The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-24 00:00:00

. 3 THE LATE FIRE AT lIAMBURGH. The mail-packet Caledonia, Captain Cheesman,. arrived at Blackwall on Sunday, with the Hanaburgh Mail. The'following letter from our correspondent came by this conveyance : "Hamburgh, Friday, May 20. "No doubt, from the short intervals between the arrivals of the packets from Hamburgh, and the suc cessive communications therefrom, the subject of the fire at' our city is almost exhausted with you ; but whatever it may be on your side of the water there is food enough for years of reflection on this, seeing that, in comparatively a moment of time, the fruits of ages of industry, and the successes of years of pros perity, have been entirely swept away. " Since my last, we have received many large do. nations from foreign countries.- His Majesty of Russia has sent us 80,000 marks banco ; and it is said the King of Saxony has subscribed 1,600 louis d'ors, for the, purchase of stone and timber for our new buildings. The King of Wurtemburg has contri buted from his private purse 10,000 florins ; and of moneys collected, I may mention, that at Stutgard 5,406 marks banco were obtained on the 15th inst., and at Frankfort 1,000 florins were subscribed by a3me of the banking establishments, in addition to 5,000 from Rothschild. Also, it is said, that at Frankfort and other places the ladies are about to establish bazaars, and transmit the proceeds for the relief of the sufferers at this place. " The ruins of St. Peter's Church were blown up this morning : I hear some soldiers were slightly in jured in the operation.' The rebuilding has already commenced in various parts of the city ; but tempo rary shops and stores are already occupied, and by the advances of money made to the tenants by the com mittee of supplies, many are stocked and doing some 1 us ness. - "In the designs for the new public buildings, streets, &c. the utmost precautions are to be taken to prevent such another terrible catastrophe as this, and it is sincerely hoped .that our Senate will, at the earliest opportunity, apply themselves to the task of providing some more effective means than they have laherto possessed for tho extinction of fire." HAMBURGH. MAY 20.—The money market has been easier to-day than it has yet been since the fire, discount without difficulty at four per cent. Regular business has also been, for the first time, transacted in colonial produce to a limited extent, chiefly in coffee and sugar. While lam happy to be able to add that a more quieting impression has prevailed to-day on Exchange, through the fact that up to this day, not only no commercial failures have taken place, but there is no instance known of any merchant having failed to meet punctu ally his engagements. such a fact, after such a disaster, tells most fasourabli , of the commercial prudence and stability which be longs to the dealings of the Hamburgh merchants, and must, as it deserves, have a very favourable effect on the London Ex change. I have the more satisfaction in the stating of these circum stances from what I can announce to you of the intentions of the Senate. From the first I informed you they would make a loan, and this I can now add will be done preferably in the London market, as soon ai, all the arrangements of the Go vernment having been made, they shall have summoned the Burgherskaft to sanction their resolves, and pass the requisite Bill Co legalise tiaeir being casried into execution. Already have the Senate been led to raise a loan in this their own town, and the sister ones of Bremen and Lubeck, the amount of which they have limited to 50,000,000 of mares, and towards which there has been the most ready subscription. This mea sure was originally a secret one, it being unconstitutional, and done by the governing body on their own responsibility. The Senate are labouring under many apprehensions, past, present, and to come. They dread to meet the Burghershaft, expecting to be dlal-10 task fur the inefficiency and timidity of their first measures. On meeting the Burghershaft, the Senate have also the dread of their demanding what they consider too much. It is sup posod that the general feeling will incline strongly to the town bearing the whole of the losses, but the Senate, with what they have before thorn, are anything but satisfied that such a large loan as this would require could be undertaken consistently with the general prosperity. In the first place they will have to purchase the ground of the whole consumed part of the town,: and on this to erect not only the requisite public buildings, but private dwellings and warehouses. By the plan submitted to the Senate by Sir. Lindley, scarce a single street will be re stored, the whole ruins must be swept away, and a fitting town on a new plan, suitable to the interests and convenience of the times, be raised in its stead. Independent of the immensity of the charge and responsibility on the governing body, should .they propose this plan and the Burghershat concur in it, they labour under the dread of overbuilding—that is their houses standing, from the cost price or rent, unsold. There is the remedy of portioning out the whole town, the building of part by the Senate, and allowing the rest to be constructed by in dividual enterprise. have mentioned these fluctuations and difficulties as they exist