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a Mon ALCOCA CENTR COCK S ELLS Hotel, Soutliwa mote his return quested to be , (11 Committee "R CASH. --- ADVANCES, in any sum from 10/. to 1001. an d upwar d s, are made to respectable persons o 1 either s ex on the security of responsible housekcepeis resi- d ent in London and its vicinity. The money may be obtained Isithout del a y if t h e securities are approved of. Reversionary Interests Purchased on equitable terms. T Apply at the offices of the Albert. Reversionary Interest and , "▪ an C "Tany F 'th street Soho, daily, from nine till nine CITY OF LONDON COMMERCIAL CLUB. ,Thi. CLUB i s OP ENED for the ACCOMMODATION °1 MEMBERS. It embraces all the elegancies and advan tlges combin e d w i t h the comforts of the best arranged Clubs. h ' E xeliann.e. or Commercial Chamber is fureished with every I.3ecessary i nPormation relative to Commerce. Each Member has the privilege of introducing a Friend. the A pplication s f or A d mission (with references) to be made to Committee at the Club Ilouse, 38, Throgmorton-street. LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, a , Charlotte -row, Mansion-house, and 10, Regent-street, Nn Lonth , n. —TlC E.—Proposals for Assurance by persons desirous of Partieipating in the BONUS applicable to toe year from Feb. L l B4O 11?, to February 1841, ought to be lodgedat one w . the e n ,j . office`, or with an agent of the Company, on or before ire nesday the 10zli February next. All Licensed Attcone3s agiboriSed to act as Agents for the Company, to the effect je are remunerated by a liberal Commission. ROIIERTSON, Managing Director. C°NOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE 31, SOCIETY, "'"GF.-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1823. I.4lt ) tvcred by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. ( Ac e RATES of PREMIUM than those at any other toli":"at entitle the Assured to participate in the Prellis, as ........rah . I v.t •.:5 I 30 I 111 - ) I 40 I 43 I .50 Prennitiln . 10 tIH7I 19 132 10 112 19 !1•1 :1 tk 0 TI I TT 3 --------!--_______! N I. p Otal, declared in I 34 amounted upon an average to the r i r "TA. en the premiums then paid ; and in 13:_:0 a fur- Qnt. n ° „ nl !,' was awarded, amounting on this average to 31/. per 16, n" the premiums paid during the preceding five years. to re,l - „ 14 ; : 3 may be applied to the increase of the sum assured, policies of premiums for life, or for a term of years. or b r l i'" on the l i v es o f p e rsons dying by suicide, duelling, r tit ; t ' ,4 3 hinds of justice, are not void as respects the inte arn , i gf parti es to wh om they may have been legally assigned. strt iet T a nees may be effected on any and every day, and in - Pliekt• on. s forwa r d e d to part i es res id e nt in the country on ap- By order of the Board of Directors, CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. 1 /11 E ALFRED HOME anti FOREIGN ASS ' I PE ASSURANCE and MUTUAL ANNUITY °CIATION, 51, Old Broad-street, London. G. Iv n DIRECTORS. S an , ""aYmond B ar k er , Esq. Wm. James 'Maxwell, Esq. G e 4'l n osanquet, Es Sir Woodbine Parish, K. C. H. cha'r,Frederick Dickson, Esq. Sir Arvid Scott, Bart. Rill", 111 Heato n Elli s , E sq. R o b ert S cott, E sq . °° G ladstone, Esq. Ernest A. Stephenson, Esq. Je . Griinston, M.P. Major Tulloch. -3e PhJelli c „sq. F Arthur Willis, Esq. oe The Hon. Eliot T. Yorke, M.P. Sir Day TRUSTEES. Granville Seott, Bart. John Pemberton Heywood, Esq ihe Sharp, Esq. Arthur Willis, Esq. td. AUDITORS. b.^°' Corrie Fs 1.1. D. Wallord, E. "d Powell , Es q . IW. J. Lancaster, Esq. 110 VANTAGES OF TIIIS ASSOCIATION. teEntire security from an ample sub.cribed Capital without r isi bility to th e assure d. year°3°r-fiftics of th e pro fit s ap p ro p r i a t e d t o th em every five addition to all t h e orAinary rates of assurance. Pr o , ,e.les may he made payable at 60 or other ages, and afixed I of the p rem i ums returne d on policies of this de eiyetion in case o f surren d er. pr e :°os assurin g t h e li ves o f ot h ers may , by a sma ll ex t ra olii,gouarb;oaavao.id the risk of the party vitiating the policy by tb, l3 extra charge for residence in any part of Euro A pe or in A ",itish colonies in Australia, the Cape, and North mer , ica. to those going to other countries the option is offered tort e °f Paying an additional premium for extra risk, or of a tv—Vonding deduction to be made from their policies in the et of their death abroad. pi,:.aos granted to the assured upon a new and advantageous A r b it may be paid quarterly, half-yearly, or annually. A_ r ation pref erre d to l aw i n a ll cases o f dispute. lio n pct Tmitiesrofits granted on an ent i re l y new p r i nc i p l e o f participa . Rates of Annuities payable Half-yearly. Annuity. Ag e. Annuity. Age. Annuity. •-• 0 9 40 6 3 9 60 9 6 4 0 5 4 6 45 614 1 65 10 17 4 35 5 9 11 50 7 710 70 13 110 516 1 55 8 4 8 I 80 22 9 0 W. HAMPTON, Seeretai A . LPRED LIFE ASSURANCE ASSO- N CIATION, 51, Old Broad-street. )‘,. 'Atte is horeby given, that the HALF-YEARLY INTE r•ST, pi to at the rate of four per cent, per annum, on the Ca ts N r ;,tock of thi s A ssoc i at i on, due the 31st of December last, PAYABLE. bet,r,oprietors can receive the sam at the Office any day e 'n the hours of Eleven and Four o'Clock. By order of the Directors, J. W. HAMPTON, Secretary. and ORIENTAL STEAM 14-----I''NINSULA R en_ NAVI GATION COMPANY, for establishing Steam or Totunieation wi'h British India, &c. ; under Koval Charter i litt,l4.(;°rPorktion, granted . November, 1840. Capital One A it ti4t;r' 20, 000 Shares of 501. each, with authority, under , the lir '" of the Lords Commivsioners of her Majesty's frea lti to inereave it ta 1,500,000/. ,Ar thur Anderson, Esq. DIRECTORS. Rir j 4 :', 4 Bettrne, Esq. ;Capt. Samuel Thornton, R.N. ;Robert Thurburn, Esq. 4 Fr a '"P . Carrpbell, KC. H. i °Brodie M‘Ghie Willcox : Esq. lose nets Carleton, Esq.. ,J l ' e• Bwart, Esq• ;Charles Wye Williams, Esq. )1,71 Hartley, Egq• • Peter John De Zulneta, Psq. ' Power Co add to their number, and elect a Chairman and Deputy Chairman. ~, f a The Managing Directors. A IMIT 3RQ The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melr . lle. 'la i - - I.lameaon Hunter, Esq. t -e"—Messrs. NVilliams, Deacon, Labouchere, and Co. k l., , Stostunso CouNsrL—ll. Bellenden Iffier, Esq. LI1 " - -J. B. D e ' Mole, ' Esq., Merchant Tailors' Hall ; J. A. M'Lcod, Esq, Billiter. street. , N T) . SEcitETART-11r. Jamcs Allan. 