening i n t h e R egent ' s Park, some of the " swell mob" made their appearance so very well dressed as to disarm all suspi . clog. They entered the stalls, and caused much confusion until the police interfered. A mong o th er th e f ts they carried offthe valuable shawl of a lady serving in one of the shops ; but it %vas useless to shut the gate to discover the thieves, who had an opportunity of escaping without passing through it. Lately, a mare b e l onging to Mr. John Kennedy, at Loenchland, near Crieff, died at the advanc e d age of thirty_ sev years. EAST SURREY REFORM REGISTRATION SO "Y.—Yesterday a highly respectable meeting of the elec. ters of East Surrey, members of the above Society, took place at the Three Tuns, Southwark, when, after receiving the re port of the Secretary, which was adopted, the following gen tlemen were elected Vice-Presidents :—J. Temple Leader, -4 PSamuel Pal mer , E sq ., W. L eveson Gower, jun., also., and Th omas Hardy, Esq. ; a list of new members was read, which proved the rapid progress of the Society. The first meeting of the creditors of the banking til t of Lee, Brass, anComany the fof whic took plac e a b out a fortnightsince, p was , a held on ilure Tuesday. h The total amount of debts proved • was about 72,000/. ; the total debts due by the firm being estimated at about 120,000/. The assets have not. yet been accurately calculated, but are ex pected to amount at least to 65,600/. MONEY MARKET. —W funds look very firm, with a tendency to advance. A slight pressure for money is noticed in some quarters, but it has no apparent effect on the operation s either of this or of the foreign market. It has its origin, probably, in the demand for money in Paris, where it appears, by the private accounts, to have been considerable. Consols left off at 9tl to ty; and Exche quer Bills at 255. to 275. premium. The quiet manner in which the settlement ofyesterday was disposed of has materially assisted in restoring the business of the foreign market to its atordinary state, to which after six weeks of agitation and alarm seem s now to be making rapid approaches. It is assuming Sg4o a better character, consisting for the most part of bond e t ransactions, entered into by men of property, of known ability to fulfil their engage ments, and i s p ur ifi e d a l most wholly reel :less gambling by persons without means, which late ly chief cause of the late crisis. In this respect the lesson ye _ V given was a very useful one, and its effects were so se trust that it will be a long time before they are forgotten. Dis `!st.is still felt in some quarters, especially in those where the irnulert suffering was inflicted, but on the whole there is both an .....ILavement ofrices and a better appearance of the markets. .atorning pa w r h i t : Liver Pool Alderman, at a recent meeting of the the"ce Committee, refused to advance any more money on Dor ,_c a redit of the. Corporation of Liverpool ; a refusal which he, R l . l Ps, thought would be fatal to the Municipal Corporation aiort a B• li to I • ,so far, at least, as that Bill is intended to apply t. ayerpol. The members of the Finance Committee were surprise a.little The at his refusal, and the worthy Alderman's C ° was, was, we have no doubt, as great as that of his brother B, nd - 13 %7 11 0n had previously been, when he saw Mr. Alderman th e , promptly drawing a check on his own bankers for ti ra llt; and especially when he found that the Corpora- A7ah„ Qce ,?ent had been transferred to the bank of Messrs. ac; "eYwood, Sons, and Co.—Liverpool Allsion. ture 'v e regret to hear that an accident of a serious na -o,oo,?ecurred to Lord Suffield yesterday afternoon, at four on h i ' c • As his Lordship was riding down Constitution-hill, stumbled to the House of Lords, his Lordship's horse Ill s 'ed and fell, threw his Lordship, and rolled over him. saord s bi aorn e Was picked up senseless, and by the kindness of' us a utes who werepassing, who benevolently gave up the e • • th e firs. cir carriage, was immediately conveyed home, and %vas fo urs ,surgical assistance procured. On examination, it fiatiliteedrtatiinnottistbat the injury his Lordship had received . was con a.e fracture of one rib only, and strong hopes are It "of his speedy recovery. t o 414 's gateds th a t t h e l a d y w h om M . Guizot' i s about Ata c i ahi n 'Y the wid ow of the B aron de Stael. The cel e b ra t e d 20 ,00,3` e e d e Stael rece i ve d f rom L ou i s X VIII. the sum of 'ow for th e payment o f anc i ent claims, going back to t e ,kor, her father. Her son, the Baron de Steel, inhe- Th e i;uis fortune conjointly with the Duchess de Broglie. h i + , 4T or, died f • ye ars ago, leaving a son, who survived al b ut ae" •• sh the Ba to nes , 4 short time. The death of this puts fortty a ~ Stael in possession of the tvhcle of her husband's Galignani's Messenger. LITERATURE. CORTES : OR THE FALL OF MEXICO. AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE' BY DR. BIRD, AUTHOR OF " CALArAs.' Three Vols. post am Richard Bentley, New Burlington-st. This is a clever story. The conquest of Mexico was, in itself, an event abounding in the grandest situations and consequences; but though Dr. Bird has availed him self of these to the utmost, so as to be esteemed the best chronicler (Bernal Diaz not excepted) of that memor able invasion of a powerful and warlike, though rude people, he has invested his story with incidents of a stirring and picturesque nature, which though purely imaginary, seem to arise with entire probability out of the main subject. The Mexican chiefs, and other na tives, arc brought into the most effective juxta-position with the Spanish cavaliers, whose - ambition tempted them to perpetrate the ruin and su!isequent extermina tion of the unoffending race whose lands and posses sions they desired to seize. Never was a more iniqui tous and daring enterprise conceived, than that which Don Hernan Cortes carried into effect against Mon tezuma and his princely successors ; and Heaven, as if to mark its sense of the atrocious cruelty of the European victors, has seemingly doomed their descen dants to a degraded state among modern nations. We repeat, that in the pages of the work before us, the whole of the romantic siege of Mexico is detailed with extraordinary truth and effect. The reader of — fiction will, however, be chiefly gratified by the accessorial parts the Tale. Such as the adventures, during his captivity and disgrace, of Juan Lerma, once the favourite of Cortes, and his sister Magdalena. After his escape from peril, the young Juan flies to the palace of Gua timorzin, the Prince of Mexico, whose sister he mar ries. Zelahualla, the Spaniard's Indian bride, is an exquisite creation of the novelist. She, no less than Magdalena, with whom she is brought into powerful contrast, acts an important part in the story. The con queror, Cortes himself, is ably delineated, and it will be useful to modern readers to see of what stuff the chivalrous oppressors of the heathen were made. The hard tyranny of this man was exemplified towards his own followers, no less than towards the uncivilized people whom he invaded. A striking instance of this will be found in the barbarous execution of the Al- guazil Villafana, who, if he deserted to die, should have been first tried according to the universal laws of Christian people. The Romance altogether is infe- rior to few, which have for their objects the familiar illustration of great historical events. OUTRE-MER : OR A PILGRIMAGE TO THE OLD WORLD. Br is AmszeicAx. 