The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-16 00:00:00

`•;.`, : ; it I. W 41° n a SCW-.OFFICE, Seven SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. • FROST THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The recent melancholy occurrence at Clare, where a crowd that had assembled round a store were fired 'on by the police, has, it will be seen, led to an in vestigation at the instance of Government. As the matter is one which may very seriously affect a great number of _ individuals, we abstain from giving any opinion as to the criminality of the proceedings which are the subject of inquiry, and can only express a hope that every one whom appearances may seem to inculpate will be enabled to justify his share in the unfortunate event alluded to. _ _ Without, however, throwing any blame upon parti cular parties, we cannot but remark that the loSs of life which ensued at Clare was altogether needless, and that there was nothing to justify the firing upon the .people. This appears to be admitted on all hands ; and even those who had the command of the police force are must desirous to establish the fact that they gave no orders to fire ; and consequently it must be inferred that they acknowledge the impropriety of the act, which, had it been necessary, it would have been their duty to com mand, instead of being one which, for their credit, they are eager to repudiate. Whatever may be the result of the investigation which is now going on, it Must be clear to all persons who have read the evidence already adduced, that there is at least a want of a sufficient understanding between the officers and men of the police force, which has been the cause of the fatal error that has been com mitted. The men who fired doubtless acted upon either a real or a supposed order of their superior, and it seems admitted oa all hands that he addressed some lvords to them ; but whether the expression used was " Firs," or " Don't fire," is left undecided by the , contradictory testimony of the- witnesses. The most favourable construction that can be placed upon the conduct of the police is, that they mis took the words of their officer ; for we are unwil ling to believe that he could have been so criminal as to have given orders for the needless sacrifice of life — since needless tie declares it to be, when he maintains that he. end nav(mred to prevent his men from tiring on the po , Mace. It does not appear that any feeling of irritation against the police had been manifested by the cro,vd before the occurrence of the fatal calamity, and there bad been not 'Aug in tne conduct of the mob to excite a fear of outrage. It is not even pretended that the p. ark might not have, been disp,rs,,d - without re coarse to tiring ; and it is therefore-to a most fa al mis understanding, if to nothing worse, that the deplorable evert inust be attributed. . _ ST-INDARD.—Sir Richard Vyvyan has addressed a letter_ to his constituents upon the several subjects of the ' Con t -laws,;lncople-tax, and Tariff, condemning the mem= ures of Ministers with reference to all three. We have reaci this letter with a mixed feeling of admiration and :pain. Every • sentence bears testimony to the high 'talents, the overflowing beneviolence, boundlesi 'pa-. triotisin, and noble spirit of the writer ; in a - word, to that combination of the best gifts of nature tducation, wr.ich cinstitute hun, perhaps, as per a Model of the accompli,hed English gentleman •as •,Yuglund . possesses at this day. 'Painful it must be, : .1 ,-e,c!er any circpmstances, to differ from such a man ; :,; ns, who for more than fifteen years have been 1 , 1 •,, u * to follow his course, to take the guidance of Lis miblic conduct • when we could have it as the nfest . and where we had been. core iiull rd t„ act without this guidance, to test our actions by'. their conformity to his principles, the pain is I., , reat indeed. We find ourselves opposed to >Sir Richard Vyvyan, and we scarcely - know why. Were not his station, his career, hiS ;emus, sufficient guarantees that his - prin ciples have suffered no change, the letter b e f,,i e us affords proof that a euange in him is impos , bible, for such must ever be the case with one whose iprineiples are the highest and thapureSt. Indeed, there -;s lot a principle enounced in the letter—and it is full .. ) f political principles—to which we do not at this mo • meet most heartily subscribe. We hope, on the other side, Oat our principles have undergone no change ; and we :oust therefore ascribe the opposition in which ve stand to the writer of the letter to llelston to some thing diff:c?rent from principles—to the application of principles in an imperfect s t ate of society, and a per-. piexed conjuncture of affairs. REPORTED MURDER NEAR WORCESTER. - (Abridged from the Worcester Journal of' to-day.) (n Monday this city was thrown into a state of con -sid, excitement by a rumour which had got afloat t h at s , murder had been committed in or near the city, and th at the mutilated remains of the victim had been discover by some boys, concealed on the bank of the 'ed Severn E Pitchcroft Ham. The rumour as it was at first circ N ulated was very vague ; several versions of the affair And its circumstances being given, all of resolved themselves into this—that as which at i'a.vt two b oys w er e walking up Pitchroft, they discovered the arms antA han ds of a human bod y in' the grass near tA) the margin of the river, that they were conveying them to this city when they . were met by two men, who :snatched the nvitilated remains from the boys and ran elf. This fitory,baving come to the ears of the police, jinn:ciliate inquiries were instituted, • and the boys were eNamined. They persisted in the truth of their ,statemont ; and inconsequence of the information which w a ,; 0 15tained from them, two young men, nained-Wal i.k.r.)a e nd Barber, were yesterday. morning taken before r. Sidebottom; who made a preliminary investigation the matter. t one o'clock the two boys, whose names are Palmer an d I:orris, the one aged about 14 and the other 8 years, t , )get h.o7 Ni :*ll Waldron and Barber, were taken before the a NI a full bench of Magistrates sitting at the politl3-office .4 flie Guildhall, when the case was thoroughly investiga.`ed. The office was crowded with respectable citizens, an,i the outer ball was besieged by numerous band of „ or eln, who evidently. looked upon a to affair as a second edition Pf the Roehampton atrocity. Harris was the first of the wo boys examined. He ste..`ed that on the previous day o.,londay) about ten or elCv; ti U'elcck, he walked up I'ithero. l by the side of the ih. er with Palmer. When they had arrived at the Obit k\pposite to the Dog and Duck public-house, he obser.,ed lying in the grass, between the footpath and the river, and upon the river's bank, two hu man hands t..nd arms. He at once picked them up, and showing them to his companion, exclaiming, ...•Look, w h a t I've' found !" Palmer took hold of one of the arms, observed that it smelt badly, and then returned it to Harr when both proceeded withis, the. remains down the side Of ,the river in the direction for Worcester. When they Wired at a short distance from the Grand Stand two ) .rose came up, to whom titer showed the arms, upon which one of the men snatched them from his hand, saying, at the same time, that " he'd keep it for the sake of the ring ;" there being, as Palmer declared, a plain g0i;..1 ring upon a finger of one of the hands. The arms had been cut off the body near to the elbow, and there were marks of blood at that part, and also upon other parts of the arm. There were no other incisions in the arm. On being confronted with Barber he said jie thought he was one of di'm, but could not positively say. He did not appear to know Waldron at all. John Palmer, on his examination, corroborated Har ris's statement, in its chief points. On being closely questioned as to the appearance of the limbs, he said that the extremi.ties, where they had been severed from the _main body, were "haggled" or ragged, as though they ht'd been separay.d with a blunt knife ; the bones were broken and splint•ered,' as though they had been c'noppmf through with a hatchet. There was a good deal of .coagulated blood upon the arms, and there was a ring upon a finger of one of 'the hands. The arms smelt. very badly, and there were holes in the hands, prod aced by putrefaction. The. boy spoke positively as to the identity of Barber, who lie affirmed was one of the men who snatched the arms from Harris. Ho had known Barber personally for some time. Waldron and Barber were then required ,to account for the manner in which they had spent the previous day, wi ieh they did satisfactorily. The inquiry occupied two hours, and at its close the a . ;istrates . , after a brief aonsultation,:decidcd that there irii,s•poevidence before them which would warrant them in detaining Waldron or Barber, and they were conse qut tidy set at liberty with the boys. The police are still engaged in making further inqui rica into this extraordinary affair. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord Dzw MAN.) THE QUEEN V. WALTON. The Court was occupied the whole of the day with this case, "which was an action brought against the defendant for the in fringement of a patent. The evidence was of a purely technical character, and totally dev. 4 4 of general interest. There is no o va) i bility of the case terminating this day. C OMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) • Davis r. summary's. Thi s was an action for assault and false imprisonment. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant to collect rents, amid fell under the suspicion of keeping back . portions of the rno neys wiiicts , be received. On one occasion having received a sum - of • ftioney for which he did not account, before the deknalasit learned it had been paid, the lat ter caused hiei 'to be taken into custody, and brought b..fore the 31agi, itra te at Queen -square upon a charge of ielony. The Magistrate would not entertain the charge, but disinarged the plahitiff. For this iMprisonment the action was brought. The -Turk having retired, for nearly an h our, re tui ned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 801. AWFUL STOAcM AT -LIMERICK, AND LOSS OF LIVES , A most awful and long .e ntinued storm of thunder and lifrht fling, accompanied by hely, r ra ins, visited thisitei..h -hArh66-4 and the country for .home miles around on Sun da,. arid *as, we regret to le, u-, i from statements made by Curr.. , spondents, accompanied ix t several plaCes by loss of limbs and life, destruetion of tstt,'e, houses and trees, and was the cause of theeatest .consternation -throughout greatest the extensive di str i ct i t swept over hi its merciless course. The storm arose from the ,Nc.rth Ea. - it, and went on with out abatement, pursuing direction, from a so nth- westerly twelve till near seven o'clock r.3t. ,At Stara, Killeloe, Sixmile-bridge, and the comstry gerrerally in that quarter between the Claremountains the hann o n , the storm first broke out with vehemence and furp. We regret to say that about five o'clock, _.m.., the fluid struck the house of John Branton at Six - mile Bt 'Age, and killed a fine boy about four years old, ave was t itting at the moment be tween Branton's knees, leaving 11rd'int-oun speechless, tear ing up the floor, and killii g son ie sheep which this poor man had breught from his fields for protection. In the sa no neighbourhood a man was ka Locked down and left se nseless, and two women who .werc scorched ar e n ow lyitig wil ' hout a hope ofrecos pry. 'The market - house roof of Sixniile-bridge was thrown.:AdowT, and some cattle were killed in that vicinity. thirty miles to the west a rd , , 1144 u use . elipeapt. lton ; gee it tnm, ';wt, d - down, and a man was kitled—several casualties are.said to have occucr-eil to cattle. At .Newcastle w .a' man was killed and a house was bury ad down also. Some of the largest trees in the demesne of Mount Shannon and Adare, in Cratloe—indeed, throughout this part of the country al most without exception, were split into fragments, and, in slim instances, were thrown across the roads. The river in a few hours rose about several feet, and the lowlands adjoining, the valleys in the interior, the moun tain gorges, and every channel which had been dry in the morning has been flooded. It is impossible for us to give anything like an accurate estimate of the amount of injury done. —Limerick Reporter. , HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY- EDINBURGH. CASE OF WILFUL FIBS RAISING.-Our readers will remember the subjoined case, of which account was given some time since in The Sun, and in which Harris Rosenberg and Alithia Bennet or Rosenberg, his wife, had been convicted at the Circuit Court, held at Aber deen, of wilful fire-raising. The verdict of the Jury was then accompanied by a recommendation to the leniency of the Court ; and the trial, which commenced on Saturday morning, April 15, had been protracted until the following Sunday forenoon. Lord Moncreiff, before whom the trial took place, in consideration of the extraordinary circumstances connected therewith, ab stained from pronouncing sentence, and certified the case to the High Court of Justiciary. On Tuesday last judgment was accordingly passed ; when Lord Moncrieff, in passing sentence, observed, he did believe that the attempt was not a thing of her (Ali thia Rosenberg's) contrivance • and with respect to the woman, he'thought the Court should abstain from a sen tence of transportation. He would propose in her case a sentence of long imprisonment—namely, of imprison ment for two years. The COURT baying . expressed their concurrence, the Lord Justice-Clerk, in appropriate terms, pronounced sentence of transportation beyond seas for the term of his ' natural life on Harris Rosenberg, and of imprisonment for two years in Perth Penitentiary on Alithia Rosenberg. ORGAN. PERFORMANCE OF MENDELSSOHN. (THIS DAY.) Dr. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, the first organist living, performed this afternoon on the large organ at Christ Church, Newgate-street. Never have we before so fully appreciated the powers of this most noble instrument. He took his seat at the organ at two o'clock, and commenced with one of Sebastian Bach's magnificent voluntaries. Those alone who are acquainted with the compositions of Bach, the Milton of music, can form any idea of the gran deur, sublimity, and power which Mendelssohn infused into this most magnificent composition. It was indeed, a high treat to hear a composition of Bachs performed by Mendolssohn, on, per haps the finest instrument in London. The composer, the performer, and the instrument, were alike worthy of each other. Mendelssohn afterwards performed several fuguos and voluntaries, and among them many compositions of his own. In these last his astonishing powers of execution were brought admirably into play. We had always hitherto considered Thalbergs pianoforte playing as the ne plus ultra of execution, but he is i surpassed, both in rapidity, preciseness, and power, by Mendelssohn. When we consider what would, by a mere pianiste, be thought the insuperable difficulties of organ _playing ; that the performer has not only to work several sets of keys with his fingers, but also several sets of pedals with his feet, that he frequently depends solely upon one finger for preventing him from falling forward on the instrument, that it requires a firmness, united with a delicacy of touch, of which the mere pianiste can form scarcely any idea, and that the finger must continue resting on the key as long as the note is to be sounded ; when we consider all these things the powers of Mendelssohn appear little short of miraculous. Is it to these difficulties that we are to attribute the paucity of organists in England ? We hope not—it would argue ill for the future progress of music in this country if such were the case ; but it is a lamentable fact that we have no rising English organist at the 'present day. Who is to be Samuel Wesley's successor is a question to which the English musical public will find it somewhat difficult to reply. This ought not to be ; while flutists, pianistes, and violinists, are elbowing each other in the race for fame and patronage, surely there ought to be some musician to support the claim of the most sublime of instruments—the organ. The church was crowded, and the thanks of the public are due to the parish authorities for their kindness in lending the instrument, and in throwing open the church to all who chose to come. To Dr. Mendelsshon a high debt of gratitude.is due from the British musical public, and we, by this, publicly tender him our thanks for the high treat he has afforded us. BELGIUM. BRUSSKLS, JUNE 12.—Lord Edward Somerset, with his daughter and suite, coming hem Italy, have arrived here, on their way to England. Just as we are going to press we are informed of the death of the learned Polish refugee, Leleivel, at Brussels, where he lived n the greatest poverty. The Court of Cassation has rejected to-day the appeal o f Vandermeere and the other three persons condemned to death, for a plot against the State. The heat continues to be much more intense than usual at this season. On Saturday the mercury in the thermometer of the Observatory, placed in the shade, rose to t 29 degrees of Reaumur (97 degrees Farenheit). This excessive heat is com plained of in France, Germany, and Holland, and in the site of Walcheten fresh water is so scarce that the Alagi,trates have sent a vessel to Holland for a cargo of water, which rill be tributed among the inhabitants. It appears from a private letter from Brussels, in the Petites A.flieltes of Caustray, that the number of Flemish workmen, who have emigrated may be estimated at twenty thousand. NARROW ESCAPE of the BRITISH QUEEN STEAMER. By the British and North American Royal Mail steamer Acadia, Captain Ryrie, which arrived at Liverpool from Bos ton, on Tuesday morning last, accounts were brought over re specting his Belgian Abjesty's steam-ship British Queen, which was nearly lost en her last voyage from Southampton to New York. This magnificent vessel, it will be recollected, left Southampton about the sth of last month, having on board upwards of fifty Tassengers and a cargo of merchandise and specie to a large extent. She appears to have progressed fa vourably on her voyage until the 17th day, the 12th of May, when the ship encountered a heavy gale of wind from the N.N . W., when it became necessary to ease the steam to three-quarters of her speed. According to the log of the chief mate, this hap pened late in the afternoon, in lat. 49 10, D. R., lone'. 18 ,15, D. R. and course S. 31. As the night came on the gale so in creased that it was deemed prudent to alter the course, and bear down with the wind. In this condition she continued till the following day, when, at about half-past twelve o'clock, she shipped a tremendous sea; and so terrific was its force, th . fit every timber apparently trembled again under its violence. The sea made a complete breach over her, carrying with it part of the bulwarks, fore-yardarm, part of one of the paddle boxes, and several coal-lumpers that were on deck. The com mander, chief officer, and several of the crew, had a most nar row escape of being washed overboard. They were standing on the fore part of the vessel when the sea struck her, and were swept a considerable distance along the deck. The Captain was thrown nearly into the engine -room, while the rest of the crew were dashed against the hatchways and other obstacles on the deck, and they all were more or less injured, one seaman in particular had his skull frightfully fractured. During the remainder of the day the vessel pitched heavily, owing to there being a dead weight of upwards of three hundred tons of coals in the fore and aft holds, but it could not be altered until the weather abated ; as it was, a great quantity of water get down the engine-room. On the 14th, the following day, the gale ceased, and she was brought back into her proper course, in which she continued until the 21st, when she was again driven back in consequence of the ice and icebergs, some of which were of immense height and thickness. Fortunately, she got clear of them, and arrived at New York in safety on the trith day of her passage. FASHION ABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Captain George Cox, Mrs. Cox, and J. Prowd, Esq., at Nelson's Hotel, Portland-place , from Wolverhampton ; J. Savary, Esq., at ditto, from Bristol ; Deputy Assistant Corn. ruissary-General, at ditto, from Davenport; W. Hind, Esq., and Mrs. Hind, at ditto, from Madeira ; the Dwarkunouth Tagore, Chunder Mohun Chatterjay, anti