The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-23 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. (From the Times.) a The Ministerial scribes are, as might be expected, highly indignant that the Chartists of Nottingham should presume to give their support to Mr. Walter, and that Mr. Walter and his friends should be willing to receive it. Accustomed, as their masters have been, to fawn upon Chartism from the hustings and at Liverpool dinners, and afterwards to t'ample upon its professors when safely ensconced behind their bureaus in Downing-street, they are now astenishcd to find that the crushed worm can turn again and sting, and that the working man (ignorant, as he is alleged to be) can appreciate the difference between plain-spoken friends who act as they speak, and oily-tongued tyrants who flatter to betray. We should be glad to know what is the consideration which ought to prevent ths Chartists of Nottingham from supporting Mr. Walter rather than Mr. Larpent ? Is it be cause Mr. Walter is an anti-Ministerialist, and Mr. Larpent a nominee of the Treasury ?' We never heard More that Chartism committed its supporters to become the humble tools of the dominant party, or that it would be very consistent with their principles to assist any political party in fastening upon their native town the fetters of Dc vonport or Portsmouth. W,r know of no peculiar sym pathies of Chartism which should bind it to alliance with an Administration existing solely by the personal favour of the Crown ' • we know of no tics of gratitude which should endear to Chartists a GJvernmsnt chose leader first ex hort,•cl them to agitate, and then prosecuted then t it agi tati. b and visited their agitators a it`: the severest penalties of the law. Rather, —we do not understand how those ho profess Chartist principles could with common honesty support a parry whose wholesale creation of costly - patron age h rs throvrn vise days of Walpole (himself a Whig) in to ,bade ; whose swarms of Commissioners overrun the country, eating up the public bread, which their parsimony withhilds from the pocr ; who have addel a heavy loai to t'.e bur-lens of the people; who hay. cast the officers of the law into prison for refusing to viJlate their oaths ; who have everywhere endeavoured to deprive their fellers-citi zens of the rights of self-government, and to concentrate all power in their own hands and those of their creatures; who hive created a rural gendarmerie ; who have converted poor-houses into prisons; who have removed the poor re ceiving relit f out of the pale of law, and interposed every species of personal ignominy, and moral as well as physical privation, between them and their rights. The mere fact of a man coming forward as an avowed opponent of such a Ministry as this, furnishes a strong prima facie claim upon the support of every honest Chartist, which it would require the strongest conceivable contrariety of views to di ;place. In the case of Mr. Walter, as compared with Mr. Larpent, there is this prima facie claim, and whetcver difference there may be between his poli tical ci e d and that of Chartism, there are several points', and those of no sin ill importance, to which that difference does act extend. Mr. Walter has the peculiar merit of having supported the present Ministry while he believed them to have the welfare of the people at heart, and of having afterwards withdrawn from their party when he found them trampling upon the rights of the working class. So far he and the Chartists agree; and they are united in hostility to the measure which Mr. Walter has dedicated all his energies to oppose. And what is this? It is the Now Poor-law—of all exist ing evils er abuses, that which comes most thoroughly home to the working class, and t niches them in the tenderest point—which injures them, not by any dis tant tendency, any constructive or collateral influence, but by direct and necessary operation, in their cot tages, in their properties, in their persons, in their children, in their wives. To tell men who have the terror of the workhouse before their eyes of wonders to be achieved by the ballot, or an extended suffrage, or Annual Parliaments, is much like asking a convict with the rope round his neck to sign a petition for an inquiry into Bentham's theory of jurisprudence. It is quite as natural and reasonable for the former to say, let us fight against the Poor-law now, and when we have secured our personal, then wo will attend to our political interests, as it would be for the latter to exclaim, get me a repriave from hanging first, and I will talk about the theory of jurisprudence afterwards. If Mr. Walter is elected for Nottingham, the Chartiste will sot have a Chartist member. But what of that ? Do they hope for one ? Would Mr. Larpent be one ? The Chartists will not, in that respect, be worse off than other political parties at Nottingham; for if Mr. Walter were elected, he would not be a Tory member, or a Whig member —he would be an Anti-Poor-law member, and on this car dinal point would be the most efficient possible represen tsnve of all who agree in thinking the present Poor-law oppressive sod unconstitutional. Mr. Larpent would be the representative of nobody, except one or two overgrown mill-owners, and the money-bags of her Majesty's Treasury. There is, therefore, every possible reason why the Chart ists at Nottingham should in this case vote for the anti- Ministerial candidate. And, on the other hand. neither Mr. Walter nor his Conservative friends lay themselves open in the slightest degree le the charge of compromising their prin ciples, because they thankfully accept support when gene rously tendered from whatever quarter. Mr. Walter makes no professions for the occasion, like his opponent; he hangs out no false colours to catch either Radical or Conservative votes. He appeals to his past life, to his recorded views; and promises to act only as he has hitherto acted. If the Conservatives support him, they do so because they are satisfied with his past character and conduct, and perceive the impossibility of carrying Conservative princi ples to any useful or honourable issue without doing justice to the poor. If Radicals support him, they do so be cause they bate oppression and tyranny, and arbitrary power, in fact as well as in name, the things themselves as much as the political machinery which, in their judgment, has a tendency to produce them. They see in Mr. Walter a person whose hatred of these things is as heart felt and honest as their own, who recognizes them in effect as they do, and mho will contend against them as manfully as they would, though be may not adopt the same theory of their remote and ultimate causes; but Mr. Walter, to ex press the whole matter in one word, unites the voices of both these parties, because neither of them is willing to re cognize the principles of humanity, charity, and respect for the national and constitutional rights of Englishmen, as the exclusive property of the other. Long and often may they strive together in such a jealousy as this I It will teach them to know each ether, and to overcome each other by by the most honourable of all victories—that which displaces unkind thoughts, and enforces sympathy and esteem. Both sides will learn that differences as to the theory of government do not always involve disagreement upon practical questions. Radicals will perceive that it is possible to be Conservative without loving tyranny, or sa er.ficing the ammo's good to class-interests. Conserva tives will learn the still more important lesson, that Radi calism has its root in real evils and real grievances, by re moving which they tasty hope to disarm the hostility of Ra dicalism itself. DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT WIL LINGTON PIT, THIRTY-ONE LIVES LOST. (From the Tyne Mercury of Tuesday.) Just after we went. to press yesterday afternoon, a Tepoit became very prevalent in this town that ono of those dreadful and fatal accidents had oc curred at Willington Colliery, which the neigh bourhood has had too frequently to deplore. We regret to state that the report has turned out to be too true. The loss of life has been awful, and the damage to prorcrty has been great. As yet the pa-ticulars of the occurrence cannot be gathered with any degree of accuracy ; and the general al irm has he m much increased by a supposition that the accident is of a much greater extent than it really is. The explosio n took place yesterday afternoon at Widington Iliery, which is situated about balf-way between New castle and North Shields. We understand that the col. i:cry had a threutening aprearanee some time ago, but all fears as to any danger were ailayed. At the time of the explosion thirty-four men and boys were in the pit. Thirty-one of these have lost their lives : three only escaped out of the number. Seven of the dead bodies have been removed, and exer tions have been made for the recovery of tha remainder. The pit itself is much shattered. We can well imagine, because it has been our duty to be present at similar me lanchely scenes, the distress and agony existin g in the neighbourhood of t accident ; but it is quite impossible to convey any idea of its nature or extent. The accident must be regie., , tt7d by every persoe, and its effects will be to reduce many families to a state of poverty an d deren. dence. At present it is impossible to say when any thesa particulars our inquest will be hal. readers must for the present rest satisfied. They are merely the facts of the case, and at the present mo . - meat, when so little can be obt;:ined with accuracy, q . would not he right to enter further into the se bje„ . Since the above was a ritten the have been brought to the shaft of the pit, viz. -Three persons of the name of Martin, father two sons ; —llutchin, young wan ; aed Thomas I .l4atey. married man. LIABILITY o A CARRIER. FOR TILE CON- Dame OP ins Dim —On Tuesd a y l ast t h e f u ll ow i ne . case , on fo..