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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 6. The CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up a number of Bills, of which the titles were not heard in the gallery. The Marquis of lIUNTLY presented a petition on the subject of Church Patronage in Scotland, but the de signation of the petitioners was not heard. Lord KENYON presented a petition from Sir Harcourt Lees, against the grant to Maynooth College ; also a pe tition from Derby, for the exclusion of Roman Catholics from Parliament. Lord POLTIMORE presented a number of petitions for the abolition of Church-rates. Lord WH ARNCLIFFE presented a petition from the attorneys and solicitors of Taunton, for a revision of the laws of marriage ; also a petition to the same effect from the inhabitants generally of that town. The Noble Lord said that on Thursday next be should present some petitions to the same effect. Lord RED ESD ALE presented several petitions against alteration of the Corn-lawn, from Oxfordshire ; also a petition from Fitzroy-square, for the removal of the tolls on the metropolitan bridges. The Earl of WESTMEATH presented a petition from the county of Antrim against Church patronage in Scot land. Lord H ATHERTON presented a petition from Char lotte-street Chapel for the removal of the toll on metro politan bridges. A number of petitions to thl same effect were presented by other Noble Lords. The Earl of CIIARLEVILLE presented a petition from Enniskillen against Church patronage in Scotland. CORN-LAWS. . _ The Earl of WINCHILSE A presented petitions from Ashford and other places in the county of Kent against any alteration is the present C rn.laws. The Earl of FITZWILLIAM presented petitions for the repeal of the Corn-laws from Arbroath and Barnstaple, and from Bingley and Saddlewortb, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The Noble Lord gave notice that he would, tc-morrow, present a petition to the same effect from Leeds. In answer to Lord ASHBURTON, The Earl of FITZ WILLI A M said he did not mean to go into a discussion of the general question until after the proceedings in another House, of which notice bad been given.—( Hear, hear.) But he thought it due to the great town from which the petition came to give notice of its presentation. Lord ASHBURTON thought that if they were to wait until the Biil upon the subject of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer's new project for obtain. ing money without taxes, came before their Lordships, the three measurer, corn, sugar, and timber duties, they would never have an opportunity of discussing them at all; for he was sure the good sense of the country would prevent those measures from ever coming before them.—( Hear, hear.) There never was a greater delu sion, nor a greater bubble than the project in question. The Earl of FITZ WILLIAM wished to remind his Noble Friend that these were new laws.—( Hear, from Lord Melbourne.) He (Lord Fitzwilliam) was ashamed to say that when he was a young man he voted for them, but his Noble Friend opposite ( Lord Ashburton) could look back with pride to the firm, wise, and powerful oppo sition which he gave to them, night after night, when he stood alone against 500 united Members of the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) His Noble Friend then rightly called the scheme a monstrous project—( Hear, hear)._ and monstrous it would still be called by every man who had a drop of commercial blood in his veine.—( Cheers and laughter.) But he was afraid that every drop of com mercial blood had oozed from his Noble Friend since be bad changed his character from that of a merchant and a liberal politician to that of a great landowner and an aristocrat.—( Cheers and laughter.) The majorities against a relaxation and revision of the Corn-laws had been gra dually diminishing even in that Hourse. Last year be (Lord Fitzwilliam) had 42 votes in his favour, whereas the year before he was supported only by 23 votei.— ( Hear, hear.) He was sorry that the discussion had been so inconveniently ietrodueed, but it had not been by him. Lori ASHBURTON explained. The proposition which he opposed its 1815 was to raise the duty on corn, in time of peace, from 60s. to 804.—( H. ae, hear.) In deed, a gentleman, who was now an aevocete for free trade, said at that time that 804. would net,er do—( Hear, hear)—that nothing less than I2os. would do.—(Ceeteet.) For his own part, he was satified that some protection was nece;s,lry to the landed interest. The Marquis of L ANSDOWNE presented petitions from the county of Down for the better observance of the Sabbath and from other places in the north of Ireland against Church patronage in Scotland. Aleo petitions from the county of Down, praying for the better obqerv anee of the Sabbaths. Alto sev:ral petitions from Scot land and Ireland against Church patronage in Scotland. The Marquis cf LANSDOWNE presented a pe!ition from Portsea in favour of the Bill for removing Jewish Disabilities. COURT OF CHANCERY. In answer to aquestion from Lord E L LENBORO UG EL The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that in pursuance of the Act for improving the proceedings in tFe Courts of Chancery, certain rules had been framed by himeelf, with the assistance of the other Judg , s, but they were not yet in a fit state to lay before the House, as required by the Act, nor could he state with certainty when they would be. MORNING EDITION SCOTCH ENTAILS. On the motion of the Earl of ROSEBERY, tbe En tailed Estates (Scotland) Amendment Bill was read a second titre. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. The Duke of ARGYLL brought in a Bill for the better regulation cf Church Patronage in Scotland. The Noble Lord read the details of the Bill at length, but in ! , e, low a tone that no part of them could be heard in the gallery. The Noble Duke would not Fess the second reading of the Bill until after the General Assembly bad had time to consider its details. The Earl of ABERDEEN could almost undertake to state what the opinion of that House would he upon the Bill of the Noble Duke. He could not but he surprised at such a Bill proceeding from the Noble Duke. The only fault that had ever been found with his Bill upon the same subject was, that he had made too great conces sion to the dominant party in the Church. But the Bill of the Noble Duke was neither more nor less than one to le galize the Veto Law, and that in a manner more odious than the original Law of the Church. He objected to the recognition in any Act of Parliament of " Moderating a Call." The existence of the " Call" on the part of the people was not recognized in any Act of Parliament that had passed heretofore, and be objected strongly to its being so now. By the Bill it was made compul- sery on the Presbytery to reject the presentee if they could not by any means reduce the dissents to less than a majority, there was the unmitigated veto. The second clause limited the voters to the male beads of families in communion with the Church ; he knew one case lately wberein there were only eight or nine heads of families—surely that was too limited a constituency in a pepulous parish of 2,000 inhabitants. According to the Bill, so far from being popular election he did nra know but what the voters might he a body pecked for the pur poses of election, for the clause g eve the Church power to make rules and laws as to oho should be considered m a l e heady of families who should have votes. Many persons in Scotland objected, to any minister taking the oath of allegiance as such—The majeiity of male beads in a parish mi,glei he of that opinion, and a presentee might be rejected because he had taken the oath of allegiance to her Majeety. He did not meal to speak offensively, but anything more preposterous he had seldom seen offered to the House, The Noble Duke said there was no desire for the abolition of patronage. Now that he thought was enough to make the House cautious; far the only prayer of ell the petitions presented from Scotland was -for the speedy and entire abolition of patronage. The Noble Duke had given him the names of two gentlemen who did not desire that measure—ens was the proximate Moderator, and the other the Profeaser that was to have been (Mr. Candlish). These were the two gentlemen who it was said did not desire the aboli ion o f patronage ; yet a petition had been'presentedthat Session attributing all the present evils of the Church and its diffi culties to patronage, and desirinee—earnestly desiring—ite wee dy told entire abolition, and it was signed by both of t i r , e3e gentlemen. Now what was to be done with such men A great anti-patronage covenant, was entered into a nd from the Central Committee in Edinburgh all these anti.patronage petitions had emanated. There were in structions issued for the general getting up of these peti tions, and soecimene of petitions were given, as it was stated that it seas desirable the form of the petitions should vary, but that all should pray for the abolition of patron age, p et i t i ons got up in that wa y an d carr i e d a b out from house to house could not be considered a spontaneous ema nation from the people. He thought that those who were -conscientiously opposed to patronage would not be content with the power of electing their miniocre without having the power of dismiseing then also. This wa s no t an agita tion on the part of the people , it ices purely a cl er i ca l agi tation. They hoped t eat by declaring against pat ronage they might conciliate the Dissen t ers; an d, as a member of the Church of Scotland, it was with indignation that he hat rea d s o me of the appeals to the Dissenters. The Church of Scotland never had deserved the reproaches east upon her by her apostate sons, in these base attempts to conciliat e the support of the Dissenters to the anti-pa tronage.party. These gentlemen by t heir conduc t h ad deserved to meet wiih the same treatment which the Most Reverend Father Escubae and other., his coadjutors, had met with at the hands of Pascal. This measure would be a moat mischievous provision, as it related to the Church itself, and would not conciliate those who sought for the abolition of patronage, but would merely he considered an instalment. It was not to be borne that they should be permitted to attempt to coerce and frighten Parliament by these anti-pettorarpetitions. Ha trusted their Lordships would not listen to three preposteroes claims. The clergy bai taken up a wrong position, a n d, whether etuerthey rreired with a good