The Sun. — London, England, 1835-03-17 00:00:00

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II V 141 0 5 : le l Dtl;o'4' au Of p art,' ei argEs tiot ry e tb° itobal d en ~ as ba d : be lou se 01 :0 leaclik; gr. Lepo rt pet sien, whigsr, of ~ rm i n a T ranct ar ieg; m e nou at obl f ger ars ° in the sa w hei a her workt lot e uP a theri - vtorti fite rali c freik yt lyso sc ci• ter the SHIPPING -(THIS DAY.) Hem, ARCII (FRO LLOYD'S.) 16.— M Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Sym tetrY,ile Riley, from Singapore ; Yare, Fawcett, from the ri tius; St. George, Nutting, from Valparaiso; Blanche, i l , f rom St. Kitt's ; and Lightning, Leggett, from Smyrna. b trwed f rom the river and remain the Milo, Penlerrick, for D omingo ; Sarah, Wilson, from Liverpool ; Duke of Clare Domin go Waterhouse, from Jamaica ; Bruce, Holles, from Pee ler ateLze • Gratitude, Todd, from New York, Mauritius, Le one ' ; and the Sackville, Matthews, from Sierra th Pok TsMouT tl , M ARCH 16.—Wind N.W. to W.—Arrived tuMalvi na, Buckle, from Leghorn, rudder damaged, having °;ck on the Owers ; and the Mary Ann, Warming, from ~I d en for St. Helena. thigu:c-LAIRMtG:.titTrTOEni7, MARCH 15. —Wind N. _ N ti ls o a n c d H ura —Arrived off port the Auvergne, s. eel at fr "mourn' Mulcts 16.—Arrived the Abeona, Cousins, Lisb on mytllYEeeoot. , Marten 15.—Arrived th e Q ue e n Adelaid e , h 4 from N ew Orleans and China ; Bell and Ann, tithe fro m S t. John's, New Brunswick. Off port the Fa- Lvevell,i—orkarotti Calcutta ; and the United States, —, from Ce k Ncr• 1(2 MARCH 1 4.—Arrived the William Thompson, late It right, from the Mauritius ; and Thomas Handford, Gour frere St. John's, New Brunswick. L'ALMOETH MARCH 1 . N. W. to W., fresh and 14.--Wind N. HULL, 3IARCII 1 6.—Arrived the Aurora, Schroder, Memel. rr he L %leek en easter, Lethb r id ge , f rom Li verpoo l t o Af r i ca , was ed near Pwllheli on Saturday—crew saved. the The h Hele n , B utman, bound to New York, drifted on shore f e Ro c k at Liverpool, on the 15th instant, and it was eli c, b ecltv , ould sustained ich injury. 0 1 a heroine, Hudson, from Liverpool to New Orleans, was teore Dundrum Bay the 14th instant, and full of water. k b e nazi, from Manilla to Cadiz, was totally lost on the Itst nazi, from on one of the islands near Manilla—crew and N e rs p saved. th e r OPVICR NOTICE. His Majesty's brig Scorpion, for 13 ,,,ben mail of this day ; letters in time to-morrow even e - Igti His Majesty's brig Lyra, for the Mexican mail of th inst ant) detained ; letters in time this evening. PAR LIAMENTARY BUSINESS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. :N, .14 3 " ELECTION BALLOTS. illi the rfiti on s complaining i ilock, 4 , 0 7 4 for Election Committees commence this day at three the Sitt .' ,„",,ihei t will be continued each Tuesday and Thursday of %tie s o r„, s l P,o t e House, taking two Ballots on each day, until the of undue elections be disposed of ; lieThb' More all other business. There must be present 100 444., ihblt7ore four o' c l oc k, an d b e f or e a B a ll o t can b e commence d, ,11 01 ,:" t here not be that number at such hour, the Ballots and %0.. he ld stand adjourned till next day. Getting one Bal -Isen„;,tne House t o proceed afterwards with other business, Ballot then standing for the next day. 1. T h NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. vo e Chancellor of the Exchequer,—Bill for the relief of Per (lissenting from the Church of England in regard to the 2 14. e bration of Marriages. b r i r , l Merman Wood,—Bill for the better regulation of Ca 9tic.ets and other Hackney Carriages, or of Omnibuses and ft lic e : Bt ago Carriages for short distances, used in and near the -° P° ll _,,s and of the drivers and attendants thereof. 4,7," Graham,—Bill for the encouragement of the volun ek:Alistment of Seamen, and to make regulations for more 4 . S6rallY manning his Majesty's Navy. Graham,—Bill to amend and consolidate the Laws ihA O n g to the Merchant Seamen of the United Kingdom; 5. d--4 for forming and maintaining a Register of all the men en r in that service. ith i l e hn Russell,—Address for Copies of any Special Report 6::` may be received from the Commissioners of Religious 14 5 - 7. l n.tion in Ireland. to . e le m , —Account of the Public Income and Expenditure ti n t ,Z e , Years ended sth January 1834 and 1835 ; being a con , a ,,on of the Return No. 374, Session 1833. Address for 4 1 . - Pes Return g ding Fish Tithe in Scotland. t jne / 1,- -Co s tn r mi e a tt r ee, to consider whether, for the better em yrnent of the labouring Poor in Ireland, the powers of the c o Mmissi oners of the present Board of Public Works in that u n n tl ' l trY ought not to be enlarged, and whether the terms nct"ilwilichloans may be made by such Commissioners ought to f or be v ar i ed ; and what steps ought to be taken to provide the r eclamation of the Waste Lands of Ireland. Iio,49 I4 bERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. bro Tester City Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three. a. waitrtitivarticehrßorough Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at after three. '' sses indemnity Bill—Second reading. 6 •tx,; r er Aids Bill—Third re a ding. . torlllequer Bills (15,000,0001.) Bill—Third reading. ao. , County Election—Petstion of Messrs. Fladgate, Young, J ackson, to be considered. 1 Ncn, - ''ES OF MOTIONS GIVEN LAST NIGHT. j WEDNESDAY, .MARCH 18. en e „, 6141 Beauvoir,—Address for Copies of any Correspond- E vrs 4 tWeen the Secretary of the Home Department and the of Windsor, relative to the employment of a body of 2.15 VPQI it an P o li ce on 12 t h M arc h, on hi s M a j es t y ' s re t urn 1.01.4",,Mda0r Palace. tlisLisenunt Ebrington,—Select Committee to examine into for o risions of the Act of last Session for establishing uni y of Weights and Measures. NI% I t !THURSDAY, MARCH 19. .Gladstone, —Bill for regulating the carriage of Pas " in Merchant Vessels to Foreign Parts. ' FRIDAY, MARCH 20. ' I h °lle ' . " - Ott going into Committee of Supply, to move, That oeti t ile r secure to the country the services of its most emi lat arti to sts, and to avoid'the disappointments which have of 1 3 411.1 e ise n from an injudicious application of public money to eu tio l u. Work s , compet i t i on i s d esira bl e i n the i r des i gn and exe ltr. MONDAY, MARCH 23. i e - ` Ol l going into Committee of Supply, to move for A et Committ ee to i nqu i re i n t o th e na t ure o f O range k ` l6 °eiati 011 s. , MONDAY, MARCH 33. (a 114.," vYvyOn going into Committee of Supply, .to ...fie attention of the House to our Foreign relations with tirk e „ 54 • 114, TUESDAY, MAY 26. ter--Bill f or the esta b l i shment o f a G enera l B oar d o f - " r itics in Ireland. 4 1r, 114, THURSDAY, JUNE 4. Cc&--Addrese to hls Majesty, praying him to hold his a nd Parliam en t occasionally in Ireland. SP ORTING INTELLIGENCE. -nom -0,1 tit* d TATTERSALL' S. ON, aY Ibrahim was backed to about 300/. outright, and left ut4 l ' better favourite than he was on Thursday last. He was 1,7 40etd," ~against Curtius, who is on the " go." Ascot, Pucelle, dine, were backed at odds a share worse than before, and Y elt,,Z s ' i d i e o r u s o w: s r 7 in force at the old prices. A tolerably busy it a DERBY. 0 1 asst Lord Jersey's Silenus la + 4l ' , 0 *gat Mr. Rid s dale's C or i o l an us ( no t me n ti one d) 13j ° 4 apt Duke of Cleveland' s P u cell e co lt (t a k ers ) 13 ;„ °. . 1 apt Duke of Richmo n d' s Le o poldine c . (t a k ers ) 20 agst L or d O r f or d' s A scot ( ta k en ) 20 ',„" .. agst Dula of Rutland's Darioletta colt (taken) . 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ibrahim (taken) agst Mr. Batson's Luminary (taken) 25 4 ,7 agst Mr. Walker's Curtius 33 ;" 1 agst Si r M. W oo d' s D rom i o ;° %gat Lord Verulam's Varennes colt (taken) 33.,'"? 1 to Si r M . W oo d' s B ee- i n-a- B onnet co l t ( ta k en ) 35 1 iki-st Mr. B owes ' s M un di g ( ta k en ) 44 0, t o LI ag. Colonel White' s C a m e l L eo p ar d (t a k en ) ( 6 ' 1 _40 st agst Mr. Ridsdale's lot (taken) .4 4) -.e n, and afterwards 500 to 400, on Ibrahim agst Curtius 4 t o j OAKS. is ,- 7 ; agst Mr. Greville's Preserve (taken) gto agst Lord Chesterfield's Her Majesty 10Z; agst Mr. Mill s ' s H es t er "" I agst Lord Chesterfield's Eva (taken) EKE Tu -''''''' MARKETS—(THIS DAY). 