suite, at Stewart's Hotel, Albemarle-street; his Excellency the Genera! Busta mente and suite, at ditto ; Admiral Sir John West, Lady West, the Misses West, and Alexander G. West, Esq., at the Han over Hotel, from Braywick Lodge, Berkshire • Mr. and Lady Mary Corbet, at Markwel l ' s London Family Hotel, Albemarle. street ; Mr., 11i :., and Miss Cunningham, at ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Wallis Grieve, at ditto, from the Continent; Mr., Mrs., and the Misses Fussell, at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, from Doulton Vicarage; Mr. and Mrs. George Nelson, at ditto, from Banbary ; Messrs. Ferguson, Dobede, Webster, Card well, and Rose, Esqrs., at ditto; Wm. Bagge, Esq., M.P., at ditto, from Marham. DEPARTURES. _ _ W. N. Orange, Esq , from Nelson's Hotel, Portland-place, for Ireland; Cornelius Heyle De Wor m e, Es q ., from ditto for France ; S. R. Solley, Esq., from ditto, for Watford ; W. J. Payton, Esq., from ditto, for Liverpool; Mr., Mrs., and Misses Dixon, from Markwell's London Family Hotel, Albe marle-street, for the Continent; Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Congreve, from ditto, for Cowes ; the Right Hon. Lord Cam erdown, from Long's Hate], Bond-street, for Bath; the Lady lizabeth Duncan , fro m ditto, for ditto ; the Misses Aspina E ll, from to, for Standen Hall, ; the Miss M.P., elCh ar lton, and Messrs.Clithero Phillips, Esqrs., from ditto. --- The SINGULAR ESCAPE. — following accident, arising from the highly dangerous practice of riding behind the various vehicles that pass along the roads, in which children of all growths constantly indulge, and which a little extra exertion on the part of the police would entirely prevent, took place on Tuesday afternoon opposite St. John's church, in the Waterloo road. A little boy, about nine years of age, named Gagan, the son of a printer, living at No. 1, Agnes-street, Waterloo-road, was getting dawn from behind a hackney-coach as it was going on, just as a carriage belonging to Mr. Menzie, surgeon, of Stamford -street, was slowly passing. The boy did not see the carriage, and ran right between the fore and hind wheels. Before the horses could be stopped he was knocked down, and the wheel went over both his legs. By Mr. Menzie's directions he wal taken into the surgery of Mr. Handy, at the corner of Stamford -street, and, upon examining not a bone was broken, and he g ve e r t e o c s o a n y t ' usions only. Accidents of this tel,!Ze,fveiltlirii w so , m s e tra s n e dese ' rip ion are of daily, and often fatal, occurrence, which either an 0rt2:19- from the proper authorities, or an increase of vigilance by the ;20ce, would at once s t o p. MR, 11 , . ih r , oll „ - : s CONCERT. —The private con cert by the pupils of Mr. 1-lonZf's. and under his direction, was given yesterday at the residence of ;.,;:,:: Hoare, in Bruton-street. One of Chopin's concertos. with orcEen;;.:l accompaniments, was excellently played by a young lady. Mr. i-',„:rnes himself performed a capricci o of his own composition, and a ,;:.!et by Hummel with one of his pupils. Thalberg's fantasia on the from Mose en Egitto , was played by a young girl with great cleverness. Master Henry Laurent and Master Noble respec tively played, the former a fantasia by Hertz on a theme from Le Pre aux Clercs, the latter a hexatnerou, with their usual eclat; and Miss Theed gave a study in A flat, by Dobler, with feeling and delicacy. The company was select, and grati fied with the pupils, their friends, and their master. MENDELSSORN.—In consequence of the strongly expressed desire of the members and subscribers of the Sacred Harmonic Society to hear Mr. Mendelssohn perform on their organ in the large hall, tzeter 7 hall, that gentleman has kindly consented to play to-morrow (Friday) evening. THE SIN, Ai AL: PAR LI A M ENT. (THIS EVENING.) HO USE Cf.F LORDS. Their Lordship's met at Five o'Clock. • Ttie Bishop of LLAbIDAFF presented a petition front Shipton Mallet, and from two Deaneries in the County of Cornwall, praying for protection for the Church. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY postponed to Tuesday the motion of which he had given notice for Friday, on the subject of employment in coal mines. SAVINGS BANK. _ Lord IMONTEAGLE said, that as much misappre hension had gone abroad on the subject of the applica tion of the funds of Savings Banks, he would move for a return of the amount of Exchequer Bills purchased on account of Savings Banks, "and converted into stock. his object in doing so, was to satisfy the public that there was no diminution of the security of the public funds. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. Earl MINTO wished to put a question to the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Aff►irs. It ap peared that in the Act for the Prevention of Piracy there was no clause for the distribution of the prize money taken from pirates and slave vessels ; he wished to know ►whether such a clause was to be inserted ? The Earl of ABERDEEN said that such a Bill was in preparation and would be introduced in the present session. Colon , JoNritrg, THURSIIAIP.,IIyENTNG,,rnITTNA 16, 1842._ SUGAR DUTIES BILL On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE this Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. The Earl of RA.I) - Is.TO, in rising to make the motion of which he had given notice, said he thought it was ne cessary that her Majesty's Ministers should do something for the present distresses of the country, or at least give some reason why they did not do so. The motion he had to present was for an account of the quantities of corn admitted for home consumption (if any) under the provisions of the 7th George IV., c. 70 and 71. He be lieved tbat a considerable amount of corn was admitted under that Act, though the distress then was not so great as it was at present. He thought that the distress at present existing could not be denied ; in proof of it, however, he might instance that at Manchester, where there was a soup esta blishment for the distribution of soup to the poor, the doors were opened at eight o'clock in the morn ing, and continued open all day, yet were the doors besieged as early as three o'clock in the morning, and the miserable applicants re mained there till the doors opened. The number of inmates of the Sheffield poorhouse was, in the year 1837, 261 ; in 1838, 401 ; in 1839, 386 ; in 1840, 443 ; in 1641, 480 ; at the present time 600. There were also at the' present time 1,000 able-bodied people receiving out-door relief ; the weekly payments to the casual poor had increased from 7151., in 1837, to upwards of 15,0001. at the present time, and the county-rate paid in 1837, all was 1,712/.. and had incy eaeed last year to 2.453/, He had selected this,fact, in order to found a case for the application ivhich he was about to mnke, and he' should make it on the precedent of the year 1826, when my Lord LiverpOol was the first Lord of the Treasury. In that year a measure was brought forward in the House of Commons, for an amendment of the corn laws, when the Government said that a revision of these laws was necessary. but that was not the time for it. Two measures were passed . to remedy that state of things ; one was to allow persons having corn in bond to take it out at a lower rate. The former law, up to 1822, corn was prohibited until the price rose at home to 80s. the quarter. lii that year it was allowed to intro duce wheat, when the price was 705., at a duty of 12s. a quarter. In 1826 an act was passed to allow the ad mission of foreign wheat, not exceeding 500,000 quarters, :tt a duty not exceeding 'l2s.. a quarter. He called the attention of the present government, several members of which were parties to that enactment, to their own pro ceeding on that occasion. . The circumstances were very similar. Even now the new Corn-law had not effected a reduction of prices.. On the, contrary the price of corn was still rising. A duty of Ils. proved to be prohibitory as much as 225. had been, and it was clear that by lowering the duty they had not benefited the people. They (the Ministers) had, first of all, said that they would not interfere with the Corn-laws. But they had interfered with it. They had broken faith with the land, and they had not done any good to the people. (Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord went into the details of numerous returns, which shewed that wages did net rise with the price of bread, but that on the contrary, in the years in which bread was dear, wages were low, and in the years 1834 and 1835, when bread was cheap, wages were high. The increase of crime was concomitant with the increase of the price of food, crime had been increasing from 1836 to 1841. Some persons attributed the increase of crime to the increase of population, but all the returns showed that the increase was more in proportion to the diminished quantity of food. He was quite safe in saying that the increase and de crease of crime had kept pace with the increase and de crease in the price of wheat.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord concluded by moving for the returns of 'which he had given notice. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he had no objec tion to the motion of the Noble Lord, and all he could say was, that he had no knowledge of any in tention on the part of her Majesty's Govern ment to introduce any measure of this descrip tion for the apptobation of Parliament. There was no question but the distress in the country was very great, but a variety , of measures had been introduced with a ‘iew to the. alleviation of that distress, and to relieve conimere .and manufactures front the present emb4.rrassinents under which they ;uffered. The provisions to which the Noble Lord re , terred were passed only for a temporary purpose, and the revision of the Corn-laws was postponed, but in point of fact it did not take place in 1827. He did not know that the measure which the Noble Lord proposed would be of the slightest advantage to the country ; but if the Noble Lord saw any advantage in it, thixe could be no objection to the introduction of such a measure ; or if the Noble Lord pleased, he could, at the close of the • session, bring in a Bill to repeal an Act which they had passed at , the. commencement of it.