The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-23 00:00:00

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Lithograph e d b y Ma oRR, from a _ Painting by HuoaLys. ry e ill-fated vess el, th e H ope steam-snip, flawing on boa r d seventy - two persons , o f whosetlur ty-;three were passengers, consisting of six ".tnen, ten child ren , an d fifteen gentlemen, was w recked upon the coast of Africa, south of the of Alsoa, on the Bth of March last year, under circumstances the most appalling that .can be conceived, from which, however, ail were reseued, through the skill, energy, and courage cf the Captain Mr. patience ßaddele) and subord and othcers . , and by the extr ( aordinary i storm the lia tiun of passengers and crew. In a violent vessel was driven upon a reef of rucks, about two hundred yards distant from an irun-bound s h ore , an d severa l c a sks of brandy .i 'elag stove in by the rolling of the . ship, ithe spirits flowed into the engine-room, and the and main deck were speedily a mass of fla nlcs• In this aw f u l s it u ation the Captain col lected all t h e people upon t h e quarter d ec k , an d n al:lng exhorted them to calmness and obedience, which they readily prothised and faithfully ob served, took effectual measures for extingaishing t he flames. But the ship was rapidly filling, 411 d must soon go down. The jolly-boat had "et% washed away ;' and, therefore, as the only means of enabli ng th e p eo pl e on b oar d t o reac h tu . e . shore, a raft was hastily constructed, upon which forty-one persons, comprising all the wo men and children, were, although not without gTeat difficulty, landed in safety. After much sultaring and personal exertion o n th e p ar t o f 1; 1 e Capt a i n an d his officers, the remainder of the Party were taken ashore, before the wreck u ltimately foundered. I Vir. IlenryWhitaker, who served at the time as second officer, made upon the spot a drawing of the terrible and magnificent scene, when the the vessel was beset by billows, of which 3 navigators of the temperate zones can form 112.cOnception, except from some such represen tations as are furnished in the print before us. The conduct of Mr. Whitaker at the time of the l ' l l rcebt was such as to give a peculiar interest to t o n e Publication. In the letters of Captain Bad c'e'c,v to the Directors of the Steam Navigation r c "Pany (the proprietors of the Hope), pub lished in the Cape of Good Hope Go l'erriment Gazette, 27th of March, 1840, a i nc l republished by the London Press, in. June 9st, expressed, in the strongest terms, his gm -I.itude to Mr. Whitaker for his courage and fide i.t,tY under the most trying circumstances. "When ' l 'e main deck was in a sheet of flame," said he, my officers, Mr. Whitaker, and Mr. Minter, re :inBed to le ave - My s id e , a n d a v ail themselves of :!'e chance w hi c h th e raft offered, of preserva tion, fro m a t err ibl e d eat h." Wh en th e first party !lad been landed in safety, the rope which was Intended to pull back the raft to the wreck was .uruken, a n d t h e l as t c h ance o f p reserva t ion f o r th ose on bo ar d seeme d t o t a lly cu t o ff. B u t the -aptaia and Mr. Whitaker ventured in one of the boat s t h at h a d b een stove i n, an d cou ld h ar dl y Ho lt upon a garden pond, to make for the shore, amidst rocks and surfs, aggravated by the fury o f a tropi ca l tempest . Th ey were d as h e d upon i rocks and severely injured, sometime elaps ing befor e th e C a pt a i n was res t ore d f rom insensi bility. Mr. Whitaker, however, the publisher of this print, succeeded in recovering the raft, w hereby the remainder of the crew and passen gers were eventually brought off. POLY TECHNIC INSTITUTION. new exhibition commences this day at this place of for and instruction, which will probably attract ICor serne time those who are desirous of witnessing the Progress of a discovery which has already excited not a Intie interest. Mr. Beard, the patentee of Walcott's Ksfleeting Apparatus, by which likenesses arc taken on the f‘rin c ipl e o f t h e D aguerreo typ e , f or some d a ys h a s been exhibiting the process in one of the rooms of the es taklishm, - .4.t to a limited circle of his acquaintances . 114c1 to person connected with the press, previous to 1, 1 0 Publi c ex hibiti o n. The process is extremely simple. he room in which the l!kenesses are taken is at the t o, of the building, and has sky-lights with coloured Bless, so as to give the most favourable light for the ope ration. The individual whose likeness is to be taken Places himself on a chair which is fitted with ma- Z hitery for keeping the head in one position, the opera ?l' Puts a small plate, properly prepared, in a camera °nature in front of him, and in a Jew seconds the plate 13 withdrawn, and submitted to the same process as that h sed in ph otogen i c d raw ing. In some instances, the it.lnesses which we saw taken yes'erday were uncom monly correct. Bat a great deal depends on circum stances, !qt. if the patient is either nervous, or in clined to :cni!e, or screws up his features to a solemn pitch, :be pott-ait comes forth with these ' ,lt ataeteristies strisAly defined There is also some nicety required in submitting the plate to the 113crat;on of the mercury. By proper irn.nagement, owever, we have no doubt the art may be brought to great perfection, and the most str king likeness pro. 3.l ,.ne^d. According to the French pa fors, Louis Phi i2nd his family underwent the operation at the T uileries sour dabs ago, and highly praised the inge 11uitY of the artiste. who took their portraits at o ne sit s ,: ng of five seconds, :?stead of five sittings, as formerly, Of hall an hour each. FUNERAL OF Ni; POLEON. A Diorama was opened yeSt - erday at St. J a m&s• . strcet, rn the building fornierly called the S. James's 153.7aar, rug views of the funeral of the Emperor at the Hotel ,2 5 loYalidei. They are painted by four French gentle. ten. painters to the Royal Academy of Music at Paris, : nt' also t o th e G overn m e nt, who employed them for i ceremony of the funeral. Tne Diorama consists of four representations—the Esplanade and the Court and of the Inralides, the Funeral Car, and the Int.rior ` the Chapel. The effect is very impressive. The Chet assembl age o f t r oops—the numerous dignitaries of ul'ell and State—the eld worn-out warriors ranged ea.l6 side—the King, at the heal of the Ministers, :"ancitio - before the coffin—the Prince de Joinv ill e eBl gaing ttle sacred trust to his father — an d the vast ih;s 4l m speators assembled within the vicinity of to magaifieent building, with its venerable dome t i "ring above the gorgeous pageant, combined with eff ect r ee‘lk•etions of :be man of the age — p roduce an aect altogether of grerct. interest. The work in general 's well execute d , b ut t h e li g ht is defect' re, and the in t between each representation arc tediously long. som e impatience was evinced by the spectators on this eo u ll l. • and the coed: Ictors of the Diorama, therefore, w ou L, iu consult their own i,,terest by shortening the time °f the representation at leas: by one - half , a nd p roducin g o brighter light, like that use d in the dioramas at Re• Z e i a t i s Park, With some alters : ions of t his kind the 44 itiou would become an object 4. 4 general attraction. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS L FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. ( From the Globe.) The County Courts Bill seems to have produced ' considerable consternation among the lawyers, who view in its proposed facilities for the recovery of smell debts a fearful diminution of those costs ef suit with the accumulation of which their own ingenuity is dis pleyed, and their pecuniary advantage promoted. Pamphlet?, large and small, denouncing the measure as fraught with injury —not, of course, to themselves, but to the public —are daily making their appearance ; and it the measure could be endangered by a mere weight of paper, many reams of which have been alrea:ly spoiled in setting forth its supposed poxers of mischief to the suitors it proposes to relieve, we should certainly enter tain small hope of seeing it rise irr_f net with life and energy, from the mass. Happily for the safety of the measure, the arguments employed against it are few and feeble. With one exception, the writers have been unable to keep their own secret but have disclosed the real cause of their enmity to the Bill—the motive which impelled them to rush into the arena with such deter mined zeal for the public interests. Their cra't, from which they derive their wealth, is pieced in jeopardy. For the purposes of securing justice to individuals in their pecuniary trarnaetions with each other, it is essen tial that the means of coming at justice should be cheap, expeditious, and certain ; and to accomplish this, the tribunals ought to be near at hand, easy of aceges, and equally open to the poor as to the rich. The mode of process should be simple, and perfectly intelligible to the meanest capacity, unclouded with mysteries • and un perplexed with forms. In short, the law, the instru ment of justice, should familiarize itself as the 'well known friend of every man ; and the consequence seems natural that every man would be a friend to justice, and