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very different, matter from taking a course of that kind, to establish the principle that the governing council of the muni cipal bodies, should be divided into two parts, separated from each other by a line of jealousy. On this ground he could not do °Chemise, in the present state of the question, there being no, other proposal on the subject before the House, than move eatit they disagree to the Lords' amendment, leaving it to thr,s e who were of opinion that the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts and the original provisions of the present Bill left the question too open, to suggest any other arrange ment which they might deem fit, in order to provide some ad dit'.onal security for the Church. Mr. G 0 UL:BURN was understood to express an opinion that municipal corporations were not fit depositories for Church patronage. If the amendment introduced by the Lords were omitted, a power of exercising Church patronage would be placed in the hands of Dissenters, who had never enjoyed it before. Against the principle of such an arrangement he for one cou.id not refrain from raising his voice. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was wil ling to make any concessions with respect to the clauses of this Bill, which were consistent with reason or common sensu; but this amendment contained a principle abhorrent to his sense of justice and toleration. It was one which he could never agree to.—( Hear, hear.) But even supposing for the sake of argument that such a principle might be aflopted, it must be utterly impracticable and worthless, and could not be carried into execution without the imposition of a religious test, the revival of which would be received with horror and disgust, and would never be submitted to.—(Hear, hear.) Though he was disposed to yield on other points of the Bill, yet the principle involved in the amendment of the Lords on this part of the Bill was one which he felt bound to re sist. He therefore took that 'opportunity of giving notice, that if this clause were omitted, he should at a more advanced stage of the Bill, propose a clause directing corporations to sell the Church property over which they exercised controul, and apply the proceeds to the common uses of the towns. Mr. TWISS supported the suggestion of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr. WILK S was not disposed to offer any opposition to the sugg *..10n of the Right Hon. Gentleman. It would, in his opinion, if complied with, tend to prevent collision between Churchmen and Dissenters. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought that all the di- Ileulties which surrounded this question might be overcome by consenting to sanction the suggestion of his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The power over Church property which it was proposed to confer on the Council as a body, without regard to the religious opinions of its members, was exercised in Scotland both by individual Dissenters and by Councils, some of the members of which were Dissenters, with the best possible results.—( Hear, hear.) He thought, however, that municipal corporations ought to have nothing to do with Church patronage.—( Hear.) They were never instituted for any such purpose, but were established with a view of managing only the local affairs of the towns, &c. To this object they should be confined, and the sooner their right of Church patronage was abolished the better.--( Hear. ) Sir F. POLLOCK heartily concurred in the suggestion of the Right Honourable Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. C. BARCL AY thought that such an arrangement as tk at proposed, would be acceptable to all parties. Mr. POULTER was of opinion that these Church pre -ferments enjoyed by the Corporations should be purchased by the Crown. Lord J. RUSSELL said that as the proposition laid down by his Right Hon: Friend appeared to give general satisfac tion, and he did not think it necessary to enter into any dis cussion on the principles of this clause, as amended by the douse of Lords. It appeared to him, from the manner in - which that proposition was received by both sides of the House, that it would relieve the question from all the dif ficulties by which it was embarrassed. With respect to the suggestion of the Hon. Member for Shaftesbury, that the pro perty in these livings should be bought by the Crown, he really thought it much better not to encumber the present question with the objections to which such a proposition might be held liable. He hoped his Right Hon. Friend would frnme the clause which he intended to submit for adoption. in such a manner as to meet with general con currenrje. Dr. BOWRING observed that the clause, as it stood. amended by the Lords, cast the greatest opprobrium on the Dissenters. Sir R. PEEL wished that the advice as to conciliation had been sooner followed, for motives were attributed in the stTongest terms to the House of Lords, for the amendments 'which they had made, which were not, he was persuaded, justifiable. Even the Hon. Gentleman who spoke last said that the amendments of the House of Lords cast an oppro brium on the Dissenters. Now he must declare that he did not believe the House of Lords had the slightest inten tion of fixing or implying any opprobrium on the Dissenting body, by the introduction of the amendment which they had made.---( Hear, hear.) He, for one, would never consent to take any part, either directly or indirectly, which would; frustrate the effects of that political and religious equality wh',ch had been established by the repeal of the Test and Corporeion Acts; but he must say that the clause which prevented the members of one Spiritual creed from appoint. ing the ministers of another, did not, in his opinion, interfere in any way with the beneficial consequences of the abolition of su , :h laws as the Test and Corporation Act.—( Hear.) If by Act of Pqrlilment the nomination of Unitarian or other I)issentiug ministers were placed in the hands of members of the Church of England, such a legislative provision would be reprobated by all parties. It was no answer to that position to say that the parties who in such cases would be selected would- in all p..ebability be well qualified end rroper persons. He was ready at the same time to admit that ele existing lan did give Dissenters who were members of Cqr , ,,,rations en, 4 g:tit of taking a part in the appointment to thell;ings whic' ngtl.. b F .. were in the gift of those Corporations. It was. however, clearly the principle of our law, before the pas,in. , ...r of the Test and Corporation Acts, that the members of Cot ~ , i atorts should be members of the Church of England, attire , ..- 1 1 an annual hill of indemnity was agreed to for the purpose of re having those who violated that law from being subjec:ed to its penalties. In many cases in which there were numeroes livings in the gift of Corporations=such, for instance, as B. is tol and Norwich, it was clear that the majority of the Meill'lrT3 of such Corporations might be Unitarians or other Dissenters, and that the whole right of presentation would be vested ia them. Now he never could be persun'-d that an arrangement by which such a state of things could be produced would be satisfactory either to the possessors of the patronage themselves, or to the members of the Church of England who were more immediately affected by it. In limiting the right of presenta tion, therefore, to those members of the new Corporations who were also members of the Church of England, he was con vinced that the House of Lords had not intended any disre spect to Dissenters, and had not manifested the intolerant spi rit which had been imputed to them. It should be remembered that there was a wide distinction between a civil trust and a spiritual trust.