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that wealthy and populous parish, are faggot voters, created in defiance of the spirit of the Reform Bill, and, what is worse, in man;fest violation of every principle of fair and equitable representation. Our readers will be curious, perhaps, to learn the names of the seven faggot voters con stituting half the constituency of the county of Middlesex afforded by Bloomsbury parish ; and the diligence of our contemporary, above-named, enables us to gratify this very natural feeling. It will scarcely be expected that the whole seven should be of one name and family. Still less will it be expected that, supposing them to be of one family, this should be a family more distinguished than any other for its professions of regard to the purity and fairness of the representative system. And, least of all, will it be expected that the family which gives seven faggot voters to the Middlesex registration, filling half the register of the parish, should turn out to be that of Russell, one of these faggot voters being no other than Lord John himself, the ostensible author of the Reform Bill, and actually M.P. for the liberal and pure borough of Stroud. Yet such is the literal fact. The names, as they stand in the registra tion, with the qualification affixed to each of a rent-charge of forty shillings a year on a freehold house in Great Rus sell-street, Bloomsbury, are the following 1. Russell, Francis, Marquis of Tavistock. 2. Russell, Lord John. 3. Russell, Lord William. 4. Russell, Lord Charles James Fox. 5. Russell, Lord Edward. 6. Russell, Lord George William. 7. Russell, Lord Wriothesly. These facts show pretty clearly the use and necessity of Conservative Associations, and help us, at the same time, to a very intelligible explanation of the feelings of displea sure and alarm with which the formation of such societies is beheld by those honest and zealous Reformers who ap plauded the Reform Bill, because they justly regarded it as a contrivance intended to give to one party—the weakest and most contemptible party in the State—a monopoly of the representation.—Morning Post. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, MAY 16. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing the Right Ho nourable William Viscount Melbourne ; the Right Honourable Thomas. Spring Rice; Edward Adolphus Seymour, Esq. (com monly called Lord Seymour) ; William Henry Ord, Esq. ; Robert Steuart, Esq. ; and Richard More O'Ferrall, Esq., his Majesty's Commissioners for executing the offices of Treasurer of the Ex chequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. CROWN OFFICE, MAY 19. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. YORKSHIEA (WEST. )—The Hon. George William Frederick Howard, c'ommonly called Viscount. Morpeth. IlivrtNEssltinz.—Alexander William Chisholm, of Chisholm, Esq., commonly called The Chisholm, in the room of the Right Ron. Charles Grant, who has accepted the office of one of his Ma jesty's Principal Secretaries of State. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 19. MEMORANDUM. The half-pay of the under-mentioned Officer has been cancelled from the 19th instant, inclusive, he having accepted a commuted allowance for his commission : Lieut. H. S. Jones, half-pay 9.2 d Foot. The under-mentioned Officers have also been allowed to retire from the service, receiving commuted allowances for their commis sions from the 19th instant, inclusive . Capt. T. H. Walsh, Paymaster 6th Dragoon Guards; Paymaster M. H. Willoek, of the 22d Foot. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Denbigh. Royal Denbigh Rifle Regiment of Militia—J. J. Foulkes, Esq., to be Captain, Dec. 1. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of the County of York, and of the City and County of the City of York. Regiment of West York Militia.—R. Creyke, Esq., and H. A. Littledale, Esq., to be Captains. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Cornet E. H. Reynard to be Lieutenant ; J. G. Smyth, Gent. to be Cornet, April 18. Commission by theXord Lieutenant of the County of Southampton. Lymington Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry.—J. Robbins, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice J. Temple, resigned. May 8. BANKRUPTS. LIONEL PRAGER GOLDSMID, bill broker, Birchin-lane, to surrender May 25, at three, and June 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Paterson and Buckland, Old Broad-street. WILLIAM JOHNSON, pawnbroker, Gracechurch-street, June 4, at one, and June 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Willis and Co., Tokenhousr-yard. WILLIAM TAYLOR, cow-dealer, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, May 29, at twelve, and June 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Smith, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Londo.i. CHARLES BASS, innkeeper, Kingston-upon-Hull, May 21, at half-past eleven, and June 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Miller, Ely-place, Holborn. JOSEPH GLASS, licensed victualler, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, May 26, and June 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Scargill, Hatton-court, City. ANTHONY BA Z nil, wax-doll manufacturer, High Holborn, May 29, at two, and June 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Smith, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. H ENRY MAWlIOOD, dealer at twelve, and June 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Martindale, Cecil-street, Strand. THOMAS LALTREf , TCE, fellmonger, Farnham, Surrey, May 20, and June 30, at eleven, at the Bush Inn, Farnham. Prickett, Odiham, 1-lants ; Bridger, Finsbury-circus. London. WILLIAM THOMPSON, cattle-jabber, Brassington, Derby, June 1 and 30, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, Wirksworth, Der byshire. Hubbersty, Wirksworth ; Adlington and Co., Bedford row, London. JOHN HALL, Edgworth, Lancashire, and JASPER WA GER, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, calico-printers, June 2 and 30, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Kay and Co., Manchester. SIMON COLE HANCOCK, cheese-factor, Newbury, Bcrks, May 20, and June 30, at twelve, at the George Inn, Reading. Pinniger, Newbury ; Parker, St. Paul's Church-yard. CHARLES MURGATRORD, stuff-merchant, Shelf, York shire, June 10 and 30, at twelve, at the Magistrates Office, Hali fax. Bower, Chancery-lane ; Mitchell, Halifax. MATTHEW KIRKLAND and GEORGE ROBINSON, muslin-manufacturers, Manchester, June 4 and 30, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Hitchcock, Manchester ; Johnson and Weatherall, Temple. WILLIAM lIAYNES, miller, Coln St. Aldwns, Gloucester shire, June 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Fleeze Inn, Cirencester. Trinder, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Mullings, Cirencester. WILLIAM BROWN, victualler, Gloucester, June 1, at ten, and June 30, at five, at the Horse and Groom Inn, Gloucester. Hulls, Gloucester ; Galsworthy and Nichols, Cook's-court, Lin coln's Inn. DIVIDENDS. J. Grant, merchant, Coleman-street, .Tune 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Moberly, banker, Bread-street, Cheap side, June 11, at half-post'one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—H. C. Curlewes, tailor, Hanover-street, Hanover-square, June 9, at ele ven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—D. W. Stephens, wine merchant, Emsworth, Hampshire, June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy—N. Coppling and T. Wood, woollen agents, June 10, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy—G. 'fuck, grocer, Cleveland striet, Fitzroy-square, June 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy—M. A. Phillips, schoolmistress, Dorset-square, Maryle bone, June 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Priestley, sen., and J. Priestley, jun., hop-merchants, Counter-street, South wark, June 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. E. C. Bent ley, curiosity merchant, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, June 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Owen, tailor, Dover street, Piccadilly, June 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy J. Jameson, wine merchant, Muscovy-court, Tower-hill, June 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy- - -J. Crossthwaite, wine mer chant, Fenehurch-street, June 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy--R. Stirling, brewer, High-street, Poplar, June 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—S. Bond, wine merchant, Westmore land-street, Marylebone, June 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy—H. Harben, cheesemonger, High-street, Bloomsbury, June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Bunn, coal dealer, Cellburns, Hertfordshire, June 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy —J. White, knife manufacturer, Sheffield, June 17, at eleven, at the offices of Mr. Broomhead, Sheffield—J. W. Hodgson, common brewer, Wigton, Cumberland, June 12, at eleven, at the King's Arms Inn, Wigton, Yorkshire—G. Mickle, merchant, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, June 11, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, New castle-upon-Tyne—E. Brown, cotton spinner, Heaton Norris, Lan cashire, June 24, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester —.-J. Blew, druggist, Worcester, June 18, at twelve, at the Guild hall Coffee-house, Worcester—J. ,Hodgson, timber merchant, Liver pool, June 9, at two—R. A. West, draper, Leeds, June 17, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES—JUNE 9. S. Mills, sen., B. Jowett, and S. Mills, jun., printers, Bolt court, Fleet-street—E. Johnson, milliner, Dover-street, Piccadilly —J. Farmer, sugar-refiner, Oshorn-street, Whitechapel—R. Ni bookseller, Wakefield, Yorkshire—J. W Greenshields, tailor, New Bond-street—J. Glossop, printer, Victoria Theatre, Waterloo road—J. Laing, ship-builder, Stockton-upon-Tees—J. Middleton, cotton manufacturer, Stockport, Cheshire—R. C. Hughes, hotel koeper, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire—W. Greenwood, coal dealer, Sutton-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire—H. Rix, cork mer chant, Harp-lane, Tower-street—T. P. Dunn, wool merchant, Cain's-cross, Gloucestershire—J. Fox, wine merchant, Liverpool. 'PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. G. Stanaway and N. Symons, coach-makers, Falmouth—.G. Scorah and I. Liversidge, engravers, Swinton, Yorkshire—T. B. Harness and W. P. Michell, surgeons, Tavistock, Devonshire—W. and J. Mortlock, china dealers, Regent-street—G. Jones and J. Barker, Cosely ironworks, Staffordshire—T. and T. Yare, iron merchants, Appleby, Westmoreland—T. Youil and J. Mountain, brewers, Sulcoates, Yorkshire—C. Scholtz and Co., merchants, Malaga, Spain—H. and B. Butterworth, grocers, Sutton-in-Ash field, Nottinghamshire—J. Lillie and A. Woodward, mill-wrights, Manchester—T. Morgan and R. B. Owen, drapers, Tenby, Pem brokeshire—J. J. Bridson and N. Ramsden, waste dealers, Bolton le-Moors, Lancashire—J. Coffin and J. Llewellin, tanners, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire—W. A. Metcalf, and J. W. Bell, linen drapers, Oldham, Lancashire—T. M'Mahon and W. Hoyle, hosiers, Wood-street, Cheapside—W. Feilden and Co., cotton spinners, Blackburn, Lancashire (as far as regards W. Throp)—A. Wardrop and J. Line, merchants, Glasgow—W. S. Bastard and Co., whole sale linen-drapers, Exeter. _ __ SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES ANTON, sohmtor, Portsoy, May 29 and June 12, at twelve, at the Star Inn, Portsoy. JOHN PARIS, merchant, Arbroath, May 22 and June 5, at twelve, at Seaton's Hotel, Arbroath. There have lately been discovered in the Palaces at Potsdam and Berlin 120 musical compositions of Frederick 11. —Prussian State Gazette, May 14. A man was killed last week by the Tread-mill at the New Bailey, Manchester. He was at work on the sand-mill, which requires sixteen to turn the wheel, and after an interval of rest the order was given to go on, when every man is required to take his proper station, and set to work again. The deceased paid no attention to the signal, and when the wheel was set in motion, he was caught between the shaft and the wall. When he was released it was found that he had received a fatal injury in the abdomen, but without any es*.rnal marks of violence, -_, u~:,.~}iii SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFI CE, Seven o'clock. THE PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COIIIIIONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at three o'clock, being half an hour earlier than the usual time. SCOTCH CHURCH. Mr. GILL ON presented several petitions from ♦arious places in the neighbourhood of Glasgow against the contem plated grant to the Scotch Church. The SPEAKER suggested whether it would not be con venient to the House to receive all the petitions that were waiting to be presented on this question at once.—(Hear.) Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from Kilmarnock to the same effect. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a great num ber of petitions from various places in Scotland, some for and some against any grant of money, in support of the Established Church of Scotland. The Lord Advocate, Mr. A. Johnstone, Sir William Rae, and other Hon. Members, presented a great many petitions to the same effect, from Scotland. Sir W. RAE, on presenting a petition with the same prayer, gave notice that, on the 11th June, he would move for a Com mittee to which these petitions should be referred, and to in quire whether it was expedient to accede to the proposition suggested in some of them, that a grant should be given to the Established Church of Scotland. Dr. BO WRING believed that the great majority of the people of Scotland were against the grant. He had no hesi tation in saying that his own constituents were. Mr. R. STEU ART was as anxious as any man to keep up the connexion between Church and State, but he thought it was going too far to call upon the people of England and Ireland to keep up a Church which was perfectly competent to sustain itself. Mr. C. BRUCE supported the grant. As far as the northern part of Scotland was concerned the majority was in favour of the Established Church. The whole amount which the Church of Scotland required for the religious education of the people, would not amount to more than half a farthing a head on the whole population. If the principle of the Esta blished Church was bad, why, it should be done away with, but if it was good, the House would stultify its own opinions if it refused to carry it into effect. Mr. P. M. STEWART was a supporter of the provision in favour of a grant for the purpose of obtaining additional church accommodation for the people of Scotland. He wished to call the attention of the House to a circunistance which had been stated as a fact, and which had been alluded to by an Hon. Member. It was stated that three millions of money would be required for building churches in Scotland ; and four millions more for endowing them. Now, the truth was, that all that was required was something under 10,0001.- -( Hear.) It was by such misrepresentations as these that petitions were obtained against this grant ; the people of Scotland were told that they were to be taxed to the amount of nearly eight millions for a Tory job. Now this was no Tory job; it was no party question, but one in which the enlightened portion of the people of Scotland felt a deep in terest.—(Cheers. ) Mr. S. MACKENZIE was sure that when the wants of the people were fully understood no Hon. Member would be grudge them what they required. Mr. WILKES was sure that after the observations that had been made, and the sort of challenge that had been thrown down, he had something like a right to reply. He (Mr. Wilkes) had received hundreds of applications, both from indi viduals, towns, and congregations, urging him to resist any attempt that might be made to obtain from the Legislature and the people of England and Ireland, a contribution which they themselves pronounce to be needless, and the effect of which would be to add to those burdens which are at present very difficult to be borne.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He begged to apprize the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, that in the event of the proposition for a Committee upon the subject, he (Mr. Wilkes) should feel it his duty to give it all the resistance in his power on the part of the Dissenters of England, Scotland, and Ireland. An Hon. Member hid proposed that 10,0001. should be granted, and another that one-half of a farthing from every individual would be sufficient, but he would give his decided opposition to any grant. Sir GEORGE CLERK having been entrusted with a large number of petitions upon this subject, was anxious to remove the misrepresentations that had gone abroad with re spect to the magnitude of the demand which was made, and which seemed to have alarmed the mind of the Hon. Member for Boston. The object of the Committee which the Hon. Member would resist was to enquire whether su•.licient church accommodation existed in Scotland; and if not, whether the Church of Scotland possessed any funds out of which this additional accommodation could be granted.