to the law as its chief minister. Contrast this descrip tion, which the common sense of every man teaches ought to be realized in the existing system of juris prudence in every country, and especially in such an empire as Britain, with that which actually exists, and he will find that in every part the discrepancy is painfully apparent. Hence those who have had to reek justice through the necessary forms have never been heard to pro nounce eulogies on the Courts, hist have been the loudest in denouncing the system. But the number of these persons has been comparatively small. Each person has sustained a peculiar, isolated interest, which is almost detached from the sympathies of society. In a case of, injury or oppression, resulting from the delay and ex pense, amounting to a denial of justice, the complaints of the injured individual have been too feeble to excite attention. The powerful interests opposed to an ame lioration of ,the system have deterred governments which felt no sympathy with the. people from stir ring those powerful interests against themselves, by proposing a change in the law ; hence the mischiefs have been suffered to remain and to accutnulete, notwith standing the remonstrances, petition?, aid complaints which have been addressed to the Legislature, and urged upon the Executive, for an alteration in the system. This Bill, for the more ready recovery of small debts, is therefore not among time smallest of the benefits which the present Administration has sought to confer on the country, in the face of powerful oppo sition to improvement. (From the Standard.) That a law which eclemnly stigmatises poverty as a crime, must make the mass less compassionate, can scarcely be doubted. Unthinking men—and the mass is composed of such—will too readily take the evidence of the Legislature as conclusive against the claims of their suffering fellow-creatures. It is dangerous to supply men with arguments for keeping their hands and their hearts shut ; we all have in our own breasts too active and powerful an advocate on the side of such arguments. Again, to treat any class of our falow-creatures harshly is a good means of pro voking them to merit larch treatment. We hear much now of the insolence of the poor which we did not use to hear ; but insolence rarely extracts aim?. Add to this the tendency of fear to render men selfish. Hitherto the most bounteous almsgivers have not been t'.e most afflueet, but the class of persons suf ficiently humble in rank to know and to appre• elate the sufferings of their nighbours. Tire terrors of the new law must harden such persons into avarice. On the whole, the-efore, we should say there can oe latle douft that the effect of the New Poor-law has neon to diminish the amount given in alms by the gene rarty. On the other side we admit that the new law has been a severe drain upon the generous end con siderate. Thousands of such we know discharge to the aged and helpless a debt fairly due by the public. As far as they are concerned, the law operates as a heavy tax upon kindness of heart and Christian feeling. SUDBURY ELECTION COM- MITTEE (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) Mr. Sergeant WaANGHAM replied, and commented at some length upon the discrepancy in the evidence of Acland, the witness, examined that day, and the evid. nce of the witnesses examined on Saturday. He contended that the election was virtually at an end, when Mr. Purr rose to pro pose Mr. Bagshawe as a candidate, and, therefore, he could not legally take any notice of that nomi nalion. It was admitted, on the other side, that pre viously to Mr. BagshaWe being put in nomination, the Mayor had commenced his declaration, and that he was corn pe.led to desist solely from the interruption of Mr. Acland. If that were so it was clear that all the proceedings had been gone through, and that the Mayor had made up his mind, and was about to announce the result. No nomination after that pe riod could be of any value, and [if, indeed, Alderman Purr had proposed Mr. Bagshawe, why had he not remonstrated with the Mayor on the impropriety of declaring Mr. Tomline duly elected without taking a show of hands? Why had there been no remonstrance on the part of the alleged seconder ? It was unnecessary for him to dwell further on that part of the case, in order to show the Committee that the Mayor could not legally take cognizance of a nomination made under such cir cumstances. T he Learned Ccunsel was proceeding in his ad dress when it was announced that the Speaker was at prayers, and the Committee adjourned till to-morrow at Eleven &Clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, MARCIE 22. BING OF HANOVER V. SIR H. WHEATLEY AND OTHERS. In this case the King of Hanover was the plaintiff, and Sir Henry Wheatley and Thomas Wood (execu tors of his late Majesty King William the 4th), the Attorney-General, as representing the beneficial into. rest of the Crown in the property in dispute, and Prince George of Cambridge were defendants. The case came on upon a motion on behalf of the defendants for a commission to Hanover to cross-examine Mrs. Char lotte Beckendorff, aged 80, and Miss Sophia Beekendoz ffe her daughter, who had already been examined by a Commission on behalf of the august plaintiff. Mr. JAMES WIGRAM, who appeared for the defen dants, and in support of the motion, st ited that the property in dispute might be described as certain jewels, said to be worth 50,000/., which were worn by her Ma jesty Queen Charlotte, when living, and whirl, upon her death, went into the custody or possession of George IV. Upon the death of George IV. they weet into the possession of William IV. ; upon the death of King William, when the Crownsof England and Hanover became separated, the question arose to which of these Crowns the jewels belonged. The Learned Counsel st ited that the executors, having put in their answer admitting the possession of the jewels, the plaintiff ob tained a Commission for the examination of witnesses at Hanover, in which . Commission the defendants might have joined, but they did not at that time think it necessary to do so. Circumstances, however, have since come to their knowledge, which made them desirous of cross-examining Madame and Miss Beckon dorff, who had been for many years Maids of Honour to Queen Charlotte. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL (with whom was Mr. Pemberton), appeared for the King of Hanover, and stated that, after making a few observations, he would leave the case entirely in the hands of the Court. When Queen Charlotte's will was made, the German character and the British character of the House of Hanover were both united and consolidated in the person of her illustrious husband, George the Third. They continued united and consolidated in the persons of George the Fourth and William the Fourth, and those events which had led to the succession to the British throne of the au gust and illustrious individual who now filled it led to the corresponding event of another representative of that august family filling the throne of Hanover. Then came the time when, the two successions being sepa rated, the separate representatives of the House of Hanover in its German character (clearly in his opinion upon the will of Queen Charlotte) became the inheritor of that valuable bequest of jewels. He s:iid " clearly, because it ape eared to him that the British language, celebrated at ell times, when properly used, for its distinctness, could furnish no terms of gift more clear than those which were contained is the will. Her Majesty, by her will, presented these jewels, of the Na4.lc of 50,0001., which were given to her by the Kin upon her marriage to her husband George the Third, and proceeded—" but if the King should not survive me, or if he should unfortunately not, previous to his death, be restored to a sound state of mind, then, and in that case only, I give and bequeath the said jewels to the House of Hanover, to be settled Ilion it, and considered as an heir loom in the direct line' of succession of the house as established tt l'e laws and e constituLion of the Hoene of Haoover." [hose were the words upon which the humble individual who was then addressees t he Court, but some of the Zest lawyers of the realm hal statestatethat the nature of the bequest was ddre ss not ing 6.113. too distinct to become 9 subject of serious consideration or doubt. lie supposed aet the other side meant to say King George the Third did net make a special present of them to Queen Charlotte, and of course if the Queen had not a title to them her bequeet would be per fectly inoperative. Those were matters, liNvevcr, that and by. He could aeleure the would have to be decided by Court that those who represented the King of Hanoeer had not only recommended but practised the most con stant, i stant, incessant, and laborious diligence n placing the Crown officers, and those who represented the interests of the Crown of Great Britain, in possession of every [ thing which could fairly and completely elucidate the _ question as to the fact of that illustrious and ever to be COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. b e it e i k new dra ma i n th r ee acts, ;titled The Embassy,chich we i a'ie to b e an adaptation from the French, was produced last t at this theatre. The plot depends upon the loves of toe , Nr s ?ness du Pont, one of the ladies of the Queen of Navarre, fur . count P.ene de Rohan, a young nobleman, whose head is t r exeribed in consequence of some ece,perate pranks which he 4s Played under the name of Bretag He is, however, p gat he taead, and the young Baroness, ne. at the command of her ° Yal mist ress , is about bestowing her hand upon the Duke de Nevee's, when Rohan arrives, bearing the despatch 3: t he Duke of Anjou, of which he has forcibl y pos ' -- ; L e d himself after a fashion of highway robbers, 1 4 ,,:;' e hope that it might help lurn to an interview with his t ire ss• The despatch, however, contains the warrant for ofeexecution of Bretagne, and as Madame de Brissac, a lady o. he Court and kinsman of the Duke de Nevers, reads the -.ear• rlption of tine proscribed culprit, she identifies him at once 4s " viscount Rene de Rohan. 