The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-03 00:00:00

compared with the increase of population, there hadbeen a decrease in the consumption of articles of subsistence. Although the population was increasing at the rate of 400,000 a-year, the quantity of articles they consumed ivali diminished. The returns from the workhouses showed the same fact. It was proved by returns • laid before the House of Commons, that the num ber of persons who sought application into the workhouses varied with the price of food; Init. in the last year the poor-rate had increased, though the average was not so high as in the preceding year. He would take the parish of Marylebone as an example. In the year 1836, the rate was Is. 2d. in the pound, and the sum raised was 44,673/. Last year the rate was Is. 11d. in the pound,. and the sum raised was 76,3561., showing a difference of 31,782/. This difference in the parochial expenditure was to b attributed to the .increased expense of main a greater number of paupers. When provisions were dear, the applications for ad mittance were - most numerous, and. .when th e y were cheap, the applications 'were fewer, better wages were given for labour. There was another document to which he wished to eA the attention of the Noble Duke and the re shoes and gloves, were attacked the moment they were suffer ing distress. What was the consequence? Why, the price or gloves abroad were raised, so that the people at home would derive no benefit from the reduction of the duty. It would be better to leave those articles alone, and attack the great mono polies of coin and sugar, which would confer great benefit on these whom their Lordships praised for their patience under suffering and distress. When parties came to him (Lord Kin naird ) and complained of their distress, he said that if he saw his children perishing around him for want of food, and those who were in gaol better provided for than those who were both wil ling and able to work if they could get it, he would rather at tempt to help himself with the food his neighbours possessed— ( Laughter. )—yes, those who could themselves roll along at this end of the metropolis without seeing any of the misery of the people might laugh, but let them listen to the reason he got for the people enduring such distress with so much patience. The answer he received was this " if the bread had been taken from you suddenly, say to-morrow or the next day, you would have done that, but if you were gradually reduced to starvation, and weakened away by not getting Lod, your energies would be so sunk, that you would not care to see even your children perish ing around you." That was the truth, and he wished to im press it on their Lordships mind. He was quite ready to go with a Committee to those places where distress existed, that ocular demonstration might convince them of what the people wets. suffering, all of which he thought was owing to unwise legislation. From what he saw, lie feared he should fail to get their Lordships to grant the inquiry for which he was anxious, but lie felt it was his duty to urge in the strongest manner he 'could, the importance of the subject, and to pray their Lord ships to think of it. He would adjourn the debate if they liked till they had time to make further enquiry; and if he thought there were the slightest chance of his getting the Corn inittee, he would not press his motion now. He would show to the House what he and others considered necessary-extended mar kets C••• presentative? of the agricultural interests, and' he thought it was a very important one. The actual consumption of wheat in England was falling off. During the last three years the consumption had fallen off nearly one and a half million quarters. There were numerous ways of getting at the consumption, but it had been found that the best way to arrive at_ the general con- He had been in communication with one intimately con- meted with the American trade, and who had particularly attended to this matter; and he assured him (Lord Bosse) that there was an opening there for European manufactures, which was quite beyond belief. On the banks of the Missis sippi and the Ohio, were nine United State, and it would ap pear from their census of 1840, that the population there was 5,499,89• ; two of those States principally grew cotton for our markets, and the other States were purely agricultural, and there was not a single manufacture carried on, except that of some coarse stuff for trousering. These persons putthe produce of their farms on rafts of wood, and floated it down the Missis sippi to New Orleans; they wished to make arrangements to exchange that produce for manufactured articles, and if they could not get rid of what they brought down, of course they could not take back the necessaries which might be expected from England to New Orleans. Besides this, there was at Tennessee a kind of sour flower, which was Most serviceable in manufactures ; and when the Corn-law was passed, lie should have wished to have moved that that sour flower should be ad . _ nimption was by multiplying the quantity re turned by the 150 towns, where the averages were taken by five, and adding the amount imported from abroad from the Ist of October, 1839, the quantity returned by the 150 towns was 2,620,753 quarters; whi6b, multiplied by tire, gave 13,10;3,765 quarters; ttld to that 2,t120,7:,3 quarters imported from a•broad. that v 111 give 144424:' as the general eon moil-Aim during those six months. In 1841 the quantity returned by the 150 towns was 2.467;783 quarters, which, multiplied by 5, gave 12,338,915, and p.dding, to that 1,311,642 quarters imported from abroad, and the total-eon umption would he Ibund to be 13,650,557 quarters, being a diminution of nearly 800,000 quarters as compared with the preceding year. Then from the Ist of October, 1841, to the Ist of May, - 1842, 2,216,201 quarters was the quantity returned by the 150 towns, that multiplied by 5 gave 11,081,005, to which being added 2,200,000 quarters, the quantity imported from abroad. tie total consumption would be 13,281,005 quarters. But out of the 2,200,000 quarters of corn imported. mitted.—(A laugh.) Perhaps they do not know the use of that flower. There was:upwards of 100,000,000 quarters of flour used every year in England for stifling clothes and particular kinds of studs, and the sour flower of Tennessee would be just as available for that purpose as the good flour, he believed that even if a million of quarters of that sour flour were admitted annually, a great benefit would be conferred on the manufacturing classes. He asked of their Lordships to re lease the country from the pressure of selfish impositions, to unfetter industry, and to give labour a free competition and its reward. That was all they asked ; it was not charity for which the people were calling. They asked to be allowed to take their labour to the best market ; and he would tell their Lordships that it they continued to refuse that demand, fearful, indeed, would be the consequences. He would take the liberty of warning their Lordships, although a young Member ; and warning from any quarter should not be despised. He begged Is are to say, that in the statements he had made, he had no wish to make an attack upon the Government; and if he had been betrayed into any expressions of asperity, he begged leave to apologise for the uninintentional offence which he might have given. The Noble Lord concluded by moving for a Corn mitte to inquire into the causes of the present state of general . . Boni abroad; he had reason to know that 400,000 quarters. upon which the duty had been paid, were still lying in warehouses. Their Lordships would see that this would add to the decrease of con sumption in this, as compared with former years. • - There had been a similar decrease meat and other articles. The consumption of grocery and butchers' meat in Leeds was reduced by one-fourth : and as the decrease could not be supposed to have principally fallen on the consumption of the hie , her and middle classes, the reduction among the lower classes must have been still greater than he had stated. In gro cery and butcher's meat the decrease in Man chester was forty, per cent. In Dundee, 150 head of cattle had been consumed weekly in the year 1836, while 71 head of cattle only were now killed there each week. That decrease in consumption had not arisen from any increased price, for he found that in the year 1836 the price of meat in Dundee was 6d. per lb ; in 1839 it was 7d., and the best meat was now sold for 6d. But at the same time that the consumption was deer easing the poor-rates in Scot land, well as in this country, had greatly increased. It should also be recollected, that in tngland nearly 30,000,000/. hart been of late years entirely lost, or with drawn from trade. These were very important con siderations, for their Lordships: when they found that with this decrease of consumption and decline of trade, they had a constantly increasing population, he did not thirik that much reliance could be placed upon the amount of exports of cotton, or other goods, as showing the state of commerce. These returns frequently varied much from each other. and it also often happened that manufacturers sold their goods at a positive loss. He would next draw the -attention of their Lordships to the condition of . the poor in some of our principal towns. That was a subject which ealled.for their utmost eaten tion ; and they might be assured that the distress which existed was creating in the minds of many an alarming degree of disaffection, the evil consequences of Which might - ultimately be felt even by their Lordships. In Manchester the population amounted to 192,408 in habitant. In 1836 the amount of poor-rates, for the relief of the distress in that town, was 25,669/. In another town there were 9,000 inhabitants who re ceived a weekly sum of but one shilling each, for fetid, clothing, and every other necessary of life. In the six years ending 1835, the number of patients admitted into the dispensaries and hospitals was 54,000 ; in the six years ending 1841, the number was 169,000, showing an increase of 200 per cent. in the number of sick poor, sick in consequence of being obliged to have recourse to bad food, and many of whom had by distress been sent. to an untimely grave. Crime, also, had in creased in consequence. In 1836, the average daily number of persons in gaol was 539 ; in the last year it was 722. ,The number of uninhabited houses in Man chester was 5,492, and of shops closed the number was 68. The assessed annual value of these unoccupied pre mises was 87,994/, and the actual amount of money lost to the WWII, in consequence, was 100,0001. a year. In lloltoit, with a population of 50,000, there were fifty mille t giving employment to 8,124 workmen. Of those mills thirty were now stopped, and 5,006 work people were in consequence standing idle. The distress was not partial—it affected all trades alike. In 1836, the number of ironfounders and machinists employed, amounted to 2.110 ; at present there