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The Bill was then read a third time and passed. CUSTOMS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. SLAVERY. Lord BROUGHAM said he had given notice that he should submit a proposition to the House upon the sub ject of slavery this evening. In the absence of his Learned Friend (tbe Lord Chancellor), however, he should postpone his proposition till Monday next ; at the same time, he thought it right to state that he could not consent to postpone it beyond that period. The Exchequer Bills Preparation Bill went through Committee. The Drainage (Ireland) Bill was reported, on the mo tion of Lord Wharncliffe, and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. The Double Costs Bill was read a second time, and .ordered to be committed on Thursday. The Fisheries (Ireland) Bill, was read a second time and ordered to be committed on Friday, The Mines and Collieries Bill was reported. The other Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned till Thursday, at Ten o'Cloek. HOUSE OF CUMMOAS, July 26. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. Mr. Escourt, Mr. Vernon Smith, and the O'Connor Don were sworn: in as Members of the General Com mittee of Elections. BIBILDIGHAM SCHOOL ESTATE BILL. Sir E. WILMOT moved the third reading of this Bill. Air. WYSE moved three clauses, the object of which was to extend the benefit of the institution. The first clause proposed that the governing body, instead of being self-elected, should have a certain number of the municipal body added to it, for the purpose of allowing the voice of the people of Birmingham to be heard. The se cond clause proposed that in future the accounts, instead of being audited by the body itself, should have two of the borough auditors joined with them. The third clause proposed that elementary schools should be formed as preparatory to the grammar school. The object he had in view in proposing those clauses was, that the institution should be rendered as liberal as possible, while the letter of the original charter was not violated. At present abuses existed, and he thought that the clauses he proposed would tend to remove them. Sir E. WILMOT thought it was impossible that the House could adopt the clause proposed by the Right Hon. Member, because, if it were acceded to, they would, in fact, alter the whole principle of the Bill. BROTHERTON did not think anything had been said by the Hon.' Baronet that would justify the House in excluding the clauses proposed by the Hon. Member. He believed if they were adopted they would be productive of great good to the school. Sir C. DOUGLAS opposed the clauses, and de fended the Bill in its present state. He thought that the supporters of the Bill, and the friends of the school, had reason to complain of the Hon. Member for Waterford who, having been invited to sit in the Committee on the Bill, declined to do so, and now came forward with propositions which would alto gether alter its character. Mr. PROTHEROE supported the clauses, solely on the ground that it was better to have such insti tutions governed by an elected than by a self-ap pointed body. Sir R. H. INGLIS opposed the clauses. Mr. WILLIAMS supported them, and hoped that the Hon. Member for Waterford would take the sense of the House. After some further conversation, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— For the clauses Against them Majority against the clauses —ss The Bill was then read a third time and passed. NOTICES OF MOTION. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that he should, early next session, move for a Select Committee to inquire into the system of a decimal currency. Mr. HUME gave notice that on Thursday next he should move for a return of the several items paid by the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, out of the secret service money of Great Britain. Also a similar return with regard to the Board of Control. Also a copy of the communications re ceived by the Directors on the subject of the war in A ftghanistan. Mr. LITTON moved for a return of the several instances in which new benefices and district cures have been erected in Ireland, under the Act of 7th and Bth George IV., chap. 43.—Ordered. MEMORIAL TO SIR SIDNEY SMITH. Sir F. BURDETT wished to ask a question of the Right Hon. Baronet. Some time ago he (Sir F. Burdett) had the honour of bringiug forward a mo tion on the propriety of erecting a testimonial to the great merits of the Gall an t Officer Sir Sidney Smith. At that time the Government said they were quite aware of the great merits and services of that Gallant Officer, and that they were quite willing to undertake the matter themselves. With this lie (Sir Francis Burdett) was satisfied, and left the subject in the hands of the Government. He begged to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether it was the intention of the Government to erect a testimonial to Sir Sidney Smith, and carry out the view they had expressed. Sir R. PEEL said that nothing could be more becom ing than the conduct of his Hon. Friend in this trans action, which he was induced to take up from re spect to the memory of a gallant officer. Last session his Honourable Friend gave notice that he should move that an address be presented to the Crown from that House, praying that a grant of public money should be made, for the purpose of erect ing a testimonial to the memory of Sir Sidney Smith. The Noble Lord, on the part of her Majesty's Go vernment, undertook to propose to Parliament the erection of such a testimonial. The Noble Lord aided that her Majesty's Government had considered whether other claims might not be equally worthy of attention ; and they thought Admiral Lord Exmouth and Admiral De Saumarez entitled to a similar mark of respect ; and he stated it to be the intention of Government to propose that testimonials should be erected to those three ornaments of the naval service— Sir Sidney Smith, Admiral Lord Exmouth, and Ad miral Te Saumarez. His Hon. Friend, he was sure, would have brought this forward at an earlier period of the session had it not been for the great pressure of public business. He (Sir Robert Peel) felt bound to fulfil the engagements entered into on the part of her Majesty by her Majesty's representatives in that House. He should propose that an address be presented to her Majesty, praying that a testimonial should be erected to the memory of those three Gallant Officers. He thought the selection of the late Government was a wise one, and he did not intend to go beyond its limits. He considered it was right that an engagement thus given to Parliament should be ful filled, and in fulfilment he begged to propose that an address should be . presented to her Majesty, praying that a testimonial should be erected to the memory of those officers. Mr. BROTHERTON said he for one shoul , A en t er his protest against any grant of money. f k r- fhe Hon. Gentleman was here compelled to sit down by loud cries of " Order" and " Chair," and, the entrance of a Message from the Lords, the pp4ort of which we did not hear.) Lord STANLEY P7Oted that the Lord s ' Amend ment to the New SoiAft ales Bill should be agreed to. POI4.I.ITGUESE ARMY. Mr. LAIKAJCHERE wished to ask the Right Hon. BarJnet, the First Lord of the Treasury, whe ther ht; could hold out any hopes of any payment being made to the unfortunate officers and soldiers who served in the army in Portugal. Sir R. PEEL said that in conducting the com munications with hreign Governments, he had had to conteroi in a more than ordinary degree with the impediments which arose from changes t')F Governments. That impediment existed in Portugal. The new Ministers professed naturally enough that they were overwhelmed with busineps, and required a little time to consider the matter. He had the satisfaction, however, to state that he believed that provisions were making for the payment of those people by half -yearly instalments. Of course there would be a question as to the claims of those which would,"ne adjudicated upon. BROTHERTON wished to say one word 'with respect to the erection of monuments in testimo nials to warriors. He believed that as long as they honoured warriors they would keep war itself in fashion, and he was anxious to see more Members in that House who were disposed to cultivate the arts of peace. He knew that sentiment was very unpopular, but he could not refrain from entering hi s protest against honouring men whom he conceived to be unworthy of honour: The amendments were then agreed to. REV. B. ME I - 4 VI L L Mr. HENRY KEMBLE said he hoped that he might be allowed to - vindicate the character of a near and dear relative, upon whom he con ceived an aspersion had been thrown by the Honour able Gentleman opposite (Mr. M. Gibson) in the speech which he had made upon his motion inquiring into the distress of the country, the Rev. Henry Mel rill. He did not believe that the Honourable Gentleman meant to say any thing prejudicial to the character of that gentleman, but at the same time he thought -his views might receive an unfavourable construction. It might appear from the Hun. Gentleman's speech that h e w as a mere political parson, whose object it was to ingratiate him se lf with' the Government by supporting their me asures.