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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1835. the inconveniene. , ' Ton morning q;trin g s, (Nil ac count of the numerous committees which were then engaged; and he did not, therefore, propose them ; but if any arrange ment could be made for going into committee on this Bill re gularly, on certain days, and at certain hours, so far from having any objection to it, he should be happy to see it adopted, and was sure it would b e mos t a cceptable to all with whom he acted. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was not one of those who im puted to the Right Hon. Baronet a desire to obstruct the progress of the Bill ; on the contrary, he felt sure that the Right Hon. Baronet was desirous of fairly discussing its prin ciples ; and, like every other gentleman, could not wish to de lay its progress, because he could not wish that the session should be unusually protracted. With respect to the progress hitherto made, he thought that the motions by which it had been hitherto delayed were not such as could have been rightly postponed for an indefinite period ; but if the future progress of the measure during the present week should not be suffi ciently rapid, it might then be desirable to consider of some arrangement such as the Right Hon. Gentleman suggested. Sir ROBERT PEEL alluded to the motion recently made upon the subject of the Church of Scotland, and suggested that it might be possible for the Noble Lord so to modify it as to render it free from objection on any side. The question was simply on e between a Committee and a Commission. Lord J OHN RUSSELL said that the heads of the Church of Scotland were quite as willing to have a Commission as a Committee. He could not say that the intended form of in quiry was at present settled ; he hoped to be able to commu nicate some information upon the subject to-morrow. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that, in answer to the speech from the Throne. the House had unanimously concurred in an Address on this subject, to the effect that they would take into consideration the condition of the Church of Scotland, and the nri.ans by which it might be enabled to increase the opportu nities of religious worship for the poorer classes of society in that part of the United Kingdom. Though the Noble Lord the present Secretary for Ireland had moved an amendment to the Address, he had left that part of it untouched. Why, then, could not the Noble Lord refer to that portion of the Ad dress as the basis of the intended inquiry? To the principle of an inquiry by Commission he should not apprehend that there was any objection ; and if the Noble Lord would agree that the Commission should make reports from time to time on the most pressing cases in which spiritual instruction was re quired by the people of Scotland, be did think it possible that the Noble Lord might suggest such an amendment to the mo tionas would meet with the assent of all parties. Mr. GI L LON said that nothing would render the motion a fit or likely one to he assented to ; and if the Government did yield to the principle of acceding to the demands of the Chtirch of Scotland, he should consider it his duty to-morrow night to move a direct negative to the motion. Several Hon. Members having postponed their motions, Lord HO WICK presented a eetition from Alnwick in fa vour of the 'Municipal Corporations; and some other petitions on the same subject having been presented, The House went into Committee. Lord J. RUSSELL observed that the labours of the Com mittee last night had terminated in the 14th clause. In refe rence to some suggestions which had been made then, he said that he was of opinion that two assessors should be chosen by the town council for the purpose of revision, and he should accordingly move an amendment to that effect. For the first year it would be desirable that the revising barristers should be employed for the purpose of revising the lists, but beyond that period he did not think that it was so. Mr. C. WYNN should propose an amendment, to the effect that in all the boroughs to which have been appointed revising barristers under the Reform Act, these duties of revision should be performed by them. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought that it would be possible to select two intelligent, independent men, from the borough, to perform the duties with impartiality. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that as the Bill provided a paid legal officer to perform all judicial functions for all large bo rougiss, he did not see why, in them, that functionary should not be required to perform the duties of revision. With re ference to the smaller boroughs, the system of Revising Bar sisters could be tried for one year, and it might then be seen bow it worked. After a - few• words from ; Mr. C. W YNN, Lord JOHN RUSSELL still retained his original opinion. -Though he admitted - that.it would be desirable to employ the Revising Barristeis for the present year, he thought it desir able that the boroughs, generally, should be allowed to govern themselves in respect to the matter in question. The points which, they would have to decide, were points which could be equally well settled by persons of sound common sense, as by legal funetienaries. Of course, if it were found that they were unable to govern themselves, it might then he advisable to take some further steps As to the suggestion of his Right Hon. Friend—that the Recorder should execute the duties of revision—he objected deeidedly to that; he objected to the employment of a Judge—of a person who ought to appear only in his judicial capacity in the borough—in matters of that kind. With respect to the suggestion for appointing a tribu nal of three or five persons to insure uniformity of decision, that question hadbeen discussed before the Registration Committee; but it was one on which he had not yet made up his mind. Sir R. PEEL. considering that the performance of the duties which devolved upon the revising barristers at present would Le almos, simultaneous with those which they would have to execute according to the amendment of his Hon. Friend, he thought that the best course would be to app pint revising barristers to revise also the lists of the burgesses. Mr. PEASE: thought it was of the greatest importance that some decision should be arrived at, if' the revising bar risters• should be appointed under this Bill, which w uld have the effect of giving expense as much as possible. Sir R. PEEL.--There would, under the props's, e seslee s of revising barristers, be the hest possible preteetien eeeinst unnecessary expense, for the parties who objected would be liable in part to the expense of the. proceedings, whieh would be defrayed out of the borough and not the county-rates. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the great oh j which they ought all to have in view was to keep down expense as far as possible. The effect which public opinion would have en the mode of conducting the revision of the lists, by the mayor and auditors, would be the best security against any unfair or partial conduct.—_( Hear. hear.) The expense caused by the appointment of revising barrister, would, be felt convinced, be much greater than those who supported the amendment of the Hon. Member for Montgo meryshire supposed ; for every disputed vote would in itself be a case which would in all probability occupy the attention of the Court for a long time, by which the duration of its sitting would be prolonged, and the expense inevitably increased. mr. .G 0 UL BURN made a few remarks, which were in audible. Mr. POULETT THOMSON thought, that if practical men were appointed to adjudicate on disputed votes, they would give much more satisfaction than revising barristers. Considering the class, also, from whom they would be select ed, they would, in his opinion, form a more competent tribu nal than that which would be established if the proposed amend ments were agreed to. Sir R. PEEL would accede to any arrangement, by which the minority of the inhabitants in the towns and boroughs would be saved-from the effects of that partiality which must almost necessarily attach to persons appointed by the dominant party. Sir SAMUEL WHALLE Y was understood to support the amendment. Mr. FINCH expressed the same opinion. Mr. JERVIS and Nlr. LEONARD opposed the amendment. Mr. E STCOURT said, that so far as he had an opportu nity of forming a judgment on the question, he was ready to accept of any tribunal which would ensure an impartial hearing and decision of the cases brought under its consideration ; but the last question which should, in his opinion, be submitted, was that of disputed corporate votes.—( Hear.) The expense, too, would be infinitely less if men of respectability and cha racter as lawyers were to give decisions which would not be open to any charge of dishonesty, than if a partial tribunal were appointed, to whose judgments almost endless objections would be taken.—( Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL explained. He did not intend the appointment of revising barristers for the present year as an experiment, but only as the means of meeting a pressing diffi culty for that period. The experiment which he in reality made was the piesent clause, which if it did not effect the in tended object, that of saving expense, he should be ready to consider the question of imposing additional charges on the in habitants of the towns. He thought, however, that the ap pointment of such a tribunal as that proposed by the Hon. Member for Montgomeryshire, would in the first instance be an expense and unjustifiable appointment-4 Hear, hear.) Lord SA NDON believed that the expense of the appoint.. ment of revising barristers for the purpose intended by his Hon. Friend would be about 20,0001., which he did not consider a heavy charge if they could succeed in effecting by means of it freedom and security of election. Mr. ROBINSON was in favour of the amendment, for even supposing that the system proposed by it did not work well, it might be easily changed. Mr. BROTHS RT ON supported, and Mr. REID oppo,ed the clause. Mr. G. F. YOUNG should vote for the amendment. Mr. BLACKBURNE fould not see why the Mayor and auditors, after the expiration of the first year, were not proper persons to revise these lists. Who were they ? Persons chosen by the common council, as the best Amongst that body, to erq _ stitute a tribunal by which the lists might be corrected. Stn.ii a body would, in his opinion, be the fairest an s.:I best which could be appointed for such a purpose.—( Hear, hear. Lord SANDON should vote for the amendment. Mr. BORTHWICK would give his support to the n`oti•:>n of the Hon. Member for Montgomeryshire. The gallery was then cleared for a division. For the amendment 5l against it B6 Majority.. 33 On our return, we found the Committee engaged in a de sultory conversation on that part of the same clause which relates to the attendance of overseers on the Mayor's Court. Several verbal amendments were proposed, some of which were subse:mently withdrawn, and others adopted. Even tuzliy, the clause, as amended, was ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses 15, 16. 17, and 18 were severally agreed to, after having been verbally amended. On the reading of clause 19— Mr. HUGHES HUGHES moved as an amendment the the insertion of certain words in the third line, with the view to add to the number of councillors of every borough, the re presentatives in Parliament for the time being (it any,) and recorder for the time being (if any,) of such borough, and all justices of the peace acting in and for the same.—( Cries of " Oh.") The ground upon which he was induced to move this amendment was, that he thought the effect of the Bill would otherwise be to reduce the number of town councillors to too great an extent. Lord JOHN RUS SELL contended that the amendment I was obviously contrary to the principle upon which the Bill pros:eeued. lie s'sisa.a 7:5.; oppose it. Mr. HUME hoped that the Hon. Member for Oxford (Mr. Hughes) would at once see the propriety of withdrawing his amendment. Mr. WARBURTON would suggest to the Hon. Member for Oxford (Mr. Hughes) that the qualification which might fit a man to 13e a Member of Parliament, or even an Alder man—( Loud laughter)—might not be a proper qualification for a town councillor, Mr. SCARLETT thought that the recorder and magis trates should, in every instance, be members of the town coun cil ex officio ; and if the present amendment should be negatived he should certainly feel it to be his duty to submit a proposition to that effect on the bringing up of the Report. Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL was not disposed to make the recorder and magistrates members of the council ex officio, but he wished to know whether, if they should be elected, they would be deemed ineligible ? Lord HOWICK : No. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES wished to know whether the Noble Lord meant to adhere to the number of town councillors as fixed in the schedule? Lord JOHN RUSSELL : As an answer to that question might lead to a discussion upon a question not then before the House, he should not reply to it. After a short discussion the amendment was withdrawn. Mr. BORTHWICK then rose to move an amendment, for . the purpose of continuing the present members of corporations in office as councillors for life.—(oh, oh I from Mr. O'Connell and othe.s.) If Hon. Members intended those sounds for ar guments, it would be much better, and certainly more be coming, for them to give up such a mode of argument, and to leave the expression of their approbation or dissent to those who had the power of articulate speech.--( Hear, hear.) He was about to state that the object of his amendment was to continue the present members of corporations in office as coun cillors for life, making up the numbers mentioned in the sche dules by election, as provided for in the Bill. The amendment was then put, that at the last line but one there be inserted the words, " including the members of the . present co, poration." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the proposition involved not a logical, but an arithmetical absur dity in its working. At Oxford, for instance, the numbers of the town council were to be 33, and how could 90, the num ; her of the Corporation, be included in 33?—(Laughter.) If the Hon. Member was so confident of the 'deserts of the gen tlemen whose cause he advocated, he could have no fear of , their being elected. Mr. C. BULLER observed, that in Leicester, Liverpool, and some other towns, the Corporation included the freemen, so abet the town council would in such cases amount to 5,000 or 6,000. Mr. BORTHWICK would not divide the House. Afte! a few words from Mr. HUGHES the amendment was withdrawn, and the clause as amended was agreed to. Clause 20, as it stands in the Bill, was then read as follows : " And be it enacted, that no person shall be qualified to be elected or to be a councillor, or one of the charitable trustees [ hereinafter mentioned, of any such borough who shall not be a burgess of such borough, or during such time as he shall [ hold any office or place of profit other than that of mayor in ; the gift or disposal of the council or charitable trustees of such borough, or during such time as he shall have directly or indi rectly, by himself or his partner, any share or interest in any contract or employment with, b), or on behalf of such council or charitable trustees." Captain BERKELEY rose to move his amendment, to dis qualify dissenting ministers, custom-house officers, &c., front being members of the town council ; but Sir Robert Peel's. for the establishment of a qualification, having priority, the Gallant Captain's was poynoned. Sir R. PEEL in moving his amendment for requiring a quilification in the town councillors should consider the ques tion of qualification under two heads. First, whether there should be a qualification at all ; and secondly, if there should be a qualification, what ought to be its nature and amount ? He knew it might be said that at some remote period no qua lification was required. The original charters, however, al though they did not specify any particular test of qualification, pointed out that the governing body should be chosen from the most discreet and respectable persons in the town, and pi-ac tically the system of the governing body electing one another, which had prevailed, had secured the election of persons of wealth and respectability. In the appendix to the Bill several pages were occupied by the names of a variety of Acts passed for the local government of different towns. Now, it would be found that although the governing body was sometimes elected by the rate-payers generally, and sometimes by certain qualified rate payers, yet, in the majority of' cases—indeed he believed in all—a qualification was required in the parties • elected. Such was the case at 'Manchester, where, to be eli gible to be a member of the governing body, it was ne cessary to be a tenant rated at 281. per annum, or the owner of a tenement of the value of 150/. a-year. The electing body was also required to be qualified, no man being able to vote whose house was not rated at 16/. per annum, and if a publican at 32/. So at Salford, the Hon. Member for which told them the people were perfectly satis fied with the system there established, all rate• payers had a vote ; but to be a member of the governing body it was requi site to tenant a house rated at 20/., or own one valued at 501. per annum. In Birmingham it was necessary to occupy a house rated at 15/. per annum, and be possessed of real or personal property to the value of 1.0001. In Sheffield the qualification was being rated at 20/., or being possessed of 1,0001. in real or personal property. In Sunderland it was necessary to be an owner of a house worth 20/., or an occu pier of one worth 301. In Devonport it was requisite to be possessed of 501. per annum in land. In Wolverhampton it was necessary to occupy a house rated at 12/. per annum, or possessed of 1,000/. In Bilston it was necessary to be pos sessed of lands of the yearly value of 401., or to be the son of a man possessed of 1001. a year in land, or of 1,000/. In Bolton it was necessary to be possessed of 1,0001. in real or personal property. In Brighton it was necessary to have 1001. a year in