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wiT 111VENIN G _EDITION LITERATURE. • VI VIA PERPETUA. This is Pox, London, 1841. •'' a dramatic poem by a lady named Adams,corirersioanfitdo turns on the circumstance of the Christianity, and subsequent nrar :tYl.4°ll-1) of a noble Roman matron, Vivia Per .- P„, e - t ua, an account of whom is to be found in most . A ate histories that relate to the early Christian •,rkalikrch. The scene of action lies in Carthap:,,, 4d-th e period referred to is the commencement A!oftha third century, when the numerous r...nemies ..-oaf -tile converts were inveterate in their .. : host s y , towards them. Massitr;er, it may be ;_reoembered, has a fine play on this subject, and we suspect it was his " Virgin Martyr" that first au tr— .,sested to our authoress f.,ne idea of her present ( i l l t atoa. In her delinea'„ion of the character of er w in ; I—rn e Vivia P erpetua, there occur some touchesfeat of ft! ' cling tlfat ‘vould lead us to imagine - , Fiat the old dram - Atist's play had been studied by her With great - ttention ; but it is but just to add th at sh e Is no servile imitator, but depicts natural emotions in a free and spirited manner. The ",'"sing scenes of her play are the best, for the ,e:rlier acts 1110VC heavily and languidly, and are I 0 much taken up with dialogue that lead to no s result, ASIATIC JOURNAL. Alien London, 1841. „In this Number we frid a bt•ienner,oi r of the late t'.l.lssEnuntatobarts, a clever au t.ioress who contri _uuted largely to the periodicr:t of the day, and 'hose latest work entitled .‘ Scenes and Charac teristics of Hindostan," one of the liveliest and ost graphic of its se a • L• 1 an article tin the lanfruage. There on the subect' of the recent de s •". -sghantstan, ertptive - • e4lllP4l°lli which exhibits no little (Igo . COLONIAL MAGAZINE. m Fisher, London, 1841. the staid, servic ea bl e , ma tt er - o f-f ar t t •i sesella n i es that from time to time challenge the ...to‘ention of the public, we know of few more rtilY eneburagement than the " olgazine," which, taking - for its motto " (O ° i nks, and Commerce," gives us laiuch prac information on these important subjects, and ~_,L4ell.sses them in a lucid, d ; _passionate manner, `Zeditable to the good s.ense of the Editor, Mr. Zutg oni _ r __ e y Martin, The present Number— an is the f ourter.nth—contains, in addition to d:_li ccu rate map of A ustra l-A s i a, a well-digested 4 7 ur ertation on the question of the revision of , ear nmerc.lal tariff, wherein the writer justly • ci j er B , l „ t as an axiom, that "to make coin sho„7, valuable to the entire community, it 11. 0 "1 be freed to the utmost possible - extent • Governmert taxation and protective enact rtilats, Makin; in fact freedom. from taxatl - o n the col-,, -e ', an dPr:.fiibiti ng duties the excel)tion, in our lte--..inercyjj Tariff:, There is an interesting 4 "i -i t of Cooke's visit to the Austral-Asian pr :nd s . several statistic._; details relative to the diasentsprosperous state of the British West In ofla C olonies, from which we learn that the Duke jb--Juckingham's estate in Jamaica has doubled ilvalue since the abolition of slavery, which is iialexP e riment that has b een a tt en d e d w i t h sig ' v s - Il eeess ; and a cu r i ous s k etc h o f P ort A rthur • k e an Diemen's L an d, w hi c h i s a penal settle troLlt for the worst orde r o f B r i t i s h conv i cts, Which we quote the following :—" Port , 11, Rur is situated at the extremity of a point dePenin su l a , th e nec k o f w hi c h i s 4 1e ell by a military detachment wh o h ave nu ' pr„.rnas fierce dogs to app r i se th em o f t h e ap eC of Any r unaways . T o P ort A rthur the vi cti a ted convicts of Britain are sent ; boy con 'tea also ordered there, and placed under ti k eers qualified to make them useful in several t he colonial convicts, and prisoners reconvicted t his settled districts, likewise removed to 4.B,great penitentiary. They are conveyed from ""'art Tow n to Port Arthur by sea. When ,they are mustered and st r ipped; and af- W a rds cloth e d in - chz: garb of the place, which oade of tanned s'aeepskin, exceedingly pervious 7 e,t, amid Avh;,ch much of their t o il i s p asse d. he hour; of hbour are from sunrise to sunset ; CU? t a' rations are scanty, consisting of fl our , bis e ~Peas, and salt beef or pork ; few vegetables, • lio s i t , a r4 fresh meat. Tobacco, which is a 4 . bit„ -'e passion with such men, is strictly prohi for'T• Innumerable schemes have been devised 114.„,, 48 , concealment; but woe to the miserable Isuii: e n in whose possession it may be found. It ltu l ii"ts him to seventy-five lashes, and such The superintendent of shipw:ights in .11,0-Ted• the writer (and he was an old man-of httlnian) that th e s t ou t es t man 1' ever saw tied o the triangles had the blood streaming in th 811 nes at th e fif t h lash. ?he hopelessness of Riet enVi CtS ' position, the . unvary i ng an d unmiti to e d- misery 83,satter demoraliza and deso l -ation of rill around, tends on or reckless ferocity. This to in colony has been attributed (ciaeatellid„er transp,or is said to have been devised tation a punishment worse than NONTIILY LAW MAGAZINE. Th e . Crofts, London, 1841. thi s e are several well-argued legal articles in 11 'A umber one of which, "On the Law of NAa - of t h li ds," will be sure to attract the attention l Ale s : P i rolession. But the article which will tne most generally, the biographical bu t ,7 4 of the celebrated French , advocate, / -11 ) from which we learn that he was born Ri , e Years before the breaking out of the first ikant R evolution, and distinguished himself in tl a :,.,a,nd 1817 by his zeal as a Commissioner for frp - i r ing the laws of the empire. His greatest kesi,le triumph, however, was his defence of ke e - ,, 8 : 41 1. 1 Ney, which he conducted, though un tas-s-*All, with uncommon tact and courage, and de oft en since b een h ear d t o say th a t th e con : f:L na tion of his client was not just, for that his de : fie rl iV7as not unfettered. " Dupin," says his pre faiiii"grapher, " created a new style, that of tarp l i a : eloquence. An advocate above all, he p er r a tar more to gain his cause than to round a bk v - „ t) u• When he held a brief; the subtlest points te ri ii r es caped him; he could at once gain the at- Ivi i i,°n, of the J ury b y t h e se d uct i ve manner i n It ti ee lie detail e d th e c i rcums t ances o f hi s case , pr e i,7l l .ew also full well how to minister to the liirluaces of the Judge who presided at the trial. ithvaAranpage, sometimes not very choice, but tati o " B lucid and energetic, interwoven with quo frouirls) metaphors, proverbs taken at random Blear th e drawing -room or the street ; his voice face'nd sharp ; the sarcastic expression of his 1)r th e ll tended to give to his add r ess a novelty, ai d of which he carried everything before _ rl iß HUNGARIAN DAUGIITER. There . Mitchell, London, 1841. 1306„ ,ls som e v i gorous wr iti ng i n thi s d rama ti c ‘ l , e nut even in its most emphatic passages, th e ea n detect a certain haziness of thought, as if tio author had no very clear or definite conCep • tta lr l d ef the idea he was anxious to impress on the iii it h - s i e . r .'s Mind. He seems to us to be a man of wi th ` l ° ll s but undisciplined intellect, who dallies Th at th emes abo ve the r eac h o f his capacity. h e•• is not devoid of feeling and even fancy, ; but if we except one or two brief .liotT, e s in his Hungarian Daughter, he does ti en ; 'Low how to give fit utterance to his emu away an d as to hi s f ancy , i t i s too o f ten f r itt ere d Pr e• Inere verbiage, or runs into fantastic will Here is an insta nce i n p o i n t, which t : ll llg.that we do not condemn him without Describing a cheerful summer dawn, he 1,, 1 I t) e morning break s ; the blue and vigo rous a i r se, Do e shak e hi s wings; the blythe, immortal day, ' : • /I"nding to light the darkness of the earth, IN - 0‘ ;11 Yonder ocean .shore is young again." 'AltZif We strip this description of the load of ds with which it is encumbered, we shall find itB whole sum and substance are comprised • _7lh t he first half line, " the morning i breaks," and at all the rest is a mere repetition of this mat- We - l lf-f act. Yet almost immediately afterwards, Sui ng a really beautiful idea, where, still pur the same theme, the author says— " The golden sun with thoughtless speed • Shakes day about, like peitume from his hair." or e from this and similar indications in his or e ,„ Mr. Stephens has much of the sterling d„, n ui Poetry in his nature, but that he is utterly 4i.01.-iicietit in the art of turning , it to account. As *l4 w' A egar ds melody of versification, in particular, lie L " u4 's not for 6 seem to ha ve th e s li g h test not i on o f i t, l anY of hi s li nes are as harsh, abrupt, and 11,' the lan a, as the b ray o f t h e an i mal that chews retno th istle. I n a word, he has many defects to h e v e and many reuisits t gain, ere Pe to achieve succe q ss as e a dramatic poet.he can .4 1 ,.7,' - u - "le letters from Manchester state that an un -4,,- It ",1 , s.t!al demand has sprunr, up there for a new fabric of a 4'altill:°llsscline ee 'Bine" specieß, which is stimulating A.,,, .t,z4"4, Manufacturers to great exertions, both , in cx '?a4 4 S I n i I ng their povver of production, and rnaking h ne w '.l4,l•4:?il.riventents in the patterns. Of those, throug t 3 Z4t‘C.tr,ananti _ ~,...itie s the mono., postage gives, many spccime tted in j the letters, and the public., till 4,l 4 4 `'el e ' mere seen them, will hardly credit what really , 141 1:: tlikrlfttafit fabrics are produced, at the price of 14d. a l e, /t , ''stdili tt f °? a commodity 27 inches wide. It serves as an '''-` ' iihi- 43114 Proof, if any were wanted, of the means y ~,,,,,, ,„ , t0.., ,v . our manufacturers, if fair play te h hem, --I...viutrive to obtain the dof every market in the tut; command givcn to . t ~.,t--. Some of tho manufacturers have orders for al . , 1 „... , - Nu n 'lire able 10 produce wititio tb. next 0.11-.