The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-05 00:00:00

vfitrbi Wbition LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES JULY 30, 1842. BANKJ. 1 . 00 .0 0 #' 61. p. ct. Bank ot SCotiancl...B3/. 6s. Bd. di all pd i 54 sooo,oool Pl. p. ct. Rcyal of Scotland ICC/. sh. all pd 1.52 500.0601. 81. p. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd :PI MOAN. 71. p. ct. Commercial 5001. sh. 1001. pd 112 600,000, 60. cr. National IOU sh. 10/. pd 14 500,0ce1. st. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 501. pd 75 1,040,000/. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 401. pd E 6 • INSURANCE COMPANIES. 210.0010. Rip. ct. Scottish Union 2Ol. sh. 11. pd 24s Od. ;WA Ici p. ct. Hercules lOU/. sh. 101. pd 12% 100,000 10p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scc t land .201. sh. allpd 8% 50,000 10 p. ck North British 2f;o/.sh. 10/. pd 19 1,000 10 p. ct. Caledonian Fire 11'0/. sh. 10/. pd 20 5,000 10 p. ct. Edinburgh Lie 1001. sh. 101. pg 15 10 0 ,Gr0 oi n. cf. West of Scotland lO/. pd MISCELLANEOLs. 4,818 ....... Edin. and Was. Un. Canalsol.sh. allpd 30 pitto Allocated..., ...... .VOl. sh. all pd 38 l por ce 125,40 C il nt. Edith. Joint StPek . Water.2s/. sh all pd 34 jblroth 4 per cent. Sh o t ts I ron F °under v....5U sh 481 pd 36 000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2o/. sh, M. pd 3% 4 . 500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/.sh, all pd 5* 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas • *4ll Coal ...... .... 25/, sh. all pd 52 'MO 71 per cent • Le i Gas . ..... 1.154 ......... Edi nburgh and 10 . alk ith del way SOL sh 2.5 ...................,...._ e Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering Sir Thomas and S PAP p. Rcynall and family, Count Albanessi, &c. &c., left labadou yeste 'day morning by th e Antwerp Company's ,-Aeato-sh:p, arine,wharf, Princess Victoria, C a p ta i n Minter, from St. Tower. The sam e C ompany's ship zotiL tiltyPopen Captain Jackson, arrived from Antwerp. passage of 18i hours only up to the wha r f • SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUG. 5. Number Dividend Prate of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share 1,7C6 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldham...Average97l.lBs.ss, 9 4 1,4 , 12 41. Ashby.de-le.Zouch Average 1131.5 h. 71 ,* 6.1 Basingstoke.... lool.lh. 5 1,065 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny l5Ol. eh. 90 8,000'1.16th. 101. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ... ,811. & 711. 181 4.000' .„,, .. Ditto & Live/pool Junct. MI. sh.loo psi 21 600 Si. ' Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.-=. all p 3 - • dog 5/, Chelmer and Blackwater ~...„.,.,,,,.,sh. 101 500 32/. Coventry 1001. sh, 305 Cr0yd0n........... Average3ll.26 10d. sh . - '2,060 51. Os. Dudley 1001. sh. V 3 800 131. Derby lool.sh. 12u go,opo 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135, 4d.pd 31 3,575. 4' Ellesmereand Chester Average 133/.lk. 67 ysl 621 Erewasn 6,4a5 831. Forth and Clyde PM se. 1001. pd. 1:2,, 11,403 is, Grand aunction.S. ............. a...1001.6n i 03's . 2,849. 255. Grand Union .....» „ ..............1001.sh 27 1,500 ...... ... Grand Surrey lOOl.O. 15 1,000/ 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. ' 2,016 ~ .... Grand Western .... ....... ...., 11. sh. alipd 10 600 13. 1 2,.18. Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 1721.138.4 d. '31(1 749 121. Grantham 6 138 2., Os. Huddersfieldl Averag e 5 /1. 68.6 d. sh. 19 100 .. Kensington lOO sh. allpd 10 2S. 128 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 39/.lBs. 10d. sh 15 1 14 11,6091 1/. 103. Lancaster Average 471.65. lici 27 2,8971 301. Leed s and Liverpool lool.sh 6t , 054 5451 1. 1. 10s. Leicester 1401. st 145 1,897 5/.95. Leicester & Northampton Aver 831.10 r 71 2,409 101. Islonmouthshire lOOl.ll 200 250 131. Melton Mowbray lool.sh. 200 400 251. Mersey and Irwell „ ass ... lOO/ . 45 . 5 4 0 3,000 11. 104. Macclesfield ... 1001. sh. all pd 15 287 17/. Neath 1001.56. 3S b 2 400 U. Peak Forest Avei..ge about 781.5 h. 60 21,418 %1. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.165.8 d. sh. 14 5.1E9 61. Rochdale.... ........ .. ..... Average 8 , 5/.0. 57 500 81. Shropshire 7251. sh . 135 900 111. 10s. Somerset Coal lsol.sh, 170 3,600/. 6 ',sr cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.105. sh. 11% 700 361. Stafford and Worcester 1401.1 h. 6E6 000 is/ Shrewsbury 125!. oh. 280 zoo 0/. 3taurbridge .-....... 1451.5 h. 396 8,547 21.05, Stratford-on-Avon Aver... 791, oe. ti el. sh. 33 533 ini Swansea lool.sh. 265 3,762 21. 12s. Severn and Wye &Railway Ae.o 61.08. sh. 45 2,6011.5 h . 32!. 108. Trent and Mersey, I share lOOl. sh. 493 '8.149 ... ..... Thames and Medway Av. 191.53. Eld. sh. 2 1 . 0 ° 9 9 141 . Warwick and Birmingham lool.sh IE6 1 .000ish• 900 104 Warwick and Inapt.'; 1001.8 h. 117 7,000 41 Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 55 5,000 365. Wilts and Becks Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 19 800 8., Wyrlev and Essington 125/. sh . 14 .26 Ng I; Wey and Muss llOl. En. 20 DOCKS. 2,800 11, 1 sp. a. Comcnercat ........ 1001.1 h. 61 1,065i5h. 5 per nat. Nast and West India ............, Stock 1044 3,138,31011, Sil.p.et. London ..... ....Stock 51 Ditto Bonds 2,209 31.65. sd. Bristol Average 11'/. 9s. sh . 75 .82,3241. 51. percent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 100 1500.000 4. per cent. Ditto Bonds 2914000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years ....... ......... Deptford Pier .. 2Ol. sh. 201. pd 10 BRIDGES. , 1 600 11. Hammersmiti!...... ..... „ „ ..... ...50/..,h. 21 3 4 7,291 1,790 11. 15s Ditto, N e w , 07. per cent., 501.5 h. 15% 0,000 ........ Waterloo...' . lOO/. sh. 3 5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 601. psi 21 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. ... 4Ol. pd 1834 80.0002. 51. per cent, Ditto Bonds 0934 5, 8 45 071 Vauxhall .........Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 2834 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 9110 s Albion ...... 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 69 bO,OOO t 06 p nd ce nt.] Allianceßritish&Forei gnlool.Bll.lll. pd 13% a. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 3% 24,000 il. per sh. Atlas 5Ol. s h . 5/. pd 14% 1,200.5 h, Si Birmingham hire 5O/. sh. 551. pd 10754 20,000 4/. per cent. British Fire 250/.sh. 501. pd 41 19,000 61. per cent. British Commercial ' 50/, sh. N. pd 6 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical &Medical Life, 1001. sh.2llos pd 654 4,000 310 s County lOOl. sh. 101. pd 10 4,000 ss. Eagle. 501. sh. 51. pd 4% .4.4., 1-and 5 pe 90/ bs. 5 Economic Lite r eent.l 10001.8 h. 250/. pd 400 ''''" 1 9,271 221. percent. European Li, 20/. sh. all pd 22 `50,000 23. Ditto, New 201. sh. 21. pd 17S .000,0001. f ].per c t Globe Stock 125 00,000 51* Guardian 30,000 4s. Od. Hope 5O/. sh. 51. pd 5% 2,400 Si. 12s. ad. Imperial Fire 5OO/. sh. 50!. pd 141 7,500 10s. ed. Imperial Life lOO/. sh. 107. pd 11% 13,459 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine lOOl. sh. 8/. pd 03 .3,020 31 10s Kent Fire s ' 50/.sh, all pd 91 31. Ditto Life 5O!. pd . 4t1.1100 •25s Law Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 33 s,,utiti les. London, Fire '2sl. sh. 121. 10s. pd 17 0,000 10s. London, Ship .. ~•.,•251. eh. 121. 10s. pd 17 1.000.0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 21,000 51. per cent. National Loan Fund_.. 201. sh 2/. 10s. pd 2% 30,000 at. per cent. Palladium Life 501. sh. 2/. pd 50,000 5/. per cent. Protector life 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 194 01 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....160/. sh. 51. pd 534 0,500 11. Provident Lite lOOl. sh. 101. pd 20 300,,060 ' 4s. Od. Rock Life 5t0,2201 51. per cent. Royal Ex c h ange Sto ck 171 1 6,004 h per cent. University Life 100/. oh. 51. pd 11 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd JOINT STUCK BANKS. 05,000 Agric. and Com. of Ireland2s/. sh. 101. pd " 15,000 8 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 40/. pd 0194 10,006 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 501.5 h, 101. pd 1314 1.0,000 IQ per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. IN. pd 13 3'4000 . 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. 20/. pd 53 09,000 51. London Joint Stock 501. sh. 10/. pd 13 .1,008 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 201. pd 10 25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 12)1. pd 19 50,000 7.percent. Manchester and Liver ] pool Dissonnt 501.5h. 151. pd 19% 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester lOO3. sh. 10/. pd 43' 20,009 8 per eent. Provin c i a l B an k o f I re l and l oo l . sh. 23/.0 ani: 10,000 6 per cent National Bank of Ireland 504 oh. 171/. pd 15% 10,000 6 per cent National Provi.icial Eng.lool, sh. 35/. pd 2434 10.000 Ditto New 10/. sh. 10/. pd 10 10,000 6.000 !Oyer cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 51. pd 071 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 16s Od Bath 201. sh. 16!. pd 22 5,000 ..... .... British .......... 4O/. eh. 161. pd 1014 o'er fsl.percent./ Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 191. pd 22% land Bs. 6s. 928 51 10s Birmingham .507. sh. 110 1.250 VOs B r i s t o l 2O/. sh. 36 2„250 3/ 108 Brighton 2Ol. sh. Is 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 9 2,471 41 per cent Brighton General 2Ol. sh. all pd 9% 1,000 71.105. Continental Consolidated ....751. 0241. pd 110 1.000 101. City of London.. .........100/. sh. all pd 195 1.000 el. Ditto, New IOO/. sh. 75/. led 150 4,000 31.1)5. Equitable 5Ol. pd 20 P. 0,000 31. per cent. Imperial MI. sh. 6834 800 5!. per cent. Isle of Thanet 2.5/. sh. 201. pd 19 2,050 61. per cent. Independent "01. A. allra 56 9,000 5!. per cent. Phoenix SOL sh. 39/. pd 31 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 001. pd 64 4,000 South Metropolitan 50!. sh. 2334/. pd 1734 9,000 51. per cent. United General 50/. sh. 471.0 3034 940 51. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 4(10 bl. per cent Wakefield 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered ..... , 501. sh. 18 6,00 12s. Ditto New s(l. sh. 10/. pd 11% 780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2O/. sh. 181. pd WATER worms 4,800 Ms. Birmingham 252. sh. 25/. pd 21 4,423 B'. East London 100/. sh. 150 a,500 21 Iss. Grand Junction Average 411. 