- final hearing tic f , ira tne Sher:ff.substitute ,f na, • St Airdrie, and excited considerable interest, and; taally, no small amazement in Court. From the evidence adduced h this arse, it appears th.t a p - . - rson of the name Smetlie, s' carrier betwixt Coatbridgo and Glasgow, bed been returning from Gl:segow stit:i his loaded ca: t, accompanied by " 14i t'iiini dog, undo : chain and muzzle In the usual place. 14 Etiow Vie body of the ca-t. On the road to Coatbridc,, it man of the name cf Brown, belonging to LengloB.7,;, overtook Steak, and they, bei , l slightly ac qua;:ated with each other, .camirenceti a conversation, I :Ach continued until the cattier's horse drew up at a teetering.place by the road side. Wnile the animal stood, therefore, quenching its thirst, Brown rather impruduntly est down on the nave of the cart wheel ; which the wat-11 dog espying, and considering Brown an intruder , suddenly sprung' upon the wheel, and puttingslik!sth.eatd betwixt the 'pokes, gave the said Mr. Brown and chain. P ict'was ne growl. ell the dog could do under muzzle a Sag a the dog at Brawn, set the restive horseth.e doublel quick motion, and the sudden turning . of wheel soon twisted, strangled, and killed the canine l. favourite on the ed reparation be. spot. For the above injury Brown fors a court of justice, and the Sheriff c .s a u lm bstitute gave judg' meat against the carrier — fining hin t two guineas, besides eXpenses.— Glasgow Constitutional. IMPORTATION OF LIVE OXEN INTO LON- DoN.--Yesierday the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Com pany's steavu-ship City of Aberdeen, Captain Alexander Morrison, command er , arrived at her mooring; cff Iron. gate Stairs, from Aberdeen. She brought no fewer than ttiB itokttfAllock , , all alive ; several pigs, and a large quan deenshire manu f actured goods and agricultu tc.-N, r a t du She also brought a considerable number of 9 ‘. • - 'sengers, who complained at being compelled t o land in all boats. P art of her cargo consisted of et'ixt " n, whi:h were landed at Billingsgate-market gon : i d eer .; r arrival. The salmon fishing in Scotland, it is footfall has considerably improved during the last fossitight. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Post steps forth to shield the Tory party from the attacks which the Times, in its " fiery impatience," yesterday, directed against the leaders of the party, whom it designated a " set of scoundrels," to scat whom in office the great body of the Conservatives refuse to exert themselves. The cause of this " explosion" of fury is found in the impending election contest at Nottingham ; " with which," says the Post, " somehow or other, the Times is more pecu liarly interested than in any other " party conflict. The Times, under the influence of " intemperance," certainly repeated, somewhat coarsely, a few rather awkward truths respecting the disorganization and dis• satisfaction which exist in the Tory party. There was nothing in these disclosures which was not notorious enough already, and which had not been exhibited in various ways and on divers occasions for several months by the recognized journals of Conservatism. The Herald and the Standard, each in its own peculiar phraseology, had, directly or indirectly, denounced Sir Robert Peel and the other " leaders" of the party, as utterly unworthy the confidence of " Protestants," whose " interests" they had abandoned and betrayed. The latter journal repeatedly called upon the " Con servative democracy" to mark their score of the un principled time-serving policy of all moderate s!at.es- men of its own party, by inviting men more consistent in principle and uncompromising in policy to assume the lead, and to go before them as their commanders and their guides. What, we ask, is there in the Times . ar ticle of yesterday, to which the Post objects, and la bour; to explain away, respecting either the post-proxi mate Premier, or those who look for ofli,:e under him, which has not been said again and again by other leading organs of the party, in all the various forms of accusation and reproach which language can be made to assume ?—not, perhaps, with the vulgar coarse ness which belongs peculiarly to the Times, but not less imbued with deep disaffection and disap pointment, because more refined. A public writer is compelled to adapthis style to the description of readers for whom he specially designs Lie lucubratioas. The Times is at present engaged in the disreputable vaca tion of writing to incite the brickbat-and-bludgeon men of Nottingham to aid Mr. Walter's " individual inte rests" by their striliing powers of advocacy, and in ca joling the Chartists and dragooning the Conservatives into active co-operation to further his designs. STANDARD.—It seems to be conceded on all sides that tl:c Chartists have to a great extent in their hands Ole event of the Nottingham election, and if such is the truth that event, whatever it may be, must be productive of good. Should the professors of ex treme democratic principles accept their representative from Me Treasury, and return a man nominated by the authors of the New Poor-law, apparently for no other reason than abject submission to his patrons, the country will be wiser for the choice. It will then be made clear that the Chartists are nothing but a mere unthink ing rabble, led by a few noisy incendiaries, neither better nor wiser than the rest, though cunning enough to see that, by making themselves important through the violence of their deceived followers, they have a chance of indulging their vanity, or filling their pockets, without resorting to fair enterprise or honest labour ;—such a lesson will be more profitable to the country, and more particularly to the cause of the Conservatives, than beneficial or honour. able to the Chartists. Should the Chartists, on the other side, succeed in returning the friend of the poor, it will be their first real victory, the first unequivocal manifestation of that moral force upon which all of them who are respectable pro fess to place their sole reliance. Hitherto they have found nothing but defeat, because, hitherto, with moral force upon their lips, they have too plainly shown by acts, as at Newport, that other means of success were in their hearts. Prudence and public duty, however, concur in suggesting the infinite importance to a party so often defeated of winning one victory, and winning it by unexceptionable means. The Whig Radicals despise the Chartists, because they know that the Chartists cannot displace them from oqlce, or make any serious impression upon Parliament while they appear ta contemplate revolutionary designs ; and these they must continue to appear to con template so long as they neglect to use the lawful and constitutional means of forwarding what they profess as their objects. They have now an oppor tunity of forwarding tne object which they have ever professed to regard as at once the nearest and the most important, as, indeed, removing the great provo cation which has called their union into existence— they have now the opportunity of forwarding the de cisive modification, if not repeal, of the New Poor law, by means which the most bigoted votary of order, at all price, cannot reprove. FREE TRADE DEMONSTRATION AT GLASGOW. On Tueseay night a public dinner took place in the Trades'-hall, Glasgow, of the leading merchants and others friendly to a revision of tho import duties of the United Kingdom, including the repeal of the Corn and Provision Laws. The room was completely HO, 400 at least being present, including deputations from several of the neighbouring towns—James Oswald, Esq., M. P., in the chair, supported right and left by Robert Wallace, Esq., M.P., Archibald Hastie, Esq., M. P., Rev. Dr. Hough, Bailie Mitchell, John Fleming, Esq., William Stirling, Esq., Andrew Bannatyne, Esq , William Gray, Esq., James Lumsden, Esq., A. G. Speirs, Esq., S. Higginbotham, Esq., G. Crawfurd, Esq., &c. The croupiers, Alexander Johnston, Esq., of Shieldhall, John Tennant, Esq., of St. Rollox, and Wal ter Buchanan, Esq., were supported by John Dcnnistoun, Esq., M. P., Robert Bartholomew, Esq , C. J. Tennent, Esq , D. J. Bannatyne, Esq., James Donaldson, Esq., advocate, James Couper, Esq., James Adam, Esq , &c. After thanks had been returned by the Rev. Dr. Heugh, The CHAIRMAN rose and briefly alluded to the object of the meeting, stating that the struggle for the abolition of all monopolies, and the establishment of perfect freedom of trade, was one which ought not to be looked to in a party light, but that men of all ahadeaof political opinion ought to unite to obtain the object in view. He then proposed in succession the Queen, the Princess Royal, &c. The toast of "her Majesty's Ministers," to which the Chairman added, " May they soon propose a complete revisal of the mercant le code," was loudly cheered. Mr. W. BUCHANAN was then called on to address the meeting. The toast that hal been assigned to him was the highly important one—" A revision of the import duties of the United Kingdom;" and he did it ample justice in a long and eloquent speech. He went at great length into details, showing the absolute necessity of an immediate revision of our tariff. Mr. JOHNSTON of Shieldhall followed, and made a power ful speech in support of a repeal of the Corn-laws. He concluded by eloquently and energetic4lly calling upon her Majesty's Ministers to lead the people on this subject, and not wait till they were driven by ot . .ers. The Chairman here read a very interesting letter from Mr. Dugald Bannatyne, for many years Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce, now entering his 87th year. His health was afterward proposed by Mr. Oswali, nod drank with great applaus2 ; who i Mr. Andrew Binm.tyce ac. knowiedged the compliment paid to his father. The IZ:v. Dr. Heugh then gave " The abEtion of legislation Er intere t'." His speech was at once