The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-25 00:00:00

EVENING SUN land, comparatively not fertile, and which required more ex psnse in its preparation, would go out of cultivation, and net the fine Lincolnshire or Northamptonshire grazing lands, where his Noble Friend reared his beautiful short horns.— ( Hear, hear, and much laughter.) The poorer land would go out of cultivation because the farmer could not obtain a remu nerating, price for his labour, and when his Noble Friend said the farmers of that country could compete with the farmers of the Continent, he entirely forgot the heavy burdens which pressed upon the English farmer. His Noble Friend (Vis count Melbourne) had said that any man who proposed the re real of these laws must be need, and yet the Noble Earl to wtiom he applied to move the address .to the Crown must be mad in his view, as he was for a total repeal of these laws. He had a very great opinion of the Noble Earl's judgment in most matters, but he was entirely wiiingeon the present occa eion.—( Hear, hear.) Unless they took off the great weight of taxation unless they repealed the Max-tax and the many other burdens that were borne by the land, they could not do without protection. Unless that were done they would bring ruin nn that great and intelligent class, the farmers of England. To that class they all owed a deep debt of gratitude for many years they had devoted much of their capital and talent to improving the con dition of the land, and they were about to now turn round ©n them and say that they would allow the serfs of Poland to compete with them.—( Hear, hear.) If such a measure was pass e d, and if the landlord was an honest man, he would be obliged to reduce his rents.—(Ministerial cheers.) If a Bill of that sort was brought into the House, he (the Duke of Richmond) would be the man to move that every tenant do have the power of giving up his lease.—(Loud cheers.) But they hail heard nothing of that from the free traders.— ( Irear, hear.) In the meantime what has the farmer to do, after giving up his lease? Where was he to go to? They tenth send him and the unfortunate labourers to the work lacuse. He felt strongly upon the question of the Corn-laws, ond although it was stated there that night that the Noble Lord who, it was supposed would come into office, would turn round upon the farmers and refuse them protection— (Cheers from the Ministerial benches)—but he, on the part of the landed interest, would say, if they did so they would have them out of office.—( Vehement cheering from both sides of the House. ) If they ea.. - ne forward and offered an Bs. duty, he would tell them that the same men who had brought them into power would he the first to thrust them out.—( Cheers.) He had no feeling, however, that they would do any such thing. They knew too well the interests of the country to lend themselves to any such measures. He thought the House should express some opinion on the subject of Savings' Banks, to which his Noble Priced had seferred. He felt the greatest regret that the funds- of these valuable institutions should have been . touched for the temporary convenience of the Government. Yet at the same time the depositors in these banks might rest assured that they were perfectly safe.—(Hear, hear) He knew not:.,ing more injurious to the interests of the industrous !li'at country than to throw the least suspicion upou the solvency of these banks. He begged to thank the House for th.. , indulgence with which it had heard him. `the Marquis of LANSDOWNE was axious to say a few words before the question was put to the vote. He certainly did hot think himself qualified to enter into a discusiion on 1 question purely agricultural, and which his Noble Friend near him (Earl Spencer) was much better able to conduct. But with regard to the allusion made by the Noble Duke, to a re mark of his Noble Friend, that any man who proposed a repeal of the Corn-laws must be a madman, it' the Noble Duke meant to make madness a consequence of any contemplated change in the Corn-laWs, he feared there was scarcely a Noble Lord who had taken part in the debate, except the Noble Duke him self, who aid not contemplate at some period or another a eh mem in the Corn-laws.—( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) It would appear then that they all had the prospect of that Bed lam before them, with the exception of the noble Duke, only that there was some uncertainty as to the particular time. - The Doke of RICHMOND explained. He had said nothing about any body being mad, but had merely repeated an observation of the Noble Viscount's. The Marquis of LANDSDOWNE was glad the Noble Duke did not ascribe entire alienation of mind to the possi bility of entertaining that question, with a view to an ultimate change in the law. He was ready to state in answer to the hint thrown out by the Noble Duke that there could be no 'doubt Ls to the security of one of the most valuable institutions with which the country had ever been blessed, and which he considered it the pride of his life to have been connected with. The security of these Savings' Banks was perfect, and to it. the faith of Parliament and the revenue of the country was pfedged.—( Hear, hear.) The Government had done nothing inconsistent with the security of these establishments. However the minds of Noble Lords might have been alarmed, these proceedings had created no alarm whatever in the minds sef a very suspicions portion of the commnuity, the saving portion of the middle classes.—( Hear, h •ar.) Now, with reference to the speech of the Noble Duke. Although there were some parts of it on which he should feel hi.. self obliged to comment, there were other portions to which he had listened with great p'easure, more especially to the tribute he had paid his Noble Friend ( Viscount Melbourne) for the services he had ren tiered to the Sovereign, of his country.—( Hear, hear.) It was little fir him, connected, as he was, politically, and by ties of personal intimacy with his Noble Friend, to add his testimony to that of the Noble Duke : and, whatever might be the result of that night's deliberation, the recognition of these services would go forth from that House stamped ,with the high name and character of the Noble Duke. —(Cheers.) But the Noble Duke had accompinie-.4 his tribute by a comment svhich involved a censure not only upon his Noble Friend, but also upon the Ministry who had been a party to the language which had been put into her Majesty's mouth at the close of the last session and the opening of the present one. Now, he must say that in every Speech that had been put into her Majesty's mouth in Parliament or elsewhere it hail .been the object of her Majesty's Ministers studiously to abstain from committing her Majesty to anything, in point of o3inion, beyond that in which every Noble Lord concurred that had spoken upon these questions, via., their importance, and the necessity of inquiring into them —( Hear, hear.) In the speech to which the Noble Duke alluded at the conclusion of the last session, on referring to it he almost thought then: were words in it which had escaped his recollection ; but he fund nothing ha it relating to those important subjects but these two opinions, which he would call on their Lord-hips to say whether any of them were prepared to contradict. That the trade and industry of the country were of paramount im p arta.nee, no one could doubt, and further, that her Ma ,testy felt the greatest anxiety to provide for the exigencies of Cie public service in a manner which might be least burthen swne to the community at large. Now that did not involve an'o , :inioa as to the mode in which these exigencies should be provided for. All it stated was, that Parliament was bound to give the question its most anxious deliberation. The Noble Duke expressed some dissatisfaction that these measures 'on which he expressed no definitive opinion, had not been preceded by some inquiry which would enable the douse to form a correct opinion on the facts before they invited Parliament to come to any decision. Why, they had been recommended to their Lordships, not once or twice, in t'se course of the last 15, cr 20, or 25 years, but they had been the subject of consideration by Committee after Committee. Sometimes they had had the agriculturists complaining of 'the Cont-laws, at other times they had, the manufacturers, and altogetker there had b een not l ess than five separate reports laid before Parliament, to none of which the Noble Duke had reverted. One of these reports was signed by Sir Ro bert Peel, Viscount Melbourne, Mr. Huskisson, and Mr. Robinson.----(Loud cries of " Oh, oh," and a laugh.) Re had thought •that one of the signatures was that of his Noble Friend, the Earl of Ripon ; but after his reprobation of the principle of a fixed 'duty that evening, he (Lord Lana - 44("ne) should hardly think thathe could have joined in recom wending a fixed duty in 1822.—(Cheers and laughter.) He remembered a personage in a Greek tragedy, who was in tiodueed as having been watching ten years for the asnal which was to announce the end of the siege ant Troy ; but his Noble Friend had excelled this person, or he had been waiting thirteen years, and had net seen the mignal yet.—(Laughter.) The measure which they pro— posed was one calculatod to produce a fixed supply and a fixed price, which, after all, was the great desideratum of legisla tion, and the perfection of the law. Fluctuation was advan tagi was only to the ft audufent speculator, while it was ruinous to the fa rmer an d labourer. That was the conclusion to which they were endeavoiring to bring the public mind of this (country. With tie evidence before them—with the site :epos of former attempts to increase our commerce—with the utter to lure of all the i rophecies as to the cense epee-flees of the removal of these reetrictions—these were the egesunds on which her Majesty's Government had deter mined on proposing a fixed duty, involving as it would do the: removal of restrictions on the increase of our commerce with other countries, and ale, the removal of those restric tions in such a manner as should fmilitate the renewal of • treaties with them. To get rid of such a system as that of ;averages was itself a great blessing. He had seen with satis ;faction what was, if not what was contained in the risendment, yet what was omitted—he had seen no - point on which Noble Lords were content to pledge them selves. The Noble Duke (Wellington) had stated his a pinion of the military expenses incurred, and it was a great satisfac tion to him that in the face of the most powerful opposition in the course of four or five years no opportunity had been af forded their opponent of proving that the military honour of :the country was tarnished.—(Cheers.) They were now about -to assume the reins of office with a large majority, and he begged them to remember that of those to whom much was given much would be required.