The Sun. — London, England, 1835-08-08 00:00:00

..,~~ LITERATI/RE. ; ement of the tpprobation . t but wh elL in.; link it equK, missioners. unfair : ied by y.ou?"- int to kilo° n e xplanatio n. , iatural waf to q uote TO ailed, for t sion, and lee e the inference' .1 had rosv e .,, l , Are did. I '7 . That is lella en g iven ni,tilt; app ly to ; ?__We tlt , >f bringing 0 , Igence of ) n of the bar" - this Bill o °°: b ur y taken 07 night not 1:0,540i Lordships, er, presente_mtis ill 0' with 23 r AlaTlCbeger twas forward i tar y Order o f mes's. die !sterday at LIFT; OF SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH.-2 Vora. Moron, London, 1835. There is one besetting defect in this biography, t lamely, that it is too prolix —too much spun out by epistolary episodes. The letters of Sir James Mackin tosh, in particular, addressed to his friends in England, at the period when he held the Recordership of Bom bay, m i ght very reasonably have been brought within the compass of eighty, or at most a hundred pages ; Instead of being allowed to occupy, as they now do, the largest portion of the first, and about one third of thesecond volu me . Th e most i nterest i ng part o f m refers almost exclusively to European matters ; 811 _01 as comments on the politics and political actors of the d ay , all which is, of course, very properly re tained, as also are the ably-drawn characters of some of the moralists and historians of the eighteenth cen tury ; but th e e di tor should have rested satisfied with t he in§ertion of this valuable portion of Sir James's correspondence ; and not have introduced his account c d s his excursion to Poona'', and his tour in the Dec eau' which contain scarcely one feature of novelty write r being of too indolent and con t em pl a ti ve a of mi n d to make an active and inquisitive traveller 'ond those which a hundred journals of Travels have already made us fully acquainted with. I e editor omitted these uninteresting portions of times, he would have had space enough to . ,4nake notations f rom th e " Vi n di c i w Gallicm," which mce . highly prized as a successful answer to 's Reflections," is now almost unknown to the ;y of readers, and which many of them there ad have been glad to meet with in these vo ,owever numerous might be the extracts from blication in question. The Memoir of Sir up to the period when he quitted England for full of amusing matters of information, ;idering that the subject of it is a scholar, beings whose lives seldom abound in vicis :ull of incident. Sir James, like Crabbe, such of his success to his seasonable friendship Burke, which took place shortly after the publi !atinn of the " Vindicw Gallicw," and was the means of ng nitrodu_. el him into the best circles of the metropolis ; and what was more important still, of occasioning a Conside ra bl e alteration in his political principles. For this apostacy, as his Whig associates called it at the tle--and it mus t b e con f esse d w i t h some trut h—Si r Jam es was vi s i te d w i t h t h e hi g h di sp l easure o f D r. Parr ' who was not thoroughly reconciled to him for Many . a lon g year afterwards. It was during the pe riod that he was in the habit of almost daily inter- Cou rse t with Burke, that Mackintosh made the remark, t" Gibbo n might have been cut out of a corner of Burke mind without his missing it,"—an observation In which there is far more adroit flattery than justice or Iscrimination. From him also we hear, for the first ti me, that Burke was a punster, which we should lofty, h ave suspected him to be, considering the impassioned, and poetic character of his tem perament. It is not often that such men are ad -- - F 4 ldt t4O . the vic e o f p unn i ng . N ex t i n i n t eres t to Si r Jame s ' s account of his friendship with Burke, is }, , I 8 journal o f t h e conversat i ons t h at too k place, and 111 8 sk e t c h es of the various eminent individuals whom he l met, at H o ll an d H ouse, a f ter hi s res i gnat i on of the ".".ecordership of Bombay, and his acceptance of a seat rn the House of Commons. His description of and Lord Plunket's uniform venera ti on f or 1118 character, is very strikingly given. If we except thedrawbacks to which we have already alluded, the' ilea of are full of readable matter, and give us a lively ea of th e public and private life of the subject of them,v who, if there be any truth in the old Spanish .. __" a ge, that " Hell is paved with good intentions it s sust have _ materially contributed to tile formation of li ter P av einent, fo r h e was constant l y pro j ect i ng new tutio 3', s peculations, scarce one of which,. from consti exennt!l indolence or some other cause, he carried into , s _ w 9tio n . If we try him—not by his conversational Fiatriers, but by the works he has left behind him—Sir with the Mackintosh will by no means stand so well " the next generation as he does with the present. .LIAMENTARY SUMMARY. tt ~.0 Loans sat again yesterday. The House . was opened t eleven, when was resented before their Lordships ' " the bearing of evidence " p ßath, Sutton Coldfield, Arundel Lla te"e"Y, East Retford, Boston, Poole, Bridgewater, Donca..s -b I'. Shrewsbury, and Rochester, with town clerks and WA ZSses, fully occupied their Lordships for several hours, when ttldernsinster having been c tiled for, the wish of the Town levtlierk to represent all the corporate characters of that place W 311 " complied with. Si r C. W ETHERELL th e n came f or - Id and announced the conclusion for that day. the CommoNs' several petitions on various subjects were !I/resented. In reference to the arrest for debt of an indivi htell who had been summoned from Cork to give evidence ItAtorse..,tlte. Timber Duties Committee, the ATTORNEY-GENE retn. g that the individual was protected both in coming and 11 - x,,' ln tg by privilege. Mr. HOME gave nonce that he should illo the -ionday next move that the inquiry by the Committee t t n e s i ebject of Orange Lodges be continued, so as to embrace ,g and. Arr. FYNN gave notice that on Monday he would f;edetitohlie sense of the House as to the legality of the Orange ei e - g c s in Ireland. In relation to the Great Yarmouth m were it t e e cali nd P • HARDY said the three witnesses Committee xh at l a to the bar yesterday came before the oth ' a Y.; they answered some questions, but there were tender..S,which they refused to answer, on the ground that they Lord fe• to el-inmate themselves. In answer to a question, j• RUSSELL said the Report of the Irish Church Bill would 1,. 1 brought up that night. Some conversation took purselsac ou the business of the House, and the course that should be ; u cd if the Lords rejected the Municipal Reform Bill : in l b e an event (said Mr. HOME) the House of Commons, as r th e Peat council of the nation, should be summoned. M . • ,4aucit suggested that the House might adjourn for six trmks, while the farce wa s go in g on in the other place. -me ATTO RNEY- tiENERAL announced his intention to prose 'ctelpus_,moo Ail,r. PILGRI M an d t h ree other persons for br ib ery at tin and stated t h at there was no evidence of the late sit g Members having been guilty of that offence. Lord JOHN Itussna. carried hi s motion for restricting the Committee from entering into the c i rcumstances connected w i t h t h e Court-martial upon Captain ir O'C • ' • ONNELL , s amendment The debate was animated The H and interesti ng . Robison by 3, in opposition to ou m s i e he t: n he t n he went into Committee on the Irish Ch urc h B ill. "appropriation" clause :tsaa asrived at, Mr. 1.1 -.ohm moved, b u t did no t p ress t o a Itlvision, an amendment somewhat si m il ar i n e ff ect t o th a t which Mr. D. W. HARVEY proposed a few nights since, and Which was negatived. Considerable discussion ensued re °Petting the justice and propriety of remitting the Pay 'tent of the million lent to the Irish clergy. The honourable Member for Southwark concurred with Mr. Bums, and considered that the people of England had b,..c?il• right to pay this money if they could possibly avoid it. R. PEEL at the conclusion of a smart and facetious speech, tdeclared his ' readiness, as ene of the English Members, to re ....Titit th e million. Subsequently, in the same vein o f humour, on r • Toorta propo s i ng that provision for superannuated curates ratould be made out of the "reserved fund," Sir R. PEEL said, he thought Lord MORPETH was quite right in not acceding fundproposition, there being in reality no surplus or reserved Lund • . !Intln existence. On