eloquent, argumentative, and witty, and made a powerful impression on the audience. Alerinder Graham, Esq., Archibald Hastie, Esq., N. P., A. W. Spcirs, Esq., of Culereueh, John Pattison, Esq., Mr., Denni,toun, M.P., Andrew Bannatp,e, Esq., Professor N . chol, and several other gentlemen, addressed the meeting; but from the late hour at which the pro ceedings closed we are unable to giv..! the speeches at length. The meeting, although numerous and respectable, was not by any means on so large a scale as had at one, tirre been anticipated, owing cLicfly to a difference wtieh had arisen between the Glasgow people and their Manchester Wends on the manner in which the subject should be taken ; but if ecthusii , rn can make up for lack of nambers, the Glasgow demonstration will not fail in the oLject for wbicli it WA3 intended. —Scotsman. I MID in:ESEX MAtGI STRATES. m than said the he metiai n - 1 weiiar3 served t)u with a notice of an action on It related to thnen, c 7 l nd the damages were laid a t the e 5 , 2 0 1 0 , 0 1 17 brought against Mr. charge occ:nion he and Dunn by Miss Burdett CouAt.ts,somanirt in their capacity as Magis d for la b g l i i s i t a ra rr t e c s ( t, N m lr e . rely a bench Crates. After a short discussion it warrantanother was moved imously agreed to , that Messrs. All en , the county solici tors, he instructed to defend the action. EXTRAORDINARY CIIARGE AGAINST ONE OP Tim mAcIsTRATFs Mr. Edwards, the Deputy-Clerk of the Perms., read the Report of the Visiting Justices of the House of c orre(t. tten, from which it appeared Clat there were 1,111 prison ers confined within its walls, to sides 17 children, 802 males and 309 ferralce. It was also stated that the turnkeys had deposited a sum of 3264 93. 3d. in the Fins bury Savings' Bank out of their allowances, and thu docu ment then proceeded : " It having been ;Wed to the Visiting Justices that an offer had been made by a party to a prisoner in the Home of Correction to obtain his liberation for 3.0001., and tit t the Governor, the Chaplaia, and other officers of the pri son were aware of a report that such offer had been made ; the Visiting Justices immediately instituted an inquiry int 3 all the circumstance:: connected with the rumour, and tom the examinaii ms taken in writing, of several of the [ilium officers, and cif the prisoner and his solicitor, it appelred manifest that such offer had been made, and the Viziting Justices then felt it to be their duty to transmit a c tpy of the statements to the Secretary of State for the Hornc h Department, for his information, and who has intimated is intention to take the opinion of the Law Officers of Crown thereon." Mr. WILSON said it appeared that the offer of a bribe alluded to in the Report just read, had been made by one of the Magistrates of that beach. Mr. WILLI S said under existing circumstances, it ap peared to the Visiting Justice; that they had better let the subject remain in ita pi e ient state until the Law Officers of the Crown had giver their decision thereon.—(ffear, heir.) lie considered if any other course was pursued, it would not Le treating the Marquis of Normanby with courtesy, nor would it be fair at this imperfect stago of the proceedings to mention the name of the Magistrate to whom suspicion attached. —( Rear, hear.) Sir P. LAunta believed the name of the accused was known to almost every member of that Court, and he trusted that be would be severely punished, now that delinquency had been laid bare to a bigli t r t r ib k oig, R. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC, JOURNALS. I Til Fe, SUN, LONDON. FRID AY, APRIL 23, 1841. sincerely hoped that Magistrate would not be allowed again to sit upon this bencb.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. \VILKs said he held in his hand a letter from the solicitor to Lord Normanby and the Government, in which it was stated that the Noble Marquis was desirous that the Magistrates would not bring the matter into public discussion until the Law Officers' opinion had been obtained.—( Hear.) The CIIAIIIMAN remarked that at present the evidence was chiefly inferential; but there was no doubt that when the Visiting Justices had completed their investigation, the culprit would be disccvered.—( Hear, hear.) After some further discussion, the report was received, and also two reports from the Chaplains of the gaol, who stated that the employment of the prisoners in the mitt manufactory, and in other useful oceurations, instead of putting then to the wheel 1 ibour, hal turned out most beneficially as regarded their improved habits and moral feelings. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 22. The LOLD CnANcET.Lon 61 not sit to-day. ROLLS COURT, Arnir, 22. The COURT was engaged all day in Leering motiong, s:;( no general interest. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S CuIIRT, APRIL 22. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY V COOPER This was an implication to dissolve an injunction granted by the Vice-Chancel or, on !he 20th Fct.ruary, to restrain the pleintiff3 from constructing a r vilway for tlifi convey ance of goods across the highway, from Cie railway termi nus at Shoreham, to a wharf which the Company had erected on the sea shore. His HoNoun, after hearing Mr. Kni4ll'. Bruce and Mr. Goldsmith for the plaint' ff'3, and Mr. Jacob for the defend ants, dissolved the injunction, leaving the trustees of the highway at liberty to bring an action if they should think proper. FULCIIER V. FULCIIER. This was an application to remove the recc've7 of an ektate from his offica of receiver, on the ground of bii neg lecting his duties, for suffering the cave to be injured for want of repairs, for geaeral oral-administration, and to ap point another receiver. His HONOUR, after hearing Mr. Knight Bruce and Mr. Auderton for the plaintiff, and Mr. Stevens for the re ceiver, said that it was quite a matter of course to dis charge a receiver upon the application of all parties, and therefore in this case, in which all parties but one had joined in the application, it did nut appear material whe the: the grounds alleged were substintiated, though it ap pearcd the receiver, in the course of a long► administra tion, had done some things he was not authorised to do. He thought there was no reason why he should not make the order. MORWOOD V. WOOD. Tiiis was an appreation to dissolve an injunction to re strain plaintiff from trcspissing upon certain lands of the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff claimed a right to certain mines of coal under the lands of the defendant, and had entered upon them for the purpose of pr..curing and carrying it away. After hearing Mr. Jacob and Mr. K. Bruce, the appli_ cation was postponed until Monday, to see if the parties could agree upon the order to be made. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APRIL 22. SIIIRER V. WALKER, CLERK. Mr. Sergeant TA',Form!), on the part of the defendant in this case, moved for a rule to rescind an order of Mr. Baron Alderson, granted under the following circum stances :—Mr. Walker is a clergyman, and proprietor of a boarding-school near Cheltenham ; and the plaintiff, who is a tradesman in that town, furnished him with goods to the amount of 1221. for which he took in payment two bills of exchange, one of 601., and the other of 621., being of six months and twelve months date. The first bill was duly paid, but the date of the second sill not expire until May next. The plaintiff, however, having learned that Mr. Walker was about to go to the Continent during the last vacation, procured affidavits to that effect; upon which the Judge granted a writ of summons, and eventually an order for the payment of the debt, and, the costs of the pro ceedings, amounting to 61. The defendant had no alternative but to pay the whole sum, and now applied for the rescinding of the order, whereby he would recover the costs and the interest of the money up to the time of the bill becoming due.—Rule nisi granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, A PRIL 22. CLARK V. THE EARL OF HARRINOTON. Mr. PLATT showed cause against a rule for a new trial which bad ben obtained by Mr. Kelly in this case last term. The plaintiff was a house-agent, who, upon the death of the late Colonel Leicester Stanhope, wrote to the Noble Defendant, enclosing his card and terms, in rela tion to Putney House, which was willed to him by his brother. In consequence of that letter Colonel Lei. costcr Stanhope called at the shop of the plaintiff, and gas e him the particulars respecting the house. Even tually it was bought by the College of Civil Engineers, the Secretary of which had once called upon the plain. tiff. Mr. Platt now contended that the evidence justified the verdict for the plaintiff, inasmuch as he had been em ployed as agent by the brother of the defendant, whose visit was caused by the letter written to the defendant. Without hearing Mr. Kelly, The COURT said the rule must be made absolute, as there was no evidence of the plaintiff having ever been employed by the dcre.ndaut iu the traussetion.