'opy 'rectors have the satisfaction to announce to the Proprie itorim",:i the public, that the Charter of Incorporation for the DilitrtiY, which, among other advantages, limits the respo kuptie! Sha .reholders to the amount ef their respective sub- A n ' l 'll, hzs received the Royal Assent. tt i• u rit '"uts for Sh re' informed that the Deposit of l it 'ttfi. Share will ' b ar" R • d to be paid on or before the i 4il l'eltr imrY, 184 r, r t e o qu e i n r t e itle Subscribers to receive a Di o ( cult of the profit, which will be declared in May . , 1841. l it t ri erther instalment, on ouch Shares will be required for et t L, Tl l , f u • ire I. opening vessels now the property of the Company', Llosettt„PluYed under ' the' Mail Contracts with her Majesty s '5,406"41411., for which services ' the Company receive annually' h ., Tons. Horse Power. cr,t,iltl‘lTAL • tirt E A AT) LIVERPOOL ... 1,540 Illt A ,,,uS 11A t `-*A.Nz A 1101 1 ( 1 !A A10N 4 , 1 . TAR I ncur ' RU SE... 240 Th.ances have been effected on all these Vessels. li b] 'C O L' e , fa o „ ll 'l',any has been formed under circumstances pecu• I— , Lut4. -r 'ble for insuring its success, and the prospects for too''• It i - e re based on the following advantages, viz. : t ar already possessed of property in steam-shipping, &c., llos R i i a mount p in active - and profitble employment, and the ; i l e , - e.!.tension, of its operations cannot til to render the fare 2. Tiera.4Y established greatly more produetive. a - ' iT 'arkagement is under the direction of partiestd with _t_ek,., n'-'MPetent knowledge of all the deta l ds conneee some itirtither4ritio,n,derived from long experience,practriaenach of business for 3 eeti y e4rs n been engaged in this b All a j , k ,, rt i mportant b ranc h o f t h e C ompany ' s b us i n e ss ar i ses ith tGalcady established trailing and passenger intercourse 4 '. hi eninsula. Gov disc the advantage of two beneficial Mail Contracts with . erT ulent. their hasitea, e liabilit y of Shareholders is limited to the amount of Th, by reason of the charter of incorporation. t l lie Nt Itbspeetus mod form of application for sliares may be ob 'ege t t the Company's Office, 51 St. Mary-axe, and at 44, Ct: -street, London ; at the City of Duftlin Steam-packet 44 i.,li e ,.. °3 ffices• Liverpool and Dublin ; also of the Bankers ors of the Company. 11 order, JAMES ALLAN, Secretary. ROYAL PATENT UMBRELLAS AND Th e PARASOLS. I,itztintnp,raadbviantames of these articles are that they are the frame. Y right, corn act, and elogant ; Wpij coPstrueted of fin r e elastic tubes only half the burN i n t of whalebone. Umbrellas of this kind are no more t han nsome than walking-sticks. Parasols lighter and neater r, a!ly ever yet produced. Warranted durable. th e 4)e had of most of the Umbrella Makers in London, or of kin 1 atentee, HENRY HOLLAND, Darwin-street,. Bi .Ir'\?________ln• Prices sent in answer to a post-paid application. I N VllO l A. R Y for the CURE of STRIC -114 the URETHRA , SYPHILIS, GONOR- Tivl4, GLEEof 1,, TS, and ORGA N all DISEASES of the GENERA- a.ad URINA.RY S. tellttlna iorithstandi n' c , the above Institution is cl ose d, Patients I..ny N r eto teeeive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur- PlyieP4. Courtenay, 4 9 , Great Marlborough-street,) by ap iir at hl5 own hc:tse instead of the Charity. tud f 4" of Attendance, from Eight to Ten ix the Mornings hi or PM Seven te, Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the ° ill% hut not in the Evening-. iP° it COUGHS, SHORTN PO , S ESS of 11R A THIMAS, &c. , -FATH di ate W ELLS BALS AM of ANISEED, under the imme im patronage of several of the most distinguished Nobility ta,,hCentry in the at Is. lid. and ' - )s 3d. the kingdom, in bottles, .... Th e 1 ,• great fame this celebrated medicine has so justly ac ti s, throughout the world by immediately relieving coughs, lir,' asthmas, ftcc., and which is fully confirmed by the tes iii.„:,Y.nfseveral of the most eminent members of the medical far ri ii''On, who, with great liberality, recommended it as a . • Y co u i- •• • the I , i . .go medicine, renders any eulogium on the part of oprietor unnecessary. PreparedLo aud sold by Thomas Powell, Blackfriars-road, ch er l s n , sold (by appointment) by most of . lhe respe n c rs in tlic u `. 5 and w holesale•and retail patent medicine vend - it Kingdom. Ir ii lai, .Nrtant Caution.— Observe tint the words o Thomas r ti..,‘ell, Blaekfriars-rlad Landon," are (by permission of he '''l4Y's Co • • L ' white letters 404 a , , Tornissioners of Stamps) imgra 1., over the 14 P or t a e u, g t ollnd, on the Government stamp, Pasted. ---'' sen b ctitle, without which it cannot be genuine. //7" ~.~ NEW WORK ON STRICTURES OF THE URETHRA. Just published, price ss. APRACTICAL TREATISE on the CAUSES, NATURE, and TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA, and their CONSE QUENCES. By FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L. And late Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary f.r the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. CONTE NTS. Symptoms resemble those of Stricture. CHATTER I. Causes of Strictures. Divisions of Strictures. Consequences of Strictures. ARMY AND NAVY. THE FEBRUARY NUMBER OF THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL, AND NAVAL AND MILITARY MAGAZINE, Contains, among other important papers— The Fortifications of Paris f doted as Military Posts— The Navy and Army of the' The Cape of Good Hope, by United States in &840 Lieut.-Colonel Wilkie :taper's Navigation ,Affairs at Buenos Ayres Narrative of Seven Weeks'eap- Steam Navigation tivity in St. Sebastian from Attack on Santa Maria in lsio the first to the second storm- i Attack of Fort St Jerome, St. ing of that place in 1813, byi Domingo 'Sent enant- Colonel Harvey, Garris Jones, R.E. (Despatches from the East England's Wooden Walls—The'General Distribution of the Sybille Navy and Army to the Ist of Nelson at Bastia, by an Old February. Agamemnon With all the Naval and Mili- Sketches fr4in Military Life tary Intelligence of the The British Colonies consi-1 Month. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ',147,..-- it.- , . , k7A-611.-71" 'f'7:-'-"'"? ,4 4... 7 , N ING ED ON. ♦ ..-,. 4 .,..,: it . ...., i; ,:, 4 :. 7 ~, , r.p.7.4 1.,, .t.. ~ .91N : ,A ‘,.: It , K f r EAS SURIZEY.—The t~ 4, se \ , 1,: ' • • . .----„, e___ : ~ • - s . 4,4 : ,- —, .. x 0: -: 6: it i e : II `AL 031MI' ' E for conducting Mr. AL- 7... 0... , _ o -3.., I , •N ~v ..64..t4 ,, ~,,__,,,‘ ‘ " : 1 t r . 4t : , ,: , , •• ~ y • , .,_..--_, , ,:,,, ~,. , \ -,---, ~,' 1 ~,, -":. ~ ...: ; . :::,-.7. ... 1 i '----:--:___. a '- '2.›.7.1 ) I 4 , ll .. 7.. :CT ON, . I)AILY at the Bridge-house ` ' I 4 ' r.. I N,. ' "‘ ', cl N . , M l, . * ark ‘ll all communications tendirg to pro- I ..., .ce, - e k - ~, , 4 „.,....---- 0„ -rx,s,. .„.,,, i b,,...,.,.....,,, c , ~,,„_„, . _ ~,,,,... '..1.-, J ''' - -t. an ne triumph of Liberal principle‘, are re- .--, -.l', . 11 VA y -u" ',; :~ ,7 ldress.ed. dL..........D.2. ---.....,--,,-; : • "'if, Ll*fro! , var , l 4.' --irre..------ —.• * ft 0 • sv ,.. 'oom, Bridge-house Hotel, Jan. 27, 1811. No. 15,101. ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.- J The Public is informed that on and after AIoNDAY. February 1, the FARES On this Ra - lway will be as follow : Ist elms. 2d class. 3d class. From London to Brentwood ...... 3s. Lid. ..2s. 6d....25. - llo,nford - Stratford Eastern Counties Railway Office, Iligli-stmt, Shoreditch, Jan. 28, 1841. MANCHESTER and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. TENDERS FOR LOANS. The DIRECTORS of the MANCHESTER and BIR MINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY are now prepared to GRANT MORTGAGES (under the powers of their Am of Parliament) of the TOLLS and WORKS of their un dertaking, as a security for Loans of Money, in sums of not less than 500/. on each mortgage, and for the periods of four, five, six, and seven years, at the option of the lender. Interest warrants, calculated at. the ree of 5!. per cent. per annum, and payable at the Company's bankers, in London or Manchester, on the half-yearly days on which the interest will become due during the whole period of the Loan, will be de livered to the Lender with the mortgage , . Particulars, explaining the peculiar eligibility of this seen rity, may be obtained at the Company's Offices, No. 43, Pic cadilly ; or at the office, of Slater and Ileelis, Princess-street, Manchester. THOMAS ASH"TON, Chairman. Manchester, Janaary 12th, 1841. TA ITERARY AND PARLIAMENTARY AGENCY. OFFICES, 3, BRIDGE-STREET, PARLIAMENT- STREET. It will readily be admitted that, in so vast a metropolis as London, such an Institution as is now announced, has been long and urgently required. The plan is so comprehensive as to meet the wants, views, and interests of numerous classes of the com•nunity. The Gentlemen who act in co-operation with the Proprietors, and upon whom many of the principal duties devolve, are eminently qualified for their respective depart ments. So far as tl.e Managing Proprietor is personally con cerned, he would rather rely upon the support he can receive from those who are associated with him, than put forward any peculiar pretensions of his own. He may, however, be per mitted to observe, that he has considerable experience in Li terary pursuits, Parliamentary business, and Political and ge neral correspondence. At a very early age he held a Literary engagement in Mr. Valpy's celebrated office, while the Delphn Classics were in process of publication. 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A great mass of information on that subject had been communicated to their Lordships at the end of last session, and their Lordships would find by it that within the last thirty years capital had accumulated a great mass of industry in particular localities, where sufficient provision had net been made for the social comfort or health of the industrious classes. He felt that any remedy that could be at present applied would be only palliative, and, to a certain extent, preventive for the future. To these two points the Bill was directed, and he was sure their Lordships would give it due attention. Compl tint had been made every Session that their Lordships had nothing to do before Easter, and he hoped that would be sufficient excuse for bringing forward the Bill at so early a period. Lord ELLENBOROUGH was extremely glad that the Noble Marquis had browlit forward such a Bill. He had read the Report to which the Noblo Marquis had alluded, with the greatest pain and apprc_ hension for the health of the working classes, and the greatest commisseration for the sufferings of thole who were subjected to these privations. He should give his best attention to the details of the Bill. The Bill was then read a first time and ordered to be read a second time on the 12th _of February. subject in the public mind, and he could assure his Noble Friend that the Government were actuated by the same feelings as himself, and were most anxious to to uphold the laws of the country and to punish in the most severe manner a crime which had occasioned great loss of life and was a disgrace to that part of the kingdom in which it occurred. Lord WHARNCLIFFE wished to know ►shethcr the Npble Marcy:is would have any objection to lay any further information which the Government might receive upon the table. The Marquis of NORMANBY had no objection whatever to do so. It was generally supposed that the same indulgence had been given to these parties as to other political offenders ; but political offenders were of various degrees. It was supposed that political offenders of every grade were to be treated with less rigour than other offen ders. But it was to he remembered that political of fences were of various degrees, and he wished it to be understood that he did not consider the offences of those men came under the description of that class which ought to be treated with leniency. Lord BROUGHAM said he believed tie Noble Lord (Wharncliffe) was misinformed when he sail that the Judges were unanimous in their decision upon the technical question. Lord WHARNCLIFFB was understood t 3 ex plai❑ th:t he had not said the Judges were unanimous. The conversation then dropped, and the House ad journed to Monday. _HOUSE OF COMMONS, JAN. 29. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. The SPEAKER reported that the House had yes terday aitended her Majesty with the Address, to which her Majesty had been pleased to return the following most gracious answer : " I have received with creat satisfaction your loyal and affectionate Address. I thank you for your con gratulation on the increase of my domestic happiness. I shad not cease to direct my most earnest attention to every meesure which may be calculated to promote the public we:fare, and for the maintenance of the peace of Europe." Mr. HUMPHERY presented a petition from the borough of Southwark, preying for the erection of a new street leading to I;lackfri►rs-bridge. Mr. EASTHOPE presented a petition agreed to at a public meeting at Leicester, praying for the abolition of Church-rates, and the discharge of Mr. Baines. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the bricklayers of Dublin, praying for a repeal of the Legis lative Union. 