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Tr\ r l7 I .lll'l IN 1" 12 I A .‘• I, T 1 0 - ‘,y ; - _7lVe NOii , C, that COI N ESDA v, th e AiaY Yl,xt, ai Ten o'clock iu the Fore ,?°ll, thr-i Captain Superi....ndent will rUT UP TO SALE in rier Majesty's Doek yard at CHATLIAIII, several Lots of • OLD STORES; ile-laid), Shakings. ( 111 1:', of Cordage ( Hzwser-laid and Cable-laid), n v s, °chain, Hemp - ilyings and Tyers, Casks , Tar Bar hi &C. &e. & c., all tying in the said Yard. m Pp -ons wishing to View the Lots must apply to the Super tendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. tlital"guest- ntl-Conditions of Sale may be had here , and at lard. qItAVESEND to BLACKWALL, in Con ' • nexion with the RAILWAY. the New Fast lion Steam-boat " BRUSSWICK," Captain ‘ leaves theTERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, 1,, at alf-past Seven, Half-past Hever). ant', Half-past three o'cl H ock and she leaves the BRUNSWICK PIER, L ACKWALL, at Half-past Nine, Half-past One, and Half- Nat rive o'clock. On SUNDAYS, from GRAVESEND, t't,illa past Seven. Half-pa-t Twelve, and Half-past Four ; from BLACKWALL, at Half-past Nine, half-past Two, It' W O additio na l Iron Stem-boats will very shortly be put _ this vation, and thus will be afforded a constant commu- A le4 tion between Gravesend and Blackwall, and from thence , b? Railway, to the Met.opolis. FaitEs.—Chief Cabin, Is.—Fore Cabin, Bd. )MANCHESTER and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. TENDERS FOR LOANS. DIRECTORS nf the MANCHESTER and RIR 81ING [I AM 11 AMWAY COMPANY are now prepared I ° . GRANT MORTGAGES (under the powers of their Act 4. _"' Parli amen t) o f the TOLLS and WORKS of their un 7raking, as a security for Loans of Money, in sums of not than 500/. on each mortgage, and for the periods of 11 " , five, six, and seven years, at the option of the lender. 'llterest warrants, calculated at the rate of sf. per cent. per i llum, and payable at the Company's bankers , in London or Manchester ' on the half-yearly days on which the interest will ?,ecome due during the whole period of the Loan, will be de gvered to the Lender with the mortgages. Particulars, explaining the peculiar eligibility of this seen- Z, may be obtained at the Company's Offices, No. 43, Pic ily, Manchester ; t the office or aof Slater and Heelis, ess-street, Manchester. THOMAS ASHTON, Chairman. Manchester, Janwary 12th, 1841. Irt IMPORTANT TO MILLINERS. ALL AND ALLAN, 69, 70, and 71, ti e , ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, beg particularly C o all the attention of Milliners to the following articles of p i.nticental and British Manufacture just received into Stock, :.:--5 cases of new Bonnet Silk, in rich figures,. at 2s. 40. r yaid (this elegant fabrique is in great estimation with the r*lncipal Marehandes des Modes en Paris, and will quickly be lfavourite with the fair Artistes of St. James's) ; 400 boxes Chene Lutestrings and Satin Ribbon, with an immense as tment of Satin, Gauze, Taffeta, and Louisine Ca p Rib bons, comprising all the new and most elegant designs, and at Ilich prices as will ensure the purchasers a quick sale and hand soroe profit. t_Fabriques in Mousseline de Laine, Challis, and he -half de Ilse of the most splendid designs, at on their original ca st. _ _ 4 large assortment of French Blonde , Muslin Collars , hosiery, Gloves, Sc. o bserve, 69, 70, and 71, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. IMPORTANT TO ADVERTISERS. THE STAMP RETURNS for 1840 prove that THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE publishes every "eet a number more than equal to 4 Examiners, or 5 St. James's Chronicles, on bi Spectators, or 6 4 Mark Lane Expresses, or 6 i Watchmen, or ?it John Bulls, or 4) j Observers, or Eras or 16 Globes, or 16 • Standards, or • Records, or 7 Patriots, or The advantage to Advert , ,pMce, 337, Strand. 7 True Suns, or Britannias, or Bell's New Messengers, or 9 Argues, or 9 Evening Mails, or 9 Atlases, or 10 Planets, or 13 Ages, or 16 Shipping Gazettes, or 16 Evening Chronicles, or 29 Couriers, or 32 English Chronicles. ers is therefore obvious. AVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Wax ). Candles, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. s d. ; Extra - fine W ax, Waxed Wicks, 70. ; Composite, Is., Transparent 2 8. 1 z, Is. 9d. ; Genuine Sperm, Is. 9d. ; Genuine Wax, • Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per 1121 bs. ; i l ottled, 625. and 665. ; Windsor and Palm, Is. 4 d. per pac et ; Old Brown Windsor Soap, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. Od.: Al- Z e nd, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d per lb. ; Sperm Oil, 1) (1. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 3s. For C h t 'S stashe Warehouse, , 4t a artin's- ' Iane, DAVIES opposite New Old-E Slaugh bli ter's d Coffee-House.63 CHUBB'S NEW PATENT DETECTOR LOCKS give perfect security from false keys, and also any attempt to open which locks are here made of all sizes, for every purpose to e applied. These locks Zast.strong, secure, simple, and dable. The Patent Combi -, Latches for street doors are simple in construction, low and quite secure ; the keys of the latches are parti • neat and portable. Chubb's Patent Fire-proof Safes Ind Boxes form a complete preservation for deeds, plate, books, 7e., from fire and thieves. Cash boxes and japan boxes, of all ' , tes, fitted with the new patent locks. A large assortment of lie above on sale by C. Chubb and Son, 57, St. Paul's Church rd. London. _ OTTLE'S GRANULES, or g rains de sante ; fibrous particles for mixing in the food of i 7▪ 4. and adults, and insuring a daily action on the bowels I c k%A.operation totally mechanical and not medicinal. They 3 1 .11 an effectual substitute for physics, are of an agreeable Ite3' taste, and Let on the principle of bran bread, with an effect , at ryoders them valuable to all, and in valuable to children. In is. lid. packets, with a synopsis on thesr qualities, by a Burgeon. Vlannav and Deitrichsen, 63, Oxford-street, and all Chemists. ()NOON, LIVERPOOL, BRISTOL, 1 41 4 and DEB, have each extensive manufactories esta- Vished in them f ß or the preparation of SCHWEPPE'S CE 'EBRATED SODA and other lERATED WATERS, . 1 /here, through the aid of powerful machinery, and the advan ,Ye of such amanged localities, the manufacturers are enabled " I th facility to supply every part of the United Kingdom. Sold, retail, by most respectable Chemists in every district kid town. None is genuine without a label representing their Mme, with the Royal Appointment in the centre. Their LIQUID MAGNESIA, so universally approved as a I , l uable anti-acid, is manufactured in London, and sold, whole rile, at th e i r o th er E s tablishments, as well as by the Patent i _edicin e Houses, and, retail, by Chemists generally, in bottles 2s. 6d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. each, and their Acidulated Y i .,ruis Is. 6d. each bottle. _ p r-zport orde•rs for any part of the world executed at whole- rices. THE TOILET of BEAUTY furnishes in numerable proofs of the high estimation in which !OWLAMD'S LOTION is held by the most distinguished rustessors of brilliant complexions. This elegant preparation ; ° l3 3prehr•nds the preservation of the complexion, both from t l e le effects of cutaneous malady and the operation of variable taperat ure, refreshing its delicacy, and sustaining the brightest tints with which beauty is adorned. Prices 2s. 9d., ss. 6d., Quarts Ss. 6d. ` 4 ' ROBERT SHAW, London," is engraved on the Stamp. Sold by all respectable Perfumers and Medicine Venders. trHE APERITIVE FOUNTAIN enables persons to prure an action of the bowels at any mo- dent desired, merely oc Nith a little water, and by that simple , : leans to escape from the evils of costiveness, and avoid the ad suffe?ings that await those who persist in the habitual o.e of opening medicines. This little pocket apparatus has en constmcted by Dr. SCOTT so as not to occasion the ,htest trouble, even to the most timid lady, nor to require ;'Y king, or auxiliary basin ; and, notwithstanding, it will ° . atain the full quantity of liquid required, is so portable that fiay be conveyed any place unperceived, which is a co- "fience • that, added to its exclusion of air, and propelling a 'chines stream, render it greatly superior to all lavement 'Whines, and no family should be without it. Numerous do !testic instruments for the same purpose, from 16s. to £7, may te obtained of Messrs. PINE and ROOFF, Superintendents of Scott's Medical Repository, 369, Strand; of whom also may LI procured, the SOUND MAGNIFIERS, for Deafness, for "lett the above professional gentlemen received thanks from the British Association. They are progressive in effect, from de higher powers (which are the only artificial means by which o have ever been enabled to' hear distant akers) dawn to the small CONVERSATION CORNET sp S, e which , 1114 1. Ybe worn almost without being seen. Individuals can, efore, choose the exact magnifying power suitable to their %se, whilst persons in the country may have the proper kind lent to them, by addressing particulars of their deafness (con taining an order for payment) as above. No. 369 is three doors from Exeter Hall. TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, and OTHERS. Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all gents. Ir.IRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the vi Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the p eitess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally `eornmended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis girders incident to the Eyes and Head. SIGHT vdESTORED !N—ERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! By tY ie most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! Its mode of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou its use, at a trifling ex %end cures have been accomplished by " , se, yet certain in its operation. If testimenies be necessary t.o induce the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Cor y have used it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned ‘ls use. Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the 'unst 'eminent Oculists, Medical Practiti,mers—with that gigantic %lance, the Press—have 1 ri led Grimstone's celebrated Pu o Herbaceous Compound. known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff," fa • Head. its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and ? s e ed. G. J. Guthrie, E F . ll . S. See J. 13. Lachfield, "El.'s Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls a national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The 'ete Mr. Abernethy, with many others. recommend Grim rone's Eye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters 1 ?! Testimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with others of lee first respectability. Abstract of a letter from Mrs. L. S. Brewer, Dress-maker 3, Edge-terrace, Kensington Gravel Pits. To Mr. Grimstone, Inventor of Eye-Snuff. Dec. 5, 1840. Sir,—l have been a sufferer for seven years, both eyes beim., 5 swollen as to cause blindness. Among the many Aledic;l as entlemen who attended me was the famous oculist, Dr. inlexander ; indeed, I do believe my case was beyond all their " Physic, Bleeding, Blistering, with a seton, of a ll lads of L ot i ons , b u t no re li e f," till chancing one day, being led 4.y your house in 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury , my guide sa t quired if I had tried your Eye-Snuff, on which I purchased . 15 . 3d. Canister, opened it in the shop—took some , and was g r eatly relieved before I reached my home. I car; with truth Cell, and make oath if required to do so, that it was your Eye cured me. Shal be happy to answer any inquiry. I am, Sir, yours gratefully, L. S. BREWER. va. 9hserve the Caution.—W. GRIMSTONE is the sole in . "ter, and the only genuine is prepared by him. This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in 'ellisters, at Bd., Is. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs., and 15s. 6d. t i, by the Proprietor, W. 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Fisher, Son, and Co., London. Just published, royal Bvo., illustrated by Lithographic Plates price 4s. sewad, APRACTICAL TREATISE on the NEW OPERATION for LATERAL CURVATURE of the SPINE, showing those cases in which alone the operation is admissible. By G. B. C IL DS, M. R. C. S., Member of the Hunterian Society, Author of " A Treatise on Lateral Curvature of the Spine." Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria-lane. DR. ADAM CLARKE'S COMMENTARY. In imperial Bvo. a new Edition, being the Fifteenth, of DR. ADAM CLARKE'S LEARNED COMMENTARY ON THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. This work is regularly published, a Part every fortnight : Part 1., price 2s. sewed, is published This Day, and will ba continued until the whole is completed in Sixty Parts, forming Six large Volumes. London :—Published, by appointment of the Executors of the late Dr. Clarke, for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside ; sold, also, by J. Mason, 14, City-road ; and by all other Book sellers in the United Kingdom. LONDON, TUE DAY, APRIL 27, 184 1. rill-IE DISSENTERS' AND GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 Viet. cap. 20. No. 62, KING WILLIAM-ST REET, LONDON-BRIDGE, LONDON; 7, ELDER-STREET, EDINBURGH; 153, QUEEN-STREET. GLASGOW; and 6, KING-STREET, QUEEN-SQUARE, BRISTOL Capital, One Million. TRUSTEES.-(WITH A SEAT AT THE BOARD.) Thomas Challis, Esq. I Thomas Piper, Esq. Thomas Wilson, Esq. DIRECTORS. IMPERIAL. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE - OF LORDS, Arm 26. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat On the Wool sack at Five o'Clock. Tne Indemnity Bill was read a second time. Several private Bills were advanced a stage. Lord STRAFFORD presented petitions from the County of Tyrone against lay patronage in the Church of Scotland. CORN LAWS. The Earl of RADNOR presented a great number of petitions for the repeal of the Corn-laws, from Barn steple, St. Alban's, Hertrord, Bil,ton, Taunton, several places in Sornersetshire and Cornwall, and from various other places, of which we could not catch the names. The Earl of CARLISLE presented petitions from Morpeth, and other places, in favour of the Drainage of Towns' Bill ; also a petition from a place in Middle sex for the abolition of Church Rates ; end a petition from inhabitants of Hackney, for the abolition of tolls on the Metropolitan Bridges. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a yeti. tion from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Hastings, in favour of the Jews' Declaration B:11; also a petition from Bath against the County Courts' 8.11. The Earl of FALMOUTH presented a petition from medical practitioners in Cornwell, against the Medical Reform Bill. The Archbishop of CA NTERBURY presented a pe tition from Bath-Easton, in the county of Somerset, for the exclusion of Roman Catholics from Parliament. He thought, under present circumstances, it would be im possible for any reasonable man to concur is the prayer of the petition. SUBMARINE MINES, .CORNWALL. Lord DUNCANNON said, that in consequence of what had fallen from the Noble Earl opposite (the Earl of Falmouth), respecting the claims of the Duchy of Cornwall to the produce of mines which were worked under the sea, he had in quired into the subject, and the correspondence thereon was too voluminous for him to read through, but he would say that the law-officers of the Crown and the Duchy had been consulted, and by their advice it was ntended to try the right of the Duchy to the produce question. The Earl of FALMOUTH said that the proprie tors of those mines had engaged their property in the submarine produce from time immemorial. The present claim was a revival of an obsolete right which bad never existed but in theory, and had never been enforced. The Nullum Tempus Act shut out the Crown from receiving claims to rights which a subject had exercised for 61 years, and it was supposed that the Duchy of Cornwall was included in that Act. It now appeared that through some technical error the Duchy was omitted. If an advantage were now taken of the oversight to interfere with the rights of individuals, the whole of the county would rise as one man against the injunction. Lord DUNCANNON said that none of the mines proceeded against or to be proceeded against it, including the mines of the Noble Eirl Laughter)— had been worked under the sea to the invasion of the rights of the Crown more than 40 years.