114 Y MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) N., t he,. CUMBERLAND. £4 to to £4 5 N er " r Itte,iij Lowland Meadow Hay 00 0 ° pi ll :40 1d L. : ft, vlo u ta... itto o, t , !,t ia : ''' . Meadow and Rye grass Hay 5 0 4 10 5 10 otraw: ................ .: ... , ... :. .. ~,,.. •••!••••••• tot,. .......... .41 16 • to #.l ! S I "neat Straw bli v the o , SMI l'H FIELD £3 IS to £4 0 theleatio,Yvi-owland Meadow Hay 0 1.1 0 0 ko e ' l °I(1 ty Hay 4 to 4 15 Gov t,,a4 itto 5o 5 5 , 7e , t 4 Mesdow aud Rye-grass Hay 10 5 5 q ti ti VY kextra fine ...... 45 1.. Generally .. - ••• lig 2 2 t.., w ......... xl 14 t. xll6 1 Wheat Straw I lett N Meo l d 11UNGEB.FORD. £4 0 to £4 ) 5 LoW Hay 41 QCC Ila Y 0 0 415 tLnem Mo.. 4 10 5 5 (Int 444,1bleadow and Rye grass Hay gt k r aY ......... 4 5 b n aw ..... "'"** 4 . 16 i(; ...... . rViiiieat Straw .... 1 11 . 10 - 4 , l lt ie tt_ fo reat. %eel-I/LIN ELECTION.—On Saturday a petition . fro e m d, I r etni "ors of Dublin was in active course of beil . lg sign_ C.orninission to exam n ine witnesses in Dublin, 74211), pe";!3veriteir in again T st the r r e n t i n v r th o e f our membe rs be drift petition fr, am the citi to 414: lar ge will be . put forward -mor for signatures, a ad we . hope t tlie 013 11 ; Pwards of twenty thousand attached to it 1) efore mght. f are to tome , Jeet of these petitions is a most just one. Le trial, let the venue be laid where the ease l i w s etpde.r be;, ' and the characters of the parties at issue and their wit s," Itre known. —Morning Register. kli . , A NI, ''SCOW PO LICE.---It is generally kttl,officer and watchman belonging to our police t blish kncAwn that 41,1,7 provided with an instrument which i stechnic: ti es ly,, a 'called ..„ii,,iittenes" or " Snitches," viz., a piece of strong cord . fas "tett '° handle, and made to put on the wrists of prisoners twi n taking them to the office. This handle can be • re:Oily . a rt e f d a 0 as to lacerate the wrist, and even make tl le blood iti ld, r °ra the points of the fingers ; and, in fact, in a cruel Wer e rn ay be made as complete an instrument of to pure s s N all ever the thumbikins or the boot of former times.. _t of 150 ever dangerous an instrument to put into the biazi .. ds t do ." f n wbo have nothing to restrain them but the mjunc -1 0 the Captain to be cautions in use. but ir? Horse -market on Wednesday, there were Itl ality ° ,,, all imals, among which were a number of eymelient ''ery , r.' ihe attend however was limited, and tbkre was ,101.1 Little business doannece'4o.were asked for the best draught "Nei s * few of ordinar; description were sold at 22/. to 251. °Vow /Jerald. Y PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. COMPARATIVE ABSTRACT of the ORDNANCE ESTI- MATES for the YEARS 1834-5 and 1835-6. ORDINARY. 1835-6. 1834-5. Civil Establishments( Tower, Pall Mall, and Dublin) Departments, Woolwich Salaries at Home Stations 14,881 15,237 Ditto at Out Stations in Ireland and Fo reign Stations 27,983 26,993 Ditto Barrack Masters, &c. at Home, in Ireland, and Abroad Master Gunners 4,459 5,000 Royal Engineers, ant Sappers and Miners 74,934 75,411 Royal Regiment of Artillery Horse Artillery, &c. Field Train... 604 602 Medical Establishment Academical Establishment 10,040 10,198 Total of the Ordinary... 560,184 560,578 Being less than 1834-5 394 EXTRAORDINARIES. Charge for the Superintendence of Ordnance Works and Repairs, Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies 30,888 30,738 Ordnance Works and Repairs, and Store keepers' Expenditure, in Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies . . ... 147,829 158,743 Charge for the Superintendence of the Build ing and Repair of Barracks, in Great Bri tain, Ireland, and the Colonies 28,216 28.,076 Building and Repair of Barracks, in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies Barrack Masters' Expenditure, Allowances to Barrack Masters, and Lodging Money to Officers, in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies Military, Civil, and Barrack Contingencies 131,932 129,582 Stores—Ordnance, and Military Store Branch 65,000 55,000 On account for Stores for the Year ending 31st March, 1837, required for Foreign Works and Repairs, and which will be de ducted from the Vote for that Year, in the same way as the Vote of the last is de ducted from the Estimate of this Year Total of the Extraordinaries Being less than 1834-5 2,643 Unprovided—for Services as stated Superannuated Exchequer Fees 164,258 168,498 1,747 Commissariat Supplies, transferred to the Ordnance Department under the authority of the Lords of the Treasury, dated 28th June, 1834 RECAPITULATION. Ordinary Extraordinaries Unprovided Superanuated Exchequer Fees 560,184 560,578 609,934 612,577 • 1,600 3,514 • 164,258 168,498 ▪ - 1,747 Ordnance Services, as estimated in former Years Commissariat Supplies To be expended for both Services 1,497,059 1,481,699 Being 15,3601. more to be expended in 1835-6 Deduct by Rents, Sale of Lands and Premises, Old Stores, &c. . (including 80,0891. for Arms supplied to the Spanish Govern ment) .£146,145 1.20000 180,000 By Rent of Canteens, &c. Being 20,000/. more credits in 1835-6. Total to be voted for both Services 1,297,059 1,301,699 Being less to be voted in 1835-6 's This sum formed no part of the Ordnance Estimate last year, but is here inserted for the purpose of affording a comparison be the Expense for 1834-5 and 1835-6. LAW REFORM IN SCOTLAND. INTRODUCED BY THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT. The following statement, which we extract from the Perthshire Courier, shows the amount of saving intended to be effected by the Bill just brought in by the Lord Advocate for reducing the number of Clerks and Officers of the Court of Session : The total expense of the present establishment, clerks, and others is £31,569 1 4 Of this sum the suitors pay £25,207 14 4 And the difference paid by the Ex chequer is 6,361 7 0 £31,569 1 4 By the reductions proposed the expense of the esta blishment will be only 17,080 0 0 Making an annual saving to the country of ... £14,489 1 4 SPRING CIRCUITS. The following are the appointmetits for the ensuing Spring Circuits of the Court of Justiciary : WEST.—LORD JITSTICE CLERK and Lord GlLLlES.—Stirling, Monday, April 13 ; Inverary, Friday, April 17 ; Glasgow, Tues day, April 21.—Adam Urquhart, Esq. A. D. SOUTH.—Lords MEADOWBANK and MoNcßlEF.—Jedburgh, Tuesday, April 7 ; Dumfries, Friday, April 10 ; Ayr, Tuesday, April 14.—Robert Whigham, Esq., A.D. NORTH.—Lords MACKENZIE and MenwYN.—lnverness, Thursday, April 23 ; Aberdeen, Monday, April 27 ; Perth, Friday, May I.—Patr►ck Robertsoti, Esq., A.D. DUBLIN. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The approach of the national festival, St. Patrick's Day, has thrown the Irish Court into a state of cruel embarrass ment. Is the Lord Lieutenant to sport a Shamrock in his hat? Will he appear at the window to the mob? Will he permit the military band, which accompanies the Guard from Barrack-street to the Castle, to play Patrick's Day and Gar ryowen alternately all the way ? These are questions which perplex and distress the Privy Council, notwithstanding the vast accession of sagacity and address which Mr. Gregory and Mr. Shaw have brought to its deliberations. Should his Excellency decline those compliances, all his professions of Irishism make themselves wind, before which they vanish. If he adopt them, the people will not think a whit the better of him for doing so. They will laugh at the hypocrisy of the thing, recellecting the Orange flags at the Theatre ; while the boys, those No-Surrenderers, with the Rev. John M'Crea at their back, will go stark mad. It is a piteous dilemma for a Chief Governor, who wishes to throw dust in the people's eyes, to be reduced to. He should have taken a hint from the adverse winds, and remained on the other side of the Channel till the 18th. A great sensation has been excited by the animated debate on Mr. Shed's motion for the production of Mr. Goulburn's most gracious correspondence with the Orange Lodges ; to the indecorum of which, by the way, the public atten tion wart first directed by The Sun. It is plain that Peel has abandoned the Orangemen to their own merits, and the defences of the Colonels Perceval and Conolly. This is rather a hard return for their blood-to-the-eyes