—Rule ab solute. ARCHES COURT, APRIL 22. LUSIIINGTON V. LUSIIING TON. The Court, in this case (which is a suit for divorce brought by Mrs. Lushington against her husband), pro nounced the sentence as prayed for by the wife. The Court had had originally some slight doubt as to the identity of the party, but it was now completelysatisfied on this point, as it was of the husband's adultery. Tile sentence of di vorce was accordingly decreed. FIELDING 5. STANDING AND COOK. This was an application to the Court to issue a monition against the Churchwardens of Ilcadcome, in the county of Kent, calling upon them to show cause why they do not hold a vestry of the ratepayers of the parish to make a rate for the necessary repairs of the Church, alleged to be in a very dilapidated condition. Dr. HAGGARD, in support of the motion, cited a simi lar case, which occurred in 1731. Motion granted, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, APRIL 22. WRIGHT'S RANK, COVENT-GARDEN. This ryas the day named to take the adjourned examina tion of John Wright, ono of the partners in this bank rupt firm, and a good many creditors attended to prove debt'. The Maryland and New York Iron and Coal Company Froved Ole understood) 46,1711. bs. lid. against the joint estate, and claimed to receive back certain bonds which had been deposited for advanced. These were ordered to be given up by the Court. Mr. Jaudon, on the part of the United States Bank, sought to prove, under power of attorney, for 12,0001. upon bills of exchange drawn upon letters of credit. This was also against the joint estate, As the assignees did not object to the proof, it was ad. mitted by consent. The remainder of the sitting was occupiel with the fur ther argument of the alleged breachas of trust, the parti culars of which had been before reported, Mr. Dixon ap pearing for the assignees, and Mr. Bacon for the sur viving executor, Mr. Burton. The Court deferred judgment. Mr. Hamilton said that Mr. Wright was not at present in a situation to pass, and he therefore prayed an adjourn.. meat. His accounts had only beer delivered in that morning, but he thought the assignees would have ex an ined them by the time fixed for the audit and dividend, the 4th of May. Would the Court e3nient to that day being named ? Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD assented. Atnatt 72,0001. was proved against the joint estate tr. day, and 2,0001 against the various separate estates. Mr. Anthony George Wright Biddulph appears before the Court tomorrow to pass his accounts. It is under. stood he is perfectly ready. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, APRIL 22. THE WATERFORD ARMS Jane Edwards, the young woman who had kept the W; tcrford Arms, in 1113 Haymarket, and whose case was ;efore the Court a few days ago, appeared for w'judication. The insolvent on her previous examination said Ay: had r , ustaincd in a few months a loss cf 6(r/. on the Lreaksge of glass and the chump of furnitlre at tie Waterford Arms. Sh. 3 had several debts owing to her from " gen eemcn" who used the house, and among Vie I;st in the schedule appeared t..vo persons of ti7lo; and she stated one of the c itITCY of her insohency t.) be h':r inability to collect her debts. Lord Waldeg;ave was a debtor for about 48/, for " wine and money advanced." The services on cre ditors weie now complete. The Court ordered the insolvent to be diiebarged, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A lady of the 10111 C of Gully, Na; summoned before Alderman Rrie, to answer the compkint of the !. vexnd Lionel Buller, a senior 10110 W of Kin ',a Col!egc, Cam bridge, under the follow kg rail( r curious circumstances Mr. Buller, who teas accompanied by Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor, stated that be was introduced i 1 FOruary to Mrs. Gully, by a medical gci;tleman whom he profession. idly consulted, and in the come of a cenverJation which he had held with her, she informed him that she had got a mine in Cornwall, produced some of the ore from a box, and proposed to him to become a shaieholder in a Com. pally. He, however, did not then know whether he should have funds to engage in the concern, and he did not consent. Subsequently he saw the lady at her house, and she said to him, " Mr. Buller, if you still accommodate me with your bill, I shall get i t d i scounted by my wine merchant, and let you have 14/, and sorre shares in the m i ne ." Ile consented to give her hi; bill for 501. but she informed him afterwards thalt:, red that h:,couldn the C b not ptch for e been t, and he thought he should hear no more about the matter. By accident, however , ho ti,. ill s hadbn actually ne gotiated. Ile then called at her house to expos.. tulate upon the subject, but she received and treated him with very little ceremony indeed, and he intimated to her through his a ttorney, that she should be p ut to sonic trouble q 11 - 1 y thought proper, on the subject. :he , . after he had d c . mended to be informed of the meaning of such conduct, to make'affidavit that he was going out of the eountu, and the c was arrested before th e bil l be. consequence was that b came due. Mr. Humphreys here stated that as the law at pre sent stood no party could be arrested for a civil debt under such circumstarms, unleis upon the oath of somebody that h e was going to leave the country. Alderman PIRIE asked Olether Mr. Buller had content,. plated leaving the country ? Mr. 13e1'er said that he had no notion of it at all. After his arrest l:e remained four, days in confinement. Upon application to the Judge, how ever, the authority upon which he was &qui:xi Ea; can celled, and he recovered his liberty. He had to pay tic ornount to a Mr. Wrarich, into whose hao33 the bill had fallen. It was proper for him to state that he had the im prudence to sign his name in A book agreeing to take shares in the mining concern, but Mrs. Gully had assured him that the cash was not to be paid up till the steam en gines were in readiness to commence operations with. Alderman P►RIE—How did you find the mine? Mr. Buller—l found that it was altogether a nonentity, and that myself and two others constiiuted the entire body of the shareholder!. I was thus put to 40/. law expenses, so that the loss I have sustained by the transaction amounts to 90/. Alderman PIRIE—Were you supplied with any certifi cates for shares ? Mr. Buller—None at all. There was nothing done. The thing had no foundation at all. Alderman PlRlE—Were no ofpcers appointed ? Mr. Buller—None whatever, There were no Directors, nor Secretary, nor Solicitor to the " el Trevenon Mine," as the mine was c died. Mrs. Gully's solicitor asked several queitions, to which Mr. Buller replied that he supposed acre was an action pending against him in this matter ; that the amount for which he had been arrested was, he hcii v4d, 72/, or 731., the halaace of what ho was to pay for the shares. Alderman PIRIE—And were there no shares delivered to you? Mr. Boller—Not one. Mrs.. Gully's solicitor said that Mr. Buller had omi'ted some important facts in his statement. Mrs. Gully was the owner of the soil in Cornwall, in which the mine was to be worked, and had consented to dispose of it for the mining speculation, and Mr. Buller and his friends were to raise the Company, by means of wh'eh it was to he brought into operat;on. New, Mr. Boller we'l knew that he had consented to airrn the deed. Mrs. Gully had acted throughout irreproachably, and would, on a home day, produce the documents necessary to show that Mr. Buller was promilently intere-ted in the speculation of " Wheel Trevenon," and that her conduct was legally and morally correct. Mr. Humphreys stalei that there was no Company at all; that no shares had teen issued, and that of course there could be no justification of the course adopted to wards his client. Alderman —ls there any dced at all? Mr. Buller—Not to my knor.lAge. Mrs. Gully said that there certainly was a deed, but it was in Cornwall. She declared sha had taken the mine of the solicitor of the lord of the soil of the manor in which it lay for so much dues, and she came to London to form a Company, havirg been informed that there was great probability that the working would turn out advan tageously. Mr. Buller entered into this speculation at once, aid had consented to take twenty-five shares, and she accordingly gavo him tho transfer for that number, on which it was agreed that 4/. per share should be paid to work the mine. She was Icrself to keep fifty shares, and Mr. Buller's 501. was in part payment of those which had been transferred to him. Alderman PIRIE —How many shares wrre taken al together? Mrs. Gully—One hundred and twenty-five. Tne party of sshom I took the mine is a man of great affluence and high respectability. Here the lady ex hibited a book which contained resolutions said to be those of meetings of the Company, which s►see;ings were not attended by more than four or five persons, according to her admission. Alderman Plain said that the deed must be produced as soon as possible, and other information must be supplied to him on the subject, before the impression upon his mind could be removed that the whole of the transaction was discreditable. The subject will be resumed before. the Alderman on Thursday next. A boy, named Charles Theaves, 14 years of age, who has been frequently chargad with, and puni3hel fur, rob berie', was brought up for a very bold attempt to rob an elderly lady. The complainant stated that she had been purchasing some toys for her grandelvliren, and carried them in n hand-basket into an omnibus, upon the scat of which she placed the basket. The prisoner, whom she mistook for the conductor, got upon the box behind, and putting his band in at the window, over the door, whipped out the basket, and jumped down and ran away. The streets were crowded at the time, and the officers were about the place; and th) moment the complainant saw the ac: she called out to stop the boy. A policeman and another per son immediateiy secured him, and took the basket in his possession. Alderman PIItIE.—Do you wish to say anything in this business, prisoner? Prisoner—Why, no, I don't Eee that it would be any use. Committed to Bridewell for three months. W OR S HIP. STREET. Cuunen-RATas.