—( Hear. ) For his own part, he could only express the wish to see the present, state of things brought to a conclusion as soon as pos sible ; and he indulged the hope that the Noble Lord opposite, at no distant time, would be prepared to introduce measures of liberality, and for th e f ree d om o f trade ; and he was sure he aspoke not for himself alone, hut for every Noble Lord near 'him, than if he did so,he would have the support and assistanee, .as far as it could be given, of every one of them, for the attain ment of their great object, the common benefit of the country. The Earl of COVENTRY said he wished to say a few words on this subject. He denied that the agricultural class was discontented. On the contrary, they were all contented, and wanted no alteration in any thing. He thought the ' country was in a safe state, and hoped to God that it would soon be placed in the hands of the Duke of Wellington-- ( Cheers and laughter. ) The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON could not agree to - vote for a want of confidence, because he thought, in doing sari, they would be voting in the dark. He should vote for the -address, as proposed by the mover and seconder, although he could not approve of the whole of the Speech, because he thought it went too much into detail. Lord BROUGHAM then rose to address their Lordships. With the opinions he entertained upon the most important topics in the Speech, he alluded to the conduct of the Govern ment in bringing forward the great subject of the Corn-laws, the timber duties, and the sugar duties, with those opinions, and aeter having so often defended them by argument, their Lordships, he was sure, were fully aware that he should give IF is vote fur the Address in the' frame in which it was intro - - fluc-11 by the Noble Viscount. It was unneces'ary fur him to trespass upon their Lordships patience by arguing the ques tien, as his opinions were well known ; but tie could not give his vote for the Aeress without guarding himself in several important particulars, especially against the impression that while he approved of the Address, that he approved in all respects of the conduct of theQucen's Government, even with re spec, to this question. But first upon the question that had been much debated that night—the Corn-laws. With respect to the important speech delivered by his Noble Friend on the --Iseeehes opposite. It really appeared to hire that his Nob e Friend at the head of the Goverment gave ne answer to , that speech, he seemed to consider notwithstanding the im pressh.,n it made on their Lordsh ps, that 1:e had a right to ' call on the house to disregard it. Now he (Lord Brougham) differed entirely with his Noble Friend at the head of the Ocverement, and he hoped and trusted that when they sat together on the opposite bencees ' and if any attack s h ou ld b e made o n th e const i tut i on, which he hoped he should not live to see, lie should hear a more workman-like, and a more eTeecious answer to the proposition from his Noble Friend at the head of the Goverment. In the present instance it was not from want of ability, or a bad cause, but his N o bl e Friend seemed to think that it was not worth the trouble, that th ere was an end of the corn question, that the business ' was all over, although he and hi s c o ll ea gues had been holdi ng themselves up as martyrs to the proposition. The carelessness of bis Noble Friend at the head of the Government, was ansply supplied by his Noble Friend the President of the oun- Irs ; 'tee there was one thing which he had 'left unanswered, to the Corn-laws, which he ( Lord Brougham) -4 ' = •: l ".! 4 teM,Z f , f great importance and he should therefore so . n s tint ewe a. mien of their Lordships to it. He alluded to the • enoresiespfe+aling with the wasa which ofThiehewthwoole g ist f f ga th v e e queAoli I,f.the Corn-law,verags. th e hest e presitect of a fixed an:l not a flnetuating price, and the Noble - Pqfe,epposite, who always saw thing!, in a right light, i when last they argued the great question together, was con vinced that the present system was the best. The way in which his Noble Friend made out his proposition was most us satisfactory. He (Lord Brougham) objected to the mode in which his Noble Friend took the averages. Suppose one month the price of corn was 603., another month 80s., and another 1003., and so on, all those sums might be added toge ther and divided by twelve, and the sum obtained by that division might, if they chose, be called the average price for the year ; but it was not really so.—( Hear, hear. ) The price was ene fluctuating between 605., 80s., and 100 s., and not the sum found by the division. Let his Noble Friend cast his eye on the paper containing the list of averages for the last six years-1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, and 1840. He (Lord Brougham) was then adopting his Noble Friend's own principles, which he knew to be false. His Noble Friend would find, that during the first three years the average price of corn was about 435. The average fur the last ihree years was 635. or 645. ; thus the fluctuation, taking the two periods, was neither more nor less than trom 435. to 635. or 64s , or no less than 50 le r cent. upon the averages themselves, through the ministration of this perfect sliding scale, which was so cal culated to produce steadiness of price. lie unfeignedly re joiced when he found that, at length, the Government had re solved to grapple with that important question--the repeal of the Corn-laws. He was not satisfied with the extent to which they were prepared to go ; but the Government's taking up that question appeared to him to be a prodigious gain for it,—a gain which not only opened a prospect, but seemed to give assurance of larger, wiser, and, in his opi nion, safer measures being dealt with. With respect to the sugar duties he had already had an opportunity of stating to their Lordships that he had but one exception to make on that question—the exception already made by his Noble Friend who had spoken from the cross benches. He meant not the negotia tions with the slave settlements of Cuba and Brazil, but he meant the slave-trading Powers which governed Brazil. That Ministers should have cow selled the Crown to dissolve Parlia ment at the particular time which they selected for giving that advice, he must say was a great error of judgment. He thought that that error was to be regretted with respect to the Sovereign—with respect to the country ; and, it was doubly to be regretted, with respect to the questions them selves.— (Hear.) That his Noble Friend, in giving that advice, were persuaded that the result of the general elections would be different from what it had been ; that they entertained, he would not say most sanguine hopes (for that coull not be a justification, or like a justification of the course they had adopted) but that they entertained the most confident expectations of a favourable answer being returned by the country; that they advi-ed their Sovereign to dissolve the old Parliament, and summon a new one, in the almost absolute certainty that there would he a majority returned in favour of them and their measures, and not a bare majority—not merely that thing in which the last Parliament lingered, rather than lived for the last two or three years —not merely a majority of one day one or two for them, and another day as many against them—but a majority with which they would carry on the business of the country—what was commonly called a working majority, which would give confidence to the advisers of the Crown, and com • mend the respect of the country—that they had the most con fident assurance that such a majority must be returnedipon a dissolution and the elections which were to succeed, he Ws not permitted to entertain the shadow of a doubt.--( Hear. ) Because upon no other coneeivable expectations had they a right to counsel the Crown to use the highest privilege of the Prerogative of the Crown. To counsel the Crown to have recourse to such an extreme step for the purpose of attaining a large majority was an advice which no British Minister ever dared to avow.—(Cheers.) He acquitted his Noble Friend of any such intention, for it would be degrading the Crown to the position of a party to a mere political fac tious manecuvrer—( Loud cheers)—therefore it was not possi ble that any of his Noble Friends could give such advice— therefore it was that they must have confidently expected to gain a large, a considerable majority. If it were said that an aiipeal had been made to the people upon the policy of these measures, and that it had failed—that the people had returned an answer hostile to the policy, he would take leave to deny the proposition; he felt himself bound to deny it by a regard to the facts of the case, but above all, for the best interests of the people he felt constrained to deny it. If he cared nothing, for the questions themselves, but regarded only the party bring ing them forward-- if he was wholly devoted to party, and wanted to make a pretext of those questions fir the purpose of bolstering up that party, then indeed he might well say the country had returned a verdict against--not the men— not the Government—but the measures. The country have confidence in the men, but pretest against the measures Such a manner of looking at the late verdict of the country would tend to do the greatest injury tc the questions—to the principles themselves, for it would be taken to be that they were sacrificed in order to prop up a falling power. He could not admit that that was the construction to be put on the verdict which the country had returned. The verdict was upon one issue, while the trial was upon another. The country had given their opinion upon the men. The people had given their verdict of nu con fidence—(Cheers)—but upon the policy, upon the principles involved in the questions, they had given no judgment. As to the questions they had had but scant justice meted out to them-- first •as to time, then as to shape, and lastly, as to the measures themselves. Had the Go vernment, two and a half years ago, when the questions—the whole of them, were first submitted to them, had they then opened their eyes to their real interests as well as those of the country —had they then opened their eyes to the exigencies of the case—if then they had allowed the measures to have been brought forward, and given them their support —for all he asked then was inquiry, and he offered to prove every allegation he then made on oath at the bar, they would now have stood in a very different position. No doubt they would have had a majority of their Lordships against them ; but had the Government again brought it forward, and given it all their weight, they might again have beers defeated; but suppose that the Government had been defeated on the Irish Registration Bill, or some other matter, had they then gone to the country, they would have found the result exceedingly different to what it now was. There could be no doubt but that the Government had, in March, decided upon the measures.—(Oh, oh.) That was proved by the fact of the letter to the Noble Lord the Gover nor • General of Canada, - Which related not only to the timber du ties but to the Corn-laws. There could be no doubt as to the fact, but ut.doubtedly a very different impression obtained in the country, and every anti-Corn-law advocate or candidate was met at once with the taunt that the questions were merely brought forward for the purpose of upholding a weak, a beat, and tottering Ministry.—( Cheers. ) That supposition was un fortunately universal. It was in all places said that they were brought forward for the mere purpose of regaining the lest po pularity to a damaged Ministry.