—( Hear, hear.) After a few words from Lord ABINGER and the Earl of CAWDOR the conversation dropped. The Earl of WINCHELSEA presented several petitions from places in Suffolk and Essex against any further grant to the College of Maynooth ; also a pe tition from a place in Suffolk against a repeal of the Corn-laws ; also a petition from the Archdeacon of Sudbury against the Tithe Commutation Act ; also a petition praying for certain alterations in the new Poor-law, for a limitation of the power of the Commis sioners, and for authorizing the guardians to grant out-door relief in certain cases only. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT BILL. Viscount DUNCANNON having moved the se cond reading of the Metropolitan Improvement Bill, The Earl of WINCHELSEA wished to ask the Noble Viscount whether it was the intention of the Government to take measures for opening as much as possible the Regent's Park to the public, and whether they were resolved on forming a park at the eastern end of the metropolis ? Viscount DUNCANNON said that he had great pleasure in stating that her Majesty's Government were prepared to open the, whole of the grass part of Regent's Park, as far as it could be done with a due regard to the rights of those who had laid out large sums in the purchase of villas in the neighbour hood. The whole of the Park would be thrown open to the public except the private enclosures. He .vas most anxious to throw the Park open as quickly as possible. Lord ASHBURTON thought it was a great mis take to suppose that throwing open every part of the Park was the best way to consult the pleasure of the public, for the preservation of the ornamental gardens was as necessary to their enjoyment as was the access to the open parts surrounding those necessarily inclosed spots. The Bishop of LONDON, in connection with the subject of the improvement of the metropolis, wished to bring the attention of the House to the state of the churchyards of the city of London. It was such, that he was most desirous to see a general law passed for the purpose of preventing any future interment in that city.— (Hear, hear.) He thought that it. would be possible to frame an Act for the general establishment of cemeteries in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, without injuring the pecuniary interests of the metropolitan clergy, one of whom had suffered a diminution of 2001. a year in bis income, in conse quence of the interment of his parishioners in the ce metery at Kensal-green. The Reverend Prelate was most desirous also that those of the east part of the metropolis should participate in the proposed im provements. He wished to know from the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests, whether it was intended to provide a Royal Park for the East end? Lord DUNCANNON said that he was most anxious to do the t tmost to improve the neglected and unhealthy localities in that part of the metropolis to which the Rev. Prelate alluded ; and, in fact, in the Me tropolis Improvement Bill, and in the Drainage Bill, that object was to some extent provided for. But with re spect to the proposed purchase and planting of the Royal Park, he thought it better not to state at present what his intentions were, for by doing so he should render it impossible to carry them into effect.—(Hear.) The Marquis of NORMANBY said that he was desirous to frame such a measure as the Right Reverend Prelate had alluded to, for the prevention of interment in the metropolis, and for providing cemeteries. But he had found the subject so beset with difficulties, that he had as yet made no pro gress with it. However, he did not despair, and he would be very happy to assist the Right Rev. Prelate, if the latter would take the question into his own bands. The Bill was then read a second time. The Ecclesiastical Commission Amendment Bill was read a second time, on the motion of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord HATHE RT 0 N presented a petition from 500 boatmen on the Liverpool and -- Canal, praying the House to take steps to prevent the necessity of their working on Sundays. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a pctiti en from a Chamber of Commerce in Scotland, praying that no alteration might be made in the Banking System of Scotland. SUNDAY TRADING ON CANALS. The Marquis of NORMANBY, in rising to move that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the ex pediency of preventing Sunday trading on Canals, Navi gable Rivers, and Railways, sail he could not consent to any measure which would tend to limit the innocent en joyments of the people, or even to interfere with those oc casional pursuits which the state of society rendered ne cessary—all he wanted to do was to give relief, and the means of moral and religious improv anent to those who, under the present state of the law were compel l ed to each we e boatmenek.Tbe present system was to much misery, ownoet which ve n dya subjecteds the to t hliee carriagepro os e d 0 f t g o 0 odB and the inhabitants along the line of canals to much i n convenience; it was also the cause of much of the lesser crimes, as they had an op. Patronized by their Majesties the King and portunity of pilfering on Sunday, when the people were Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Hi g hnesses the Princesses ex- Augusta and Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess Esterhazy, would be giving then an * tend the provis the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager Duchess by engaged in the railways on Sundays, for it was rendered wholly none. of of Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canterbury and the rapid communication Dukes of Norfolk, Devonshire, and Manchester. En addition to the cessary by t he now established " above distinguished patronage to the ne wly-invented Spectacle throughout tke co , canalsthey were all owe d to carry Lenses and Invisible Operative Voice Conductor, the Messrs. S. unfair advantage ov erif and B. Solomons, opticians and aurists, 39, Albemarle street , Pic- goods while it was prohibited on water. There were some eadilly, and 76, Kin g William.street, Bank of England, feel great difficulties in the way, but he did not think they were in pleasure to state that their valuable inventions have also g ained the I superable, and be hoped they would in Committee 6ad sanction and unqualified approbation of above four hundred of the , means to overcome t hem. pr i n cipal members of the medical r I rofession ;as also of numerous The Bishop of LICHFIELD said tie motion of the individuals of high distinction, who have heels greatly benefited by Noble Marquis would be received throughout the country their use. Immediately these improved Spectacle Lenses are with great satisfaction —he could answer for it that it would placed before extreme imperfect vision, it is at once brougnt beck to be hailed with gratitude by the whole of the people in his i ts natural and original state, every object becomes clear asd dis- : diocese which was more intersected by canals than any tinct, and the moat minute particle is seen, either by day or candle. Not onl the boat men a li g ht, with ease and distinctness. Their Voice Conductor, by other in the country. y employe- on which thousands of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, is not I the canals, but the carriers, were anxious that Sunday the least perceptible, not more uncomfortable, than having a piece I traffic should be put a stop to, and numerous petitions had of wool in its place, and the faintest whisper at a public a , sernbly been presented to their Lordships on - the subject. Some is heard with exact distinctness.-30, Albemarle-street, opposite ' respectable and high-minded men had stopped their boats the York Hotel, and 76. King William-street, Bank.