in high quarters, as evincing to the English mercantile world that there is far more likely to be an underborrowing from present irresolution or timidity to attempt all that is re quisite, than there is a likelihood of an embarrassment to the State by an over demand of the needful funds by way of loan. Since my last, great facilities have been given to discounts, a fund having been established for that purpose. The house of Heine has engaged itself in the most liberal manner for 300,000 mares banco. The Royal Prussian See-Handlung (or M..rine Society), a pet establishment of the present King, has likewite contributed to the general facilities by an advance of 25,100 rix dollars. While since the previous English mail, and specially this day, money having, from the remittances brought, become more plentiful, a greater ease is felt. I must continue to invite subscriptions from England. The ourer classes are well attended to, and the greatest interest roughout all Germany is evinced more and more by the in selligeace each courier 'brings of sympathy, and what is better, of s ubscriptions mooted and raised. So plentiful a stock of provisions has been sent here on all sides—cheese, bacon, hams, &c.—that the great hemp store-house on the Elbe is overbur dened si ith it, and as thee, if kept, must become uneatable, to morrow a public sale takes place of the greater part, the pro ceed* to be carried to the fund. The subscription of her Majesty, announced here to-day, is unfortunate ; it has not equalled expectation, notwithstanding the distresses of her own people, but of this I may be able to say morosiii.roy next. I say the Queen of England's subscrip ton is an unfortunate one, not simply in its amount of 2001. but re reaching this the re,..0 that or an poroz or Raisia, to which it is no fair contrast ; the Autocrat has sent 50,000 silver roubles, which, if I mistake not, is some where about 9,0001. SUMS REALIZED BY THE SALE OF SIR HOR.A,CE WALPOLE'S STRAWBERRY HILL EFFECTS. The sale of the Strawberry Hill effects, which com menced on Wednesday, the 4th of May, and concluded on Saturday last, having occupied Mr. Robins in their disposal a space of twenty-four days, produced, as nearly as we are enabled to draw up from rough results of each day's realization, the subjoined amounts, which pro bably, on a more accurate calculation, will be found to have drawn a much larger sum of money:— May 4 and 5. The Walpole Cabinet of Coins and Medals, was sold on these 'two days, and brought in, together, the sum 0f.... May 6. Enamels, Miniatures, Sevres China, and Plate, about May 7. China and Crockery, of various orders 7OO May 9. Miniatures, - Gems, Snuff-box., Relics, &c 1,300 May 10. Portraits of distinguished persons • 9OO May 11. Antieeilies of the Middleton Collec, tom, consisting of Gems, Missals, and Benve nuto Cellini's Silver Bell .. 2,160 May 12. 'This day's sale comprised the Decora tive Furniture, with the rare eld Raphael or Faenza Ware, and other relics 1,167 May 13. Chiefly the contents of Sir Horace Walpole's china closet the round waiting- • room, Lady Diana Beauclerc's closet; bronzes, and furniture of the library ; also of the Hol bein chamber, star-chamber, waiting•room, stair case, and entrance-hall May 14. This day's sale consisted of the effects of the china-room, with the pictures, drawings, and models of the green closet—there were few articles of note B5 May 16. The valuables in the round tower, the refectory, the entrance, and the armoury 1,272 May 17. The Portraits of the library, the Hol bein chamber, and the great north bed chamber May 18. Sale of paintings continued May 19. Sale of paintings continued May 20. The Antique Furniture of Horace Walpole's dressing-room, circular drawing room, the long gallery, &c May 21. Saturday, last day's sali 2,452 4,927 67.3 2,930 850 Total £22,682 prom the above total it appears that on an off-hand estimate upwards of 22,000/. have been amassed by the products of the sale of these sedulously-collected articles of rare vertu. We have no doubt that stating 30,0001. as the given sum, would bring it nearer to the mark. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EvEmixo PAPER'S OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—It is impossible to read the debates in 'the French Chamber of Deputies upon the question of the Right of Search, and the opinions which those discussions have elicited from the Parisian press, with out perceiving that the unmeanin g clamour against this country, which is rife amongst a great portion of the people of France, may eventually prove too strong for the good sense and moderatio n of its Minister. It has been proved by Mons. Guizot that France has hitherto had almost an equal share with England in carrying to its present stage the treaty that . has _now become the subject of dispute ; and the speech of the French Minister is admitted even by the National to have obtained "considerable success," which could only have been the consequence of the strength of s. its facts, and the convincing nature of its arguments. M. Guizot proved incontestihly that France and England had for some time proceeded almost pari passe towards the completion of the treaty, and that the Ambassador of the former Power acted in per fect concert with the Minister of the latter. It is now pretended that the French Government was not bound by the acts