—(Hear.) In the course of his speech, the Honourable Member quoted very largely from a sermon of the Reverend Gentleman, which had been reported in a publication ea:led The Pulpit. Now, he thought it h ardly fair that an individual should be wade responsible for sentiments which were published Withiout toy authority. H e - Aid had lost the name of slave, and did not Work more than they thought At ; which., in point of filet, was inadequate to the cultiratiOn bt still so fruitful, and of so extensive a Colony, Mr. VERNON SMITH said the Hon. Gentleman had introduced various topics in,to the debate, hilt he had not stated which way he itittilded to vote. He (Mr. V. Smith) did lett intend to follow him, but he thought the Report to which the Hon. Member alluded would never furnish the Noble Lord good ground for legislatiom He (Mr. Vernon Smith) would support the Bill, be cause he thought it required eVery exertion on their part to procure fcr their possessions a sufficient supply of labottt'. At the same time, he would not do so if he thought it interfered with the comforts or happiness of any individual ; and he thought that everything which had occurred since 1840, made it more perilous to pass the Bill now than at that titne, Sir A. GRANT roso to do an act of justice to the Noble Lott'', the Secretary for the Colonies. He (Sir A. Grant) termed one of a deputation to the Noble Lord rmin the great body of the West Indian proprietors, calling upon the Noble Lord to sanction the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the state of the West In dies ; and the Noble Lord consented to the appointment of that Committee with considerable reluctance. When the Report of the evidence taken before that Committee was published, it would afford a complete refutation to the assertion of the Hon. Member for Lambeth, that a West Indian proprietor could not do justice to an eman cipated slave. Mr. HAWES explained. Mr. BINGHAM BARING complained that the Hon. Member for Lambeth was too apt to impute unworthy motives to those who differed from him in opinion. lie (Mr. Bingham Baring) had on a former occasion re luctantly voted against permitting those persons to emi grate, and he had been induced to do so because the Hon. Member for Beverley had given it as the opinion of the Court of Directors, that some delay was neces sary in order to institute an inquiry before legislating on the subject. He agreed with the Hon. Gentleman, that unless security was taken that all the abuses which had been complained of should be put down, that it would be improper to permit the immigration of Hill Coolies into the Mauritius ; but he contended that by the precautions adopted, a proper administration of justice in the Mauritius was secured, and the recurrence of abuses rendered impossible. The system of contract and bounty had been done away with, and the labourer on his landing in the island was free to engage with any master he liked. If a man were a bad master he would get no slaves.— (Hear, hear, from Mr. Hawes.) The Hon. Member was very willing to take advantage of an inadvertent word. Under the former system those bondmen were slaves ; under the present system, however, they were free labourers. The Magistrates in the Mauritius were impartial, and the comfort of the labourers would be se cured. It was not the object of the Indian Government to encourage emigration from India to the Mauritius, and whenever wages in India should be higher than they were in the Mauritius that emigration would na turally cease. Mr. MANGLES had been anxious to hear by what argument the Hon. Member for Lambeth would oppose that which all political economists allowed to be the right of every man, namely, the right to take his labour to the dearest market.—(Hear, hear. He had not heard a single argument from the lion. Member on that subjeet, the Hon. Member having confined himself solely to mere as iertions. (Hear, hear.) In denying to the planters the right of seeking for labour elsewhere than in the colonies, they were doing the planters less than justice. It was unjust to expose them to the competition of slave labour, and to deny them the means of procuring an adequate supply of free labour. It was also unjust to the Coolies to refuse to allow them to seek employment in the colonies. The Coolies had been improved by having been in the Mau ritius ; they had become more muscular and healthy ; their moral faculties had been also improved, and they had become a prudent and a saving race of men ; many of them had remitted money to India, and all of them had become possessors of some property. He never knew an instance of a Hill Coolie being dissatisfied with his condition after he arrived at the Mauritius. He thought it right that the natives of India should he allowed to choose what employment they pleased, and to go where they pleased in search of it. Mr. HOGG.—The lion. Gentleman opposite com menced his address by saying that he was a friend to free trade ; but he (Mr. Hogg) was not so much a friend to free trade as the Hon. Member, who would carry it to the extent of exporting his fellow-creatures.—(Cheers.) If the motion of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Lam beth, were carried, and the objectionable clause were ex punged, the measures of the Noble Lord (Stanley) would still be in absolute operation, and the legislative pro ceedings which followed the Order of Council, issued to wards the end of last year, he rendered nugatory. After the discussions which had taken place upon this subject in both Houses of Parliament, after the interest which had been excited in the public mind out of doors, he did. contend that the Noble Lord was bound to take the opi nion of the House before he introduced any measure upon the, subject. The Government were bound to prevent a recurrence of the frightful scenes which had occurred in India. He complained that the Home authorities had adopted a course different from that which they had led the public to expect. He was sorry to oppose a measure supported by so many, in whose acts he generally con curred ; but he was not to be blamed for the inconsist ency of the Government. He had never shown any great confidence by his votes in the general policy of the Noble Lord, the late Secretary for the Colonies, but, where the great cause of humanity was at stake, he felt bound to say, that he had always felt the greatest confidence in that Noble Lord.—(Hear.) Every one admitted that evils and abuses had existed in India ; there was no dis pute on that point. The very hesitation shown in legislating on the subject, was an admission that abuse had existed. The lion. Member then referred to :he evidence taken before the Committee, with respect to injuries inflicted upon the Hill Coolies, and the general results of the system. How was it that they never heard of' the Coolies in the Mauritius renewing the contract ? Why that fact itself was the most powerful against the system.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to those who re turned to India, they were picked men who were sent to induce others to go to the Mauritius. He admitted that the provisions proposed by the Noble Lori were calculated to remove many of the evils which had existed in the passage as well as in the Mauritius. There was not one word in the instructions of the Noble Lord relating to the lodging of the Coolies. He would suggest the. establishment of district hospitals for their reception and for their medical assistance in the sick nesses incident to a new and unwholesome climate. He was not opposed to free emigration ; on the contrary, if any plan of voluntary emigration could be devised it should have his most cordial support. He knew that the population of India would be benefited by such a relief ; but he was convinced that under the proposed plan free emigration would not be sufficient for the pur pose. Besides, he was greatly dissatisfied with the pro visions made for the return of the Coolies to their own country ; nor were the precautions taken to guard the natives against the impositions of crimps by any means sufficient. They ought to he fully apprised by the Government authorities, before their departure from India, of the conditions upon which they were about to leave their country. It would amount to an entire prohibition of the emigration, if the Indians were compelled to take their families with them. It would be much better to make some arrangements for the transmission of part of their earnings for the support of their families, the latter remaining at home. He would also recommend that besides a careful survey of the ships to be employed in the transport of labourers to the Mauritius, it should be made peremptory that the passage should be limited to the time of the monsoons. The Hon. Gentleman apologised to the House for having taken up so much of its time in the discussion of a subject in which few would feel so strong an interest as he did. He hoped that whilst our motives in promoting the abolition of the African slave-trade were misrepresented and misunder stood by other nations, the House would do nothing to give a colour to the assertion that we were keeping slaves in our own possessions. Lord STANLEY would not reply to the personal attack of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman upon him, in a spirit of equal bitterness. There could be no question that, after the passing of the Slave Emancipation Bill, in 1835, great numbers of Coolies were induced, by fraudu lent representations, to enter into contracts for labour with planters in the Mauritius. The abuses were so flagrant, that, in 1838, a law was passed absolutely pre venting the emigration of native Indian labourers, Hill Coolies and others, under any contracts. The object of the present Bill was to modify that Act, to allow the emi gration, but to secure, at the same time, perfect protection to the emigrants.. He voted against the law of prohi bition, because he thought that it was against every principle of freedom that the natives of India should be shut up within thelimits of their own peninsula, and ex cluded from intercourse with the rest of the world. Having all the information from India which could be procured, there was no inconsistency, that information being fully matured, in adopting in 1842 that measure which he did not think there was sufficient grounds to introduce before. So far as the passage was concerned, the Hon. Gentleman did not make any objection. He (Lord Stanley) did not take up the subject for the sake of the Mauritius, although he knew that the Mau ritius would suffer if it had not a sufficient supply of labour; but he did so because he knew that while the Mauritius would be benefited, no injury would be done to any one.