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MORNING EDITION the printer of the Morning Chronicle do appear at the bar of this Houge."—( Cheers. ) Mr. HUME rose to address the House, but was inter rupted by cries of " Order, order." Lord J. RUSSELL suggested that the paragraph complained of by the Hon. Member should be read. The paragraph was then read, the substance of which was that the Hon. Member (Mr. Handley) approved of the manner in which the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the subject of the Corn-laws. Mr. HUME said that having been present when the Woe. Member spoke, and having been near him, he could say tlat the paragraph just reed not only did not contain the words which the Hon. Gentleman used, but a total mis representation of them ; however, as the Hon. Gentleman had obtained what he desired, publicity of the vindication he wished to make of his conduct, he (Mr. Hume) hoped be would be satisfied with it, and would not press his mo tion of summoning the printer of the Morning Chronicle to the Bar of the House. S'r DE LACY EVANS was surprised that the Hon. Member could bring forward such a motion as the present one. Humble as he (Sir De Lacy Evans) was, be was often misrepresented, but he never bad the presumption to apply to the House about the matter. He did not think that anybody could se riously imagine that the re.pre•entetion was inten tionally male. The Honourable Member had de ela-ed, in formidable terms, the opposition he me ,nt to give to her Majesty's Government. He ( Sir De Lacy Evans) did think that he ought to be ceteent with so doing, and in correcting an error ought not to give a bad example to ether Members, who on the eve of an election might be glad to avail themselves of such a pre cedent. Mr. HANDLE Y said it was net his good fortune to be possessed of the modesty of the ilepo. and Gallant Member who had just sat down. The Honourable and Gallant Member might collect his constituents any evening he chute at the Cat and Gridiron, or any other such place—( Hear)—but he would find that some time would be required to go through such a consti tuency as he ( Mr. H ) represented in rder to vindicate hints —( A l,rug t . ) The Honourable and Gallant Member too, might have so many claims on his constituents, that they would surely overlook such a derelicti in of duty. He (Mr. H.) acither participated in the feelings that induced the lion. and Gallant Member to c.nne forward on the present occasion, nor did he think that the Hou se participated in them. As on the one hand he coneuded his motion according to the forms of the House, he would on the other leave it to the House to decide whether he ought .to be satisfied that the reparation offered was commensurate with the injury done him. He would, how ever, withdraw his motion. In answer to a question from an HON. MEMBER, Lord J. RUSSELL sail !bathe should be presa-ed on Friday to state the amount cf duty that he meant to pre pose on corn. Lord SANDON said that on Riley next, previous to the House going into Committee, he would propose a re solution, by which the seese of the House would be tact:, in opposition to the proposition of the Ri ht Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor cf the Exchequer), and that he would take an early opportunity of apprising the House of the words of the resolution. Sir R. H. INGLIS gave notice that he would take an opportunity of taking the sense of the House as to the propriety of bringing into the cout,try or any ok . its de. pcnd:nciect sl”.ve-grown sugar. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH BILL. . -The Order of the Day for going into Committee on the Puni-hmeut of Death Bill was then read, The preamble of the Bill and clauses were postponed. On clause 2 being put, Lord J. RUSSELL opposed the clause, but in so low 'a tore, and in the midst of so much noise, as to be totally naudible in the Gallery. Sir R. H. INGLIS also disapproved of the clause. He thought that in certain cases of the ruin of public pro p.lty, the punishment of death ought to he inflicted. The Hon. Baronet alluded to a wilful fire which bad recently taken place in the dockyard of Plymouth; he thought no punishment could be tao great for such a crime. Lord DUNGANNON agree I with the Hon. Baronet. There might be cases in which it would be unnecessary to inflict the list penalty of the law, but the clause was, in his opinion, of too' sweeping a nature. Mr. HUNIE did not think that the punishment of death was in any case a security against crime. In all those cases in which the punishment of death had been abolished, the change had not been found to work unfavourably. He did nat think that public property should be protected in a different way from the property of individuals.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He concurred most heartily in the provisions of the clause, and be thought the experience of the Noble Lord since the Bill was last bcftc the House should have shown him that the punishment of death in cases of that sort afforded no sufficient protection, and it might as well be put an end to. Mr. O'CONNELL said, the Noble Lord had talked of using the strongest arm of the law to put down offences of the sort, but the question was, what was the strongest arm of the law ? The Noble Lord's proposition might be the strongest arm, but it was the shortest. In his humble judgment a secondary punishment would be found more effectual, as it would be more certain, and it was quite clear that the enunciation of the punishment did not prevent the crime. He firmly believed that they could net have a greater incentive to crime than familiarising the public with those scenes of death. It was said, if you refused the clause you would have par ties setting fire to a King's ship in the face of the enemy ; but the Committee would recollect that that was high trea son, and could be punished accordingly. He need not allude to the recent casein which a man was executed, who died in the most solemn and impressive manner appealing to God that be was innocent. Man was fallible, their tribunals were fallible, and they ought to endeavour to lessen the chance of committing the most awful mistake that could be com mitted. He trusted they would persevere in their present course of harmonizing the people by mitigating the severity of their criminal law. At present it was in a most unsatis factory state. —( Hear.) Mr. Sergeant TA LFOURD would also give his vote in favour of the clause. He entirely concurred with the observations of the Hon. and Learned Member for Kilkenny, and believed that crime would be more effec tually prevented by lessening the severity of the punishment, and rendering it more certain than by the present system. He (Mr. Sergeant Talfeurd) was at Shrewsbury at the time of the trial of Misters, and he had seen something of the sympathy which was excited on behalf of the criminal. If he had been transported instead of executed no doubt had been entertained of his guilt. Mr. SWART said that fees and figures had shown that capital punishments did not deter from crime, and he should on this account support the amendment. Lord DUNGANNON said with regard to what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Reading, he (Lord Dungannon) was a member of the Grand Jury on that oc sion, and be was sure no one entertained a doubt of the prisioner's guilt. • In his opinion it would be dangerous to abolish the punishment of death, in cases of malicious fire.. raising in dwelling-houses. He thought it would tend to make life and property insecure. Mr. W. ROCHE supported the clause on the ground that the secondary punishment would afford an opportunity of correcting any mistakes which might occur in the trial of any party. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— For the clause Against the clause 122 Majority against the clause —l2 The clause was then expunged. Clause 3 was then agreed to. On clause 4 being put, Sir C. DOUG LAS moved the following amend ment:—That, in case of rape, and of unlawfully and carnally knowing and abusing any girl under the age of ten years, whenever either of the said offences shall be committed by any two or more persons, and such person or persons shall be convicted of either of the said offences, such person or persons so convicted shall be subject to the sentence of death, and shall suffer death, as in and by the said statute of 'the ninth year of the reign of his late Ma jesty George the Fourth is provided. ' The ATTORNE Y-GENERAL opposed the amend ment. The subject to which the clause related was one of great difficulty and embarrassment. There were many a renas of the most revolting nature which came within its operation, but there were others of a less aggravated na ture. Notwithstanding all the attention which he had given to the matter he had been unable to frame provisions w hich would exclude the punishment of death in certain cases of the kind, and would retain it in o th ers . Th e only ' course, therefore, he saw open t o t h em was to a b o li sh the capital punishment in all the cases in question. Sir R. H. INGLIS supported the principle of the amendment. He thought every Hen. Member should consider the subject as if it related to the members of his own family. Lord DUNGANNON did not wish to see the punish ment o f d e ath abolished altogether, in regard to the crime to which the clause referred. There were certainly cases of a more and cases of a less aggravated character, but he thought the punishment to be awarded might be safely left to the discretion of the Judge.. Me. O'CONNELL said the worst feature of our cri minal law was the quantity of discretion left with the Judge—it made- the p u nishment uncertain. Let them make th e conviction as certain as possible, and let the punishment follow as a matter of course, and then the crime would be checked. He instanded the case of two gypsies NI were convicted of stealing 18/, from a pen sioner in the neighbourhood of Monmouth about four years ago--they were transported for life, and at the lapse of two years it was found out they were entirely innocent, and were brought home at the Government expense. Under the old law they would Gave what position would t h ey then bav v e e b been executed, and in Lord DARLINGTON defended thebeen ? character of the Learned Judge wh o t r i e d Misters,he was t ried in a crowded Court, and ther e was not a his being guilty of the a t roc i ous ciirtiec"d opinion as to imputed to him. In ins opinion the Judges generally had exercised their dis cretion in a sound manner. Mr. HOB HO US B opposed the amendment, and dere cated any extension of the di scret i on o f the Jud p Ma gee' ice Mr. GODSON supported th e c l ause. Man tions would be had if the crime was re d uced to y a con v portable offence, which now were lost, because Jurietsrahnawsi a horror of the punishment of dbath. Lord J. RUSSELL said the object of legislation Was to present crime, an d i n hi s opinion th at wou l d bestbe done by ensuring convictions, which could only be done by abolishing the punishment of death as attached to such a crime. • 4 ' Sir R. PEEL could not concur in the feeling that the punialment of death should be abolished in the cases of murder, attempts to murder, or rape. Mr. C. BULLER supported the clause. Captain POLHILL hoped the Hon. Baronet would withdraw his amendment, and I;.