were only-1,123 employed. Of carpenters, in 1836, the number employed was 150 ; at present only 49 were in work. The number of brick setters employed had been reduced from 120 in 1836, to t.; in 1841. The number of stone-masons employed had been reduced from 150 to 50 ; and the annual loss to the town, in consequence of these persons being thrown out of employment, was 320,5601. The people who were now suffering these privations, were the sons of the men to whose toils this country owed its high position in the scale of nations, for there could be no doubt but that it was by the skill and intelligence of the working classes that that high position had been achieved. The loss suffered by the people of Bolton was 1,0001 a day. What charitable collection could ever relieve such a state of distress as this ? This had not come on. suddenly, it had been gradually increasing. The spring, to which all had looked forward, had passed away without any revival of trade, and they had to look forward to • another winter • without any prospect of im provement. It was impossible that all these people could get employment by next winter. The local funds for the relief of the poor were nearly all exhausted. The Poot-law was of no use,amd there were no means of pro riding for the support of the poor during the ensuing inter. In the Burnely linien the distress had gone far beyond the reach of the funds. They had 12,030 persons on their books, and they state that they must leave the matter to the Government. The Government had sent tiowa a Commissioner to inquire into the state of the disiriet and he had applied for funds ; the amount bad been stated, but what he had already got was a mere drop of water compared with what would be required. All the surrounding towns were in nearly a similar situation, and this was in Eng land. where they had a Poor-law ; in Scotland the law was different, anti an able-bodied man had nowhere to go. In Paisley, then. the people have been for three weeks supported by the Government ; whence the funds came from he did not know, but it must be public mono , and, it Was for the public , and their Lordships to y know what was the amount. It appeared that there was in PaisleY a complete staff; of a Commissioner, a Com missary, and a - surgeon, a complete establishment, and the Relief Committee, that had distributed 25,090/, was entirely set aside, and the relief was completely under the management of her .Majesty's Government. On another day, he should have to ask for some returns re latiYe to Paisley, and he should then have an opportunity of still further verifying what he believed to be true. From the year 182rto 1834, not taking in the specu lating years 1835 and 1836, the manufacture and export ipt linen had been constantly decreasing ; in 1839 and 1840 the decrease had gone on, and a still further re duction had taken place in the last eleven months. The amount of labour tints withdrawn front the working classes could not but bo very large. One - fourth of the whole trade was with America ; up to September 1841, linen was admitted to the United States free, but after that a duty of 20 per cent. was imposed, and a Bill was "then pending in Congress, , a duty of ten per ce n t. ex tra on the manufac care; lacing that did not take American produce. A$ to. Brazil too, they kept up a high duty on S u gar , amid the Brazilians, acting on their beautiful example as to the Corn-laws, would retaliate, and then what would be come of the linen trade. He would repeat that 25,000/. had been already distributed among the people of Paisley by the Committee, in the district of which four or live villages in the neighbourhood were included. For the town of Paisley alone the expense of supporting the people was 80 01 . a week, for the villages 1001.. One of the reasons assigned for taking the power of distribution out of the hands of the Committee was, that it had -been rather extravagant. But what bad the COmmissioner who had been sent down done ? Why be Inal merely cut oaf the neighbouring'villages front the benefit of the distribution; and now in these towns there were nearly rs'oo persons going about in gangs begging, and that was their only mode of subsistence. They had no other;be cause the local subscriptions were stopped. He wished also to call the attention of their Lordships to a re turn drawn up by persons appointed to examine ints the State of Leeds, which showed that the average weekly income of 9,000 persons was only Is. Every trade was in the same state of distress, and, such being t h e c ase, he would as k what had bren done to alleviate • Absolutely nothing. N o thi ng had been done to encou rage inquiry. Thishad not come upon th . ein unawares; since 1828 it had been coming on ; and theyit- was trapostble, therefore, for her Majesty's Ministers to say ‘ mere not c a , ware of it. • What.had been done to remedy this? had been passed, and What had been the result of a t.l ( l ) a r t n7- . IIA N . Vhy, that wheat bad risen 3s. a quarter._( a,dobi , :steia h ou e ns a e r o . tf ) hth T e h H e next ou,e thing that bad been submitted for the In , art anytime-tax , whieh was absurd the people to consume had been eomp! ete l y exi means r of yeat Aeaspri from which relief aeaa premised -ryas t,heed-Tafribffe upon what • tre thdught' it.was impossible for any man to say . s e.atie - abla-afilit,:jneaaurgewas framed. .There -was,. f a • no . pejpeieleee spaktrades, such as the maki ng of distress. The Duke of WELLINGTON did not complain of the course adopted by the Noble Lord, but he should not follow his example in adverting to a variety of topics to prove facts which nobody could deny. No doubt every body admitted the existence of distress in the manufacturing nistricts of the country, and it seemed to be the opinion of the Nollle Lord that that distress might extend to the agricultural distri(!ts also. The Noble Lord had made certain observations on the mea sures which had been adopted by her Majesty's Government for the relief of that distress. It was certainly true that it it was not exactly consistent with principle to send down pe cuniary assistance to any particular part of the country, but yet it had been practised at different times, and the law itself re cognised the principle to some extent by authorising the levying of rates in aid. In Scotland the power of granting' relief under the Poor-law was not so extensive as it was in this country, and large subscriptions had been raised for the relief of that distress, and her Majesty's servants had thought it exnedient to adopt measures to extend the means of rel ie,f not only to that part of the country, but to every part of the country that required relief. Her Majesty's Government had recom mended the adoption of that course which had been adopted in fot mer times, namely, that her Majesty should write a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He understood that that course had been approved of on a former occasion. Lord KINNAIRD—I never expres,ed any approval of it. 'the Duke of WELLINGTON had understood that that course had been approved of on a former occasion, but now it appeared that that course was not approved of, because the ap plication was confined to one class of persons. If the clergy of the Church Establishment were to be asked to use their influ ence to induce their congregations to come forward to relieve the existing distress, the appeal must be made in the churches, and to those over whom they might be supposed to have influ ence in their parishes. The Noble Lord had found fault because the application bad not been made to other persons. He (the Duke of Wellington) did not know to whom the letter could have been so fittingly addressed as to the Arch bishop of Canterbury, and her Majesty had come forward and generously subscribed a large sum herself—(Cheers)—and her example had been followed by those holding officc under her Government. He (the Duke of Wellington) had stated before that the distress had been admitted in both Houses of Parlia ment, and then the Noble Lord said he desired to have a Com mittee. A Committee for what? To inquire into the cause of the distress; and he meant to produce papers before that Committee. But it was usual for Noble Lords, in moving for such Committees, to state what the object was, and to what point the Committee was to go. Why, this was to he a Com mittee which, after the examination of the Noble Lord's cal culations, was to recommend the repeal of the Corn-laws— ( Hear, hear)—which had passed and become law within a short period. If their Lordships wished to repeal the Corn laws, let a 13111 be introduced for that purpose, but don't let them begin by moving for a Committee. which would only have the effect of exciting the country. If they were to have an alteration of the law, let them have it af ter a full discussion ; but fion't let them begin by creating great excitement in the country by exaggerated statements of all de scriptions, and then .come to the discussion of the new Corn law. The Noble Lord then blamed her Majesty's Government for not having attended to the subject in time. Why her Ma jesty's Government had been in office since the beginning of September, and from that time to the present he would just re cite a few of the measures which they had brought forward, and which hail become the law of the land. He would also advert to the diplomatic and other measures which had been brought forward, with a view to relieve the distress that existed; and having done so, he would then ask whether it. was fair to. come down with such a proposition as the present, foundedon such argu ments as had been used by the Noble Lord, and cast blame on the Government. The Government first introduced the measure now upon their Lordships' table, and which would be discussed next week; a measure which had for its object the restora tion of the income of the country, the permanent income of the country, so that it might be capable of defraying the permanent expenditure. By this measure they hoped to re establish the finances of the country on the old basis, of having sufficiency of funds to defray the expenses and interest of the National Debt. This, he hoped, would restore the finances of the country to the basis on which they ought always to have stood; and, inasmuch as the commerce of the country was, in some degree, dependent upon its credit, some thing would also be done for the service of commerce. Be sides this, they should also be enabled to repeal the taxes on several articles; among them, taxes on articles of raw mate rial used in manufactures, and this would have the effect of improving their condition. The taxes they should be able to take off on articles of consumption, would also have the effect of relieving the distress, and producing a beneficial effect on commerce. According to the declaration of her Majesty's speech, the Government were engaged in negotiations for trea ties for the extension of the commerce of the country. Besides these treaties her Majesty's Government had been engaged in various political arrangements, having for their object to esta blish peace in the world, and to restore the commerce of this country. Before the Government came into office peace had been to a certain degree, restored in the Levant ; it had been since en tirely established. It had been restored in Portugal and Spain, and those parts of Asia which were under the Government of this country. Efforts were being made to restore it in Central Asia, in China, and in the United states. He thought all these things would have the effect of improving the situation of the manufacturers. He thought the Noble Lord might have waited for the result of these measures before he moved for a Committee, which must excite the discontent of one part of the community. The speech of the Noble Lord might have been made on a motion for a repeal of the Corn-laws. He hoped that their Lordships would meet the motion with a neg leaving it to the Noble Lord to bring forward a specific mo• tion for the repeal of the Corti-laws. The Earl of RADNOR thought the Noble Duke had net acted with his usual fairness in attributing words to his Noble Friend, which he-had not used.