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The result of the attack was that a contest took place between them and the authorities, and for that offence those three per sons were tried and condemned to die. He thought there could be no doubt that of all offences that of which they were convicted was the most atrocious. It was not merely an act of high treason, but one which involved the greatest danger to the town of Newport. The Noble Lord then read an extract from the address of the Lord Chief Justice. of the Common Pleas, in passing sentence upon those persons, to show what was the opinion of the Learned Judge on the enormity of their offence, which he said had been proved beyond all doubt. A question arose as to whether the list of witnesses had been delivered in proper time, according to the sta tute. But notwithstanding that the Judges were un animously of opinion that that verdict had been rightly found, he (Lord Wharncliffe) did not complain of the commutation of the sentence, but he thought the country had a right to know %another these men were placed in a better condition than others who had been guilty of less aggravated crimes. It was first stated in a Colonial newspaper that they held . office under the Government, but a somewhat different statement was subsequently given in a letter from Frost himself which was read in this month, at a public meet ing in Bristol, by Frost's son—the youth who had acted as his father's agent in the attack upon Newport. That letter undoubtedly represented, first, that the mo ment he arrived at New South Wales the Governor, Sir John Franklyn, went on board the vessel and told Frost that he was not going to Norfolk Island for pu nishment. Now that seemed to him (Lord W.) most extraordinary language for the Governor to have used towards a man situated under such circumstances. He was quite ready to acknowledge that he had some sus picion of the truth of the statement—(Hear, from the Ministerial Benches)—and he had no doubt that it would be explained. Then the letter stated that the Governor had received instructionsafrom the highest authority, and that it was intended to favour them— that they went to Port Arthur, and there they were not treated like the rest of the prisoners —that they were not required to put on the prison dress—that he, Frost, was employed in the office of the Governor, and that another of the prisoners was an overlooker of the colliery. Now he (Lord Wharneliffe) again stated that he did not place much reliance upon those state ments ; but the first question he felt inclined to ask was whether those statements were true, and whe ther in point of fact they had been better treated than the other prisoners ?—( Hear, hear.) Secondly, whether any instructions had, in point of fact. been sent from her Majesty's Government upon the 1 subject ; and, lastly, whether they had received any despatches from Sir John Franklyn. If the answer were that instructions had been sent to, and des patches received from, Sir John Franklyn, then lie would wish to see them before he formed a judgment upon this matter, but he thought that all their Lordships would agree that the thing ought not to be left in the state it was at present, and that the impression ought not to be allowed to remain that those men had been treated with favour after having had their sentence commuted. The public ought to be assured, the prisoners' guilt hexing been established, and the enormity of their crime not having been disputed by anybody, that they would, be treated in a manner that that crime deserved. At present he made no charge against her Majesty's Go vernment, but would be most happy to hear any expla• nation that could be given. The Marquis of NORMANBY said that before he proceeded to the precise question which the Noble Lord had put, he begged to say that he felt extremely obliged to him, as he had no doubt all their Lordships felt, for recalling to their minds the opinion of the Le irned Judge as to the nature and enormity of the crime committed When this question was discussed in that House, after the Judge's decision, it was announced, on the part of her Majesty's Government, that it was not intended to exe cute the extreme sentence of the law, but that they would take care that the next sentence, viz., transporta tion for life, was carried into effect. Upon that occasionhe repeated not only the language of the Learned Judge, but his own opinion as to the enormity of the crime which these persons had committed—the offence not merely of high treason, but of high treason under very aggravated circumstances ; and all that he had heard and seen since that period, had tended to convince him of the justice of the punish ment that was inflicted, and that it was through the insane selfishness of these persons that the evil spread to such fearful extent. His Noble Friend asked him, first, as to the truth of the report which had been made of these persons having been no longer treated as convicts, but employed in Government offices; next, whether any special instructions in reference to them had been sent out by the Government ; and lastly, what information, if any, had been received from Sir J. Franklyn, upon the subject. No time had been lost by her Majesty's Government in showing their determination to carry into effect that secondary punishment, which had been recommended as a substitute for the capital one. The circumstances were so recently in the recollectio n of the public that it was almost unnecessary to recur to them. In Feb ruary the Mandarin sailed from Portsmouth, and no special instructions were given as to the treatment. The usual code of instruction was rigidly adhered to, and on their arrival there, it was utterly out of the question that the Governor could give a ticket of leave, which amounted to the first step to a conditional pardon until a certain time bad expired. With regard to their having been allowed their own clothes, he really was nut aware whet the rule upon that subject was ; but they had a letter from Frost himself to a friend in this country complaining that he and his companions were compelled to wear the ordinary convict's dress.—( Hear, bear.) With regard to the treatment ;in the colony, he had a letter from Sir John Franklyn, dated the 8d of July, in which he acknowledged the arrival of the male conv i cts by the Sligo and Mandarin, and that they had been placed in the penal gangs on the roads, with the exception of Frost, Williams, and Jonas, who had been sent to Tasman's Peninsula.— (Hear, hear.) Now, it appeared that this was usually done to convicts who had misconducted them selves on the voyage, and therefore the Governor had thought it necessary to state that they were not sent there for the purpose of being tortured. With regard to Frost being appointed a clerk, he believed it was sometimes difficult to procure clerks for those remote districts ; and in such cases it was not unusual to employ persons of a better style of education to act as clerks, and this person being more accustom e d t o write than to dig it was very posr ihle that he had been so employed. If such turned out to be the arse, no doubt it was done by Sir John Franklyn, according to the usual and common course, and was not intended in the way of a favour. If such were the case, he had certainly misconceived the intentions of the Go vernment at home ; and if it were out of the ordinary course, he would have reported it at once. He was glad that his Noble Friend had given him an opportunit y o f correcting the misreprescati , tiom that existed upon that IRISH LICENSED VICTUALLERS. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that on Tuesday, the Dth of February, he would move for certain returns relative to the Licensed Victuallers of Ireland. RAILNVAYS. On the motion of Lord G. SOMERSET, a num ber - of returns relating to Rai:ways were ordered, but the motion was read in so indistinct a tone that we could not guess at the particulars. HEALTH OF TOWNS. Mr. 2.IACKINNON gave notice that on Friday next he would call the attention of the House to the Report of the Committee on the Health of Towns. LABOUR IN THE WEST INDIES. Mr. MACKINNON also gave notice that on a fu ture day he would move for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the necessity of importing labourers into our West Indian Colonies. PRINCE ALBERT AND THE IRISH RE- PEA LERS. Captain POLHILL wished to ask the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies if he was aware of a letter addressed to " B. M. Rae, Eig.," and dated from " Buckingham Palace, January the 20th, 1841," and signed " G. E. Anson," returning thanks, on the part of Prince Albert, to the " Loyal Repeal Association of Ireland," for their address of congratulation on the birth of the Princess Royal.-- (Hear, hear, hear.) He (Captain Polhill) wished to ask the Noble Lord whether he was aware of such a letter having been written ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he was not aware of such a letter having been written. He had never heard of it until it was mentioned by the lion. Gentleman. Captain POLHILL then gave notice that he would repeat the question on Tuesday next, when he hoped the Noble Lord would be prepared to say whether the letter was genuine or not.—( Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said that if the Hon. Gentle man gave notice of any question as to any act done by the advice of her Majesty's Ministers, he would be pre pared to reply. But he could not undertake to be so prepared in reference to any act done by Prince Albert. (Hear, hear.) FINANCE. On the question that the House go into Committee of Supply, Mr. H U ME gave notice that o❑ a future occasion, video the questio❑ of supply came substantially before the House, he would make a motion for the purpose of bringing the finances of the country under consideration. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that on Monday next he would put a question to her Majesty's Govern ment, relative to a treaty, which he saw by the papers of that day, had been entered into with what was called the State of Tcxis. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, and the Report was ordered to be brought in on Monday next. COPYRIGHT BILL. On the motion of Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, the Order of the Day for the adjourned debate on the Copyright Bill having been read, Mr. - WARBURTON wished that the Hon. and Learned Member would offer some observations to the House, explaining the nature of the Bill, which he pro posed to introduce. lie was sure the House would gladly listen to him on the subject. Sergeant TALFOURD would, with permission of the House, detain them for a few minutes on the question. lie thanked the Hon. Member for the opportunity he bad given him of offering some expla nations to the House, though he should not enter into the discussion of the merits of the case. lie would simply call to the recollection of the House an outline of the history of the Bill. He had, on five different occa sions, moved for leave to bring in that Bill, and it had been so frequently opposed, that it must have received ample attention from the House. It had received the sanction of considerable majorities. Oa one occasion more than three hundred Members had recorded their votes on the subject, and he found that there had then been a majority of nearly two to one in favour of the principle of the mea sure.—(Hear.) Under those circumstances he would appeal to the House whether he was not justified in abstaining at that stage of the question from entering into any discussion of the merits ; and whether he had not a fair, a just, and a Parliamentary claim to move that the Bill should be introduced for the purpose of re ceiving their consideration. The Bill had also been the sub ject of numerous petitions from both sides of the House and he might say from almost all the great or naments of our literature. When he coupled with the presentation of those petitions the support which the measure had received by the votes of the House, he could not help thinking there was sufficient reason why the motion he was making should be granted, and why it should be followed by the introduction of the Bill into the House. It was rather remarkable that notwithstand ing the zeal—and, he was sure, the honest zeal—with which his Hon. Friend hail oppoSed the Bill, he had never consented fairly to take the sense of the House on the subject, on its first introduction. Oa the contrary, his Honourable Friend had been present on two former occasions, when be had brought in the measure, though he had not sought to prevent its being laid before the House. He thought he would be doing injustice to those whose interests he advocated, if be consented to have the measure discussed at that early stage. lle would !imply call on the House to allow him to bring in his Bill as a matter of justice which he could hilly claim, awl lie trusted the House would iceognize that claim, :Ind that the motion for leave to bring in the Bill, if opposed by his lion.Fricnd, would be carried by a large majority.—(hear, hear.) Mr. \VARBURTON wished that the lion. 'Mem ber would inform the House whether the Bill he pro posed to introduce contained the same provisions as his former Bills. stated lue A r l ß r S h i s a e ti be had :n d t T a Ai introducedneldt°helj s i taonD had a l e the provisionsalreadysubject. distinctly as the Mr. \VARBURTON had expected that the Hon. 1 and Learned Gentleman would have stated whether the PRICE sd. Bill which he now wished to introduce was of the same character, and contained the sama provisions, as tip; Bills which he had introduced on this subject in former Sessions. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD bad, he thought, ex , plainer' the other evening that the Bill was in all respects similar to that of last Session. Mr. WARBURTON was then to understand that the Bill was of a precisely similar character. The Hon. and Learned Member had alluded to the support which that Bill had already received, and the majo rities by which it bad been carried on the se cond reading. 