—(Hear.) Lord KINNAIRD very much regretted to hear the Noble Duke say that it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce a measure on the subject of the motion of his Noble Friend. This was the second time the Noble Duke had told them that they must wait, whilst the people we dying by thousands for want of relief. He could fally bear out the statements of his Noble Friend (Radnor), which he knew to be strictly correct. He had that morning read a letter frotna most respectablemanwho formerly employed 700 men, but now only 200, the rest had gone on the parish, and he said he could not keep those long ; at the same time that person had letters from American merchants stating that they were willing at once to send over large quantities of meal, in exchange for Sheffield goods. The motion was then agreed to. INCOME-TAX. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that on the third reading of the Income-tax to-morrow, he should move the resolution which it was his intention to have moved on the second reading, and which had already been laid upon the table by a Noble Friend of his. Lord KINNAIRD moved for a copy of any report or instruction given to the Commission sent to Burnley. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. Mr. HARRIS was introduced by Mr. SCHOLEFIELD and Mr. BROTHERTON, and took the oaths and his seat for Newcastle-under-Lyme. Mr. LUMLEY brought up returns from the Poor-law Commissioners. - Mr. THORNLEY presented a petition from Orms kirk, praying for an equalization of the Sugar Duties. Mr. BERICELY presented a petition from Bristol against Church-rates.• Sir J. HANDIER presented two petitions from York shire, one of them signed by 8,000 persons, of various po lical opinions, against the New Poor-law. Mr. LYALL presented a petition, praying that the metropolitan bridges may be opcned to the public. Captain► PECHELL presented a petition from a labourer in Sussex, complaining of the treatment he re ceived in the Eastbourne Union. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the friends of the Society for ,. the Promotion of Universal Peace, against war in. general, and particularly against the wars in the East, as. being opposed to the Christian religion. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the Working-mans Church praying that an humble address be presented to her Majesty to prevent wars in the' EaSt; also a petition from North Shields, in NorthuMberland, against the system of landlord and tenant in Ireland, and praying that juries may be composed- of half Catholies and half Protestants, and that i t t i t o a l y i be fr givenom Finsbury, b b u y r y t , h e pr l ,a r y is i h n opened presented e the d the prosecution against the Vindicator newspaper bridges A m l C be A g Go tli 'e a r t nm th e e nt ; in a e l t s rOp a ol p i e ta ti n - Mr. p a u p b e l t ic it'ion praying for an alteration of the law regulating thepayment 9 of • ' wages. Mr. PACKINGTON' presented a petition from a Poor-law Union in Wercestershire, pra -* that • rayingparties who reside' out of their respective Ir • mons may be taxed to certain rates. SUDBURY IMPROVEMENT BILL. This Bill was read a.third time and passed. SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Mr. REDDINGTON said, that it having come to Ms knowledge that a copy of the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill, and of the order for reading the Bill a second time, which had been ordered by that House to be served upon the Returning-officer Tor the borough, had been serve d upon the late, insteadof the present Returning-ofile er , he begged to move that the copies be served upon the present Returning-officer, and that John Hall, who had served the copies improperly, be called to the bar of the House. John Hall then appeared at the - bar of the House, when the following conversation ensued :-- The SPEAKER—John Hall, are you a messenger of this House ? WitnesS"--I am, Sir. The SPEAKER—Did - you receive an order of this House on the 2d of June, to serve a copy of the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill, and the order for reading it a second time on the Returning-officer for the borough of Sudbury ? Witness—l- (lid, Sir. SPEAKER—Did yon proceed to Sudbury ? Witnest ,;:d ; Sir. - • The SPEAKER—On whom did you serve the copies..? Witness—l served it on Thomas Jones. The SPEAKER —Is he the returning-officer ? ness—He gave me a receipt i and signed his name " re turning officer." The SPEAKER —Is he the present returning officer ? Witness—No, Sir ; he said the present returning officer had nothing to do with the late election. . The SPEAKER—Did he'say that he presided at the Lie election as returninp; ofnecr ? 'l l 7 - itness—No, - Sir ; 'tic said nothing ith,ut presiding 4t the late election ; he sitid he,ivas the returning officer then. The witness was then ordered to withdraw. Mr.REDDINGTON moved that the order for receiving the report on the Bill be postponed-till next WtAlne•zday —Agreed to. BELFAST ELECTION. On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL the followity , Members Were appointed a Select Committee on the Belfast election :—Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Cripps, Mr. East, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Ellice, jun., Mr. Protheroe, and Sir Benjamin Hall. Power to send for persons, papers, aud records. Mr. OCONNEEL then moved that the .Committee have the power to inquire into alleged bribery and treating at the said election. Sir J. GRAHAM inquired (as we understood) what the motion of the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman was. ' Mr. O'CONNELL said he had given notice that he should move that the ComMittee should have the power of inquiry into alleged bribery and treating, but instead of that it was taken on the notice paper, that they should have power to send for persons, papers, and records. If, under those circumstances, the motion • should remain as it was, he would not offer any objection. Mr. HATTON hoped that the - same precautions should be taken to secure attendmice'of the members of the Committee, us had been in the case of the Commit tee appointed on the motion of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath. Mr. O'CONNELL bail understood from gentlemen connected with the Government that five out of the nine would attend. He (Mr. O'Connell) had ascertained that ti:ree out of the remaining'four would attend, and he had every reason to believe that there would be a full attendance of the Members. Sir R. INGLIS would not trouble the House by pressing the matter to a division, but his opinions were the same on this matter as he 'had expressed on former occasions. When the Right Honourable Ba ronet, at the head of her Majesty's Government, con curred in the :measure, it would be but giving the House unnecessary trouble to divide ; but he wished merely to record his opinion.: Mr. DARBY thought that the customary and proper notice should be given in this matter. Mr. O'CONNELL said that the fact was, that he had given the notice he had mentioned, btit that it was taken down inaccurately. As the period of inquiry must be much later than he.could wish, it was desirable to have as much expedition as possible. He should then hope that the motion, as now proposed, would be agreed to. Sir R. PEEL said his Hon. Friend had again referred to him, and he, therefore, 'had again to repeat that all he asked was to be allowed to - exercise his own indi vidual judgment.—(Cheers.) He did not in any way wish to influence any one. He hal not asked any man to vote for him, bat he claimed the right of deckling what course he should take.---(Cheers.) Consider ing the appearances of compromiSe, and consider ing that considerable bribery . prevailed, he then stated his deliberate opinion that he did not think it would be to the character or credit of the Huuse.of Commons to put this question on one side solely on account of technical objections.—(Lord cheers.) He wished to maintain the House of Comthons as he found it, he wished to prevent the recurrence of these compromises, which were constitutional changes ; and if the House of Commons were to refuse this inquiry in cases of this nature he was perfectly persuaded that they would find more eifficulty to refuse further consti tutional changes, when one person said, if you will protect my friend I will protect yours. He did not think this would be upholding the character of the House of Commons. He gave public notice that he never would act on that principle. If the parties were guilty of corrupt compromises for- -the purpose of concealing inquiry into practices of bribery, he.would not use the influence . of party to prevent that inquiry. —(Oh.) He did not say that. any party then had committed bribery, but he . would say for one, that he never would use • the influence of party for the purpose of preventing inquiry into prima facie. cases of bribery.— (Loud cheering.) He thought that such a course would have a great tendency to diminish the character of the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) Those who were guilty of bribery, if there were any, must take the con sequences, for he gave them public notice that he would not exercise his influence for the purpose of preventing inquiry. —(Great cheering.) Sir R. INGLIS said his Right Hon. Friend had quite misapprehended his meaning. He did not accuse his Right Hon. Friend of using the influence of his office for this or that purpose. He had stated simply the fact, that in a case in which his Right Honourable Friend and the . Noble Lord at the head of the Opposition ,concurred, it was in vain to expect to divide success fully against them; and that for that-reason, though he retained the opinion which he had expressed in con junction with those who voted with him, in the case of Belfast and Nottingham, it would be . painful to be found again in fruitless opposition. Mr. O'CONNELL then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to indemnify witnesses who may give evidence before the Committee to be appointed by. this. House, to inquire whether a corrupt compromise has been entered into for the purpose of avoiding investigation into gross and ex tensive bribery, and gross . and corrupt. personation of voters, and consequent perjury, : . alleged to have been practised at the late election fur Belfast. • Sir R. PEEL said he had stated, yesterday that he thought the House of Commons ought to rely, in the first- instance, upon its own constitutional powers. If they found those powers insufficient, it would be time to make alterations.. He hoped the Right. lion. Gentleman would not, at present, ask for additional powers. Mr. O'CONNELL said he had been apprehen- sive, from what had formerly passed, tliat the great powers were insufficient, but after what had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet, he would withdraw his motion. ' Mr. lIAWES said as the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Inglis) had given notice of his intention to bring the sub ject or Church Extension under the consideration of the House, he begged to ask him whether he intended to do so ? , . Sir R. INGLIS said it was his intention— his fixed intention—to call the attention of the House to the subject of Church Extension. If he might be per mitted to add one word in reply to the question, it was this, that if the Hon. Member for Lambeth would pro miSe him his support, he would then take his counsel as to the time and manner of bringinz the' subject forward ; otherwiso, he must be allowed to bring it forward at that time and in that manner which he should think best. Mr. HAWES did not understand the Right Hon. Baronet to state whether he intended to bring the matter forward before the end of the session. Sir R. INGLIS said it was his fixed intention to bring the subject forward before the close of the session. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY moved for a Select Committee, to inquire into the matters contained in the several pe titions hereinafter mentioned, viz. .the petitions of the electors of Southampton, presented to this House on the 9th day. of May and the Ist day 'of June ; the petition of John Wreil, presented to the House and, printed with the Votes, on the 30th day of May ; the petitions of Abraham Abraham and William Henry Mackey, pre sented to the House on the 13th day of June, and printed with the Votes ; and to report thereupon. The Hon. 'Gentleman took that opportunity of expressing his sense of the obligations of the House and the country to the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Govern ment for the a ssistance he had given towards raising the character of that House by the course he had taken respecting the alleged cases of bribery and corruption at the late elections. After a few observations from Mr. - HonsoN HINDS and Mr. MACKINNON, the motion was agreed to. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY stated that be was not pre pared with, a list cf the Committee, but he would give no-ice of them during the evening. - CHURCH RATES. Sir JOHN EASTHOPE rose, to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice with regard to Church-rates. He exprest d his extreme r egret that this question had not been taken up. by. her Majesty's Government ; he was surprised that it. had not been one of the questions considered by the present Government, as the Hetiouroble Baronet had himself avowed in former distussions on this subject ; that it was a most important one ; and he was, therefore, jus tified in supposing it. one likely to engage the attention of the Government at the earliest moment it could give its consideration. In the Session of 1835, the Right Hon. Baronet had borne witness to the importance of the question, and it was from that con sidered that this would have been one of the questions that he would have brought before Parliament had not his stay in office been cut short. It was naturally, then, • a cause of regret and surprise that the Right Hun. Baronet, with all the power to execute his own will, had not brought it forward ; and it was difficult to conceive what causes could make it less important now than at that time. In a speech delivered on that occasion, the Right Honourable Baronet said that, without undervaluing the importance of the Municipal Corporations Bill, he must observe that the church-rates question was fully equal to it in emergency, and for the sake of the continuance of harmony, and the ..pro motion of satisfactory feelings among the great body of' the Dissenters, there was no single questi o n, w ith the exception of that of the Irish Church, which so immediately pressed for settlement.—(Bear, hear.) He hoped he did not unnecessarily take up the time of the House in calling its attention to what were the opinions .of the Right Hon. Baronet on former occasion:. Nv hen the subject was brought forward by Lord Althurp, the Right Hun. Baronet told the .s.oble.Lord that.he was bnuid to proceed with the subject, and ought not to leave it a matter of contention for years. The Right Honourable Gentleman, in t h e y ear 1825, said it almost' amounted to a dereliction of duty to allow :the matter to proceed for such a length of time : witlrout a remedy, and yet, year after year; it had gone.on without a remedy. pi , rhaps,' it would be a waste. of time to. go through the reasons which pre vented it being settled. It had been the desire of the Noble Lord, the - Member for London, and those who acted with him, to have this question settled, but he had obstacles to meet him Miich were not in the way of the Right Honourable Baronet, who had powerful Majorities in both Houses of Par liament. But it was no part of his duty to defend any course that may have been pursued with regard to this question. He only wi.hed to ask whether the sub ject was not as important now as when the Right lion. Baronet made those statements. It had been declared also by parties in the Honse that Church-rates were a grievance on the Dissenters, and the only question wee, what was to be substituted for them. In 1834, Lord Spencer, and, in 1837, Lord Monteagle, brought for ward measures lor the abolition of Church rates, which was lust in both Houses of Parliament. Every Gov'ernment for the last ten years made and sanctioned the efforts of others, to remove the grievance of Church -rates, and different substitutes were pro posed. But it must be felt by the Dissenters to be a great hardship that, while the grievance was admitted and prticlaimed, it was still continued, because - a sub-Sti iute cotild - not be agreed on. -'Those proptised by Lords Althorp and Monteagle maY be badsubstitutes, but still all agreed that the abolition of Church-rates was desirable. They had had recommended fee".. the Throne in 1837 the consideration of the question of Church-rates, and in the debate on the Address a general understanding prevailed that there was to be an abolition of Church-rates, and that some substitute would be sought and found for the maintenance of the Chutch. In the course of the debate in the Session of 1834, ori Lord Althorp's motion, no individual Member of the House more severely characterised church rates- than the present Noble Secretary of the Colonies ; and with the strong feeling that the Noble Lord had expressed. he could not help believing that he and other Members of the Government would think it de sirable to see the termination of this irritable and disturbing question.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member, after referring to the statements of the Noble Lord, in the debate, observed that he was afraid the House would think he was almost needlessly taking up their time, by alluding. to this subject ; but he woald ask the House what must the feelings of the Dissenters be, when they heard from the Throne that their griev ances were to be removed ; when all parties con curred. that it was a most serious grievance, and an impost that ought not to be borne ; that, up to the present time, nothing had been done ? Upon the point of its being a grievance, an unjustifiable and unnecessary grievance, there was authority almost amounting to universal concurrence. He thought it would be scarcely said that whatever diffi culties there might be in the way of a remedy, that they were ready to perpetuate injustice. What he recom mended would be to contribute to the advantage of the Church, the religion of .the Church, and the happiness of the people. These are not to be violated because there were difficulties to contend with in consulate; the in terests of certain parties He r -membered on a tomer occasion the Honourable Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford, said in the coufte of the debate on Lord Auckland's motion, that the Dissenters bore an inconsiderable portion of the amount of Church-rates. The lion. Baronet then said that the whole amount of - Church-rates wus 566,0001. per year, and that he believed that the Dissenters did not pay more than one quarter of that amount. For the abuses that he had mentioned, it could he by no means difficult for a strong Government like the present to devise a remedy. He believed .that the remedy he proposed would be amply sufficient to meet all the diffi culties of the case. No one could be more anxious than he was to guard against any injury to the interests of the Church. The Measure which he should propose to the House was, in the first place, the abolition of Church ratee, excepting as far as regard( d the arrare of debts for the payment of which Church-rates had bt en pledged. In all cases where endowments and voluntary subscrip tions were insufficient for keeping churches in repair, he Would give power to the Churchwardens to levy . pew, rents for that purpose. In several large parishes Church-rates had fallen into decline, and he ale. prehemled that no difficulty arose from that circumstance in maintaining churches in repair. If those who were identified with public worship were found jobbing and manceuvring with the money with which they were entrusted, it must not only excite anger on the part of those who witnessed it, but must bring reli gion itself into contempt, and produce many other evils which they must all desire to prevent. Let them con sider the continual anti-social differences which chits racterised the vestry system, the legal controversies which were proceeding in all parts of the country, - the fines inffictee on tender consciences ; humble individuals being exposed to difficulties, which pressed much upon their own comforts and the comforts of their families. Surely no roan could contemplate the continuance of all these mischiers, without alting again and again what were the objects for which the system was continued. Recollecting the paltry sum which was contribed by Dis senters, it was impossible that the strongest supporter of the Church could fail to perceive that the miseries en tailed were unequal to the advantages desired. The Hon. Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford and others had stated that that was felt to be a question of property. But he (Sir J. Easthope) hoped that that doctrine was now exploded. The decision in the Ecclesiastical • Courts must have gone far to destroy such a notion. How was it possible that anybody could seriously contemplate as a question of property that which depended upon the num ber of individuals attending the Parish Vestry at Easter, and upon the accidental circumstances whether there happen to be more Dissenters or Churchmen present —more friendly to the continuance of the rate or inimical to i.t ? How any person contemplated it as a question of preperty, at the same time seeing that it depended upon such a contingency, he was utterly at a loss to imagine. Then if it were looked upon as a question of privilege, :lowing the preminence and authority of tne C • urch. What possible advantage he would ask, ceuld the Church derive from saying to those vi ho differed from her—" We have the power of makihg you pay for cur support and we shall exercise that power." Such an assumption was totally at variance with every Christian and benevolent feeling. It was so fraught with mischief, and with all those inconveniences which had been so often depricated in that House, that he hoped he should not hear no more of it. He could scarcely think any individual in that House would now attempt to justify a continuance of Church-rates on the ground either of its being a question of property, or on the still more important grow , d of its being a question by which the Church could exhibit her principles and power. Ile felt that he should best consult his own feelings upon the question by not taking up any longer the time of the House. The subject had been so often debated—the merits and demerits of the question were, he was persuaded, so fully and so generally understood—the -belief was so universal that the tax was a . grievance upon Dissenters, unredeemed by any 'positive good to the Church—the rate was so violently and so bitterly disputed, that lie only felt it necessary - to conclude at once by moving for leave to bring in " it Bill to abolish Church -mates, and make other previsions fOr the maintenance of Churches and Chapels in England and Wales." MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. The debate was interrupted by a Message from the Lords,-bringing down several priv!ite Bill, and the Wit nesses Indemnity Bid, which had been agreed to without any amendments. CHURCH RATES. Tice Home then resumed, and Sir R. IL INGLIS rose He said be believed no speech that had been t:elivered in that House during the Session had been SO try-4 made us the speech just delivered :by the Hon. Member. Ho believed if any other Honourable Gentleman had taken up the volume of Hansard for the 25th of May, 1841, would have found not merely the same arguthents that had just been offered, but the same ornaments and the saute quotation from the speeches . deliveresl by others, and nearly in the same words. To old arguments he certaialy could nut do otherwise than state old re plies. Notwithstanding the attempts of Lord Althorpe in 1834, and of Lord Monteagle, in 1837, nothing practical had ever been done on this subject. The first Bill was thrown out almost u ithout discussion, and the proposal to take the ex pense of repairing the Church out of the Con solidated Fund, was totally rejected by the great body of the Dsssenters, of whom he believed the • Honourable Baronet was the not unwilling organ. The Hon. Member for Luiceseer had asked him, how, with his views refusing to contribute towards the Dissenters, he could be willing to impose a tax upon con science. Now he would ask him, in return, if he should contend, as he had done, that Church-rates were not a tax on property, because they were fluctuating, and fixed by vestry how he could distinguish them from Poor•rates, and unless the Honourable Baronet could prove that Poor-rates, because they were fluctuating, were not a tax upon property, his assertions would go for nothing. Formerly there certainly was great opposition to Church -rates, but he did not think that was the case at present. He believed the amount of opposition to t e Church rates was greatly diminished. He believed the number of cases against the rate now existing in any Court was less than when tho subject was first brought forward. At all events they had not increased. The Hon. Gentleman referred to the small amount of • the rate paid by Dissenters, and used it as an argu ment ad verecundiam. How could he, said the Hon. Gentlemen, consent to such a burden for the sake of 14,0001., but that told . two ways, and he (Sir Robert Inglis) never made the question one of pounds, shillings, and pence. His claim was that the Church-rates were a national tribute to the national Church, and it was on that ground he argued for their continuance.—(Hear.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) 130 ULOGNE. Much discusgon is going on, at present, in the commercial circles of France, and England, and Bel gium, as to the proposed duty to be put upon linen yarns imported into France. The English press and the Belgian, we think, are right in their views ; we consider the imposition of the duty a very unwise measure as regards France, and we are led to this conclusion by two reasons. 1. If the duty be imposed, it is a general tax upon all France, for the benefit of some few manufacturers. Is it right to tax a whole people for the benefit of a few ? We say no, especially when it is considered who those few arc. No person will deny that they are almost all foreigners; men who began the speculation with their eyes open,—with a full knowledge of the law and of what they would have to contend against; men who employ foreigners to carry on their trade and not natives, excluding it thereby from national productions, and the protection national productions, extensirely grown or manufactured, and employing thousands, may have some claim to; men who have embarked in the spe culation fur self-interest, not caring one sous or giving one thought to France, or any benefit the country in general may derive from their speculation. Now, are such men or their speculations of such importance as to merit the particular consideration of a foreign State to that degree that the whole population of a country, 34 millions, are to be taxed 20 per cent., that they should grow rich and drink champagne, and drive their carriages, at the expense of rich and poor, through the length and breadth of the land ? We say no. These opinions may be unpalatable to many in this town who have thrown their money into the concern at Capecure. But we see no reason why we, and all the country should be obliged to pay 20 per cent. more for our. sheets, table cloths, and linen, that these foreigners in the land should be paid 6 or 10 per cent: for their capital in the speculation. It is in our humble idea unjust to the nation at large. Had the duty been lowered after the enterprise was corn menced, and disappointments and losses been the re sult, we should have been silent. But INC do not think, because speculators have formed bad calcula tions and knew but little. Of the expenses or profits arising from the trade into which they sanguinely, and without due consideration, threw their capital, that, therefore, the whole nation are to be taxed for their benefit. We lay aside the political considera tions attached to the question, reprisals of foreign countries, higher duties put on French industry, heart burnings, discontent, &c., with these we have nothing to do. We look on it as a purely domestic question, and in that point of view only do we treat it; every thinking mind will soon see_ it in all its bearings. 2. The second point in which we consider it of immense importance is that _a the loss of duty which must follow. The diminution of the revenue must be great. In 1840 no less than 13,137,368 pounds of linen yarns were exported to France from England alone ; what were imported from Belgium we have no means of stating ; no doubt it was one half of that from England, else the Belgian Chambers would not be so roused, as it will be seen they were by the extract we give below from the debates. Any person, then, the least acquainted with the subject, by mul tiplying these number of pounds by the duty at pre sent levied, will see the loss the Customs of the country' will sustain. But that is not all, not only will the re venue suffer, but all who are engaged at the ports as commission agents, and workmen ; all engaged in transporting the merchandise inland, and the thousands benefited by the employ that this thread has created. Almost all these are Frenchmen, to them a fruitful source of industry will be dried up and employment taken from them to benefit wild speculation. Now, we maintain, of course with all due deference to wiser heads, that the above considerations should induce a wise Government to pause ere they taxed a whole people, and took the bread out of the mouths of thousands ' merely to benefit a few foreigners who havebeen so foolish as to speculate in under takings which have proved unprofitable. We consider it very unwise to ransack the annals of a country and go back nearly two hundred years, when the spirit of commercial prosperity was totally unknown, to defend a measure similar to what we now notice. Suppose England, in order to pro tect Bett's patent brandy, and Taylor's gooseberry wine, was to place an extra duty of 20 per cent. on French brandy and wine, hat would be the exclama tions on this side of the Channel ? England has not done this ; on the new tariff Sir Robert Peel has considerably diminished the duty on boots, shoes, gloves, silks, trinkets, and various objects of art, all in favour of rench manufacturers ;is the proposed 20 per cent. a return of gratitude ? Nations can reta liate ; but God forbid that, to please some eight or ten foreign speculators who have settled in France, the present good understanding existing between the two countries should suffer the least diminution.