The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-09 00:00:00

EVENING IMIT/ON with his Bill for the regulation of the medical profession. Mr:HAWES, sai4 that he had not the slightest in tention of proo3eding further with the Bill. FACTORIES' BILL. Lord J. RT:SSELL moved the Order of the Day re specting the 'Factories' Bill, for the purpose of discharg ing it.—Agi •eed to. On the m Jtion of Lord J. RUSSELL several of the Orders of tl le Day we:e called on for the purpose of ft'sti ) ° ,ll4l3 F them. The Noble Lord stated that it was ais iritention to proceed with the Bribery at Elections Bill to-r-totrow, the F,celesiastical Commissioners Bill, and tha New South TATales Bill. HERTFORD REGISTRY. Mr. Ster'J, the Town Clerk of Hertford, was then foiled to th% Bar, and in answer to a ques tion from the SPICLKER, he stated that he pro duced a copy of the registry of Hertford ; but he did not think he was bound to produce it, inas much as it belonged to the Magistrates of the county, who had paid for it ; and there was no other copy. The witness, amidst the loud laughter of the House, here quietly walked off, taking with him the copy ; but, having bran brought back again by officers of the House, The SP:9-41(ER ordered that he should leave them the copy of the register, and the House would see what they shouZld do with it. The copy of the register having been left in the House, mad the • names having withdrawn, Mr. T.. DUNCOMBE said that it was a matter of in differenco whether the copy belonged to the Magistrates or not. The Clerk of the Peace was the person who was answera' Ae to the House, and it was his duty to obey their or lets. There could be no doubt that the Magis trates h. tel exceeded their power ; they had nothing at all to do with the printing. It was extremely unjust to the electors tJutt they should not be furnished with a printed copy as provided by the Reform Act. Between the Clerk of• the Peace and the Under-Sheriff the House had been trif led with ; and if the House did not take deci sive stay the effect would be that the House would be dissolve 3, and that the electors would be deprived of the register . He believed that such had been the object of the parries in refusing it. If an elector had applied for a copy son the 30th of May, he would no doubt have been a t ipplvatl with a copy at a charge of 251.; that was not cower iplated by the Act. The Hon. Member Then moved „that the copy of the register be no* laid upon the table. Mr. 7..STOOTAIT could see no sufficient ground for taking she xygister from the custody of tho officer. There - owl n o doubt that the order of the House had been dis.!er,a - rded, but he saw no reason for imputing im proper 'anti res to the Clerk of the Peace, who was the erva.nt (of the Magistrates, and had only acted under their ordiut 3, and if the House should remove the register front his custody, it would be impossible for him than to en nply with the Act. He wznild not object to a motion or 4 ering a copy of the register to be furnished within a w eek, or any time which would he sufficient for the purpoo e. The motion as it stood was quite inconsist ent with tt ,e practice of the House. Mr. COWPER said that the electors of the county of Hertford were in this difficulty, that any per son who Ivished to obtain a copy of the register must pay for it tht, sum of 251. There could ha no doubt that throughoi it the whole transaction there had been a de cided era ion of the orders of the House. The SC tLICITOR-GENERAL thought this question was very preperly brought forward.—(Hear, hear.) Ho did not th Z lk it expedient to take the copy from the cus tody of tl te• person at the bar, but he would certainly submit to tic Honse, that that person should be ordered forthwith b) furnish the House with a copy. By the Re form Bill it was clearly the duty of the Clerk of the Peace, as 5. oon as the register was revised, to be in a situation tc furnish a copy to the public upon application. The order of the House required a statement of the ex penses-attei ading the publication of the lists. That return stated that the sum paid by the Magistrates was 891., but that it way not, a sufficient remuneration for the labour of preparing these lists. It being the duty of the Clerk of the Peace za fturnisk copies to all parties at a reasonable price, some difficulty arose as to how he was to be remu nerated. nut the Act said that the Sheriff and the Clerk of the Perm were to be remunerated for any expenses incurred '.n carrying into effect the provisions of the Act by the tr easurer of the county, and therefore the Clerk cf the. Peace was not interested except in so far as con cerned thi discharge of his public duty. His remunera tion (I'd not arise from the sums received by furnishing copies to the public. He was paid by the treasurer. In every county the electors were . required to pay ls. to wards the expenses of the reg istry ; and in the present case there were several thousand electors, so that the sum Must be very considerable; but that sum was not applied to the expenses of the printing copies—it was paid to the overseers, and was added to the Poor-rate of the county. The representation of the county being a matter of interest to the county, it was considered advisable that the expenses should be defrayed out of the county funds. It appeared to him that the party at the bar had no excuse for refusing to furaish a copy, inasmuuhi as it was a statutable duty im posed upon him withoet any condition. He was most - unwilling to attribute motives to that gentleman, as he believed him to be a very respectable person, but he ap- Wpcered to him to be acting un d er some gross delusion. When the application was made to the Under-Sheriff in the first instance his answer (not a very respectful one) was in substance " I want to know who is to pay me."— (Hear, hear.) An Hon. Member had said "hear, hear," but he did not think that a safe principle to lay down. —(Cheers.) Because if the House thought it necessary to cull for the production of any document it was the duty of the party, on whom the order was served, to fur nia it, in his power, otherwise no one could tell how far the doctrine would go.—(Hear, hoar.) He did not think the House would so far disregard every sense of jirstice as to refuse proper remuneration to the - party who had been put to expense in complying with its orders, but it should not be met, in the tiret instance, with the question of " How am I to be paid ?"- The House had shown groat forbearance In waiting ftom the 23d of March till now, the Bth of June, and if :here was any longer delay the House would rise without having its order complied with. Ho submitted to the heave , therefore, that Mr. Storey be required to delieer v A „copy to the House forthwith, or, to prevent any itvorteea:ence, hu would move that he be required to furnieh a copy on Thursday next. Mr. WYNN said there were two questions belonging to the present case—the one was, as to the Clerk of the 1". sacs, net having -complied with the provisions of the Reform act, and then there was his not having complied with the order of that house. There was another point 'Which should not be lost sight of, and that was what was The object of the Hon. Member in making the motion ? New he _presumed the obj ec t o f t h e H on . Member was that the public should be supplied; but he did not think the pubiieation of these lists by the House would tend to say very great utility, because it would hold out an in ducement to the Clerks of the Peace to furnish copies to the public and hero them printed at tho expense of the House. It would be better, in his opinion, after the copy wee laid on the table, to return it to the Clerk of the Peaee, and to admonish him that he was bound by law to furnish copies to the public at a reasonable price. Sir 11. INGLIS said it was impossible for him to con cur in the suggestion of the Right Hon. Member for Montgomeryshire (Mr. iNrynn). The object which was required would be obtained by following the advice of the Solicitor-General, and if his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Wynn) urged his suggestion, he (Sir R. Inglis) ueisted the Ilou,c would not concur in it. Mr. WYNN explained. After a. few worli from Mr. C. WOOD and Sir E. buGDLIN, Sir IL PEEL did not think that the privilege of tho Rouse was in any way called in question, so as to render it necessary for Hon. Members to vindicate them. In his opinion the best practical course in the present in , - estance was that suggested by the Solicitor-General, and at an early period of next Session a Committee should be :Appointed to inquire into the best mode of obtainin7; co of registers of voters at the least possible expense. Mr. T..I)UNCOMBE acceded to the course suggested by the Solicitor-General, and as to withdraw his motion. The'rffotion wits then withdrawn, and the amendment of the SAileitor-General agreed to. Mr. Slorey was then called to th e b ar , an d The SPEAK ;It read to him the or d er o f t h e House, L directing hirn . to cause a copy of the register of the 01'5 th e dee *.county of Hertford to be p resente d to the . House on-Thursday next. The witness stated that it would be impossible for him to have it prepared on that day ; and, in reply to a ques tion from Sir Edward Sugden, he said that it would take Nun three weeks to have a copy prepared.—(He ar , h ear, -and hinghter.) The witness was then ordered to withdraw. The ATTORICHY-GENERAL said he had a feeling at first in favour of the person at the bar, but after his late exhibition, he certainly thought him contumacious. -- - (Hear, hear.) There could be no doubt the copy could be made within twenty-four hours' or half the time if ne esesary.-4Hear, hear.) Mr. ESTCOURT said he did not think the gentleman at the bar -was contumacious, but that he was acting under an erroneous impression. Several Hon. Members rose to speak, when the Speaker reminded the House there was no question before it. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION. 3111 r. W. WYNN moved that Mr. Attorney-General be directed to prosecute Dr. Richard Webster for bribery at the last_,,Bt. Alban's election. He would put it to the Ilotise whOther there was not sufficient evidence laid on the table to enable the house to institute judicial pro eeedtngq‘ .eit was proved that Dr. Webster gave two per sons, named Stabbings and Adams loi. for their votes in favour of the sitting Member. Adams was a person who went by the name of "lying Adams," and his evidence therefore night not be to be depended on, but they had in addition the evidence of a clergyman that Adams came on thirlitatings during the election, bearing in his hand a small paper packet, which was opened in the presence of the candidates and all the electors. That the Mayor said "What is this ?" and Adams replied, "It is money, two five-pound notes•and two sovereigns, given rue to vote for Lord Listowel by Dr. Webster." Dr. Webster appeared to be the chief mover in the busi- ' nes of the election, and he (Mr. W. Wynn) could well conceive why the Committe e h a d come to the conclusion which they had come to, that he did not act under the directions of Lord List:ve], for in fact, he was the prin cipal and not . the agent. He (Mr. W. Wynn) looked tr i )on this es a case of peculiar importance. If Dr. 