clause 89, Mr. FRENCH moved an 7lesendment which was negatived. Mr. B. BARING moved olutions to invest the property of the sequestered parishes p ,he hands of Commissioners, so as to provide a fund for the ~„ell`eious wants of the increasing number of Protestants, and to tle•ve thes e Commissioners the power of altering the limits of the lidnefices, and prescribing the amount of salary to be paid to officiating clergy. The liberal principles here evolved, til some interesting conversation. Lord MORPETH and Foode CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the prin c ipl e ver y . Mr. SHAW said it would be impossible to assent 'il t eb propositions without a great deal more consideration. to earY. HOME said, when he proposed the same plan fifteen s°rs ba c k t h e Gentlemen opposite were ready to tear him j. 4 1/ eees• The rema i n i ng c l auses were afterwards agreed to. othßor d JOH N R USSELL moved the second reading of the Bill for edu ct i on of the Militia Staff. Mr. BROTHERTON and Z 3. ers (ineffectual) allow a ion y) opposed th e measure , an d en d eavoured ger time than the 10th of October next oo_r the re d uction. A great deal was said about the efficiency .1..th4 fo e and it s ut ili ty, to which Mr. WALLACE inciden u 0: 'a I,IY C orporations Bill to pass, there would be such rejoicings drummers would he found in every part of the kingdom. hereupon Lord STORMONT said, perhaps the Hon. Member.- 4_,ltnself would then become a drummer. During the discus ort it Was st a t e d b y L ord MORPETH that the an nua l ex p ense 26 the militia, without calculating the dead weight, was th ' l3OO /. a year. The amou n t o f t h e d ead weight was no less '0; 42 24 3,0001. p er annum, and the total amount lavisbedon ~,` - , - , r.1 ~. si! , , the peace, wh en th e m ili t i a was disc , eb,d:l4l, w e 4 2.. no less than 6,084,0001. The Musi c an d D anc i ng Bil l ' 4l. ead a thi rd time, acid the house aditairned at three o'clock. io Town- Clerl‘ 1 c , l), whi, nnents o f M r., ! the writ, n Sl ar ewsbuli turn of IT 's are Radio:l'l Trotton. W . 85 - ---bey um tY rig the chari d in Indi a that they ha Rad the It Shrewsbu r i: h is volun perfectly sags .. l arger q u , ie Cornorato. "I - th ough 01 i, Edition.) tt kitirk e ', , generali ty . ' fore - waul Garter will I r 9 ' ,he •hicb !astle, at 0 t urnberland 8 ,1 T ames pulil Ls of the Or f atnes, u :ambridge , tt e . rtidi a . th his Maje °t ,. : and ' 's onsist, it is e'' Consi, a cl am , •• a vi P • . • °I or, v isit ed sit u d e) fu ce. yesterday wi tb °wed mu( rd of Trade. o With But :sterday a t satin., _r . k Y.) , the rrived fro'" • different lcutta ; S'ior Fowler us and We t ly, the River, lby , , Tay to W i t t , d Luton t • , for Den e. 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I's............ ? ............... n s .... ........... • 4. ; ...... ... . ...... turhatn...• op &Y.) fLg: C 'L — „f whole vex :z os et le for u tce• of the ° s . 46 eg t. At P o i"ii° Ea che it 3 Pr e • 4'151 da " o 4'.4 t ° ate ,' ces this 1 4 it Scrip c l in iof Si Ce i lalf per 1 11si e/t V y big - ne at , r of ant 00 neh ta i ' r's 0 L ad e : P e ioalt iss t b o , ence. statecos re ' sive Settlnnel -5,861; Oti; to eh, are, d te e' t. , r I f to' n P k e stoel'' sp. ;e t pio :ug uesepi s i tv eXiCa°' cLOC %. $ ll . • have e n d o ther towestic say COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of business. SMITHFIELD MARKET. Mr. Deputy HICKS --- I;esenjedti;;Ort from the Market Committee upon the subject of the enlargement of Smithfield. After the f u ll es t i nvest i gat i on t h at C omm i ttee h a d en t ere d into an agreement, subject to the approbation of the Court, to purchase the whole of the freehold of that extensive property known as the Bear and Staff public-house and inn and cattle yards, occupying a space of ground comprising one-third of an acre, and in the best situation for enlarging and improving the market, and which would probably give additional accommo dation for 4,000 sheep. The report was then road and agreed to unanimously. Mr. HICKS then moved that the report be sent back to the Committee, to be carried into execution. This proposition was also agreed to unanimously. BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE. Mr. PRIOR, the Chairman of the Committee for the repairs of the above bridge, brought up a report recommendi-.g the Court to agree to lower the acclivity, and also to widen the approaches to the bridge, and the bridge itself, and also to erect a plain parapet instead of the present balustrades, and he moved that the Court should agree with the report. A long discussion ensued, which terminated in the report being referred back to the Committee. Mr. C. PEARSON then moved that it be an instruction to the Committee to take the opinion 'of the law officers of the Court as to the power of the Committee to carry into effect the proposed alteration.—Agreed to. THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BILL IN THE LORDS. Alderman Wool) presented a petition from a number of the inhabitants of the Ward of Cripplegate, which prayed that the Court would.grant the use of the Guildhall for the pur pose of taking into consideration the propriety of addressing the House of Lords upon the Bill now in their House for amending the municipal corporations throughout the country. Mr. BUTTERWORTH said that the phraseology of the peti tion was very unhappy in one part. It spoke of applying to the House of Lords to pass the Bill " without mutilation." What did that mean but to do away with deliberation altoge ther ?—( Hear, hear.) _ . The LORD MAt on--I consider this application to be one of a most unconstitutional nature, and I shall tell you why I think so. Whatever may be the system adopted in this Court with respect to the questions it entertains, it certainly has no right to sanction an application to the House of Lords to pass a Bill without deliberating upon* its probable ef fects. A more indiscreet and absurd prayer has never been made to the Court. Whether the petition can be legally ac ceded to is not decided, but it cannot be expected that I will allow any thing that is not legal to be done. As to the phraseo logy, I must say it is most unconstitutional arid most improper. The step itself is most highly imprudent. It is nothing else than sanctioning the extinction of the rights of others. It is asking for the Hall of the Corporation of London to denounce and assist in extinguishing the rights of all the other Corpora tions in the•kingdom. I say it is indecent and uncoustitu tionaLto apply to us to give our aid in the annihilation of the privileges of others. Now, take my advice—abandon this de sign, and let the House of Lords act according to its own judgment, without submitting yours to its consideration,— ( Laughter, and cries of " Oh. ) Alderman WooD said, that the petitioners had, without he sitation, struck out the words which seemed to have given offence to Mr. Butterworth, who, he hoped, would be induced to withdrew his objection. The motion was then put and carried without a dissentient. Mr. Wma then handed up to the Lord Mayor a requisition to his Lordship to call a Court of Common Council to petition the House of Lords upon the same subject. The LOhD MAYOR intimated that he should hold no more Courts in August. After the transaction of a good deal of business of no public importance, the Court adjourned. THE LORD MAYOR AND THE CITY JOBBERS. The subjoined answer has been sent by the Lord Mayor to the requisition of the City jobbers, who are zealous for a Corporation Reform Bill which lets them go free:— "Mansion House, August 7, 1835. " Gentlemen,—Having yesterday received a Requisition signed by certain liverymen and freemen of London to the following effect, viz.:— " :We, the undersigned freemen and liverymen of the city of London request that your Lordship will call a Common Hall, to consider the propriety of presenting a petition to the House of Lords in favour of the Municipal Corporation Bill, which has been brought in by his Majesty's Ministers, passed the House of Com mons, and is now before their Lordships' House.' „ " beg . leave respectfully to state, that as the ou allude to does not in any way apply to or aff e ct the righ ts . "vileges of the Corporation of the City of London, lam Of; - .; sil that it would be highly improper for the liverynien and :- , etsAhercof to interfere with and discuss matters touching tlitiiiiihtird Pri vileges of other Corporations, with which they hi :-,:o:Vtt l icor