‘t the division be taken On the clause itself. He was strongly opposed to it. and would certainly vote against it. Sir C. DOUGLAS withdrew his amendment. THE SUN, LONThiN, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1:-141. The Committee then divided on the clause, when there appeared— For the clause s 6l Against it Majority • —62 On the fifth clause relative to the abolition of the punishment of death in cases of attempts to murder being proposed, Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose and spoke in so low a tone of voice as to be very indistinctly heard in the gallery. The Noble Lord was understood to say that in the cases under consideration, he did not think there was that re luctance to convict that had been represented. He would oppose the clause. Mr. F. KELLY said that the Noble Lord had fre quently stated in that Houte that the infliction of punish ment was not intended merely as such according to the moral criminality, but its 'abject was to deter men from the commission of offences. That was a eentiment which he (Mr. F. Kelly) and several Hon. Members expressed their approval of, and he therefore now contended that while the punishment of death was retained for the crime of murder, a sufficient check was held out to those who attempted to commit that crime, because ex vi termini they expected and intended to commit murder when they attempted it; but in continuing the punishment in cases of attempt to murder, they went against that which was the acknowledged principle in those cases. They took away every inducement not to complete the crime when the first attempt to perpetrate It was un successful. Certainty of punishment was what deterred most from the commission of crime, but certainty was not attained in the present state of the law. He was aware of instances having occurred of ten convictions and only one punishment, and out of forty-five indictments that ha•l been set on foot for crimes of this nature within the last three years, there had been only three convictions. Lord DUNGANNON thought that if they passed this clause they might as well at once abolish the punishment of death altogether, and be could not admit the assertion that the punishment of death tended to conciliate the sympathies of the public in favour of the criminal was suf fici sit to justify that abolition. Mr. MILNE supported the clause. Sir H. R. ING LIS opposed the clause, on the ground that the person who att •mpted to murder was morally as guilty as if ho succeeded in the cAnpletion of the crime. Mr. LAW (the Recorder of London), in his experience, which was of home extent, had not found that juries were in the habit of viola , ing their oaths rafter than find per sons guilty of a caeitel offence. He had, on the other hand, observed that when the facts of the case applied rather to the minor offence, it was generally by the inter position of the Judges a verdict to that effect was re corded. He was convinced that the introduction of the clause would diminish the efficiency of the law in pre venting crime. Mr. B ROT H E RTO N, not ithstanding whet had been said by the Hen. and Learned Gentleman who had just sat down, thought the ()fret of the I es was punishment and not prevention. He was satisfied that the nearer the laws a;proached to the principles of Christianity the mere 121 fee:IVC they would be, and the more society was civilised the more opposed would it be to capital punishment..-.... (Hear.) He did not believe that, according to the Chris tian religion, man had the right to take away the life of a human bci,g under the authority of any law. The denunciation, that " Whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed," epplied as much to the execu•• tioner as to the criminal. He blieved that the introduc- Lion of a milder system of criminal law would do more than anything else to mitigate the manners of the people, and to diminish ferocious crimes. He had been requested to act as arbitrator between the two parties, and be had consented to do so. The Bill be fore the House would take the matter out of their hands. The Hon. Member then referred to the history of the claims to compensation. He had taken the highest legal opinions that they came within the spirit and letter of the Corporations Act. They had stated that it was doubtful whether it was necessary to have these clauses inserted in this Bill—whether the parties might not rest their claims upon the compensation clauses of the Act. On this subject he was particularly anxious, in consequence of the public notice that had been called to the course he intended to pursue, to set himself right with the Hon. Member for Manchester, having been told that he was meddling ' improperly with the affairs of Manchester. The Hon. Member bele proceeded to read an extract of a letter from three members of the corporation of Manchester, to show that he was justified in the course he adopted, and proceeded to say that the document he quoted corroborated the statement he had made. He was also fully convinced of the justice of the three cases he had brought forward. Mr. MARK PHILIPS said, that he stated in his place that he was not one of those who thought that the Hoe. Member brought forward the question on unneces sary grounds. He tucrefore begged to disclaim any par ticipation in the feelings of those who said that the Hon. Member meddled improperly with the affairs of Manches ter. On the contrary, he thought that the course she Hon. Member adopted was perfectly fair.—( Hear, hear.) What he (Mr. M. Philips) complained of was, that there were communications made to the Hon. Member subsequently which he would have done well not to listen to. With regard to the opinion of the people of Manchester it had been put on record in the most unequivocal man ner. He ( Mr. M. Philips) had presented petitions from every ward in the borough, which requited from public meetings rt'ended by men of all partici. One of the strongest petitions was itself presented by a gentleman of Conservative principles. When the mask had been strip ped off and the thing appeared in its nakedness, he had almost said its deformity, they were sought to be bought off. He could not point out anything more deserving the character of fraud than the manner in which the petition had been got up by the anti-corporators. He must say that he thought the inhabitants of Manchester would be lost to every feeling of honour if they were to consent to pay the sum of money demanded of them. If 50,000 of the ratepayers of Manchester could so `ter for get themselves as to put a petition into his hara,lis praying the House to consent t o these clauses, he mould net pre sent. such a petition. During his recent su it to Manches ter he had consulted with men of all orti oi on the sub ject, and there was not a single individual who did net de precate the idea of the istroduef J n of ouch a clause as a mode of adjusting the existing differences. Mancheste r would rather remain as it was than submit to such an in sult. It was an insult to the inhabitants of Manchester to compelled to petiaion the House on such a subject. With re - ersnce to ane appointment , it was evident from the expreisiens 'ae had made use if that his Hon. Friend hxd been in close communication with one of the indisedusls whose interests e ere at strike. His Hon. Friend had said that he did not consider the Quarter Sessions of Manchester worth a rush, and that was the very expression which Mr. Milne had frequently been in the hebit of using. With reference to that gentleman's claim to compensation there could be no doubt that if a new stipendiary Magistrate were appointed for Manchester to-morrow, that new Ma gistrate would have a perfect right to appoint his own clerk. He had looked into a Bill which had been intro- duced into the HOUEC at the time when is was first proposed to appoint a stipendiary - Magistrate to Manchester. that Bill, which bad been drawn up by Mr. Milne, he Lord MAHON said that there would be a practica difficulty if the clause were enacted, which would embar. racy the administration of the law. orawn up by had attempted to have himself appointed and named per petual clerk to the Magistrates; had that Bill paned into a law, he might have had come claim, but the name had Mr. Sf. ANEY thought flat a distinction should be made between crimes perpetrated for the sake of gain, and crimes perpetrated through violent and revengeful motives. In the first ease the fear of death had comparatively little influence, while it operated most powerfully in the second instance. been withdrawn, and the appcintment was left to be mule in the way in which all such appointments ought to be made. He bad, therefore, no claim wl atever to a !Fe interest in the appointment. With reference to the At torney-General's Bill, if it were thrown out, the only effee' would be that the rate-payers of Manchester would escar Alter a fe:v words from Mr. ELLIOT, the House divided when the numbers were— For the clause . Against the clause Majority against the clause 8 The clause was then struck out. On the next clause being put, Lord J. RUSSELL objected to the clause. He did think that the punishment of death acted as a powerful preventative against burglary: and shp that account he wished that the punishment should be retained. pc from the charge of the maintenance of the prisoners in their borough gaol, which would be thrown on the county; but they were too honest and too honour able to wish for such an advantage, but that would be the only effect of the Bill being rejected. With respect to the office of coroner, he believed that if the gentleman in question had signiSel his wish to continue in that appoint. ment the corporation would have chosen him, but be had chosen to act under bad advice, and must take the con sequences, and by persisting in hslil!ng doubt* inquests he bad made the office of caterer, as connected with him- Mr. F. KELLY supported the clause. The fewer the cases in which the punishment of death was retained, the more effectual would that punishment become. Mr. E WART also spoke in favour of the clause. Dur ing the last three years no ease of capital punishment for burglary had been enforced, and the present law on the subject had, in consequence, been inoperative and unne cessary. self, particularly obnoxious to the people of Manchester. Let them consider the danger of the principle they would be adopting