The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-22 00:00:00

EVENING SUN CORN LA \ AigD COMMERCtAL REFORM. PUBLIC MEETING IN SALFORD. IVIANcHEsTER., MONDAY.—Our sister borough, Salford, - sok% its populatioe of 100,000, second only in importance atnongst the manufacturing boroughs to Manchester, held this :morning a most unanimous and enthu'iastic meeting of the inhabitants, in the I'4'4n-hall, convened by G. H. Hall, Esq., the Borsoughree*se, (the head municipal officer ), upon a requisition 'presented to him, to which were et bhed the sie,natur es of a ll th e l ea di ng i n h a bi tants of the ougs. The noject of the Meeting, as stated in the re quisition, as• tor the purpose of considering the present distressed ;tale of the pre ulation of this town and neieh bourhood, and the alarming prospects of the approaching whiter ; and the propriety of memoralising the Queen, praying flier Majeaty not to prorogue the two House's of Parliament un til they 'nave entered upon a full consideration of the Corn and Provisson laws, which, with our other commercial restrictions, are, in the opinion of the requisitionists, the main causes of the sufferings of the people " There was a crowded at taadance, the large room of the Town-hall being filled from staid to end. Upoo the platform, near the Boroughreeve, were :Sir Thomas Potter, Thomas Ilazle• , jun., Esq., Holland - Hoole, Esq., R. P. Livingstone, Esq., W. Lockett, Esq., J. Harding, los s ., &c. • The 13 or.ouctineeve, in taking the Chair, was loudly decred. After reading the requisition, he called en Mr. Houle to more the first resolution, an announcement which Was loudly applauded, Mr. Houle being a Conservative. Mr. 11. Ilooee was loudly cheered. He spoke as follows : Mr. Boroughreeve, wnen I signed the requisition request ing Sou, Sir, to summon a meeting upon this subject, I had no intanition whatever ot presenting myself to the meedng, or na:Csing any speech upon the occasion. I have told my tale be ti,re. I have only to repeat what I have said on former occa sions at meetings in this borough and in Manchester—that our trade is at present in a state of vs ry deep depression, and that that depression has been more lasting and permanent than ever any similar depression was known to be, I think, in the memory of the oldest tradesman in Mauchester.—( Hear, hear.) I have laid it down as an axiom, which I think cannot be disputed, and it is one which my own observation *nd experience enable me to place much confidence , e, 'that we never can have a good trade with per manently high-priced food—( Hear, hear)—that, in order that :Isis country may stand as she ought to do, and has hitherto *teed, pre-eminent in manufactures, the people ought ,to have 'Mood at the lowest price for which it can possibly be biought to our doors. And if it be the case that there are laws now in existence in this country which prevent food from being brought tt,he labouring c l asses at th e l owest pr i ce at which it can be afforded, then it naturally follows they will have so much less to e xpend in the consumption of articles of manufactures ; they Will b e worse clad, the manufacturer will languish, and, at the lame time, in conseqrence of all this, there will be a greater Pressure on the markets, and our foreign markets partake of diet depiessien, which is mainly perhaps found •to be pro• •ducsd at home. It is on there accounts, gentlemen, that, without any respect to party, fur we know, and ought to know, nothing of polaice, I cotiteret in them questions. I, as a tradesman laegely engaged, as you very well know, in the staple man'afaeture of this torn and neighbourhood—largely engaged in the production of cotton tw:st, and paying, as I ought to do, upwards of 20,0001. a year in wages—( Hear) — it is on. these accounts that I have come forward en this occa sion, as I have come forward in tittles past, to advocate an ap- Tlicatren to the Queen, that she will not allow Parliament to he prorogued till they have given their full consideration to the Core and Provision-laws.—(Applause.) The resolution I fna - ve to propose has been drawn up by a Committee, who have iinvestigated the facts • therefore what is stated in it may be :fully depended upon. It is, " That an intensity of distress, unprecedented in this borough, has prevailed (hying the last three years, by which the labouring classes are placedin a most destitute condition, and the capital hitherto employed in busi ness has most ruinously diminished. That °sere are at present of dw , iliiekhouses 2,030, and of cotton-mills, factories, and mechanic,' and other workshops, 74 in number, wholly unoecu pied, svi•dch would yield a rental of 27,3:52/. per annum ; whilst vast no sabers of respectable and industrious individuals, who were 'tenants and work- people, are deprived of comfortable re sidersces and the means of labour and support, thus engender ing disease and demoralization, and threatening to involve the wisole community in general ruin.."—( Applause.) Mr. W. LOCKETT seconded the resolution. Sir Twos. POTTER came forward to address the meeting amidst great cheering. Sir Robert Peel had determined not to take their case into consideration till next Rbruary. Now what was to become of the people in the meantime ?—(Leud cries of " Hear, hear.") What ! was no e ff or t t o b e ma d e to give reli e f to the perishing thousands ? Were the people to starve, and no effort be made to ameliorate their condition ? —Aplaus e .) And this rom men who affectd to denoune the( cr p uelty of the new Poor- f law ! The new Poar- e law did affor c d relief in some shape, but Sir Robert Peel's answer was, " wait till February !" The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously. air. T. BAZLEY mcved—" That the existing Corn and other nenjust laws which prevent the people of this country from ob s quitting the means of subsistence in the markets of the world 'by the exchange of their manufactured produce, together with the taxes exacted from them, not for the benefit ot the State, but for the profit of monopolists—(Applause) —are, in the opinion of this meeting, the main causes of the prevailing, lamentable, and heart-rending distress "—(Cheers.) Mr. Bailey, in the course of a statitical and excellent speech, re xnarked—We have been told that other people are unwilling to trade with us, that they will not give us food for clothing, but those who say so do not choose to give us the right--I was aboist to call it the privilege—of trying to exchange our menu.. f aelcures for food.—( Applause.) But we have amongst us at the present time a living witness, Mr. Curds, who has come *out America, creasing the broad waters of the Atlantic, who 11 5 S been brought here, like another son of Jacob. to tell -the father-land that there is abundance of corn in America —(Cheers)—that there are vast resources in that country undeveloped to feed the people of this coun try for centuries yet to come. The people here and the People there might be made mutually happy, but our un aise laws en t a il m i ser y h ere , an d ra i se up to us r i va l s t h ere , w, horn ultimately we may be conquered.—(Applause.) ° 'ens; as laws exist, by which one part of the community ea ts te.x another part of the community, not for the benefit of the state, but to support some monopoly, the people can rmwar expect prosperity ; and if they would like their interests 4 4 be promoted, they must look a ft er th e i r intereets.—(Cheers. would advise the m t o t rus t t o themselves, and never cease .from the peaceful struggle in which they arc engaged, until they possess happiness and sufficiency of food and employment, and all the comforts of life, which I believe to be within the grasp of all if justice be done.—( Loud cheers.) Alc• J. HARDING, in seconding the resolution, alluded to the attempts that had been made to trace the causes of distress to Machinery, and said he was at a loss to see what these parties would do with our artisans, supposing machinery were destroyed. Could the agr i cu lt ur i s ts find work for them? The resolution was agreed to unanimously. ri'm Rev. J. W. :Massie came forward, and was received w*.i, great cheering. He said he came because the cry of he inanity had entered his ears, and penetrated his heart, and Vial it would be a neglect of his duty as a Christian Minister :were he to he absent on such an nceasion.—( Hear.) Was it :not an atrocious thing that every man should not have the ower of doing what he liked with his own—with his labour? Why, the very 'west . than in the community—and a ducal coronet adorned his brow—he meant the lowest in intellect— ( Laughter and cheers)—had asserted this privilege; and why should he have such a privaege, and the industrious, the in telligent mechanic be refused?—(Cheers.) What the poor man claimed as his own was the labour of his hands, and surely he had a right to the fruits of that. What was the first slaw.af our Creator in reference to remuneration ? " By the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat thy bread all the days of thy life. "—( Hear, hear.) This was the first principle laid dawn by the righteous Ruler of the Universe, and the man that turns aside his fellow-man and gals, " You shall not have the reward , 'of your labour," not merely trampled under his foot his fellow -mars, equal in the sight of God with himself—(Cheers)—but be rebelled against the laws of that righteous God who hail es• tablished the universe. —(Great cheering.) Even the Ray. Dr. Chalmers, who had come forward with a panacea for all the ills of the country, admitted that the Corn-laws were an unjust thing, and admitted that their repeal would" sweeten the breath of society." The Rev. Gentleman concluded a powerful speech by proposing a memorial to the Queen, founded on the foregoing resolutions, to be presented by Joseph lirotherton, Esq. The reselmion was seconded by JOSEPH HALL, jun., Esq., and carried. A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. MOVEMENT IN PAISLEY. PAISLEY, SATURDAY.