The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-29 00:00:00

MORVING EDITION led to the state in which the country and the House stood.—(Hear.) Let not the House be alarmed if he went so far back as the year 1825. He would not do so, if the Right Hon. Meinber for Tamwurth had not adverted, on Monday night, to the opinions givou at that time on cer tain subjects by the Hon. and learned Member for Dublin. It was perfectly true that, in 1825, he (Mr. Shiel), stated it to be his opinion that 40s. freeholders should be abolished. At that time the 40s. freeholders had not thrown off the yoke. They fulfilled the prediction of the Duke of Wellington, when he said in the Irish Parliament, that he was sure the 40s. free holders would vote with their landlords. In 1825 the change had not taken place, which subsequently did. It was quite true that in that year the opinions of the gentlemen who were deputed by the Irish people to this country, were favourable to the suppression of the 40s. freeholders. They were anxious to have the Catholic question settled. He was sure the Hon. Baronet lamented very much, as they certainly did, that that opportunity hadnot been seized by the Tory Government to come to some settlement of that question. Well, that propo sition was rejected. He (Mr. Shiel) owned that he was sur prised that the Hon. Baronet adverted to the circumstances which then took place, because he was sure, when concessions were made a few years 'afterwards, under a strong exercise of a pressure from without, the Hon. Baronet must have felt that it would have been better if that question had been settled before such. .excitement had taken place, as to make the concession aprear to be the result of a feeling different from that in which all concessions are made. Well, the deputies felt that they had but this resource—namely, to avail themselves of the energies which the Irish people pos sessed. The 40s. freeholders were roused. The Waterford election took plaee. Victory after victory was soon gained by the popular party. Then it was that the power of the 40s. freeholders was developed, and not till then. The Hon. Baronet at length perceived that the settlement of the Catholic question was indispensable. Alight he intimate to the Hon. Baronet that he could not help feeling surprised that he (Sir R. Peel) entered into an encounter with the Irish people. From the Irish people on that occasion he met with a most signal defeat. No man felt more regret than he (Mr. Shiel) did that the Hon. Baronet did not continue in the course of policy which he adopted when he made the concession alladed to. No compact had 'been made with the Irish people. His Hon: and Learned Friend the Member for Dublin, when the subject was last under discussion, mentioned a fact which was of the utmost importance, namely, that there was a great meet ing at the Thatched House Tavern, of the men in whom the greatest confidence was reposed by the Irish people, and they agreed that Catholic Emancipation should not be obtained at the sacrifice of the 40s. freeholders. The Right Hon. Baronet admitted that the sacrifice of the 40s. freeholders was not the result of a compact. There was a protest entered by the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Fos eign Affairs, and by the Noble Lord, the Alember for North Lancashire, against the solvent tenant test. In a speech of the Noble Lord, he con demned the solvent tenant test as establishing too high a franchise.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") The man who made the protest against the solvent tenant test, was the man who had the Irish Bill in his hands, and he struck out out the solvent tenant test. Could :he deny that? In his answer to the Judge Advocate, the Noble Lord said, when called on to account for the speech that he made in the year 1832, that he could not account for it—that it was a misprint— that the reporters had made a mistake. But he would not attempt to account for leaving out the solvent tenant test. Lord Oriel was so convinced of the injurious tendency of the solvent tenant test, that he divided the House of Lords upon it. He (Mr. Shiel) would go for the interpretation of the Reform Act not to the opponents of it. He would go to the Liberal Judges of the land for the interpretation of it: By their decision he would abide. The Judges were divided on the subject; and, coupling all those facts, he would say, it was incumbent on the House to settle the question. The Honour.- able Baronet, the Member for Tamworth, said that they ought ought not to build a new house, but repair the old one. He (Mr. Shiel) would say they ought to build a new one, but upon the old foundation—upore the foundation on which the Reform Bill was raised. The Hon. Baronet fouted fault with the Government fur not introducing,a Billto define the benefi cial interest. Had not the Noble Loid (Lord Howick) voted for Sir Michael O'Loghlen's ?—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Baronet was therefore in , the wrong, when he said that no attempt had been made on this question by the Government, because an attempt . had been made again and again by the Government to define the beneficial interest. The Noble Lord (Stanley) found the majority of the Judges in Ireland in favour of the solvent tenant test, and he calcu lated that the minority who dissented would ultimately agree with the decision of the majority. That was the opinion of the Noble Lord. He then brought in the Bill, which did not define the franchise ; but since that time the Chief Baron had announced that he could not agree with the majority of the Judges. This being the case, it was manifest that the Bill of the Noble Lord could not be adopted. The Government wire then driven to bring in a Bill, in which the franchise was to be defined. What h a the Government done? They had got a series of returns from the Poor-law Commissioners, by which it was manifest that the rate was uniformly below the rent. It was perfectly preposterous to make the excess of the rate above the rent a test of the qualification.—( Hear, hear.) He could not understand why the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth, meant to insist that there should be an excess of the rate above the rent ; but if he did, it was ma nifest that 5-6ths of the constituency of Ireland would be disfranchised. (Hear, hear.) He was surprised that no Honourable Member on the other side of the House had yet stated whether they would adopt the rate as a founda tion for the franchise. The Learned Recorder of Dublin had stated that the rate mostly exceeded the rental. He (Air. Shiel) was obliged to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman for his candour.—( Hear.) He would pray the attention of the House to this. The Recorder had stated that the excess of the rate would be above the rent, and yet the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth, the other night, said that the rate was almost uniformly below the rent. They ought not to make the excess, of the rate beyond the rent the test of the franchise. He thought the Hon. Baronet ought to tell the House what he thought ought to be done—( Cheers and laughter) —especially as the Noble Lord beside him had undertaken to legislate for the country. He (Mr. Shiel) had shown that the definition of the franchise was indispensible, as the Judges of the land were divided on the question. When the state of things was such as was admitted, and when Hon. Gentlemen on the opposite side found fault with Government, he thought they ought to say what rate they would adopt. It was obvious that the Noble Lord's (Lord Stanley's) could not be adopted, for by it the evils which at present existed would remain unreme died. Were they, then, to leave the constituency of Ire land in the state in which it now was ? Theie had been much controversy on the state of the constituency in Ireland, but documents had been laid on the table of the House which laid that matter at rest. The Noble Member for North Lancashire, when introducing his Bill, used the most offensive terms. He talked of the extent to which perjury was committed in Ireland. The Noble Lord introduced a Bid, the effect of which would be to reduce the constituency still lowei than it was shown to be. The county of Waterford had a popu lation of 150,000, and a constituency of only 803. In a dis trict of Ireland which contained one million of inhabitants, the constituency only amounted to about 4,000. He did not ask them to restore the 40s. freeholders, but they ought to place Ireland, with respect to advantages, on a footing analagous with that of England.. The poverty of Ireland was used to serve the purposes of debate. The Irish people had a right to an entire ,participation in those advantages of which England was in the full fruition._( Hear. ) It is true, continued the Hon. and Learned Member, that Ireland is not a rich country, but Ireland possesses some great qualifications for a large constituency. Ireland has made great and signal advances, and to a country which in every thing re specting social power is making such advances, to a country which has arisen from servitude to high mindedness, and has put off the habitude of depression, to a country in which great courage and determination is combined, as it is, with great morality and sobriety, to a c ountry which almost as by a • mire, le has given you signal proof of its social improvement, I say to such a country you ought to concede a very different franchise—to such a country you ought not to award the con stituency the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire has prepared for them, Between the Bill of the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, and that of the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire, this House m us t e l ect. F or mark, has the Noble Lord th e Member for North Lanca shire given up his Bill ? Does he not persevere in it with all its vices ? Does he not still insist upon appeals to the Judges ? Does he not still insist upon annual revision? Does he not insist upon that system of oaths which gives rise to that " vil lanous perjury" he so much laments? And, under these cir cumstances, what course is the House to take ? Take the Bill of the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire and you take ambiguity, confusion, and agitation ; but take the Bill of the Secretary tor Ireland and you take a Bill which fixes the franchise by a definitive standard, you take a Bill which sets the conflict ing statements of the law at rest, you take a Bill by which oaths are suppressed and perjury put an end to, you take a Biil by which the dissensions 'of the Judges cease, and you will then show your solicitude for the rights of the peo ple of Ireland, and afford them the most perfect satisfaction. —(Loud cheers.) Sir R. PEEL explained, and quoted some evidence of Mr. O'Connell in 1825, containing objections to the 40s. franchise, and contended that upon such evidence the Legislature of the day had a right to draw the inference they did of the evils of the system. Mr. HUME said that although he had been accused of ig norance through not being an Irishman, he Mew that by this clause no one could vote without a lease, and as the landlords would not give leases, the consequence would be that the clause would be one of disfranchisement. After a few words from Mr. W. ROCHE, which were in audible, Mr. O'CONNELL said he hoped the House would allow him to trespass on its attention for a short time, as he had been strongly alluded to by the Noble Lord and the Right Hon. Gentleman. He should be sorry that his Hon. Friend the Mem berelam'efor Kilk enny s h ou l d persevere in his intention to divide the l-1u e e . he lt y, w e alto te ta e ll t y hat i unnecessary, twasan a tli fo r r m if at h i e ve w c o la u u ld se l7 a k nd in th to er th e. e fore that It might • e alter the present one add the clause giving even tenants-at -will the right to vote,• the sum by oily one shilli provided they varied sary for him then to divide n n , ie so Ho th u at it was totally unneces terial whether he took that immateri se i • It was not very imma terialma- division it wouldbe, because asa the division—for an he Right Hon. Baronet and the Government would vote against him he whatever of a majority. He (Mr. O'Connell s had no chance had fallen from the Noble Lord (Ru sse l l) wit?, had heard what yet not without regret. There was in his s great pleasure, speech an exp tion of some of those principles applicable to the ev of Ireland, which if carried into effect would eTenrnment did not think the Noble Lord' s s • I 9ently useful; but he mulcation the conduct of the Reform Ministry in 1c32 wa s satisfacter The Noble Lord went into the history of the 40 g. and of its abolition, but he was not accurate in s „ in e _ that the 40s. franchise was abolished on his (Mr. cecr;on! nell's) evidence, nor was the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir Fe Peel in such a statement. He referred him to the very first answer he (Mr. O'Connell) had given, and which with the permission of the. House he would read. He (Mr. O'Con nell) spoke of the different franchises in Ireland, under a lease, and did not speak of the 40s. franchise as in England. Being asked what would correct the evils of tho 40s. fran chise, he answered—"lt is difficult to answer that question, the system of the 40s. freeholders in Ireland, is different from that. in this country. There are, however, 40s. freeholders in Ireland, and with these I suppose nobody would meddle."