fidelity ; but how could help himself ? Doubtless his heart is with them as warm as ever, if the res dura et regni novitas would suffer him to show it. It is better, however, to part with a set of unruly adherents than to declare war against common sense and common law ; and, therefore, every body foresees that O'Connell's proposal for illegitimatising, the Orange Lodges will succeed. The Tory gentlemen and clergy all acknowledge this to be inevitable, and few of the Southerns, to do them justice, much deplore it. But the Northerns are absolutely outrageous. Any attempt to wet their powder will be opposed fiercely, and by open three. A more inexorable or determined race does not exist ; they are as scornful of reason and policy, even of Tory policy, when either militates against their truculent practices, as ever they have shown themselves heedless of the appeals of religion and hu manity. Arms arc their sole arguments. These they have, and in prime condition, too ; nor will part with them unless to a superior physical force. It is, in short, the conviction of all who know the stuff of which the Orangemen of the North of Ireland are composed, that they will not submit without compul sion to the will of the Legislature, should that will decree their suppression. They are loyal to their King as long as he fos ters them. They love the Aristocracy while it protects them, and tolerate the Commons while the Commons wink at their excesses. But King, Lords, and Commons, they are ready to fling to the winds before they will abate a jot of their ha tred of Papists, or of their power to make that hatred felt. Verily they are mauvais sujets ; and the Minister who hopes to rule by their assistance will find them most troublesome auxiliaries. If the truth were known, Sir Robert Peel has already expe rienced enough of their temper to inspire him with a wish to be delivered from his friends. Yet, unfortunately for him, they are his " right, arm," and should he cut them off, how can his Government go on ? In Ireland he has no other party of any strength to fall back upon. The unenviable notoriety which Mr. M'Crea has obtained renders any thing which relates to him a public concern. Gentlemen to whom it might be inconvenient to defend his methodised madness by sober argument, may laugh (it is the easiest shift) at his rhapsodies, and wonder how any one could " swear to the truth of a song." But see how the Rev. Gentleman's canticles are regarded in Ireland. His songs create as strong a sympathy as his sermons. It may be in the reader's recollection, that a part of the Ode alluded to by Mr. O'Loghlen, and afterwards recited at full length by Mr. Sheil, referred to the New Board of Education, in these words : .c For happy homes, for altars free, we grasp the ready sword, For freedom, truth, and God's unmutilated word. These, these the war-cry of our march ; our hope the Lord on high ! Then put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry. This is the text; and now, pray, attend to the comment, The following advertisement appears in tho Orange papers o Dublin : " NO SURRENDER. PROTESTANT TESTIMONIAL TO THE REVEREND " MR. M'CREA. " The untiring and successful labours of the Rev. Mr. M'Crea, on behalf of Scriptural Religion, and rational liberty, and his magnanimous assertion of constitutional principles at the Royal Ex change, on the 18th of December, which defeated O'Connell and his confederates, in their design to embarrass the King and his Ministers, have led the following persons to subscribe towards pre senting the Rev. Gentleman with a service of plate, as a testimony of' Protestant approbation and gratitude." This document, wliich is subscribed by Sir Harcourt Lees, Colonel Verner, M. P., Mr. Cooper, M.P. (Colonel Perceval's THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, IVIARCH 17, 1835. worthy colleague for Sligo), Mr. George A. Hamilton, can didate in ordinary for the city and county of Dublin, Sir Hugh D. Massey, the Hon. Colonel Wingfield, Sir Hugh Stewart, and many others, gives rather a serious complexion to the Ballad. To Sir Robert Peel's classic consideration it is hum bly inscribed, with an— " I, nunr, et versus tecum meditare eanoros." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 16. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at a few minutes before five. Mr. BERNAL, from the Commons, brought up the Dublin Oil Gas Bill. The Duke of GORDON presented petitions from various. parishes in Banff, Elgin, and Ross, in support of the Church of Scotland. Lord ROSEBERRY presented a petition from Stirling to the same effect. Lord BROUGHAM moved for a return of the number of schools in each town in Ireland, from the year 1809. The Noble and Learned Lord observed that these returns were already in existence, as they had been furnished in conse quence of a motion made by a noble friend of his (Lord Kerry) the other House.—Ordered. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTE SBURY, the Chester Criminals' Execution Bill was read a third time and passed. The East India Company's Indemnity Bill passed through a Committee. The Earl of ROSSLYN presented three petitions in fa vour of the Church of Scotland. EXPLANATIONS. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY then rose, and claimed their Lordships' indulgence while he detained them for a few moments upon a subject purely personal to him self.—( Hear, hear, hear.) It was perhaps out of order to address them upon such a subject, but referring to the printed votes of the proceedings in the other House, now on the table, their Lordships would excuse him for detain ing them for a few moments—( Hear)—while he ventured to disclose the course which the Government and himself had taken upon proceedings relative to his own appointment. When Sir R. Peel made his arrangements for car rying on the duties of the Government, he was pleased to address him with an offer of the post of Ambassador to the Court of Russia. He confessed that he received that nomina tion with a great degree of pride, for he had no right to ex pect such an intimation from him—that appointment or offer was accompanied with a letter from his Noble Friend (the Duke of Wellington), and he felt great pride and satisfac tion that it should be considered that his Majesty's service would again be, in any degree, the better for his service. He confessed that he did not receive such a communica tion without pride, and he most certainly believed that after being in the service of the country at Dresden, at Berlin—( Loud cheering)--and at Paris, and at Vienna, (Cheers)—where he considered that he had been instrumen tal in preserving the best interests of both countries—after having been the companion in arms of the most distinguished diplomatist of the day, he did think, however presumptuously, that so much opposition was undeserved. He might not be possessed of all the sagacity or prudence of the Noble Lords opposite him—(Cheers) —but he did believe that his conduct, while in the capacity of Ambassador before, had been for the benefit of tne country. Another circumstance was, that he did not hastily embrace the offer, but it being made to him, and he believing that his services might be of use to his Majesty, he had certainly accepted the appointment. He felt it an honour to serve his King, but he felt also, as soon as he read the report of the discussion in the other House, that there was but one line for him to pursue, as a subject, and a public servant. During a long course of military and other duties, he could say,—and he thought those who had of late become his political enemies could not contradict it--( Hear, hear)—that he had endeavoured to serve his King and his country to the best of his ability. If he were to depart from this country, after what had passed in the House of Commons, he should feel himself, as a representative of Majesty, to be placed in a new and false situation. The remarks and animadversions which had been made by one branch of the legislature were so strong, that he conceived it impossible for him to fill the office to which he bad been called, with proper effect. It was on these grounds, and standing, as he did, upon his sense of duty to his Sovereign, without meaning to succumb to faction, (though he should be devoid of feeling, if he was insensible to the scoffs and scorn which had been so unjustly levelled at him)—he was determined, upon no consideration what ever, to accept that appointment, which his Majesty had been most graciously pleased to offer him.