-Arrangements are on foot to call a poblic meeting iu this town, on an early day, to petition the queen " not to prorogue Parliament till the present wnprece dented and alarming state of distress in which the nation is plunged be taken into consideration." There cannot be a , doubt that the sentiments expressed in a requisitiors such as •. the above would meet with the unanimous sanction and approv4l of tho whole population of Paisley. But we are heartless and dispirited, and God knows that ever a com munity had reason to execrate the upholders of the Corn laws, as the authors of more distress than the greatest tyrant that e ver b reat h ed—that community is Paisley. For three weeks past, such of our manufacturers as were solvent, and had goods to di pose of, transacted what might be considered a fair business, but this was en tirely to be attributed to the fact that a great cpantity of manufactured goods, owing to the insolvency of the parties, twas locked up ; but these being brought to sale, busine•s is now worse than ever it has been since the present stagnation corn silenced. Besides, having had more failures this week, the numbers of unemployed is sure to increase fearfully, and where this state of things is to end nobody pretends to divine. We are now upon the approach of winter, with the certainty of having nearly exhausted a voluntary assessment to assist the unemployed, which most of the inhabitants cheerfully sub "slimed to, and paid as far as they could We hare moreover . vent nearly all the money subscribed by the county gentlemen and others, wko cannot be always giving. Under these dismal prospeetc, are you not surprised that no outbreak has taken . place amongst a body of men, who, though ingenious, pains taking, and anxious to gain a sc inty livelihood, are unable, by all the means in their power, to provide food to satisfy the cravings of nature ? H ow can Si r Robert Peel for a moment seek to retain p ower i n t h e m id st o f suc h f ear f u l respon sibility 'without proposing a remedy? Repose he cannot have, and • this struggle, which is one for an existence, is not to raid by Sir Robert's refusal to take the state of the country under itnine diate consideration. At the usual weekly meeting on Tuesday, the 14th instant, Mr. Henderson alluded to the unprecedented losse s and distress in :which the manufacturing interest was !tivolved ; and he was of opinion that the sooner this was taken Into consideration by Parliament the better. He would, there. sore, propose that petitions sbould be presented to the Queen and the House of Commons, praying that the state of the coun try should be immediately taken into consideration before any Vr:orai ng- ion or adjo u rn men t d o t a k e pl ace . M r. C amp b e ll , a T ory Chartist, thought that there was great need for such a Course being adopted by Parliament, and would second the mo !ton, which was unanimoesly agreed to. The petitions having !een signed by the Provost, Magistrate, and,Council, have been forwarded for presentation. 11U13LIC MEETING AT READING TO .„, MEMORIALISE THE QUEEN. , READIN G , TUESDAY, SEPT. 21.—One of tie greatest tu eetings ever h e ld in Berkshire assembled in this town yester cla)* evening, to consider the causes of the existing sufferings of te working population i:i the manufacturing districts, and to Memorialise the Queen, praying her Majesty not to prorogue , Parliament until a due investitmtimi of the Corn and Provision • , , laws has been entored into. Messrs. Bsylis's extensive manu ftetorY, ere( ting in the King's-road, was granted for the pur -, Pose, and it was computed - that between 1,400 the t .• . r...desmen and mechanic of the town were and 1,500 of - ld-r present. Mr. • 3 . lc, an Havekes was called to the Chair. 7 '4- 'W ~- . Parliament. and " EF•DoN said that Sir Robert Peel proposed to crismiss to; l 1.4 undi s ,• wse d eave the quest i on o f the people's distress -, 2 for period of five months.—(Shame. )He (Sir it. Peel) blamed the late Mir.i.try for not inveslig_ating the Subjec t five years ago, and yet, desjte the fellure of the •'t 111, failurc of bLnks in ever': nn::,rfrr awt the pro , . p, , I, s,ing ,iallute of manufactures, i,r,d the i otei est sof intilbtvy, I . if now coolly and deliberately tells us that he hall have no tt M g to say - about the matter for a period o f five months. ( Ilear, hear, hear.) lie contended, therefore, that they NGvere adopting a proper course in addressing with Most racious Majesty, who deeply sympathised with the THE LONDON, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 22. 1841. sufferings of her people. it was now useless to address either the House of Lords or Commons. The Lords had been called the " Hospital of Incurables," and he saw no indication, in the present state of things, of anything aproaci.ing to convalescence. —( Hear, hear.) It was equally useless to petition the House of Commons, where the landlords had now a maj rit.y of 90, though it was well known how that majority was obtained.— ( Cheers. ) The Duke of Buck i :;;hem. the head of the Corn-law Monopoly, himself nomi nated no less than seven Members.—( Hear, hear.) Sir R. Peel told the landholders that unless he could carry his measures and act freely, according to his own judgment, he would not as cent their support. Why, the construction of the present Mi nistry showed at once that his assertion was but a mere clap trap, or dclu-ion. Did they not know that his Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Sir ':award Knatehbull were members of that Ministry ?—( Hear, hear.) This iilustrated the story of the two tame elephants ; they were afraid at the libera!ity of Sir Robert, so they placed him bet Ween two tame elephants, lest he should become restive for measures of reform.— ( Cheers and laughter.) The Dillies of Richmond and Buck ingham told him, that what,.ver his views might be, he must be restrained by the power that made him, lest that same power should again unmake him.—( Hear, hear.) After some further observations upon the actual extent of taxation upon the lubonrer's food, Mr. Wes don read the address to her Ma jesty, which he ultimately proposed for the adoption of the meeting, and which Mr. J. SLEEMA N, in a short speech, seconded. After a speech from Dr. Pe.:rey, The CH A I RMA N put the memorial, which was unanimously carried amid loud and protracted cheering. Mr. EVEKETT, after briefly add: essing the meeting. proposed the following resolution :--" That this meeting, feeling a deep conviction of the evil tendency of the Corn and Provision laws, and of the great advantage which would result to the nation by their repeal, feel impelled to use all lawful means for obtaining that object." Mr. JAMES seco ided„ the proposition, which was also carried by universal acclamation. FUNDING of EXCHEQUER BILLS The following official notice made its appearance ra ther unexpectedly yesterday :-- " Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, 21st Sept. 1841. "It having been considered advisable by the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to fend a portion of the outstandin g Ex chequer-bills charged on aids and supplies, dated in March and June last (or in ,any antecedent month, provided the seine have not been advertised to be paid off), not exceeding five millions in Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities, subscriptions for the same will be received at the Bank of England from nine o'clock in the morning to one o'clock, p.m., on Friday the 24th, Saturday the 25th, and Monday the 27th inst. " The terms upon which it is proposed that the Exche quer bills should be funded, are that one hundred and twelve pounds and - two shillings Three per Cent. Conso lidated Annuities shall be given for every one hundred pounds principal of Exchequer bills ; and that the said Three per Cent. Ccnsolidated Annuities so to be created, shall commence from the sth of July, 1841. " It is proposed that the parties intending to subscribe to this funding, shall deliver sealed letters at the Bank of England, specifying the sums for which they intend to subscribe, accompanied by sealed parcels, containing, in Exchequer-bills, a deposit of 201. per cent. on such sub scriptions ; and that at One o'clock, or as soon after as possible, on Monday, the 27th •instant, the Bank shall dee:are the total amount proposed to be subscribed for, allotting each party, in case the whole of the subscrip tions shoeld not exceed the amount of five millions, the whole sum which he may have offered to subscribe ; and in case the whole amount offered to.be subscribed shall exceed five millions, then such proportion only of the sum tendered by him, as the sum of five millions may bear to the whole sum offered to be subscribed, retain ing iu such case the deposit of 20!. per cent. only upon such amount, Mr. NI EEDON said a small part of their duty now rempineil to be performed, to fix upon some Nobleman to present the petition to her Majesty. Every Peer of the Realm Lad the privilege of commanding an audience with her Majesty, and fortunately for this meeting, there was a Noble Lord in this county—( Bursts of approbation, and loud cries of Radnor") —who, ever since he had occupied a seat in the Upper House, had directed his attention to the interests of the working man, to whom he was a sincere and devoted friend. He alluded, of course. to the Earl of Radnor—( Loud cheers )—wlio, he proposed, should be requested to present the address to the Queen, after its being signed by the Chairman in behalf of the meeting. The further instalments will be payable as follows, ViZ. " 204 per cent, on or before the Bth of November. " 201. per cent. on or before the 20th of December. " 20/. per cent, on or before the 31st of January,lB42. " 201. per cent, on or before the 14th of March, 1842. " Subscribers will be allowed to pay Exchequer-bills in advance, and to receive the interest upon the amount of Exchequer-bills for the first instalment, from the date of the bills up to the 27th of September ; and upon the amount of the bills for each subsequent instalment, from the date of the bills up to the day when the instalnient would have become due. The resolution was seemidA, and unanimously carried, after which the meeting separated. BATH. There is a strong and increasing feeling hero as to Sir Ro bert's procrastinating policy. The failure of Hobhouse's bank, which will affect directly or indirectly almost every inhabitant, is believed to have been oacas , oned by that restrictive commer cial policy which is closing our factories and starving our ar tisans. A memorial to the Queen, praying that Parliament may net be prorogued until some measure of substantial relief has been adopted, was placed this morning in the Ciui and has already received nearly 2,000 signatures. CONVENTION BETWEEN HAM BURGH AND BELGIUM. " Subscribers will be allowed the option of paying money in lieu of Excquequer-bills, to the extent of one half on the amount of the Excheouer-bills subscribed for, upon paying 12s. for every 10( 1 /. so paid in money. "Subscribers paying money will be alloWed interest, at the rate of 2i- per cent. per diem, from the day of de posit up to the days on which the instalments are ',Kahle. " Subscribers completing their whole payments on or before the 2d of January, 1842, will be entitled to the first half-yearly dividend on the said Consolidated An nuities at the sth of January, 1842. „ . . " Scrip receipts will be issued at the Bank in the usual manner." TREATY OF COABIEIICE CONCLUDED THE 9 5Trt JUNE, 1841, BETWEEN LEOPOLD KING OF THE BELGIANS, AND THE r, - .)wN HAMBURGII RATIFIED ON THE 25TH AUGUST. , '1 he Senate of the Free and Hanse Town of Harriburj on one part, and Leopold, King of the Belgians, on the other, wishing to stipulate by.special regulations the reciprocal rights of the citizens of both States with regard to the transmission of testamentary property, have agreed as follows : Art. 1. Belgian citizens ,hall enjoy in the v hole of the ter ritory of the Free Town of Elamburgh the sane rights to inherit or to transmit., either by will or ab intestut, as the citizens of Hamburgh, without being subject as strangers to any duties not paid by the inhabitants. Reciprocally the citizens of Hamburgh shall have the same rights in Belgium. The same recip•o?ity shod exist for the citizens of bulb states with regard to donations between the living. Art. 2. Op the transmission of Iroperty so obtaineil from one country to the other, no chivies of Any kind, or under the name of emigration duties, shall be levied upon it, but thoze paid by the inhabitants of the country themselves. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—In the Times of this morning there is an instance of the extreme contempt in which the Tories affect to hold the wishes of the people ; for not only is there a perverted account of yesterday's. meeting in Southwark, but the editor comes to the reporter's aid, and assists his ingenious misrepresentations by what is evidently intended for " a biting article." The chief subject of complaint against the petitioners to the Queen is that they did not all wear clean shirts, and that they appeared to be poor— or in other words, that they seemed to be really in want of the relief they setae at the hands of Parliament. It would be some what of an inconsistency, and might give rise to suspicion, if large numbers of persons whose linen and dress bespoke the possession of all the comforts as well as neeessaries of life, and whose hands displayed none of the marks of labour, should have come forward to ask relief for the distress which they would not appear to be sufFer;ng. It is not likely that there will ever be a very numerous meeting of individuals in polished leather leeits, yellow kid gloves, and cambric pocket-handker chiefs, to complain of the high price of the quartern loaf ; nor should we be much disposed to attend to their appli cation if it should he on their own account alone Chet they had resolved on petitioning. Bat when men assem .ble whose appearance bespeaks the poverty they deplore, and shows them to be 'in want of the relief they ask— when their unanimous adoption of a respectful petition, and rejection of every Chartist proposal to assume a dic tatorial or threatening tone, may be taken as a sign of their desire to keep strictly within the law-when men act. as these men have done, is it reason, is it justice, is it pctey, in the evolved organ of the Government to ridicule their accounts of death having ensued from the starva tion of some of their own class, and to throw a slur on them by contemptuous allusions to the poorness of ap parel occasioned by the very distress for which they peaceably appeal to the Queen to assist in giving them a remedy ? 11 7 e tell the Times that this is not the tone in which the people will permit that their ap peals for cheap bread shall be responded to ; and the jokes on " aristocratic quartern loaves, which seem determined to be paid for, and, what is worse, to maintain their price," may suggest reflections that if the loaves are obdurate, it will be necessary to try whether the obstinacy of the landlords is equally inflexible. The people, we are happy to perceive. are taking the proper legal course; and the discomfiture of the Chartists is 'a convincing proof that they are regarded in their true light by the better and most numerous class of the corn niunity. We trust, therefore, that our Tory contempo rarietaavill not, by ill-judged ridicule, endeavour to teach the well 'disposed petitioners for Corn-law amendment that their attitude must be threatening, before it will experience anything beyond contempt from the Con servative Government. We tell them, howeve-, that unity and firmness will obtain eventually all ; while the intemperance into which the Tory organs would gladly goad them would only f urn i s h a p retext f or d esp i s i ng their opinions, and placing every practicable restraint upon the means and opportunities of expressing; them. ' . STANDARD.—The p ar t w hi c h we h ave Sroughout acted with reference to the Maynoot.h establishment re - quires of us that we speak openly when the question is regularly presented for public consideration ; we shall not shrink from the duty. If the establishment, then, is to be conducted as it has been conducted for a long succession of years, we do not hesitate to say that every man who respects the interests of religion, every man who cares for public peace, every Man who recognises the fundamental principles of our constitutional policy, must, if he will act conscientiously, refuse to aid that establishment with the public money. On the other :acre, we cannot go the whole length with those who maintain that it is sinful to continue the grant, because of• the errors which it helps to disseminate.- We are Protestants, and in saying this, we . say that we hold many of the tenets of the Church of Rome to, be erroneous, and dangerous ; but we will not say—we have never said, even when most warmly opposed to the political Roman Catholic party—that, as a whole, the Roman Catholic religion does not offer ample means of salvation. The wheat is mixed with tares, but the wheat is still there ; and we may almost apply the parable vouchsafed for another purpose. Better spare even the tares, than, by plucking up all, leave a blank desert utterly unprofit able for the use of man. And how does the INltaynooth question stand with reference to justice? The establish intuit was founded upon considerations of national policy. The countries in which the Roman Catholic clergy had been previously educated were at the time at war with us, or under the controul of ene mies ; and it was thought dangerous to permit per sons educated in teose countries to exercise at home the influence which the Roman Catholic clergy must, from the nature of their religion, always exercise within their sphere. • The State impliedly bound itself to provide for the education of the ROman Catholic clergy. The obligation was renewed with all possible solemnity by the Act of Union. Now, if this obligation was sinful, the time of the union was the proper season to reject it. We may not now seek to escape any of the ► terms of that great national compact. Next arises the question—lf we are thus bound by the obligations of ho nour, of justice, and of Christian duty, not to discontinue the grant, are we equally bound to permit its application to such purposes as it is now applied to ? We answer, No. The terms upon which the establishment was, founded expressly give to the State a. right to examine the system of education pursued by it—the declared purpose of the establishment—the ensuring the loyalty of the Roman Catholic clergy—implies that if that pur pose appears not to be answered, and if the parties con cerned obstinately refuse that it shall be answered, the -rant is forfeited. If the seminary of Maynooth, which is at present the single institution in the empire that receives the public money, and yet withholds, mysteriously, an ex planation of its system—if, we say, this seminary refuse to admit the inquiries of Parliament, and to obey the suggestions of Parliarant, there can be no question that the grant will be forfeited. But without bringing I the matter to this tangible issue, it is offensive to the principles of justice to speak of refusing the grant. What we would advise, then, is to petition for inquiry, not for a refusal of the grant. COURIER.—Mr. ;,Otway Cave, evidently labouring under a painful consciousness of his unpopularity with the great bulk of the Tipperary constituents, has adroitly availed himself of the absence of his master, to play a few fantastic gambles, which, though they may not make angels weep, are certainly calculated to make mortals laugh I And has it come to this—that Mr. Otway Cave is to be the asserter of Ireland's rights—the denouncer of her wrong—in the new Paeliament ? What has become of o the (') C Makes and th e B o dki ns — t h e O'B r i ens and the o o f f viiitidesiestrisri g O'Connell and Shen, that e a l pleasing ag n s duty— Ireland—of coarsely ase y devolved s upon hitherto selling Lords St an l ey an d Lyndhurst, and of predict ing; innumerable the ert f o ro si m ien t t h iv e t i e r m s b w e a r ai . , or s T he ip u pera ldl r u y iv; Really, if the Honourable Member should proceed in the path he mar k e d out for himself last night, and favour the Hou se w i t h another such display, the Member for laleath may tremble for his " seat' and popularity, as both would i n t h at case be in danger —and the ; Member for Bath for his fame ; while Lord J. Russell formidable rival near his throne. But though Mr. should look closely to his leadership, as then there were a defi v c e l ' e s nt in wordiness and violence, we regret we first effort in the oratorical line was by no means On Monday night Mr. Feargus O'Connor he, ram. FEARGUS O'CONNOR AT BERAl,dlNaGmHeeAtillni;---in cannot compliment him either on the . originality of Birmingham, and his speech on the occasion was oratory than ever. lie :peke for nearly two hours. abused _ more ma d all d his arguments or the closeness an the old leaders, condemned the Anti-Corn-law agitation, deneune d Mr. Ray, of Dublin, and the Repi alers, who had in so furious a passion at the appointment of such prevented the Irishmen from joining in his agitation in Bir- men to the administration of Irish affairs as Earl rninglram. He was, of course, a Repealer, and whether the de Grey and Lord Eliot ; men whose uprightness, mo jri,hmen wo.!d have liberty cr rot at his hams, he was deter- duration, and high prineipledness, have extoide:l the nn . L. mined on giv . ,ng it to Went. tie sa.id it l'7lil Ll 5 iiitt'ilticaorra probation of opponeuts, as not to have perceived the illli that they had tit:prated all - the wheat tkorn the ehatv, and got gical absurdity of deducing anything unfavourable t out the Whigs, to combine all real Reformers in Etiala.nd and ir-'and from Lord Lyndhurst's presidency over • (r o .. En, Scotland, and arouse the people against the Tories. As he had lisp ` Equity Courts, ur Lord Stan' '• - del ey over our wider y always " the Whip were - devils, but the Tales were colonial • extended empire. if Ireland's new avenger can devil* in hell, and they must put them out." A rt. 3. The above suppression is not only meant to include the ditties of detraction received cv the public treasury, but all dutie4 of detraction arising from individuals, corporations, or public foundations. - Art. 4. The present Conventions shall be drawn up in two copies, and signed by Charles &coeking 2 Syndic of the to wn of Hamburgh, and Emanuel de Aleesterde itavesteen, Secre • tary to the Belgian Legation. Art. 5. The present Convention shall be ratified an 3 ex changed at Hamburg'', in the space of fuur weeks, or sooner if possib'e. bone at limburgh, the 25th June, in the year of our Lord 1841. (Sig ne d) SIEVEKING, DE MEESTER DE 11AVESTEIN. HORRIBLE MURDER IN . EAST CHEAP. Last night, at about ten minutes past ten o'clock, a most horrible murder was committed at the King's Read public-house, Easteheap, on the person of Mr. Boarder', the landlord of the above house, as well as an attempt at the lives of two other persons, the sister of Mr. Bounden and his wife. The particulars of the horrid case, as far as we could learn, are as follows :—At about three o'clock yester day morning a person of the name of Blakesley ac costed Sergeant Bradley, 503 of the City police, and