ate r connexion or interest whatever. I therefore, . ; cab*. a Common Hall for the purpose abOve;mett, • ' - - , --- - ,.. t - . " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,' thfully;,OlA,' " HENRY WINCHESTER. " To the Deputation of the Requisitionists." CORPORATION REFORM BILL. GREAT YARMOUTH. The people of Great Yarmouth—who have suffered as much as any town in England under Corporate misrule and the cor ruption of elections—met on Thursday evening, in the large Room at the Star Inn, Simon Cobb, Esq., in the Chair, and carried the following petition to the House of Lords, to pass the Corporation Bill : " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND 'IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE UNDERSIGNED FuEEMEN, HOUSEHOLDERS, AND INHABITANTS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGH OF GREAT YAR MOU H— " Sheweth—That your petitioners, who were amongst the first to pray the Honourable the Commons of this Kingdom for the Re form of Corporate abuses, and for such a municipal Government as , would best promote the welfare of the inhabitants of this town, humbly beg to express their sincere regret, that the prayer of their petition has not yet been complied with, and that the learned Com missioners to whom the subject was referred, have made no Report thereon. " That your petitioners beg . to submit for your Lordships' con sideration a copy of their petition—to refer your Lordships to the learned Commissioners, or to your petitioners themselves, for the truth of the allegations therein, and to appeal to your Lordships whether the grievances there complained of do not deserve a prompt and effectual redress. . _ " That your petitioners have seen, with much surprise and in dignation, a petition purporting to be that of the mayor, aldermen, burgesses, and commonalty of this town, disavowing the accusa tions contained in the general and concluding remarks in the Report of the municipal Commissioners. Such petition was simply that of the mayor, and certain aldermen and common councilmen, for your petitioners are assured that other members of the Corpora tion, present at the close meeting at which that petition was agreed to, have, by a counter petition, stated they consider that many alterations proposed in the Bill now before your Lordships' House, are extremely beneficial, and likely to supercede, in their opinion, many of those evils, which from having been many years members of this close Corporation, they well knew did exist.' " That your petitioners have too long endured the application of this town's property to purposes foreign to the spirit of the Charters of its incorporation ;—and too long witnessed the scenes of disorder, and the great evils to the morals, peace, and quiet of the town, which the faulty state of their municipal government has occasioned. " That your petitioners hailed with the greatest pleasure, the passing, by the Honourable the House of Commons, of the Bill now before your Lordships for the Reform of Municipal Corpora tions ; and rejoiced in the prospect of that change which should place the government of this town in the hands of persons deeply concerned in its true welfare and general prosperity—but your petitioners cannot help expressing their alarm and regret at the delay which will be occasioned' by your Lordships' determination to re-hear the evidence which, in this town, has already been so fiirly and impartially taken. " Your petitioners, therefore, humbly, yet most earnestly and respectfully, pray, that this long desired and highly ap proved measure in all its integrity, may speedily pass into a law, satisfied that great benefits both to your petitioners and the community at large will be the result. " And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray." NEWPORT. A large meeting of the rate-payers of the borough of New port was held in the Assembly Room of the Green Dragon, on Thursday evening last, to take into consideration the measures necessary to be adopted in consequence of the proceedings in the House of Lords, respecting the Bill for Municipal Corpo ration Reform. The meeting was both numerous and respect able. Mr. S. Pring was called to the chair, who opened the business of the meeting in an able speech. John Cooke, Esq., Mr. John Gould, R. J. Kirkpatrick, Esq., Mr. Sayer, Mr. E. Wilkins, Mr. John Whittington, and others, addressed the meeting, proposing resolutions in accordance with the objects of the meeting. A strong feeling, however, existed against petitioning the Lords ; and Mr. Whitcombe proposed an amendment to the petition to the House of Lords. However, on the meeting dividing, the resolutions and petition were carried by an overwhelming majority. Our learned town-clerk, Mr. Hearn, is inlLondon, waiting, we have been informed, to give evidence of the immaculate purity of our Select Cor. poration. DOVER. (From the Dover Chronicle.) On Thursday last a meeting of the inhabitants of Dover, favourable to the Municipal Reform Bill, assembled at the Hovellina Boat, in order to prepare a petition to the House of Lords. At eight o'clock the large room at the above inn was completely crowded, with a highly respectable assembly. Mr. W. PRESCOTT was called to the Chair. After giving the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman proposed " The health of Edward Rice, Esq.," which was received with the most enthusiastic cheering. Mr. RICE said there was an end—a very desirable end to be obtained by the meeting that night. The time was now come, when silence would be construed into an acquiescence with the abuses sought to amended. The inhabitants had not, it was true, petitioned in favour of this Bill on its first introduction. But it was not from any lukewarmness—any want of ardour in the cause—they had considered it safe in the bands of the Friends of the People. But they were now imperatively called upon to vindicate themselves. Sir Charles Wetherell bad claimed Dover as his client—he had declared that be appeared for the people—and for the people, indeed, he appeared only, inasmuch as the people would haVe to pay for his attendance, and IlJe attendance of thost viitnes;e: whom be bad called. And this he Considered one of the worst features, - in - this el- FIEFte hearing of evidence, that the - irresponsible power over VIE SUN, LONDON, SATITRDA Y, AUGrS'r 8, 1835. the expenditure of the public money should be made the means of screening a corruption of the worst kind, and of making the worse cause appear the better—that the funds which ought to have been appropriated to public uses, were now applied to the support of the very abuse by which the people were de prived of any controul over those funds. The CHAIRMAN said they had met for the purpose of pe titioning the House of Lords to pass the Municipal Reform Bill unimpaired and unmutilated. In his opinion, the mea sure now before Parliament was of far greater importance to this town even than the Reform Bill itself. Many towns had, by the Reform Bill, been enabled to return their own Representatives; but in Dover, from the influence of the Corporation, exercised without check or control, the Reform Bill had had no good effects. He trusted that the increased intelligence of the people would force conviction on the fac tious Peers on a question which could little influence them, except in the power of which they would justly be deprived —of choosing Representatives in the Commons House of Parliament—Representatives which they knew ought to be chosen by the people, and not by the aristocracy. H o trusted that the voice of the country would speedily induce the Lords‘to concede a measure on which the rights of th e people so much depended. Mr. LATHAM moved the first Resolution : _ ' That this Meeting have ;;;Wed, with much alarm, the tious delay and opposition offered by the House of Lords, to the Mu nicipal Corporation Reform Bill, is of opinion a Petition should b e immediately adopted and forwarded for presentation to their Lord ships, praying that the Municipal Bill, as sent up to them from the Commons' House of Parliament, be allowed to pass their Lordships' House unimpaired and unmutilated." The Resolution was seconded by Mr. ELVE, and carried unanimously. Mr. LATHAM rose for the purpose of moving a petition in pursuance of the foregoing resolution. He had no doubt that the petition would meet with general approbation. The sys tem of Corporations as now pursued was adopted to meet the exigencies of former times, of far different completion n'oe.., those in which we lived. That system was ineot.:l,atibl;, , , - atii the progress of knowledge, the general intelligence, and the improved habits of the people—and to its rerwin the principle of this Bill was applied. There had bef.gt-.,-- raised to this principleit-hati not been in the slighteNt degree impugned. At this important moment it behoved the people to make known their wishes, not only to their opponents in this measure, but to those who were fighting their cause. Mr. Latham concluded by reading the petition. Mr. POUND moved that the petition be adopted, The petition was carried unanimously. Mr. RICE proposed that the petition be confided to Lord Melbourne for presentation. He had said on a former occasion, that he had the most perfect confidence in Lord Melbourne and his administration. He had stated his conviction, that their measures would prove at once safe and liberal—firm and constitutional. His opinion had been fully bOrne oat, and he had no hesitation in declaring that had the-people of Dover elected him their representative the Government would have had his undivided support.