—( Hear. ) There was nothing novel in such a grant. On one occa sion a sum of one million had been voted for building ad ditional churches in England. In the year 1825, 500,0001. had been voted for the same purpose. It had be,n alleged that this was a Tory manoeuvre to pain popu larity ; but the Ilouse should recollect, that in July last the then Chancellor recommended to his Noble Friend at the bead of the Government the necessity of giving some grant to the Church of Scotland. Mr. HUTT felt himself obliged to protest against the course then taken by the House. He had come down that day at considerable inconvenience, in order to put his name on the list, for presenting some petitions which were of very great importance to his constituents, as much as those of ail other Hon. Member. The SPEAKER said he apprehended that the Hon. Gen tleman had rather mistaken the matter. The course then taken by the House was that which would have the effect of having only one discussion upon one hundred petitions, in place of one upon each of them. Mr. SINCLAIR said he had some observations to offer upon the subject, but he would reserve them for another op portunity. Mr. R. FERGUSSON presented a petition from eighty landed proprietors in Scotland, praying for an equitable ad. justment of the laws relating to landlords and tenants. THE DORCHESTER LABOURERS. Lord ERNEST BRUCE presented a petition from 3,600 persons in York, praying for the remission of the sentence upon the Dorchester labourers. Mr. LOWTHER supported the petition and hoped that a respectful representation would he made to his :VI ,jesty in favour of those unfortunate men, who appeared to have been the victims of others.—(Hear.) Mr. COBBETT said that it was quite evident the poor men had offended ignorantly. He did not know himself that there Was such a law in existence as that upon which they were convicted. Their real offence was that they had endeavoured to prevent their wages from being reduced, and it was well known that such combi nations existed amongst tradesmen and shopkeepers, and were carried on with impunity. He did think those poor men had been very cruelly treated. TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. Dr. BO WRlNGpresented a petition from a place in Scot land for the repeal of all taxes upon knowledge ; the Hon. Member also presented a petition from Preston, signed by up wards of 4,500 persons, cdmplaining of the events that had taken place at the last election, the scenes of outrage and violence, and the bribery that had been practised, and imploring the House to interfere to prevent the recurrence of such cir cumstances again. The present petition showed the necessity of the Ballot, and as its allegations were of so much import ance, he ( Dr. B.) felt it his duty to call the attention of the House to them. The town, at the election, was in possession of men who wore blue and yellow caps. Representa tions were made to the Mayor and Magistrates that per sons so decorated were likely to lead to scenes of vio lence. The Magistrates refused to listen to any suggestions, and the consequence was that great excesses took place. Many houses were attacked, windows broken, and furniture destroyed. An indictment was preferred against seve ral individuals at " the last assizes, when thirteen persons were punished by imprisonments of different degrees. With respect to some of these individuals the Judges stated that it was well for them that they had not been accused of the capital offence, and that they owed that solely to the kindness of their prosecutors. The petitioners also stated that the per sons who were so decorated committed many other acts of violence. He (Dr. B.) was sure if Hon. Members were aware of the misery attendant on the present system of elec tion, they would be the first to do all in their power to improve it. Corruption to a great extent had been practised in the borough from which the petition came, and as an instance of that, he would state that an individual had informed him that he had received a card as a price for his vote, but that such were his compunctions of conscience, that he dare not present it for payment. The petition, on the motion of the Hon. Member, was referred to the Election Committee. MR. CHILDS OF BUNGAY. Mr. HUME - rOse to present a petition from Mr. John Childs, who complained of being imprisoned for non-payment of church-rates. The SPEAKER submitted whether the presentation of this petition at the present period would not lead to a protracted discussion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped the Hon. Gentleman would defer the presentation of this petition till the return of his Noble Friend ( Lord Russell), who, he expected, would be in his place to-morrow. Mr. HUNIE was willing to do any thing in his power to promote the convenience of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He came down to the House at twelve o'clock to-day, and in obedience to the rules of the House, put his name on the book, for the purpose of presenting this petition, and here am I now, said the Hon. Gentleman, just as I came.—( Loud laughter.) He would, however, attend to-morrow, and take his chance. The SPEAKER made some observations, the purport of which we could not hear. IRISH POOR LAWS. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that on some day in June next he would bring under the consideration of the House a Bill he had prepared for providing a poor rate for destitute families in Ireland. The HON. MESMER gave notice of another motion lie in tended to bring forward, the substance of which was not heard in the gallery. TAXES. stances. He gave notice that on Friday, the sth of June he would bring forward his motion, and he begged Hon. Members to understand that he would take the sense of the House on the measure he proposed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER requested the Hon. Member to reserve his determining on any particular day for submitting his motion, until his Noble Friend (Lord John Russell) would be in his place, which, as he said before, he expected to-morrow. Ei Mr. ROBINSON acceded to this request. .., 1 145 LORD'S DAY OBSERVANCE BILL. Mr. POTTER presented a petition from the market gar deners of Tottenham, against the Sabbath Observance Bill. Mr. ROBINSON presented a petition from the clergy and inhabitants of Worcester, in favour of the Bill. Mr. T. DUNC 0 MBE had a petition to present from Fins bury, praying that certain clauses might be introduced into the Bill, and that they might be heard by counsel at the bar of the House in favour of those clauses. The petitioners went on to state, that having reason to believe that many of the supporters of the Bill were the very worst observers of the Sabbath-day—(Great laughter)—and that in the parishes of St. George, Hanover-square, and St. James, Westminster, card-playing and games of chance—( Renewed laughter)— were carried on in the houses of individuals of rank and fashion, whereby not only the Lord's Day was profaned, but the servants had a bad example set before them, and were induced to pursue similar practices—that they dis approved of games i of chance for money on the Sabbath-day-- ( Continued laughter)—and those who would prohibit chuck farthing, the petitioners could not help thinking, with the poor men whose only day of cessation from labour was the Sab bath, such men should not be permitted to profane the Lord's day with impunity.—( Hear, and laughter.) They therefore prayed there might be introduced into the Bill a strict enact ment against the playing of cards and games of chance in private Houses on the Sabbath-day—(Great laughter)—and they fur ther prayed that if the House doubted these statements, they might be allowed to prove them at the Bar of the House. Sir A. AGNEW—If the Hon. Member would move for the introduction of the clauses referred to in the petition, he would have great pleasure in seconding the motion.