'Web ster had any evidence by which this charge could be net, he would have an opportunity of producing it, but he (Mr. W. Wynn) would ask any Hon. Membev whether if he sat on a Grand Jury, and this evidence had been given before him, bcir,e, would hav e h es i tated to indorse " a true bill? " The y answer he had heard to his motion was an inquiry whether h; La d d id be no en t also look at the election at Walsall. If there . fifty persons guilty of bribery at Walsall, that vas n forcr2crd this charge ' :11Z 1 b o e, 11 :why he should not bring also been"said that Dr. Wel,:y at St. Alban's. It had might be prosecuted by a qui tem aetiou, hut ht, ter very wrong if it was satisfied?uNytt,, st i a io e l s e he e ..tt• 14. • .9f.: -,:•.erf;;P t.of believed that many of these actions were instituted simply to screen the offenders from real prosecutions. Mr. E. A. SANFORD said that having been Chair man of the Committee, he felt it incumbent on him to make a few observations. It was not his intention to raise any opposition to the motion, but having attended and given his best attention to the evidence given before the Committee, he wished to state the impression on his mind of the course the House ought to pursue. He would refer the House to what took plaee on the last day of the sitting of the Committee. He had thought it right, after the evidence that had been given, to make a special report., the draft of which he drew up, and it was very strongly worded. This, however, was very considerably modified by the Committee. He had wished that the minutes of the evidence should be laid on the table of the House, that the House might act as it thought proper, for it was his opinion that a further considera tion of the subject should be made. He had certainly thought it a hard case that such charges should be made by such witnesses against Dr. Webster, and that he should have no opportunity of rebutting them. This, however, was not the opinion of the Committee. With regard more particularly to the question before the House, if he were to give his opinion on the evidence given before the Committee, as a judge or as a juryman, and it was put to him whether he considered it sufficient to substantiate against Dr. Webster the charge of bribery, he should decidedly say that it was not. But if they were not able to prove the charge, they would be incurring a great risk in instituting a prosecu tion. It was, therefore, hi* opinion, that the House, under the circumstances, would not be doing well to follow up the matter. He wished it would not be thought that he was influenced by unfair or by party motives on the occasion, as the impartiality of Chairmen, under the now law of Election Committees especially, should be above all suspicion. He was aware, however, that the recommendation he had just given to the House might be liable to misrepresentation ; but still, as he did not think sufficient evidence had been adduced to prove bribery on the part of Dr. Webster, and to render his conviction certain, it was his opinion that the House should not further interfere in the matter. If the House should fail in the prosecution, it would seriously affect the character and dignity of their proceedings. Mr. BLACKSTONE said that the plan he should most approve of would be the appointment of a Select Committee of the House for the purpose of inquiring into the alleged cases of bribery at the St. Alban's elec tion. He deprecated all vindictiveness on the part of the House on such an occasion ; but he thought that Dr. Webster should, for his own sake, be allowed the oppor tunity of clearin g himself from all aspersion. Mr. C. BULER objected to the motion before the ' House. He considered a prosecution against any indi vidual on the part of the House of Commons as a very strong proceeding, and as one which should not be adopted without very special reasons. He did not think, however, that such reasons existed on the present oc casion. The Right Hon. Gentleman wished to proceed on his own imlividual belief or suspicions, unsubstan tiated by any decisi ve ev id e n c e. B es id es th e opinion of the Committee, who had tried the election, was, that no further steps should be taken on the subject. The pro secution of Dr. Webster, under such circumstances, would be au injustice to him, and would set a dangerous precedent for the future. Mr. MACKENZIE supported the motion. He thought the evidence taken before the Committee established at least a strong prima facie case against Dr. Webster ; and, in his opinion, the House ought to proceed upon it. Mr. MILDMAY could not approve of the motion be fore the House. As a Member of the Committee, ho had felt, and he continued to feel, that it would not have been fair to take any proceeding against Dr. Webster, in consequence of charges brought against him, but from which he had had no opportunity of defending himself. ' Had it been otherwise, he should have been ready ri gorously to prosecute the matter. He had, before he had consented to the Report, looked back to see how the House had treated former cases of the same description. He had not been able to find a single case exactly in point, but he would tell the House what he had found. The first two cases he had met with were the cases oft Ludlow and Cambridge.—{Hear, hear.) Had the Housel ordered a prosecution in those cases ? No. Although the Committee had reported in each case that the agenwj of the candidates had been guilty of gross bribery, th House had not thought proper to order any prosecution. They would not prosecute where they had a whole case before them, but here, where they had but half a case against a man, they pick out that man to prosecute him. —(Hear, hear.) Those were the reasons which had induced him to act as he had done, and he felt that it would be a gross act of par tiality to let those two men escape, and then fix on one particular man, against whom they had only half a case, to prosecute him. It might, for aught he knew, be the last act of his political life. He cared not what was said to him, or of him, in consequence, but he should certainly walk out of the House and not vote for this prosecution. He should not vote against the motion, because having been a Member of the Committee he might be accused of partiality; but he should not vote for it, because he felt a perfect convic tion that if the House prosecuted this half-case and left the others untouched, they would go to the country as one of the most disgracefully partial assemblies that had ever been known.—(Hear. hear.) Colonel CONOLLY hoped the House would visit this case with great severity. Seldom in the annals of Par liamentary corruption had so flagrant a case occurred. It was one that called aloud for punishment, and he hoped the proceedings of that night would show a determination on the part of the House to put down such corruption. He was surprised at the speeches of the Hon. Gentlemea opposite. The frequency of these cases of bribery was quite alarming. The frightful dex terity with which bribery was now accomplished, so as to keep the candidate quite free from guilt, showed the necessity of following up a case where it had been so palpable and gross. Bribery had now become a perfect trade.—(Cheors from the Ministerial benches.) It seemed to be an art to know how to bribe without detec tioa—(Ministerial cheers)—and to destroy all links of evidence to trace the corruption up to the real source from which it had emanated.—(Hear, hear.) He called upon the House, in the face of a staring dissolution— (Loud laughter}—to send that man before the tribunals of the country, and all who voted for the dismissal of that motion ho should consider as abettors of corruption. Mr. MILDMAY, in explanation, would read to the House what he had intended moving as an amendment to the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He had in tended moving as an amendment the following resolu tion :—That the Attorney-General be directed to prose cute the agent of the Hon. Masmers Sutton, who had been reported by the Committee on the Cambridge elec tion to have been guilty of bribery ; and also tho agents in the Ludlow case, who had been reported by the Com mittee to have been guilty of bribery ' • and also Mr. Richard Web s t er , w h o h a d b een accuse d of bribery.— (Hear, hear.) He should not, however, now propose it. Mr. WARBURTON said he did not understand where would be the inconsistency in the House not prosecuting in this case, where there was no report of a Committee, when they had the cases of Ludlow and Cambridge bel fore them, in which there were reports, but in which the House had declined to prosecute. He was not afraid to vote against the motion, notwithstanding the threats of the Hon. Member respecting their constituents. He ob jected to these proceedings, because the object of punish ment was the prevention of crime, while in these cases the punishment fell upon some subordinate party, and the more guilty parties escaped from punishment. If they believed they could put a stop to bribery by prosecutions, let them multiply them as much as they pleased, but if not, why did they rejeet the only means by which bribery could be prevented, namely the Ballot ?—(" Oh, oh," and hear.) Mr. DUGDALE said he had the misfortune to be a Member of the Committee, and he had certainly come to a very different conclusion to that of their Hon. Chair man. He could come to no other conclusion than that 1)r. Webster was guilty of bribery.—(Hear, hear.) Be thought this was a peculiar case. St. Alban's was a place greatly subject to bribery, and Dr. Webster appeared to be a very old offender. He thought the borough sheuld be afforded an opportunity of washing away the stain upon it before the next election, and ho should therefore vote for the motion. Mr. WARD said the Hon. Gentleman had given rather a singular character of the borough of St. Alban's, but that borough had been represented in several Parlia ments by the Noble Lord beside the Mon. Gentleman, and he presumed the practice was not confined exclu sively to one side. He said it was gross hypocrisy in that House to treat this matter in the manner they did, because they knew they were all going to their constitu encies,he to act in precisely the same manner.