13s. 4d. sh. 6a 2,000 21. Kent 1001. sh. 5015 372 161. Liverpool Bootle • 2201. sh. 305 4,501 2 /10s New River London Bridge Wate r A nn... 60 0,4)1 21 101 Manchester and Salford 1001. sh. 54 1,000 5 per cent. South London lOO/.Bh. 08 8,294 4)1. West Middlesex Average 631.3125. ild. sh. f 6 1.360 11 140 York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 36 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 2/. Os. Birmingham and Derby .•.. lOO/ pd 42% 9,580 3 pet cent. Birmi ng h am an d Glouces ter KO/. pd 42% 15,000 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter ... . . ...lON. sh. 70 pd 41 7,500 ..... .... Cheltenham& G. Western -.100/.8 h. 801. 27 3,004 .. ..... .. Clarence 1001. sh. 100/ pd 20 4,0110 Dublin and Drogheda 100/. sh. 5/. pd 00.41015 ..... ... Eastern Counties 05/ . sh. 23!, pd 934 10,0011 5 per cent. Great North of Englandlool. sh. IVO/. pd 754( 100138 12 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. oh. all pd Is 9 25,°013 4 per cent. Great Western MI. sh. 65/. pd 00% 25,000 3 per cent. Ditto New 50/. sh. 50/. pd 64 9.000 8 per cent. Hartlepool 100/. oh, 100/. pd 14534 8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 504 pd 37 1 2,100 s per met. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. C 5 5,160 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10(l.sh. 10.04.4 18834 7,008 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. pd 91 11,105 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 45 30,00 U .... ..... London and Brighton . . .... 501. sh. 501 pd 24% 24,.:( 41 London and Blackwall 251. sh. 251. pd 91 4 20,000 3 Der cent. London and Greenwich -.00/. s!4. 201. pd 57s 05,000 01 per sh. London & Birmingham 100/. sh. 0411. pd 161 25,000 2!. 7s 6d. Ditto Quarter Shares...2W. sh. 251. pd 4734 31,250 Si. "s. 4d. Dit o Nem , Shares 32/. sh. 321. pd 3.4 50,200 3 por sh. London and 5, Western Av.. 131, 15s. Od. t 234 33,900 ... ...... Lond on and Croydon - Av. 13/. 15s 9d. 1,, 12 Di . .eci New Scrip...s 13,100 4., per sh. Manchester and Leeds...loo/. th. 'M. pd 76 19,600 ... Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. 301. pd 041 4 10,000 ... ..... s Manchester and Birmingham 70/.8 h. 40/. 58 Ditto Extension 7!. pd 2 10.0110 i ' Llos. Midland Counties ..... -.100/. sh. 100/ NI 60 15,000 - 31. Os. North Midland 1 1. 1 0 s Ditto Ne w 401. pd 30 10,256 1/.los. Northern and Eastern.... 50!. sh. 45/. pd 4054 5 .60U ... ..... Preston an d W yre 50/. sh. 204 pd 30 tB.OOO • 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover 5O/d 234 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockt on an d Darlington 100/.. sh p . 265 0,600 •.„..... Thames Haven 501. sh 51. pd 6,000 101:per cent. York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 88 MINES. 801 0 0 ... 4,030 1/. 51. Alten l5l. sh 12!. I ts pd 1% 10 .000 .... Anglo hlcrican,iss.sl, pm.lool, sh.al 0 d 2 Ditto Subscription ......... ..... ... 25/ pi 2 ` 2 .) 4 ,050 Bolanos , 150/. e h all pd 4 10,000 11. 10s Braziliaramp. iss. 51. pm 25/. sh. 214 pel 9 6,000 ... ..... Macaubas & Locaes United 251 5h.25/. pd 4% 11,010 ..... .... Di t t o S t. J o h n D a l Rey 2O/. sh. 14/. pd 1% 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 201. pd 1 10000 ......... Ditto Scrip lO4 sh. 10/. pel 2 20,000 British Iron lOOl, oh. 70/. psi 8 ,000 ... ...... British Copper 51. sh. 41/. pd I) Ceti Branca 6)l. pd 5% Candonga 7./. pd 5 10,000 0 1 / Copi a p o 6,50 ........ Columbian, iss. 5/. pm.... 551. sh. 55/. pd 1 90 2,840 It. English l4!. Cs. pd 3 ,000 ........ General MiningAssociatlon2ol.sh.lB/. pd 334 • • 6.155 .S. Mexican Company WO/. sh. 610 opd psi 4 I ,060 P o lb erou Console 10/. sh. 8/. .500 Real del i lO Monte, Un registered 2% Ditto Loan otes 150!. pd 50 .040 N „,„...., United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. 4tl. sh. all pd I% Ditti. Scrip I% Ditto New Scrip 4/ pd West Co3'k 5Ol. oh 50/. pd 3 °°o LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 0.0.. London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. sh. 14 400 ..... .. .. London University ..... lool.sh. all pd 8 790 ... .••••• Russell 05gs sh , 534 King' College , 100/. 1 18 511 0ELLANEOUS. 10,000 355. Australi3Tl Agricultural.loo/.'sh. 30e, pd 30 6,("00 1. per cent. British American LandCompanyas./. pd 9 10,006 61. per wilt. Canada Company . ... .. 100/. sh. 32./. pd 30 20,000 51, per cent. Upper Cana.4a Loan 92 City Bonds, 4 per cent ........ ... ... .. .. ... 20,000 IL Os. General Stearn Navigation 15/. i.h..14/. pd 2534 imper cent. Hudson's Bay Stock .. ; ..... .. - -.... -.... 254 IL London Com. Sale R O Olll5 ....AV. . 75/1 ..... Caoctcheuc Company ............. .... pd 12 3 New Brunswick Land Co mpan y., ,/ pd IC 1 4 .367 4/. per cent. Reversismary Int. Soc.io. h. 0 100/.ssh.lloool. pd 101 1 . 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New Ol ,003 Thames Tunnel , ........ '...50L sh. all pd ........ 10.000 68. Van Die.ner.'s Land IOU!. sh. 19/. pd 4. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships sat to-day at Half-past Two o'Clock, to give several judgments. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell, and Lord Kenyon. CULLEN V. SPROTT. Lord COTTENHAM gave the judgment of the House in this appeal, recommending their Lordships to dismiss the appeal with costs. TIIE CONVENTION OF ROYAL BURGHS V. CUNNINGHAM. Lord BROUGHAM pronounced the decision of their Lordships in this case. He considered the judgment be low unsupported by the facts of the case, and he should therefore more that it be reversed. Lord COTTENHAM was of the same opinion as his Noble and Learned Friend. Lord CAMPBELL differed with the opinion of both his Noble and Learned Friends, and must enter his protest against their judgment.—Judgment below reversed. SIR L. SKEFFINGTON V. BUDD. Lord COTTENHAM gave their LotdslP;" judgment in this appeal, which was argued a short time since. The case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Exchequer. His Lordship ad vised the affirmance of the judgment below, with costs. —Judgment affirmed. CLARK V. SMITH. Their Lordships also gave judgment in this case, reversing the decree of the Court below, with costs. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SHORE. Lord COTTENHAM gave judgment in this case, which, our readers will recollect, was argued some time since be fore the Judges upon a writ of error. In accordance with the opinion delivered by those learned functionaries, his Lordship recommended the House to affirm the decree of the Court below, declaring that Unitarians were not proper objects of the gift of Lady Hewley. The appeal was dismissed with costs. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. (THIS DAY.) Henry Norman, a well-dressed young man, who is the son of an opulent tradesman residing in the neigh bourhood, was charged on suspicion of stealing a gold watch and appendages, value 521., the property of the Chevalier Wiercenskie, a Pole, residing at No. 3, Queen street, Haymarket. It appeared that the prisoner had for the last six weeks lodged in the same house with the prosecutor, and about three o'clock en the previous afternoon the property in question was missed from the Chevalier's drawing-room, it having been seen safe but a very short time pre viously, during which period the prisoner was noticed to pass up and down stairs by the prosecutor's apartments, and shortly afterwards to leave the house ; and, contrary to his usual custom, he did not return home until two o'clock this morning. On being given into custody of Inspector Rogers, of the E division, at six o'clock this morning. on suspicion of having committed the robbery, he stated that he had only a few shillings about him. But, on being searched, four sovereigns were found. wrapped up in his gloves, in his coat-pocket. He also gave an account of the manner in which he passed his time, which turned out to be false. The prisoner strongly protested his innocence, and said that he had been induced to give the statement he had by his desire to keep his own affairs and resources private.--He was remanded until Monday next. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Mr.T.Duncombe brought before th ellouse of Commons, again last night, a subject which cannot be too often commended to the attention of the public. The Honourable Member, in moving an address to her Ma jesty, " for the liberation of John Mason and seven working men now confined in Stafford gool," for attend ing a public meeting, took occasion to remark, that " as long as these individuals 'remained in prison, so long would the rights of the subjects of this co u ntry b e i n abeyance." It i s undoubtedly true that the incarcera tion of these men appears to sanction the doctrine that the right of meeting in public is liable to be sus pended at the option of any constable who, by in terrupting the proceedings, thinks proper to cause a breach of the peace, and thus invest an assembly with the character of illegality. It is really monstrous that such a proposition as this should be assented to, as it indirectly is, by Ministers, when they refuse to in terfere for the purpose of disproving a principle which intolerant Magistrates and meddling constables will be but too ready to recognise as legal. There is no meeting that can be held, on any subject whatever, which may not be defeated by the interference of a policeman. who has only to raise an objection to the language he hears—of the propriety of which he is constituted by the new doctrine the sole judge—and npon this he may de sire the speaker to desist, when a dispute must inevitably arise, and the assembly may be at once dispersed as an un lawful one. It appears to be generally admitted that the lan guage held by the speaker at the meeting which'gave rise to this case was not of a seditious nature. It would seem, nevertheless, that as the constable chose to consider that the words he heard were seditious, he had a right to act as if they really had been so ; and that therefore a man is liable to be taken into custody, not because he utters sedition, but because a constable who happens to be present either believes, or says he believes, such am offence to have been committed. This is making a con stable the sole judge of a very important and very difficult legal question, in order to effect a breach of the peace, which is pretty sure to follow the assumption of functions so high by an official so contemptible. The breach of the peace being arrived at, the constable's duty becomes clear, and he accordingly proceeds to disperse the meeting, which has only been rendered illegal by the interruption he has offered to it. It is impossible that such an interference with the liberty of the subject as seems to be threatened by the promulgation of the new doctrine can be long endured. Perhaps even Sir James Graham may feel the necessity of ere long adopting a t me upon this subject in some degree consonant with the s, i it of the constitution and the feelings of the people. STANDARD.