-e . w0 , y. , !.:F. k 4, s` t1,4,e/ crns to cor,tinue in consY.era:)le demand t ' l I " an. ,••Atills,,,t, bLt not , 1 ns t, create ..,,y , ery i-er ( , i' s lo'i'cil' - 4tct.the general activity which is springing up in the Of -di str i ct , . Y SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVSNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) We yesterday drew attention to the inferiority of Lord Stanley's Registration Bill, as compared with that of Lord Morpeth, and slightly glanced at the inconsist ency and injustice of the threatened opposition to the sN'end reading of the latter, on the weak pretence that '4:he proposed franchise is a violation of the integrity of the Reform Bill. The self-stultifying arguments by which the Tories endeavour to justify their prefe rence for Lord Stanley's Bill, and their determination to effect the rejection of Lord Morpeth's better mea sure, receive a characteristic illustration from the Post's attempt to aid its party in their work. To show why the Conservatives ought not to vote for the second reading of Lord Morpeth's Bill, although they approve of its principle, the Post has recourse to a curious process of ratiocination, The principle of it is, the prevention of false swearing. It aims at the very object they have professedly most et heart ; and yet the Conservatives ought not to vote for the principle they approve and the object they supremely desire, because the bill threatens to invade the Reform Act, and re-opens the mighty question which so agitated the country ten years ago! Now, this would have been a very good reason for not introducing Lord Stanley's KU of last Session. If disturbing the Re form Act is a thing so much to be deprecated, that no Conservative can consistently vote for a Bill which does it, then no Conservative can consistently vote for the Bill of Lord Stanley. Sir R Peel, we re member, used to check the ardour of his partisans, when they wished to attack the Reform Act, by tel,ing them it would not be long before its authors would do so. He thought the passion for Reform would outrun the passion for re-action. But he was mistaken ; and he who took up his Conservative position upon the Re. form Act, has allowed his partisans—the zealots of re action—to cut away the very foundations of the posi tion he professedly took up. Curiously enough, the Post without meaning it, tells the Conservatives what they ought, according to -,e e ry rule of duty and logic, to do l ' - ' s Ceetieg the second reading of Lord Stanley's Bill : icians tell us of a sophism, pl ur iu ni interroga tio where several propositions arc put together which ".annot be either affiya,a_ekor- denied in the lump, because . ;11; r :; I : part of them are au4 part false. They huller tell us that the way to avoid th t meshes of this sophism is to take each of the propositions separately, and affirm or deny it, according to its truth or falsehood. Now, this is just the way to meet the legislative sophism of Lord Mor pales Boll." We quite agree with the Post. This is the logical reply to the 811. The second reading is the time for affirming one of the propositious of the Bill—the prin ciple of the repression of perjury at the registries ; and therefore the Conservatives are logically and morally bound to affirm this true principl e To affirm what is to them a true proposition, is as much a duty as it is a duty to deny a false proposition. (From the Standard.) We have put iv!o plain quest ens to the admirers of Lord Morpeth's Bill, neither of which any of them has condescended to answer. First, we have asked, why if the Bill is in other respects an excellent Bill, as Mr. O'Connell says it is, is it necessary to engraft upon it a reduction of the qualification ? It might be very well to say, after abusing Lord Stacdcy's Bill for 12 months, this is a vile Bill, but wo vill take the sting out of the " Scorpion "by throwing Univers il Suffrage into it by way of parenthesis. This migLt be plausible enoui i , , h as regards L-ird Stanley's Bill ; but surety it will ❑ot be said of the excelert Bill of Lord Morretb, that to te at all palateable it must . _ be seasoned with a revolut on. Occe more tie crave an explanation of this seeming difficulty. Our second question regards the same topic—the Universal Suf frage parenthesis. The reason given for this extra ordinary injection is, that of persons qualified to exercise the elective franchise, according to the scale of qualification established by the Reform Bill, there are not enough in Ireland, Non' we ark, if such be the case, is not the proper remedy, accord ing to the theory of the Reform Bill, a reduction in the number of Irish representatives ? In Great Britain the Reform Bill gave to one-fourth of the population— namely, the inhabitants of cities, towns, Sze., three-fou► the of the representation, because the towns were supposed to contain qualified electors in that proportion. The num- her of qualified electors was thus made the test, and the very foundLtion of the contt tution of 1832: and why should it not be applied to lte‘azd, when we are told that the number of qualified electors in tliot island is likely to prove insufficient. But is this likely ? Whet ought tet be the number of electors for z.n Irish city or county? the City of London, Ix e believe, has 14,000, or thereabouts; and we see by a return moved for by Mr. Flume, that the city of Dublin has 17,000, Cork 8,000, Belfast 5,400, Gal way 3,267, and so on—so that the disparity of numbers in cities and towns is not very grcaf. The average of electors in the Irish counties appears by the same return to be above 3,000, and this we sub- mit isan average that scarcely calls for an augmentation. But it is said that the number is diminishing; the reverse is the truth. In the county of Dublin and the county of Longford only is th4e-'-ittly decrease since 1835, whereas, in nine cities there has been a great increase. The total decrease in five years has been 878, the increase 11,297—leaving a balance of increase considerably be yond ten thousand. In the cities and lnroughs the decrease has, in five years, amounted to a solitary unit —Coleraine has lost one elector : the increase has Leen, on the other hand, 2,2-i1 ; leaving a balance of 2,240 in favour of the increase. These, surely, are not symptoms of decline in the constituencies. (From the Couricr.) During some days past reports have been in circula .ion touching certain misunderstandings between Sir John Harvey, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, and Lord Sydenharn, (late Mr. Poulett Thomson), the Governor-General of British North America, which have resulted in the recallof the former functionary on the demand of the hitter. The groundwork of the dif ferences is stated to have been the expression of an opi nion adverse to the propriety of mploying the regular troops for the defence of the Madawaska settlement, the frontier British stt.tion on the territory in dispute with the State of Maine, such troops having been ordered there by the Governor-General himself. The gravamen of the charge, however, is to be found in the tact, as fact it is assumed, that Sir John Harvey not only entertained the sentiment imputed, but that he should have chosen, of all mcn in the world, to im part it by letter to that hair-brained person Governor Fairfield, of the State of Maine, with the add,tjon that it would hate peen more wise to have comm'tted the care of the settlement to a posse contitatus, rather than to troops. Now here was an act both of insubordina fon, of weakness, and of impclicy. It could not be 0t1.e7- wise than prejudicial to the public service, as putting arms or arguments into the enemy's hands, wherewith to resist or deny the just claims of this country to deal in the mat ter of her own territorial occupation and possession as might best be for the protection of the subjects entitled. And it cannot be denied, that the mode adopted for giving publicity to this disagreement in opinion was Loth offensive and disrespectful towards the superior officer, the Governor-General. NOVEL MODE OF THIEF CATCHING.