The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-25 00:00:00

1 I MORNING EDITION T-- lONIAN ISLANDS. Si TO THE EDITO,it-UF THE SUN. hare great4iteasure in informing you '--reszi6T the ten thousand Zantiotes to lifer •Alajesty, congratulatory of the birth of the h as Royal, which I mentioned in my last, tias been this day delivered to her Majesty by • Dr. Gaeta, who was presented to the Queen by Lord Charles Fitzroy. '.this document, as I have been told, is in itself to a great curi os i t as well from the number of sig natures affixed it (in all the variety of Greek ( lailigraphy), as from its being the first address in the Greek language which has been presented to British Sovereign. Amongst the many thousand names (the Ad 4ress is 33 yards in length) are those of the first and most influential nobility and gentry of the cou n t r y, an d I may es p ec i a lly e numerate the f • °l kwing—Count Candiano Roma, ex-M.P. ; b Count Pietro Maeri ex-M.P. Doctor Demetrio I "sa, ex-SettaL)r and M.P.; Mr. Giorgio Co- Inuto, M.P.: A n drea Gaeta, M.P. ; Count An tonit, Coturali, M.P. ; Antonio Strusa, ; 33 r. Demetri o Frangopulo, M.P.; Dr. Giovanni Lernarduchi ; Chevalier Carvella ; Spiro Carvel ki M.P., and his brothers ; Count de Nasi ; De inetrio Macri, M.P.: Antonio Macri ; Constantin Car rer ; Gaetano de Rossi; Dr. Gaeta; the Archbishop, and all the oln-gy, &c. Allow me to observe that it is most singular that all these noblemen and gentlemen, who have thus hastened to be atnongst the first to display their loyal feeling towards our gracious Protec tre,.7s, have been denounced by Sir Howard bouglas as partisans of a foreign influence, and M alcontents to the British protection ! Let, how , e ver, these malcontents speak for themselves. • Her e is the Address, which I subjoin in the ori , Onal, with a literal translation, and which, speak ing the sentiments not of the Zantiotes only, but ?fall the oth er l on ians, will, I hope, for ever si lence thos e w h o till now have, for their purposes, 'tared to calumniate this spirited and grateful Peopl e as disloyal and disaffected. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient humble servant, AN lONIAN. Colonial Club, March 24, 1841. The following is the Address in the original, as Presented yesterday to her Majesty : iIPOE THN MEFAARIOTHTA lIIKTSPIAN THN fIPf2THN ANAvvAN THE ArrAlA>. - : hAI fIPOvTATIAA TS2N IS2NIS2N NHYSIN AFAE-)H TTXFI, 7E.piy,c7t; .ry,s g:rya - rp , .)c "YS 0 - )11.02. 1 4.1C G7:'40 % ZaL/g xaFoiav ' I!)VWV G{ Z.st-,tt)vSto; 014:.;/TGL3 , 77 ; 1 / 7r i v arELlyl;2,l */ Tr i v atom./ EIC '4:JXY / %7WV C(SC,-2.'"Ce.:721 E l; Gla 7rY X2l locp-rp:XV VEpl7'M7l ll , 21 / a l L'irO;CLIv.V. , EVOI 071 r, p-ErEpa 5EA.si o - :,:yrca7al , Ew7s; va. tar, Etc 2 ' 6 4 zs 7r; 7a; , :arrEtvac oCA.Ax E PP v( S Evyac - . - xy c - Jvl w r,,:fr i o - Ewc n3acip.ovtac 77,c Tp.,51 - EFars - INlE c,z?'Els77,-oc Toe.) Boco - si,mov 7r,; E•gr,yo::, xat 7ov 6111 ::(1')'J E t jyrfJC, ' 1\07 , 217-In'J EYSG of E. r. 7; Vi.LE - rEi:a. 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May it please your Majesty, i„rhe auspicious event of the birth of your Ma ''StX's first chill has filled with joy the heart of , v erY lonian, amongst whom the inhabitants of ? a nte earnestly hasten to express to your Ma ii,stY the indescribable joy with which their Hearts are filled. , 1 -IPon such and so glorious an occasion, the v' o 4 ,ersigned presume to hope that your Majesty dein to receive at the feet of your Majesty's a ugust throne their humble congratulations, and fr,lvent prayers for the preservation and ever irreasium happiness of your Majesty and your natio n, Consort, as well as of the generous British a l i ,9n, the glorious model of political excellence. I 'ay your Majesty, from your exalted throne, 4 13(3 k down with an eye of kindness on the lonians, , i I V• deign to accept the prayers of the under tti,ned, who can only hope for an amelioration of j es eir present political condition from your Ma d'e'tY, amongst whose other virtues and good theeds history will number the regeneration of lonian people. f e 'lay Divine Providence, in granting these ou r rrent prayers, pour down upon your Majesty, ti 7r protectress, and the nation of Great B ritain, e inexhaustible treasures of its infinite grace, o r thus gi ve t o the lonian people the happiness or e njoyng. the prospect of the future good deeds So glorious a Queen. (Here follow 10,200 signatures.) Zante, Dec. 16, 18.40. vi , T ITE FIR S T TRIP ON THE BRIGHTON RAlL ift--The Di rec t ors o f this railway (of the Croydon f rom ' ilw aY) made their first trip on Saturday last, starting t ondor-h ridge at ten minutes past eight ; they l ar i3 t ,,PPed at the Dartmouth Arms station, Sydenham, and pi tw ards proceeded to Merstham tunnel, but were ''reated from going through in consequence 6f n waggons being on the lines. The engine used (.). "is occasion is one of immenee power, called the 141 Mertaliam," made by Messrs. Sharp and Roberts, of ci4roteheater. The works are rapidly I rogressing, and the t: to within fiften miles of Brighton will be opened to .„rublie on the e ] st of June, and to Bsighton in August n i." l ,. The first s tone of the new line from the junction tell °° Greenwich Railway to the London terminus, was ° n Wednesday 18.4 be Colonel Landmann,• the pro -lair and engineer of the Greenwich Railway. yd 4; ARTS AND ROUEN RAILWAY.—A Ral illance modifies as follows the first paragraph of the 21st Lo of of the statutes of the Paris and Rouen Railroad 1 1( 7 1 i :411 Y —`` During the execution of the works, and 17/,,„" the completion Lf the entire line between Paris and sh'ea, the shareholders are to he paid four per cent. on thk sums vested by them, and the Company is to apply to ty _ t Purpose the proceeds of the sums placed out at in (4170, or the recei[ts of the different parts of the line t n may be successively opened, or any other accessory gentles of the undert.king ; or, in case of insufficiency, a ni t .' o .l of th • 5,000,000 f. comprised within the capital, in ",n to tl e r step wed costs of the works." c'YAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—A very (ye Reneral mce-ing of members was held on Monday th a t '. i ngs G. B. Greenhough, Esq., President, in the ee l- Colonel Jackson introduced to the notice of the ce, ng a beautiful instance in which the electrotype pro k.'as had Lee.) introduced to maps, being the first of the e n ' t „ w t,iieli had bee:. executed. The map, which was pre- 4— " l by Captain Beaufort, was of the Island . of As.cen -10,, and there was no distinction between this specimen wt o the one from which it had been taken. There rn4 l e 45 0 exhibited two embossed maps from Mr. Acker- Row Ideal ich were comparatively cheap, and . gave a v r , -111 " of the places they represented. Captain Grey 4; - an account of his survey of five }ears of the coast of b y a Minor The whole coast had been re-surveyed til so th is expedition in one continued triangulation, as th e Pert of the Mores and Attica. He will return on t s i r , 6 rstof next month to survey Candia, to ascer th the longi udes of the places on tbe eastern basin of 'yea 4e diterrinean, to Acro and Jaffa, and thence to .19- ll e h ot e l% The wh o le of the survey, when completed, will of the most interesting and important undertaken I Je ,; (: ne time. A p a per was next read from Col. Lloyd, b i t ::: a n account of a recent journey across the isthmus of k 4 ,n ; nr in which he gave an interesting decription of the tiara c t in go Ineiang, a toe and unmixed, intelligent and gain, tr ibe, tribe, inhabiting -p the Atlantic side. These alone —4 ' . .ed the i r freed against the Spaniards, to whom t(tri ( : . .e very host;le, and whose lives are not safe in their exhil l rl eSs but t o th e E ng li s h they are very friendly, and e t a, /v 't disposit' on w hi c h it woul Ibe very desirable to ;9re a at r. A short paper was also read from Mr. Abbott, acccunt of Gliclore, the richest of all the A sa provinces on tho borders of th,s Caspian . Sea. pct . , Nr EsT OF SWINDLEIts.—At Wolship-street dey,i,'°Nee ors Tuesday, there was an investigation which Pe ;1 a wholesale is) stem of swindling. A middle of respectable appearance calling himself some- Pla )ed 'iaPham, and at others Chapman, appears to have hrou gh , t f e plinei, al part in the nefarious transactions Mr s ` 1 ght. 'lle was some days ago brought before 4 inti tie r6 i n ehton, arc! unluckily fcr the ends of justice, was &Pe ra . to " I s Since which period he has never made his .44 ( I t ein public. This Mr. Clapham alias Chapman, toal_ ril ai ned coal s i n l arge qua ntities from a great many 44 4 berehanta in various parts of the metropolis, and int o e 4 this confederates, bas contrived to convert them tteti ot u s " ag soon, and sometimes even before, they were xnfe ei j delivered. The keepers of teat-sheds , too, have shed s a 4 severely from these villainous swindlers, of whose 4 ',hfio n ntl "'bole stock they have fraudulently obtained pos. W itho ut ; e , wi ng some of the late owners pennsless and it i uom ,e. f ul stated that another comedy, by the success. arig: ' , tl yn tit nr of London Assurance, is in the hands of the ma i.t."4l:ittel!! Covent-garden. Theatre, and will be produced °" don Asysuarta.enrceEbac= to o r fi s a o g. soon as the attraction of IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAzicm 24. Tne SPEAKER having taken the Chair, Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, presented the Annual Finance Accounts. SUDBURY ELECTION. Sir C. LEMON brought up the Report of the Sud bury Election Committee, confirming the election of George Towline. Esq. he Committee reported that the pi tition of Alderman Purr was neither frivolous nor vexatious. On the motion of Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, the Durham and Sunderland Ritlway all was read a third time and passed. _ _ . Mr. COLQUHOUN presented a petition from the Provost and Magisirates of Renfrew against the Nl lok and Gova Riilway Company. Mr. LANGDALE presented a petition from Pres ton, praying that provision he made for allowing the oc cupiers of workhouses to attend the'r own places of wor ship on Sundays ; also petitions to the same effect from the CAtholies of Preston and Knaresborough. Mr. A. YATES presented petit'.ons from King's County and Queen's County in favour of Medical Re form. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a petition from a solicitor of London, named Henslow, in which he set forth a great grievance which he had frequently met with in the discharge of his duty. He set forth several Cases where executors who had never acted at all, or ever had any funds of the testators in their hands, after the lapse of seventeen, eighteen, or even twenty years, had been called upon to pay large sums as legacy-duty, and in some cases had also been visited with penalties.. He prayed for such an alteration of the law as would make it imperative on the officers of the revenue to call for such duties before the end of a short and specified time. The Ri4ht Hon. Gentleman gave notice that he should move to-morrow for the appointment of a Committee on the subject ; also a petition from Faversham in favour of the Jewish Declaration Bill. Mr. ROUND presented a petition from Essex in favour of the rating of smal tenerner,ts B 11. Sir H. PARNELL presented petitions from Dun dee in favour of the Import Duties Bill, and a petition from the Medical Association of Scotland in favour of the Medical Reform Bill. Mr.T. PARKER presented a petition from Abcryst with, against the Poor-kw Amendment Bill. Mr. W. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from a union in Yorkshire to the same effect. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition from Sr. Mary I, Bow, London, to same elf et. Captain JONES presented a petition trom Donegal and Londonderry, praying for the total abolition of Church patronage in Scotland, and a pet' tion in favour . of the Copyright of Designs 1311 1 . Mr. PEASE presented petitions from the Roman Catholics of Durham and Darlington, praying that the inmates of workhouses of that persuasion might obtain the spiritual assistance of their own clergymen. An How. MEMBER presented a petition from RavAl stone, in the county of Le;cester, in favour of C.lureh Extension. _ _ Lord SANDON presented a pet:tion from the medi cAl practitioners of Liverpnol, pra),ieg that certain changes be made in that part of the Poor-law Amend ment Act relating to the attendance of medical men at workhouses. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition against -he County Courts' B:11 ; also two petitions from agri cultural parishes in Somersetshire, praying for tl.e re• peal of the Corn-laws, by which, the petitioners corn p!ained, that the pauperism of the country was caused. Mr. GROTE presented a petition from a cei t tin congregation of Protestant Dissenters, praying for the abolition of Eo.clesiast . cal Courts. and the release of Mr. Baines. . _ Mr. DALRYMPLE presented a petition in favour of Church Extension. _ Mr. SHAW presented a petition from the Chemists and Druggists of Dublin, praying to be excluded from the provisions of the Medical Reform Bill. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from an engincer, in favour of harbours of refuge. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from an e!ector of the county of Hertford, complaining that he could not get a copy of the register of the electors of that county from the Clerk of the Psace unless he paid fifteen shillings for it, whereas the usual price was fi,e shillings. The Hon. Member gave notice of his inten tion to bring the subject of complaint under the consi deration of the House, and he moved that it be printed with the Votes. The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member should give notice of his intention to have the petition printed with the votes. After a short discussion, Mr. DUNCOMBE deemed the right of petition of so mu( h importance, that he would tike the sense of the House upon his motion. He had never known a case in which a motion like the present hal been re fused. The SPEAKER was understood to say tha' the general rule of the House was that a notice shouli be given when Members intended to print a peti tion and found a motion thereupon.—(Hear.) The House had strictly adhered to that rule all list Session, and during last Session the House had fre quently, in his recollection, refused to' sanction the printing of petitions ; so that it was entirely in the option of the House to refuse or not to print peti tions. It had been an understanding during the whole of the present Session not to have peti tions printed without a distinct notice of motion pra7iously given ; therefore he had done no more by the Hon. Member than he had done by many others during the course of the Session. He would wish the House to recollect that, according to he strict practice of the House, notice ought to be given of every motion. Mr. BROTHERTON hoped, as the petition was not of an urgent nature, that the Hon. Member would withdraw his motion, and give notice of it. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE would have no objection to the delay if he could bring on the question at the time of private business to-morrow--but if it were to be put off for twelve or fourteen days, it would be in fact putting the petitioners completely out of Court. Mr. ESTCOUR r said that if the Hon. Member wished to break down the understanding which had been entered into at the beginning of the Session, he ought to bring the question forward at the time of public business at five o'clock. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE was not infringing any rule. He was strictly adhering to the orders of the House. There had been no proposition at the beginning of the Session to rescind that order, and if there had been he should have opposed it ; on that order he took his stand. Mr. HUME thought his Hon. Friend had strictly complied with the rules of the House. If they were bad they ought tl be rescindel Sr G. GREY said his Hon. Friend wished evidently to break down an understanding which had been gene rally acted on since the commencement of the Session. Sir E. KNATCHBULL did not object to the print ing the petition, but he did object to breaking in upon the usual practice of the House during the pi% sent Session. Sir ROBERT PEEL said the Hon. Member ought on his own view of the case to set aside the general practice of the House. Mr. ALSTON said the Hon. Member for Finsbury had in his opinion complied with the strict rule of the House. No Hon. Member had shown that the pre scribed rule had been rescinded. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it was undoubtedly a hardship upon the Hon. Member for Finsbury that he should be ohbged to watt until his motion came before the House, but if it came on it should he under stood that the motion was entertained at the time of private businese. Mr. DU NCOMBE said he bad no obj--ction to that. The Hon. Member gave notice that at five o'clock to morrow he would move that this petition be prioted. Sir G. GREY presented a petition from Northamp ton against GI-lurch-rates. Mr. HODGES gave notice that in Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bid he should move that a Medical Director should be appointed to superintend all matters relative to affording medical relief to the poor. Mr. HUME postponed his notice of motion for copies of the correspondence between the Government and the United States Government till to-morrow week, as he was unwilling to force on a discussion which must come en after the next arrival. _ MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL, seeing the Hon. Member for Kilmarnock in his pace, wished to ask him whether there would be any chance of their seeing the Bill re lating to Mavnooth, leave to bring in which he had ob tained some werks ago, before Easter ? Mr. COLQUHOUN said he would bring it in to morrow. ~; .~\ Ir!ei Fit, of ' 3l e sf ` ll pc otts , ond., rne • me °. ano ell °r °lilli I. . solloo.„ Hai A LP Pia! 'tit' 1111 by 1% r.F rett govern oF" rit strj sty the G• , 3 1 sfr .11shel:001:, Cauopue clliogt.O' °alit rd3ner. 3 W e st ho lent, bY Oir liighlsol!st* I. Genor al pointUca Aibet, r G U lllls' II • aNP°vole, t E11 ,11 ' 9 tutu on an d r e t d ter ri nrrnnisioner [lent t secon d and a 5 EuPlarstef, 11 re to o ace , on, eu ts• )tion; itad, Calder, oa y o ang w . r n from I . 1# 11 50-vice' on PPP° i° Sre Co l °`"',l re' °, o l,lie, I Col- C. 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Plc an . to th ta teifie, it Li,t, J CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it would be most convenient if the House would alow him to move the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Consoli dated Fund Bli first, so that it might get to the other House to-morrow.—He moved accordingly. Tie Bili was then read a third time, and passed. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT ACT. Lord J. RUSSELL said that before moving the next Order of the Day he would state generally the view he took of some of the amendments that had been proposed, and mention the clauses which ho in tended to introduce into the Poor-law Amendment Bill. As to a great number of amendments of which notice bad been given at various times, and whichl were not arranged upon the Votes according to any distinct method, it was impossible for him, and the House would not expect it, either that he should go through the various amendments, or that he should be able to state them in any correct or precise form. But he would state first the clauses which he pro posed himself to introduce. In the first pl ice, he proposed to introduce a clause, a-cording to the suggestion of the Noble Lord opposite the Member for Monmouthshire (Lord G. Somerset), limiting the number of Assistant-Commissioners in THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1841. England and Wales. He intended to limit the nure';er to tnirteen. Then with respect to the question as to the size of the unions. He had communicated with the Commissioners, and he intended to propose a clause which would enable the guardians to form local committus in unions of a certain size. He did not wish to reason on that occasion upon this matter, but it would be obvious to the House that in many inttatces erla a unioes had been formed of aiarie size, and what might be thought inconvenient, that it would be very undesirable, in consequence of the arrangements of the workhouses, to break up these unions, and he thought that by hiving Committees sitting in different places, the whole object of Hon. Members would be attained. He also intended to propose a clause which would alter the provision in the Poor-law Amendment Act, wiih respect to the emigration fund; and he should also propose a clause with respect to the scales of voting more rest m• bling the mode established by the Irish Poor- la v Amend ment, and that adopted in the English Registration Acts. In one clause in which it was said that perishes were to be divided into wards, with a population of, he thought. 8,000, he proposed to increase that number t ) 12,000, with a proviso that it should not go by popu lation, but by the number of houses. 'With respect to the amendments, to which it seemeii to him that he could at once give his support, there was one amendment proposed with respect to the definition of a general rule. He thought that definition much better than the ore which now stood in the Bill, and that it would lessen the nnmbcr of rules to be considered as general rules. There were some clauses with respect to reli gious instruction, and the attendance of workhouse aupersat places ofpublic worship, which he could not say be was prepared to adopt as they stood. The Ho nourable Member for West Somerset proposed a clause relative to the remuval of paupers, which be would support. Another clause, referring to the ap pointment of Assistant Commissioners as district auditors—that %yes a useful clause. He thought it advisabie that the salaries of officers should be sanctioned by a yearly vote of that House, as were the salaries of the Assistant-Commissioners. An amendment was proposed to the clause relating to the sending of children to district schools ; he proposed to adopt that clause with some add Lions. Tte lion. Member for Preston proposed an amend went with respect to the appointment of guardians to their offices. He would support that Tne Honi:urible Member for Leicester proposed an amendme t with respect to cashing the guar dians to order out-door relief to persons above' the age of sixty years, also to enah!e them to order out door relief to widows with families. He thought that there might be some danger in adopting that clause exactly as it stood. With respect to the clauses proposed by the Noble Lord opposite on the subject of rating, he thought these clauses would be extremely useful, and he should there fore support therm. The Right Hoe. Gentleman the Member for Kent, had given notice of some clause with respect to the application of the produce of the rate of parish property to the liquidation of el aims upon the parish ; he thought, to a certain extent, that principle might be adopted, but the I.tter portion of the el tuse required further consideration. The Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth had proposed an amendment wit' respect to persons asking for alms, and suggested that the t rms in the Vagrant Act should be introduced. Now he (Lord J. II ) thought it m ght be as well, to remove all doubt upon the subject, to introduce the amendment of the Right Hon. Gen tleman. There were several other amendments which he was not at present prepared to give an opinion upon, but lie thought it would be useful to state to the House what his intentions were with respect te those to which ha had alluded, and he trusted the House would pay the greatest attention to the discussion of the various clauses of a Bill, which must be admitted on all hands to be of the most important nature.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. GRIMSDITCH wisited to ask whether it was inteaded in the proposed reduction of the size of unions to separate the towns front the agricultural districts ? Lord J. RUSSELL proposed that a Ceminittee should be appointed to adjudicate upon the most pressing claims that arose, but he did not mean to propose any 'enaction in the size of the unions. COPYHOLD TENURES BILL. acre were a number of individuals in town at prevent for the purpose of watching the progress of the Bid, who would be greatly inconvenienced by any delay. —(Hcar, hear.) Tile amendments which he proposed to make ware not amendments at all affecting the principle of the Bill.. On these grounds, he certainly would prefer to proceed at once with the Bill in its present form. Mr. HUME said the Hon. Member was scarcely in a condition to proceed with the Bill. The Bill which the lion. Member obtained leave to bring in was to regulate the law as to copyright of designs on woven fabrics of cottons, &c. ; but the Bill now befere the House extended its provisions to designs of metals, mixed metals, glass, shawls, snd every other description of our manufactures, and must take all manufacturers in those branches by surprise ; they had got no notice whatever of the intentions of the Honourable Member. Even now the preamble of the Mil was incomplete. If the Honourable Member had intended to in. chide every sort of manufacture wherein de sign formed part, he ought to have said so in his preamble in order that all who were to be affected by it might have had notice. He was aware that the 811 had brought many gentlemen from distant parts of the country to London, but the que , tion was not one of convenience to them, but whether the House of Com mons ought to discuss a Bill so different from that which the Hon. Member oht tined leave to bring in. In h s opinion each of the articles enumerated in tie Bill ought to have been proposed in a Committee of time whole House and there discussed. That not having been done, he would ask the Chair whe ther they were in a condition to proceed with the Bill. He submitted to the Honourable Member that the best thing he could do would be to adcp`, the suggestion of the Right Honourable Gentleman, th e P res id ent o f t h e B oar d o f T ra d e, amend his all, an d give notice to all whose interests were to be affected, and bring it on on a future day. Mr. E. TENNENT said the Hon. Member had stated this measure ought to have originated in a resolu tion of the House. Now, if he would turn to the Votes of Use Bth of March he would find a resolution had been actually passed. Mr:fiUME—Read ; there is nothing about glass or metal in it. Mr. E. TENNENT continued—The Bill was drawn in perfect accordance with that resolution. Since the principle of the Bill had been agreed to by her Ma jesty's Government, and all parties had agreed that some such Bill was necessary, he would not detain the House with any ar, , uments in support of it. There was one po;nt, however, to which he wished to draw the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Pre sident of the Board of Trade. Gre'at importance had been attached to the statements of the parties in teres:ed in the measure. There were 179 firms in the three kingdoms, and of all those there were only thirty six opposed to the Bill. There were 3,000 printing houses in the United Kingdom, and of these only 1,319 were against the measure. Many of the manufacturers of Belfast complained that for want of sufficient protec tion being given by the present law, they were frequently at a great loss, in consequence of goods remaining on their hands after the expiration of the copyright. With respect to what had beet said relative to the establish ment of schools of design, unless some protection was extended to those schools there would not be the the slightest use in the establishment of them. One gentleman in Dahlia had stated to him that he could give employment in designs to an extent for which he would have to pay between 8001. and 1,000/. a year, and that he was willing to take a large number of boy s, but on applying to their parents he met with a refusal. Generally the parents of those boys were well apprised of the prevalence of piracy and copying in Eng land, and they stated to the gentleman that if they sent the boys to a school of design they would not get pay ment for their industry, that the copyright was not pro tected, and tha', therefore, their children would be la bouring to no purpose. With respect to what the Hon. Member for Kilkenny had stated relative to improving the taste of the producers of designs by admission t) the public galleries, he (Mr. E. 