'J he Duke remembers that Re mother had, when in England, saved his life, and grafi- A t e jlow prompts him to do a similar generosity for her son. and 3 reluest, therefore, he places him on parole for a day, t a allows him to attend the Court ball, at which the . e „, -- u r° __ness is to confirm her acceptance of the Duke. Of j e i r s e th e rea.der will foresee the intricacies of love, tu 4 , l (iii ',Y , and forriance which arise out of this event, ett nerosity over his - wnich finally t.erminate in the triumph of the Duke's disappointment and revenge ; and in ash, "ion of the aet with su ffi c i e -nt'oung Viscount and the Baroness, devotion towards each other, but kith 11 0 little ing r atit u de ai :d deceit towards their magnanimous otiThe little elisode i n Tri hardly deserve not t iee, ant i -s of dramatic invention and situ.. we, the; efore, pass to the act th°,' Ellen Tree, who was reeei,- - ed with kind enthusiasm by le o c a td ienee, sustained , the mea d re part of the Baroness by tu nt ' w th natural and unaffected gt ace; and Vestris, as her „ 4 . 'Y ant cc , • the loverll:Tannin of the Court, cont:msted to the . sentim . sentiment Was a pleasant strain of merry -hearted gaiety which th at tinge her mingled with the archnes:ts :`and sly perception The her lively actin , * with its peculiar' spill't and naivete. forthgetitlernen of the drama had nothing to th.'.t could call of ballet 7, e any particular effort of genius. t eate " an p ct ece was got up, in scenery and costinne, witii great in excelent taste. In its secomd act ari elegant f t was introduced, and well sustained in all partj• A. l au tt.,of the curtain Miss Tree was called for and much .a1 )- s e , There was a smal', but troublesome minority, in I, bi„.•Ye,i,t.ll audience, which opposed the announcement of the W l e v , r s e r d epitioa rather tenaciously, but they were finally over- A-r• Sewel of Oxford has addressed a letter to 11148 eY on the subject of the Tract No. 9U, in which e declares that he ha; never " been in the slightest de- L i. s ' e connect e d w i t h th e publication of the Tract!," and t t_ ay e s t u di ous ly aycided habits of intimacy with ntir au thors."—Encning Parser. F ATAL ACCIDENT. —Yesterday afternoon a tePlurable ace'det.t took !lace in Worship-square, Fins -IY, which catved the death of a litt le bo y , named Ed ard', th e son o f a to b accon i s t, living opposite Worship u,'" Police-Jfice. It appeared that so me brewer's dray en wele "e , ged in I.,wering barrel,' of beer into the cellar of the ll' aid-faced St tg puLlie-house , wh en a Inge rard, w hi ch um raised as a barrier in front o f the cellar _ ofiaid". was blown down by fne violets 2 of the wiad, and sh o 2 ; " 1 the I.he child's head, which was fturod ia a manner. Upon being picked up, tle poor little fellow exhibited some slight symptcsms of life, but he die d 0 Mcdical asslstaLce could be procured. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1841 revered Monarch George 111. having presented the jewels to his no less illustrious consort Queen. Charlotte, on the occasion of her marriage. Having stated thus much, he did not Mean, unless hi„ . Learned Friend, Mr. Pemberton, differed with him (and they did nr.t often differ), to oppose the action, although it was clear Vie defendants were by no means entitled to it a. a matter of right, but would leave it to the discretion of the Court, wishing that, when the case came to be decided, it should I e found that no one circumstance bad been kept back, which, in the estimation of Judges or advo cates, might, by.any possibility, be deemed essential to the just determination of the case. Mr. PEMBERTON entirely concurred ha the caurse which had been taken by Sir Charles Wetherell, but hoped the Court would direct the Commission to be returned at the earliest possible period. - The order for the Commission was then made, and the Commission made returnable for the last day of Easter Term. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 22. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. A message from the Commons brought up the Lease and Rekave Bill, the Manchester and Salford Water works BT, aad several other Bills, which were read a firtt ;;me. Lord STR AFFORD presented a petition from the tea dealers of Liverpool, prating for an equalisation of the sugar and coffee duties. The NOBLE LORD presented also a number of peti tions from places in the counties of Londonderry and Donegal, against lay patronage in the Church of Scot land. The Mutiny Bill, and Marine Mutiny B:11, severally went through Committee, and were ordered to be read a third time to-mcrrow. CASE OF MR. CANDLEIS H. The Duke of ARGYLE having presented a petition against Church patronage in Scotland, took the oppor tunity of defending the Rev. Mr. Candleish against the charge made by the Noble Secretary for the Home De parttne it, that the Rev. Gentleman had violated the law. The Marquis of NORMAN BY regretted that his Noble Friend the Duke of Argyle had taken occasion to justify the conduct of Mr. Candleish. Proceelings had hcen instituted for the purpose of ascertaining, in the Scotch Courts of Law, whether the conduct of that gentleman had been illegal or not. The Marquis of DO WNSH IRE presented petitions from congregations of Presbyterians, in the Counties of Down and Tyrone, against Church patronage iu Scot hod. The Noble Marquis presented also a petition from Bcllast, for the better observance of the Sabbath. The Whitby Improvement Bill, the South Western Railway 8111, and the Britannia Insurance Company Bill were severally read a second time. POOR LAWS (IRELAND). The Earl of GLENG ALL then rose to move that Mr. Phelan, Assistant Poor-law Commissioner in Ire land, should be called to the bar and examined. The Noble Earl said that he thought it but justice to say that he ha'l that day rece:vad a letter from Mr. Bag wed, whose nettle had been mentioned in that investigation, denying th . at he was actuated by any im proper motive in the appoictnent as rcturning officer of Mr. Butler, a relative of the Roman Catholic Arch bisho►p of Casha, as stated by Mr Hawley in one of the Dahlia papers. The Marquis of NORMANBY said, ho also Lai received a similar letter from Mr. Bagwell, and that he .had written to that gentleman, stating that he (the Marquis of Normanby) disbelieved the imputation. The Earl of WICKLOW said, he thought they ought to have Mr. Hawley there, for it appeared to him that Mr. Hawley was the most culpable person engaged in t hetransaction. Tile Marquis of NORMANBY was understood to fay that he thought it would be proper to have Mr. Hawley examined at the bar. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said they should reeel loot where they were going. He was anxious to have Mr. Hawley examined, but it appeared to him that if there were to make inquiry into the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners, they had better make it alto getier and not by halves.—(Hear, hear.) The Marquis of NORM ANBY said the object of their inquiry was to inquire on what grounds Mr. Stanley made an alteration in the language of a letter from what was originally intended, and by whose advice and sanction that alteration was made. The Earl of WICKLO W said that was the most important pait of the inquiry, and he thought it would he best elicited by a private Citnmittee. The Earl of GLENGALL said his object was to get at the point mentioned by his Nob'e Friend, which could only be done by a Committee up stairs. Lord FITZGERALD and VESCI thought that it was due to Mr. Hawley thet he should be afforded an opportunity of explanation. Mr. Pile!an was then called to the Bar and exa mined by the Eal of GLENGALL.