—A few days since an inhabitant of the ancient burgh of Prest wick having observed that a potato-pit in his kail-yard had been broken into, and a quantity of potatoes carried away ; and supposing that another visit might be paid to it, bethought himself of a plan which would effectu ally lead to the detection of the offender. Accord ingly, next day, he dug a pit, to the depth of about n'ne feet, adjoining the potatoe pit, and covered it with small sticks, straw, and earth—thus rendering the sur face level with the ground. All things thus being prepared, the thief again, during the night, proceeded to the potato pit, expecting to rifle it of a portion of its contents as formerly unmolested ; but having unwittingly planted a foot on the covered pit, in the twinkling of an eye she descended, along with the sticks, straw, and earth, to the bottom with a vengeance ; and, after wearying herself in endeavouring to make her escape, she sunk down, and quietly submitted to her fate. Next morning, the Prestwickian went into his yard to examine how matters stood ; and upon approaching the mouth of the pit, he looked down, and, to his amazement, saw, not an urchin or brawny chiel, but an old and hagard woman cowering at the bottom, and al. most overcome with cold. Having thus found out who the person was who bad been helping away with his potatoes, he was moved with compassion towards her, and, there fore, instead of handing her over to the ministers of jus tice, to be " prosecuted with the utmost rigour of the law," he kindly liberated her from durance vile, believing that she had already suffered a sufficiently lengthened period of imprisonment. —Ayr Observer. ROME.—The Constitutionnel publishes a letter from Rome, which states that the feast of languages was cc'e hroted on the 12th ult. at the Celle,l - e of the Propaganda. Cardinal Nlezz.fcuitt pt e.ided at this solemnity, unique in its nay. All the strangers of distinction in Rome were invited and asti:tel. The festival commenced by a prc logue in 1.4,1 tin, delivered by an Illyrian. A young man from New York then recited a poem in Ilebrem. Two Chalicans a dialogue in the idiom of the Rabli=. Abrl- Allah- Assemari, a tative of Lebanon, decl lintel in Sy rian verse; and a young man from Bethlehem delivered a discourse in Samaritan. A Persian spoke in Chaldean. Two Turks, ore from Aleppo, another from Conttint - nople, de, laimed in Turkish poetry. Two young Latins if Pegu spoke ia 13irn an ; t' e younger of the twe, only ' tvi elvc years if age, dcclai r cd vrith so much ski l that be rece'ved unbouneed applause. Some Armenians read a La is eles'y, a discourse in ancient Greek, and series is modernG; - cek A Kurd read verses in tbaAanguage,rernark ahle for the hardness r f the sound. An American if New Sc thud an i lyl in Celtic. After ads f Hewed Illyrian, Bulgarian, Poli,h, Germa •, Detch, Er g'irb, and Freceb. A negro from Godsciand spoke in Ammarien. An iuha bita t of Calit.rr ia sung a song ia t' e barbarian dialect of his nati rn, accompan3i , • g liar elf pith ca , tagnette3. lie was applauded, but the g, eate t applaase vi as reserved for the Chi , e.e, n Ke-o, fr rm t,';e provi -cc of He-nan, speaking tte la- g' , age if l i> c , ur.try compose I entirely of monosyllable. A second sreaki g the Cl itie cif Can ton. In fire, two other Chine e of Sci-an pre.ented themselves in their ratbral enstqine, and read verses in the n!t , ,to of their pr.,vi , ce, terminati• g those academic exer et .es by a root L liztraloni arc Ct i e scour_. The grea ter part t a t ;pd. bast ore word whien occurred frequertty. The loud aaplauae bestoned by the vbiters, Catholic and Prutestant, proved to those young men how much their performance was admired. THE SUN, L MARKET INTELLIGENCE. PRICE OF BREAD. The Ifghes' ri. e f Bread i , the Aletropllis is 9J. for the 415 Leaf. Good Bread may be had at 7d. PRI_Ei OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. I New Ergl'sh Rao Clover...6os GOs St. Fein ... • —s 50s (it s , Old I , itto Dit , o —s —5 —s Rye G ass —, IBs 50s New Foreign Di:to —s 55s 70s Pacey Grass s—s —; Old Di to Di to —s —s —s I , lnseed, for fe.di , g ~.—s tOs 51s cw White Clover 45s 508 6' - s lit o, fo, sowing ......—s 00 00s, Old Di t-, Ditto —s —s —s Ditto, for crushi ,g ....—s 46s 48s t w Tre 0i1... —s 30s 4 , s Wm • —s 35; •i•;, Old Ditto —s 2Cs 30s Canary —s 05; 90s Jr folium s 488 70s' Per B .she). E - •glish Carraway —s 50s 5 s' White Must ,rd.... Is (hi to lis 0 , Foreign Ditto ...-3 46s D)s Brown Ditto 14s 111 to 17s Ocl Coriander —s 14s 18s,Tares 7s 6d tc lOs 61 Per Quarter PitICE 4)F OIL. Rape Oil, brown, rer ton Oit.o, refined Linseed Oil Liras rd Oil Cake at th, Mill (per 1000) l3 10 11.,4,e ake, per to . PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &e. per 1121 b. Fown Tallow £2 0 (ipleßing Stuff £1 18 0 Yellow Russi4 White , ... ... o 0 ClGraves Soap Ditto __ 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 5 0 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 61bs, Price of Tz.llow (as stated by the Tallow Metter) 23. 9d . - COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, 31. s. tl.' Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley 21 It 11can's Primrose l7 Ii Ma 'n 23 0 New . iantield Moor . Walls End Brown's 22 C I Wilts i•ini Heaton ...... 93 6 Walls End ercy Beashain 22 0 Walls End Holton l6 0 Walls End Lambton 8. d. Walls End rentherton 23 9 Walls End East Helton Walls End Hal tley4ol - 26 0 Walls End West Hartlepool 24 o Walls End Barrett 23 9 Walls End Clareenee Tees 20 0 Vsafi:. End Seymour Toes l:3 9 vial s End '1 ens South E ton ..4 17 1. (From the London New Price Current of February 19. ) Scontt.—The arrivals from Mauritius and Bengal hav ing been extensive this week, have caused the trade to be less desirous to purchase Wes: India Muscovadoes Sugar, and the market has assumed a quiet aspect. From the grocers the demand has been limited, especially for the lower sorts, and but few of the refiners have made their appearance in the market, the quantity disposed for the. three market days has amounted to only 480 libels and tree, ht blers, howeve., have rerusei to submit to louer rates, but in ot.e or two instances a slight reduction has been submitted to for the lower sorts ; th. 3 supply is still scanty, CSt ccieliy of good and five bright y(11).% sorts, cf which few boards are to be met with. S:. Lucia of damp and low heavy quality has teen sold at 70 , , D...metara low - Lniddl'ng ruttier - trtglarpts, tigu s g..A)d 80; per cwt. To-day the tea ktt V.e.ts inse ive, and but fe, purchases" were made hr ether groce -y or refining purpf,t.ez, but the scanty supply prcveoted pikes fom g iii g down ; the sales for the week a c only 640 high and trs ; prices re main much th same as on Friday last. REFINED. —The rates previously established have been fully supported for Refiarel Goods : Standa-d Lumps at 93s to 98s 6d; Tittlers and Ilarnbro Loaves, fine 104; to 107 s, good 99s to 103 s, ordinary 983 to 98s 6d; brown Lumps, low to fine 913 to - 97Q. Treacle common tit 34s 6,1 to 355; Patent 363 to 37=, best old make 39s to 40=, and golden syrup 41s to ;2;. For Bas tards former rates;ave been supported. Piece', fine sorts, at 86s to 89=, and other kinds at 78; to 84; per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sulbir at 32s 3d to 32s 6', for first Tx-- I,ty. Loaves, 10 and 14 lbs, at 36s 6d to 38s. Treacle at 14s 63 to 155. Bastards and lice(); at fir rer ears. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 303 9d to 31s on bard. T.-]ay the market was qui.2t for Refined Goods, but prices were supported for most kinds. MAURITIUS.—.There has been I..!ss demand from bcth grocers and refiner?, and importers continuing to sup ly the market fr prices have declined 6i t 13 p r eat. This afternoon the biddinga wor linguid et a public sale of 4,057 bags, and not above hall was sold is under former rat -F, middling to fine yellow went at 74s to 82 6 1 , low yellow 723 to 73', fine brown 70s, s rang grayish brown 57s to 57s 6d, low brown 54s 6d per cat. EAST INDIA.—The Lome trade have purchase] spariagly of whi c deieririons cf Bengal, and prices have given way Is per cwt. 1 his afternoon 540 bags whi.c, 406 cases, 209 ba;s, 44 casks brown, Be gal at public sale, which went is to Is 61 under former rates; good white at 81s, nil 79. , , damps and washed 76; to 79;, low damp brown 565, washed 53s 6d, low dabs 463 to 52', sound brown 53s to 62', yel low 65s to 703. FOREIGN.-There has not been much demand for this description. Yellow Havannah at full 1 rices, 24s hare been paid for some parcels of mi t quality ; washed of low to good quality of indifferent colour fit:bed 183 61 to 233 6d, and :hi:led 163 to 18s per cwt. In whitr h Hers will not submit t) lower rater; dansgel went et 263 to 303 per cwt. 13abia mid brown to fine tine Strong gre}ish brown fetched 21s to 233 6d per eat. Wt.i•e sorts arc held firmly. Port ,:Rico g .od bright ycliow grocery taken in at 23s 6d to 243, ba•rels at 253 Fer crvt. MOLASSEF. —This afternoon 100 puns Barbadoes, 50 Trinidad Molasses, and 93 casks Mauritius Sugar and 111,1 asses were offered at auction ; Bin-badoes went at 383 for good quality, being rather lower, Trinidad taken in at 301 6d for good quality, and Sugar and Molasses went at 493 per cwt. . . . . COFFEE —The market for British Plantation presented a fires aspect on Tuesday, a fair demand existed by private treaty for all kinds of clean sorts from the home trade, and full prices were paid, but since then the trade has been less desirous to purchase, and at the public sales the hid_ dings have been languid; the total quantity offered this week has amounted to .177 casks, and 174 barrels and bags, the principal part was taken in holders not being disposed to submit tl lower rates, the small quantity sold however went is Lo is Gd under last wcek'a prices. This afternoon the market -.e.as dull'-fee all descriptions and prices had a downward tendency, the business transacted was confined to the public sales, which con slated of 512 Ceylon, 379 bags Java, a-ed 1,165 bags of various other sorts of East India at the 9.1 duty, at which the biddings were languid, and Ceylon went Is che Ter, viz., at 69s to 71s for ordi nary and good ordinary, and fine ordinary pale at 71s Gd 73 , , Java went cheaper, v:z. fine ordinary green at 60s to 65?, and ordinary to good ordinary yell aw at 50s to 55e, East India was nearly all bought in at 38s Gd to 395, for ordinary Batavia sort much mixed and broker, by private contract some smell parer Is of British Flotation of clean quality were sold is 6d to 2s order last week's rater. Cocon.