grace or not, they must retire from the field. The Earl of ROSEBERY had obj ec t to the tree- - sure brought forward by the Nobl:! Eael last year. her-atm be belit ved it totally inefficient to accomplish the object he had in view, and, had it been adopted, no two Pre;bv teriee could have agreed as to what could be coesidered- a just cause cf exception. The modifications preipoxed to the veto by the measures of the Noble Duke were by no meant so inconsiderable as nad been represented. H e considered it extremely inconvenient to discuss a Bill of this nature before it was printed and in the hands of Noble Lords, so as to enable thorn to become acquainted with its provisions. He denied that the agitation on this question was exclusively clerical ; the majority of the people shared in their feelings; and were not that the case, it would have been morally impossible to keep up the agita tion on the subject. Lord DUNFERMLINE was anxious to arrest the pro gress of agitation on the subj , ct, tor he thought it would bring upon Scotland the mot serious evil 4. He did not think, howe,-er, that the Bill would have that result, sad he could not in coasequence give 't his suoport. There might be cases in which the parishes, if left uncontrolled, might rczke proper elections. but he believed t}ac abus^s woad gradaal2y creep into tire ui r itcrn, and thdt saanda lons agitation would ensue. The present arrangement for the appoi,,tment of ministers appeared to him both wise and cquiiable, and h. did not wish to see it altered. The Marquis of BREA D ALB ANE said that the prin ciples of the Scottish Church were essentially representa tive, and the present agitation was not confined, as seemed to be supposed by some, to the clergy, but equally ex tended to the people. He approved to a great extent of the Bill, as it made at all events a large concession to public feeling. It did not certainly go so far as many of the most attached and most pure-minded ministers of the Scottish Church might desire, but he believed that so anxious were they for a settlement of the question that the Bill, if revised and modified, would receive their approval and support. It had been urged that their claims were unheard of and contrary to law ; but on the contrary, they were perfectly con sistent with the practice and constitution of the Church. He entreated the House to lay aside all prejudices, and to consider the question on Preabvterian grounds. He en treated them to weigh well the deep interest the people of Scotland took in this question, for he assured them they would not suffer their religious principles to be trampled upon without resistance. The Earl of HADDINGTON concurred with his Noble Friend that this should be considered as a Scotch question. What, then, had the Scotch law said respect ing it ? It was said the present claims of the Church would be found embodied in the law. He was surprised to hear such a statement. In what Act could it be found ? It was true there had been great excitement, but he be lieved it had much subsided, and that the people were be coming tired of the subject. What he complained of was that this Bill gave the Church and the people a power they ought not to possess, and which they would probably abuse. He thought it was only an old friend with a new face. It was nothing more than the old Veto Law, and was not, he thought, at all calculated to adjust the differences which existed on the qu-stion. The Earl of RODEN hoped that whatever treasure might be adopted it would be such as would allay the exist ing differences. The Marquis of NORMANBY said he regretted the ordinary course should have been departed frem with re spect to this Bill, by taking the discussion on the first read ing. He was desirous that it should not be supposed that all approved of the measure who did not state their ob jections to it on the present occasion. The Bill was then read a first time. LEASE AND RELEASE BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR this Bill was read a second time. PRIVILEGE OF PEERAGE. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR the Bill for abolishing the Privilege of Peerage in cases of Fe lony was read a second time. The Noble and Learned Lord said that in the time of Edward the Sixth an Act had passed to give the Members of their Lordships' House the same privilege in cases of felony which was then pos sessed by the clergy. In 1828 an Act was passed by which the privilege of clergy in such cases was abolished, but no provision was male with respect to the Peerage. The ob ject of the present Bill, therefore, was to abolish a privilege which he was sure their Lordships would not desire to re tain, and to put them on the same footing in this respect with all classes of her Majesty's subjects.—( Hear, hear.) The House then Adjourned at a Quarter to Nine. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mir 6. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. The Coventry and Warwick Road Bill was read a third time and passed. Sir WTI. CLAYTON presented three petitions from place; in Surrey against a repeal of the Corn-laws, awl petitions from places in York, Norfolk, Buckingham, and Glamorgan to the same effect. Mr. GILLON presented a petitiin from Aberdeen, praying for a repeal of the Corn laws. Mr. BL E NNE RHA S SET T presentei petitions from places in the county of Antrim, against lay patronage in the Church of Scotland. Sir G. STAUNTON presented a petition from Ports. mouth, against the employment of dogs in drawing carts and trucks. Me4sengers from the Lords brought down the Drainage of Towns Bill, and the Borough Improvements Bill, to which the , : Lordships bad agreed wiet certain amendro,nts. Mr. WARBURTON presented l.etitions from Cum berland, for the revision of thy Impost Duties; from Nor folk, for repeal of the Corn.laws; and from the Medical AssociAion, in favour of Mr. Hawcs's :Medical Re. form Bill. Mr. B 0 U SFIE LD presented a petition from the mem bers of a certain Dissenting College, praying for the re lease of Mr. Willi im Baines, and the abolition of Church rates. Mr. WODE HOUSE preiented a petition from the Guardians of a Poor-law Union in Norfolk, against the proposed alteration in the appointment of officers of unions. Sir R. BATE SON presented a petition from some place in the county of Down against ratlroad travelling on the Lord's Day, and praying for a better observance ot the Sabb?th ; also petitions from two Pbesbytcr;an congre. gations in the North of Ireland, praying for the abolition of Church patronage in Scotland. Mr. ROUND presented petitions from thirteen pari4ies in Essex, praying for Church Extension ; also a petition from the Board of Guardians of the Saffron Walden Union, praying for a more effectual remedy against the fathers of illegitimate children. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from a Dissenting Congregation of Birmingham, praying for the abolition ot Church-rates. Mr. E. BULLER presented a petition from some plice in Staffordshire, praying that no grant of public money might be toted for purposes of Church Extension. Mr. A. MILES presented a petition from the West India Merchants of Bristol, against any alteration in the Sugar Duties. Mr. BR OTH E RTO N presented a petition from a Dis senting Congregation at Leamington Priors, praying that they might be permitted to make an affirmation instead of taking an oath. Also 13 petitions praying for a repeal of h • Corn- laws. Mr. DIVETT presented petitions from the various wards of the city of Exeter, praying for the abolition of Church rftteq. Mr. LITTON prosenteel petitions from varicus officers of the law courts of I-eland, praying for compensation in the event of any interference taking pl. , ce with their offices; also, from several of the clergy of Ireland, praying fur the restoration of the suppressed Irish Bishoprics; also, a pe Hon from Sir Harcourt Lees, praying the House to address her Majesty beseeching her to be graciously pleased to issue her R.yal Proclamation, ordering the ex pulsion of the Jesuits from all parts of her Majesty's dominions. Mr. ALSTON presented a pe . ition from a Dissenting congregation in Hertfordshire, praying for the abolition of Church•ratee. Mr. R. CURRIE presented five petitions from places in the county of Northmpton, praying for the abolition of Church-rates and Ecclesiastical Courts, and the re lease of Mr. William Baines. Sir GEORGE GREY presented a petition praying that greater facilities rn , ght be given for the admission of Dissenting Clergymen into workhouses for the religious consolation of those belonging tc their congregation. Mr. F. MAULE presented numerous pet•tions praying for the abolition of lay patron/ 9 ;e in the Church of Scotland. Lord GEORGE LENNOX gave notice that on the 20th inst. he would move that the House should resolve itself into a Committee in order to take into considerat'on so much of the Report of the Naval and Military Commis sion as related to Marines. Mr. LITTON grace notice ti at in Committee on the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill he would move clauses grantine compensation to certain officers. Mr. GILLON gave notice that t3-morrow he would move that the return of all sums of money paid to the Church of Scotland, ordered on the 4th of March last, be made forthwith. Mr. WALLACE postponed I.os motion for taking into consideration the petition of William Leckie for three cr four weeks, at the request of several influential persons both in and out of the House. Mr. H. HIN DE gave notice of Ms intention to move for a return of the manner in which the mails between London and the North were carried._ CORN-LAWS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that on to_ morrow evening on the motion that the House go ii•to Ccmmittee of Ways and Means being put, he would move the following resolution " That it is the ooaion of this House that it is practicable to supply the present inadequacy of the revenue, by judicious alterations of the protective and differential duties, without any material increase of the public burdens ; and that such course will at the same time promote the intere.t of trade, and afford relief to the in lusfrious classes ; and that this House considers that such course is best calculated to provide for the maintenance of the public safety and the general welfare of the country." Lord H 0 WICK wished to know in what manner the amendment wa3 to be moved? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the amendment would be moved as he stated yesterday. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that be supposed the Chancellor of the Exchequer would move that the Speaker do leave the chair, and upon that question his Noble Friend ( Lord Sandon) would move his amendment. The clu es _ tion would then be, that the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question ; in case that proposition were af firmed, the House would then go into Committee ; its case it were negatived, the Noble Lord would then move Isks amendment. Lord HO WICK said it seemed to him that that was an extremely inconvenient course, as it would lead to two debates and two divisions. If it was meant to take the sense of the House upon which of the two resolutions should be adopted, it appeared to him that instead of his Noble Friend moving the Ways and Means, the Hon. Member for Liverpool should he allowed precedence, and upon that motion his Noble Friend could move his resolution, upon which the sense of the House could be taken. Sir R. PEEL said that of course the Noble Lord would first bring forward the general question, which would enable his (Sir R. Peel's) Noble Friend to take the sense of the House on the Sugar Duties. If the Noble Lord were to withdraw his motion, his Noble Friend would not have an opportunity of submitting his resolutions, as mmy might object to vote for his Noble Friend, if hi s propo.-1 • t i on were merely volunteered and not iatr o d uce d , in consequence of the course adopted by the Government. He was sure the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) would adhere t 3 the announcement which he had already made, as to his plan of financial policy.—( Hear, hear.) SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BILL. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL the Lords' Amendments to the South Australian Bill were agreed to. POOR-LAWS. Mr. WALTER (who spoke from the frDnt Opposirion benches) wished to ask the Noble Lord if it was his in tention to persevere with the Bill for the amendment of the Poor-laws. Lord J. RUSSELL said that it was hti intention to persr vere with the Bill, and that he should bring it on on the 17th of May. Mr. WALTER would give notice that on that day he should sub.mit a motion to the House, the object of which would b to arrest the further progress of that MQUIVQ. CHINA—RECAL OF CAPT. ELLIOT. Sir R PEEL wished to know whether there had been any recent arrivals from China which would enable the Noble Lord to give the House any information as to the pree7.t , tat.e of our relations with that country. Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not say whrth'r there had been any arrivAi to-day, but the previous arrivals had not enabled him to furnish any additional information. Mr. GOULBURN said that information brought by recent arrivals had appeared in the Papers 6f th , :t day. Sir R. PEEL referred to the Gazette accounts, and wished to know if the Government had ratified the treaty which had been said to have been entered into be tween the Plenipotentiaries of the two countries. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Government had re ceived information of certain preliminary arrangements which had beeit entered into by the Plenipotentiaries of the two Powers. Those preliminary arrangements, how ever, did not appear to have been ratified by the Emperor of China—indeed it did not appear that they bad been finally settled between Capt. Elliot and the Plenipotentiary appointed by the Chinese Government. That arrangement was generally disapproved of by her Mjesty's Govern ment, but no further steps could be taken until they re ceived further accounts stating more particularly what that Treaty contained. Sir R. PEEL was desirous of knowing, considering the distance of the scene of opera.ions, whether hostilities had already been discontinued ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said a truce had been entered into, and by the last accounts that truce had not been put an end to, but he could not say that hostile operations might not be recommenced.—( Cheers.) Mr. HUME said he wished to know whether a report that bad been circulated was correct, namely, that the Government had recalled Captain Elliot and appointed Sir Henry Pottinger in his stead. The public were anxious to know whe.her such was the case. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that it was true that Sir Henry Pottinger had received the appointment reni. potentiary of China, and was about to depart immecia'ely for that country, Captain Elliot having been recailed. - . EGYPT. Mr. HU:WE wished to know if there were any de spatches from Egypt to the effect that matters were ad justed between the Pacha and Porte, as pledged by us to be don& Lord JOHN RUSSELL was understood to say, that ho could not enter into any account of what had been done recently. CONVICTS AT WOOLWICH. Lord MAHON said he had seen an account in the public papers of the continued and increased mortality among the convicts in the hulks at Woolwich, and that it was stated that the Governer attributed this to the Ac cumulation together of the convicts wider the di ri.cti-ons of the Noble Lord.--( Hear.) He wished to know if the Government had received any official informa tion of this. He also wished to know what had oecasiened the delay in the returns on this subject two months ago. Mr. FOX MAUL E said that it was true that the mor tality had Increased among the convicts at Woolwich; but be was given to understand that this was not the case with them only, but also with the military stationed there, He could assure the Noble Lord that no attention would be spared on the subject. With respect to the returns, the Noble Lord was perhaps aware that a Judge could not be compelled to disclose his private note , . neither could a Coroner; but he had no doubt if the House ex pressed a wish to that effect, the Coroner would f4rnish them with such parts of it as he should think necessary. In reply to a qaestion from Mr. G. PA LME R, with re respect to the mode of ascertaining the value of exports and imports, , Mr. LA BOUCH ERE said that with regard to the official value, he believed there had not been any difference for the last fifteen years in the mode of calculating it. With regard to the declared value, it was always taken upon the declaration of the exporting merchant upon oath. DESTRUCTION OF THE CAROLINE. Mr. HUME moved for a copy of the correspondence. between the Legation of the United States in London aid the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, in re lation to the destruction of the steam-boat Caroline; also a copy of the correspondence between Mr. Fox the British Minister at. Washington, and the Secretary of the United St:oes, in relation to the dent - uction of the steam-boat Caroline ; and also a copy of all the correspondence between the Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada and the Governor-General of the Canadas, and the Secretary of State foe the Colonies, in nlation to the destruction of the steam boat, Caroline. The Ho nourable Gentleman said be belitved that if this MA-- mation had been before the public at an earlier period of the dispute, it would have preve,,ted much of the excite ment on both sides of the Atlantic. We understood the Hun. Gentlemen to complain that the Government had been dilatory in not submitting the correspondence to the House. other countries. But let them observe the consequence. The statements alluded to might be ex perle, and might give a most unfavourable view of the cage as ragarded alb country, and yet by adopting proposition of the Hon. Gentleman, they would be giving their sanction to there unfavuurabi e, and it might be unjuq, statements —( Cheers.) Sir DE LACY EVANS could not understand what object there could be in pressing for these merit, which were already published, and to which every Gentle man could procure access. The only consequence of their production would be to emlyirrase a complicated ne gotiation, which was now proceeding in an amicable wan ner. He hoped his Hon. Friend would not press the motion. Mr. P. HOWARD thought that at a time when this country, as well as the United States, were deploring the loss of the able Chief Magistrate of that country, it was highly indelicate to press such a motion as this, just as the ee s Governor was undertaking the management of the Uuittd Slates,—( Hear, hear.) He believed that there was a strong feeling on both sides of the Atlantic for the preservation of the amicable relations between the two countries.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The great commercial bedy was particularly anxious on the subject, and was particularly de,i.ous that the greatest delibe.a tion should attend the condacting of those negotiations. He busted that , ha motion would not be pressed. Mr. T. DUNCO M BE said that according to the does trine of th! Right Honourable Baronet, the country had no tight to the possession of the same information as was possessed by other countries. They only asked for papers up to the time of the arrest of M'Leod, and he wished to know why the British Parliament should not have full information as well as the Congress of the United States. The Right Honourable Baronet was assisting in smothering this information. What he wanted to know was why a British subject, Mr. MtLead, was detained a prisoivr in the United States? He wished to ask did they mean to allow the trial of Mr. M‘Geol to proeeed ?—(Cheers.) The feeling of the country was, that the national honour was compromised by Mr. M'Leod being detained a prisoner. The question of his guilt had nothing to do with the case. The general opinion was that they would escape from their dilemma by its being incontrovertibly proved that at the time of the destruction of the Caroline Mr. M'Leod was not present. But that had nothing to do with the quo;_ Lion. Mr. M'Leod had been arrested, and was detained. Now, if they a right to detain him, they had a right to try him, and if they had a right to try hun, they had a right to execute him, in the event of his being found guilty. Did they intend to ailow Mr. INPLe.n.I to be executed in such a case? If they were right Mr. M'Leod ought not to be imprisoned at all. Would they insist upon his release ?