—Sir Francis Burdett moved for a Se lect Committee to inquire as to what had been the nego tiations between the Government and Captain Warner (who, by the way, turns out not to be an officer in the Queen's service), respecting the extraordinary invention of the latter. Sir R. Peel and Sir H. Douglas obviated the necessity for the proposed Committee, by describing very distinctly and very fully all that had passed between Cap tain Warner and her Majesty's Ministers. Captain War ner, it appears, fixed the price of his secret at four hundred thousand pounds! and though the Government and the Commissioners appointed by them repeatedly pressed him to prove the value of his dis covery by experiments to be made at the public expense, he declined to move a step until 400,0001, should be guaranteed to him in the event of the experiment proving successful. Now, seeing that no desire was expressed to extract the secret, or for more than to see the experiment tried, this condition was perfectly monstrous. Captain Warner was not to be paid such a sum as 400,0001. for a discovery that might prove efficient under se lected circumstances, but for something that might be generally efficient, and of important efficacy. It might be possible that he could blow up ships and forts in a selected case ; but as was well asked by Sir Robert Peel, " could he accomplish these tre mendous results in the face of an enemy— could he effect them under all circumstances, and with equally destructive results ? This did not appear from the experiments that had " hitherto been tried." Let Mr. Warner look to the con duct of Mr. Bingham and Mr. Bustle, now engaged in erecting the " light of all nations" upon the Goodwin Sands. We dare swear that their project will be as use ful to the country as Mr. Warner's can be, and it is we suppose as precarious—it is beyond dispute more benevo lent—and yet these gentlemen have not been driving hard bargains with the Government, nor have they, as we are aware, applied to Parliament for aid or to force the Govern ment into a bargain ; and why may not Mr. Warner as safely trust to the justice and gratitude of his country as Mr. Bingham and Mr. Bushe ? And as we have referred to " the light of all nations," we will take leave to suggest to Mr. Warner a mode of proving th e power of the agent th a t h e h as di scovere d in a manner that will preserve his secret inviolable, and yet demon strate the tremendous effect of his discovery beyond con tradiction, it is only to blow away the Goodwin Sands, or the Kentish Knock, or some other of the troublesome obstacles to navigation. A few of those shells, that, as we have been told, would blow the rock of Gibraltar to atoms, dropped upon the Goodwin or the Knock, would surely do all that we ask for, and all the world would know of the matter is, the finding deep water in the place of a destructive shoal. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL,AuGusT 4, 1842. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto Charles George Young, Esq., York Herald, the office of Garter Principal King of Arms, with the name of Garter, and the style, liberties, and pre-eminences belonging to the said office, the same. having become vacant by the decease of Sir William Woods, Knight, late Garter. GRAND CRICKET MATCH. RENT V. ENGLAND. The match with Kent and England terminated yester day shortly before two o'clock, by Barker fetching 29 and and Fenner 19 runs, which gave, with nine byes and one wide ball, a score of ss. Thus giving the palm to England, with nine wickets to go down. Good had been in the previous evening, but was bowled by Hillyer without scoring. The match with the gentlemen of England against the gentlemen of Kent began shortly after the above match had terminated, and when the game ceased for the day, Kent, which first took the bat, had effected a score of 10 at the price of 8 wickets. Messrs. Fagge, Jenner, and Baldock, have yet their wickets to go down. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. WHITEHALL, AUG. 5. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto Edward Howard gibbon, Esq., Mowbray Herald Extraordinary, the o ffi ce of York Herald, vacant by the promotion of Charles George Young, Esq., to the office of Garter Principal King of Arms. WAR-OFFICE, Auo. 5. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Cornet G. W. Blath wayt to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Powell, who retires; P. S. Thompson, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Blath wayt, Aug. 5. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—H. Marsh, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice M'Kay, who retires, Aug. 5. 2d Regiment of Dragoons —Cornet B. W. Ramsay to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Millbank, who retires • Sir G. F. Hampso u , B ar t., to b e Cornet, by purchase, vice 'Ramsay, Aug. 5. 6th Regiment of Foot--Cornet H. B. Leigh to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice King, who retires, Aug. 5. 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant J. B, Maun sell, from the 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice St. George, who exchanges, Aug. 5. 15th Regiment of Light Dr agoons —Captain J. W. Baird, from 70th Foot, to be Captain, vice Higgins, who exchanges, Aug. 5. 10th Regiment of Foet.—Lieutenant C. D. Patterson, from the 69th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gaussen, who exchanges, August 5. 30th Foot.—Brevet-Major J. Proctor to be Major, without purchase, vice J. Tongue, who retires upon full pay; Lieut. C. H. Marechaux to be Captain, vice Procter; E nsign L. G. F. Broome to be Lieutenant, vice Marechaux ; Ensign C. E. Butler, from 35th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Broome, Aug. 5. 31st Foot—Lieut. W. B. Money, from the 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Greenwood, who exchanges, Aug. 5. 33d Foot—Ensign; W. Pretyman, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Neil, who retires ; W. M. Pechell, Gent., t o be Ensign, by purchase, vic e P re t yman , A ugus t 5. 34th Foot-.-Lieut. H. J. St. George, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Matuisell, who exchanges ; !: SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1842. ► Lieut. J. Greenwood, from the 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Money, who exchanges, August 5. 41st Foot—E. R. Wethered, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Young, appoi n t e d t o th e 98th F oot, Aug. 5. 43d Foot—Captain A. Gammell. from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice D. G. Freer, who exchanges; Lieutenant H. Skipwith to 'be Captain, by purchase, vice Gammell, who retires; Ensign fi. A. Sanford, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Skipwith; Gentleman Cadet G. Colville, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sanford, Aug. 5. 70th Foot—Captain H. B. Higgins, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Baird, who exchanges, Aug. 5. 73d Foot—Lieutenant F. C. Skurray, from the 84th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bamford, who exchanges, Aug. 5. 84th Foot—Lieut. R. C. Bamford, from 73d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Skurray, who exchanges, Aug. 5. 85th Foot—Brevet Major M. Power to be Major, by purchase, vice Hunt, promoted; Lieutenant A. Grant to be Captain, by purchase, vice Power ; Ensign T. C. M. Lethbridge to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grant; C. W. W. Lord Lang ford to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lethbridge, August 5. 86th Foot—Lieut. J. H. Powell, from half-pay 7th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Phipps, appointed to the 37th Foot ; Ensign C. 0. Creagh to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Powell, who retires; J. J. Matthews, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Creagh, Aug. 5. 89th Foot—Lieut. W. A. Gaussen, from the 10th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Patterson, who exchanges, Aug. 5. 98th Foot—Ensign R. Young, from the 41st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Allgood, whose appointment has been cancelled, Aug. 5. Rifle Brigade—Capt. J. A. Henderson to be Major, by pur chase, vice Warren, who retires • Lieut. A. H. Horsford to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henderson ; Second Lieut. H. Hardinge to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, Vice Horsford ; A. Webster, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hardinge, Aug. 5. UNATTACHED.—Major W. T. Hunt, from the 85th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lieutenant-Gene ral W. A. Johnson, who retires ; Lieutenant W. F. Harvey, from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Aug. 5. STAFF—Major E. C. Archer, half-pay Unattached, to be Deputy Quartermaster-General in the Leeward and Windward Islands (with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army), vice Tyler, deceased, August 5. EREVET—Captain A. Gammell, of the 43d Foot, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23. The under-mentioned Cadets of the Hon. East India Com pany's service to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign during the period of their being placed under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for field instructions, in the art of sapping and mining :—Wm. Chapman, Gent. ; C. J. H o d gson , G en t. ; Wm. R. Dickinson, Gent., August 5. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Auc. 2. Corps of Royal Engineers--Brevet-Major E. Matson to be Brigade-Major to the Corps, vice Ellicombe, removed as a General Officer, July 25. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM FREEMAN, builder, Acton-street, Bagnigge Wells-road. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM WEBB, watchmaker, Northampton-terrace, York-street, City-road. BANKRUPTS. JOHN 111‘GA HEY, printer, Liverpool, to surrender, Aug. 15, and Sept. 16, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Clementson, Liverpool ; Addison, 8, Mecklenburgh-square, London. JOHN EARLY, jun., girth-web manufacturer, Witney, Oxfordshire, Aug. 8, and Sept. 16, at twelve, at the Mitre Inn, Oxford. Close, Furnival's Inn, Holborn, London. THOMAS ARMSTRONG, merchant, Conduit-street, Paddington, Aug. 12, at 12, and Sept. 16, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Wadeson, Austin-friars. . ROBERT ROLLO, merchant, Durham-street, Vauxhall - road, Aug. 16, at one, and Sept. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee; Mil lard, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. JOHN HADDOCK, bookseller, Warrington, August 19, and September 16, at one, at the Clarendon-room s , Li verpoo l. Beamont and Urm s o n , Warrington. ROBERT LOOSEMORE, dealer and chapman, Tiverton, August 18, and September 16, at twelve, at the Half-Moon Inn. Moore, High-street, Exeter. STEPHEN KNIGHT, cattle-dealer, West Hoathley, Sus sex, August 16, at half-past eleven, and September 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry, official-assignee ; Palmer, Mitre-court Cham bers, Temple ' • Burt, East Grim s t ea d, S ussex . ROBERT LYON, cabinet-maker, High Holborn, August 16, at half-past one, and S e pt em b er 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcp. Edwards, Frederick's. place, Old Jewry, official assignee ; Dangerfield, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, East ; Brin ton, Kidderminster. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending Aug. 2, 1842, is 365. bid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon en the importation thereof into Great Britain. PROMISSORY NOTES. (From this night's Gazette.) An account of the average aggregate amount of promissory notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been in circula tion in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and by Joint Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other flanks in Ireland, and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, during the four weeks ending the 23d day of July, 1642, pursuant to the Act of'4th and sth Victoria, cap. 60 : ENGLAND. _ Bank of England Y £19,908,000 Private Banks 5,166,581 Joint Stock Banks SCOTLAND. Chartered and Private Joint Stock Banks 2,715,680 IRELAND. Bank of Ireland Private and Joint Stock Banks 1,680,987 Total Bullion in the Bank of England £8,883,000 HENRY L. WICKIIAM. Stamps and Taxes, Aug. 5, 1842. COAL MARIE P.-(THIS DAY.) East Ernarket.day, 4, Ships arrived since d. /lames Chester Main Carr's Hartley Hebburn Main l7 0 F101y,,,e1l Main.. New Tanfield Moor l3 9 Sidney's Hartley l7 6 'I antacid Moor l9 0 Wylam Walls End Brown's l6 1 , ' Walls End East Helton Walls End Haswell. Walls End Helton lO 9 I Walls:End Lambton Walls End Morrison 1 Walls End Rus se ll' s Hetton t :' s ip6 Walls End Stewart's '4o 9 Walls End Whitwell Walls End Hartlep00l WallsiEnd Brown's Deanery 18 6 Walls End Coundon is 6 Walls Et d Evenwood Walls Eud Maclean's Tees lB 0 Walls End South Durh am 19 0 Walls End Seymour Tees lB 3 Walls El, d 3 eea Walls End West Tees l6 6 Blythe.... Hartley lB 0 COURSE OF EXCH.' Amsterdam CF. 12 71 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .........2 U l2 8 Antwerp Hamburgh M. B. 13 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine... 151 i Petersburgh, 3 Us Berlin... 7 Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M 957 Trieste, ditto 9 58 Madrid Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona .NGE.—(THIS DAY.) !Gibraltar ... .. ..... Leghorn ... Genoa . 25 90 Milan Venice Naples 4O Palermo, per oz 120 Lisbon Oporto s2i Rio Janeiro 26 Bahia Buenos Ayres New York, 21days sight 46i 'Philadelphia 46 ' PRICES OF BULLION, PER Os. Fo:eign Gold, bars X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin ...3 17 b New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 silver in Bars... 0 4 Ili,' Seville ... 36 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London ICew Price Current of August 5.) SUGAR.—The market for West India Muscovadoes Sugar was in a quiet state in the early part of the week; the Grocers were almost the exclusive operators, and the prices accepted were 6d per cwt under those of Friday last. To-day there was an increased demand for West India Sugar ; the grocers purchased freely of all descriptions, and for refining purposes the demand was good ; the prices paid were fully equal to those previously esta blished, and in some cases even rather above. The market closed with afirm appearance ; the total purchases for the week are 1,900 hhds and tees, and prices left off on a par with those of last Friday. REFINED.—To-day the trade come forward more freely, and a pretty good business was done ; Standard lumps were not to be purchased under 79s per cwt : the prices the refiners are obtaining are not so remunerating us they were last year at this time. Bonded Crushed Sugar was in good request ; first sort at 25s 9d to 26s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the demand was good, and 750 bags 20 casks at public sale were sold at very full rates ; good yellow at 63s 6d to 64s 6d, mid 61s to 62s 6d, low 59s to 60s, mid brown 57s to 57s 6d, low soft grey 58s to 58s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—The demand has been goad for Bengal Sugar, and full rates have been obtained for good and fine white sorts, but all other descriptions have declined 6d per cwt. This afternoon 178 bags Bengal Sugar at auction were sold at 59s 6d to 62s 6d for mid to good yellow ; pri vately parcels of white were sold at 65s to 68s 6d for mid to good, and fine at 69s to 70s 6d per cwt. F OREIGN. — Importers of yellow Havannah have been more disposed to realise this week, and have submitted to rather lower rates. For white Havannah of the better sorts stiffer rates have been offered ; other kinds have brought full prices. Brazil has brought very full prices. Porto Rico at 17s to 19s per cwt. MOLASSES.—West India at firm rates ; Antigua, fine at 30s ; St. Kitts, middling 26s to 275, and low St. Vin cents 25s 6d per cwt. Fine Barbadoes are wanted. Ben gal Syrup at 22s 6d to 245. Foreign Molasses at 7s to 7s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—lmporters of West India Coffee have ma nifested firmness this week, and have supplied the market sparingly ; for mid and the superior sorts several enquiries have existed, and most of the parcels offered privately have been disposed of at very full rates. Mocha has been in good request. and at stiffer rates. This afternoon the demand was limited for Coffee from the home-trade, but holders generally were firm: at auction 3,525 bags East India were offered, and all taken in at the full value; good ord greenish Singapore Java at 40s, good ord pale 42s to 445, and Padang 28s per cwt; Ceylon in small parcels is selling at 74s 6d to 75s for good ord. TEA.—To-day the trade operated with much caution, and the market exhibited a dull aspect ; several holders refused to submit to lower rates, but those that were in clined to sell were compelled to take easier prices, making the decline ford the week :id per lb. Common and good common sound Congou is 7d to is B+d, and Company's Is Bid to is 80 per lb, cash. COCOA.—lmporters of British Plantation have dis played more firmness in Trinidad, common at 33s 6d to 345, midclling 34s 6d to 35s 6d, good 36s to 38s, and fine 39s to 43s per cwt. Para 345, and Guyaquil 35s 6d to 36s per cwt. SPICES.—This afternoon a good demand existed for Pepper. and 504 bags Sumatra at auction were sold at full rates, viz. at 21d to 24d for common. At auction, 31 barrels Jamaica Ginger were sold at 41 16s to 131 for mid to fine. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—For Jamaica Rum of fine quality stiff rates have been paid ; but all other sorts have been taken sparingly, and prices have fallen 2d per gallon ; 28 to 32 per cent over proof at 3s 9d to 4s 2d, 33 to 36 over 4s 4d to 43 Bd, better quality and fine of the same strength 5s to 5s 6d, very fine 5s 8d to 5s 10d. Leewards are firm in price at 2s Id for proof of good quality; strong Demerara 3s 3d per gall. East India Rum proof at the high duty at is 5d to is sd, and at the low duty is 6d to Is 9d per gallon. Cognac of the best brands of the vintage of 1837, hhds 5s ld, puns 4s lld ; 1838, hhds 4s 11d, puns 4s 9d ; 1839, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d ; 1840, hhds 3s 10d, puns 3s Bd, 1841, hhds 3s 9d, puns 3s 7s per gallon. Geneva at is 10d per gallon. English Corn Spirits at 9s 10d cash. RlCE.—Bengal at 10s 6d to lls for mid and good mid white, first class sea damaged at 9s 6d to 10s, second and third do 7s 6d to 9s 6d. Privately lOs 6d to 12s for mid, and at 9s 6d to lOs for low white. Java at stiff rates ; middling and good white sorts at lOs to Ils 6d, low 9s 6d, and yellow 8s to 9s per cwt. Carolina first sort at 30s, second do 28s, and third do 265. Patna at 15s to 20s 6d per cwt. OILS.—A further reduction of 6d per cwt having been submitted to for Linseed Oil, at 30s per cwt a good busi ness has been transacted, both for home consumption and export, Rape Oil at 43s to 43s 3d for pale, and at 42s 3d to 42s 6d for brown. Palm Oil, fine at 321 to 331 and common to good at 301 to 311 15s per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil best at 39s to 40s per cwt. Olive Oil strong Barbary at 49l to 49/105; Spanish at 50/ to 511 lOs ; and Gallipoli at 551 lOs to 56l per tun. Pale Seal at 371; Southern, common 31110 s to 321, mid 32/ lOs to 331 10s, good to fine 341t0 351; and Cod at 321 per tun. Sperm, fine British at 84/ to 84/10s per tun. This afternoon 125 tons of new pale Seal Oil of first sort, were disposed of at public sale at 361 lOs to 36/15s; and 35 tuns Elephants Oil at 33115 s per tun. This afternoon 20 buts 72 hdds Ceylon Cocoa Nut Oil at auction went at 32s 6d for first sort. TALLOW.