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord said the object of his Noble Friend was to get a repeal of the Corn-laws. but there was nothing in his Noble Friend s speech from which the Noble Duke could draw such a conclu sion.--( Hear, hear.) He had scarcely used the word Corn law in the course of his speech. His Noble Friend's argument was that the distress of the country ought to be inquired into.— ( Hear, hear.) His Noble Friend might er might not think the Corn-law the cause of that distress, but he (Lord Radnor) certainly thought it was. However, it was not now the ques tion. The Noble Duke also complained of the observations of his Noble Friend with regard to the Queen's letter, but his Noble Friend fit his ( Lord Radnor's) opinion, justly found fault with it as being inadequate to meet the distress of the country. He also found fault with the advances of public money made to relieve the distress of Paisley and other places. He thought that was a grave matter, and one which should be further inquired into.—( Hear, bear.) Ile recollected when he made a motion with a similar object to relieve the distress in Spitalfields, the Noble Lord opposite said that such a mode of proceeding was irregular. But surely if a Committee were appointed, and it wire proved satisfactorily that the Corn-laws were the cause of the distress, the Noble Duke himself would not object to their repeal. And could the Noble Duke say with confidence that they were not the cause of the distress? The Noble Duke talked of the war in Syria, and peace being established there by the present. Government— The Duke of WELLINGTON—I said the very contrary. The The Earl of RADNOR so - un d erstoo d t h e N o bl e D u k e . Noble Duke said that peace was more completely established sin ce th e advanemnet to power of the present e G s t o :b e i rn i s b n e l e d n b t L ; o b r u et_ t utrb t i (bu e tat, na; ( uca L ego d o h r ds nll o o r r e ) , i, e thought under s t t l o i a o t d p t e h a rt ( t 'e th w e r e : c w a •a m s e g il r i e t a o te o r a ;l e is . i t n e r t.) h e s E t a u s i tt o . s a i n n d ee po th rt e ug i \ a - l o b a e s o D w u e k r e e prevent tthat the Government el just as and peaceable there b co e u fi l idrebtehenopdistressm e to into the country was riot diminished since they came into office.— (Haar, hear.) The Noble Duke said they should wait to see the effects of the other measures of- the Government,. It was easy for their Lordships to talk of patience, but how were peop l e li v ing on 8-10. a week to wait ? The object of his Noble Friend was, that Government should give an car to the com plaints and an eye to the sufferings of the people, and afford them relief. It was not, therefore, fair to say, that his object was to set one class against another. Ills Noble Friend said he was aware of that distress, and had documents to prove it, and he should, therefore, sup; ort the mot ion of his Noble Friend. The Duke of WELLINGTON explained. He had only stated that peace had been established to a certain extent when the present Government came into office, and that since it had been consolidated. He should also observe, that the object of the Noble Lord, throughout his whole speech, as it appeared to him, was to repeal the Corn-laws. The Duke of RICHMOND said, that after the Noble Lord's statements relative to the commerce of America, it was evident he could mean nothing but a clap•trap foie the repeal of the Corn-laws. All great changes only produced alarm in the country, and alarm. would serve but to aggfavate the distress 'that now prevailed. He (the Duke of Ilichmond).feltior his suffering countrymen as strongly as the Noble Lord did, but if Bankes, George Bannerman, A. arnard, E. G. Beresford, Major Browne, W. Chetwode, Sir John Clayton. H. R. Clef k, Sir G. ,ochrane. A. Colville, C. K. Cripps, J. Darby, George Douglas, Sir C. E. Evans, William Fielder, J. Ferrand, W. B. Goring, H. D. Gtaham, Sir J. Guest, J. Hardy, John Hawes, B. they appointed a Committee, without seeifig that some good would result from it, they would be but creating excitement among the people, and thereby aggravating their distress. He did not attack the motives of his Noble Friend, but he con tended that he had permitted himself to be made the tool of the Anti-Corn-law League. The idea that there had been, of late, a less consumption of meat, was purely theoretical. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE was astonished at the concluding sentence of the speech of his Noble Friend. It had been stated by all the authorities, including Mr. Porter and Mr. Tooke, that there had been a great decrease in the con sumption of meat. If his Noble Friend pressed his motion to a division, he would vote with him ; but he would recommend him not to do so, because it took in too great a range of in quiry, to be embraced in the Committee. Lord WESTERN thought it most extraordinary that in the tweuty-sixth year of peace the revenue of the country should be in such a condition as to render it necessary to resort to an in come tax. He hoped that some inquiry would be instituted into the cause of such a state of things. Lord MONTE AGLE thought the inquiry proposed would he most desirable, because he thought it would be unadvisable to give any colour to the statement that they had refused in quiry into the distresses of the people. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that the Government had, from the moment it came into power, been doing all that it could to relieve the commerce of the country ; and all he wished was that their Lordships would wait to see the effect of those measures, and if they did not answer the purpose, it e.ould then be competent for Noble Lords to introduce any other measure that should be thought necessary. Lard KINN AIRD said that as he found this motion was likely to meet with very little support from their Lordships, he thought it advisable to withdraw it. On a future occasion he would call their attention specially to the subject of the relief afforded to certain towns by the Government. The Duke of RICHMOND said in explanation, that although one of his objections to the motion of the Noble Lord was that it would tend to unsettle the agricultural interests of the coun tiy, he thought there were many other reasons why their Lord ships should refuse to grant the proposed Committee. Lord FITZGERALD was not surprised to find that the Noble Duke was anxious that his motives should not be misre presented. The conduct of the Noble Lord was most extraor dinary, he had withdrawn his motion, and in so doing he had chosen to repeat his attacks on the Government. He (Lord Fitzgerald) denied that the Noble Lord had shown any grounds for his motion in the inconclusive and multifarious speech with which he had introduced it. The Noble Lord had alluded to the manner in which the speech of the Noble Duke had been cheered; those cheers had been given because the Noble Duke had shown that, notwithstanding the Noble Lord's statement, that he had alluded but once to the Corn-law in the course of his speech, the Corn-law, in fact, had constituted the main topic of the Noble Lord's address. He (Loid Fitz gerald) would not, at that hour, re-argue that question. lie denied the imputations cast upon the Government. and rested the defence of the Government, not on the speeches of any of its Members, but on the facts themselves. It was their duty to reli eve distress without discussing the principles of political economy. He was surprised at the manner in which the Noble Lord had alluded tothe Queen's letter, and wondered that he should have been ignorant that a similar appeal had been made to the Church of Scotland, through the Lord High Commissioner, which had been nobly responded to.—( Cheers.) He could not congratulate the Noble Lord on the support which he had received in that House, and he did not think his (Lord Kinnaird's ) opinions would find much favour with the country. Lord KINNAIHD said he never found fau:t with the Queen's letter ; what he said was that it proved the Govern ment knew the existence of the distress. The motion was then withdrawn, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Nine o'Clock. Irish Reform Act the Committee would see what thg state of the law was, with regard to the appointment of booths at elections. That section required that where the number of electors _exceeded 600 that he should ap- I HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 2. point two or more polling places, and where there were more than 600 electors, , whose names commenced with the same letter of the alphabet, those names were not to 'be divided, but the officer was to provide as many new places for polling as might be necessary, and to appoint as many additional deputies as might be neces sary. The clear meaning of that section of the Act of Parliament, when looked upon as a whole, was that where the number of voters exceeded 600, the returning officer was compelled to provide as many booths as would enable them to be polled out. But the section required that no letter was to be subdivided.; for instance, the names commencing with letter A were nit to be sub divided, but were to poll in Booth No.. 1. There should be a booth for every 600, and they should be so distributed that all persons whose names began with a particular letter should be able to poll in the booth, in which no other person polled, in order that there should be no difficulty in ascertaining their booth, as that A and B should not poll in one booth, and A and Cin another. But if any one letter on this registry comprised more than 600 wanes, it was competent to the returning officer to sub divide. The returning officer's interpretation was, that more booths might be given, provided there happened to be no single name which should comprise more than 600. But this was preposterous,because the greater portion of the Celtic names began with the letter 0, and a still greater