—( Cheers.) It was an important ques. tion. Suppose Captain Brown, who had commanded the expedition which had destroyed the Caroline, and which had most justly and properly destroyed her, in his opinion —suppose Captain Brown were travelling in the United States, he would be allowed to he arrested. Suppose he was to be arrested and tried, and the conse quence would be that he was found guilty, were the people of England to submit to that ? Were the people of England to allow one of its officers to be put on hit trial for obeying thi - 4 orders ? That was the question. He would ask the Noble Lord did he mean to let Mr. M'Leod's trial proceed ? That gentleman was imprisoned now six months, and he ( Mr. T. Duncombe) would repeat it, the people of England ought to know why their fellow subject was impr soned. Certainly if the Hen. Member would divide the House. on the question, he (Mr. D.) would vote with him. S'r ROBERT PEEL begged to explain. The question asked was whether Mr. M'Leod would be re leased or noi. He (Sir R. Peel) gave no opinion on that ; whet h said was that when the Hon. Gentleman moved for the papers referred to, the producti )n of which it was stated would be prejudicial to tile public hterest, he (Sir Robert Peel) said that it was his opinion that they *night not to be produced. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but the mo tion was negatived without a division. MR. VIZARD. Colonel SIBTHORP moved that the attention of the House he called to the appointment of Colonel V:zard to the office of Solicivr t ) the Home Department. The Hon. and Gallant Member said he thought it a duty he owed the country to bring forward that motion. He meant to move also for certain papers relative to that ap pointment. He conceived he was hound to take the sense of the House on this subject, en account of the corm , - pondence which emanated, both from the Home-office and the Treasury, relative to the matter. For the space of forty-three years the duti.s of the Home-office had been satisfactorily discharged without the assistance of a solicitor. He was inclined, for his part, to attribute the appointment to the want of energy, gocd conduct, and proper management of the Members of the present G vernment. He moved for a third return of the appoint ment of this gentleman as Secretary of Bankrupts, fur he found this gentleman, who held a lucrative situ ation of 1,5001. a-year, held this situation also. It it was necessary to appoint a Solicitor to the Home-offiee, a gentleman sho•old he selected who would be able to g" his m i .:aided atteotion to the business. The Hon. G'ntier.ien said he would take the sense of the House on "'K / occasion when the vote was proposed for the pay ment of this salary. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving a resolution to the effect, that the appointment of Mr. Vizard to the office of Solicitor to the Hume-t.ffice was unnecessary and ought to be cancelled. Mr. F. M AUL E said that the appointment of Mr. Vizard, as Solicitor to the Home Department, arose out of the great increase of business, in consequence of the passing of various Acts of Parliament. Almost every other department had its separate solicitor. There were many contracts entered into by the Home Department, in which such advice was necessary. The expense arising out of the want of a legal advis r, in the case of the Ponce Com missioners, had been 8001. a-year; that was anothi rof the grounds upon which the appointment was made. With re-pest to the other situation which Mr. Vizard held, it was no unusual course for a gentleman to hold two or more offices under the Crown. He trusted that the House would be satisfied as to the propriety of the appointment, both on account of the pecuniary saving, and also from the advantage which must be derived from such assistance. As to the necessity of appointing a Solicitor to the Home office, he thought that two opinions could not exist. He would confidently leave the matter in the hands of the House.—(Cries of '• Divide, divide.") SIBTHORP was at a loss to know why Mr. Vi.. zard had been selected, when so many other competer.t persons might have been appointed to fill the office. The whole affair was a job. Mr. HUM E said he would take this opportunity of ask ing whether the Government intended to introduce a Bill for the regulation of the Court of Bankruptcy ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the Lord Char cellor was about to bring in a Bill on that subject. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then made a few observe lions in defence of Mr. Vizard's appointment. Mr. GOULBURN would support his Hon. and Gal lant Friend's motion in case it went to a division, but he would recommend him to withdraw. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the motion was so en tirely unusual, the matter being yet under negociation, that he hoped the House would not require the Production of the correspondence. The Hon. Gentleman bad com plained of the conduct i f the Government with respect to this question. He (Lord John Russell) would state how the matter stood. The Government of the United States had made a complaint of the conduct of certain individuals and officers who were said to have taken part in the destruction of the steam-boat Caroline. The answer to that complaint was the transmission of a r_ c e e i quantity of correspondence, and of various stee ei ; en , made by the Governor of Upper Cana" e, an d b y a number of individuals who were coneer:red in the trans action; the American Government sent counter state. ments, but they did net persist in aeieing for a final answer t o their demands. The effect of ',heir not asking f or an an swer was, that the act of i :ee British Government cease d and it was not for th e B r i t i s h to be matter of discussie, e, Government to cemplain of that conduct. He was convinced that the matter would have entirely dropped as between the two Governments, if it had not been fur the unfortunate affair of Mr. MiLeod. That had revived the suject, and produced discussions with regard to the recent case of the steam-boat Caroline. That arrest had unfortimetely revived the subject, and I bad produced a renewed discussion between the two Go vernments. With regard to the production of the corre spondence asked for, be had to state that it would be in convenient to the public service, and tend to embarrass the negotiation that was now going or, in an amicable spirit, and might tend to militate against the peace of two great and intelligent nations.—( elr, ar, hear.) Mr. HUM E wanted the papers in order to prove that an assertion made by the Noble Secretary for the Foreign Department was not founded in fact. He said that the American Government had not persisted in demanding an answer to their remonstrance of March, 1838 ; while Mr. Forsyth distinctly said that Mr. Stevenson was not to press the Government here because he had been as, tired by Mr. Fox that in a few days they would have an answer or communication from the Government direct from this country. Now he wanted the papers for the purpose of seeiree whether the statement of Lord Palmer ston in his allegation were correct. The Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth said some time ago that there might be a limit to the complaisance of the House in putting up with the refusal of papers—in his opinion that time had now arrived. Had be been furnished with the papers respecting Syria, the affairs of the East would have been fettled long before they were, and the peace of Europe would not have been endangered. So, had he been fur nished with these papers respecting tt e Caroline, the question would have been forced upon the attention of the Government, and would have been settled long ago. He therefore submitted that as he merely wanted a pri vete correspondence, and no secrets that could interfere with the negotiations between the two coentrica, he was entitled to the informatien which he required. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the production of the correspondence could not enable the Hon. Gentleman to attain the end which he proposed. The American Ge vernment had asked for redress for the burning of the Ca roline, but to that request her Mdjesty's Government delibe rately, and not through any neglect, did not think it proper to give a final answer. But his Noble Friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, bad since informed the American Mi nister at the Court of London, that the British Govern. ment had justified the destruction of the Caroline, upon which the American Minister had made such communica tion to his Government, as he thought expedient, but that communication had not yet transpired. ____ Mr. HUME said that since the month of May, THE PRICE OF BREAD IN PARIS . AND 1838, when the American Government had inquired LONDON.—The present assize or fixed price bf the first into the unfortunate transaction, and had r e q ues t e d qua lity o f b read in Paris, as eata bli-lied by the muni c ip a l satisfaction from the British Government, no ans wer i authority of th a t c it y , I s 2 7 et ntimre for the loaf of the whatever had been given, until a very late period, to the I weight of one kilogramme, Which, at the present course of ex- American Minister, either verbally or by letter. He change r in Paris bn London, as above, for bias of ore months' tbought that this was an improper delay, and that Minis. date, !hot atr of '2,,ef nOrt ne ne p er po und s terling , tens pv , . ~ . , y . fifty-seven hundredths) of a farthing for the h eli li four- Kilkenny I answers to 4d . and very near three-fifths (or, more exactly, ters were now abusing the patience of the House. , pound loaf; and pr_e , s nt price . at which the be ' s n i . , Or, asi Sir ROBERT PEEL said that the Hon. Member for N m o o b t l i c on L c o a rd l li ni ng , extensive t fo b r y a a n deear a iorjernorze- lis term.d. " full. riced bred is currently sold in London, spondencc h , 1 being 9(1. for ale four-pound loaf (although in some quarters a w l hi m cb ade the a in his capacity of responsible Minister of the Crownof i Cat tnvili 10d. is dema4ded), shows that that the best bread that negotiations connected with the subject •; dearer in L on d on than in, Paris by 4 4d., and rather more were now pending the . two : eritettriee, than two-fifths (or, more exactly, forty-three hundredths) of negotiations conducted in an amicable %nrit —and that pre- a farthing for the four-pound loaf, being at the rate of one judiee to the interests of the coil: airy m i ght arise by the pro. hundred a n d f our an d very nearly three-quarters ( w i th i n a mi duction of the correspnd.'::cee. Now, in his (Sir R. P.'s) nute fraction) per cent, or more than double the price for ' • such a stetement, on the part of opinion, a Minister of the sane quantity and quality ; and that the same amount of ur halm an London ,-, • money, namely, 2id. as above which can e , the Crown, was. Cenclusive in the case. uuring so more than four , pounds of ' best bread, there may be ob the negotiations Meeting with foreign countries it would eer- tamedat this • • is time in Paris eight pounds three ounces and taint be unwise to force a Minister of the Crown to pre- rather exceeding half a dram, English weight, of the first qua ! itici'xe the public interests by the production of papers. lity of bread. 