—(" Oh, oh.") all knew that money was the main agent in all their elections. elections. He was ii. eto put down thesegu ra ite eti r e e e a s dy bu t t o bgeowown'iltdh notthe vote for this motion, becauseaffordptlrie Webster Wal lingford said it would' of justifying himself. There*were() P ' Member for stbetter opportunity modes of , . among putting themselves a n end t o these; practices, but they must begin andwhelatolnie saw Hon. Gentlemen honour as gettlemen that they haT coming to the table of that and pledging their guilty of bribery, or of expenditure at a i t n tb an e r r w ei ti e y oti b o eo other than was justified by law, should believe that ' they were sincere in their desire to put an end to the practice. Sir R. H. INGLIS said they were neither g° • n rested z to fine nor imprison . Dr. Webster, b ut to sendhlmi to - trial. He could not but think that if th e whole question upon the testimony of one witness a l one , t h ere was a prima facie case for directing the Attorn e y -G eneral to prose cute. The proceedings of the Hou se wou ld be watched with great anxiety by the people ; and unless it could be shown that the evidence against Dr. Webster was such as he had no opportunity of meeting, the countr would not be convinced of the purity of his conduct. nothing but an authoritative prosecution on the part of the Attor ney-General could secure justice in this case. It was not because the Hon. Member for Winchester, who had stated that he could find proofs of guilt in other cases, that the House were to neglect their duty in this parti cular instance. He hoped the House of Commons would not, as a body, act differentlyin this case from what they would consider to be their duty, were they sitting as Grand Jurymen upon the evidence adduced.—(Hear.) Sir C. GREY said bribery was a crime which under present circumstances might be prosecuted by anyprivate individual in the name of her Majesty ; it ought, however, to be prosecuted by some official person. In the present case he could not see what object could be effected ; whilst it would go forth to the . country that this gentleman was to be prosecuted, and he would have no remedy whatever against the injury which would be inflicted upon him. No precedent for this proceeding had been laid before the House, and he believed that none existed. The House was bound to infer, from the circumstance that the Committee had made no report, that they did not think it a case for prosecution.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Baronet had compared this case to that of a Grand Jury. There was, however, this slight difference, that in this case there was 110 finding at ail. Did the Hon. Baronet ever hear of a case being sent to a Petty Jury without a finding by the Grand Jury ? Two of the Members of the Committee had stated that, in their opinion, there THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDNY, JUNE 9, ig4l was no case for a prosecution. He put it to Honourable Members whether they would consider it just that their characters should be injured by a formal order for a prosecution of this na ture, when there was no precedent for the proceeding, and the present House of Commons had so nearly ter minated its existence ? He thought the prosecution, under such circumstances, would be most unjust, and he trusted that the House would not consent to the motion. Sir R INGLIS explained. It was not the Committee, but that House, which he had compared to a Grand Jury. He had adopted a comparison used by those who had preceded him. Mr. PRINGLE said a great deal had beenbrought out in the Committee which was entitled to the notice of the House. As one of the Committee, he thought there was good ground for the present motion. The Committee had made no special report, because they did not think they would be justified m doing so ' • and they considered also that it would be much better for the House to take no tice of it in a formal way, than that the Committee should have done so. He trusted that the vote the House would come to that night would vindicate its own pro ceedings, and punish the guilty parties. Such being his views and wishes, he would support the motion of his Right Hon. Friend. Mr. HUTT had been also a member of the Commit tee, and, as such, he thought that the House, if it adopted the course it was proposed to pursue, would stultify itself and its proceedings. He felt convinced that the present question had been brought forward, not so much for the purpose of putting an end to bribery, as from a hostile feeling on the part of Hon. Members on the other side of the House. Mr. BRAMSTON had also been a member of the Committee, and, as such, he felt convinced that it had acted as it had done from the best of motives.— (Cries of "Hear, hear.") He looked at the present case as if it was one that had been brought before him as a Magistrate. He looked to see whether there was enough evidence to commit the man; and it was his firm belief that there was. Such being his views, he should vote in favour of the motion of his Hon. Friend. Sir T. COCHRANE supported the motion, and said, he would vote not only for a Bill to put an end to bri bery, but one calling upon a Member to account for every shilling of his expenditure at his election. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL trusted the House would not expect him to take any part in that debate If the evidence to be brought forward would support a charge of bribery, he would prosecute upon fair and ho nourable principles ; but, of course, upon such a case the House would not expect him to give a vote. Mr. WYNN replied. He knew nothing of the case except from the Report of the Committee, and he thought there was evidence enough given before them to warrant the prosecution of Dr. Webster for gross bribery. Mr. WARD gave notice, that, , on Friday next, he should call the attention of the House to the Special Report of the Committee on the Cambridge and Ludlow Election petitions.—(Cheers.) Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, the motion being agreed to without a division. NEW PENAL SETTLEMENT. Sir C. GREY then rose to bring forward the mo tion of which he had given notice for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the fitness of her Majesty's territory of Labrador for a penal settlement. The first point which he would rely upon was its proxi mity to that country, it being only about ten days' sail, while at present they were compelled to incur an enor mous expense in transmitting their convicts 16,000 miles to the very antipodes. There was nothing in the climate prejudicial to health, and there was abundant employ ment for any number of convicts that might be sent there. He believed it would materially increase their trade with that country, which at present amounted to upwards of half a million. He was glad he had taken that opportunity of bringing the subject before the House. He would not, however, think of pressing his motion to a division ; but he trusted that next Session some Member of influence would take up the subject. Mr. FOX MAULE could not allow the matter to pass without observing that in the present advanced stage of the Session, the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into a subject was completely out of the question. He also differed from the Hon. Gentleman in his views with reference to the distance at which such an establish ment ought to be founded. Lord MAHON concurred in the inutility of appoint ing a Committee to inquire into the subject at the pre sent period of the session and the prospects of the House. He would take that opportunity of calling attention to the state of the convicts at Woolwich. The number of those unfortunate persons at present confined there was 4,000, which was 400 more than the number there last year. That continuous increase was, he had no doubt, one of the causes which produced diseases among the • convicts. Mr. F. MAULE said that both among the troops and convicts at Woolwich an epidemic prevailed, which ac counted for the ill-health that was said to exist there. Sir T. COCHRANE would defy any one to keep con victs at 'Labrador, unless they kept them within four walls. The coast of Labrador during the whole of the summer afforded the utmost facilities for escape, and during the winter it would be impossible to employ them. Sir C. GREY explained. Sir R. PEEL wished to ask the Hon. Gentleman whether he understood him rightly that the question of establishing a new penal colony had engaged the atten tion of the Goi-ernment. Mr. FOX MAULE said the Right Hon. Gentleman must have misunderstood him if he understood him to say that the Government contemplated any new penal settlement All he meant to state was this, that as the Noble Lord had brought the question before the public he was not sorry the Right Hon. Gentleman had sug gested some particular spot, in order that the public might see the difficulty there was in fixing on any place for the object. The Government was satisfied with the present penal settlements and with the hulks, and until the experimental prison should ho completed it would be impossible to adopt any other system. Sir R. PEEL asked what were the number of convicts sent out annually under the present system? He knew they had been greatly diminished, but he wished to know the exact number. Mr. FOX MAI:LE mould have been prepared to answer the question had lie had notice of it. Convicts sentenced to transportation for seven years were de tained either in the hulks at home or sent to the hulks at Gibraltar. Lord MAHON could answer that question.—(A laugh.) In 1839 the number convicts in the hulks amounted to 1,300 ; they had 7 since increased to 3,650, and in the estimates for the present year, which if they had been brought forward in the regu lar way he should certainly have opposed, it was proposed to raise them to 4,000. The number sent abroad ranged from 1,800 to 2,000 annually. He would now ask the Hon. Gentleman when it was probable that the returns for which he had moved in last March, of the evidence taken before the Coroners' Inquests on convicts who had died at Woolwich, would be laid before the House. Mr. FOX MAIJLE said the Coroner's notes of evi dence belonged exclusively to themselves, the same way as Judges' notes, and if they refused to produce them, there was no means of compelling them to do so, and in this case, also in the case of similar returns, moved for by the Right Hon. and Gallant Member for Lincoln relative to certain inquests in Poor-law Unions, he had requested the Coroners to furnish the notes of evidence, and that was all he could do. Sir. C. GREY would certainly bring the subject for ward again next session if he had a seat in the new Par liament.—The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. J. STEWART withdrew his motion of which he had given notice, to bring in a Bill to lessen the ex penses attending small properties. RAILROADS IN IRELAND. Sir R. FERGUSON presented a petition from Lon donderry in favour of the plan for establishing railroads in Ireland. interest of 4 per cent. the holders of the debentures would be entitled to one-half the surplus profits. The Commissioners named in the Bill were to have the sole direction of the works. The lands neces sary were to be taken in the manner to be pro vided by the Act. The Bill contained further powers enabling the directors to extend the line to Cork, and also to enable other parties to make lines in other parts of Ireland at the same time. A deposit of 10 per cent. on the capital to be paid up before the Act should come into operation. Such were the main fJatures of the proposal which these gentlemen had made to the Go vernment ; and as at present it was not his intention to elicit the opinion of the House as to its merits, but merely to lay the Bill before the House, in order that it might be considered fully both by the House and by the people of Ireland, he should not enter into any dis cussion as to the merits of the scheme. In bringing for ward the measure at the present time, his only object was to give facilities to the present Government, or if it should be displaced, to any other that might succeed it, far bringing forward a measure calculated to benefit the population of Ireland. - Mr. SHAW, in seconding the motion, was glad to bear testimony to the great attention which the Noble Lord had paid to the subject. In answer to a question from Lord STANLEY, Lord MORPETH said the same plan would be adopted in taking land as that in the Shannon Naviga tion Bill ; and in answer to Mr. Sergeant Jackson, he would state that the counties would be assessed in pro portion to the benefits they derived from the railway. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN approved of the measure. He thought there could be no objection to the principle of rendering the counties liable to a four per tentage on the expense of the undertaking. He was sure that even a larger per tentage would be realised by the profits from the lines. He therefore approved of the measure, although he reserved to himself the right to object to any of its details hereafter, as he might think fit. Mr. F. FRENCH regretted that his Noble Friend had not followed the recommendations of the Railway Commissioners ; but he would willingly support the mea sure before the House as the next best plan. Mr. LUCAS approved of the measure of the Noble Lord, and he thought the thanks of the House were due to him for the pains he had taken upon the subject. Mr. LITTON gladly hailed any measure which, by giving railways to Ireland, would increase commerce and intercourse in that country. Leave was then given to; bring in the Bill. On the motion of Mr. MARK PHILIPS it was or dered that the Clerk who attended the Committee on the Copyright of Designs in the last Session of Parliiament, had leave to attend at the next Summer Assizes at Liver pool, and give evidence in a certain action now pending between William Ross, plaintiff, and Edward Wortling ton, defendant, and to take with him and to produce to the Court and the Jury the Minutes of Evidence, and all other proceedings whatsoever had and taken under and appertaining to the said Committee. Sir J. Y. BULLER moved that the Committee on West India Mails be instructed to send for and exa mine the Committee appointed to inquire respecting the port to be selected for the arrival and departure of steam vessels conveying mails to the West Indies. _ _ After a few — words from Mr. Freshfield, Captain Pechell, Sir Thomas Cochrane, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir J. Y. BULLER said he should not press the mo tion against what appeared to be the sense of the House. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. WYSE brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply, and the several resolutions were agreed to. The New South Wales Bill and the Western Australia Bill severally went through a Committee. The reports were ordered to be received on Wednesday (this day). The Houses of Industry (Ireland) Bill went through a Committee. The Report on the Insolvent Debtors (Ireland) Bill was further considered. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clock. NEWSPAPER. STAMPS. Return ordered, "of the number of Newspaper Stamps issued, from the sth of January to the 31st day of March 1841 (in continuation of previous Returns)."—(Mr. Hume. ) MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. That they have agreed to, Burwell Fen Drainage and Navi gation Bill—Elsing Inclosure (No. 2) Bill—Olveston Inclo %ure 13i11—Sedgley Road Bill—South Western Railway (No. 2) Bill—Birmingham and Hagley Road Bill—King's Lynn Port Bill—Deanhead Reservoir Bill—Brimington Inclosure Bill—Dewsbury and Leeds Road Bill—Birkenhead Church Bill—Wells (Somerset) Market Bill—Belfast Harbour Bill— Barnstaple and Braunton Roads Bill—Exmouth Market Bill, without amendment—Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill—and, Monkland Canal Bill, with amendments. That they have pasred a Bill, intituled, " An Act for carry ing into effect a contract between Edward Gresley Stole and John Attwood, Esquires, for the sale of the Coptfold Hall estate, in the county of Essex, to the said John Attwood, and for investing the purchase money in other estates to be settled to the same uses ; and also, for authorising the exchange of certain lands and hereditaments in the counties of Worcester and Gloucester, devised by the will of John Stone, Esq., de ceased." Also, a Bill, intituled, " An Act t 2 remove doubts as to the division tithe parish of WinterbournT, in the coanty of Glou °ester, into two pari,hes." Also, a Bill, intituled, " An Act for naturalizing Philipp Jacob Passavant and Philipp Johann Passavant, Theodor Pas savant, Mary Magdalen Johanna Passavant, Jacob Rudolph Passavant, and Henrietta Maryane Laura Louisa Augusta Passavant, his children." Also, a Bill, intituled, " An Act to enable the Trustees of the Hospital a Saint John the Baptist, in the city of Win chester, to effect an exchange with Sir Edmund Antrobus, Baronet, under the authority of the Court of Chancery." BILLS DROPPED. The following Bills were put off for three months : County Coroners Bill,—order fur Committee (9th June) read, and discharged. Factories Bill,—Committee. Silk Factories Bill,—Committee. County Courts Bill,—Further Consideration of Report. Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Lunacy Bill,—Committee. Registration of Voters (Scotland) Bill,—Committee. Boroughs Improvement Bill,—Further Consideration of Report. Buildings Regulation Bill,—Further Consideration of Report. Royal Burghs ( Scotland) Bill,—Committee. Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) Bill,—C omm itt ee . Drainage of Towns (No. 2.) Bill,—Second Reading. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MR. HANDLEY AND LORD STANLEY. COPY.-NO. I. MR. HANDLEY TO LORD STANLEY. " 30, Pall-mall, June 6, 1841. " My Lord,—Your Lordship will recollect that, in the re marks you addressed to me in your speech on Friday night, you observed that when Sir Robert Peel came into office I consulted you as to my vote on the Speakership, and the course 1 ought to pursue, not liking to give an absolute refusal to import the Right Honourable Gentleman.' " I at the time contented myself With an expression of dis sent, thinking it of little moment to the House or to the ques tion what was my course on that. occasion. Finding, how ever, that the circumstance has been commented on out of doors, I take the liberty of addressing your Lordship on the subject. " Your Lordship's charge against me, of having been an uncompromising and devoted adherent of Lord Liverpool's Government,' will be contradicted on a reference to Hansard by those whe may take the trouble to ascertain the votf•ts which I recorded in opposition to that Government ; but the state ment, as to my having sought your Lordship's advice, having been made on your own authority, I must beg to local to your Lordship's recollection the following facts. " I had no communication whatever with your Lordship previous to my vote for Mr. Manners Sutton ; but on the following morning I received a note from Lord George Bentinck, purporting to be written by your desire, and stating that, judging from any vote on the Speakerahip, I was not prepared to go ail lengths with the Opposi tion, your Lordship had requested him, as a mutual friend, to invite me to meet a few members at your Lordship's houze, to consult on the course to be adopted as to the Address. My reply was, that having made up my mind to vote far any amendment to the Address that implied a want of confiden ce in Sir Robert Peel, I could not, in fairness, join in the consul tation. A subsequent communication, however, was made by Lord George Bentinck, urging my attendance, which, he said, would be in no way binding upon me, with which I complied, and after remaining some ten minutes, during which you did not address a syllable to me individually, I found that your Lordship's views and mine were totally different, and I at once quitted the only conference, if such it can be called, ever held between us, and which your Lordship will now perceive was not of my seeking, but your's. " I leave it to your Lordship's sense of justice to give suchs explanation as you may think fit, either in the House or by letter, reserving to myself the right of giving publicity to thi correspondence.—l have the honour to be, " Your Lordship's obedient humble servant, (Signed) " HENRY HANDLEY. " The Lord Stanley," &c. COPY.-NO. 11. LORD STANLEY TO MR. HANDLEY. " St. James's-square, June 7, 1841. " Sir,—On my return to town this morning, I have had the honour of receiving your letter of yesterday. It would be a matter of sincere regret to me to find that in the observations which I made in the House of Commons on Friday night, 1 had misrepresented any part of your political con duct: My own strong impression was, that I had seen you at my house in 1835, together with other gentlemen who were not prepared to place implicit confidence in Si, Robert Peel's Government, but who, at the same time, declined to commit themselves to active opposition against him. My impression was confirmed by the recollection of others ; and it appears from your letter that on one occasion you were so present. Your memory is much more likely to be accurate than mine, as to whether that occasion was pre. vious, or subsequent to, the vote which you gave in favour of Mr. Manners Sutton against Mr. Abercromby ; and if I mistake not, I distinctly admitted on Friday, that your attendance at my house was not long continued. The po sition which I occupied at that time was not one of my own seeking, but was pressed upon me by several gentlemen, some of whom, I believe, previously attended a meeting in Palace yard, of which number I understood that you were one : and I am not aware of having invited the attendance of any one at my house. I can, of course, have no objection to your making use of this correspondence in any way you may think proper. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " STANLEY. " To H. Handley, Esq." Lord MORPETH, in rising for leave to bring in a Bill for the purpose of establishing railroads in Ireland, said that in the present state of the session he should not move for leave to introduce a Bill of any importance, with any other design than that of having it printed, so as to give information to the public generally on the subject, more especially to that portion of it more immediately concerned. He would merely then refer to a statement which had been made on the occa sion of his bringing forward this motion. The Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamwortb, towards the conclusion of his speech last week, had made a sli ght and passing allusion to this motion, as if it had been brought forward with a view of propping up the Government on the eve of a general election. The fact was, that certain private individuals had come forward and made a pro position on the subject to the Government. He would merely state what that proposition was, and nut enter at an, length into any of the circumstances connected with it,---He was still of opinion that the pro position which he had first brought forward on the sub ject of the Government undertaking various railways in Ireland, was the most expedient plan. But as when he had brought it forward he had reason to believe that it would not meet with the assent of the Legisla ture, he had withdrawn it, and had not attempted again to introduce it, although he believed that persons of all parties had since expressed themselves in its favour. A proposition on that subject had been submitted to the Government on the part of certain individuals ,of great character, - station, and financial ability, and although in making ; station, proposition they had doubtless imagined that they were not entering upon. a hazard ous speculation, yet he honestly believed that they had been principally induced to take up the project, because they believed that it would be of advantage to Ireland. —(Cheers.) Those gentlemen had adopted, as the basis of their calculations, the Report of the Railway Com missioners, for which the country was so much indebted to the assiduity and energy of his late excellent and la mented friend, Mr. Drummond.