inquired of him how he could obtain possession of his wife, whom he stated was staying at the above house ; but after being advised to call in the afternoon, he went away. At about ten o'clock last night he (Blokes ley) went to the Kincr's Head, with every appearance of extreme agitation depicted on his countenance, and proceeded behind the bar, where the deceased was sitting on a chair dosing, and his (Blakesley's) wife attending to the customers; the villain, without saying one word, drew from his pocket a butchet'4 knife, such ns are used for killing sheep, and made a desperate thrust at his wife, wounding her in a dreadful manner. Her screams awoke Mr. Bourdon, who, whil e i n th e ac t of rising from hi s sea t, was stabbed in the stomach by Blakesley, the knife penetrating to the handle, and he fell at the bar-door into the passage, bleeding in a dreadful manner. After making an attempt to strike Mrs. Bourden, the murderer stepped over the body of his victim, who was writhing in the agonies of death, and made his escape. Mr. Smith, of Gracechurch-street was instantly sent for, who lost no time in attending, but ere he arrived poor Bourden had expired. His attention was then directed to the unfortunate woman, who had gone up-stairs. leaving traces of her blood from the bar to her bed-room, and whom he found in a very dan gerous state, having been severely wounded, nut we could not ascertain whether mortally or not. At the time the murder was committee, thera were several persons pass ing by, and taking the alarm, ran atter the murderer, ealiing out " Stop him I" The direction he took was towards the Tower, clown Thames street, and was soon lost to his pursuers. Blakesley, who is rather a fine looking man, is about five feet ten inches in height, round face, dark hair, large whiskers, and about thirty-live years of tige. Ho wore at the time of committing the dreadful deed a brown frock coat, dark spotted waistcoat, and dark trousers. A person of gentlemanly appearance and manner, ►who had been into the house of Mr. Owen, landlord of the Oxford Grey, Thames-street, and who run out im mediately on hearing of the murder, was stopped by the policeman, and taken to the station-house in Tower street ; but after a short detention, he was allowed to depart, it being proved to the satisfaction of the Inspec tor on duty that a mistake had been made in his person. The knife with which this horrid deed was perpetrated is a new one, with a blade of about six inches long, and upwards of one in breadth, bearing the_ name of the maker, -‘ Davis, London," on the side of the blade. It was covered w ith blood to the handle, and had been re cently sharpened at the point. It was found by Ser geant Bradley under the fender in the bar. Up to the time of our going to press, the retreat of the murderer had not been, discovered ; but the police were everywhere on the look-out. It is hoped that he ►will not long escape. FURTHER PARTICULARS. From inquiries made on the spot this morning the falowinK particulars mzy be depended upon, there being many inaccu racies in the published reports : A fe , x minutes before ten at night Mrs. Burdon observed the door of the house toswing to and fro in ,most unusual monster, but supposed it was caused by the wind, and when the bar was quiet it ceased. At this time Mr. Burden was asleep at the far side of the bar; Mrs. Bles.lry was next him, and Mrs. Burdon sat down near the door. lo an instant the murderer, ssho had no doubt been watching, and had caused the swerving ef the door, rushed in with a knife sharpened at both edees, and is such a one as butchers use—passed Mrs Burdon with • out hurting her —then made a desperate stab at his wife, who is in a must dangerous state, and then 'plunged the k n if e into the stomach of Mr. Burdon who died ablest immediately. The murderer then hurried ont of the house and eluded de tection. LATEST PARTICULARS. The following additional particular s re l a ti ve t o the above awful murder have been oh' ' e r d this morning. Between nine and ten o'clock last night, a ' s al ..ll l s. Burdon, and her unfortunate sister-In-law were in the ' bar, observed the door to open repeatedly, and some one to t' lo t o ' k ey in, butthey thought nothing barTltaveary: clear of r i t s •cognise the features of the in dividualof the matter, neither did the doubt he was watching an customers (which, to carry his ot. horrid design into effect. osopps oorotnunp s irt o eysevintbeedn obtruding, ittbsl f ) and not Blakesley. The name of the wretched man is I.llcT . ley living in the City-road, alas, to the profligate His father is a highly respectable ma u t u t,: i he became twelve became ac and has offices in Basinghall-street ; e o r r:terly bar life which his son had lived he determwinnegde, , e t i v •t i r about re the months since, to discard him, since which time quainted with the sister of the deceased, who maid to her brother, and has been married to the mu three months. For ashort time they lived at Seven Oaks , bu t t e husband carried on the business of a carcass-butcher, being unsuccessful, he returned to London, and made an appeal (through his wifd) t o his father for assistance, but w31:513,71- fused, when his wife retu rned to her brother's at the kin g' s Head, which circumstance seemed to prey upon his mind.`- The knice was actually ground at the back, and was as keen at both edges as a razor. A number of the city police, under the directions of Mr. Inspector Brake, have been dispersed in search of the mur derer ; and Briscoe, 567, whe is well acquainted with Blexley, proceeded on board the Boulogne steam-boat, which started at four o'clock this morning for Boulogne, to go as far as Graves end to ascertain (it being dark at the time) whether I lexley was on board ; but up to the time of our going to Press Briscoe had not returned. It is expected that the inquest will be held this day. —...,—.—. find in the recently formed Cabinet no more colourable pretence for his calumnious charges and ill-int. ntioned prognostications, than the fact that the vast cap ecity of the present Chancellor has again been pressed into the public service, and that the bold and vigorous intellect of the Colonial Secretary has again been made available to the Siate, we would r ecommen d him to forbear in future his silly strictures and carping criticism on pub lic men and their measures. But as from evil not unfre quently emanates good, so this pointless drivelling of the Member for Tipperary gave Sir Robert Peel a fresh opportunity of disclosing his intentions with regard to Ireland, and of thus demolishing at one blow the fantastic an d f ee bl e s t ruc ture of opposition to his Government, in the construction of which the Whigs and their partisans have so long and so se dulously laboured. Th ere was no one subject in connection with, that portion of the empire on which so much misrepresent at i on an d w ilf u l exaggeration pre vailed as on the system of registration proposed by Lord Stanley, in lieu of that which obtains there at present, and by which all parties admit, the foulest abuses have been engendered an d protecte d. Your object is, said his Lordship's detracters, _to limit the fran chise—to annihilate the constituency created under the Irish Reform Bill ; but we should like to know in what spirit will they receive Sir Robert Peel's announcement last night that in any future measure for the prevention and correction , of ac knowledged abuses, he should take particular care that the constituency which was i nten d e d to be raised under the Reform Bill s h ou ld un d ergo no li m itation ? We have no doubt th a t t h ey w ill b e sore l y disappointed, who hoped to find I re l an d Si r Ro b ert .1)(:;01's chief difficulty, but wilt',seeing the j u di c i ousness of his appointments,, the crmciliatorines s o f hi s announcome nts, and the at a objectionable char:Lc:tee of his measures, now despair of making Irish aff a i rs the battle-grount.l o f f a ctions con flicts, and the Irish people the tools and dupes of party. FROM LS'T — NiGI-IT'S a.AZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, SEPT, 20. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Catherine Countess of Dunmore to be one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber in. Ordinary to her Majesty. • The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Mrs. Georgiana Mary Ansoa to be one of the Bedchamber women. in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Lady Harriet. Clive, resigned. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Son . . 21. The Queen ha; been pleased to appoint Captain the Hon. Alexander Nelson Hood to be one - of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary to her Maj esty. CROWN-OFFICE, SEPr. '2O. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. BOROUGH or DORCHESTER.—The Right Hon. Sir James Robert George. Graham, of Neterby, in the county of Cum berland, Bart. Bououcti or CAnnirr.—The Right Hon. John Nicholl, of Merthyr-mawr, in the county of Glamorgan, Doctor of Laws, her Majesty's Judge-Advocate-General. BortouGn or BILADFORD.—WiIiam Busfield, Esq., in the room of William Cuulin Lister, Esq., deceased. treaty several parcels of good and fine yellow sorts were sold at full rates. EAST INDIA.— This afternoon the trade operated with free dom in white Bengal, but brown sorts moved off slowly ; at public sale 4,513 bags 41 casks were sold at stiffer rates foe white, but brown sold rather cheaper; fine white fetched 69 ; to 72s G d, good mid and good 64s to 635, mid 62s 6d to 635 Gd, low 60s to 625, ord to fine yellow 51s to 595, low sound bright Uremia 37s 6d to 39s 6a, mid 42s to 43s 6d, good and fine 42s to 50s, damp 37s to 45s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—Holders of Brazil fur the most part are firm, and hare refued to sell excepting at full rates, but the demand has been limited for both brown and white sorts, and the market has presented a tranquil appearance ; at auction 26 chests 127 bags 418 barrels Rio were nearly all taken in at full value, viz., white, 22s 6,1 to 23s 6d; yellow, 17; to 193 Gd mid to good and brown, 15s to 16s 6d, 216 chests 50 brls Behia were all bought in, at lute at 21s to 9 -is for ord to gobd mid, yellow 19s to 20s 6d, and brown good_ to fine 16s to 18s 6d, being full rates ; but 137 chests 114 boxes and 545 barrels and Lads Per nambuco were mostly sold;but at lower rates. The principal part was of soft quality : luw to ',me brown went at 14s to lba 3ellow 16s to 17s 6d, ord; nary white 19s to 20s, mi idling to good 22s to 235, and titre 24s to 253 per cwt. NOLA SSES.