houses and land. In Oldham it was necessary to have 1001. a year in land. In Stoke upon-Trent the same qualification was necessary. Mr. BROTH ERTON wished to ask the Right Hon. Bs roma whether he was speaking of the qualification of those who were Commissioners by virtue of being possessed of a certain amount of property, or of the qualification of thosa who were to be elected by the inhabitants of the different towns he had named? Sir R. PE EL was speaking of the qualification necessary to be possessed of to be elected a Commissioner. In the bo rough of Stroud the qualification was highest of all, for the qualification of a Commissioner was having 100/. a year in land, or to be the son of a person having 1501. a year in land, or possessed of real or personal property amounting to 3,000/. Yet this was a popular place, which had chosen the Noble Lord (John Russell) as the organ of its opinions. —( Hear, and a laugh.) He thought, however, that the qualification required at Stroud was too high, and he had not taken it as his model. But if it were right to require a qualification in a man who was to superintend the lighting, watching, and paving, of a town, there were many more reasons why it should be re quired from persons who were to exercise all the powers of this Bill. They were to be administrators of charities—they were to have extensive patronage, and were to have a voice in the appointment of recorders. All these were additional reasons for requiring a qualification from them. Moreover the whole principle of the Bill implied the existence of a qualification. 'The Mayor was to be a member of the magistracy of the county, and to be that a qualification of 100/. a year in land was required—a test of respectability which, however im perfect, excluded many improper appointments. The Mayor, besides, was to be the returning officer ; and, if he neglected his duty, the Reform Act subjected him to a pe - 'laity of five hundred pounds, which certainly implied that the person filling the office should be possessed of a certain amount of property. Insolvency and bankruptcy were disqualifications under the Bill, but payment 'of the rates was perfectly consistent with a very near approach to either. He felt, however, that it would be improper to make the qualification too high, or to make it uniform. He had looked with care through the various acts, and had attempted to adopt a qualification which would be generally suitable, and which would riot err on the side of excluding persons from the council qualified for its duties. Two descriptions of towns were contemplated by the Bill; viz., towns to be di. Tided into wards on account of the amount of the population, and those which were not to be so divided, but were to have the governing body elected by the votes of the inhabitants generally. He hoped the system of wards would be extended to more towns than were at present contemplated by the Bill. —( Hear.) But whatever towns Might be selected to be di vided into wards, he should propose for them a qualification of a higher nature than for those not so divided. A single qua lification would be open to much objection. In Lord Brougham's Bill, providing for the government of the new boroughs, 1,000/. in rent or personal property was adopted as the qualification. He thought he could suggest a better qua lification, one which was frequently adopted in these local Acts ; he meant one of a joint nature. A respectable trades. man might have some difficulty in swearing or declaring that he had realized 1,000/., or that he possessed that amount in land. Therefore he adopted a lower qualification than that prescribed by Lord Brougbasn's Bill, as being at least capable of a more extensive application. He proposed that in the case of towns which were to he divided into wards, the qualification of a Councillor should be either that be was seised or possessed of real or personal estate, or of both, of a clear value in the whole of 10001.; or, disjunctively, that he was rated for the re lief of the poor within the borough, upon an annual value of not less than 401. In that case a new corner into the town, who had a large property, but who inhabited a house not rated so high as 40/., would still be qualified to be elected a Coun ejllor ; while, on the other hand, a tradesman who was rated at 40/., but who could not declare that he was possessed of 1000/., seyould also be qualified.—( Hear, hear.) Then with respect to those towns which were not to be divided into wards, he proposed that the qualification should be the posses sion either of real or personal estate, or both, to the amount of 500/., or disjunctively, rated within the borough upon an annual amount of not less than 20/.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Horn. Baronet concluded by moving as an amendment the introduction of certain words to the effect stated in his speech. Mr. BL A C KB URNE said that his principal objection to the amendment of the Right Hon. Baronet was on constitu tional g ro un d s , inasmuch as it would have the effect theoreti cally of narrowing the right of the electors in the choice of those persons to whom the government of their affairs was to he delegated. It was not property that ought to be the ground of qualification ; i t was i nte lli gence . I t was sa id, th a t in prac tice the Legislature always prescribed a qualification. Now, as far as regarded those places which would come within the immediate operation of this Bill, the case was exactly the re verse; because in no one charter of these boroughs, from the beginning to the end of the schedules. was there a single ex. pression to denote that the possession of a certain amount of property was necessary as a qualification to act in the govern 'went of tike borough. It was true (as the Right Hon. had said), that the charters, for the most part, used the words " fit and discreet men." So also, in the Bill before the Com mittee, there was a clause which enacted that the persons to be elected should be " fit and proper persons ;" but it was always by the charters, and it was proposed to be by this Bill, left to the electors themselves to determine who were to be considered the " fit and discreet men." The instance put for ward this night, and also on a former occasion, by the Right Honourable Baronet was one of considerable force —namely, the town of Manchester. Now he (Mr. Blackburne) hap pened to be a counsel before the Committee of the House of Commons and before the House of Lords on that Bill. In former times the rate-payers, at a certain rate, in Manchester were ipso facto Commissioners of Police. It was found, how ever, that great disturbances ensued from the existence of this right ; a Bill was therefore brought in for the purpose of des troying that right, and of giving it to certain persons named in the Bill. He was counsel for the parties who opposed the Bill ; but on going through the Committee of this House, it was proposed that the rate-payers should choose the Commis sioners of Police : this satisfied the persons for whom he ap peared ; but the promoters of the Bill immediately abandoned it, and he was himself obliged to take it up to the House of Lords. When there, the original promoters of the Bill op posed it ; and then, inasmuch as he, on the one hand, was ap prehensive that the clause giving a power of election to the rate-payers would be thrown out, and his Learned Friend, the Accountant-General, on the other hand, was afraid it would be carried, they came to a compromise, by which it was agreed that both the electors and the elected should have a certain qualification. Mr. BROTHERTON observed, that the Bill provided that persons occupying premises rated at 301. a-year, were qualified to be Commissioners by virtue thereof, without being elected. _ Mr. BLACKBURNE suspected that his Hon. Friend and himself were not speaking of the same Bill. Sir R. PEEL doubted whether Mr. Blackburne was not wrong as to the town to which the alteration of the qualifica tion applied. Lord STANLEY also thought that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was entirely mistaken. He was a Member of the Committee before which the question of qualification was dis cussed; and if he were not greatly mistaken, his recollection of the case was this ;--that the question was whether there should be an additional qualification for those who were to be elected, beyond those who were to be electors, and the com promise was certainly made in the House of Commons, by which a great difference was effected both in the qualificatioi of persons to elect and those to be elected. Mr. BLACKBURNE recollected the Noble Lord being on the Committee; but his impression was as he had already stated : he would not be bound to say that he was right in every particular. Sir PEEL—WiII you be bound to say that you approved of the Bill as it passed the House of Commons ? Mr. BLACKBURNE—Oh, yes; as it passed the House of Commons ; but certainly the compromise was ultimately effected in the House a Lords. He would admit that all the modern local Acts contained a clause requiring qualification for persons elected to the government of towns ; but how did that arise ? Why, originally, every inhabitant of a town who occupied a house, rated to a certain amount, was ipso facto a Commissioner of Police. In that case, he admitted there ought to be a qualification ; but it was totally different when we came to the question of an election of those who were to act for the elected. If, indeed, this were a matter of mere politics, or the question of the election of Members of Par liament, or of persons in whom great trusts were to be placed, and of which they might take advantage to themselves, then he might admit some qualification to be necessary ; because it might happen that electors might be swayed to elect per sons who were the most fit and discreet, but persons from whom they might hope to obtain the most advantage by the exercise of the patronage possessed by the elected. But by this Bill the Least possible patronage would be given to the town coun cil. Then with regard to the amount of the qualification pro posed ; he thought it would be found to be much too high in many places. In many of the smaller boroughs there would not be a sufficient number of qualified persons to fill the office even without any election.