—There has been no public :ate of \Ve,t India but prices aro firm ; fino red Trinidad at 56s to 58 , , middling and good 506 to 55a per cwt. Prices have im prove d for Foreign ; Bahia good red at 42s to 43s Gd, and one lot int*, jar 41s 6d per cat. TEA.—There has not been much activity in the market for free trade this week, and the operations have been almost exclusively confined to the public sales, which finished this day, and which have been jeut thinly attended, either by town or country dealers; they have not evinced much desire to purchase, but the merchants being desirous to realize, and having submitted to a reduction on former rates of ld to lid per lb have led to the disposal of a fair proportion of that offered ; the total quantity brought forward ti,is week has amounted to 20,376 packager, and nearly 11,000 packages have fund buyers. The speculative market was inactive on Tuesday and Wednesday, and on the latter day sales in Company's Conguu were made at is Gd cash ; but yesterday buyers came forward more freely, and pr . c2s rallied from Is Gad to is 6441, cash. For auction on Tuesday 1,200 packages, and for Thursday 3,179 packages Tea are declared, and 125 vacleages Assam.--The deliveries at this part hale been lerge, and last week amounted to 485,0001b5. SPICES.—This afternoon 324 chests 2,550 mats Cassia Lignca, and 3,696 bags Black Pepper were offered at auction, the farmer ratracted no attention, and were all sold at sss to 90s fur ordinary coarse to middling quality, being Is and 2e higher, cf the latter a thi , cl part only found buyers a d dec;ine, ordinary light Sumatra went at 34d to 3,ad Per RICE.—For Bengal prices have declined 3d for the better, and 61 for cammon sorts ; low white at 12s to 12s 6d, mid 13s, good mid and good 13> 6d to 14; ; Jaw', good mid white at 11F, mid 9s Gd to lOs, ordinary mixed with Paddy 8s 61 to 9=. Madras taken in at 9s Gd to lls for good yellow and low white. Carulina at 34s to 36s for home use, and 22s f.)r export. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS..—The Rum market has presented a quiet aspect this week; for bath Jamaica and Lccwards the demand has been very limited, and the sales are not worth enumerating; holdtrs arc, however, firm, and proof Lcewards are not to be had under 2s 7d per gal lon. The arrivals have been large this we k, and amount to 1,000 puns and Mids. Brandy has met with a slow sale, but prices have Seen supported. The arrivals have been large this v‘ eek. British Corn S2irits in limited request only at 105 cash. To.eay there was rcber more inquiry for Rum, and some parcels we e disposed of at firm prices. A Govern ment contract for 100,000 gallons is declared, one-half to be East India. TALLOW —For Russian Tallow this week, prices have given way 6d to 91 per cwt. On the spot holders have accepted 45s 6d for P Y Candle ; for delivery for , the next two months, prices have fallen to 46s 3d to 463 6d; fcr the last three months 46a 3d, and in some cases 46s have been accepted. South American good and fine sorts at 44s to 45s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow has sold slowly. This of ernoon the demand was dull for P. Y. Cand'e, and 46s to 46i 3d the va'ue on the spot ;to at 46s for the last flaws months, with but few buyers. Ort.s.—For common demiotions of Mill Oils since we last wrote "nines we firmer; pale Seal has realized 321 to 321 103, brown 27/ to 281, yellow and straw colour 281 101 to 301; Cod 261 10; to 271; Sou'hern, fine 291t0 291 10‘, middling and good 271 lOs to 28l 10;, er,inary 261 lOs to 271 Of Pa'e Seal few pa-eels are now to be had; no public sale. In Si ems holders arc not diTosed to submit to any further reduction. For Linseed Oil prices have advanced Is 61 [Cr cwt. ; on the spot tales hare teen mace at 27s 6d to 28s, and for (lei very at 283 31 is 28s 6d. In Rape prices have given way a litee, 46s to 46s 6d i 3 the value of pa'e, and 45s 6d for brown. Cocoa Not at 38s to 40s for good and fine qua'ity. In Palm pikes have a downward tendency, 33/. lOs to 341. is the value of the first sort. The toarket for Olive is firm ; Sparlish at 64/. to 651, and Gallipoli 691. per tun. THE LATE ACCIDENT TO PRINCE ALBERT ON TUE ICE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—WIICH Prince Al beit broke through the ice on the lake in the gardens of Buck'ng,ham Palace, one day last week, his Royal High ness's situation was far more perilous than the public were F:d to imagine ; and, had not her Majesty and the Hon. Miss Murray been fortunately close to the spot at the time, there is very little doubt that the result would have proved fatal to the Prince. The water where the ice broke was upwards of seven feet in depth, although close to the shore, and the sides of the bank afforded him no footing to enable him to extricate himself without assistance. The Prince was in the water for upwards of three minutes, and went twice under before he could grasp the hand of her ' Majesty. TLe Hon. Mr. Murray, the Master of the Household, who was skating at a distant part of the gar dens hearing the screams of a female (which were those cf Miss Murray) hastened to the spot from whence they proceeded, where he arrived just as the Prince had been dragged on dry gfouvd by the Queen. It vas supposed by the duriiig the time his Royal Higlines was immersed, he taust have swallowed upwards of a pita of water. NDON, SATURDAY, FI4IBRITAR V 20, I‘=4l. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB. 19. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his scat on the Wool ' sack at Five o'Clock. EARL OF CARDIGAN. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, immediately upon taking his seat, moved that the Lord Speaker should give his orders for the publication of the Trial of the Earl of Cardigan. The Earl of ELDON wishe I to take the oppor tunity of adverting to a circumstance that had taken place on the trial of the Noble Earl. Orders were given by the House for the attendance of all the Peers, Judges, and the different officers of the House. Now the Masters in Chancery being considered the messengers of that House, one of them on the occasion of the trial of the Noble Earl came down and was refused admission by the officers of the House, stating that the reason of the refusal was, that no orders hid been given by the Lord Great Chamberlain for their ad mission. He (the Noble Earl) had no doubt that the omission of such order had been quite unintentional. He however thought it his duty to allude to the subject. There was another circumstance to which he wished also to allude, and that was, that in a portion of the address of her Majesty's Attorney. General he made use of the expression —no doubt out of regard to the Noble Lord at the Bar—that he was glad in having to prosecute that Noble Lord—that he could say that there was nothing of moral delinquency in his conduct, Now, unless it was stated that the Right R tvereed Pre lates had requested remission to retire in the early part of the day, it might he supposed that they concurred in the observation of the Learned Gentleman. He (the Earl of Eldon) was sure that those Right Reverend Prelates would never countenance such proceedings as had taken place ; and although he (the E irl of Eldon), was prepared to say that the present state of seem y cowl t net go on unless allowances ►were made for the feelings of parties in certain situations, yet Le must confess that his opinion was that the high feelings of her Majesty's Attorney-General had carried him too far when he made that statement to which he (the Earl of Edon) alluded. Toe Bishop of LONDON apprehended that the Right Rev. Prelates- not be implicated, even if they had been present, as been - riling to the statement of the Learned Attorney General, because they attended there on the occasion merely as Peers. Had he been present he should -have heard that sentence with great regret, because he Lelieved that there was nothing that called far the ex pression, and therefore the Learned Attorney. General had gone beyond the limits of his province. He hoped that. their Lordships would take the question which wa y s involved in the trial into their consideration, in order to sc.! whether something could not be done to put an end to a custom which had ori ginated in a barbarous age. It was the remains of that chivalry, which perhaps was of great use at the time it prevailed, but which was totally incon sistent with the manners and customs of the present day. Earl MOUNTCASHEL wished to put a ques tion to her Majesty's Ministers on the subject of duel lieg. He thought something ought to he done on the subject, for if it were c4low•ecl to stop there, the House would be considered as giving colour to the shameful ma lignity that had been shown in several instances. The question that he wished to put was whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government, Lord BROUGHAM—A new question cannot be put across the House while there is one question unde cided before it.