— Hold, ars having submitted to rather loTcr rates, have caused buyers to operate more freely in Wtst India., and the et Jes privately have amounted to 420 puns at 22s to 27s fur e xelinary to fine quality ; at auction 60 puns St Lucia sold at 7' as to 24s per cwt. The stock is large. For Fo reign 6 s 6 d tr 7s is the value. COFFEE ,--The demand has been limited for British Planta tion Coffc a, and the market has presented a quiet wpm for all qualitie% Imrtorters have been again desirous to realse, and rice , . have suffered a further depression of 2s to 4s per cn t, but c Amon and unclean sorts have been the most difficult to sell. Public sales, 154 bils of Jamaica, which went off without the least spirit, and the ordinary sorts were chiefly bought in ; mid to good mitt quality sold at 104 e to 1275, low mid 99e to 103 s, good to fine fine ord 70s to 975. The market for East India and Cave sorts has born in an inactive state, and prices keep on the decline. For Ceylon Coffee the demand has been extremely dull, and a further decline in price of 61s per (net 'mast be quoted. The public sales have consisted of 4210 bags, which went off very heavily, and a small part only was sold at 65s to 69s (id for law to good ord, fine ord colors' 70s to 73s Gd, and mid 90s. All other kinds of Coffee admissible for home con sumption are difficult of sale, at a decline of about 2s. per cwt. This afternoon the demand was limited by private treaty, few purchases were made in any kind, and prices have still a downward tendency; only 300 bags Ceylon were offeted at auction, and taken in at 71s to 72s for good ordinary, being above the value. There were no buyers within several shil -1 lings of .here rates. The Foreign market is quiet. Cocoa.—This afternoon the market was in a quiet state for West India. At public sale 72 hags 34 barrels were offered, Trinidad sold at 41s to 43s for fair and middling red, being a shade lower; Grenada taken in at 425. BICE. —Hoiders of Bengal have been desirous to realise, and have offered the large quantity of 15,080 bags 780 pockets at public. sale, and scarcely half found purchasers at a reduction on former rates of (id per cwt. Good white went at lls to 12s, middling !Os to lOs Gd, low broken and dusty 9s per cwt. Java, Siam . and Madras have met a dull demand by private contract, and prices have a downward tendency. Carolina has supported former quotations. 'lbis afternoon the demand was steady for Bengal. Rice, and at auction 1,000 bags sold at lOs 6d to 11s for middling white. BRANDY, 'issrs }lord,Arins.—The demand Cr Rum has been limited, both shippers and the home trade operating with much caution, notwithstanding Government has adver tised far 1,00.) gallons of Rum, half West India, and the re mainder East India. Holders are however unwilling to press sales, and prices remain much the same as last Tuesday. The transactions are limited to about 180 puns Leevards, proof strength, at 2s. ld. per gallon. Brant'y continues firm, hut the demand has been limited. Cognac, first brands of the vintage of 1836, has been selling at 5s 9d in hhds, puns 5s 7d; do. 1837, hhds 5s (id, puns 5s 4d ; do. 1838, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d ; do. 1839, hhds 4s 10 , 1, puns 4s 8d ; do. 1840, hhds 3s 91, puns 3s 7d per gallon, at which rates the merchants are film. The stock has decreased considerably of late. :3eneva has been in good demand by the shippers at 2s 1(1 to 2s 2d, and small parcels of fine fetch 2s 7d to 2s 8d for home consump tion. British Corn Spirits have been In good request at2seash. To-day there was a better demand for Rum, arcs some parcels of various sorts were sold at full rates. The Govern ment contract for Rum has been all taken; 100,090 gallons, by Ruck, Son and Fenwick, hut at the low rate of Is lid per proof gal'on. 'l'E N.—There has been a good demand for Free Trade Tea since this day week to supply both town and country or d ers ; holders have displayed more ° firmness, and have refrained h om pressing sales; a good many large parcels have been disposed of 'Ad above the rates of last Tuesday. Congou, commo s milt has realised ls 9 1 Ad to is 994 d, fair and good ordinary Is llid to Is 11d, blackish leaf to strong blackish leaf 1111 2 d to 2s 3d; Twankay, common Is 9 1 4 d to Is 10d per lb. The lower sorts)! Tea, however, have been the most in request. No public sale is at present declared, but some will he shortly announced. The speculative market however ha heirs inactive, and Is 10d to Is lOid accepted for Cempan3's Congou cash, but yesterday buyers operated more freely, and the zlosing price was Is l 0 cash, with not many sellers. The quantity of Tea upon which duty has been paid at this port during the past week, amounted to 470.0001bs : the arrivals during the same time have been 18,000 packages. To-day there was less demand for Tea, the announcement of 14,000 y,kgs for sale on the 30th, with the prospect of the quantity being increasedto 25,000pkgs, caused the trade to ope rate with caution, and the market was in a dull state for all sorts. Holders were more disposed to realise and accepted ra ther lower rates ; common and fair free trade Congou for ea,h sold at Is 9d to 10d, and Company's Congou ls 94-tl cash. Two ships have arrived off the coast f ro m China, with Tea. SercEs.—'l his afternoon the public sales consisted of 1,349 bags 'Malabar Pepper, sea damaged; 36 chests Penang and 65 bags Bourbon Cloves ; 30 casks Banda Nutmegs, and 2 casks Penang Peppersold at 3 1 -4 d to 3ad for fair, being the full value. Penang Cloves taken in at 2s ; Bourbon sold rather lower, and went at Is 11/ 2 d to Is 2d. Banda Nutmegs taken in at 3s 10(l for fine, and ordinary 2s sd; Penang sold at 4s 4d to 5s 9d per lk. _ _ _ TA LLow. —To-day prices were steady for Petersburg yellow Candle at 48s 6d to 48s 9d oil the spot and for delivery, but the trade operated with caution, and the market was in a quiet state. "FR UlT.—The market for all sorts of Fruit has been in a dull state since our last report. A public sale of new French Plums was attempted ; the whole, it appeared, passed without any bids ; and new Muscatel Raisins, boxes layers, ta' , .en in at 8.5 s quarter boxes, bunch, 803 to 81ss. New Jordsn Almonds 101. lOs per cwt. • haitco.—The quantity inspected amounts to 6,C00 chests, the principal part low and middling quality. There is little good, and scarcely any fine. art.s.—For all sorts of Fish Oils a good demand has pre vailed. principally from the home-trade, and prices have ad vanced 20s for :Seal, sales of pale havirg been made at 36/. In Linseed Oil large purchases have been made, and prices are firm at 32s per cwt. Rape Oil pale has been disposed of at 53s to .53s 6d, and brown 52s to .52s 6a per cwt. Olive has been in good request and advanced rates paid. Gallipoli 761., and Spanish 731. to 711. per tun. Palm has moved off slowly at former terms. Cocoa Nut first quality, at 41s to 41s lid per cwt. The cheapest Fish Oil in the market is Cod. COUNTRY CORN MAR ETS. I Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. Per Quarter.l s. to B. s. to B. s. to S. s. to s. 8! to s. earlisie ..... 76 SO i 4 46 46 Hexham 64 81 36 38 t,3 28 Nlorpctli !10 71 30 36 •20 k 6 33 42 3i 42 Penrith 6B 33 2i 3.1 Sheffield — 70 3-4 23 45 —4! Windiest r 7.1 78 CB B3 20 :Al 40 42 35 34 Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s. d. s.d. s. d. s.d s.d a. tl Carmarthen r, 1 , 7 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 3 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 °;owbridge „I 7 9 80 0 0 41 00 30 50 53 U 00 4wansea 76 8 4 4 0 44 2 6 3 0 5 6 60 f. 6 0 0 Per BOR. I • Barnardeastl 16 0 29. 0 8 0 .9 3,6 4 7 0 9 0 1' F 9 0 10 0 Ditrhain 176 13 f 0 90 59 69 00 106 90 100 Richmond lt) 0 0 8 0 9 0 6 0 10 0 9 6 19 0 0 10 0 Stockton l5 0 19 6 90 9l' 00 701 9 0 11 6 80 I'l 0 WAKEFIELD conN 51A1iAN1' Wneat, Red, Norfolk and 5uff01k......... —s. 60s. to 644 Bn, 6:s. -- Lin. and Cam. ----------- Yorkshire —s. COi. to 645. finer 5 -------- White —s 66.. to 70s. One 72 Foreign, li.cd —s. 625. to 65r. tine 06 Barnardeastl 16 0 29. 0 9 0 1' F Disrham l7 6 13 f 0 0 10 6 Richmond l9 0 0 9 6 19 0 Stockton 1.3 0 19 6 , 9 0 11 6, WA 1(1 RhEf Wneat, Red, Norfolk . . CO3. to C 4:. tint Vs. -- Lin. and 603. to 14% fine 65 . - Yorkshil COi. to E4s. finer 5 - White ..-- Foreign, licu -8. F2s. to 65r. tint 6S .. White -s. 675. te 633. one 70.. tlarlcy, Norfolk anel SuM,lk :303. to 313. tine :As. - Lincolnshire -- Yorkshire Wold ... 275. to -s. line :.Os. - Foreign Beans, New ------ Old . Oats, Potato -s. to Set. fine 30s. ---- Poland -s. -s. to 2.• , 5. fins 3ds. - Friesland and Small -5. -s. to 2()F. fine 235, -- h.ealing Shalling Malt Rapeseed IRISH MARKETS. OUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the Week ending SEPT. 17. 51g Wheat.perbarrePtt 317 Bete ....... 16 stole 352 Harley 472 Oats '4 5t0ic...... 0 Pour, per cwt... 418 8 stone Sold to 13aLers only. 8,434 Cwt. Hour ....... ..... Average price if N% heat and Flour 51, 8.1 per sack. Fir itq from Vs. Od to 254 Od Receipts of airs of Do. 10,0Z3 I 1,651 / scrotum from J 8, .. Od. to t..s2s .04 f from 10s. Cd. to 15s Od From 21 0 13 0 15 0 10 6 To 37 0 14 3 17 0 12 0 A verag , . SO 8 13 10 16 1 11 b 11 0 14 0 12 2 N. OP B ItfAP. Quarterr. Loaf 103. t Half (juartern .... 51. OItK ARKETS.—Sept. 13. VCIeRI (per 2.05:.):'4• to 344. o(l4U:its (per 14st. .. 108 01 to 1:s. d Harley (per 165t.)12 8 15 0 jkln,•r (per cwt 1.. 11 II 0 Oatmeal (per cwt.)... ...... (3d to 16s Od Reef, 4d. to 'M.—Mullen, 511. toed.—Veal, 4d to 6cl Pork, 411. to 51.--Fresh fluttet, 10d. to lid per lb. PRICE oFßu'rrEn. First Quality... ........ .......... Second .. Third ••• ......... ••• •• ....... MI To the Merchants. To the Comiry • •••••••.• 75s SO .64.00/11•••••• •111.,•• •••• ••• 70 IV •••••*“.... ..... tt .. I 6 Fourth Fifth ......•..... 69 •••••••• ••••01111, ..... • • •••••• 59 Sixth .. 58 ........«, •......... ..... • ••••••• 4S CI.ON NELL Al H. LI KETS... Sept. 1 PET t. vit. a. d. a. e. et ew Butter 43 6 tolo2 U Hide' (raw).......... .• t( !11. 0 Oatmeal l3 0 13 6 132C011 I': g5...........4 1 C 45 0 Rencierea 1 and 0 al 0 ife1t1a................2t, , 0 flour, Second 0 F 6 ;:.t I t tour,Tr. rd 5.......— • * 0 —Household...— 0 34 0 Futuths.....l 3 U 0 I'cr iSa.rrel. Rapeseed. QC 0 11 13 Here lO 0 I •- 0 KILKENNY - MARKETS. W!.cat s pr barrel)2B:OEtO 351.04. C•Pcf • Os (kl. , C Os. n Earby 1/ 0 15 0 Mutters 0 L 0 6 fiats 14 0 15 II Pork ..••••••••••... 11 4 0 7 Flour (rer bag) 9.0 0 :38 0 Veal 0 6 0 y Butter (per cart.) 90 0 10CC 0 rest: Drltar 0 0 1 0 Bacon Pigs 18 0 42 6 gait Ditto 0 6 010 Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatoes ;per at,) I, 9 j, 0 HAMBURG MARKETS. GRAIN. W.ieat %lilts 441 to 442, Barley, Mecklenburg!) ISO to 211 -- Magdeburg 441 to 516 - Magdeburgh... 2.0 to 214 --- Anhalt, wnuo 46:: to 51 --- Holstein -- re d ... ;44 t o 492 -- Summer ll4 to 142 -- Brunsv,iel - 944 to 492 Oats, Eider ... .. .......... 72 to 4=4 - Mecklenburg 306 to 45 , 8 - Mecklenburg ... 1 2 to i 0 -- Polish 954 to 516 - Holstein lO2 to 120 ---- Holitein - Dist Irie,land... 90 to 101 Rye, Mecklenburg :2 to 2491Pease, Mecklenburg... 240 'm 2'5 ----- Dantzic ` , 58 to 2)8 --- Elbing and ha. Puck Wheat nigsburg O.l t w 230 Rapeseed, Hanover... 555 to 645 -- Upliaid -- Illtt COTTON. Carolina anJ Tennes.ne 'ieorgia, lat suet . 2d . 0000000000 3d and 4th 714 to 9% slarpnham 7.14 Matra: 5% 5% 7% 714 Suratc., 5N tt!.; Domingo .....• bL A t COFFEE. (Unita 13 to 13% Deming° Batavia bNi 45i La Guayra .......... Sumatra ........ 4% 1,,,,, Rio ..... _ Porto Rico .................. ti k 74 4 5% Ilavannah .................. i% 1% 4 55i B ahia SUGAR.— (With 8% Discount) Havann:h, White 3to 4 Bahia, W hite n 44 to 2% Brown 2 2 % Brown 0 % 2 vio, white ........ ..., 2% 4 Pernambuco, White .2 7 ' 3 Brown . 2 :. is brown ...2 k; Manilla. Brown. 2% to 2% During the past week a single fishing boat, off the Isle of Alan , took in one night 70,000 herrings.' DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. ROBERT CHILVE It, cabinet maker, Ipswich. JOHN MELD, JAMES MELD, JOHN MELD, jun., and JOHN HOLT, cotton spinners. Charlesvrorth,Derbyshire. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED JOHN 'WILLIAM BEVIL, general agent, Cheltenham. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM HITCHCOCK, linen-draper, Regent-street, Middlesex, to surrender Oct. 4, and Nov. 2 ' at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-line, official as signee; Jones, Size-lane. RICHARD POTTER, lOHN POTTER, and JAMES POTTER, cotton-spinners, Manchester. Oct. 2, and Nov. 2. at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Makin son and Sanders, Eim-court, Middle-temple, London; Atkin son and Saunders, Marchesler. WILLIAM DRINKWATER, woollen cord manufacturer, Salford, Lancashire, Oct. 7, and Nov. 2, at ten, at the Com missioners'-rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Weather alt. Temple, London; Hewitt, Manchester. _ _ WILLIAM BEASTALL, draper, Nottingham, Sept. 30, at four, and Nov. 2, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Payne and Cann, Nottingham ; Gresham, Castle-street, Ho'born, London. JOSEPH BUTLER, ironmonger, Walsall, Oct. 16, .and ,Nov. 2, at eleven ' at the Swan Hotel, Wolverhampton. Whyte and Eyre, Bedford-row, London ; Smith, Walsall. RICHARD KAY, grocer,, Halton, Whitechurch. York shire, Sept. 27, at two, and Nov. 2, at ten, at the Commis sioner's-rooms, Leeds. Wiglrsworth, Rid: dale, and Crad dock, Gray's-inn square, London; James and Hamilton Richardson, Leeds. HUGH MACKAY and ARCHIBALD FRASER MACKAY, merchants, Liverpool, Oct. 9, and Nov. 2, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Lowndes, Robinson, and Bateson, Livepool ; Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London. ROBERT NEECH, sen., farmer, Kukley, Suffolk, Sept. 23 and Nov. 2, at twelve, at the King's Head, Beccles, Suf folk. Clarke and Medealf, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Reynolds and Palmer. Great Yarmouth. JAMES MOSS SPERLING. scrivener, Halstead, Essex, Oct. 5 and 6, and Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Three Cups, Col chester. Wilde, Rees, Humphrey, and Wilde, College-hill, London ; Daniell, Colchester,___ DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Cadbury, chcesemonger, New Bond-street, Oct. 14. at eleven—G. Wooleott, builder, Brownlow-mews, Gray's Inn lane, Oct. 14, at eleven—J. Beecham, :plumber, Dover, Oct. 14. at one--J. Pett, carpenter, Hampstead, Oct. 16, at twelve —Z. Parkes, builder, Stanhope-street, Clare market, Oct. 16, at eleven—W. J. Duckham, hosier, Little Love-lane, Wood street, Cheapide, Oct. 14, at two—J. 111a.Ilett, printer, War dour-street, Soho, Oct. 'l4, at twelve—T. Weldon, tailor, Eolles•street, Cavendish-square, Oct. 13, at two—B. Kewell, Staffordshire warehouseman, Vauxhall-bridge-road, Oct. 13, at one. In the Country. J. Morrell, victualler, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, Oct. 16, at five, at the Court-house. Leeds—R. T. Jones, chemist, Oxford, Feb. 21, at ten, at the Town-hall Tavern, Oxford—J. Honey, linen draper, Redruth, Cornwall, Oct. 14, at eleven, at the Town Ch'rk's Office, Falmouth-_C. Balshaw, bookseller, Al trincham, Cheshire, Oct. 15, at two, at the Commissioners . ; room;, Manchester—W. Daglish, cabinet maker, Newastle upon-Tyne, Oct. 15, at twelve, at the Bankrupt Commission room, Ne7castle-upon-Tyne—T. Theobald, bombasin manu facturer, Norwich, Oct. 16, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Norwich—W. Jennings, maltster, Bungay, Suffolk, Jan. 3, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, 13eccles— W. B. Price and J. Edwards, bankers, Shrewsbury Oct. 14, at eleven , at the Shire-hall, Shrewsbu r y —J. Huddleston, boat builder, Monk Wearmolthshore, Durham, Oct. 14, at twelve, at the Bridge Hotel, Bishop NV earmouth. CERTIFICATES— Om 12. J. Edwards, corn merchant, Bristol—J. G. Court, cattle dealer, Glastonbury, Somersetshire—R. Gill, fancy manufac turer, Rushfield, Yorkshire—W. Paterson, common brewer, Chelsea—T. Jordan, broker, Wolverhampton. Staffordshire— W. Norther‘ft, builder, Egham, Surrey—J. T. Milner arm C. Bedford, confectioner!, Kingston-upon-Hull. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Dykes and E. Cooper, wholesale stationers, High-street, St. Gilrs's—A. Bowen and G. Long, potatoe salesmen, Mill lane, Too!ey-street, Southwark—.F. B. Lloyd and C. Hudson, surgeons, Myddleton•square, Pentonville—B. Walker ar,d W. P. Bonython, blacking manufacturers—J. Leay and J. Ho garth, joiners, Tratemere, Cheshire—W. and C. Wilson, brick manuficturers, Bensham, Durham— C. and H. Hughes, cheesemongers, Baker's-row, Walworth•road—J. Gilbert and G. Frasi, iron founders, Golden-lane—G. Peters and E. M. Hunter, leather cutters, Tunbridge-wells, Kent—T. T. Glaze brook, H. Glazebrook, and N. S. Glazebrook, brewers, Liver pool—H. Rugg and J. Hartley, paper manufacturers, Lang cliffe, Yorkshire—S. G. Walker, 0. 0. Walker, W. Walker, and W. L. Wrev, Croesfan Goal Company, Croesfan, Carmar thenshire—A. MtDonald and J. M'llmorrow, drapers, Norwich —T. J. Greaves and W. H. He?inbottom, commission agents, Manchester—J. Molloy and T. Richards, paper rulers, Liver pool—W. Overend and W. C. Russell, surgeons, Sheffield— W. Haselden, T. Po.erson, and R. Troughton, ship builders, Lverpool—L. and J. Martin, farmers, Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire—W. Boden and J. Ogden, brickmakers, Droyls den, Lancashire—W. I3oycot and F. Poole, mercers, Kidder minster, Worcesterthire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. MARGARET SIM, provision dealer, Glasgow, Sept. 24 and Oct. 15, at cne, at Mrs. Brown's Tavern, Glasgow. DAVID A.T.gRSON, yarn bleacher, Brucefiebt, Dun fermline, Sept. 28 and Oct. 19, at twelve, at Mrs. Hutton's Inn, lirucefield, Dunfermline. WILLIAM DUFF, merchant, Dundee, Sept. 24 and Oct. 18, at one, at the British Hotel, Dundee. DAVID WIDDOWSON, haberdasher, Dundee, Sept. 28 and Oct. 18, at three, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee. ROBERT MONTGOMERY and Co., cotton spinners, Johnstone, Sept. 27 and Oct. 18, at two, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of September 21.) Sun A a.—Sinee our last report a good demand has pre vailed for British Plantation Sugar for both grocery and re fining purposes ; and for low yellow and brown kinds the reduc tion on former rates is Is per cwt. The purchases for the three market days have amounted to 1,650 hhds and tierces. There has been no public sales of Barbadoes ; but 71 hhds 41 tierces 34 barrels St. Lucia have been offered, at which the biddings were languid ; brown sold at 51s aid to 535, and low to good yellow at 53s 6d to 60s 6d per cwt. The stock of British Plantation Sugar is now 21,850 hhds and tea, which is 1,483 more than last year a t th e same per i o d . than la The etosctkyar. Theoeflllaar stockitius of Bengal 83,615 bags, being 70,171 more is 79,493 bags, which is 58,311 more than last year. The delivery of British Plan tation Sugar for the last week was 15806 hhd s an d trs , b e i ng 7 less than during the same time last year. The delivery of 11Iauritiu , was 11,046 bags, which is 7,166 bags more than last year. The delivery of Bengal was 7,124 bags, being 4,290 more than during the corresponding week last year. To -day there was a good demand fo r co l ory grocery and grey quslitie=, and the principal part offering found buyers at full rates. Fine yellow Jamaica sold as high as 68 s , b ut t h e brown kinds met with lit tle attention, and in some cases the prices accepted were rather under those of Friday. The private purchases are 450 hhds and tierces. At public sale 126 hhds Barbadoes were offered and all sold at full rates, excepting for low sorts, which went rather lower, fine yellow sold at 675 to 68s, good 64s Gd to 65s Gd middling to good midd 59s fid to 63s 6d, low Leavy 57s to 58s per cwt. lIFFINED.—There has been a brisk demand for Refined Goods fir home consumption, and prices have further advanced; standard lumps have been fetching 82s to 82s Gd, brown lumps, ord. to fine 78s to Bls per cwt; the supply is small of pods. Treacle has met with a good demand at 26s to 345. Bastards have moved off slowly et easier rates, common se lli ng at 40 s to 433, mid 44s to 475, good to fine 4is to 535. Pieces, however, have been in good request, fine at 68s to 745, middling to good 0 4 3 to 675, and ordinary 57s to 60s p er cwt. Bonded rushed Sugar has been taken freely at 29s 9(1 to 30s. L oaves h ave moved off slowly, 10 and 141 b, at 32s to 335. Treacle has been in fair request at 13s 3d to 13s 6d. Pieces 'and Bastards are h e avy of sale at 12s to 20s per cwt. Dutch C: ushed is n7s 3d on board, with few buyers. but parcel s o f fi rst qua li ty cou ld in Refined of standard lumps were made at B ls a 81s Gd p er cwt. Bonded Crushed Goods, per cwt. I n other art i c l es no d variation in prices, but little business done. 111AURITIUE.—Prices ha v e f urt her given way Is for low yellow and brown sorts; g ood and fi n e yellow sorts have been in good request, and have commanded full rates ; at auction 9,000 bags 85 casks have , t%:l been offer e d ; t h e w h o l e , how evr, tountl pu,ocrs. LfPx . B. own went at 37s to 425, initialing good 43s to a9s, ho e :As to i)is, good to fi ne 3 eliow 57s to 655, low to middling 52s to 56s per cwt. There has been no artival since this clay week, but the stock is a large one, especially of the l ower sorts. This afternoon there was no public sale, but by private IM PE RIAL PARLIAMENT - CO:li101178, 2l. • at the usual hour. -. . SOUSE OF the Chair Sept. ' The SP; The Earl . -il-A-tt .2', for North N • ottingham, and Mr. 7 AlKisEltAgoki . , BusFIZLD for """ °I -1, took the oaths and their z;eats. .A. Messenger from- tae Tre asury b roulit up a corre spondenceye. tO the immig rat i relati ell- of Hill Coolies in the West Indies. i',fr. GREEN: Ca Presented a petition from Wigan, ni praying the Hoc set , ) adopt ~, , .c , .res to prevent the'de secration of the Bali. Jath. Mr. P. M. S Tra .„--,/, i presented a petition from p,i s py, priying tb- eT.A . douse not to dis pe rse without hav ing previously t teed th e existing distress he in the cou n t r y T in`, their serion s con sideration. lion. Member , gave notice that 1 te should call the attention to the sui;ject to- morrow, on the motion for going into Commiwe of Sul iply. t il t . A v . CLAY presented a irstieon from the Protes tant Disseaters of ' I fackney '' l. against . the Corn-laws. Mr. WAICLEY ' pre vented iv suss, x, prayi w f ,t‘ the petition from Pateham repeal of the Poor-law 2 menfinaLnt Act. ELF !Tit - )N PETITIONS. / -, E ' NEI ~ after having• The • L announced to the House ts forth . • tact the s , ‘Teti, e . prosecution of the petitions oda, ' re, '.urn ; fin- the County of Flint,ois com plaining of i; the Cot :IV of Kerry, the Con County of Colic, th. 2 Botot.,V ' of Kinsale, had been County of Louth, and the take r: ported to be unobjeetio.nable, sm. , 1, that he would - p „,-; 11: --ti.ty of callh Ig• the at • :ention of the House t 6 the )1")- gu i, t ,i,., 3 ,,-; respectitg the , aypointment of Electitto 04; e : m i ttem On the S.