—Witness is an Assis'ant Poor-Law Commissioner in Ireland. Is a surgeon. Is not aware that Lord Morpeth gave direc tions to the Poor -lacy Commiss:orers of Ireland that the High Constables of Baronies should be appointed re turning officers under the Poor-law Act wherever such a proeeeling should be practicable ; but he knew that the opinion of the Poor-law Commissioners was that such ought to be the case. It was gencra'ly so under- Ftood. Toe general directions given to the Assistant- Commissioners were to appoint fit and proper per sons rt turning officers such as would be likely to perform their duties efficiently. It was understood that persons of strong political opinions should not be ap pointed. ‘Vitness had received a later from John Butler, dated Cionmel, 6th February 1839, in which he requested witness to apply to the Attorney-General, as he (Butler) had written three letters to him, to which he had received no reply, and that the Attorney- G.meral had promised him very _fair, . . but, as yst, had done nothing for him. - Party spirit generally ran high in Clonmel. Had known Mr. Butler for twenty-seven years very intimately. He belongs ta what is called the Reform party. Unless he did I don't think he would have written such a letter as he did to the Attorney-General. Witness has resided for about thirty years in Clonmel, and knows all the transactions connected with it. He was not aware of Butler having made a composition with his creditors about three years ago, nor had he ever heard of it until it was mentionel to him in London about three weeks age. He had ne%er heard of Mr. But!er asking is landlord for irp: Had , h uf" iaie Key ot , the premises. heard ofa trial, Burke v. Butler, but knew nothing of the facts of the eases ; does not know whe!Ler it was proved at that trial that a relative of Butler's, who went to America, made over his property to him, to be handed back on his return, or that Butler settled the pro perty on his own wife ; and, finally, that he gave 5001. to settle the matter. Witness was in Clonmel when the trial took place, but has no recollec tion of these facts. Recollects a case in which Butler was brought before the Magistrates for an assault upon the police, but a most re spectable gentleman of Clonmel stated that Mr. Butler had ailed most properly on that oceasion, and had prevented a great loss of life. He cannot tell why the Magistrates referred the matter to the Government for its opinion. Wit ness voted for Ba'l at that. election ; atteaded din ners and meetings to secure the return of that gentle man. Prosecuted the Consiiiulional newspaper for libels on his , professional character, not for any remarks upon his speeches at the political dinners, or upon any other part of his political conduct. To the Marquis of LANSDOWNE—Swears most solemnly that he did not prosecute the paper alluded to for attacks upon his political conduct, but for at tacks upon his professional character. To the Earl of GLENGALL—He did not know wilt - titer his solicitor, Mr. Green, made a speech or a song the ground of the action. Mr. Butler proposed Mr. Ball at an election in Clon mel. He (Mr. Phelan) supported Mr. Ball on the occasion, who he believed was returned without opposi ticn. He was net aware that Mr. Ball had ever recom mended him for the of se of Assistant Cemmiasioner. He had no knowledge of this fact, and he had no recollec tion of having seen it in the Returns. He expected however, that Mr. Bail would have used his influence in his favour. He had no recollection of the fact that Mr. Butler had acted as agent to Mr. Ronayne at an election in Clonmel in opposition to Mr. Bagwell. He saw and heard of the evidence taken before the Mr.- met Election Committee, but he did not remember the eireu:natance. He suspected he had read Mr. Butler's evidence on the occasion, but he had no distinct recd• lection on the matter. He had himself taken no share in that election. citedAs i s 3 i t \ a ti l tr t e .. CEBoaanil of Bait's i i s n s t i e e Hr n eA e s r tD , a iDn r l l bNi h s e Gf h aTv a o 7 uN r r e — e f e o ry ete had soli-h d e fr o o ffi m ee hi o n f a favourable answer. By Lord FITZGERALD—You suspect that Mr. Ball recommended you ?--I have no doubt but he did. i By the Earl of GLENGALL—IIaving been aware that Mr. Butler had t %ken so decided a part in the ek'ction of Mr. Ball, and that he had also used his influence in favour of Mr. Ronayne at the Clannn-1 election, how could you recommend him to the Poor law Commissioners as a person who had no political connection in the town for th e o ffi ce o f return i ng o ffi cer —ln the first place I did not consider Mr. Butler at the time as an active criviisscr, and in the next place I did not recommend him --I merely introduced him to the Asslstant-Commissioners,leaving them to judge for them selves. Witness had never known, nor did he believe, chat Mr. l3atler had ever been a bankrupt, or an insolvent, or . that . he had ever made a and does not believe that he is in insolvent composition with his creditors. Knows Butler has . Will not swear that he never I compounded with his credit(); s, but does not believe that he ever did.. When witness had heard a report to that effect in the office he had written down to Conmel on the subject to Mr. Bayer, and to a gentleman of veracity, on whom he could place reliance, and he would, wlth their , cPirrruearttsYta' noes. Lord ships' permission, real those letters. l.t was decided . that the letters could not be re ad , and the examinat l on was resumed.) Mr. Butl er , in his letter, denied that he had ever been b an k rupt or insolventor had ever made a composition with hi s cre di tors . Believes Butler to be at tlns moment a 501. free a7bpuirted; Always u n d ers t oo d that Butlerill not swear to these things of free holder of the county of 'Tipperary. I s not aware that the lease o n the pro p ert y fo r which he was r p e o g s i s s e t s e s r e e d ' ln has d professionally, but his own knowledze• h fa i s m p lY rivate . concerns. Butter had told Has been in the habit of attend 3', never talked to c b t e i a d a ü b s t e d i B as u. g o r e a r du i a la ll d y m de al i e ni p ng rOperty in that illllißtatoakturt:she had retired from the woollen trade Had heard I business. It was pos!iLle that Mr. Butler might ha:e wade a composition with his creditors without the know ledge of the witness. By Lord REIMSDALE—Witness visited many families in Connie], and he supposed they were as t e l v ie ed tra t i l le at w much in the habit of canvassing other people's affairs as in other places—(Alaugb)—but he had never beard of the circumstance. He could not state what any one imagined, but be bad never heard any one say that they supposed or expected Mr. Butler would become a bat krupt. To 'Lori GLENGALL—He hal been absent from Clonmel eiglA months in 1824. He had besril of the verdict rgainst Mr. Butler, but he did not think he had ever read any report of the trial. He did net know that any fraud had been imputed to him, nor had ha ever spoken to Mr. Bader upon the subject. To the Marquis of LANSDOWNE—He knew it was a civil trial in which the verdict bad bean against him—he was well aware that it was not a criminal pro ceeding. To Lord GLENGALL—Mr. Batkr was not de serving of the character of a partizan—he was looked upon by the Reformers as a very lukewarm friend for many years. Witness did not know of his having been an election agent, and he was looked upon as a lake warm friend to the Reform cause notwithstanding his vote for Mr. B.,1!. I don't think. Mr. Butler was de serving the character of a part'zan—there are certainly many who are loss politicians and partizans than Mr. Butler.. Tile population of the union of Cionma is about O G,OOO. I think it was possible to find a per son less of a partizan and equally fitted for the office of returainz officer. I knew a clerk of Mr. Butler's named Denis Walsh, but I don't know how his salary was paid after Mr. Butler retired from business. 1 believe Mr. Fennell was as strongly biassed towards one party as Mr. Butler was on the other. I state that from my long acquaintance with him. I never heard anything prejudicial to the character of Mr. Funned. Never heard that Mr. Fennell was in arrear in his re turns to the Grand Jury of the many thousands which he had to collect for the county. Mr. Fennell had never voted for the county, because he bad no vote. Did not know VIDA; the father of that gentleman had sufficient property to pive him a rent charge, which would qualify him to vote. To Lord FITZGERALD—Must alinit that Mr. Butler having attended public meetinv, and voted for one party at elections, was more of a partizan than Mr. Fennell, who never attended such meetings, and never had a vote. Admitted that Mr. Fennell ryas as fit a person to be returning-officer as Mr. Butler. But the latter had been recommended by Messrs. Hawley and Hancock, before Mr: Fenntll's application was received. To Lord REDESDALE—AIthough the written recommendation from those gentlemen had not been received at the office of the Commissioners before Mr. Ftnnetl's application, yet it was known to the Commis sioners through witness, that they did recommend him. It was not a rule to make written records of such corn munictfons as had passed upon the subject ; previous to the letter, included in the returns before the House, I was in Dublin on the 15th of February, 1839. I was then Assistant Poor-law Cemmissiener. I might pos sibly have seen Mr. Fennell's latter, but I have no re collection of it. lam certain I did not tel the clerk in the office that Mr. Butler had been appointed re turning officer. I only knew at the time that Mr. But ler had been recommended, and I might have men tioned t'iat fact. I was not the main instrument in ef fecting Mr. Butler's appointment. I wrote to Mr. Han cock, and that letter was partly a recommendation and partly an introduction. I thought the letter was a mere