—(Hear, hear.) The Earl of SHAT' TESBURY wished to say, with reference to the statement made by the Noble Earl (Eldon), that all the Judges and Peers were ordered to attend ; but that the Masters in Chancery, by virtue of their office as messengers of the House, had no claim to attend there. After a few observations from tLe Marquis • of LANSDOWNE, which did not reach us, Lord ELLENBOROUGH said there was some thing erroneous in the :t3terneat of the Noble Lord. The Bishops had no more reason to kite t'..e House Ohm any tallier individual. He (Lord Etlenborough) apprehended it was open to any Peer en any occasion to" leave the House tv;thout voting. It was so held in alit was _commonly called the Queen's trial. The House could compel the' attend ance of Peers et their proceeclingq, but they could not compel Peers to vote. Thecae might be one on which a Peer could not eon q;ientiortily vote. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he had no doubt that a Peer had a right to withdraw and not vote ; but the reason be apprehended why the Bishops wished tl retire, yet did so under protest, was to assert and maintain their right of sitting at all proceedings, and, if they liked, to vote. Lord BEDESDALE said the Bishops had made the same protest in the case of the Duchess of Kim , - ston. He believed the Lords Spiritual always claimed the right, because the Peers denied their right of sitting in judgment on Peers. _ . . The- Earl of SHAFTESBURY said he believed it would be found that the proceedings were in the usual form. It was u,sual. _for the-..,44,40ps to ask leave to re tire without voting, and it had been done on this occasion as en former trials. It was previous to their Lordships being caed upon to give their vcrdht that the Archbishop of Canterbury asked leave for the Lords Spiritual to retire. The Nob'e Earl then moved that the Lord Speaker should give directions for the printing of the Trial of the Ein of Cardigan, on Tuesd.ty last.—Agreed to. The Earl of RIPON gave notice, that on Monday next he should move for correspondence relative to cer tain transactions with the Court of Persia. DUELLING. The Earl of MOUNTCAS HE L then rose to put a question to her Majesty's GON ernment. He believed the trial thet had recelitly taken place in their Lordships' House was for duelling, yet he found, that no later than yesterday morning, a duel had taken place, et which one of the patties was wounded. He con ceived, according to the Act of Victoria, these parties ought to be taken up and brought to trial. He thought this a favourable opportunity of bringing the question before their Lordships. It was his opinion that duds might be put a stop to ; but the way to do it would be to pass an Act to meet the different cases that were productive of duels. Duels might he divided into two classes. Those resulting from minor insults and offences, and those from offences of a graver nature. He believed that in Prussia there was a Court of Honour, which worked well, and he wished a similar measure was adopted in this country. The classes of a serious nature ought to be taken itito consideration. If a man seduced another man's sister, her brother called him out. And why ? Because the ltw afforded him no redress. He conceived offences of this nature ought to be made criminal offences. He thought it a great defect in the law that if a man's daughter were seduced, he could only bring an action for the loss of his daugh ters services. He was sure, though some Noble Lords might think lightly of it, that this was a grert defect. The Noble Earl then adverted to the discipline of f.,e army and the conduct of superior officers towards their inferiors, which, we understood him to say, was produc tive of duelling.—(Hear, hca-.) He trusted her Majesty's Ministers would see the necessity of taking this subject into their consideration. If they did not do so they would become still more unpopular than they were at present. If they were not prepared to bring in a Bill on the subject, let them appoint a Committee on the subject, because, as the law at present stood, a man did not know how to act, and might give offence unintentionally. He wished, therefore, to know whether it was the in tention of the Government to bring in any measure for the effectual prevention of duelling? Lord MELBOURNE was deeply sensible of the importance of the subject; at the same time he was not. prepared to say that it was the intention of the Government to bring in any measure with reference to duelling. It would be difficult to discos er any means of giving greater strength or effect to public opinion on the subject than it at present had. . POOR-LAWS (IRELAND). The Earl of GLENGALL begged to ask if it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to bring forward any measure to alter the Irish Poor-law Act as regarded the appointment of returning : officers. The present system bad been productive of ,great evil. The Marquis of NORMANBY, withiiut admitting the evils to which the Noble Earl alluded; begged to say that the attention of the Government and the Com missioners had been directed to the subject, and had had given directions that all future elections should be conducted as far as possible on an unobjectionable principle. He was not aware, however, of the neces sity for any alteration in the law. Mr. Nichols had stated that it was intended at the next election to try the experiment of appointing the clerks of the unians as returning officers, and he had no doubt it would be successful, as by that means they would steer clear of political feeling. The Earl of GLENGALL vas very sorry to bear that such was the intention of the Government. The clerks of the unions were in many cases appointed by partisan boards of guardians, and the evl, would thus be perpetuated. It was his intention to bring forward a motion on the subject very shortly, and the manner in which the returning-officers were appointed would form a distinct feature in that motion. The Marquis of NORMANBY had reminded the Noble Earl that the matter was merely in the nature of an experiment. The Earl of WESTMEATH said the form of vet ing for guardians in Ireland had given rise to perjury, personation, and many other gross evils. The proper voters were swamped by pauper votes, and the conse quence was that very improper guardians bad been re turned. The law now provided no remedy for an im proper election, and it could not be set aside. Nothing would put an end to the system but the establishment of open voting. The Marquis of NORMANBY thought the views ente7talued by the Noble Earl were much exaggerated. No .Imil , t in country where an entire new system had bLyl, I:.. , rne evils V , CIL' ti 1;1: r:),- pected, but his information did not ,lead, to believe floral() be so great as stated by die N6lO Earl ,He could only repeat that both the Commissioners and the Government had the intention of meeting the evil wherever it might be proved. The Eal of FINGAL said the system had not yet had a fair trial. It would therefore be preMature to make any alteration such as that suggested by the Noble Earl. Open voting would make a radica altera tion in the law ; _ it would deprive the owner of his right to vote by proxy and plurality of votes. The Earl of WESTMEATH would willingly give up those rights for the object of getting rid of the pauper voters. _ - After a few words from Lord FITZGERALD and the Earl of FINGAL, the conversation dropped. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from an individual, complaining of the Copyhold Enfranchise ment Act. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. The NOBLE and LEARNED LORD also presented a pct tion from Chester, which was signed by the Mayor and several clergymen of all denominations, praying for the abolition of the punishment of death in all cases except for the crime of murder and treason. THE LAW'S DELAY. The NOBLE and LEARNED LORD then presented petition from Isaac Winter, of Wilton, in the county of Somerset, represe3ting- hinasolf to ha of the age of 70 years ; that he had been for the list twenty years a litigant before the Courts of Westminster, and during the greater part of that time in t'icir Lordship? House ; arid that the cause, which was an ejectment, tried about twenty years ago, for the recovery of an eitatc in the county of Samerset, still remairte I undecided. The petitioner prayed for a speedy decision. The Noble and Learned stated, teat undoub•elly the question was one cf extreme difficulty, and that there had been the greatest division of opinion among the Judges ; but he hoped that after the return of the Learned Judges from th‘... Circuits, this embarrassing cause would be dis posed of. ST. SULPICE. Tile Bishop of LONDON, on behalf of the Bishop of Exeter, gave notice that that Right Rev. Prelate would on Tuesday next present a petition from the proprietors of real ( states, merchants, and other inhabitants of Montreal, praying the House to address her Majesty not to give her consent to the ordinance of the Gover nor incorporating the Seminary of St. Sulpice to Montreal. Lord ELLENBOROUGH presented a petitien rrom the Chamber of Commerce in Glasgow, praying ,;:or the equalisation of Colonial duties. PRIVY COUNCIL. Lord BROUGHAM said on the table a return, showing the number of days the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had sat in each year since its forma tion, and the number of causes nuw pending, from which the Noble and Learned Lord observed it appeared that instead of sitting for 18 days in 1840, as had been stated, the Court had sat 36 days. In one year it had sat 48 days. With respect to the state of the business, lie found that since the Court was formed from 310 to 320 causes, some of them of great length, had been disposed of. The arrear, if it could be called such, was, that exclusive of the appeals from the native Courts of India, there were just six appeals standing ready for hearing from all the other colonies of the empire. The Indian appeals from native Courts were six, and the Admiralty and other Courts were six also, making 18 causes which were ready for hearing, and no more.