'fhe assize or fixed price in Paris for bread of He wished, however, to ask the Noble Lord in the second q ua lity, or w h eat - n, as re gulated by law, is at pre•• villa., position the question now stood ? He be. sent 20 centimes for the lel Weighing one kilogramme, cor lieved the British Government had avow e d t h e respondin g w ith 3id, and three-quarters of a ,arthing for the burning of the Caroline as a public act, and had called on English four-pound loaf ; and as the price of wheaten or se the Government of the United States for the release of cond-priced bread in London is now . 8d : for the f?erspotind loaf. it is seen that bread of that quality is dearer . in London Colonel M`Leod. He wished to know from the Noble than in Paris by 4 1 / 2 d. and one-quarter of a farthing for the Lord what had since occurred, four-pound loaf, beiug considerably more than double the price Lord J. RUSSELL said that the statement made in . for the same quality f o brea'd, as for the same price, namely, answer to the application of Mr. Fox was, teat the A!. 8., as above, which is the cost of but four pounds of wheaten torney-General to the United States Government bread in London, there may be bought in Paris nine pounds would proceed to the place where the trial was to four ounces, and thirteen drams, English weight, of the second bo held, and that he had instructions given him as to quality of bread. his mode of proceedieg, which he ( Lori J. R. ) did not think SERIOU S e 'I Ol' CCURRENCE AT THE ERMINUS it necessary or proper to state at that moment. It appeared : or THE LONDON AND Bt RN/INGHAM RAlLWAY.—Wednesday that do Aitoreey- General proee,ded to the place of ttial,.but i mornin: , , abut twelve, an occurrence of a frightful character did not take any course himself. Tie counsel for Mr. M• 'seed i took place at the terminus of the London and Birmingham Rail declared that one of the defences of Mr. iVl'Leod was ! way, Euston-grove. Mr. Wi i, lit, the coach-builder, had occa ihat the act had been authorised 'by the Br t , sh G warn- sion to be at the statioet on business, and had left his horse, a (Lent, and he. therefore, moved that the ease sheuld he re- very valuable are, s pirited animal, attached to his gig at the moved :o a Federal Curt. That application had been . further extrem;ty of the station-yard, whilst he went across the complied with, an d t h e cause had been removed lilac into th e offices, unattended. He had scarcely been gone into a Federal Court, and that Court would I ' , TQ minutes before the animal beenme very restive, and findingfarf , 'itself at liberty dashed off alp the ar d with . the mot e . judge of the defence of Mr. M'Leod. In that Court no p ed, and contin ent its • until it arrived at the massive doubt the Attorney. General of the United Status could r', o i iron - e `3 progress against which it gates at tut entrance of the terminus, that which he (Lord John R.) supposed it was impos•Ale came in cortioct with a violence so frightful as to shatter the for him to do in the Court of the State of New York. ' gig to elect's. and to cause the animal to rebound backward to Mr. S. O'BRIEN hoped the Noble Lord wnuld not , the extent of severalprostrate and bleeding yards, where it lay reface the production of those documents which had already ' for some time, when death ended its sufferings. appeared in the American papers. It there were any otbrer 1 Goon LUSK- 0 the day a the inauguration n iu existence, he would not ask for them, but he could not I of President from Virginia, familiar see how the public service could be prejudiced by the pro- with the hinter Harrison,mon a gentleman r M Tyler, remarked to y and charaeter of e duction of papers which had already been publVti din ' ' President would not live ~ e America. ' thirty ditis•—" Nonsense I" was the reply. "The old Sir ROBERT PEEL hoped the Noble 'Lord w ld uor I. See how active nu gentlemen is hale and hearty as yo . 2, not accede to any such proposition. Indepe m ee t, f h y o t e alert he moves He is good for ten years certain. precedent being a very bad one, he coos:idered it would , antiHe looks v . -b I tell you he wont live a eery well I admit, but . he deroaatory to the dignity of Parliamcset to ask for just ! month, note' t tution or state of health at) much iaformation, beoause it bepre4ed to ho given ' .at ,Lnuding. No co4B- 1 - „, y h ii, 4l ; to . can stand John - nvier's good etick."..:o6u 7 " . ~. . . Colonel SI BTHO R R—The present is an unfortunate hoar.—( Loud cres of " Sprite, spa ke," Chair, chair," " Divide, divide," and much la-ghrer, in the midst of which the Hon. and Gallant Mealier said he would not trouble the House with a divkior. MR ARTS. On the motion of Mr. HAWES the following Members were appointed the Select Committee or, the Fine Arts:—_ Mr. Havv,-9, Mr. Labouchere, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Gally Knight, Mr. Hume, Mr. Wyse, Mr. Blake, Sir Robert Harry Iri liq, Lord Brabazon, Lord Franc;3 Eg.n ton, Mr. kwzrt, Mr. Mitnes, Colonel Rawdon, Mr. Henry Thomas Hope, and Mr. Pusey. Mr. H UME ~ aid that as there were so few M Inhers present, he would postpone the motion of which he had given notice, to call the attention of the House to the Re port of the Printing Committee, and to its recommends. tions in regard to returns to be moved for in the House. The Hon. Member trusted that when he brought the sub ject under the consideration of the House, there would bo a fuller attendance.—Motion postponed. The Exchequer Bills (11;000,0000 Bill was read a second time. The other Orders of the Day Were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Seven o'Clock, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAYERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.—The Tunes contrasts in a tone of apear.int triumph the Whig Budget of 1841 with the last Conservative Budget of 1830. The Conservatives, we are told, la fc a revenue of 50,430,0001. which their inca pable successors have contrived to reduce to 48310,0001., and thereupon is founded a tirade about ‘' prodigious mis maragement." Did it never recur to the writer, that the fact that a reduction of upwards of 7.000,000/. in the t aation of the country had been effected, with a loss to the revenue of only 2,200,0001., might be a proof of any thing rather than financial mismanagement? True, the revenue of the country is less in 1841 than it was in 1830, but why? Did not the following list of taxes figure in Mr. Goulburn's Budget, which have been repealed by subsequent Whig Administrations : Duty on coals and slates £900,000 Candles 500,000 Printed cottons... House tax 1,200,000 Seep duty, reduced one-half Postage, reduced to id. To say nothing of the various minor taxes which bave been repealed or reduced, on tiles, hemp, insurances en marine and farming stock and on farm-houses, clerks, shopmen, tax-carts, paper, newspapers, and other articles? The sum-total of taxes taken off by Whig Govern ments in the ten years from 1831 to 1841, exclusive ef the loss snstained by the adoption of the penny posteee, amounts to £7,116,623 ; deducting from which £879,802, the amount of new taxes imposed, we have for the total ren.ission of taxation by the Whigs the annual sum of £6.236,821, or, with the pestaee, of u owards of 7,200,000. Add this to the re venue stated in Mr. Baring's Budget, and then compare it with that of his Conservative predecessor. The " pro digious mismanagement" which has continued " to reduce our revenue 2,170,000/. per annum," now turns out, in point of fact, to have increased the tax-paring resources of the country by upwards of 5 000,0001. Re-impose the taxes which have been repealed, and the balance-sheet of the Chancellor of the Exchequer w:11 look a great deal mere favourable, Any child could tell this. But the question now at issue between the two great pa'ties of the State is very different. The question is, whether new taxes shall be imposed, not as a means of meeting the necessary expences of the country, but as a means of keeping up the system by which the great bulk of cur population are wade to pay a higher price than any other European nation for the necessaries of life, in order to swell the incomes of a few landowners, here and in the colonies. The Government, finding that the time had come when this system could no longer be maintained without closing the best markets in the world against the produce of our industry, striking a fetal blow at our ex istence as a great manufacturing nation, and at the same time reimposing upon the country a fresh burden or op pressive taxation, have di termined, wisely and manfully, to adopt a new system, founded upon principles of obvi sus justice and a lvantage. The Tories, finding that the Go vernment had adopted the cause of commercial reform, have taken their stand as the champions of monopoly. Disguise it as they like, the country can see Viscount Sendon's motion in no other light than as the gage of battle thrown down by monopoly against free trade. G LOBE—The country is to choose between statesmen who have something to say to them, and statesmen who have nothing to say to them, about their most urgent in terests—between men who have views, and men who have no views, the course to be taken, in the present commercial and financial crisis—for that is what it really amounts to—the crisis which must decide our future pros perous progress, or distress and declnie. There is iede el no occasion for alarm in the amount of i'eficiency occasi fined in our revenues by increased ex; cniiture. There is no cause of alarm for the present, but much of consideration for the future. Our expenditure has again outstripped our income, and the question arises, has our economy no resources but those of times of national and commercial warfare ? Are we again to run the gauntlet through a new seiies of loans aid taxes? Are we again to reeard ourse.vea as isolated, as the war party proclahre I France last year-- again to meet Berlin decrees by •Orders in Council, and take exclusion from European and American markers as a matter of course? Are we to suffer Prussian leagues to ceneolid ee, Brazilian treaties to expire, American