number with the letter M. In the election for the City of Dublin there were 1,500 whose names began with the letter M, and it would be absurd to suppose that the same accommodation should only he given to those which were given to 600. Seven booths were given to Belfast. Booth No. 1 included the letters A. C. E., comprising 500 voters. No. 2 included B. and D., comprising 531 voters. No. 5., F. G. I. N., comprising 521 voters. No. 4, H. K. 0., 510 voters; No. 6, L. P. Q. R. T., cona prising 535 voters ; No. 7, S. Y. and other letters, com prising 336 voters. But in No. 5, containing letter M, the number of votes was 892, and this improper allot ment of the booth was the cause of the loss of the elec tion to Lord Belfast and Mr. Ross. Not only were ad ditional polling booths refused to be appointed for letter M, but it was constructed like the other booths. At the election, therefore, booth No. 1, being constructed to accommodate 538 voters, it was impossible that in letter M, where only the same accommodation was afforded, the number of electors commencing with that letter, could have voted. The booths not having been sufficient -for the purpose, a protest was made to the Returnings officer, but all further accommodation was refused ; but, not satisfied with this aerangement of the booths, these circumstances took place with regard to the appointment of the deputies. . Of the seven deputies who were appointed 'to take the poll, four were minors, a thing which he believed never occurred at any elec tion before. When they. recollected the important duty of these officers, that they had the control of the mode of taking the poll ; that they had to afford free access to it ; that they had to keep order, and had a power of cemmittiner, by virtue of the Act of Parliament, per , sons who interfered with them in taking the names ; that they had to adminster the bribery and qualifica tion oaths at the poll, which a minor was incompetent to do, it would at once be seen how improper it was to appoint such persons. The system pursued by the other party for the purpose of defeating the election of Lord Belfast and Mr. Ross was this—the voting took place by what they call tallies of five, and such was the aptitude for intimidation at Irish elections, that it was always found convenient to coma to a compromise with your enemy, and to agree that one party was to strike one blow, and the other party was to strike another.—(Laughter.) Lots were drawn who was to have the fire n t tally, and three minutes were allowed to bring ii the tallies in 'succession, and when one party brought up his tally of five, the other was to succeed, and so on. Now the mode of obstruction given to the electors in the interest of the Liberal candidates was this, they determined to obstruct the 'Yelling of the tallies iu letter M, which was the patriotic booth.- -(Laughter.) That was the patriotic letter in the Irish alphabet, containing the Murphy's, Molone's, WCar thy's, and Mahoney's, and M'Swiney's, who repre sented the purest patriotism of the Irish people. Every paltry I and J and X found plenty of room to vote in their miserable booths, but in letter M, where the great strength of the Liberal party lay, it became impor tant to throw obstruction in the way of the voters. A Mr. Malone, who was a mere boy, was the deputy in this booth. Mr. Bernie was the Conservative inspector, and Mr. Garratt the inspector for Lord Belfast and Mr. Ross. It was important to the Liberal candidates to bring up their tallies to the poll as quickly as possible, and as soon as the first name in the tally was called, Mr. Birnie required to in spect the certificate or affidavit of the voter, which he inspected with the greatest possible leisure, in order that there should be no mistake ; and, after pondering on it a sufficient time, he required to see the registry book, in order to ascertain if the. registry-book and the certificate tallied. This gave cause of additional delay to Mr. Birnie, who could not be satisfied of the identity of the person. Great deliberation, therefore, was required before the certificate could be admitted as evidence of the voter's right "to poll. After the lapse of a sufficient number of minutes, the vote was objected to, and the objecting paper was taken up by Mr. Birnie, and filled with the greatest deliberation. This paper, containing some frivolous objections, was sent to the assessor, who had to decide upon the objection, and in every instance the objection was sent back, with an order to admit the voter, whereupon the bribery oath was put to him, which had to be tendered by Mr. Birnie and before Mr. Malone, and this was also done with the greatest deliberation., The bribery oath having been taken, the qualification oath was next tendered, which the Ace permitted to be put to every elector, but not where the object was to cause delay. This oath was also read with great deliberation, and when it was taken the elector's name was taken down also with deliberation. Theinspector, seeing everything was complete, and that after all the elector was permitted to vote, he was then allowed to declare for which. of the two candidates he voted, and this practice Was continued from Tuesday to the close of the poll on Saturday. Some persons came up to vote who were so respectable, that Mr. Birnie had not the courage to put the bribery oath to them, but in these cases he stipu lated with Mr. Garratt, that he should be allowed a lapse of three minutes as a compensation. This Mr. Garrett could not help, because if he did not consent, Mr. Birnie would put the bribery oath, and more time would be, wasted than by the concession of three minutes. If the deputy returning officers were competent to do their duty, these things would not have been permitted, and no such delay could have taken place if a sufficient number of booths had been given. There was no case during the whole of the polling' in which Mr. Birnie did not avail himself of .the three minutes, allowed to bring up his tables, and also of the three minutes which he was allowed, instead of putting the bribery oath; the consequence was, that from 40 to 45 minutes were consumed in polling a tally of five on the Liberal side. But how did the opposite party proceed ? When Mr. Birnie brought up his tally, Mr. Garratt, the Inspector fur the Liberals, upon hearing the names of the parties, took no objection, and interposed no delay, except when there were real grounds for doing so, and the conse quence was that the Tory tally was polled in eight mi nutes, while it took from forty to forty-fire on the Liberal side to poll theirs. It would hardly be believed that while in the City of London twelve thousand voters could be polled between eight o.nd four o'clock, that in booth, letter M, net more than eighty persons were polled during the election for Belfast. To be sure they were uncommonly well polled—well certified, well affie davited, and well sworn. In the other polling-booths, though the same system was pursued, but not to such an extent, they succeeded in polling more than 100. Not a single moment was lost by the Liberal agents in bring ing up the tallies, who were pressing on to vote against the obstruction:: that were offered to them. The conse quence of these obstructions was, that out of the 893 persons entitled to poll, at the close of the fifth day more than 400 remained unpolled, because they could not get access to their booth. So that, although the majority for the sitting Members was more than 100, the majority of those who remained unpolled in letter M, would have given a majority the other way of from 200 to 300, or 400 ; the moment that booth M was closed 100 persons whose names commenced with that letter besieged the booth, and 40 of the more indignant and patriotic amongst them were determined to do all they could, and tendered their votes, but all to no pur pose, so that 100 persons who were ready to vote, and 400 others' who were upon the registry, were not able to poll in their booths during the election, while in the other booths the whole number were polled out. He said before that this conduct was protested against during the election, and the other party were warned that an election so carried would never stand before an inquiry of the House of Commons, and the consequence was that a formal protest was en tered against the election, particularly as regarded the obstruction in booth M, and there was, no doubt that if this conduct was illegal the election must be a void one. It is no answer to say that the parties have . the power to put the bribery and the qualification oaths ; the abuse of the best things is always the worst, and nothing is ever so bad as the abuse of a legal technicality. This point had been formerly considered on the petition against the Carlow election, and that election was set aside precisely on the same ground. In that case the abuse consisted in putting the oath only ; they had not come to the refinement of a marked deliberation in read ing the affidavits and certificates, and making frivolous .objections to the votes. There, as here, there were 400 voters who were left unpolled at the end of the election, and who might have turned the majority, and as he had before told them that election was set aside. It was utterly impossible for' his Learned Friend to contend that conduct of this sort must not vitiate the election, because all that prevented the poll being taken neces sarily had that effect. When it appeared plainly from with the letter the documents that would be produced, that there were e l e f a t r u b 'n unpolled, rions whose names began of the booth r e e f s o t r h t e e d construc tionto, onlyM, who were entitled to vote, and that at the close of the election there were 400 of that number who were andl h a a n t t eighty vcters could be admitted to . be polled per diem, it was 'impossible that - the election could stand. It was to this part of the ease he should now address iiim noTentsoirqdufieenecse self, and in the first instance he should prove beyond question, by the production of documents, and of two or three witnesses, the points be had stated, and then he apprehended ho should be entitled to the decision of the Committee. He should begin by putting in the poll books ; he 'should:then prove all those illegal abuses of the provisions of the Reform Act, and then call on the Committee to declare that the two gentlemen returned for the town of Belfast, had not been duly elected: The , 'Learned -GentleMan then called-. Mr. Solomon Darkhouse, Clerk of the Peace for the county orAntrirn, who put in the poll-books of the last election for Belfast, stated that they were the same he had received from the .Sovereign of Belfast, the return- The Speaker took his seat shortly before Four o'Clock, and there being only 15 Members present at Four, the House adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. ( From the Votes and Proceedings qf Me House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JUNE I. PUBLIC HOUSES BILL.