'What he (Mr. \V.) complained of, as he had stated the other night, and which he was happy again to state in the presence of more than one Cabinet Minister, was that when the measure had been before introduced, either on its introduction or on its second reading, Cabinet Ministers or the Attorney-Gen eral or Solicitor-General had said that they were entirely opposed both to the principle and the details of the Bill, hut that they thought it uncivil to the lion. and Learned Member not 'to allow him to introduce his Bill, and that therefore they should vote for the second reading, in ardor to allow the Hen. and Learned Gentleman to get his Bill into Committee, it: order that the details of it might be considered ; and on that principle, not on the merits of the Bill itself, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had obtained the great majorities to which he had alluded. Now he (Mr. Warburton) had certainly expected the presence of those Right Honourable and Honourable Gentle men when the Bill was in Committee, but so far from that, when the Bill had come into Committee he had been left to fight the battle single-handed. But Ile believed that on any occasion when the Bill came to be. fully considered the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would fiad that the great majority in that House was against him ; therefore he contended that he (Mr. Warburton) had been unfairly treated—( Hear, hear)—and therefore he hoped that or bat had occurred in former years would not be likely to happen again. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman had stated that he considered himself unfairly treated ' by his (Mr. Warburton's) opposing the Bill at the pre sent stage ; but he begged to remind the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that, except on the last occa sion, a discussion had always taken place on his moving for leave to bring in his Bill. There was no division upon his moving for leave to bring in that Bill, but there was a discussion upon it ; be ( Mr. W.) recollected the attendance of Members that took place upon the nights which the Hon. Member had chosen for going on with the Bill ; they were either just after Easter, or upon the Derby Day, when it was certain there would be few, if any, Members present. Now, he (Mr. Warburton) had chosen a night for his opposition to the measure when it was almost certain there would be a full attendance, and therefore he thought the lion. and Learned Member had no right to complain of the course he harl adopted. At the outset of the present question the Hon. and Learned Member and himself were completely at issue. The Hon. Member stated that the following was the principle upon which he founded his defence to the Bill, namely, that it was an unwarrantable encroachment on the natural rights of property which every man had in the productions of his own mind ; and that when it was considered that all other property was placed under the safeguard of the law, the same protection should be extended to those works of genius which enlightened the community, exalted the national character, and added to the powers and resources of the country. The prin ciple the Hon. and Learned Member set up was the in herent right in every man to his mental labour, that he thought antecedent to all other considerations, so that in short the principle was, that whatever a man produced by his own hands and his own mind was his, and his only.—(Hear.) He did not acknowledge such a thing es natural rights. He only acknowledged rights growing out of conve nience and general expediency. He did not confine himself to simply denying the existence of these rights as a proposition ; but he would say that he could not acknowledge this Wat Tyler doctrine, that whatever a man produced by his own hands was his, and his alone. Suppose ho applied that doctrine to the general produc tion of men's labour, what would be the consequence ? Why there would be no such thing as taxes—no such thing as rent. Men who cultivated the fields did not receive the profits of their own labour. In short the matter did not admit of a moment's consideration. All the profits of labour were to be considered in the light °fa ques tion of expediency. j? In every case it w as e x p e di ency th a t governed the disposal of those profits. Take the French law of inneritance. In that country a man, even at his death, could not dispose of property solely as lie desired. In other countries the laws interfered more directly, especially in the disposal of literary pro perty. There they were entitled to interfere with the authol's right, even before the first publication, and that arose from a far different view of the question being taken than was now sought to be established. The doctrine of giving a'l the profits of their mental labour to authors could not, he insisted, be admitted for a moment. It was that po sition of antecedent natural right which authors had to the production of their own labour, that was the foun dation of the opinions laid down by the Judges before the House of Lords upon the question of copyright. It was also the foundation of the opinions of the Judges in the cases reported in Fuller's Report. Not once had the Judges who said there was a Com mon Law right to literary property antecedent to the statute of Anne, prctcnded to say they could found that position on any previous decision which had taken place in the Courts of Justice. Mr. Justice Gascoigne said " Our Common Law has its foundation in private jus tice, moral fitness, and public convenience," and it was on that doctrine and not on precedent that the Judges laid down the Common Law on the sub ject. The Judges and the Hon. and Learned Member were therefore at issue, their determination of the Coffi n-lon Law right being founded solely on expediency. Therefore it was on the ground of expediency alone the subject ought to be considered. The question had been brought before the French Chamber of Peers, and two reports bad been made on the subject, and this antecedent natural right which the Hon. and Learned Member advocated had been set up, but he (Mr. Warburton) was glad to find that the Minister of Public Instruction had abandoned this ground, and founded his plan solely on the question of expediency. This being the case, it was on the ques tion of expediency this question must be argued, and in considering the question of expediency, they must con sider the interest of authors, the interest of publishers, and the interest of the public. In considering the in terest of authors, they were bound to consider what was their interest under the present law. The present law gave authors a copyright in their works cf 28 years cer tain from the time of publication, and if an author live longer than 98 years he had a copyright during the re mainder of his life. 