—(Hear, hear.) The lion. Gentleman, the Member for Lambeth, complained of the deception practised upon the people of India, and the manner in which they were induced to embark. He thought he would be able to show that all those grievances were removed. The system of kidnapping, as it was called, took place in consequence of private persons paying for entrapping the labourers and making advances to the Coolies, which was the main stay of the trade. But the system of advances was prohibited by the present proposition. The Hon. Gentleman also complained that the Hill Coolies were intoxicated and imprisoned. The most effectual means were taken to prevent such practices by the present Bill. The Hon. Gentleman also objected that persons were taken on board while the vessel was going down the river.. How did the present Bill propose to deal with that evil? Why if the Captain of the vessel took any person on board whom he ought not, he forfeited his whole freight ; so that he had now no inducement to take any persons on board.—(Hear.) When it was said the contracts were unfavourable, what was the contrast between the two systems ? By confining the labourer to his own terri tory, and not allowing him the liberty of spontaneous emigration, he was able to earn only 41. 16s. a year, but being allowed to emigrate he could obtain 361. 10s. a year, so that the real hardship and cruelty of the case was in not giving him that liberty.—(Hear, hear.) That was the view also taken of the matter by the India Cora inittee. —(Hear, hear.) The Coolies going to the. Mau ritius went there now as free men, free to return or to st.,p as they pleased ; but if they returned within five not offer any opinion as to its correctness or incorrect- 1 ness, but it was quite possible, from the manner in . which the work was reported, that erroneous statements might be conveyed. But, be that as it might, he ven tured to say, that no man was more capable of defending, or less likely to shirk from any statements that he hid uttered, than the Rev. Gentleman, He begged to say, that the allusions made to the Coen-laws were mostly incidental, occurring in a sermon, which was preached with no view to publication . ; that they occurred in a semen which was preached in behalf of the distressed Manufac turers ; and that, as a proof that Otte was no want of sympathy or seal on the part d the Rev. Gentleman in advocating their cause, the result of that one sermon was a collection of more than two hundred and thirty pounds.— (Hear.) The Hon. Member, in the coarse of his observations, represented his Rev. Friend as a man in close connection with her Majesty's Government. He did not know that it would be any disgrace to him if such were the fact, but he believed the only foundation for the statement was the fact, that he had been ap pointed by the Duke of Wellington to the Chaplainship of the Tower, and though he highly estimated that ap pointment, as coming from so illustrious an individual, it was totally unsolicited on his part, and the pecuniary advantage which he derived from it was exceedingly limited. With respect to the statement that the clergy were interested in supporting the Corn-laws, he begged to state that Mr. Melvill derived none of his emolu ments from tithes, the chapel of which he was the mi nister being conducted ou that principle which was so dear to Hon. Members opposite, namely, the voluntary prin ciple. It was not for him to say whether or not it was right for clergymen to interfere with politics, but cer tainly no man could be more free from the charge of im properly interfering with politics than the Rev. Henry Melvill. He ventured to say that he had never attended any political meetings whatever ; that he had never engaged in any political controversies ; any reflection, therefore, upon his character on such grounds was extremely unjust.—(Hear hear.) Mr. M. GIBSON said he could assure the Hon, Gentleman that he had not the least intention to cast any injurious reflection on the character of the Rev. Mr. Melvill. The language which he had used was rather eulogistic of his character than otherwise. He h::d spoken of him as a distinguished and talented clergyman, deservedly enjoying the confidence of his congregation ; he scarcely knew, in fact, how he could h ave ex p resse d himself in term s o f higher approval. With regard to the publication called The Pulpit, he begged to submit to the Hon. Member whether the point to he considered was not rather the accuracy of the report, than whether the sermon was or was not published under authority. He believed that the work from which he had quoted contained as nearly as possible a verbatim report of the sermon of the Rev, H. Melvin. He did not understand the Hon. Gentleman to dispute its accuracy. He must take that opportunity of saying that he thought, as a general rule, that House had a right to complain of doc trines propounded in the pulpit by the clergymen of the Established Church ; and that if political eco nomy was to be taught in the pulpit, they ought to take sonic steps for securing that the doc trine should be sound. (Laughter.) He begged to assure the Hon. Gentleman that he had no A ish to speak of the Rev. Gentleman's personal character in this respect, and he would be very sorry to say anything of him which could, in the smallest degree, wound his feelings. But Mr. Melvill, in his pulpit, and as a minister of the Church of England, was public property, and was responsible to that House and to the country for the doctrines which he preached.—(Cries of " No, no," and laughter.) Then what became of the connexion between Church and State ?—(Hear, hear.) Was the ecclesiastical or the civil power to be uppermost ? He thought it was a misapplication of the funds ofthe Church to make its pulpits a means of supporting the Corn-laws, and teaching the political views of any particular party. He said they were employing public property in doing so. Those on his side of the House employed lecturers to teach their views of the Corn-laws, and the other side might do the same.—(Hear, hear.) They might employ lecturers from their private funds, and print and circu late tracts to support their views, but he did not think they ought to sanction the clergy of the Established Church in supporting their views of the Corn laws, and their system of political eeonomy.—(Hear, hear.) Ile did not think any person could demur to the soundness of the views he then laid down. He would adhere to the opinion he laid down respecting Mr. Melvill's ser mon. To say the least of it, he thought it was indiscreet, and when he made allusion to the clergy having a pecu niary interest, he begged to remind the Hon. Gentleman that he did not say Mr. Melvill had any pecuniary in• terest in supporting the Corn-laws, but what he said was, that if the clergy maintained the Corn-laws from the pulpit, their congregations may ask themselves if they had not an interest in supporting them. Mr. Melvill was a person of weight and influence, and therefore his opinions were of more importance. He did not think it was any slur upon Mr. Melvill, to be in the confidence of her Majesty's Government, and his appointment to the chaplaincy of the Tower was a proof of that. He had not the slightest intention of casting any reflection on the re lative of the Hon. Gentleman. Sir R. INGLIS said that having been appealed to by the Hon. Gentleman he begged to say he did not see what would be the use of articles of political economy to the clergy of the Established Church. Articles of poli tical economy made by the present House of Commons would not, he conceived, be much respected by the Hon. Gentleman. He denied the position laid down by the Hon. Gentleman that the clergy were responsible to that House.—(Hear.) The conversatton then dropped. COLONIAL PASSENGERS BILL. Lord STANLEY moved the Order of the Day fi r the third reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill. The Bill having been read a third time, on the question that the Bill do pass, Mr. HAWES moved that the Bth clause be struck out. He hoped to have not only the consent of the House, but of many of the Members of her Majesty's Government to that motion. Last year a similar clause had been proposed by the then Secretary to the Colonies in bringing forward a measure on this subject, and that clause had been opposed by the Noble Lord the present Secretary for the Colonies, by the present Secretary to the Board of C on t ro l, b y t h e present F i rst Lord of the Treasury, by the Secretary to the Treasury, by a Right Honourable Gentleman now absent, the Secre tary of State for the Home Department, who had all been anxious to avail themselves of the casual assistance of those who differed from them in political opinion, to oppose the then Go vernment as far as regarded that measure. The objec tion then taken to the measure was that there had been no definite plan for regulating the transportation of these Hill Coolies, and that was precisely the objection he (Mr. Hawes) took to the present measure. He could not but contrast the conduct of the former Secretary for the Colonies (Lord J. Russell) with that of the present (Lord Stanley.) The former Noble Lord had not in troduced his measure until Parliament had had a full ooportunity of discussing the subject ; while the present , Secretary for the Colonies had introduced the measure without any discussion, and had it not been that certain papers had been moved for, the Bill, under the title of the Colonial Pas sengers Til l, m i g h t h ave passed without dis cussion. The Noble Lord had objected to the measure of Lord John Russell, that there was no definite plan for regulating the deportation of the Hill Coolies, and that