— ( Hear, hear.) The Hon. si, mber proceeded to read several other quotations to a similar effect, and proceeded—but the Right Hon. Baronet said the 40s. freehold was abolished as a measure of Reform. It was the only instance in which the Right Hon. Baronet had shown himself a Parliamentary Re former. It was not because they were Catholics, but because there n ere social evils connected with it, that the Right lion. Baronet became a Parliamentary Reformer. And what was the effect? He reformed by totally destroying. But was that a reason why the House should not now take into consideration the extension of the franchise in Ireland to a similar class? During the p er i o d f rom 1825 to 1829 the abuses in the exercise of this franchise ceased, and the 40s. freeholders displayed their existed patriotism. Whi le these abuses emancipation • was refused on the terms of correcting the abuse. Had this been done a political slumber and apathy would have'. passed over Ireland, and the p of Ireland would n o t h ave found it necessary to make further 6 he e P exertions. The Right H on. Baronet refused the au. icious moment. He roused th e sp i r i t and genius of the people of Ireland, and was compelled to grant them unfettered and un shackled emancipation. But the 40s. freeholders who shared in the battle were not allowed to partake in the triumph —th e were annihilated and destroyed. Then came the Reform Bill, and here he (Mr. O'Connell) complained of the Noble Lord different manner. During the essistenocof' thelOs. freeholders in Ireland, there was an immense alattie of the franchise ; and the tight of voting was exercised in a manner that had never been contemplated for the purpose of carrying an election. One source of abuse was the intimidation of landlords, under a strong political feeling that power was broken, or as the Right Hon. Gentleman Opposite (Sir R. Peel) termed it, the weapon snapped in their hands, and the great body of Roman Catholic voters exercised the franchise in behalf of persons who held their own political opinions. It was then stated that the franchise was wrongly placed; that an immense number of fictitious freeholds had been created, and that it was necessary to place the franchise in more independent hands. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite proposed a plan for that purpose, and looking to allthe information which had been afforded, he could not concur in what was done by the Government of that day. The Right Hon. Gentleman had asserted that there was an immense number of persons exercising this freehold franchise, and he had argued that, comparing the number of voters in England and Ireland, the number in Ireland was so large that it was impossible but that the franchise was abused ; and he had proposed that the franchise should be raised to 101. a year instead of 40s. Now in raising the franchise to 101. a year he thought the difference between an English 40.5. freehold and an Irish 40s. freehold was totally lost sight of. It was clear that the franchise had been much more restricted in In land than was anticipate d. However fair the Acts of 1829 and 1832 might have been been framed, it was now abundantly evident that they had committed many mistakes in settling the county franchise in Ireland. In 1831 and 1832, when the Noble Lord opposite brought in the Irish Reform bill, it was matter of reproach to him that he called upon the House to legislate without any information, and Mr. Croker then said he supposed the Noble Lord would lay the informa tion upon the table the stay after the debate, even as the Government of the pre sent day were taunted ; but the fact eras, there was no precedent for either case, and they were obliged to legislate upon general principles. In attempting to settl the franchise, they were compelled to adopt one that was new, in order to avoid introducing one which had already led to the loss of all former Bills; therefore they had adopted the occupation and rating franchise. It was well un derstood that the landlords in England called upon their 501. tenants for their vote, and that without much evil to society,* because they did not differ much among themselves, but it teas very different in Ireland. There the landlords might, from conviction, have an anxious desire to support the Pi otast tnt religion, or wish to support a party not generally supported by the majority of the people of Ireland, entirely in opposition to the convictions and feelings of their tenants, who must either come up and record their vote in opposition to their con sciences, or give an honest vote at the risk of losing their holdings. In his opinion, the Si. rating, with a fourteen years' lease', would be in an independent position to give his vote according to his feelings and conscience. They had been anxious to chose that right of voting which presented the least of evil, and that was the clause as it now stood. It was said that many landlords would refuse the fourteen years lease. Un douhtedly they might, but on the other hand, if they made the franchise an occupation one, they would hare the voters driven up to the hustings to vote against their conscience. He was most anxious to see the country so governed as to avoid being brought into that state in which it was previous to 18.9, and for that purpose he was anxious that the people of Ireland should be allowed to govern themselves in their municipal affairs through their corporations—that they should have that check and control over public affairs which they ought to have either in Parliament or out of it. He was convinced that any legislation of that House which attempted to curb the people of Ireland, would entirely fail, and they would lose the best safeguard they had—the best the country had ever enjoyed was only since 1829, from which • epoch the Catholic had a regular and constitutional mode of ex pressing his complaints and asking redress for his grievances—of coming to that House, and if his comp'aints were just, obtain ing redress, if not of having their injustice shown. That was the privilege he wished them to retain, and with that desire he was anxious to see the Bill become the law of the land. Mr. LUCAS would venture to trespass for a few moments on the patience of the House, while he replied to the observa tions of the Noble Lord who had just sat down. The Noble Lord had charged him with having last year supported a pro, position for defining the franchise, while this year he had tV.': posed it. If he had changed his mind on that or any other subject, he would have no hesitation in coming down to the House and openly avowing that change, instead of giving any new proposition a silent acqu i escence . lie had in hi s hand a report of the debate which took place on the occasion to which the Noble Lord had referred, and he had no hesitation' in stating so much ol." it as would place his observations in their true light. The Hon. Member here read some extracts from his remarks upon the subject of beneficial interest. lie had certainly never expressed at that o r _ any other time any observa tions that would give the House' w ides that he wished to sub stitute a rating test for the beneficial interest or solvent tenant test. He had always experienced courtesy-Min the Noble Lord opposite, but he shouldnot accept it own trite present occa sion at the expense of his friends. Sir R. PEEL wished to state the course he intended to take on the question then before the. House as to whether the words " fourteen years " should remain, or the words " one year" be substituted. Ile apprehended that they had now before them the original proposition of the Government. It appeared to him that it would he infinitely fairer and bet ter that they should have the proposal of her Majesty's Go vernment made in that shape which would best meet their own views. It might be that by coalescing with the lion. Member for Kilkenny they might parry the amendment of that Hon. Member ; but he thought it. infinitely better that the Government should be allowed to fill up the blanks in the way they thought best. The course he should take between the proposition for one or for fourteen years was the same he should take upon the proposition of a rating for 51. or for 81., and therefore not being prepared to admit that a tenancy or occupancy from year to year should confer the right of vot ing-, the details being a matter of indifference to him, and yet being unwilling to go to a division without stating to the House what his opinions were, he should on the present occasion give his vote in favour of the original proposition, not because he approved of it, but because he wished to have the details of the measure fully ex plained, it being perfectly notorious that when the great ques tion came to be decided he should give his vote against the clause, Mr. C. WOOD should also feel it his duty to vote against the amendment of the Hon. Member for Middlesex. Nobody was more sensible of the difficulty of finding in any way an in dependent constituency in Ireland than himself, and it was with the view of obtaining an independent class of voters that his Noble Friend the Member for Northumberland had suggested his amendment. The mistake into which many Hon. Members on his (Mr. Wood's) side of the House had fallen on Monday night had since, he had reason to believe, been cleared up, and it was now obvious that the proposal of his Noble Friend was a clear addition to the franchise, without disfranchising one single individual who was enfianchised by the Bill of the Govern ment.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. SHEIL thought the statement of the Hon. , Member for Halifax at variance with the intentions of the Noble Lord the Member for Northumberland. If the statement of the Hon. Member for Halifax was correct, and that the proposition of his Noble Friend was merely that their franchise should be ad ditional to that of the Government, and not exclusive of that franchise, would it not have been the duty of the lion. Mem ber and the Noble Lord to have voted for the proposition made by the Government ?