—(Great laughter.) - The petition was then laid on the table. Mr. F. SHAW presented petitions from Skibbereen and other places in Ireland, in support of the Sabbath Day Bill , . . Several petitions were presented for and against the Bill. On the motion that the Speaker do leave the Chair, Mr. B. HAWES would preface the few observations he had to make by expressing his regret that any petitions should have been presented to throw over this subject the ap pearance of ridicule. He was willing to admit that that there should be a day set apart for rest, and that encou ragement ought to be held out for the due observance of the Sabbath ; but the Hon. Member for Shaftesbury had objected to the original Bill of the Hon. Baronet, the Member for Wigton shire ( Sir A. Agnew), because he thought its effect would be to hand over soeiety at large to the tender mercies of infor mers. He feared very much that such would be the character of the present bill, and he regretted that the Hon. Member had ob jected to its being referred to a committee upstairs, as he thought that public discussions, upon subjects like the present, .by no means tended to advance the interests of religion. He thought that a Committee was the proper place for discussing this sub ject, as there were already sixteen or seventeen Acts for the Bet ter Observance of the Sabbath, all of which had become obsolete. He was aware that there was such a feeling abroad upon the subject in the country, that he knew the time had come when s ;me:measure must be passed upon it, and therefore it was that he was anxious to know what was actually necessary to be done, which could only be known from the enquiries of a se lect committee. The Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Pout ter) said, that he only wished to put an end to Sunday trading, but if such was his intention, the words he u-ed in his Bill went much further, and would put an end to all travelling on Sunday. If the Honourable Gentleman was not afraid of an inquiry, if he (Mr. Hawes) had not read the words aright in the Bill, and if it was not intended to give other persons the opportunity of reading it in the same spirit, he would at once agree to its being referred to a select Committee. If the Hon. Gentleman would take that step, he, (Mr. H.) would pro mise him all the assistance that lay in his power, but if not he would feel it his duty to give it all the opposition consistent with the rules of the House. He had the authority of the Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir A. Agnew), and of another great authority, Dr. Pye Smith, for saying that the lower orders were now in the habit of keeping th Sabbath much more religiously than in former years ; then if such were the case, he would say, allow that feeling to go on, and he believed it would have a much better effect than the introduction of any new law on the subject.---( Hear, hear. ) It was upon these grounds that he felt himself called upon to move that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee. Mr. POTTER said that it was with pleasure that he se conded the motion of his Hon. Friend. He had always b'cn opposed to any legislation upon the Better Observ ance of the Sabbath, and he did not see any reason now to alter that opinion. The present Bill he objected to, because it would affect only the lower classes. Let the Hon. Baronet opposite ( Sir A. Agnew) attempt, if he must legislate upon the subject at all, to stop the mails.—(" Hear," f.om Sir A. Agnew.) He ought even to go further, and shut up Hyde-park, and the other resorts of the higher classes, aid then he (Mr. P.) would think he was in earnest. Mr. PO U TER called upon the House to assist him in car rying this Bill, which was so far from being objectionable, that if it was passed it would be called the " Poor Man's Biil." Ii the ordinary traffic of the Sunday was suspended, it would be a great blessing to the working classes. Mr. HUN! E said that the interest of many classes would be endangered by this Bill if it were passed in its present state, especially the market gardeners. He thought that the merits of the Bill aught to be discussed in a Committee up stairs, in order that the views of all parties might be known. Sir A. AGNEW thought the Bill had much better be discussed in the House than in a Committee up stairs. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was op posed to referring the Bill to a Select Committee up stairs. The House was then in as good a condition to discuss the clauses of the Bill as it would be after the proposed reference. Delay would be the only result of such a proceeding, and as the House had affirmed the principle of the Bill, it was unne c scary to refer it. Mr. WA RBLT RTON considered that the tendency of this Bill would he to bring legislation into disrespect, and consequeatly the observance of the Sabbath itself.--( Hear, hear, hear.) He differed from the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, in his argument supporting the motion. He was convinced that the Bill would become a dead letter, and he would ask the Honourable Gentleman if the ge neral terms in which his Bill was couche•l would not interfere with the comfort• cf the people, and totally prevent them from enjoying any relaxation on the onl . y day permitted to them felt it. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that no man in the House felt more of the importance of observing the Sabbath than he did, for he was convinced that no one had a right to shock the public feeling by violating it—( Hear, hear) — hut he would say he entertained very serious doubts whether it could be prevented by acceeding to this measure, and whether it would not be better to trust to the in fluence of measures, and thus check by the force of public opinion any violation of the Sabbath that course would be better than to have its observance de pendant upon a new law that will be difficult of exe cution, the tendency of which would only be to bring the law into disrepute, and the sacred object for which that law would be enacted. From his own judgment, he thought it would be better to trust to the influence of public opinion, than to legislate at all upon the subject, for his own short experience convinced him that the Sabbath was now better observed than . formerly. If that effect has taken place, while the laws referring to the Sabbath were per mittted to remain in the statute-book as a dead letter, it was easy to show that that result was owing to the influence of manners. The enactment, though in force, were not observed and by introducing new measures on the subject, the tendency would be to bring legislation into disre pute, he was satisfied that one of two alternatives must be adopted, either leave the law as it is, or sim plify and consolidate that which he proposed, so that everyone may understand it.—Cries of " Hear, hear, hear." This Bill assumed that the act of Charles 11. was in operation and the title of his bill was to render ,that act more effeetive. Now the enectments of the bill were totally at variance with its title. (Loud cries of Hear, hear.) It seiected one single offence from the Act of Charles the Second's Act, and rendered it more penal.—(Hear, hear.) He was at a loss to know how any man could understand what this Bill really was. They had better have the law as it was, or else consolidate the whole of the laws into one Act. He was at first inclined to support the motion for a Committee, but he thought it better to meet the question fairly, and defeat it upon principle. He had, however, no objection to allow the Bill to go into Committee, and make it as per fect as possible, and then he would feel himself at liberty to vote for it or oppose, as he should think fit. Mr. POULTER rose to explain, and was left speaking. USPECTED INCENDIARY FIRE AT BROMPTON. —About one o'clock yesterday morning the neighbourhood of Brompton and Little Chelsea was much alarmed by a fire, which was discovered to have broken out in the back premises of the Admiral Keppel Inn, on the high road to Fulham. The alarm was given by . a female, wh o , as s h e was pass i ng b y , dis covered the flames issuing from the extensive inclosed skittle. grounds at the rear of the premises, which, being pitched over, burnt with great fury. The Kensington parish engine was speedily brought to the spot, and, although very scantily sup plied with water, the destructive element was subdued about three o'clock, without extending to the front premises, which are uninjured. The greatest praise is due to th e T an d V division of police for their great exertions in extinguishing the fire, to which the preservation of the premises of Mr. Collins, adjoining, is mainly to be attributed. The back p rem i ses acre only finished about Easter, and it is strongly suspected they were maliciously set on fire, as previous to going to bed the waiter had inspected them, when every thin g was sa f e . Mr. Watts, the proprietor, who is in the country, is, we understand, insured. TRIESTE, MAY 4.—We have agreeable news from Athens. The city is daily improving in beauty ; houses spring up like mushrooms, and at this moment have risen to twice their value. What may be expected when the iron r ail ro ad between Corinth and Athens shall be completed? A French man has undertaken to connect Corinth and the Piraeus by an iron railroad. He has not only obtained the permission of the Government, but the ground has been given him gratis. The money for the execution of the plan is secured by a subscrip tion in Paris. The expense is estimated at between two and three millions of francs. Compared with the usual expense of an iron railroad among us, this is a small sum, and only to be accounted for by the circumstance that the rails are made in England, and that wages are low in Greece, Mr. ROBINSON begged to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it would be suitable to his convenience, on an early day, for him (Mr. Robinson) to bring forward his motion for the appointment of a Committee to in quire into the propriety of commuting and revising the the public taxes. He had intended to bring forward his no tion on the sth of May, but was prevented, as happened to him, during the last session, by fortuitous circum- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1835. THE SILENT CANDIDATE. A SCENE FROM SHERIDAN'S CRITIC. DARTMOUTH HOTEL-WEST BROMWICH. Enter Sir HoLroArs GOODRICKE ; goes slowly to the window of the Dartmouth Hotel, and looks. Supporter—Hush! vastly well, Sir vastly well—a most interesting gravity. Elector—What, isn't he to speak at all? Sup.