—Yesterday Mr. Yardley, the vestry clerk, and Mr. Stokes, a churchwarden, of St. Mary's, Stoke Newington, attended before Mr. Bingham, to sus tain upwards of 90 summonses against householders of the parish for non-payment of Chureli-rate:. The majority of the defendants were substantial and re spectable tradesmen, who resisted the rate upon principle, amongst whom were numerous members of the Society of Friends, and a few of the recusants were Dissenting Minis ters of different denominations. Mr. Beim, the solicitor, whom the Friends had collec tively retained to defend them, intimated to the Magis trate that it was his intention to lispute the validity of the rate elsewhere, chiefly on the ground that a portion of the fund raised was to be applied to the liquida'im of a debt which ought to have been paid a y ear ago. Mr. Yardley admitted that it was intended to make the rate retrospective, and they had the authority of the Act of Parliament for doing so. Mr. Bingham, after referring to the Act, said he in clined to the opinion that Mr. Bevan's objection was un tenable, and be recommended that gentl,man to take time to reconsider the point, or to take the opinion of Counsel upon it. _ _ Mr. Bevan acceded to the Magistrate's suggestion, and it was arranged that he should attend on that day fortnight 1 to communicate the course he intended to pursue , . Mr. Cooper, a member of the Society of Friends, then stepped forward, and complained of a mis-statement in a report of the former proceedings, which had appeared in several papers. It was error,e.msly stated that the Fliends, although they refused to pay the rate in money, had been in the habit of leaving out a piece of plate of suffi cient value to cover the amount. Such a statement was entirely without foundation, and as is was calculated to produce an impression that the Society of Friends had en tered into a sort of collusion with the parish author:ties, he hoped it would be publicly contradicted. They re sisted the rate from a firm conviction that it was altogether opposed to the principles laid down in the New Testament. Mr. BINGHAM observed that the erroneaus statement would no doubt be corrected. A few orders were then made upon defendants who pleaded poverty, and to whom time was allowed, The proceedings were then adjourned until next Thurs day week. AMERICAN PUBLIC LANDS. In the New York papers just received, is contained a table showing the ratio of the proceeds of the public lands, if di% Hed among the States, with parallel columns of the debts and interest ; so that a notion may be given bow far the distribution-measure, even if carrier, would increase the security of Sate credit. The general result drawn from the examination of this table is, that the western States, which are so deeply indebted, would gain but little by the proposed distribution. The share of Il linois, for instance, in the proceeds is estimated at no more than $37,070 per annum, while the deficiency of that State amounts to several hundred thousand dollars ; while the share of Pennsylvania, whose de. ficit is $1,600,000, is estimated at $346,460 per annum. This new argument against the distribu tion is very important, though its effect would he to render the question of less interest to the English capitalist than it would be if it were proved that the public lands were an immense additien to State security. Still it must increase the uneasi ness which the late aspect of affairs in America has created, to observe one party eagerly grasping at the distribution scheme as a means of sustain ing State credit, while there is an argument, and that well supported, that those very means, if obtained, would prove but a flimsy resource. In the meanwhile the anti distribution party have not been idle ; a Committee of the General Assembly of Louisiana, to which the resolu tions of New York and Keatacky in favour of the scheme were referred, have made a Report against it, and submitted some resolutions, which have been adopted by the State Senate. These are to the effect, that the separation of the proceeds of the public lands from the general revenue would be uncon stitu.ional, unjust, and illkeral to the row Staten, destructive of the sovereignty and independence of the Settee, and calculated to endanger the Union; dist a conditional ccritiln of the public lands to the nine ice Staten would be neither unreasonable nor unjust, and that the new States, now the national debt is paid, have a right to a liberal system in the occupation and settle ment of the public domain in America. Another argument against the use of the distribution in improving the State credit is, that it will increase the borrowing of the Federal Government, which would thus come into . the market as a powerful competitor. With respect to this notion, the Federal Government borrowing, it appears to be a rumour in the New York market that a 5 per cent, national stock to meet the wants of the Government will be a result of the extra session of Congress. The State Stocks seem to have been deeining in the New York market. The Legislature of that :State More consilering a 13111 far the issue of $4,000,000 of seven per cent, stock, and the City Corporat;on had beers applying for leave to issue M 2,800.000 of five per cent stock. The states in general are said to be doing nothing towards meeting their 1 abtliticF, bat to be all looking forward with anxiety to some action by the Federal Government.— Times. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN AVITII.-The Erm, of Limerick, lat. 8, lon. 22 ; Napoleon, Baltimore to Rio, lat. 19, len. 33 ; Janet, Wildridge, lat. 44, lon. 14, by the Childe Harold, arrived off Portsmouth ; Valuna, bound westward, 10th inst., lat. 49 N., lon. 13, and a Dutch brig, No. 375, bound westward, 11th, lat. 48, lou. 8, by the Charlotte Lmtit , a, arrived at Antwerp ; Eliza, Jones, from Liverpool to Mobile, March 6, by the Cod rington, arrived at. Antigua,. The Breeze, from Halifax to 13erbice, was spoken with, loss of deck, load boats, and bul warks, in lat. 24, lon. 45 ; Royal William, Clyde to Bombay, 23d February, lat. 5 N., lon. 18, by the Elliqm, arrived off Plymouth ; Colonist, Matanzas to Halifax, 20th ult., lat. 25, Inn. 80; Juno, Havannah to New York, 21st; Lima, Havannah to St. Petersburgh, 22(1, lat. 27, lon. 79; City of Waterford, bouud to Quebec, 13th, lat. 47, lon. 17, by the Spencer, arrived at Cork; her Majesty's ship Tweed, 7th ult., lat 39, lon. 14; Lady Seaton, from London, 15th, lat. 47, lon.' 11, by the Isabella, arrived at Falmouth; Ann, Whitehaven to Bay Chateur, 13th inst., lat. 50, lon. 13, by the Reliance, arrived in'the Clyde ; American, Byron, 16th, lat 50, lon. 6, and Ship India, sum , ' day , by the Reform, arrived in the River; Martha, bound to Tampico, 9th, lat. '4l, lon: 12; Romanoff, 15th, lat. 47, lon. 11, by the Eliza, arrived at Bristol ; Perthshire, of, and for, St. John's, hew Brunswick,' . 9th: lat. 45, lon. 22 ; Lord Sandon, for ditto, out seven days; lat.-48, 16n. 18. by the 11Ianby, arrived at Li_ verp(k.l.- The Gendral Steam Navig ation Lotnpany s ves sel the Gi raffe, R. Strannac k , from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house at ten o'clock yesterday with the Dutch mail. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 22. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack (the first time since his illness) at five o'clock. The South Australian Grant Bill, the Harrowgate Improvement Bill, the Manchester and Leeds, and Northern and Eastern Railway Bills, with scvoral pri vate Bills, were brought up from the Commons, and severally read a first time. The Report of the Import Duties Committee was brought up from the Commons. The Report of the Select Committee appointed to ascertain the expenditure of Select Committees of both Houses of Parliament, was also brought up from the Commons. Lord DUNCANNON laid on the table certain correspondence from the Colonial-office relating to the expenditure of South Australia. The Marquis of WESTMEATH present d a peti tion from Athlone against the Intrusion of Ministers in the Church of Scotland. The Marcuris of LANSDOWNE presented a peti tion from Belfast praying for the abolition of Patronage in the Church of Scotland. One from Truro in favour of the Jewish Declaration anti one from the traders and others residing in Wardour-street, Salm, praying that the tails or, bridges in London might be abolished. The Earl of C ARLEVI I. LE begged to he al lowed to occupy their Lordship's attention for a few moments, wilds he made a few statements in order to clear his character from some imputatioes which had been thrown on it by the Noble Mar quis (Norrnaeby) opposite. On the occasion of his moving their Lordships the day previqus to tho holi days, the Noble Marquis gave a strong contradiction to several statements made by him (Lord Charleville), and said that he had not taken any pains to inform him self as to the truth of his information, and especially he charged him (Lord Charleville) with omitting to state that Mr. Biddulph bad expressed his entire satisfaction with the Jury which had been impannelled in his case. He had never known Mr. Biddulph before the attack made upon that gentleman's life. He believed Mr. Biddulph was considered a Conservative in politics, but by no means an active or prominent partisan. The Noble Lord then read a letter from that gentleman, stating that he (Mr. B.) had not approved of the panel, for the Jury selected to try the prisoners who had attempted his life. He read also a letter from Mr. Baker, to the efEet that the Attorney-General refused to object to a juror name] Collins (wharves a man of very bad character), upon the trial of the persons ac cused of murdering a man named Powell, who was a servant of Mr. Baker. In reply to the charge of the Noble Marquis (Nortnanhy), that he (Lord Cbarleville) had employe I a man of infamous cha racter, named Goulding, in the search for the mur derers of Lord Norbury, be had only to say that Goulding had been in the police upwards of 17 years. The Marquis of NORMANBY said that lie had now nothing to add to his former explanation upon this subject. He had already given their Lordships the statements of Mr. Moore, the Solicitor-General, and Mr. Dale, the Crown Solicitor, and he would have brought down the letters of those gentlemen, if he could have imagined that the Noble Earl was disposed to take up their Lordships'time by again reverting to the subject. The Earl of CH ARLEVILLE said that the Noble Marquis bad accused him of knowingly employing a man of bad character. The Marquis of NORMANBY assured the House that he had not intended to convey any such charge. He had only said that the Noble Earl, having been himself so far imposed upon as to employ a person of notoriously infamous character, who had been convicted of fraud aed perjury, ought to be a little mistrustful of his sources of information.