—(Cheers.) Mr: -Rice concluded by moving— " That a vote of thanks be given to Lord Melbourne and his Ma jesty's Ministers, for their firm and energetic conduct in introduc:. ing and forwarding the Municipal Reform Bill thrOugh the House of Commons—a measure which this reeding coniitlers not only in every way adapted to the extinction of the principle of self 7 election and the infusion of more popular control over the management of those funds which ought to be appropriated to the public welfare, but also highly necessary as furnishing the people with a satisfac tory security for the impartial administration of justice ; and insur ing a proper respect to the constituted authority, as well as a due obedience to the laws." The CHAIRMAN proposed the iFealth of Lord Melbourne and his Majesty's Ministers, which was received with three times three. The CHAIRMAN proposed the health , of Lord Brougham, which was drunk amid the most hearty cheers. Mr. WORSFOLD proposed the health of the members of the Corporation present—Messrs. Prescott and George Jennings, who briefly returned thanks. • MOVEMENT AT MANCHESTER. (From the Second Edition of The Sun of last night.) The people of Manchester have stirred in the cause of Municipal Reform in good earnest. No sooner was it known that the Lords were about to strangle the Bill, than a Petition was instantly set on foot for sig natures, and in less than ten hours it was signed by 23,000 persons. If this fact do not speak volumes to the Lords, as to the tendency of the course they are now pursuing, we know not what will. When men are aggrieved, they first petition—then remonstrateand then—but enough THE PEOPLE OF MANCHESTER HAVE NOBLY DONE THEIR DUTY. LET THE REFORMERS OF ENGLAND FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE, AND THEN THE LORDS MAY THROW OUT TUE MUNI CIPAL REFORM BILL IF THEY DARE. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY, 12 O'CLOCK. On the arrival of the intelligence yesterday mor.'ing that the Lords had voted they should hear evidence against the Cor poration Bill, a simultaneous Meeting took place, at which Thomas Potter, Esq., one of the new magistrates for the county, and brother to the Hon. Member for Wigan, was. called to the Chair. It was resolved, that without waiting for the oformaiity ,of a" public meeting, a petition should be pre pared,,fn7 simture next morning, and the following placard inee,idiately : ‘, ALARMING CRISIS ! `enday night the House of Lords agreed by a majority of 70 that titg would hear Evidence against the English Municipal Corne;ation Bill. This is in effect to declare that they will defoat, b-r_tiehy, a Measure demanded by the People, and carried by a great Majority through the Commons. It is in effect to declare that the Management of,Corporations shall be left in the hands of the self elected and corrupt, the enemies of all Reform, and the slaves of the Corruptionists, instead of being placed, as it ought to be, in the hands of the HOUSEHOLDERS of ENGLAND. " Inhabitants of Manchester and its Vicinity !—Will you permit vourselves to be thus deprived of the Fruits of the Reform Bill ? Will you permit this great and important Measure of Improvement, demanded by Twenty Millions of People, to be defeated by One Hundred and Fifty Members of the Upper House? YOU WILL NOT. Be prepared then to Petition that the Bill be passed WITHOUT MUTILATION and WITHOUT DELAY. " A PETITION to this effect, prepared at a 111e,tmg spon taneously hold this Morning, will be ready for SIGNATURE TO-MORROW (Thursday) MORNING. LOSE NO TIME IN ATTACHING YOUR NAMES TO IT, for THERE IS NO TIME TO BE LOST, as it is desirable that the Petition be sent off IMME DIATELY. Flock to the places of signature EARLY TO MORROW.MORNING, and show, by your promptness, that THE PEOPLE of ENGLAND are not tamely to be deprived of JUSTICE and REFORM. " THOMAS POTTER, Chairman. " Manchester, Aug: 5, 1335." This morning the sheets were placed for signatures in vari ous places in the4ovvn, and the inhabitants literally flocked to sign them. Many thousand names must have already been signed, for at Mr: ,Prentice's office alone. 700 signatures have been obtain - Oil,. I have stood and watched the .progress, and though knolving the state of public feeling, I have been sur prised to pee that the greater number of persons who come to sign are of the middle and upper classes, many of the lower classes declaring that they will not pay the Lords the compli ment of petitionin them. It is probable, however, that 15,000 signatures will be obtained in the course of the day, the ex citement being alinost equal to that which prevailed when the people crowded to petition the Commons to stop the supplies when the Reform Bill was in danger. The following extract from the Manchester Times of last Saturday, states truly the questions which are now common in consequence of the Lords obstructing all reform : " Already the people begin to ask ' should not we do some thing?' The decision of the Lords to hear counsel against the Corporation Bill is regarded as ;indicative of an intention to injure it in detail ; and already folks are beginning to buckle on their armour. Will the Lords be insane enough to en counter the conflict ? Lord Melbourne spiritedly told them that the power, and dignity, and authority of no body of men, either in these or in any other times, was ever so settled , and secured as to enable them with impunity to trifle with popu lar opinion.' HiS . Lordship might have added, with perfect truth, that strange. questions begin to be agitated ; that people begin to ask whether there are any advantages derived from an upper house teicounterbalance its obstruction of every effec tive reform ; atul that many even ^o so far as to express doubts of the excellency of that constitution which gives to preroga tive a veto upon any law which the people's representatives deem necessep,Jor national happiness, and which the people themselves derOnd. These are questions which their Lord ships, if hereditary 'w,aellirn wet anything, viroil not etOite. Aiready everybody askS, What is the use of parsons who do preach ?' It would be dangerous to thk existing order of things if the question were to become as universal, What is the use of a branch of the legislature which obstructs all good legislation?' Still more dangerous would it be to the existing order of things if another question should become general, Why should one man, fenced around by all manner of evil influences, have the power of defeating any measure unequivo cally demanded by the people ?' Yet the Lords are forcing questions like these upon the country. The people are satis fied with a Government of King, Lords, and Commons, when the former branch of the legislature acts only as gentle checks to the exercise of popular legislation ; but if ever they become positive obstructions—if they become a barrier against the enactment of laws which justice imperatively demands, no man can doubt that the people, the source of all legitimate power, will begin to question the' wisdom of an arrangement which excludes them from all share in the management of their own concerns. We earnestly entreat their Lordships to think of these things, if they would preserve their own authority in the state." MANCHESTER, THURSDAY NIGHT, 8 &CLOCK. The Petition to the House of Lords, praying it to pass the Corporation Bill without mutilation and without delay, has received, since eight o'clock this morning, the