—( Hear, hear.) He had come to that determination, upon the grounds he had stated, and without any communication with the Govern ment as to the course he should take ; he had neither sought advice, nor had it been proferred.—( Hear, hear.) Another opportunity might be afforded him of answering those unfair, unjust, and unexpected animadversions which had been passed upon circumstances that had elapsed sixteen years ago, but at this moment it was impossible to meet them in that House.—( Hear, hear.) He wished to say nothing of the House of Commons ; it was omnipotent, but if any member of that House had been placed in his situation, would he not have claimed and have been al lowed to defend himself ?—( Hear, hear.) He would not al lude immediately to the originator of the motion, or particu larly to any one of those who followed him ; but very gross and false statements were made, and from them it was seen, (and he hoped, therefore, that that House would reflect upon it), how a public servant, after a long per formance of duty to the best of his ability, was treated.— ( Hear, hear, hear.) After thirty years' service he could challenge his most determined enemy to bring one stain upon his character.—(Cheers.) He thanked their Lordships for the attention with which they had heard him, and would not then trouble them further. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that considering that he was the person who was officially responsible for the nomi nation of his Noble Friend, he hoped their Lordships would excuse him for saying a few words. He had made the recom mendation to his Majesty upon his knowledge of his Noble Friend's real and important military experience, and upon his knowledge of his fitness for a diplomatic employment from va rious diplomatic services for many years, more particularly in one , Embassy at the Court of Vienna for nine years. During that period he had performed the most important services to the sa tisfaction of those Ministers who had employed him up to the very last moment, and retired with the strongest testimony of approbation from the Secretary of State for that time. Ile was aware of some of the peculiar talents of his Noble Friend —( Hear, from the Duke of Cumberland)—and which were necessary for the particular office to which he was appointed; and he was aware also of the peculiar fitness of his Noble Friend for this particular diplomatic employment, being a military officer of high rank and reputation in the service of his country ; and, under such circumstances, he considered himself justified in recommending that his Noble Friend should be appointed Ambassador to St. Petersburgh, and he was happy to find that his Right Hon. Friend concurred in that recommenda tion, and his Majesty was pleased to approve of that appointment. Tinder these circumstances he confessed that he felt the greatest regret that the nomination had gone no farther, and that it had not been approved of in another place, as it was in con sequence of that, that his Noble Friend had thought proper (with that delicate feeling which could not but be admired) to decline the office. There was no prerogative of the Crown which should be held more inviolate than that of the ap pointment of its ambassadors. The Ministers of the Crown were responsible for their nomination—they were responsible for the instructions under which Noble Lords and others acted, and for the manner in which they discharged their duties. Moreover, they were responsible for the due performance of those duties to the country and to the other House. It was impossible that the Commons could have interfered so far with the prerogative of his Majesty, as to say that the person nominated should not fill that situation, inasmuch as by so doing the House of Commons would have taken upon itself the nomination of the officers, and the direction of the particular duties they were to dis charge, and they would likewise relieve Ministers from the responsibility under which they laboured. For his part he would not believe the House of Commons would have taken such a part, and he thought the country owed a debt of gratitude to his Noble Friend for having declined the office to which he had been nominated.—( Hear, hear. ) The Marquis L A NSDOWNE objected to the irregular conversation which had just taken plate, but as an individual he could not allow the Noble Earl, or Noble Lord, to leave that House with the impression, that the disapproba tion which had been expressed at the appointment of the Noble Earl to the Embassy of St. Petersburgh, was in any degree connected with any personal disrespect whatever to the Noble Earl.—( Hear.) Were it to be so supposed, he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) would not stand there to make any explanation upon it, nor should he in any degree participate in it. Whatever might be the motives of different persons, he was bound to say that those which he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) entertained, might be entertained consistently with the greatest respect to the Noble Earl's consistency and character, because he believed that the greatest objection t 6 that appointment (so signally characterized as being the first appointment of his Majesty's present Ministers) the greatest objections were founded upon the belie 4 that in all the opi nions recently recorded and expressed by the Noble Earl in that House and elsewhere, as to the policy of the late Government, and as to the present state of Europe, the Noble Earl was most strenuously and decidedly op posed, and that be was, therefore, sincere in his opinions. It, therefore, was anything but disrespectful to the Noble Earl so far as regarded the peace of Europe, as con nected with Poland, and as connected with the illegitimate pretensions of certain pretenders to the thrones of both Spain and Portugal--as regarded the peace of Europe, which was connected with the close alliance and understand ing with the kingdom of France, on which it was essential that this country should found and build its concert to preserve that peace, but to which the Noble Earl had repeatedly de clared that he was completely alien and averse. On all these points, if they believed in the sincerity of the opinions, and if they were convinced of the consistency of the conduet of the Noble Earl, they must naturally expect that he would be any thing but a zealous, willing, and efficient instrument to carry into effect that policy which they had not yet beard was to be changed—( Loud cries of Hear)—but on the continuance of which he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) believed rested every chance for the peace of Europe, and of this country. It was natural, therefore, that great anxiety should be felt on that sub ject by the country, and that that anxiety should be partaken. In the country the public had not the same means of ascertaining what passed at their Lordships' deliberations, and therefore that they could not feel the same interest which the people of that country did. He was satisfied that the House of Commons would, at all times, be careful how it would in any degree infringe upon the prerogative of his Ma jesty. He was sure it would at all times pause and deliberate and in every instance it had shown that inclination before it approached a subject surrounded by so many im portant considerations as the present one.--( Hear, hear. ) Bound as they were to take care that the peace of Europe was presenTed, it was their duty to watch every move ment of the Ministry, in order that the appointments to foreign Courts were properly filled up.—( Hear.) What he had thought it his duty to offer in respect to that question was totally unconnected with any personal feeling towards the Noble Marquis ; but he must say that the Noblo Marquis had acted nobly in paying so much deference to the feeling of the House of Commons and the country as he had done upon that occasion. The Duke of BUCKING HAM then rose, and said he would not consent that the subject should be put on personal grounds—it stood upon much higher— upon constitutional grounds; and he, for one, would not consent that it should be lowered.