—Egad, I thought you'd ask me that. Yes, it is a very likely thing that a Tory in his situation, with the whole affairs of the nation on his head, should have time to talk. Hush ! or you'll put him out ! Elect.—Put him out ! How the plague can that be, if he's not going to say any thing ! Sup. There's a reason ! Why, his part is to think, and how the plague do you imagine he can think if you keep talking ? Elect.—That's very true, upon my word ! Sir Holyoake comes forward, shakes his head and exit. Elect.—He's' very perfect, indeed. Now, pray,; what did he mean by that ? Sup.—You don't take it ? Elect.—No, I don't, 'pon my soul. Sup.—Why, by that shake of the head he gave you to undertand, that, even though they had more justice in their cause, and wisdom in their measures—yet, if there was not a greater spirit shown on the part of the people, the country would fall a sacrifice to the Weigs and to the hostile ambition of the O'Connell monarchy, and that, above all, he would be last on the poll. Elect.—The devil ! Did he mean all that by shaking his head? Sup.—Every word of it—if he shook his head as I directed him. Elect. —Ah ! certainly there is a vast deal to be done on the hustings by dumb-show. Nathless, I'll vote for Anson ! Anson, for ever I IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. traffic ;" and he wished to guard himself from the inference to be drawn from such a statement, that the present Governments of Spain and Portugal had not manifested a disposition to act on different principles from those adopted by their predecessors in reference to this subject. The fact was that they had, and that treaties were now in the act of negotiation with both Powers which, he hoped, would terminate to the satisfaction of all parties. He disapproved of the proposition for break ing up the vessels, but he had no objection whatever that it should become the law of nations that all persons, taken in the act of carrying on this trade, should be deemed guilty of piracy. Mr. O'CONNE LL said that it was all very well for Hon. Gentlemen filling official situations to speak with mildness of the conduct of Spain and Portugal, but for his part, uncon nected as he was with office, he thought no language that could be used, in reference to the course pursued by those Powers with respect to this trade too strong. He hoped that the treaties now pending would be carried into effect ; but, at all events, he trusted that the example which this country set would have the effect of ultimately putting an end to this hor rible traffic. Mr. ROBINSON said that it was not enough to tell them that Spain and Portugal had evinced a disposition to put an end to this trade. Both those Powers, but more particularly Portugal, were bound to do so; and he, therefore, hoped the Governments of those countries would be speedily induced to look into a subject which it was a disgrace to any civilized nation to tolerate. Mr. F. BUXTON wished to explain to his Hon. Friend the Member for Middlesex, and the House, why it was he wished to have all slave vessels captured destroyed. The fact was, that, being fitted up in a peculiar manner, they were unfit for any other employment, and, therefore, if they were not broken up, the chances were that they would be again ap plied to their original purpose. Mr. PR YME could not see any advantage that would be gained by breaking up those lessels, since they must become useless if the trade were abolished. The motion was then agreed to. Mr. HUME suggested that it would in a great degree save the time of the House if long resolutions like those just read were not read a second time, unless at the request of some Member. Mr. F. BUXTON postponed, until the 14th of July next, his motion respecting the treatment of aborigines in British settlements, as some papers of importance as regarded the sub ject were in the course of being printed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MAY 19. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. WYSE rose to bring forward the Bill of which he had given notice, for extending the benefits of education to the people of Ireland. He thought the subject one of very great importance, more particularly under the circumstances in which the House was at present placed. There was nothing new in the views with which he brought forward this question, as he had introduced a Bill on the same subject when he first had the honour of a seat in that House.—( Hear, hear. ) Many of the difficulties had been swept away, yet many re mained. Committees were at that moment sitting upon the edu cation of the people of England and Scotland. Ireland had had Committee after Committee, and they had now come to the con clusion that the subject was ripe for being acted upon, not talked of—that the time had now come to bring forward a system of education agreeably to the wants of the age. The Protestant Church was turned into a system of pro selytism, and it was made criminal for the Catholics to educate either at home or abroad. A variety of in stitutions had established schools in Ireland, but with the exception of one, they all made a direct attack, and declared open war against the Roman Catholics.—( Hear. ) In the Bill he would submit to their consideration he pro posed to establish a National Board of Education in Dublin, at the head of which he would place the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He would also appoint a Council to assist the Viceroy, the members of which ought to be appointed with impartiality, if it were possible impartiality could be ob • tained in that country. It was prophesied when the new Board of Education was established that it would be impossible to get persons of different persuasions to act together. The fact that the Catholic and Protestant Archbishops of Dublin have presided for the last two years without coming into collision proved how unfounded was that assertion. He proposed to ap point the Catholic and Protestant Archbishops at the head of the Board he contemplated. He would also take a Presbyterian cler gyman, so that the religion of the three great bodies of the Irish would be thus represented. He would also appoint a gentleman from each province in Ireland, so that the people would be inspired with confidence in the system. This might be said to be a matter of difficulty, but he would appeal again to facts and experience. In the present mode of education, there is a Noble Lord from Leinster, and a gentleman from Connaught, and all that would be required for his (Mr. W's) system, was the appointment of representatives for Ulster and Munster.—( Hear.) He would leave the appointment of officers of the Council in the power of the Lord Lieutenant. This Council, with a Minister of Public Instruction, should have the power of building schools, houses for the school-masters, model schools, and to defray the expenses of giving lectures on sci ence. This system prevailed in Prussia and Bavaria, and in a, great portion of the United States of North America. He would also give the counsel the power of appointing teachers, and in order that they might have fit teachers, he would have a teacher's school established under a proper system —the teachers also to be subject to strict examination. The Hon. Member proceeded to point out the advantages which would result from a diffusion of education among the great mass of the people of Ireland. It would tend to further the moral improvement of the rising gene ration, and arrest the progress of crime and insubordination. There was one sort of education totally left out and neglected by the Legislature, which he would call a subsidiary edu cation, which ought to be allowed to this extent, namely, to the following up early education by the establishment of schools for adults. All the continental countries of Eur6pe, from France in the south, to Denmark in the north, had systems of education analogous to the one lie now proposed. The system of education now adopted in this country, from the highest to the lowest, was as had as it possibly could be. Religion should enter into the system he proposed, for reli gion ought to be the basis of every institution, otherwise the knowledge of evil would be acquired as well as that of good. If Ireland was to be regenerated it was to be done by culti vating the minds of her inhabitants. It was now high time