extraordinary number of 22,83° signatures. This is unparalleled in the history of petitioning, except on the occasion when about the same number of names were affixed to the Petition praying the Commons to stop the Supplies, at the time the Reform Bill was in danger. It is impossible to describe the deter mined spirit which prevails. If possible, the excitement ex ceeds that which prevailed when the Reform Bill was rejected by the Lords. It proves that the quietude of the people hi therto has arisen from confidence that their Representatives would do their duty ; and that when the time for the display of THEIR spirit comes, they are as ready as ever to do their duty. " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. " THE PETITION OF THE UNDERSIGNED INHABITANTS OF MANCHESTER AND ITS VICINITY, " Humbly Showeth,—That your petitioners, participating in the feeling of approbation which pervades with respect to the Bill f or Corporation Reform, the immediate necessity for which has been clearly shown by the Report of the Corporation Commissioners, and earnestly desirous that no time should be lost in the completion of that important measure, have learned with concern and appre hension that its progress is likely to be impeded in your Right Ho nourable House, by the resolution which has been taken to receive further evidence on the subject. " Your petitioners entreat your Right Hon. House to consider, that the attention of the British people is directed, with eager anxiety, to the accomplishment of the great national improvement which they believe this Bill will produce; and that to disappoint their reasonable expectations, by delaying or mutilating, or, above all, by attempting to defeat this measure of practical Reform, would be to excite, not alarm only, but the utmost indignation and resentment throughout the empire. " Your Petitioners, therefore, most earnestly entreat your Lord ships,ethat you will not suffer the peace of the country to be endan gered, or its prosperity to be hazarded, by permitting unnecessary delay in the passing of the Bill, or by consenting to any alteration which may impair its efficiency. " And your Petitioners, &c." A deputation, with the above Petition, is now on its way to Lon don, signed by about 23,000 persons in less than ten hours. August 6th, 1835: A deputation has just arrived from Manchester with the above petition, consisting of Thomas Potter, Esq., George Hadfield, Esq., and Peter Eekersley, Esq. Lord Melbourne will present the petition on the most favourable opportunity. SALmoN.—We last week gave a statement of the quantity of salmon shipped for London from the Tay in the course of the previous month, and we have this week procured from an authentic sburce, the quantity imported there from various parts of Scotland for one week, viz.--from the 14th to the 21st inst. inclusive, which at once exhibits a comparative view of the products of the different Scottish rivers, and the extraordinary demand for that species of fish in the metropo litan market, considering that even these bear a comparatively small proportion to the immense quantities supplied by Ire land : Boxes. Aberdeen, from the Dee and the Don, &c. 1,098 Montrose, from North and South Esk 655 Berwick, from the Tweed, &c Dundee, from the Tay and its tributaries From the Spey Fortrose, from rivers in Inverness, Ross, and Cro marty There is also an additional item, " Aberdeen and Spey," likely shipped at Aberdeen, but pro duced jointly from the Dee, Don, and Spey, &c. 297 4,301 Each bor. averaging of fishes l6 Gives in all Weight, 231 tons, 6 cwt. —Perth Courier. SOMNABULISM.—On Tuesday morning, at three o'clock, a dreadful accident happened to Mr. George Tippett, a master builder, residing in Russell-street, Bermondsey. It appeared that he had retired to bed in the front room second floor at his usual hour the preceding night, and at the hour above-mentioned got out in his sleep, threvi up the window, and jumped-out. He was observed by a policeman of the R division, who immediately ran to his assistance, and found him lying on the pavement bleeding profusely from the nose and mouth. The unfortunate gentleman has received serious injury ; but he is alive, and since the accident has been heard to say that he got up in a dream to follow some perms whom be imagiued was robbing the proroikes. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Aucusr 6. (Concluded from The Sun of yesterday, and which was given in our Second Edition last night. ) EAST RETFORD. Mr. -Newton examined.—ls Town Clerk of East Retford. The appointment is during pleasure ; the salary is twenty gui neas, but the office has fees, and has other incidental pro fessional advantages. The governing body consists of two bailiffs and twelve aldermen, besides a Lord High Steward, and a " learned " Steward, or Recorder. The present re corder is Mr. Hilliard. The senior bailiff is elected an nually by the aldermen from their own body. For junior bailiff the aldermen nominate two burgesses, from whom the burgesses at large elect one. There are 200 burgess;';':of whom about 100 are resident. The Aldermen are elected by the burgesses from two burgesses nominated by the aldermen. . The right of freedom is acquired by birth, servitude, and re demPtion. The magistrates of the borough are the recorder and the bailiffs. The affairs of the Corporation are transacted in a fair and honest manner. Never heard of any instance to the contrary. The mode in which justice is administered is satisfactory to the inhabitants at large. Never heard any complaint on the part of the majority of the respectable per sons of property and station. Heard some complaints before the Commissioners. There is not a more orderly, peaceable, and quiet town in the kingdom. In point of practice the admi nistration Of justice is efficient, and satisfactory to the people. Was at East Retford when the Commissioners came, they were Messrs. Cockburn and Rushton. The Report at page 1862, that the functions of the bailiffs aro conjoint, and that they never act except in the presence of and co-operation of each other—this is not true. The bailiffs can do every act sepa rately which a county magistrate could 12, It was not true that in 1796 a batch of freemen were made ih anticipatiok s of an election. Attended the whole of the public meetings of the Commissioners, and there was no evidence given nor any foundation for such a statement. _ _ _ By the Duke of CUMBERLAND—The whole of the esi dence was taken upon oath. By Sir C. WETHERELL—The statement that the bailiffs can only act as magistrates conjointly is untrue. There was a statement of the kind made before the Commissioners, but I contradicted it. The town was visited by the Charity Com missioners previous to my being appointed Town Clerk. The statement in the Municipal Report, that there was no evidence of the Charity funds having been applied without reference to party feeling is not true, as their evidence was tendered to the Commissioners except as respected the Greek Grammar School ; to which the Commissioners have alhded in complimentary terns. The Report says that the mode of ac quiring freedom by apprenticeship has had the effect of exclu ding the members of the liberal professions, and the more opulent tradesmen from the Corporation. That is an untrue statement, as there is also freedom acquired by birth and re demption. There are members of the liberal professions among the Aldermen. The inhabitants and the Corporation would not object to any extension of their Charter, which would in crease the elective body, and add to the respectability, charac ter, and stability of the Corporation. If it was not for the inquiry into the Corporations, there would have been an addi tional number of the freemen by redemption made.-. There was no evidenCe tendered to warrant the statement in the Report. that bribery and corruption still prevail in last Retford. There is a statement in the Report that an Alderman told the Com missioners he had obtained a situation under Government, with a retiring pension of 2001. a year, through the influence of the Duke of Newcastle, from having always voted for his Lord ships' nominee. There is no foundation for such a statement. The Alderman stated in my presence that he had got the situation through the influence of Lord Granville, and that on two occasions he had opposed the Duke's nominee. The statement is the reverse of fact on this political point. By Lord BROUGHAM—It is a political point, be cause it alleges that the Duke of Newcastle had in fluence with the Corporation, which is untrue. By Mr. KNIGHT.