tails to rise ag:lnst us, without a thought of averting the consequences? Are we to rest in this easy attitude, in the f ice of the warning which is given us by a revenue stationary despite of increased taxation stationary, despite the attempt to raise, by increased taxes on cones sumption, the means of meeting the recent increase of public expenditure! The limit of taxation in this direction has clearly been reached ; and to find that we have re ached that limit is surely sufficient warning to(examine ahether we have not sinned against wise maxims of pub lic economy, and whether it is not in recurrence to those nsaxiais that we must seek selvatioo. We find that from 1833 to 1836, netwithstan deg the reductions made in each year both in tae Customs and Excise duties, the receipts rapidly increased, even in a greater ratio than the supposed increase of population. In the four g en-, instead of the surplus (of 14,646/. in 1834, of 1,707,093/ in 1835, of 2,075,9911, in 1836)) we find a falling-off in the proceeds of taxes upon con sumption, aid we now find we have reached the limit to which those taxes can be raised. Ail this, it may be ' said, indicates oily temporary e stiopression ; and the springs of prosperity, and sources of revenue, wilt recover their vigour. Surely, however, it is the duty of States men to examine the causes of dirniii6hed resources (in proportion to increased population and public expend - I tune); arid if perverse restrictions are amongst those causes, to propose their removal, as a weight upon the springs of prosperity fatal to their elastic play. ST AND AR D. —Tbe proposition before the country is to admit foreign sugar on such terms as shall entitle it. to c rrnpe:e with tae sugar of our own free colonies. The proposition must mean this, whatever be the scale of duties suggested, or it means nothing ; for if fore gn sugar be sii 1 charged with a prohibitory duty, neither can the revenue be better for the change, nor the article cheaper or more abundant. The supply of foreign sugar must, for much the greater part, come from the Brazils and from Cuba, and from whatever quarter it ma) come, it must ba the pro duction of slaves. Whist, Cien, is the state of the slave trade in the Brazils and in Cube ? We entre: t that our readers will mark th.: di,tinet'on between slavery and the slave.trade. Slavery, wi . .h.mt the slave-trade, is an evil ; but it is an evil infinitely mitigated by the value of the slave to his proprietor. Slavery, accompanied by the slave-trade, is the evil in its wnole abominable wickedness. The extent of importation is not alone the measure of mur ders committed in procuring the slaves ; it is as certainly the index of the murders and cruelties commieed in the coun try to which the slaves are carried. As we have seen, no importation of slaves was found necessary to our West India colonies during a quarter of a century, because iu those colonies sieves were prot, ceed by British law ; but what is the case with the Braids and with Cuba? In the 34th page of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton's work on the Airican Slave-trade, published last year-_a work which we could wish to are in every haul at this moineet--we filed the number of slates Ist- PORTED ANNUALLY into THE BRAZILS AND CUBA reted upon the averages of 1836.1837, at ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND. The number is ineroddie ; but whoever will follow Sir Thomas in his minute and careful calculation must come to the conclusion that it is not exaggerated. Here, then, is a waste of the lives of slaves in the Brazils: and in Cubs, caliug for an annual supply of' one hundred and fifty thousand n otwithstanding the tendency of the Negro population to increase beyond the ordinary rate of the human race. The waste of life which calls for an annual supply of 150,000, must exceed 200,000. This, however, is not. all : bad as it is, that 150,000 of our fellow-creatures are yearly draggel into shivery and exile, to replace more than 150,000 mur. dered in their chains, as bad or worse remains. Sir Thos, Fowell Buxton calculates that for 150,000 slaves landed 250,000 are destroyed in the capture or the middle passage, but as the calculation (p. 200) is short aid clear we will copy it teas The annual victims ate Vitt., Otte-half perish before embarkation 200,000 One-fourth in the middle passage 5O 000 Landed only And of these one-fifth die in the seasoning, leaving ie feet but Igo,ooo slaves available, at a cost of 400,000 lives. The slivery and slave trade of the Braids and Cuba from this calculation appears to cost 400,000 lives, fur the 150,000 imported are merely necessary to replace 150,000 previousy destroyed, And this is tae accursed traffic which we arc summoned to perpetuate and pamper by bounties, in the hope, forsooth, of realising 700.000 L—less than the deficiency in the Post-office revenue alone! COURIER.—Tbe Ministerial press is right enough, at least we hope so, in its aneouncement this morning. One of them dolorously exclaims—" The tactics of the Tories begin to be unfolded. West India monopolists, timber monopolists, and corn monopolists, have entered into a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive. The West Indian advance first, under a banner on which is inscribed The rights of the negro,' and No slave grown sugar.' " It is only by such a combinion of force that the inte rests of one and every class can be defeedel, and the murderous assaults of the common foe of each decisively repelled. Would these kind and considerate destruc. lives, for example, have the agricultural interest to stand tamely by, bands crossed in apathetic acquiescence, whilst West India interests were eacrlced, and Cana dian staples rendered valueless ? Or, on the other hand, would they counsel to the colonial inte rests the suicidal policy of aiding and abetting to pull down the home landed interest, the great parent of all ? No, no; the Government scribes are right enough so far as they go, but they are not right to ail the extent, for East Lelia interests are banded in the same cause with the West, and the great shipping interest of the country is already among the first and feremest in tee field to contead for the rights and the protection equally due to all. It is indeed a "holy league," and will shortly ripen into a " Covenant" also, when each and very interest now so suddenly menaced in the first and vital condiiious, not alone of thsir prosperity, but of their vary existence. shasl h-se had somewhat more tine to meet together i t deliberation, and to mature their plans f the overthrow of a scheme of the most comprehen sive and gigantic spnilation which ever was meditated by tevoluti 'nary government since or before the thqs of the first Freech Revolution, when church pro perty was confiscated one day and the rights of property of the noble arid wea'thy swept away the next with the abo litiob of the moca'chy itself. We shall not have long to wait now for the decision of the all-important question, whether that Government, blind, besotted, and furious as Samson caught in the toile, shall have strength left, in the desperation of present struggles for ascendancy, to pull down the pillars of tine State, and so finally to accelerate in any case the atheist of their own fell and irretrievable prostration hereafter. PUN FOR LAWYERS.—It was mentioned to a weh known Glasgow wit, that an interdict was to b' plied fur by the proprietors of Crotshill (on which !ands Doolan and RAiding are ordered to be hanged); Ah said the wit, it is very el,r, , ,•Ar that if tl , e'e is n( an interdict titers will bo a euspension,—Glusgow Chronicle. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROUSE OF LORDS, MAY 6• SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COMPANY 11. THE MARQUIS OF QUEENSBERY. The LORD CHANCRLLOR was engaged this morning in the Howe of Lords hearing the conclusion of the argu ments in this appeal, but deferred judgment. His Lurd ship then left to attend a Cabinet Council. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 7. 1841 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, MAr 6. _ . At the sitting of the Court this morning Lord DENMAN gave judgment in the following cases, which had been argued during the present Term : THE QUEEN V. PAY NE. This wal an application to estreat the recognizances of a bail for non payment of costs, under the provisions of a statute of William the Third. The Court thought the application should be granted, but would enlarge the rule till the first day of next Term, to allow the defendant an opportunity of paying the costs. THE QUEEN V. PROCTOR. In this case the Court granted a rule for a new trial. ATKINSON V. RAWLEY. In this cae, which was an application for a nol-suit or an arrest of judgment, the Court granted the rule. FAUCETT V. BENNINGTON. In this case, which was tried before Mr. Baron Maule al. the Westmoreland assizes, and on which an applicat on was made for a new trial, on the ground of the verdict being against evidence, the Court had consulted the Learned Judge, who saw no reason for disturbing the verdict. The rule therefore must be refused; and in Denney v. Clarke, and Doe, Dem, Duke of Beaufort v. Gough, the Court granted rules. In the course of the day the Grand Jury came into Court, and stated that no presentments had been sent before them. They were then discharged. BAIL COURT, MAY 6. THE QUEEN V. BAILEY AND OTHERS, GUARDIANS OF THE BASFORD UNION, NOTTS. Sir. W. FOLLETT applied for a rule, ceiling upon Thomas Bailey, George Farrant, and J. Wood, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against them for the publication of a libel reflecting on the character of Mr. Nixon, a Magistrate of Notts. The defendants were members of the Board of Guardians of the Basford Union, in the county of Notts. On the 25th o f J anuar y l as t, a pauper, named Parkes, had been brought to the union house in a cart; he was at that time suffering from illness, and in the course of that night he died. The surgeon stated that the man would have bt.en much benefited by the administration of spiced wine, or some stimulant of that nature, but that he had been precluded ordering it by an express order of the Board of Gua:dians. An inquest was held, and the surgeon's evidence was given, when the Jury censured the conduct of the Board of Guar dians severely. An investigation was likewise insti•uted by the Magistrates assembled in Petty Sessions, on which occasion Mr. Nixon, on whose behalf the present applieation was made, took no othar pat in the proceedings than reading