— (Hear, and a laugh.) It was not necessary to detain their Lordships by referring to the causes which were ready in November or December ; but before the month of November there were only four or five ex clusive of the Indiaa appeals ready for hearing, and of these five every one had been disposed of. He should make a distinction of course between these causes and the Indian appeals generally, in which no instructions had been sent to the English agents to bring them for ward. He thought it right to state these circumstances which were borne out by the returns be now moved to have printed ; and in justice to the Leareel Judges who attended that Court, and who devoted so large a por tion of their time to the pullic service without the slightest remuneration.—Agreed to. THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. • Tie Earl of DEVON rose to lay on the tab'e a Bill for the Better Administration of Justice. He did so in pursuance of the recommendation of her Majesty's Speech. He perceived by the Votes of the other Ilouse that two measures of considerable import ance in relation to the subject had been bi-ought for ward there, but there were other matters, connected with the trial and conviction of minor offences through out the country which required and demanded serious consideration. He would not now enter into the kils of the measure, but would merely lay on the taidc a Bi'l founded on the Reports made to that House by persons very competent, and whose opinions must carry the greatest weight.—Leave given. The Bill was accordingly laid on the table and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next. The Marquis of NORMANBY proFented a petition _ . tfroin the Mayor and Aldermen of the borouzli of. D..n eaq.tr in favour of the Drainage Bill. The Nob!e Mar quis postponed the Committee en that Bill till Tee:- day next. POOR LAWS (IRELAND). The Earl of GLENGALL moved for a return of the cerre.ipoudence between Mr. Nichols, the Poor-kw Commissioner, and the Irish Government, on the sub ject of the valuation of unions under the Poor kw Act. It appeared Vint directions had been given to two bar risters by the Irish Government to inspect the valua tion of the union!, in order to ascertain the number of rate-payers cnt'!red on the valuation list, and to com pare them with the number of persons registered in ere country, and who were entitled to vote at elections.— His reason for moving for this letter was that if calcu lations were to be founded on such inspe;:fons they must be fall Icious, inasmuch as few of the inspections were com r l,ted. In the south of Ireland he believed there was great objection to the valuations. There was another part in the letter he thought deserving of some notice. Tt:at was the great anxiety which ap pearel to exist on the part of the Government that these inspections, and all matters'connected with them, should be carried into effect with the greatest possible secrecy. He did not mean to say that any thing incorrect was intended, but he thought that these injunctions to secrecy gave rise to suspicions which he needed not to say he thought were unfounded. It gave rise to suspicions that the Poor-law Commissioners were used is some respect for political purposes. The Noble Earl then gave some explanations relative to a change which he had made in the terms of the motion, and said the point be wished to arrive at was the letters written by the Irish Govern ment to Mr. Nichols, and by Mr. Nichols to these barristers. The Marquis of NORM AN BY said there would be no objection to produce the papers moved for by the Noble Earl, either by the original or amended motion. He trusted he need not detain their Lordships long in re ply to the two objections of the Noble Earl. He (the Marquis of Normanby) thought the N0b1,3 Earl's objections, as to the complete accuracy of their calcula tions, would apply better to any Bill which might ar rive there, as he trusted it would, in an unmu tilated shape. The Government had, for their own in formation, given these directions to tho Poor-law Corn missionerF, and he (the Marquis of Normanby) could not conceive any course more fair and open than that adopted by the Government. The Government wished to lr.ve correct data on which to form their calculations, and to found a legislative measure on the basis of the Poor-law valuation, a plan which had met with the ge neral concurrence of all parties. The Noble Earl did not do more than allude to the uncertainty of any calcu lation derived from such a source. The other objection wa-, that the inquiry had been made as quietly as pos sible. What coup be more natural than that the Go vernment should wish to obtain information without ex citing expectations, which the result might render them unable to fulfil ? And surely it was on every account undesirabh that expectations should be excited, or that those valuations which the Nobl3 Lord had stated to be incomplete, should be the basis of any such expec tations. Lorsi FITZGERALD hoped there would be no objection to give also a copy of the Report. The Marquis of NORMANBY had not seen the Report yct, end therefore could not say whether it would be proper to lay it on the table or net. The motion was then agreed to. The Marquis of NORMANBY said, in answer to the communication made by his Noble Friend (the Earl of Devon) respecting some very extralrdinary proceed ings which hail taken place in a union in Ireland, he had to say that on the very day he had brought the matter under his notice, a communication was made to the Poor-law Commissioners stating how the interpola tions had been made in the valuation papers. The Board of Guardians acquitted the valuators of all fault in the proceedings. They had trusted the making out of the schedules to a clerk who had committed the offence and had been reprimanded for it. The Poor law Commissioners were not quite satisfied and had ordered the Assist ant-Commissioner, Mr. O'Donoghue, to niche further inquiries into the matter. The Earl of DEVON would not upon such a state ment form any opinion upon the subject. lie trusted the inquiry would be pursued so that such improper conduct should not acain be committed. The Earl of GLENGALL said he vvslied to say a few words upon this queiton. The offence was com mitt d in the union of Clogheen. In the valuation papers, five of his tenants who were 10/. frechollers had attached to their names the appellations of Tory and disturber." The reason of this was that they had oted for a Conservative candidate at the late election. Each party was now registering their friends as fast as possible preparing for another struggle, which there certainly woull be soon, and this course was taken for the pur pose of intimidation and in order to point out those 101. freeholders who had voted against the Repeal party. He considered the act as a most diabolical one, and tended to put the life and property of the five individuals The Marquis of NORMANBY considered the valuators had cortaialy.4o glo),,,Aisome negligence, but that was not t 3 be charged upon either the Board of Guardians or the Poor-law Commissioners. The latter were still engnged in inquiring into the circum stances. The House then Adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEB. 19. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Five Minutes to Four o'Clock. Colonel CLEMENTS was again introduced by Sir R. Inglis and Mr. Young, and took the oaths and his seat for Cavan. PRIVATE BILLS. On the motion of Mr. LOWTHER the York and North Midland Railway Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Mr. PEASE, the Britannia Life Assurance Company's Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Mr. T. PARKER, the Preston and Longridge Railway Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Mr. REDDINGTON, the Birken head Church Bill was read a first time. Mr. W. PATTEN moved the second reading of the Winwick Rectors' Bill. Mr. HINDLEY said he should be sorry to oppose the 13d1, and had no intention of doing so, but he hoped the Committee would be instructed to frame the cliuse relating to Church -rates, in such a way as should be least objectionable to the parishioners. After a few words from Sir R. H. INGLIS, Mr. WILSON PATTEN said he would undertake to direct the attention of the Committee to that point. The Bill was then read a second time. On the motion of Alderman THOMPSON, the Durham and Sunderland Railway Company's Rill was read a first time. On the motion of Mr. G. KNIGHT, the Notting ham Gds Bill was read a second time. Mr. PEASE presented a patition from the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, praying for a more equitable tax on railway passengers. . POOR-LAWS. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from the county of Devon, praying for a Committ , :.e of Inquiry into the operation of the Poor-laws in thk.t county. Also a pct tion from the Guardians of the Kingsbridge Union, praying that the Guardians might be allowed some discretion in giving relief to ablc-bndied men with large families.