`ll of tin smooth he had laid on the tlhle his warrtz lt no.nainatini ; six gentlemen to serve on That warrant had now been on the Election Conunkt , tj es. d .ur i r , g - . which the House had sat table for three days, ithout any h; ; o.„,ect,onihavin g for the despatch Of us. !°: '' 's. . Ithlt t. -or 1 2quently, according tto ,the been made to it, it , tment, his choice had been provisions of the Act of Pat. r , ordinaryf Circumstances confirmed by the House. Una, ' •ty or the meetin•rbf the he should have appointed an early u . , . Iso nominated might Committee, in order tli lat t iegentlemt... t e r- ; but under . . 1 proceed to the discharge of their du, ' Tmis ? to gost., standing that it was the intention of till • pone the consideration of the elec.' ."8 IThtint'' 6 . : after Christmas, he thought he shouldi) d e - best 'p ems'''. etl" r the convenience of the House and of the gentlemen no minated to serve if he were to , o l s l tfo h ne their first meet ing until that day monththe permission of the House, he would fix ;arid, day . ' that month for th o ei d i g firSt y veering according] • . , NOTICES OF IltfriON. Sir C. NAPIER gave notice that he would move nextSesion that an humble address be presented to her Araiesty, praying she would be pleased to give directions that a naval officer be placed over the Navy as ofageri were placed over the Army and Ordnance; lawyers aver the Law Department, and churchman over the Church. Mr. P. M. STEWART gave notice that before.'Ahd House going into a Committee of Supply he would Move that the distresses in Renfrewshire should- be taken into consideration. Sir P. POLLOCK gave notice that he would move for a Committee of the whole House, for the purpose of granting an annuity to any Vice-Chancellor who might be obliged. to VaC2lO his seat in consequence of an Act gassed during the present Session. Dr. 410 WRING gave notice that, in consequence of an objection on the part of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade to the former part of the motion of which he had given notice, he would move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she would be pleased to direct that a return be made of the amount of taxes levied directly on land in the dif ferent States of Europe, as far as the same could be ob tained; and also fur the rates or amount of the monies and measures of the different States in British monies and measures. Also for a return of the proportion of direct taxation on land to the value or rental of the land in various countries. Sir G. CLERK moved for the several sums under the 4th and sth of Victoria, forming the Navy, Army, and Ordnance fur 1841 and 1842 ; also for a supply to meet the sums and deficiencies granted to discharge the out standing Exchequer Bills. Sir 'l'. WILDE wished to know from the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) what he intended to do with re spect to the motion of whick he had given notice ? Sir R. PEEL said, that he certainly considered the acceptance of office by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor for Ireland was a bona fide oile, but whether that constituted a vacation of his duty as a Member of Parliament he would not discuss on the present occa sion. However, he was of opinion, under the cir cumstances, that he would be acting in conformity with the usages of the House if lie conceded to the motion, rather than oppo3ed it. He did not know how the ques tion of law stood, but he would, he thought, be best con sulting the interests of the House by not opposing the Hon. and Learned Member in moving for a writ, but he would not do so himself. Sir T. WILDE said, he thought the principle on which his Eight Honourable Friend was proceeding was the result of a hasty impression. He thought the principle laid down by the Right Honourable Baronet was preg nant with danger. It had been decided since the statutes of Anne that any person having ac cepted an emolumentary situation should vacate his seat. If the Crown were to give a promise of an office which was held in terrorem over a Member whilst he had a seat in that House, it would be fraught with the most mis chievous consequences. He begged leave to move, therefore, that a writ be issued for the election of a Member to serve in Parliament for the borough of Ripon. Sir R. PEEL said his writ was not issued until his patent was in his hand. Sir J. GRAHAM said that his writ did not issue .until he Inul kissed hands. Sir T. WILDE—A very agreeable ceremony, but amounting to nothing. • Mr. C. WOOD said the last case which occurred, came before the house about a year and a half ago. It Was that .of Mr. Wynn. The doctrine laid down by the flight Hon. Baronet was clearly and distinctly at variance with the decision of the Committee in that case. , In the case of Mr. Wynn, when the Com mittee refused to issue the writ, there Ives no pretension Ivbatevcr for saying. , that any in strument had been prepared or issued until long after the election. If the view taken by the Right Hon. Gentleman yesterday, that the seat was not vacated till the completion of the formal instrument was correct, it was quite clear that the lion. Member might have taken his seat, as in the case of Mr. Wynn ; but Mr. Wynn stated distinctly, that he considered his appoint ment to date from the receipt Of a letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the purport of which was that the appointment should be made forthwith. But nothing was dune upon that. No formal instrument was in couse of preparation until the month of September, some time after the election took place. In that case Mr. Wynn had not accepted the office subsequent to his election. He was merely anxious that some step should be taken in oreer to determine what did or what did not constitute u •11 an acceptance of office, because if the Right Hon. Member for Itipon was correct in what he advanced yes terday, a man might sit for months after his acceptance of office, and of course would be subject to all the influ knee of the Crown, whatever it might be. Sir ROBERT PEEL did not concur in the opinion expressed by the Right Hon. Member for Ripon yesterday, that the completion of the patent was ne cessary , before a new writ was moved for. He would have no objection that there should be an under standing that when an office was tendered to any party in writing, and was accepted by him also in writing, it should be considered such an acceptance of office as would vacate a seat in Parliament. He thought there ought to be some, record of the transaction, and that it should not rest uPon mere conversation. In Mr. Horsman's case there was no doubt that he had written to his constituents that the office had been offered to him in such a manner that he had no hesitation in ac cepting. it ; yet he voted after the date of that letter, and the. House had not thought proper to interfere. Ile acceded to the motion for the issuing of the writ in the present instance, as the instruments were so far advanced as to constitute an acceptance of office. Lord JOHN RUSSELL doubted whether it would be proper to come to such an understanding as that a writing should be necessary to constitute an ac ceptance of office. The Right Honourable Baronet the Member for Dorchester, and others filling high ' offices, of course kissed hands upon their acceptance of office, hut the minor officers of the Government were not introduced to her Majesty—they were merely inFormed by the Right Hon. Gentleman, that her Ma jesty had been pleased to appoint them to the Board of Trade, or the Admiralty, or otherwise, as the case might be. Generally speaking, there were no writings connected with such appointments. However, as the motion was unopposed, it was unneces sary to prolong that discussion. The 'motion for the issuing of the writ was then agreed to. THE PROROGATION. Mr. VILLIERS begged to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman Et question, an answer to which would be fur the convenience not only of Honourable Members but of the country. He wished to know what would be the probable duration of the prorogation whenever it took place ? reason for asking was, because a gentleman who sat on the benches I Will the Right Hon. Baronet was reported to have said that nothing which had fallen from the Right Hon. Bart. could lead them to suppose it would be till February. Sir R. PEEL really had had no confidential commu nication with the Hon. Member to whom allusion had been made, and he did not even know to whom the Hon. Member for .Wolverhampton alluded. Mr. VILLIERS—I mean the Hon. Member for Finsbury.—(Roars of laughter.) Sir R. PEEL could assure the Right Hon. Member that he had had no communication with the Hon. Mem ber on the subject.—(A laugh.) • The Hon. Member must see that it was i mposs ibl e fb r hi m to state to what, precire period Parliament would be prorogued. Mr. VILLIERS did riot refer to any communication e made by the Right Honourable 'Baronet to the I on on ra e • Member for Finsbury. What he referred to was an observation of the Honourable Member from Finsbury, who . had said that nothing 1 to suppose that the nest the Right , HonourahlemeeTinrgon(extratroiLli;eandt anybody to t C i O on la t t o e t i l l :e Bliaeronheatd: therefore,bee r u e l q t t h t c e s r ts o o ve in d. order that any doubt heardon havingt aifysubject 0 1 1 : ig o l f t t t h b a e t Sir R. PEEL had never cries "Hear, hear") — nature put before—(Loud m b er ,.vould see that it was one and the Hon. a h r e li clu e ld nt gi w v o e u a ld n d a e n p s e u n 'e a r. u T po h i e l present it was impossible to periodtohi which it i t t he was meeting lie— impossibleo fr circumstances which at fon - • 111 r. VILLIERS believed the Right Ron. Bart. bad said that if no extrnordinary circumstance s h a d occurred, the ordinary period fo r th e meeting of Parliament would be the one to which it would be prorogued. The P. VENING SUN • I nouse (night, therefore, infer th a t i t would be prorogued until :._:xt Februarr.—,(C r i es of " Order.") PRIVATE BILLS COMMITTEES. - I :Vt.. E W.AnT then route to move the following 1 resoluf ions, of which he had given notice ' 1. That it is expedient that Committees on Private Bills should be approximated, more nearly than they now are, to judicial tribunals, and exempted, as much as pos sible, from all motives of local and personal interest. And that the responsibility and etliciency of such Com mittees would be promoted by diminishing the number of Members composing them. "2. That, with a view of attaining these objects, the munbvr of Members composing Committees on opposed Privat, Bills be reduced to seven. " t'L That such seven Members be appointed by the Corn ' mit tee of Selection, after the second reading of such Bills. But tht previous to such appointment, the Cof St. , :ection d o ascerta i n from each of such ommittee sev%•.