the evi dence of the surgeon as given before the Coroner. A meeting of the Board of Guardians was subsequently held, at which re solutions were passed den) ing the existence of any such order as that alluded to by the surgeon, censuring the conduct. of that gentleman and also the conduct of the ;Magistrates, one of which resolutions concluded with the following werds, "therefore the statement of Mr. Nixon, that on referring to mi nute book of the Board of Guardians, the order was found, which precluded the ordering of any wine or stimulant, without a special order from the Board of Guardians, is a sheer fiction, iotend-d to bring the Board of Guardians into disrepute with the public, and thus aiming a back-handed blow at the New Poor-law itself." In another reso ution, the conduct of Mr. Nixon was stigmatized as unworthy of a Magistrate Mr. Nixon denied that he had ever made any such state ment as the one alluded to, or that he had taken any part in th proceedings beyond reading the evidence of the surgeon. The resolutions had been published in all the Nottingham l'aperse and Mr. Bailey had avowed himself as the person authorizing the publication, and the other defendants were the mover' and seconder of the resolutions complained. Mr. Nixon had written a letter to the editor of the Nottingham Journal. demanding the name of the author, and in that letter he stated that every charge contained in the resolutions was grossly false. This letter had been published, but it dirt not appear that it had been done so by t. e awhority of Mr. Nixon. He mentioned this, because on that point of late the Court had been very particul Jr. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Take your rule. Rule nisi granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MY 6. NEWTON V. BASIIAM. The defendant is an attorney, to whom the management of an action breught by the plain iff against the officers of the Sheriff of Yorkshire, was transferred by the attorney first cm ploed, Mr. A'klecket. The plaintiff obtained a verdict in damages 405., which left, however, a balance of 1921. costs, as between attorney and client, above the costs in the cause. The plaintiff obtained a rule calling on defendant to show cause why he should not be discharged from the payment of costs, on the ground that the defendant was not an attorney of this Court when he acted in the cause ; and further. why defendant should not pay the costs of taxation, the Master having stru :k off more than one-sixth of the bill. The COURT now gave judgment for the p'.a.'ntiff on brh points. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Eliza Williams ‘k pl,,ced at the bar charged with haring robbed a slrs. Powe 1 of varitius articles of furniture. It appeared that the prisoner took lodgings in the house of the complainant, and on %fondly evening last the prisoner sent her out to buy some tea, &c., and when she returned she found the room door locked and the prisoner 1...0ne. She burst the door open, and found that the room had been stripped. She immedia•ely ga7e information to the police, and the pri soner was apprehended in St. Giles's, whither she had con veyed the ixoperty. The prisoner said nothing in her defence, and was fully com mitted for trial. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ( From the Brighton Gazette.) PORTSMOUTH, MAY s.—Tne rumoured eppointment of Captain Sir Charles Napier to the command in the I: ) cific, is said to he voil of truth, and that the gallant officer will shortly return to the Mediterranean, to re-assume the com mand of the Power-to', 84. The three deckers Nelson, 120, and Hibernia. 110, are ordered to be inspec.ed, caulked, &c., for service, if re quired. The Bonetta, 10, Lieut. Austen, has procenled to the Cape of Good Hope station, wick despatches for Rear- Admiral Sir E. D. King, K. C. 8., aid men for the squa dron. The schooner packet Cockatrice, Lieut. Oxenham, sailed from Spithead on Monday afternoon. for MO Ja neiro, via Falmouth, taking nut despatches for Rear-Ad mirals Ross and Kng, and letters for the squadron. She is to run, as a packtt, between Buenos Ayers and NL.nte Video. The squadron at Spithead rcm'ins as before, namely, Indus, 84. Vernon, 59, Pelican, 18, and Nautilus, 10. Ile first two have been in commission six months, and still re quire a considerabe number of men. The Acorn, 16, Commander Adams, is refi:ting, pre. paratory to returning to the coast of Africa to complete the remainder of her period, one year. She will bail in about a fortnight. The steamer Polyphemus, Lieut. Evans, is gone to the Medit.!rranean, via Southampton and Falmouth. Captain M. Seymour went out in her to join the Britannia, 120, and we undyrstand she was to embark to Southampton the Survesor of tha Navy, with C3ptaio Brandreth, R. E., to inspect the docks at Malta. The Fair R,.sarnond schooner, Lieut. Bulman, is the only vessel fitting out Ye - :e 15r the coast of Africa, and will soon be ready to &part. . The E:littburih, 72, C4ptlin Henderson, may be daily expected to arrive, from Ma;t+, f,r the purpose of being paid off, and will too dismantled in this harbour. Pique, 36, Cap'ain aner, we hear, is to be at Spithead, from Chatham, by the lath insta'st. Admiral the HAI. Duncornhe Bouverie, K. C. 8., Superintendent of Portsmouth-yard, is absent on leave, and, it is understood, gone to Cork. The fl tg is struck in the Victory. At Spithead—lndus, 84, Vernon, 50, Nam, 18, and Nautiluq, 10. Hatbour—Quren, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht. Echo and Fair Rosamond tenders. SHIPPING INTELLIGiNCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, MAY 6.—Wind this day at noon S.S.W., light breeze, and rather cloudy. MARGATE, MAY 4.—Arrived, the Bombay, Furley, from Bombay; Torch, Bain, St. Michael's; Post Boy, ditto, and supplied with an anchor-stock. OFF DOVER, MAY 5. —Arrived a ship, showing No. 1,792, under rendezvous flag. COWES, MAY s.—Arrived the Jantina, Petronella, from Bahia ; Kilda Charlotte, Heti - loan, ditto ; Echo, Akerson, Matanzas, in thirty-nine days. OFF THE WIGHT, MAY 4.—Arrived, the Black Cat, Chener, from St. Michael's; Rafha, Rounce, Messina. PLYMOUTH, MAY 5. —Wind S S. W.—Arrived, the Kefuses, from Ancona ; H.M.S. Cockatrice, South America. Sailed, the Margaret Cormell, for Calcutta. Arrived off, the Beehive, Walker, from Cadiz, with loss of fore and main top-masts; Othello, from Savannah for Havre. SCILLY, MAY 4.—The Rapid, from Rio Janeiro, which put in here on the 2d, will commence discharging part of her cargo into a small vessel, hired for the purpoe. the Argus, from Cadiz to Portsmouth, is also discharging, to stop her leaks. PADSTOW, MAY 4.—Arrived the Marianne, William, for Newport, with loss of main topmast, &e. WHITEHAVEN, MAY 4.—Sailed the Arne - 4, Bay Chaleur. Coax, MAY 4.—Arrived the Orbit, London, from Quebec. WivErtitog, MAY s.—The Lively, from Goole to London, was totally lost yesterday on the Baxey Sand. Crew saved. DEAL, MAY s.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrived the Rapid, from the Westward ; Gelnore, do. ; eamore, do. ; Race horse, Punchard, Mediterranean ; Miranda, Lisbon. Arrived from the River the Thames, for Letghorn ; Beau-Ideal, Lis bon ; Colon, Havre. LIVERPOOL, MA Y s.—Wind S. to W.—Arrived the Entaw, from New York ; Ashburton, Terceira ; Enchantress, Smyrna; Tyer, Palermo ; Ann. Girgenti ; Wave, Prysley, Bitboa ; Redbreast, Gibraltar ; Independence, New York ; Elizabeth, Charleston. Sailed the Francis, for Quebec; Oberon, Lima; Sphynx, Gibraltar. Arrived off, the Superior, from Bombay; Su erb, Charh ston. P ORTS MOUTH, MAY 5. —Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Mona transport, from Malta. Arrived eff, the Lady Leith, Greeves, from Sydney, New South Wales. The Little Queen, from London to Newport, has put in here with damage, having been on shore on Dumrose, and is expected must discharge. DARTMOUTH, MA v 4. Arrived off, the Norfolk, Gildowney, from Mauritius, sailed 28th Jan. FALMOUTH, MAY 4.—Wind S. S.W., strong breezes and squally.—Arrived the Tyrian packet, from the West Indies— sailed from Barbadoes March 16, St. Lucia and Martinique 17, Dominica 18, Guadeloupe and Antigua 19, Montserrat., Naas, and St. Kitt's 20, Tortola 21, St. Thomas's April 1, Porto Rico 2, and Cape Hayti 5, with 80,000 dollars on freight; Clementina, Symonds. Malaga ; Huth, Rendatl, Sierra Leone—sailed February 28. Mit,Foitn, MAY 4.—Arrived the Queen of the Isles, Lewis, from Messina; Carshalton Park, Dove, Sierra Leone. BRIXHAM, MAY 4.— A hogshead of oil, marked on the head M. 1., has been picked up off the North Foreland, and brought in here. VESSELS SPOKEN wurtr.---The Bri , ish Queen, of Liver. pool. 18th ult., lat. 44, lon. 29; Emerald, bound to Mon. treah 22d, lat. 44, km. 20. by the Carshaltnn Park, ar. rived at Milford. Globe, of Plymouth, Independent, of Hull, Mr , rquis of Bute, of Cardiff. Trial, of Glasgow, Mayor, Palermo to Clyde, Mary Ann, Trieste to London, Rapid, Messina to St. Petcrsburgh, and Freedom, of Fowey, bound E., loth ult., in the Str. , its of Gibr4tar. by the Queen of the Isles, arrived at MilfJrd. Britannia (steamer), Liverodel to Halifax, 24th ult., lA. 49 lot.. 22; Portia, Liverpool to Rio Janeiro, M-rch 10, lit. 8 S ., lon, Si Y/,; PrillCo Albert, Newcastle to New York, 17th lat. 42, lon. 29; OtterT,oi, Liverpool to C;deet P, by the Lady Leigh, a !iced off Portsmouth Royal Ex• change, of Glasgow, 231 , lit. 43. 1 , .n. 40; V.,t ria. of St. Ives, Lloyd's, of Pole, and 42 sal of totchant men, standing to the weatvrard, lat. 44, lon 32, 24th ; Oberon, lit inst. 4 lat. 40, lon. 12. by the Tv ito packet, arrived at Falmouth. City of Rochester, of London, 26th ult., lit. 47, lon. 10; Wato• Nyrelth- Sunder land to St. Andrew's, New Brunsw;ds, 297 h ult., 50, lon. 8, by the Hexbam, Temrerley, artiVgd at Fa. mouth. Chariot, Liv. rpnol to Flabfor, 221 plt , 44, lon. 34; Pennsylvrmis, from New Yotk, named fut Liverpool, 27th, lat 51, lon. 13. by the Provideuee, sr' rived at Swansea. Phew., Cuba to Liverpod, March, in the Gulf of F , orida, by the ThomP son, arrived a - Bristol. Moffatt, London'to Sydrey, New South Wales, I Ith Mareb, M. 3, Ion: 23;. Gleaner, Bong,' to London, lat. 3 lon. 87 ; Volunteer, Mauritius to Liverpool, lat. 31 S., lon. 13 E. ; Windeier, to Mauritius, out twent)-six d , ys, kt. 4 N., I.m. 20 W. ; Columbine (schooner), 29H3 J4nuary, off Cape Pi r•hoslo ; Red Rover, Ist February, ofl the Sintbelays, Malice* Straits, by the Flaticquin, Marshall, arrived at Calcutta. Helen, from Liverpool, s!h Mareh, lat. 18, lon. 90; bi the Elizah,t't, arrived at Calcutta. Collingwood, London to Sydney, 15 . h November, lat. 19, lon. 28 W. ; Her mins, Gf.ttPitburg to Batavia. 