by granting this compensation to the Town clerk. Atter the decision of the Judgcs in their favour, the people of Manchester were not to be bullied into a compromise of this sort, and he should be a►hamed to ap. pear before his constituents if he consented to the intro duction of any such clauses as those proposed. Ii could Lord DUNGANNON was opposed to the clause. He did not approve of that philanthropy which was extended to the most desperate offenders at the expense of the com munity at large. Mr. HUME thought that severity in criminal legisla tion so far from putting an end to crime only tended to its increase. It was not from a false philanthropy be advo cated a mitigation in the criminal code, but from a sense of the general good. All experience had shown that by les sening the punishments crimes had decreased ; and, there fore, he supported the clause. assure his Hon. Friend that be was labouring under a great mistike if be imagined that the corporation of Man chester were at ail anxious for a compromise. On ttli,t point he could assure his Hon. Friend that he had been misinformed. Mr. GREG said that ho had taken up the Twitter at the instance of Magistrates of Manchester, who called on him at his home to induce him to do so. Mr. M. PHILIPS said that those persons had no authority from the Corporation, to make any request of the kind. Mr. P. HOWARD said unless the Attorney-General consented to make some other alteration is the law he would feel it his duty to vote for the clause of the _Hon. Member for Ipswich. Unless the extreme punishment was removed from burglary without attempt to murder the greater crime would be committed. After a few words from Sir R. INGLIS, strangers were ordered to .withdraw. The House then divided, when there appeared— For• the clause 73 Against it lOO Majority against the clause.— --27 Oa our return we found Mr. KELLY saying that, opposed as be was by the whole weight of the Government, be would not attempt t 3 carry the Bill further. He hoped the Noble Lord would proceed with his Bill; and although not prepared to go the serve length as him ( Mr. Kelly), would consent to a considerable amelioration of the present system. After a few words from Mr. AG L lONBY, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that if the Hon. Gentle. man declined to proceed with his Bile, of course there could be no objection to that course. Ile (Lord J. Russell) in tended to proceed with the Bills which he had brought before the House.—( Hear, hear.) It would have been indifferent to him whether those Bills were proceeded with or the Bill of the Hon. Gentleman, without the various clauses to which be objected. But as the Hon. Gentleman had intimated his intention of withdrawing his Bill, he (Lord J. Russell) would lose no time in bringing his Bills before the House. After a few words from Sir R. INGLIS, The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and asked leave to sit again this day fortnight. CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL. On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the House went into Committee on the Criminal Justice Bill. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Manchester against the clauses proposed to be introduced by the Hon. Mem. ber for North Lancashire (Mr. Wilson Patten) ; also several petitions against, and one in favour of those clauses. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, as he had no further clauses to bring before the House, he would not trespass upon its attention. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL felt it to be his duty to oppose the clause on public grounds. This was a pub lic Bill not intended for Manchester alone, but for the country at large. The town of Manchester did not con tribute to the county rate, whilst the county had to bear the expense of the Manchester prisoners. It was his ob ject to remedy that injustice, and to make such boroughs as Manchester and Birmingham bear the expense of their own prisoners. Mr. CRE SS WE LL thought that the proposition for compensation was founded on the Municipal Reform Bill, and was, in fact, a following out of that Bill. The only ground for taking away from this gentlemen (Mr. Chap. man) the right to compensation was, that he had brought an action to try his right.—(Hear, hear.) The Hay. Member for Manchester (Mr. M. Philips) had ad mitted that the gentleman was an excellent officer, and would have received compensation from the coiperation ii he - bad condescended to ask for it, upon the general principle recognised in the Municipal Reform Bill—that persons deprived of their offices by that Bill should be en titled to compensation. It any Hon. Member brought in a clause to compensate the coroner of Birmingham, or of Bolton, he would support the motion. Mr. C. BULLER said be thought they had better discuss one clause at a time. His Hon. and Learned Friend had made an excellent speech, but not upon the present clause. It was difficult ,to limit the efforts of the human mind, but the present clause appeared to be the summit of human impudence. (Hear, bear, and laughter ) The corporation of Manchester had been liti gating for many years, and when the matter was decided against them, they said " Pay us our costs, and we will litigate no further."—( Hear, bear.) The House had no right, in a Bill like this, to force a compromise upon those who did not wish it.—(Hear, hear.) He would venture to say, if the House sanctioned this clause, they would sanction the most impudent and preposterous claim ever made to it.--( Hear, herir.) Mr. CRESS\VELL said the decision in the Queen's Bench was merely formal. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the case was ar gued fully in every point before the Judges of the Exche quer Chamber, and he considered the question of the Charter was fully decided. _ . _ Mr. W. PATTEN then rose to propose the following Strangers were then ordered to retire, but no division clauses :—" And whereas, questions are pending as to the took place, and the clause was withdrawn. validity of the Charter of Incorporation granted to the Mr. WILSON PATTEN then moved the se co nd Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Man- clause of which he had given notice, for giving compensa. chester, in pursuance of the said Act of the sixth year of tion to Coroners and other officers. the reign of his late Majesty, or of some subsequent Act ; After a few words from Mr. WAKLEY and Mr. MARK be it declared and enacted, That the said Charter of In- PHILIPS, corporation, and - also the Commission of the Peace, and The ATTORNEY-GENERAL reminded the House grant of a separate Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and the Hon. Member for Finsbury that according to the issued or granted to the said borough, and all acts and existing law it was in the power of the Lord Chancellor to proceedings done or had in pursuance thereof, shall be order a writ to be issued at any time for the election of a deemed good and lawful from the time of such grant, new coroner, in case it sh ,uld be eiscovered that the gen. acts, and proceedings, and that all costs and exp enses tleman filling the office was in any way incompetent to which have been incurred before the passing of this Act, discharge its duties. in and about the obtaining, establishing, or opposing any Mr. WAKLEY hoped other parties would not be such grant, act, or proceeding, or in or about the holding coupled with the unfortunate coroners, otherwise they of any inquest by any coroner within the said borough, or would stand a chance of having their merits overlooked. all costs already incurred or to be hereafter incurred, in or If another coroner wan appointed for Middlesex, he (Mr. about the prosecution, conveyance, or maintenance of any *lrVakley) could assure the Hon. and Learned Member persons having committed any offences within the said bo- that he should never apply to him for compensation. rough by the said corporation, or person or persons whom- Mr. GISBORNE said, in the county of Chester, soever, shall be paid and discharged by the council of the where an additional coroner had been appointed, compen said borough, and out of a rate to he made, assessed, and sation had been given to the party previously in the office. levied for that purpose by the council of the said borough, Mr. W. PATTEN had no objection to divide the in the nature of a borough rate or otherwise, as the said clause and frame a separate one for the coroners, the council shall think fit ; which rate may be recovered in the clerk of the peace, and the magistrates' clerks. same manner as any borough rate is recoverable under the The ATTORNEY-GENERAL hoped the Hon. Gen said Act of the sixth year of the reign of his late tleman would go further, and extend its provisions beyond Majesty, 'or under any subsequent Act framed Manchester. for the amendment thereof, such costs and charges, Mr. J. JERVIS suggested that the clause should b e without prejudice t o an y contract respecting ih e withdrawn for the present, in order to afford an oppor naaietenance of prisoners, being ascertained and set- tunity to frame a clause which would include all the tied in each case by the Recorder of the borough."_ coroners. " And whereas, by reason of a grant of a Charter of In- Mr. MARK PHILIPS would not object to a general corporation to the borough of Manchester , the Coroner for clause as regarded the coroners, but he should certa;nly the County Palatine of Lancaster, acting within the divi- object to compensation to the other officers named in the sion of Manchester, the clerk of the peace for the said clause. County Palatine, and the clerk of the justices of the Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Com peace appointed under an Act passed in the fifty-third mitiee divided, when there appeared-- year of the reign of King George the Third, for the more For the clause 73 effectual administration of the office of a justice of the Against it .. peace, and to the other justices of the peace acting within Majority . 