—(Cheers.) That had been the prevailing opinion at the elections, and if their Lordships would inquire of any one who had stood at those elections; or perhaps still better of one of those who hail witnessed the con tests, for standers-by generally saw more of the game than those engaged in it, they would find that with a most extraordinary unanimity, every one of these impartial witnesses would refer to that as the ground on which they would account for the re sults of the contest. But that was not the only ground. The shape in which the measures had been brought forward, had been another serious impediment to their reception. The measures in themselves were good—the principles on which they were founded were sound—they were calculated to relieve the trade of the country. Why had they not been brought forward at measures for the relief of the trade of the country ? On that foun dation they could stand and stand firmly, but they had beer. brought forward as measures of finance ; that foundation was rotten, and on that foundation they could net stand.—(Opposi tion cheers.) They were well consdered measures, as measures of commercial policy, but as measures of finance it was im possible to listen with patience to the arguments advanced in their support. The simple statement of the figures would render it impossible for any man who knew anything of finance to consider these measures as measures of finance and revenue. Why, could any mortal living believe that any part of the revenue could be safely looked to for a sliding revenue, from a tax which depended upon the sea sons ?—( Hear.) Why, let them look to the averages, to their own papers of prices. There had been three consecutive years in which not one farthing would accrue to the revenue from the Bs. duty. In 1834, 1835, and 1836 the prices of wheat were such that the prices in foreign countries, added to the amount of freight to the 83. duty, would have rendered it impossible for a single bushel of foreign wheat to have found its way into this country. His Noble Friend had stated 56e as an average, at which no foreign wheat could be imported ; but they might even go so low as sls , and at that price it would be impossible that any wheat could be imported into this country from Hotter darn, Dantzie, or Hamburgh. It must be equally clear that we might have years in which me should not import a single grain—but on that point one argument was enough It was not to a tax which for three consecutive year might fail them altogether that they could look as a financial measure. It might be urged, on the other side, that as those years would be years of great cheapness, there would be an increase in the comforts of the people, and a con sequent increase in the consumption of exciseable commodities, which might be placed as a set-off against any failure in the re venue to be derived from tke 6s. duty. But there was one thing which distinguished a prudent, cautious, and safe finan cier, and that was that he always took into his account, that as in some years he might have a defalcation in his excise duties, in other years he might have an excess, and he framed his cal culations in such a manner as to put the excess of one year against the defalcation of another, and thus he could not claim the excess of a good year as a set-off against a deficienv in the corn tax for that year.—( Hear, hear.) It was der n e dforfair impossible t o re p res ent this as a fi nance measure . t se ai ither was t h e nature of t h ose measures suer as to ob thleymettllataiedtsuFpolrnt too hatH websh ou t se hey thy m e ig c h o t u h id av ( e .alml beeideisocnusssi such questions, but when they appealed to the p eo P e, ques tions of mere political philosophy were not those which they could bring most ho me their to understandings—they re quired something more timber duti es . The Let th ein took at the tangible. e proposed measure was an improvement upon the present system no doubt, but it had this great defect, it profe sse d to be a measure of free trade, arid it began by . doubling the duty on Colonial timber—true, it took off nine per cent. from the duty on Baltic timber, but t h e people only saw i n • it a measure taking off a duty of nine per cent. and imposing al dirty of 100 per cent. presented to them as a measure of free trade. Now, that was what they could not understand. Again. with regard to sugar, it was proposed to reduce the duty on that all but necessary of life, ls. 6 d• a "t, 6-10ths of a farthing per lb. Now they all kn ew, w hether they were consumer-, e or dealers, or speculators, that such a reduction in the duty would go into the pockets not of the consumer, but of the dealer.— ( Hear, hear.) Then, as to the corn. He considered that the substitution of a fixed duty for the sliding scale, was a great improvement. He was against any sudden and total repeal of the Corn-laws —against any doing away all at once with protection. He thought it ought to be done gradually, during the course of a few years, so that at the end of four or five years they miat leok fur a total repeal—but how was the I measure brought before the peopl e ! t was brought forward as a measure for a free tra le in corn, and it was discovered that it was intended to impose a duty of Bs. a quarter on wheat. This measure of free trade was in fact a tax on food. —( Hear, hear.) Now it was a fallacy to bring forward such a measure as that as a measure of free trade in corn—ch e ,P ; br, ad would never come from that quarte r . It had no ten - , . deney whatever to bring down the price of bread But ev en his Noble Friend beside him ( Earl Spencer) agreed with him ; for he said that not even the total repeal of the Corn-laws would bring down the price of bread consi derably. His Noble Friend had been misunderstood by Noble Lords who had spoken since. They supposed his Friend to have said that it would make no reduction. In truth, what he did say was, that the reduction would be v ery *mai He himself ( Lord Brougham) had often said before them that both agriculturists in their alarm, end the Anti monopolists in their sanguine hopes, greatly exaggerated the ebecte of reduction. He thought, however, that the total repeal would effect a reduction of 5 or 7 or 10 per cent , in the price of wheat consumed in this country. If such had been the measure of the Government they would have a right to speak of giving the people cheaper bread—not cheap bread, in the sense in which the word was used at the last election; but cheaper bread than they had at present. He entirely agreed with the Noble Lord opposite, that with the n.easure as brought forward by the Government, there was not the slightest chance of a reduction of the price of bread. Still the measure would have been a grant—an incalculable ben. St to trade and manufactures, and if it would not give the people cheaper bread; it would give them increased employ ment and the means of purchasing mo.e bread. On the whole, he thought that the result of the election was a verdict of the people not against the repeal of the Corn-laws, nor against tree trade, but against THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AU - GUST 25, 1841. the general policy of the Gov. rnment., and it justified one ex press on of the amendment, not that the Government had lost the confidence of the House, for, as his Noble Friend at the heal of the Government had very good-humouredly said, " the expression ought to be they never had it. "—(1 aughtcr.) Rut they hats lost the confidence of the country.—( Cheers from the Opposition.) His Noble Friends could not say that the voice of the country was net expressed in the last elections. If they said that, they must come round to his view of the Reform Bill, and admit that it did not give a sufficient repreSentation of the people. Neither should it be said that those observa tions of his were formed upon the result of the elections, and that he was wise after the fact ; for, on the 21st of June last, at that table, in the place which he then stood, he said that the result of the elections could not be taken as any test of the opinions or wishes of the people. He had stated already, that, in a constitutional point of view, he protested against the course of those who advised the Crown to the dissolution.— (Cheers.) He thought that, after that dissolution and the re sults of the elections, it was the duty of his Noble Friends to have no longer remained in office.—( Loud cheers.) He only attributed to them an error of judgment, for they only subjected themselves to the imputation of cling ing to place when power had departed from them.—( Cheers. ) So it had been two years ago his painful duty to animad vert upon their conduct in returning to office, after they had lost the confidence of the other House, whereby they took upon themselves responsibility without power : the power re siding in their Lordships, and in the majority of the other House.—( Cheers.) He believed their remaining in office so long under such circumstances was the main cause of their losing the confidence of the people.—( Cheers. ) Their doing so was doubtless an error of judgment, for, not to say his Noble Friends, but no men in such circumstances, could have felt office other than a burthen —(Cheers and laughter.) 'I he course which they chose, led to this important result, that they had the important duty of advising the Queen, on the most important acts of the Crown during the Session—the opening Speech.—(Cheers.) That Speech, however, was the Speech of the Ministera—,and in this I, differed from his Noble Friend opposite, who thought that the Speech ought not to be opposed—ought not to be censured or disrespectfully commented on ; for he believed the Speech fro:*: the Throne to be in reality the Speech of the Ministers, and as such to be dealt with with all the freedom with which any act of the servants of the Crown is to be dealt with. It might be such a speech as was fitting to deliver to a Parlia ment, and therefore he always had held that it was a thing to be avoided—the rejection of the Address by either House of Parliament. Such was the result of the Ministry remaining in office after the result of the elections had been known. With a knowledge of that result by which the fate of the Address might be as absolutely shown as any event which had yet to take place, they had prepared a speech which they knew must Le rejected by both Houses of Parliament. If, indeed, it could be said, as had been good-humouredly remarked by his Noble Friend, that until men took their seats in Parliament, there was no knowing how they would vote ; but, unhappily " lttera scrip a manet," and they had from another Noble Lord, a Mem ber of the Government, that he had no measure of doubt that there would be an overwhelming majority against them. It appeared to him that his Noble Friends could have stated in their places—have entered on the journals of the House their opinions upon these matters—certainly in a much more formal shape than that in which they had chosen to put them.— ( Hear, hear, hear.') He did not wish to allow the present opportunity to pass without saying a word upon the elections. It was typainiul subject, which was hardly ever absent from his mind, the consideration of the unprecedented extent to which corruption in every form—( Hear, hear)—in every the most repulsive shape, had been practised all over the country—( Hear, hear)—bribery without stint, and he believed to an extent unparalleled, influence and intimidation almost unprecedented—violence, turbulence, tl reats, actual personal outrages, by imprisonment, by wounding, by murder, in some cases—these were the pictures presented to them, nut merely by the reports of eye-witnesses, and in the addresses of disappointed candidates ;—not merely by per sons who had privately, and with a view to the ends of jus tice and the furtherance of sound legislation, made these repre sentations, but actually in the records of their courts of justice they had seen, not only the bribery and intimidation, and actual violence, amounting to most hideous outrages. but they had seen that these practices—arid he stated the fact plainly—had been, without any exception of party, common to both the great par ties who had contested these elections. He could state to their Lordships just as bad cases from one side as the other; but he would not detain them at that late hour. Of this he was certain, that unless Parliament interposed—unless inqu ry was instituted—then both the great parties, who divided the House and the country, must make up their minds to share in the blame of protecting and screening by refusing to punish. Their Lordships had great power, and if they instituted an in :juiry into these malpractices, with no view to punish or unseat Members, but with a view to future legislation, not only would their character rise high in the country, but the result. would be some useful and efficacious remedy for these enormous evils.