—( Hear.) He recollected when the 101. qualification was under consideration a borough was referred to having a Mayor and Corporation, but in which there was only one house rated so high as 101 . He thought it would be found that in many places there would not be more than one or two houses rated so high as 20/. Upon these grounds, then, he opposed the amendment. If the House re quired an instance of the practical inutility of any qualification on the part of the elected, could they have a better than what presented itself to them in the case of the Members for Scot land now sitting in this House ?—( Hear, hear.) No qualifica tion was required from them, and yet they yielded not either in sagacity, intelligence, or in anxiety in the performance of their public duties to any set of men either in or out of Par liament. The same was the case with respect to the new juris dictions in the Scotch burghs. No qualification was required in the elected, curtailed as the people were in their privileges, because theirs was a 101. franchise ; still they had the power to choose whom they thought best fitted to manage their affairs without any qualification whatever. Mr. ROBINSON thought the qualification proposed by Sir Robert Peel to be remarkably high ; and was of opinion, that a far as regarded the electors, the being rated to the poor was sufficient without any other qualification. M. WILLIAMS (Coventry) said a few words, which were inau lible. Lord SA N DON supported the amendment. Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE considered the clause as it now stood was most congenial to the general principle of the Bill In that measure relating to parochial government which he had the good fortune to introduce into Parliament several years ago, certainly a rate of qualification was fixed ; but it was fixed against his own opinion, and against the opinion of a great number of others. By that Bill a 401. qualifica tion was required for the metropolitan parishes, and what had been the effect of it ? In two great parishes in London *he effect of the qualification had been to totally nullify the Bill. The Bill had not, in those parishes, been productive of any of those salutary consequences which it had produced in other parishes. If the Noble Lord thought, or if the Right Hon. Baronet thought, that the general disposition of the commu nity at large was to choose persons for the government of their local affairs who had a tendency to misdirect and mismanage them, that was undoubtedly an objection to the Bill altogether, and they had no right to be talking there of introducing so great, so decided, and, in that case, so pernicious a change in our municipal corporations. But if it were the case—and he really believed the fact to be so—if it were the case that in the times in which they were talking, and for which they were legislating, not only was there the greatest degree of intelli gence among the community at large, but also that degree of character and interest in good government among the people of the country which would fairly justify their being intrusted with the management of their own affairs ; then he would say that they were proceeding on a sound and judicious basis.—. ( Loud cheers.) Would any Ggntleman who had had the ad vantage of long Parliamentary experience, any one who had witnessed what had occurred before the various Committees who had sat on that very subject of qualification, with reference to the characters of the first men in the country—he meant those who had the honour of sitting in that House, or possessed a chance of being called to the other—would any such Gentle man venture to tell him that qualification had been a bona fide protection even to that House ?—( Cheers.) Every body knew that it had not been ; and if it had not been a protection to that House, how could the Noble Lord, at that time of day, pretend to say that it would be a protection against the intro duction of improper persons into the offices created by the Bill 2—( Loud cheers.) It was very true that under the old state of things, when the municipal officers held their offices for life, some qualification might be necessary. At that period tke municipal officers were not removable, but under this Bill they are removed or were removable periodically, and there fore if the people found that they had committed a mistake in the original introduction of them into the municipal body, of course they would have the power of afterwards removing them. This was, in his mind a conclusive argument against pressing for that first original qualification now sought to be established.—( Loud cheers.) He must take the liberty of say ing that he had heard nothing in the course of that debate, no thing from the Right Hon. Baronet that at all induced him to alter opinion upon the subject. It had always been his no tion that in founding a great measure of that description on a popular basis, it was better to carry out the principle to the full, if it were beneficial at all.—( Hear, hear.) And is it were be neficial in this instance, he saw no reason whatever why in this particular they should depart from it.—(Cheers.) Mr. GO ULBURN supported the amendment. Supposing the persons intrusted with the direction of the funds had no property of their own, in what situation would charities be placed, if it should happen that owing either to corruption, or the infirmity of human nature, or other causes, their funds were directed to purposes foreign from their original destina. tion? On this point alone, if on no other, there was the ful lest and most complete answer to the argument of the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down.—( Cheers from the Opposition.) Mr. EWART decidedly thought that - no qualification at ail was necessary to confer the elective franchise either for the municipality or the Legislature.—( Cheers.) Mr. I•'. BARING had referred up stairs to a return laid before the House with a view of ascertaining the number of houses in Portsmouth, rated at the highest amount to the house duty, in order to form some notion of the effect the Right Hon. Baronet's provision would produce in that town. The town of Portsmouth—Portsmouth only, as separated from Portsea—was divided into wards, which required in all 48 councillors. He found, however, that in the principal part of the borough there were only 58 houses rated to the house duty at above 401. a-year.—(Loud cheers.) This showed how very blindly they were discussing the question. Th e worst was, that in the principal part of this borough, for whi c h 48 councillors were required, only 18 could be elected if the Right Hon. Baronet's principle were adopted.—Cheering.) Sir ROBERT. PEEL—I quite agree with the H on . Gentleman that we are discussing this question—some of us at least—very blindly indeed—(Cheers from the Opposition) —he undertakes to explain to the House my clause, and leaves out the fact that it provides an alternative.—(Cheers.) Th e clause gave a double qualification, the alternative being the possession of real or personal property to the amount of 1.000/. There might be only 18 houses in one particular ward in Portsmouth ; but he apprehended that as the Bill stood, there was no obligation to select the councillors from that par ticular ward.—( Cheers. ) Mr. BARING—Take the whole borough. Sir ROBERT PEEL—Take the whole borough I Does the Hon. Gentleman mean to say that there are not 48 per sons in the town of Portsmouth worth 1,000/. ? Mr. F. BARlNG—Certainly not,—(Renewed cheering and loud cries of " Question.") Mr, CUMMING BRUCE supported the amendment amidst cries of " Question" and great confusion. Mr. 1 - 11 7 (11IES HUGHES got rip, but being assailed by ioud cries of " Oh l" from all parts of the House, sat down again amidst great cheering. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was ready to admit without dis pute, that in two or three local Acts which he could mention out of the great mass passed of late years, the principle of qua lification had been established. Having admitted thus much, however, he thought he had made the only admission that could be conceded. He could state three several reasons against the adoption of the Right Hon. Baronet's proposal. One was, that our ancient charters acknowledged no principle of the kind.