'Ferment) would tell him that that was not the way to bring about that desirable object. They should regularly a locate them in schools of design, and thereby their taste would be really improved. The Hon. Member concluded by moving that the Bill be recommitted. Mr. HUME objecte 1 to the recommittal of the Bill, as it was contrary to the rules of the House. He begged the Clerk would read the motion upon which the Bill was first introduced to the House, and they would then learn what were the intentions of the Hon. Member. _ _ . Mr. G. W. HOPE said perhaps it would be con ‘enient for him to state the course which he meant to take upon this B li. He proposed to go into Committee pro jorma this day week, then to allow it t 3 stead over unt►l after Eastar, and Olen to t ike the dis cussion upon it at its re-commitment. POOR-LAWS. In answer to a question from Mr. lIALFORD, which was ioaudible, The Clerk then read the Order of the 9th of Feb- ruary, which was for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the term of the copyright of designs of printed and woven fabric and paper. Mr. HUME wished to know whether the Hon. Gentleman meant to introduce glass, metal, carpets, and other articles in that Bill, when he first introduced it. He complained that the House and the country was taken by surprise, because the rules of the House carefully guarded against any alteration being made in matters affecting the trade or commerce of the country, and they , required that every such elieration should be made in a Committee of the whole House. He submitted that the Hon. Gentleman's Bill was irregular, and having stated thus much, he hope l to hear if there was any resolution of the House, or any instruction to the Committee, to depart from the rule laid down so carefully for so many years. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said his object was to preveat the Cothan6sioners from making the wards too smeal. For to sake of convenience a certain size was required to constitute a ward. Sir R. PEEL inquired what was proposed with re spei t to large manufacturing parishes at present go y:riled by Local Acts. IL understood it was the in tention t 1 coutdme the operation of the law, and that the Uoannissoners should not have the power to inter ere, but as the Bill stood ;..t present this was douLtrul, and the Poor-law Commissioners having attempted to hrii•g cert tin parishes under these regulations it was de arable that the point should he cleared up. Lard JOHN RUSSELL said he understood that it was not compLtent for the Poor-law Commissioners to place parishes governel by Locil Acts under a hoard of guardians cotisiittA,:d by the Poor.law Act, and the cot scquenee was that many large parishes were not under the directions of the Commissioners, so far as the boards of guardians were concerned. Mr. LABOUC HERE said lie - did not rise to ex- ' press any opinion on the technical point that had been raised. The rule was that all Bills relating to matters of trade should be introduced in Committee, but on questions like the present, the House only required a re solution of a general nature. The Hon. Gentleman f Mr. Hume) said the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. E. Tennent) had attempted to take the House by sur prise, but if he recollected the discussion that took place on the second reading, he would allow that this was not the case. It was then, he believed, unani mously agreed, that whatever might be the opinions respecting particular points of the Bill, that the law on this subject, instead of being scattered in four or five Acts of Parliament should be collected into a single Bill ; and, therefore, to go into Committee on the pre sent occasion, would not be a surprise to the House. He should regret that any technical point should pre seat their proceeding to the discussion of the Bill in Committ,e. The Hon. Member (Mr, Hume) had objected to glass, metals, &c., being included in the Bill, and said that the question had not been raised before ; but it should be remembered that they were about to consolidate the law. It nes, therefore, not right to olij , ct to the course adopted as unfair, since the Bill had teen drawn up for particular cases, but was now become a general Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WARBURTON said that if a all were intro duced into the House, affecting trade and manufactures, nri during the progress of the Bill it was desired to in troduce a clause affecting any particular trade or manu facture net before mentioned in the Bill, that clause must be introduced in a Committee of the whole House. It was like a money clause in a Bill. The House at present did not know what part of the Bi.l was ori ginal, and what was not ; and he would suggest to the H. Gentleman that he should follow the recommen dation of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the President of the Board of Trade, to reprint the Bill, with indica tions in the margin as to what was the old law, and what was new. Sir R. PEEL said that the Act took away from the Commissioners all power of dissolving unions without the consent of the majority of the beard of guardians, but it did not deprive them of the power of adding to unions without the conseat of the guardians. Now, as one of the great causes of complaint against the law was the s ze of the unions, he thought it would be very satisfactory to have a provision introduced into the 8.11, preventiag the Commissioners from adding to unions without the conseat of a majority of the guardians. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was afraid it wool.' be hardly practicalAc to introduce such a provision, inas much as some of the unions at present were so exces sively small, that it would be absolutely necessary they should be enlarged. Mr. HALFORD gave notice of an amendmeA which he intended to propose on the thirty-eighth clause, in the shape of a proviso that in assign ing the number of guardians to the wards of e..ch union the Commissioners should have regard t, the aggregate amount of rates paid by such wards towards the relief of the poor. COPYHOLD TENURES BILL. Mr. AGLIONBY wished to know from the Hon. Mcmher for Weymouth, whether in the Committee of the whole House on the Copyhold Bill he intended to propose any increase of salary to the Commissioners. Mr. G. - W. HOPE said the Hon. Gent!einan must be aware t .at the Commissioners for Tithe Composi t on wer.i the Commissioners appointed under the Copy hold Bill. By the Bill as agreed to originally na increase of sa'ary was proposed. His (Mr. G. W. Hope's) view of the subject, however, had been that there ought to be an increase. On consulting with the Government, howeier, they had expressed it as their opinion that the original proviso ought to re main. Under these circutnst inces he should not propose any increase of salary. Indeed, he doubted whither it would be competent for any Member to do so with out having previously obtained the consent of her Majesty. Mr. AGLIONBY thought when additional and onerous duties were imposed on individuals, a propor tionate increase ought to take place in the salaries— (Clicers)—and he should certainly take the opinion of the Hause on the subject. DRAINAGE BILL. Mr. WILLIAMS said, that in the second reading of the Bill, the Hon. Member had been requested to consolidate all the Acts relating to the copyright of design. But the Bill tiow under discussion contained many important provisions, which were not to be found in the Bill when it was read a second time, nor in any of the Acts which it purported to consolidate. Ile wished to draw the attention of the House to three most important articles of manufacture, in which it was proposed to make great alterations. It was pro posed to extend the copyright of designs on carpets, on glass, and on cloth, from twelve months to three years. There were also other most important provisions which were not to be found in the Bill as it stood when it was origirally introduced, nor in any of the laws at present in existence on the subject which it was proposed to consolidate. There was one provision of this nature of gr eat i mportance , whi c h had been introduced into this Bill, and of which all those interested in the trade ought certainly to have had due notice. By the 6th clause it was provided that no person should apply such design to any manu facture, or any part . or portion of such design, either effect of that clause ? Why, if any fifteen usually entered an y otherill n.tco entirely.pe.r the s o n by adding to sue" design, or subtracting or taking any patterns containing the common objects which parts or portions from such design. Now, what would be the compositionacquitted t h o o f H p patterns, r i‘ n i s e , m i - t Cl co printer ordered his designer to furnish ten or 1 the continuance of suchet e o a n n would be perfectly impossible duringfor any patterns to be drawn by the copyright. to acquaintance, and that a naryjeet effect, but the fact was, the Hon. Member for ber of any intention of produc le m g g isl such, therefore, s hould be the effects of his legislation could not be a matter of surprise. A measure of such importance to ma nufacturers generally ought not to be left to the care of an individual Member. The Go wl3l r t l i f:a w s t h i c ite bad be uhnadderntaokpernac vernment ought to have taken up the subject, and no one was so fitted to i n t ro d uce suc h a measure as the President of th e B our d o f T ra d e. It was too much that a question of this great impor tance should be left to be brought forward by gentle men who were totally unacquainted with those manu factures wh i ch were to be so much affected by this. Bill. The object should be deeply and seriously considered by the Government before they undertook to support a Bill which would effect so great a change in many important branches of our manufactures. The Hon. Gentleman who introduced the Bill had stated to the House that he intended to H make many important alte rations. He understood that it was also the intention of gentlemen who were opposed to this Bill to propose extensive alterations. Now he thought that the altera- Lord G SOMERSET wished to know whether it wa* intended to proceed with the Drainage Bill this evening._ . . 