---( Hear, hear.) One remedy was in the hands of all; and which without legislation, everyman could have his share in. Bribery was much too lightly talked of, and the old practice of paying so much a head was too much practised, arid by that perjury was encour aged and sown, as it were, broadcast over the face of the electoral body of the country. He begged to apologise for detaining them so late. The carrying of the amendment, of which no one could entertain any doubt, would make a change of course in the Government of the country. He could only say, that he did Lot join in those taunts which he was rather surpri ed to hear tnrown out by his Noble Friends near him, as to the probable course to b e h e ld by th e i r succes sors. He hoped and trusted they would come over to him ( Lord Brougham.) Ile - would not taunt then, but would be the first to hail their arrival.—( Cheers.) So far from feeling the least disinclination, let them adopt these measures in the smallest degree, and the smallest contribution would be thankfully received.—( A laugh.) The larger the contri bution the greater the thankfulness. Instead of considering that that would be a triumph over his party, he would say, "do it and welcome, and you will have our best support."— ( Hear, hear. ) The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the Address For the Amendment l6B Majority —72. Their Lordships, then atijourned, at Two &Clock, till Fri day next. MONEY and COM fIERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. _ LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 24.—The business done in the Cotton Market this day has been to a moderate extent ; the sales amount to 2,500 bales. For export speculation w•e have had nothing to report. Prices still remain as on Friday. The market is rather quiet. LIVERPOOL SHARE INLIFIKET, AUG. 24.—The following corn. prise the transactions as reported at the close of the Stock Ex• change to-da", viz., Eastern Counties Sh ; Grand Junction 201 ; Shares 1001; Great Western 201 Shares 74 ; Liverpool and Manchester i f Shares 934; Midland Counties New Shares 191 ; York and North Midland New 22. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Atm. 24.—The demand for Share property puts on an improved appearance. London and Birmingham, 156 f ex. div. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 21i ; Manchester and Leeds, 57; Union Bank of Manchester, 6f ; Bank of Stockport, 2 ; Union Plate Glass, 8; Manchester Ex. change, S 6. Ship letters have been received to.day from Berbice, Nassau New Providence, New Orleans, Demerara, and Calcutta, bui they are all of an old date. TSIE FUNDS. The English Stock Market opened flat, with a decline of I per cent. in Consols upon the closing price of yesterday. They are now quoted at 1391, sealers for money, and 89i to % for the o,.tober account. Three per Cents. Reduced, 891 ; Do. Three and.a.flalf, 981 99; Exchequer Bills, 15 17 prem.; Spanish Ac tive Stock, 191 201 f ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 291 301; Do. Three per Cents., 17f 181. The Foreign Exchanges were firmer again yesterday. Ham. burgh advanced to 13 9i to 9i ; and Amsterdam, 12 41 to 12 Money is getting scarce in the Stock Exchange. The rate is now 5 per cent. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter GO 31i to Great Western London and Brighton Nor, h Midland Ditto Thirds JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of London lO 9} to U OURSE OF EXCHANGE—( YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. 12 7 Gibraltar • Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 n Genoa . 25 80 Nntwerp l2 6i Alilan Hamburgh M.8.13 I`4 Venice Alton& Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 45 Palermo, per oz 1181 Ditto, 3 months 25 70 Lisbon 54 Marseilles !lour deaux 25 80 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 150 'Bahia "etersburgh, 3Us ... 37i Buenos Ayres ....... _. - . 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3AI 948 Trieste, ditto 9 52 Aladrid Cadiz Bilboa 36 'New York, 21 days sight Obi 'Philadelphia \ 46 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ , Portugal Gold Coin £0 17 5 Foreign Gold, bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville New Dollars... .......... 4 101 Silver in Bars 0 5 OA HALF-PAST ONE. In the early part of the morning Consols were very much de. pressed. The quotation at one time was 89 IA for the present Ac. count, and the same for Money, but a re.action has since taken place, and they are now 69 Money, and 89i A ccount. No varia. tion in any of the other English Securitie,. In the Foreign Market there has been but little doing. Spanish Active Stock is now 19/; Passive, 41; Deferred, 10*; Dutch Two.and.a.Half per Cents., 51 ; Ditto Fives, 101/ 102. . . Very Hide doing in Shares, and prices are lower.—Bristol and Exeter, 314 ; Great Western, 78i ; London and Brighton, 441; North Midland, 65 ; Ditto, Thirds, 91. . . . TWO O'CLOCK. Spanish Active Stock is now quoted at 20h. QUARTER TO THREE. The Conservative majority last night, and the state of the wea ther, are sufficient to account for the flat appearance of things in general here. The Funds arc depressed, and the Produce Markets are dull, while Corn has been arrested in its downward progress, and nearly 24,000 quarters more of foreign growth have entered port since Monday. Of news we are quite destitute, and all attention centres in do. mcstic affairs. The next accounts from China, expected about the 2d proximo, and the Mexican mail, are two arrivals that are looked forward to with interest.* Consols, Money, 159 g 1; Ditto, October, 891 i; Mexican, 251 26k; Spanish, 201. LORD CARDIGAN AGAIN !—A Correspon dent writes us that there has been another shindy at Hounslow between Lord Cardigan and his officers. His Lordship has been so badgered himself, that we do not wonder at his objec tion to a badger bait. We think, hourever. that as regards the origin of the dispute in question, his I ordthip is, for once at least, in the right. Another of his officers has sent in his payers to sell out.— (Jailed Service Gazette. A letter from Trieste says :—.‘ The house of Buleh er an d C o. i s the only one here which has been the victim to the Vienna failures. All the other failures at Tr ieste were unconnected with those of Vienna. The cause of our etnbarras , ment is the want of confidence, and the consequent difficult y of obtaining d seount for bills. Some Vienna houses, which had sent funds here, have been compelled to take them back, as the conditions were too onerous to be acceded to. There is no truth in the statement that the houses of Felix Vivante and Mintz hare failed. The first is one of cur best houses, and the second is very solid, notwithstanding some losses. The position of Trieste is already improving. We have few debts, and 40 milli ons of f rancs o f mer chandise on hand. We have large orders for wheat from England, and many purchasers of sugar, oil, coffee, and cotton, from the interior. All that we want now is a revival of confidence. PILCHARD FISHERY.--GORRAN HAVEN.— The boisterous wezther has for the present suspended the operations of the dritt.boats. LooE.—The drift-boats belonging to this place have commenced the pilchard fishery, and have taken from 300 to 2,200 pilchards per boat. HIGH WATER Al LONDON MUGGE 10.MoInto vs; rning..... 4' minutes after 8 Evening 31 minutes after 9. HANTS.—VILLA RESIDENCE, Five Miles from South ampton. and within One le and Half of the Capital Mar ket Town of Ramsey. NER. R. MOODY will SELL by A UC TION, at the Dolphin Inn, Romsey, on 'Mos pay, August 30, 1841, at Four o'Clock in the afternoon (subject to such conditions as will then and there be produced), A compact recently-built VILLA RESIDENCE, known as " ASHFIELD LODGE," comprising two Parlours, Kitchen, Pantries, and four Bedrooms, stuccoed in imitation of Freestone, with a handsome Portico. It is seated on a gen tle eminence, has a well disposed Pleasure Ground, Fish ponds well stocked, a productive Kitchen Garden well walled, Stables, Coach-house, and a neat Entrance Lodge. The whole extent is estimated at about an Acre a , d a h a lf. This property is surrounded by the Estates of Viscount Pal merston, which abound with game. there is excellent fishing in the neighbourhood, and this spot, being the on y property in the neighbourhood not held by extensive proprietors. is worthy the attention of persons desirous of an undisturbed retire ment, and a mild salubrious clima'e. The tenure is leasehold for a 1,000 - years, of which about 830 are unexpired ; it will entitle the purchaser to a vote for the county. For further particulars, and Conditions of Sale, apply to the Auctioneer. at Rornsey ; or to Messrs. W. and C. Bevan, Solicitors, Small-street, Bristol. 3, Great Marlborough-street. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW WORK CHARLES CHESTERFIELD; or, The ADVENTURES OF A YOUTH OF GENIUS. Complete in 3 vols., post Bvn., with numerous Illustrations by Phiz, will be ready at. all the Libraries on Friday next, Aug. 27. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. rebuke to his partisans. When his and their purpose was answered, however, then the Exeter Hall fanatics, and the Pro testant Association were d roperly abused, and then the " surpliced ruffians" were described as worthy of respect. More base political conduct never fell under our observation. It is in politics what the lowest kind of piTering is in morals, and the Tories, for so acting, well deserve tho same of political sneaks In law, teo, the receiver is as bad as the thief, and Sir ItonEa'r PEEL, receiving the support which he knows Was most unworthily filched by dis_ honest arts, is just as bad as the sneaks at whose head he is placed. A meaner political party, in fact, than the bands of monopolists, who seek to hide their several occupations under the common name of Conservatives, never disgraced the history of England. We have received the whole of the French Journals of Monday, Their leading columns are principally occupied with the question of the Census, which now agitates the public mind of France. The following extracts include all the miscellaneous news they contain of any general Interest : A Swiss correspondent of the Courtier Francais observes:— " The new Austrian and Lombard road of the Monte Stelvio, which was formerly part of Eastern Switzerland, is now so much frequented by traders and tourists as to have already injured, to a great extent, the interests of the inhabitants on the Swiss lines of Splugen and St. Gothard. Al'hough the Lew road is at its most elevated point 2,970 French metres, or more than 8,000 feet, above the level of the sea, it is practicable during the greater part of the year." The Mlnister of Marine has ordered two steamers of 220-horse power, for the Mediterranean packet servico, to be laid down at Bordeaux. According to our advices from Boulogne, the disturbance at the Ball, on Tuesday night, has no led to any further consequences. It appears to have been created principally by strangers to the town, and the pickpockets helped to increase the disorder, for many rob 13.'ries were committed while it lasted. Eight persons were ar. rested, and are still under examination. A circular issued to the Consuls at Bucharest by the Walla chitin Government states, that in the late affair at Braila, where some insurgent Bulgarians were put to death, the latter were the first to attack the Wallachian troops, who had conducted them to the lazlretto. The contest lasted lour hours. The Bulgarians had five killed, nine wounded, and seventeen taken prisoners. A great number were drowned. Of the soldie• s, one was killed, and two wounded. Bernard Romberg, the celebrated violoncello-player, has jus' died at Hamburgh, aged 73. The French Government has obtained from the Swiss authori. ties the extradition of a fraudulent bankrupt, named Malaure, who was an agint at Angers, for obtaining substitutes for young men drawn for the army, but had failed, and had since been carry ing un the business of horse-dealt r at Geneva, under an assumed name. Bills and cash to a largeamount were found in his possession. BOURSE-PARIS, MONDAY. AUGUST 22. Higher+ , Lowcar '.att Oriet r re,lch S ver Conn, ll6 40 IhS 40 1.6 20 ... 