—No con. I from travelling on Sundays, but in consequence of their nexion with persons of the same name. doing so they lost their turn in the trade, which was a se „ A good deal of sensation has been excited by I lious detriment and loss to them, and they were obliged to the abrupt departure from Edinburgh of a rather, conspicuous put them on spin- They were, however, most anxious Member of the Whig party here, who held several public offices that some legislative enactment should be framed to p ut of very considerable emolument and responsibility. It is sa id an end to the system. Many of the boatmen lived in these that the individual in question, in intromitting with the funds I canal boats, and the consequence of their trading on Sun committed to his charge, has proved a defaulter to the amount i was that their wives and families were equally de of 10,0001., which the Government will be compelled to make . er observance of the Lord's day good out of his personal estate, which, however, is said to be prived of the prop F greatly inadequate to meet his numerous other liabilities. This Lord COLC STER inquired whether it was in bl present vessels affair has excited a good deal of surprise, from the circum- tended to include novip e rivers, and to stance that the party in q uestion has been, for a long series of arriving from a broad t tf_om entering ? years, in the receipt of an annual income of not less than 2,0 001 . The Marquis of NO R M ANR Y said he thought such derived-from the various offices .he held, which are now em- a measure would be productive of great inconvenience, derstood to be vacant.—Edinburgh Post. dl2 . an e would remind tile Noble Lotd that they were not Charles Hindley, Esq., M, P. John Firie, Esq., Aid. Thomas B. Simpson, ENq. lion. C. P. Villiers, M.P. John Willa, Esq. Edward Wilson, Esq. AUDITOB.s. Jacob G. Cope, Esq. I Joseph Dawson, Esq. Edward Smith, Esq. Bin:EMS. William T. Bechy, Esq. George Bousfield, Esq. John Easthope, Esq., M.P. Peter Ellis, Esq. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. Richard fiollier, Esq. Bank of England, and Messrs. Ladbroke, Kingseote, and Co. PHYSICIAN—Thomas Bull, Esq., M.D. SURGEON—C. Aston Key, Esq. SURVEYORS—John Davies. Esq. ; James Harrison, Esq. SECRETARY—Dr. Thomas Price. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Walters and Reeve. The DIRECTORS give Notice, Ist, That the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS will be held at Twelve o'clock precisely, on SATURDAY, the 15th day•of May next, at the Offices of the Company, No. 62, King William-street, in the City of London. 2d, That, at such Meeting, the Proprietors who then hold Ten or more Shares, which they have possessed for six calendar months, may attend and vote. 3d, That Three Directors, Thomas Challis, Esq., Thomas Piper, Esq., and Edward Wilson, Esq., and One Auditor, Jo seph Dawson, Esq., retire by lot, all of whom are re-eligible to their respective appointments, for which they will be ac cordingly proposed. And 4th, That any Proprietors, duly qualified, who shall be desirous of becoming Candidates for any of those situations, must give written notice of their intention, at the Offices, to the Secretary, at least ten days previous to the time of such Meeting. By order of the Directors, April 26, 1841. THOMAS PRICE. Secretary. PRICE sd. sf voting at elections of Members of Parliament for counties in Ireland to all persons occupying tene "lents for which they paid an annual rent of 10/. The Hon. Gentleman said it would explain the meaning of his question if he stated to the House, that having re 'erred to the Noble Lord on the subject, the Noble Lord had referred him to the Bid. That Bill, however, lid not afford the means of deciding the question. The question referred to June, ISIS, and the Bill of \lay, 1530, was evidently not in the state in which it flood before the House at a subsequently period. Lord STANLEY said the Hon. Gentleman had been kind enough to put into his hands a copy of the Mirror of Parliament of 1832, and at the same time lis HOUSE OF COALEWAS, APRIL 26. had asked him to give an explanation of a speech of his The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Foui which he there found reported.—(Laughter.) That o'clock. speech was made by him ( Lord S.) in exel illation of the Mr. BERNAL brought up the Report of the Com- Bill as it stood at the time for consideration by the [louse, and as it was intended to stand by Earl Grey's inlaye on the Coventry and Warwick Roads Bill, any Government. In eepl mirtion of his speech he had taken the Bill was re id a second time, and ordered to be ere the liberty of referring the Hon. Gentleman to the Bill grossed. as he would find it upstairs, considering that a more Mr. BERNAL, in moving that the Lords' Amend sutheetic explanation than any which he could furn'sle meets to the Des enby and Papcastle Improvement However, he well recollected the passage, because he BM be agreed to, expressed a hope that the House ;, a d often looked at it since, and he had noticed on would take into consideration the difficulty in which various occasions that that speech contained a Committees oil private Blis were placed, in conse fundamental error throughout, arising out of quence of the determiration of the Lords to throw from i misprint he had no doubt. which made the whole private Bills all clauses for exempting towns or indivi- eatement perfectly unintelligib'e. The only explanati in duals from tolls on any part of turnpike roads. lag could give was this, he was made to speak throueh- After a few words from Mr. Esteourt and other out of a rent of 10/. He had little doubt the mistake had Hon. Members, who thought that something should be iri-ea from substituting the word " rent" for "interest,'' done to relieve the Committees on private bills from the whereas he had been speaking as the Bill spoke of an difficulty in which they were pieced by the resolution 01 annual interest of 10/. It never was the intention of the Lords referred to, the amendments were agreed to. Ein Grey's Government to introduce the words in the The Kidderminster Small Tenements Rating Bill report as part of the Reform Bill. He had no doubf was read a second time, and ordered to be engrossed. that the error had arisen from the short hand Mr. 'PHESIGER presented a petition from St. writer having, in copying out his notes after- Anne's, Westminster, for the abolition of tors on the wards, mistaken the mark, so that the word interest Metropolitan Bridges. had been mistaken for the word rent or rental. The Roxburgh and Dumfries Road Bill was read a It certainly never was intended In the time of E trl second time. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Grey's Government to take such a course, and there were many lion. Members present who could corro the inhabitants of Broadway, Westminster, praying for boaate that statement.—(Hear, hear.) the abolition of the tolls on the Vauxhall and Waterloo Colonel SIBTHORI' begged to ask the Noble Bridges. Lord opposite when it was intended to bring forward Mr. CRAWFORD presentel a petition from the the Miscellaneous Estimates? Commercial Committee of the Island of Bombay, pray- Lord J. RUSSELL could not fix the precise day, ing the House to take into its consideration the state but he should give due notice to the House. of our relations with China, with a view to urging the Col. SIBTHORP gave notice that to-morrow Government to adopt such measures as should seem to se'nnight lie should call the attention of the House to them best calculated to promote the speedy renewal of the appointment of Mr. Vizard as Solicitor to the Home the trade. The Hon. Member said he would move to- Department. morrow that the petition should be printed, with a view Mr. GODSON inquired whether the Committee to calling the attention of the House to the subject. which had been appointed to inquire into the opera- Mr. M. O'CONNELL presented a petition from tion of Joint Stock Companies (except Banking Com- Trals,e, in favour of Lord Morpeth's Irish Registration 'i ) was intended to include Insurance Companies? panics Lill, and against that of Lord Stanley. Mr. I, ABO U C HERE said there was no doubt Mr. HIND LEY presented two petitions from Ash- that Insurance Companies would be included its the ton-under-Lyne against the Corn-laws. inquiries of the Committee. Sir G. S'I'RICKLAND presented a petition signed Sir E. KNATCHBULL complained that several by 6,500 inhabitants of Seddleworth, in the West returns connected with the Poor-laws, which had bean Riding of Yorkshire, praying the attention of the moved for some time since, had not bean laid on the House to the evidence taken before the Import Duties table. He should next week move that they be fur_ Committee in such a manner as should lead to some nished forthwith. satisfactory Parliamentary enactment. Also from the PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS' BILL Poor-law guardians of the union of Todmor- _ (IRELAND). den, praying that the guardians may be relieved On the motion of Lord MORPETH the House from the burden and responsibility of the present then went into Committee on the Parliamentary Voters' system of vaccination. Bill (Ireland). Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from 'lhe preamble was postponed. the board of guardians of the city of Lincoln, praying On clause 1 being read, Lord HOWICK rose to move the House to enable the guardians to grant out-door the following amendment, at page 2, line 11, after the relief, and complaining of the bastardy clause; ; words "no person " to omit all the words to the also from Sleaford, complaining of the uncon end of the clause, and to insert "claiming under stitutional powers of the Poor-law Commissioners, any Act ur Acts now in force, to be entitled and praying the House entirely to do away to be registered, and to rote as a Parliamentary elector with Assistant-Commissioners, and to give to the guar for any county, in respect of any freehold or leasehold dians power to grant out door relief. property in his actual occupation, shall be required Mr. DILLON BRO VNE presented petitions from to have a beneficial interest therein of the clear the counties of Londonderry, Caren, Ross, and Galway, yearly Nglue required by such Act or Acts, in favour of Lord Morpeth's Registration Bill, and except as hereinafter provided." The Noble against that of Lord Stanley. Lord said that in moving the amendments of Mr. G. EVANS presented a petition from the which he had given notice, he feared it might county of Dublin to the same effect. seem to the House that he had taken upon Mr. BAILEY presented a petition from the city of himself the responsibility which did not properly Bristol, praying for a revision of the commercial tariff; ! belong to them. It might be thought, that to bring also a petition from the same place in favour of Church 1 with advantage before the House a proposition of so Extension. ! much importance to the county franchise in Ire- Mr. 11IUNTZ presented a petition from the Mayor, 1 , land, ' the person submitting it ought to possess Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Birming either that intimate and minute local knowledge ham, praying that the Borough Court in that town may of Ireland to which he (Lord Howiek) had no pre not be abolished by the County Courts' Bill , but t hat ! tension, or else that he should have a claim to the con provision may be made for extending the new regula , ! fiance H and support of a powerful party in the House. e lions to the existing Court ; also two petitions from , (Lord H.) was fully sensible of his own inadequacy to slo public meetings held in London, praying for a repeal of justice to the catee he had undertaken ; but if he had the Corn-laws. Sir C. BURRELL presented a petition from a I not a minute local knowledge of Ireland, so, on the '' other hand, having no personal connection with place in Sussex, praying that Unions under the Gilbert , that country, he had not been mixed up with Act might not be abolished without the consent of , those political and religious animosities which the Guardians ; also a petition from Ashurst, praying } there unfortunately prevailed to so great an extent, and for Church Extension. ! if he had no right to expect the support of the or- Sir G. CLERK presented two petitions from South- . ganized party of her Majesty's Government on the one wark in favour of Church Extension. ' side, or of gentlemen on the opposite benches on the Mr. C. VIfsLIERS presented a petition from the , other, if he had no right or title to expect the support of Universal Rational Religionists of Finsbury, praying i i any great party in that House, he did trust this very for an inquiry into grievances of the labouring classes , circumstance would convince the House that he was Petitions for the Repeal of the Corn-laws were pre-I i only speaking the simple truth, when he declared most sented by Lord Duncan from Warrington ; by Mr. i sincerely that in bringing forward this proposition he Muntz, Mr. Hayter, and Colonel Salwey, from the ope- I sought no party interest or advantage ; and that his only natives and inhabitants of different parts of London; Mr. object was, if possible, to assist in promoting the adjust Hindley, Mr. Baines, and Mr. Villiers from Cheshire. ' meet of a question which he was convinced could not Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from two continue unsettled without imminent detriment to the in ladies, Mrs. and Miss Chambers, the wife and daughter 1 tercets of the country, perhaps not without danger to of Mr. Chambers, formerly a ban ker, in Bond-street, , the safety of the empire, subjected as it had complaining of the severity of the treatment of Mr. nitnerto been to fierce party contests both Chambers, who had been now sixteen years in gaol, and in that House and in Ireland.---(Hear, hear.) praying that the law under which it was inflicted might 1 The importance of settling the question must be be altered. . I obvious to all ; but it must be equally obvious that if Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from a both sides of the House insisted upon their own views place in Ireland, in favour of a repeal of the Legis -1 such a settlement was impracticable. In the course dative Union. Also petitions from places in the counties Ihe was taking he was not actuated by ' any of Antrim, Mayo, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, in favour I hostility to her Majesty's Government. His of Lord Morpeth's Irish Registration Bill, and against Noble 'Friend who so ably conducted the business Lord Stanley's. of the Government in that House knew that nothing Mr. INGHAM presented a petition in favour of could be farther from his mind ; but he had thought Church Extension. it better to move some substitute, than to con- Mr. PALMER presented a 'petition in favour of fine himself simply to giving a negative to their Church Reform, proposition. lie could not support the measure The Glasgow House of Refuge Bill was read a se in its present shape. Toe clauses for the regale cond time. , lotion of the franchise in Ireland seemed to him Captain PECHELL presented a petition from' Arundel praying the House to pass a law for the bet- to be liable to very great and serious objections. He felt the extreme importance of giving to Ireland a ter Observance of the Lord's Day, so as to prevent in simple and easily-ascot lined right of voting ; he felt the future a similar exhibition being made by commanding vary great importance of giving to Ireland a cons t i tuenc y officers of regiments to that which was lately made by of a - wide and popular character. But the more the flogging of a soldier on the Sabbath in Hounslow closely he had looked into that measure—the more pains Barracks. he bad taken to make himself roaster of the question, Mr. LITTON presented petitions from Colerain, the stronger had become his objections. In the first plat, Port Stewart, Bellywillan, and other places in the he felt that the greet change proposed was unnecessary North of Ireland, on the subject of lay patronage. and therefore unwise. The right of voting both in Also petitions from Dublin and another place, against any further grant to the College of Maynooth, and England and Ireland had hitherto bee n based on pro perty.—(Tory cheers.) It was so before the Reform two petitions in favour of Lord Stanley's Registration Acts, and cont.nued so the present moment. The Bill• single exception which apparently existed in Eng- Lord MORPETH presented a petition in pursuance land was the 50/. tenant-at•will right of Nsting, of a o meeting of freeholders, held in Dublin, in favour I but 'TA ty that was an exception not in 'T ty but apparently, of the Bill brought in by the Government for the because the clause proceeded upon the assumption that Registration of Parliamentary Voters in Ireland—it when a tenant paid 501. of rent, it necessarily impled that made in addition to the petition already presented by he was in possession of a capital fully equivalent to him, on that subject the number of signatures nearly that which a freeholder was required to possess. 