—(Loud cheers.) So little was it acknowled, that in the Constitution of the City of London, there was not, he believed, at that moment, any qualification for any municipal officers ; no qualification was required of the Corporation of the City of London, who were annually elected. I wish then for the original principle. Was there any general reason which could be assigned in favour of the proposal ? On the contrary the general reason was in favour of the unrestricted choice of the burgesses. That unrestricted choice obliged them to look to persons in whom they could most justly confide ; if they could not confide in them they had better not trust them with these privileges, but if they did confide in them they had better not en cumber them with a restriction which might, in many cases, be most inconvenient.—( Cheers.) In the next place he came to the practical inconvenience of the clause, and he thought it would be almost sufficient to say any thing on this point, that in many places the qualification would be exceed ingly high, and in all extremely various. In Portsmouth, as his Hon. Friend had already pointed out, its effect would be to exclude a great number of persons altogether ; and taking the case of the smaller boroughs, where the proposed qualifi cation was the possession of property to the amount of 500/. or the occupation of a house valued at 20/. a year, he knew that in small corporate towns like Chippenham and other places of a similar description there were not more than fifteen or twenty houses rated at 201. a year. He had already said that he thought the qualification would prove exceedingly injurious; and he hoped the Committee would sanction no alterations which would have the effect of depriving the Bill of its principal recommendations.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet had, be had no doubt, paid some at ication to the Bill, but he seemed to have considered only the present state of the Corporations.—( Hear, and a laugh.) He had not evidently made up his mind to change their constitution completely. He appeared to suppose that these were secret and self-elected bodies, to whom the entire ma nagement of the funds was to be intrusted ; that it did not de pend upon a large body of their fellow-townsmen to re-elect them ; and above all, that they were not to make public an ac count of the whole of their transactions ; whereas every precau tion was taken, treasurers and auditors of accounts were 'pro vided, and the fullest provision was made for the management of the accounts and property of the Corporations.—( Cheers. ) For these reasons, therefore, he was not disposed to accede to the amendment of the Right Hon. Baronet. He admitted that it was conformable to the provisions of the local Acts, and he admitted also that in those local Acts he had supported the introduction of the provision ; but he thought it much better, in the present case, to leave the matter in the hands of the electors themselves. He felt the fullest confidence that they would not introduce into the management of Corporate affairs any 13:It persons well qualified for the task.—( Cheers. ) Sir ROBERT PEEL said his only wish had been to show that he had a stream of concurrent authority in his favour from those who must be supposed to be interested in the good government of these boroughs, and he had thought it better to refer to those authorities with the view of saving the time of the House. One of his great authorities was the Noble Lord himself—(Cheers from the Opposition) ; and when he heard all these censures on those who did not place implicit confidence in the elective body, he would refer to an Act im mortalized by the Noble Lord's own name, and entitled " An Act for the Better Regulation of the joint Parishes of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, and. St. George, Bloomsbury." The regulation declared by that Act was, " that one half at least of the persons to be elected vestrymen of the parish of St. Giles in-the-Fields, and the parish of St. George, Bloomsbury, in the execution of this Act, shall, at the time of their election, and the time of their acting, be resident householders within the parish, and rated to the relief of the poor of the joint pa rishes of St. Giles-in-the-Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury, at the annual assessment and qualification of—what did the House think ?—not less than 751. per annum."—( Great cheer ing from the Opposition ) Such was the force of distrust at that time, that no rate-payer was allowed to vote, unless he was rated at 30/. a year. An Hon. Gentleman opposite pro posed 151.; the Noble Lord admitted that 30/. was too high, but thought , 151. too low ; four divisions took place on the subject, and so great was the doubt in 1830, that the rate payers would in all cases elect, without doubt, the persons best qualified to govern them, that the Noble Lord selected one half of the body from persons rated at 701. a year, and the other from persons rated at 50/. a year.—( Protracted cheers from the Opposition.) Lord H 0 WIC K was not at all surprised that the Right Hon. Baronet, with that skill and dexterity which never ,for a moment failed him_( Loud cheers from the Opposition)— when he felt himself in rather an awkward position—(Great cheering from the Ministerial side of the House)—had en deavoured to distract the attention of the House from the real point before it, by attempting to get up a laugh against his Noble Friend. The Right Hon. Baronet had been uressed, first to answer the difficulties stated by his Honour able Friend, the Member for Portsmouth, and next to state sour: general ground in favour of the establishment of some qualification for the elective body. Neither of these questions, however, did he think it safe to meddle with, and so he had entertained the House with a long story respecting the parish of St. Giles in-the- Fields.—( Cheers and laughter.) He did wondo, that the Right Hon. Baronet felt himself involved in sonic diffieulty. the more especially when he recollected Cult ;,, iii„ largest and most opulent towns in the kingdom -1;verpool and Bristol—there was no qualification at all for the cl,ctioo of municipal officers.—(Cheers.) He trusted the lou‘e would not concur in the proposition of the Right Hon. tivooet. If they did, his consolation was that the qualifica tion he proposed to establish would be a dead letter. Mr. H. HUGHES then attempted to address the House, b u t was received with loud shouts of " Divide." The Hon. Member continued his exertions for some time, but each sen tence was drowned in cheers and confusion, and at last he was obliged to yield. Mr. P. T H OM SON then rose, but the impatience of the House was so great, that he did not persist. The Committee then divided, when there appeared Ayes Noes Majority for Ministers —63 On our return to the Gallery, we found Mr. G OUL BURN addressing the House. The Right Hon. Gentleman was understood to move an amendment, but amidst the confusion the purport of it could not be heard. Lord JOHN RUSSELL should consider the proposition. Sir ROBERT PEEI 7 . was quite ready to agree to the se paration of the charitable trust from the Parliamentary fran chise, and he thought that the more they were separated the better for all parties. He therefore begged it to be under stood, that in acquiescing in the passing of the present clause, he should not consider himself as precluded from agreeing to any amendment to thal effect at a future stage. Capt. BERKELEY then rose to bring forward the amend ment of which be had given notice. His object was to prevent clergymen, licensed dissenting teachers, officers of excise, or officers of the customs, from being returning officers ; the words which he proposed to add were, " provided such per son or persons are not in holy orders, licensed dissenting mi nisters, officers of customs, stamp, excise, or in the post-office; and that any person taking holy orders, or accepting any office as aforesaid, shall vacate and resign any municipal office to which he or they may have been elected." Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not agree to the amend mcnt.—( Hear, hear.) Captain BERKELEY—As the sense of the House ap peared to be against him, would not press his amendment. The amendment was accordingly withdrawn. After a few words from Sir ROBERT PEEL the clause was agreed to. Clause 21 was then agreed to. On clause 22 being read, Mr. GROTE rose, and suggested that as this clause was of great importance, and the hqur was late, it would be better to adjwarn.