—( Hear.) Such opi nions as they had heard might do very well for a Com mittee of Safety, but were not worthy of a Bri tish House of Parliament.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He had seen the Speaker of the House of Commons often at the bar and claim the privilege of speech ; but that was the first time that he had heard that such a privilege was to be made the ground for taking away the character and the appointments of any Noble Lord. The publishing of the reports of any speech in that or the other House, was a gross breach of privilege ; but now upon these reports, a Noble Lord came down to that House and made a speech founded upon the breach of privilege. Who, he would ask, was responsible for the appointment in question ? Not the House of Commons certainly, but the Government ; and it was the first time in his life that he had ever heard the character or the appointment of any Noble Lord sacrificed to the caprice of any body of in dividuals. He contended that the other House had no right to express their opinion upon the appointment of any Minister until his unfitness had been shown—until the peace of Europe had been thought to be put in jeopardy, the House of Commons had no right to find fault with the appointment, which was a direct interference with the pre rogative of the Crown. That prerogative had now been ques tioned for the first time—would it be the last? Encouraged by their success upon this occasion, would the enemies of the Crown stop at that point ? Ho warned the statesmen opposite, who might be Ministers soon, that the question was most important to them and to the coun try. Now was the time to make a stand for the prerogatives of the Crown—they were now attacked, and must be defended now or never. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, attended by their Royal Highnesses's suites were present at the Vocal Concert at the Hanover-square Rooms, last night. The Landgravine of Hesse Homburg took an airing yester day in a carriage, in company with the Princess Sophia. The Landgravine dined in the evening with the Princess Augusta, at her residence in St. James's Palace. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked and drove in the Parks yesterday. Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign Office. Despatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial Office for the Governor of Jamaica. Earl Grey arrived at his residence, in Berkeley-square, yes terday, from the Hoo, Herts, the residence of Lord Dacre. The Countess Pozzi di Borgo, niece of Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador, is expected to arrive in town in the course of a fortnight, from Paris. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. General Sir John Slade, from Brighton► ; Rear-Admiral Charles Adam, in Berkeley-square ; Lady Charlotte and the Misses Campl:ell, in Mount-street ; Sir John and Lady Pollen, from a Continental tour ; the Earl of Mount Edgecombe, from Richmond-hill ; Ker Hamilton, Esq., at Mivart's Hotel, from Richmond ; William Forbes, Esq., at Patterson's Hotel, Brook-street, from Stirlingshire ; the Earl and Countess of Longford, in Portland-place from Ireland ; W. C. Harland, Esq., in New Bond-street ; Sir John and Lady Hanmer, at their new residence in Eaton-place ; Sir Thomas and the Hon. Lady Legard, at Lord Feversham's, Arlington-street ; Right Hon. Dominick Browne, in Burlington-street, from Ireland; Captain and Mrs. Frederick Berkeley, at Lord Ducies, Sea more-place, from a tour ; Lord Gardiner, from Melton Mow bray ; Captain Bridgeman, R.N., from Shrewsbury ; General Terrots, from Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Colonel Sandon, from Brighton ; the Hon. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Bouverie, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street ; Dr. and Mrs. Macmillan, at the Pul teney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Kent ; the Bishop of Lincoln, at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from Bugden Pa lace ; Mr. Alphee de Vatry, and Mr. Charles Ternaui, at Symmon's Hotel, St. James's -street, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Forrester, in Brook. street, from their seat in Essex ; Capt. Knox, in Dover-street, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Howard, in Regent-street, from Bath; Lord and Skelmers dale, in Portland-place, from Latham House ; Captain Con greve, at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork streets, from the Mauritius ; Mrs. Preston, at ditto, from ditto. DEPARTURES. J. P. Plumptre, Esq., M. P., for Maidstone ; R. J. Alder shaw, Esq., from Cambride, for Alston, Norfolk; William Lloyd, Esq., for his seat, Aston, near Shrewsbury ; William Turner, Esq., M. P., for his seat, Sprigley Hall, Macclesfield; Sir C. Cockerel], Bart., M.P., for his seat, Sezincet, Glou cestershire ; J. Alexander, Esq., from Tunbridge Wells, for Leamington ; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Flower, from Park-lane, for Brighton ; Capt. Dolville, from the Royal Hotel, Jermyn street, for Bath ; Sir Geo. Hamilton, from Mivart's Hotel, for Brussels ; Sir Henry and Lady Blackwood, from Weymouth, on a tour; Hall Dare, Esq., from Carlton Gardens, for Essex; General Soublette, from Mivart's Hotel, for Madrid; the Rev. Henry des Vaux, for the Continent; Captain and Mrs. Hope Johnstone and family, for Switzerland'; George Lane Fox, Esq., from Crawley's Hotel, fur Bramham-park, Yorkshire ; Viscountess Hereford, for Brighton ; Count Je nison, from Upper Harley-street, for Munich. PROFESSOR AIRY. The following is the Letter to Professor Airy, referred to last night by Mr. Spring Rice, in the House of Commons : " Downing-street, August 25, 1834. "MY DEAR Sea,-It is highly probable that a vacancy may take place very shortly in the office of Astronomer Royal. If this event occur, it will be of course the duty and the object of the Government to make such a selection as shall be most conducive to the interests of science, and as shall secure to our national astronomical establishment and its observations, the greatest respect and authority throughout Europe. " On these principles it is no more than natural that the Go vernment should be desirous of knowing whether the appoint ment is one which you would accept ; as it would be most gratifying to us all to have an opportunity of marking the ad miration which we feel for your eminent attainments, and the respect which is justly due to your character as an individual. As a Cambridge man, I am fully aware that to our University the loss of one of its greatest ornaments cannot but be felt as irreparable; but we ought not to be selfish, we should think of England as well as of Cambridge ; and I trust there is not one of our scientific friends who will not feel that in "selecting a new Astronomer Royal, it is towards you that the earliest at tention of his Majesty's Government should be directed, not less in justice to science, than to the credit and character of the country. " Pray let me hear from you at your earliest convenience, and believe me, &c. "T. SPRING RICE. " To Rev. Professor Airy, Cambridge." THE VOCAL SOCIETY. FIFTH CONCERT. The presence of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria, who were attended by a nume rous suite, attracted a large and brilliant audience to the Fifth Meeting of this Society, held yesterday evening at the Hanover-square Rooms. The scheme, which included many compositions of acknowledged excellence, contained no less than seventeen pieces, selected, in the old school, from the works of Creighton, Orlando di Lasso, Ford, Wylbye, and Purcel ; in the more modern, from Haydn, Paer, and Mozart ; and to these were added specimens from the writings of our own countrymen, Arne, Jackson, Webbe, Stevens, Elliott, Horsley, and Barnett. The principal vocal ',performers were Mesdames Bishop, Seguin, Masson, and Hawes ; Masters Howe and Coward; Messrs. Braham, Hobbs, Vaughan, Horn castle, Hawkins, King, Terrail, Bennett, Bellamy, Sale, and Atkins. Webb's elegant Cavatina, " Soft zephyr on thy balmy wing," sung by Mr. Hobbs; the Glees of Ford and Stevens, and the magnificent Quintet, " Sento, oh Dio," from Mozart's " Cosi fau Tutte," were inserted in the pro gramme by command of their Royal Highnesses, a meritorious compliment, proceeding from so high a quarter, which must have been