that that country should not be governed provisionally in all things. —( Hear, hear.) Though the people of Ireland were re formed they were not educated, and a better education should be given to them—not in words, but in things. Harmony ought to be introduced into the Government of Ireland, and she should be legislated for as if she really formed a part of this country. They ought to strike boldly for posterity, and the best way to regenerate Ireland was to educate the rising generation. The people of that country would have educa tion in despite of all efforts to prevent them, and it was for the Legislature to consider how far that education ought to ex tend, and what was to be the nature of it. The Hon. Mem ber concluded by moving for leave to bring in a " Bill for the amelioration, general diffusion, and permanent support of the education of the people in Ireland." Mr. SH A W—That was because it had become necessary to purchase buildings. and incur other expenses ; but this could not be construed into anything like approbation. Mr. SHE I L could not help saying that the Irish friends of the late Government in that House had observed an accom modating silence—an official taciturnity—on this subject while they remained in power, but this was not the case on the other side of the water, for there both Sir R. Peel and Sir H. H. Hardinge were denounced for the course they had taken in this respect. After a few word from Messrs. F. O'Connor, Sir R. Bate son, and Mr. Lynch, leave to bring in the Bill was given. THE SLAVE TRADE. Mr. F. BUXTON, with the permission of the House, would postpone the motion of which he had given notice re specting the treatment of the Aborigines in the British set tlements, and proceed with that on the subject of the slave trade. The resolution which he formerly proposed was ob jected to on account of its length ; but he thought that his present motion would attain the assent of every Hon. Gentle man present, ivasmuch as it was not only short, but contained all that could be desired. The Hon. Gentleman recapitulated some of the statements which he entered into on the previous evening, in order to show that the slave trade was as active now as ever it had been, and he then adverted to the treaties, for putting an end to this inhuman traffic, which existed on the subject with foreign nations. Spain and Portugal, in par ticular, had weighty pecuniary considerations for adhering to the solemn engagements which they had entered into ; but, instead of keeping faith, as they were bound to have done, those Powers, he was sorry to say, had grossly violated their treaties, by allowing the slave trade to be carried on under their respective flags. No one could conceive the horrors of this dreadful traffic, and, if it were necessary, he could go in to details of the most striking and painful nature. The Hon. Gentleman then moved— " That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, to inform his Majesty that this House has learned with deep regret, from the documen tswhich have been laid before it, that the traffic in slaves still continues to be carried on, under the protection of the flags of foreign nations, particularly under those of Spain and Portugal, to an extent almost as great as at any former period of its existence, and attended with circumstances of additional cruelty and horror. " That this House particularly calls the attention of his Majesty to the conduct hitherto pursued by the Governments of Spain and Portugal, who are bound not only by the most solemn treaties, but by the payment of large sums of money, and the remission of debts due to this country, totally to abolish this nefarious traffic. " That this House, with a view to put an end to this iniquitous and detestable trade, humbly beseeches his Majesty to enter into negotiations with his allies, for the purpose of revising all the trea ties having for their object the suppression of this traffic, in order to reduce the terms and stipulations contained therein into one solemn league hetween all the high contracting parties, and to in troduce it into such general treaty. " First, An extension of the limit to the right of search to the whole of the western and eastern coasts of Africa and the Island o f Madagascar, and to such distance from these coasts as shall en sure the capture of all slaves ; and an agreement, that this right of search shall be reciprocal between all the high contracting parties. " Secondly, That the right of seizure shall be extended to ves sels equipped for the purposes of trading in slaves, although not ac tually having slaves on board. " Thirdly, An agreement that all such vessels as may be con demned by the mixed Commission Courts shall forthwith be broken up, or otherwise effectually destroyed; and— Fourthly, A stipulation that the trade in s l aves s h a ll b e de clared piracy. ' • Mr. HUME seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the resolution had the entire sanction of his Majesty's present Government, but as some misapprehension seemed to prevail on the subject, he wished to assure the House that no effort or pains had been spared, either by the present Government or an y former Administration, to put an end to this trade, and thereby carry into full effect the intentions of Parliament. The second paragraph of the resolution alluded to the " con duct hitherto pursued by the Governments of Spain and Por tugal, who are bound, not only by the most solemn treaties, but by the payment of large sums of money and the remission of debts due to this country, totally to abolish this nefarious SPIRIT LICENSES. Mr. DIVETT rose to move for a Committee of the whole House, to take into consideration the Act of the last session for increasing the duties on spirit licenses ; but, before doing so, he presented several petitions from licensed victuallers in various places, praying that the additional duties should be taken off. Lord A lthorp, in bringing forward the measure for increasing the duties, induced the House to believe that the tax could be raised to the extent of 160,0001. without incon venience, and that, besides this, it would have a tendency to check immorality. He (Mr. Divett) felt convinced that his Lordship was mistaken in his view, for the tax, so far from in creasing, would rather have the effect of diminishing the re venue, whilst at the same time it held out a temptation to smuggling, and consequently to immorality. There were many houses where beer and cider were at present sold without being liable to any duty, and in such houses a consumption of spirits would take place without the payment of any duty, or at all events with only the payment of the licence for selling beer. It was wrong to encourage such houses as those, where there was no responsibility for the good conduct of the pro prietors. He concluded by moving that the House should go into a Committee, to consider the operation of the Acts 4 and 5 William IV., cap. 75, and the 6 George IV., cap. 81. Lord SAND ON was not so much opposed to the increased duties in the spirit licenses as to the unequal manner in which the Act operated, and suggested that the duties should be le vied in proportion to the consumption. It had been objected that such a levy would be impossible, but he had inquired of persons in the trade, and it appeared that, from the frequency of taking stock, there would be found no difficulty. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was of opinion that the sum of 150,000/. derived from the tax could not, in the present state of the finances, be dispensed with ; but there were many subjects in the statements made by his Hon. Friend beside him and the Noble Lord opposite which were entitled to consideration. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) could assure the Hon. Member that he had every desire to consider this question, as well as all others of a like nature, with a view to affording all the relief in his power ; but it was his duty to consider all claims against the pressure of taxation at one view, and with reference to their relative importance. Nothing could be so ill-advised, in his opinion, as to make an incomplete statement of financial views, and to give rise to expectations which afterwards could not fairly be realised. He, therefore, would beg the Hon. Gentleman to leave the subject for the present in his (the Chancellar of the Exchequer's) hands, until he should be prepared to come for ward with his financial statements for the ensuing year. The proposal of the Noble Lord opposite to regulate the amount of duty by the quantity of spirits consumed, would be attended by many difficulties, and a more rigorous observance of excise regulations, which would in the end give rise to other com plaints, perhaps, of a more serious kind. With respect, however, to any hope which he bad to hold out of relief from taxation, he would candidly say that, looking at the present state of the revenue, he could only devote himself to the en deavour of attaining a more equal distribution of the amount of taxation. With a surplus of 200,0001., he certainly could not afford to give up the amount of 150,000/. complained of in the present case. This tax was a necessary consequence of the repeal of the house tax, which could not have been granted without some sliglt equivalent of the kind. Lord Althorp's estimation of the result of this tax had proved to have been a very correct one. The Noble Lord estimated a receipt of 167,0001. from this item, and the actual receipts had been 163,000/. 