55 the said division of Manchester, have been deprived of On our return to the Gal?ery we found their fees and emoluments arising from their respectiv e Sir C. DOUGLAS moving the insertion of a clause offices within the said borough, and it is expedient that providing compensation for the clerk d the peace of the compensation be therefore made to them in like manneras if county Warwick and far the coronea, of the said county, they had been officers of a borough before the passing of the sitting within the Hundred of Hemlingford. %aid Act cf the sixth year of the reign of hia late Majesty, wh o Mr. HUM E c om pl a i ne d that the clause had not been were removed from their offices under the provisions of that printed, and moved " That the Chairman do report pro. Act ; be it therefore enacted, that the said coroner and gress." He had u n d erstoo d that it had been decided that clerk of the peace, and clerk to the justic e s, s h a ll h e en - the clerk of the peace for the county of Warwick was not titled to heve an adequate compensation, to be assessed by entitled to compensation. the council, and paid out of the borough fund of the said ! Mr. M. PHILIPS could not vats for the clause until borough, for the fees and emoluments of their several it had properly COITIC under consi lera ion. offices arising within such borough; and that all provi. Mr. JE le VIS said that by voting for this clause for the SiODS of the said Act of the sixth year of the reign of his compensation of coroners the House would only affirm late Majesty, relating to the claim of any corporate officer that coroners were entit:ed to compensation. Hon. for compensation, on account of being removed from his Members would afterwards have an opportunity of con office, anti to the manner cf securing and determining the sideribg the application of the clause to this particular ease. amount of such compensation, shall apply, except as Mr. HUME must persist upon principle against pro hereinafter provided, to the said coroners, clerk of the seeding with this clause until it had been previously justices; provided always, that the printed. _ statementpeace, a nd clerk t obe t oh t deliverede to the town clerk by each such The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the Hon. officer, shall sot forth the amount of the fees and emolu- Memiser for Warwick would beat gain his object by. with meats in respect whereof he shall claim compensation drawing his clause for the present. during five years next preceding the grant of the char- si r C. DOUGLAS said he would have the clause ter of incorporation to the borough respecting whi e h printed, with a view to its being brought up . with the Re such claim is made, and that, in estimating the amount port. of compensation each of the said officers shall be Lord FRANCIS EGERTON then moved theelause of deemed to have held his office for the term of his life." i which he had given notice, exempting the Borotigh of The Hon. Member said that there had been a long and ' Bolton from th e o p era t ion o f the Bill. He knew he might expensive lotitt2st ii Nip 1. , -t -the b'e t't- • d e.d fie told t' a• :be 13i.1 :,":! ,r,c .;•-• d:i,.J..t . ;., : ~, , :iiro; tot in these clause. T ..ne .e- e. on au !..c in ti; u , ... he parties were exeeediagly n um e rous iSalt9a Charter, but ALI i t woalu base the cii,c, of LuiA. "e party consisting o f th e Corporation of firming n on both sid es; it in an indirect maner. Sev era l o f the rate- Manchester and the hot er of those who were opposed to it. I payers had determined to litigate the question at the earliest possible opportunity, and this case was a perfectly dill rcpt Case, and a much stronger one than the case of M Cr, to which allusion had already been teed - e, and they were apprehensive that they should by this Bill be put in a worse situation than the one they at present occu pied. They were desirous of bringing the question to to trial, and did not wish to be deprived of t!te opportunity of trying- the easo by the indirect 'Opeiation of this Bill. In order that the House Might understand dis tinctly the operation which the clause of the Attorney- General would have upon Bolton, it was necessary that he should explain that I nt present the Corporativa was unable to levy a borough rate, h!cause the township and the borough were not co-terminous. Now the Attorney- General's clause would enable them to levy a borough rate, and deprive those persons of the opportunity of try ing the question of the Charter, which they wereanxious to do, should the rate be lev;e:l. Such were shortly the grounds on which he entr,. , atel the House to exempt the borough of Bolton from the operation of the Bill. He would he glad to give any explanation that might be require .l, hut at that late hour be did not wish to occupy the attention of the House longer than was necessary. The clause was then brought up and read a first time. On the motion that it be read a second time, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he should be under the necessity of strongly opposing ..he clause, as he considered tint entirely to exempt Button from the opera. tion of the Bill would be highly objectionable. If it were sought by that Bill to deprive the inhabitants of Bolton of the right to question the validity of the charter, such a proceeding would be manifestly unjust ; but no such thing was attempted to be done. The inhabitants of Bolton would still have the power to take any steps they might think fit to question the validity of the Char ter. The consequence of exempting Elton from the operation of the all would be, that they would not be able to make any arrangement with the county of Laricas_ ter for the custody aria maintenance of their prisoners, and the county of Lancaster would suffer great injustice in consequence. To correct this inequality, it was neces sary that the Bill should apply to Bolton as well as to Manchester or Birmingham, and there was no reason ac signed by the Noble Lord to induce him t , ) assent to the exemption.. Mr. BOLLING could assure the Attorney-General that Bolton was peculiarly situsted ; it was divided into three townships, Great Bolton, Lids Bolton, and the northern pa-t. Great Bolton being only within the borough, all the expense relating to th , t could be taken out of the poors'-rate. But with regard to the other portions, they were obliged to levy a second rate, which was objected to. Tue pal tics agreed to levy in a friendly manner, for the rat., in order to try the question ; but after carrying the proceedings to a certain point, the corporation party had given up toe contest. The Bill would go to legalise tie levying of rates other than those authorised by the Municipal Act, and on that ground he c:airued the exempt on sought. Ttie Queen crai:d grant a c4arter, but she could mgt ;;rant the power of levying money. He did nut oppose the Cnarter per se, but they were desirous of tr .) ing whether they could be legally saddled with this rate ; 5,000 rate payers had petitioned not to be saddled with the useless expendi.ure for a gaol and quarter ses sions, when they were within ten miles of Manches:er, to the prison of which place their prisoners rn ght be con .veyed by railroad at a shilling a bead. Two years ago they had had a police force imposed on tiein by the Noble Lord, whieli had cost 3 000/. in the last year, and 5,000 of the ra , c-payers now appealed to that [louse for prottc tion against that. Bill. Mr: A INS WORTH said that the petition alluded to by his Hon. Colleague had brew got up under false pre teeces.—( Hea-, hear.) The town had been placarded with bills stating that a gaol was to be built at the cost of 20,0001, and: . a new poor-house at the cost of another 20,000/. ; o! course, the rate-pay e r, oer." anxious on the subject. The fact was, there was no intention to build either a poor-hote,e or a gaol. The Bill would however, give them the power of using the goal to which his H.m. Colleague had alluded, therefore if the Bill passed they ewould be able to enter into an arragement with the coun try on the (subject. With respect to the cha•ge of the police Bolton was in the same situation as B;i mingham. The Corporation had appoi,ted a police; their right to do so had been opposed ; the old police had been kept up, and constant quarrels between the two had been the cense. quenee. His Hon. Friend had alluded to the expenses of tee Corporation. But it was a fact that the Corps) , a. lion had effe.oed a clear saving of 5001. a ye ar b y t ae quarter session a l one. Th ey had formerly to send all their prisoners to Manchester.—( Hear, hear.) The argu ment of the Attorney-General was very just, that the county bad at present to support all the borough prison ers, although the borough contributed nothing to the county rate. The lion. Member then referred to the repors of Captain Jebbs to sh iw that a large majority of the householders hal petitioned for the granting of a charter. Then: were 5,115 householders in favour of the c)rp, ra tion, and no more then 2,956 against it. There was, therefore, a much larger proportion of the inhabitants in favour of the corporation in Bolton than either in Alla cheater or Birmingham. Indeed, there seemed to be no ether objection to the including Bolton in the Bill than that there would be no one to compensate except the co roner.—( Hear, hear.) 1-1 ,, hoped the House would not countenance the motion of the Noble Lord the Member for South Lancashire ; or rather ho hoped the Noble Lord would see the propriety of withdrawing his motion. Mr. GRIMLDITCII, who was very imperfectly herd, supported the motion of the Noble L (Francis Eger ton), and hoped the Noble Lord would press the question to a division. Mr. M. PHILIPS (amidst loud cries of " Divi lc, divide") said that be had been requested to oppose the proposition of the Noble Lord.—(" Divide, divide.") The expenditure of the bcrough would be diminished by the Bill, in one item to the extent of reducing a charge of 181. to 31. 15s. He hoped the clause would not be pressed. _ - After a few words from Lord F. EGERTON, which were inaudible in the gallery, the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the clause Against it 75 Majority 44 • TBhenand the Chai rman reporte d the ordered rmed t:o he received on F r id ay next. i s e c h t e ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (No. 1) BILL. The House lu,vicg g , ;ne into Committee on this B:11, Mr. HAYTER. moved the f Mowing proviso to the clause awarding- compensation :—" Provided always, and be it hereby further enacted, that every annual or other sum of money aw,trded by way of compensation or other. wise, under this Bill, to the Honourable Robert Campbell Scarlctt, now one of the Mast.rs of the Court of Exche quer, shall•cease to be pay4ble, when and an soon as he shall succeed to the dignity of a Peer of the United Ki:ig. dom."