—( Hear, hear.) With regard to the proposition made by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was one of very great importance ; and he (Sir R. Peel) thought that it would be more satisfactory to all parties if the discussion on the clause under consideration were postponed until they saw the mole in whi,h the Right Hon. Gentleman meant to develop° Ow proposition. At the same time, it was exceedingly desirable that the whole subject—the clause in the Bill which it was proposed to omit, and the provision which it was proposed to introduce—should be taken into consideration at the same time; and he, therefore, thought that it was not advisable to dispose of the clause to-night, and to take the Right Hon. Gentleman's proposition into consideration to morrow. He confessed, too, that on a matter of such impor tance, introduced for the first time to the House, although he was not in a condition to state that he entertained any serious objections to it, he was still desirous of reserving to himself the power of deliberation, before he yielded to it his assent. He certainly was not prepared at the moment to give to the proposition the unqualified approbation which had been given to it by his Hon. and Learned Friend. In the first place, he should have beet glad if it could have been found practicable to avoid an absolute compulsion by law on the cor porations to dispose of their Church patronage. It might be that in many cases they were by far the fittest persons to ex ercise it. He would rather wish to avoid compelling, by law, either Corporations or individuals to sell property of that de scription. Whether, however, the Right Hon. Gentleman's proposition would be preferable to leaving the nomination to livings in the hands of Dissenters was a question on which he was not prepared at once to decide. Some of the Corpora tions possessed very extensive Church patronage. The Cor porations of Bristol and Norwich, to which he had before al luded, had, he believed, no fewer than twenty-two livings in their gift. At so short a notice, he did not think the House ought to be called upon to deal with so considerable a pro perty without due consideration. Many points must be con sidered. Within what time were the Corporations expected to dispose of this property ? If they recognised that property as the property of the Corporations, they certainly ought not to compel the proprietors to dispose of it under circumstances which would not allow the proprietors to realize its value. The suggestion of the Hon. Member for Shaftesbury, that the property in question might be purchased by the Crown, and the nomination placed in the hands of the Bishops, would perhaps be a better mode of dealing with the subject ; but, at the same time, he (Sir R. Peel) readily admitted that it would not be wise to encumber the Bill at present with such a proposition. He trusted that the Noble Lord would post pone the further proceeding with the clause in question until time had been afforded to take into consideration the proposi tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He had been too much in public life not to know the value of four-and-twenty hours in deliberating on any great public subject. Lord J. RUSSELL was ready to postpone it until to morrow. The clause, accordingly, after a few words from Mr. HUGHES HUGHES, which, in consequence of the rush of Members from the House, were inaudible in the gallery, was postponed until to-morrow. The House then proceeded with the consideration of the Lords' other amendments. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. On the 96th clause, in which the House of Lords had omitted the provision that the councils of the different bo roughs should from time to time name so many fit persons as to them might seem expedient, for the purpose of bein g qua _ lined to receive his Majesty's commission to act as justices of the peace, Lord J. RUSSELL moved the re-insertion of the words omitted by the House of Lords. Sir. W. FOLLETT maintained the expediency of con curring in the Lords' amendments. Mr. C. BUL LER said, that while the members of the corporation were self-elected, the Tories were quite satisfied with their acts ; but the moment that it was provided that they should be chosen by the people s they were characterised as of 1 1 .11 g SUN', LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SP,PTEIViBER, 2, N:1;7), having been conceived in the best spirit of protection. In re- ' moving the desperate and indefensible anomalies of that Church —( Hear, hear)—in making a provision for those who per formed laborious duties in their vocation in that Church, out of the proceeds unjustly enjoyed by those who did nothing, he was convinced that justice would hereafter be done to their motives, and that the justice and necessity of their course would be vindicated from the pettifogging opposition offered to it.--( Cheers.) Their good intentions would be seen-- Sir H. H ARD INGE—Ay, come to your good intentions The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER felt no difficulty in meeting the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer upon that point. He challenged him to show wherein had been evinced a contrary feeling —wherein his Majesty's Govern ment had shown a want of good faith, and an anxious desire to promote the real and permanent interests of that Church. —(Cheers.) The time would come, when justice would be done to them, he repeated, on this point, by the Ministers themselves of that Church, by its professors, and by those who were most attached to its doctrines.—( Renewed cheers.) Sir HENRY HARDINGE had never heard a more un warrantable attack than that which the Right Hon. Gentleman had just made upon him.—(Conservative cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman, in a most sneering tone, had thought fit to allude to him, and to impute pettifogging conduct to him. Now, he (Sir H. Hardinge) begged to retort that ex _ pression on the Right Hon. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—It was not applied to you. Sir HENRY HARDINGE—It made no difference whe ther the expression was applied to him or to those with whom he acted. The Right Hon. Gentleman thought it was not a Bill of Indemnity, because there had as yet been no case of neglect on the part of the Government. He begged leave to say that was not so, for proceedings were to have been taken last November if the money had not been returned by the clergy, or within three months after that date. He, there fore, had not committed the blunder imputed to him. The Right Hon. Gentleman had also indulged in a discussion upon the appropriation clause. His opinion upon that subject was, that by all the principles that ought to guide honest or ho nourable men, the clergy of Ireland were bound to discounte nance and reject that provision, whatever the advantages to themselves, in a personal point of view, the measure might otherwise contain. In his opinion they had acted like sensi ble and honest men in resisting the fraud of converting eccle siastical property to secular uses, and in refusing the bait of personal advantage offered to them as a bribe upon conscience. —( Cheers.) He never would sanction such a principle. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assured the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer that nothing had been further from his thoughts than to apply the ep s ithet " petti fogginr," to him. He should as soon have thought of a , plying the title of " Gallant Officer" to the Archbishop of Canter bury as " pettifogger" to the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer. He assured him that he meant no unkindness to him, and he believed he had expressed none. The whole of his past life, both public and private, might be offered as a guarantee of his entertaining no unkind feeling towards the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer. When, however, the Right Hon. and Gal lant Officer offered a direct interruption to him upon his de claring that if he had been a Minister of the Irish Church he should have been in favour of the measure lately sent up to the other House, he felt bound to enter upon the defence of his own opinion.—( Hear, hear.) He had begun with a joke— perhaps a bad one—but he did not wish to end in a different humour from that in which he had begun the debate. With reference to the question of indemnity he would say one word. He had been told he ought to have come earlier, for the Bill came into operatioh earlier. He begged leave to say that while another measure was before the House, whilst the Legislature was actually in deliberation upon a proposed mea sure upon the subject, it would have been contrary to Parlia mentary usages, as it was condemned by courts of law, to bring such a Bill under the notice of the House. Sir H. HA R DINGE explained. He complained of the Right Hon. Gentleman taking occasion to attack him, when be bad given no cause for it. His observations had not applied to the Right Hon. Gentleman at all; but it was his frequent practice when excited, to take the opportunity to make attacks upon persons and parties to whom no reference had been made by any one. He thought the Right Hon. Gentleman would do well to avoid that course for the future. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER disclaimed having said anything to offend the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer. Sir H. HARDINGE—You did. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Then, Sir, I say that I did not mean to give offence to the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer, and there ends the matter. If I had intended it, I should be ready to avow and defend my conduct. But with reference to the advice offered to me by the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer, I maybe allowed to tell him that no one in this House stands more in need of such advice than he does. I hope, therefore, he will apply it to himself, and follow it. Sir H. HARDINGE—I am utterly incapable of charg ing any Member of making an attack upon me, unless I be lieved be had made it. I did believe so in this instance ; but I am bound to take the disclaimer of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr. HENRY GRATTAN could assure the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer, that if he was dissatisfied with what had fallen from the lips of the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the subject of the Irish Church Bill, which his party in the House cf Lords had had the rashness—he would not say the malignity—( Cries of " Order")—he repeated the word, and claimed his right to use it—if he was dissatisfied upon that score, he could promise him ample ground of discontent if the session lasted much longer. Let him look at the state of the clergy in Ireland, and then say whether the act of destroying that Bill was not an act of malignity—if not in intention, in effect—and he would leave them to settle the difference.— ( A laugh, and cries of " Order.) He was pleased to see two English Members get warm upon this subject, because he was glad to find that at length a ques tion connected with Ireland could rouse to the warmth of anger the feelings of English Members. This occurrence ought to mirk a new era for Ireland, auguring much good in store. As an Irish Member, he hoped he should improve in the opposite direction.—(Great laughter.) The Right Hon. , and Gallant Officer had told the House, that the measure of 1833 was n ,enefit to the landowner. Nothing could more clearly show the utter ignorance and incompetency of the Right Hon and Gallant Officer for the situation be had lately held with reference to that country. " We," said the Hon. Member, " as landlords have gained nothing." He utterly denied the accuracy of the assertion. It is one which has been made over and over again, and refuted as often as made. The question of tithes is entirely between the cler gyman and the occupier of the soil, and it is a piece of ab surdity in the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer to make a con trary statement. The Right Hon. and Gallant Officer talks of indemnity. He says we do not want indemnity for not put ting in force the Bill of 1833. I believe him, Sir, but I can tell him at the same time, he does want indemnity.—(Loud cheers.) You (pointing to Sir H. Hardinge) are a great and principal offender, for it was you and your party in the other House that threw out the Bill of last year and the Bill of this year, although you yourself actually brought forward during your short term of office in the early part of the year, a measure the precise counterpart of that which you were in strumental in rejecting last year.—( Cheers.) With what mo desty then can you show your face ? I will not term it hypo crisy, for I avoid using bard words.- How can you now come forward and read a lecture to his Majesty's Government and their supporters upon the state of the Irish clergy ? Having turned out of office that party which was favourable to a set tlement of the Irish question, by means of Roman emis saries--(laughter)—you then bring forward that very mea sure which you had repudiated and stifled when brought for ward by those you had displaced. I can tell you, Sir, in the opinion of the people of Ireland, it is the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer and his friends that stand in need of a Bill of indemnity. But the people of Ireland look, not with con tempt, for they have not so strong feeling on the subject, but with placid indifference at the game you are playing against them. I will not call it thimble-rigging that they are at, but I think it is a deadly game of hazard they are en gaged in.—( Loud cheers.) The Right Hon. and Gallant Officer and his party may find it dangerous to play too long with the passions, and feelings, and interests of the people of Ireland. We will not suffer you to continue it much longer. Officer though you are, and able in the field, it may be well to bear in mind that we are eight millions.—( Cries of " Oh, oh," from the Opposition benches.) I repeat, Sir, that we will not suffer it. The House of Lords has done nothing good for Ire land. You yourself have shown your total incapacity.—(Cries of " Order, order !") I contend I am in order if the indivi dual is not named.— (No, no, no.) Well, then, the Gallant Officer hims e lf, w h en i n p ower , b roug ht in a Bill which showed him totally and absolutely incapable of conducting the affairs of Ireland from his total ignorance of the subject.—(Cheers.) The Gallant Officer is another instance of the absurdity of the notion, that good soldiers make good Statesmen. I can only say that several instances have proved the reverse of that maxim. Sir HENRY HARDING E—l certainly do not think it necessary to defend myself against a charge of absurdity brought in a speech in itself so truly absurd. Mr. HENRY GRATTAN (with warmth)—He may say that I am absurd—l may be absurd, and that may be better than affected. But for my part, I would prefer being polite rather than impertinent.—(Loud cries of " Chair !" from all parts of the House.) Mr. BERNAL (the Chairman)—The, Hon. Member has no doubt used language which he cannot justify, either as con sistent with Parliamentary usage, or the ordinary customs of society. I hope be will say that he did not mean to use an offensive expression. After a pause, Mr. H. GRATTAN rose—lf the Right Hon. and Gallant Member will say, that by using the word "absurdity" he did not mean to give me offence, I will make a similar statement ; but not otherwise. Mr. BERNAL—I have a duty to perform, which, however painful, I shall not scruple to carry into execution. I cannot sit in this Chair and allow language such as has been used to pass unnoticed. Mr, C URTE IS made a few observations in an under tone of voice. He was understood to urge on the consideration of Sir H. Hardinge, that absurdity was not a term that could be used in Parliamentary language. Mr. WO DE HOUSE—The discussion in the previous part of it was enlivened by comic expressions. The employment of the term " absurd," under such circumstances, would not be deemed a flagrant violation of the rules of the House. The word " impertinent." however, I have never heard used in this House without the Member being called on for an apology. I hope that my Hon. Friend ,will adopt the usual course upon this occasion, bearing in mind that his apology is to the House itself, and not to an individual. Colonel PE RCEVAL.---I appeal to the Hon. Member (Mr. Grattan), whether he did not first apply the word ab surdity to my Gallant Friend ( Sir H. Hardinge)? Did he Aiot speak of bins as a good officer in the field, but say that it was an absurdity to suppose that therefore he was calculated to make a good statesman? Mr. H. GRATTAN—I said it was absurd to suppose that kecause he was a good soldier he was therefore a good states man. I must however say, that the manner of the Right Hon. Gentleman was more offensive than his matter, and especially his throwing himself into a fantastic air. —(Cries of " Order.") Lord PALMERSTON—No one accustomed to sit in this House can fail to be aware that the word used by my Hon. Friend is one which is not fit to be used in debate.—( Hear, hear.) That being so, my Hon. Friend's regard for him self, will make him take the first opportunity of setting himself right. It is due to his own dignity that he should do so ; and the more he respects himself the more anxious he will be to set himself right with the House at the earliest possible opportunity. Mr. A. GRATTAN—If the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer will say that his remarks were not meant to be offensive in manner to me, I shall be ready to do all that can be re quired.—(Cries of " No, no.") Mr. HAWES : I certainly understand my Hon. Friend to have been the first to use the word " absurd." , I, therefore, hope he will get up upon this occasion. Sir E. COD RINGTON : I think my Hon. Friend ought to do what is required by the House. I ask his compliance as a personal favour to myself. Mr. FRENCH : I have no hesitation in saying that I think my Hon. Friend ought to withdraw the offensive expression he has used. If I were giving advice out of this House, that is the advice I should give ; and here I cannot be expected to give other. Mr. H. GRATTAN : All that I want to know is, whether the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer meant by the language he used, or the manner of his delivery of that language, to give me offence ? If my Hon. Friend beside him (Colonel Per ceval) will say that it was not meant offensively, then I will re . tract that expression. Colonel PE RCEVAL : I have no difficulty in stating that I do not think the expressions of my Right Hon. and Gallant Friend were intended to convey personal offence. Mr. H. GRATTAN : Then, Sir, as my Hon. Friend says the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer did not mean to apply of fensive epithets to me, I certainly did not mean to apply any to him.