matter of course, and would have given a similsr one to Mr. Ferinell had he asked me. If I had seen Mr. Fen nell's vote.; and the manner in which the returns of the cess were made, I should not have thought him a proper person to be appointed returning officer. I was not su-- prised at Mr. Butler seeking and obtaining so insignifi cant an rppointment, as he was at the time unern pleyed. M Any persons in better circumstances applied for similar situations. I don't recollect Mr. Bianconi, or any ether rarty, having spoken to me in Mr. But ler's favour ;it might have occurred. Mr. Butler is a Roman Catholic, and Mr. Feme.ll either a Protestant or a Quaker. The office of returning officer was looked upon more es a situation of trust and responsibility than from the pecuniary emoluments attached to it. I never heard that Butler sought the appointment of Master of the House of Industry. The salary of Butler was 201. per annum. Wel (the nephew cf Butler) and his wife were anxious for the appointment of rreaster and matron of the workhouse. I soletnnfyil believe that Butler discharged his duty faithfully, which was a very difficult matter under the circumstances. I have repeatedly stated that I thought Mr. Butler unfit for the office of valuA3r. I thought it was better to have professional valuators. I heard at the office that there were complaints. against Mr. Butler, and in May last the C3mmissiohers cawed upon me to state what I knew of his character. I made a report to them accordingly. The IctLr from the Mayor I understood was directed to me mere as a private individual than as a Commissioner. ••I did not communicate it to the Commissioners. There were many communications made to me respecting other unions, which I considered as of a strictly private nature, but if there was any thing in them of great importance I was accustomed to communicate it to the Commissioners. I considered in this case that the same information would conto to the Commissioners in a more regular way. Mr. Nicholls desired ate to state what I knew respecting Mr. Butler, but I was never applied to respecting any specific complaint that was made against him. I knew there La I been numerous complaints made against Mr. Butler. I have heard of •the trial of Davis for per jury. I have heard that he made _qn_pligl 4 _, N it that he le'svas accordingly sentenced i 3 months' imprisonment. Ido not know whether it was sworn at the trial that Butler was the chief means of making Davis commit that perjury. I did not make many inquiries from Davis respecting it, from knowing the character of some of the parties engaged in that transaction. I knew men named Shanathon, Flinn, and Create. They Were witaes3es on the trial: No communication was made to me that Mr. Nicholl's con fidence in Butler was greatly shaken after the trial of Davis. I was in Dublin in the month of May, 1840. 1 must have had some communication with Mr. Stanley respecting the returns to this House. I never expressed any wish to him t 3 have left out of the returns what I had said respecting Butler in my Report of May, 1840. I did not recommend that he should be con tinued in office as returning officer in 1841, nor yet that he should not—neither the one nor the other. By the Marquis of NORMANBY—I att =bed little importance to the appointment of Mr. Betler. I was much engaged at the time with my novel duties. I may have been appointed Assistant Commissioner on the ground that I might be found useful in the medical depart ,tent, but I do not know that such was the case. I am the author of a work on medical charities. The witness then withdrew, but was desired to hold himself ready fur further examination. Mr.' Peddcll was then called on, and examined by Lord GLENGALL.—He resided in Clonmel since the year 1805. Knew the returning officer, Mr. John Butler. It was well known in the town that Butler hnd failid in business and compounded with his cre dibri, and.that he never paid the composition. It was a matter of public notoriety in Clontnel. Mr. Bagwell was a gefltleman of large property, owning the largest part of the town of Clonmel. Tnat gentle man was reported to be of Liberal principles, but he had made complaints against Butler's conduct ns re turning officer. In the case of Burke against Butler, he conduct of the defendant was the common talk of the town. Witness could not suppose it possible that any medical man of considerable practice in the town could be ignorant of the assertions against Butler to which that trial rave rise. Witness was told that the Government reprimanded Butler for his conduct in the case in which the Magistrates condemned him for assaulting the police. The general opinion of But ler in Clonmel was, that ho was a most decided political partisan, and witness heard it &pressed amongst per sons of all parties, Catholic ac.d Protestant, that, on ac count of his extreme partisanship, he was a most unfit man to be selected for the duties of a returning officer. Mr. George Fennell was not known as a political par tisan. He had no vote, and was not in the habit of at- tending political meetings. To tLe Marquis of. N ORMANBY—Witness bad a correspondence with the Poor-law Commissioners on this subject. Could not say that it was a very warm one.—(A laugh.) Had been in the House during the examination of the other witnesses. Had also read the reports of the evidence in the newspapers and in the printed papers before their Lordships. To Lord REDESLA LE—Had not heard, in Clontnel, that Messrs. Hawley and Hancock had made inquiries respecting the character of But ler. They bad stated that they made such in quiries, and he must believe them ; but he thinks it strange that they did not inquire of the respectable in habitants of the town, or of the principal proprietor, Mr. Bagwell, who had been the landlord of Butler. Mr. Bianconi, who recommended Butler, was the largest proprietor of stagecoaches in the south of Ireland, and cues a most respected-and praiseworthy individual. The witness was then ordered to withdraw, when a discussion of some length took place as to the propriety of having Mr. Hawley called to the bar. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that whatever might have been the impropriety of conduct proved against the Assistant Commissioners, the Commissioners themselves were the only persons responsible to that House. _ It was ultimately arranged that Mr. Hawley and Mr. Earle should be required to attend, the former on Friday, and the latter on Monday next. The Marquis of NORMANBY brought in a for the improvement of certain boroughs. He would move its second reading to-morrow, with a view to its being referred to the Committee on the Drainage Bill. Their Lordships then Adjourned. CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS. (13-.4bre Mr. D. R. WARINGTON, and Messrs. REID, ELYARD, and SUTHERLAND.) A good looking young woman, named Martha Bar ber, was brought up in the custody of Sergeant Lox ton, of the R division of police, charged on suspicion of being concerned in a burglary at 'the dwellinff- house of the Rev. Mr. Gabler, of Norwood VIIII, °Croydon, and stealing 1501. in Bank of England notes, a quantity of plate, and other valuable articles, to the amount of upwards of 4001. the property of that gentleman. Mr. Richards, of Croydon, attended in support of the prosecution. It appeared from the evidenee ad duced, that the prisoner was servant to the prosecutor, but she had recently given him warning, and was shortly to have quitted his service. On Thursday night about twelve o'clock the prosecutor and his family retired to bed, and about six o'clock in the morning tie prisoner gave an alarm that the house had been robbed. The prosecutor went down stairs, and found that a pane of glass had been broken in the kitchen window, and the kitchen door was also open, and he observed likewise that there were marks of violence on the pantry door. Upon further search he discovered that the drawing-room had been ransacked of a variety of va luable property to the amount of 4001. The police were called in, and upon their examining the premises they were decidedly of opinion that the marks of vio lence were all simulated, and that the house had net been entered by means of any external violence, but that some person in the interior must have been con cerned. The prisoner was asked for the key of her box, which she at first eppearcd reluctant to give up, but on the box being opened an oyster knife was found in it, and when the officer Lawson was about to apply it to the marks on the pantry door, the prisoner told him not to do that, and at the same time handed him a screw-driver, which she said she thought would fit. He, however, applied the oyster knife to the marks on the door, and it fitted then exactly. Upon searching the garden the marks of two men's naked feet were traced to the wall, and in an adjoining empty house the desk of the prosecutor was found broken open and the papers strewed about, and the screw-driver which the prisoner gave the officer appeared to hat e been the instrument employed to break it open. It also appeared that on the day before the robbery the prisoner inquired of a, oung lady who was staving with Dr. Gabler, whether the handles of a carvhl knife and fork were silver, and where they were I apt. There were