—Agrced to. ' The Bill then went through Committee, the rernairdlg clauses having been agreed to. Mr. FOX MA ULE obtained leave to bring in a 8.11 to explain and amend an Act entitled " An Act to extend the Practice of Vaccination." The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'Clock. CfIIIMERCE AND NAVIGATION. CONVENTION OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN ON THE ONE PART, AND PRUSSIA, BAVARIA, SAXONY, W U RTEMBURG, BADEN, THE ELEC TORATE FAS 13 THE bailkii DUCHY Ol' 1~T555~, THE eT . Airrs fokiviiNa THE CUSTOMS AND COMMERCIAL ' UNION OF TH U RINGIA, NASSAU, AND FRANKFORT, ON THE OTHER PART. IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY On Saturday the general annual meeting of this Company took place; Joseph S oames , Esq., in the chair. A full attendance of Directors, and a numerous body of the Share, holders was present. The Report congratulated the shareholders upon the recognition of New Zealand by the Government as a portion of the British empire, and upon the accordance of a charter by the Crown. It stated that the affairs of the Com) any are extremely flourishing, and that with reference to the favour able accounts from Port Nicholson,—to the extensive sales of land in the second (projected) settlement, fur the choice and survey of the site of which an expedition sailed from Gravesend on the 27th ultimo, and to the general tendency to select New Zealand as the field of emigration, its future prospects are equally satisfactory. It proceeded to state that the Company was impe ratively called upon to demonstrate that its measures were not merely of a selfish nature, and that its attention had ever been most lively engaged in an enlarged and generous view of the claimsof the brave men who hadundertakeo, under its auspices, the arduous task of establishing in one of the re motest islands of the Southern hemisphere a new and most important dependency of the British Crown. Taking this as a principle, and to give proof of the sincerity of its public spirit, the Directors first proposed to encourage, by means of a bounty, the establishment of a line of packets for letters and passengers between New Zealand and the western coast of the Isthmus of Darien, from whence it would he easy to commu nicate with Chagres on the eastern coast, to which place a re gular line of steam•packets, in connection with the Post-office, will soon commence running. This route would expedite the passage from England to New Zealand to about 70 days, thus rendering those islands the neare,t, instead of the most remote, of the southern colonies of the Crown. ....... Art. 1. In consideration of the circumstance that British vessels are admitted, together with their cargoes, to entry in the ports of Prussia and of the othet Staten of the afdres named union of customs, when coming from the ports of all countries, and in consideration of the concessions stipu lated in this present convention for British trade with all the States of this union of customs ; in consideration, also, of the facility which the application of steam power to inland navigation affords for the conveyance of pro duce and merchandise of all kinds up and down rivers ; and in consideration of the new opening which may by these means be given to the t ra d e an d naviga ti on b e t ween th e United Kingdom and the British possessions abroad, on the one hand, and the States now composing the union of customs on the other ; some of which Slates - use, as the natural outlet of their com merce, ports not within their own dominions; it is agreed that, from and after the date of the exchange of the raitica tions of this present convention, Prussian vessels, and the vessels of the other States forming the said union of cus toms, together with their cargoes, consisting of all such goods as can be legally imported intti the United Kiegdom and the Br.tish possessions abroad, by the said vessels from the ports of the countries to which they respectively belong, shall, when coming from the mouth s of the M euse , o f th e Ems, of the Weer, and of the Elbe, or from the mouths of any navigable river lying between the Elbe and the Meuse, and forming the means of communication between the sea and the territory of any of the German States which are parties to this Treaty, be 'admitted into the ports from which such vessels may have come, as aforesaid, were within the dominions of Prtmie, or of any otherof the States aforesaid ; and such vessels shall be permitted to import the goods above-mentioned upon the same terms on which the said goods might be imported if coming from the national ports of such vessels ; and also that, in like manner, such vessels proceeding from Great Britain and her colonial possessions abroad to the ports or places thus referred to, shall be treated as if returning to a Prussian Baltic port : —it being understood that these privileges are to extend to the vessels of Prussia and of the States aforesaid, and to their cargoes only in respect to each of the said ports in which British vessels and their cargoes shall, upon their arrival thereat, and departure therefrom, continue to be placed on the same footing as the vessels of rrussia and of the other States of the Union. Art. 2. His Nlajes'y the King of Prussia, in his own name, and in the name of the States aforesaid, agrees to place, al ways and in every way, the trade and navigation of the sub jects of her Britannic Majesty, in respect to the importation of sugar and rice, upon the same footing as that of the most favoured nation. The Directors also proposed by the instrumentality in the first instance of the Company (though it was expected that such an institution would soon pay its own expenses) to establish a seminary or college for the education of youths intended for a colonial career. Amongst many other important announce ments it was stated that qn arrangement with the Church ociety of New Zeala n d had been entered into, and that the Company had contributed liberally for the endowment of a Bishopric in those islands. A dividend of three per cent. was declared, and after ex. pressing its satisfation at the state of its affairs, and voting its cordial thanks to the Directors, the meeting was dissolved. A dinner was given, a t t h e Cl aren don, in the evening to E. G. Wakefield, Esq., at which that gentleman was highly complimented by Lords Howick and Eliot, and other distin guished persons present, upon the great success which had waited upon every step o f t h e W a k e fi e ld system of colonization. Art. 3. In the event of other German States joining the Germanic union of customs, it is hereby agreed that such other States shall be included in the stipulations of the pre sent convention. Art. 4. The present convention shall be in force until the Ist of January, 1642, and further for the term of six years, provided neither of the hign contracting parties shall have given to the other six moths' previous notice that the same shall cease to be in force on the said Ist of January, 1842; and it neither party shall have given to the other six months' previous notice that the present convention shall cease on the Ist day of January, 1848, then the present convention shall further remain in force until the Ist day of January, 1834, and further, until the end of twelve months after either of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same, each of the high contracting parties re serving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other ; and it is hereby agreed between them, that at the expiration of twelve months after such notice shall have been received by either party from the other, this convention, and all the pro visions thereof; shall altogether cease and determine. Art. 5. The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at London at the ex piration of two months, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have af f ixed thereto the Seals of their arms. PICTURE OF A SAVAGE:I observed a native on the opposite bank, and, without being seen iv him, I wood awhile to watch the habits of a savage man at home. His hands were ready to seize, his teeth to eat, any living thing ; his step, light and soundless as that of a shadow, gave no intimation of his approach ; his walk suggested the idea of the prowling of a beat of prey ; every little trick or impression left on the earth by the lower animals caught his keen eye, but th e trees ove , head chiefly en gaged his attention D eep in the hollow heart of some of the upper branch es was still bidder., as it seemed, the opossum on vtbich he was to dine. The wind blew cold and keenly through the lofty trees on the river margin, et that brawny savage was entirely naked. Had Ib en unarmed, I had much rather met a lion, than that sinewy biped; but I was on horseback, with pistols in my hol sters, and the broad river was flowing between us. I overlooked him from a high bank, and I ventured to di.- turb his meditations with a halloo. He then stood still, that easy bounding ki n d o f s tep which may be .ertncri a looked at me for about a m i nu te, and then returned, wi . h running walk, exhibi t i n g an u nrestrained facility of mor... merit, apparently incompatible with dress of any kind. It is in bounding lightly at suc h a pace, that, with the ad. ditional aid of the watramerab (a short notched stick), the native can throw his spear with sufficient force and ve locity to kill the emu or kangaroo, even when at its speed. —Major Mitchell's Third Expedition into the Interior of Eastern Australia. STOCKHOLM, APRIL 03.—After a warm de -I,t, ~•:: f'll.: , days the ciin,.1; ,, .: '.F .7 '''''''' 'I 1 "' -1- re ' ; r l ' 1 " 7 ' septatioa, by which the fate of the projected reform is deferred for at 'least teu years.—Hamburgh ,Borsenhaile, April 30. Done at London, the second day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousana eight hundred and f“rtv-one. ( L. S. ) PALMII,RSTON. (L. S.) H. LABOUCHERE. PORTUGAL. FALMOUTH, MAY I.—The Royal Tar steamer arrived here this morning from the Peninsula, and, after landing her mails, proceeded to Southampton. She left at Gibraltar, on the 22d ult., the British men of war Scorpion and Lizard and Numa transport. Sailed from Cadiz the 23d, Lisbon, the 26th, Oporto, the 27th, and Vigo the 28th. There were ling at Lisbon the Trinculo and the French corvette Coquette; and in Passe des Arcos Bay the Espoir.