was precisely his (Mr. Hawes') objection to the mea sure of the Noble Lord, and he would ask the Noble Lord what plan had been propounded on that subject since the measure of Lord John Russell ? Had the Noble Lord any plan—had he indicated any ? Cer tainly not. The Noble Lord had certainly written a most remarkable despatch on the subject, and that was all he had clone. It would have been wise to have sub mitted to the House the conditions the Indian Govern mept Lad entered into as the reason for passing the Bill, B :.a they had a right to know whether those conditions had been fulfilled. He thought the Noble Lord ought to wait till he had the assent of the Indian Government and the Government of the Mauritius to the measure. In these statements he was not saying a word against a system of emigration conducted upon proper principles. If they could accomplish justice to parties emigrating to the Mauritius, he should not object to the emi - gration of Hill Coolies, . but he contended that so desirable an end could not be obtained. He did not make that statement solely upon his own authority, because he found Lord Normanby stating, in 1839, that the Government was decidedly hostile to any project for removing emigrants from the Mauritius ; and again, Lord Auckland had stated, in a despatch, that he feared such a system could not be carried out with out inflicting grievous injustice and fraud on a helpless people. Lord Auckland had said that no police regu lations would ever be sufficient protection to the negroes in the Mauritius. The negroes were not provided with hospitals, and their living was extremely bad, and they were generally very badly treated, and their complaints about the non-payment of wages were often passed by without notice. It could not be said that it was neces sary to send labourers to the Mauritius with a view to the increased production of sugar. There had been no falling off in the production of sugar in the Mauritius, and there could not, therefore, be any necessity for the importation of labourers into the colony. He contended that if they passed the present measure, they would run the risk of a renewal of slavery, that they could not adequately protect those poor people from fraud and oppression. He entreated the House, there fore, to pause before they passed the Bill, and to wait at least until they should receive further information on the subject. The Hon. Member concluded, by moving the alteration of certain words, which would virtually defeat the object of the Bill. The motion having been seconded, Mr. G. BANKES supported the Bill. He was per suaded that the time was come, when they should pro vide for a fresh supply of labourers in our West India colonies ; and he believed there was no quarter from which that supply could be so conveniently or advantageously derived as from the East Indies. There were but two sources of immigration to which the West Indies could look for a supply, and those sources were, the one the coast of Africa, and the other the East of Asia. They had had the evidence of Sir Chas. Metcalf; who had passed many s'ears of his life in high office in the East Indies, and who had subsequently been Governor of Jamaica, and who, consequently, was well acquainted with the social position of both coun tries, to prove that there could be no objection to the introduction of labourers from the East Indies into the West Indies, except the length of the voyage, and that difficulty the Legislature would speedily remove. The present Bill, it appeared, did not provide for a supply of labourers to the West Indies, but he hoped that a Bill would be introduced for that pur pose early in the next session of Parliament. As respected the Mauritius, he was not so qualified to give an opinion ; but as respected Jamaica, he thoubt he might venture to say that the result of all their in quiries was, that there was no fear of oppression to per sons of this description. When they were introduced ljovinent as labourers they would be in the immediate e .ef equal rights and privileges with those 'freed en kivho THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1842. years, they had this hardship inflicted upon them, that they had to pay thier passage back. He admitted all that had been said in praise Of Sir Lionel Smith; but the present Governbr of the Maurititta,, Sir Air: Gorden; was a man iii *hOin the greatest confidence could be placed, and he was sure the House of Commons and the country might rely upon his governing the colony is a proper and up right manner. He could assure the House that every precaution had been taken to protect emigrants, the contract systetn hid been annihilated, free labour had been established, and medical men had bet& appointed to every ship taking out emigrants. The Court of Directors and Proprietors of the East India Company had given their sanction to this measure, notwithstanding the opposition of the Hon. Member for Beverley; and such being the case, he trusted the House would follow so excellent an example. He had now fully stated the case, and he confidently left the decision upon it in the hands of the House. Mr. HOGG explained. Mr. HASTIE made a few observations that were in audible in the gallery. Sir R. H. INGLIS opposed the Bill. It appeared from the Report of the Committee which had sat upon the subject, That the people for whom they were legis lating were incapable of understanding the nature of the contracts into which it was proposed they should enter. He believed that the system would only give rise to a new slave trade. Mr. HUME supported the Bill. He saw no reason why the natives of India should be prevented from going to a foreign country, where they might find that employnient which they could not obtain at home. What would be said if a law were proposed to prevent Irish men from leaving Ireland, or a law to prevent Scotchmen from leaving Scotland ?—(A laugh.) He did not see, however, why the same principle should not be extended to the natives of India as to the inhabitants of Ireland or Scotland, or any other portion of the empire. Ile could not consistently, with the principle of free trade in la bour, consent to the rejection of the Bill. Mr. BROWNRIGG supported the Bill. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority against the amendment -94 The clause was then agreed to, and the Bill was passed. SUPPLY. IN RE WILLIAM PAINTER. IN RE HENRY JESSE TAYLOR. dient to put in force the provisions of this Act, either in the whole county or in any riding or division thereof ; arid on such resolution being duly registered in the mi nutes of the proceedings of such General or Quarter Sdssitihs, or adjournment thereof, then and after the passing of such resolution the provisions of this Act shall cease to take effect within such county, riding, or division, during so long as such resolu tion shall remain unrescinded. Provided also, and be it fnrther enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for such Justices, at any subsequent Ge neral or Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or at any ad journment thereof, after having given notice of their intention so to do, to rescind such former resolution, and thenceforward to proceed to the appointment of con stables in manner and form as hereinafter by this Act directed, as if such former resolution had not been passed." Sir JAMES GRAHAM felt bound to oppose the clause. The Rural Police Act by no means intended to do away with parish constables, and the present Hill was intended to make the parish constable an efficient officer instead of an efficient one, as ,he was at present. The principle of the clause was diametrically opposed to the principle of the Bill. Mr. PACKE supported the Bill. The amendment of Mr. Burroughes was then nega tived without a division. Several verbal amendments were made in the remain ing clauses, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time this day. . TOBACCO REGULATIONS BILL. _ The Tobacco Regulations Bill was read a second time. The Report of the Committee of Supply was brought up. THE ECCLESIASTICAL LEASES BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM said he should proceed with this Bill on Friday next. BONDED CORN BILL. This Bill was read a third time, and passed. Mr. G. W. WOOD moved for copies of the correspon dence and communications which have passed between the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer re spectively, and the University of London, through its Chancellor, Senate, and Registrar, relative to the esti mates for the service of the University for the current year.—Ordered. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY. July 26. (Before the VIOE»CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His HONOUR took motions to-day. No case requiriug special notice came before the Court. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, July 26. (Beiore Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.) His HONOUR was engaged during the morning in hearing and disposing of a number of causes and petitions. The cases generally involved purely technical points. A great number were set down in the paper for hearing. INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT, July 26. The insolvent in this case appeared on his petition to be discharged. He described himself in his schedule as clerk to a broker and bill discounter, with a salary of 21. per week. A great number of creditors' names appeared in his balance sheet, to whose benefit there appeared not a fraction available. None of them, however, appeared in opposition. The Learned CHIEF Costatisstomt commented severely upon the nature of the insolvent's liabilities, amongst which were the names of five tailors, to whom he owed the sum of 58/. There also appeared 221. due to different tobacconists fur cigars; 71. for perfumery; 9/. for umbrellas and walking-, sticks ; 71. for rings and other small articles of jewellery ; and 181. for the hire of horses and cabs from two jobmasters. He (the Chief Commissioner) sad it was fortunate for the insolvent that none of the tradesmen whom he had duped came forward to oppose him, for if they did he should certainly have received the fullest measure of punishment which the discretionary clause permitted, for his reckless and unprin cipled extravagance. As it was, the Court now had no dis cretion but to order him to be discharged. 