116 2", 4% per Cents 1 per t (.11 70 09 70 ... oi( 70 .. 99 7. , 3 per rant'. ex. dis'. 77 .7745.. 77 30 ... 17 35 eranc, Lattitte 1,04/I. ares 1.'41 25 _ll'4l 25 —1440 _lt 40 , r arcs *, 25 ...51.5 ....q25 —.5125 Belgian 5 per Cents. New:Loan ..... 4 ... 1 4 0 314 3 per Cents ll 50 .. 71 ;`,1;) 71 5.) 71 :0 iplii;sh .. Png , ti,r ~, 4% ... .. 4 New Deferr:d vearolttar , ;it. 14 30 qognan 1(2% .. 102% ... 102% ... 102% eA/i.WA AHAItE:t ... 725 725 .. 725 ... 725 tOB 75 208 75 ... 214 . 4 208 32 50 .. 37 5O ... 326 25 326 :25 arlean, •i.r..isourtiu Bale k.,ei mar It. 13 EXPRESS FROM PARIS FRANCE. We have received by Express news from Paris of yesterday's date. A telegraphic despatch received in Paris on Mon day, announced thrt tranquillity was restored at Lille on Sunday. The census was completed at Limoges without the least opposition, but in other towns it continued to encounter resistance. The Municipal Council at Nismes had protested against its legality. Ten in dividuals, arrested during the riots which took place at Bor deaux on the evening of the 12th and 13th inst., were tried by the Court of Correctional Police on the 21st. Nine were sen tenced to from ten days to four months' imprisonment, and the other was acquitteda The ltioniteur Algerian, of the 16th inst., announces the submission to the French of 900 persons of the powerful tribe of the Medjehers, who inhabit both banks of the Lower Chelilf. The price of wheat had fallen in most of the markets which supply Paris, and also at Arras, Bordeaux, :lionai, Lisle, Orleans, St. Quentin, and Strasburg. The quality and quan tity of the grain were generally inferior to that of IS-W. The harvest was finished all round I-aris, and was proceeding in the north of France favoured by beautiful weather. A grand dinner was given to M. Guizot, at Lisieux, on Sunday last. Two toasts were proposed, the one by the Sub- Prefect to the King of the French, to whose high wisdom the country owes the preservation of peace, and the other by the Mayor of Lisieux to M. Guizot, who, after having so much contributed by his eloquence and writings to found the consti tutional monarchy in France, after having with admiral courage defended in turn liberty and order against the most desperate faction, has just added a fresh title :o all his former glorious titles ; by his skilful policy peace is preserved in Europe and France, which did not fear war; applauded the ho nourable treaty which terminated so happily the crisis that held the public mind so long in suspense. Mr. Guizot, in returning thanks, said that he professed a strong attachment to the constitutional institutions of the coun try which had twice saved it, in 1830 when they suffered for the defence of its liberties, and after 1839, when they pre seved it from anarchy, and recently front the evils of a revo lutionary war, and in which neith er F rance !tor Europe is wil ling to engage. M. Guix4 attributed the maintenance of peace to the King's wise exercise of Itis prerogatzvc, and then proceed ed to vindicate at much length the domestic and for, ign 1,0- hey of the present administration. A!.uding to the speech of Lora Palmerston to his co stituen's at Tiverton, Gnizot said that he would abs , ain ftoW all expression calculated to wound the the susceptibility of any Government or any foreign nation "for," said he, " I should not forgive myself for uttering a word calculated to foment between France and England, between France and Europe, old prejudices or hostile sentiments." SPA IN. Our letters from Madrid of the 17th slate, that a reconei iation had taken place between the Regent and Ciencrd Leon. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice ERSKINE and Mr. Justice COLER►DGE.) Wm. Beckwith, aged 19, and Harriet Foot, aged 21, were in. dicti d for feloniously counterfeiting the Queen's current coin. The fact was clearly proved against the male prisoner, but the Jury did not think the evidence sufficient against the female. Mr. Justice ERSKINE then sentenced the prisoner to 15 years' trrnsportation. John Errington, aged 34, was indicted for feloniously carnally knowing and abusing Susannah Heskins, under the age of ten years. Mr. BoDKIN conducted the case for the prosecution. Susannah fleskins was called, and placed upon the table in the Court, and a thrill of horror ran through the Court, as she appeared to be under the age of five years. From questions the Learned Judge put to her he thought the Court could not proceed on her evidence. The poor little girl was still labouring under a loath. some disease, the result of the offence charged. The facts are totally unfit for publication. The prisoner was found guilty of the whole charge, and The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence, said that he had been guilty of a most unnatural offence, by which he had forfeited his life to the laws of his country. He should be wasting the time of the Court by addressing many observations to him (the prsoner) who had proved himself of so abandoned a mind. Under all the circumstances of the case, the full penalty would not be carried into effect, although judgment of death would be re. corded against him. But he must nut expect to be spared his life bit by the severest punishment the law could inflict, short of death, and it was not tit that he should remain in the country. Enough lead transpired to make the Court believe that that was not the first time he had been guilty of such a crime, and the language he had used, in reply to the language of indignation addressed to him by the friends of the poor child, showed that he felt no contri. Lion for what he had done, and led the Court to believe that he was a man whose unnatural passions had led him to commit the offence. In this particular case there seemed to be an addition to this--a selfishness of purpose, common indeed to parties in the lower grades of life, who suppose that by having connection wish a child of tender years they thereby free themselves from disease. He (the Learned Judge) never failed to make it public when cases of this description were brought before him how mischievous and at the same time how petfectly groundless that notion was. He (the prisonet) had contracted a loathsome disorder, which he had no objection to cast upon the poor child, and, as far as her age was capable, contaminated her mind. He must rest assured that he would leave his native land for the rest of his days. The prisoner, who possessed the most forbidding and ferocious c ountenance, was then removed from the bar. THE MARKETS-THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh arrivals of English Grain since Monday have been small, but of Foreign Wheat considerable. The weather b,•ing wet, caused the Wheat trade to be firm, but there was not much doing. In other Grain no variation from Monday's prices. The millers settled thelsale price ol Flour at 65s per sack. NEWGATE. AND LEADENHALL. Tl eir was a fair supply of Meat, the demand dull, and prices were nearly nominal. Peef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. ; Mutton, 3s. 69. to 4s. 4d. ; Lamb, 4s. 6d. to ss. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. per stone of Blbs. Poultry in good supply, at &clued prices, aed the demand dull. Leveret, 3s. to 69. each ; Grouse, ss. to Bs. per brace ; wild Rabbits, 6s. to 10s. ; tame, do. 129. 185. per dozy n ; Geese, 4s to Os. 6d. ; Duels, Is. 6d. to 2s. Gd. ; Fowl , , 2s. 6d. to 4s. ; Chiatns, Is. to 2s. 6d. ; Turkey l'oults, 4s to 6s. ; Pigeons, 4d. t o 7d. each. Eggs dull at 4s. 9d to 7s. 6d. per PA. COLONIAL MARKET. There was little tl.ne either f , r home consumption or ex port, and the public sales were of little moment. The arrivals keep small. TEA MARKET. The market was very dull, and prices were barely supported, and 2s. 50. was the value of Company's Congou cash ; for common Free Tcade 2s. 4d. was the lowfst point of the market. 'FALLOW MARKET: Prices were sustain , d, and tF.e demand was steady. P. Y. Candle on the spot produced 495. 3d., and 495. for delivery in the last three months. SPIRIT MARKET. Rum has met a fair demand, and prices were firm; proof Le, ward- 2s. Id. to 2s. lid. per gallon. Bi &tidy not chvai.er, but the market inactive. THE WHIG SPEAKER.—Mr. Leferre may be fairly regarde.t as a very fortunate man. He is new Speaker for life, or at least for as many bears as be may think proper to occupy the Chair, since the same feelings which have pre vente•t the Conservatives from opposing him upon the present occasion, will probably exempt him from all ilabger of disturb ance in his ciiunty, wlele it is pretty well understt od that the Duke of Wellington might have turned him out at the last election, if he had pleased. Six thousand a year, with the representation of Hampshire, and the rank of the first commoner in the land, arc not things that fall to the lot of many private gentlemen, without high con nexions, or talents of a very commanding order—but just as little do they fall to the lot of any man, unless there be great merit in the individual to justify the choice. Mr. Lefevre may not be a Fox, or a Burke, but he is a man of peculiarly good sense, good temper, good manners, and good taste, with a perfeet knowledge of the du ties of his office—a very prepossessing person—and, as a neces sary consequence of all these things, has a great moral influence over those with whom he has to deal. '1 he best proof of his merit is, that no man has so few enemies, and so many fiiends ; and though this may sometimes be the result of negative qua lities in private life, it seldom is so in public life vt hen a man has to exercise authority over others which it is always difficult to assert without offence...Herts Reformer. To be published with the Magazines, at the end of the Month, in one volume post Bve., with numerous Illustrations by Leech, THE PORCELAIN TOWER; Or, NINE STORIES of CHINA. By T. H. SEALY, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. AOY AI. SURREV THE; UNDER TiiE MANA(,EME'NT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS .ZONES. Overflowing Houses--Great success of Alazeppa—New Scenes in the Circle. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 25. Will be acted Lord 13vron's Spectacle, called THE WILD HORSE; OH, NIAZEPPA, THE CHILD OF THE DESERT. introducing Mr Ducrow's Magnificent Stud of Forty Horses, hiv.hly-trained Paltreva, Fairy Poneys, the Equestrians, and Companies of both Theatres. After which, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, In the Largest Aretia in the World. In which Madame Ducrow, Signor Hillier, the Great Ameri can Rider, the British Horseman, Signor Felix Carlo, and the First Artistes in Europe will appear. ro conclUcie with, THE OLD OAK CHEST. Supported by the entire Dramatic Company. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSRALDISTON. More novelty and attraction at this now the only perfect Minor Theatre in London. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 25, An original Melodrama in Three Acts, founded on the events of a most atrocious murder, even more apealling than that committed on the Mar Family in Batchiffe Highway, called ,DEEDS and DOINGS of the DARK I:OUSE; or, SIMPLE BESS of BILLINGSGATE! Bradburn, Mr. Dale ; Charles Elford, Mr. Seaman ; Davey Dubbs, Mr. Gardner; floppy Boh, Mr. Paul; Ann, Mrs. W. West ; Simple Bess, Mrs. G. Lee. After which, THE BEAR HUNTERS. Caribert, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Estevan, Mr. 1)ale : Larolle, Mr. James ; Bluebelle, Mr. Gardner ; Mine, Mrs. W. West. To conclude with SWEET POLL OF HORSELEYDOWN ! In which Mr. James, Mr. Seaman, A:r. Paul, Mr. Williams, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Cullen, Mrs. Lte, Mrs. Howard, &c. &c. will perform. Boxes, 2 . s.—Pit, Is.—Gallery, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. To morrow, The Dark House, The Bear Hunters, and Sweet Poll. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. LAST WEEK of the WIZAtsO of the NORTH working his WONDERS, and LAST SIX NIGHTS of the SONS of EXTEMPORANEOUS HARMONY—The Lancashire Bell Ringers. All who wish to see the Great Delusionist—or MIRACLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY—must visit the Adelphi during next week, as it will be the only opportunity the lovers of the marvellous will have of beholding this SON OF DELUSION, whose extraordinary powers have caused all to wonder from the Throne to the Peasant, from the Peasant to the Philosopher. A wonder unparalleled. The Grfat Wizard, by his individual exertion, has filled the Adelphi Theatre for one hundred nights, and could for three hundred more, but that he is compelled to make way for the Great Fred. (not Frederick the Great), who will commence his Mephistu philian orgies earlier than the Wizard expected. " Come one—Come all !"—The Wizard will be found incom prehensible as he is invulnerable. A hundred of the best of the London Sportsmen have tried in vain to wing him, but he is still on the wing, and will for ono week more be their Living Tsrget. The Wizard hopes that " Homo Invulnerabilis" will still be his motto ; and he pledges himself that he will exert all his powers to please his patrons, and to fill his Magic Temple to the ceiling. Remember !—The Last Week—Poz! Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. Gd. ; Gallery, (id. Second Price at flalf.past Nine e'el. ck. Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. Places for the Boxes may be taken from Mr. Swinburn, at the Box-office, between Eleven and Four. Part;es are respectfully informed, that as the Dress Circle is nightly crowded, an f arty application is requ:site. N.B. Private Boxes, containing six persons, IL ss. Doors open at Half-past Seven ; the Wizard appears at Eight o'clock precisely. Half-price at Half-past Nine. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW RE-PUBLISHED, PRICE SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter of Mr. Haynes will appear to-morrow. -l t * 4 , ~ , -if,' -4,---- , .4 4,1y0 s.. , ~.,, r ,.., ~,..,., "1 4 ' • :tt 4 .--... c. ' 40 44 , rqk ,:' '; -- • IV: . t. C,4 , ' • tNI ' " 4 - - .e. ir • ;;;12 . ' ,": . ° ''' : -- D. ' ' 0',.; , ..„*l''''‘,„ gtt un4 LONDON: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1841. The QUEEN'S Speech was yesterday read to the Houses of Parliament by Commissioners. In the Lords Earl SPENCER moved the Address in an able Speech, and the Marquis of CLANRICARDE seconded the motion. The Earl of litroN, after a long speech, in which he discussed the Corn-law at great length, moved an amendment expressing an opinion to her Majesty, that the present Ministry did not enjoy the confidence of Parliament, which it was essential the Ministry should 26 possess. The debate which ensued lasted till nearly two o'clock. Earl Fiizwilliam, Lord Lyttleton, Lord Melbourne, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Coventry, the Marquis of Northampton, and Lord Brougham took part in it, the speech of the latter Noble Lord being the beSt speech of the evening. Their Lordships divided, and the amendment moved by the Earl of upon was carried by 163 to 96. The Peers have Sc! an example which, no doubt, the Commons will follow, - sal their Lorships' vote will pro bably give energy to the long speeches. In the Commons Mr. MARK PIIILLIPS, in a speech replete with facts and good feeling, moved the Address, which was seconded by Mr. J. Durams. Mr, S. WORTLEY moved an amendment, similar to that moved in the Lords. Lord BRUCE seconded it in a forcible speech, which proved that his Lordship, though a new Member, is an old debater. Mr. LABOUCHERE defended the Ministerial, policy. The debate lasted till nearly Twelve o'Clock, when it was adjourned, after a brief Aquabble, till this day. The speech of most note and mark was delivered by Mi. ROEBUCK. Commodore NAPIER spoke for the first time in Parliament. Both Houses were very much crowded through the whole of the evening, and in both the Mem bers seemed to take a more than usual in terest in the debate. It was so warm in the House of Lords that during the time the Duke of 'WEL LINGTON was speaking some Noble Lord was obliged to be removed to the open air. I We learn with much pleasure from Lord BROUGHAM'S speech last night, that many opinions on the subject of the Budget ex pressed by this Journal are approved of by him. He spoke of the Ministerial measures as being short-coming and inefficient. He described them as indefensible, as financial measures, while as measures for the relief of trade they were founded on an excellent principle. Well, too, did he fi..y, that had Ministers entertained these measures, particularly toe Corn.laws, two years before, the result of the dissolution would have been essentially different. It is impossible, ind ee d, on con t ras ting the conduct of Minis. tees last Session w ith t h e i r con d uc t and language the ties. sums before, to avoid the conclusion that they were very ignorant of the state of the country at the earlier period, or very little ac quainted with the principles 01 commerce and political economy. The mischief they have done to a good cause by their ignorance cannot now be hdped, but we hope that in opposition they will diligently acquire information, as well as win back public confl. (knee, according to Mr. ROEBUCK'S recommendation, by practising virtue. Mr. Roxaucx, in his clever speech last night, taunted Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Tories with having profited by base appeals to vulgar passions on the subject of the Poor-law, while in their hearts they approved of that law as beneficial to the poorer classes. The acorn expressed by the Hon. Member at this political bareness fell with a withering effect on the Tories themselves. They were ob_ viously ashamed. The Hon. Member might have added that theit conduct, with respect to the Catholics, was precisely similar, and equally base. Sir R. PEEL, though he professes moderation, and though he was publicly called on more than once to show that he did not approve of the vile arts of the bigots by which he was profiting, never administered the slightest SUMMARY OF NE AND Vublit eptitton, " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Constitutionnel, the Gazette de France, the Echo Francais, the Commerce, the National, the Quotidienne, the France, and the Temps, were seized at the Paris Post office on Sunday, the latter for writing, and the other Journals for quoting, an article stating that the Government had resolved to abandon the census. We need not wonder at the influence which French Journalists possess over the public mind when we find the Government thus solicitous to prevext them from telling the people anything but the truth. The Dilitaire, the Emancipation, and the Gazette de Languedoc, all Toulouse Journals, were seized for publishing articles co:idemn. ing the conduct of the Government with regard to the census. The Gazette de France asserts that M. - Humann, the Minister of Finance, intends to resign. He is sick of the Census. The Paris Globe states that Adrstird Hugon's squadron, con sisting of 12 ships of the line, will cruise off Barcelona, Valencia, Cadiz, and Malaga, to protect French commerce, and to take on board the vanquished Spaniards in the event of a Rev Jlution break ing out for the restoration of Queen Christina! This is predicting the event betimes. lla Revolution do break out we shall know to what source to aCribute the correctness of this prediction. PUBLIC OPINION. The Morning Post thus expresses itself on the subject of the Queen's Speech :—" The authors of this Speech manifest an equal deg', e of respect to the Sovereign and to the country. They adopt, as the dernier resort of their desperation, a theoretic policy, which they had rejected so long as their circumstances were not desperate, and employ their Sovereign as the organ of an advocacy, almost of a supplication—of an advocacy and a supplication which they know must be unsuccessful in its behalf." Had the Queen's Speech can. tained no allusion to the Corn-laws and Free Trade, then Ministers would have been accused of a cowardly desertion of their principles; but because they are firm and consistent to the last, their firmness, forsooth, is the dernier resort of desperation! Such is the candour of Tory reasoning. The Times is horror-struck at the language adopted in the Queen's Speech, and states that it is not only " a desperate attempt to compromise the Royal authority," but that it is also "a gross breach of the most unquestionable privilege which the House of Commons possesses;" adding—" No wonder that her Majesty, with the innate sense of propriety for which she is so remarkable, de clined the odium of Mk+. ing from her own mouth such a speech as this, and stated that if it was necessary (as her responsible ad visers said it was) that such words should be spoken in her name, it must be do by those who indited the composition and would have to answer for it, and not by herself." The advice given by Dr. Locock, her Majesty's medical attendant, not to opt n Parliament in person, is quite a sufficient answer to tnis malignant intinu ition of our Coo t emporary. The Times of this morning also makes the following remarks on the creation of the new Baronets :—" The outgoing Ministry have imposed upon their Royal and indulgent mistress the task of mak ing a batch of Baronets. The public will care nothing about this. It is a trumpery honour at the best! Yet something ought to be done or suffered by those who obtain it ; and what have the objects of this new creation done or suffered ? There is a Roman Catholic or two, weobserve. A Jew also; what would Old Moses say, if he saw one of his race thus disguised ? John Easthope, Esq., of Fir. grove, in the county of Surrey; and though last, not least, there comes, with