2 only 4,000/. below the estimate. With respect to its effect upon the number of licenses taken out, he believed that though there had been a diminution in the number of smaller houses, there had been rather an increase in the large. In conclusion, therefore, he would again beg his Hon. Friend not to press his motion on the present occasion, but to leave it in his (the Chancellor of the Exchequer's) hands. Mr. HUME thought that the parties engaged in the spirit trade had a peculiar claim to redress of the inordinate burdens in , ith which they were visited. Mr. PR YM E was glad that his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer had determined to take up this subject, with a view to affording the relief which was required. Mr. BARCLAY said a few words to the same effect. Sir G. ST RICK[. AND said that the present system of duties had not reduced the practice of dram-drinking, whilst it undoubtedly acted as a most unfair house-tax. Mr. ROBINSON hoped the duties now complained of would be altered. Mr. CARRUTHERS had been at first inclined to give his voice in support of the present motion, but, after the state ment made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he did not think any immediate necessity existed for the House going into Committee on the subject. After a few words from an Hox. MEMBER under the Gallery, Mr. M. PHILLIPS spoke in favour of the motion, and complained of the inequality in the application of these duties. Colonel SIBTHORP said that, notwithstanding all the promises of the present Ministry, not a single act had been done to afford relief to the poor and labouring classes. They were taxed higher for their spirits and beer, than their rich neighbours for their claret and champagne. After a few words from Mr. HODGES and Mr. KELLY— Mr. DIVETT, in accordance with the desire expressed by his Right Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and relying on the promiles he had made, was prepared, with the permission of the House, to withdraw his motion. Motion withdrawn accordingly. Colonel SIBTHORP withdrew his motion respecting Local Testamentary Courts. LAW COURTS IN SCOTLAND. Mr. WALL ACE moved for leave to bring in Bills to im prove the present practice in certain Law Courts in Scotland : —l. That of the Courts of Session, Teinds, and Justiciary ; also to regulate and define the duties of the Judges, and of the clerks and other officers, and to abolish the fee fund, and other dues of the said Courts.-2. To regulate the forms, shorten the delays, and diminish the expense in the above Courts, and in appeals to the House of Lords.-3. To explain, regulate, and improve the practice and jurisdiction of the Sheriff and Burgh Courts.-4. To amend the Small Debt Act, and en force the holding of Small Debt Circuit Courts by Sheriffs ; also, to extend its provisions to the amount of 101., and to abolish the arrestment of workmen's wages, and imprisonment for debt for sums under 10/. The Hon. Member briefly stated that these Bills would tend much to facilitate and extend the distribution of justice in Scotland, and be a considerable advan tage to the litigant parties. He did not expect they would in terfere with the duties of the Lord Advocate, and he trusted they would receive his support. The Hon. Member expressed a further hope, that a Bill introduced by the Chancellor two years ago on this subject would be re-introduced by the law officers of the Crown. Sir W. RAE was opposed to the present motion. It would be better to wait for the full report of the Committee. The law officers of the Crown had four Bills similar to the present in preparation, and he thought it better to leave the matter in their hands. The LORD ADVOCATE intended to bring in four Bills on the subject of the present motion, adopting the alterations of his Hon. Friend ( Sir W. Roe) and he trusted Mr. Wallace would not by these Bills throw any obstacle in his way. Mr. C. FERGUS SON saw no objection to the introduc tion of the present Bills. After a few words from Mr. Hume, and Colonel Leith Hay, leave was given to bring in the Bills. DIVISIONS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. WARD rose to call the attention of the House to the report of the Select Committee on Divisions. The Hon. Member, as Chairman of the Committee, was anxious to put the House in possession of the results of its deliberations. They said they could not recommend any plan for taking the divisions which would be free from objections. They received many suggestions from various quarters, all of them very in genious, but not very practicable. But the most feasible plan appeared to be to have two staircases leading to two galleries or lobbies, the House to be cleared at once, and, on the return of the Members, the doors to be thrown open simultaneously, the tellers on each side calling out the names, and the clerks taking them down. The expense attending this arrangement would be about 1,500/. The Hon. Memer concluded by moving, " That the plan suggested by the Division Committee be adopted, and that a new lobby be built in the vacant space behind the Speaker's Chair." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entirely assented to the general principles of the Hon. Member's pro position, but felt doubt as to the practical application of the remedy suggested under the peculiar circumstances in which the House was pla ce d.. The building in which they were as sembled, it should be recollected, was but a temporary one, and any alteration might materially interfere with the intencit7 plans for the new building. What he would suggest was, that the report of the Division Committee should be referred to the General Building Committee, with instructions tha odder visions should be made for its recommendatio ns ; and, in d to ensure proper attention to it, he would further reconartaaebe that the name of the Hon. Member for St. Alban's shoulil added to that Committee. He begged to be u nderstood.,!! desirous for the withdrawal of the present m otion, and t!'°, substitution of his suggestion, solely on the gr ound that ltf, adoption might materially interfere with the proceedings ,e! the Buildinc , Committee, and not from any o bjection to e principle of giving publicity to the votes of the House. individual Member and no Government need fe ar p ublic if they were bent on acting honestly by the trusts reP° s 4 in them ; and, whether in the Government or out of it, would be the last to oppose any measure introduced with that view.—( Hear. ) Mr. WARBURTON begged to remind the Right 1 -1 ° 11 " Gentleman that the adoption of his suggestion would et: delay of more than three years in the adoption of the reiliT which the Committee suggested. For a few hundred perm's:. and within a few weeks, such a lobby as the Committee re and commene.ed could be erected, end it would appear front °_ t Robert Smirke's statement it might be thrown up all interfering with any projected building. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCEEQUER Would a, then suggest that the motion should be at pr esent withdrawt,. and that at the next sitting of the Building- Committee .°l_,° report should be laid before them, with instructions that tbitella should state to the House whether the proposiKl lobby ri° it interfere with their plans ; and should they declare thee would not, he should be most happy to give his .suPPer t • ¢li; motion for its erection the Hon. Member for St.. Alban'sWi' then introduce.—( Hear, hear.) R i g ht Mr. WARD would adopt the latter suggestio at of the t he Hon. Gentleman, and would withdraw his motion u ntil to Building Committee had an opportunity of e Lao:lini n g report. atgi After a few words from Mr. HUME, Mr. Aar:Jos e, Mr. R. COLBORNE, the motion was accordingly wi.th CIVIL BILL COURTS (IRELAND)• g od without 3 Mr. LYNCH obtained leave to bring in a Bill'. to _ . ec Dill the jurisdiction and regulate the proceedings of the. Courts in Ireland. CHANNEL ISLANDS.