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. TROTTER presented a petition from Gui!d ford, in Surrey, against the 9th and other clauses of the Poor-law Amendment Act. Mr. BOLLING presented a petition against the Poor•law Amendment Bil!. Sir R. FERGUSON presented petitions from Lor donderry pra3ing for an extension of the elective fran chise, and in favour of Lord Morpeth's Registration Bill. Colonel RAWDON presented a petition from the county of Armagh against Lord Stanley's Irish Regis tration Bill. Sir DE LACY EVANS presented a petiti3n from tlie Westminster Reform Society against the Windon tax. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from a p'ace in Lancashire for the extension of the Copyright in Designs. Sir R. INGLIS presented petitions from Suss' x and Norfolk praying for Church Extension. Sir F. POLLOCK presented a petition from the Royal Coll-ge of Physicians, praying that a Bill migt t be introduced, by which one test might be applied to all medical practitioners. Mr. BAINES presented a petition from the Cor poration of Leeds, complaining of Registration of voters, and praying the House would adopt some means for the amendment of the exiting law. Sir R. BATESON presented a petition from the Presbytery of Antrim, praying that the system of Church patronage in Scotland might be abolished. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from Fermanagh in favour of Lord Stanley's Registration Bill. Sir R. JENKINS presented a .petition from Mont gomery against the separation of the dioceses of Ban gor and St. Asaph. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from St. Luke's, Middlesex, against the Bill fcr the Amend ment of the Poor-law Act. The Hop. Member pre sented a petition on the same subject from cer tain rate-payers of the parish of Shadwell, in Mid dlesex. The petitioners complaine I of the man ner in which paupers were removed in the work houses in their union. They stated that the system had been changed in that respect, and that the change had increased the rates by 50 per cent. The Hen. Member was proceeding to enter into other de tails when The SPEAKER asked whether he was then read ing the petition? Mr. WAKLEY said he was really at a loss what to do. He was only stating the substance of the petition ; and it would be well the people should know that it was of no use for them to send petitions to that House.— (Cries of " Order, order.") The SPEAKER again eal!ed the Hon. Member to order. Tne Hon. Member must surely see that the observations he was making had no connection with the petition. If the Hon. Member wished to have the pe tition rend, it would _be the duty of the Clerk to read it from the table. Mr. WAKLEY said that he was not reading the petition, he was only submitting the substance of it to the House. The petitionerspraycd that tho House would not passit.to a law the Bill then before them, :. s they con sidered it would prove in the highest degree detrimental to the interests of the ratepayers and the poor. They also prayed the House t 3 introduce a clause into the Bill, which would have the effect of protecting those parishes which were under local acts from the operation of the new Bill. The Hon. Member presented a petition with a similar prayer, from St. Leonard's, Shoreditch ; also a petition from the industrious classes of West borough-common, near Barnsbury, against the Bill, which the petitioners regarded as a robbery of the poor, for the benefit of the rich, an opinion in which he (Mr. Wakley) entirely concurred. The petitioners prayed that the House do abstain from Xll I.rgislation on the subject until the people were fairly represented in Parliament. Major MACNAMARA presented a petition from a parish in the county of Clare, praying for an extension of the elective franchise, and against Lord Stanley's Bill. Mr. WILLIAM DUNCOMBE presented a peti tion from a place in Yorkshire in favour of Church Ex onsion. Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE prezentel a pefi- tion from a body called the %Board of Science of Bir mingham, consisting of about 800 persons, praying that the House would inquire into the treatment of Mr. Feargus O'Connor in York Castle. The peti tioners stated that if the death of Mr. O'Connor were to ensue from the severity with which he was treated, it would justly be held as a judi e'al murder. The Hon. Member also present?d a petition from the Chartist Association of Bloomsbury, praying for the liberation of Frost, Williams, and Jones ; and a petition from an individual residing in Hatton garden to the same effect. Sir GEO. STAUNTON presented a petition from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh against the Bill on the subject of Medical Reform, which stood for a second reading that evening. The petitioners stated that the Bill, so far from amending, would only injure the condition of the medical profession. Mr. LITTON presented a Petition from certain in habitants of Wicklow, praying that the B 11 for the Re gistration of Voters may be rejected, and that that brought in by Lord Stanley may be passed ; also peti tions from the King's County, one from the county of Meath, from the county of Louth, from the county of Cork, and from the county of Waterford, to the same effect. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from certain rate-payers of Lancaster, stating that they were subject to very great expense under the New Peor-law and Ru ral Police Acts, and prayin g for relief. M. GROTE presented a petition from certain in habitants of Bury, preying for the release of Heery Hetherington from gaol. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from Youghal, complaining of abuses under 'the present system of re gistration, and praying that a remedy may be applied. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the China Association at Liverpool, praying for the equali zation of all duties on East and West India produce. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the comity of Down, praying that Lard Morpeth's Regis tration Bill for Ireland might pass into a law ; also a petition from the inhabitants of the province of Munster, praying that Lord Stanley's Bill might be rejected ; and another, numerously signed, from the same place, praying for the repeal of the Legi,l itiv.‘ Union. Mr. HUME presented a petition from three indivi duals praying for an extension of the suffrage to all per sons who paid taxes. In the prayer of the petition he entirely concurred. Sir W. W. FOLLETT presented a petition from Heavitrce, in the county of Devon, praying that the House would agree to some general measure for the establishment of Local Courts. Mr. S. O'BRIEN presented a petition from the Medical Practitioners of Limerick praying for the re peal of so much of the Vaccination Act as gave addi tional powers to the Poor-law Commissioners. Sir R. H. ING I,IS, seeing the Hon. Member for Lambeth in his place, he begged to ask him to what day he proposed to postpone the second reading o f a Bill for reforming the Medical profession, which was indorsed with his name. As it stood he could assure him it was impossible that it could be read a snot - id time that night. Mr. HAWES said he had stated to the parties con cerned in the Bill that it was his intention to postpone the second reading of the 8.11. He would take that opportunity of stating that he had made up his mind to strike out all those clauses of the 13i11 which related to chemists and druggists. M r . WAKIEY—If the Hon. Member had already brought his mind to strike out those clauses, he would earnestly entreat him to give up the other portion also --(A laugh)—for he could assure him that it would not in such a sh spe give satisfaction to any portion of the medical profession. The SPEAKER said the clauses relating to the EVEN ING EDITION. Chemists and druggists related to trade, and, therefore, the Bill ought to have originated in Committee.—(A augh.) It would be more in order if the Hon. Mem ber were to withdraw the Bill, and reintroduce it in a new shape. Mr. HAWES would be most happy to follow the course pointed out by the Speaker. Mr. HUME, seeing the Under-Secretary for the Colonies in his place, wished to put a question to him. He held in his band a letter from Quebec, in which it was stated that Lieutenant-Colonel Lester had died there as it were in the service, and the officers or the Guards were anxious to raise a tablet to his memory, but were refused permission to do so by the Bishop, on the ground that the Gallant Colonel had not been a regular communicant there. If this was so, he thought it was persecution.—(Cries of " Order.") Mr. V. SMITH had not been made aware that the question was to be put, or he would have made in quiries on the subject. All he could say was that- he believed there was no official information on the subject. Mr. GISBOR NE gave notice of his intention to move several clauses in the Registration of Voters (England) Bill. Mr. URIMSDITCH gave notice that in Committee on the Poor law Continuance Bill he would move the omission of clause 8, and substitute the words re• strieting the size of unions. Mr. E WART gave notice that on Thursday, 4th of March, he would move for a Committee to inquire into the necessity of a public prosecutor in all criminal cases. Mr. V. SMITH moved for a return of the corres pondence which bad taken place between her Majesty's Government and the Commissioners for emigration.