thundering sound, George Gerard de Hochpied Lit pent, of Roehampton, also in the county of Surrey. We recollect a story of a Spanish grandee having lost his way in a stormy night, and requiring admission into a mice. cable cottage, sang nut that his name and title were Don Juan Fernandez de Mendoza y Marialva y Pampe— " I have not room for half of you," exclaimed the terrified peasant, and bolted the door. However, the baronetcy must make room for Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, of Roehampton. Then there is William Clay, Esq., the Parliament man for the Tower Hamlets! Into such clay as this " old Robin Gray " would not like " to be turned." We wonder rather that Dents le Marchant has chosen to accept such an honour. Henry Dymoke, also of Scrivelsby Court—he, we suppose, is the Champion of England. Why not John Gully, Esquire, late Member for Pontefract, the Champion for all England, except Tom Crib ? How poor George 111. would have stared at such a list being presented to him The Herald states that the object of the Queen's Speech " is to connect the Royal name and associate the Royal feelings with Whiggery, and to erect a principle of anta t onism between Royalty and Conservative Government. It is more properly an elect►oneer ing appeal than a Royal Speech." An " electioneering appeal" alter the elections are decided ! The Herald must have been hard pressed for argument when it ventured on a remark like this, whose absurdity must be obvious to the most superficial reader. It is ii.deed the forlorn hope of a sophist. The Chronicle is of opinion that the cloven foot of oligarchy peeps out of the Tory amendment to the address. The following are our Contemporary's remarks on this subject :—" The Ministers in expectancy seem to think that they are entitled to take their Queen prisoner, that it is enough for them to say, we are the majo rity, we insist on being installed in office as a matter of course, and, if our demand is not complied with, the business of the country shall stand still, and public affairs shall be thrown into confusion. In all former instances at all parallel to the present, the party seeking office hwe boldly stated the grounds on which they differed from the men in possession of office, and, in the face of the Sovereig❑ and this nation, joined issue on certain tangible principles. Both Sovereign and country are entitled to demand this, the former that her decision may be governed by sound reascn.s, and the other, that, should the Sovereign differ from the majority, they may know how to answer the appeal made to them. The present is showing the cloven foot of oligarchy without disguise. It makes a Parlia mentary majority everything, and the Sovereign a mere pageant." The Cambridge Advertiser is of opinion that " the Tories must rule as Liberals, if they would retain their power longer than a week or two !" The Brighton Guardian remarks, in reference to the late Man chester Conference, " against the distress of the people, and the de monstrations of service, the starvation.laws have stood their ground ; whether they will be able to resist the denunciations of Christianity, which have been sufficient to abolish slavery, and almost put an end to hanging, time alone C3ll show." The ' Tyne Mercury says that though the Tories boast of a ma. Joritrof eighty. zct that -a maalalLy.of eiglity on an election may turn out a most materially different affair when particular measures come before the House." AGRZCULTUati - iX. The corn harvest has partially commenced in the vale of Gla. morgan, :rid it will become mole general in the course of the en. suing week. Very serious apprehensions have for some time been entertained for the fate of the ensuing harvest. :L. Zia..lC E. James Spurle was charged at Union Hall with setting ire to a house No. 59, High-street, Laml oh, to cbtaiu the insurance. His room was discovered to be on fire, and chips, firewood, and tur pentine so placed as to ensure tis purpose. A woman and her family slept over the room thus stored with combustibles, and acci dentally discovered it by the prisoner's going out early in lie morning, and exciting her curiosity. The fire was happily checked in time. He is fully committed. A foreigner of the name of Gettin appeared at Queen-square, for hovering about the premises of Mons. Cresnan, an oil-refiner, at Millbank, and threatening to murder trim. He had left France to obtain employment under Mons. Cresnan, who had however refused to engage him. On his arrest two razors were found on his person, and a phial of deadly poison, sufficient to kill a dozen people. Unable to find bail, he was sent to prison. In the course of an inquest held yesterday by Mr. Wakley, upon the body of a male infant, found in the Regent's Canals, the Coroner remarked that the child might be the offspring of rich or poor people, and might have been brought upwards of 100 miles per railway before it was placed in the Canal. This frequently happened, and he remembered a case where he held an inquest on the body of a child, whose father, wishing its birth to be concealed, earth d it many miles, and buried it in a garden belonging to his brother. In the course of two or three days after, however, the body was discovered by a little dog, which scratched up the earth where it was laid. At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, a genteel-looking lad of the name of Peerard, fourteen years of age, was tried for stealing a penny, the property of William Ocock, a chemist, in Judd-street, to whom he was apprenticed. The Jury without a moment's hesitation acquitted the youth, when the foreman of the Jury read the following opinion—" The Jurors beg to ex press their strong sense of the unfeeling conduct of the prosecutor in this case." The Common Sergeant in reference to the con duct of a policeman mixed up in the business, thus described policemen generally, " It appeared to him that policemen often attempted to be Magistrate, Judge, and Jury.'' lie might have added and " something more." A man of the name of M'Cormack, a rather respectable looking young man, was tined ss. at Queen square yesterday, and in default of payment sentenced to two months at the treadmill, fur annoying time ladies on Westminster-bridge. At the Liverpool Assizes on the 23d inst. an action was brought by Mr. Ross, a calico printer, at Manchester, against Mr. Worth. ingtnn, an attorney, for a libel, published in the Manchester Guardian, insinuating that the plaintiff' had obtained surrepti tiously certain designs for printing calico. The defendant at first pleaded a justification, but in the course of last week obtained a Judges' order to withdraw it. Vardict-801. damages. SPORTXNG. On Tuesday last Prince Albert rode on horseback, attended by Col. Wyldc, the Hon. C. A. Murray, and Lord Alfred Paget, to Virginia Water, to enjoy the sport of rabbit shooting, rneTE Art Ts. At a sale of first-class paintings, which took place in Regent street on Saturday last, a " woody landscape," by Hobbina, was purchased for the enormous sum of 9971 10s. A portrait of George the Fon.. Oa, vr!'.'o Prince of Wales, by Woppner, fetched unly 14 guineas. THEATnaces.z. The entertainments yesterday evening at Vauxhall Gardens in aid of the Licensed Victuallers' School were varied and brilliant. The children, amounting to 150, were pleased beyond measure with the illuminations, feats, and music. Mits Ellen Tree made her appearance on Monday at the Rieh mond Theatre, in the character of Julia, in Sheridan Knowles's Hunch back. C Otra'r 1 . 4 As . The Queen and Prince Albert rode out early on Tuesday morn ing through the Home Park, Windsor, and walked home. In the teinoon they rude into the Green Park in a pony phaeton, The Queen Dowager arrived at Marlborough House yesterday morning from Bushy Park. The Archbishop of Armagh and his family have arrived at Paris from a tour in the Nether;ands. The Marquis of Hertfoid has left Brussels on a tour to Hungary. We regret to state tha: Field-Mar►hal Viscount Bercstoret lies dangerously i,l at his hi,use in Cavendish-square. His Lordship was attacked with spasms while taking a time in his carriage. MISCELLANEOUS. The mortality amoi.g the convicts at Woolwich from a species of rapid consumption, has at length led to some investigation. A coo vict, aged 30, died of it after only three days' i llness , _and Dr. Hope, the convict.surgeon, confessed he bad never w itnesstd so destructive a case. The deaths, it appeared, during J anuarY. Fe bruary, and March, had been at the rate of thirty a month. ants. It is calculated that the quantity of cloth of all kir.ds now about factured in Kirkaldy, Linktown, Dysart, and Les lie may be twenty.five million yards, or upwards of 14,000 lull"' A number of lanomarks of a peculiar form are being erected cn the Cumberland and Westmoreland :nountains, previous to the publication of the new map of England, under the superintendence of the Commissioners of the Board of Ordnance. Yesterday 1110Ining a man while walking bore towards the 'Mi. nories, felt a snap in one of Isis legs, and, on looking downward s , observe(' the ITh)od flossing into his shoe. On examination it was found that the main artery o f hi s leg had burst. He now li e , in a state of great exhaustion at the hospital. Mr. F. O'Connor was co mmitted to York Ca,tle on the 14th of May, 1640. The term e f ' i mprisonment , I was middle o eighteen t months, November.and conseqthe uently would have expired , waidle between a I ; awk A darted rclo " On Friday last," saysryn Mercur y, " two gentl emen tourists witnessed a severe conflict between four Martin swallows and five common spiartrigohwtsiiineatrlive v r, e n in ea i n r u t t h e e s road ch and Crieff. They fought in amongst them ; but no sconer was he recognized by them, than both parties uniting, en countere d bins, and be a t hi m so severely that he was scarcely able to fly off w ith his life." How happily this ty. pifies tie present conflict for place between the two great Parlia. mentary parties! The Martin swallows and sparrows ate the Whigs and Tories , the h awk who darts 'in a mong them, clamorous for food,this istieewetrne People ; but no sooner d o th e contending parties reco r, than they both u n i te to pun i s h him severelyg. n tor his impertinent intrusion, inasmuch as their quarrel has nothing whatever to do with hirn, but regards only their own selLinterests: On ltlypilaY last the Rev, Mr Wilke, of 1, 4 , ittls tiampton, Sussex, was robbed in an omnibus, of a bank warran , for 5001., a check fur 10/., and 18 Bank of England poles of 51. each. He had taken no particular notice of the person , in the omnibus with him. A Welsh paper laments that in too parishes in Breconshire, he males exceed the females by more than a thousand." If females are so scarce in this distric', there is no doubt that en application being made, the Tory 1 arty could furnish it with lots of old women LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LoNnort, Atic. 25.--Wind this day at noon, S.W. DEAL, Aug. 9.4.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Ida, Wabbina, Amsterdam for Geneva. Arrived from the River, the Chamois. :or Buenos Ayres ; John Oldham, Jamaica; Beaufort, Quebec ; lde, Newfoundland; Enterprise, Madeira; Mary Ann, Malta; Sprightly, Gibraltar ; Ulysses, Cadiz. Sailed the Jacobus, Batavia. OFF MARGATE, Aec. 24.—The Crescent, from Black Sea. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 24.—Wind W.N. W., fresh.—Arrived tho Mars, Roper, from Calcutta; Peruvian, Gwatkin, Bonny, sailed June 5; Isabel, Antigua, sailed 22d ult.; Republic, Thompson, Virginia; Parsee Merchant, Quebec. Sailed the Victoria, fur Newfonndland. Arrived off; the Frankfort, from New York. OFF HASTINGS, AUG. 23.