--( Heat', hear, hear). After a pause— Mr. FRENCH said, I think, Sir, that we have a right to expect from the Right Hon. and Gallant Member opposite, a declaration that he does not intend carrying this matter further. Mr. BERNAL : I understand that the Hon. Member (Mr. Grattan) has stated that no offence was intended. I have therefore only to express to the Right Hon. and Gallant Member that I conceive he ought to rise. I make this ob servation kindly but firmly. Sir H. H A EWING E—l am always . disposed, Sir, to bow to the decision of the Chair in this House. I cannot, how ever, in this instance 'understand that the Hon. Member has retracted the offensive word that he used—l mean that h.. his not without conditions retracted it. He consents to withdraw a certain offensive expression inferentially, but I do not sac tion his inference. I expect an absolute, unconditional with drawal of the expression. Then, and not till then, can Ibe satisfied.—( A silence of some minutes ensued, followed by cries of " Chair r') Mr. BE RNA L—After the expression of opinion by Mem bers on both sides of the House, I had hoped the matter ssould be allowed to rest where it is, without going further. If it should be otherwise, I have but one duty to perform. Colonel LEITH HAY said that as the Hon. Member for Meath bad declared that be retracted the expression com plained of, he could not see why his Hon. and Gallant Friend should not say that he was satisfied. Dr. NICHOLL thought that the offence having been of fered originally to the Committee, and the Committee having declared that it had been purged by the retractation, his Right Hon. Friend ought equally to consider it so as towards himself. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that all that could be asked from the Hon. Member for Meath, had been conceded by him ; an appeal had been made to the House, as to the construction to be put .on a word used, and the House had distinctly stated that it was unparliamentary. An appeal had then been made as to the interpretation to be placed on the retractation of that expresSion, and he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) took it to be understood that the retractation had been made in an unqualified manner, and without limitation. After a few words from Major FANCOURT, Mr. FRENCH, and Mr. HERMES, Mr. BE RN AL conceived that what had been stated by the Hon. Member for Meath was a retractation of the expression which he had used ; such it had seemed to him, and he deemed therefore that it would be satisfactory to the feelings of the Hon. and Gallant Oflicer.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. Sergeant JACKSON observed, that what had been stated, must be satisfactory to his Hon. and Gallant Friend, and he trusted, therefore, that the matter would not go further. Mr. WARBURTON should move that the Chairman re port progress. Mr. GLADSTONE most earnestly entreated and adjured the Right' Hon. Gentleman to express himself satisfied with the declaration, as almost every Hon. Member considered it satisfactory., Sir HENRY HARDINGE—I understand this to be a re tractation, unequivocal, unqualified, and without condition. If I hear that that is your opinion, Sir, and if it be not denied in my presence, then I am perfectly ready to accept what I under stand to be the lion. Member's retractation. But unless that be the case, I certainly adhere to my former cpiHion. I repeat that, if I understand that it is not denied, I am willing to say that I am satisfied—( Hear, hear)--and that without that un conditional retractation I certainly cannot be satisfied. Mr. WARBURTON said that it appeared to him that the question as to the retractation being unqualified was a point which ought to be left to the decision of the Chair. An HO - N. MEMBER hoped that the lion. Member for Meath, who had it in his power to settle the whole question in a single moment, would rise and acquiesce in the decision of the Chair, as to the interpretation to be placed on his retractation. For his own part, he did not conceive it to be an unqualified retrac tation, though on that point he was perfectly ready to bow to the decision of the Chair. Mr. BE RNA 14 then put the question that he -report pro gress, and ask leave to sit again, when Sir -H. HARDINGE said—lf I am to understand it to be your decision, Sir, that the retractation was unqualified, then I am quite ready to allow that this affair shall pass no further. The CHAIRMAN had already stated his opinion, and could only repeat that, in his opinion, the expression which had fallen from the Hon. Member for Meath had been retracted. Sir H. HARDINGE—If I understand that to be the feel ing of the Committee—( Hear, hear)—l do not wish to push the matter further, understanding that it is an unconditional, unqualified retractation. If I hear the slightest indication to the contrary, I shall entertain the same feeling. The remaining clauses of the Bill were then agreed to, and the House resumed. CONSOLIDATION FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. Mr. BE RNAL brouelt up the Report of the Committee on the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill, and moved that it be received. Mr, HLT M E said, that he must object to their,receiving this Report at such a period of the night. He had understood that the appropriation clause was not to be introduced into the Bill until Wednesday. It had, however, been made last night at a late hour, when few were in the House. As he wished to have an opportunity of discussing the matter, as it was impor tant that it should be discussed, he hoped the Report would be postponed until to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said a few words, which were nearly inaudible. He was understood to observe, that there would be no objection to a postponement, if any proceedings were to be taken upon the subject of the clause. After some further observations from Mr. Huwa and some other HON. MEMBERS, which were not heard in the gallery, owing to the noise and confusion which prevailed in the House, the receiving of the Report was postponed (as we understood) to this day. Mr. BROTH ERTON then moved the adjournment of the House. GENERAL DARLING'S CONDUCT COMMITTEE- Mr. TOOKE brought up the Report of this Committee. The Report was then read by the Clerk at the table ; but all we could collect from it was, that in the cases of the two soldiers, Sudds and Thompson, the conduct of General Dar ling had been in nothing inconsistent with his duty as a public functionary, or with his honour as an officer and a gentleman ; and that, on the subject of the other allegations, he stood equally acquitted. Sir H. HARDINGE proposed, that as General Darling had been for some time subjected to the grossest imputations, and as the Report completely exonerated him, it would be but an act of justice towards him, with the view of removing the impression which had been created by these imputations as soon as possible, the Report should be printed and circulated with the votes. The SPEAKER said there was no reason for departing from the ordinary course. The Report might be printed and delivered as speedily as possible. Sir H. HARDINGE wished it to be printed separately, and circulated immediately. The SPEAKER replied that that object would be secured by the ordinary course of proceeding. Sir H. HARDINGE was fully satisfied with that course, then, as his object would be obtained. Mr. AGLIONBY observed that there was an allegation in the Report that no evidence had been offered in support of the other charges against General Darling besides those in volved in the case of Sudds and Thompson. That was true as a matter of fact ; but the inference ought not to be drawn from it that the Committee had come deliberately to the same opinion on the subject of the other charges, as in the case of the two soldiers. Mr. TOOKE bad put the question in Committee, whether there was any evidence to be offered on the subject of the other allegations, and none being tendered, a Resolution was handed to him and agreed to, to the effect that it should be reported that none such had been offered. Dr. BOWRING was proceeding to address the House, when Dr. NICHOLL rose to order, and said that the House had nothing to do with the individual opinions of Members of tho Committee. Mr. TULK remarked that the Committee had been unfairly dealt with. After many Members had left it, an addition had been made to the Report, which had not been contem plated by them. The Report was then laid on the table. On the renewed motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, the Howe adjourned at a quarter to twelve o'clock. polloi, in whom no confidence whatever ought to be placed. If justice was administered well under the Tory corporations,, what reason was there for believing that it would not be ad ministered well under the new corporations? Mr. GOULBURN said that the result of passing the clause in the shape in which it , had been sent up by that House to the House of Lords, would be, either that there would be no magistrates at all in a borough, or that all the magistrates 'would be of one political feeling. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was not fair to state that the clause, as it originally stood, in troduced the principle of popular election into the nomination of magistrates. Strong supporter as he was of popular rights, he would not consent to any proposition that would make the situation of magistrate a matter of popular canvass. But it was not a subject of popular election. If the argument of the Hon, and Learned Gentleman were good, as applicable to the proposed Corporations, it was equally applicable to the existing Corporations. He looked at the matter practically. In many of the borough towns at the present time, the magis trates were not only elected by the corporations, but elected annually. If, therefore, the objection was to the appointment of magistrates of one predominant opinion, that objection applied to the existing law, and not to the present Bill. He saw at present, in many of the borough towns, magistrates not only elected, but annually elected. If, therefore, there were an objection to gentlemen so elected administering the law, he said it was an objection which applied to the present system, and not to the Bill then under their consideration. The Bill did not assume a new principle or a new prerogative, but it placed the tild principle and the old prerogative on better and purer grounds than existed under the present law.—( Hear.) By way of comparison he might ask what was the custom in counties ? In counties the Lord Lieutenant, a responsible officer, recommended to the Crown the persons whom, from his local experience, be considered to be best qualified to act as magistrates, and almost without exception the recommendation of the Lord Lieutenant was deemed suffi cient to warrant the appointment. Now what was the course proposed to be taken with respectto the appointment of magis trates in cities and boroughs? Hitherto the Crown had had no power of appointment in corporate towns, and it was of course impossible that it should in every instance have a sufficient knowledge of local circumstances and local characters to enable it to make the proper appointments. To remedy this defect, as there was no Lieutenant or responsible person from whom the recommendation could come, it was proposed to give the right of recommendation to the representative body.—( Hear, hear.) No one would suspect for a moment that the repre sentative body would abuse the trust thus confided to tbern,—(Hear, hear.) The proposition of his Noble Friend (Russell) was not to limit the authority of the Crown, but simply to supply it with a responsible adviser. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought that the alteration made by the Lords in this part of the Bill was a very great improve ment—( Hear)—and he should cord ally support the proposi sition of his Learned Friend (Sir W. Follett) for retaining that alteration. He thought the amendment of the Lords drew the proper distinction between political and judicial fune tions.—(l-iear.) It was hard that they on that (the Opposi tion shit) of the House) could not discuss these subjects with out having motives imputed to them. The Hon. Member for Liskeard was not justified in attributing to them interested motives, a new-fangled loyalty, or in fact any thing but a de sire to improve the measures which were brought before them for their consideration.—( Hear, hear.) If the Hon. Gentle man's principle were correct, why did he not allow the Coun cil to appoint the Recorder and other judicial functionaries ; and if he were so satisfied that the people would always make a proper choice of magistrates, why did he not allow the people, who elected the council, to appoint the magistrates ? Why did he leave any intermediate body at all ? Under all the circumstances, he regretted that the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) should seek to interfere with what he conceived to be the very judicious and very proper amendment of the Lords. Mr. C. BULL ER explained. Mr. STRUTT contended that there was no analogy be tween the appointment of a Recorder and the appointment of local magistrates. The Recorder was necessarily chosen from the members of the legal profession, and the Crown had al ways about it persons possessing an intimate knowledge of the whole Bar, and consequently fully capable of making the best and most judicious recommendation of the party moat fit to act as Recorder. The case was quite different with respect to the appointment of borough magistrates. The Crown had about it no person who possessed a sufficient local knowledge of every borough town to know who of its inhabitants were best qualified to act as magistrates.—( Hear.) Hence the proposi tion for vesting the power of recommendation in the town council. The question was, whether the Crown should have some responsible adviser to direct its choice, or whether it should derive its information from some secret and party chan cel.—( Hear, hear.) He contended that the original proposi tion, as agreed to by the Commons, and as now proposed to be restored, instead of restricting, in fact extended the power and prerogative of the Crown, because it would give the Crown the power which it had never before, under any circumstances, possessed, of appointing magistrates in cities and boroughs. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL approved of the clause as originally sanctioned by the Commons, and disagreed from the amendment made by the Lords. As the Hon. Member for Derby had Nell observed, the clause, as it originally stood, extended and did not restrict the power and prerogative of the Crown. After a few words from Mr. HUME and Mr. SCARLETT, the House divided, when there appealed to be— For the original clause For the Loris' amendment ... 69 Majority for the clause as it stood in the Commons' Bill ... CINQLTE PORTS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved that clause T, in serted by the Lords fo: preserving the jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports, be ado; - 2ted. . Mr. ELPHINSTONL? objected to this and the three fol lowing clauses inserted by the Lords, and moved that clause T be rejected. Mr. CURTEIS agreed with the Hon. Member for Hast ings, and considered that these clauses had been inserted by the Duke of Wellington, without exactly knowing their real import. The clauses were in the nature of a private all, and ought to form the subject ofa separate measure. Mr. PR IC E considered their insertion essentially necessary. Mr. WARBURTON said it was taking an advantage of a public Bill to introduce clauses which were only fitted for a private Bill. Sir R. PEEL thought there had been a gcneral concur rence in the House of Lords on the part of the Government, as to the propriety of inserting these clauses. After a desultory conversation, in which Mr. HUME, Mr. C A RLE S BULLER, and other Hon. Members took part, stranger.s were ordered to withdraW. but no division took place ; and after some further conversation the clause, as in serteti by the Lords, was agreed to. Clauses U, W, and X, also inserted by the Lords, respect ing the Cinque Ports, were then agreed to. A number of other verbal amendments were made. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the House ',could meet at four o'cloel: to-morrow, and at five, or a quarter-past, he would move the resumption of the consideration of the Lords' amendments of this Bill, and he hoped that they would be able to get through them to-morrow. Mr. WILKS wished to ask the Noble Lord a question of great importance in connection with this Bill. He was anxious to know what was to be done with•the schedules? Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied, that they would be pro ceeded with after the other amendments. The further consideration of the Bill was then postponed until to-morrow. MILITIA PAY BILL. After a conversation, in which Col. Wood, Lord John Rus sell, Sir Henry Harding°, Col. Sibthorp, and Lord Howick took part, this Bill was committed. The Shannon Navigation Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Tithe Instalment Suspension was committed. IRISH CLERGY. Mr. HUME intended to have put a question to the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Home Department, respecting the payments to the Irish Clergy, had he been present. He thought that the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers, in this transaction, was open to great censure, and he did not think that the Irish clergy deserved the indulgence extended to them in this measure. Sir H. H A RDINGE had never heard a more unjust or illogical proposition than that which had just fallen from the Hon. Member for Middlesex. Because the House of Lords, in the exercise of their discretion, had chosen not to pass a Bill which the ion. Member thought ought to have been passed, he urged his Majesty's Government to set the Attor ney-General to exact from the Irish clergy that which they had never received. The clergy were not the parties who had benefitted by the measure in question. That measure was in point of fact a boon to the Irish landowners. The Right Hon: Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) might in his opinion very well dispense with the Bill under the conside ration of the House altogether. It was merely a Bill of in demnity to the Government, in the event of their not acting upon the Act of 1833. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in the whole course of his Parliamentary career, had never known a greater blunder committed than bad been committed by the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer who had just sat down, in calling the measure before the House a Bill of Indemnity. How was it possible correctly to designate as a Bill of Indem nity, a measure which was only prospective in its nature, which contained restraining clauses as to giving effect to a certain Act of Parliament, or certain provisions of an Act, which had not yet come into operation, but which had no re ference whatever to past occurrences.—( Hear.) He called upon all Gentlemen who wished for a settlement of the Irish tithe question, not only upon that ground but for the sake of justice, that the innocent might not be crushed in eonse quence of the acts of others, who with the view of befriending them had really been their bitterest foes. The great bulk of the clergy of Ireland, he was satisfied, were in favour of the measure for their relief which had been thrown out elsewhere. —( Hear, hear.) He for one should have been in favour of it if he had been a minister of that Church. —( Cheers from the Conservative benches.) He would take the liberty of telling those who cheered him why—it was because he should not only have a personal interest in the measure, but that the in terests of the Church were promoted by it, in whose welfare he had a mire direct interest than ever in the promotion of his own personal advantage.—( Hear.) He would take leave to tell the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer that the measure thrown out elsewhere was brought forward with a view to the permanent security of the Protestant Church of Ireland. He would venture to say that he could foresee the time, at no dis tant period, when justice would be done to the motives by which his Majesty's Government had been actuated with reference to this measure. He could foresee the day when the general policy and whole course of their proceedings in favour of the Irish Church would be recognised as just and proper, and As LOYAL ORANGE INSTITUTION A special Grand Lodge of this Loyal Institution was held yesterday, pursuant to the published commands of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, Grand Master of the Empire, &c. at the Mansion, in Portman-square, of the Right Hon. Lord Kenyon, Deputy Grand Master of England and Wales. Soon after ten o'clock his Royal Highness took the Chair. Amongst the members present were the Earl of Bandon, Lord Wynford, Lord Kenyon, the Hon. A. Cole, M. P., the Hon. Randal Plunkett, M.P., the Hon. H. Bernard, Colonel Perceval, M. P., S. C. Bromley, Esq., J. F. Staveley, Esq., S. Tucker, Esq., the Rev. Sir Robert Peat, J. Clement, Esq., the Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan, Rev. Mr. Harris, &c. The circular convening the Lodge having been read, His Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND consi dered it an imperative duty on his part, as Grand Master of the Loyal Institution, to summon the pres ent Lod g e, in consequence of the scandalous and atrocious manner in which he had been libelled for sanctioning (what he never had sanctioned) the holding of Orange warrants in the army ; and he would take this opportunity of saying that be had been informed the practice was not in opposition to any published order from the Horse Guards, but merely in vio lation of a confidential recommendation issued in 1822, durine the time his brother, the Duke of York, was Com mander-in-Chief, and of which he knew nothing. Nay, so confidential was it that the very Generals, being Colonels of regiments, knew nothing of it, the recommendation being wholly confined to the Officers in command of regiments or battalions, and not inserted in the orderly books. Taking it in a military point of view he would go further , and say , that- the holding of warrants, after such a confidential recommendation, would be exceedingly improper ; but he was not prepared to say that military men and sailors had a right to express their political feelings in such capacities. His Royal Highness had also to inform the Lodge that his official situation as Grand Master of the Empire had exposed him to attacks of the most virulent and malignant character. A Noble and Learned Law Lord in the Upper House of Parliament had taken the oppor tunity on his presenting a petition from the University of Dublin to charge him in his situation as Chancellor of t he University with tampering with the youths belonging to Trinity College, and sanctioning the formation and holding of a Lodge amongst them. Now he begged most distinctly to state thut until informed by the Noole Lord himseh, although Chancellor of the Univer sity, he was not aware that any such Lodge existed Had such been the fact it was not too much to expect that the Provost or the heads of the University would have put him in pos session of the fact ; and then, as would have been his bounden duty, he would have cancelled the warrant. The Lodge would recollect the manner in which he had met this charge. He met it in the way he would meet every ungentle manly charge—with contempt, and a firm deterinieatien net to submit to be bullied. He had received a letter only that very morning frem a valued friend to the institution, no other than the Rev. Charles Boyton. This Gentleman was a Fellow of the University of Trini:y College, Dublin, who, having heard of the attack made by the Noble Lord (Plunkett) on him, hastened to inform his Royal Highness of the fact, that for the last twenty-six years no Lodge of any kind whatever had existed in the University. If they were only true to them selves arid their principles, the Protestant Church had nothing to fear. With this conviction on his mind, he was pained to think that there was an enemy in the camp somewhere—a traitor, who was propagating falsehoods to suit his own pur pose, but which traitor, sooner or later, would be discovered and expelled.—( Cheers.) Either that man or the Duke of Cumberland should not belong to it.—( Cheers.) If ever there was a time when the principles of Orangeism ought to be inculcated it was the present. There was a set of men, mortal enemies to the Church of England, who were endea. vouring, by every means in their power, to overthrow the Church and Constitution. He hoped their hatred proceeded from no disrespect to the Almighty. Good Christians they could not be, their motions being too sinister to allow of even the supposition that they respected a Church which they alike threatened and endangered. The executive entrusted with the Government of the country were doing all in their power at present, by their blind ignorance of the Orange institu tions, or from ignorance of what was due to the sacred altar they were called upon to protect, or from cowardice, or self interested motives, to destroy all that remained and was dear to them of the Constitution as established in 1683. Their acts proved that they were inimical to the Church Establish- mcnt. Lord WYNFORD concurred in every thing which had fallen from his Royal Highness. There never was a time when the temporalities of the Church of England were in greater dan. ger. He must confess that the danger arose from the fact, that those parties who were sworn to defend the Church had most basely deserted it. The Noble Lord then read a series of resolutions, to the. effect, "that the Grand Lodge tendered a vote of thanks to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumber land for ordering that all warrants for holding Orange L'odges in any of his Majesty's regiments should be immediately va cated, and that no such warrants should in future be issued by any officer of the Orange Institution." The Noble Lord also submitted other resolutions, which were unanimously