—TRADE IN COR N : o fs Mr. P. THOMPSON rose to move the appointine ll ; w ees Committee on the present state of the trade in corn be" ct " of the channel islands and the United Kingdom. Thoolli co in his motion was to inquire into the nature of the tra de wit h between this country and the channel islands, for as 0 11 ,, r ' e jest the view of ascertaining how far the complaints ia:niptro• year, of a quantity of corn having been surreptitiousii_Jed duced into this country from the channel islands, were Jor wc i. in fact, as for the purpose of general legislation on the $ 11 . 19 00 er; On those complaints being originally made, the Comnlitre of Customs sent over persons to institute an inquiry, all" et' port was made by them, which showed that the average os portation of corn from thence in a period of five Ye ars #lO little more than 2,000 qrs. The Right Hon. Gentletnal!ce of preceded him (Mr. P. Thompson) in office had. given 1 0 15, a Bill for regulating the exportation of corn from these bat as well as the introduction of foreign corn Luta theilloot circumstances had intervened which caused its postPoee t bef It was natural for the inhabitants of these islando , w he i, il etter' saw attacked a privilege which they possessed by C- from confirmed by Act of Parliament—the caeca cow duty on foreign corn—to call for an inquiry into the' Ag s plac e nected with the case, before any legislation shoui;id t the ° on it ; and he considered that it was but strict ilia tice too in' to accede to their wishes in that respect, and inst ,itut , e , 0 01 , 4 vestigation into all the circumstances. This inCuirl„ form the labours of the Committee which he praye d was the more anxious that the inquiry should be- 111 ; 1 05°' because he was firmly convinced that it would be tle, ni.;attbe dispelling the most unfair and unfounded rumours d - s ad° Government and the islands, which had been so wida3iYbire industriously circulated in connection with the , s_ afe l l (Hear.) When it should be discovered that the a‘roreiowst port of one island for a period of five years, was 1111;ejloar, than 700 quarters, and of another 500 quarters, he a rati l " that all idea of fraud on the revenue or injury to the' ati Abe turists would be obliterated from the mind of every, Islbiotbs/ entertained an opinion of his own. It was most desalt ftbai an end should be put to the further existence of any id Is s ;ltil i l nature. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by the above motion. 0 11° In reply to the question of an Honourable Member unknown), goa, Mr. P. THOMSON intimated that it was his. jet v " ja"'" bring in a Bill for the regulation of the trade in COlll 6 O i 8 ° channel islands after the Committee should have :111 reports. - r ace s ' Dr. BOWRING expressed his satisfaction, an d ere° currence, with the principle of the motion. ta' Mr. TYNTE expressed his concurrence in the nu tt his gratitude to the Right Hon. Mover. of Mr. HE AT HCOT E, in reply to the observationsvgr Hon. Member for the Kilmarnock district of Burghs/ to assure him that the agriculturists of ,the country we' a jt 4 n fectly competent to take care of their own concerns; a • s telv" when they wished to consult any one apart from thei / r JO' the Hon. Member would be the last they applie d to fo r Mr. PEASE approved of the motion. $r The motion was then agreed to, and the Committee pointed. F.,. m 1 O a ; Mr. WAKLEY, in the absence of his H ow- Hume, moved for a return of the names of the sever'''.s ar opool/ of Barbadoes and Jamaica ; the date of their v ariou ments; and the periods of their respective residences. Ordered. The House adjourned at Half-past Eleven o'clock. OO' COURT OF INSOLVENT DEV— ) The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the L'Coort,: hereinafter named (the same having been file d in torte; are appointed to be heard at the Court-hous e, in 1-0,5.5, street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on Friday, May 22, Nine o'clock in the Forenoon. Blackburn, R., King-street, Finsbury-square, surgeon. Bates, C., Daly-street, Liverpool, spinster. g rac o e s t lit Collett, H., High-street, Cheltenham, Glousesterslire, , j e Kirby, J., Vauxhall-bridge-road, Westminster , d enier Marshall, G., Melton ,Mowbray, Leicestershire, sloysenVot. Pennistone, R., South-street, Sheffield, scissor-rwww w-- Rossiter, F., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, car penter r '_,iotiv Salt, J.,New North-street, Red Lion-square, writer Or Smith, A., Ulster-place, Regent's-park, servant. BIRTHS. tri4' At Kenochtree, N. 8., the wife of J. W. flails ortb i, daughter. f 0* ij On the 11th inst., in Beaumont - street , the lady 0- Sir ~ r' Esq., of Trinidad, of a daughter. of On the 17th inst., at Parson's-green , Fulham,. the lady o f s Belfield, Esq., of A son. , F' On the 17th insf., the lady of T. Eaton Swettelb" — ' a1 0. daughter. 4 .. the Pig On the 16th inst., at the Rectory, Abington Stott' of, the Rev. G. G. Graham Foster Pigott, of a son. „,,,, Gsg 6 On the 13th inst., at The Lawn, the Lady 0 ... -4 , 0 ,0 daughter. 10 1° On the 15th inst., at Box Villa, St. John's-wood,. • ' c i f of a son. On the 15th inst., the lady of R. B. Wyatt , jun., O c i", ire ter-house-square, of a son. . "..09 On the 15th inst., at Nightingale-lane, Clapham . 4°llj te:3o6 John Lee Hills, of a daughter. a 6 ° ,1 On the Bth inst., the lady of Wm. Gibbs, Esq., the Camberwell, of a daughter, which survived only till I''' o fs day. or ti g li' On the 15th inst., at Southgate, Mrs. Henry no son, still-born. IsOftprb 211 AR R I ED. pr',.. th e On the 18th inst., at Leamington, the Rev. Williart„ebtl„lo. fourth son of Richard Warburton, Esq., of Garrr l oo' h r h dt Queen's County, to Emma Margaret, youngest dang- te Lieut.-Generat Stovin. e „,, Pill . , 0 1 ' On the 19th inst., at Kensington Church, Ege r " - b - ter W . Esq., of St. Petersburgh, to Louisa Ellen, only Ong IP ° vo ottlf of Baldock, Esq., of Cowling Castle, Kent. On the 30th ult., at the house of George Hantilte n S i, ,_,,git er Brittannic Majesty's Minister, John Andrew eldestM'Petldr' Logan, county of Wigtown, to Henrietta Gertrude , ii 4. job! of the late Captain Chirles Montagu Walker, Royal c l u tsiod til" On the sth inst., at Linholme, near Hamilton, ,_., a ter - Bartleman, Bengal Army, to Isabella Miller, only 0"`"e EStr late Thomas Boyes, Esq. of Wellhall, Lanarkshire. o f the BA On the 14th inst., at Bristol, ' according to the rites 1. of ,' a blished and the Catholic Church, William Flint, :, 94 mersmith, to Margaret, eldest daughter of William . 11— Alic ° Bristol. to 0 1* to ° Pe On the 19th ult.., at Bintree, Mr. Nicholas Gouldo, o ont' A Dack, both of the same place. Their united ages '..- tbir hundred and forty-eight years. et, boft gell°401) On the 16th inst., at Hanford, Grace Emma Ker - f. ' daughter of the late Ker Seymer, Esq., to Willis° 00, son of the late William Webber, Esq., of Binfield. Mo tt 0 01 0 On the 9th inst., at Tunbridge Wells, Thomas liter Esq., of the Iliddle Temple, to Caroline, youngest cla e g t oo t late Aretas Akers, Esq. A t 4s4 ogh b On the 12th inst., at Windsor, Mary Vyse, el-e,, s , Sta Mr. George Cooper, High-street, to the Rev. J°i . "" j Esq., of Norwich. _,, , DIED. after loaa ~0 1 l • On the 11th inst., at Newport, Isle of W ig h t, _, At t. Asvi' severe illness, Captain J. Blomer, of the 31st Keß ea ; to ge A , On the 15th inst., at Boulogne-sur-Mer , Jane, l' - ' o r ter of Colonel Gustavus Rochfort. Tai ls'. e r On the 10th inst., at Boulogne-sur-bier, Thomas pa tort A in his 17th year. go- e st,..l , On the 18th inst., at Hillfield, Aldenham, Herts, ot b y d tfr son Gray, second son of J. F. Timing, Esq. in h is Pk' V On the 14th inst., in Edinburgh, George'Hunterf io lender, Perthshire. ...op 4 , On the 15th inst., in Fosley-road, Kennington -e°'" ,a 19 ,, 32d year, Mary, the wife of James Hudson, Esq• on, bel'ilie" On the sth of March, proceeding to the CaF.' e 'Ols o , Elphinstone, for the recovery of his health, Captain i fli'' son Drewry, of the Madras Engineers. den-e s ? 9. ter On the 16th inst., at Bayham-terrace, Carn jet , di third daughter of Deputy-Commissary-General Srulideot On the 15th inst., aged 6, Etheldred Catherine, e ,lor of Lord Charles Spencer Churchill. On the 15th inst., in Bloomsbury-square, Ge er g e __,,,lptte li, , Ow' M. D. , aged 67. On the 6th inst., at Paris, Major-General Sir Jar t. 7. bel t ' K.C.8., K.C. H., and Colonel of the 74th Regirne ° ,_oBo;oit tc ' On the 17th inst. at Prospect-place, Maida-hill, .I,' el jeS, , the infant son of John Cazenove, having survived hie ~- ~, etil ‘ ' -fav" 01l only eight days. list ril to On the 16th inst., at Kensington, Mr. Ricbard os ) m Printer of The Sun Newspaper, and for marl' I ir ''.i,, w Publisher of the London Gazette, aged 72. _mats': On the 18th inst., at Balham, Richardson Borra‘7ooa, his 73d year. - •,. `tom ' l ...fP' ' t On the 14th inst , Mrs. Stratten, of Huntingdon- London : Printed and Published by MURDO 11. 112, Strand, at 7he SU?! ( - AC e, No. 11* straw. - -Ar of Aliddlesei. • - 8i 1 0