% Meall, , es that he is willing to serve, and that he is, neith..r through his constituents nor himself; personally intere,•::!d for or against the Bill in question ; - a • and that, in e 5.,,• he is unabl e to serve or is interested as aforesad, the (',.m , ittee of Selection do appoint some other Mm bee ti. ,:erve in place of hire. " 4. That the Committee of Selection appoint no Merab e to serve on more than one such Private Bill Comu.i t tee at a time." He b. sieved that great ignorance prevailed with re gard tai the transacting of businn-s by Con - • - on Prl , ate Bills. He believed the Met I' unittr ' s ra,ne Barimet opposite bad had many op ortunitiC ° s nnu f ing ti':: baneful working of the present s ' se o e- ' Privet,- Committees ; and he appealed to -ern he tiler ;..form was not to be desired in their n - 1 7 a c t tie ; . le vi y ith e t o h u e ld sul b ti e ect ai , chinuy and constriction. In the first place, theseCi l i n n ' l t : mitte,,, were appointed principally from the local eon taonotle altogether therefore impartial, it. vP teresn• d either through themselves or their const i tuents. The e;ystem of canvassing that went on during the Nittiiee of a !ommi tee, w as at var i ance with 'the justeZ of the case under the consideration of the Com :in:ye, and it was ' di screditable to the character r the House. The Committees of the House of C emnons were not only partial tribunals, but. II their size, inconvenient for accomplishing the ends justice. They ought to ti purified, r • and e mu nislnd in point of numbus. •-) remedies holit Vi :lured to s uggest, were, o the first plac e , 1: that , C omm i ttees should be snore nearly props:Nu ,assim!)atod to judicial tribunals. Hoy,- was that to Le effect:.', : By removing as fur as possible all motives of pe;e:ality. Me, neat desire was to suet ease the re sponsil.ility and effidePety gyf Committees. ele body of thirty-live Members had e tech mere divided res?onsi bility ; ban a body consisting only of seven Mowbers. He pr 4. ,aged, therefore, to inerresse their responsa duty by red 'Citing the number from thirty-eight to seven. :Ile Rouen of Lords had reduced their Committees frota an s !- uiu`:*t !-Viimitednumber to live, and prohibited any Member, direct ly err indirectly interested, from sitting. In the year 18:38, the Dtthv of Richmond was examined before the: lloas , , and his elle4e-nee would be found to confirm all that; he (.7,i E.) had said. iii- the same year the present Speaker and t:! ,, Hon. Member fel , Lancashire drew up a set of resolutions on the subject, rehiels, having examined, found to be essentially the same with those he now i•roposed. Not only were the suggestions he had ::„mtle founded on reason, but they came be fore :hem sanctioned by the House of Lords, the -Speaker of the House of Cuimsiens, and the oh:tit-elan of the Committee of Ways and Means. How had those rules operated in the House, ? Why, it was admitted that they had done great esti ; and, with respect to that House, he believed they had rendered its Committees more effective, • arei t .sir proceedings much more beneficial. The Hone ta cable Member concluded by moving the . resolutions of which he had given notice. Ti;' resolutions having been read by the Speaker, Mr. 7•:WART suggested that each resolution should bo taker: into con :ideration separately. Mr. ESTCOURT thought that the principle laid down by the lion. Member -was good, and he sve not disposed to contravert it, but he thought his had ellten a wrong mode of carrying it out. Het would ;lot deny—but that he entertained considerable re spect ;w the opinion which he knew prevailed, not only tenoree:t many Members of that House, but also very ex ten vely out of doors—that in the constitution of Committees on private Bills, the principle of represente tirm oeght to have due weight. Committees on private BiN might :re considered under two aspects; first, as judicial tram: ells, and, secondly, as inquisitions. They 'had to inquiet as well as to judge. If their functions had been purely judicial he would accede at once to the proposition of the i lon. Gentleman, but where the matters brought be fore t hem might possibly lead to extensive inquiry, it app-ared to him that a larger number of Mem bers might to be appointed than if' their functions were purely judicial, more particularly when, in the rienit of that inquire, the constituents of the Members might ae interested. So long as the Committees had been ,-, mstituted, as formerly, of a very large number of Mem')..rs, belonging not only to the county inte rested, but to the neighbouring counties ; or so long is the Speaker's list had been very large, he would adn:it that considerable inconvenience arose from the canvassing of agents, but both those evils had been renedied during; the two last Sessions of Parliament. He co.ifessed he thought there was very great weight in the areuments of those Honourable Members who de sired to give that tribunal a representative character. As f..c, however, as he had been enabled to form an opiniee, the amendments of last Session had given. getter satisfaction. If, after a fair eeperiment, which could :tot be afforded in a single Session, :he objections erg el by the Hon. Member should be found to have gained ground, lie , would then be prepared to ac,,de to his propositions; but as no discontent ap peare,l as yet to exist, he thought that wits not a fit time fur ; Honourable Member to press his resolutions. If tile same system was preserved in the present as ill the 1:14 Session of Parliament, and if Hon. Member; woul,t bind themselves to carry the arrangements jetty effect.- he had no doubt that there would be a most story result--that no party would be disappointed, and au. unnecessary expense incurred. Believing the moti :t was unnecessary and uncalled for, he should take he liberty of moving the previous question. Mr. W. FERRAND would think it his duty to support the e solutions of the Hon. Gentleman opposite. Sir G. CLERK, though admitting there was some weiglit in the arguments used on the other side, would, howe er, suggest to the lion. Gentleman the propriety of At ithdrawing the resolutions he had proposed, as any alterations in rules which had hitherto worked iveil, worth! in all probability, in the present state of the House, when there were so many new Members in it, be attended with considerable inconvenience. M. EWART, in reply, said, that if these propositions had . been founded only on his own opinions he sh.-uld at ()two assent to the recommendation of the Hon. i'd.cm ben 11.• Oxford, but as he found they were approved of by many gentleman of greatexperience he felt he should not ii doing his duty if he did not divide the House. He should therefore do so. Lord J. RUSSELL could not go .to the extent of the Hon. Gentleman, though lie considered it would be well to ex:Aude as much as possible all personal and local interest. He did not think it quite right that the represen tatives of the people should be altogether excluded from atteteling to the interests of their constituents' private business, though he thought it would be well ifsome scheine could be devised giving a more judicial character to the Private Committees. He could not, as at present ad vised, go the length to which some persons did, that the representatives should be altogether excluded, for that, in fact, would be destroying, to a certain extent, the representative character of the House. They had certainly the best means of giving information on the various subjects which came before them to the Com mittee, and all lie wished was thal it sf.ould have more of il.otlicial character than the present mode. He could only , ;ay, that in voting for the previous question, he did not tetally differ from the Hon. Gentleman, and he hoped to see still further improvements. I\i r. AGLIONBY b egged leave to say a few words on the subje c t. He was glad the subje c t had been brought f orward, for the House would see th c exp;!diency of altering the present system. Th o repr,sented h a d a r i ght to the service of the' he: prce;entative to att en d t h e Committee and advocate th interest s o f hi s constituents, but he had no right to trans . form himself into a Judge. driven S. R. PEEL was sorry that they should be .d bn to n division. He thought a fair, trial s hoo ° , b jue. give o to the existing system ; yet he had no ailed Lion that the attention of the country should he p ublic to the present mode of conducting the abuses business, whereby they would see the 4 1 •_e ling exLqing in the manner of conducting it. I\ , °I. c than to see' Una more to lower the dignity of thell ° f, riyato Bills. could/ the deeisions that had been come tornrij.ae_entary in; The : - e was a strong impression that to Ir lal insure SUCceSS; Iluenee was the only thing necessary give a fair triul to yetis; trusted it would be better to did no t think it would be mal:o a hasty alteration. Heef the 1 House on the bubj ect. • the :-ystem at present in force, a I itdviseable to take the sense p i t to the services of their 1 The constituency had a rie ,' ia ~ d therefore, a duty . to Rell - escntatives, and they I d not call on them to private Committees. I respect to railroads. In lit , !kul some experience ta i tives of six several counties sue:l cases the represcn proposition of the Honourable • the per:, yin in attending to and towns would, Aee:ber, have a right You could not exactly limit the by to attend to advocate the interests of t?leir c on3tittients b . e 1 ttlillei:,(ilvuoruii.i: which they time t ,____. should address the Committee. 111 e. AGLION . _ E _....if they appeared in the character of ‘ s :' . 13- PE- L • inevitable consequence would be that , adv, , eates, would be unnecessarily con ithhee such a YA nl h b o e u r r. of persons representing lo,e! interests, that . sehn , , d and the Committee would soon be reduced to a ,' ; • quorum, even if you could get a quorum at all. tie,l.a.riog i '. tired elso, that if local Members were disqualified from 6 - i,,.: 1 t. in Committee, the effect would be to give rise' to t h,,Aebates in the House whi c h so frequently occurred, an ', which 1 v were.usually listened t o with so much ina- pa: once. M - ,.. EWART would have no objection that the whole of 1:3 resolutions should be referred to the Committee on Prl . ,lte I3usiness. That would be a fair mode of com yreAse, and he trusted it would be acceded to by the Ei .!kt lion. Baronet.—(Cries of " No, no.") ;•ir R. PEEL th oug h t i t was highly necessary that the present system should have a fair trial, which had Le . . yet been had. 2'!r. EWART was perfectly aware that the majority me. tbe against him. Under such circumstances, he wtedd, therefore, not waste the time of the House by for, ing a division ; but he would continue to press them on the attention of the House so long as he had the ho . nctfr of a seat. Theamendment and motion were then, by leave, wit'h drsr.m. . Air.. RENNIE then rose to move " That an humble A.L:rees be presented to her 31uje;ty, thit the will be graciously pleased to direct her CommLsiTners of Land Revenues to take measures for rendering safer the re- ~ ~f y' f lk