—( In the Committee.) DIVISION ON MR. WOOD'S FIRST CLAUSE. Question put,." That the Clause be now read a second time :" MINORITY—AYES, 23. Agllonby, H. A. ' Forster. Matthew , Rushbrooke, Colonel Allix, John Peter Thornely, Thomas Boating, Or. Grosvenor,Lord R. Wakley, Thomas Broaclwood, H. Manners, Lord J. Ward, H. 70. Boller, C. Norreys, Sir D. Wawn, John T. 14J1ler, S►r J. B. Y. Ogle, S. C. H. CnriMie. W. D. Philips, Mark Duliconibe, 0. I Iteddington, T. N. Flower, Sir James Roebuck, J. A. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORN IN(T, JUNE 3, 1542. ing officer, and that they were in exactly the same state as when he received them. Mr. Thomas Verner, the Sovereign of Belfast, and the returning officer, was called, and deposed that the affidavit 'put in with the poll-books by the last witness was in hiS (Mr. Verner's) hand e writing. Mr. AUSTEN was proceeding to put other questions to the witness, when Mr. TALBOT interrupted him. He said the poll had been proved, beyond any possibility of questioning it. He had paid great attention to the case as stated in the address of his Learned Friend, end he had conferred upon it with the gentleman lep whom he was instructed. The result of that conference was, that he was disposed to make an admission which might save his Learned Friend and the Committee much trouble. The two pe titions were transcripts of each other, and each of the two contained two allegations ; one to the effect that a gross and extensive system of personation had been car ried on at this election, at the procurement and contrivance of the sitting Members ; the other allegation was still more important ; it stated that the sitting Members had by themselves. their agents, and managers, been guilty . of gross bribery, treating. and corruption at the election for the said borough. They all knew how election pe titions were formed in the first instance ; there was generally very little time to draw them up in at first, and it had been found convenient, as a mere matter of precaution, to insert every possible charge that could be made, without regard to the proof that could be adduced with regard to them. How it had been in this case he did not know . ; but this he did know, that his client-i s , came there to defend themselves only against those two charges of persona tion and bribery, because they felt that they reflected severely on their honour and position ; they were aware that it was impossible to bring those charges to anything like a proof, before any tribunal whatever. But his Learned Friend had not alluded-to those charges in his opening. and he, therefore, concluded that his Learned Friend did not find that the evidence furnished was such as entitled him to support those charges before the Com mittee. He had considered the petition addressed arainst his clients, apart from the charges to which he had specifically alluded to, and he could only say that could this result have been arrived at, in Belfast instead of here, had it been said that this petition was to be prosecuted simply upon the matters opened by Mr. Austen, great expense might have been saved, and neither side would hare had the trouble of appearing. The statement of his Learned Friend went to show that-abuses prevailed at the last election ; that a great number of persons whose names began %Aid]. M were not able to poll ; he had also stated that minors officiated as de puty returning officers. These facts, in the opinion of Counsel of the first eminence, bad been decided to be fatal to an election, and being conscious that the sense of the constituency had not been ascer tained at the late election, not admitting the num ber of votes who were not taken, but allowing to a cer tain extent that the constituency was deprived of its expression of : opinion, he was prepared to say that lie could not uphold the petition against the return made •at this election. The other charges of the petition lie was not called on to defend, but he was prepared to say that the election ought to be Made void on the grounds that had been stated. He was therefore not disposed to give his Learned Friend the trouble of proving his case at a great expense, nor to give the Committee the trouble of deciding on the matter ; he admitted that the election must be voided, from the impediments that arose at the election, and the other points that had been adverted to. Mr. AUSTEN said that -in consequence of this admis sion, his labours would be much abridged ; he only had to call on the Committee,to declare the election void. The room was then cleared, and after a delay of a few minutes, The Client: wee: declared that the Committee had come to the following resolution :—" That Mr. J. Emerson 'ferment, and Mr. W. G. Johnson, were not duly elected to serve in Parliament for the borough of Belfast, and that the lust - election for the said borough Was a void election." The Committee then separated. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The perturbation of the public mind, caused by the dastardly and atrocious attempt on the life of her Majesty, having subsided, and the assas sin in design having been safely lodged in Newgate, there to abide the judicial investigation, and . its conse quences, prescribed by the law, the attention of th e public naturally turns to the circumstances which preceded and accompanied the act. Among these, the chief topic of remark is the unaccountable disregard shown by the Government to the premonition of approaching danger, supplied by . the information which was given to Sir J. Graham in the course of Monday, as to an attempt to discharge a pistol at the royal carriage having been 4nade on the preceding day, on her Majesty's return from attending divine service at the Chapel Royal. Sir Robert Peel, on Tuesday night, in the speech with which he prefaced his motion for an Address of Congratulation . from the House of Commons to her Majesty on her providential escape, admitted the infor mation communicated to Ministers of an attempt having been made on the preceding day. As a matter of course, they apprised their Royal Mistress of the circumstance. Her Majesty's noble disregard of personal danger, coupled with kind solicitude for the safety of her female attendants the one leading her to take her accustomed airing, as though no such information had been communi cated; the latter shown in her declining the customary attendance of the Lady in Waiting— these were referred to . in both Houses as indubit able, ascertained facts ; and yet it does not appear that a single precaution was taken either to avert the consequence of another attempt, or to seize the in dividual who might, with more cautious and deter mined aim, again seek to execute his horrible design. Not an extra policeman, nor any other person, with special instructions to keep a watchful eye on the move ments of individuals whose manner was marked by anything peculiar, was planted along the line of road they must have been well aware, or might easily have ascertained, her. Majesty would take l The beautiful and characteristic trait in her Majesty's disposition, in not allowing her female attendants to be exposed to any danger, if such were to be apprehended, be comes yet more impressive when contrasted . with this apathy, to use the mildest term, displayed by her Mi nisters under such circumstances. STANDARD.—Nothing more than we have al ready stated has transpired to throw light upon the late attempt upon the of the Queen. This would disappoint our readers it'C4iriosity was the prevailing feeling ; but a much higher sentiment is gra tified by the proof thus afforded, that this atro cious attempt was the act of an individual villain without accomplices ; for had any par ticipated in his crime, it is scarcely possible but that before this suspicion at least must have lighted upon some of them. The fact is, that all the man's acquaintances have been ascertained—almost every moment of his time for several months has been accounted for, and from all the knowledge thus obtained the conviction has been arrived at that there was no confidant of his guilty purpose, not even one. Such considerations are important, as proving. that there is no villain still at large from whom danger can be apprehended ; and they are gratifying, as fixing the proportion of loyalty in the British people—many millions opposed to a unit. If it were not forbidden to rejoice in the existence of evil, in however small a circle, we might almost rejoice. in the foul attempt that has been made, from the opportunity it has afforded of testing the loyalty of the universal British nation, and the devoted love of which the Sovereign is the object. We adduce not, as the proof of this loyalty, the Addresses of the Houses of Parliament, warm as these Addresses came from the hearts of Lords and Commons ; nor even such displays as that of yesterday's levee, though splendid and sincere beyond example. It is of the sentiment of the universal people we speak—of that sen timent thus eloquently but most truly described by the Times of this morning—" East and west, Parliament and working men's classes,' the levee and the theatres, we are happy to see vie with each other in the display of enthusiasm towards the per son of the Queen, and in indignation at the atrocious and deliberate attempt which has been so providentially frustrated." It is the opportunity of earning such a feeling of enthusiastic love, and that only, which renders rank and power desirable—this is the com pensation for danger and for a thousand toils and vexations. Long may Queen Victoria enjoy it, as she well deserves—exempt from the attendant perils and alloyed as little as possible with whatever else may disturb her quiet. COURlER.—Matters .of more immediate tem porary interest precluded. u.S: from noticing yesterday the subjects discussed in the Heine of Lords on Tues day evening—subjects 'Which, - though not of direct bearing upon any great interest in the State, we nevertheless deem to be of considerable importance. With regard to the first question, we mean that re lating to .the conduct of the Bishop of Quebec in re fusing permission for the erection of a tablet, in the cathedral of that diocese, to the memory of a British officer who died there, it is sufficient to remark that the sole power of granting or refusing vested in the Bishop; and whether he acted with sound discre tion or not on the occasion was a matter upon which the Parliament of England is not in a condition to pronounce judgment. We therefore think Lord Ilowden might have entirely overlooked the matter.; or at least brought to its discussion greater equani mity and less bitterness of tone than he seems to have done. The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Lon don rested the justification of the denial on the regu lations issued by the Bishop of Quebec on the subject of monumental tablets in churches, sub,ect to his episcopal authority ; and upon being rather sharply assailed by Lord 'Brougham, his Lordship took higher ground, and boldly declared his approval of the act in question. Sir George. Hampson, Captain Langford, R.N., Captain Roberts, Captain Hardinge ' and Captain Eyre , were among the passengers that left the Brunswick Wharf. Black wall, yesterday, at cue oVock, in the General Steam Naviga tion Company's British steam-ship Rainbow, Captain J. Fife, for Antwerp. This extraord:nary fast ship is a source of great attraction on • her sailing days, in consequence of the many rapid passages she has made, 30(1 her beautiful mould. TELLERS. Wood, Benjamin Rous t Lion. Captain AIAJORITY—NOES, Henley, J. W. Hervey, Lord A. Hodgson, B. • Howard, H. Hume, Joseph Humphery, J. Inglis, Sir K. H. Knatchbull, Sir E. Lockhart, William Mackenzie, W. F. Maher, V. Marsham, Viscount Marsland. H. Martin, John Martin, C. W. Master, T. W. C. 1 Mitcalfe. Henry Mitchell, T. A. Morris, David TELLERS Muntz, G. k Sutton, Henry M O'Brie A. Stafford Duncombe, T. 8. O'Connell, M. J. Pakington, John S. Parker, John Pachell, Captain Plumridge, Captain Plumptre, J. P. PoMilton, Viscount Reade, W. M. Round, C. G. Seholetield t J.