—(Loud cheers.) They had proposed to the Government to raise a capital of 1,300,000/., to be applied in the first instance to the completion of the southern line of rail way, that from Dublin to Limerick, which would ' I go quite ac ross th e i s l an d , an d wou ld un i te t h e t wo seas; the works to be carried on under the exclusive superin tendence of Commissioners to be appointed by the Go vernment, and in order to obviate any jealousy as to the the selection of these Commissioners by the Govern ment, it was proposed to nominate them in the Bill, anal they would consist of Sir John Burgoyne, Mr. Ren nie, and Mr. Jones, who had been the Secretaries to the Irish Railway Commission. The sum was proposed to AMERICAN be raised by m eans o f d e b entures, an d t h e expen dit ure FIGURE OF SPEECH.—The verb to fix" is univers al, It means to do anything. " Shall I fix to be under th e management of a Board of Con- your coat or your b rea kf ast fie st ?" Th a t i s Shall I hrtkh trol consistin g of seven members, and the Go- y our coat, or get ready your breakfast first ?" " Right away," vernment had reason to h ope t h at gen tl e men of orinsmediately, or at on ce, is very general. " Shall I fix it all parties would be found wiling to give their right away ?"—i. e. services as members of such Board gratuitously. West, when you stop at an inn, they say—,, What will you The debentures,when si g ned b y two "Sindl I do it immediately ?" In the by two Members of the Board of Conti-el, to bear chicken fixings." That is-_" Will you have park and brown interest of 4 per cent., and in case that should not be broad, or white bread as fried chicken ?" Also—" Will you made gcod by the profits of the railway it was guaran- have a feed or a check ?".a dinner or a luncheon ? "In full teed to be paid by the counti es w hi c h wou ld b en efit by blast"—something in ex t reme. " Wh en s he came to the meet the railway passing through them. In addition to the ing, with he r yellow hat and feathers, wasn't she in full blast ?' No. 111. "30, Pall-mall, Monday evening, June 7, 1841. "My Lord,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's note, and shall avail myself of your permission to make it public. " I will only add, that I was not at the meeting in Palace yard, and most certainly should nut have intruded myself at your Lordship's house, but . for the communication to which I have already alluded. " I have the honour to be, your Lordship's obedienO,' humble servant, " HENRY HANDLEY. " Right Hon. Lord Stanley." SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CIJRONICLE.—Sir Robert Peel expresses no opinion on the approaching dissolution ; he leaves Ministers to their re sponsibility, and himself to the freedom of praising or im peaching it hereafter, as party convenience may dictate. Very clever, no doubt ; but is it statesmanlike? /5 it patri otic? Is it honest? If the dissolution be rig,ht and good, why not have the manliness to recognise it as such, and do justice to his opponents, credit to himself, and serve his coun try by such sanction on his part ? And if it be the contrary, why not expose the evil tendency? Why not defend the na tion from the infliction of wrong? The abstinence from com mitting himself is as cowardly as it is tricky. But there is a subordinate point, to which the pitiful expediency of this evasion does not extend. We mean the time of re-assembling Parliament. On that inferior topic, Sir Ro bert gives vent to a strong opinion—he sloes not leave Ministers to their responsibility there ; he threatens eves to enforce his opinion by the extreme measure of interfering with the supplies necessary for the interval. The responsibility of Ministers, delicacy towards the prerogative, and, in short, every conceivable ground for the pi evious reserve, is cut away by this subsequent decisiveness on the minor point. All is shown to be sheer affectation. The great question is kept open, and the little question imperatively concluded, just to secure a trumpery party convenience. 0 this thing of shreds and patches !" Is this a being for the people of Eng land to force upon their generous and high-minded Sovereign ; and to entrust with their own vital interests, the rights which he will undermine, the commerce with which he will tamper, and the bread which he will not untax? They must bestir themselves to answer that question at the poll about to be taken between monopoly and anti-monopoly. TIMES.—That the Whigs, after having been virtually ex pelled from power by a solemn vote of Parliament, should still attempt to conduct the business of legislation, even on a small scale, involves a new political anomaly which ought to be re sisted to the teeth. It is to no purpose that the measures so proposed are unexceptionable in themselves; the precedent, as sanctioning an unconstitutional procedure on the part of a Go vernment not possessing the confidence of the House of Com mons, is clearly a pernicious one, which may afterwards be pleaded in favour of more extensive innovations. If Lord .1. Russell, after having declared that the unequivocal sen tence recently pronounced upon the Ministry would deter him from proceeding with any other business than merely voting the necessary supplies, shall nevertheless be permit ted to prosecute such an important measure as " the Bribery at• Elections Bill," we see no reason why his Lordship might not be allowed, with equal propriety, to insist en a still further extension of forbearance to enable him to carry forward his vaiieus registration Bills and other similar projects. It is true that the prevention of bribery at elections is a highly desirable thing ; and we are quite aware that Sir Robert Peel gave a cordial promise to facilitate that object to the utmost of his power. But the primary question,_ and a most important one it is—th e r i g ht o f a con d emne d Govern ment to continue to lead th e L eg i s l a ti ve b us i ness o f Parlia ment—is not affected by either of those considerations. The House of Commons has emphatically declared that the disreputable Ministry who now continue in office only by their own base perversion of Royal prerogative, are unworthy of their confidence. Moreover, Lord John Russell pledged his noble honour that if the House would only deign to trust the dissolving Cabinet with such supplies as might enable them to prolong their incumbency for another quarter, all general bu siness would immediately be postponed, and the Session brought to a close. Yet, in vita of these circumstances, his Lordship cunningly assuming that Sir R. Peel's avowed anxiety to extirpate bribery might furnish a plausible plea for temporarily deferring the dreaded dissolution, proposes to pro ceed with a Bill upon that subject, just as if the Ministry were still the leaders of Parliament. This, we say, ought not to be endured. Undoubtedly the necessity of getting rid of bribery is quite as urgent as the necessity of purifying the registration rolls, or of providing for the deficiencies of the revenue. But there is nothing —no, not even in the prospect of a general election—to justify a disgraced Government being entrusted with the former o f th ese o bj ects, t h at m i ght not equa ll y entitle them to superintend the consummation of the latter. POST.—Even among those who highly disapprove of the po litics of Lord John Russell a considerable number may be found who are not unwilling to award him the praise of what they call determination and perseverance. They find something to ad mire in his " desperate fidelity" to his place and his party. Who but he, say they, would have borne with such disappointments, such annoyances, such disgraces, and jet still have held on—still have - kept for his party the advantages of place and patronage ? Look at him even now, they continue— look at him under the direct censure of the House of Com mons, and, well knowing that the position of the Government is no better in the House of Lords, how he still keeps up the game, and braves a dissolution of Parliament, in the hope that soinethin; may turn up to enable his party still to hold office. Any other man but himself would have given way, but it seems as if nothing would shake hire from his grasp of Down ing-street. It is a curious exemplification of the English character that people should be found bestowing a sort of re luctant admiration upon this particular kind of perseverance. So deeply is the love of steadfastness and determination infixed in the English character that, even when the object adhered to is mean and unworthy, the mere fact of determined adherence to it under circumstances of difficulty and discouragement is looked upon with favour, and men tioned with applause. We must say, however, that we thirds it is rather an abuse of the term to call Lord John Russell's adhesion to office perseverance." We think that justice and a fair discrimination of language would rather distinguish it b 1 the name of pertinacity. The noble quality of perseverance ought not to be degraded by association with an obstinate and shameless tenacity of office, whether for self-advantage, or the advantage of party. The determined pursuit of high national objects in spite of formidable obstructions, and of difficulties which would overwhelm ordinary men, is indeed a noble and elevating spectacle of human exertion, and happily our country has afforded bright examples of such struggles. But surely we are not similarly to regard, or with anything like the same fed ngs, a tenacity like that of the leech to the creature from which it seeks its sustenance, or even that of the fierce dimnu tire bull-dog to his hold upon the throat of kis more powerful antagonist ? HERALD.