very gratifying to the members of the association. The madrigals of Wylbye and Orlando di Lasso, were sung with delicacy and correctness, and were repeated at the unani mous desire of the audience. The Ancient Concert performers may learn a lesson from this Society, in the art of singing, with proper expression, these exquisite specimens of pure vocal writing. Braham sang the grand scena, " Let the dreadful engines," from Purcell's opera of Don Quixote, with great spirit and effect, and appeared to enter into the feelings of the raving misogynist, Cardenio, to which character the composer has allotted this original and highly descriptive music. Miss Masson's physical power seemed scarcely equal to her conception of Mozart's " Non piu di fiori," from " La Clemenza di Tito," the obligato accompaniment to which, for the " corno di bassetto," was played by Willman, with his usual skill. " Tu di grazia," from Haydn's most elaborate and grand ora torio, " Die Worte des Erlosers am Kreuze," is a noble speci men of high imagination, and replete with dramatic effect. The whole oratorio more resembles the sublime majesty of Mozart, than the quiet eloquence, which is the ordinary characteristic of its author. The introductory chorale required the accom paniment of the trombones. The novelties of the evening were a Concerto for the oboe by G. Cooke, Grand Scena by Bar nett, and a Dirge by Horsley. Mr. Cooke's performance on his instrument is beyond all praise ; of his composition, com pared with his playing, it may truly and sorrowfully be re marked, " matenem superabat opus." The difference between a practical and scientific acquaintance with the art is very wide. Barnett; selected fur his Scena, Byron's celebrated poem " Darkness," which commences " I had a Dream that was not all a Dream." This composer evinces great ability, and he has improved his natural taste and strength of imagina tion by earnest study of the great modern writers of Germany. There are faults in his instrumentation, and his transitions are occasionally harsh and ineffective ; but the beauties which ever and anon shine forth more than counterbalance these minor de fects. Tho climax at the close deserves commendation, and a good point was made of the words The world was void, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless." Mr. Horsley's elegy is a lament on the decease of a young lady, who in spite of divers warnings of dread import, would take the water in order to visit her papa's castle, with the filial design of replenishing his wine-cups. The omens dire are of course fulfilled ; the fair adventuress drowned ; and her dirge sung, with all the honours, by the wild waves and coral rocks, who have, from time immemorial, by a fiction of poets of every gradation in talent, celebrated the funeral obsegnies of their victims ; a practice, to say the least of it, which is very civil. The poetry is unworthy of Walter Scott ; nor will the music add to its reputation. The duet of Ferdinand Paer was taken from his celebrated opera, " Agnese," the libretto of which is founded on Mrs. Opie's affecting tale, " The Fa ther and Daughter." This composition occurs early in the first [act, where the unhappy maniac meets his penitent child at her supposed place of sepulture. Is is a perfect specimen of dramatic effect—sweetness contrasted, in alter nate light and shade, with power—Mr. and Mrs. Seguin sung it with taste and discrimination. Mr. T. Cooke led the orchestra, and Mr. Tunic conducted on this occasion; and the Concert gave great satisfaction to the assembled hearers. THE WEATHER.—We have still'very stormy and variable weather. In some districts the snow is deeper than has been witnessed for twer.iy years, and the sheep are suffer ing. Heavy rains and tempestuous winds have also prevailed, and been very injurious. In Aberdeen and Banffshires the snow storm has been deep and protracted, and on the heights of Perthshire it has been felt with equal severity.—lnverness Courier. We have had a week of tempestuous weather, but we are happy to state, without having caused any wreck along our coasts. The vessels in Falmouth harbour rode out the gales without accident. The Pantaloon and Lapwing pac kets, which sailed on Friday last, were driven to the eastward, by the violence of the wind ; the former re-appeared off the harbour on Monday, on her way westward, and the latter put into the Dartmouth.— West Briton. POOR LAWS. Lord TEYNHAM gave a notice for Friday relative to the Poor Laws. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM wished to know when any steps would be taken for the purpose of carrying the Poor Law Amendment Bill into effect ? The Duke of WELLINGTON said he for one was glad that the Commons had not yet put forth those rules and regu lations which the law required of them. Time would give them more experience. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM asked whether the Poor Law Commissioners had made any new rules or regulations ? Lord BR OUG HAM replied that it did not follow that be cause the Commissioners had given any orders, that they had made new rules. The orders alluded to were those general regulations required to be transmitted to the overseers by the act, and therein described.—The conversation then dropped. On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND theilouse went into Committee upon the Oaths and Affirmation Bill. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY reported progress, and got leave to present the Bill to-morrow. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 16. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock. A messenger from the East India House presented returns of Compensations granted to retired Officers employed by that Company. A messenger from the British Museum presented the Annual Returns from that establishment --Laid on the table. ISLINGTON MARKET. l'etitions in favour of the Islington Market Bill were pre sented by Mr. Duncombe, from the Counties of Cambridge, Oxford, &c. ; by Mr. Handley, from the County of Lincoln, and Grantham'; by Colonel Owen, from Leicestershire; by Mr. Wakley, from the parish of Islington, signed by 846 persons ; by Mr. Blamire, from Northwich ; by Mr. Clay, from St. George's East ; by Mr. Wodehouse, from Norfolk ; and by Mr. Williams, from Norwich. Mr. G ROTE presented a petition from the inhabitants of the City of London in favour of the removal of the cattle market at Smithfield to Islington.—( Hear, hear.) The Marquis of CHANDOS presented petitions from the farmers and graziers of various places in Buckinghamshire, in support of the Islington Market Bill. Lord SANDON brought up the report of the Committee on the Liverpool Railway Bill.—Laid on the table. Mr. DARE presented a petition from Colchester, and an other from Chelmsford, against the Islington Market Bill. Mr. HANDLEY moved the second reading of the said Bill. Mr. POTTER said—he had spent three or four hours that morning in Smithfield-market, and found that there was a very strong feeling amongst the salesmen and buyers against the removal of the market, and he confessed, that had he been aware of that before, he should not have joined in the oppo sition to the Bill for the enlargement of Smithfield-market. On examining the place, he saw no reason for the complaints made against it, for there appeared to be plenty of room, and for more cattle than were in it. If the market at Smithfield were given up, and removed to Islington, the consequence would be that markets would be required at the west end of the town, and other points of the metropolis, especially after the completion of the several rail-roads now in progress. He should not pose the second reading of the Bill, but he, should watch its course very narrowly. Major II ANDL E Y said he had followed the Hon. Merit her who had just spoken to Smithfield.—( Laughter.) From the company in which he saw that Hon. Member, he had doubtless imbided those impressions which he had just endea voured to convey to the House. As to the capacity of the market, the Hon. Member was not there at night, nor at a proper time of the day, to judge of it. When he (Ma jor _Handley) was there last, there were two thousand head of cattle more than could be possibly accommodated, and there was always a surplus stock waiting for turn in the neighbouring inn-yards. He begged distinctly to state that the Bill now introduced was not intended to cause the removal of Smithfield Market, or to oppose the establishment of any other markets at any future time. All he asked was, let the Islington Market be established, and let the public judge which was the most advantageous of the two.