1 1r. HANDLEY merely meant to move that it be be committed pro forma. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY would oppose it in every stage tmless the amendment, of which he had given notice, were introduced. COPYRIGHT DESIGNS BILL. Mr. E. TENNENT presented several petitions in favour of the Copyright Designs Bill. Mr. G. W. WOOD and Mr. M'LEAN presented petitions to the same effect. Sir R. PEEL presented petitions from Dumbarton shire and from Surrey to the same effect. Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL and Mr. HOUS TON also presented petitions to the same effect. Mr. LOCKHART presented fourteen petitions from Glasgow, in favour of the Bill. Mr. LABOUC HERE wished to throw out a sug gestion to the Hon. Gentleman who had introduced this Bill. From communications which the Honour able Gentleman had made with the Board of Trade, he (Mr. Labouchere) had perceived that it was his intention to propose a number of altera tions in the Bill as it stood in its printed form before the Committee. He would suggest to him whether it woul l not be better and save even his own time that the Bid should be considered in Committee in the form in which it was intended to stand. He could assure him t,l:at he did not offer this suggestion from any desire to prevent the Bill from being fairly discussed—he had no such intention. But from all the experience which he bad in the conduct of Bills in that House, he was satisfied that much time would be saved by the House having the Bill before th e m in the state as nearly as possible in which the Honourable Member desired it to pas 2.— (Hear, hear.) At the same time, if the Honour ble Gentleman believed that by not adopting this suggestion, he would best promote the object which he had in view, he (Mr. Labouchere) would offer no opposition.. The Hon. Member would act upon his own discrztion. Mr. E. TENNENT said, in answer to the sug gestion of the Hon. Gentleman, he begged to say that tions to be proposed by the promoters as well a; the op.. The County Bridges Bill was real a third time and poncots of the Bill ought to be before the House be- passed. fore it was proceeded with in Committee. The Bill as The Hougbing of Cattle (Ireland) Bill was read a it then stood was encumbered with many unwise provi- second time, and ordered to be committed. sions. It was vary necessary that they should see The other Orders of the Day were then di s p ose d o f , what alterations were i n t en ded to be male. He,J and the House Adjourned at a Quarter past Seven therefore, hoped that the Hon. Gentleman who had in. I o'Clock. troduced the Bill would give the House a fair opportu nity of going into the question. This was the more desirable, because the subject was only under stood by very few Members of that House. He would undertake to say that there were not twenty Members of that House who could judge of the practical effect of this legislation upon the trade of the country. He hoped the Hon. Gentleman, in justice both to the House and to himself, would con sent to have the Bill reprinted with the alterations which he himself intended to propose, as well as the amend ments which were intended to be proposed by the op- ponents of the Bill. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. Mr. MARK PHILIPS thought it only due to the Hon. Member for Belfast to declare his belief that he had not t dten any steps in reference to this measure which could justly draw upon him the animadversion of the House. He was quite certain that he had not in trAuced it without the knowledge and concurrence of the House. But the question for consideration was whether in the steps which had been taken with refer ence to this Bill, they had adhered to the strict rule applicable in such cases. They ought to have gone into a Committee of the whole House upon the proposal to consolidate the former Acts in reference to this subject. He trusted that his Hon. Friend would adhere to the regular course. In making this remark he had no in tention to delay the measure any more than w,is abso lutely necessary. He was quite prepared to go on with it if such were the decision of the House, but he must say that some of the clauses of the Bi:1 was not so generally known as they should be, and as the Hon. Gentleman had intimated his intention of racking some further alterations, he would suggest to him whether it would not be better to have the Bill re printed before it was considered by the Committee. Perhaps the Speaker would have the kindness to state what was his opinion upon the subject. He appre hended that they ought to have gone into Committee to have brought the first clauses of the Bill before the House, but that if they had omitted what was regular with reference to the se clauses, they were still in a posi tion to go into Committee upon the other clauses of the Bid. It was a question of convenience to the parties out of doors whether it would be better to go partially into Committee or wait until the Bill had been printed with the amendments. Sir It. PEEL said the standing order of the House was, that no Bill relating to trade or the alteration of laws concerning t-ade should be brought into the House untii its provisions had been first considered by a Committee of the whole House, and agreed to by the House. He thought it would be too much to contend when the Bill had been brought in in pursuance of a resolution of the House, and at a subsequent stage it was proposed to append to it an article not originally included, that it was absolutely necessary to have a distinct Committee in reference to that particular ar ticle. If, for instance, in the case of a Bill relating to linen, cotton, and muslins, it was proposed to add calico, it would in his opinion be perfectly open in Committee upon the Bill to add calico without going through the form of a resolution. In the present instance glass un doubtedly was not an object similar to those originally included in the Bill. They ought not to legislate in reference to glass without giving the glass manufac turers an opportunity of seeking to obtain a Committee of the House upon that subject. It appeared to him that the main point of difference was the extent of the measure. The question with which the House would have to deal was the extent of the protection ; and it appeared tl him that it woul-I be desirable to adopt the course pursued by the Noble Lord in reference to the Poor-law, namely, to take the sense of the House upon one or two main points. It would be very satis factory to those who were waiting in London to know what was the sense of the House in reference to the arii.:l, , s to be include 1. (From the rotes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TLY.ESDAY, MARCH 23. PROPERTY TAX. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the assess ment of all property, real and personal, within the United Kingdom, would be a fit and proper substitute for such of the Taxes of Excise and Gustolns as press most heavily on the middle and industrious classes ; and that such alteration in the mode of raising the Public Revenue would be calculated, in a high degree, to enhance the value of all property, particularly by leading to tlic fuller development of the copious sources of wealth in this Kingdom and its va,t dependencies :"—( Mr. Scholefield: )—Whereupon, the Previous Question beinz put, That that Qiestion be now put :" The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 27. Johnson, General Turner, Edmund Leader, J. P. Villiers, Charles I'. Marsland, 1-L Wak ley, Thom4s Muskctt, George A. Walker, R. Philips, M. j Williams, W. Bice, E. B. Woo.!, B. Rundle, J. ]ate,, J. A. Salwey, Colonel TELLERS. Stewart, James Muntz, F. Thornety, Thomas Scholetield, J. Barnard, E. G. Br therton, J. Duke, Sir James Evans, Sir De Lacy Fieklen, J. Greg, R. 11, Hall, Sir B. Handley, 11. Hini7ley, Ci arles Butt, NV. Baring, F. T. Bentinck, Lord G. It:oadley, H. Bruges, W. H. L. Chichester, J. P. B. Douglas, Sir C. Hondas, W. D. East, J. Buller Farnham, E. B. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Fremantle, Sir T. Gladstone, W. E. Gordon, Robert Goillburn, Henry Griinston, Lord Mr. HUME appealed to the Speaker whether in point of form they could proceed with the Bill. It proposed to alter the laws relating to trade in a variety of ay ticles, and with respect to them, the Bill was not founded upon a resolution of the whole House in Com mittee. If the rule was a good one, as he believed it wag, it ought to be adhered to strictly, as it had been on former occasions. ,JORIT Y-NOES, Hale, It. Blag.lon Hodgson, Richard Hollnes, W. Hope, G. W. Howard, I'. H. Inglis, Sir 11. H. Johnstone, Hope Jones, Theobald Lowther, J. H. Mars'and, T. Monypenny T. C. Morgan, lietavius Morris, David Pakingt,on, J. S. 40. Pigot, D. R. Richards, It. Shaw, Frederick Sibthorp, Colonel Stuart, Lord James Trevor, Hon. R. Trotter, J. Villiers, Lord Wilshere, W. Wortley, Lerd Wyse, Thomas TI:I.LE RS. Smith, It. Vernon Mr. GOULBURN svishel to state how the case stood. On the 9th of February his Hon. Friend, the Member for Belfast obtained leave to bring in a Bill founded upon a resolutio❑ of a Committee of the whole House for altering the law of copyright with respect to woven fabrics of cotton, &c., and the Bill in strict con formity he brought in. In the discussion on the second reading of the Bill it was suggested that the principles of the Bill might be extended with great advantage to other manufactures, and the Committee was instructed accordingly. Under such citcumstances he appre hended that the rule was this—the Committee might proceed with the Bill, for it was clear that if the House give an instruction to a Committee which they had not power to do, on the third reading those clauses which violated the forms of the House would be struck out. SeynnOur, Lord THE FOUNDER OF GREVILLE- STREET HOSPITAL. On Monday evening a numerous meeting of the fiends of the Grcvillc-street Hospital meet at the Committee room in Greville-street, to consider the propriety of voting some tribute to Dr. Marsden, the founder, on which occa sion the Rev. Dr. Rice, High Master of Chri,tchurch School, wag unanimously called to the chair. The SPEAKER apprehended that nothing could be more regular than the first introduction of the Bill. The instructions afterwards given were not, in his opinion, so regular ; it was clear that if the Bill proposed to alter the law with respect to many articles other than those considered in the Committee of the whole House, those paiti of the Bill could not now be taken into consideration. That, however, was not fatil to the Bill. The Committee might proceed with the Bill, taking into consideration those articles which were con sidered by the Committee of the whole House, and leaving out of consideration articles not so included. Mr. WARBURTON said after that explanation from the Chair he trusted that the Hon. Member for Thlfast would feel that it was impossible to proceed with the Bill. The subjects or art eles were so blended together that it was impossible to separate them. Mr. E. TENNENT found the objections so nu merous, aad the difficulties so increasing, that he must consent to the suggestii•n of the Right Hon. the Pre sident of the Board of Trade. He would go into Committee pro forma ; but, considering the great im poitance of the Bill, and the interest take,' in it by both sides of the House, he trusted the Noble Lord would consent to give him an early day for its consi deration. Lord J. RUSSELL, being most anxious to proceed with the Poor-law Amendment Bill, could not give the Hon. Member any other day before Easter than Wednesday next. Sir R. PEEL said, as his Hon. Friend, from the course which the discussion hail taken, would of ne cessity have to make many alterations, he could not be expected to go into Committee pro forma imme diately ; he could not be prepared to strike out the clauses respecting glass, &c., on the moment. It should then be postponed till to-morrow, that the Bill could be re-printed in the state in which it would be sub mitted to a Committee of the whole House. Mr. HUME suggested that the Bill should be with drawn altogether, and then to introduce a new Bill, which he was satisfied would meet with no opposition till it arrived at i s present stage.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LABOUCHERE said a few words which were inaudible in the gallery. Sir R. PEEL thought the most judicious course would be to bring in a new Bill.—(Hear, hear.) From the disposition the Hon. Member had shown to meet the views of the House, Le was satisfied that no ob stacles would be thrown in the way of advancing it to its present stage. Mr. SHIEL said there appeared to bo a general feeling that the ail should be withdrawn. He must say, however, that he was partly to blame, because be had suggested to the Hon. Member to consolidate all the Acts referring to copyright of designs. The sug gestion of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tam worth, to let the Bill drop and bring in a new one, appeared to be a wise one. He could then take a re solution which would form a ba-is sufficiently extensive to embrace all the points included in his Bill. The CHAIR MAN said that his first connection with the great charity of Grevillc-street was on being called upon to preach fer it. 0., their investigating its claims to public support, his principal feeling was regret that be had been previously ignorant of its existence. The Re►. Gen tleman then alluded in very affectin g terms to an incident which had given rise to the establishment of the hospital— that of a poor girl who had been found sitting on the steps of St. Andrew's Church desolate and diseased, and in a dying state. The other hospitals could not receive her at the moment for want of a Governor's recommendation, which, could it have been obtained with sufficient cekrity, would still have been unavailable for admission until the regular admission day. Moved by so afflicting an instance of suffering in the heart of this immense and opulent me tropolis, Dr. Marsden determined that if his exertions could avail, London should not be without at Icat one institution for the reception of such eases, the only title to admission to which should be the want and misery of the applicants.—(hear, hear.) For thirteen years he devoted his time and his pro fessional skill, and exertions, to the accomplishment of the benevolent purpose, with what success, the present pros perous state of the Hospital sufficiently manifested, although he had hal many and g eat difficulties to surmount, not only those inzident to all such undertakings, but others, the result of personal prejudice.—( Cheers.) Ile (Dr. Price) felt assured that the friends of an institution which had accomplished so much, and who took so deep an int , rest in the extension of its benefits t tho afflicted, would not be slow to record their grateful sense of such services on the part of its founder. The Rev. Dr. KNAPP, of St. Paul's, felt gratified by having had intrusted to him the honour of moving the first resolution, which was to the effect that the gentlemen pre sent had determined to obtain subscriptions for some tribute of respect for, and record of, Dc. Nlarsden's valuable ser vices, to be presented to him in some suitable form, to be afterwards agreed upon. He passed a very warm eulogium upon Dr. Nlarsden for th 3 humanity which had led that gentleman to conceive, and the diligence and perseverance by which be had at length, with the aid of public benev.:- lence, plac,d beyond all ordinary chances of failure, the scheme of Christian charity which the hospital was de signed to promote. Thousands of the suffering poor had in each year of late received the best medical assistance under the most severe of human maladies, and many of them an asylum in the hospital, with every proper care and nourishment until restored to perfect health. Nor had the example been lost on similar establishments, many of which had relaxed their regulations, and are now affinding facilities to admission considerably approximating to those of the Greville-street Free Hospital.—( Cheers.) The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. W. PRITCHARD, fully participating in the general sentiment of admiration for the services of Dr. Marsder, and of satisfaction to see the growing prosperity of so pre eminently useful an institution, proposed the second reso lution, the object of which was to give practic effect to that which had been just adopted, viz,— the appointment of a Sub Committee to take the necessary step, and report f'om time to time, to tile general body. He felt a difficulty in adding to the eulogies so properly bestowed upon Doctor Marsden. The interesting incident which had first attracted the humanity and afterwards directed the efforts of Doctor Marsden had been well alluded to by their respected Chairman. Happy it was that that lamentable instance of destitution amidst surrounding luxury had fallen witl in the observation of one so alive to the Letter impulses of our nature as Doctor Marsden, and still betor was it that to such feelings there was joined in Doctor Marsden the skill and perseverance necessary forgiving them cone p!ete effect.—( Cheers.) Mr. ALEXANDER ROGERS seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. After some addresses from other supporters of the institution upwards of 100 guineas wi.s subscribed in the room. A considerable sum is expected. Sir GEORGE CLERK thought leave might be given to bring in a Bill tomorrow, and the discussion in Committee might take place next week. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. E. TEN NENT gave notice of a Committee of the whole House for to-morrow, to take into considera tion all the Acts relating to the copyright of designs. The Putative Fathers Bill was, on the motion of Mr. MILES, read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on Wednesday, the 23d Apri►. COUNTY CORONERS. On the Order of the Day for going into Committee on the County Coroiers' Bill being read, Col. WOOD thought the Bill went to establish al together a new principle of election, and he should therefore oppose the Bill, and take the sense of the House upon it when it was to be discussed in Commit tee, unless it was previously altered. He understood that the present motion was merely to commit the Bill pro forma, and therefore he should not offer any oppo sition. The House then went into Committee pro forma, and the Report was ordered to be taken into consideration on Wednesday, the sth May. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL. On the motion that the House resolve itself into Committee on the Drainage of Lands Bill, Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY said that unless he saw some alteration made in the Bill he would move the amendment, of which he had given notice, on the first opportunity. Mr. HUME wished to know whether there was any clause in the Bill providing that regular accounts be furnished of the income and expenditure under the Bill. He thought that a clause ought to be introduced into the Bill similar to the one in the Public Roads Bill, for the purpose of letting it be known what amount of money was received, and how that money was expended. Mr. HANDLEY made some observations, which were inaudible in the gallery. The Bill then passed through Committee pro forma, and the House resumed. MORNING EDITION. smarr of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (F rum the Advertiser.) A great question comes before the House of Commons this evening, for what we expect to be a final adjudication of its principle—we mean the Copyright Designs Bill, respecting which Air. Emerson Tennent has taken so much trouble and Mr. Thomson given so much attention. If Mr. Emerson Tennent bad stood alone in the matter—had he failed , to ac quire a due knowledge of the subject to which his 1.3:11 refers— had he not been backed and accompanied in is reseal ches by a gentlema n of such knowledge and expeiiene6 as Mr. Thom son—the objection might have been plausibly enough urged that he knew nothing about the matter, and that his Bill was not founded upon a substantial basis. But this objection can not now avail ; for, on the one hand, he has made himself master of all the necessary information, and, on the other, every statement in his work is confirmed by Mr. Thomson, who is practical'y acquainted widi the whole matter—who is interested to a large extent in the amendment of the present law, and who cannot therefore lie supposed to advocate a measure whieh would be injurious to himself or to the trade at large The two main pints in the Bill this evening - are—first, the exten-ion of protection to ori ginal designs in ciapets, shawls, paperhangin A s, calicoes, and a great variety of other pro :nets of 13ritidi industry; and, se condly, whether the registration of such deAgns euoht to be open to the inspection of the public, or closed against it, as it is in France and other countrii s. The first is not worth a moment's consideration. What the manufacturers of the dif ferent articles may desire, ought to be conceded to them, upon the fair principle that they mu -t knave their own busines better than their opponents, and are not likely to advocate anything tending- to their disadvantage. With regard tq the seelmf, there are doubts to be entertained. Articles manticactured for the foreign market ouelit unque.stionab'y not to be open to in spection, inasmuch as foreigners and domestic pirates might thereby acquire a knowledge of designs prejudicial to the ori ginal inventor, and thereby, by slight and legaly intangible variations, rob him of the fair remun.ration which he would otherwise obtain; but. with regard to articles purely fur home consumption, there dries not appear to us for the moment to be any substantial objection why there should not, after the ex piration of the registration granted in each case, be an oren inspection proper conditions. Sir 11. Peel has g i ven notice o tinder of anin der e months' protection' for the calico printers in ' stead of the three which they now enjoy,- and the six months that are proposed for them. The question is not- a Govern ment question, and we doubt not that its merits will be amply, impartially, and satisfactorily discussed. (From the Times.) If the New Poor-law, has reduced the poor rate 40 per cent. in some unions of the south, it has raised them 70 per caut. in the north. It has produced no uniformity ; For the Corn missienars have not yet issued one general rule applicable to all unior.s. It has lowered instead of raising wages. It is as serted to hive improved the morals of the dissolute poor ; but the calendars of crime furnish no traces of such an improve ment, and a paid rural police has been found necessary - since it was enacted. It has exasperated the feelings of the lower classes towards the rich and the noble ; it has been the iseent of Chartism. But, says Mr. Hawes, it has been the cause of the " attention now given to the education of the people," and "to the dwellings and the sanatory state of the poor !" These, it seems, are the ," practical to nefits," these the marvellous results, of the great experiment. Is it possible that Sir Hobert Peel, calmly considering these things—remembering also that the so-much-talked-of evils of the old law (partial as they were) Were the gradual accumu lation of '250 years, while the growth of evil under the mea sure of 1834 has been as rapid as it is monstious, a six-years' prodiay—is it possible that so wise a statesman can compro mise his own character, and endanger the great interests com mitted to his oversight, by lending his sanction to the continu ance of such a system? Golden opportunities are not so fre qiient as to be thrown away with impunity. It is now in his power, by one and the same act, to re ieve the United King dom from the curse of a Whig Ministry, and to deserve and ob tain the blessings of his country. ( From the Morning Chronicle.) Another public meeting (called at 'Manchester to petition against the Corn-laws) has been obstructed by the Chartists. In this case, according to he statement of Mr. Cabden, whose letter appears in another column, besides the usual motives for interruption, the working classes considered themselves ill-used by the Mayor, who had retused to call a meeting on th e sub ject of the Poor-laws. But be this as it may, the Iroceedings at that meetin g bear out the convi which we stated a s our own last week, that for the pre ent this great safeguard of public freedom and means of public improvement must. he put iu abevan:e. 'f he managers of 63 Metropolitan Anti-Corn law As,oriation declare themselves of the same mind, having issued advertisements of a meeting admitting by tickets only, on the express ground of the determination of the Chartists "to obstruct the proceedings of all public meetings not, called expressly for the promotion of their own political objects." Whether purposely or not, thereon', the Chartists have de stroyed, or at least suspended. the popular right and privi!ege of assembling to address the Legislature oa any topic of public) interest. (From the Morning Herald.) We shall hardly be suspected of indifference, therefore, to the paramount claims of the W,st Lelia inter eats to some more prolonged term of protection than it has been as yet proposed to give them (and they literally ask for nothing more)—when we say that nu the principle of the rue: sure which her Ala jesty's Government are bringing fore ard, as this was announced by Lord Lansdowne, we see much that promises well for the b,neficial development of the natural and incalculable re sources of our Inman empire, We see in that single result the only solution of the great political problem " by what force is our dominion, in au empire of such immense geographical ex tent,—and in which our power is emphatically said to be based only upon opinion, to be maintained ?" Here is the answer. In India the land is the great staple of taxation. Owing to the diicrimmating scale of duties which has hi , herto so properly favoured our West India produce, sugar in the East Indies has been a crop which offered little temptation to the native or to the foreign capitalist to betake himself to. From the principal sugar ma ket in all the world—that of England —the heavy duty charged upon its importation effectu illy excluded, though it did not absolutely prohibit it. The operation of the same system of duties extending to the spirit d stilled from the cane produce, East India rums were, of course, in a proportionate degree, shut out ef the same market. But if we assimilate ibex duties on East and West India rum and sugrr, all the laA in the East Indies which is at present less pros.ably (1c:- voted to the raising of cotton and indigo waiild be taken up for the raising of sugar ; and this sugar, and toe spirit distilled front it, would have the singular fortune i f presenting them selves to the British consumer or dealer reli, ved of the onerous discriminating duties they have I ithrrto been charged with, under circumstances which seem to promise for some years to come a demand, at least, proportioned to the supply. (Rom the Month(' Post.) It seems to us that the author of No. 90 of the " Tracts for the Times," has not only been misrepresented by who'e crowds of newspapers, but by one in particular, has been assailed in a way w hich shows that low cunning, and vulgar virulence may be associated with that kind of ability for journaLsrn which secures attention even among a better sort of people than those who are content with radical slan g and irreli g ious auda city. Of Mr. Newman, the author of the tract in question, we personally know nothing ; but we know th , character he boars among those in whose judgment we ought to place far more confidence than in our own. We have never heard any man of learning who knew Mr. Newman, speak of his knowledge without admiration of its depth aed, extent. We have Lever heard any man zealous for the promo tion of religious truth as it is delivered to us by the Church, speak of Mr. Newman's ardent exertions without earnest and grateful praise. Accustomed as we have been to hear Mr Newman well spoken of by those who know him, we have never heard mention of that " austerity of manners" which a certain newspaper has adverted . to in an