2 Vols. post Bvo.—Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. A very delightful Sketch-book, written by a young American, and recording his feelings and impres sions on visiting Europe. These, as may be ex pected, are very vivid. The sensations of a European when landing in America, though not destitute of interest, will bear no comparison with those of an American on approaching the shores of the Old World. Spots rendered memorable by history, and edifices which have survived the wreck of centuries, arrest his curiosity in almost every place he passes through ; and that which is familiar to the accustomed eyes of the inhabitants of Europe, - assumes, even to to them, a new interest, by passing through the mind of a stranger from a country utterly destitute of simi lar objects. It is this, as much as the talent mani fested in it, which gave so great a charm to Washing ton Irving's " Sketch Book," or at least to those parts which were connected with English manners, litera ture, scenery, and antiquities ; and what Irving has done for our country, the present writer has achieved for France, Italy, and Spain ; that is to say, he has in vested them with fresh interest through the eager and curious scrutiny with which he has regarded them, and the exhibition he has made of the effects they pro duced on his own mind. In manner, the author of of " Outre-Mer," is very like Irving, and we think his readers will admit that he is not inferior to him in any respect. His taste, his iiagination, the delicate grace of his language, and his acquaintance with the old literature of Europe, are nearly equal to those o his predecessor and countryman. "The Pays d'Outre-Mer, or the Land beyond the Sea," says our author, "is a name by which the pilgrims and crusaders of old usually designated the Holy Land. I, too, in a certain sense, have been a pilgrim of Outre-Mer ; for to my youthful imagination the Old World was a kind -of Holy Land, lying afar off beyond the blue horizon of the ocean ; and when its shores first rose upon my sight, coming through the hazy atmosphere of the sea, my heart swelled with the deep emotions of the pilgrim, when he sees afar the spire which rises above the shrine of his devotion. In this, my pilgrimage, I have passed many lands and countries, and searched many full strange places.' I have traversed France, from Normandy to Navarre— smoked my pipe in a Flemish Inn—floated through Holland in a treksehuit—trimmed my midnight lamp in a German university —wandered and mused amid the classic scenes of Italy—and listened to the gay guitar and merry castanet on the borders of the blue Guadalquiver." It must not, however, be supposed that our author's book consists only of a series of descriptions, or a record of impressions and sentiments. These parts, indeed, are very striking and eloquent ; but to in crease the charm of variety, there are interspersed - - every now and then, anecdotes, sketches of persona character, and nude romantic stories, told in a pleasant vein, half humourous and half pathetic. The le gendary lore of Italy and Spain is rich in subjects for so interesting a mode of narration, and the writer before us, covetous no less of the oral tra• ditions of the countries he visited, than curious as to their tunnels and antiquities, has turned to the best account some of the most striking, though perhaps least known, of the local talcs current among the peasantry. The account of his residence in Madrid—of his visit to the Alhambra—of his sojourn in the romantic village of El Pardillo—of his jour ney into Italy, and his description of Rome in Midsum mer, are full of grace and animation. the House of Lords, last night, the Duke of -- Richmond pointed ont a striking anomaly in reference to causes tried at the Sessions, and removed by certiorari into the Court of King's Bench, by which there was a great evasion of public justice practised. The case is this :—a person found guilty of an offence at the Sessions may be ordered to put in bail to the amount of 5001. or 1,0001. ; but, if so minded, he can move by certi o r ar i i n t o th e King's Bench, where no higher bail than 201. or 30/. was ordered. Lord Denman admitted the position, and said that a clause to remedy the evil might be advantageously introduced into the Prison Discipline Bill, which was then before their Lordships. —Morning Paper. OPENING OF A MUMMY.—MUch curiosity has been excited in the scientific world by the opening of a mummy, brought by Lord Frederick Fitzelarence from Thebes. The ceremony took place at the new and splendid Anatomical Theatre of St. George's Hospital, lately erected in Kennerton street, Wilton-place. The lecturers of the school, Mr. Tatum and Mr. 11. J. Johnson, having offered the use of the premises for the occasion, the mummy was opened yesterday by Mr. Pettigrew, who delivered some very learned- and interesting observations on the process of embalming adopted by the Egyptians. Prince George of Cambridge, Lord Frederick Fitzelarenoe, Lord NI ikon, Count d'Orsay, and many other Noblemen and Gentlemen, as well as Sir A. Cooper, Bait., Sir B. Brodie, Bart., Mr. Davidson -the Egyptian traveller, &c., were present during the operation. The lady, for it was a lady, was discovered to have been a Priestess of the Temple of Ammon, at Thebes. After a period of more than 2,000 years she will repose in a glass case in the museum of an ana. tomical school. brought The Minutes c Sugar 'de of nmittce. entative ictice of into the and the ?fronded interest. )riety of effected , though 1. The subject, Learned d before rtiorari, ce was, !d were :ONNFLL against ;ented e. ;orpora- I to Ire d fallen A in this EtC.EVAL. uncut to i listrates re inquiry the con rould be IN Rus he Wol le Lord Wolvcr- forbear- i; mowed ire into leans to to pro .ople of , nt must any ad ide out. itleman, e of his e House On ndment, y on the TE sup -24, Mr. he elec- Toposed c, were I. The the most miser va- the dc ction of lorpeth, zh your romised country. during sure, so how it 1 1 yen already nd per satisfae- -sd, that y again truction party, other— rmation iformed itiments Le views Instance e direc ng to a e times, , r party. iis Bill before year by ore re- • except prin nay net rtheless elief of it sorno !ause of ipon as stei:l in of the ouch — nee the us pre wised : to the vent, it out the feeling would to that to Earl !nt Go ,s here parties ion and rounds. ; to see, be re sion of mouve of that neces- Ate the Al, will State ch, im y, will ry, but bene lerated n said, ;shy of ty and danger 'ard so ;ht be, —that to be t those Im the Le Bill he re- prove story, iber of usting esmett for the from -opolis to the to un •ough- of the r pre o this m not gland ; every mness iition, tor is *The 3 Ex als of speci alte- untess // last ion of there yet it judge lemen ire of )f Sir D.