—( Hear. ) Mr. BL AMIR E thought the Hon. Member might take a higher ground in advocating this measure. He himself had been particularly struck with the inconvenience and want of arrangement which prevailed in the market at Smithfield. He thought this question had not been rightly handled by the parties who were opposed to each other upon it. It did not appear to him that they had fairly examined the whole merits of the case. He thought if the city retained Smithfield Market, and the present Bill should pass, the result would be most unfortunate to all concerned and injurious to the public. He could not, consistently with his duty, impose upon the inha bitants of this City the responsibility of maintaining two mar kets. He knew of no place where markets were better regu lated than in Scotland, and he thought that the House in deciding upon the merits of this question could not have a better example before it. The system of consolidation was well understood there, and if Hon. Members looked over the list they would find that in Shires where 400 fairs were for merly held, now only 100 were held. He considered it impos sible to have the two markets—that of Smithfield and Islington —established, if the interests of the producers and provision merchants were at all to be consulted. Mr. POTTER explained. Mr. HE ATHCOTE—The only difficulty to be obviated was the consequences of removing the market from Smith field, and these were, that the duties would be transferred from the superintendence of a corporation, and left at the discretion of an individual. Mr. WILK S—This Bill would not have the effect of re moving Smithfield market, as the Hon. Gentleman observed, but would take away the disadvantages which was experienced by the public from it, and afford them the scanty protection which Islington held out. Mr. HA L FORD, as the Representative of an immense grazing district, considered the continuance of the market in Smithfield as very desirable for purchasers ; whereas, if it were removed, it would create a monopoly, that would be dis advantageous only to another class of traders. He made these statements in order to show the House that the removal of Smithfield market to Islington, which was in fact the chief object of the Bill, was not in accordance with the general wish of the graziers of the country. Mr. WARBURTON denied that the effect of the Bill was to compel either butchers or graziers to resort to Islington market. As to the advantages or disadvantages of Smithfield, nothing contained in this Bill rendered it compulsory to resort to it. It was left voluntary on the part of the buyers and sellers to frequent whatever market they chose. The second reading of the Bill was then agreed to, without a division. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Mr. HALIBURTON presented petitions from Halibur ton and another place in Argyleshire in favour of the Church of Scotland. PORT OF BRISTOL. Sir R. VIVI AN presented a petition from the branch pilots of the port of Bristol, praying, as we understood, that vessels which put into that port in consequence of stress of weather should be compelled to pay the lighthouse and pilotage duties. The Noble Baronet gave notice that on Monday, the 30th of March, he would call the attention of the House to the state of our foreign affairs as connected with Portugal. STATE OF CANADA. Mr. P. M. STE WART said he had a petition to present from the inhabitants of Montreal and its vicinity, in Lower Canada, and he thought it but fair to the House and the country to put them into the knowledge of the actual state of par ties in that country. The petition was signed by 11,170 individuals, of whom there were about 1,000 French Ca nadians, the remainder being British and Irish settlers. They first expressed their gratitude for the security they enjoyed, under the protection of Great Britain; and went on to state, that they regarded with regret and alarm the ten dency of the resolutions passed by the House of Assembly in that colony. But that, whilst they deplored the necessity of external legislation, they relied with confidence on the wisdom and justice of the British House of Commons. He ought to observe, that the Canadians were as much split into parties as was this country ; and there were distinc tions amongst the Canadians as well as elsewhere. There was a majority there of what were called Liberals or Refor mers, but there was a distinction there as here between Con stitutional Whigs and Radicals.--( Hear, and Laughter.) He believed there was a majority of the party called Constitu tional Whigs in Lower Canada. The petitioners further stated that they were not insensible to the grievances that had been complained of, or to the fact that there were members of the House of Assembly holding office under the Crown. To the redress of those abuses he requested the attention of Hon. Members, and he could not but deprecate the inter ference that had taken place on both sides of the Atlantic on ,1, •:~~-~ .. .~, ~ r the affairs of Canada, firmly believing been allowed to proceed according to tl the complaints contained in the petitioi have been put forward. In order to afford and Learned Member for Bath an opportuninity Alwyn „ dieting statements that h a d b een w id e l y circulated, heJl(l would refer to an anonymous letter which had been as cribed by every Newspaper to the Honourable and Learned Member. It was dated on the 27th of November after the change in the Ministry, and was sent to Ca nada without any signature. It congratulated the Canadian legislature on the near approach of the Radicals to power, stated that Spring Rice had deceived them, and asked them if he returned to power to make his place as difficult as possible, by granting no supplies-4 Hear, hear.) He was glad to learn from the speech made by a Right Hon. Gentleman opposite a few nights ago, that it was the inten tion of Government to do what they could for Canada. He learnt with pleasure that the Tenure Act of 1826 was to be re• pealed, and that some other obnoxious laws were also under con sideration. He knew that it would be said that he was per sonally interested in the subject as a member of the Canada Company ; but in that respect he could say, that he had paid his money, and got nothing for it, and his only object, as well as that of the Company, was to encourage emigration, and to spread education in Lower Canada. That Company had been esta blished under the sanction of a Committee of that House, and its establishment was for the sole benefit of Canada itself. Mr. W. E. GL AD STONE here rose to explain, but most of his observations were inaudible in the gallery. We understood the Hon. Member to ask Mr. R Stewart whe ther he thought it wise or prudent to open up such a dis cussion, under present circumstances ? Mr. P. STEWART resumed. He observed that in Up per Canada representation was founded on population and property combined, but in the lower province it rested on population alone. He had now done his best to support the petition entrusted to him, and he hoped the Government would take the subject into their most serious consideration. He thanked the House for the kind manner in which they had heard him, and he considered that he had proved to the House that there were in Canada a sensible people, who could distin guish between right and wrong. Mr. ROEBUCK charged the Honourable Member who had just sat down with the most unjust garbling of his (Mr. Roebuck's) statements, by saying that he endea voured to persuade the people of Canada to take up arms, and his reply to this would consist in his reading the letter which had beer, referred to by the Hon. Member. The Hon. Member then read a long ex tract of a letter which concluded by exhorting the people of Cajiada to try all means before resorting to arms. He would ask whether that justified the statement which the Hon. Member then made ? What he had stated in that letter he still adhered to. Then the Hon. Gentleman talked a great deal about constitutional doctrine ; but he would ask, did not the Whig