—( Hear, hear.) He questioned whether the Hon. Member for Halifax could reconcile the conduct of the Noble Lord with the statement which he had just made. The Noble Lord had distinctly an nounced to them, when the subject was first discussed in Com mittee, that his proposition should be not only an addition, but a substitution for the plan of the Government, and that he had repeated again and again. The Government p ro p os iti on of an 81. rating was a simpe and single one, but the proposi tion of the Noble Lord was a franchise which depended upon the excess of the rate beyond the rent. That, of course, ex cluded all who were rated at et. but who had not an excess of rating beyond the rent.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped the Hon. Member for Halifax, and the Noble Lord, would set him right, if he had the misfortune. not to understand them. The second proposition of the Noble Lord was for an independent constituency, without a lease ; but that was a point which the Hon. Member for Halifax was not very clear about. He hoped the Hon. Member and the Noble Lord would forgive him, if he ventured not to insinuate, but to state, that they did not appear to possess that knowledge ef Ireland which such a pro position required ; and he 'must also say, with regard to the amendment of his Hon. Friend behind him, although his Hon. Friend was Member for Kilkenny—(Much laughter)._ he did not seem to possess a sufficient knowledge of the charac ter of the tenure in Ireland. He (Mr. Shiel) would not ven ture to pronounce with any great confidence upon the opinions and state of the public mind in Middlesex, and notwithstanding the connection of his Hon. Friend with Kilkenny—(Renewed laughter) —he did not appear to possess the intimate acquaint ance with the state of the people in Ireland which such a proposition requires!. The Noble Lord's clause, which he would term the Chandos clause,or rather,the Howick clause, as applied to the peopl e o f I re l an d , mut t d epen d fu l ly as much upon the eslaeiens of the gentry to the people—upon the character of the gentry and the habits of the people, as .upon the mere question of tenure.—( Hear, hear.) He believed the Noble Lord bad voted for the Chandos clause, having then filled the office of Secretary at War, although Lord Grey had entered his strong protest against that clause. If he recollected right the N o bl e- Lord, in a speech made by him in 1835, complained that th e Chandosclause had not worked well in England, and inveighed against the most scan dalous conduct of the landlords, the Tory party being par ticularly addicted to intimidation. Now what would be the effect of such a clause in Ireland? In England the landlords and tenants generally agreed, but in Ireland they did not, and on that account compulsion must be resorted to, and that was why the Howick clause for Ireland was so strenuously sup_ ported.—( Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Shiel) had spent a larger portion of his life than he ought in very exciting agitation. He knew what landlords could do, and how tenants could resist ; and he could tell them that leases made a very great difference. When there was a lease there .was a barrier be tween the landlord and the tenant, and the rent could be paid. One of the most remarkable incidents in the agitation of the Catholic question was the enormous con tribution for the defence of the persecuted tenants. He knew it had been said that such a collection eould not be made again. But as the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin had said that he did not despair of the fortunes of his country, so he (Mr. Shiel) of the virtues of his countrymen never would de spair ; and he did not entertain a doubt that if ever there was need, the same spirit of lofty generosity would be displayed which corresponded with the sentiments and heroism of former days. Suppose the Noble Lord the Member for Northumber land —and he begged pardon for the hypothesis —suppose he went to a te nant - at-w ill , and asked him for his vote, if the poor fellow told him " I have a wife and a large family, and I shall be served with notice to quit, and turned out, if I vote for you," if the Noble Lord pressed him and had the misfortune to suc ceed, and that a few months afterwards he saw him starving and shivering on the public road, would not the Noble Lord admit, if he had any feeling, that the highest place in the Ca binet could afford him no compensation for such suffering? Lord Grey declared that he regretted the change made by the Chandos clause, because he considered it, to a certain extent, an additional argument in favour of the vote by ballot. The Hon. Member for Lambeth said he called on the Member for Tipperary to define his opinions. He (Mr. Sheil) wag de fining his opinion?. He was speaking of a country with which lie was acquainted. He was speaking of that which he knew— of that with which he was acquainted. The advocates of the bailee might say—" Give us protection, save the tenant-at will from intimidation—give us the Ballot, which is the shield of independence. It may be regarded by some as a colour for falsehood ; but give us the Ballot and we agree." But if they would not give the Ballot, and protection to the tenant whom they ve s ted with th a t p r i v ilege, let them not i n fli ct on him a favour which would make him either a slave or a martyr. Let them not leave him to make a se lection the most painful—a selection that must re duce him to servitude the most ignominious, or to suffering the most disastrous; He (Mr. Shiel) had written to many persons in Ireland who had been, like himself, engaged in agi tation, and there was but one sentiment among them all on the subject. They all concurred in saying that the person having the franchise would be a slave in the midst of disturb ance, and amartyr in the midst of agitation. • He would yens. ture to turn from the topics to which he had just been advert ing to the general matter which was under discussion—namely, to the course which under all circumstances it was wise and just for the House to pursue. He had remarked in the course of the discussion that a great deal of reference had been made to facts ; but the references which had been made to facts were not made with that due attention to order and to method with which they ought. It occurred to him as not inappropriate very briefly to advert to the circumstances which (J. Russell) and his colleagues. He (Mr. O'Connell) opposed that Bill because of its narrow limits and insulting nature. The Noble Lord had said Ireland had received the same ad vantages as England—that, like England, she had got corpo rate reform. but had she got the corporate reform which England had? Ireland was the poorer country, and this crime was committed against her, that whereas the burgess of every town in England who was rated at 6d. was entitled to vote, no burgess could vote in Dublin who was not rated at 101. Why make that distinction, but because they had the power to tyrannise over Ireland, and do her injustice, and exercised it with insolent domination, without reason or argument, and in defiance of the principle which said both countries should be united i nto one ? The Hon. and Learned Member then proceeded to quote returns exhibiting the comparative constituencies of the two countries. Is there an Hon. Gentleman opposite who will say that this is just and right, or that if the case were reversed, and if 95,000aIrishmen had 5,000 voters while one million of Eng lishmen had but 4,000, they would submit to such a state ol things ? If any one did submit to it he would deserve rio other feeling than contempt. He would appeal to the Hotr.e for redress for these anomalies, and he would appeal from the m to the people of Ireland, who would know how to obtain 're dress for themselves if justice were refused them by Parlia ment. Again, the rural population of Wales amounted to 805,000 and the population of Cork to 703,000, whilst 5 f ales had a constituency of 36,833, and the constituency of Cork amounted to no more than 3,835 voters. In the Courts in which he (Mr. O'Connell) practised equality was said to he equity, but he was sure there could be neither equality nor equity in those cases. They had the power to continue this injustice; but would it be.prudent of them to do so? It wias safe for them now, but would it be safe for them before the next three months had passed over? Let them depend upon it that the people of Ireland understood the injustice done them perfectly well ; they had heard it often, and it would not be his fault if they did nal hear it again. , They should recol lect these things when tlfey came to deliberate on the course they were to pursue towards Ireland? How were they to deal with that country ? .They ought now to be weary of the system of exclusion and insult; while they seemed, on the contrary, as fresh for the work as if they were now only at the beginning of the seven centuries of oppression. He was not content with the Bill of the Government, although , he should support it. He could not get a better Bill ; and he certainly much regretted the change from a Si. to an 81. qualification. The Government, he believed, had gained no accession of strength by the change, and they had suffered some disparagement by having made it. His Right Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Tipperary had told them what the Irish people were ; they had set an example of religious fidelity to the nations of the earth, and even those who might consider their faith erroneous should respect the firmness and integrity with which they adhered to it. There were now in Ireland upwards of 5,000,000 pledged never to take of the cup of intoxication ; and such a people would not tamely submit to the perpetuation of oppression. If they wished for a continua tion of the Union they should make it a union in reality, and not allow that 1,000,000 of people in this country should have only the same number of representatives as 1,000,000 in the other. By adapting the Ministerial Bill they would take a short, small, and slow step in the way of justice and concilia tion, and one which would lean to other practical results. He trusted it would be taken as an argument in its favour (although it might be an indiscretion on his part to avow it) that ifrating were to be taken as the test for the franchise in Ireland, that would soon become the law of the whole empire. It was lila fair to couple taxation and representation. He believed that the measure would do much good in Ireland, for the people of that country were easily won by their affections, while they were never led by thei r f ears . Th e Bill would have the effect of doing away with perjury—that great offence against God, and that stain upon the character of man. He had only one word to say as to the extension of the right of voting to tenants at-will. If the provisions for such • a measure were made sufficiently extensive to render inoperative attempts at individual tyranny, he should vote in its favour. Give him a tenancy-at-will sufficiently extensive, and he should embrace it; but the one proposed was nut sufficient—it was not extensive enough ; it would leave the voter exposed to the t) ranny of his landlord, and there was no remedy for this except by extending the suffrage, or giving the voter that which he ought to have, the protection of the Ballot, a hich was a pro tection which they would not give. He would vote for the Government measure, and he was glad he was able to do so con sistently with his duty. He was desirous that the people of Ireland should know that the Government was making a strug gle for the rights of the country.—(Cheers.) If they failed, it would not be their faults, but the fault of those who opposed them, and their failure would be a sufficient intimation to the people of Ireland that they must make a hearty struggle to ob tain justice for themselves.