—Boulogne Gazette. SINGULAR DEATH OF A , BOlL—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, 51. P., held an inquest it University College Hospital, on the body of John Villiers; aged 13, the son of a surgeon in the army, residing at 54, London -street, Fitzroy-square. I t appeared from the statement Alf-the deceased's fathiv that the deceased, who was rather a iickly boy, was exceedingly fond of eating vegetables of every description. On Thursday he, ac companied by some juvenile friends, wont into the fields for the purpose of gathering sorrel, of whch, during the time he was out, he ate a great quantity. On his return home in the evening, deceased complained of violent pains in the bowels, which induced his father to administer. medicine to hm. He slightly recovered on Friday, .but again gradually got worse, and his appearance left no doubt on his father's mind that he was attacked with cholera. He continued to prescribe for him until the morning of Sunday, when the deceased's mother, fearing he was dying. took hint in her arms, and carried him to the above hospital. Dr. Quaine, resident saigeon of the hospital, proved the admission of the deceased about one o'clock on Sunday, evidently, in his opinion, labouring under the effects of cholera. He died in half an hour after. Mr. Quaine here detailed the appearancet of the body on post mortem examination, which left no doubt on his mind that he had died of cholera, induced by the eating improper food above men tioned. The Jury returned a verdict of " Died from cholera, caused by taking improper food." DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION.—Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, at the White Horse, Drury-lane, on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Hickey, resieing at • I‘o. 49, Parker-street, an army cluthes maker, who was choked while eating apiece of meat. Before the Jury returned their verdict, the C‘ironer said that it happened nearly on all occasions that if a person died suddenly, While 'at a meal or eating, the death was attributed to choking ; but in the great majority of such cases the person was seized with a fit at that moment, and died from the effect of that attack, and not from choking. In the present instance there could be little doubt that the death re sulted from suffocation, caused by the meat ; and the distinction was to be drawn from the fact that the deceased was sensible from first to last ; that she put. her hands to her mouth ; and that she attempted to extract the meat with her finger, none of which signs are present when a lit has come on at the moment that the person happens to be eating. These consti tuted marked dist inctions, and'showed that the obstruction was at the throat, and not a sudden effect of the brain or the heart. Verdict—" Accidentally ahoki.d." The mortal remains of Lord Congleton were con veyed from his late residence, 43, Cadogan-place, the day before yesterday, for inter ment in the faMily mausoleum of the Parnell family, in St. George's, Hanover -I quire, burial- greamd, on the Bayswater-road. The youthful Marques of Drogheda, grandson of the late Lord, came up from Et, n College to attend the funeral, which was strictly private. The present Lord Con gleton, the Hon. Henry Pat tiell, Bishop 01 Ripon, Mr. Edward H. Cole, sons-in-law of his late Lordship, were among the re latives present at the mournful ceremony. IMPERIAL • PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 15. ELECTORS REMOVAL BILL. Mr. HUME wished to ktioWr whether it was the inten tion of the Government to bring in a Bill to remedy the admitted evil which the ineaure which had just been thrown out as designed to meet ? Sir J. GRAHAM was understood to say, that he had no statement to make upon the subject. Mr. HUME repeated his question, whether the Go vernment meant to introduce- a Bill to remedy the ad mitted Cvils of the present electoral system ? Sir h. PEEL said that he "apprehended the question of the lion. Gentleman was one of an unusual nature. He was not then prepared to vay that the Governueut had come to any determination upon the subject. Mr. HUME said, as it tad been stated in her Ma jesty's speech that the attention of the House should be directed to the registration .of electors, he thought the Right Bon. Baronet should have made up his mind upon that subject.— (Oh, oh, and laughter.) Sir R. PEEL thought the Hun. Member's observations were perfectly uncalled for,—(llear.) They had brought forward measures of great importance—the Income-tax, the Tariff, and the Poor-law; and they had not as yet had an opportunity of calling the attention of the House to the registration of electors. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether he intended to lay on the table a Bill for the improvement of the registration of voters. He asked that question before East(T, and the Right Hon. Baronet then stated that the'Bill was ready, but as the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who had the conduct of that Bill, was not then in his place, it could not then be laid on the table. It was intended, however, said the Right Hon. Baronet, to lay it on the table either before or after Easter. They were now near the end of the Session, and they had heard nothing more of that Bill. He wanted to know whether the Bill was to be laid on the table or not ? He wanted to know what were the reform views of her Majesty's Ministers, or whether they had any reform views at all.—(He ar , hear.) There was a great necessity for this Bill=much perjury did exist at all elections of Members . of Parlia ment —(Cries of " Question" and " Order.") He had sat fourteen days on the Weymouth Committee, and there were 60 voters out of 500 struck off the register, and 50 of those were owing to cases of removal. Were they to see this Bill for the registration of voters ? He was delighted that the House had come to the decision it had, because it would let the people see that that House was much worse, with regard, to reform princirles, than the other House, for that House had rejected the Bills on the second reading, which the other House would not have done. Lord CLEMENTS wished to ask if it was the inten tion of her Majesty's Government to introduce a Bill on the subject of Irish Registration. Sir R. PEEL said that iriTibe early part of the even ing the Right lion. Secretary for the Home Department had stated that he would at a future day, to-morrow or the next day, state to the House the intention of her Majesty's Government on the subject, and he thought that answer was sufficient. Mr. FOX MAULE said the answer the Right Hon. Baronet had just given, justified him in moving an amendment that the Bill be read that day week. Mr. HODGSON said the Bill had nothing to do with the registration of voters. - Mr. REDINGTON said that was a very good rea son why they should legislate at once on the subject, without waiting for the Bill Of the - Right Hon. Baronet. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. The numbers were— For Mr. Maule's amendment 79 For the original motion lOl • Majority for the original motion -22 SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND). On bringing up the Repoti of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill, Captain' GORDON moved the following amendments, of which he had given notice . Clause 2, page 2, line 6, to htuve out "any proprietor," and insert " a majority of proprietors." In line 7, leave out " twenty," and insert " not less than ten." In line 8, leave out " or by any three or more of such proprietors possesing Salmotr Fishings of the yearly value of not less than ten pounds each." In line 41, after " river," insert' " stream, lock, water, estuary, bay, frith, or sea lock or sea coast as aforesaid." Clause 7, page 4, line 13, after " Act," insert " upon application made to them by proprietors possessing Salmon Fishings of at least one hull the amount of the whole annual value;" and at the end of the clause add " Frovided also, that nothing herein contained shall prejudice the rights of proprietors of any river, or the banks then of." After a short discussion the amendments were agreed to. The Report was then received, and the Bill was or dered to be engrwsed. DEAN FOREST POOR BILL. On the motion of the Earl of LINCOLN this Bill went through Committee. DEAN FOREST ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICTS BILL. On the motion of the Eiifof LINCOLN this Bill went through Committee. CUSTOMS ACTS. - -.---- Mr. GREENE brought up the Report on the Customs Act's. On the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE, the rcsolations were ordered to be re-committed. The resolutions having ka.en agreed to in Committe l 2r Mr. ULADSTONE moved for leave to bring in a isu l founded on them. FOREIGN BOOKS. Mr. HUME wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman to bring forward a proposal to regulate the duty ups foreign books imported into this country. Mr. GLADSTONE said that there was every inten tion on the part of the Government to reduce the duty upon foreign books to the lowest possible point. It %% IL* however, desirable to leave the matter open for nevtill - , Lion, because it trenched upon the subject of internationa l copyright, and our own - law of copyright was still under the consideration of Parliament. . Mr. HUME said that he did not see how the maqer was affected by the present unsettled state of the law i n ' this country. The House then resumed, and Mr. GREENE brought up the Report, which Was (it " dered to be received to-morrow. ASSESSED TAXES BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report, which was or dered to be received to• morrow. DEAN FOREST ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRIC TS BILL.—ADVANCE OF MONEY. On the motion that the House go into Committee 1311 this Bill,— Mr. HUME said they would be called on by tl~i Bill to pay sums of 31L 95., 58/. 95., and 75L 65.; he ‘li:4lee to know if this were public money, and if it were uctualif necessary ?. Lord LINCOLN said there wa4 a great necessity for an increased endowment of churches. There 0. 1 ,9- 4 11,000 inhabitants in the Forest of D ean ; th e y were g" living by their labour ; there was not one person able W afford relief, whilst all were fit objects to be the recipientg of relief. Mr. HUME said, if the Noble Lord would lay a state' ment of the money required, and the exact purposes for which it was required, before the House, he should nob offer any further opposition. After some further conversation, Mr. HUIIE said he should divide the house upon the question, when Lord LINCOLN withdrew his resolution, and gay' notice that he should bring it on to-morrow (this du) )• The House then adjourned at Half-past Seven. IJA W INTELL-IuENCE. 