—Many persons are utterly at a loss to account for-the alteration oteervable in Lord John Russell's tone re specting the Corn-law agitation on Monday night. It would seem as if the sudden change of the weather, atter the close of the debate on Saturday morning, had produced a congenial effect on his Lordship's temperament. Previous to Saturday morning he had been factious up to blood heat ; ere Monday evening he sank into something like the propriety of con stitutional conduct. However, we need not look to atmo spheric influences for the cause of this remarkable change. There is a thermometer, more delicate than Fahrenheit's or Ileaumur's, by which Lord John is wont to rep elate his tone —and that is expediency. Yes ; the expediency of the ceurse which he had threatened to pursue had become doubtful; for circumstances had transpired to cool his ardour for agitation in exact proportion as they lessened the chances of its success ! "It was not until after the determination of the House on Saturday morning, that he again stated the ques tion to the Cabinet, and he found that his colleagues concurred in his opinion, and thought that he should not bring the mo tion respecting the Corn-laws before the House." His Lord ship gave as a reason for this opinion, that his bringing the motion forward for discussion " would not be respectful to the House !" What unbounded respect the Ilinistry are disposed to show the House, when their places are at stake, is pretty plain from their persisting to retain them after the House had pronounced that it would be " at variance with the spirit of the Constitution " for them to do so. But however small the respect they might have for the House, they could not but have seine consideration for those Members who had already forfeited the favour of their constituents to a ha zardous degree for the sake of kseping ti,em in office ; an I it is no secret—for people never keep a secret when they have got themselves into trouble; it is sure to "ooze out "—that pres sing remonstrances were made that many Corn-law Whigs, who had proved their devotedness to the Ministry by stilt tifj ing them selves and abandoning their principles, would lose their seats as well as their characters if the Ministry compromised them still more by carrying their Anti-Corn-law agita tion any further. Something was due to these Garai of the camp, to prevent the gull into which they plunged to save the Ministry from closing over them for ever. Besides, their loss would, in the ensuing Parliament, be a positive loss to the Ministry itself; and where could it lock for the coun tervailing gain? The agitation had nowhere made any very promising progress. No, no, Lord John ; the discussion of the question in Parliament, as an incentive to its agitation in the country, was riot abandoned out of any " respect to the House "—tor you well knew that a vast majority of the House was adverse to your scheme—it was merely abandoned as what Joseph Hume would call, " a bad spec.," by which much must be risked, and from which little could be hoped for ! MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PATERS OF THIS PAY. TIDIES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. -per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 40, and the ex ' change at Paris on London at short being 25. 371, it follows that gold is 0.10 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4291 per . mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10%d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 7i, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13. Pi, it follows that gold is 0.23 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. , The course of exchange at New York on London is 1071 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex change is 1.83 per cent. agai ns t England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. Business in general was laneuid at the Stock-Exchange to-day, and the announced dissolution did not effect any de scription of security. This is accounted for by those who ely watched the course of such matters, as arising from the extreme caution displayed by the speculators, who have of late appeared anxious carefully to avoid any business that might, from one cause or other, operate to their disadvantage. 'this particular class of dealers have looked with extreme doubt upon our foreign policy, and, since events in connection with it might produce an action contrary to that resulting from proceedings at home, they have thought it prudent to abstain from entering into the business usually transacted upon such occasions. If speculative business has been done upon the prospect of a dissolution it was done some time since, and the principal of it cleared on the last settlement. Money to-day was full 5 per oent. for short periods, but there was no great demand for it. Private letters from Rio Janeiro of the 28th of March have arrived, and it is understood that there are also dates to the 17th of April, both of which agree as to the change of Minis try having taken place on the 22d of March. The new Cabinet gave general satisfaction, and consisted of Se nor Oliveira Coutinho, as Minister of Foreign Relations; Senor Miguel du Pin Almeida, as Minister of Finance ; Senor Cle mente Pereira, as Minister of War ; Senor Bernardo de Souza Soares, as Minister of Justice; Marquez of Paruagua, as Min ister of Marine ; and Senor Candido Jose de Araujo Viana, as Minister for Home Affairs. The exchange on England was firmer at 30%d., and the stock 74%. The exchange we quoted yesterday from the papers of the 19th of March as 3 lid. to 1 / 2 d., but letters of that date which we have seen to day quote it as 30 1 4 d. to id. No time seems to be lost in carrying out the suggestions of the Committee on banks of issue contained in their report, which was noticed yesterday, and which recommended the passing of a Bill "without delay." By the 8111 brought in by Mr. Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir R. Peel, it is provided that after the Ist of July all corporations and copartnerships carrying on banking business under the provisions of the Act passed in the 7th of George IV. ' and all other persons carrying on banking business in England and Wales, and issuing notes payable on demand, and all corporations and persons carrying on such business and issuing such notes in Scotland and Ireland, be sides the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, shall keep accounts of the amount of notes in circulation at the close of business in each week, and at the end of every month make up an average of the monthly circulation from such weekly account, and within seven days after the Ist of every month return the monthly account verified on oath or affirmation, to the Stamp-office, under a penalty in case of default of 501. From the accounts thus rendered, and the accounts rendered by the Bank of England, an account is to be made up every month, and published in the London Gazette, of the r.pre g,lte anroullt of promissory notes payable on del:and guishcd into classes. From the notice published by Messrs. Laffitte and Co. in the Gazette de France, it appears that great caution is exercised in advancing tiwnioney inquired by the Texan Government. An article is substituted for the 9th article which formerly stood in the contract, and is to the effect, that from the produce of the loan only 50 per cent,. shall be paid to Texas, and that a de. duction of 6 per cent. for the first year's interest shall he made. The remaining 25 per cart. will be held by Messrs. Latlitte at 4 per cent. as a security, not to be paid to the Texan Go vernment until a quarter of the loan, together with interest, shall have been redeemed. The subscriptions are not to be considered complete until a quarter of the loan is made up, till when Messrs. Laffitte are to hold them at an interest of no more than 4 per cent. With respect to the difficulties put in the way of the foreign creditors of Hammersley's. bank by the Court of Chancery, it appears by a letter from a correspondent that the rumours on this subject were but too true, and that for every new dividend a new power of attorney will be required. If this is really the case, which now there seems no reason to doubt, there is every probability that a large sum of money will be unclaimed altogether, for the dividends that follow the one of 16s. will be small in amount, and from the nature of Hammersley's business the foreign creditors will be a considerable body. And it must be remembered that the costs of a power are not the only expense, but are preceded by costs of proof which every other creditor, whether he appears person illy or not, has to pay ; for he is required to attend with a solicitor, and a Chancery proof is not made free of expense, like those against a bankrupt's estate. Our correspondent's letter en closes a solicitor's 'Bill, which by no means represent; the extreme case, as the power, in the instance to which it refers, was executed in this country. The costs of the power are set down at 41. Is. 10d., and those of the proof at 21. 13s. 4d., the latter being necessarily incurred before the creditor knew whether a single shilling would be paid by the estate, and the debt which is proved is no more than 301., so that the present dividend, amounting to 151., will be reduced nearly to half. Had the power been executed abroad the expense would have been far greater, and when it was returned, a proof of a Consul's handwriting would have been required. In all probability such a debt as 30/. is by no means among the smallest, on account of the great quantity of continental hills given out by Messrs. Hammersley merely to cover the ex peuses of short expeditions. Under such circumstances the proportion of the great expense to the small debts will most likely be very formidable. CHRONICLE.—In terms of the report from the Select Committee on Banks of Issue, a Bill has been brought into the House of Commons and printed, for making further provisions relative to the returns to be made by banks of the amount of their notes in circulation. This Bill provides, that from and after the first day of July, 1841, all corporations and copartnerships carrying on banking banking business under the provisions of an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of King George the Fourth, and all other persons carrying on banking business in England and Wales, and making and issuing promissory notes payable to bearer on de mand, and all corporations, copartnerships, and persons carrying on such business, and making and issuing such promissory notes as aforesaid in Scotland, and also the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland; and all corporations, copart nerships, and persons carrying on such business, and making and issuing such promissory notes as aforesaid in Ire land, shall severally keep just and true accounts of the amount of notes in circulation at the close of the business in each week, and shall at the end of every month, make up from such weekly account a just and true account of the average amount of such notes in circulation during such month, the same to be handed to the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, at the head office in Westminster, within seven days after the first day of every month, under a penalty of fifty pounds for each neglect er omission, every such return being verified by the affidavit of the secretary, or other chief clerk, or officer of each bank, which may be made before any Justice of the Peace or a Master Ex traordinary in Chancery, the affidavit to be free of stamp duty. The last clause of the Bill provides that from the accounts rendered by the Governor and Company of the 'Bank of England, in pursuance of the Act in that behalf, and also from the accounts to be rendered in pursuance of the Bill, there shall be made up every month an account of the average aggregate amount of promissory notes, payable to bearer on demand, which have been in circulation in the United Kingdom during the preceding month, distinguishing those circulated by the Bank of England, by private Banks, and by joint-stock Banks in England and Wales; by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank in Ireland, and by all other Banks in Ireland, and of the average amount of the bullion in the Bank of England during the preceding month : such ac count to be published in the London Gazette every month as soon as the same can be conveniently prepared. The Bill is prepared and brought in by Mr. Charles Wood, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and Sir R. Peel. _ _ . - POST.