—( Cheers. ) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Hume's amendment Against it ... Majority for the amendment —466 On our return to the gallery, we found Mr. HUME moving that W. be inserted in the clause in the place of Si. Lord MORPETH said he had tried to promote conciliation, and was not ashamed of so doing. It was for that purpose that he had consentedto insert 81. Mr. O'CONNELL said the conciliation was not made to the gentlemen opposite.—( Cheers.) That was another insult to Irelan". The people of that country had therefore not to complain of their enemies, that was a matter of course, but of those who called themselves their friends. Mr. SLANEY said a few words amidst loud noise, which prevented a word that fell from him reaching the gallery. The House then divided, when there appeared.— For the motion For the amendment Majority -308 On our return there were loud cries for adjournment. Lord J. RUSSELL said he thought as they had been dis cussing the question all the evening, and it was now 12 o'clock, they had better divide on the clause. Mr. O'CONNELL said he thought the reason assigned by the Noble Lord, was one why they should adjourn. He would not be taunted with proposing an adjournment on Lord Staaley's Bill, and opposing it on that one. The words " six months" were then inserted in the clause. On the question that the clause as amended stand part of the Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the House should adjourn. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the motion... For the adjournment Majority ---330 On our return to the gallery we found Mr. HUME protesting against the course pursued by the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) with respect to the Bill. If the Government were determined that a goad Bill should not pass, it would be better that this Bill should be put an end to at once. Mr. O'CONNELL then moved that the Chairman do leave the chair. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but the House did not divide. On our return to the gallery, we found Mr. WAKLEY protesting against the course pursued by the Government. The Hon. Member said be was placed in a situation of extreme difficulty by the vacillating conduct of those below.—(Hear,,hear.) He for one could not understand the tactics of the Noble Lord. If he had occupied the Noble Lord's position he would not have had courage to have faced the House in the manner that the Noble Lord had done. The first principles of this Bill had been 'abandoned. —( Hear, hear.) He would be very glad if the Noble Lord would rise from his seat, which it was his fixed determination to do. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Hon. Member for Finsbury had said that the course taken by the Government had placed the House in its present situation, but he (Lord J. Russell) imagined that, with respect to that, the question of si. or 81, did not make the smallest difference. The question was, whether the House was prepared or not to vote for the clause as it then stood. With regard to that, he could only ray, that many Members having informed the Government they could not vote for so low a sum as 51., the amount was raised to 81. 1-1 e had never seen any Government that retained its own views on all questions without alteration. A Government dependent for support on a popular assembly could not be carried on if it did not allow itself to bend in the least degree to men who honestly gave advice and counsel to them. If the Hon. Member for Finsbury should become a Member of a Govern ment they should see the inflexible virtue which he would ex hibit. he (Lord John Russell) had done everything in his pewer to promote a division on the clause, and if that should take place he was afterwards prepared to state the course he meant to pursue. if the clause was adopted by a majority of the House, he should go on • with the Bill, if not he should deem it useless to proceed with the remaining clauses. He was sorry the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin had put a question before the House by which the Bill would be lost.---( Cheers. ) Mr. J. JERVIS strongly protested against being forced to a division. Sir T. D. ACKLAND said he could not consent to the motion being withdrawn. He rejoiced to see the truth of the old adage justified, " Nec lex est justior ulla quam necis arti fices arte perire sua." Mr. C. WOOD hoped the motion would not be pressed to a division. Sir R. PEEL thought that twice during the evening gen tlemen on that side of the House had giver, proofs that their desire was to come to a decision upon the merits of the clause, and he thought a decision on the merits of the clause, taken in the usual way, would be more satisfactory than to take ad vantage of the supporters of the Bill ; yet he thought the House was now in a position to come to a decision, and if it gave way and permitted the Hon. Gentleman to withdraw his motion, he trusted they would receive a distinct intimation that no further postponement should take place, but that the Bill should to-morrow take precedence, and that the sense of the House should be taken on the clause in the usual and une quivocal manner. On that condition he would advise his friends to consent to the withdrawal o: the motion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. Mr. O'CONNELL said the advantage was not so great as Gentlemen opposite seemed to think, as the only effect would be that the Bill must be recommitted. Lord J. RUSSELL had no objection to give the measure the precedence to-morrow if the motion were permitted to be withdrawn. Sir ROBERT PEEL desired that it might be distinctly understood that the Bill would be brought on to-morrow at five o'clock. The motion was then withdrawn and the House resumed. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House Adjourned at Half-past One. yhc ph ruerttt ofy a r d of wi?ikit V hekv i e c ri: TOßlA THEATRE.—Mr. Osbaldiston has this week provided for his numerous friends and patrons an excellent bill of fare. On Monday evening he appeared for the first time this season ' as Don Silvio de Calatrava, in the o g m re il a t t o, sp o r r en th d e ou llf r, ys a t n ery d , d w oe h s ic i h Itas . really been got up naisteweclrleasdittotothalle ma the 1, enseri 11 iss Vincent performed the three characters of nartistsa it.. i i .. 1 e a c' e r l n 1 1 Maid of Aragon, and Sister Angela, the Conventaudf os talinination, arid judgment, and sang a 'l74' Syl c v h io a , m t h o eri, the evident satisfaction of every nrisetiocamtle,idnpwior,iitithdt!he establishment,n" iston both played and looked the charactervwe r a very novel appearance, and one. The Circular the the beautiful effect of a double Santa Agatha, introducing stage, with varied light and shade in the rear, was vehernentl of the most splendid scenes we ha3;ealsViauded , indeed it is one Dumb Recruit was afterwards playede , er: for a long time. The and his Pupils. The Mil fliereriztrducing Frampton even ing's performances, in which Saville a. (1 ore closed the salvo+ to the utmost. The house was very full. BANKexerted them- BANK OF IRELAND—REDUCTioN O f Dis couNT.—The Irish banks generally are reducing their rat e o f interest on discounts. The Bank of Ireland h a ,;, • Just issued a notice, announcing that the interest on discount of all bills is reduced from six to five per cent. Major-General Sir H. Gough will succeed to the chief command at Madras, vacant by General Whittinc,.. ham's death. The 17th Lancers, at Cahir, will replace the Ist Royal Dragoons in Glasgow next mouth. The 28th, 50 t h , and Slltls regiments will proceed from New South Wales t o India.— Limerick Chronicle. HALF PAY OFFICERS.—The number of offi cers who have been allowed to receive their half-pay since the Ist of April, 1840, under the provisions of the Act 3d and 4th of Victoria, c. 112, s. 1, is stated, by a recent Parliamentary return, to be 7, the average rate of whose half-pay per diem is about ss. 9d. • FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. SPIRIT of tlic PUBLIC JOURNALS. s d h e o p e o k s i i n te g d . :e ll te i o remains r t a o l f ity a r f e ro la m tiv , e co o u r tig f u ri o e u n s d, gr s a or e e s CHRONICLE.—Mr. Walter has been returned for Not- is exposed to the view of the spectators, while tingbam by a majority, varietely stated at 296 and 229. Mr. around, on every hand, lie strewed the fragments Larpent resigned at half-past one o'clock. The former num ber is the official return of the sheriff when Mr. Larpent of hunnan bones—as though the only places in which resigned. It would be idle to deny that during this elec- the feelings of the living are outraged, at the time tion Mr. Walter has been the candidate of the multitude. and under circumstances which most require con- Our reporter has, we think, very fairly accounted for his solation, and the remains of our departed fellow-men, popularity. Nottingham, like all old boroughs, contains treated with ignominy and insult from which even a number of electors who expect to be paid fel- their vote, but who, at the same time, have their likings and barbarians would abstain from an instinctive homage to our common na t ure, are t h ose w hi c h are se t apart dislikings, and will sell th emse l ves f or l ess to t h e candi- date of th e i r c h o i ce th an t o hi s opponent. The Chartists .by the law for their decent and religious reception', and . have --performed their part of the bargain -fairly to Mr. to which the Church, both by its laws and ritual, re- Waiter—having, it is understood, obtained many votes for him quires that the notion of peculiar sanctity should be at= on very favourable terms. I3ut besides the Swiss, wh noire nu • ( ac h e d . It is fortunate for the public .that a Prelate merous in Nottingham, many persons who wereto be sh, by mere . accident, have beh e ld one o f t h ese disgusting spectaclei. Dou btless bought, and who on an o r di nary occas i on wou ld not h ave voted should. , his Lordship had often for a Tory, were i n d uce d b y h ost i lity to the New Poor-law to oppose the Lib er al ca n did a t e. This is the fact of which read an d heard of such things as be described with so there can be no question. The people in the manufactur- much feeling and alarm in the House of Lords on ing towns say there are seasons when, from flatness of Monday night. The Bishop (of London) " had only trade, multitudes are w ith out employment, and few wholly yesterday been called on to officiate in a parish in the employed ; and the necess i tous having been accus • towed to partial relief at such times, are horrified at City, where thirteen skulls had been thrown out of the idea o f going iota a workhouse. This is the the grave in which the corpse was to be buried. view they take of the matter, and the intensity of their feelings Not merely human bones were exposed in . those is hardly to be described. Mr. Walter entered the field with churchyards, but often much worse things occurred." not a few drawbacks in other respects. The principles of the Why, the working. clergy of the met r op o li s a-e coni- Times, or rathe r th e t o t a l a b s e nce of all principles except such as are assumed f or th e d ay , an d hi s own shuffling with respect pellet! to witness daily similar spectacles to th a t w hi c h shocked sensib il it y of t h e wit h ap p . to principles, would have sunk him, in spite of the Most profuse the P re la t e rchensioas, expenditure of money, but for the hostility to the New Poor- and even the " much worse things " to which his Lord law and the manner in which that hostility was turned to ac- ship would not more distinctly allude in so polite as count by his active allies, the Chartists. We have confined ourselves to a mere statement of what we conceive to