7 heinsolvent then lett the Court, evidently felicitating him. self on his fortunate escape. The insolvent, who was described as a builder, applied to be discharged. He attributed his insolvency to unsuccessful spe culations in building, After a few questions from the Learned Chief Commissioner with respect to the disposal of some houses in Kensington, the further hearing of the case was ordered to stand for the 3d of August, the insolvent to be allowed in the intermediate time to remain out on bail. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Two very pretty specimens of the lower class of Irish resi dents in London, named Biddy itf' Cabe and Judy 0' Callaghan, were brought up in custody of police-constable F 126, charged with committing a breach of the peace by fighting in Long Acre, on Monday night. The policeman having stated the case, the fair pugilists were called upon for their defence ; and as their defences afford an excellent example of the manner in which the statements of people, in their particular walk of life, and in their peculiar situation always coincide, we make no apology for subjoining them. Mrs. M'Cabe was the first to speak —" Yer Hanner," said she, " I was coming down Long Acre last night, when I met wid a frind. Come and have the share of a pint o' beer,' sea she, Wid the greatest pleasure in life,' ses I. Wid that we Toes into the public-hou-e, and partakes of a pint o' beer. his woman, yer Hanner (looking fiercely at Mrs. O'Calla ghan) cums up to me, and ses to me, Will you take a glass o' liquor?' sea she. No,' ses I, your a woman I don't like, and I'll have nothing at all to de with you.' She followed me out of the public-house, please yer Hanner, and called me a b— and all manners o' names, ver Harmer, and said I lived with a man. ' Hit's a lie to you ' - ses 'ls it?' ses she ; and she makes no more ado, yer Worship, than she strikes me ; she tore the eyes out o' me baby, and kilt me entirely, yer Worship. Ale child and I can't pass the street, only she'll be after me. I ain't fond o' fighting, 'pon my honour, yer Worship, I never struck her nor any other woman in me born life." The policeman said, the prisoners were both down on the ground, and were striking away at each other as hard as they could. Plase yer Harmer's Worship," said Mrs. O'Callaghan, " she's a false swearin woman, that's what she is. I went to the public.house to put me clock right, when this woman here and five other people, all blind drunk, yer Worship, corn tumblin in ; a gentleman that was wid her ses to me ses he, ' Will you have a glass n' ale, Mrs. O'Callaghan ? ' ses he. I don't mind if I do, if you place,' sea I. 'Mrs. M'Cabe,' ses I, Do you owe me any animosity?' To be sure I do,' says she, go out you nasty wretch.' Wid that I went away, and was goin to me own home, No. 9, Leg-alley, yer 1-I,nrirr ' when she followed me, and struck me, and abused me, and knocked the baby out o' me hands, yer Worship, but I niver touched her at all ; I'm as quiet a woman's to be found in all the alley, and that's Gnd's own truth." Mr. JARDINE here put a stop to the case; no doubt they were both of them very harmless, innocent creatures, but he should, to prevent the possibility of the recurrence of such a transaction, make their husbands become bail for them to keep the peace towards each other for two calendar months. Two hodmen became the necessary bail, and the belligerents took their departure, intending, we very much suspect from the ferocious glances they ever and anon tLrevr at each other, to " have it out " more comfortably at some convenient oppor tunity when the ' Palers is out o' the way." T CLERKENIVELL. A man named Hagin, was charged under the following cir cumstances. 'Monday night tit 12 o'clock, police-constable 300 N, found the prisoner fighting, his coat being off, on the Liverpool-road. There were 200 persons assembled. The constable endeavoured to separate the combatants. The prisoner knocked him down, and so inflicted a deep and severe wound on, the con-table's head. He was obliged to go immediately to the hospital and have the wound dressed. Mr. CoMae remarked that it was a most brutal assault. The prisoner should pay a fine of 21., or be imprisoned for six weeks to hard labour. Patrick Connolly, an Irishman, was charged with violently assaulting police-constable Farren. It appeared that at one yesterday morning, the prisoner was asleep on a door-step in Russell-square. The constable roused him up, telling him that if he slept there he would be probably robbed by the bad characters who were walking there. Instead of thanking the constable, he suddenly turned on him, and gave him several severe blows on the head and arms. The complainant then sprung his rattle, other con stables came to his assistance, and the prisoner was taken to the station-house. He was sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment and hard labour. EXECUTION OF TAMAR DICK FOR THE MURDER OF HIS MOTHER. Richard Edwards, alias Tamar Dick, who at the last Glamorganshire Assizes was found guilty of the murder of his mother, Tamar Edwards, underwent the extreme penalty of the law on Saturday morning last on a gallows erected in front of the county gaol, Cardiff. Since sen tence was passed upon him, this wretched man, whose life has been one continuous scene of dissipation and crime, has manifested a sullenness of disposition for which he has ever been characterised ; but, as the awful period fixed for his execution approached, he yielded to the expostulations of the Rev. Mr. Stacey, chaplain of the gaol, and has directed his thoughts to his sinful and wretched condition, and the necessity for supplicating pardon at the Throne of Grace for his great and mani fold transgressions. He had promised on the Sunday preceding his death, and on the 18th he made the con fession which is subjoined to this account. On the morning of his execution the culprit maintained a firm, and, as some consider, even a hardened bearing. At six o'clock he ate his breakfast, consisting of tea and bread and butter, after which he asked far his pipe, which he sat down and smoked, occasionally conversing with the Governor, to whom he said that he felt in very good spirits. At about half-past seven o'clock the She riff arrived, and proceeded to the condemned cell, to de mand in the usual form the body of the convict for exe cution. Edwards was then pinioned, during the pro gress of which operation he repeatedly protested his in nocence of the murder. The melancholy procession then proceeded to the platform, preceded by the chaplain, who read the burial; service. The convict then said in Wesh, " Hear me ! I have been guilty of every crime, except thieving and murder." The rope was then placed round his neck, and in a few moment s th e b o l t was withdrawn, and he unhappy criminal launched into eternity. He 'struggled for a moment, but very slightly. A very large concourse of persons had assembled to wit ness the execution, from Merthyr and other parts, and from 8,000 to 10,000 were estimated to have been present. The following is the confession of Richard Edwards, taken this 18th day of July, 184 9 , before me Thomas Stacey, chaplain of the county gaol of Glamorgan : "I was not alone when my mother came by her death. There were three present beside me. My child (ten months old) was in bed in the room. My mother died on Thursday night. When dead, two women placed my mother in bed beside my little boy. where the corpse re mained until the Monday night following. The two other persons present besides me and my wife, were the nearest relations of Peggy (my wife). Peggy and the other person had been in the womb of the other. These three persons told my father-in-law and my mother-in law's sister that they had pa.sed that night on Cefn Coed Cymmer. I gave my mother a blow about the jaw, because Peggy cried out- that my mother was beating her. My. inuther fell down under my blow. Peggy, her mother, and brother, then laid hold. on my mother. My mother did not speak. She groaned for some time. ASSESSED TAXES BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the As sessed Taxes Bill (No. 2). ?'b HUME objected to the clause relating to the In come-tax, which affected the payment of dividends to the foreign holders of stock, which he thought would be in convenient. The Bill was then read a third time. On the question that the Bill do pass, Mr. W. G. WOOD objected to a particular clause, No. 4, and moved that it be omitted, on account of the haste with which it had been introduced. Ile thought the practice of inserting clauses in this manner was a very objectionable one ; and he had, therefore, called the attention of the House to the clause. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Bill had been limited to some alteration in the assessed taxes, and he had himself moved the instruction to the Committee on which the clause was founded. So far from wishing to keep gentlemen in igno rance, he had moved that the Bill should be reprinted and circulated for the use of the House. The clause was only intended to extend the principle of the Bill to foreign dividends, as well as colonial dividends. After a short conversation, in which Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Mark Philips, Sir R. Peel, and some other Members took part, the clause was agreed to, and the Bill passed. PARISH CONSTABLES BILL. On the motion that the Report on this Bill be received, Mr. PAKINGTON said he hoped that the further consideration of this Bill would be postponed till the next session, as many gentlemen had left town who took a deep interest in the subject. Mr. I'. DUNCOMBE said he thought that very un constitutional power was vested in constables, and the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman on the subject last night had caused considerable alarm in the public mind. The power of constables was not properly defined in this Bill. The constables of this metropolis had latterly taken great power to themselves, which had been more particularly shown that day. A meeting had been called in Deptford on the subject of the Corn-laws. Mr. Thompson, the Corn-law lecturer, was to have been pre sent, but from some cause he was absent. At that meet ing a great number, of what were called Chartists, attended. The room in which the meeting was to have been held was found to be toe small, and the meeting adjourned to the open air. The meeting was held in a large open place where it could obstruct no one. When the meeting had assembled in the open air, Dr. McDowell rose to address the meeting, and at the moment he rose to address the meeting, advocating the principles of the Charter, the police interfered, and they said the meeting was an unlawful one, no doubt actuated by the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir James Graham). They said this is an illegal meeting, and we stop it. Dr. McDowell immediately said, I obey your orders, what have you now to say ? They answered and said, go away ? Dr. McDowell said I shall go away this way ? No, said the police, you shall go this way. No, said Dr. M'Dowal!, I will go my own way. No, they said, you shall not ; and they imme diately collared him, and carried him off. They carried him to the station-house. This had occurred this evening, no doubt caused by the doctrine laid down by the Right Honourable Baronet. The people followed and they • said, Let us see what they are going to do with our f‘riend the Doctor.—(Laughter). They need not laugh, for he could assure them that the people would not stand this sort of treatment. They said Let us see what they are going to do with our friend the Doctor. They followed him to the station house. and then five or six others were taken, and were now in the station. Some of the parties had come to him (Mr. T. Duncombe) to know what was to be done. The men in the station-house would be brought up be fore the Magistrates to-morrow morning. They had been taken to the station-house, and the police had re fused to take bail for them. This was a gross outrage upon the liberty of the subject. That House ought to be considerate in giving power to constables without de fining it. He should therefore move that the debate be adjourned. Sir J. GRAHAM said it had become his duty to re sist the motion made by the Hon. Member the night be fore, as it was an attempt to erect that House into a court of appeal from trial by jury, and he was happy to find that a majority of the House had agreed with him, and decided against the motion. It was not with less regret than surprise that he found the Hon. Gentleman employing himself in forestalling the administration of justice. The Hon. Gentleman was calling on a public discussion in a case, the facts of which had not been in vestigated.—(Hear, hear.) He (Sir James Graham) would be grossly violating his duty, if he followed up the subject, which had been so prematurely brought uuder discussion.—(Hear, hear.) He was quite sure that jus tice would be administered with due regard to law. If the law had been violated, then would be the time to bring the subject under discussion. The Hon. Gentle ' man was pleased to say that the constables had been influenced on the occasion more or less by. what had fallen from him (Sir J. Graham). Now if they had neglected or overstepped their duty, they would be amenable to the law. The law was their guide, and not what fell from any Member of that House, however high. With reference to the subject more immediately under debate, he thought the Hon. Gentleman had not read the Bill, or, if reading, he did not understand it. He said that the power of the constables was not limited or defined, but if the Hon. Gentleman would refer to the Bill, he would find that a clause was there provided for the purpose. The Hon. Gentleman said that some con stables had acted illegally. Well, the parties bad a re medy in their own hands, as the/ could indict the con stables. What was more easy than to indict the party, or to bring an action against them ? Mr. AGLIONBY said differing as he generally did from the political measures of the Right Hon. Baronet, he must say that 'in this Bill he should give the Right Hon. Baronet his most cordial support. Captain PECHELL did not approve of this Bill, and though some parts of it were worthy of attention, his opinion was that the suggestion for the adjournment was a very good one. Mr. HUME said if the Right Hon. Baronet would suffer the constables to exercise a power which they might abuse, he might be sure, whatever instance of such abuse took place would be brought under the notice of Parliament. Mr. BANKES thought it a hardship that counties which had adopted the rural police should have to be saddled with the expense consequent on the opera tion of this Bill. Be suggested that the allowances given to constables when on extra duty, should be charged not on the parish to which the constables be longed, but on the county generally ; otherwise it would be anything but an advantage to a parish to possess an active constable. With respect to the commitment of young persons to gaol, considering the contamination to which they were thereby subjected, he ,would suggest the adoption of a clause empowering Magistrates to commit for trial young persons who are charged with criminal offences to lock-up houses instead of the county gaol." Mr. DARBY opposed the clause and the suggestion. If payment out of the county rate was introduced into a Parochial Constables Bill, it would lead to endless con fusion. He also opposed the clause for providing lock-up houses for criminals before trial, as if they adopted it, they would be bound to create two sets of prisons and prison officers. Mr. BANKES would leave the matter entirely in the hands of the Government. But he wished to know whe ther the words of the Bill included the expenses of pur suing criminals who were not committed. Sir J. GRAHAM thought the words proposed by the Hon. Member would fix them on the county rate. Mr. BURROUGHES rose to proposed an amendment, when The SPEAKER said it could not be proposed now, as the question before the House was the adjournment of the debate. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said be had only made the mo tion for th e purpose o f ra ising the question. He would, therefore, withdraw it. The Report was then brought up, and on the motion that it be received, Mr. BURROUGHESproposed the amendment, of which he had given notice—" And be it enacted that in all counties, ridings, and divisions of counties, wherein a police force shall have been established under the au thority of an Act passed in the third year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, ' An Act for the estab lishment of County and District Constables by th e authority of the Justices of the Peace,' and of any Act for the amendment thereof, it shall and may be lawful for the Justices assembled at any General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or at any adjournment thereof, by a resolution duly passed at such Gene ral or Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or at any adjournment thereof, to 'declare that, in consequence of the efficiency of such police force it is inexpe- I saw Peggy and the other two squeezing her throat till she ceased groaning. I was in liquor, the three o' hers were not. This happened about twelve or one o'clock. I cannot tell exactly, for there was no clock or watch there ; and now if Peggy had been allowed to be examined by me in the hall, I should have made all this known there. Peggy asked me to bury her. I said I would not, I would leave her there, for I was afraid to be seen. I told them they had killed my mother. They begged me to keep every thing secret. We all remained in the house till the dawn of day. I then went tip to Dowlais, and the others returned home to my father-in-law, as they say, and told the story about being all night at Cefn Coed Cymmer. I met my wife again, about six o'clock in the evening of the following Monday, at her aunt Jane Phillip's house in Caer Drau, and we went together, the child in her arms, to my mother's house, My wife placed the child on the opposite side of the bed to where my mother's body was lying. We then, together, dragged the corpse out, and placed it under the bed. We continued to live in the house during the rest of the week, sleqing five nights in the bed under which the corpse lay. I was full of anxiety all the week, and on Saturday I started off, the day my mother's body was discovered, leaving my wife in my mother's house. I was absent from Saturday until the following Wednesday, when I was apprehended, in the cat t-house at Duffryn, and wandering about. I tell the best truth—the truth I should tell in the presence of God, where I shall be next Satur day—to you now. My blow did not kill my another, for she groaned afterwards. Her death was caused by their meddling and scuffling with her on the ground, I know not exactly in what manner. I mean Peggy, and her mother and brother, were scuffling with her. Neither of these three charged me at this time with having killed my mother. This is all true as I shall answer to God. " I know nothing of the death of any other human being, male or female. If I did I should confess it now, having gone so far. But lam guilty of every other sin or crime, except theft or murder. And now I have no more to say, having told the whole