200,000. Also a petition from Saddleworth in York- The principle was the same in Ireland ; for much as had shire, to the same effect. been said about the beneficial interest, yet ali admitted Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition against the Sc- that sonic benefit or sonic interest beyond the lease and vern Navigation BT. beyond all other charges wa s necessary. the claus e o f Lord J. RUSSELL presented several petitions from his Noble Friend would entirely set aside all principle. places in Ireland, in favour of the Bill introduced by e- A tenement of 8 /. was no p roof that the party possessed the Government for the amendment of the laws of R capital ; in :Ireland, at least, it was not the slightest gistration in Ireland. proof of the possession of capital, in virtue of which Lord STANLEY presented a petition from a Grand he should be allowed to vote. The clause of Jury in Ireland, and one from Finsbury in favour of hi s Noble Friend was therefore objectionable, as it his Parliamentary Voters (Ireland) Bill, and against a t present stood, as subversive of the principles univer that of the Government. sky followed in their legislation.—(Loud cheers.) In Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Provost, his opinion that was highly inexpedient—he thought the Magistrates, and Council of Musaelburgh, and one principle of basing the county franchise upon property from the inhabitants of the same place, praying for a was not only consecrate d by the long practice and modification of our tariff, according to the p lan p ro p osed usage of the coast lotion, but was in accordance with by the Import Duties' Committee. i sound . sense . and reason.--(Hear, hear.) There was a Sir M. WOOD gave notice that on an early day he legitimate inference that the possessors of' proporty would would move for a Select Committee considerto the be the class most capable of exercising that franchise with various plans for the improvement of the metropolis, independence,and, having themselves a stake in the cone and the best manner in which the tolls and bridges over try, they would be most anxious to discharge the duty ine. the Thames might he a bolished. posed upon them. Tne pr in cip l e of t he existing law he Sir G. GREY gave n otice that on the 11th Ma y held to be wise, and the defect of the franchise in Ire he would move for a Select Committee to consider land w as not in the principle, but in the manner in whether it might not be ex p edient to conve rt Labra which that principle was applied under the particular don into a Penal Set tlement. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. test adopted of the amount of property which the 0 :5. person claiming to vote was required to pos , e- !. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON gave notice that he should l'he evils of the present system were admitied on all to-morrow present a petition from the Society of hands. It was generally admitted that they arose not Friends in Great Britain, remonstrating against the merely from the want of agreement which e xisted as to grievances to which they were subject, and especially the proper construction of the words, beneficial interest, against the imposition of Church-rates. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN THE NA 1 , . 7 y but also from the circumstance that the . only i test . of value was the opinion, of parties bevies; Capt. PECHELL moved for a return ofthe number a strong interest at stake. All experenee of instances of corporal punishments inflicted in the navy of Great Britain. The lion. Member said he with the view to obviate that objection aod proviee ~ was against the application of such a test. It was wished this return as an addition to that moved for by sof ascertaining the real interest, that the first the Hon. Member for Lambeth r especting the army. PENSIONS•that the v.due of the amendment mean which he was about to submit, had linen framed. What he proposed was Mr. HUME moved for a return of pensions granted by letters patent by the Crown since the accession of of propertyassessment s hould for the purposes of the Poor's-rate. It Queen Victoria; also for a retu rn of t he amount of money ul appeared to him that this was a perfectly unobjectionable levied by the Commissioners of Sewers, from 1832 to the test. It lied indeed been said that the valuations at pre present period. sent were imperfect, that the reports which had been laid Sir C. GREY said he wi shed to put a questi on to upon the table showed that they were net so cor the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire , rest as to enable the House to proceed upon them. with reference to one of the Orders of the Day, namely , it undoubtedly did appear from these papers that the whether it was the intention of the Cabinet, valuations hitherto made had not been altogether satis of which the Noble Lord formed a part, On llt undoubtedly did appear from the the. ' 25th of June, 1832, to give the right papers that the now legislating, but merely arranging as to the duties of a Committee of Inquiry. Lord H ATHE RION said that was one of the diffi. culties of the subject. He wished to know how estuaries and ►ide rivers were to be considered ; but as regard& canals and canal rivers, ho thought goods and merchandiz. might be. stopped on Sundays without any inconvenience to the publi^. The Committee was then appointed. The LORD CHANCELLOR laid on tilt. table &II for removing doubts as to the liability to punishmen of Peers and Lords of Parliament, in certain cases of felony. The Marquis of NORMANBY laid on the table thr Report of the Inspectors of Factories, and returns relative to the Birmingham police.—Adjourned. SPOONS AND FORKS, 7s. 2d. PEE 01.J.NCE. el M. HORTON and CO. (Late AVERY), 'kit • Silversmiths and Jewellers, No. 36, L UDGATE STREET, ST. PAUL'S (opposite Messrs. Everington and Co.'s), offer their elegantly-finished SILVER FIDDLE SPOONS and FORKS at 7s. 2d. per Oz.; the King's Pat tern 7s. 4d. ; the Victoria and other Patterns, as also Tea and Coffee Sets, and other articles, equally moderate. A very great variety of Dessert Knives and Forks in cases of Sets. N. B. An immense Stock of splendid Fancy Goods and Jewellery at 25 to 30 per cent. below the usual London Charges THE PRESIDENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Si> —Anxious, as the generality of our countrymen feel, for the safety of the President, perhaps you will be good enough to offer a few conjectures. That this fine vessel can have foundered seems by all opinions to be out of the question. The next supposition which occurs is, that if she is lost, it must be by collision either with ice or with another vessel. The British Queen, which put into Halifax with damage, was said to have encountered ice ; but this was afterwards con tradicted. Then it is reported that the Caledonia fell in with a large field of ice in let. 44.54, long. 57.59 (just to the southward of the Gulf of St. Lawrence). Who ever heard of field ice in that direction in February or early in March ? If a field of ice were really seen as reported, it was a most un usual circumstance. As for icebergs (and fields of ice also). they are most commonly seen in May and June, having floated from Baffin's Bay with the southerly curl ent : the same ice never remains to a second year. A more likely conjecture, and one which it is devoutly hoped may prove correct, is, that in the heavy gale the President encountered, her steam-ma chinery was damaged so as to become useless ; the wind blow ing hard at N. or N.E., she bore up for Bermuda, perhaps missed the island (not an unusual occurrence), and made the best of her way to the West Indies. Should this, hap pily, be the case, there may scarcely be time yet to hear of her. With regard to Atlantic steamers. From the velocity of these fine vessels, and their having often to pass through thick weather at a great rate, collision with ice in the summer, and with other vessels at all times, is the greatest danger to be apprehended. Could not this danger in a certain degree be counteracted by strong bulk-heads dividing the vessels into compartments, upon the plan of the large iron steamer now building at Bristol? Chips in thick weather have often run upon icebergs with little more loss than their bowsprits ; had they been going as fast as a steamer, they might have had more serious injury, their head and stem destroyed, and wooden ends laid open, and nothing could then have saved them except upon the water coming into the hold meeting a bulk-head, which would completely keep the water from going further. Again another bulk-head, a certain distance from aft, might be a security from water in that direction ; and if the centre received damage, the other compartments might keep the vessel up, and at any rate there would be less water to pump out. These suggestions are offered, if you think them worth in serting in your valuable columns, by y2ur obedient servant, April 21. 