= Seymour, Lord Smythe, Hon. 0. Somerset, Lord G. Stanton, W. IL Turner, E Wall, IL Wynn, C. W. N'S CLAUSE. read a second time :" DIVISION ON MR. PAKINTO . Question put, " That the Clause be now MINORITY—A Y1...5„ Chetwode, Sir John Pluniptre. J. P. TELLERS. Duncombe, 0. Reade, W. M. P.ikington, J. S. M'Geachy, F. A. Round, C. 0. Inglis, Sir R. H. Pechell, Captain Acton, Colonel JORITY—NOES, Gill, Thos. Gore, Robert Gr..liam, Sir James Granger, T. C. Grogan, E.tward Hardy, John Elastic, A. Hawes, B. Henley, J. Warner Hervey, Lord A. Hill, Lord A. M. C. Hindley, Charles Hodgson, Richard Howard. P. H. Howard, H. Hume, Joseph Humphery, J. - Hussey. Tnomas Hutt, W. 110. Morris, David Munta, G. F. • Murray, A. Napier, sir Charles Newry, Viscount Northland, Lord O'Brien, A S. O'Connor Don Ogle, S. C. H. Parker, John Philips, M. Pollington, Viscous Redington, T. N. Repton, G. W. J. Richards, K Roue, Captain Itushbrook, Colonel &Men, Lord Scholedeld, J. Scott, Hon. F. L'eymour, Lord Smythe, Ho.). G. Somerset, Lord U. Stanton, W. H Thornely, Thomas Troubridge, Sir I'. '1 ufncll, H. Walsh, Sir John Ward, H. G. Wawn, J. T. Westenra, Hon. J. Wood, B. Wortley, Hon. J. S. Wynn, C. W. Agliotiby H. A. 11clam, William Allix,John Peter Beillie, H. J. Bank., George; liannerman, A. Barclay, I)vid Baring. W. B. Berestord, Major Blackstone. W. S. Bodkin, W. Bowfin, Dr. ton,l. Browne, Hon. W. Huller, C. Puller, Sir J. Y. Busfeild, William Carew, Hon. R. S. Charteris, Hon F. Chelsea, Viscount Christie, W. 1). Clayton, R. R. Clerk, Sir George ochrane, A. Craik W U. Cripps, W. i)arby, George Douglas, Sir C. Duncombe, T. S. Ebrington, Viscount Egerton, Lord F. Eacott, Bickham Evans, W. Ferguson, Sir Robert Mettle», .1. Ferrand, W. B. Flower, air James Jame's, William knatcnbull, Sir E. Layard, Captain Lincoln, Earl of Lindsay, H H. Lockhart, , William Lowthzr, r olonel Maher, V. Manners, Lord J. Alarsham, Viscount Marsland, H Martin, J. Martin, C. W. Master, Colonel Masterman, John Miccalfe, Henry Mitchell; 'l. A. Morgan, Octavius Morgan, C TELLERS. Sutton, Hon. h. WI Roebuck, J. A. ELECTION COMMITTEE. BELFAST. The Committee met at the usual hour, Mr. Hayter in the Chair. . . Mr. TALBOT said, that with regard to the objection to the petition, which he alluded to yesterday, he came to the conclusion the proper time for making the objection was when they came to prove the title of the petitioner. Mr. AUSTEN said he never heard of such a course being adopted before. It was sufficient that the House of Commons referred the petition to the Committee. Mr. TALBOT referred to Mr. Rogers's book in support of his objection. The right of the petitioner to present the petition was the foundation of the superstructure his Learned Friend was to build. The CHAIRMAN said the best course to adopt would be to have the petition read first, and then to make the ob jection. Mr. AUSTEN did not see th% utility of the objection. They well knew what his Learned Friend was at. But here there were three petitions ; and in the present case it was unimportant whether Lord Innishowen had a right to present or not, because there was also a petition from Mr. Mac and Mr. 0., who bad a right to be heard. The CHAIRMAN thought it would be useless to bring under the consideration of the Committee what would be immaterial. Mr. TALBOT onV wanted not to be prejudiced, if a necessity existed of raising the question at a future stage. The three petitions were then entered as read. Mr. AUSTEN—I tender myself as appearing in all of the petitions. The CHAIRMAN having stated that the Committee came to the usual resolution that Counsel were not to go into matter not alluded to in the opening statement, Mr. A I:STEN said the petitioit in the present case was one which embraced a variety ,of matters, the prin cipal of which he would detail to the Committee as briefly as was consistent with his duty in opening the case. The matters which he would have first to sub mit to the Committee were of a very novel character, and he thought 'of a very important character also ; and he was perfectly satisfied the moment they were stated to the Committee, they would be of opinion, if capable of being substantiated by proof, that it was impossible to maintain this election. The petition prayed to have the election avoided. There was no scrutiny. The prayer was the same in the three petitions. He would be able in a short time to lay before the Commit tee the proceedings which were decisive of the petition. The election for Belfast took place on the 6th of July last, and continued from Tuesday to Saturday. - It was unfortunately the case in Ireland, that the polling con tinued there for five days, and at the close of the last day the numbers stood thus— Tennent 927 Johnson 913 Belfast B2l Ross 792 leaving a majority of over a hundred for the sitting Members. The numbers in this case were im portant. The grounds for avoiding this election had, he believed, never before been brought under the considera- tion of a Committee, except in the year 1835, upon the petition ag;ainst the return for the county of Carlow, a case which unfortunately was not reported, though one a the most important petitions that ever came.from Ire lancL The grounds of avoiding the election were the insufficiency of booths for taking the poll, the illegality of the appointment of deputies to • preside at the booths, and an improper system of delay and obstruction in the booths in _taking -, the poll. It was difficult to -con ceive any tri'ing in an • Irish election which could be more prejudiAal to the proper holding of such elections than the existence of these impediments. No Englishman could be aware of the nature of these im pediments, because at English elections they did not exist. The number of registered 'electors at the last election amounted to 4,060, and the Chairman was quite aware of what he meant by registered electors; viz. all persons who made affidavit of registry, and who obtained certificates, and whose names were entered • upon a book for the use of the Returning Officer, • which was ordinarily, though impropeily, called a - regis try-book, and not at all like what in Trig/and was called a registry bock.. Provision had to be•made for those 4,060 voters, and for this purpose seven booths were opened. 'Upon referring to the slat attic% of the MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. TIMES.—A very rapid advance in the value of silver bul lion has taken place from the 27th of May to the 31st (yester day). The Mexican dollar, which at the first of these dates was worth 4s. 90., has risen to 4s. 100. ; the Spanish pillar dollar hat risen from 4s. 101 d. to 4s. lid., or 4s. 114 d. ; and silver from 4s. !lid. to 4s. 110. It is generally supposed that this rise it to be attributed to the raisine of the rates of ex change on India bills by the East India Company, which was at the time, expected to cause a drain of silver bullion. This supposition is strongly confirmed by the fact, that of the dif ferent kinds of bullion above enumerated, the Spanish pillar dollar has advanced the most. This is the coin that is readily taken in China, and which therefore has a fictitious, value, which in operations with that country raises it above the mere bullion value. Hence an advance in this particular coin occa sions the opinion that it is for remittances in the direction of China that it is in request. The East India Company have advanced the rates since the 26th of May in all the presidencies. raising that on Calcutta from 2s. to 2s. Id., that on Bombay from 2s. O'd. to 2s. lid., and that on Madras from '2s. Op. to 2s. 1 %el. It is thought likely that the real object of this ad vance of the rate is to prevent any offers being made for their paper oti India, singe, with the expenses of the Affghan and Chinese wars, it is not improbable that so much revenue rnav be absorbed abroad that there is comparatively but a small amount to be sent to England. LNW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS. June 2. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were—the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brongham, Lord Cotten ham, and Lord Campbell. CHARTER V. TREVELTAN. Sir THoMAs WiLrE resumed his reply in this appeal. Tr.e case has already occupied ten days in argument. ROLLS' COURT. June 2. His Lordship the RIASTER. of the RoLLs was occupied the whole morning with motions of no interest. VIC E. CIIANCELLO S COURT, June 2. The VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND took motions to day, none of which warranted a report. (Before Viee-Chancellor KNIGHT Baum) His iloNourt, afser di.po,ing of the motions brought before him, proceeded t:b hear caws. (Before Vice• Chancellor WIGRAm.) HALL N. LAVER. . . The further argument' in this - 17ari:heard case occupied his HONOUR the greater portion of the day. COURT OF QUEE.\'S BENCH, June 2. THE QUEEN V. LONG -BRIBERY AT CAMBRIDGE. The defendant in this case, Samuel Long, had been convict ed at the last Cambridge Assizes, of giving a bribe of la to a voter of that borough, to induce him to vote for Mr. Manners Sutton at the election for a Member to serve in Parliament for that borough in the year 1839, when Mr. Manners Sutton and Air. Milner Gibson were the candidates The defendant was brought up for judgment di's' morning. The defendant's affidavitain mitigation of punishment was put in and read, in which the defendant stated, that for the last three years he had bad a prosecution hanging over his head on account of this offence, which prosecution had been abandoned, and that subsequently a prose cution for the same offence bad been instituted by the Attorney-General, so that he had been prosecuted twice fur the same offence. The affidavit likewise stated that the de fendant was suffering from illness, and that his health would be seriously injured by a long imprisonment. Mr. B. A snazwes having addressed the Court in mitiga tion, and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL having been heard in ag gravation of the prisoner's offence, Mr. Justice PATTESON proceeded to pass the judgment of the Court on the defendant, which was that he should be im prisoned iu her Majesty's gaol of Cambridge for nine calendar months, and that in the meantime he should be committed to the custody of the Marshal. 