be the flounced the constantly inc reas i ng d angers resu l t i ng f rom sion on th e su bj ec t o f t h em. assembly. The public pr ess h a d l ong d escr ib e d an d d e. facts of the case . W e a b sta i n f or the present from all discus s flounced practice of heaping coffins tier upon tier, until th e y TIMES. —We are quite aware of the folly of imagining, approach within a foot of the surface, and of opening whether in public or in private affairs, that the circumstances graves so close to those thus filled, that the coffins and in which we ourselves happen to take a peculiar interest must their appalling contents were exposed to view. These. necessarily possess the same interest in the eyes of all other and even " much worse" spectacles, arc common in the persons. But still, after making all the allowance on this score which we are able, it does seem to us impossible to . - church" yards of the metropolis —they have been mat doubt, that the return of Mr. Walter for Nottingham is an ters of common conversation and indignant corn event of very unusual importance. The last contest which plaint and expostulation to the parochial autho took place in this borough was in the year 1837, when the poll Cities, by the relatives of those whose mouldering closed as follows : Ferguson Hohhouso 1,639 Plowden Twiss 1,147 existence of th e evil! Providentially, hi s L or d s hi p h as But the num b ers polled yesterday were— - had the subject pressed upon his attention through the Walter ... .2,018 medium of his senses. He actually saw thirteen human Larpent 1,722 The Whi g ma j or i ty, therefore, of 492 was turned into a mi nority skulls thrown up f r o m one grave—an d now believed moray of 296, making a clear difference of 788 votes. Now, that "much worse" exhibitions were frequent in such allowing, as we must always do, for the constant declension of places. In the case before us the remedy is at hand, the Whigs, by the ever-increasing disgust of the people, still, and of easy application. The Dean and Chapter of . this circumstance of itself cannot sufficiently account for this enormous defalcatio n . I t i s qu i te useless for any one to at- the diocese of Lo n d on are k nown to possess land in the vicinity of the metropolis which might be appropriated tempt to deny that the detestation felt for the New Pcor-law for public cemeteries. The clergy of the respective pa is one main cause of the defeat sustained by the Whig nomi- . • - ' floe of yesterday on Nottingham hustings. But, this fact risbes, on the interment of their , parishioners in these biting ad m itt e d, we should next consider the great power cemeteries, might rightfully claim the u sual burial fee. of this new element, thrown into our popular elections. Thus their interests would be preserved, and the public It • has wrested Nottingham from the Whigs ! Can be protected. a stronger proof be required of the potency of the STANDARD.—Mr. Walter has b een re t urne d f or public feeling e N o tti ngham, the safest and closest of all the large Whig boroughs! Nottingham, which has Nottingham by a majority of 296. At tne last conte,t witnessed about seven severe contests in the last thirty years, in the same borough four years ago, the Conservative and seen the Whigs victorious in every one ! Nottingham, to candidate was defeated by a majority of 402 which Mr. Larpent was recommended, as to " a perfectly safe there has therefore been a change in favour of Con spoculation "—he having previously declined East Surrey, servative principle on . the part o f ne ar l y 800 e l ectors. on the plea of b e i ng engaged to start for the City of L on d on ! .•si • s- grat if ying ; but tne m ere fa c t o f this c h ange Nottingham, w ith it s W hig corporation, filling every office in This the town with electioneering agents! Nottingham, the strong- is not all that we find to rejoice at. The House est hold, of Dissent that England can produce I Nottingham of Commons has acquired an admirable member, in itself has postponed or cast away all the seductive theories of every way qualified to protect the interests of the poor Ballot, Extension of the Franchise, Abolition of Church -rates, there, where their - interests stand in most need of pro &c., and has eagerly returned the man who stood boldly and honestly on his opposition to the Somerset-house tectors. Conservatives and Chartists have been brought triumvirate. We say boldly and honestly. Th e Aj i n i st „i d into contact, and, as always happens when sincere and Journals are often ready to taunt us with the conduct of cer- well disposed men are brought into contact, have been tain Conservatives, who they tell us use the New Poor•law as taught to respect and to trust each other, anal a a hustings topic, and then utterly forget it when they reach great lesson has been read to public men of all parties, the House of Commons. If such there be, with them we have teaching them th a t t h e ki n d treatment o f the working no sympathy; an d we may perhaps hint, that the reason w h y mere hustings declamation on the New Poor-law has never classes must be their first care if they would consult worked such wonders as' we have seen at this Nottingham elec- their own interests, as the well-being of those classes Lion, has been, that seldom before has any body of electors is the only solid basis of national prosperity and public had the tender of the services of one on whose sincerity they safety. The working class sof England are riot might so thoroughly rely as the men of Nottingham felt they in the condition in which they ought to be re might oat the earnestness a n d s t ea df astness of Mr. Wal ler. They knew that the cause which brought their latively to the station of the country. England is by Candidate to Nottingham, was—net to advance his far the richest country on the face of the earth, but it is • mowenreppeorlsiotincaall party, but t o o r ra e i v s e e n a t b o ann se e r r v o e n t w h h e ic c h au w se as o i f o a - ptoaortciceirptaatien tinhatthtishepwreo.erkminingecnleaes_sesthoelyEaergelisnhomteinhedohanc)! scribed, whether mistakenly or not we shall not now argue, but piest labourers i n th e wor ld , or nearly such. This at all events ho nes tl y , th e cause of the labouring poor. But Nottingham is not a s t range an d outlandish place, affording no proves an undue distributi on o f t h e pro fi ts of labour, clue to the feelings of the people of England. Will any man which can be corrected only by rejecting the prin be so weak as to suppose that the power which has broken in ciple, together 'with the cruel provisions, of the that borough a yoke which had been quietly borne for more New Poor-law—that principle is to bring down the than 30 years—will any man imagine that the same spell would be powerless in H a lif ax , i n B radford, in Leicester, in Sheffield people to the lowest sca l e o f li v i ng u life pon which Can - be sustained. Th e very reverse would be the —in fact, in an h un d re d ot h er places that might be named? ~ And is not this a p o i n t worth considering; nay, is it not a policy of a wise legislator for a country containing so point that must be considered? Is not a dissolution, in the much wealth as England. Such a legislator would try , present state of affairs, at all times just in sight ? Think of to familiarise the working classes not only with coni this, gentlemen representatives, whether on the one side of the forts, but with luxuries ; not only as a means to their House or on the other; and turn your thoughts, while there is oral and social imrovement, but also as ao. means yet time, to the rem ova l o f th e d e f orm i t i es of this detested law. mora l p HERALD.—It is exceedingly amusing to observe with what of preventing the accumulation of wealth in the eagerness the morning ministeri a l p r i n t " came out " to repu- hands of a few—th e gr e atest ev il that can befal any diate the notion that their defeat on Monday night could pos- people. As a check to the danger of this fatal ca!a sibly induce Ministers to resign. Lord John Russell's request mity, nothing can be so effectual as the placing the fora week (not for a day as the Chronicle says) to consider working cl a sses i n a p os i t i on to extract, by peaceful which way he was t o t urn hi mse lf , " led to a very ridiculous misconception of the object of it, which obtained currency in and legal means, a fair share of the profits of their labour, the clubs—that Ministers were contemplating a resignation." as the system ot the old Poor-law did. The moral improve- Such a rumour as applied to any other party in a similar pa- ment of the population is, however, the first of all objects ; sition would be the most semhlable in the world ; and we and this is to any extent impossible under the new Poor presume that the Chronicle only means that it is a ridicu- law. You build churches and. establish schools ; you do lous misconception as applied to the Whigs. Taken in this sense, there is some reason i n i ts prompt and well in this; but to w h a t en d d o you b u Id churches and es indignant refutation of the supposed sensitiveness of tablish schooli, wh en y ou passa l aw w hi c h first stigmatizes her Majesty's Ministers ; and the clubs were very poverty as infamous, and then arrays the population in wrong to entertain the rumour of such a miracle, until -poi- tee gat bof poverty ? Who ever sees a ragged ONO tively assured by Lord John Russell himself of the fact. They at church ? How many ragged children have you in should have remembered how many affronts of the same sort her Majesty's Ministers had alre a d y endured without showing 'your public schools ? `i Where are the mo b ?" as k e d the slightest sulkiness with office, befor e b e li ev i ng ( except on the Czar Alex a nd er , w h en surroun d ed by half a the best authority) that the drubbing of Monday night would million in Hyde Park ; " all I see here are well induce them to budge. Indeed, if Lord Melbourne nimself dressed men." And so it will always be in had sent them the good news, they should (as the phrase goes) England. Poverty hides itself alike from observation and have "suspended their judgment" until they had seen he t. Lor- • , instruction. We can give men credit for mistaking the ship's chattels fairly " bundled cut" of Downing-stre At any rate the public (after what has passed in the way of bed- tendency of the New Poor-law, but we cannot allow to chamber intrigue) will look for some such conclusive sign any one who is aware of its tendency the credit for wish before they are satisfied that the Whigs have resigned, ing to improve the minds or the temporal happiness of and that his Lordship has really reconciled hinasa to his fellow -creatu res ; an d e ven t h ey who are mistaken quitting the " gay and festive scene," which has been to him I : in the tendency o f th e l aw are not without blame. las the air which he breathes, a n d w i t h out which it seems as 1 if he would die. But, badinage apart— Men always g o wrong as h en they think tiiemseivesnotwithstandi ng a ll ! we know of their mean tenacity of office, of the indignities wiser than their Bible ; and the Bible teaches that the they will endure, and of the tricks they will resort to for its wan,s of the poor are to be relieved promptly and retention—it is difficult to imagine how they can avoid resign- - directly, without looking to consequences or casting about for indirect contrivances. These are ing after their signal discomfiture on Monday night. By re- I considere signing, we do not mean the farce of tendering their resin nations to her Majesty, and th en prevent i ng her Majesty lions from conclusively accepting th em , b y i ntr i gues which render ,'lie men, but w hi c h t h e resu l t of the Nottingham else it impossible for any upright set of men to take their (ion will force upon them through their own interests. offices off their hands. We mean honestly quitting office i COURlER.