truth, and my heart is already feeling light. I began to feel lighter yester day when I determined and promised you to confess everything. " The mark X of RICHARD EDWARDS. " The whole of the foregoing statement Is as read over in Welsh, by Mr. Stacey, and explained to Richard Ed wards, and signed with the mark by him, in my pre sence, this 18th day of July, 1842. "JOHN B. WOOD, Governor of the County Gaol." The culprit was 28 years old. THE FRENCH LIBERALS. PERMANENT CONSTITUTION OF THE ELEC TORAL COMMITTEES OF THE LIBERALS. COMMITTEE OF THE GAUCHE CONSTITUTIONELLE. (Re-union Odillon Barrot.) Gentlemen and Honourable Fellow-citizens,-- We congratulate ourselves on not having despaired of the public mind in our country, and we thank you for the patriotic devotion with which you have met our appeal. The elections of 1842 are a striking contradiction, and at the same time a useful lesson, to those who proclaimed that France, henceforth absorbed in the care of her ma terial interests, would no longer think of her honour nor of her liberties. We have to deplore the loss of several of our friends who had given guarantees in the last Chamber of firm ness and independence in their opinions. They have honourably fallen, fighting under their banners, and for the cause to which they had devoted themselves. The country will remember their courage and perseverance, and better days will return to them. One of the characteristics of the Parliamentary struggle which has just terminated is the universal and spontaneous union of all loyal and independent opinions in the same thought, that of inflicting justice on political defections, and of strengthening by striking examples those sentiments of probity and of fidelity to one's co lours, without which the Representative Government is impossible. After such examples we must hope that these desertions which have stricken such mortal blows at public morals, and which has caused the victory of a principle to pass from day to day over to the opposite principle, will no more be repeated. The political terri tory will be no more composed cf that moveable sand upon which neither power nor opposition can found or elevate anything great or durable. The struggle will be between parties, and not amongst person S—between con flicting opinions, and not amongst interests. Another characteristic not less significant of the 1842 general election is, that the candidates supported the most strongly by . r the Ministry, have been the most ar dent to disavow it. The candidates whom we have sus tained, hare, on the contrary, openly and loyally hoisted their banner. This circumstance alone would suffice, independently of any electoral statistics, to prove that the universal sentiment of the nation is in favour of a cause which ought to sustain our efforts, and redouble our confidence. _ . Finally, Paris, that city which made the revolution of 1830—which moderated its first impulses, but which will not permit that it degenerates into an ignoble specula tion for the profit of personal ambitions—Paris has of ferded a grand and salutary warning to the Crown, and this warning, Rouen, and entire departments, have re peated. It is no longer the cries of the National Guards, nor the street clamours, nor the necessarily passionate discussions of the Press or the tribune. Here is the mass of the most peaceable citizens, the most interested in the preservation of order, who have just by their choice reminded our July Government of the conditions of its origin. Let us hope that the new Chamber will know how to comprehend all the bearings of this warning. In the last session, promising symptoms of reconciliations (rap prochemens) were already manifested ; men of talent and &-* feeling, who had been divided and kept asunder by deplorable dissensions, trusted on the basis of a moderate progress, and proposed and defended together, reforms become indispensible. We will aid in these reconciliations. We feel all the grandeur of the mission which is allotted to us, and of its difficulties. We know that in order to accomplish it, it can only be by the united efforts of all conscientious and enlightened men whom France has within her bosom. The melancholy catas trophe which has just stricken France with stupor aggravates these difficulties, and prepares us for great and difficult trials for the future: It is now much more important than ever to be prepared for them, and for that we ought to draw still more closely the ties which have already united us. Everything has been done to loosen and break these ties, but they have kept together amidst all our political vicissitudes. The last elections have attested their power ; let us fortify them still more, as perhaps the safety of France depe nds upon it. It is doubtless under the influence of this sentiment that a great number of our correspondents have testified the desire to see the relations which have been esta blished between us at the last elections continued and regulated. We hasten to meet these wishes and to submit then;;' to you. It appears to us of the greatest utility that the citizens who have assembled in electoral committees should continue to watch over the formation of the elec toral lists, and over everything which is connected with the free and full exercise of the electoral franchise. The meetings of these committees, above all, should take place in the month of March or of May, at flit., mo ment when the operations of the revisions of the lists commence. The meetings should take place in every canton, since it is et the chief town of each canton that the labour is formed. The central committee of the chief town of every electoral arrondissethent wi.l con yoke these cantonal meetings, and direct.. the operations thereof. We ought no longer to be exposed to these suspenses of power,* against which good citizens, in the day of conflict, have only to oppose vai❑ complaints and barren regrets. We shall be happy to learn that you have desided either to constitute an electoral committee for the formation of lists, if one be not already formed, or to continue that which already exists, with special and perfectly legal purpose, since it is connected with the exercise of electoral rights. We will aid these com mittees with all the information and documents that they may have to demand of us. We will reply punctually to all letters which they will do us the honour to address to us, and it will not be our fault if the ties already formed between us in the two general elections of 1839 and 1842 be not strengthened by the services which w e have still to render to our country. Receive, Gentlemen, and lionourzble Fellow-citizens, the assurances of our distinguished consideration, and of our devotedness. (Signed) ODILLON BARROT. ISAMBERT. HAVIN. GUYET—DESFONTAINES. STOURM. GAUTIER DE RUMILLY. PIERON. BEAUMONT DE LA SOMME. ABATUCCI. Paris, July 15, 1842. CHAMBOLLE. The term p.uvoir is that usually employed by French Liberal writers in alluding to the King, as the September laws prohibit his name being used in public discussions.— Note of Translator. HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—It is somewhat satisfactory to state that some of the power net machine owners have, during the last and present week, reduced a little their stocks. The manufacture of plait net, or rather laces, still continue rapidly improving, as patterns are now produced which fully equal in ornament fimeign cushion laces. The tatting and lap and press branch sill continues in a deplorable state. Still many of the workmen have a suspicion that the manufacturers put the worst side outwards, and keep the workmen short of employment for a double purpose—first, to lower their stocks, and, secandly, to keep down the rate of wages, and thus enhance profits. A third purpose (wore than hinted at) is, that they withhold employ ment upon the Manchester system, in order to increase the public distress, and thus "bore" the Ministry to re• peal the Corn-law—a step which would operate for the sole benefit of Russia. It ought not to be overlooked that the Russians have great numbers of partisans amongst the mailer spinners, who are devoted to her in terest, as all the English ducts that Russia consumes is but to the amount of 1,640,0001. yearly, of which, 1,200,0001. is bought from the master spinners in cotton yarn : this is the true reason, and the motive of the Man chester Corn-law League, to forward Russian interest, lest Russia should stop or check the import of yarns. For a series of years nearly all the manufacturing inte rests have been sacrifice d for that of the Lancashire and Cheshire master-spinners.—Notting/earn Journal. The face of the country at this moment presents the appearance of a luxuriant garden. Everywhere the corn fields are fast approaching to maturity ; hay-making is in same districts completed, and in others gene ral, and numbers of men and women are employed at it. The potatoe crop this year indicates an abundant yield, indeed far beyond an average crop, and with a continuance of warm weather will become available for food at a low price in a very short time.—cork southern Reporter. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS: The inauguration of the Brussels and Liege road took place on the 17th with great ceremony. At 10 in the morning a train of honour, bearing b 1 Minister of Public Works, set out for the station;ot the Nord for Ans, and arrived at 2 at the highiit point of the line. Here the Minister found the public functionaries, and those invited to be present *Mil Liege. An address was delivered by one of the OW officers of the communal council on the Occasion, to which the Minister replied briefly, alluding to the terrible misfortune which had prevented the King'' ol the Belgians from being present. He also stated that his Majesty, desiring to recompense the service* of several persons connected with the railroad; had PT'r sented the Order of Leopold to M. Maus, the en gineer; M. Borguet, the contractor; M. Lemonviert Ike architect of the stations; and M. Pastor, the want ; facturer of the machines, The train then descendN . the inclined plane with between 1,000 and 1,100 pee sons in the carriages. On its arrival at Brussels, the several persons having quitted the carriages, pleeea, themselves in the order determined on beforehand, and traversed the city to the Hotel de Ville. An immense number of persons assembled to view the procession, and the windows were crowded with elegantly dresse d women. At six o'clock the grand banquet given hi the city took place, and was remarkable for its oar nificence. Loyal toasts were proposed and responded to, and the entertainment passed over with great CO: diality. The guests separated about 9 o'clock, which hour the city was brilliantly illuminated. -P e day passed over without accident. One circumstOc e contributed to cast a gloom on the _proceedings of O le day, and that was the cause of the King's absence. A letter from Aix-la-Chapelle states that, ; s ' days back, a Spaniard, when playing at the raiiiliME table, in the Salle des Redontes, broke the .1 1 0,t" winning 130,000 francs. He set out immediately'V i Brussels. ,:s ' M. Berthault, the banker of Autun, whose este lishment is the only one in that town, has, accOrdil 4 to the Patriote de Saone et Loire, called his creel - 1 together. The debts are said to amount to _sell millions, and the stoppage has caused the most &es' trous consequences. We learn from Brest that the second maritime-4 0 bunal, before which Vivo, Vienna, and Ripoli,o o accusation of piracy in the Pocha, were sent by t ll6 council of revision, upon their appeal against te.! judgment which, as we have stated, condemned tbeni to close confinement, has again declared them gul l and sentenced them all three to hard labour at hulks for life. They have, however, lodged anoto,e f appeal. The St. Malo races, which were to have taken plel in August, have been put off till the Bth and 9thl:' September. They are expected to be very'brill ise, " as several plates are to be run for. ts. We find the following in the Courrier de Lyalo e " There are in France a number of astronome. great men in their own little circles—who deny Or gether the science of M. Arago. Of this nu mber a certain Godard, of Vienne, who has caused a iet,F'` to be inserted in the journal of his locality, declarl i P that the eclipse of the Bth will not be visible eithel France, Spain, Savoy, or Italy. The eclipse (sad: , ~„ Godard) will take place on the meridian of Peki n, the 20th deg. of the equator. This meridian is Ssr:, leagues from Paris, and the earth remains fixed. 3 1 circle which the sun runs through in 24 hour. d 150,000 leagues of circumference. The swiftness the sun is 625 leagues an hour.' This precious deli ment is regularly signed with the mighty name t • Godard, the man of science of Isere.' But Isere is ille°f the only district so highly favoured : Lyons has 110 lig philosopher, denying loudly and asserting boldly. f 2; has formally stated his theory, and declares tbatthe e n., is a sponge which rises and falls each day abo ve n, below the sun, thereby causing night and all; Eclipses, he holds in sovereign contempt, very Ptl e nently inquiring how it is possible to have any the stars are fixed. Should any one presume to his views on the subject, he has a ready and se umphant answer. He says, 'How can it be other.' when I have distinctly stated the facts in my boox-1, the formation of the world ?' It must not be fortr t ten that the philosopher of the Rhone decla res it the earth breathes like an elephant, its nostri ls be _ volcanoes !" A man and two women were arrested a f0i1.% ago at the fair of Quinzey, for practising the s to o a Lin/erica/lie. The band consisted originally', , men and two women, but one of the former e 5 ", when the gendarmes were on their trace. .1 6 ' ou r, dressed in black, with a long beard of the sarn?e ° • and the other was in the attire of a grazier! f er ed costed in the fair a farmer, named Vernier, an hey W to change gold pieces of 40f. for 524 f.; which him receive, agreeing to allow hiin a large : P.- each piece exchanged. The far Mer d ,got two gold pieces, which he went out z. 11 ,: d a nd tested. Finding them good, he retl , whieb gave the rest of the money for two roille u ioneP it is unnecessary to say consisted of coPk an d Ole The cheat was, however, soon discovereu; the' en gendarmes were sent after them. OnC et off and the two women were discovered id ASZk il ofte the main -road, having with thcni ii cabribtet and trunks, filled with disguises, wigs, picklocks, a ,Z; and other objects used by such adventurers. fourth person is still at large. .t ~, PROOF OF POWERFUL WRITING.—The late Cobbett was fond of applying a negative test toss,neli; powers as a writer. "I always know said he, Th he I have hit my opponent a hard knoa, by the noiseV tv makes. If he be quiet under the infliction, lam PI:00.;41 sure that I have hit wide of my mark ; but i f he bell, immoderately, I may safely conclude that I have bit la hard in a tender place." By the recent death of Wasey StenT, be • solicitor, at Romford, as many as eight offices have come vacant, viz., clerk of the peace for the liberty, ,10;., clerk to R. Reede's feoffees, commissioners of p oi vestry, the Romford and Ilford benches, tax corotl' 1 :1 sioners, and commissioners of sewers. Most of the leg e j gentlemen in the town and neighbourhood have en° r id, the field, in warm pursuit, as candidates.—Esser ger,' r, INCENDIARY FlRlL — Between one and two yesteoe day morning an incendiary fire was discovered to be raFfieiceb, the farm of Air. John - on, Plumstead Marshes, near Woe' s° o f which, before it was subdued, destroyed too large s tacks re hay. When the fire was discovered both stacks of baY „,, burning, and al reared to have been ignited at the same !`".95 That it was the act of an incendiary there can be no doueria, a few days since a similar attempt was made, but which , tunately, was unsuccessful ; while, in the course of We 0-d day night or Thursday morning, several sheep, which ser e 0 , the Marshes, the property of Alr. Johnson, were horribly 01, titated. The engines, from the dock •) ard, Woolwich, G ra f soon on the spot and set to work. A mounted policeina'oo, the R. Divi,ion, was despatched to town ; Mr. Hereter, t• with the southwark-bridge-road engine proceeded to the fr The fire was fortunately confined to the hay-stacks. The neighbourhood of the Louvre was, on Th il . l4 ; day, put into confusion by the following eircumstan ee :ba There is, in the Impasse des Provencaux, stable,lot door of which having been left imprudently open, ° , l ",, e r io the horses get loose, and ran into the street. A dealt p• cider, named F—, endeavoured to stop it, with the il lie t be torn of leading it back to the stable ; but the motnent , 0 animal saw. him, he rushed forward, flung him d ° !,is ' s and, seizing him by the back with his teeth, shook P w o most violently, and then bore him off at full gallop cl, ° ,lo n the Rue de l'Arbre Sec. At this strange sight, and ' o e dreadful screams of the man, everybody was so overcool, that no attempt was made to stop the infuriated anittd, At last some of the inhabitants of the neighbourMeth arming themselves with sticks and brooms, s uccee d e , after some time, in forcing the horse to let the me i n fhe M. P— was taken away in a dreadful state ; an"sat ferocity of the animal may be judged of frOm the "lis, that it actually broke loose again, and rushed a fter 0 victim, but was secured a second time, and led hee/` his stae. A yo bl ung journeyman copper-plate printer, 19 Y e lt of age, returning home to breakfast two mornings B q o o his apartment on the summit of it softy house in the 00 Saint-Jacques, stopped on the landii:9; of the P. ll O story, and, leaning over the rail, seemed to he lost a l o o reverie. A person of his acquaintance cot:ling re' asked him what he was contemplating. The ) -outh . 0 g plied that he was thinking of the means of not l ut „ l. l , eci occasion mount so high laecirl3e, .d fo r tTh h he i e s l af b sr r ti eesantkde step breakfast, a ee n dn d dt b ho o ee t' dl st tie h t e ai h rs a , d a m nd ad h e a t d he ju T t sc r o e of the young man fell at his f ee t, h e h av i ng t h ro wn b ite' .,.lly self over the balustrade. Wh en t a k en u p, h e w as W t.. ' to senseless, but not dead, and h e now li es i n the hosPitt'' which he was carried, in a hopeless condition. Between five and iix years ago, a man, asia 0)1 the name of Benoit, was, admitted into the hesP ice g rv , 'Foul, in the Meurthe, as an assistant in the infi rn 't"; l arid, by the extreme regularity of his conduct, e `r 3 , t e the good will of the Directors, the Sisters o f n e. , who attended the sick, and particularly of their 511trn Hot-, so that he was at length placed in the mo re :„ - e d portant office of porter. Such was the empire he,g 3— t he over the Superior, that a short time ago, he, utnwi t he pretence of having succeeded to a large prove,' ' ll s ee Loire-Inferieure, prevailed upon her to accept bills dr. 6 ' et i by him to the amount of 6,000 f., for which he M ice cash from a banker, and then decamped without oticci; or leaving any address. Info unexpected ceoll,"1.0 took the film from all ees. rmation was laid be fo re the Magistrates. Warrants were issued, and, after lu Z and wide searches, the fugitive was caught at Laog ir i e t in the Haute-Marne, and brought back to Tool. • ene time he showed a ti disposition to betray his It. plices ; but this afterwards appeared to be n ierclY Lig t h numvre to delay his trial, which was fixed for the in s t. When called in the morning of that day tuT o rs his breakfast, he did cot answer, annul, on his Cellself entered, he was found dead, having ei en hung him cord. 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