—The transactions at the Stock Exchange have ex hibited no new feature since yesterday. The dealings were to day altogether limited, and there was apparently nothing pass ing out of the ordinary course of business, except in the con tinuance of special money sales in stocks that have closed for the dividends, which are proceeding. A meeting of the " United Shareholders" in that unfortu nate concern, the British Iron Company, was held in the course of the day at the London Tavern. Majcr Richardson, who presided, addressed the meeting at some length, principally upon the question of the valuations that have been put upon the property. He and several other gentlemen in attendance, who professed to have carefully examined the report and accounts recently issued to the proprietors by the Directors, and to have taken no ordinary pains to come at the truth, have evidently less faith in the accuracy of those documents than it is desirable they should have. They consider the valuations alluded to more favourable than the circumstances of the Com pany will warrant, and that they have been unduly exagge• rated as a means of securing the confidence of Shareholders in the future management. This we cannot at all believe when we come to look at the names of the Directors, as there are, at all events, parties among them who are perfectly incapable of sanctioning, and much less of practising, any deception of the sort. The result of the proceedings was, that the approval and adoption of the report and accounts should be suspended by the Shareholders until a searching inquiry into the actual po sition of the Company shall have been made by an impartial and competent Committee. HERALD.—The first and only Rsport of the Bank Con - mittee is but a meagre resulr, from labours which had excited so much interest, and from which such mighty doings were anticipated. It savours strongly of the mountain and the mouse. It wculd, however, have been extremely inconvenient no doubt to have presented a formal and detailed lieport, em bodying the proposition perhaps of important changes in the circulation of the country, at the end of a Session, and in the face of a new Parliament to be assembled. The proposal far the publication of more frequent returns of the average bank note circulation, not only of England and Wales, but, for the first time, that of Scotland and Ireland also, with the bullion averages of the bank of England, is, however, a satisfactory and wholesome provision, and may serve materially to throw light upon the banking question in the course of the further in quiry to be resumed hereafter. The Committee would have done well also to have devised the means for procuring more exact information than is now possessed respecting the amount of bills of exchange, distinguishing and classifying the dates, which may be or have been in circulation from year to sear, or, which would be better still, during the successive quarters of each year. The Stamp-office returns of stamps issued afford no sufficient index of the varying quantities of the monetary movement of the country under the head of bills of exchange, and it may be doubted whether the results arrived at by the calculations of Mr. Leatham, the Wakefield banker, can be relied upon as a fair approximation to the fact. The returns of all the bills of exchange passed through, .or drawn by, the various banks throughout the empire, with similar returns of the metropolitan banks, distil - guishing the provincial bills made payable, or receivable for presentation, at each, from those town drawn, would greatly contribute to a correct appreciation of the bill cirt:uLtion, although after all it could not present. a complete view of it. For large amounts of hills and promis sory notes never pass through the hands of bankers at all, such as were accepted or drawn payable at the counting-houses or private dwel ings of the parties themselves. Of these no means exist for verifying the amounts, but such as may be arrived at from collating the Stamp-office returns of bill stamps sold with those returned as having been drawn, made payable at, or passed through the banks. The dkeess of the Stamp office returns over those of the banks would be the mea sure, or a close approximation to it, of that, bill circula tion coming within the category referred to, as nut pissing through the banks. A difficulty or confusion might, arise with the banks and the Bank of England, and the discount houses (far the latter also should be in cluded) in the case of bills re-discounted, once or oftener, hut, although it might cause some additional trouble, it is pre.umed that by a proper classification of the bills under dis tinct heads, the difficulty might he obviated without ma terial inconvenience. It will scarcely be possible to come to satisfactory conclusions on the monetary system and circulation of the country without taking into account these important elements of it. It would be desirable also that amounts and particulars of foreign bills of exchange, both those made pay able here, and those drawn against foreign countries, should be included in the returns or separately ascertained. These suggestions may not be unseasonably considered against the time when a bank committee shall be re-appointed. SUN.—There was but a dull market to-day for the Public Securities, and the quotations were heavy as regarded money trantfers, on account of the scarcity of money still experienced in some quarters, and the absence of the more influential job bers, who would have been able to take off any loose stock. Consols elosed at 893 4. for Money, and 883 to 89 for Ac count; Exchequer Bills were 9s. to 7s. prem. ; Bank Stock, 170; and the Reduced Three-and-a- Half per Cents., 974 to 4. The Portuguese Bonds were very heavy on account of the unfavourable news from Lisbon. The Five per Cents. were at 33i to 33 ; Spanish Active Bonds realised 13 to ; Colom bian, 20i ; Mexican, 27n ; Brazilian, 68A to 67i ; Austrian, lo9i ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54. Railway Shares were sold to rather a greater extent, and at prices a shade lower. The Foreign Exchanges were negotiated most currently thus : —Paris, 25f. 60c. to 621 c. ; Amsterdam, 12 131 tol ;: Ham burgh, 13 9 to 10; and Trieste, 959 to 10. The following are the Official Returns of the Exports of Bullion from the Port of London for the week ending Thurs day last;—Geld Coin to Ceylon, 250 oz. ; Silver Coin to Rotterdam, 19,000 oz. ; Silver Coin to Mauritius, 16,146 oz. READFUL SUICIDE—in the early part of Monday afternoon a respectably-dressed man applied to Mr. Simmons, of Bury-street, one of the Churchwardens of the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, for permission to ascend the tower of the new church, stating that his motive in asking the favour was to enable him to take a sketch of Westminster Abbey. Permission was, without hesitation, granted to him, and he went up the steeple to the summit, with the man who usually tolls the bell for the funerals ; who having conducted the stranger to the top, returned below to the ringing chamber, and commenced tolling the bell. About a quarter before four o'clock a policeman on duty outside the churchyard rails observed a person on the top of the tower apparently preparing to precipitate himself to the ground, and a second afterwards he threw himself off, and came down with terrifia velocity on the west side of the tower. Several persons were immediately on the spot, and lifted the unfortunate man up, but life was found to be quite extinct. The stones all round were covered with blood. The height of the tower of Chelsea New Church is nearly 200 feet. A shell was pro. cured, into which the body of the deceased was placed, and conveyed to the workhouse adjacent, where a medical gentle man examined it, and found the skull fractured, shoulders dislo cated, and the legs broken ; in short, the body was literally smashed. The deceased wasattired in a suit of black, nearly new, and, upon examining his pockets, eight sovereigns and two shillings were found, also two letters, addressed to "Mr. Lloyd, Leamington, Warwickshire." From this it is judged that the deceased's name is Lloyd; his linen being marked with the initials "J. L." strengthens this supposition. The deceased appears to be about fifty years of age, fair complexion, rather stoutly built, and is about five feet eight inches in height. When he applied to the churchwarden in the first instance, nothing in the slightest degree remarkable was observed in his manner ' and when ascending the s teeple with the ma n w h o tolls the bell, he seemed cheerful and collected. An old lady, who chanced to see the deceased as he was falling, went into violent hysterics, and was conveyed to her residence in a state of insensibility. No time has yet been appointed for the in quest to take place. SPAIN.—Our Madrid correspondence, dated the 30th ult., states that important intelligence had been received at Cadiz from the Ilavannah in 23 days. Serious disturbances had broken out in the interior, and the Captain-General had been obliged to apply for reinforcements of seen and ships. It 'a a. 1 ot aecura4 - ely 3.11a , ..!c;i1 whether or Pot this idtl - was official, as no details wire given. 