—Although not insensiole of the import " bag ' and baggage," and leaving a fair field for their , ance justly attaching to the ig nom i n i ous exposure and de • teat of rhe mean , p i t if u l , an d treacheraus trickery of successors to conduct the publi c serv i ce to the best of their ability. The Chronicle cons id ers t h at t hi s would . be ridiculous, and cannot see why t h ey s h ould hesitate as to I Ministers in their Iri s h d i a, nor bl in d to the contingencies continuing the Government. I'he defeat, it contends, was lit ought and would lead to,were their case that of honour no defeat, because a portion of their old allies contributed! , able public men, we are nevertheless disposed to regard to it. This we take to be the w ors t an d most fatal of all i the result of th e N o t t i ng h am e l ection as of much greater defeats. What general would continue a campaign with an : importance still, i n a smuc h as t h at evetit cannot be coil equal force opposed to him, when in e very p i tc h e d b att l e a part of his own troops turned round and assisted in routieg strued into a mere party triumph, but must be accepted him? With an opposition 'all buc equal to them in number, ias a decisive demonstration of public opinion —a delibe and far superior to them in talent, a Ministry, must necessarily 1 rate %judgment of the people of England, upon which execution should issue, and must—against the policy be lamentably weak, however zealous and compact its own ' aspy might be. But for a Ministry, so held in check by and personnel of the most weak, worthless, andproflig r ete owerful Opposition, to pretend to carry on the Go- P Government which ever betrayed the interests or vernment (in a manner deserving the name of Govern ment), when, upon a measure on which its reputation was debauched the morale of this country since the staked, its own party contributed to swell a large scandalous times of the , Cabal. The Ministerial majority against it, would be "ridiculous" indeed. What mea- papers are consohn. themselves and their sure, involving any principle to which it is committed, can the olosers for this signel ' Nottiogbam disaiter by the COO. em present Ministry, after the event of last Monday, propose with • s . any confidence of carrying it? And without such confidence ' sideration th at, so tar as principles are : in question, it is ' • • they are utterly useless for all purposes of legislation, in meat solely and wholly attributable to the inveterate hostility of the -important branches of.which the Ministry of the day can of popular sentiment ag We place, ainst the new P oor -l aw , alone take the initi a ti ve . Th e y must rema i n in power —no, iu have no objection so to c onstrue thi s pract i cal corn. 'place, each th e mere nom i na l representative of his office (ex cept so far as th e rece ipt o f it s sa l ary and the command of its rnentary on the e ffe c t s o f th at h ate f u l l aw ; and, more, patronage are concerned), without weight in Parliament, with- now is the accepted time, we would say, for the towns out service to the country, and without credit to themselves; I and parishes of England and Wales to speak as with and this, after all they have done and suffered for the sake of one voice, and pour their petitions as of one mind, upon office, would, if possible, be unworthy eve n of th em . the Legislature for the repeal of that abomination, and POST.—We sincerely congratulate th e p u bli c on t h e rescue of the borough of Notti ng h am f rom t h e h ands of the Whig- for the utter extirp a ti on o f t h at gr i n di ng tyranny which Radical faction. This is another Conservative triumph, has too long reigned supreme in Somerset House. We scarcely inferior in value to that which was achieved in the ' repeat it, " now is the accepted time, now is the day of House of Commons on the preceding day. What a change salvation ;" now when the Ministerial crew is " flut has taken place in the relative strengths of parties in this tered" and flurried by Parliamentary discomfiture ; now, borough in the short space of four years ! In 1837 the Whig when Nottingham has so gloriously led the van of the Radical candidates triumphed by a majority of seven hundred, and now we beh o ld a gent l eman o f t h e same political school, new Poor-law reform ; now, w h en on the eve per - and of personal pretensions in no respect inferior to those of baps of the accession of other and better men to the former candidates on the same side of the question, re- office, it more than ever behoves the people, notwith jected by a majority of three hundred. . standing, to make their bargain clear and distinct, so The numbers at the final close of the poll yesterday were as that - hereafter there neither shall be, nor can be, any follow : For Mr. Walter • For Mr. Larpent 1,722 is afforded, and by which it must be maintained. We Majority . ... --296 are the more earnest in this advice, inasmuch as there Our Ministerial Contemporaries must endeavour to console has been some " tripping" among professing Comer themselves under this defeat, as they do under that with which natives about the . new Poor-law, and mor e b y fa r we have ventured to comp are it, b y t h e persuas i on t h at the question at Nottingham w as no t a pa r ty quest i on , indeed than will be tolerated for the future. L e t t h ose and that there cannot possibly be any party triumph, because the Min's- concerned look to it well, or they may turn an d sp i n terial defeat gas -been in part occasioned by a division in t h e an d cry f or help in vain, when another day of trial Ministerial ranks. comes, and the constituency must be faced fr om t h e Howick's a R mendment on h ' Monday night . ADVETISER. —Te defeat pf the is M conside y red in all no inistr on Lord hustings. It is; and w ill be, saving grace on th a t d ay quarters as on e of the mos t con t empt ibl e manoeuvres th a t was with the people, or w ith t h ose, l i k e ourse l ves, engaged , ever attempted against an Ad m i n i strat i on . Th at it can by any in the service of the people, to place on the record a plea possibility disturb its existence, we k now to b e u tterly and to- ofgeneral Tory or Conservative principles in abatement of tally out of the question. The Administratioa relies on the the sin of voting for the New Poor law Continuance •Bi force of public opinion. It relies upon the justice of its cause and upon the utter impossibility of any Tory Government supplanting it, which has not the interests of Ireland at heart. i The Duke of Wellington and Nir R. Peel at the beginning of the Session told their adherents, that they would not support them in any factious movement; and if we guess right, it is to m be ore take office themselves. The p u bli c gen e r ally will, perhap s , inferred inclinedfrotmo s t e h l i p s edretctl the r e a t p i o r n ese o r n , t their ie part r a t h t i a e t e they n a t r e e not believe this to be the fact ; but the emoluments of office Right Hon. Baronet have a rt y o ccasi o n whatever to conside r c a e re en t e r e i t flie ed g w c i o r m h pa it re ; d w and i th ne t i li lab th e ertohuer, Noble a e bl D . ek i e ; d e anxiety e the amount of salary as a thing in the slightest degree calcu lated to promote their pleasures or comforts. GLOBE.—Amid the dust and din of party strife, it is truly refreshing to find that there are sortie sub jecte, the commanding importance of which silences the contentions of partisanship, and which obtain, by the mere force of their acknowledged claans, the soon. 'lancet's advocacy of those who on most questions are diametrically opposed in opinion, either as to the objects or time mode of their accomplish. ment. The appalling exhibitions which are of com mon occurrence irrand the dangers to the public health st t o c l e a t r a t c y l e 4 g th ee ex . h p i u b b i t l e i c d i i ° : occasioned by, the cr o w d e d s t a t e o f th i s metropolita n grave yards, is or, e of those subje c t s . Without respect those es repositories i trecorded ththeeli dead,orr i , h ) c l e .. "skirted lay - the necessity of opening graves for new inter_ meats befor e the process of decomposition its tops° previ. the mourne rs h ave stood around the grave in which are onslY Placed therein is complete. In many instances, whiie. MONEY MARIS.t.T and CITY NEWS - - FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is per mile, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10 1 / 2 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 34, and the ex change at Paris on London at short, being 25. 44, it follows that gold is'o 34 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 424 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. Us. 10id. per oui,ce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 64, and the ex change at Hamburgh on London at short being 13. 4, if fol lows 'that gold is 0.34 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. There is still an evident tendency in the English s?curities to decline, and though there was not much busi.us3 dune dur. irg the day, the offers of money stock for sale acted prejudi cially on prices in general. POST.—The English Funds fell again this morning, in consequence of the decided defeat of the Ministry last night in the House of Commons. With so large a minority there ap pears to most people to be no alternative but for the present men to go out of office; and every crisis of the kind, causing, as it must, a demand for money for electioneering purposes, is found to have an unfavourable influence on prices. It would seem that the Decayed Members' Fund of the Stock Exchange has suffered more seriously by the reported breach of trust un tlie part Of a Estee than had been Supposed. A further deficiei,cy of from 5001. to 6001 is said to have been detected. To show' that there is no real cause for despondency with res pect to the Presi&nt steam-ship, we desire to call the atten tion of the publ c to the case of a vessel bound from Halifax, lltiova - iieciti4, to Jkmaioa, which was dismasted On the ]oth of February li s t, in muchale - sante situation In whiCh the Presi: d.nt may be supposed to have been a month subsequently. We allude to the ship Ellen, Captain BrOwn, . This vessel was the whe- day placed on the hoofs at I.loydas having aryl, distress at-Antiema on rue 17th of March, aCtkr age of thirty-five days from the pint at Milli: It st.e hal su:'- fered the loss of her masts, lat. 40. long. 63. Assuming that the President may have found hdrself in circumstances similar to those of the Ellen, and like her have pro:- cceded to 'Antigua—for there is not much probability. of her making Bermuda—it will be right to allow till the middle of April for the purpose. To hear of her having reached Antigua would require, upon a fair avenge computa tion of the time consumed in the pasqt2e thence to England. at least thirty days, which will give the missing steamer about three weeks longer. It may be ftirther stated, that,, some years since, a frigate was dismasteil in the month of Septem ber about 300 miles to the south of. St. John's, Newfoundland, and that, with all the strengqi of her crew, she could not be put in a condition to get to that port in less than seventeen days. Many other initances, some quite recently recorded on the books of the underwriters, might be adduced in support of the impression that the President will still eventually be heard of. The fact that calms had succeeded the heavy gales of the 12th, 13th, and 14th ult. is to be regarded as favourable to such a result. LA W INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, APRIL 2R. No case of any interest came before his Honour the Vice- Chancellor this morning. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, -APRIL 28. THE QUEEN V. THE BRISTOL DOCK COMPANY. The arguments in this ease, which were part-heal don Satin.- d..y last, were resumed this morning by Sir W. FOLLETT. The arguments of the Learned Counsel were directed to show that according to all the authorities which bore upon the subject, Cumberland basin should be rated only. to such a sum for the relief of the poor as the property would be rated as if it had been merely meadow land, and independently of the port duties, which were levi e d by th e C ompany upon vessels enter ing that basin. After hearing the arguments of Counsel the Court took time to consider its decision. ' BAIL COURT, APRIL 28. The Court was engaged this morning in hearing motions, none of which presented any features of interest. His Lord ship rose at 12 o'clock. COURT OF EXCHEQUAR, APRIL 28. The Court was engaged this morning with special cases, the arguments in which were purely technical, and of no inte rest to the public. OLIOE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Bell, the newspaper agent of Finch-lane, appeared before Sir Peter Laurie for the purpose of comptainit g if an odd way of raising the wind, which was resorted to through the instrumentality of his office. Upon a former day Sir Peter Laurie directed that summonses should be served upon the parties whose conduct was arraigned, but no notice was taken of the MagiStrate's audio: ity, and the complainant was celled upon to make his statement. "Mr. Bell said that he was in the habit of allowing letters on husine-s to be addressed to his office. He was, however, not a little surprised to find that without his autitor;ty, the following advertisement appeared in the Tim es siewsp,per Wanted a Cleik for a merchant's ceunt , ng-house. Salary to commence at 1001 per annum. Apply by letter free, in applicant', own handwriting, with postage stamp, inclwed to R. J. S. and Co., Bell's newspaper office, Finch-lane." Letters poured in, as might be expected, to the number of about 500. At last a young man, who stated himself to be clerk to an East India merchant, called and said that the advertisement was inserted through his interposition. He (Mr. Bell) very sharply reprehended such a liberty, and, suspecting that there was some dishonesty connects d with the matter, opened ore of the letters, which wag as follows : Croydon, April 14, 1841. answer to the advertisement in the Times news paper of the 13th inst., reapecing a c erk in a merchant's counting-house, at 1001. per annum, enclosing a postage stamp, I beg to tell R. J. S. that your scheme or the con templated robbery with all your ingenuity is a stale trick, and for your better information I beg to refer you to the cases on the point tried at the Central Criminal Court lately, where Adey and several other persons have been detected and convieted, and a great many of them have b, en transported, independent of which I shall feel it my duty to follow you up and trace who you are, and if not successful expose the dirty work, by cautioning the public against you by a counter advertisement. I am, Sirs, your obedient servant, To R. J S. and Co. THOS. JONES. The letter just read completely opened his eyes, and upon opening the other communications which still con. linued to pour in lie found a postage .stamp in each, with the exception of one, the writer of which not being sup plied with a stamp enclosed sixpence. Sir PETER LAURIE—Then it was in your opinion done fur the purpose of obtaining the penny stamp on each letter ? Mr. Bell said that he believed the object of the adver tiser to be of a much deeper character. He had no doubt that the fellow who cot cocted the plan meant to turn his unconscious correspondents to some advantage of a more important nature. He (Mr. Bell) was well known in the great commercial towns of England, and the inference which would be immediately drawn from the advertise rnent was that reliance might be placed upon its authentic character from the fact of the reference to his office. He therefore felt that there was immediate occasion to expose the deception. Sir PETER LAURIE asked where the clerk to the East India merchant was? Mr. Bell said he bad every reason to suspect that the young man was kept out of the way uy the fabricators of tbe.scheme, one of whom wore an enormous pair of mous !adios, and had what was called an imperial chin, being completely covered with hair, and the very cut of a scamp. The East India merchant attended for the purpose of stating that his clerk had no doubt been made the dupe of two others in the office. He entertained a favourable ooinion of the young man, and believed him to be incapa ble of any deliberate ill conduct, but the two persons wto vised the plan were most certainly a pair of schemers. - Mr. Bell thought .so too. One of tl.e persons called upon him to justify this proceeding, and spoke very hi.th, but he ( Mr. Bell) told the gentleman in very plain lan guage his candid opinion of such conduct, and felt disposed to kick hi n out of the house as s common swindler. The felkw.had the impudence to declare Oat it was he that wanted the clerk, and that he had written answers to all the applicants whose letters he had received. Of the art fulness of the design there did not exit tile least doubt. The East India merchant said that his clerk was, he bad every reason to tbi de, kept out of the way by the two men whose dupe he bat bce.). The young man stated, upon he'ng spoken to about the share he had in the m , tter, that the pat ties alluded to had applied to him to know where they could have h nets directed to them, and he told them that be did not know a b tier place than Mr. Bell's, to which relerences wove often made in public advertise ments. The unfortunate young man was actually ruined by the transaction. Sir PETER LAURIE said that in all probability the object of Mr. B. 11 would be fully answered by the public exposure that would be given of she trick, which lie was convinced was meant to produce much more than the postage stamps. The depraved ingenuity of man was every day showing itself- in new shapi a, and he was resolved to put every schemer who should be brought before him at the bar of the Central Criminal Court. ELECTION COMMITTEE . The Committee appointed to try the mtritf, of the peti. Lion against the return of Mr, Armstrong, for King's County, rset ye,terday. J. W. Patten, Esq., Chairman. Mr. Sergeant Wrangbam and Mr. Talbot appeared for the petitioner ; Mr.- Austin and Mr. Cockburn for the &- Sing Member. • Mr. Serg, a ,t WRANOHAM apprehended that according to preeedt n.t the only business for them that day was to exchange lists and adjourn. Afier a long discus:ion the Committee decided that, under the new law, there was no necessity for their ad journing on the first day, as was usual, heretofore, in Irish cases. Mr. Sergeant WRANOHAM then stated the case on the part of the petition. The election took place in February lest. During the polling notice was given that the sitting member was disqualified, he being in receipt of a pension as compensation for the loss of hi 3 office of Receiver_ General for Stamps in Ireland. The Learned Gentleman cited a number of Acts of Parliament to show, first —that the office in question was one which disqualified its holder from sitting in Parliament, and that receiving a pension in compensation for the loss of that office continued tha fication. He then cited ether acts and decisions of the Court to show that a salary or pension coming through the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, was a pension during pleasure, and was revokable at the will of the Crown. The Learned Gentleman was interrupted in his address by the announcement that the Speaker was at prayers. The Committee then adjourned till to-day at 11 o'clOcit. T • HE POOR.—Some one talked of the pains taken to provide the poor with receipts for making good dishes out of their ordinary messes. " I dislike all such interference," he said, " all your domiciliary, kind, imper tinent visits : they are all pretty much felt like insults, and do no manner of good. Let people go on in their own way, in God's name. How would you like to have a nobleman coming to you to teach you to dish up your beefsteaks into a French kickshaw ? and who is there so miserably put to his ways and means that will endure to have another coming to teach him how to economise and keep his account; ? Let the poor alone in their domestic habits I pray you : protect them and treat them kindly, of course, and trust them; but let :hem enjoy in quiet their dish of porrige, and their bacon and potatoes ; and, for any sake, don't torment them with your fashionable soups. And t:,ke care," he added, " not to give them anything gratis, except when they are under the gripe cf imme diate misery —what they think misery —Consider it as a sin to do anything that can tend to make them lose the precious feeling of independence. For my part, I very, very rarely g•ive anything away. Now, for instance, this pile of branches, which has been thinned out this morning, is placed here for sale for the poor people's fires; see am peif.:ctly cottain they are more grateful to me for sell ing it at the price I do (which you may be sure is no great matter), than it I ?tem to give them t! , n time 4 the quan tity for nothing. Every shilling collected in tl i 4 and other similar manners, goes to a fund which pays the dooor for his attendance on them when they are sic k 1 And this is my notion of cha, ity l"—Loci,hert's Life of Scott. THE CARRION CROW.--About noon on TtleS day the attention - of the visitors ;.:a d ie orna mental garden s of St. James's Park was ca lled to a large carrion crow hovering over the lake, apparently with the intention of attacking som e of the birds. After contemplating the dimensions of an Egyptian goose for some time, he soared to a great height, from whence he descended with groat velocity, pouncing u pon a duck whichthe time seeking insects in the grass, itirrounded . hy a numerous brood o f young ones. The larg e s yellow bill a the carrion c row penetrated the neck of the duck, but did no t kill i t ; t h e c row th en soared aloft again, and came down ra pidl y , str iki ng hi prey agai n i n the neck, which extinguished- life. The ferocious bird immediately seized the duck in its mouth, and flew off in the (jirectior; of Carlton Gardens. He, hnovera Eut-squendy %heeled round aqd wired to a mare secluded spot, the rookery at Spring Gardens, to enjoy his meal. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSD A Y,.APRIL 29, 1841 MORNING EDITTON. THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY* CORN EXCHANGE: The arrivals of English Grain since :Vfonday h been Lut several vessels fresh in from Ireland with Oa t !' The few runs of whe a t th at , are h ere for sale command no ;°' tendon from the millers at Monday's prices. Barley, Bei ° and Oats each met a very slack demanl at last quotations. Flour dull in sale at former prices. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of poultry was fair, the demand dull„prict about the same. Goslin gs , 6 s . to 9s. ; Hares, 2s. ; 411 D; Rabbits, Is. to ls. 9d. ; P ea F owl, 7s. to M s . ; Susses Chickens, 4s. 6d. to 6s. ; Barn-door ditto, 2s. 9d. to 3s. fid•; Ducklings, 4s. to 6s. ; Large Surrey Fowls, Cs. t o 10s.; Fowls, 4s. to 6s. ; Guinea Fowl, 3s. to 55.; Turkey lit 4s. to ss. ; Cock ditto, 3s. to Bs. ; Pigeons. 6d, to n" each,. Larks, Is. per dozen. , Live stock for shipping.-Li" Old Hens, 245. - to 275. ; Ducks, 275. • Turkeys, 54 5 .; Ger - ief 48s. to 545. Fine old Pigeons for shooting. 