'The defendant was then removed in custody. COURT OF B4IVKIIUPTCY. June 1. ARAOMONT MARSHALL'S BANICRUPTCV.--THE LATE TALLOW SPECULATION This day was appointed for the final examination of the bank rupt, who has carried on a very extensive business as a tallow merchant, melter, &c., and has had - dealings in the course 'of the period he traded to the extent of from 8,000,000/. to 8,500,000/. His personal debts are between 8,0001. and 9,000!., and his assets, it is expected, will realize 2,6001. Mr. Maynard, as Solicitor for the assignees, stated that he had every reason to believe that the accounts contained in the bankrupt's balance-sheet were satisfactory. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—Has the official assignee (Mr. Johnson) .gone over them The Official Assignee said, he had not entirely gone over every item of the accounts, fur it would take him three months to do se; it had already taken seven months to prepare them, which preparation had been made under his inspection, and he was sure the most rigid examination would not prkdoce one farthing more assets to the estate, or make one shiiling dif ference in the assets. . • _ . Mr. Richard Thornton, one of the trade assignees, was quite satisfied with the accounts, and should, under the circumstances, pray that the bankrupt be allowed to pass. Mr. Commi,sioner Eva ICS—The accounts ought to be ex amined, but if you and the Official assignee are satisfied, I will pars him. • The bankrupt then, having answered the usual, interroga• tories, was declared to have passed his last examination. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MANSION-HOUSE. Inspector Maclean, of the City Police force, came to the Mansion house yesterday, while the Lord Mayor was engaged at St. Paul's Cathedral, and told Mr. Hailer, the Clerk to his Lordship, that he considered it to be his duty to communicate what he knew of the former conduct of the person who was charged with having attempted to assassinate her Majesty. It occurred to him that he had taken John Francis into custody upon a charge of robbery about a year ago, the moment he saw the name and description of the accused, and he had since as certained beyond a doubt that his suspicions were well founded. Upon reference to the charge-book kept at the station, held in Ib4l, in Watling-street, he found the follov.ing entry. Wednesday July 14, 1841. - a John Francis, of No. 14, To tenham-court-road, vras brought in by Inspector Alaclean, charged by Charles Mend ham, 86, Cannon-street, on suspicion of stealing a silk pursv, thirty-two sovereigns, and four shillings, from a box in his bedroom. , "Property found on the prisoner—A purse, 7s. 6d., two seals, and ring in a case, nine shirt studs, a knife, snuff-box, and memorandum book. " Description-18 years of age, five feet four high, dark eyes, hair, and complexion. " Sent to the Compter, " To find bail, by order of the Lord Mayor." Mr. nobler immediately referred to the boot in which he entered the charges brought before the Lord Mayor, in the year 1841, and found, under the date of Thursday the loth of July, of that year, the following note of examination : " John Francis (aged 19), in custody of Charles Maclean, In spector." "Charles Mendham—l lodge atMr. Bailey's, No. $5, Cannon street. I have known the prisoner six weeks or two months. Prisoner has called at my lodging. I had thirty-two sovereigns in a portmanteau. On Monday morning it was safe, at eleven o'clock. In the evening he was at my lodging, though he had appointed to meet me at the West-end of the town. " Harriet Hill, barmaid, at No. 65, Cannon• street, said, the prisoner came in at half-past six o'clock on Monday. He asked for Mr. Medium. I said, do you mean Mr. Mendham. I went down stairs. Mr. Mendham lodged in the second floor, front room. " Charles Mendham—l had appointed to meet him at four, at the Cambrian, Leicester-square. " Catherine Sullivan (a servant in the'house)—l saw the pri soner on Monday last, but. cannot say the time. 1 met him in the passage, arid he went up stairs. " Maclean (Inspector)-1 took the prisoner in Great Newport street, and he said helm , ' been six weeks out of work. He had in his pocket seven shillings, anti he told me he ha I paid seven teen shillings at the Bagatelle place, and that he had bought a a ring. The lock was forced off the portmanteau. " Remanded till Saturday." The following memorandum appeared in Mr. nobler's note book the Saturday following : " Saturday, 17th July, 1841. " John Francis (19) remanded from the 15th. " Maclean (Inspector)— " l have nu fresh evidence. " Prissner discharged. Inspector M•Lean said, that as he thought it very probable that Miss Hill, the bar-maid at No. 85, Cannon street, which was a respectable coffee-house, knew the person of the young man who was charged with having committed the robbery, he accompanied her, on Wednesday evening, to Newgate, and, in the presence of Sheriff Magnay, she immediately recognised the prisoner, Juhn Francis, as the party who had been accused by Mr. Mendham. The Inspector said that he also identified the young man ; and added that, to the best of his recollection, the suspicion that John Francis had committed the rubbery was very strong, in consequence of the fact, that at the time the meeting was to have taken place between the prisoner and Mr. Mendham, the former was at this lodging of the latter, and had gone up stairs to the bed-room, as was supposed, to wash his hands. He (Inspector M'Lean) remembered, too, that he went to the house or lodging of the prisoner's mother, at No 14, Tottenham-court-read, and searched his boxes, but found nothing calculated to aid in the inquiry. The prisoner appeared at this time to be in very indifferent circumstances, and looked much worse than he appeared to be at present. Mr. Hobler desired the Inspector to wait upon the Lord Mayor, and communicate to his Lordship everything he could collect upon the subject of the former conduct and character of the prisoner. He (Mr. Hohier) had some recollection of the charge of robbery against John Francis, which could not he sustained by such evidence as would have justified the Lord Mayor in committing the prisfiner to Newgate, but he believed there was strong suspicion that the accused committed the robbery. Inspector Maclean said that he was to see Mr. Mendham that evening, and that on Friday he should communicate to his Lordship everything he could ascertain relative to the prisoner, who, no doubt, was the John Francis now in Newgate for shoot ing at the Queen. WORSHIP-STREET. CURIOUS CASE.—A MAN CHARGED WITH STEALING HIS OWN HORSE.— Thomas King, a coach-bui der, living at Ho merton, was finally examined before Mr. Bingham, upon a charge of having stolen a back pony, alleged to be the pro perty of Mr. Thomas Feathers, a master tailor, in Bunhill-row. On the proceeding day the prisoner was summoned before Mr. Bingham, to answer a charge of unlawfully obtaining the pony, when it appeared in evidence that on the 2d April last the prisoner applied to the prosecutor for the loan of 51., and agreed to deliver his pony to the latter as a security for the repayment of the money. A document was accordingly pre pared, and signed by the priscner, by which the prosecutor was authorised to keep possession of the pony for five weeks, and to sell it at the expiration of that time if the loan and ex penses, amounting together to 6/. 55., should remain unpaid. Upon reviving the pony, the prosecutor placed it at a livery sta ble in Bunhill-row, where it remained until the 23d ult., when it was discovered that it had been secretly removed from the stable during the night. Having reason to suspect that the pr toner had reposseesed himself of the, pony, although he had failed to repay the borrowed money, the prosecutor pro. ceeded to his residence, with Serjcaut Brennan and Redmond of the G divi ion ; and on being questioned respecting it, the prisoner admitted that he had the pony, and added, that there could be no theft, it. being his own property, and he was re solved to keep it. The prosecutor abstained from giving him into custody, and took out a summons against him ; but the Magistrate, on hearing the evidence, considered it sufficiently strong to support the charge of felony, and the prisoner was accordingly placed at the bar, and after an examination was remanded upon bail until this day. Inspector Shackell now stated that, after the conclusion of yesterday's proceedings the prosecutor's brother, accompanied by Sergeant Brennan and a policeman, repaired to the pri soner's stables, where they found the pony, which they brought away; but as they were returning home, they were stopped by the prisoner, who gave them into custody. On reaching the station• house, the prisoner insisted upon charging them with breaking into his premises, and stealing the horse, and they were now present to answer the charge. Robert Feathers, Sergeant Brennan, and Policeman Smith, were then ranged in front of the bar, and the prisoner King entered the witness-box. King stated that he met the prisoners with his horse in their possession, and as they broke open his stable door, in order to take it out, he charged them with house -breaking, and horse- stealing. Mr. BINCHAM—Is it the same horse that you w ere re - Mr. on a charge of stealing? The prisoner answers(' in the affirmative. Mr. BING nem—Then I dismiss your complaint. the ansi chief e . The prisoner was afterwards placed at the bar, depositions against him were read over by Mr. Vine the clerk. A solicitor who attended for him cross-examined the pro secutor, who admitted that before the expiration of the 6,”s weeks the prisoner and another person called upon him w no ith the intention, he believed, of redeeming the horse, but that money was tendered. The solicitor contendcd that the charge of felony to the ground, the prosecutor having merely a lien ou the horse, and the absolute ownership being retained by the prisoner. .4 The MAGISTRATE said that the prosecutor had a Frc l . t property in the horse as long as the money for which he kept t as a security remained unpaid ; but as he inclined to the op . .l ll °° that the prisoner had acted rather from perversity of snag' ment than a felonious design, he should allow him an 0 1p er. tunity of making an amicable settlement. long The parties retired into a private room, and after a conference it was intimated to the Magistrate that a satisfee tory arrangement had been effected. must fall Tl.c prisoner was accordingly discharged. MARLBOHt,UGB-STREET. EARLY DEPRAVITY.