—(Hear.) The Earl of WICSLOW said the explanation of the Noble Marquis was anything but satisfactory. It was evident that in the case of Mr. Biddulph the Go vernment officers did not challengt; objectionable per sons ; whereas in the case of the Orangeman, Samuel Gray, the prerogative of the Crown was exercised in the strictest manner. The Marquis of WESTMEATH said that the t.'n duct of the Officers of the Crown in the cases brought before their Lordships by his Noble Friend (Lord Char leville), was calculated to sacrifice the lives of those gentlemen, who, with himself and his Noble Friend, had the moral courage to uphold the institutions of the country. His Noble Friend was not a pen sioner upon the public, nor a political adventurer, but a gentleman of ample fortune, who had a good house to receive his friends in, and had the good sense to live in it.—(Great laughter.) After a few words from the Earl of Charleville and the Marquis of Nortuanby in explanation, the con versation dropped. The Earl of WARWICK presented a petition from Hatherstone, in the county of Warwick, praying that the petitioners' parish should net be held liable for the damage of riots in the town of Birmingham. The Marquis of NORMANBY admitted the hard ship of the cane, and he would give it his best attention. Mr. Austin, from the office of the Poor-law Com missioners, appeared at the bar with returns relating to the administration of Poor-laws in Ireland. On the motion of the Marquis of Normanby, the returns were ordered to he printed. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented petitions from Hackney, Manchester, Deptford, and Rotherhithe, in favour of Drainage of Towns Bill ; from Sheffield, for an alteration of the law of libel ; and from the Mayor. Aldermen, and Burgesses of Birmingham in favour of the Jews' Declaration B 11. Their Lordships then adjourned at a Quarter past S;x o'Clock. ROUSE OF COMMONS, ArRiL 22. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, the Man chester and Leeds Railwsy Bill was read a third time and passed ; and the Deptford Pier Bill was read a second time. Mr. LOCKHART presented petitions from Ren frew, Paisley, Glasgow, Govan, and Polloc, against the P lloc and Govan Railway Bill. Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE presented a petition from Nottingham against the Nottingham Gas Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from 8,644 inhabitants of the borough of Salford, com plaining of the heavy duties on corn, sugar, coffee, and other necessaries. The petitioners prayed the House to revise the whole of the tariff, and abolish the food and all other mcnopolics, and establish a free sys tem of commercial policy, by which the rights of in dustry would be secured, the internal resources of the country developed, and unrestricted intercourse se cured with the whole world, which would lead to a prosperity hitherto unenjoyed by the people of this country _ Sir C. COOTE presented a petition from the mod'. cal practitioners of the King's County in favour o Medical Itzforrn. Mr. .MuNTz presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Birmingham, praying the House to adopt the Report of the Import Duties Committee as the basis of its commercial legislation. Also a petition signed by two thousand five hundred inhabitants of Birmingham against the County Courts all. Alio a similar petition from the Commissioners of the Birming ham Court of Requests. Alio a petition from Mr. J. Guest, Clerk of the Birmingham Court of Requests, and another officer of the Cow t, praying for compensa tion in the event of the passing of the County Courts Bill. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from South Austral a, complaining of the appropriation for other purposes of sums devoted to the service of the colony. Sir G. CLERK preliented a petition from Stamford, and three petitions from the county of Rutland, pray ing for Church Extension. Mr. 11A WES presented a petition from the Dis senting Congregation of Devonshire-square, against Church-rates and Church Extension. Lord MORPET LI presented a petition from work ing people in the county of York, praying for the repeal of the Corn-liws ; alio, a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Zion Chapel, Wakefield, praying for the abolition of Church-rates ; also four petitions from the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, one praying that the medical institutions of Ireland might not be placed under the control of the Poor-law Commissioners, another praying that under till; Vaccination Act medical prac titioners might be remunerated by salary instead of feu, another praying- the House to adopt some mea sure of Medical Reform, and another praying for ade quate remuneration for medical practitioners attending Coroners' inquests. Mr. RAIKES CURRY presented a petition from Northampton, for a Reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts, and the abolition of Church•rates. Colonel SALWE Y presented petitions from Bethnal Green and PeAham, for the repeal of the Corn.laws. Lord SANDON presented a petition from the Leeds Philosophical and L . t2rary Society, praying for the removal of burthens to which such institutions are subjected. The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from the Directors of the Grand Junction Railway against certain parts of the General Railway 13d1. The Waningorc Inclosure Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. VILLIERS presented petitions from Bermond• soy, St. Paul's Church-yard, and other districts of the metropolis, for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. E. BULLER presented a petition from Buck ingham, complaining of spirituol destitution in England and Wales, and praying for a remedy. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from cer tain E iglish Catholics ip favour of the grant to the College of Maynooth ; also a petition from Manchester against the Corn-Ims, and a petition from a place in Scotland, praying for the prohibition of distilled liquors except for medicinal or manufacturing purposes. Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from the West Riding of Yorkshire, for the repeal of the Corn laws. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a peti tion from the Lord Provost and Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying that that city may be exempted Ir om he Scotch Boroughs Bill, Mr. ELLIOT presented a petition from the town of Kelso and its vicinity, stating that the only remedy for the differences existing in the Scotch Church is the separation of Church and State. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from the labourers of the metropolis, and from the National Association of the borough of Lambeth, praying for the liberation of Mr. O'Connor, and of all political pri soners ; also a petition from two _Polish refugees, com plaining that the bounty . of this country had bee❑ ille gally withlield from them. Mr. L. HODGES presented a petition from Maid stone, praying for the abolition of Church-rates and of he Ecclesiastical Courts. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Brentford praying for the abolition of Church-rates and the Eccle siastical Courts, and the release of Mr. Baines ; a peti tion from the smile pl►ce praying for an extension of the suffrage ; and from 123 Irishmen, inhabitants of Man chester, complaining that under the present system of Poor-laws they will be compelled to return to their own country in casell!cy should require paroc'aial relief. Sir R. INGL IS pre tented several petitions in favour of Church Extension. Mr. EASTHOPE presented petitions, praying for the abolition of Church -rates, from Newport, Waltham Abbey, and forty other places. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from an indivi dual, named James Morrison, praying that out door might be given in certain cases. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (IRELAND). Lord MORPETH said that, pursuant to what he said the other night, he had to stafe to the House that tie only alteration of any material nature which ho was prepared to propose in Committee on the Irish Parliamentary Voters Bill was to raise the amount of rate which might be necessary to give the elective franchise in the rate of county voters from the sum of 5/. to Si. Mr. C. WOOD said it would be perfectly indis pensable to enable them to proem] with any satisfac tion that they should know the number of persons rated to various amounts in Ireland. At present they were unable to ascertain the number rated at SW., 20/., 10/. and 51., and even if the returns could not be obtained for the whole of Ireland, still if they obtain it from those unions, from which reports had been already made, they could calculate the probable numbers in other parts of the country. His Noble Friend, the Secretary for the Colonies, and the Right Hon. the Attorney-General for Ireland, were agreed upon the necessity of having that information, hut on referring to the Reports which had been laid on the table from twenty-four unions in Ireland, he found there were only two in which • that species of information was contained. He wished to know from the Noble Lord whether that information would be produced, and if so, what was the probable time when it would be laid before the House ? Lord MORPETH said that instructions had been forwarded to the Poor•law Commissioners in Ireland, who were desired to communicate their information to the House with the least possible delay, but their reply had not yet arrived. When it did it would be communicated to the House without delay. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. Mr. HAWES gave notice that he would to-morrow move for a return of the number of instances in which corporal punishment had been inflicted in the British army on a Sunday within the last ten years.—(Hear, hear.) There appeared to be some misunderstand ing on what fell from the Secretary at War on this subject on a former occasion, and he would therefore ask the Right Honourable Gentle man whether there was any instances, of the infliction of corporal punishment under the circumstances which occurred in the case of the 11th Hussars under the direction of the Earl of Cardigan. Mr. MACAULAY said he was much obliged to the Honourable Gentleman for asking him the ques tion, as it enabled him to set right a misun derstanding of what he had stated on this subject. It had been imagined that ho (Mr. Ma caulay) had stated there were precedents for the con duct, which he believed to be both unfortunate and cul pable of the Earl of Cardigan the last week.—(Hear, hear.) What he stated was, that having con sulted officers of long experience on the sub j;nt, he had heard that there were precedents in the sen -ice of the infliction of punishment on Sundays, but not of punishments whi c h wou ld b ear out t h e con duct of Lord Cardigan, because those punishments were inflicted only under circumstances of great exigency. lie (Mr. Macaulay) had also stated that in this the punishment might have been postponed until next day. With respect to the return required by the Hon. Gentleman, his own be lief was that such return would not produce any in stance of punishment on a Sunday—certainly not ex cept in case of some great exigency on the line of march.—(Hear, hear.) Sir H. HARDINGE said he had understood the statement of the Secretary of War as it was now ex plained, and he begged to say he thought it perfectly satisfactory.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the proof of bribery and corruption in the election of MeCtbers of Parliament. The HON. GENTL.:"IIAN said he might be permitted to add, that he had bt:ard with great regret the an nouncement which had beet: made by the Noble Lord of his intention to raise the franchise from M. to 8/. It was manifest that be would h -et nothing from the other side by doing so, and he was sorry to say that it would not give satisfaction elsewhere. Mr. HUME moved for the returns 1.2 ;d before the House of Commons in the Session of 1839 and 1840, relative to corporeal punishments in the army, navy, and ordnance. On the motion of Mr. FOX MAULE the Srnb; ll Debts' Courts Bill, and the Local Courts Bills were postponed until Monday, the 3d of May. MR. CANDLISH. Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR said he would again ask the Hon. Gentleman opposite whether her Majesty's Government had or had not announced to Mr. Candlish their intention of appointing him to the Professorship of Biblical Literature ; and if so, on what ground the appointment had been suspended or cancelled. Mr. FOX MAULE said the Hon. Baronet could hardly have taken a more uncourteous course than he had done on that occasion. The question which he had be- fore asked was totally different. He would with the per mission of the House state the facts as they had occurred. His Noble Friend the Secretary of State had been anxious upon the occurrence of vacancies in the Dean eries of the Chapel Royal to make those vacancies subservient to the purposes of education in Scotland, instead of continuing as formerly, under the name of prizes in the Church.—(Hear, hear.) The first vacancy that occurred was given to Dr. Lee, the Principal of the University of Edinburgh, as an endowment to that chair, which, of course, met with general approbation. On the next vacancy oc curring, his Hon. Friend consulted how he might best bestow that with similar Lenefit to the Univcr- sity ; and having referred to the Report of the Com missioners appointed by the Right Hon. Gentleman op posite to inquire into the state of the Universities in Scotland, he found that those Commissioners univer- sally recommended the establishment in the University of Edinburgh of a Professorship of Biblical Criticism. Mr. Candlish appeared, from his learning and theological talents, best fitted to discharge the duties of that office. Before, however, any communication had been made to him of the intention of her Majesty's . Government that the appointment should take place, Mr. Candlish had performed duties in the face of a inter- diet from the Court of Session. He had done this in company with many of the most eminent Ministers of the Church of Scotland. The case was to come before the Court of Session for their decision, but until that decision had been given, and die whole pro( eNlings were known, it was wpossible that his Noble Frieud should rsevcre io !le appointment. CHINA. Sir IL PEEL wished to ask the Noble Lord oppo site whether he had received any official account of an action which had taken place near Canton, in which several lives had been lost, and if those accounts had been recelvad why they had not appeared as usual in the Gazelle? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that although ac counts had been received through India, the official despatches wiel respect to the action in question had net et arriv:d ; when they did they would appear in the usual manner. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that to mirrow he should move that after Tuesday, the Ist of June, Orders of the Day do take precedence of notices of motion on Thursdays. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET begged to ask when the Ordnance Survey would come on? Sir IIUSSEY VIVIAN proposed to bring it on .oniorrow evening. NEW SOUTH WALES. Mr. GItOTE then rose to bring forward the reso tutions of which he bad given notice, on the subject of the colony of New South Waler. The subject was 'he same on which he had had the honour to address the House on the 25th of la-t month, and it would be in the recollection of Hon. Gentlemen that the sitting of the House on that evening had been brought to an unexpected termination before he had had an oppor tunity of bringing to a c lo s e the statements he had to make respecting the C o lony. He should , there fore, entreat th e H ouse t o b e ar with him while he related the mai n f eatures o f th e c ase. The resolutions he was abo u t t o pro p ose we re the same as he had then brou g ht f orwar d, an d there was merely a slight 'altertvion in the last to get rid of an objection in point of form. It appeared that for the last fey years, since 1835, a heavy charge had been imposed upon the Colony o f N ew South Wales , namely , the entire an d undivid e d c h arge of the gaols and police o f t h e settle ment. Up to that time the revenue had been fully adequate to meet the demands of the Colony, but since then the ordinary revenue had been considerably diminished, insomuch that recourse had been had to trespassing on the land and emigration fund, which had been already pledged and consecrated to other pur. EVENING EDITION• poses. The Colonists thought that a case of extol hardness and iejustice. It s h ou ld h e remembe r ' that this was ori g i na ll y a pena l co l ony, an d th a t it sti ll retained marks of its origin, although it was.daily e ‘ • stinting a more colonial chareetvr. Ile knee' is Ws common to say, that although there was a great nuelb cr to of convicts, a large portion of them were assigned private masters, and it was assumed that benefit of these assignments wss on the side'd the Colony ; but instead of this being the case, sue: of from three to four Imedreel thousand po- I ° h : year accrued to this country front these assigeroe nj. Mr. Sl , eretary Rice, in 1835. had estimatel th pense of the colony at 25,0001., but it now amoun ted to more than four times that sum --it was above 100,000/. Was not that fast cane whole to call upon the House to reconsider the subject. Had the Government been aware of th e . state of the gaols at that period, they would have liesitatnoi before they altogether liberated the Imperial trr a sury,fi et threw the Colony upon its own resources. That the e 01 ° 11) (1 . had increased in wealth and populat'on, since that lie n° was no valid reason for imposing upon it such he"v/ charges.. When it was recollected that one-third of thei populatem had been sent out for punishment , it w °e not be thought fair that, the Colony should bear the th.e. *hole whole expense of the gaols and police e,tablishnieetic,, If they ,ba carried on a s y s t em w h ic h was grallti is diminishing the resources of that country, the Celon Ito had cause of great and aggravated complaint, ati:° regretted to say that suit had been the ease. Nole'i t ' , Ll s a sum of 200,0001. had been abstracted from the leaf ° to make good that deficiency in the revenue, 04, s fee that sum not less than 11,000 f ree em i gran ts courSi conveyed to the Colony. Now, when they looked a t ths; number in reference to the existing population to Ne i South Wale, they would see th a t i t was a cumber ec culated to effect the mast important improverae rit ' so their social and economi c con di t i on . Th e g reat v°"„ of the emigration fund w as th a t it afforeed labo urin ; men, whose condition in the coun t r y were extremelyi°se the means of proce !ding to another portir n °' British dominions where the supply of capital was 11 3 ", - 0 than in proportion to the supply of labour, and v i ct ii, the remuneration of every labouring man of ordie°l s i s e gencc was ample and certain. It was unfortunately Th i who were least able to meet the expense of who were most required in that colony, and for aired. a fund of that sort was most particularly tea - s a e It Hon. Gentlemen would take the trouble to el . Bll/ 0 - 0 the documents connected with the state of New Zia Wales, they would find that the colonies were et`li greatly from the want of labour. The lionO o see Gentleman then referred to a debate which tools? 