—Passengers : ' Messrs. White, Muir, Worhead, Foster, Glossop, Shee, El vington, K ea t es , J. Elli s , A. A na i r , Ga. , kett, Janson, F. Baywood, R. Cozen, A. Winton, N. Seal, Fleming, and Major Neltz. The steamer O r i en t a l, h as arr i ve d f rom Liver pool for to-morrow's mail for India, and is now receiving on board her supply of coals. Admiral Sir William Parker has arrived to take his passage in her, and also amongst the pas sengers by this splendid steam-ship are three parsees (mer chants and ship-builders) returning to Bombay ; we under stand that they have been. in England for the last three years. their principal residence has been at Chatham. Wind easterly for the last three days. The Royal Tar brings Lisbon Papers of the 26th ult. The conditions of the commercial treaty negotiated with England had not transpired, but it was current that they had been trans mitted home by Lord Howard de Walden for the consideration of his Government. The Septembrista Papers, as usual, con tinued their vociferatiotis against the treaty, of which they ad. mit they know nothing. It would seem as if the obiect of the Septembrista press was to prove themselves more Spanish than the Spaniards themselves, and to excite the ill feeling of their neighbours against the treaty, at whatever risk of sacrificing the interests of Portugal to their foolish hatred of England. The large smuggling trade that goes on between the land frontiers of Portugal and Spain, cotton goods and s Alt being imported from Portugal into Spain in spite of all prohibition, and Spanish corn to an immense extent, passing regularly into Portugal from Castile, is to be put an end to by a change of system, and the legalising a traffic which cannot be prevented, and not by anti-commercial leagues. The average revenue derived from the articles of food, &c., consumed in Lisbon, amounts to about 800 contos, or 200,0001., and if augmented by the new imposts proposed by Senhor Flo rido, is computed at 1,000 contos. Baron Tojal had succeeded in finding money to pay off a portion of the arrears due to the officers of the army, and had transmitted considerable sums to pay the troops in the Algarves and elsewhere. The Bank had made a further advance of 150 contos. The contracts for the new Treasury Bills were to be open till the end of the month. The guerillas in the Algarves had again become troublesome, and continued their career of robbery in increased numbers. The Countess of Durham and family came from Gibraltar to Cadiz in the Royal Tar, and were expected at Lisbon. There were rumours at Lisbon that the Ministry would be completed by Senhor Florido's coming in as Home Minister, and Senhor Franzini as Minister of Marine and Colonies. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, SATURDAY, MAY I.—By the quarterly official return of the produce of the public Revenue of Belgium, it appears that the first three months of 1841 have yielded a trifle more than the like period in 1840. In the taxes on beer, ♦inegar, foreign wines, salt, &c., and in the post-office, and stamps, there has been a small decrease ; which however is more than compensated by the increase in the customs, and especially in the receipts of the railways, which now present a regular and most satisfactory progression in a financial view. The quarter ending 31st March produced 1,174,000 fr. ; being 225,000 fr. beyond the amount in the correspondicg three months of 1840. We have not the advantage of knowing what sort of a person the present King of Sardinia is ; but we confess that we have formed a very favourable opinion of his Majesty's taste and esprit, simply from reading an account of his first visit the other day to Sardinia, where, upon landing in state, amidst the firing of cannon at Cagliari, he " begged the authorities not to make the harangues usual on such occasion." How many un fortunate dignitaries must have felt a similar desire, without having the courage to express it ! A dplorable accident, of which the details are not yet fully known, happened on Thursday morning in the coal mine of the Societe des Charbonnages et Hauts-fovrneaux d'Ougree, near Liege. About nine o'clock an explosion of gas t oak place in the mine, in the midst of the unfortunate workmen. The cause is unknown, for the usual precautionary examination had been made in the morning, before the miners went down ; and the ventilation was found to be in a proper state. An alarm was immediately given, and assistance promptly rendered from all the neighbouring establishments, the authorities, and the me dical men. The extent of the calamity was not known, but in the afternoon twenty workmen were still missing, and seve ral had been taken out of the mine more or less injured. On Wednesday Lord Combermere and family, who have been spending some time in this country, returned to England on board the Princess Victoria steamer, from Antwerp to London. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel Soho reached Antwerp from London last evenin g before five o'clock, with 46 passengers, among whom whre Sir P. Bellew, Mr. Walter and family. Robberies have been rather frequent lately in the fau. bourgs of Brussels ; and some are effected with a daring violence which greatly aggravates the offence. The ruffians ring at houses where they have reason to know there is only one person at home at the time (between nine and ten o'clock at night), and as soon as the door is opened rush in, over power the servant, whom they , gag or terrify into silence, and then rob the house. The other evening an attempt of this na ture was made on the house of an English gentleman in the Rue Royale Exterieure; but the servant, although attacked by three men the instant he opened the door, called out vigorously ; and his master, who by good fortune had come home eat tier than usual, hastened to his aid. After a severe contest, in which the master and servant received some violent bruises, the rascals were put to flight, and the police is in quest of them. A door-chain of iron, which would enable the door to be partially opened without admitting intruders, might be a useful precaution in houses sometimes left in the charge cf one man or of females only.—British Gazette, a Brussels paper. LAUNCH AT GREENOCK.—On Saturday, the Tweed steam frigate, of 1,828 tons new measurement, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Thomson and Speirs, ship-builders, Greenock. This being the second ves•el of the West Indian line of steam-packets built at Greenock, considerable interest was excited as to the successful issue of the launch. At half-past one o'clock every situation that could commands view of the launch was crowded to excess, At two o'clock, while the men were clearing every thing, the dagger snapped, and away went the Tweed in beautiful style, into her. destined element, amid the c h eers o f thousands. In the hurry, one of the shores at the stem had got fastened by a rope to a timber of the vessel, and was carried along through a crowd of the people, and we are sorry to say that five men and a boy were dangerously wounded and bruised, and had to be carried home on boards and in noddies. The boy has since died, and fears are enter tained that one or two of the men will not recover. The Tweed was taken in tow by two powerful tug steamers, but she was too many far them, and drifted down on a schooner lying at the tail of the bank, and did considerable damage to the vessel. Another powerful steamer had to go to the rescue, and by seven o'clock she was Safely moored alongside of the East India Quay, where she is to get in her machinery. FATAL ACCIDENT AT WATERLOO-BRIDGE. —On Sunday afternoon, at half-past one o'clock, the following fatal accident occurred under one of the arches on the :did dlesex side of Waterioo-bridge, to a young gentleman, at pre sent unknown. He had but a few minutes previously hired a boat for an excursion on the river, and on reaching Waterloo bridge a violent gust came on, which suddenly upset the beat, and he being unable to swim, was drowned. • The drags were procured, and every effort made to obtain the body, but it had not been found at a late hour last evening. BRISTOL SUGAR NARKET, APRIL 30.—The disposition to purchase sugars, which the teduced prices tsp. 1 , ; • , further decline of 2s. to 36. during the woelt: Prices are coni pletely nominal. SPORTING INTtLLIGENCE. THE HIPPODROME RACES. The first meeting of the season commences this day under the stewardship of the Duke of Beaufort and the Hon. Captain Roils (One df the litesiards of the J.` C.) with a list which is strongly recommended by the libe: ality of the additions made to each stake by the proprietor of the establishment, the amount given towards the two days' sport being no less than 7001. This sum, large as it is, appears insignificant when compared with the princely bonuses announced for future Meetings, and of which the history of the tul cart furnish no parallel. The attention of the proprietor has not b' en con fined to the single item of sport ; he has been equally lavish in his expenditure on the course, which, froM the immense quantity of tan spread upon it during the winter, has been brought to state of perfection calculated to remove all the ob jections formerly raised to it by the proprietors of race horses. Extensive alterations and improvements have been completed in the stabling, andwithin the enclosure, appropriated to weighing, saddling, &c. ; a grand or betting stand has been erected, which commands an excellent view of the runnings, and provided with a spacious refreshment room ; the office of caterer has been intrusted to Mr. Careless, whose experience at the Epsom Grand Stand cannot fail to have made him an excellent judge of the public taste in these matters. With a double object of attracting company of a respectable grade, and of obtaining something of adequate return for his enormous expenditure, the proprietor has raised the price of admission to the ground, the charges, as recently advertised in this and other papers, being half-a-crown for foot passengers, five shillings for horsemen, and for carriages in pro portion. A large body of the police will be in attendance each day, and extra gates opened to prevent the inconveni ence which would otherwise arise. The following is the list for this day's racing, as completed last night : The Ba) swater Free Plate of 50 sovs. for maiden horses of all ages, 3 yrs, 7st ; 4 3rrs, Bst 91b ; 5 yrs, and upwards, 9st ; mares and geldings, allowed 3 lbs. Heats, one mile. Mr. Houldsworth's Delusive, 8 yrs ; Mr. Wade's Turncoat, 6 yrs ; Lord Woriley names b c by Plenipo out of Rosebud ; Captain Gardnor's Dismal Jemmy (late ftunnymede ); Mr. Booth's Russell Frost ; Sir C. lbbotson's The Black Knight ; Mr. Roe's ch fby Nonsense out of Alda; Captain Colquilt's Miss Emily; Mr. Skerratt's Rachael ; Mr. Stirling's The Pocket Viper; Mr. J. Day's Marius, Captain Green's Miss Gray ; Mr. Warne's Saracena ; Mr. Lucas's Traitress ; Mr. Balch in's Affection. ii;slOtti;ll 7 llltakes of 5 sous. each, with 50 added by the Proprietor, for all ages ; 3 yrs old, 6st 131 b ; 4 yrs, ; 5 yrs, 9st 71b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st I2lb • mares and geldings allowed Sibs; the winner to be sold ior 3001., &e. Mile and half. Mr. Wade's Turncoat, 6 yrs ; Mr. Connop's Hazard, 5 yrs ; Mr. Bradford's Jessica, 3 yrs ; Mr. Bennett's Whisperer, 3 yrs ; Captain Gardnir's Rthon, 3 yrs ; Mr. Booth's Isabella, 6 yrs; Mr Morris's Fat Jack, aged ; Mr. Isaac Day';; 18ciencp, 5 yrs ; Mr. Lucas's Traitress, 3 yra ; Mr. Kling's Dahlia, 4 )T3. The Hyde Park Derby Stakes of '26 says. each, 10 ft., i, 'e dared, with 200 added, if five start ; for 3 yrs old colts, fist 7i. 1 ,, and fillies Bst 21b ; the winner of either of the Riddlesworths, the Column, 2,000 Guineas, 1,000 Guinea% or Newmarket Stakes, Sibs extra; of any two of the above, 71b3 extra. Mile and-a- Half. _ _ Lord Miltown's b c Fidhawn ; Mr. Stirling's The Comp troller; Mr. Pewleit's Kedge (dead) ; Mr. Houldsworth's Delusive ; Mr. Bristew's Sterne ; Mr. Ferguson's Tearaway ; Mr. Skerratt's Lydia ; Mr. Skerratt's b c by Newton, d by Mr. Lowe ; Mr. Sadler's Defy ; Mr. Sadler's Diversion ; Mr. Sadler's Protection ; Mr. Boat's Clarendon ; Capt. Gardnor's Ben Brace ; Cant Gardnor's Ethon ; General Yates's Si moom, Mr. Bradford's Prussian (late Hazell) ; Mr. Tyson's f. by Ishmael, out of Erymus's dam. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added by the Proprie. for ; for three yrs old, 6st 91b ; four yrs, Bst 71b ; five yrs, 9st ; six yrs and aged, 9it 41b ; whirlers, once, 31bs ; twice, 51bs ; thrice. 7:bs extra ( !Matches excepted.) The secoi.d to receive 20 sovs. out of the stakes. About two miles. Mr. Galpine's Blemish, 4 yrs ; Mr. Morris's Fat Jack, aged; Mr. Bateman's Vapour, 4 yrs; Mr. I. Day Tamburini, ,5 yrs; Mr. Houldsworth's Hampton, 3 yrs; Mr. Kingston's Ruby, aged. The first race will take place at three o'cliek precisely, and the others fellow with the usual intervals. Friday's list is tint yet complete. It is in contemplation by the Proprietor to give a Challenge Purse and Handicap of 500/., to be run for in the June -Meeting by the first and second horses of the Derby and Oaks. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. The Chester Races had a slight effect on the attendance, which comprised nearly all the principil subscribers to the room. The Derby betting was tolerably bri.k, and underwent one or two alterations that could scarcely have been antici pated from some of the Newmarket quot,ations. Ralph and Coronation stood in the same relative positifins as at the close of last week, but were in favour at improved prices. Prince Caradoc was also in demand at less odds, and had rather the call of Van Amburgh, agaicst whom 11 to 1 was betted by two or three parties. The grand feature, however, of the betting was the retirement of Rosalie c., which was so rapid that having opened at 12, he closed at 23 to 11 Having seen him rally so often we will not say that he is quite " gone," but assuredly his aspect at present is very unpromising to his bakers at 9 and 10 to 1. We quote Mai shal Soult's price with some hesi tation. 13, 14, and 15 to 1 were offered early in the afternoon, but after the heavy bets between him and Scott's two outsiders he was backed at 12 to 1 in good quarters ; subsequently 13, 14, and 15 to 1 were again volunteered, and at the latter figure we have felt it our duty to fix his price; but it is proper to state that such odds were not offered currently. Galaor, Sir Hans, Joachim, Belgrade, Cameleon, Mustapha, and Mongolian had the r supporters, but The Knight of the Whistle and The Duke of Wellington were on the decline. The field for this Stake has been shortened by the death of Prussian and En sign, the former died at Newmarket, immediately after pulling up from a trial, and the other at Mitchelgrove, of inflammation of the lungs. The Oaks betting was flat and altogether without interest. DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Scott's lot 6 to 1 agst Ralph 8 to 1 agst Coronation—taken 10 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc 11 to 1 agst Van Amburgh—taken 15 to 1 agst Marshal Soult 20 to 1 agst Galaor 23 to 1 agst Rosalie colt 26 to 1 agst Sir Hans 30 to 1 agst Belgrade—taken 33 to 1 agst Joachim—taken 33 to 1 agst Cameleon—taken 33 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle 40 to 1 agst 'Potent is—taken 40 to 1 agst Mongolian—taken 40 to 1 agst Mustapha 50 to 1 agst Duke of Wellington—taken 1000 to 15 agst Quo Minus—taken 2000 to 15 agst Eringo—taken 15 to 1 agst Joachim and Sir Hans—taken ' 4000 to 2000 agst Marshal Soult and Duke of Wellington— taken 4000 to 2000 agst Marshal Soult and the Knight of the Whistle—taken 1000 even between Joachim and Mustapha—taken 800 even between Sirnoom and Hereford—taken 1200 to 800 on Sir Hans agst Cameleon—taken OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Potentia 8 to 1 agst Ghuznee—taken 8 to 1 agst Lampoon—taken THE PRISON OF CLICHY. (From M. Barthelemy Maurice's _work on the Prisons of the Seine.) The year 1838 was saddened by the occurrence of a sui cide in Clichy—that of the Count de Raberti. This Count was the son of an Italian General, who d'ed in the French service ; and he bad the misfortune to fall in love with a young French actress, and the still gre der misfettune to marry her. He loved her with an Italian ft rvour ; she re turned his love with little gratitude and much coquetry. After having impaired his fortune in satisfying the extra vagant caprices of his wife, the Count de Roberti found himself within the walla of Clichy on the 27th of No. vember, 1837. At first he was astonished at not receiv irg any visits from her whom he had loved so dis tractedly ; at length he began to suspect that, far from seeking to put an end to his captivity, she herself was the occasion of it ; and that, in order to devote herself more easily to her paramour, she had made the latter buy as the titles or bonds by virtue of which her husband was retained in durance vile 1 From that moment bit prison became insupportable. He was not ashamed of recounting to bis companions what he considered as a certain misfor tune, because he took occasion to s,.teak at the same time of his plans of vengeance, and because in his opinion the husband who avenges himself is not dishonoured. Gloomy, tacitten, and fierce in proportion as his terrible ideas irri tated him the more deeply, Roberti spent whole days alone in his chamber, only coining out for a moment about ten times a-day to buy paper at the confine. . . He began 20 letters to his wife, and as many times tore them to pieces, finding the paper too cold to receive all the emotions of love and anger which his heart contained. He al heard at intervals articulating the name of his wife, and that of him whom he imagined to be her lover; then followed sobs, cu-seP, and menaces of death. He aiked but for one hour of liberty to go and stab the two bangs who had broken his heart, and then he would willingly re enter hia'prison, or mount the scaffold overwhelmed with dishonour. Already was the unhappy Roberti the object of especial surveillance on the part of the employes of the prison; a hen, on the 3d of August, the director perceived that, after having worked upon the ceiling of his cell (situate on the fourth story) with a knife, he bad passed the night in trying to act fire to a beam with his candle, which was almost consumed. No doubt he hoped to secure for him self a passage over the tiles, but what would then have become of him, at a height of sixty feet, and wish a wall to leap over? Full of pity for such a state of madness, the director refrained from employing any of the means of punishment with which the rules provided him, but contented himself by making Roberti descend to the second story, in order that, in case of fresh attempts, his neighbours above and belcw might " save him from himself." On the sth, towards four o'clock in the afternoon, Roberti, approach ing the table upon which the cantinier distributed the per_ tions of the prisoners, seized his kitchen knife, and, hiding it beneath his great coat, hastened back to his apartment, and plunged it into his te'ly. From that moment he ut tered not a word, and expired two hours afterwards, in spite of the cares which were lavished upon him. His compatriots obtained from the Director permission to pay him the last honours according to the custom of their country. They washed and perfumed his body, en circled it with a crown of flowers. laid it upon a bed of state, in the midst of a number of wax tapers, and spent the night in prayer. The next day the body was borne to the chapel Pantaleoni sang with his powerful voice the fine mass of Cheruhini. and Graziani resorted to a piano of Pleyel, to imitate the majestic sounds of the organ. This last homage rendered by great artists to a companion in capsivi:y, to a compatriot who bad died far from his country, young, handsome, of good prospects, the victim of a misplaced love, and of a Lad law, was both sad and beautiful. It is said that an unknown band raised ri stone upon the grave. It is said ,that this sore is often strewn wit'. 11 , ),.verQ, and that often a woman is ret.n there kw:da l ; dlwr, and wet.pirg Of all the legends of the debtors' prisons the most in. trrcsting is that of Kollawip; Kollewig was a S we di s h noble, the son of a chamberlain of Bernadotte. His fa ther, in sending him to Paris, had placed him in partner. ship with a man possessing great influence amongst the corps diplomatique. Unhappily be became pleasing to the wife of his partner; be was young and handsome. " The vengeance of husbands," says the Italian proverb, 4 1 ;+3 11 a Invented :?y D 'beezuse he was vt , Net. er Ttiu; thee . , the diplontatict >l l , yotang man a ba'ance-sheet, in which the latter owed him• 150,000 f.; and on the 10th of October, 1829, he MORNENti imprisoned him in St. Peisgie. The hoiden 'he Swe 4l shed many tears; but at last, on the 28th c! the follow ing July. the events, with which you are aequi a stored him to liberty. For two years he resided beroa never removing far off from the frontier - of that i' r t ict , in which he had left the better part of himself, his . - " I ` illusions, and his youthful affections. At length came a lettel" from the lady ; whether it was an infamous act of trencher) on her part, or whether the unhappy woman had been eon• strained to do it, nobody knows. He was told in th•ts leyei that everything was forgotten, and that he could now re turn. He did. return. The Noble Count, his enemy, ic vited him to dine at the Pa!ais Royale, in order the better to point him out to tke Gardes du Comnteree,) and to de' liver him np to them. On th' 3d of November, 1832;b' was reinstated in his prison. , Thirteen months afterywards his co ffi n came out of it. Kollewig had only one and that was of - liberty and love ; after many fittile.,ss at-• tempts, he proeurei a long rope, he had sawed a bie frost a window on the fourth story. and he intended tu letjticc self down into the street, but all was diAco%ci - ei4 without saying anything to him, they changed his c ..Pe went thither, but the next morning be did not reply : to the appel, and when the registrar-came into his room. ne tried in vain to awake him; in his hands way a portrait ; is his fixed eyes there were traces of tears - ; at his feet =wits stove of charcoal. Kollewig, the handsome Swede. had not, perhaps, ceased to love ; but he had ceased to suffer FACTS FOR ENGLAND. It is exactly twelve years since the Catholic- Relief Bill was passed into a law. The position of. Irelanosat that period was one of striking grandeur. We , said ; ,- 40 - 4 late occasion, that when we rear!, in the relations- of fordo' travellers, the conclusions they arrive at, profound - and most philosophical. their reasoning on our history, .vslr ther in its past events or future teachings, we are in clined to doubt that it is of Ireland:-.