10s. to 12i. Pe t dozen; Eggs dull o f sa l e, at 4s. 6 d . to ss. 6d. per 1: 20, Plover Eggs 3s, per dozen. Meat was dull of sale, the suPt ) moderate, and pri ce s f at h er l ower: -Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4cli, Mutton, 3s. 6d. t o 4 s. 4 d . ; Lamb, ss. to 6s. 6d. ; 3s. 4s. to ss. 4d ; Pork, 3s. 4d. to ss. per stone of 8;b: , . COLONIAL MARKET. Prices underwent little varation, but the market p r esent a quiet aspect.. The private purchapes were limited, and tfr i public sales went off w i t h out sp i r i t; a part only of the go u offered found buyers. 'the irqports were small. TEA MARKET. The demand for Free Trade was limited, but holders We t ! firm, and former - rates were supported. Company's Cone" was sold for Is., 5 1 / 2 d. per lb., cash. Some large auction have been declared. SPIRIT MARKET. Brandy in good req ues t, an d pr i ces h ave improved Id. pe t gallon. Rum in fair demand, and pries have been 1 1131 . ,„ ° ' tained, Is. , (Sid is - the value of proof Calcutta ; British CO'" Spirits firm at 9s. l ld. cash. TALLOW MARKET. t There was but a limited d eman d d one i n P. Y. Candler h:,,a_-- prices we re supporte d , v i z., 475. 6d. on the spot, and 48$. °". for delivery in the last three months. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, 3. cl s. d. •. j Adair's Can's Hartl e y s 8 6 Walls End Hetton • 2'2 Chester ..... South Hartley ,::.) Tan field :door. tt West Wylam ... 16 0 W a ll s E n d C assop ...... ....... 21 9 ~ Wyla :: ....... ............ ... 16 r: Walls Etd Hartlepool_...... ';:- 0 Walls End Hilda ............ li; 0 HartleyS Walls End Wi t h am ...... .... '6 6 .... I IF Li VERPOOL CORN M 4,ll KET.—April27 OJ' WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. m. 9. 4,1, to lib 6 -------- Red ‘ , O ---- Irish, White Red 7 2 8 4 " ---- - Foreign .; ._ . „_• OATS, English, Welsh, an d S cotc h, per 4 51 u 2lO :‘ 6 Irish... S , Foreign 0 u e ' o ' riARLEY , English, Alalting, per Imp. quarter 34 0 S' Scotch and Irish, pet 601b s . ; Feedin g 3 6 3 13catis, English, per Imp er i a l quarter 43 0 0., Irish, &c. Foreign 40 0 4 6 .1' 1 ,; PEASE, Englisn, per Imp er i a l quarter 4O 0 41 0 Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. 46 0 4 9 Irish 41 0 47 : JArm CAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs . 7, 11 .. 26 0 - ~ .NDIAN CORN, pEr 4601 b. Of k /NM 35 0 8- r Rye, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter DUBLIN MARKET IRISH NOTEMARK for the WEEK ending APRIL SS' 561 Wheat,per barrel 2t stone..... 28From 0 0 Bore .._,........... 16 stole r 0 0 481 Barley l6 stout. l5 0 521 Oats '4 strum.... 12 6 11 Four, per cwt FlStChi c ....... 0 457 Oatmeal 8 stone l3 0 Sold to Bakers only. 91.77 Cwt. Flour lO 0 ) 24 0 I 21 ° Averaze price Jf Wheat and 'lour 51, Sd per sack ~. Receipts of Flour, 7,6r0 Fff , " , ls •t'd ... from 1 7s. Cd. to '.. • , Sol.s of Do. 10,939 . ec°n '''''' "' ...... from 2 ' s. Od to •24; ua Thirds ........ from 10s. Od. ro 12 , .! 0 To 33 0 0 0 17 6 15 0 0 14 6 Avers/1 1 ' 93 ' 5 0 ' 0 16 9 13 4 TS 9 PRICE OF Bazar,. Quarterr. Loa! ...... 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Pe) EeL. , 1 , -'0 Flour, Second 0 F'S i. , It 10ur,1‘,„r08......., 0 -..: - 0 ----Hottsrliold...— 03601 -- 1 . ..witi15.„„,„„ 20 0 Pcr I;: s a'r-d. 0 0 :tapeseod 20 0 01 iiarl.ry .... .......... 12 , ~..„ 0 here 10 0 I (k; %AIL , . ...... eV. 6•••••••°.. ° KILK ENNY MA KAKIS. r._ 01 tvLeat s per barrel)2Bi. od.to 05s. 00. LEO :Aft 1t'.... 01. Oti. - X ‘'-'• 6 Harley 1Z 015 U blutteri ~......... 0 5 A l ' Um 14 0 15 0 Porh. ~,....,..„... ri 4 ', r Flour (her bag) —2O 0 ZIS 0 Vea , ~:..,......, .... 0 6 1 ( i Butter (pc' eva.) 90 0 100 0 Brest Butter ...... 0 0 o w Bacon Pigs 38 0 42 6 Salt Ditto ........... 0 6 Coals 1 0 1 2 V otatoos (per et.) i., 9 , 9 INQUEST.—On Tuesday afternoon Mr. held an inquest at the Pavilion, Strand, on Ja:me5. 1 21 1 " 1 1 1 aged 44, a p ensioner o f t h e Hon. East India Company. •4,. Sarah Phillips, re li c t o f d eceased, said her husband scat of such an excellent constitution, that he hardly ever kneW' day's illness 'until Friday evening last, when on account er blotches on his face,- he said he thought he wanted medicine. I brought some salts and senna, and a blue pill. The latter he took about twelve o'clock at night, and appeared easy until about three o'clock nest morning, when he complained of nausea, and said he thought the pill had stopped in his throat' He was afterwards sick three or four times, and expectorated frothy matter. About ten next forenoon he aot up and coin- • plained of sore throat, and could not swallow, or scared speak ; I was persuaded to go and consult Mr. Richards, a, neighbouring sur geon , w h o a d v i sed a gargle, which decan led used, bat it did him no good. Finding him grow we,rse, bis wife sent for Mr. Richards, and, while waiting for t hat gen tleman, he fell as she sat beside him lifeless into he r lap. Mr. Richards, the surgeon, said that he was labourin g under inci pient symptoms of delirium tremens. After l'aving he"- for some time a teetotaller he broke out afresh, and All , even ing before his death he drank nine glasses of gin , This new break out, was the cause of his death. Terry, -•the beadle,, was in' formed that deceased was formerly in tl , ,e habit of daily drink ing 'two pints of raw gin. Verdict7'...,, Died of delirium tre mens; brought on by excessive drink;_ ng ." CAUTION TO OBSTINATE DRIVERS.—Late on Tuesday evening an inquest was held by Mr. Higgs, at the Coach and Ho rses , Fl oo d -street, West minster, on th e body of William Miles, aged 37, carman, late in the employ of Messrs. • Cooper, wharfingers, 'of Millbank-street. It appears fro conflicting evidence, that on. Saturday afternoon kst decca9( was en w driv ithing through Broad ..anottury, Westminster, a e t. of Westminste r -b r lad sand, in the direction, the same tim e a ' d ray, belonging to Messrs. dge. " Elliott,tt the brew ers , was being driven i n th e same direction, and there being on off side other vehicles,e; the - drivers of the cart and dray trait " cut in," or pss other on the near side. In viral h : this foolish attempt deceased, who was on the off si•de: 4 . .% dray and on the near side of his own cart, was six& .031 y 9 "„- to tall, having been jammed in between the wheels o f the o ' . ; - tending vehicles. lie was instantly picked c 4 and take a' ° the Westminster Hospital, in which he died ita the short rtii of three minutes. 'I he Jury, seeing from „. evicts , moe, the deceased was as much to blame as Messrs.` dravin ell a l returned a verdict of " Accidental Death.;" with a milli° deodand of ls. on each vehicle. , d GOLD WATCHES.—A variety of excel' call a carefully finished Second-hand Gtild Watehes, many of them d accordance with the latest taste, with Gold Dials, . 'ewe& &c., are offered for selectien, price Eight Gui Leas sac At T, t.. 3 _,X SAVORY'S, Watchmaker, Golo, and .silversmith, 47, Cernhill (Seven doors from Gracec:lozch-street), London. A printed warranty will be given, with fixed term's, ' on w hich the Watches will always receive any attention require d. Second-hand Watches pirechased in exchange SPOONS, FORKS, &c., superior to Sill, or f.r cl!1 rability, equal in appearance. Table Spoons or, ,rks, 1 2s. Dessert, 10s. ; T ea Spoons, ss. per i!ozen; Table .;andlestickso 8 inches high, 7s. per pair ; 11,e particular rut _nal of whit these articles are made is so lika silver, that it ea from it by the stamp ; ever; article made la silve r s ly mds °. tured in this material by a on Le t ui RIPPON and BrJITOv, Wells-street, Ohs ford-street, Who, to prevent ' , imposition, conl:ne the sale of to themselve* - Catalogues of prices gratis. On the 25th inst., in B B roo IRTHS k-street, Gros ."nor_ the Lady of JOhn Ale. square, g xander Hank e y, E sq., of a (lauhter. On the 24th i ns t., a t Bi gg i n Halt, North pt , .n, th e lady of D. W. Ru ss ell, E sq., of a daughter. Jun On the 19th inst., in Nevv Broad. str tet, the ilady of Dr. Fox, of a son. On the 24th inst., Mrs. J. C. Stevens of a son. On the 24th inst., at Paddington -0 een, the lady of W. I. Iron, Esq., of a daughter. On the 25th inst., in the Cathedr: - .4 precincts, Canterbury, the lady of the Rev. F. V. Lockwood, o f a son, who survived its birth only a few minutes. On the :_sth inst , at Salisbury, Mrs. J. Bennett, of a sou. On the 25th inst., in Londoll, the lady of Dr. S. S. Fitch, of Philadelphia, of a daught , ,r. On the 25th inst., in Lower Seymour street, Portman" a daughter. lady of th e R ev : T. squ ( j ar n e t „ h t e h e th l e ad vs y t o h f C in a s p t t . r :a n t J a i e Ni c i r G ov a e mbier s of --a rrow-on-th e .hill, the Steel, of a son.o MA R RIE:6: — ----- atatBtl:iorGseharge'si On the 2 , 2zi inst., `w•ey, Hants, to Cathe q., deceased, wdow uf the late Captai e rge t 4 rine, th:rd daughter o.lnßdeohard Labe, Es and .utdl Sotheby. John Thomas Williamson, Esq., of Crr I only daughttr of W. A. Raper, Esq. Horsham James Winckwo,th, Esq. I lanover-square, Ralph On the 2:2d inst., at North WiLingham Church, the Rev. • J. Bo t he Vicar of Altssingham, to Eliza, eldest daughter of the Bishop of Lincoln. , to O Ca n th th er e inl o n the late, at Branston, Lincolnshire, Atwell, thi Ai son of the Sir James Lake Bart,, to Anne, youm: ot daughter of the Rev. Peregrine Lake, of the Longhills, I ma t ß h ai i • n ba s r t. a, Lincoln. On the 22d inst., at St. Peter's, Wallingford, the Rev .( • Andrews,M.A., Vicar of Sutton Courtney, to Amelia Sh i,kl et eldest dau g h ter of the Rev. R. Roberts, ALA. On Tuesday, DIED. Evans, tii., of New Broad-street, and Barge-yard, .B .. ac'k lel; I 0.% the 21st inst., Elizabeth, rerict of the %ate Mr. J. On the 20th inst., at Twquay, 1 1 / a , 2 v, the youngest daul , the 20th inst., ,after a few days' illnr ~,, . fu t.o bur p' in the 65th year of his age, most sine2rely w lit:twitted by his fa.mily and frieuds. G. Poland, of Oxford-street, aged, 11. Ado , eP ' Ilte of John Dimock, Esq„ of Randwick., dloucesterioire. On the 25th it - 14.4., at Tharldngt J, Lowcoek, aged 55. on-place, Vauxhall, .3.1 I. ' ob On the 2.5. th inst., George Frirbes, Esq., Sloane-street. At Cutt:Te-grove, Bow. ro-4d, Ann, relict of Joseph A J Esq., late of Med Bouse, 1. 'Ann, Staffordshire. f On the 2.lst ;fist. t at C'Jiley, Warwickshire, Lcuisa, v ' ll6 v the Rev. Arthur Willian.,, Gregory. On the 21st inst., 4t Brixton-bill, Horatio Lillie, Esq On the 22d inst„ in South-street-tetrace, PeckbArr Ann Clapham, rellot of the late Captain H. Whit,:neae .. , On the 2tll ii,st., ill r . T. Cl ose, of Alanckester-b• Oil ,gl Westminster, aged 76. :$ marl London Printed and Published by IV "r,f EIRDO ( t No. 112, St ran d , at The; Sun °flir, No. 112 Y(. t erl , iu the county of Middlesez.—Thucschy, April 29, 1 641* -Pi V SAL] ret ~IiKAI CUI o 7111ill'AlN a WzbxEs Dal ;on, th e C al Her Majimty' Consist inn o f C auva P oet reh, P ersons i nt mdent for 4 , Catal ogues 'lle Yard ..___ • tOND Tphowerse DIRE of the o MONEY and Tolls ari: for the terms :he rate of 5/ fdessrs. Smit The Tende Which the sa bt th e Secret: l'hrogmorton 13 .1 71 R All F URTHER LOI blic 0 4° ' 1- ) r uP pt ti t ir l. tehibiasee nn enit 01 eastle-upom-1 Railway and Bin ' ll lwa3 Comm Leaving -London 6 0 A.l the ONLY and Passenge F A. 11. Train Fast Coac•h~ tat the arrival 1 3irmincthar AIA NC The DI hIIN G HA 3 ti 1 to GRANT / of Parliament dertaking as legs than' 50( fear, five, six, Interest warra rum, and b ecome o Li vered due di L ivered to the Particulars, Pi ty, may be of ;,atlilly, Manc princess -street Manchester ----______—_: calltAhai a f d: ST. ‘:untinental at .--5 cases ti lY r Y.ard (this Acpal 111 arc „..kvourite wit Chene Luca rineot of S. , compria ~_'o ll prices as due profit. i _Pab r i ques i t , ml iao of the r b 4 large as moaiery, G 1 ay bge 69 ,rve 1 .1 ALBEM4 SIGH X y c_, A IN I 4 1 0 , G N i : 'ERATIVI " We, the u th e them theastoniFilin ec di •tit," e ei tide an". by t '4"ith per andle light J. Alit and bri] fines Blundel "---::