—This afternoon purchases to a fair extent were made in P. Y. Candle at 47s 9d to 48s on the spot, and at 48s 3d to 48s 6d for delivery. South American continues in good request; 185 pipes, 47 hhds, &c., at auction were sold at 42s 9d to 46s for common to fine. IMPERIAL PARLIAMEAT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at a Quarter to Five o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill, the Assessed Taxes Bill, the Lunacy Bill, the Exchequer Offices Abolition Bill, the Australian Bill, the Grand Jury Presentment (Ireland) Bill, the Drainage (Ireland) Bill, the Game Certificate (Ireland) Bill, and several other private Bills. The Commissioners were the Chancellor, the Arch bishop of Canterbury, and the Duke of Buccleugh. The Limitation of Actions Bill was read a third time and passed. The Earl of Rio and Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented petitior. s in favour of the Copyright of Designs Bill. The Lord CHANCELLOR gave notice that he would, on Monday, move the secoud reading of the Irish Mar riage Bill. The Copyright of Designs Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Colonial Passengers Bill was read a third time and passed. _ _ The Double Costs Bill was read a third time and passed. The Slavery East Indies Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of the Bribery at Elections Bill. Lord BROUGHAM supported the Bill. He ex pressed a hope that the House of Commons would divest itself of the privilege of deciding contested elections, as there was an indelible impression abroad that they did not decide impartially in such cases. Lord CAMPBELL rejoiced that the Bill received the support of his Noble and Learned Friend. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. The Parish Constables Bill was read a third time and passed. The House then Adjourned till to-morrow at Two o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The gallery was again cleared, on the question that the clause do pass, when there appeared— For the clause Against it 25 Majority for the clause The clause was then agreed to. The other clauses were agreed to without am e nd men t, th e H ouse resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. RIBBDMSM IN IRELAND. Mr. O'CONNELL said that he believed he could now make thg motion of which he had given notice respect ing the late trial for Ribbonism at Armagh. His object was not to pronounce Lany premature censure upon the Government as connected with the transaction in ques tion. He thought there could possibly be only one opinion as to the nature of those transactions, especially as to the employment of the witness Hogan. The only question appeared to be, upon whom did the responsi bility devolve? If the misconduct was to be attributed to the Magistrates and witnesses, they would be liable to censure, and without anticipating any connexion be tween the Government and those parties, if the Govern ment sanctioned the conduct of those witnesses, he thought he would be safe in saying that the House would be unanimous in censuring such conduct. He did not suspectl that the Noble Lord (Eliot) partici pated in those transactions. The mode in which he per sonally conducted himself in Ireland precluded such a notion. It was not for him to speak in terms of flattery of the Noble Lord, but he might speak of hint as an act of justice, and he was sure if the Noble Lord had more power, there wo u ld b e no cause for complaint. The trial at Armagh was one of illibbonism, and as that was an expression fortunately not known in this country, he would state what the nature of that offence was. It was a crime committed by persons who entered into secret societies and made use of signs or pass words for the purpose of being able to recognise each other. There did not appear to be any defined object of these associations of persons. It was, however, certainly a highly criminal association, and he knew no man who was really a friend to Ireland, who had not exerted himself to put down these societies. He begged the House to keep in 'rind that the possession of pass-words made the person liable to transportatiov. Four persons were tried at the last Armagh Assizes ; two witnesses were produced to procure a conviction ; one of these was a man named Hogan, who had acted as a spy upon the prisoners ; he pretended to be a Ribbonman, he joined them ; made himself acquainted with their secrets and their pass-words, and this he had done for the express purpose of denouncing them. The Ilonourable and Learned Gentleman proceeded to read the evidence of Hogan, the approver, which has already appeared in the public papers, to the effect that the Ma gistrates were aware of his proceedings, and that he had made Ribbonmen by the hundred. He invented sixty-three classes of pass-words, and dissemi • Dated large quantities of illegal papers, the mere possession of which was a transportable offence. Now they were to take every word this man had sworn as true ; though it was difficult to do, yet as it had the sanction of the Jury, they could not do other wise. In the next place the Government must also have believed it, for they had transported the persons con victed on that evidence. All he required was that the cor respondence b e t ween th e M ag i strates and this man, or the Magistrates and the Government, should be produced. He did not believe for one instant that the Noble Lord had the least knowledge of any transactions of this de scription. No man who sat on the other side of the House could spurn with greater indignation such an insinuation than he (Mr. (O'Connell) would. He trusted the Government would not attempt to screen the par ties implicated in these transactions. He moved merely for the correspondence—he cast no cen sure upon the Government by. his motion.—(Hear.) He entirely absolved the Noble Lord from all knowledge of such a transaction. In the case of Popay, the then Government had not attempted to cast any shield over him. Lord Althorp had at once granted a Committee of Inquiry into his conduct, and had stated it as his opinion that the employment of • spies to entrap persons into guilt was a most abominable sys tem. That abominable system had been denounced in just and eloquent terms by the Counsel for the defence, who, notwithstanding he was of Conservative politics, yet did his duty nobly to his clients, and in such a manner as reflected the highest honour on the Irish bar. Lord Althorp had stigmatised the spy system as abominable and atrocious. That was stronger language than he (Mr. O'Connell) ever used. He knew the No ble Lord would not attempt to justify such conduct. He trusted he would not withhold the documents. He (Mr. (O'Connell) censured no one at present—h e knew not who was responsible for that conduct. These documents would inform him, and from them he should learn against whom it would be his duty to move for-a Coin mittee of Inquiry in the course of next Session. The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving for copies of correspondence between the Government Magistrates and the police, relative to the trial at the late Armagh Assizes. Lord ELIOT said, if anything could induce him to accede to the motion of the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, it would be the calm and temperate manner in which he had introduced it. The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman had not endeavoured to cast any censure upon the Government, and he did not, there fore, resist the motion on that ground ; but he thought he would betray his duty, if lie were, by assenting to the production of these papers, to furnish what he -could not but consider a dangerous and incon venient precedent. He bad had no opportunity of seeing the correspondence, but he could well conceive that it was of a confidential nature, and that the pro duction cf it might tend to defeat the ends of justice, either by putting on their guard persons who might be impticated,.or who might be objects of suspicion to the local authorities, or, on the other hand, that it might tend to fix imputations upon persons who ne nt would et u t b h s e a q uent chargesly be broughtproved a t g o a be ns t e t t e e . i n e n a o r hear.) The Noble Lord then went through the circumstances of the case. Hogan had said that he ini tiated persons into Ribbonism, with the knowledge of the police and the Magistrates. Upon that point he (Lord Eliot) was not prepared to give an opinion. He had no hesitation in saying that the report of the trial, referred to by the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, was altogether inaccurate. _ Ho had searched the Dublin newspapers of the day, and had found no mention what ever of the occurrences described in that paper. In this opinion he was confirmed by the testimony of one who was in court during the whole of the trial, and who was now at the head of the constabulary force of the county of Suffolk. He was not at that moment able to say whether, or to what extent, the local authorities were cognisant of Hogan's proceedings, but he had no hesitation in saying that if they were cognisant of them, there conduct was altogether unjustifiable. He was satisfied that there was nothing in the correspondence which reflects any blame on the Government. He felt it his duty, however, and it was a painful duty because he could wish that the whole matter was investigated by the House, but he felt it his duty for the reasons which he had stated not to consent to the production of these papers. He was certainly thank ful to the Right Hon. Gentleman for the opportunity which he had afforded him of disavowing on the part of the Government all participation in those proceedings. Whatever advantage might be derived from ob taining information of the proceedings of secret societies by fhe aid of spies and informers, he thought the advantage would not compensate for the injustice and injury which would be done by employing paid agents to procure information. It was with con siderable reluctance that he felt it his duty to object to the production of the correspondence. Mr. HUME said he was glad to hear the disclaimer of the Noble Lord on the part of the Government, of all participation in these proceedings. He wished to know, however, whether Hogan had received any pay from the Government ? Lord ELIOT said that Hogan, in his evidence, dis tinctly denied having received any reward. In such a country as Ireland, When the great majority of crimes arose out of secret societies, it was almost impossible to obtain evidence without the aid of approvers, and though no rewards should be given before hand, he did not think it was inconsistent with the character of the Government to give to approvers sufficient for their subsistence until their services were required. Mr. FFOLLIOTT defended the conduct of Mr. Fawcett, the Provost of Sligo. Mr. O'CONNELL said the Noble Lord greatly mis took his purpose, when he attributed to him a desire to see any part of the correspondence which related to any persons accused of crime. The correspondence which he wanted was that which would show who it was that em ployed those persons. With respect to what the Noble Lord had said as to the employment of approvers, be ad mitted that there was a distinction between an approver and a spy. An approver was as different from a spy, as an honest man wa s f rom an approver. He should feel it his duty to divide the House. Lord ELIOT said, that personally, or as connected with the Government, he had no objectien to the pro duction of the evidence ; but he could not produce it in extenso. Mr. O'CONNELL then asked if the Noble Lord would produce extracts ? Lord ELIOT would not consent. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it 72 Majority against the motion Mr. O'CONNELL then gave notice that he would move next session for a Committee to inquire into the subject of the employment of Hogan and Cux. , COUNTY COURTS BILL. On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, this Bill went through Committee pro forma, for the purpose of adding new clauses, and having the Bill reprinted. Mr. AGLIONBY wished to know how it was possible fully to consider a Bill like this consisting of one hun dred clauses, at the present period of the session. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Bill was so modified as would, he hoped, remove the objection to it. The House then resnmed, the Report was brought up, and the Bill was ordered to be recommitted to-morrow. The House then adjourned at a Quarter to Four o'clock till Five o'clock. The House resumed at a quarter before Five o'Clock. Shortly after that hour, Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table. and summoned the House to the House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given to several ,: public and private Bills (for which see our Lord s ' report). Sir THOS. FREMANTLE presented a petition from Manchester in favour of the Exeter Hall Music Classes. WINE TRADE. Mr. D. BARCLAY presented a petition from the wine merchants of Salisbury and Wilts, praying that the re duction in the duty upon wine might extend to their wine stock. Sir H. DOUGLAS presented a similar petition from the wine traders of Liverpool. Mr. PACKE presented a similar petition. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from the bankers, merchants, and manufacturers of Manchester, against a variety of clauses in the Bankruptcy Bill, more especially the fiat in bankruptcy ; also a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester on the same subject, objecting more particularly to the fiat in bank ruptcy, and the sth, 23d, 27th, 28th, 35th, 38th, and 45th clauses. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from Liverpool praying for the imposition of a duty upon Guiano ni trate of soda. Mr. C. VILLIERS presented a petition f o r th e adop tion of free trad e p r i nci ples. REFUSAL OF THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS. Lord PALMERSTON gave notice that he should on Monday (as we understood) move for copies of any corres pondence which may have taken place between any Mem ber of this House applying for the Chiltern Hundreds and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which the Right Hon. Gentleman refused the application, and in which the ground of that refusal was set forth. APPROPRIATION OF SUPPLIES. Mr. num' wished to know the meaning of the clause of appropriation by which a sum of money voted for the year 1841 had been appropriated to the service of the year 1842. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained to the Right Hon. Gentleman that the clause in question was intended merely to enable the Government to defray the expenses of the two years indiscriminately out of the sums voted for either. SLAVERY IN INDIA. Mr. VILLIERS wished to ask what steps had been taken by the Government of India, to carry out the reKaution of the House, that the Governor-General and Council of India should be required to take immediate steps for mitigating the state of slavery in India, and for extinguishing it altogether so soon as it might be practicable. And also what steps had been taken to do away with slavery in the provinces of Singapore and Penang. Mr. BINGHAM BARING said that orders had been sent out in November last to Singapore and Penang, directing the Governors of those provinces to transmit without delay a project of law for the immediate abolition of slavery in those provinces. With respect to India, the Governor-General at the beginning of the present year had transmitted drafts of pro jects of law for the mitigation and gradual abolition of slavery from the consideration of the Court of Directors, and the Court of Directors and the Go vernment had signified their desire to accede to all the propositions of the Governor-General on that subject. The subject would be best understood from the papers that would be presented to the house. In the first place, they gave every security to individuals in en acting that no one should be dispossessed of his property in the ground that his predecessors, having been slaves, had no right to acquire it. They also prohibited the selling of children into slavery in periods of scarcity. The papers would be laid on the tables of the House (we understood) to-morrow, INCOME-TAX. . Mr. REDHEAD YORKE begged to ask the Chan cellor of the Exchequer whether he was aware that there was great irregularity in the delivery of the In come-tax Papers; and whether the nozice of twenty-one days for the return of those papers was to be calculated from the day on which they are dated, or from that on which they are delivered. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was sorry there bad been considerable delay in deliver ing the Income-tax papers ; this was not altogether at tributable to the Stamp-office, but arose from the act having been passed so shortly before quarter day, that many gentlemen had not had the pleasure of filling up the papers ; but after to-day he believed that no person would have any reason to com plain on this ground.—(Hear, hear.) The Act required the papers to be filled up within twenty-one days after the time they were dated, but if it was shewn that they were not delivered in proper time, the Government would have no objection to make a proper allow ance of time, and afford every facility. The Ho nourable- Gentleman had also asked if two papers were left, it was necesary to fill up both. If a gentle man resided in two places, the one being his place of business, and the other a country residence, in that case it would be necessary to fill up each paper, and deliver them properly, as they would be different forms. But if the same paper were left in two places, it would only be necessary to fill up one, with an intimation written on the other that a due and proper return had been made. After a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY and Mr. YORKE, the conversation dropped. AFFGHANISTAN WAR. Mr. DISRAELI asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether the statement was authentic that the Go vernment of India had ordered the withdrawal of the troops of Affghanistan ? Sir R. PEEL said he understood despatches had just been received, but he had not yet had an opportunity of reading them. He had received the letter stating that they had arrived since he came into the House. ECCLESIASTICAL CORPORATIONS LEASING BILL. Ott the motion that the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing Bin be read, . . Sir R. INGLIS said the complaint made against the late Government was, that they had pr o p ose d to convert property purely ecclesiastical to purposes purely secular ; and he was afraid the present Bill had a simil ar t en d ency. Sir J. GRAHAM said the Bill now introduced was substantially the same as one introduced by the Bishop of London in the House of Lords. Mr. V. SMITH supported the clauses proposed to be inserted by the Right Honourable Baronet. There was no doubt that the revenues of the Church would be con siderably increased if th ese c l auses were agreed to ; lie hoped, in that event, that the agreement which ori ginally existed between the lessors and lessees, and which was a favourable argument for the Church, would still he maintained. Sir R. PEEL expressed his full assent to the principle of the Bill. It had been brought in in strict conformity with the report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. He though they were advancing the interests of the Church, by giving to the high dignataries a proper income, and at the same time keeping sufficient to pay the lower ones. Mr. ACKLAND regretted the manner in which the present Bill dealt with church property. [LEFT SITTING.I he Bordeaux journals state that during a thunder storm, a few days ago, in the commune of Mios, the electric fluid fell on a quantity of cattle, and killed 100 of thew, and the two keepers, HOUSE OF COMMONS, ..4rtg 4. CAPTAIN WARNER'S NEW PROJECTILE. Mr. HUME hoped that the Hon. Baronet would not divide the House. The House divided when there appeared— For the motion 2 Against it Majority against the motion... EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. Mr. C. BULLER wi s h e d t o p u t a quest i on t o t h e Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, rela tive to this Bill. He wished to know, in the first place, when he would lay the Report of the Committee before the House ; and secondly, what course the Government meant to pursue, or whether anything was intended to be dune before the close of the session ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that in answer to the first question of the Hon. Gentleman, he had a copy of the Report of the Committee on the Exchequer Frauds Bill in his hands ready to place be fore the House. He would take care they should be in the hands of Members as speedily as possible. He had not yet read the Report, and he certainly would not offer any opinion until he had carefully studied the Report and the evidence. Mr. C. BULLER said the Right Hon. Gentleman had misunderstood the purport of his question. He did' not wish the Right Hon. Gentleman to give an opinion until he had read the Report, but he wished to know whether, before the prorogation of Parliament, the Hon. Gentleman would be prepared to state what course the Government intended to adopt with regard to this matter ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would have no difficulty in answering that question when he had read the Report, which he would do with the greatest diligence. Mr. C. BULLER said the Right Hon. Gentleman did not understand his question. It was reported that Par liatnent was to be prorogued on Thursday. Now, as so many persons were interested in this question, and as many of them had their fortunes and characters at stake, he thought he had a right to ask the Right Hon. Gen tleman to pledge himself to state, some day before the close of the session, the course which the Government in tended to pursue. . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought he had an equal right to ask for time to make himself acquainted with the facts of the case. He would be ready to give an opinion so soon as he should have read the document which he , had laid on the table of the House, but before he had read the document which he had just laid on the table of the, House, he would not pledge himself either one way or the other.. If the Hon. Gentleman would ask his question when he (Mr. C. Buller) should think that he (the Chancellor of the Ex chequer) had had sufficient time to make himself ac quainted with the contents of the Report, he would answer him if he had read it. Mr. C. BULLER thought that possibly the Right Hon. Gentleman might have made up his mind by Mon day. If on that day no communication was made to the House on the subject, he (Mr. C. Buller) would repeat his question on Tuesday. Dr. BOWRING hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not think it an unreasonable request, considering the great number of individuals interested in the deci sion of the Government, if he asked him to come to a determination as speedily as possible, so as to enable them to legislate on the subject before the termination of the session. It was of the utmost importance that the matter should be settled with as little delay as poSsible. Lord ASHLEY moved the following address : " That her Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct, that the Commissioners appointed in answer to an address of this House on the 4th day of August 1840, for inquiring into the employment of children in mines and various other branches of industry, be desired to make further inquiry as to the number and ages of chil dren and. young persons employed as apprentices to miners of coal arid of iron (whether owners, lessees, un dertakers, or workmen, however designated) • also, as to the manner of their apprenti c e s hip , whether by regul-r indentures, or by what other forms of agreement ; as to the terms of such indentures or agreements ; and as to the manner in which such indentures or agreements are observed or enforced." In the year, 1840, as the House was aware, he had moved an address for a Commission to inquire into the state cf the children employed in the mines and collieries. They had reported to the House, and the House had legislated on their Report. The House was aware that in all cases of parish apprenticeship, it was neces sary, to constitute the apprenticeship a legal one, that the consent of two Justices should be obtained to the binding, and that the indenture should be drawn up on a pound stamp, in every case in which the premium was under 301. Now, he had reason to believe that in the majority of cases of apprenticeship the law had not been observed, and it was with a view to ascertain that fact that he had proposed the present motion. . Mr. BROTHERTON seconded the motion. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the inquiries of the Com missioners had closed, and they were about to make a second Report to the House. No doubt the Commission was already in possession of the information required by the Noble Lord, and therefore he should move as an amendment that the Commission be desired to report on the subject. The labours of the Commission were closed —the funds 'appropriated for their payment had been expended, and there was no sum to pay the expenses of any further inquiry. Lord PALMERSTON suggested that the Commission ers should be directed to report or to make further inquiry, for it was possible they might not be in possession of the information required by the Noble Lord. He thought that any additional expense that might be incurred could with propriety be defrayed out of the vote for civil con tingencies. Sir .7. GRAHAM did not think the expense could with propriety be defrayed out of the civil contingencies. If this expense were incurred in consequence of an address from the House, it would be foreseen, and to defray such an expense out of the civil contingencies, would be a mis appropriation of that vote. He should be unwilling to take upon himself the responsibility of keeping these 24 Commissioners in pay without the direct sanction of the House. They ought to be in possession of the informa tion required by the Noble Lord. If they were not, they had neglected their duty, and the inquiry ought to be committed to other hands. Lord PALMERSTON suggested that an addition might be made to the !motion, pledging the House to make good the expense. The SPEAKER said that could only be done in a Committee of the whole House. Mr. HUME agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet, that it would be improper to continue the twenty-four Com missioners for the rest of the year. He would suggest to the Noble Lord to leave out all that related to the Com missioners, and to call upon the Government to furnish the required information. Mr. S. WORTLEY doubted whether the Commis sioners had inquired into the validity of the indentures of apprenticeship . : It was quite a distinct matter from an in quiry into the treatment of the children. Dr. BOWRING suggested - that the. Noble Lord should merely move for a return of the numbe r o f children, and the manner of their apprenticeship, which, while it secured the requisite information, would leave the Government at liberty to obtain that information in any way they might deem fit. Sir JAMES GRAHAM was desirous that the infor mation should be furnished, but he was also desirous that it should be distinctly understood that that Commission was not to be a standing Commission. Lord ASHLEY was only anxious to obtain the infor mation. He doubted whether the Commission , would be able to furnish it, for they had been so exceedingly scru pulous not to exceed the bounds of the Commission that they had at first refused to inquire into the treatmew. of persons above thirteen years of age, because they were only authorised to inquire into the treatment of children. They had applied to him in the September, and in the February of last year he had moved an address, em powering them to inquire into the treatment of young persons under eighteen years of age. From the scrupu losity exhibited he doubted whether they would not have considered they were exceeding their powers by in quiring into the legality of the indenture of apprentice ship. Certainly he had had no idea of causing such an inquiry to be instituted when he moved the Address praying the appointment of the 'Commission in 1840. The motion. as amended was then agreed to. BOROUGHS INCORPORATION BILL. Sir JAMES GRAHAM obtained leave to bring in a Bill, to confirm the incorporation of certain boroughs, and to indem n if y certa i n parties that might sustain loss thereby. The Bill was read a first and second time, and ordered to be committed on Saturday next. CHARTIST LECTURERS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said it was with extreme regret that he felt himself obliged to call the attention of the House to the imprisoment of Mr. John Mason, and seven working men, now confined in Stafford Gaol. But he really felt the case of those unfortunate individuals to be such that he should not be discharging his duty either to them or to the public it he allowed the session to pass without calling their attention to that which he must call a most important subject, for as long as those individuals re mained in prison, so long the political rights of the sub jects of this country would remain in abeyance. He had on a former occasion explained the circumstances of the case. He contended that if Mason had been killed by being knocked off the form by the policeman, that the latter would be liable to be tried for murder. Why, he asked, if the doctrines laid down by the Right lion. Ba ronet, the Secretary for the Home Department, were cor rect, were not policemen sent to interfere with the pro ceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League, which was sit ting just beside the House? No, no, they would not in terfere in London, but in a remote district in Staf fordshire they sent their constables to intermeddle - with the proceedings of a legal public assembly. Under all the circumstances of the case, he thought he had a right to call on the House to express its opinion on the subject. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving for an address to her Majesty, praying " that her Ma jesty will be graciously pleased to take into her Majesty's merciful consideration the case of John Mason and seven working men, confined in Stafford gaol, with a vies'! their immediate discharge." The SPEAKER having put the question, Sir J. GRAHAM said h e regre tt e d the Hon. Gen man should have thought it his duty to bring this • ject again under the notice of the House, more e 2, cially in its present f o r m . H e con t en d e d t h at t h e l's` Gentleman had no grounds for impugning the coil ( of the Magistrate who presided at the trial of those 1 and the Hon. Gentlem an oug ht no t, t h ere f ore to ap pesi , the House to control the criminal jurisdiction of competent authorities, which was in effect the newel his motion. With respect to what the Hon. Gentle , had 'said as to the conduct of the policeman, he (Si t Graham) must say that, it' the summing up o f the r siding Magistrate, and the verdict of the Jury, were 0 rect (and he had no reason to doubt the correctness either), and had death ensued on the flinging of Ms from the form by the policeman, a verdict of justifia homicide would have been returned by a Jury, if case were brought to trial. The man Mason was a" turer—a kind of lecturer—not belonging to the p 1 and his conduct was such as to render the as s embly unlawful ones. Time, mode, and circumstances must considered, that justice might be done ; he believed I circumstances were such as to justify the proceedings, the Justices. He (Sir J. Graham) could not comprool the unfettered discretion of the Government, with re rence to the circumstances • he could not give the 1 1 ` Gentleman the assurance he desired, and he hoped , majority of that House would join with him in resist the motion of the Hon. Member. Mr. HAWES understood that the meeting, which b been characterised as an unlawful assembly, was not illegal meeting of itself ; and if anything contrary to 1 . law did arise to render it objectionable, it.arose from e l cunistances; there was no premeditation; and he did till that fact entitled the case to their favourable c o nsidel tion. The fact of Mason's b e in g a p a id l ecturer cer tao ; ought not to raise a presumption against him.—(lle a ' hear.) He (Mr. Hawes) did hope that it was not c".- templated to put down the practice of holding pub meetings, where the people might express, and cep) freely, their opinions o n th e p o liti cs o f t h e day. Si' meetings had always been considered as a kind of safef valve, and he 'was sure the practice of sending in , police and putting down these meetings would both br the police into contempt, and i nc r ease th e angry fees' and discontent of the people.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME said, if the police were to be respect and to be of service to the country, they must di their attention to the preservation of the peace, and the occasioning of a riot. He (Mr. llntrie) always It , under considerable odium, upheld the MetroP° ll police force as a body. The case, however, which t Hon. Gentleman the Member for Finsbury had brow forward with so much temper and moderation, did 1 pear to him (Mr Hume) to be the very worst case whi . had occurred since the metropolitan force had been pointed. He did hope that public meetings would not attempted to he 'put down. Let the people speak as r 0. , (, as they pleased ; allow them to complain. He P` Hume) did not care what they said about him, so V i e as they kept their hands off hi m —(A l aug h)—a n d thought that Hon. Gentlemen would do well to 104 that rather than to attempt to put a stop to ' complaints of the people at a public meeting. el ' complaints never did any harm. Aft er t h e rensso,' ) which had fallen from th e Right Hon. Baronet, wh cc i ; he (Mr. Hume) construed rather- favourably, he shoe rather recommend his Hon. Friend not to press his te` tion to a division. Mr. VILLIERS rose to correct an error into wilt`• the Right Hon. Baronet had fallen i n t o . M ason wa s It' a stranger to the place, nor was he a paid lecturer ; was, oit the. contrary, a resident in the borough d Wolverhampton, he was a shoemaker, and a good character. He was an enthusiast, an d V o l un teer,' these lectures. He (Mr. Villiers) did not approve of t; strong language which Mason had em pl o y e d, lent, at t , e same time, he was of opinion that such language ne t , did any harm. He did request th a t t h e -Right TO% Baronet would consent to give this matter his con / deration. Mr. WARD trusted that his Hon. Friend would 1/(4' 4 allow this subject to drop, unless he got. some assurge i , from the Right Hon. Baronet that he would give it consideration. He believed that nothing had been P, more than had been often stated in th a t H ouse . It `'s, better to allow the people to speak ou t, an d g i ve f re e e e pression to their sentiments. If that 'were not alloy them, they might have recourse to violence to red,:j their grievances. When there wer e grea t grievances 111 ', great sufferings, the people would hold meetings and w eo strong language; and if the doct r i ne w hi c h h a d is e , e laid down by the Right Hon. B aronet , an d w hich4 l was glad to find was not repeated by him that were put into practice, th e mos t ser i ous resu lt s iv oti e ! follow.—(Hear, hear.) C ons t a bl es wou ld interfere lid; every meeting, and all fre e di scuss i on wou ld be an end to if such a doctrin e was en f orce d. H e show. therefore support the motion if it was pressed t° division. . u r Mr. R. YORKE thought that serious evils would res,u . :l if a constable upon his own responsibility were to intent fere in public meetings. He would not have the Se, hesitation to repeat the language which had been used the by those persons. He did not think the conduct ° de Magistrates could be justified, because they Pr`V se compromise and then confined the prisoners. tlemaa Mr. BROTHERTON h o p e d th a t th e H o n. Ge n ; would not press th e mo ti on to a di v i s i on . He thoug h _ it better not to fo rce th e Ri g ht H on . B arone t to an CA pression of his opinion on the subject. t i Mr. T. DUNCOMBE re pli e d. H e did not thin' that he heard the Right Hon. Baronet say anything which should induce him to abandon his motion. l c Was no light matter that these persons should be eon' tinued in gaol. He contended th a t it was a v i o lations'', the right of free discussion to ha ve th ose men con fine' in gaol He denied that the strike in' the Potterie s was a consequence of the meeting, fo r w hi c h th ose ine e j were put into gaol. He believed that if they were trie , anywhere else than at th e Q uar t er S ess i ons , an d by Pr e . judiced Magistrates, that they never would have be e confined. He would n o t consent t o w i t hd raw th e motio The House divided, when their appeared— For the motion 3O Against it 53 Majority against the motion ...... . —23 RAJA OF SATTARA. On our admission to the gallery we found Mr. HU- e , moving, pursuant to no ti ce , for the copy of a l e tter fr°''' the Hon. Mount St ewar t Elphinstone, Governor of Boo?: bay, dated the 17th day of February, 1827, to his Hie; ness the Raja of Sattara, and a copy of a letter dated till Bth day of May, 1835, to his Highness, from c o lone Lodwick, Resid e nt at S a t tara , respect i ng t h e J agc cer o held under his High ness ; a l so an Act of the L eg i s l a te/ d e Council of India, p u bli s h e d at C a l cutta on the 29t h dis/ of April, 1842, annexi ng t o t h e B r i t i s h territory cello.' villages belonging to the late Nepanee Jageer; ,such il e j ; geer having, as alleg e d i n t h e A ct , l apse d to t hi Government, although by the terms of these explanator i letters, the Jageer ought to have reverted to the Raja ° Satara ; and also that an humble Address be presented t( 1 her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased, in colY, formity with the prayer o f th e p e titi on presente d to 031' House by Purtaub Sheen, the deposed Raja of Setters:: ' now a State prisoner at Benares, to direct that a AIL' investigation of the charges preferred against him made before her Majesty' s P r i vy C ounc il , upon the o'l' deuce taken in India and sent to the Court of Directo rs of the East India Company, which evidence the 1 1 4' has never had an opportunity o f see i ng or answer i n g, le order that he may receive that justice which, as he states, " had his lot been that of a pea sant, he would have had a right to claire from the laws of the British realm." The case that he had now to bring forward was not a il ; ordinary one, but one th a t occu pi e d a great d ea l 0' public attention both in India and England. He O s sorry that in this country the case of the Raja had nob met with that consideration which it deserved,. but he trusted that it would meet with tardy justice. Ike thought that the present case was one in which th e House of Commons might interfere with propriety. Tile Raja had had charg es ma d e aga i nst hi m wh i ch he ha answered. He asked for inquiry, and that was refused him ; redress had been deni e d hi m ; an d w h en h e a r plied to the Secretary for the Colonies, his claims wer e met with the utmost harshness. There could be ne doubt, from all that had taken place, that the Raja wag not guilty of the acts with which he had been charged ; for 17 years the course he had pursued had met withello approbation of the Court of Directors. Now, what. were the facts of the case ? In 1836, a Coinnlissiort was appointed consisting of three individuals, to consider the conduct of the Raja, attempts had been made to show that the Raja had conducted himself improperly, but those attempts had been ineffectual. He was perfectli convinced, for his part, after a minute examination of the evidence, of the innocence of the Raja. M e llon. Gentleman concluded by proposing the motion of which he had given notice. Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion. He should do so with great brevity. It was to be regretted that sub jects involving the welfare of distant millions, re ceived so little attention.—(Hear.) (There were not thirty Members present). He had arrived St the conviction, that the Raja was an i n jured man. Though his case might receive but little attention now, he believed it would return to them again, and in spite of the determination to repress all evidence on his behalf, and to receive every thing against him, th e se nse of justice that w as awa k ene d i n the English people would ultimately bring him through all his difficulties. Nothing more affecting than the prayer of the Raja's petition could be well conceived, and he did hope that it would be listened to and justice done him. Mr. HOGG was about to address the House, when, An HON. MEMBER moved that th e H ouse b e counted, and there being only thirty-six Members voesent the House adjourned at a Quarter to Eleven, till Twelve o'Clock this day. BIRTHS. On the 3d ult., at Broseley Rectory, Salop, the Hon. Mrs. Orlando Forester, of a son. On the 2d inst., at Cambridge-square, Hyde -park, the lady of George Wilde, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 27th ult., at Christ Church, Cambridge, the Rev. J. N. 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