-degraal and despised Ireland—that such things are written "or such anticipations formed. But we never can repeat it the often, the history of our people and of our oppressions wilt be a hand-book for posterity. Our circumstances, our na tional character, our religion. the peculiar parties that acs quired an ascendancy amongst us, will be all canvassed, and, as in proximity with England, will form one etf' the ' greatest and most instructive pictures of History. We are ton near to understand or appreciate the magnitude and! importance of the influences of each dty now pass:rig% over us; but, in the present state of European govern ments, the battle of human freedom. and the cleat:lulls of countless generations, in the eye of the philanthrovist of statesman, are being tried and determined on by the strug-: gle begun and gaining strength between a party in ti- 0 Empire, and the whole Irish nation. Fresh from the crucible of persecution, pure in their r net-sls, ranking highly is the scale of human intelligence , there is no family of the human kind better fitted to try its strength svis:s. old and time worn abuses ; and we are ea: tbusiastic in the hope, that, in spite of all, Irelasli will achieve ter propel' place in usefulness and proie erit i amongst the nations of ,Europe. We feel that we 00 1 1 give expi esiion. to a spirit new universally pervadinh tn. nation. We thank Lord Stank.- and his party for aroW in , it. It is independent of all merely party questions' `-with are beginnlng.truly 'to feel th a t we are a nation, and , `.e.irlth that feclng,Juietie Cannot be long safely withheld. go more magrnficient„ spectacle was ever presented to the world than Ireland -in 1829. The population were the pooecsts.'as - Cloy continue the most wt etched, i 0 Europe ; they were lower, far lower, than the serfs sold with the soil in 'Russia, or the slaves passing by convey' ance of plantations in the Indies. The slave was a pro perty, and the serf was an estate ; but the soil was sold le Ireland, and, the svreiched tiller was consigned to starva tion. England,. mighty England, with hsr wealth , her cower, her worthless Soy. reigr, her arrogant Aristocrati, „and her haughty Church Establishment, all was arra yetf:ta%'.'instiany measure of religious toleration , much less of Catholic equality ; and yet, although we had, in addition, a hoAilo - garrison of Orange bigots—stcrur combined, peaceable, and unyielding, Ireland forced!! reeegnition of her rights, and, to save the chances of civil war, the Duke of Wellington declared Catholic. Ireland admissible to the rights of the English Constitution. We owe nothing to England—or rather we do, sod we would easily key,: the enumeption of our' 3bli; gations to our haughty Mistress. Oh f she shotal ° blush of very shame to scan her prcgr:ss, and mark ber own misdeeds in Ireland ; but, nevertieless, we wish seem to England. Her present station ,is a magnificent one---a mighty empire and unrivalled political eminence; as far as philosophical speculation is concerned no Government 01 antiquity ever afforded clearer illustrations of the noble' theJries of sage statersen. Ruier of 160,000,000, bcr power is in her superior intellisencc and civilization; and io the truth and justice of the principles of her laws and go: - vernment. No other causes could have ever produced; er 'maintained undisputed, such a splendid dominion; and, to so tar, and as the guardian of human freedom and enlight' enment, England and her destinies will ever be to the rag of the world a subject of the deepest interest. Evea to Ireland, who has so little cause to love Eng* land, these arc, in her dawning strength, considvations 0f l we'ghty, meaning. It would not be our interest' to tura f ourselves from England ; the internal management Of ou r own affairs- must, as we believe, for reasons of even stnt. 6 convenience, be eventually and usefu,ly conceded to la ; but, apart from England, they that love Ireland's prospe rity can never desire her politicai existence. We cannot, therefore, read, without keen indigos; thin, the daily and coolly calculated falsehoods rb the Times in chief, and the Tory press of England; o f ", multiplying, to weaken the ties of mutual- .interest that bind the two king dome. Our highly respected Cotemporsrf" The. Sun, in its number of Wednesday, makes excuses for our calling the Times " a convicted liar;" but it is not se excited national feeling, it is in calm deliberate jurigmenz' that we re-assert it. The Irish people look with indigrisq scorn on the diigrscefully misapplied talents, wealth, isl u influence of that journal, and refer to the numbernf Wes: nesday morning for a proof of its unprincipled profligacy. . 41 ' favourite topic with the Times was the crimes and drunks' ness of the Irish. An elaborate and shamefully violent article disgraces its columns, written expressly to traduce a noble peuple for abandoning the very crime that lonand the staple and groundwork of the tormar invective. Cetlill was right when he said the Times was the "Bibles I:. '' England." and, behold, that clever but base hireling exciting English ire against Irishmen, because they Or thought proper to become temperate. But th e y forget".! Where there is deep wrong, thought and calm bring di s l and dangerous resolve. We, &retort., ask, and earnestly, of the Liberal press" England, to set us light with that country. We arc will; ing to believe tha., if things %ere honestly and strong placed before Englishmen, a tardy but prudent j us tice would be done to Ireland. -Curk Southern Reporter. THE WEATHER.—NOON, MAY 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREEI r ° Barometer Thermometer 45.5 Highest • 75 Lowest ...... Wind N. E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. IRISH REGISTRATION BILL. Well--tb e Ministerial Bill hes been, ultimately, by a majority of eleven' thrown out—the malcontents having lost .ten votes during the four-and -twenty-hours preceding the division. The Irish pub lie were prepared GI - this result. It is the first decisive effec t of the re-union of Sir Robert Peel and his angry leader. The' unfortunate Baronet headed the column—but a few other vie" tories of this kind will put him, as a statesman, hors d e Com: bat ; fur, observe, by the course which he adopted—to w 10° : he was sti mu l a t e d an d coerce d b y th e Impiger Iractinas of his party—as well as by the shouts of the MAI , Orangemen in the ba c k benches—he h as t a k en a decided, for the first time we will say, since the Catholic R e li e f Bill, al intelligible and distinct position of hostility to the people this country. He has resumed the command of his party, n il . the express understanding th a t he i s w il l i ng t o l ea d th em , COP what come may—even to the g at e s o f C oven t r y. " Who sliv lead?" indeed. The riddle's read. • There is no longer any doubt that Stanley is the leader. Though he cannot beat Afr' nisters out of office, he has beaten his chief into submissiuu• Felix faustumque .—Dublin Evening Post. EXECUTION.—The execution of John Whiter for the murder of John Glenn and John 'Gwadkin, took plee, e yesterday morning, near th e corner o f B roo k -street and B roa n way. He was sentenced during the last sitting, on crimits 6l business, of the Jefferson Cif cult, to be executed on Thursdaro the Bth of this month, between the hours of 6 A. M. and 3 At his own request he was taken out at the earliest hour es' signed, and at ten minutes p:ist six, he was launched into e ter' nity. his eemeanqur throughout hi s t r i a l, im pr i sonment, ae n list moments, vas marked by reckle.sness or assumed indiffer* ence, if not real insensibility. White was a large man—tall' and of great muscular power—and se me 1 ti suffer dreadfully during th! first five minutes after the drop fell. In tw.litY, minute:, more his body was cut down, and taken to the Media' Iristitufe, where, we understand, a few galvanic experimeu t9 , were successfully performed on it. —Lettisrme Advertiser. ' .The General Steals Navigation Company's sel the Giraffe, R. Stranack, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house at seven o'clock a.m. or Vunday, with the Dutc h mail, after a favourable passage of 23 hours ; also the Neptun e ' dHa.y,WwhitithtintghheamH,afmrobmurlighamxablrig,ha,faterrrivaefdavaotutrwabolea.mp. age • passes 44 hours. HA MBURGII, APR IL 21._ Th e Convention wit h it England (that is, with the English Post-office), concluded 't the 22d Mar c h,. came i nto e f fect on the 6th of April. was negotiated by Mr. Banks, one of the Syndics who wa s sent out on a spe c i a l m i ss i on to London. On this occasion he took up a negotiation, which began long ago by Mr. Coign .. houn, Hans eat i c res id ent at Lonon, relative to the d i rect trade between the Hanseatic cities and the British colonies WELLINGTON FESTIVA L.—A meeting of th Mayors and Town Clerks of the Cinque Ports, to try on 4 raise the wind to pay off the remaining unpaid score of this concern, was held at Hythe last week, and on Fridiy the Dover Managing Committee (which includes no fewer than four-and -twenty Tory parsons !) held meetings with the ?We end in view, but still the bills remain outstanding ; and it is the conviction that they will remain so until a few otthese de faulters a.te pulled up neck and crop in right earnest. TEETOTALISM —Three meetings are regularlY held now every week i n B e lf as t, f or di scussing this importan t subject, and taking names t o th e p l e d ge. Alread thousand persons, chiefly tradesmen, h ave joined. Above 20 0 drunkards have been reform e d b y i ts agency; and no fewe r than 160 public-houses closed, d uring the last four years. fr°T, this and from other causes. Still ; h ere are 634 public-11001' in Belfast, while there are on l y a b out thirty places of worshiP• —Belfast News Letter. . several AMERICA AND ENGLAND.—M. Guizot yes' terday received despatches from the French Minister in the United States. lam able to assure you they are con silerel very satisfactory as to the dispute between England an ti America. The new P res id ent is thought to be even more re solved to remain at peace with Great Britain than Genera' ilarri,m, was. The commercial and financial accounts fo° New York are very g:oomy. Several American citizens resi dent here have mad e up their minds to return immediately. POPULARITY.--One of the plagues of pops' larity was felt by Fox on his visit to Paris, in the applicatio ns of the French artists to take his likeness. Modelists, sculP ; tors, and painti-rs haunted him with all the odd vehemence °I the natiaLal character. One sculptor peculiarly persecited .. him to sit f or a statue. ' F ox at last inquired whether the 5.t „ ting wo u ld put hi m to an y i n convenience. "N one vv h a tever4 said the F renc hm an; "you must only take off your shirt, mtiod till you are modelled r—Croly's Life of Geo7V I - A knave may get more than a honest man for day, but the honest man gets more by the year. - -