— EIiza Suet!, a good-looking fOrl' who, althoueh only lb years of age, was far advanned in prer nanev, Baas placed at the bar, charged with robbing her la te employer, Mrs. Haynes, of No. lb, New Bond-street, milliner: &c., of a quantity of valuable artificial flowers, lace, seine_ &e. From the statement of the prosecutrix, it appeared 64; the prisoner haft. been employed a few days in h e ed establishment as an assistant, but was disch ar g about three weeks since. During the sv hole t'w e t she lived there, valuable articles were da il y missed, bel although all the assistants in their turns had been question the no clue as to who was the thief had been discovered, 10 61 . previous afternoon , when from information she had reedy she caused the prisoner to te taken into custo d y Inspector Plume of the C division, iu whose presen she immedi , tely confessed that she had began rhod,„err,. leg her mistress the very day she entered her She vice, and it deed only about an hour afterwards• also admitted that the stolen property was concealed at es, mother's house, and on inspector Plume proceeding there, e ' compareed by the prisoner, she took from different bas 'in: drawers, &c. articles of various descriptions, to the a n ' ° v of about 401., which Mr. Haynes identified to be the prepee, he had issed. Tile prisoner, who wept bitterly, confessed she bad anal the different articles, and was committed to Newgate for to & • U. N./0 HAL L. oca CaIUGGLING.—Pierre Lavalette, a Frenchman, was dare with smuggling. A policeman stated that he met the defendant in Teolere street, and seeing that he looked very bulky about the WV e stopped him, and on searching him found that he had ,ev bladders of French brandy concealed underneath his elothes. The elicitor to the Customs stated that the bladders CL): tained two gallons, that it was purchased in France at Js:; gallon, and sold here at 3:s. a gallon. He added that s mugel' b; was carried on to a considerable extent by the cre ws °I t small French coasting-vessels. The defendant said that he arrived on the previous day fr ai' Gravelines, and that he was taking the brandy to a f r iend. ej , He was fined lON.. and in default of payment was condsitt NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. fi' POhTsMOUTII, JUNE 2 ue , .—The Actaeon, 26, may u et . pected to arrive from the Brazils about the end of June. '' t o f ters from her of the 25th February state that he r freigh no dollars and gold bars would amount to nearly two millio e she was then at Sans Bias, and was to touch at all the north ' ports, leaving Rio de Janeira for England. The only vessel at Plymouth fitting for foreign service is .< brig Philomcl, 10, Commander Sullivan, destined to roc' . to the South American station, on surveying service. ~,s1 The Winchester, 52, Captain Eden, will be paid the n' io o advance of wages on Thursday, and proceed in th e cdsu tos week to the Cape of Good Hope, to relieve the Southalre.' frigate. Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, with his 6e tare, Mr. Dyer, have arrived here. 'the Talbot, 26, Captain Sir Thomas Thompson, Bartdek Cleopatra, 26, Captain C. Wyvil, are rapidly getting lo'n,ol at Chatham. Several of the crews of the Benbow and Ce'" have joined those ships. f r IV The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. Sartorius, destined () 0 , Brazil, remains ready for departure in Plymouth Sound, O r d ing further orders. .It is. said she will take out a new C° for Bahia.. 50 1 The Immo, 72, it being. proceeded with, in order to be t be 1 to Jamaica, to receive the broad endant of Commotler,e,,ot. I Hon. H. Ilyng, as a receiving ship,. in lieu of the M a gnille:' , t o The Dee is preparing at Woolivich as a steam trade tiny be commanded by Mr. Thomas Driver, master, R.N., de s by The o Fly, IS, rt to take Captai n troop to C Priceanadaßlackwood, with he . r atf (o e f tender, Bramble, 10, arrived in Funchal Roads , Madei eradool the 20th April, and left again on the 24 th, for the C a p e of , Hope and Torres Straits, on a voyage of 'discovery . 0 0 The brig tender, Nautilus, 10, Lieut. Paulson, ha s retnrd is from the Sussex coast to re-victual, having been employ e protecting the fishery in that quarter. . eaes The cutter Sylvia, Commander Sherringham, has p re° on surveying service, off the adjacent coast. . 1 1, ° '1 he President, 52, is ordered to be docked and sur ve)e` ascertain her fitness for -commissioning. too The Crocodile, 26, tr re oop-ship, Mr. Elson, master, ba s a pa her orders countermanded, and is now to go to Helifsl Quebre. a f' f The Columbia steam-vessel is ordered to be preP are yoli e commission, by Captain W. Owen, for surveying service 0.- ' coast of Ireland. At Spithead—Crocodle. G e e d In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory. Excellent, R o y al yacht, 'Winchester Albatrpss, Satellite, Echo, Volca n° ' 1 Nautilus.—Brighton Gazette. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Lonnon, JUNE 2.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W. y b inie STANDGATE CREEK, June Colburete, Constantinople. SHEERNESS, JUNE I.—Sid. Waterloo, Sydney. rd. I . " l° ' D y, em., JUNE I.—Wind S.W., mcgerate.—.Ar . RitirP Gre China rin ; Ann, Monden, Tidad. Arr d • from t h e Integrity, for Sierra Leone. BRISTOL, MAY 31.—A rr d. A n n, Champion, Leghorniet,, POILTSMOUTH', Juice I.—Wind S. S. W.-- Arrd. borough, London, for Madras; Toronto, London, for ew : pe r SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE Clyde, stea mer, Barb+ A ,4lo PLYMOUTH, JUNE 1.1-- Wind variab le.—Sailed tbe d on (steamer), Marseilles. Arrd. Blanchard, P lyo' for Rotterdam; Montrose, Danse, St. John's; Wtn , j o g derick, Hindmarsh, Sydney, New South Wales; Ca tb ` r Sandiman, Torra Vecchia, for the Baltic. krttV. FALMOUTH, MAY 31.—Wind S. S. W. to S., moderate' s tro: Perronet, Mitchel, Port-au-Prince. Arrd. off -- S ur') se Duncan, Ceylon, sailed Feb. 6, from the Ca.ps March , St. Helena, April 5. Cr., Livearoot, JUNE I.—Wind S.W., moderate.—A rrd dot rolina, Crawford, Mobile ; ;Sesostris, M'Kenzie. New o'sr with loss of wizen-mast and main-topmast ; Gondo la, wick, Leghorn ; St. Mary's, Whiteside, Jamaica, left Alli f te CORK, MAY 30.—Arrd. William Pitt, Pernambuco, 10 Video ; Lady Falkland, Baker, St. John 3, N ew 1511.0 5 "" Alban, London for Quebec. Sld. Endymion, Quebec. LONDONDERRY, .MAY 27.—Sid. Ann, Quebec. F or MACAO, ( China. )--Arrd. previous to 25th Januarl, field, Whiteside, and to sail 26th January for London. CORN AVERAGES ,ftri , :il GENF.RAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISHv-orifoo For the Week .ended May '27, 11342, made up from the Peons., the Inspectors in the different Cities and Tsiwns in Bog i ii Wales, per Imperial ()natter Wheat 6ls. Clid. i Oats Basler ' ,si. Ild I Rye AVERAGES OF THE LA 3I T s T . V.'pek ending WHEAT. HARLEY. OATS. 1 RYE. REAN I3 . i li ' , ' '.7 l e 1 1. i WEEKS. I3 I° e e Pea5e....... s n : .. . .. . . : : .. 7 .'".39 : 5 1e ! -------- - --- ---.1--- ..-----...), 51.:141 April' 2 - Si , 1 29 May 6 6 0 8 27 4 19 9 j 3.1 3, 31 ~... jl, 1 13 59 9 26 3 19 6i 91 3 3 1 v., 51'0 t 0 6l 11 25 1: 19 b, 32 41 31 .: 0 1 `l7 IMPERIAL AnnnEnATE AVERAGES OF THE FIX .. . 31 0 it Wheat 6os. 9.t. 1 Oats ...,..... 19s. 5/1.1 Beans.... .. ..ii, 7 . Barley. 26.i. 9(1.1 Rye acs. 41,1 epase. ..... toe v- . . • , DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. . . OP. ' Wheat l2s. 0:I. j Oats B uley los. Oct. I Bye - ----- -- - - DAV THE MARKETS.-YESTEIt- , 1 .1 • COLONIAL MARKET. There was not mud' business done in the market, b 4: were firm, and the quantity of produce pressed for f i small. 'the imports were to a fair extent. Raw Se, tained the previous value, but the trade operated w ith_ „d Ie d Coffee was firm and in request. Ceylon good and fine ' at 71s. to 775. per cwt. Rum less in request. TEA MARKET. A fair business was done in Free Trade Tea at full r ~ the Market was firmer. Company's Congou, Is. Bd. , ,f' TALLOW MARKET. ,i_ sfe. There were few buyers, prices kept up, and 486. u'r_ ,' value of P.Y. C. on the spot,. and 495. for delivery 01 7-i" three months of the year. WHITECHAPEL. ' -- There was a good supply of Hay and Clover, with 0:. rand for the fine and middling qualities ; ordinary 60.4 _,„A. in request. Of Straw a better supply, and the deur v itiT Clover, first cut, 2/. 105. to N. 3s. ; Meadow Hay, P:' , .. 1 ; . , 41.; Straw, 1/. 10s. to IL 14s. ... . , ..,, , _. .. . WallsVWy a . W a llslEl . E. E n n i ß .;:d ad d 4 m i ll it Y u e il it s i li: i r t ni4 o ll 7 ; : e .l.7l::: :':: 4 . :,..: 4° :„:: , -i ..1. 0 I Wal Is e.nd ritew..“ i 5 •••"' . ..4,._ Walls End Whitwell ••••:.;.,, jo i Walls End Tees Haiti)! ...: Wal sE. d lee. .... , ::,.0 A Cowpen ...................... .0 , 9, Hartley ...... . ............ Ziip_.' 0 , 1-lowArd s Nethertt:4l 0- . 0 ,4 • ' 11.1angenneeh Coal ..0.•:....i . ' i Wall. ziin Elgin .. ...... « , sit - ' - •- ' COAL Al Ship arrived since d. ARK ET. last manet.day, fS - I Bell, Robson k Co. Hartley 16 9 , Carr's Hartley Holywell Main Nelson's West Hartley l7 %ew Tanfield M00r.... Ord's liedheugh l4 6 South Pontop West Wylam 1 s ii Wylam Walls EndClennell . Walls End Killingworth Walls End Wharncliffb l7 6 Walls Endßelmoks We learn from Berlin that, on the 15th • 1 axletree of the four-wheeled engine, the Hecla, w 11 ,.„ 1 ";so_:' ~ on the Berlin and Dessau railroad, broke down b1.",b . .i. and Lackenwalde, but. fortunately the 'fleets of "with rjr. not extend beyond the tender and live waggons, w i i . ,bit which followed the locomotive, and they were onlY s:;', 11 0 1 malted. Th.--carriages, in which were the passeolr u t t Otiv receive the slightest injury. Another engine was P 00 the whols train was br .ught safe to Berlin. The ancient Hotel de Sens, in the quart. l er N Paul, has been purchased by the city of Paris, to 0 7.0 4 ., as a national 'monument, as being the only edi 6e e l. V bearing the characteristics of the old feudal tinl .ii,.oi o r longed to the Archbishops of Sens, and was purcho„" A . Liam of Melun, in 1363, by Charles V., for the pun larging his Hotel St. Paul. It was, however, tetr . o ,' . • beginning of the fifteenrh century, by Tristan de bishop of Sens, and has ever since remained as it . ou , , cr' BIRTH. On the Ist inst., at Camberwell, Mrs. Robert Se daughter. cst„' MARRIED. . to _ d eo' On the Ist inst., Abraham Levy, Esq., of P ari ' l o 'f*" a , line, youngest daughter of Hymen Cohen, Es ti" it i, 7 street. o d e* Rev. Edward- Quenby Ashby', Rector of Du C$ Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. H. Palmer, ° f '' sti° Leicet4 , r. _hill, ; At Kennington. J. Smith Faithfull, of Ber ne t h. to Catherine, daughter of Mr. J. Barton, of Law" On the 4 28th ult., at Brom -D wi l ch l‘ H li o . use, P l° Bate, of the Promenade, Cheltenham widow of t " - • C, Bate, Esq., of the Circus, Itath.' riigesjl/11,°; On the 31st ult., in Trinity College, C 4°2l' 0° for Jo.eph Monkhouse, a Westmister scholar on that f ° , r . On the ‘2.9th ult., Willoughby W• • B William 0 years Under Secretary to the Marine Society. „ 4 .9 i Worcester.lo London: Printed old PublithA I:y flp () ij , to l ‘ • 6 4 ' o. it 2, a: UlLce. 2 1" - the County of Middlesex, Friday/ Jun e "- 1 n„ PRSI "zthai ar tath ",. I "Y% to N,B ao 4141114; llp f L ora , Vi,,„" jf-Ilik t t harlo w g Jamejl, 14);`. I . l ew z i) 11 hayher 11i ,fC) e N bee n ti otetl Y, vi N .11 Ot On f , Po tt 4l . Atiiii 4Pp e a 4,1 N ew t \___