1841. PALINURUS. P.S. The late Admiral the Hon. Sir Charles Paget, after a dangerous illness, determined to go to Bermuda in a steamer from Jamaica ; she unfortunately missed the island, and was obliged up• for the West Indies, which, in his weak state, occasioned the Admiral's sleath. SPAIN. MADRID, Aram 17.—The Chamber of Deputies named its Committee yesterday for the purpose of reporting on the bases adopted by the Senate for the election of the Regency. This Committee consists of Messrs. Joaquim Maria Lopez (presi dent), Juan Bautista Alonso, Miguel Ayllon, Eugenio Dicz, Gil Sauz, Fuente Andres, and Louis Gonzales Bravo, all of whom are decided trinitarians, and who will most probably draw up a body of regulations by no means in harmony with those adopted by the Senate. The great piety with which the Queen and her Royal sister have performed the divers acts of devotion between Palm Sun day and Easter Sunday he.s been generally remarked. The most touching part of the divers ceremonies performed by her Majesty was the pardon granted according to custom on Good Friday to four persons under sentence of death. M. Posadas, formerly Bishop of Carthagena and Archbishop elect of Valencia, bore a relic, while his coadjutor carried a banner, on which were inscribed the names of the four men with the sentences awarded against them, surmounted with black crape. This mournful aspect announced the approaching end of the culprits, unless some angel of mercy came to their assistance. M. Po sadas, accompanied by his suite, having entered the pew in which her Majesty was praying, and having given her the holy relic to kiss, said to her " Does your ftlajesty deign to pardon these sentenced nen?" Isabella, stretching out .her hand on the banner still surmounted with crape, replied with a loud voice, " I pardon them, and trust that God will pardon me likewise." Those present were much moved by the affect ing scene. The Bourse has been pretty brisk : our Five per Cents have been done at 26 5-16 cash, and at 27 at 60 days, TO THE RIGHT HON. THE CHAN CELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. SlR—Doubtless, your present paramount object is, to bring the revenue of the country to be at least equal to its expen diture. By doing a simple act of justice this desirable object may be obtained. _ It is merely to make real estate subject to probate and legacy duty, by which means the necessity for imposing fresh burdens upon the middle classes and manufacturing population will be obviated, exclusive of the popularity of the measure ; and al though you may have to encounter opposition from the landed interest, this will probably be overcome by the apparent equity of the measure, and by the strong popular feeling in its favour. _ 1..1`...,••• From what has lately fallen from Sir Robert Peel's lips, it Is not at all unlikely that be will give his support to the pro position. I have the honour to be, Sir, your very hu.nble servant, and A REAL FRIEND TO THE ADMINISTRATION. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) On Sunday an accident took place in Paternoster-row, by which a poor cabman will in all probability lose his life. A cab driven at a furious rate, after turning from Ave Maria lane into Paternoster-row, was seen to stop suddenly, and the horse falling, the cabman was thrown off his seat, and falling on his head it was found he had fractured his skull ; he was immediately taken to the hospital without any hope of his re covery ; it was said the poor man had a wife and four children. The horse on getting on his legs was found to be very lame, and on examining his feet, three nails which were attached to a piece of wood, were sticking in his foot. It appears that of late the cab drivers have found their way through Paternoster row, it being a few yards nearer than going round St. Paul's Church-yard, by which the; inhabitants of Paternoster-row and Ave Maria-lane are annoyed from 9 at night till 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, and this is supposed to be the means adopted by the inhabitants to get rid of the nuisance. Two or three other cab horses had their feet severely cut the same evening by glass bottles. THE WEATITER. — NooN, APRIL 25. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer ................ 30'09 In, Thermometer... 60 I Highest ........... 6 t I Lowest 4l Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. valuations hitherto made had not been altogether satis— factory ; but for other purposes, for the purpose of the• administration of the Poor-laws it was necessary th it t hat valuation should be correct. He was convinced that tie machinery to accomplish this object wa: already in existence. Under all circumstances this valuatltsa would be one which had no reference to the claim so vote. The parties would have a direct pecuniJry in— terest in avoiding too high a valuation, and this would . always be stronger than the desire to obtain the fran chise ; if wrong in any respect, it wnutel . he that the property would generally he emeulatcd upon rather a low scale. But then the im portant question arose, what amount of interest,. so ascertained, should confer the right of voting ? If they were to take so high an amount as 10/. excess of value, as shown by the assessment to the Poor rates above the rent paid, they would practically raise tie franchise even higher than was contended for by those Gentlemen who had taken the solvent tenant t He (Lord Howick) thought that in adopting mea sure of this kind they should look a little furthi r. If they looked back to the history of what had occurred in 1832, they would see that it w, ,s the intention of Parliament to make sltne extension of the right of voting as it then existed. That such was the intention of those who introduced the. Reform Act, seemed to him perfectly obvious front their recorded speeches. He should propose, there!orc, that in adopting the principles to which he referred. they should take a lower amount of excess beyond the rent than 101. In applying a test of increase di severity, they were bound to make a con siderable abatement in the . amount of interest constituting the right to vote. In the amend ment which he was about to move, Le should pro- pose that a sun of 5/. excess of value beyond tho rent and charges to which the person who laid cl tiirr to vote was liable, should be sufficient to qualify him to enjoy the franchise. He thought the Honourable Gentlemen on that side of thc House ought to agree to this proposal. The words of the clause, which was introduced last year into the Bill by the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Attorney-General for Ireland, were— " That the beneficial interest should be defined the profit or advantage derived or derivable by surds claimant from such premises, after deducting the tithes-rent charge, and their expenses, it any, of cultivating the same." Tne Right Honour able and Learned Gentleman admitted that 10!. profit beyond all these charges ought to constitute the right to vote. In the recent debate, when he (Lord Howick) contended that the occupant's own labour way not to be deducted in calculating the beneficial interest, the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen, the Member for Dub lin, himself corrected him (Lord Howick), and said that it was never contended that any such ,construction should be put on the law—that a fair deduction was to be made for the value of the occupant's own labour. If, then, those deductions were to bet made, he (Lord Howick) could not clear's• understand what line of distinction could be drawn by Hon. Gentlemen between the clause proposed and that. course suggested on the opposite side. He was really at a loss to discover, speaking only technically and legally, what could be tie difference between the con struction of the beneficial interest contended for by the Hon. and Learned Member !or Dublin, and that by the gentlemen on the other side of the House.