—( Cries of " Go on.") Lord STANLEY then rose—lt was not his intention, by his amendment, to restrict the rights to be conferred upon the new body of electors, neither did he propose to mix up the rights of those formerly constituting the municipal body with those created under the present Bill. All he proposed was, that while he admitted to its fullest extent the principle of a popular election of the corporate officers, they ought to adopt proper means to insure a good and steady Government of the boroughs in which this Bill came into operation. The evils supportedinherentpionn it. any Tg grounds s n y d s s t e o m f c o x f ped ency or propriety . It was therefore wise in his Noble Friend self election the Secretary for the Ho me De p artment to p rovide such a olclsy•ste c m ou h l a d d u m ot an b y e cons tituency by his Bill as would really represent the feelings and opinions of the inhabitants of the borou g hs ; but the question now was, not only whether the council should repre sent the feelings and opinions of their constituents, but whether they should also represent the prejudices and passions of the body at large. He did not object to the plan of the council not going out of office all at the same time, but going out in portions of one-third at a time, because he thought, by that plan, the council was less likely to represent one set of prejudices or one set of politics. If they had such frequent changes, in course of years the towns would be kept in a constant state of electioneering ferment. —( Hear, hear.) Under this Bill the council would be chosen for three years, but one third would be elected annually. If they had these elections they would have all the bitterness of election contests every year, and at the same time the greatest anxiety would be manifested and bitterness of feeling created to be entered in the rolls ; in addition to this, the Bill al lowed elections to take place to supply any vacancies that might be occasioned by death or otherwise. Only imagine the excitement that would prevail in such a town as Liverpool where there were 90 members of the council. On but a mo derate calculation two or three vacancies would take place in the course of the year in such a place, and on each occasion they would have the manifestations of great animosities. If t he Committee rejected the amendment he just proposed they would, in point of fact, declare that the general body of electors were those upon whom they could best rely to carry into effect the general details of the measure. They would leave the direct control in the popular body. He did not ob ject to give the entire control to the rate-payers at large. He would ask, however, what advantage would be gained by making their members appear before their constituency so often, when the control of that body would not be much less by adopting the course ho proposed ? He contended that these elections would be attended with infinitely more difficulty and excitement than the election for Members of Parliament. The means of gr, atifying prejudices or existing animosities would - in these corporate elections than in the elec tions of Members of that House;- and yet the period the whole body of the former was elected for, was not one-half of the latter. He would not detain the Committee longer than by repeating, that if they elected the Members of Council for a longer period, they would have more information as to the state of affairs in the corporations, and, at the same time, more fixity of principle. The people, also, would be relieved from the anxiety and excitement of such repeated contests, and still they would exercise an efficient control •ver the Council.which he certainly was not desirous of taking out of the hands of the electors. There were two means of obviating the objection he had raised—namely, making the electiOhs generally trien nially, or by making the election of one-third of the Members of the Corporation triennial, and not altering the other parts of the Bill. The latter was the course he intended to pursue. The Noble Lord concluded with proposing that, instead of the words " each year," the words " every alternate year" be substituted. Sir J. HOBHO USE would only say a few words in answer to the Noble Lord. He thought that his Noble Friend's ar guments would rather tell against himself. The greater the power they gave to individuals, the greater should be the hold they had over them. His Noble Friend did not object to this proposition. It was true that the municipal council has great power, and the security against the abuse of that power was the frequency of elections.—( Hear, hear.) It appeared to him ( Sir J. Hobhouse) immaterial whether the council was elected for two or three years, but he could not agree to a longer pe riod than the latter.—( Hear, hear.) If the Bill was to give ri:.e to the perpetual disturbances alluded to by his Noble Friend, he for one should certainly be against it altogether— ( Hear, hear)—b u t h e w as satisfied that such would not be the result. What was the case in the City of London, where the election for Common :Councilmen was annual? There was no ferment or anything like disturbance, but the greater por tion of the body once elected, were returned again and again. He repeated that he doubted the return of env annual excite ment such as his Noble Friend anticipated ; b - ut if there were, that would be a cheap purchase for the advantages the com munity would gain by having control over the municipal body. The amendment of his Noble Friend went on the principle of the Bill, which was founded, in point of fact, in giving a po pular control to the electors of a town. The Right Hon. Gen tleman opposite was perfectly justified in proposing the amend ment which he did, considering the views he entertained, so was his Noble Friend in making his proposition ; but he (Sir J. Hobhouse) was fully justified, considering the views he en tertained, in opposing it. Mr. SH EIL asked why the Noble Lord had not proposed an amendment to this effect in the Scotch Municipal Bill, when he was in the Cabinet. He was willing to agree with the Noble Lord that the possession of power gave an inclination to abuse it, and he (Mr. Sheil) thought cases might be quoted where it made those who were Reformers become anti- Reformers.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. BROT HE RTON was satisfied with the clause as it stood. Mr. SC A RLETT thought, that unless the amendment was adopted, great inconvenience would be experienced in towns where there were large corporate funds. Mr. GOULBURN contended, that if the principle of the Right. Hon. Baronet ( Sir J. Hobhouse) was good, they ought to make the same principle apply in Parliamentary elections. They should have annual elections in both cases. The Committee then divided on the amendment. Ayes Noes Majority against it The House then resumed; the CATRMAN reported pro gress, and obtained leave to sit to-morrow. WOLVERHAMPTON RIOTS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved, " That an Address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he would be pleased to lay before the House copies of the evidence lately taken before Sir Frederick Roe, at Wolverhampton." BEER A C T. Mr. A. TREVOR obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the present Beer Act. CLANDESTINE MARRIAGES. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, made in the ninth year of his late Majesty King George the Second, for more effectually preventing clandestine marriages. GREAT YARMOUTH ELECTION. Mr. WA SON presented a petition from Great Yarmouth, praying that the petition which he had presented the other night from the electors of that borough, concerning the late election, be referred to a Select Committee. Mr. PRA E D said that a great part of the signatures to that former petition were not genuine. The House then adjourned at one o'clock. LIST OF THE MINORITY Of 54 (Tellers included) who voted for the revision of the Bur gesS Rolls by Barristers instead of by the Mayor and Auditors. Bolling, W. Hoy, J. B. Ross, C. Borthwick, Peter Hughes, H. Rushbrook, Robert Buller, Sir J. B. Y. Inglis, Sir FL H. Hyle, J. Buller, C. Jackson, J. D. 4andon, Lord Canning, Sir S. Kearsley, J. H Shaw, F. Chisholm, A. Knatchtmli, Sir E. Stanley, Lord Clerk, Sir G. I Law, Hon G. Stanley, E. ('live, It. H. Lincoln, Earl of Trench ,Sir Frederick Egerton, I,rd Fran. Martin, J. . Tulk, Charles A. Egerton, W. 'l'. Perceval, Colon I - Twiss, Horace Estrourt,'l'. G. B. Pinney, W. Vere, Sir C. 8., Bart. Finch, G. Plomptie, J. P. Vivian, John Ennis Fleming, J. Plunkett, Hon. R Walter„l. Ga 4.01, J. NI. Price, Samuel Grove Whitmore, T. C. Grah iiii, Sir .1 R. G. Price, Richard Wilbraham, R. B. Hamilton, Lord C Reid, Sir J. R. Wilson, Henry Ittrvey, 1). W. Ridley, Sir M. W. Wynn, Rt. lion. C. Hogg, J. W. Robinson, G. R. Young, G. F. LORD HEYTESBURY.-Yesterday, the name of Sir G. Crewe was inserted by mistake in our list of the minority on Mr. Praed's motion. The lion. Member did not vote at all. The followimr, names were omitted ;—Lord E. Somerset, Sir P. Durham, and M. Archdall, Esq. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Jusrs 8, 1835. The Lori Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household has ap pointed Lieut.-Col. James Charles Chatterton, of Castle Mahon, Corkshire, Ireland, one of the Gentlemen of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Chamber in Ordinary. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JUNE 27. The Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household has ap pointed Edward Marjoribanks, of Wimpole-street, county of Mid dlesex, and of Stowe Bardolph, in the county of Norfolk, Esq. one of the Gentlemen of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Chamber in Ordinary. GLOUCESTER HOUSE, JUNE 24. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester has been pleased to appoint Colonel Sir Samuel Gordon Higgins, K.C.H., her Royal Highness's Equerry. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, Juxr 24, 1835. This day the following Address from the Ministers and Elders of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, was presented to his Majesty, by a Deputation ; which Address his Majesty was graciously pleased to receive on the Throne : Most Gracious Sovereign, We, your Majesty's faithful and loyal subjects, the Ministers and Elders of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, beg leave to approach your Majesty with the renewed assurance of our attachment to your Person and Government. The rapid increase of population, especially in the manufacturing and commercial districts in Scotland, having rendered essentially necessary the increase of the means of religious instruction and parochial superintendance, we have observed with the most lively gratitude, that this very important subject has engaged your Ma jesty's paternal regard ; and that, in the Speech from the Throne at the opening of the present Parliament, your Majesty has com mended it to the attention of the House of Commons. We beg leave to express to your Majesty our deep felt convic tion of the urgent necessity of adopting some efficient measure for extending the means of spiritual improvement, and our earnest desire and hope that your Majesty's Government may continue to have this subject under their serious consideration, and may devise such plans as shall, under the divine blessing, issue in the religious and moral improvement of the people under our care. That your Majesty's paternal desire to afford your subjects more extended access to the ordinances of divine worship may be speedily realised, and that you may be blessed abundantly with all spiritual and heavenly blessings, is the earnest desire of, may it please your Majesty, your Majesty's most faithful, most dutiful, and most loyal subjects, the Ministers and Elders of this General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Signed in our name, in our presence, and by our appointment, WM. AIRD THOMSON, Moderator. Edinburgh, May 22, 1835. To which Address his Majesty was pleased to return the follow ing most gracious Answer :-- " I rely with confidence upon the loyalty and fidelity of the Church of Scotland; and I receive with satisfaction this renewed assurance of your attachment to my Person and Government. " It is my anxious wish to extend the benefits of religious wor ship and instruction to all classes of my subjects; and my most serious attention will continue to be directed to the best means of effecting this important object." CROWN OFFICE, JUNE 30. MRSIBTR ILETUILNID TO SPIXTR IN THIS PRESENT PA RUA MiiNT. BOROUGH OP BURY ST. EDMUNDS.—The Right Hon. Charles Fitzroy, commonly called Lord Charles Fitzroy. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 29. Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet Major M. C. Dixon to be ' Lieutenant Colonel, v ice Boteler, deceased; Brevet Major P. D. Calder to be ditto, v i c e Hustler, deceased; Second Captain R. J. Barou to be Captain, vice Dixon ; Second Captain 'l'. H. Fen wick to be ditto, vice Calder ; First Lieutenant E. B. Patten to be Second Captain, vice Barou. First Lieutenant F. H. Baddeley to be ditto, vice Fenwick ; Second Lieutenant R. C. Moody to be First Lieutenant, vice Patten ; Second Lieutenant V. Durnford to be ditto, vice Baddeley, June 25. WHITEHALL, JUNE 20, 1835. .• The Lords Commissioners for the custody of the Great Seal have appointed E. M. Freer, of Leicester, in the county of Leicester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lords Commissioners for the custody of the Great Seal have also appointed F. R. Carter, of Exeter, in the county of Devon, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Roxburgh. Sir J. Pringle, Bart. to be Vice-Lieutenant, May 28. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of the County of York, and the Town and County of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull. E. V. Harcourt, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 26. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Radnor. Sir J. Walsh, Bart. to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Nov. 20, 1834. G. C. Lewis, Esq. to be Deputy-Lieutenant, June 10, 1835. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Fife. Regiment of Fifeshire Militia.—Lieut.-Col. J. Lindsay the younger, late of hi s M a j esty ' s G uards, to b e C o l one l , v i ce J . T. Hope, deceased, June 11. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. SA?4UUEL FQRFEIT GRAY, chemist, New Bond-street. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM BARTON, silk-manufacturer, Stewart-street, Spi tal-fields, July 9 at eleven, and August 11 at twelve, at the Court f Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Basinghall-..tieet. Crowder and * Maynard, Mansion-house-place. WILLIAM LANGLEY GRACE, orange-merchant, cheap, July 7 at eleven, and August 11 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; C. and N. Martin, Upper Thames-street. JAMES SOMERS, cheesemonger, Oxford-greet, July 10 at eleven, and August 11 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bel cher, official assignee; Gadsden, Holborn. FREDERICK SHEPLEY, hop-dealer, Farnham, Surrey, July 10 and Augu s t 11, a t t wo , a t th e ourt of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; Phillips, Walbrook, London. ROBERT LLOYD, victualler, Birmingham, July 4, at twelve, and August 11 at eleven, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Norton and Chapli n , London ; Harrison, Birmingham. THOMAS LIVESEY, sen ., GEOGE LIVESEY, JAMES LIVESEY, and THOMAS LIVESEY jun., woollen-manufac turers, Cowpe, Bury, July 21, an d A ugust 11, at ten, at the Com missioners'ooms, Manchester. Norris, Allen, and Anthony, London ; Heaton, Rochdale. JOHN POWNALL, innkeeper, Manchester, July 13 and 18, and August 11, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Denison, Humphrys, and Cunliffe, Manchester ; W a l ms l ey , Keight ley, and Parkin, London. ISAAC BURROWS and JOHN BURROWS, cork-cutters, Piccadilly, July 8, at eleven, and August 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee; Edwards and Ro binson, London ; Richings, Middlesex. JOHN MEALEY, fringe-manufkturer, Cranbourn-street, Leicester-square, July 8, at half-past twelve, and August 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee; Oliver, Cheapside. GEOitGE JONES, auctioneer, Leicester-street, Leicester square, July 11, and August 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Goldsmid, official assignee ; Evans, Cursitor-street. WILLIAM HENRY LYNASS, surgeon, Saint Helens, Lan caster, July 11, and August 11, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Bardswell, Liverpool ; Blackstone, Bunce, and Vin cent, Temple, London. DIVIDENDS. J. M. Holl and W. Oswald, Irish linen-factors, Feather's -court, Milk -street, July '2O, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy-J. Chandler and S. King, woollen-drapers, St. Paul'. Church-yard, July 17, at half -past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy-G. Williams, merchant, Union-street, Old Broad-street, July 20, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy-W. 8.-ale and J. H. Wrathall, hat-makers, Union-street, Southwark, July 17, at half-past ten, at. the Court of Bankruptcy-J. Hill, builder, Royston, Hertfordshire, July 20, at. half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy-T. Grove, tailor, Great Surrey-street, Christchurch, July 20, at half-p as t t en , a t the Court of Bankruptcy -J. Lucas, timber-merchant, City-road, July 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy-J. Carter, woollen-warehouseman, Cole man-street, Sept. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy-H. H. Newington, chinaman, High-street, Borough, July 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy-S. Crickett, R. A. Crickett, and S. H. Ruffell, bankers, July 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy-G. Telfer, coal-merchant, Phicenix-wharf, City-basin, July 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy-y. D. L. Hilde sheimer, grocer, New-road, Woolwich, July 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy-T. R. Lewis, wine -merchant, Tonbridge place, New-road, July 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy- F. P. Couch, horse-dealer, Launceston, Cornwall, July 27, at eleven, at the Queen's Head Inn, Bodmin-P. Cox, builder, Fair ford, Gloucestershire, July 31, at one, at the Ram Inn, Cirencester -J. J. Fox, wine -merchant, Liverpool, July 18, at eleven, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool-T. Wadley, merchant, Liver 1, July 18, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool-J. Dent, draper, Durham, Aug. 7, at twelve, at the B an k rup t C omm i ss i on Room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-G. Wilson, victualler, Atherstone, Warwickshire, July 18, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Coventry -J. Edleston, commission-agent, Manchester, July 20, at three, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester-J. P. Richard, Liverpool, July 14, at one, at the office of Messrs. Lace, Sons, and Myers, Castle-street, Liverpool-H. Battersby and C. Bat tersby, cotton-spinners, Hindley, Lancashire, July' 21, at one, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester-T. Lord, silk-manufac turer, Newton Heath, Lancashire, Aug. 5, at ten, at the Commis sioners' Rooms, Manchester-W. D. Price, Chepstow, Monmouth shire, July 21, at twelve, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. J. Barrow and R. W. Vizer, merchants, Bristol, July 21, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy.-R. and S. Ashby, mealmen, Staines, July 21, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.-T. Hurst and Co., booksellers, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, July 23, at half ' a t twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.-J. G. Christ, merchant, Cooper's-row, Tower-hill, July 23, at ten at the Court of Bank ruptcy-A. L. Wigan, surgeon, Brighton, July 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy-T. Matthew,. coach-maker, Margaret street, Cavendish-square, July 21, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy-J. M. Machin, wine -merchant, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, July 21, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy-T. Curtis, s'aticner, Budge-raw, July 21, at half-past eleven, at the Court of 13ankruptcy-J. P. and C. E. Hicks, clothiers, Glocestershi re , J u ly 23, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy-A. Colvin and Co-, merchants, Calcutta, July 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy- G. Goodwyn, hairdresser, Oxford, July 21, at eleven, at the Court Bankruptcy-W. Johnson, ironmonger, Hanley, Staffordshire, July 22, at eleven, at the Union Inn, Birmingham-T. Robinson, victualler, Hexham, Northumberland, July 24, at twelve, at the Bankrupt Commission Room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-J. Reynolds, merchant, Manchester, July 27, at twelve, at the Commissio n ers' Rooms, Manchester-T. Claughton, salt manufacturer, Haydock Lodge, Lancashire, July 2.5, at one, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester-J. Crampton, paper manufacturer, Kirkoswald, Cum berland, July 24, at twelve, at the office of Mr. J. Jameson, soli citor, Penrith. CERTIFICATES, JULY 17. G. Pell, victualler, Buttock's Booth, Weston Pavel, Nothamp tonshire—J. Thomas, granary-keeper, Cole's Wharf, Horaleydown, Surrey—R. Pullen, carcass-butcher, Newgate-market—•W. Neile, woolstapler, Leicester—J. Leech, tavern-keeper, Fleet-street--J. G. Bird, merchant, Manchester—_C. Lee, mercer, Ashby-de-la Z ouch, Leicestershire. JULY 21.—G. Pell, victualler, Buttock's Booth, Northampton shire—M. Morris, shiziwner, South Shields—D. T. M'Carthy, statiimer, Bristol—B. Shirley ; dealer in earthenware, Blackfriars road-- T. Gardiner, currier, Hunter-street, Southwark—G. Houghton, saddler, Hertford-street, Mayfair—W. A. Noble and J. Edington, engineers, Rotherhithe—W. C. Winterbottom and W. Dickson, fustian manufacturers, Oldham—D. Tye, cattle salesman, Weybridge—J. Ki ngs l e y, s h eep j o bb er , Holme, Bedfordshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. • T. West and J. Morris, attorneys, Crescent, minories--G. C. and W. H. Bernard, coachmakers, New Bond-street--M. Gar liner and Co., ladies boarding school, Newcastle-under-Lyme, • Staffordshire—T. K. Roberts and T. Hughes, fustian-manufac turers, Manchester—E. and J. Crip, carters, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk—W. Murdock and W. V. Toney, steel-merchants, Hands worth, Staffordshire—J. Worth and E. Jones, boarding,school keepers Alfred-house, Surrey—R. Ryder, and C. H. Ri c k ar d s , paper-dealers, Manchester—J. and C. Hammonds, butchers, Loughborough, Leicestershire—W. and J. Hunter, manufacturing chemists, Manchester—D. Arthur and M. Richardson, brush makers, Heywood, Lancashire—J. Martin and J. Rogers, wool dealers, Callington, Cornwall—W. Stevenson and W. D. George, hat-manufacturers, Little Guildford-street, Southwark—W. Scru ton and Co., maltsters, New Elvet, Durham : as far regards E. Beckwith—G. Rait and J. Gilchrist, tailors, Fore-street, Finsbury —D. Lamont and W. Orr, Buenos Ayres—H. H. Barker and J. Parker, tailors, Argyll-street—P. and W. Wynne, wholesale-sta tioners Paternoster-row--W. Dimes and R. B. Boy man , solici tors, Austinfriars—J. Lightfoot and J. Windross, farmers, Sutton, Yorkshire—J. Sugden and C. Smithies, worsted-spinners, Cot tingley, Yorkshire—M. Sugden and W. Spencer, worsted-top maker, Birkinshaw, Yorkshire—J. and A.- Scherman, licensed hawkers, Birmingham—T. Nettleingham and G. Plumbe, corn dealers, Gravesend—W. Robertson and J. Harbottle, grocers, Aln wick, Northumberland—J. Carter and P. Jackson, surgeons, South street, Manchester-square—J. and G. Parsons, mathematical di viders and engravers, Bull and Mouth-street--C. Stevens and C. B. Longcroft, attorneys, Havant, Southampton—O. H. Hogard and R. W. Spencer, tailors, St. Martin's-court, St. Martin's-lane —S. Thwaite and W. Sidall, machine-makers, Oldham, Lanca shire—J. and S. Duckers, joiners, Manchester—J. Bell and Co., sail-cloth manufacturers, Whitehaven, Cumberland (so far as con cerns D. Bell)—G. Briscoe and J. Leigh, cotton-spinners, New ton Heath, Lancashire—P. Mallard, jun., and J. R. Soden, dealers in British and Foreign funds, Throgmorton-street—D. Smith and J. Ryals, manufacturers of German silver spoons, Sheffield...-S. Hollins and T. J. Marshall, hosiers, Nottingham—W. Heron and J. Trumper, auctioneers, Uxbridge—R. Spetch and H. Gray, cur riers, York—H. Webb and Co., oil and coal merchants, Worcester (ro far as regards E. Webb)---A. Watts and Co., newspaper pro prietors, Crane-court, Fleet -street (so far as regards H. Quin) — M. Bell and Co., common brewers, Woolley Brewery, Northum berland—R. Barr, jun., and A. Shanks, engineers, Liverpool—M. and S. De Maine, drapers, Chorley, Lancashire—D. Lamont and. W. Orr, merchants, Buenos Ayres—C. and S. Wornam, engineers, Bankside, Southwark—W, and W. Clarke, booksellers, Ma.ndies. ter—J. and J. Sutcliff e , grocers , Halifax—j. and J. Morley, hard waremen, Leadenhall-street—U. Aust and C. M. Flook, quarriers, St. George, Gloucestershire—E. C. Hohler and W. S. Fane, ship brokers, London-street, Fenchurch-stveet. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. BUCHANAN and YOUNG, merchants, Glasgow, and A. BUCHANAN and J. YOUNG, partners, June 29, and July 14, at two, at the Eagle Inn, Glasgow. JAMES and ANDREW GAIRDNER, merchants and commis sion-agents, Glasgow, and J GAIRDNER and A. GAIRDNER, partners, July 8, 22 ' at twelve, at the Black Bull Inn, Glas gow . JOHN BELL, slater, Perthßridgend, Perth, July 1, 15, at one, at the George Inn, Bridgcnd. BIRTHS. On the 26th ult., at Old Windsor, the Hon. Mrs. Every, of a son. On the 2:ith ult., in Golden-square, the wife of John Mapleton, Esq., of a daughter, who survived only d few hours. On the 25th ult., at ,'honks Lodge, Essex, the lady of Major Sperling, ]Pith Lancers, of a daughter, still-born. On the 29th ult., at Painswick-house, Gloucestershire, the lady of W. H. Hyett, .Esq., of a son. On the 25th ult., at Grove-end-road, Regent's-park, the lady of John Anderson, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 30th ult., Mr. Parry, jun., to Anne, eldest daughter of H. Combe, Esq., Caroline-street, Bedford-square. On the 29th ult., at Lee, Kent, Mr. Charles Gardener, of Dept ford, to Miss Suter, of Blackheath-road. On the 27th ult., at 13roruley, Kent, Rebecca, eldest daughter of the late Edward Latter, solicitor, to Henry Hardy, eldest son of John Tatam, Esq., of Moult on , Li nco l n . On the 26th ult., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Mr. Harry Charrington, of Horn sey , to S ara h E l i za, daughter of the late Thomas Bird, Esq., of Muswell-hill. On the 24th ult., at. St. George's Church, Hanover-square, the Hon. Richard Rowley, son of the late Lord Langford, to Charlotte, the daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Shipley. On the 30th ult., at All Souls, Langham-place, the Rev. John D'Arcy Preston, eldest son of Rear-Admiral Preston, of Askams Yorkshire, to Hannah Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Sir John St. Leger Gillman, Bart., of Curraheen, in the county of Cork. DIED. On the 25th ult., at Cheltenham, aged 56, Juliana Charlotte, relict of the late Rev. Nicholas Wade, Senior Chaplain at Bombay- On the 29th ult., at Dorset-terrace, Clapham-road, in her 634 year, Sarah, relict of the late John Clarkson, Esq., of Tottenham* Middlesex. On the 29th ult., Mr. James Jones, of Aldgate, in his 58th year. On the 27th ult., the infant son of C. W. Hick, of Clapham. three days after its birth. On the 7th ult., aged 53, Charles Beamish, Esq., late of tbr • Navy Pay-office, leaving a wife and nine children. On the 26th ult., Mr. John Thorpe, of Greatness, neer Sr gen Oaks, Kent. On the 14th ult., Captain W. L. P. Moriarty, 76th Region Lent, eldest son of the late Colonel Moriarty, R.M. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of NO. 112, Strand, at The Sue Office, No. 112, Strand, i n thq 'countv of Middlesex. 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