of its representative at the British Court ; but it has been clearly shown that three successive Ministries were aware of what w as going on, and took no steps whatever towards re pudiating the act of their agent. Nothing could have been easier than that M. Sehastiani should have been at once instructed to refrain from proceeding is the arvangements he was entering into with the Bri tish Government; but he was allowed to go on—commu nicating every step he took to the Cabinet of France— without receiving any indication of the latter's disap proval of the engagements into which he was entering. The distance between London and Paris is not so great, nor was the affair so immediately pressing, as to have called for such precipitancy as to furnish a pretext to France to shield itself under the alleg-a- Lion of a want of sufficient communication between the French Ambassador and his aovernment. It will be really impossible to deal in diplomatic matters with countries whoSe accredited agents are liable to have their acts disowned, whenever the passion or preju dice of the people may prevent the Government from fulfilling the moral obligations to which it has ren dered itself liable. StANDARb.—The publication of the Report on the state of mines is of incalculable value, and we should be the last to depreciate its value ; but allow ing all praise to the Report as far as it goes, we may be permitted to regret that it does not go the whole length of reporting upon all the mines of Great Bri tain. The ill effect of this deficiency is of more im portance than at first sight appears. The Report, as far as it goes, presents, with little variety, a mass of unmixed cruelty--and suffering; it is only inci dentally we find, as in the case of the Duke of Buccleuch's collieries from which women are excluded, any traces of humanity—of care for the physical or moral condition of the collieries. Now this a sort of induction, leading to the dreary con clusion that mining and humanity are' incompatible, forcing to the shocking alternative of abandoning what constitutes a chief source of the wealth Of the country, or forgetting our duty as men and Christians. Although there can be no doubt which branch of this alternative ought to be chosen, w ere it indeed peremptory, it is to be feared that the right choice would not be made by any promiscuous com munity that exist, or that ever did exist. The duties of humanity and religion would be forgot ten, when the effect of remembering them must be so great a sacrifice as that of the whole mineral wealth of Great Britain. It is, therefore, a subject of regret that the general tenour of 'the Mining Report is so universally gloomy as to create an impression that reform is almost desperate. Despair is, however, a bad counsellor ; and he is, therefore, of all the agents of the enemy of mankind, the most frequent and active adviser. But good and vigorous-minded men never listen to despair, and they will eagerly seize upon any rational ground of hope upon which to fight the battle of their Master and their fellow-creatures. Looking • at the facts dis closed, as to the physicial condition, the quality of the labour, and the social circumstances of miners, it is impossible to see any reason why they should be in so much worse a state than their fellow-citizens over ground, if it be not that they are hidden from the ob servation of the world, and thus deprived of the pro tection of the grand inquisitor and sole guardian of the weak—public opinion. The Mining Report has done , much to bring the mines within the jurisdiction of this benign guardian ; but it has not, as we have reason to believe it might do, furnished the remedy, as well as exposing the injury to which humanity is subjected. GOOD, THE MURDERER. The following are copies of the two letters, written at the dictation of the prisoner, during his stay in the gaol : " Newgate, May 21, 1842." " I, Daniel Good, wish to return thanks to the Lord Mayor, and his kind lady, for visiting me ; and also return thanks to all the Aldermen who have kindly visited me, and also'wish to return thanks to the Sheriffs for their kindness, and also Mr. Cope, the Governor, re turning him thanks, and I found him very kind: Also re turn thanks to the Rev. Mr. Carver, for his kind attention; and also to the Rev. Mr. Taylor, who read prayers this day, which drew my attention with tears ; and also re turn thanks to the Rev. Mr. Russell, who has been to see me this day. My kind master, Nathaniel Dando, Esq., which I have lived with him at Norwood, as coach man, he has been to see me. I never lived with kinder master and mistress than they were. My sincere thanks to Mr. Dando and his kind lady, and I also wish to return thanks to my late master and mistress, Shiells. 