carried. The Hon. R. E. PLC NKETT, M. P., seconded the resolution. His Royal Highness the GRAND MASTER would mention a circumstance, which he could do without the slightest breach of confidence, for a breach of confidence, he considered, per haps, the blackest offence amongst men of honour. At the recent Chapter of the Garter, at which there were present twenty-four knights, when the King addressed his nephew, Prince George of Cambridge, his Majesty said, " Young man, you are now of an age to know right from wrong ; you have recently been confirmed, you must understand those principles which have been inculcated into your mind. Remember that our family is a Protestant one ; remember, also, that you are called upon to defend the Established Church, to maintain inviolate the rights, properties, and privileges of the people." These injunctions," continued the Illustrious Duke, de= livered at a Chapter of the Garter, by King William IV., were repeated the same day at table, at which there were one hundred and forty guests, on the occasion of Prince George's health being drank." The Illustrious Duke then alluded to the case of Colonel Fairman. In refusing his private papers, Colonel Fairman was, according to his notions, right ; but he held that he ought to have given up the official documents contained in the book alluded to, or any, or indeed all, documents of the institution demanded by Parliament. But, his Royal Highness said, and he said in the faces of Hon. Members of the House of Commons, neither he nor any other Englishmen would permit the Sergeant-a:-Arms of the House of Commons, or any other party acting under its orders, to break into his house, ransack his papers, and carry off what he might please, although it might be "the plea sure of the Honourable louse." The Noble Duke then said he had only one thing to find fault with in Colonel Fair man's conduct in this affair beyond that pf his not giving up the official matter in the book in question, and thati-was his running away, and not allowing himself to be carried to New gate by the Sergeant-at-Arms. " For my part," said the Illustrious Duke, "had I been in Colonel Fairman's situation I would have gone to Newgate, and I would at any time go thither under similar circumstances—that is, of refusing to give up my own papers to the demand of the House of Commons." After a few words from Lord \VYNFORD, the Hon. A. COLE, M.P., Colonel PERCEVAL, and Mr. VERNER, Lord KENYON moved a vote of thanks to his Royal High ness the Grand Master, for his noble, manly, and constitutional conduct in the Chair. Voted by acclamation. After the usual ceremonies the Lodge terminated. DANISH CLAIMS. The parties interested in the Danish claims are by no means satisfied with the statement made last Friday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, though they acquit him of any intentional misrepresentation, to the gentlemen who formed the deputation to the Treasury on the Bth instant. The main points are, whether the basis of the whole arrangement is, or is not, the motion of Mr. Parker, on the 16th of May, 1834 ; and whe ther that was general, and meant to include debts of all de scriptions. By the printed votes of the House of Commons it appears that Mr. Parker's amendment, which was with drawn on an understanding that its principle was asssented to by Lord Althorp and would be acted on, was for the appointment of a Select Committee "to examine into the claims of certain British subjects to be indemnified for the confiscation of book debts and other property by the Danish Government, and to report the same with ob servations thereon to the House." In the Mirror of Parliament, to which the Chancellor referred, the same words appear, so that the claimants are left totally in the dark by what process the measure has been so changed that only book debts are now to be included. The members of the deputation, it is said, represented claimants for book debts exclusively, and were not bound, therefore, to direct Mr. Spring Rice's atten tion to interests in which hey did not participate. The very attempt to draw a distinction between book and other debts must introduce an unnecessary complication into the settlement of the claims, and often prove impracticable. In principle there an be no difference between them, and there can be no doubt, therefore, that though the rights of the other claimants may be delayed by this blunder, they must ultimately be re cognized to the full extent.— Times. It is all very fine and generous of Members of Parliament to be attempting to whitewash Mr. Spring Rice, but they cannot deny the following facts, viz.:—That Mr. Spring Rice asserted to the deputation that Mr. Parker's motion went only for book debts; and that Lord Althorp's pledge went only for this class of claims; whereas the votes of the House (16th of May, 1834, No. 68) clearly show the con trary ; for the resolution of Mr. Parker expresses " book debts and other property," and Lord Althorp's pledge was that " measures should be taken to pay such claims as might be found to be just." If, therefore, Mr. Spring Rice now says, in order to prove his assertion, that the book out of which he read Mr. Parker's motion to the deputation was the " Mirror of Parliament," he has made another mistake, as that publication also expressly states " book debts and other property." —Morning Post. We have only time to say, on the subject of Mr. Spring Rice's disclaimer last Friday, that the real charge remains un answered,—namely, that the resolution on the votes was not for book debts only, but also for other property ; and whether he therefore read a different version of it out of the " Mirror of Parliament," or the " Annual Register," it was a deviation from the official resolution.—Albion. SPORTING.—In shooting at a hare the piece should be levelled forward, as a hare will carry away a great quantity of shot if struck about the buttocks ; a single pellet will accom plish the object if it enter the bead, or take place just behind the fore The aporientlle IN TELLIGENCE. RACING ON THE CONTIA'ENT. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, AUGUST 24 ami 26 . A Prize of 50 Fredericks d'or ,• mile and a half. A , Voil b: L ord 11. Seymour's b. h. Clarion (Thomas Robinson), Na Thelluson'sl'lnconnu, and Baron Von Heck eren ' s b. c. VT- n'll7'bo se, Won by Amphion, out of Abigail, 3 yrs. 4r. A Prize of 100 Fredericks d'or ; heats twice round. W b. f by Count Duval's b. e. Erivan (Flint) , bea tin g Mr. Cocker 'ill's . Nina, and Baron Von Heckeren's Lady Eldon, by Amphio in tv . - o well-contested heats. A Sweepstakes of 20 Fredericks d'or each, 8 subs. ; mil le and . a half. Won easy by Lord H. Seymour's Blorotto (T. Rot linsolz), beating Baron Von Heckeren's Young Amphion, by Amph' ion, of of Rosebud, and the Society of Vervries' Fiddle Faddle. A Prize of 50 Fredericks d'or ; heats once round. 'on by Lord Seymour's Morotto, beating l'lnconnu. A Prize of 200 Fredericks d'or; heats twice round. W am easy , in two heats by Lord H. Seymour's b. f. Kermesse, by Camek (Robinson), beating Pigeon, by Reveller, and Young Amp 12i on. LIEGE, AUG. 16, 17. 'A Sweepstakes of 800 fr. each, with 890 added by the, town. Won by Mr. T. Cockerill's Chataigne (Tilbrook), beating Black Giant Goldice, Symmetry, and Enchantress. A Prize of 1,000 fr. for Horses bred in the country was 1 valked over for by Erivan. The Pony Cup was walked over for by Spinette. The Handicap was won in three heats by Count Duval 's Re becca, beating Niobe and Actress. A Prize of 2,000 fr., heats twice round , was w o n b y Cl anion (Robinson), beating Chataigne and Fiddle Faddle. The Breakfast Service, given by the Gentlemen Amateur s of Liege, was won by Morotto (Robinson), beating Colonel Lyst er'S Goldice. SPA, AUGUST 20. 'A Prize of 1,000 fr. for horses of all conntrie, was won by t 1 Society of Vervries' Fiddle Faddle (Fraser), beating Chataigne an two others. The Prize of 1,200 fr. for horses of the country, Iva won hi Erivan, beating two others. -- --- MARKET INTELLIGIINC'E. ( From the New London Price Current of le la evening. ) SUGAR.-There was a brisk and most eaten sive demand for West India Muscovades last week; the estimated purchases were 5,000 hhds. and tierces ; the prices were generally high, and in the brown descriptions the advance was fully Is. per cwt. There has been again a brisk and extensive demand for Si gars; the esti mated sales this day are 1,300 hhds. and tierces at. a general ad vance of 6d. to Is. per cwt At public sale, the fine Barbadoes Sugar sold this day at an advance of Is. to Is. 6d. ; the Trinidad, 6d. to Is. per cwt. ; the latter brown , 59 5. ; pellove6d. to 625. 6d. ; Barbadoes, 625. 6d. to 653. 6d. ; fine Bug: ar to-day has sold higher than the late usual proportion with the bri , wn ; few of the latter now under 60s. The stock of West India; is now 33,610 hhds. and trs., being 8,419 lass shan last year. The- dock of Mau ritius, 70,95.3 bags, being 27,652 less than last. year. 