—Arrived the Johanna Maria, vina, Schutt, Dorothea, Decker, and Duc Marias, from Batavia; Himalaya, Paw, Calcutta; Mark Palmer, Mauritius; Funchal, Cliff, Dominica; Susannah, King, St. Lucia; Pactolus, BCTbiCe. PORTLAND Roans, AUG. 24. Arrived the Pandora, from London for Bilbao ; Fanny, ditto, for Newfoundland ; Romeo, ditto, for Miramichi ; Gratitude, ditto for St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; Ann, Metcalfe, Shields for Calcutta ; Numa, London, for JaIDIIICS. GUERNSEY, AUG. 23.—Sailed the Joseph, for Corfu; Act of Trumps, Malaga; Cluges, Malta. OFF DARTMOUTB, Acs. 23.—The Elizabeth, Hunter, from New foundland. Sailed the Saucy Lass, for Gibraltar. TORBAY, AUG. 23.—Sailed the Sumatra, for Ceylon; Victoria, Valparaiso; Conqueror, Corfu. PLYMOUTH, Auo. 24 —Wind N.W.—Sailed the Gazelle, for Alicant. OFF HASTINGS, AUG. 24.—The Tre Demer, from St. Croix; Burguemeister, La Guayra for Bremen; Vriesland, Surinam lbr Amsterdam ; Leontine, for Bremen. PORTSMOUTH, A uu. 24.—Wind N. XV., squally.—Arrived the Phi: ladelphia, Hovey, from London, and sailed for New York; Duke 01 Argyll, London for Calcutta. Cowes. AUG. 24. Arrived the Erne, M`Donald, from Matan zas ; Swartwick, Batavia. Sailed the Salas, to Port PbiIIIP FALMOUTH, AUG. 23.—Wind W. to N. W., fresh.--Arriv'" Tagus the Albert, from London for Newfoundland. Sailed t he steamer) to Vigo. Arrived off', the William Foste r, Now°. New Brunswick; Blackallcr, Watson, Smyrna. ...„p JERSEY, AUG. 22 —Put bark the Guernsey Lily, G"r" sprung a leak W. of Scilly. - - SPORTING INTELLIGE N C E ' EGHAM RACES. This meeting commenced yesterday. The Gold Cup of 50/. (in specie) by subs of 10 goys. each, was won by Mr. Isaac Day's Tamburini. The 111t.mbers' Plate of 401., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 Boys. each, was wan by 31r. J. Kingsley's Jessica. The ltunnymede Stakes of 5 t oys. each, and 3 0 added, were won by Mr. Drage's Sister to Glencoe. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes will be run for this ell' Mnnops, Remnant, Specimen, Folly, and the Colt out of Obe li,k's dam, are expected to start. Eight hot set are entered for the Sweepstakes of 5 siva. each, and six for the Ankerwicke Stakes. YORK AUGUST MEETING (CorrciunEn).—TuEs nAC. Two-yrs-old Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, were won by Mr. Brook's f. Idolatry, by Muley Moloch. Three-yrs-old Sweepstakes of 30 toys. each, were won by Mr. Gaseoigne's Quilt Arnold. The City Members' Plate of 501. was won by Mr, He- 1 tine's The Shadow. THE WEATHER..—Noon, AUGUST 25. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STR EET• Barometer Thermometer... 58 J Highest 6O J L0we5t......••• 45 Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Dee. One of the most singular works, both ats to object and treatment, ever put forth in the garb of a novel, is about immediately to aprear under the name of Wed lock." Contrary to the time-hallowed practice of works of fiction, marriage, instead of being held up as the grand de sideratum of young ladies, is shown to be oftener an unhappy than a happy state ; and old-maidism is accordingly into enviable dignity. The Authoress's li v i n g instances . infelicitous marriages are very numerous and very striking, and she seems determined they should be held out as beacons. " This," says she, " shall be done for my fair countrywomen, and not before they want it• Are they not sacrificing them:, elevated selves by myriads ? Crying down single ladies, the queens of creation, Ni h o ought to be canonized as saints, and topPmg over them instead—a poor set of slaves, once as f ree to choose as themselves." AWFUL THUNDER STORM AT LIVERPOOL. —LIVERPOOL, TEEEDAY.—Liverpool was last night visited b.l mot dreadful thunder storm. About one o'clock the lightning and thunder was most awful, and the rain fell in torrents. T" of our most beautiful modern churches have sustained damage' which will take thousands to repair. The tower and steep!es of St. Michael's and St. Martin's are so much damaged that they are expected to fall every minute, and the wind, which is now blowing very fresh from the nor th.west, has considerable influence upon the shattered condition of St. Michael's. 150 BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE.— About - of the supporters of Sir Benjamin Hall and Sir Charles Na der ; belonging to the west quarter of tlie borough, met last,eveniegile the Mechanics' lneitute Tavern, to celebrate the return , q! Liberal Members. Mr. Williams, of Oxford.street, was " iO4 Chair. After the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman ga ve two Members for the Borough of Marylebone." Sir Beni anun Hall only was present, and gave as a reason for the absence of his colleague the intense interest which he took in the questions before the House of Commons, and also the novelty of his posi• Lion, but assured the meeting that the Gallant Odister would in the course of the evening meet his constitufnts. He at tht same time briefly atiktid the tireettaihge *Melt had taken place in the House of Commons, and in reverence to a statement made by the Chairman, said he would support every motion for a reform in Church and State Major Revell then, proposed a toast to the following effect, that the corrupt county constitu. envies and the pocket boroughs be transferred to Schedule A, and that the country should be represented by the real representatives of the people. Mr. Savage afterwards gave " The glorious Ma jority of 1,271 which returned the two Members;" and made a suitable speech for the occasion, which was responded to with loud cheers. We regret that the length of the debate in Parlia ment prevents us from giving a more full account of the pro' • ceedings. THE REGISTRATION.—It should not be for gotten that this day, August 25, is the last daY for leaving with the overseers objections to county electors. The Tories bestow much attention on thoso matters ; and the friends of Reform should not s uffer themselves to be surpassed by their political aciversarics• SINGULAR DEATH.—A short time since young man, at Wickhambreaux, who had the care of some sheep infected with the foot-rot, was anointing one of them, when his hand, which had a slight scratch on it, became inoculated with the disease. A surge.on afterwards sought to remove the foul matter by cuttu!g out the diseased part, but it had taken too deep root in his frame, and, after lingering for three weeks in the most most excruciating agonies, death put an end to his slit feri ngs. —Ca nterbury Journal. The celebrated convent of San Felipe el Real, situated in one of the 6eest quarters of Madrid, and estimated at 4,278,703 reals, has been sold by auction for 16,600,000 Teals, payable in Coupons, for deferred dividends on the consolidated debt DENT'S LECTURES ON WATCHES, AND OTHER TI M E-KEEPER S. —An Illustrated Abstra ct from TWO LECTURES on the Construction and Manage ment of Chronometers, Watches, and Clocks, delivered by Mr. DENT, in May, 1841, before the Alembers of the United Ser vice Institution has been arranged for the information of genera l readers. The Abstract contains a statement of the relative merits of English and foreign workmanship, and an explanation of the different Escapements, with instructions for the choice, regulation, and managerr cut of all kinds of Time-keepers. The Pamphlet is published, by the Auth r, at No. 82, Strand, price One tNhilling, but gratis to customers on application. SILVER TEA SERVICES.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London, opposite tho Bank of England. submit the prices of the following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SERVICES. Th e Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet, the tea as,d coffee-pots with a flower ornament on the lids. The King Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. The sine of either is new and elegant : COTTAGE PATTERN. I KING'S PATTERN. £ 8. A: Strong Silver Tea-p0t.....12 0 Strong Silver Teapot 12 0 Ditto Sugar Basin 616 Ditto Sugarßasin 7 10 . Ditto Milk Ewer. 4 10, Ditto Cream Ewer 110 Ditto Co ff ee-pot. 15 01 Ditto Coffee-pot 15 I --- Complete £3B 6 I Complete X4O 0 A variety of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffee Services may be seen in the Show-rooms, where may be selected every article of Silver requisite for the sideboard or plat e .chest. ParaPhleg of prices, illustrated with sketches of th e various article* !Vito arid forwarded postage free to any part of the kin itgdm. l'• Savory and Sons, 14, Curnhi ll , Londo n, a pp ose England Otos Book of SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KNIVE with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen ; Dessert Knives, HS. ; t h e price of every article in furnish Carvers, 51. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with white bone handles, Bs. Bcl. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. &I. ; Careers, a s . per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, ; new shapes, 395. ; Papier Alacho Tea-trays, gothi ° s ha p e, 60 s; the set of full sizes. 4 q uarts, 275. ( atalogues, containing ing ironmongery and cutlery. gratis. RIP and BURTON, %Vells-street, Oxford.st r e e t. Established 1820. EVFNINTG syN BIRTHS. at Bad Ems. Nassau, Germany, the lady . Esq., English medical attendant a 7.1 f Fredrai daughter. :1:, the o 15th inst., Mrs. J. Booth, at Dulwich,of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at 6 allymourit, Kildare, the lady of Mar rnaduke C. C. Roberts, Esq., of a sot ,. e l k 4t A h e la n m st.' Catty, On on the the 20th inst., the lady of Charles Gunning, Esq., of Newton St. Loe, near Bath, of a daughter, still-born. On the 20th inst., at Elmdon, Warwickshire, Mrs. H. S. Selfe, of a son. On the 20th inst., at Leamington Priors, the lady of Major- General T. Stez art, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 24th inst., at St. George the Martyr, by the Rev. Henry O'Neile, M.A. the Rev. David Davies, Incumbent of Yspytty C en f vn, i n the county of Cardigan, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late John Glover, Esq., of Bath. On the 10th inst., at the British Protestant Chapel, Lisbon, Francis Cook, Esq., second seri of William Cook, Esq., of Clapham-rise, surrey, to Emily Martha, third daughter of R. Lucas, Esq., of Lisbon. On the 20th inst., at Preston, near Weymouth, by the Rev. Octavius Piers, Vicar of that parish, Barrington Tristram , Esq., of Kensingt,n, to :..usanmh Isabella, widow of the late James Fawcett, Esq., of romlay. On the 20th in&t , at Greenwich Church, the Rev. Charles Manners Richard Norman, to Caroline Amelia, eldest daughter of John Angerstein, of Woodlands, Esq. D lED. On the 17th inst., at Frankfort Lodge, near Dundrum , Dubin, Eliza, the wife of William Booth, Esq. On the pith inst., Jonathan Peel, Esq., of Culham, near Abingdon, Berks, aged 53. On the 20th inst., Sarah Frances, the infant daughter of G. Vincent, Esq., of Dartmouth-street, Westminster. On the 20th inst., at Hooton Hall, Cheshire, Sir Thomas Stanley Massey Stanley, Baronet. London: Printed and Published by 3IURDO YOUNG' of No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 11.2, Strand, la the emit, of Middlesex, Wednesday, Aunt 26 184). F THE NEW NOVEL C K; W OR E 0 , YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY. A NOVEL. By the Author of " The Ilbid's Hu,band," &c. In 3 vols. post 8vo.", IS NOW READY, And can be had at all the Libraries. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 101 ' Of WI tio