--- rence, June e ex- ',roni ii THE SUN, LONDON; THURSDAY, .JULY 2, 1835. THE KING'S LEVEE. The King, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived in town at half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon from Wind sor Castle. His Majesty was received at St. James's by the Duke of Cambridge. At two o'clock the King held a Levee. The Marquis of Winchester presented the Marquis of Queensberry, on his ap pointment of a Lord of the Bedchamber. His Lordship kissed hands, and received his gold key of office. Lord Charles Fitzroy was presented to the King by the Marquis Conyngham to kiss hands on being appointed Vice- Chamberlain. The Earl of Durham had an audience of his Majesty, and kissed hands on being appointed Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Russia. The Noble Earl took leave, on his departure for St. Petersburgh. At the Levee Baron Von Randen was presented by the Chevalier Dedel, the Netherlands Minister, and Baron de Varenne, French Minister to their Royal High nesses the Grand Dukes of Mecklenburgh and Oldenburgh, and the Free Hanseatic Cities, by Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador. The Levee was attended by the Austrian, Russian, and French Ambassadors ; the Neapolitan, Prussian, Wirtemberg, Hanoverian, Netherlands, Danish, " Spanish, Bavarian, and Saxon Ministers ; Noory Effendi, Turkish Minister, accompa nied by M. Vogoridis, Secretary of Legation, and M. Satan* his Majesty's Oriental Interpreter; the Secretary to the Da nish Legation ; the First Lord of the Treasury ; the Lord President ; the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments ; the First Lord of the Admiralty ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; the President of the Board of Trade; the Se cretary at War ; the Commander of the Forces ; the Lord Chamberlain ; the Groom of the Stole; the Master of the Horse ; the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; 'Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting; tho Master-General of the Ordnance; the Postmaster-General; the Judge- Advocate-General ; the Treasurer of the Household; the Comptroller of the Household; the Master of the Cere monies ; the Master of the Robes ; Lord Saltoun, Field-Offi cer in Waiting; Sir John Louis and Captain Rainer, C. 8., R. N., Naval Aid-de- Camps to the King ; Hon. Colonel Pa kenham ; Colonels Sir John Harvey and Gibbs, Aid-de-Camps to the King ; the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, and Chaplain to the Queen ; Colonels Bowater and Cavendish, Equerries to the King; Lieutenant. Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, Gentleman Usher in Waiting ; and the following : MARQUISES—Downshire, Queensbery, Wellesley. EARLS—Nelson, Lichfield, Ablyne, Amherst, Durham, Gosford. Loans—Segrave, Charles Fitzroy. Blsuoes—Gloucester, Rochester. HONOURABLES—Champion Dymoke, C. H. Lindsay, Col. Lowther. SIRS—C. Grey, W. Horne, M. Ridley. Reverend Walter Blunt. MESSRS.—Eyre, Wallis, Lindsay, Gaussen, W. Newnham, J. B. Fraser, F. Chantrey, James Whatmore, Smyth Wynd ham, Singleton. ADMIRALS—Sotheron, Sir J. Wells, G. C.B. CAPTAINS, R.N.—L ov i ng , C. 8., Ayscough, Rainier, C. 8., Berkeley. Commander Kirby. GENERALS—The Earl of Cork and Orrery, Wardlaw, Sir J. Cockburn. COLONELS—Campbell, Phillott, Power, Berne, Daly, Sir C. Dance. Major Hodgson Cadogan. CAPTAINS—Watts, Blagg, Belstead, Harcourt, W. F. Holt, M'Call, Sargeaunt, Wood. LIEUTS.—Ridley, M. Watts, M. Marstou. Cornet Lindsay. ENSIGNS—Horne, W. Reed. The following were presented to the King : The Hon. C. H. Lindsay, on his appointment to the 43d Light Infantry, by the Hon. Hugh Lindsay. Mr. Francis Chantrey, by Lord J. Russell. Mr. William Newnham, late Member of Council, Bombay, on his return from India, by Sir J. Hobhouse. Mr. Lindesay, by the Earl of Caledon. Mr. James Whatman, by Major-General Clithero. Mr. James Baillie Fraser, on his return from a journey through Persia on his Majesty's service. Mr. Wallis, of Tibberton Court, Gloucestershire, Deputy. Lieutenant of the county of Gloucester. Rev. Walter Blunt, by the Hon. the Champion Dymoke. Mr. Gaussen, South Herts Yeomanry. Mr. Eyre, by Earl Nelson. Ensign Horne, by Sir W. Horne. Captain and Adjutant Belstead, Ist Royal Surrey Militia. Captain Watts, Cumberland and Westmoreland Yeomanry Cavalry, by the Hon. Colonel Lowther. Captain and Adjutant Blagg, Royal Westminster Middlesex Militia, by the Earl of Erroll. Captain W. F. Holt, on his departure for the Cape of Good Hope, by Mr. F. L. H o l t . General the Earl of Cork and Orrery, on having the Order of St. Patrick conferred upon him. Cornet Lindsey, 3d Light Dragoons, on his appointment. Lieutenant M. Watts, by the Hon. Colonel Lowther. Lieutenant M. Marston, by Sir A. Barnard. Ensign William Reed, 2d Regiment or Queen's Royals, on his appointment, by Colonel Wood, M. P. Lieutenant Ridley, on appointment to the Scots Fusileer Guards, by Sir M. W. Ridley. Lieut.-Colonel Campbell, by Lord F. Somerset. Colonel Phillott, by Sir H. Vivian. Captain Sargeaunt, by General Sir H. Grey Lieut.-Colonel Power, by Sir H. Vivian. Captain Wood, by Colonel. Sir J. Rey-nett. After the Levee Baron Biome, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Denmark, had an audience of his Majesty, to take leave for a short time. His Excellency was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, his Ma jesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, the Master of the Cere monies. His Majesty held a Privy Council. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Sir Charles Grey were by com mand of the King sworn of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and took their seats at the Board. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The King gave audiences to Viscount Palmerston, Lord Holland, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Auckland, the Earl of Gosford, Lord Glenelg, Lord Hill, and the Right Hon. R. Cutlar Fergusson, Judge Advocate-General. Lord Elphinstone and Sir W. Houstoun were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Sharman Crawford,—Bill to amend the Law of Landlord and Tenant in Ireland. 2. Mr. Poulett Scrope,—Bill for the relief and employment of the destitute Poor of Ireland. 3. Mr. Callaghan,—Bill for regulating the pilotage of Steam Boats. 4. Mr. Hume,—Bill to repeal so much of Act 2 Geo. 11. as re strains the amusements of Music and Dancing. 5. Mr. Wyse,—Bill for the establishment of a General Board of Charities in Ireland. 6. Mr. J. Oswald,—Bill for regulating the University of Glasgow. 7. Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer,—Petition in favour of the introduc tion of a Legislative Assembly in New South Wales. 8. Mr. Wallace,—Select Committee to inquire into the present Laws affecting Bonded Warehouses generally. 9. Lord Johh Russell,—Appointment of a Committee by ballot on the facts arising out of the evislence reported from the Ipswich Election Committee. 10. Mr. Borthwick,—Petition from Evesham, against the Muni cipal Corporations Bill. 11. Mr. Wallace,—Petition from Greenock, against the intended change respecting Bonded Warehouses. 12. Mr. Hume,-13il1 to diminish Expenses at Elections, and to asolish Qualification required of certain Members of Parlia ment. Mu Corporation; Bill. 1. Sir J ames Graharn,nicip-1 o al move Amendments to Clauses 52, 53, and 54. 2. Mr. Barlow Hoy -That no Represe n t a ti ve o f a B orough shall hold the RecorSership, or act as Judge. 