'The delivery of West India, 2,675 hhds. and trs., being 408 less Atli last year. The delivery of Mauritius, 3,931 bags, being 735 less than the cor responding week of 1334. In refined there was an advance last week of 2s. per cwt., and at the close of business t: , ae few goods left on sale were all withdrawn for still higher rates ; the sales of Lumps were at 83s. and 845., and there were afterwar els no sellers under 85s. ; the chief sales of Crushed were at 435. Ve stated on Friday the few goods in the market were withdrawn for higher prices in the anticipation that English Sugars would be admitted en favourable terms into Russia ; a Memorial to that etTect has been submitted by the trade to the Government at St. Pet ersburg , which has been favourably received, and it is expected the prayer of the petitioners will be granted on account of the great rise in Foreign Sugar. This afternoon the anticipated else of Frit lay has been obtained; Lumps to pass the standard have realised 86's. and 875., and grocers have paid 835., which is a furthitr rise of 2s. to 3s. per cwt. Fine Crushed, 455. to 465. Mauarrtus.-The public sale last week of 4,857 bags went off with much briskness at the general rise of the market, Is. a Is. 6d• per cwt.: dry fair brown 565. to 575. 6d., low to fine yellow 58s to 635. EAST INDIA.-The only sales are Beligals at rather higher prices ; in other descriptions no purchases are reportteil,. as the generally are held for much higher prices. FOREIGN.,-There were 700 boxes white klavannals, report° last week at 495., which was an advance of 3s. to 4s. ; yellow 355, $ the latter at the ormer price. Average price of Sugar, 1/.. 15s. 6 ; , ,-d• per cwt. WEST INDIA MOLASSES.-The sales last week were inferio thin quality 265., good 275. and 285., fine 28s. 6d. By public sal this day 50 puns. Trinidad Molasses, and 50 Demeraza, thought in at 265., for which 255. 6d. was offered and refused, aftorwards taken. COFFEE.-There was a brisk demand for Foreign Coffe last week at an advance of ls. to 2s. ; about 7000 bags Brasil sold at 535. to 565. for good to fine ordinary ; about 1500 bags St. Do mingo at 565., and a cargo afloat at 545. East India was also in good demand for home consumption, chiefly Ceylon at 645. and In British Plantation Coffee there was no alteration : in some in stances a small reduction was submitted to, but generally full prie were obtained,- good to fine old Jamaica, 935. to 1063. ; good i° fine ordinary Dominica, 945. to 102 s. This day the inquiries for Foreign Coffee are continued, but few sellers appear ; higher prices could be realized. There have been no public tales this day. Russ. BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-There have been consider -- able sales of Rum at the former prices, in proportion with Leeward' Island proof at 2s. 2d. ; 5 over have been sold at 2s. 3d., 8 over at 2s. 4d., but the principal sales are strong Lcewards 24 and 25 over , at about 2s. 10d., 29 and 30 over 3s. to 3s. Id. ; Jamaica 33 over , at 3s. sd. In Brandy and Geneva there is no alteration. TALLOW.-The late advance of Tallow is firmly maintained; 435. a 433. 3d. on the spot ; 425. 6d. paid for arrival. laisii PaovistoNs.-Prime new India Beef extremely scarcer value 61. 12s. 6d. per tierce. Thoroughly prime Mess Beef in de mand from Si. 12s. 6d. to Si. 15s. Prime Mess Pork, 565. to 575-6 d. 6d. Prime Bacon Pork, 535. to 545. Prime India Pork, 51: 10S• to 51. 12s. 6d. Little or none on consignment for sale. The opi nion generally entertained by the Curers of &Am in Ireland of the great number of pigs universally held by the fasiners at present, has induced them to make offers for the opening season at several shillings below the commencement of last year; butt the cheese mongers having determined on buying only for knuaediate wants, will cause the prices to remain low. Irish Butter has been more in demand, but as the shippers are demanding a considerable ad vance within the last two weeks, the trade are cautious of giving' way thereto. Prime singed Bacon, 345. to 365. ; mew to ship for Sept., Oct. and Nov., 345. on board. Waterford B u tter, 725. t o 745. on board • 725. to 755. landed; Limerick, 735. on board ; 763 ' landed ; Cork, 735. on board ; 765. to 775. lauded. Lard, 563. BUTTER. BACON. Stock. Delivery. Stock. Delivery. 1835 14,089 firks 8,117 firks 10,750 bales 1,808 bales 1834 27,800 5,022 11,600 2,227 The imports of Butter are Irish 5,989 firks. Foreign 4,360 cks. Bacon 1,470 bales. SILK.-Thera is but little business doing in the Silk marke t, but' prices aro very firm. STEEL.-By public sale 28th August. 1,000 bris. Swedish Fag got Steel, 151., all sold. SPICES.-The late rise in the prices of Pepper is Inaintaine d, but there is not so much doing. In other Spices there is little vs riation. TEA.-The Tea Sale began to-day at the East Inch& House' Bohea. Canton refused. Fokein, Is. 3id. to ls. Y Con4o, for common, Is. 3id. to is. 3d. ; good, Is. lid. to Is. Sti. ; I ° e ' Is. 10d. to 2s. 6d. ; about 2,000 chests of Congou have Wen red jected by the buyers ; fine Teas are higher. The Chairman >tat,hep,. that the next sale would be put up at the same taxed prices as '- present. COTTON.-The Cotton market continues in a very depter,stio state ; purchases may be made under our in ; the fall in t bt prices at Liverpool is id. to id. per lb., in some instances id., 1 - 4 ' there is a little rally from these extreme low prices. INnico.-There is little alteration in Indigo : there is howev, er a better disposition to do business. There are no d,selarations let° the periodical sale fixed for the 20 th October, but ab,sut 6,0 0 ° 9,000 chests are expected. CocniNEAC-This day by public sale 63 bags Chochnie3l' , A , blacks Bs. ld. a Bs. Bd., being 9-1. per lb. lower, silver 7s. a 7s. at the reduction of 2d. per lb. WOOL.-The business doing in the Wool market is but trim ri li the attention of the trade being drawn to the public sales announ7:.; for next week, consisting of about 3,000 bales Australian and V. Diamen's Land Wool, and about 800 bales East India, Cape' Russian, &c. Hors.-There are a few Hops brought to market, but they mouldy and do not sell. The estimated Duty is 225,0001. -Otes.-There is but little doing in Southern Oil, the expor t "iy mend having subsided. The public sale last week went off hea ll at our quotations. Linseed Oil scarce, for immediate delivery "' 433.,i has been paid, for forward delivery much business has b een done rd 375. to 40s. There is also a scarcity of Rape Oil, for for delivery 435. is demanded. Olive Oils are without change. t he TOBACCO. - The sales of Tobacco are about 200 hhds. t° • trade at full pric TURPENTINE. — es. The last arrival of Rough Turpentine .0 14 Ili 13s. 3d., there is none now on the market. SALTPETRE.—There is no alteration ; but the market dull. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUGUST 31. , the A renewed activity has appeared in our market to-day, an° o f sales, which are 3,500 bags, have been made at the full pfic e :bat Saturday. Holders are very firm, with a confident expectatio u prices are likely to advance. CATTLE MARKET. The demand at our market to-day was very good, and at 51,1• prices. There was a fine show of cattle, nearly the wh ole of to found purchasers. Beef selling from sd. to 50. ; mutton 52' 6d. ; lamb 6d . . On the 29th ult., at Wood BIRTHS cott-house, the lady o f " Esq , of a son. On the 30th ult., the lady of David Williams Wir e, of a so' , 0 0. On the 30th ult., Mrs. Frederick Temple, of Guildhall , of s' On the 31st ult., at Pimlico Lodge, Mrs. Elliott, of a MA RR lED. .10b ° On the Ist inst., at St. Mary's Church, Bryanston-squa re 'bter MacLeod, Esq., of Rasay, Inverness-shire, to Mary , only daub. of Colonel MacLeod, C.l3 East India Company's Service. to On the 29th ult., at Bishop's Stortford, Alr. Joseph Ilea',,,oe Elizabeth, daughter of the late Robert Hawke , Esq., of the place. nark'°' On the 31st ult., at St. Matthew's,Brixton, Mr. Wil liam of High-street, Southwark, to Miss Harrington, late o f Den hil y l, Surre. guu est On the 31st ult., Frederick Lindsay Cole, to Eliza Kate, YO daughter of the late John Hughes, of Marden-ash, Essex- DIED. ia , oeV On the 31st ult., at Colston Basset, Notts , Urith Arnelr_gb, daughter of the late Francis Edmunds, Esq.. of Yorkshire. , (1, 001 Y On the 24th ult., at his father's house, Edward W. N; ar son of William Ward, Esq., of Liverpool. el 0 0 On the 26th ult., Mr. Joseph Chapman Fields, surge ° ' Compton-street, Soho. f ClaP bei On the 27th ult., at Brighton, John Bubb, Esq., °- Worsb u for' road, aged 65. On the 30th ult., at Homerton, Mr. J. Frederick Marillier' merly of the Canton de Vaud, Switzerland, aged 76._ .-0_,.-- . 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