in su l t i ng strain , That he may pay a severer attention than is usual to what he beieses to be the usual discipline of the Church is very pro ' battle, but that he is guilty of anything like l'hari-aical assumption is, we have reason to believe, not only untrue, but, exactly opposite to the character and demeanour of the ma ,,,. It is, however, generally admitted by Air Newman's friends, that, like most men of ardent temperament, he is an incautious writer, and continually leaves room for miseontructions, which are the occasion of much painful remark. (Front the Globe.) The subject of Secondary Punishments underwer t considerable discussion last night in the House of Com mons. The question was brought forward by Lord Mahon, in a speech of more that two hours' dun:trot; with which his Lordship prefaced a resolution, ulti mately adopted by the House, expressiv e o f an opi no'permanently large increase on b in oa therti the i. hulks u mbe r (i f in Great ro ivict s i Britain, although such convicts had been s entence d to transportation, is highly inexpedient. Th e „ e ,... '' that the confined sity of making some important change in the ti eat merit of convicts sentenced to transportation, in or de; to render that punishment more severe in its cha racter, and consequently better caleu'ated to deter from the commission of crime, induced Lord J. Ras sal', when Secretary of State for thin Home Dopar'.,mect, • to issue regulations for carrying that important r.,nject into died. With a view to more nearly proportion the putlishu eat to the crime, his Lordship oontemplited the s.paration of those convicts who wore sentenced by the Courts to seven y ears' transportation from those sentenced to transport a ti on for lonerperiods, or for life. By a minute, dated Jan. '2, 1839, his Lordship proposed that COLN:eta sentenced to seven years' transportation, should be, as tar as practicable, employed la the hulks props. and do c ky ar d s at home, an d a t 13.frmeda . 'lids st•on wets new plan ; and th © received as the bases of a Home-office di rec t e d that in the ensuing year accom modation should be provided o board the hulk s f or r n s that had been p re . double the number of prisoners v.ously receive. ,1 on board such v e ssel s thus in creasing the number from 1,789 to 3,500. By a calculation appended t o the minute of Lord J. Russel', number of convicts acteal'y trans it appears that the tio; and that of these Uptv,aus ported in 1837 was 3,6 , sentenced to transportation f or seven of tae-thirds were t bTs calculation as correct, it i s o b vious years. Taking 1-, keby d Parliamentary interference or that, unless c-co Executive, the modified by the , number must continue alarming ratio, until the to increase in annumber con , ~., t h ese receptacles of cri me t i • gregateu in tening to the health an misery would be titre i f and lives of the M- Litt, diflli. .e 5 ; _ h i] j from ' salty, if coat ... not impossilat ii y, .prodding suit able employmentand ' of pro introducing b m effectve el :1-' • among t.. - ass,aeation and dis • n ee the hulks would be c ip P c schools of vice to rho comparative novices in crime from come forth, it the expiration of their sentences, to prac tise with greater adroitness and succe:s the lessons which they had received from older and store proficient prac titioners of felonry. Thus, instead of diminishing crime —the great d en which ought to b e proposed by the infliction of • punishment—the contrary would be found to result from be but a such a system, and the hulks Preparation for the higher class of offences to which the law alt wiles the severer doom. .a°ffi ece by the Und er S ecretary, re ; (From the Standard.) Mini: tors last ni g ht sustained another defeat. The question, it i s t rue , upon which they were worsted w as not, a v i ta l one, accor di ng to the lately adopted sei .l e of and by th e ex -S ecretary of questions, tho ug h an important one, nor oils the h ouse full. Still a d e f e at, after a speech by the Colonial &CM.- in the C a bi net—a Minis pterial defeat, t ‘ a vr r ea y sr , e,n t h t ei e nx gp l\ e l t c i h n t ea i s yn t He e t, r os i oam a ty l ,e, in defiance seat 1e exertions, does n ot sly much. for the st a bili ty 0 1 the Government. Wh e ther Miwsters failed from want of prudence in taking a weak part, or from want of a sufficient inde pendent support, their feebleness is in either case de monstr..t_ d. The motion discussed referred to the pre ference to be given to transportation, as a secondary punishment, beforo imprisonment in the hulks SHAMEFUL AND UNFEELING FRAUD. A day or two prior to Saturday the 6th inst., an adver tiiement was sant by post from London, for insertion in the Guardian, and, being paid for by means of a post office order, was of course inserted on that day. It was to the fallowing effect " To Engineers, Engravers on Copperplate, Joiners. and Cabinet Makers.—Wanted, good bands, to proceed to New York and Philadelphi I. A free passage and mess, with capital wages. Parties must forward age, particulars of family, if any, present sac of wages, &c.—Post free, with a stamp, to Washington Percival, 11, Southampton street, Euston-square, London, who will communicate all particulars." In consequence of this advertisement, so tempting at a time when employment is generally scarce, many persons made application by letter, as directed in the advertise ment ; and, in the course of a post or two, each applicant received a reply, informing him that his services would be accepted, at a very handsome rate of wages ; but requiring from each a remittance of 11. " to ensure registration, and prevent disappointment." The general character of these answers may be gathered from the following copy of one addressed to a mechanic who had made application :- 2, Oxford -street, London, March 16, 1841. SIR,—In reply to yours, I beg to say, that you will be required to enter into an agreement to serve Messrs. Graffe and Tompkins, of New York, for three years, at the weekly sum of 60s. English money ; week sixty-six hours, including two hours per day for meals. Your two sons shall also be engaged, and r,c, ive proportionate wages. Your and their passage, with beddinz and provisions of the best kind, will be free. Your wife will he charged 101., and your youngest son 51., the child under two years of age will not be charged. You must remit 1/. by return of post, to insure registration on board, and prevent disap pointment, which will be returned to you on your arrival up here, together with 1/. 15; for your expenses. The passage money for your wife, &c., 151., you will have to repay by initAments of 10s. per week, on your arrival in America You must ba in town on the sth of April. As your application has been so late, you hat better remit the registration money to the above address (No. 2, Oxford street) by return of post, provided you make up your mind to go, as our list is nearly complete.-1 am, &c., WASHINGTON PERCIVAL. Thomas -- On receipt of the 11. you will Le c ' , nsidered engaged. Several of the parties who receieei these letters had the prudence to make a little inquiry before sending their money, and were advised to have nothing to do with Mr. Washington Percival. Others, however, were not so careful ; and we have reason to believe, that a number of sums were forwarded as direc'ed, and some of them, no doubt, fell into the hands of the scoundrels who bad devised this nefarious scheme of plunder. Amongst others, the party to whom the preceding letter was addressed, who had been some time out of employment, and was in very puor circumstances, pledged his watch to raise the neces sary sum, and sent it by post as directel He would also have incurred the further expense of conveying himself and his family to London, if he had not, fortunately, had his suspicions awakened by what he heard from an. other applicant, whe, instead of sending the money required, took the precaution of writing to a friend in London, and requested him to make some inquiries about Mr. Washington Percival, at the place indicated in that letter. The party entrusted with this inquiry found t_ .. No. 2, Oxford -street, was a public-house, the landlord of which knew nothing of Mr. Percival, except that heteawa. there occasionally for letters. On further inquiryi.,ouie found that there were then two mcchanics in f the I enga;ements. A third person in w aiting I who had come from Manchester with the view of p h ro e cu sa ri m ng e plain i w ith the place, turned out to be a policeman in was waiting for Mr. Washitigton Percival, his conduct inten tion of giving him an opportunity of expl; ever, had most before a Magistrate. Mr. Percival, h that “ hawks were probably received some intimation. :lothes, who h is appearance, though a abroad;" and he did not make . . cm , , h el, 1 Jenny containing number of letters, some were waiting ' " of the police had been called to un derstand that the attention landlord of the public-house, who suQ money and money-order!, o f ere viaiting for him. Wo un. the matter by ou a r e b ts oo w d ll o l n op w e i r m at tn e pected, from the th econduct properlyrf his visitor, comm u n t h i .caatt communicated l was not t _ his sus officer, inthisofn. neighbourhood f • picions to an quiteass v warninge }i right, o p s aud may be made berelfLer. No e that any sun honest ma n wanting servants or workmen will ever require t t a c on m adl p l t s py : a r t y" fraud t h e m to advance money ; and, whenever any demand of the • ilar at kind is made, the applicant • . may e ~,e quite sure that there is a design on foot to defraud him.—Manchester Guardian. LO j