3. Mr. Harvey,-That no person shall hold the office of Recorder who practises at the Assizes. 5. Sir Robert Inglis,-To move four additional Clauses. 5. Lord Stanley,-To move Amendment on Clauses 42. 6. Mr. Charles Buller,-To move Amendment on Clause 87. 7. Mr. Pease,-To insert Hartlepool in Schedule (13.) 8. Sir John Wrottesley,.-To move Amendments in pages 32 and 36. 9. Mr. Estcourt,-To postpone the exisideration of Clause 79. 10. Mr. 'l'. S. Duncombe,-Addition to Clause 114, That the Me tropolitan Boroughs be considered ai Boroughs Corporate. 11. Sir M. Ridley,--To amend Clause 79. 12. Mr. Lawson,-Additions to Clauses 38, 41, and 82. 13. Mr. Borthwick,-Ainendrnents,ou Clause 41. 14. Mr. Hawkes,-Addition to Clause 114. lb. Mr. Rigby Wason,-That. all Laws relating to Bribery and Corruption at Elections for M em b ers o f P ar li ament b e app li e d to all Elections under this Act. 16. Sir John Buller,-To move the insertion of a Clause after 51. 17. Mr. Pinney,-Amendment on Clause 39. 18. Mr. Herbert Curtcis,-Clause to preserve the privileges of the Cinque Ports. 19. Mr. Borthwiek,_Amendment to Clause 42. 20. Mr. E. Denison-Amenment to Clause 35. 21. Mr. W. Miles to extend the boundaries of Coventry and Ply mouth. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. I. Inverness-shire Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three. 2. Durham Court of Pleas Bill—Second reading. 3. Contempts in Equity (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 4. Piers (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 5. Landed Securities (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 6. Clandestine Marriages (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 7. Lunatic Acts Continuance Bill—Second reading. 8. Medway Navigation Bill—Adjourned Debate thereupon. 9. Municipal Corporations Bill—Committee. 10. Loan Societies Bill—Third reading. NOTICES OF MOTIONS GIVEN LAST NIGHT. FRIDAY, JULY 3. Mr. Hume,—:Notion respecting Morning Sittings of the House in the ensuing week. TUESDAY, Zri;LY 7. 1. Mr. Aglionby,—T o refer to a Select Committee the Petition from certain Elector' , of the city of York concerning bribery at the last Election. 2. Mr. Rigby Wason,—To consider Petitions from Great Yar mouth. THURSrAY, JULY .9. Mr. Maxwell--}3lll for the protection of H tud-:oo:n Weavers. At a meeting of the Common-Council at New castle, on Tuesday, it was resolved, after a long discussion, to offer no opposition to the Municipal Reform 13111, now bcfcre Parlianaeut.---Yezccast?e Chronicle. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock THE PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. In consequence of a ballot on the Inverness-shire Election Petition, the gallery was not opened until 20 minutes past four o'clock. MEDWAY NAVIGATION BILL. • Sir E. KNATCHBUL L moved the Order of the day for resuming the debate upon the Medway Navigation Bill. Mr. HUM E called the attention of the House to the resolution of 1826, by which it was agreed that all committees should report. The cause of justice demanded that the standing orders of the House should bo imperative, or what would be the situation of those whose claims were be fore the House, if they were to be destroyed by the votes of a majority of members who never heard one word of the discus sion, and were riot at all acquainted with the merits of the case ? The parties so treated by any Committee, had no op portunity of appealing to the House. Since yesterday only, he had heard that the merits of this Bill were so simple that a Committee of 48 members could have entirely decided the case. He trusted that the House would, for the sake of jus tice, observe the resolution of 1826. The SPEAKER said it was certainly decided by the re solution of 1826, that all Committees should report upon every private Bill, and that the parties connected with such Bills should comply with the forms of the House. That re solution, however, was never made a standing order; the House was therefore at perfect liberty to deal with this ques tion according to its own judgment, freely and independently, being unshackled by any standing order whatever. Various Bills were brought up, of which no Report ever was made. Mr. WARB URTON said the House must be obliged to the Speaker for his statement, but be thought from what had fallen from him, it was clear that the Committee had not complied with the standing orders of the House, for Committees were not required to report the Ijill; they were required to report the minutes of the proceedings before the Committee. It was expedient that Committees should report the minutes both in private and public Bills. He would either give notice at once that the resolution of 1826 should be made the stand ing order, or give notice of bringing it on to-morrow, which ever would be most convenient to the House. Mr. LUSHINGTON—It was clear from what had been stated by the ,Speaker that there was no standing order, nor was it the practice of the House to make a Report, and under these circumstances lie thought the Committee in the pre sent instance were not bound to report. Mr. HUME would not say that there was any standing order to this effect. In the resolution which he had proposed, and which had been adopted, there sverd two parts, the first that the Committee should make a Re port, and secondly that they should report the minutes of their proceedings. No. 27 of the standing orders provided that the minutes of every Committee, upon every contested private Bill, should be brought up and laid on the table of the House, with the report of the Bill. Here there was a contested Committee—the parties differed. The Com mittee had sat, but they had neither made a Report, nor brought up the minutes of their proceedings; and, conse quently, they had not complied with the standing orders of the House. Mr. O'CONNELL would not refer to the merits of this case, of which he was ignorant ; but, from the facts stated, it must be clear that this Committee had mis conducted themselves grossly. The standing orders gave parties a remedy. It would be wrong if there were no remedy ; but they could only have a remedy where they had a Report, and in this case the parties would be without a re medy, unless the House insisted upon the Committee making reports. Of course there could be no appeal, if there was no they diddispose no o t f insist s upon witho a u tßepo givingr Report, it Repor twould redress. Committees to the parties an opportunity of appeali ng t o t h at H ouse for Mr. EWA RT insisted upon the necessity of a Report being made to the House. Mr. HODGES was understood to say that he had no ob jection to the Committee re-assembling to make a Report. Mr. AGLIONBY understood the Speaker to say that no resolution was imperative upon the House unless it was made a standing order. Now by the 27th standing order it was directed that the minutes of the Committee-upon every con tested private Bill should be laid on the table, and this was a plain inference that the standing orders assumed it as a matter of fact that there should be no case in which a Report should not be made. INVERNESS-SHIRE ELECTION. Mr. DYSON a pp eare d at t h e b ar w i t h t h e re d uced list of the Committ ee t o try t h e mer i ts o f t h e I nverness-shire Elec tion petition. The following