--In the Report it was said another alderman had a pension, but of a smaller amount. That referred to Alder man Cotton he believed ; but he had been dead four years before the Commissioners were in East Retfcrd. Another part of the Report said the Junior Bailiff (as stated by a respectable solici. tor) had shewn on some occasions a great intimacy with the pri soner before him, and took pains to show him that he was doing an unpleasant duty, and that on one occasion he was found fighting and rolling on the floor. That referred to Mr. Bigsby, as the solicitor, and to Mr. Slanoy as the Junior Bailiff—it referred to 1832. Bigsby was a Whig—a ixtederate Reformer. Lord LYNDHURST—Are all moderate Reformers, in your opinion, Whigs ?—A. Ido not know. Bigsby has always supported those in the Reform interest. By Mr. KNIGHT.-Slaney is at present very ill, and un able to leave the house. When the statement was made to the Commissioners, Slaney got up and said it was false. Ile is a master shoemaker and a respectable man, and is not at all likely to be given to fighting, and in a future part of Bigsby's Evidence, he said he was a respectable man, and was sorry to say any thing against him. The Magistrates of the borough regularly held Quarter Sessimis; anything to the con trary in the Report was false. Did not believe that any Evi .itence was given of the administration of the Corporation Re venues being unsatis`..actory, and he was present at all the pol.) lie sittings. The private property of the Corporation arose from private grants—they had no grant from the Crown ex cept that of the Grammar School. The expenditure of the borough was all upon the public account except 4 dinners a year, which they had, and of two of which the burgesses partook, and the other two were always attended by the respectable inhabi tants not burgesses. The School lands were not known to be pri vate lands till the Charity CothmrsiToners made inquiry abonl., them, and there was a suit now pending at their instance upon the subject. He believed the produce of the Corporation property was about 1,2001. per annum. The Municipal Com missioners did enquire particularly into the Grammar School —why, he did not know, as it was peculiarly under thecare of the •Charity Commissioners. By Lord BROUGHAM—Was present when Alderman Parker was examined, and heard him say that he had a place. He (the Alderman) had always voted, he believed, for Mr. Crompton, but he did not know that before, as in the Alder man's time the Duke of Newcastle had only proposed one candidate. He had known the borough for ten years, but knew nothing of it before that. lleard Mr. Vernon ex amined. He said something respecting another gentleman having got a place through a former Duke of Newcastle, which place was worth 2001. On that account when the gen tleman, whose name is Cutton, was canvassed, he mentioned his obligation to the Duke of Newcastle as a reason why be could not vote in opposition to his wishes. Mr. Bigsby was partner with Mr. Alec, the town-clerk, for seven or eight years. He is a moderate reformer, and always takes part on that side. He is now at Retford, where he has been seven or eight years. He is a highly respectable man. I heard him give the account of the scuffle and rolling on the floor. I have no hesitation in believing it after he stated it. It was denied. The Marquis of Salisbury was here about to put a ques tion, to which Lord Brougham objected. Mr. KNIGHT—It is only the verbal answer, my Lord. Lord BRO UG HAM-You can't hear it. - The Marquis of SALISBURY having consulted Lord LYNDHURST for a moment, said he could not see why he should not be allowed to put his question. Lord BROUGHAM—You cannot hear in evidence what another person has said behind the back of the party sought to be charged. It is quite clear that what Mr. Bigsby told this witness is no evidence against the Commissioners. If any man in the House accustomed to the rules of evidence has a doubt about it, I will waive my objection. The Marquis of SALISBURY—If the Noble and Learned Lord keeps me so strictly to the rules of evidence, I sincerely hope he will observe them himself.—( Hear.) Lord BROUGHAM—I defy any man to produce a single instance in which I have asked an illegal question. I desire to know what one it was? I have not interfered with the il- legal questions put by counsel ; but I will answer for it that will take the whole of those questions, and show that three out of four of them are altogether illegal. But I have not ob jected to them, because I am unwilling to interrupt the course of this inquiry. But when questions interfere with gentlemen who are absent, and impugn their conduct in taking down or not taking down evidence which it was their duty to do, those questions at least must be put according to the rules of evi dence.—( Hear. ) A NOBLE LORD—I don't think it was not so. Lord BROUGHAM—The evidence is what was said to the witness in the absence of the Commissioners. Lord LYNDHURST thought the question was not upon a charge against the Commissioners, but as to the correctness of the Report. If Mr. Bigsby stated one thing in Court at one time, and told a different story at another time out of Court, we ought to know that. Lord BROUGHAM—That is a different case. But it would be a dangerous thing to be charging a man here who is not defended. Lord LYNDHURST—In fact we have no right to charge the Commissioners without having them present. —( Hear, hear, from Lord Brougham.) But the question put by the Noble Lord was to shew that Mr. Bigsby gave a different account t that given before the Commiss , oner. Lord BROUGHAM—Oh, that is quite a different case to what I understood. The question was then put, and the witness said that Mr. Bigsby replied that the impression on his mind was tha what he stated was correct. Believed that the Commis. sioners heard Mr. Slaney say that it was false. Mr. Slaney did not • offer to be examined as a witness, and was not refused. The Commissioners did not desire to examine him. The Recorder had not attended the Sessions for the last four or five years. The sitting ma gistrates were the two bailiffs. The senior bailiff is a butcher, the other. is a solicitor. Slaney is a shoemaker. The books and papers were before the Commissioners. There are men of different political opinions in the Corporation. The Con servative party have the ascendancy at present, and have had it for the last three or four years. The influence of parties varies occasionally. _ _ By Lord RAbNOR—The proportion at present is nine Conservative, and four of the other party. By Mr. KNIGHT—The Commissioners refused to deliver up the books till the inquiry had terminated. Benjamin Scott—( Examined by Mr. KNIGHT)—I am a constable of East Retford. I apprehended one Grimes when Mr. Slaney was junior bailiff. The prisoner struck me and abused me. He knocked me down. I took him at a public house, and brought him to Mee and Bigsby's office. Grimes was committed to gaol. Mr. Slaney did not quarrel with the prisoner. He conducted himself like the other magistrates. By Lord BR OUG HA M—Mr. Bigsby was present. The public-house is half a mile from the office. Mr. Bigsby was not at the public-house. By Lord L YND HURST—There was no struggle or shuffle between Slaney and the prisoner. I never arrested Grimes • before_ - Robert Wattriore—(Esarnined by Mr. KNIGHT)—I an als ) a constable of East Retford. I accompanied the last witness and Grimes to Mee and Bigsby's office. Mr. Slaney was sit ting there, and ordered him to be taken to gaol. I saw no scuffle or striking between the prisoner and Mr. Slaney. Mr. Slaney conducted himself like a gentleman all through. Michael Browne—( Examined by Mr. KNIGHT)—I am a shoe. maker of East Retford, and assisted the last witness to firing Grimes to the town-office. Mr. Slaney conducted himself throughout as a magistrate and a gentleman. Mr. KNIGII r said he had other witnesses to the same effect, but thought it unnecessary to call them. BOSTON. Mr. Kenrick, Town Clerk, held his appointment during good behaviour, which was understood to be for life. Lord BROUGHAM said, as 3 o'clock had now arrived, it was very desirable that their Lordships should know whit course was intended to be taken with respect to their proceed ings. He had had some communication with Sir C. Wetherell, in the morning, and he had suggested, as there was a want of evidence to occupy the House, supposing them to adjourn from 4 to 6 o'clock as usual, more than to 8 or 9 o'clock, that it would be better to go on till seven or half-past seven, without adjourning, and so save time. It would surely be much better to do so, than to come back and sit . for only two hours. The Marquis of SALISBURY said the time had almo,st come for inquirinc , the effect of the evidence. It had proved to his mind many inaccuracies, to call them by the mildest term.