— Ordered. Mr. MILES moved for Returns of the Accounts of Treasurers of Counties.—Agreed to. Mr. HUTTON moved for certain Returns from the Commissioners of Wide Streets, Dublin.—Ordered. Mr. HUME moved for n continuation of Returns re lative to the laalf.pay received last year by officers, both civil and military.—Ordered. Mr. F. MAULE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend certain local turnpike Acts.—Granted. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL it was ordered that the House at its rising do adjourn till Monday. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (ENGLAND.) The Order of the Day for the second reading of the Registration of Voters (England) Bill having been read, Sir E. SUGDEN said, before he called the atten tion of the House to the various provisions of that im portant Bill, he would observe that the other side of the House was not more anxious than those on his side to agree to any provisions which would be necessary to correct fictitious voting, and facilitate the registration of bonajide electors. There were many things requiring correction in the present system, namely, the publication of the lists, and the nature of the objections made to voters. As regarded the first there was great difficulty as the lew stood, because if the overseer, or other officer whose duty it was to attend to the due publication of the lists, neglected his duty, or improperly exercised it, a constituency might be deprived of their franchise through his misconduct, and the same would take place if there was any error or mistake en the past of the Revising Barrister.—(Hear, hear, hear.) It appeared to him that with regard to the other point there was some difficulty to be encountered, but it might be met by not allowing a party to object to an otherwise good vote, merely because the claimant could not attend ; and also by compelling bias to give security for the costs, in the event of his not being able to support his objections. Ha thought he might venture to say, that on that side of the House not the slightest impediment would be thrown in the way of any of the clauses which had for their object the forniation of a bona fide registration within the intention of the Reform Act. In esta blishing a Court of Repeal, they were establishing a tribunal to correct those errors which it was stated could not be corrected under the present system. The leading provisions of the Bill were, Ist, to form a new Court of Registration ; 2d, to establish a Court of Re peal, which of the two had not been established at all, as regarded registrations ; 3d, to alter the franchise, both by diminishing the length of time during which rates and taxes were to be paid, and by taking away one great class of burdens, which at present by law it was necessary for a man to ply to entitle him to vote ; and, lastly, there was a provision, and a most important provision : it was to draw, hereafter, a dis tinction between voters—to have one class of voters who might be objected to, and to have another who might be called established vo ters, and to whom, after certain ceremonies, no objection could be made. Now before they spoke of the advantage resulting from the formation of new Judges they must consider the nature of the pre sent Courts, and the objections which had been made to them. One great object of the Reform Bill was to establish at an easy cost Courts which should travel round the country, and simul taneously, and at a convenient time of the year, register all the voters of England. The great advantage of the present system wee, that they bad the Coluti siffng at a_ce t tizassi-perind, a time of the year when other business of an agricul tural or commercial nature did not intervene. The Judges now nominate I the Barristers, and sent them at the same time on the different circuits in England. The great advantage of that system was, that ad the claims were considered at the same period, and that that period was tl,e most favourable which could be chosen. The barristers chosen were not certainly men of gee at ex perience in their profession ; and perhaps it would be impossible to obtain men of greater experience, as the remuneration offered to these gentlemen was very limited ; and they could not obtain men of long standing at the Bar to fulfil such duties, unless, indeed, they made choice of parties who bad failed in their profession. He believed, there fore, it would be difficult to improve the system in that respect. Teem was another great benefit in the present plan, which they could not enjoy if they established permanent Judges of Registration. The duties cf the Revising Barristers occupied but a small perlion of their time, and these Barthters afterwards returned to the ordinary labours of the profession ; they again returned to Westminster Hall, where, to use a common expression, if they bad not fairly discharged their duties at the Revising Courts they were sure to get " well rowed." There were great difficulties, no doubt, a - ising from the changes at present proposed, as it was hard to draw up a law in that general way which would not be found to break down On its application to certain individual ca-es. There was no complaint against the Revising Barristers, except that some of them were too young ; that was a matter which could be easily remedied, Now if they appointed new Judges and sent them round England to revise the claims pre ferred before them, he did not suppose that these new Judges could settle all the difficulties, because the Noble Lord proposed an Appeal Court from the new tribunal. What was wanted with al Appeal Court, if the new Judges were to be so perfect? The Noble Lord should take care to propose such Judges as would not require an appellant court. The Noble Lord pro posed that fifteen Judges be appointed, who were to perambulate England, and register all the electors of England. Now these fifteen Judges, taking the number of days occupie 1 by the Revising Barristers, would be employed about 213 days each year in revising cla;ms. The Right Hon. and Leaned Gentleman then pro ceeded to show that the Judges proposed to be ap pointed by the Noble Lord, being thus occupied almost the entire year, would be wholly withdrawn from West minster Hall, and could attend to no other concern but that of revising claims, and would be therefore in qua lity of discharging their duties, infinitely below the pre sent Revising Barristers, who, frequenting Westminster Hall, and thus having opportunities of rising in their profession, had every inducement to act with integrity, and with a view to raising their professional character. The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman also con tended that if the objection urged against the giving to the Judges of the land certain jut isdiction in those cases—namely, that they would become political Judges—held good, similar objections must exist against the Judges proposed; who would be solely en gaged in those cases. If the Judges of the land, who would decide only some 20 cases in a year —to whom those cases would be merely incidental in the discharge of various other duties—were likely to be contamina ted, he did - not understand bow it was more safe to giie jurisdiction in those matters to the Judges proposed, who would have nothing else to decide upon. If the Judge of the land, who heard twenty cases, was likely to be affected by political bias, what would be the effect upon the JUdge who decided upon no other description of case? Would he not decide according to political bias ? He would next draw the attention of the House to a most important part of the subject under conside ration ; namely, the authority by which those Judges were to be constituted, and what would be the effect of that constitution. What was at present proposed was that 15 Judges be selected out of forty-five barris ters, of a certain standing, by the Speaker of the House of Commons, to constitute a tribunal, to register votes throughout the country. The Court of Appeal was to consist of three Judges, also selected by the Speaker of that House—not out of a list furnished, but out of any portion of the Bar he'chose. The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman next, proceeded at some length to point out the inconvenience arising from that arrange ment, and the impropriety of putting, in the present e .asc, so much power in the hands of the Speaker of the House, who was generally nominated on the ground of his agreeing in political opinions with the majority of the Members of that House, which majority was always supposed to entertain the same political opinions as the existing Government. Those duties require the greatest impartiality, and a:though be had no doubt that any Speaker who was called to fill that chair would mean to act impa yet as they all had a very strong political bias, and as their bias would, in spite of the greatest honesty of in tention, lead them to do acts which their cooler judg ment would condemn, he could not but foresee that the case might arise in which the Speaker, thinking that there were as good men on one side of the House as . tlioother, - would choose men of the political opinions ENO o f acial 10 05° the jull JO" . 20' to ile lestS OP ° if the eate r : 10 bd 1 ;o' ii io' (sce P O oe' tb° V ri 0 5r 0 0 10 4 It:0 t he ele' 0 0° cted 0 1 ' 7,4