Members were then called to the table and sworn :—Hon. A. H. Cooper, Leonard Dobbin, William Turner, Joseph Brotherton, Morgan O'Connell, Sir Charles H. Coote, Richard Walker, John Cresset Pelham, Lord Viscount Mandeville, A. R. Dottin, and Wyndham Lewis. MEDWAY NAVIGATION. After a short discussion, in which Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Black burne, Sir E. Knatchbull, Major Beauclerk, G. F. Young, and Sir Francis Burdett took part, Sir G. CLERK observed that the House was bound to assume that the Committee had done its duty until it was shown that it had not done so. He would therefore, with the sanction of the House, suggest as an amendment, that the Committee to whom the Bill had been referred, be required, to meet and give a Report to that House of the proceedings which had previously taken place before them ; if it was found by that Report that the Committee had not done its duty, then it would be the duty of that House to refer the Bill to another Committee. Mr. HUME thought there could be no objection to the suggestion of the Hon. Baronet. Mr. HERRIES thought that the justice of the case would be fully met by acceding to the proposition of the Hon. Mere ber for Edinburgh. The Resolution, as suggested by Sir G. Glerk, was then put by the SPE agreed AKER, and to. CORPORATION REFORM. Mr. PENDAR VES presented a p et i t i on f rom a place in Cornwall, in favour of the Municip a l R e f orm Bi ll. ' Petitions to the same effect were presented from the borough of Bridport, and by Mr. GREEN from Lancaster. Mr. ROBINSON presented a petition from the freemen of the city of Worcester, praying that their rights may not be injured by the Municipal Corporation Reform Bill. He hoped an opportunity would be given for revising the decision which the House had come to, upon the elective franchise. Mr. BAILEY supported the petition, observing that it would be a great hardship to the petitioners to be deprived of their freedom, after having purchased it at great expense. Petitions to the same effect were also presented by Mr. R. WASON, and other Members, but as they were not read out by the clerk, the places from whence they came did not reach the gallery. LONDON UNIVERSITY—IRISH CHURCH—COR PORATION REFORM —AND INTIMIDATION AT ELECTIONS. Mr. SHAW presented several petitions; one from certain schoolmasters, praying that in the event of a charter being granted to the London University, that body may be restrained from establishing small grammar schools. Another from a Dis senting congregation in Dublin, against the appropriation clause in the Irish Church Reform Bill. Another from the county Kildare, praying that certain Crown lands might be assessed, and suggesting a County -assessment as the hest means of protecting the rights of voters in the Corporation Reform Bill. Also a petition from the county of Meath, complaining •of a system of agitation which had for several years been exercised in that county, and which was calculated to put an end to all freedom of election. The petition alluded particularly to the conduct of the Roman Catholic priests, who, for four years past, bad made themselves prominent partizans at every election, and by their violent and clamorous conduct, had excited the hostility of the people against those they opposed, and had gone so far as to drag some electors to the poll, and to drive others from it.—( Hear, hear.) As a sample of the language used by these priests, the petitioners, who were some of the most respectable people of the County, stated that they were ready to prove at the bar of 'the House, that one of these Gentlemen, when haranguing a large assembly of the lowest orders, spoke thus of an estimable young gentleman of high respectability, " The Roman Catholic Clergy will flourish when he shall be lying dead, and I will go and spit upon his stiffened corse."—( Hear, hear.) With respect to another, who was also addressing the multitude at the last election, he desired them to make a coffin, to throw a pall over it, and to put into it four gentlemen of the county, and then carry the coffin round the town, and after wards throw it into the river.—( Hear.) The petitioners stated many similar circumstances, all tending to prove that if the House did not interfere and put a stop to these prac tices, that freedom of election would be entwely destroyed. RETURNS. Mr. F. MA ULE brought up, amidst loud cheers from the Ministerial side of the House, an immense number of Returns connected with the Municipal Reform Bill, which were made by the different Clerks of the Peaca of the counties of Eng lund. The lion. Member stated that the Clarks of the Peace of the count% of Buckingham, of the West Riding of Yorkshire, of Carnailon and Pembroke counties, had refused to make any renter), in obedience to the directions of that House, and he therefore moved that those persons be compelled to make such Returns.—( Loud cheers.) Sir R ING LIS knew one instance in which ono of these gentleman had had his two clerks employed for a period of six weeks in makinae Returns to that House, without receiving any re muneration. *lle thought that the expenses of these Returns ought to come out of the county rates. Mr. O'CONNELL wished to know whether there was any law obliging these men to accept the off i ce of Clerk of the Peace ? If not, and these persons had good salaries, he thought they might obey the orders of that House.-__( Heat.) The A TTOR NE Y- GENERAL sail it would be a great misapplication of the county rates if they gave one shilling for t h f ei t r he ser l a l ic o e u s7 , this purp ose. In some counties there had been already a great misappli cat i on of the county rates in this manner.—( Hear.) The CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—No officer in thi s country bad a right to refuse obedience to the order o till Th e t y lie vi y_ er w e 'e b re ou paid to pay aid forth i e ns tLe t f n for o r b n e a d n i c e e nc o e f to the orders of that, or the other House of Parliament, and the question of remuneration might be raised afterwards. These parties made it a question whether they should obey or disobey, the orders of that House, and he thought that they were bound to order them to be brought to the bar. Whether they had any right -to be paid for their services was quite a different question—..(4ear)—it was tht.' duty of that House 7/ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that some of these officers were bound to make these re turns without any charge at all.—(Hear.) Charges of 700/. and 800/. per annum had been Made by some Irish Clerks of the Peace, and after the matter had been taken up in Parliament, the charges were discontinued, and the duty was done free of any expense to the public.—( Hear.) The Hon. FOX • MAULE had received no return from Buckinghamshire, the West Riding of Yorkshire, and only a part return -from Pembroke. The Clerk of the Peace for Caermarron had stated that the return was wade out, but al though these applications had been made to him, he had re fused to forward them until he had ascertained by whom he would be paid. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that if these returns from Caernarvon were not made forthwith, he should move that the Clerk of the Peace be re quired to attend at the Bar of the House.