'lois the Hon. Gentleman did not think suflicent. He would not, likebim (Mr. W.)considir then their interests collectively, but those of authors alone. He (Mr. Warburton) was ready to admit there might be inconvenience in certain cases under the present lan and in case of an author having prepared a new edition of his work with improvements, and dying before publication, he • would in such cases give a further term of copyright for five years, to give the improved edition priority of publication to reprints of the old edition ,of the work by publishers generally, but this also would not satisfy the Hon. and L:arned Gentleman. Authors were not contented with five years, or with thirty years, as. was the case in Prussia, and in the proposed new law of Copyright in France, but the Hon. and Learned Member said that they must have sixty years after the author's death, and nothing lass would satisfy them. Various other amendments had been proposed in Committee, but nothing less than sixty years would satisfy the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. The present copyright lasted for 28 years at least ; at what were they to estimate the additional term of the author's life end the 60 years which were proposed now to be given ? Why, at the most moderate estimate, from SO to 90 years at least must elapse before the copyright would revert to the public. It would be :30 or 90 years at least before they would give to: the public the inestimable advantage which must be derived from the free publication of w s ?.'" v ii, l s t . When the question had been last discussed the _E very properly and Learned Member for Ripon bve properly characterized the Hon. and Learnedo Gen tleman's 13111 as tantamount to a perpetual . copyright, and and how could be considered oth_erlwv.oisrek,s would be y recollected what a small numbe f r f o tv tears? But su I worth republication after alap pose they conceded to the liOn se .a o nd ni rea'r ) ned Ns G ro e u n i t d le t m h a a p n: and his supporters the present measure_ ? satisfy them ? In accepting 60 years they say that they are still subjecting the author to injustice by depriving him of a perpetual copyright ; but that was not all, for he found from the work of the American author to which he had before alluded, that it was not a mere copy , right that would satisfy them. lie claimed, besides the exclusive right of multiplying copies, the exclusive right of reading works. That author said that it might be ' come an important question, whether the purchaser of a book had a right to assemble multitudes together to read to them the contents of a work unaccompanied by protection to the copyright. Therefore if they once opened the door to this claim of copy right there was no knowing to what extent its supporters might carry their fantastic notions of ex •elusive right as well to reading as to multiplying copies of a work. He would next come to the effects which the proposed law would have on the interests of authors them selves. He found I passage in a report of Minister MORNING ELATION. of Public Instruction in France, to the Chamber of Deputies, in which he very properly stated the exten sion of copyright beyond a moderate term of years would be attended with effects injurious to authors them selves in the highest and most elevated view that could be taken of the subject. It would injure them in this particular, that it would afford great facilities towards the suppression and mutilation of their works. That was not an imaginary evil—it was one which had recently occurred in an edition of the works of one who, like the mover of the Bill, was himself a distinguished poet (Shelley, we believe). A similar event had taken place in the case of the poem of Joan of Arc, which, in the recent edition published by the author, was given to the public with many suppressions. And yet by the proposed Bill all the passages of that work could not appear for a period perhaps of ninety years in the form which would be most acceptable to the friends of liberty. —(Hear.) The Bill would therefore enable the descendants of authors to prevent the public from profiting by their reading works of genius. An lion. and Learned person—Sir James Dalrymple, who was counsel for the defendants in the Scotch case before the House of Lords—had characterised the Licensing Act as " a base compromise between pub lishers having regard to their interests, and the Court having a view to politics." Did th e y never k now suppression take place from political motives ? ( Hear.) Let Hon. Members that did not, look to the correspondence of Pepys, and there they would see the reason for the suppression of some of the works of Mil ton. It was, therefore, not only authors and relatives of authors but ministers and crowned heads that bad an interest in suppressing works, from private and political motives. Various arguments had been adduced on former occcasions by the Hon. and Learned Member to show that the Bill introduced would not only be favourable to authors but to their descendants, so that if his Copyright Bill had existed years before, they should have Milton's works in the hands of his de scendants, and Shakspcare's works in the hands of his. He (Mr. Warburton) had endeavoured to show that the greater part of authors were either necessitous or were not acquainted with the value of their works. But he believed the generality of literary works were disposed of with considerable advantage to authors themselves. 'file term of years during which copyright, under the existing law, existed, was twenty.eight years. During that period the author might improve the first edition, and suppose at the expiration of that time, namely, the first twenty-eight years the author would have an exclusive right to the work, the term would be ex tended to fifty-six years. Now, suppose thirty years were allowed fOr the life of an author, and the above period of fifty six years were added to that time, the right would be extended to eighty years. Now the works of the present day were of the most flimsy character, generally speaking, and few were of such a character that, after the expiration of fourteen years, would fetch anything like a good price in the market. Authors did not now-a-days labour as of old to compose works that would be handed down to posterity. They seldom produced works that would merit a reward being given to them at the age of eighty-five years, and unless they did, the question of copy right should be adjust, d in a far different way than was now sought to he done. They bad the reports of former years, in which publishers informed Committees of the House that works, as they were generally penned, were not in ci:- culation for more than from fourteen to twenty years. Having sad thus much he would only say a few words on the interest of the public. This was an interest the Hon. and Learned Gentleman entirely repudiated and dis c'aimed, at least so he ( Mr.W.) was given to