'l he .Eco del Commercio of the 30th ult. states that a want of hands was experienced to work the mines in the provinces of Almeriaand Murcia, and that in consequence the wages of the operatives had risen to an excessive price. EVENING Ei!DITION. FREE TRADE. [The following lines were recited. by Mr. BrtzkinghAF: It, the e'o e of one of his zvleresses in favour of free tra" dtucthede a ll l l e u r s y ie p -h ol a y l e l r o S l a l tt a n c - t r l o ny v,.d l a e s d, t, at a l nd clioupere.ei If God's free bounty bids this Globs protittee More than enough for aII his creature,," rule, Shall Man monopolise the free supply ? See brutes full fed, while fellow mortals ? Forbid it Heaven ! Let Earth's prolific fi,llll For Man and Beast alike abundance yield. Free as the winds, and !!bainless as the sea, Should intercourse betwoort all nations be — Wherever land is found, (-/;• oceans roll, Or man exists, from Indus! to the Pole. Then would unfettered industry be paid In the rich wealth its own l'ree hands had made ; Then would mankind fulfil :leaven's first decree, And Earth with " fruitfulness" replenished be; Then would War's blood-red 1 tanner soon be furled, And Peace" triumphant reign• throughout the world; While freighted fleets would tra Terse every sea. And Commerce wing her way u Icheeked and free-" Island be linked to Island—Main.. to Main, . •• Binding all Nature fast in Love's Uarmonious chain. COURT OF A Lll "EMMEN. • Yesterday a Court was held, for the p vrpose of swear ng t Mr. Thomas Farncombe, as Alderman of the Ward of ee shaw, in. the room of Mr. White, who resl . fined. f a ther , Mr. WADn, the surgeon, of Basinghal',„ street, whose 3S years ago, introduced S.ir Claudius St ‘plien Hunter, to present father of the Court, to the Court ,of Alder men, The rented Alderman Farncombe on the preset it occasion. Alderman was accompanied by a number off the axle and influential men in the Ward. e ating Mr. WAnD said that he felt high gratific st.'on in pres to the Court a gentleman of high character and attaittra!Tts; and of considerable property, as the rep. rasentatire of the Ward of Bassishaw. In proceeding to elect, according t° the terms of the precept, a fit and proper person t° or t station of Alderman, the constituency had elected the _o ther fit and proper person they could find, an i although ° wt., very respectable men were named as can iidates the he mate formed by the great majority of the Ward f hb . merits of Mr. Farncombe was such that all i des of o o tion was speedily dropped, and the result was the °e a t -- wso most reaper.- choice of that excellent individual--( Hear, bear.) most creditable to Mr. Farncombe that he volwetarill himself, upon being elected, to bestow his patrc nags u P °ll cir. Ward ; and the constituency felt convinced, .•,,hat any or, cumstances arose which would be likely to call for gee t ,„tar tions on the part of the Mistracy, as was the I .are In i — w ith times, when Alderman Cembe and Sir James Si 'avr bsto , stitch energy and resolution, the new Alden uan of Bas si n would not be backward in distinguishing himself. —(l ie r' Alderman Farncombe then took the oaths an d his sl a i er i The Court, after some preliminary business., Pr pc " • aei the consideration of an application relative to the & Renato) the office of one of the attorneys of the Mayor's I Court. No business of public importance was transact ed. POLICE INTELLIGEN CE• 111ANSIOZT"-HOUSE. A cabman named John Lambert was ferouglt for oso examination on the charge of havi n g stolen the sem of 38/. tot the property of Mrs. Yates, which was left in his cab by lady. Mrs. Yates, the wife of the owne r of th e Crown and al f a public-house in Page's-walk, Bermondse v, Saturday the 22d of May she went to the klellk o f Eng d $ and received there three 10/. notes, eight sovereigns an_./ half in gold, and four shillings ; that she pl'ac'ed the nw.;;ie . . with several private papers, two silk handkerel fs, and a I; e r . of gloves, in her reticule ; called a cab, of wh'ic(i the r ." O was driver, at the City side of Londen-hridg and dice: bs him to drive her to Bermondsey Old Church rgate ; i St m od drove her accordingly, and that very soon aft .•.'r she "er •ed she missed her reticule; that she returned, ac er friend, to the cab stand, where she was inform ed the prifostla a ated that Saturday was not come back, but that after a long a tech oh s w het him at half-past three in the afternoon ef the s.; u - ne d a y' hi t he declared that he k new no thi ng cf the proper but t doo , had taken up a gentl eman i mme di a t e l y a f ter h e aet her to the Ths witness also stated that sh e gave th e pris e ncr t o custody of a policeman, an d ascer t a i ne d th e nuns hers ° ga st; bank notes from her stockbroker, and put a stop on the the Bank. 4 that al. Henry Jackson (City policeman No. 615) states dre ss prisoner upon being taken into custody gave as his: 8 " l' w r sh place which he had left two months. S u b s e q uentie , soner said that he would show witness where the pronO r h the t l nu t ito but soon after declared that he knew nothing at all la. "' and that they could but transport him for it. Gear Jane Mary Pilgrim, who was taken into custody by f o r Dewar, a Metropolitan policeman, said that she had b at the last four months living with the prisoner as his s' .1 ::: 0 4 No. 21, Three Ton -court, Red cros s-street. About one ° in in the afternoon of the 22d of May she met the prison or so , Aldersgate-street, in his cab, in company with another . 3 , 1 %0 and was told by him that h e h a d go t some mone y, and t " 11 -' lei must return home. She did so, and he gave her ala OA and told her to go and c h a n ge it. Sh e wen t soon afteriv to a straw bonnet-shop in Aldersgate-street, where she b,";ts„ two straw bonnets at 255.. each, fo r w hich s h e offered the lol. ' in payment, and received the difference. When she real he was out, and she did not see him again until he was i n A i css tody. She then walked with him to the Compter, a nd L A told by him that they were on the mantel-p;ece behind a , 4. „.1 where she fund the other notes and the She cha one of the notes at a public-house, and threw t h e other .. 0 ; b , Blackfriars-bridge by the persuasion of some persons , an spot expended arid lost the remainder. The prisoner, when be _.,A returned home on the Saturday, burned a black reticule: !,7, some papers which were in it, and, after he was in cusd,,l o witness wrapped up two silk and one lawn handkerchlts' • paper, and threw them into the street. The Loan Mayon asked her whether the p e ople wr o changed the notes for her put any questions to her as to Sr " she got the notes? h aat The witness rlilied that nobody asked her one word - the matter. Sir. Hobler said several tradespeople m: de it a rule V e r . to ask any question. All they were desirous of knowing' a n d whether the bank-not es p resente d t o t h em were genuine to they wished to b e k nown as t ra d espeop l e w h o gave c har r it customers without exercising any curiosity. '1 here erer td iS was to be regretted, tradesman of highs character who act , the manner described. see' The Loan MAYOR said that the practice was most ding f r tho ful, and he hoped it. would fall under the condemnation 0 • Judge. ta tee' Sir. John Bullock, s to c kb ro k er , o f N o . 39, Lothbur! , ' e,, that on the 22d May he p a id Sirs. Yates three 10 /. 8r„.11744 England notes, eight sove r ei gns an d a h a lf, ansi. four shit and that the 10/. note produced was one ef them. The prisoner was then committed for trial. On Mondlv an inquest was held bebre l t h;;. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, at Camberwell, on viovl sr body of John Turner, a fine youth, aged nine years- tb?' pearcd from the evid ence th a t s h ort l y a f ter s i x o'clock O¢ for evening of Thursday last, the poor little fellow wa3 'LA eels, and, in stooping to pull up his line, he fell, head fc nto the water. Verdict—Accidental death. _doe' „o SUPERIOR LONDON-MADE WA- 10 c ,'"0 D ._ , —A. B. SAVORY an d SONS, W atc h ma k ers , N.. r hill. London (opp os it e t h e D an k o f E ng l an d), su bmis ' ° oo lo lection a very large STOCK of Highly-finished LotwOr tui der WATCHES, the w h o l e o f w hi c h being znanufactulva, „pa their own insp ec ti on , on t h e i r own premises, they cart axt 0. • sell at least 251. per cent. below this usual trade price for alu ot is title of the same quality. A prarted wareanty Is gi ves each Watch. PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER CASEI• Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double- 4 0 backed engine -turned eases, warranted . ...... 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' GOLD CASES, SIZE FOIL LADIES. • Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turned 5 6 gold cases, and gold dials, w arrante d ... 0 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with dot b. l e-backed engine -turned gold eases and gold dials, warranted 13 Patent. detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes with doubl e -b ac k e d go ld cases and golf ; di a l s* 14 0 warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and doubl e -b ac k e d go ld cases, via-. 15 o rantedl3 Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled its six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and , 7 ii enamel dials, warranted Patent detached L ever W atc h es, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and 21 o gold dials, warr an t e d Either of the Gentlemen's Watches may be had in go cases, for 31. 3s. each extra. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchavir',/ SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KP' or ; with Ivory Handles, 14 s . p er d ozen Dessert Kniv e s , )0 0 ! Carvers, si. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with rirkil t6- 50',°:.,' handles, Bs. Bd. per d ozen , D essert, 6 s. B d . ; Car,"sh, 0, per pair ; Globe-shape T ea - urns , 4 quarts, 275 . ; ftt • 395. ; Papier Macho Tea-tray s , got hi c s h ape, 60s; t" ' L oy fur ° • full sizes.sizes. Catalogues, contai n i ng th e pr i ce o f every art i c l e in •• ing ironmongery and cutlery, gratis. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-stre • " Established 14320. lIIRTHS. - dll O On the 6th inst., the lady of George Rawbone, ti o*. King's-road, Chelsea, of a son, who survived but a'Silc i , J 30:1 11 : 9 • On the 6th in s t., at Clift on , th e l a d y o f Clarks t, Hare, Esq., of a son. r tes t ' On the 6th i ns t., M rs . Ch r i s t op h er R o bi ns on, ° Trinity-lane, of a daughter. On the 7th in s t., a t Y or k- p l ace , P ortman - sq uare, til 14 e of B. Hebeler, Esq., of a son. • On the 7th inst., at Nelson-terrace, Stoke New. Ringer, of twin sons. 1114RRIIV.D. got On the 3d inst., at St o k e G ay l an d, D orset , Theridnsteo' liet, Esq , second son of J. L. MoiWet, Esq., 0 f ' 3 O Hall, Stafford, t o L ou i sa W o l cott , second daughter of th H. F. Yeatman, LL. 8., o f S toc k H ouse, D o r set. 6( l'' On the sth inst., at St. Pancras Church, James (/' 1 - 111% ; ra iler g of Liverpool, to M ar i a Fi s h er , , of Camden-stree t, town, youngest daught er o f t h e l ate W il l i am Fisher, Somerset House, and Sluswell-hill, Hornsey. r, 6 011. On the sth inst., a t th e B r i t i s h Embassy , Grace de daughter of M ons i eur Mar tin de Charles William G ra h am , E sq., of Chester-squar e, PIO N 1 0.11 3 . , On the 7th inst., a t S t. P ancras, J. G. King. Esq.'ilter of Magdalen C o ll ege, O xford, to Elizabeth, eldest 'l,,,auvg•stociv Edward Levi rn , E sq ., of Upper Woburn-place, 1 square. On the 4th inst., the Rtv l3 .NV.lll. Blencowe, of 0 0 u n n tt. th s e tr s Ge th t B inst. er k , e G i e e y o_r s g g e u I R r u e ,ssaeglle,dse2c6.o.nd s on of DI r o; cap On the sth init., Henry Samuel, the infant s on H. Hitchins, Madras Army. bad be ° On th e elth inst., at Bcddington, of which h e e d 8.3. Rector 59 y ears, the Rev. John Bromfield Fevers, e x On the 6th inst., at Bridgevrater, Mr. Bowen , age. 11.,, daugh On the 7th inst.,:at Dulwich-common, Emily , third ef v . ter of Joh n S m i t h , E sq., age d 17. ' On the 4th i nst. , at Bl a k ene y, Norfolk, Elinbet h, t 71:: tat, ag - cd 70 London: Printed and Publisked by itltritDO No. 112, Strand, at The See Ohre, No.,hige I ° l-- the cuurtiv of Middlesex. —Wednesday, Jung 9, 1831. `\~