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") After a few words from Sir Matthew White Ridley, Major Beauclerc, Mr. AgLonby, and Mr. Goulburne, the question was put from the Chair, that the Clerks of the Peace for these counties be required to make their returns forthwith, and was agreed to. --- BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord JOHN RI_TSSE LI, took the opportunity of stating before the House went into Committee on the Municipal Corporation Reform Bill, that to-morrow . evening he should move that the House do, for the remainder of the Session, meet on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at twelve o'clock, "and sit until three o'clock, and then adjourn until five o'clock. He trusted that, by this ar. rangement, unless there were any very important public petitions, the House would be able to commence business at half-past five o'clock. On other days, he proposed that the proceedings of the House should take the usual course. CORPORATION REFORM BILL. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the House went into Committee upon the Municipal Corporation Re form Bill. On the 37th clause being read, '""Sir R. INGLIS rose to object to the delaration proposed to be taken by the officers in the new Corporations, and moved that in lieu of the word "declaration" the word "oath" be inserted. Lord JOHN RUSSELL objected to the Amendment, on the ground that the duties of these officers would be as well and faithfully performed under a declaration as under an oath, and he thought that the fewer oaths there were the more ef fectually would those that were taken be attended to. (LEFT SPEARING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. = ,The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack at 20 minutes past five o'clock, as Deputy- Spoaker. A Mes sage from the Commons brought up some private Bills. The Sugar Duties' Bill, Western Australia Bill, and Isle of Man Corn Bill, were read a third time and passed. • The Earl of FARNHAM moved for a series of returns re lative to the composition of tithes in Ireland; and the names of all applications made to the Lord Lieutenant from parishes in Ireland, with the names of the applicants. Lord DUNGANNON had no objection to the making of such retuans if the Government were in possession of them. He had some doubt whether they were. Lord FARNHAM said a Noble Lord had stated in another place that these applications had been very numerous. As he was extremely opposed to the re-opening of any composition, he was extremely anxious to know how the matter really stood. Aftar a few words from the Marquis of WESTMEATH and the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, • Viscount CLIFD E N said these compositions had been made to the number of 1,497 under Mr. Goulburn's Act, which was calculated on the price of wheat for seven years beforelB' , o, when it was very high. Their Lordships were aware it was not now of near the same value. He lamented that their Lordships had thrown out the Tithe Bill of last year, unwisely he thought fur themselves, and very unfortunately both for the county and the clergy, for he was firmly of opinion that if they had got 773- per cent., they would have the full value of their tithe according to the present price of wheat. The motion was then agreed to. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that to morrow he would put some questions to the Noble Viscount, relative to a letter written to the Magistrates of Ireland from '' - e Lord Lieutenant. AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. The NOBLE MARQUIS then said, the Ilouse would recollect the questions he had put to the Noble Viscount opposite (Melbourn), relative to the troops now going out to Spain. He had first asked whether the Order in Council was issued on the p ar t o f the Government, or on the ap plication of the Spanish Ambassador ? The answer to that was perfectly satisfactory. The other question wa.?, whether these levies, mercenaries, or British auxiliary force —whichever the Noble Viscount called them--( Loud laughter.) —now assembling in the Isle of Dogs—( Laughter) —were to be entitled to the benefit of the convention of Lord Eliot. He was quite sure the Noble Viscount would not mis-state any fact ; therefore he wished to ask him what construction he put upon the Treaty. It was most important for these troops to know, for there was a decree put forth by Don Carlos in which any stranger joining the other forces were excluded from the benefit of the Treaty, and ordered .to ,be instantly shot. That was directly at variance with the statement of the Noble Viscount; and it was desirable that these misguided men, now ready to embark, should be disabused of the deception put - upon' them by the Noble Viscount.—( Hear, hear.) He demanded to know why that" statement had been made, and why there was so much delusion practised with regard to th,j§ aid to Spain, as it was called. Ile could not hear the Noble`tord the Seccretary for the Home Department state that Don Carlos support was confined to two or three provinces, witlfout thinking that there was a great deal of ignorance or wilful misrepresentation. It was well known that the facts were quite different ; that Don Carlos not many months ago left this country with only one attendant, and that now he had 36,000 men well armed ; while the Queen's troops, which then amounted to 56,030 :nen, bad been beaten at every point, and that more than 8,000 of them had gone over to Don Carlos. Such a statement, made by a Secretary of State, was sure to mislead this fruitless and monstrously absurd' exhibition. He in the Meantime trusted the Noble Viscount would answer his questions. Viscount MELBOURNE—AII he had said upon a former occasion' was, that in his opinion those persons now going out would be entitled to the benefits of the convention. It was impossible foi him to say what construction the parties in Spain might put upon 'the Convention. With respect to the de cree, he firmly believed that it was a forgery, and did not emanate from Don Carlos, whose name it bore. (LEFT SITTING.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 110 USE OF COMMONS, Jul.] , 1. (Continued from our Second Edition of last night ) IRISH CORPORATE REFORM. Mr. O'CONNELL• then presented a petition from the city of Dublin, most numerously and respectably signed, praying that the Corporation Reform Bill might be extended to Ireland. M tny abuses existed in the Corporations of that country—in Dublin the judicial functions of the Lord Mayor himself, and those of the sub-sheriiis, were farnied, and though before the Reform Bill the Corporation of Dublin made a Report to that /louse that no persons were admitted freemen by right, yet they bad since contrived to evade the provisions of that Report. Mr, SHAW —Tha statements of the Hon. Gentleman are founded on fact, but the system pursued scarcely bore out de term of farming. As to the statement made by the flon. and Learned gentleman the other night respecting Mr. Iludsm,'s case, he had now most distinctly to declare that his (Mr. Shaw') father was not Foreman of the Grand Jury before which ft e Bills relative to that transaction were sent. The fact was that Sir R. Shaw never; in his life, was on a Grand Jury befo: e whom the Bills could have been sent. Mr. Stubbs WR3 tl.e Foreman before whom the Bills went.