1 , / in the Legislative Council of New South std act in October last, in which resolutions were pasfed!: t _ s ."!" - ,, s t the deficiency of labour and the injurious; which it had upon the interests of the C ew s B.. o . The value of colonial lands depended 0111101 - t - he tirely upon the application of the proceeds Of ts, sales. They were of no value in the absence of laboure to By strictly confining the net proceeds of waste lan de o s b emigration, emigration purposes, a new property was created otherwise would have had no ex i s t ence . Th e e°° lle , d t fund which had be en d er i ve d f rom t h e sa l e o f lands ' l 3 lO arisen from a ge nera l p ersuas i on i n t h e colony 6 ' 4 he proceeds of th ese l an d sa l es wou ld b e h e ld sacr ed t° " re , purposes of emi gra ti on . Th e H on . Gentleman t9l'-so ferred to docume n t s w hi c h h a d b ean i ssue d b y Lord s' e A7 ick in 1831, and by L or d Gl ene l g i n 1836 ancl,lBl,,ad stating their intenti on to app l y t h e net procee ds or .- e0 sales strictly to emigration purposes. If he bad be t s () successful in con v i nc i ng t h e H ouse o f t h e bardshiPs 'be colonies had suffered, tic hoped the House would o s , be backward in making reparation. He considered that f system, if conti n u e d, wou ld l ea d to t h e interruption °d these land sales. He was of opinion that r eason 11 °_,. justice requi re d th a t t h e I mper i a l T reasury should fear one-half of the char ges o f gao l s an d po li ce . If this we r , done, the colony would have no other claim open u9° ln the claim which all our colonies have for p r otection. up his opinion also, justice requ i re d t h at we s h ou ld Ma ke o f to the colony the deficit that had arisen- in conseque nce / 4i% the entire charge having been hitherto defrayed by tt All li t e . resolution did not g o i n t o an y d e fi n i te propos i t ion• required was that th e H ouse wou ld cons id er the sub) He therefore rm,ved the following resolutions :-- " 1. That it appears that, in O c t o be r 1840, the re'es,,, s ing resolution s w e re p asse d by t h e G overnor and Leg' s time Council of New South Wales, viz.:— t " 1. That in the opinion of thi s Council, the Plie c . e s State, indisputably de r i v i ng a di rec t pecuniary:saving (eof dependently of other advantages) from the assignmorrt its convicts to private service i n New South Wales, end interests being at all events in an equal if not a sup erio u degree involved in the due coercion and discipline of suc transported offenders, ought in justice to bear at least out:. half of the expenses atte n d a nt o n the police and gaol t blishments, which arc raised to their p re sent large amot.'n_ chiefly through tho int ro d uc ti o n of a conv ict popula tio n into the colony. 2. That his Excellency the Governor be respectrsolicited to represent, o n behalf of this Council , to uthl.lll- Majesty's Secretary o f St a t e for the Colonies, that : Council has most rel uc t an tly con sented to so large awe.% penditure f or th e su pp or t o f those establishments since tne tat of July, 1835, and has voted the full amount of the estimate for the same fir the year 1841, solely from a con viction that it would hot be justified in declining to make provision for the maintenance of the public tranquillity and security. " ` 3. That by the appropriation, for the period from the Ist July, 1835, to 31st December, 1841, of so large s e amount (about 507,0001.) of the Colonial Raven arising partly from the sale of publi c l an d s , partlfg o ordinary source=,in dares ing the whole charge °1 t he police aed gaol establishments, including buildings n o se consequent diminution of thos e f u nd s w hi c h would . 0 ,1 been available for the introduction of free labour, e dso .. branch of the productive industry of this colony is in „ pot ger of falling into decay, to the g r eat l oss a nd iniu*.,, a ro only of the colony, but of the parent St a te also, especially of its manufacturing, commercial, and shiPPI" interests.' gaol " 2. That the above large expens es of p o lice and g o , stablishments have, since July, 1835, been defrayed, application of a consider a bl e p ort i on o f the net P e r the o 0 „ e d .! , of the sales of Crown l an d s i n t h e co lony to • general i .,:trposes of colonial revenue . it appears, by papers now before the .- 14 ° Ii n se . No. 81, 1841), that there has been r ; ' , ceived front tite sales of Crown lands in New So . ' ll , (IZ. 3 s . l T l, b l a tt : l6‘ - 0 0,0os a gross total sum of „... the period from 1831 to Juno 1840 inclutOnne Wales, during From which dedue t "1. Charges of various kinds, including expenses of the settle • mentor Port Philip, and of pro tection to the Aborigines £41,300 "2. Actual charge of survey and management (though for eight cars paid out of the general re- _ .. _ venue cf the Colony) agote £149.700 009 Making together about £l9 ---e" And leaving net proceeds of sales .---- , e) of Crown Lands to June 1840 £767,0v- Whereof the sum of 502,5001. only has been applied toil: purposes of emigration from the United Kingdom to P c South Wales. "4. That this House will, on Wednesday next, resels4 itself into a Committee of the whole House, fur the P ur i ; pose of considering the manner in which the cost of ga ° a . and police in New South Wales has been defrayed. a,es the manner in which the Land Fund of New South Wa' has been expended, sincQ 1835." ' 4 The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER trtl' t his lion. Friend would riot pcnevere in his resolutictis, after the explanation which he had to offer. Even 50 i fi r r back as 1827, Lord Goderich, in a despatch, exP r P„Tj laid it down that the colony, so soon as it could, s °°"," beer some portion of the expenses of its police and ga r : s i : The arrangement then made continued in force until 18 ` 3 ,: when Lord Althorp, then filling the office he had now t": honour to hold, had some correspondence with Mr. Sec' eta r " Rice upon the subject ; and the revenue of the coloeY having then much increased, it was thought adsisable to make another arrangement, by which the mother cou"t r Y should afford to the colony full and adequate protectio!! and the colony should maintain its internal expenses itseit The expere - liture of the colony had increased , in co peace of the increasets. of population and trade , wh•e caused a necessity for Ito ger police and other estab:is hrnen In fact, the colony was now paying, under the new arrangrei; meat, less ia proportion to its augmentation than before. a " this country was contributiFg more. The Right Hon. GO ' tleman then read returns of the expenditure of the coita l since 1822, in support of that statement. Nea rl y one-half n t s uh of the expenses o, the colony were defray ed b y the motile.. country since that tke(e; and there could not be any grey ° hardship to the colony 1.; an arrangement which left til distribution of the but then a()disturbed. The increase eireunistatres, 13 the police cleo•ge was not u nfai, ly put upon the colony, Os it was occasioned exclusively by coieeill. no way whatever connected with 131itai.l. It was impos" sible that the imperial Government could c,ontrel that ex eniliture, which must be iii trustcd to th e discriel'oa ° I. A . /1° tical Government. The works carri ed on by the L'o,/.. vernment out of the land fund, in new roads, harbour'', a° public buildings, benefited all the old colonists by ' in ' proving the value of t heir lan ds. It was too much to c% - peep that this country should bear the eKpense of a Pc'l icir Loma over which ecither the Go+ ernment nor the polio' ment could have any control. The Right lion. Geod e " by YLER moving th e p rev i ous question. said the question for the c onaide. Mr. ration :) o l f beud t .l he ßeliL : i louse was whether it was wtrib while lc ° . this House to pay 40,0001. or 50 , 0001 . f ar the purpose al s o utir promoting emigration to thecolony of New Wales. In his ( Mr. Bull • . , , w oul4 er s) opinion, such a s uri be pro[c.ly expended in the promotion of so important arr ght the c olonists object. The colony, besides raisin valuable prodeecefe°r exportation, took a large potion of g our ' home man ula-- ( t l h e o r u able lure:, and 1 / 411 --e , IT led support and subsEteneu for a co op; o o lo f ni o s ti ts r I% l . J o O r l e /U! c a, n i t o it l i l ; 1 and on , thi t e o ‘ n ie ff w er , fir E; real ground of complaint was that the colony was 51i- her et to consicera 1 . . ... from the mode of punishment adopted by the la"" e i country--this was plainly utjust to the colonists. no_ d e i n not rest their claims upon the pledges which had vf„ given by this Government that they could not divest ta: proceeds of the land sales from the purposes of c mi e g:.:„. tier. The question, in his opinion, was bow cculd th firest Tony be made most to contribute to the benefit of "' 0 i Britain. The expenditure of money upon the purP n ° , s i c t sl at o emigration was no idle waste of funds, but art expe !-' o f which would tell upon the wealth and P"Feritfould the colony ; every person who went out w et increase its value. It was a colony which Ito not to he trifled with. The amount of British exP i r or Now South Wales, was larger than that to acY .° A o e most consieerable customers in Europe ; it supplau BY of the mot valuable staples for our own manufacture; ted, providing the colonists with what they chiefly a I .' e „, s nroV l 'w namely labour, the Government could at once r t o pt market for home manufacture, and furnish 01 1 41 0 0 for the de.ititute population . - He had sten many or E ration for bound to to do so, hot weigl Welfare, hies and Lord J ter.). ogre Motion tthees of t t he public such assi Noble Lc R ant o f; Part of tb this counl lona. T 'SPecting %at even 000/. nad been the additi Paid tarp 41 4, stibje, Justice. re v _ ,nues