110 USE OF LORDS, June 15. The L.rd Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Oa the Judges, sat to-day in the House of .Lords to hear wri" of error. RUTLAND V. DOE AND OTHERS. The arguments in this case were concludett to-day. Certa' questions were propounded to the Judges, and their LordshiP. took time to consider their judgment. SIR J. SIMPSON V. LORD HOWDEN: This case came before their L'ldships upon a writ of error from the Court of Exchequer Chamber. The circumstan ces of the ewe out of which the question arose, may shortly be thus stated t— Sir J. Simpson and others were the proprietors of the York and North Midland Railway, and Lord Howdell , being in possession of property over which the line was i n ; tended to pass, gave the parties notice of his intention to oPl'°' I their Bill in Parliament . Udimately, however, it was arrang e .' among the parties that the Noble Lord should withdraw h t ; opposition; upon the tin erstar-ditig that the proposed • line wa' to be deviated from, and he was to receive 5,00/. frPn i . the Company in ease the Rill pa ss ed within months. Lord Howden withdrew his oppositi o n, but tb e Company neglecting to perform their part of the c °1 :: tract, he brought en action against them, for the . I ,llipl of recovering the 5,000/. To th a t a c tion th e d e f en d an t plead e , —first, That the Company had abandoned the deviated line, , and, secondly, That when he entered into the a greeme nt, be ,"'" a Peer of the realm. To these Pleas the defendant in error de murred specially, and the plaintiff in error having joined that demurrer, the case came on before the Court of Quee n Beneh, who gave their judgment for the defendant on the firs t plea, and for the plaintiff on the second. Against this jut went the defendant bought a writ of error in the Court o t Exchequer•Citamber, and that Court affirmed the judgme. 4 % below, as far as regarded the first plea, ,but reversed it respect to the second; and from that judgment the present wri t of error was brought. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Pemberton, and Mr. Sw ar , t Wortley were Counsel for the pl a i nt iff i n error; an d N' e r ; Bethell, Mr. Kelly, Sir J. Bailey, and M r . Addi son w ere° the defendant. The arguments not having concluded at three o'clock, further consideration of the case was adjourned till to-inorr ° r r (this day). CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Mr. Baron GURNEY took his seat in this Court at te tt o'clock. Francis Beard, aged 48, a Post Office letter carrier, sts 6 dieted for having, while employed in that capacity, stole° f letter contain}; a half-crown, the same being the pro perty Lord Lowther, the Postmaster-General. Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. Adolphus conducted the proseelP tion, and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. • • • The case was one of the ordinary descripti on , an d th e cbarg e j was clearly brought home to the prisoner. • He-, was emploY at the Post Office in sorting letters. Baron GURNEY having summed up, the jury returned a le ry ,: diet of Guilty, but at the same time s t rong l y recomme nded tw prisoner to mercy, on account of his pi emus good characier! ve Baron GURNEY said, be was at all times anxious to gi effect to the revoinmviVation of a Jury, but this was 07 l ! 0 , those cases in which his duty to the rublic prevented him tr° , doing so. The Court had no a lt erna ti ve h ut to pass a seve re 1 4 truce, in order t o a ff or d a warn i ng and example to others to commit the like act. The prisoner was then ordered to transported for life. Robert Peck, 25, was indicted for the manslaughter of Jai Carroll, a police constable. Mr. Bookin and Mr. Chambers conducted the prevent° . and Mr. Phillips appeared for the prisoner. The circumstances of this case have already been given upon the trial of a man named Smedley, who w.is als°' jt dieted for being aeceesary to the death of the deceased. 1, will be remembered that a disturbance took place in Beth o green, and that the deceased, in the exevu ion of his duty 0 40 t police astable, endervomed to put an e nd t o it, aid to Smedley, who was the principal Ih:fly causing the affrays custody. The mob attempted to rescue the prisonenCrier made use of violent language toward s the police, and the inl'ibe and Smedley were Iproved to have both kicked aid ate no` 1 ,0 deceased, who received such severe injury as to oecasio death a few days dterA amis. The Jury found the prisoner guilty of an aggravate.l ass' sil t arid Mr. Baron Gurley ordered luau t o b e i mpr i sone d a wl to hard labour for two years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.. M A f?LBOR UGH-STREET. Yesterday James Hefford, a smart young man, nu c ir• years of age, but who is known as a convicted thief, and ~e O. Kendall, a stalw a rt, p ower f u l y oung man, w h o was also lunot title:: by the police as the constant associate of sonic of the ' to g of characters, w ere pl ace d a t t h e b ar charged with eonitriltoi• the following outrageous assault upon Wm. Byrne, of tii° i tive stature, a General Post letter-carrier. - cle ( " 11 Mr. Peacock, jun., fromtlie General Post-office, atten the part of the prosecution, e $ The complainmt stated that about h a lf-p as t t wo rec.ne the preceding afternoon, as he was proceeding on bie.sitaP o jell livening letter s in Old C ompton - street, Soho, he was by the pri-oners and another young man, who were " as it is termed. Complainant received an intimation th at o rt had become the object of their sport, by a missile of som e „ice being thrown at his hat, which was knocked off with grea:,, r d. lence. It wa s th rown , as h e b e li eves, b y t h e prisoner fic.Pici He was at the time in the act of delivering some PO 4 „iii letters. On asking the prisoners why he wa s as saulteu oc ol interrupted in the performa nce o f, h is d uty, he was t ills down, by Hefford striking h.m a tremendous blow 0n 3 P 6 1,i0 of the head, and on his regaining his feet and pursnin% th s through several street s , H e ff or d t urne d on hi m aga i n a nd 1 tp stunning blow felled him. Compl a i nan t again got. 'up, bich endeavouring to defend himself, a scuffle ensued s during f tba his hat was again knocked off, his letters. scattered ab t) ",sot t road, and he was also kicked about the legs arra body in 3 CO°: . shameful and violent m anner b y th e prisnriers and sein e d „ c iP federates, who had join e d th em ; h e , however, succeed' . terl' considerable exertion in reg aining posse ss i on o f a ll the leL but in doing so was collared and shook with great force Pi oot prisoner Kendall, and tripped up several times by t o h o g in custody; and at length from the brutal manner in w h bro lig, was treated, his left knee-p an was b ro k en completely te"bst and across, and he was oth erw i se se severely injures D ie t expected it would be same wee k s b e f ore h e shoul d be $ perform his duty. ^e the The prisoners contented themselves with merely denY 4 charge. • The MAGISTRATE afte r consu l t i ng w i t h M r. tt•l‘ .0 of P it was must fortunate f or th e pr i soner that the "' Act, authorities did not intend prosecuting under their 0 9 1 rf Parliament, for if th e y d i d, t h ere wou ld not b e t h e sha;l lls Pithdoubt but that th e p r i soners wou ld be transported. Pi th t" - worthy Magistrate) sh ou ld th ere f ore d ea l summar ily w o oci ' case, and tine each of the defend an t s 5/., an d i n default ao merit, commit them for s ix wee k s eac h to h ar d l a b ou r . oep t ' The prisoners not being able to raise the tuonuP gaol accordingly. 0 THE COVNTESS OF BL ESSINGTO tY ed ' be es' t i f P THE LOTTE RY or l are ."—A lottery it may we ll 45" e ~c 1 —this bustling e te rna l Lif e i n which existence is rra'n i 'f ur e —this world of speculations and enterprises, of irne;ot,! , credulity—with its abund an t p r i zes f or quackery at'''. ` 13 .- los ti its series of sorry bl an k s f or trut h an d honesty. !JAY bu t 1 0 t ' O O ton takes a somewhat snore good-natu r ed v i ew o f it, r , efe° shrewd, and t oo th oroug hl y exper i enced, to spare its or its falsehood. H e r b oo k h as b een very plewant r e s i 0 us. It is gracefully writt en th roug h out , an d w ith power of good-hearted ridicule. Lady Blessingtoi l , t o f fr,' what we may call refined car i ca t ure ; i n which .pi nt Or eo sr exaggeration runs side by side with a cheerful Wl' V ls , observation, and humour b o th s h arp and Mill' volumes will add to Lady Bl e s-i ng t on a repu t a tion li e , acute, and agreeable writer.—Eraerixer. ffss e . R. On the 9th inst., Mrs. S 81 . H TH arris, S of N TT , o. 14, vii' er se Smithfield, of a daughter. .' 1. 01 o' On the 13th inst., the lady of Captain Sir Hen r i' of 01. 0 ° ) , Baker, Bart., C. 8., of Dunstable H ouse , Riehawn ' , ° 00 On the 26th ult., at Corfu, the l a dy of Aiexaude _, ton Loughnan, Esq., of a daughter. the 110 On the 12th inst., at Montpelli er - toa d, Brighton , j, , Mrs. Anderson, of a soil. Hear ' , 0' On the 14th inst., at Mu t w e ll-hill, Mrs. .. 0 ,4' Windsor, of a son. et , ur O d. i s t ei t u h a e re l , 4 o t f h a it z t j s a t ti , gh M te r r s . l''4)' v .J. P. Davis, Charlotte.stre 10, On the 14th inst., at Spondon, Derbyshire , th e of s H. H. Cox, Esq., of a daughter. FAO° On the llith inst., at Brook-green, Mrs. .....---"' daughter. "''' on or MARRIED. r „, ff re' ef lOs ri { On the 14th inst., at Woolwich, Williart ‘- e- u., t ° , 61 " the late Sir Joseph acLean, of the Royal Artil le „7,' ' .q. Frances, only daughter of the late Willitux Tiref d " °___,..., Chiehester. - 00 `7l i LondGn : Printed a nd P u bli s h e d by MURDO .„ stroll No. 112, Strand, a t Mr Srix (Mice No. l' a f 10' the Co'utV of Middlesex, Thursday: Jun e lw rraute,, only aaugnter of the tate withy.ns 1" Chiehester. 0 3- • 'ere ° ink: D. L , ' d 3g' On the 22d of April, at Xingston, JahlaiT ec , .Pc,, ode' ColunA Charles Markham, 2d battalion 60th il L i' le - dert" On the 10th inst., a L3ndhurst, Ban"' ; f:gi'e Esq., jun., agtd 43. tjl Fw . R. ‘ r. all - !ley. On the 12th inst„ at Cabalra, Radnor, , v • _ e l a te On the 14th insP., Mary Ann, widow of th ,---, D O Pillans, of Lading, !Norfolk. ---- 1 4 '''' ' --- - ..A1l iIP