other circumstances of a suspicic as character which induced the prosecutor to give tlhl prisoner into custody, in order thr.t the matter might undergo investigation before the Magfstra.e4. The CHAIRMAN int:piled whether any of the stolen propery had been traced. Mr. Gabler said it had not, and unfortunately he had not taken the numbers of the notes. Mr. SUTHERLAND—Did you have a good character with the prisoner. Mr. Gabler—We took her into our service upon the recommendation of another old confidential servant, but I have since discovered that there have been some un pleasant circumstances in other plice3 where the pri soner has been in service. Tile prisoner protested her innocence in the stronge,t terms, and the Magistrates altar some ditheration said, that it was certainly a case of very great snspicion, but they did not think the evidence would warrant them in remanding the prisoner. They should, tlbere fore, discharge her upon her entering into her recognizance to appear on a futare day in case she should be required to do so. NEWFOUNDLAND HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. (From the Newfoundland. Timis cf Feb. 17.) The most prominent feature in the " sayings and doings" of the House of Assembly during the past weak was the passing and presenting to his Excellency the Governor of an address praying for copies of all the documents relating to the recent outrages at Carhonear, upon which his Excellency founded certain language which he deemed it his imperative duty to use in his speech on opening the present session of the Legisla ture, by which address it appears that, (Unmet from all the rest of the community, the House is in a state of the most happy ignorance with regard to those evens —that it knows nothing at all about them. It pro fessed to require further information before it could be " in a situation to judge of the necessity of altering the election law." Tile following is his Excellency's most _i(Ldiciou,s,snd well.timeaio to this tactus rinctress--nnu would we corn "set" it in letters of gold : " Gentlemen,—The scandelms events which occurred at two partial elections during the late recess—the ferocious conduct of a mob at Carbonell-, by which one of those elections was rendered abortive—and the neces sity of military interference and protection on these oc casions, are matters of general notoriety. " I consider that the documents already before the House are sufficiently demonstrative to prove those evils—aud, in the exercise of my discretion under the existing circumstances of the colony, I must decline compliance with this address, believing that no good could result to the community from the pub!icaton of all the representations which I have rcce.ved on this .subject. "So convinced am I of the absolute necessity of an amendment of the election law, that I avail myself of this opportunity to state, that should, unhappily, no legislative enactment be male during this session, to secure the free exercise of th 3 franchise, and public tranquillity in future elections, I will not undertake the responsibilty of issuing prod ans Cons or writs for the election of a new House of Assembly, or make my self accountable for the serious consegoences, the con fusion and bloodshed, so likely to ensue therefrom under the present system ; hut, referring the whole affair to the Supreme Government, I will, as in duty hound, implicily follow such directions as I may receive in that behalf. " Government House, Feb. 12, 1841." REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH DEVON. The Western Luminaryannounced to us on Tues day afternoon, that a new arrangement has taken pl ice between the Lords of the Acres of the Southern Division, by which Mr Montague Edmund New combe Parker will resign the representation of the Division in Parliament, and the Lord Cour tenay will quietly welk into his seat. Tille is ail just as it should be. My Lord Stanley, with a franknes which is becoming to his order, tell us in the recent Irish debate, that the votes were intended for those who owned the acres, aid not for those who dwelt on them. It hardly needed Lord Stanley's candour to make this fact apparent in S:iuth Devon ; the principle had been so fully established before, that very few sane men were inclined to doubt its operation. This arrangement, as we are graciously informed by the Luminary, took place at the Clarence Hotel, the very respectable house of call in the Cathedral-yard, where the clergy are ac customed to cat their professional dinners, after the solemn business at visitations. Who were pre sent, or by whom the initiative was taken in the proccedinr, we know not, but it is announced that family reasons have induced Mr. Parker to withdraw, and family reasons seem to have found a very ready successor in the person of Lord Courtenay. We have not a word to say against this arrangement, which is us fit a one, under the circumstances of the case, as could be well imagined. Mr. Parker repre sents the priesthood of the county. On that principle he was brought forward ; and on that principle will his successor be nominated. Since the Luminary appeared, we have seen Mr. Parker's announcement of his retirement, and Lord Courtenay's acceptation of the honour which this well-concoct-2d requisition is to confer upon him. Lord Courtenay has ready amiable qualities, and we have seen our good Bishop pass the episcopal benediction upon him PS one honouring, by his hereditary attachment, the established religion of the country. We have a high respect for our good Bishop's judgment, and fully believe diet the Noble Lord is qualified to do the work which the clergy require at his hands ; for, after all, although the acres of the squires really carry the county, it is the parsons who carry the squires, and the Church reigns triumphant. Lord Courtenay possesses many amiable traits of character, and has a laudable ambition to devote himself to public business ; but we warn the independent portion of the constituency that with all his amiability and high sense of honour, which we most frankly accord to him, he is the tecl, and nothing but the too', of a band of bigot, who seek to regain their lost power by trampling on every principle of human independence. They have long since learnt to walk over the franchise of the Reform Bill, and through the agency of this Lord they seek to recover their power over the people—for a time they will succeed, but the day of reaction and of reckoning, cannot be far distant. The men who struggled for the franchise, and beat down the old boroughmongering system, will not tamely submit to these aristocratic juntas.— Western Times, ROUSE OF COMMONS, ALUM 22. - - - - The SPEAKEn took the Chair at the usual time. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON the Man chester and Salford Waterworks Bill was read a third time and passed, and the Mauchrister and Lceds Railnay Bill was read a second time. The Ho:-.our. able Member also presented a petition, praying thLt the liouse• would not accede to the prayer of a petition, for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate the Imperial Bank of Manchester. Mr. W. EVANS presented a peCtion from Mary Booth against the Northern and Eastern Railway Bill. On the motion of Mr. NEELD, the Church of Eng land Life and Fire Assurance Trust and 'Annuity Company's Bill was read a second time. The Preston and Longridge Railway Bill, and the Winwick Rectory Bill, were read a third time and passed. Mr. C. HAMILTON presented a petitinn from the Board of Guardians of a place in Oxfords'aire agairst the continuance in office of the Poor-law Commis sioners. An HON. MEMBER. presented a petit'on from a place in Buckinghamshire, praying- for more efficient religious instruction for the entire population. Mr. PHILIP HOWARD presented a peti tion from the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Carlisle in favour of the reduction of import duties, and of the furtherance of the principle laid down in the speech from the throne, in the year 1825, which was in part carried out by Mr. Huskiason. Also a petition from the same place signed by the Mayor on behalf of the Corporation, in favour of the admission of Jews into municipal corporations. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition signed by the Baroughreeve, Constables, Poor-law Guardians, and Overseers and men of all political parties in South wark, against the extension of the powers of the Poor law Commissioners ; also a petition from the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Bolton, praying that the Import Duties may be revised and reduced. Mr. E. A. SANFORD presented .a petition from the county of Somerset, in favour of Church Extension ; also a petition from the Poor-law Guardians of the town of Wellington, praying for an alteration in 'the bastardy clauses of the Poor-law Bill ; also from the Guardians of the Union of Yeovil, praying that the workhouse e:ected there, and all other iworkhouses, might be ex empted from the payment of parochial taxes. Mr. TO W NLE Y PARKER preseuted a petition from Preston against the Poor-1 tw Continuance Bill. The petitioners st ited that the working of the New Poor-law was in their judgment calculated to unhinge society, by setting the poor against the rate-payers, and prayed that power may be given to the guar. dians to relieve mothers of bastard children. The 'honorable Member also presented a petition from the Vice-Chairman and Guardians of a Union in the counties of Salop and Flint, expressing great disap probation of the powers give❑ to the Commissioners ; also stating that the Ga=irdian.s ought to be entrusf with the power ef relieving widows having families in the union, and calling the attention of the House partieulttly to the:33th and 43d elatises of the Bill, as extremely arbi trary and unjustlfiable. The Hon. Member presented a petition from the county of Lancaster to the same effect. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from an in dividual (whose name we did not hear), praying for a Parliamentary remuneration as the original inventor of telegraphic communication by railways. Mr. E. TENNENT presented petitions from se veral congregations of Presbyterians in Ireland, against lay patronage in the Church of Scotland. Mr. A. WHITE presented a petition from Sunder land against the Medical Prefessien Bill. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Devonport in favour of Frost, Williams, and Jones ; also a petition from Dundee, praying for Radical Re form, and a petition from Merthyr Tydril against the New Poor-law system. _ _ Lord WO RSIEY presented a pct tion from a pl tee in Lincolnshire, against the New poor-law. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from Derby, and a petition from a place in Derbyshire, against any further grant to the College of Maynooth ; also a peti t on from a place in Somerset, praying for the exclusion of Roman Catholics from Maynooth ; and ssveral peti tions from places in Cr . oueester, Yolk, Lincoln, Sus sex, Was, Suffolk, Simerset, Cumberland, and South ampton, praying for Church Extension. Mr. MILES presented a petition from the parish of St. George, in Gloucester, complaining generally of the New Poor-hew Amendment Act, which the pet;tioce:s stated increased their rates how 4721. to 2,18.5/. a-year. Mr. BAINES presented a petition from the Corpo ration of Leeds praying that the Commercial Code of the country might be revised, and the principle of free trade adopted ; and a petition from a Magistrate of Lancaster, complaining that he had been four tim s brought Lefore his brother Magistrat?s to establish Church-rate claims, and raying that the law of Church rates might be abolished altogether. General JOHNSON presented a petition from ad here, very numerously signed, against the Poor-law Amendment Bill. MUNTZ presented a petition from Birmingham against the Poor-law Amendment Bile. Mr. GROTE presented a petition from an individual, complaining of grievances inflicted on him by the British Consulate at Meisina. The petitioner stated that he bad memorialized the Foreign-office on the subject, and that the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs had di rected that an i. Vestigation into the circumstances should take place before the British Consul at Palermo. The petitioner being of opinion that justice could not be done him by such an investigation, prayed the House to give him relief. Jr. LAW HODGES presented a petition from the chem sts and druggists of Gravesend against the Medi cal Reform Bill. Lord ELIOT presented a petition from the guar b C." mane liable to the poor rates. Sir E. SUGDEN presented a petition from the So licitors of Yorkshire Law Society, praying for alterations in the County Courts' Bill. Lord A. LENNOX presented a petition from the chemists and druggists of Chichester against the Medi cal It-form Bill introduced by the Hon. Member for Lambeth. Mr. PAKINGTON presented a similar petitin from Droitwich. Admiral ADAM presented petitions from Kinross and another place in Scotland, against Church patronage. Mr. T. DU NCOISIBE presented a petition, signed by 736 tennales in the vicinity of Chelmsford, praying for the liberation of Mr. Baines. Mr. HAMILTON and Mr. HODGES gave notice of certain amendments in Committee un the Poor-law Amendment Bill. _ . Colonel SIBT.HORP gave notice that in Committee on the Miscehneaus Estimates he should MJVe a re soktion for cancelling the appointment of Sir William Visard. Mr. G. W. WOOD gave notice that in Committee on the Copyright of Designs Bill he should mote cer tain amendments. • Mr. PAKINGTON gave notice of his intention to move that a Select Committee be appointed to incst:re into the state of Newfoundland. Mr. HUME gave notice that on Thursday next he would move for a copy of the correspondence relative to the affair of the schooner Caroline. .Sir ROBERT PEEL gave notice that in Corn mace he wouli move certain amendments in the Poor-law Bill. Mr. HAWES said that he understood the Hon. Member for Oxford (Mr. Maclean) had on a previous occasion stated that the medical col:aerations had some measure of reform under contemplation. He wished to ask the lion. Member if such was the Mr. MACLEAN slid he had stated .Aco, and that be had the information from two petitions wilich wire presented to the House on the subject, and lie under stood also that the College of Physicians and the Apo , theearies had had several meetings on the subjoet. THE GREEN PARK. Mr. GROTE said, having heard many complaints respecting the closing of the Green Pa-k, he begged to as.k. the Hon. Gontlornan the Sec-ectary for the Trea sury whether it was temporary or permanent. Mr. E. J. STANLEY said that the walks were being repaired, and when that was done it would be re opened to the public. SUPPRESSION OF FAIRS. Mr. STANLEY said, seeing the Honourable Member the Under Secretary for the Home Depart ment in his place, he begged to ask hire, a question. He had observed that several fairs in the n eighbourhood of London have been put down. He wished to know whether any - attempt had b:eu made to ri2gulate them, and so to prevent the ahuses which had oec erred, that they might be attended with no inconveni , ince to the inhabitants before this step was taken. Mr. FOX MAULE said his Hon. Fr;iend should have given him notice of the quchtion ; 'put he was quite sure that they had not been put dov rn until such endeavours had been made. Sir E. WILMOT Legged to ask the It ...ttorney-Ge neral, who had brought in a Bill to facilitat e the Admi nistration of Justice in boroughs, what prr ,vision would be made with respect to contracts entered into between, boroughs and counties which had not been perfected ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said be had no hesitation in stating that the contrac ts would be de clared invalid ab initio. MEDICAL REFORM BIL L. In a short conversation upon the Ma dicai Reform_ Bill, • Mr. HAWES stated that it was not hi: s intention to bring forward his Bill to-morrow. He ould take an early opportunity of stating what court a he sh ou ld pursue. d t ft propose B USINESS OF THE HOUS.E. Sir ROBERT PEEL said the No1:1 L Ird the cretary of State fo r the Colonial D,pa n tment had r Se. stated on Friday ni g ht that he ai to occupy the wh ole of the evenin g in ds: sussing th e di s; Bill. The impression of the H ouse a was , t h at the whole night w ould be consum ed in that discussion. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that the Noble IL lord did not i n t en d to proceed with the Administration.. of Justice Bill until a few days notice had be en g i ven ti, the House. ' Lord JOHN RUSSELL had s t a t e d. on Friday that he did not expect th e would occupy the wh o l e ° be was still of the same of Poor-law Amen dment 13 : 11 the time of the B :ouse ; and opinion, for reason:: which he should presently state. He had not then E t o ted that he proposed t o 0 go on with the Bill fc it the Ad minittrAtion ofJustice; and not bavi pg stated EVEN LNG EDITION. • that he would not ask the House to take it into their consideration this evening, as sufficient - motives might not baveheen given on the matter. What he proposed to de with the Pcor-law Bill was to tshe immediately the clauses wish regard to the • duration of the Commis sioner and the issuing of the general rialcs. But as ho found that a great numbe:r: of amend ments bad been proposed which .weekl require `much tieue and. consideration, and in - telileh• he felt it desirable that he should have further communication with,these who were entrusted with the adminitlration of tl.:e law, he would propose that they should go on with the bill on Friday, when be would Le able to state whether there were any of these amendments which he could be prepared either to introduce h:inself, or to support when brought forward by other Hon. Members. H e wou l d afterwards move that next week, on Monday and the succeeding da)s the Howe should consider the 13i11 in Cornmiitee from day to day.. He hoped that course would - not le in convenient to the House ; and he • certainly . did not wish to prex's on to-night any Bill to which it could be objected that due notice had not lue:n given on the subject.. S;r ROBERT PEEL said t'lat it appe Ire(' to him that if the Noble Lord did not intiknate to the House tint 1 Friday which of aincniknews he was inclined to &low - , they would Le phi° to make but very little progress with the Bill on that day. He thought the Noble Lord sh , :uld at as early a period as possible, ex plain his mctenti'ns ur.:on the matter. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he hoped he should be able on Wednesday to state the course be would take respecting the He might take that opportunhy of mentioning, with respect to the Inotioa of an Honourable Member regarding the co lopy.of Newfoundland, that if the Honourable Mem ber wished t) have , a Committee, the information which he might desire was not completely rcady ; but he (Lord J. Russell) expected further inforrna'ion at an early peric.d. Still he should not object to the Com rtige ; if the Hon. Gentleman merely :Wed his inten tions with respect to the motion. He should oletve fiat he bel:evA there was at present no other notice of any consequence on the papers. M. GOULBURN inquired whea it wa; pre. poscd to proceed with the resolutions proposed by the light lion. Pr silent of the Beard of Trade. Th‘ey ttood in the paper for Friday, but be supposed they would not coma or. Lord J. R USSELL said the further consideration of them wouki to postponed HI Monday so'onight. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. 03 the motion of the NOBLE Lone. the House re solv, d irr , elf into Committee on the Consolidated Fund (8,000,0301.) Bill—Mr. BERNAL in tLe Chair. Toe CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the thu. M .mhcr for Statnford had on a former evening asked a question respecting some accounts to which he had not been prepared to give an answer. He had looked into the, matter, and found that the whale mistake arose from the Hon. Baronet not calling for a full and proper account. The return ordered by the House asked for an account of ail the demands, but it did not go en to (I,lmald en account of the sums in the Treasury avail:lle for the payment of the demands, and this led to the mistake under which the Hon. Baronet laboured. Tr,ere was one sum which certainly required an cxpla• nation-- . A, was with regard to China.—(Hear, hear.) Tae return stated Lire estimated amount of outstanding det•.nnd to be, 23,0001. That war the whole. of the amount which th! Tre ,sury knew of, but he was hound to state that a much lirger sum than that was out- slondinr. Sir GEORGE CLERK said that the Right Hon. Gerfeman ha i given an explanation and a distinct ansccer to the qlestion which he Ld put to him on Friday night. Bet the answer which sthe Right Hon. Gentleman in:Ae callei for some further observations. The lion. Baronet her entered into a detail of, the carious sums included under the head of naval exi.e.ls.es, and said that he could net see why any dis tinction should be made in the appropriation of those sue: s, eel fie 156,0001. which ba.l come under con sideration on n former occasion. M. MORE O'FERRALL said that some of tl.e monies mentioned by the Hon. Baronet never found their way into the Treasury, nor was it intended that they shoult!. Tile Right Hon. Gentleman made some `Urtl et• - cbse-cations which we could not catch. Mr. lIERRIES complained of the want of infortna- IL: trusted that the Chrsncellor of the Excite -113 r would - see the propriety of giving Ml the informa c ► that could he obtained upon the suhiect. 1': e.CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made a few obs:csvutiuns that were altogether inaudible. M. HUME said he wished to inquire of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, whether or not he was now ap td)ing money belonging to the Savings' Banks to carry en the expenses of the country. He ask-zd this question because it was in Levet' in the City, that a very large sum had been applied in this way. On a.former occasion he (Mr. Hum-) had asked a similar question in the Hen tr, which the Chancel nr of the Exchequer evaded, bat in the end it i:ppeared that be had borrowed money in this manner, and funded it to the amount of more than three naMio .s. He, therefore, wished to know whether in the ['resent s!a - e of the finances of the country- this coarse was again resorted ta, as, if so, he considered it t be highly improper. The . CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who spoke extiemely low, was uAdcirfitnrirl • z t nn .1. i .J.,--u--,--.4...;-I.,rtr. - ratinDer %Ale pre:eat year, bu t) nothim: lik‘o the extent that had been stated. _ _ tinr. tu; g: 11: 31 1 : t r . Mr. it. l? g,h U ri; A tG l o E ec. thought it : rcin. m ~ti., e, ti t ii h , : a: ? t e ll ,: a e ann c c a de n l ci d oa i r d i lo a fof v r o t w tht ne a I Ee o x f xper t i el it es ! . sion of Ls disapprobation that any Government should presume to add to the Nailonai Debt without coming to the House.—(Hear, hear.) When the - Hcuse was sitting, if there were any defi•iency in the revenue, the Chancellor of the Exchequer cueht to come before the house and st ate fairly what it was, and let the Route Pr. vide for it. No Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to be allowed to go into the market aeil raise money as he pleased Withc.ut tie sanction and knoaledge of the House.—(Hear, bear.) He Protested against it, as being a most irregular proces ,ed and it would be for Lie House to consider t , • whether it would place any more ways and means at the disposal of a Government which had adopted such an unconstitutional proceeding. The CHANCELLOR of the 'EXCHEQUER said there could be no doubt that he possessed tho power to do that which Lad Leea done, and the course which he had adopted was ot.e.that had been pursued before under similar circumstances. lie perfectly ad tnitt2d that he was responsible for the manner in which he had exercised the discretion conferred upon him. The ve . ;tion having been put, The SPEAKER said, that before the clause was read a second time, he felt it to be his duty to call the attention of the House to the clause, more especially as respected the practice of the House, because it was the first tine an appropriation clause had been intro duced in this way. . He bel eyed the object the lion, Gentleman Lad in view in proposing the clause, was to milt:, the t excess e odfraewln p, , , mark the sense of the Ilou t s h e at up i r Slnce the year 1762 he i i .o „ e ut ,,, n d d i a. ex penditure, 0 - p c i r ( e l i s e n t : a d n u e c : e l A ' a o i f n ‘ a v suture . a n y y u . of appropriation except one, asd that en e was a remarhable instance of a co urse coatrery to what was now adopted. That in stance occurred in 1790, when no extreordiral expen diture took deco, in consequence of an expedition attended with great expense, that had been fitted out. It was then considered desirable that the vote should not he mixed up with the, ordinary roe of supply, but should he . reserved to the end of the Session. He merely threw this out as a suggestion for the informa tinn of the House. o i ~, u s e se mixedns e l d - Me. iILI NIE said that after what bad fallen f from the Speaker it appc:ared to c suggested quence that they should loeted• lmoif hy,t.thaet s o sv g a g: - I . : : : n i l ' : td discretionary 'NI . snid that the objection he stated Mr. GOIXLBURs ent had brought down an esti uni.Hpoy et . t. be 1 et 0, 1- o l r so allowed t p c ' e ap y : e c z r 1, 1 . :a t lie ! s sexed a ro,ooevreenia:sta:k,l:iri'iidl:a!oae• f t the t 0 el matter subjectsu. er . s estimate placei proceeding. Member r cceoeu on the bEi inefhßog. er. was that the igl . tbejus t ti o fi mate confes,,,Gity:hlccirinetcliv what they knew to be necessary. be s ati4ed with any course which guard upon but lie thought the House was- called circumstances, ria re u t f i r o c n a ar: provision 8 g i :i t o t \ l t E .. no r , :, o r : D t f the E s f peculiar °it t . Ili which of f natur eßighti i the ad oHEf. takeno x t n 1 i . C e m ake upon is The CHAs that the only Practical object of the Reuse was to said mar - It was t h o ught that that had been (led in a great mea sure the discussion's sure soWect. T zutw erth had expressed his satisfaction at the course su ggested. No one at the time was aware of the oh- . jection to which the Speaker had so forcibly adverted. He thought, after what the Speaker had said, the ob ject would be best effected by withdrawing the clause from the present Bill, and introducing it at the end of the Sessioe. It. should be withdrawn on the distinct unk!!lrstandint,•,, that it would Le re-introduced at the close irt:' the Session. Sir R. .;) EEL said he had been entirely satisfied with the course which the Hon. Gentleman proposed, thinking' it quite sufficient to mark the sense of the t hi s proceeding i from being House, and .to prevent drawn into a precedent. He wou have been satis re said, If m the Queen's speech the fled, as he hal befo , . t . e I h a ve dept. ed from the ordinary Queen had said, cours e with respoct to the expenditure of the Navy. I have exceeded the estimate, and I foresaw that I should exceed it, but the circumstances were such as to justify me in tekiog the course which I dikl." That would have entirely satisfied him. It would have been a re• cord of the circumstances under which the thing was don,. But the Chancellor of the Exchequer's zeal o utstripped his (Sir R. Peel's), and he said he would bring in a Bill providing for the special case. - Same objections, however, had arisen which he had not fore seen, to the course proposed. The object, he thought, would be equelly answered by inserting it in the gene ral appropriation clause, with some specific reference to .