—(Hear.) interest than 101., would not be vary unfairly repre sented by .5/. excess of value beyond the rent, as in the manner he (Lord H.) professed. If the Hoo. and Learned Gentleman's construction of the existing law was to be taken, his (Lord H.'s) proposition might be considered a fair substitute and equivalent for the ex isting law. If that were granted that 51. excesses of value beyond the amount of rent payable was the bene ficial interest, as contemplated by Parliamea when the existing law was passed—if such would be the effect of the clause, he could see no good reason for rejecting the amendment he proposed. Taking the admission of the Hon. Gentlemen on the other side of the House during the recent debate, that it was necessary to form some easily ascertained test, Le thought they could hardly consistently reject his proposal. Neither, be thought, could Hon. Gentlemen on that side reject it. The effect of adopting the amendment he proposed would be to continue a class of voters to whom he was sure no plausible objection could be made. All those voters who claimed a right to vote in respect of a free hold in fee, not for a mere technical freehold hut one consisting of a freehold for lives, all these voters would receive gre it advantage from adopting the amendment he (Lord Howick) proposed, and in the same manner it was perfectly obvious that all persons who paid a low rent for their property accordine to the clause as proposed by the Noble Lord (Lord itlorpeth) could not claim a right of voting unless their property was actually rated at 8/. Perhaps now a person voted for property that was not worth more than 5/.—why was such a man to be disfran chised ? In the SPITItt manner persons who weir! 1/. rent 'or land, and had greatly improved it, basing perhaps reclaimed it teem some bog or niourtsia land, might have made it worth something less than el. These persons would have a right to vote under his (Lord Hooiek's) clause, but would be excluded from that right by the clause of his Noble Faiend. Surely he (Lord Howick) was not called upon to argue that it was desirable these men should not have votes. He found in a Report on the table of the House that electors who were rated at small sums, so far as they were ascertained, paid an ex ceedingly low rent. In the Bandon ULion there were two of these persons, one of them had fifteen acres, being subject to no rent, and was rated at 71. 10 , - and the other had ten acres, and was rated at 4/. These persons would vote under his clause, but would he excluded by that of his Noble Friend. This clause as it stood would exclude some of the best and most intelligent persons who enjoyed the right of voting under the exsting low. He was aware that he should be told that the amendm. ent he was about to propose would admit some voters on the franchise who would be excluded by the clause of its Hon. Friend, and on the other hand if might be said that leaving the law as it stood would have the effect of greatly restricting the constituency of Ireland. Many Hon. Members might be inclined to resist his amendment and support the clause of his Noble Friend, because they thought it absolutely necessary to supply the deficiency in. the constituent body in Ireland. lie agreed with them in that necessity, and he certainly did not propose that that should be the only change adopted: On the coo teary, it appeared to him that it was necessary that setae further measures should be adopted, in order to prevent. the franchise front Icing confined to very much fewer hands than was desirable. But the question was how that was to be accomplished ? His Noble Friend proposed that it should be done by giving the right of voting to all persons rated so low as 8/. who had a lease for not less than fourteen years. The proposition which he would submit was (and he thought it right to explain his two• propositions at the same time. although there was no ne cessary connection between them) aed it would be for toe House to adopt or reject it as they thought pro per. The difference between his Noble Friend and himself was this—that his Noble Friend proposed to' have a very low amount of ratirg as conferring the fran chise, but that such persons should have a lease for not less than fourteen years. He (Lord Howiek) wished to propose to the House that a very considerably higher amount of rating should be insisted upon as the qualifica tion, hut that no lease should be insisted on—that the yearly tenant should be admitted to the franchise in corn-- mon with the tenant for fourteen years. One of the. motives which induced him to propose those changes was that, in his opinion, supposing some additional franchise to Le requisite in Ireland, it was of the utmost importance that it should be so firmed as net to give rise to further d e mands of the same kind in future. He strongly held t h e o ninion so frequently and so ably insisted nn by his Noble Friend the Secretary of State for the Colonies , t hat time recurrence cf politi ca l c h anges was in itself an evil of the oreatest magnitude.—(Hear, hear.) lie' wished to avoid as far as was practicable any attempt to dis-. turb the distribution of power established by the Reform Act; but he could not help thinking that the clause, as proposed, would be very objectionable on that head. (Hear.) He thought it would be so, both inasmuch as it would produce a totally new class of voters, a class of voters u nliae any other which at this nioo talent was to be foond, he believed, d in anyothe i r tt) m o rt i o o f the kingdom ; whom lower titst Reform )os Act had .c- ( s a ss o f voters h eiety than any trar the proposition extended the franchise. On t e con ii y an d a l s o a class ho t l o inga 1 of the Reform Act. He found that l strictly on the ana,ogy a lease was entitled to the which he wished to submit to the ouse was founded in England a 501. tenant without of Ireland. By doing so similar right to the people grant a simi could lye rise to it did not appear to hint that they wo . g 113, franchise ; and it would be but a natural proceeding to sfesh claims on the part of the people of this country ; but perceetly• When he said a similar right he did not mean to say that he thought the payment of a rent of 501. would form a desire.. well as the very great subdivision , obvious Ireland. compared F t a b r e fr d om iffe i r t e ; be it e w o • f as wealth in the two couu ~ of landed property in Ireland, that if they were to • the same value as in England, they would require only which be giving a franchise would be almost illusory. qualificatio nwhen t r t i e hi s eny a s But more than that, they had, for reasons which he thought perfectly valid, refused to Ireland a 40s. franchise —a cir cumstance for which he thought they should make some allowance in fixing the amount of the value to be required of the occupying tenant. He was not prepared to give a po sitive opinion as to the amount of value which should be required ; for, from the very late period at which the r=.- turns had teen placed in their hands —the most important having only reached them that morning—it was utterly im possible for him to give that close consideration to them subject which its importance deserved. The object, how ever, which they should have in view might, he thought,, be easily fixed. r Ties should endeavour to give to Ireland as la ge a number at least of voters, as enjoyed the_ fran chise th e re i m mediately afte r the p assing of the Reform number he should bra With that Act.---( Hear, bear.) not ask Hon. Gentlemen opposite sw.isfied, and he woul d to decide atwhat a: give more. It. was no easy matter d . . franchise should be fixes, in cr et- to attain, amount the . that the subject would re t that end ; end he felt persuaded quireorr• e further consider a t ion. All he then asked time [Fuse to do was to consent to t h e principle, than instead of a.loptieg a very low amount of rating, with a lease, they she uld diF.pelise with the lease; and take a considerably higher amount of rating than that which had been proposed by the Government. He did not think the galliticatien should be determined by time amount of rent, but on the amount of toting ; for, if they were to adopt a contrary prir,..ciplc, they would give a premium on high rents, which, be believed, was already o.c of the greatest grievances pf Ireland. In proposing his amendment, ho was aware opal; he might be met by the 4 ":.1