understand. But as an illustration on this point he would refer to the monopoly of printing the Bible. if ever there was a work of which the sale ought to be extensive—if ever there was a work which ought to be afforded to the public at the cheapest poisible rate, with the least portion of profit, it ought to be so in the case of the Bible, the monopoly of which was in the hands of the Queen's Printer and the Universities. lie had read the statements of those gentlemen who had advocated the doing away with the monopoly as well in England as in Scotland ; and from rhos© statements he found that they would reduce the present cost of publication by a very large per centaga ; and he took that as a conclusive example that the granting the monopoly of publication was not likely to cheapen the pries of works. Teerefore, as as a friend to the public, wishing that after a fair remuneration bad been given to the author, which was secured to him by the present law, these works should be given to the public at those moderate prices which free competition ensured, he opposed this measure of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman as unjust and injurious. He implored the House to consider that if they suffered this Bill to pass vested interests would arise under it, which would render it impossible for them to ret-ace their steps, unless they went to the enormous expense of buying up all existinss copyrights, as, if it were law for only a single Session, legal settlements would take place on copyrights, in the same manner as on land or any other description of property, which would render it impossi ble for them ever again to stand on the ground which they now occupied.—( Hear.) For these reasons ho should oppose the motion. Mr. HUME wi,lied to say that he considered he was doing an Act for the benefit of the public at large in opposing tic introduction of the Bill. He argued with his Hon. Friend that the period to which the pri vilege of copyright should he extended, was a matter for the most serious consideration. But when ho looked to the profits which authors had heretofore derived from their labours, he considered the monopoly they at present enjoyed es amply remunerating. The proposed Bill would increase the difficulties of acquiring knowledge, and thus seriously injure the community. When the pub lication of Bibles was confined in Scotland to certain printers they were forty per cent. dearer than they were now that the monopoly had been abolished. For these reasons be hoped that the House would not countenance the introduction of the measure. The gallery was then cleared, and the House divided, whm there appeared, For leave to bring in the Bill 142 Against it 3O Majority Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. P 0 R-L WS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Poor-law Commission for a time to be limited, and far the further amendment of the laws relating to the poor in England. The Noble Lord stated that he proposed by the Bill to extend the authority of the Commissioners for ten years. Mr. GRIMSDITCH rose, and said that he should feel it is duty to oppose the motion. When the Noble Lord introduced the Bill before, he gate a pledge that he would never again attempt to renew the authority cf the Commissioners, and under those circumstances he (Mr. Grimsditeh) was rather surprised at the present motion. He thought the conduct of the Commissioners had been such as to bring confusion into almost every part of the kingdom. It had certainly been so in the North, with which he (Mr. Grimsditch) was most intimately acquainted. He could point out many instances in which this law had worked injuriously, creating great discon tent, adding to rather than lessening the burden upon the public, and making the condition of the poor worse then it was before. The results of the inquiries which had been made throughout the country, had been to convict the masters of workhouses of gross oppression. The Honourable Member then proceeded to state that many inconveniences had arisen from the districts being too large to admit of proper management. He was acquainted with Unions which extended ovtr a district of ten miles. It was impossible that a Union of such extent should be properly governed. Ile also com plained that the number of Assistant-Commissioners was nearly double what were originally proposed to be appointed. Mr. WAKLEY said that there could be no doubt that the present law would admit of an amendment being introduced into it, but if the Noble Lord wished to teke the sense of the Neese on the present motion, he should divide it into two parts. The two legitimate parts representing the s ubject to be considered were one to amend nod the other to extend the commission, Ha did expect that the Noble Lord would state, as far as be could learn it from the Commissioners, the full development of the effects which the existing law produced on the interests of the people. He expected that the Noble Lord would satisfy the 'louse of the necessity of the changes proposed, but he left them in utter ignorance of the necessity of those changes. Ile had expressed a hope that the Noble Lord would not object to put the proposition in two parts—one re specting the continuance of the Poor-law Commis sioners, and the other relative to the amendment of the existing law ; by his so doing the House would know how to vote, but if the Noble Lord declined to adopt the course which he (Mr. Wakley) suggested, lie in consenting to the introduction of a Bill for pro perly amending the existing law, begged to state, that when other proposals were made with reference to tho other Bill he would oppose it in all its stages. The Commissioners had failed in giving satisfaction to the country. The institution must be considered a useless and most expensive one ; the people would not grudge expense if they felt that the law was satisfactory to the I nor, but the late was regarded as a harsh and in human lase. It was considered to be a law unsuited to the charitable and kindly disposition of the people of this country. lie was amazed that a Ministey calling itself a Reformed Ministry, and relying for support on the good wishes -of the people, would propose a Poor law of that nature, and would propose its continuance, alter the experience of its pernicious, and, in his opi nion, cruel working. The present law took from the people the administration of their own affairs in the matter that concerned their own interest in an especial manner, and deprived them of the means of applying their own money in charities to the objects that cause under their observation in the different localities 'of the places which they frequented. Was the Noble Lord prepared, he would ask, to show the necessity of con tinuing the Commission ? Vzia the law to be in the mo 4 gIS' Otit ea,