—(Cheers from tl e Tory side.) Mr. O'CONNELL was very much obJiged to lion. Gen tlemen for that cheer. Ho would assert most positively that Sir li, Shaw was the Foreman before whom the Bills were sent---(Great checririg.) The mistake was, that the Bills tievo not sent before the Commission Grand Jury, but before ...to discountenance thi s new p re t ence o f p u bli c officers, who • presume to say that they will not comply with the orders of parliament, until a contract is entered into to pay the amount of what they consider themselves entitled to. Mr. WILK S said he agreed in every word that had fallen from the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as to the power of that House, and the necessity of asserting it; but it should be recollected that these parties did not deny the authority of the House, but came before them in the form of respectful application. They surely ought not to require those persons to perform these duties without compensation—at least they ought to take timely notice of the application. An HoN. MEMBER said that, instead of being paid, these parties ought to be severely reprimanded. It seemed to him that these Gentlemen were very well paid for the services they performed. Sir ROBERT INGLIS said it should be recollected that these parties were spending their money for the good of the public. Mr. HUME thought the system under which these officers were paid was in some way defective. The country ought to pay them a proper salary, and then they should do whatever business was required by that House.—(Hear, hear.) Some of • them had made charges of a most extravagant nature, for the returns forwarded by order of the House of Commons, and if a proper salary was allowed them their whole time should be devoted to the public business. Ha had looked at the salaries paid to Clerks of the Peace, and he was bound to say, that on the average, they were amply remunerated for all they did in their re spective counties, and all they did for that House. some general rule should be laid down for the purpose of pre venting the orders of that House from being neglected ; a great delay occasionally took place, in consequence of these returns not being made out until the officers had ascertained if the county would pay them. He thought if the returns were not made the Clerks of the Peace should be called to the bar of the House. Mr. HE ATHCOTE hoped that while the interests of tl-e Clerks of the Peace were attended to, those of the country would not be neglected. Gentlemen were not, however, aware.of the heavy expense to which they were put in making out these returns. He had been infermed, that one-fourth, and frequently one-third of the annual charges made by the Clerks of the Peace, were for returns ordered by that House. Under these circumstances he thought it would be better that they should be paid out of the public funds than out of the county rates ' ,,-- " - ", - / - 1;0 1 , Plefl Cr. • r,„74, ; : - .: f2Z ...1.% that for the county. " Now what Eay.t.o yloilieeheeibing He had got a certificate of the fact. it., • .• • 'el.._ Mr. SHAW —He most certainly • Mr. O'CONNELL—The obstin man is no proof. e • , SH A W—l positively assert th 1 " - lamottlaifore. man of the Grand Jury to which these Xtkrqient. Mr. O'CONNELL—I positively asse • 1 - e, was.— (Oh, oh.) lam obliged to come down prepared at all hands, for I never know when these attacks are here to be made. I have here a certificate of the fact, and I will send it to the. Hon. Gentleman to-morrow. Colonel PE ItC E VAL—The Honourable and Learned Gentleman has thought proper to contradict the authority of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman behind him (Mr. Shaw.) —( Hear, hear, hear.) The House would recollect upon is former occasion that the Honourable and Learned Gentleman had contradicted him (Colonel Perceval,) and had said that these bilis were sent before a city Grand Jury ; notii when it suits his purpose, he can turn round and flatly con. tradict himself. He had also denied that Mr. Hudson had_ acted for him as counsel before the Commission in Dublin. lie had that morning received a letter from a most respectable gentleman in Dublin, Mr. Macguire (against whom he believed the Hon. and LearnedGenticman himself would not say a word), in which he stated that he reiterated that Mr. Hudson did attend as counsel for Mr. O'Connell before the Com mission. One thing particularly recalled it to his memory, which was, that upon some point after Mr. Hutton had ad. dressed the Commission, he was followed by Mr. Hudson— (Hear, hear)—and when he (Mr. Macguire) complained of that, Mr. Hudson stated that he also was counsel for Mr. O'Connell. His Honourable and Learned Friend, Mr. Shaw, had denied that his father had been Foreman of the Grand Jury before whom these Bills were sent. Tho Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Mr. O'Connell) had asserted to the contrary. He would say no more after the specimens lie had given; he would leave the House to judge between the two.—( Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL in examining his pockets, found the cer tificates—received that morning. It had the names of every man who was upon that Grand Jury, and the name of Sir R. Shaw stood at the top.—(Loud cheers.) He was astonished that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite, Mr. Shaw, should have forgot the particular circumstances attending that, as there was one little circumstance that might have kept it in his memory. Four Bills were sent before that Grand Jury against persons for bribing against Perrin and Harty, and ignored. Two other Bills were sent before them for bribing, in favour of F. Shaw--(Laughter)--and Mr. Moore. He asserted again that these names were now in tho Crown-office, with the names of Robert Shaw attached to them as these certificates specify. [The Honourable Gentleman crossed the floor and• handed the certificates to Mr. Shaw amidst loud laughter.] It was quite true that no Bills were sent up against Mr. Hudson.—(Tory cheers.) He was bound to state further, that the then Attorney-Ge neral, Mr. Blackburne, within the last week, had stated the reasons why that was so—(Hear, hear)—the first was that the four Bills had been ignored, especially that of Mr. Hitchcock, the attorney, and the other was, that when they began to examine the evidence against Mr. Hudson, they found that there was not a tittle of evidence to support the indictment.—( Cheers.) Mr. Macguire was right, though Mr. Htedson had refused to act as counsel for him before he left DuiAin. He now found that one day he had volunteered his service:- ; and had acted before the Com mission. Mr. SHAW said that the Certificates handed to him by the Hon. and Learned Member, fully bore out the state ments which he (Mr. Shaw) had made. Mr. Stubbs was the Foreman of the Grand Jury before whom the Bills were sent, which was the Commission Grand Jury. He must be mistaken when he said that the Juries were sworn before Judges Johnson and Moore. He would just remark that it was agreed on both sides to suffer the matter to drop, and that with one solitary exception, no prosecution directed to be undertaker, on the part of this House by the Attorney-General had succeeded. Mr. WALKER observed that all the Bills which had been sent up against the different individuals ch:trged with bribery were now thrown out, no matter who was the Foreman of the Jury. He defended the character of Mr. Hudson, who subsequently had a dinner given to him—(Hear, hear)—at which the Duke of Leinster presided as Chairman, and at which the Attorney-General paid him the highest compliment a gentleman could expect to receive. Mr. Hudson's character was utterly unimpaired by the imputations attempted to be cast upon it. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Richard Roberts, complaining of his removal from a situation in the Excise. CARLOW ELECTION. Mr. SHEIL wished to ask the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland a question relative to some facts respecting the last Carlow Election. It was alleged that 5 magistrates of Queen's county proceeded thither with arms at the head of an armed body, for the purpose of interfering with the said election. He wished to know if that were true, and whether any stops had been taken by the Government ? Lord MO RPETH had to state that directly the facts now mentioned had come under the notice of the Government, no time was lost in directing an inquiry to be instituted, which inquiry was now proceeding. Sir li. HARDINGE trusted that the enquiry would em brace the other circumstances connected with that election— ( Hear, hear.)--and that the conduct of certain Roman Ca tholic Priests— Mr. WARBURTON—I beg to ask if there is any ques tion before the House ? (Loud cries of " Order, order.") I rise to order. I merely ask whether there is any question before the House ? The SPEAKER said there was certainly no question be fore the house, but the Hon. Member was at liberty to put one. Sir H. HARDINGE said that for the ends of justice he was anxious the inquiry should be full, and should embrace not only the conduct of the magistrates, but that of the priests also who had taken an ac:ive part in the same election.—( Cheers.) Lord MORPETH—The inquiry was directed for a speci fic purpose by the Govermrent, and no other could be enter tained. Any other represeniltions which may appear to call for inquiry will not fail to meet with that attention which they may require.—(ll,ar, hear. Sir 11. II ARDING E—Am I to understand that if the other party press for an inquiry it will be granted? The Noble Lord made no reply. FACTORY COMMISSION. • _ _ _ Lord J. RUSSELL brought up the Report of the, Factory Commissioners, which was laid on the table. RIOTS AT WOLVERHAMPTON. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then brought up copies of the evidence taken before Sir F. Roc, relative to the affray at Wolverhampton. Sir H. H A RDING E then rose and said, I think it incum bent on the executive Government of the country not to allow the House of Commons to usurp their functions, but to give an opinion of their own upon a matter such as this. I trust, therefore, that the Noble Lord will at some period give me an opinion on the part of the'Government as to whether the Government are satisfied or dissatisfied with the conduct of the military at Wolverhampton. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—In moving that the mir utes of ' evidence which I have just laid on the table be printed, I shall answer the question which the Right Hon. Gentleman has put to me. I consider that this inquiry has been undertaken at tl a wish of the House of Commons, and I now merely lay both the whole of the evidence taken before Sir Frederick Roe, and the answers of Captain Manning, before the House ; but if it be thought _necessary by any Member of the House to raise any further question upon the subject.. I shall then be prepared to give the reasons on which I ground the de cided opinion which I entertain, and which I now express, that the conduct of the military at Wolverhampton was marked by a most commendable forbearance—(Loud cheers) --and a most correct judgment. I will not pretend to say (for there is a quantity of contradictory tes:imony in this vast mass of evidence) that among the thirty men there may not have been one or two who did not act with that complete controul which was observable in the vvholo body generally but that is simply matter of doubt, and as such alone I mention it. With regard to the conduct of the troops in general, and with regard to the conduct of the commandirur officer, I think that those who ,read this evidence will be of opinion, that being called on to perform a most painful and dif ficult duty—a duty which the military would not on any oc casion seek, but which they are called on to perform for the support of the civil power and the tranquillity of the country—• they did perform that duty in such a manner as at once to ob tain the result of preventing the peace of the town from being seriously disturbed, and of preventing the occurrence of in.. jury to property and life, and at the Fame time to exhibit the utmost forbearance towards those whom they were directed to disperse.--( Loud cheering.) I now move that these papers be printed. Sir 11. HARDINGE—I am sure that the House and the public, and the pr.ifess'on to which I have the honour to be long, will entertain-the universal feeling that nothing can be more satisfactory, more manly, and more straight-forward, than the explanation of the Noble Lord. Mr. VI L LIERS said he could not help thinking that, be fore so confident an opinion had been expressed by the Noble Lord with respeci, to the evidence which had just been laid upo.i the table, and be;ore the Hon. Baronet had complimented him for so doing-, that it 7 .„; . dd have Leen more satisfactory to the House if time had been allo;-ed for Members to have read the evidence t h emse l ves. J u d g i ng from the only evidence as yet before the public, l►e did not think the terms "commend. able forbearance" did entirek apply to the conduct of the soldiers during the late disturbance. After a few words from an HON. MEMBER and Mr. WALTER, • The motion was then agreed to. • IRISH TITHE BILL. In answer to a question from Mr. SHAW, Lord MORPETII was understood to say that the Irish Tithe Bill would_beupon the tpb!e in two or three days. BUSINgSS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL asked the Hon. Member for Ciren cester (Mr. Cripps) to waive the priority to which he was entitled for the County Coroners' Bill, in order that the House might proceed at once to the adjourned debate on the Church of Scotland. The Noble Lord was understood also to say that he should, ;i;iial,l;;;;the dispatch of business, propose that the Homo should on Tuesdays and Thursdays • : , sit in tne mornings. Mr. CRIPPS consented to give way. IPSWICH I;;LECtION. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON said, that Dr. Farr and another medical gentleman were in attendance to give evidence upon the state of Mr. 0'111:Alley's health. It had been endeavoured to obtain the attendance of Sir Astley Cooper, but that had been found impossible. The Learned Sergeant then moved 'that Dr. Farr be called in. The motion was agreed to, and Dr. Farr appearing at the bar, stated, in answer to a question put to him, that he t IL !.., IN 5i '+_........, , 1 ' W;LS, ;bton.