13. h January, lit. 36, lon. 84, by the Gemini, arrived at Calcutta, QUARANTINE AT ELSINORE. • The following has been received at London, May 4, 1841. Sir,--I beg to acquaint you. fir the information of -the Committee for managing the affairs at Lloyd's, that the Danish Chancery of Copenh gen has issued the fillowiug notice resp:•cting the qu•arantii:e of vessels arriving at Elsico:e. and bound for the ports of the Baltic, in si; far as the yellow fever is concerned:- Ist, Oely vessets arriving from places infected With, or suspected of, yellow fever, uhethei laden with enumerated, aitieles or not, and on board of which suspicious caeca 0 1 disease or death have occurred, either on the passage ue on arrival, will h.ite liter be ordered to the Quarantine stations, there to discharge, and their cargoes to undergo the process of expurgation. Vessels arriving with enumerated articles froth places out of Europe, where the yellow fever has appeared. a e subj,.ct. to as observatory quarantine of 14 days, pro vided no suspicious case of disease has manifested itse lf on board 3d. Vessels with non-enumerated goods, whether suc h arlides be ea-dialed in package susceptible of infection of cog, but otberviiie arriving tinder circumstances similar to those mentioned in 20, are subject to four days observe" , quarirantine. 4th. Vesteliarrivine from unsuspected places in EufoP' with enumer,ltel wicks on board shipped in such places!. r e exempt from quara trine, although such articles be the produce of places where the yellm fever actually prevails. FRANCIS C. MACGREGOR. !MORNING EDITION. CORN A VERAGE:S ESERA L AVERAGE PRICES OFI3RFi'ISII COI A f Fur the Week ended April 30, /641, made up from th e Ile-Aurals the Inspector, it, the different Cities and Towns in England a wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 63s. d. Oats ..... Pd. Beans 8 trley 'ls. Rd. Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST cIX WEEKS. Week ending WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS, i r 6►95 March:26 —l 64 4; :2 I I 21 5 31. g US) 1 0 April 2 t , 16 23 al 8 32 4 i'3 1 33 81 39 3 3 7 5 1 '3O 63 8 3 8 •i 3 0 33 01 39 7, SS - IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEt C S . A. Wheat C3i. 114. i . I Oats ......... 235. Id. Beans .39 , fi i itarlcy, '',2:. 6(1.1 Rye DUTIES OW FOREIGN Wheat B.l. Oats tai ... 135. 10,1.1 Nye CORN. ad. Beane lb. g )d. I pease THE MAR.KETS.-YESTERDAY• COLONIAL MARKET. No public sales, and by private treaty the amount of btlil' i Hess dune was extremely li m it e d, b u t pr i ces w e re S u ) port for most articles. The imports were fair. TEA MARKET. There was not much business done, but holders would no t sell at the last rates, and Is. 6d. ea-4 paid for Company's gou, cash. Some arrivals are near at hand. TALLOW MARKET. • For P. Y. Ca. ,, dle prices were supported, but there wa ra limited demand for parcels on the spot to arrive. WIII MCI - lA.I'EL HAY MARKET. The supply of Meadow Hay, Clover, and Straw, was but moderate. Clover 41. 10s. to 61., Meadow Hay 31. 10i , t o 41. 18s., Straw 11. 17s. to 2/. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS, Wheat. Barley. ; Oats. item's. I !VW' ............" —..___. 1 , if Per Quarter. s. to s. K. to a. — i a. to s. a. to S. I 5. . . V Bsston Braintree 56 66 28 35 91' 29 35 40 39 ...... IS ighton 57 CO 27 31 24 1.4 £8 43 33 51 C.,Alhriclge 1 62 27 -... 22 i 38 -- 4 0 Chiche•ter £4l 63 j£3 3; 23 26 40 42 34 4 5 Minnow 's3 tiO 32 33 22 31 35 40 38 ..., Grantham las 60 '2B 31 20 30 44 . ..., Irinishy • 5l 64 127 33 13 £0 33 38 -- 36 Hailshain ..., Hitchin ::3 64 no 37 22 29 34 41 - 41 Ipawici Lewes ; 53 62 I 110 37 22 23 34 34 34 60 L' nn 156 64 28 32 22 26 36 40 736 ~., Maidstone 5) 6 , 1 36 39 26 82 38 40 —. . 40 Norwich Pe.tworth Rom lord 5B 74 33 25 22 30 36 44 :RI •41 Sandwich 62 71 30 31 26 30 :11 43 6 ,', 44 Tnetiord wi,oven „ 60 6', 28 34 21 !Ai 36 39 31 42 Witham 54 64 Y:, 34 26 31 36 42 3 0 59 Varmouth ,62 66 : 1 33 24 3 , 3 140 41 i 39 c eSrg CURIOUS CASE.—AII'Mt SiX or seven Jed ago, Brotherton, the Edinburgh and Salton carrier, pr e. to Salton Hall, where he received from the butler anellt,"i e s keeper of the family the sum of SOL, to pay for- varioni Of'. 0g obtained in Edinburgh. On his way home he was, acct 0 , nis account, set upon by two men, who knocked him and cut away the pocket containing the money, with 0 " r y they made clear off. loveitigation was set on foot in ev t e i, direction at the time, but no trace could he, obtained of ei robbers, and the case was allowed to drop, not without scl o suspicion attaching to the carrier himself of having kept t ; money, and contrived the story of the robbery to divert for, (Atm from himself. Within these few days, however, infotola tion was received at the County Police-office that a man ne l d Mitchell, living in the Grassmarket, and another named r e ,,,; ton, living in Lasswade, were implicated in the robbery. tn h l both having been employed at the time of the robbery vr il ' shoemaker in the village of West Salton. They were both ar prehemied, and, aft e r invest i ga ti on , th e men h ave been eci °3 ' matted for trial.—Ayr Observer. CONCERT AT BATH HOUSE.—WedD eSdil d Lord and Lady Ashburton gave a grand concert of vocal 11114 instrumental m us i c , commenc i ng a t half-past ten, in the gr a s saloon. The suetue gallery, the libraries, the drawing-ro o ,d 84e., were all moat brilliant, from the various chandeliers Roman lamps introduced. an Patronized by their Majesties the King '- Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princese; Augusta and Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess Esterh3s ; the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager Duclitebse of Redford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canterbury an d tb e Dukes of Norfolk, Devonshire, and Manchester. In addition t° le above above distinguished patronage to the newly-invented SPec ij S. Lenses and Invisible Operative Voice Conductor, the Meor%ic, and B. Solomons, opticians and aurists, 3 9, A l bemarle street, eiit eadilly, and 76, King William-street, Bank of England, fe el I r the pleasure to state that their valuable inventions have also gain e. sanction and unqualified approbation of above four hundred of t o principal members of the medical rrofession ; as also of nu tner°,4 individuals of high distinction, who hare been greatly bcnefitedly, their use. Immediately these improved Spectacle Leroe'„tn placed before ex trent:: imperfect vision, it is at once brougnt O5c:10, its natural and original state, every object becomes clear 504 41e, fillet, and the most minute particle is seen, either by day or can 0, light, with ease and distinctness. Their Voice Conductnr. o t which thousands of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, Is 0 the least perceptible, not more uncomfortable, than having a P I ; f of wool in its place, and the faintest whisper at a public 550 Ito is heard with exact distinctness.-39, Albemarle-street, (ye s 0 , the York Hotel, and 76. King William-street, Bank.—iN° ncxion with persons of the same name. PL ATE —A. B. SAVORY and SONS . I' l6OW ; the facturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, 1 ondor., oppos.t e a rl Bank of England. The best wrought FIVDLE PATT, r ba SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, at 7s. 2e. per ounce. 4 following are the weights recommended, but the articled In be had lighter or heavier at the same price pe; 0un..... d oe. AC d. X. ''p 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons `in at 1 2... 10 1 5 $ 12 ditto Dessert ditto 5 20 7 2... 7 o 12 ditto 'table Forks 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2... ~ i i f 2 ditto Gravy Spoons lO 7 2... 'ji 0 1 ditto Soup Ladle.. lO 7 2... 3 ;it 0 4 ditto Sauce ditto.. lB 7 8.... 4 ditto Salt Spoons (gilt strong) . 1 I V I ditto • Fish Slice 4 , 12 ditto Tea Spoons lO 7 8 ... -15 - 0 1 pair ditto Sugar Tongs (strong) Oa N. 13 A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, Mug° . t he by drawings, and containing every information relative lotici.. purchase of silver or She ffi eld plate , may be lied on OP' 6 ; tion, or will b, sent into the country, free of Postage, in.aes ql to a paid letter. TABLE CANDLESTICKS, superior to Sily for . durability, equal in appearance. Table candlesticks, ; inches . high, 7s. per pair; 9 inches high, 9s. ; 10 inches, candlesticks per pair , ditto, with rich shell mountings, 9inches high, lu o , per pair; snuffer trays, with shell mountings and chased ce i . A tre, 4s. each. The particular metal of which these 01 great variety of ogler articles are ma d e , can only be told 00 silver by reference to the stamp. Catalogues gratis. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxferd-street BIRTHS. 4 Y On the 30th ult., at Marlborough buildings, Bath, the 11 of of Henry Gardiner, Esq., late of the Madras Civil Service' a daughr. On the 3d inst., at St. Martin's-lane, Mrs. Alfred Can of a son, still born.• On the 4th inst., Mrs. E. Ray, of Dulwich, of daught er is, On the 4th inst., at Snaresbrook, Mrs. J. Davison , daught On the 9(1 inst., in Fleet street, the lady of Bulklo - • . Praed, Esq., of a son, On the 3d inst., in Portland-place, Mrs. Edwardes 14144 of On the aughter 29th ult., at. Swinton-street, M rs . J. de Ma °ll6 of On dau2hter. n the 3d inst., Mrs. John Green, Newgate-street,l3. MARRIP D. 'I A . On the 3d inst., at St. Georg e 's, Hanover-square; ge,!- Mills, Esq., of Chigwell, Ess ex , to Ch ar l o tt e Mary, y. o° _? . in g• daughter of the late John Ha rcour t P owe ll, E s q , of Da' ton-street. itee j' On the 4th inst., at Buckingham, the Rev. G. V'. „h e{ M.A., Curate of Ti ngew i e k , to M ary W or l e y, only daub of the hte John Shaw smith, Esq., of Northampton. . jo bs/ On the .let inst., at St. Matthew's, Brixton, Thomas j,lO Crafer, to Ellen, second daughter of the late Henry Pucker, Esq., of Clapl.am-c.annion DIED. On the 27th u lt . , at D evon shire-place, Edgware•roa d, 3111. Elizabeth Wilthcw, at e So d On tile 27th ult.,werby, near Thirsk, E. B. va - Esq. , Oswald-kirk Hail. near York, aged 35. ~,o „ ser On th e 29th u l t ., the Rev. George Gould, of Fleet P Dorset. aged 64 On the 30th ult a t St. George'i-circus, .Blackfri ars, 11/. bowling, chymist, aged 57. •i. _ London, Printed and Published by ARMIN) 17015 14 43, jP No. 11.), Strand. at 7 'he Sun ()Mee, No. 112. s . 'f a ? tha county of blidAllestm—Friday, May 7,-leo2