Gpvernment, in order to get the Re form Bill passed, excite the people of England, and he would in the same spirit endeavour to excite the people of Ca nada, in order to get them a Reform Bill, and a Reform Bill which he hoped would give them the power of governing them selves. They had resolved not to grant the supplies: would any one say that was unconstitutional, when such a course was even contemplated by a British House of Commons ? He knew it was contemplated in a very short time to try the strength of the House upon that, and it was intended to try that strength upon the Navy Estimates. Was not that a constitutional mode of harassing the Government? If no one took that step in the course of ten days, he himself would do it ; and if the House did not stop the supplies, he would say, they did not fairly represent the people of England. The people of Canada had resisted the supplies, and he de clared that according to his notion of the law that was a consti tutional step, and he hoped the House of Commons would endea vour to stop the supplies, in imitation of their e'ood brethren of Canada. We are told by these parties, that it is an Eng lish and French dispute ; but he would tell him, that it was a dispute between Tory and Liberal principle—though the truth was, that the Tory party were much weaker, he was happy to say, in Canada than they were in this country. The only remedy that appeared to him, was a proper alteration of their Constitutional Assembly ; for he was convinced, that unless they did take away their constitution, as it stood at present, there would be no possibility of effecting any amelioration in their condition ; and if they did not, they would make one for themselves. He intended to abandon the first of his three mo tions—that for the better regulation of Canada—but he did intend most positively to press his other two—the principle of tenure and the Land Company Act. It was said by one that they proposed to reduce this grand tenure Act to what was termed the feudal system. Now the fact was, that it would embrace a system forming, as near as possible, an exact copy of the copyhold tenure in this country. Instead of, as he had been represented by some parties, stirring up a spirit of undue commotion in Ca nada, he had requested the people to give a hearing to the Commissioners, that they should meet them in a calm state ; but that in their representations they should adhere to these two distinct propositions, namely, that they should have the whole of the revenue under their controul, and that a decided alteration should be made in the legislative assembly. i%lr. STEWART explained. Mr. Hume said it would appear, from what had fallen from the Honourable Gentleman, that as if the persons comprising this petition were the only loyal persons in Canada. Now, nothing could be more contrary to the fact, as he could assure the House that it was a principle deeply fixed in the minds •of all the persons composing that colony. Sir R. PEEL was not then able to give the final answer which he had hoped to be able to give the Hon. Gentleman this evening. Mr. RO . BINSON denied that there was anything in the petition presented by the Hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Roebuck) of the menacing tone which that Hon. Gentleman had adopted himself, and described.it to_contain. It was a petition emanating from no particular sect or party in Canada, but was signed by persons of all religious persuasions, and of every distinction. There was not the slightest imputation on the conduct of their Canadian brethren, and what was stated by the Hon. Members for Bath and Middlesex was done for the purpose of mislead ing the House. The Hon. Member for Bath (Mr. R.) has expressed himself as desirous that the Canadians should harrass the British Parliament until they should obtain justice, and that unless they took that course justice would never be done to them. He hoped that the case of the Canadians would be still en trusted to the Hon. Member for Taunton (Mr. Labouchere), and they would have had their grievances sooner redressed. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. IRISH CHURCH. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in consequence of what passed the other evening relative to the Irish Church, begged to state, that since that time, he had taken the opportu nity of making some enquiries, and in the course of the week, had been informed that some special reports of the Ecclesiastical Commission would soon be laid upon the table of the House, or at least were in readiness. Un der these circumstances, he begged to ask whether it would not be more advisable to postpone the motion,which he had previously given notice of, until the reports were in the possession of the House. If it were the pleasure of the House, he should therefore move for the production of the reports he had referred to without delay, and if it now met with the concurrence of the House, he would postpone the motion, which he had given notice he should bring before the House on Thursday next, until the following Monday. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that the special reports of the Irish Ecclesiastical Commissioners be printed and laid on the table. Sir R. PEEL—I beg to ask the Noble Lord whether he should not have given notice of his motion? The Noble Lord has means of procuring information upon this subject which the Government does not possess, and the House should, at least, have notice of this motion before it was called upon to affirm a resolution—namely, that the Govern ment was desirous to withhold information, which would be the effect of assenting to the motion which the Noble Lord now proposed. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had not the slightest objection to comply with the suggestion of the Right Hon. Baronet • but he begged to inform the Right Hon. Gentleman that he (Lord J. Russell) had communicated his intention to make this mo tion to the Secretary of the Colonies, and to the Under-Se cretary of State. . . . Sir H. HARDINGE—Since the commission has been established we have not interfered in the slightest degree. Mr. SHE IL—There is a clause in the Commission by which the Commissioners were directed to report immediately, after they have investigated the state of each parish. Sir H. PEEL—AII I can say is that they have not exercised the power given to them under the Commission.—( Hear.) Mr. SHELL said it was for his Majesty's Government to call upon them to fulfill their duties.—( Loud cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL—I must then beg leave of the House to postpone my motion.—( Cries of " Hear, hear," and " No.") I will to-morrow state to the House what is the course I mean to pursue.—( Laughter from the Ministerial benches.) AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. The Marquis of C HAND° S wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet when he meant to bring forward his plan of his agri cultural relief. Sir R. PEEL thought that the best plan would be to wait until the end of the financial year, when he would be able to bring forward the whole of the financial statements at once, which he promised to do at the earliest possible period. He thought the best time would be in the month of April, when the attendance was fullest. LORD LONDONDERRY'S EMBASSY TO RUSSIA. Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to know after what had passed in this House on Friday night, whether it was still the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to send the Marquis of Londonderry as the representative of this country at the Court of St. Petersburgh ? Sir R. PEEL-1 will give the Noble Lord an answer without the slightest hesitation.—( Hear, hear.) About an hour since I received from my Noble Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a letter which he had received from the Noble Lord, (the Marquis of Londonderry) in which letter that Noble Lord stated that he felt, after considering the debate which took place in this House on Friday night, that on accepting the high situa tion of Ambassador of this country to the court of St. Peters burgh, his services would be greatly impaired. He felt it his duty, therefore, to resign the situation to which he had been appointed..---( Hear, hear.) 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