--(" Order, order.") Lord LYNDHURST_ said the present was not the time when such observations were in order. He had spoken with the gentlemen conducting the case, and he was informed thit there were witnesses enough in town to occupy the House for the uptal time—to 11 or 12 o'clock. Lord' BROUGHAM.—Oh, very well, go on.—We shall rise at four as usual. Lord LYNDHURST said he felt bound to go on with the proceedings as quickly as possible ; however inconvenient or harassing it might be for counsel, the House was pledged to do so. Lord BROUGHAM—Don't let your Lordships for a mo ment suppose that I am for delay ; God knows, I am quite of the other way of thinking—all I wanted to do was to save your Lordships from losing the two hours, and coming here again only to hear two hours' evidence.—(Hear, hear.) Examination of Mr. Kenrick resumed.—The emoluments of his office were generally from 6001. to 7001. a-year. Mr. KNIGHT-It may be convenient for me to state to your Lordships, that we have plenty of witnesses in town, and con stantly arriving. I may state that we have now in town and on the road more evidence than will last a month, even at a quicker rate than we have yet gone. Lord BROUGHAM—Then we had better go on. lam ready to sit till three o'clock in the morning. Had we not better go on till half-past eight or nine o'clock?—(No, no.) You would save more time than by adjourning. _ _ _ - - The Marquis of LONDONDERRY—If the Noble and Learned Lord•h.ls any particular engagement, perhaps— Lord BROUGHAM-1 can assure the Noble Marquis that I am left to'tay olvn resources to-night, and that I know of nothing better to do thin to take a very slight dinner after ten or eleven o'clock, as your Lordships may think proper to adjourn. K enrick's examination resumed.----The Corporation consisted of a Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder, (Earl Brownlow), Deputy Recorder ( Sergeant Goulburn), and 18 Common Councilmen ; freedom is obtained by servitude, and birth-right. Those who are free by servitude form the majority. There are about 450 freemen altogether. Very few are non-resident. The Ma gistrates are the Recorder, Deputy Recorder, Mayor, pro. tem. , and four Aldermen. An act of James I. gives all who have passed the Mayor's chair a right to be Justices. The Aldermen are taken from the principal men in the town,in point of property, capability, and station. They administer justice fairly. The town is generally orderly. The police is similar to the me tropolitan force. Part of the expense is paid by the Corpora tion, and part by the inhabitants. There are eightinen and eight supernumeraries, besides superintendents. The amount of the corporate revenue is about 6,0001. per annum. The sum of 1,6461. 16s. 4d. was paid to Henry the Eighth, for the coporate property. More than 50,000/.. have been laid out in the improvement of the markets and other public works. There are no dinners. _ _ _ Lord LYNDII U It ST-50,000/. for public works and no dinner ? Witness—That is the case, though it is not the uni rersal practice. The living of St. Botolph is in the patronage of the Corporation. The vicarage house belongs to it. There is both a vicar and a lecturer. The Corporation will have the appointment to the Chapel of Ease in about three years. It was erected by subscription, and the subscribers claimed the appointment for fifteen years. The Corporation have endoWe , ; the Chapel now with 1001. a-year. They appoint the gaol chaplain and schoolmaster. There is a school for the sons of freemen only, which is managed by trustees. The founders have made no provision for the extinction of freemen. The Cor poration arc lords of the manor. Their tenants have fre quently voted in opposition to their politics. I cannot pre tend to say that sometimes one party predominates, and sometimes another, but there has been a great in crease of what are called men of liberal principles latterly. The Municipal Commissioners at Boston were Messrs. Long and Buckle. The latter was the more prominent. Thatfree men were admitted at the eve of an election, and their fees paid for them by the ruling body, was not true. Does not know what individual members of the Corporation might do ; but never knew an instance of any individual paying money. Lord LYNDHURST—Who are the present Members for Boston ?—Major Browning and Mr. Wilks. Of what politics is Mr. Wilks—is he a Whig?—Something more than a Whig.—(A laugh.) Lord RADNOR—There was a contest at the last election. The third candidate was Major Handley': Mr. Browning was the Corporation candidate. By Mr. KNIGHT—SOMe officers of the Corporation voted against the Corporation candidate and still retained their situa tions. It was not true as stated in the Report that the dis tribution of charity to the poor was regulated by party feeling. Never knew an instance of an object of charity being excluded by reason of political opinions. Did not hear such a fact proved before the Commissioners. By Lord BROUG HAM—Upon my word and honour I can't say whether or not the Corporation appointed Beadsmen from their political opinions being the same as those of the Corporation. By Mr. KNIGHT—I never knew of these appointments being being made because they were supporters of the Corporation. By Lord LYNDHUP.ST—Ii that statement had been made by any member of the Corporation I must have heard of it. I can't say whether political opinions weighed with the Corporation in their selection of individuals. By Mr. KNIGIIT—I know nothing of a statement made in the Report relative to assistance having been given from the Poor Freemen's Fund to a master tailor in good business, because he was a zealous supporter of the Corporation. I have no recollection of such a loan having been made. The alleged dispute about two town-clerks stated in the Report was a private arrangement entered into between the corning-in and retiring town-clerk. The number of houses rated at and above 10/. in Boston, is 962 ; the number under 101. is 1,166. The higher class contribute two-thirds of the rate, and the other the remaining third. By Lord BROUG HAM—I should say that the lower class of inhabitant householders arc more apt to change their dwell ings, than the higher. I beg to correct a statement I made relative to the lower class of houses—the number of those rated under 10/., is 2,766. Bv the Earl of R ADNOR—Papers were handed pp, from which the Commissioners made their examination. These were generally handed up by the enemies of the Corporation. I should say there were about thirty such persons present. Among them were three or four substantial tradesmen. Ido not mean to say that these persons only were opposed to the Corporation ; many very respectable tradesmen are opposed to them. The Corporation is popular among the well-thinking people of the town, but I don't mean to say that those only who are friendly to the Corporation are well-thinking people. By the Marquis of LONDONDERRY—I was under exa mination several days, but no part of my evidence is given in the Commissioners' Report. Mr. KNIGHT—The Commissioners have merely sent a sum mary of the ei.idence. Nobody knows, not even themselves, what the evidence really was. By Mr. KNIGHT—I applied the words well-thinking in a different sense ; I meant the respectable classes. It being now four o'clock, the further examination of wit nesses was adjourned to six o'clock. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM the Certiorari Rill was read a third time. Some amendments were proposed by the Duktiof RICH MOND, and the debate was adjourned. NEWSPAPERS. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition frcitu certain publishers against the Stamp Duties on Newspapert. Malpas's Divorce Bill was read a third time. The Manufactories in Ireland Regulation Bill went through Committee. The House then adjourned during pleasure at twenty mi nutes past four o'clock. The VICE-CHANCELLOR took his seat before the table at a few minutes past Six. Counsel were then called in, and the examination of wit nesses proceeded. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK AUGUST - MEETING. YORK, THURSDAY . NIGHT. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 sovs. added by the Corpora tion of York; two yrs old, 6st. 10Th. ; three, 9st. T.Y.C. Mr. Walker's ch. Emineth, 2 yrs F. Edwards 1 Mr. Marson's ch. c. The General, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Armitage's b. 1. hy",-Velocipede.. - 3 Captain TaYlor s a b. c. by VelOtipede, 3 yrs Mr. S. King's Knottingley"3'yrs 5 Betting-5 to 4on the General. The whole came away in a line, and kept so till past thelistance, when The General went in front, the others, with the excOtibilVf 4 ;g*ineth, being already in difficulty. The horse maintained his lead till.iiithifi - fOr strides of the Chair, When young Edwards (who is the son of thltadmir able jockey Harry Edwatkis) let his mare loose, and jrisf*ri by a head upon the spot. Produce Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for three yrs 016q7 . - • Bst. 51b.; fillies, Bst. 21b. ; (31b. allowed, &c.) Two , suns. • • . • ' l 4 1)44 of Leeds's ch. f Marianne, 31b Taar=l 4 4.4 Void Kelbuiziri's b. c. by. Jerry, Wilkerstb.44 . •Guerdon 3 Mr. Houldsworth's Tullia 4 %Betting-7 to 4on Lord Kelburne's colt, and 7to 1 asst Mari anne.—At starting Purity took the lead, followed by Guerdon, Tul lia, and Marianne, in the order we have given their names ; in these Positions they ran to the distance, where Guerdon challenged the urity colt and failed. At the Stand Marianne passed them all, and without any thing like a race won by a length. Tullis was beaten several lengths. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft., for two y-rs old fillies-got by untried stallions and out of mares that never produced a winner, Bst. 41b. T. Y.C. (6 subs.) Sir J. Boswell's ch. h. Sunbeam Holmes I Mr. Chilton's Valentine Betting-2 to lon Sunbeam, who cut down her antagonist by pace in a few strides, and won in a canter by four lengths. Fifty Pounds, given by the Corporation of - York, for three yrs old, 7st. 71b. ; four, Bst. 81b. ; fillies allowed 31b. and maiden colts, 21b. The winner to be sold for 200 gs., 8;c. One mile and three quarters. Mr. Dawson's b. c. Morpeth, 3 yrs...(T. Lye) 4 1 1 Mr. Armitage's Van, 3 yrs Captain Taylor's h. c. by Velocipede, 3 yrs 1 3 3 Mr. flescltine's Lydia Languish, 4 yrs 2 4 dr Mr. Vansittart's Antic, 3 yrs The appointments fur to-morrow consist of the Two Yrs. Old Stakes (a small field), the Thirty Guineas Stakes, and the City Members Plate, for which there is au entry of seventeen. BRIGHTON RACES-YESTRRDA r, The Ladies' Plate of 501. The winner to be sold for 150, &c. Heats, the new course. Lord Egremont's Ethilda, 3 yrs, 7st. llb Natt 1 1 Captain Gardnor's Jonas, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b 4 2 Lord Exeter's King of Trumps, aged, fist. 2lb 3 3 Mr. Hornsby's Caroline, 5 yrs, Bst. 121 b 2 4 Jonas the favourite, won easy, and the winner claim e d. . _ The Scrub Stakes of 50sovs. each, - h. ft., for three yrs old. 3 subs. Sir G. Heathcote's Valentissimo, 3 yr 5...... Walked over Handicap Plate of 501. Heats, two miles. Lord Exeter's Datura, 6 yrs, gat. 21b Boyce 1 1 Mr. Goring's Pholus, 4 yrs, 7st 61b After the second heat of the last race on Thursday a complaint was made by the rider of Bodice that Olympic had crossed her, and, after hearing evidence, the heat was given to the mare, who walked over for the third heat, and received the plate. WORCESTER RACES-WEDNE6Dir. A Purse Of 5 sous, given by the Members for the Western Division of the County. Mr. Cooke' s Fop, 3 yrs, 9st Arthur 1 1 Mr. Waldron's Pandora Mr. J. Herbert's Militiaman A Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 sovs. added by the Corporation of Worcester for horses of all descriptions. Heats, one mile and a quarter. 4 subs. Mr. Collett's Snake Brown 2 1 1 Mr. Griffith's Rambler 3 3 2 Mr. Thorne's Worcester Mr. Crump named Blank 4 drawn The first heat won by half a head, the second heat by a neck, the third cleverly. SALISBURY RACES, THURSDAY. The Wiltshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only sif declared. . . . Heats, two miles and a distance. 3 subs. Mr. Herbert's Carnaby Conolly 1 Mr. Bi g gs's Advocate 2 His Majesty's plate of 100 guineas. Two mile heats. Mr. Etwall's Revenge, 5 yrs .J. Day, jun. 2 1 1 Mr. C. Finch's Outcast, 3 yrs I .2 dr The City Members' of 50 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft., for all ages. Two mile heats. 4 subs. Mr. S. Herbert's Forward, 3 yrs 2 1 1 Mr. J. Finch's My ring, 4 yrs A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft., with the City Bowl, and a Purse of 30 sovs. added. 5 subs. Mr. Greatrea's Nosegay, 3 yrs Mr. S. Herbert's Burlington, 3 yrs THE POTTERY RACES—WEDNESDAY. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with '25 added. Once round and a distance. (Eight subscribers.) Mr.W. T. Copeland's b c The Stag, 3 yrs ...Thomson 1 Mr. Wood's b c Lord Francis, 3 yrs Mr. Paintet na b c by Peter Lely, 3 yrs Mr. Davenport's c Bucephalus, 3 yrs Mr. Garner's c fby Battledore, 3 yrs 5 Mr. T. Garrett's b c by Doncaster, 3 yrs 6 A Plate, value 50sevs. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Nanney's Ratcatcher,s yrs, Bst. 31b. (M Jones) 1 1 Mr. Turner's Miss Goulborne, 4 yrs. 31b. ...... .2 dr. A Gold Cup, value 100 sovs., the gift of W. T. Copeland, Esq., M.P., added to a Subscription of 10 sovs. each, twice round and a distance. Mr. E. Peel's Noodle. 4 yrs., Bst., 51b. (Spring) W. T. Copeland's Her Ladyship, 4 yrs., 7st. 121 b 2 Mr. T. Garrett's The Stag, 3 yrs. 7st. Ilb 3 The Maiden Plate of 50 sovs. added to a Subscription of 2 soya. each, for all ages. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. A. Bower's Tom Basford, 3 yrs Dodgson 1 1 Mr. Thompson's Lord Francis, by Predictor, 3 yrs 2 2 Mr. Garner's c. f. by Battledore, 3 yrs 3 4 Mr. Marshall's Leonard, 4 yrs A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs., with 25 added, for horses not thorough- bred. Heats. twice round and a distance. 4 subs. Mr. Bradford's Miss Fanny, aged... W. Junes 3 1 1 Mr. J. Higgs's Lancashire Witch, aged 1 2 2 Mr. T. Garrett's Will-o'-the Wisp, 5 yrs 2 3 dr Mr. W. T. Copeland's Maria, 3 yrs Red ma g i were selling last week, at Weymouth, at 6d. a dozen. ,„ TAJ.F.S 011 , THE' itANIAD'HAN.— c, This work con tains a series or tales, supposed to have been narrated by the professional story=tellers of Cairo, to wile away the heavy hours of the Ratiuid'han, or MahOmedan Lent. All the stories show an accurat e 'knowledge of Oriental customs and COs tume, and of the Asiatic character. Many of them display to extent of imaginative power that renders them uo unworthy rival of the ' Arabian Nights.' In Oriental fiction, Mr. St. JOhll 124. SUedttuded bettc; than most Europe4us. The turban fits - Lis head so well; that w would suspect be oor wore -# bat, i'-...Athenccurn. _ ~-. BEDFORD. The Town- Clerk of Bedford (examined by Sir C. Wr- TuERELL)—I have held the situation 19 years. The Corporation consists of a mayor, an indefinite nnmber of aldermen, and 13 common councilmen. The governing body are 31 in num ber, but there are 61 or 62 freemen or burgesses. There are five resident magistrates, including the mayor. They aro appointed independent of the charter. The magisterial dutiea have been properly performed, and I have never heard any complaints. The Mayor is also a Magistrate under the Commission. The corporate property amounts to about 5601. per annum. I have never heard any com plaints relative to its disposal, nor against the general local administration of the Corporation, or its magistrates. There is a small portion of land, value about 701. per annum, belonging to the freemen, independently of the Corporation. It is very beneficial to them, and they set a great value on it. The Bedford charity has an income of 13,000!. per annum. The property is situated principally in London. It was instituted for the purpose of founding schools which exist in Bedford, marriage portions for the young; men, hospitals, and ihns. houses, and also for money to 'be given for apprentices.— The government of this charity w - as regulated some time. since by Act of Parliament. The members of the Corporation are Governors under the Act, and the Lord Lieutenant, the mew hers of the town, and eighteen of the inhabitants.. There were .several schools on one foundation at Bedford; also hospitals, almshouses, and other privileges attaching tOthe town. Charity accounts were. regularly audited. Disputes connected with the charity ftmds had been made subjects of suits - in Chancery. Legal points, and not mat-Waiinistratton of tivo twit% caused.