'My dear little boy came to see me on Thursday last, and read a chapter, which made me shed tears—as I part from him so young, not quite 11 years old, may the Lord protect him as he is left without father or mother, which I Put my trust in Jas. Spencer and his wife Mrs. Spencer, that they will have an eye after the boy. I was a few days at Clerkenwell, and found great kindness from the Go vernor of that prison, and he has been to see me here.' I also return thanks to the doctor, and also to the Rev. Mr. Williams, who performs duty at that, prison. I also return thanks to William Nottidge, Esq., my former master, and his lady—they were very kind to me. Ido acknowledge, as I am departing this world, that Susan Butcher was the cause of that poor woman Jane Jones, through jealousy, making away with herself ; and Jane Jones told me that she would make away with herself through hearing about Susan Butcher, which I now say Jane Jones made away with herself. I don't say but what I am the cause of her doing this, through being told I kept company with Susan Butcher. What I have stated is nothing but the truth respecting the death of Jane Jones. I wish to say I never cut her up. The matchman said he could not make away with the body without taking the limbs oft. I locked him up in the stables, and I was cleaning my harness. He promised to come on the 6th of April and to take the remaining part away, but he never came. He told me he lived in the neighbourhood of Brentford. I knew this man as coming with matches about 14 or 15 months. I gave him one sovereign to do away with the body. I. wish to return thanks to all the officers of this prison, as I found them all very kind. The Lord be with all my friends, and I wish to part this life good friends with alt, and the Lord have mercy upon my poor soul ! and I don't say but I am a great sinner." The following letter was addressed to Mr. James Spencer, Lock's-fields, Walworth : "My Dear Friend,—l write these few lines to you and Mrs. Spencer, and I hope you are both well. My blessing and the blessing of God be with you evermore I r M biother's son and his wife called on Monday even ing ; you was not at home, they told me. They came to see me on Tuesday last. HiS name is' John Good, and he lives at No. 4, Arched-row, Deptford Creek. 'He would be glad to see you at any time. • My blessing and the blessing of God be with him and his wife. This comes from me with tears ; and also remember me to my sister's son. My blessing with him. From your unfortunate friend, ' " DANIEL GOOD." ELECTION COMMITTEE. LYME REGIS. The Committee met yesterday at the usual hour, and proceeded with the scrutiny into the votes, which, as it consists entirely of the details connected with the quali fication of each individal voter, is quite destitute of in terest. Some anxiety, however, is felt as to the result from the numbers being so nearly balanced ; the sitting Member, up, to the present time, is only in a majority of one. The vote of a man named Ayland, occupied the Com mittee the whole of the day ; the argument in reply to the objection not having been heard at half-past three o'clock they adjourned. The Committee on this petition is the only one now sitting. . r~ } R., THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY .WVENING, MAY 24, 1842.7, 'VA (ACV,' BANKRUPTCY.--(YESTERDA Y.) ' THE MARYLEJONE BANK-IN RE DAVID HANNET. This day was fixed for the final adjourned examination of the bankrupt, who was the Managing Director of the Marylebone Bank, from which it was stated that he had drawn out upwards of 17,0001. At the last hearing, the bankrupt was not present, as it was said he was in a state of ill-health in France, but to day he was in attendance. The bankrupt handed in a letter to the Commissioners to bear out his statement of ill-health, with which the Commis sioner expressed himself satisfied ; and, after a short discussion, a further adjournment of three weeks was agreed on, to give the bankrupt time to render his accounts. BANKRUPTCY OF THE CHICHESTER OLD BANK-IN RE RIDGE, RIDGE, AND NEWLAND. Friday, the 20th instant, having been appointed for the ad journed final examination . of the bankrupts, at the Dolphin Inn, Chichester, Mr. Montague Chambers appeared on the part of the assignees to oppose, and Mr. John Henry Pollock to support, the passing of the bankrupts. An amended balance-sheet and very elaberate supplemental accounts were delivered in, whereby taking the loss by the failure of Fry and Chapman at the date of the failure, 1828, as it had since turned out (viz. 37,0001.), the bank appealed to have been then insolvent to the extentof 51,0001. and upwards, and that deficiency had gradually increased annually to the present amount of between 80,0001. and 90,0001. The bankrupt, Charles Ridge, was examined at great length by Mr. M. Chambers, as to the accuracy of these accounts. Mr. J. H. Pott.ocx stated that one of the clerks (Goodeve) had since been made a bankrupt, and the assignees tinder this estate, who were also assignees under Goodeve s, had made a claim for 20,0001. as creditors under that estate, the whole of which had been allowed. except what was barred by the sta tute. Goodeve, it was understood, had been allowed to pass without accounting for one shilling of this money. Mr. Commissioner MrssiNG stated that the Commissioners were unanimously of opinion, that although great negligence was attributable to the bankrupts far the careless manner in which they had conducted their affairs, yet it was manifest that the accounts rendered had been framed with great care, and were in their present shape fully explanatory of the bankrupts' affairs, and therefore the Commissioners had felt it to be their duty to pass the bankrupts. The other Learned Commissioners concurred, and the Bankrupts were declared to have passed their final examination. The summary of the balance sheet of the joint-estate of the bankrupts exhibited the total amount of debts to be 230,3621. 14s. Bd. On Saturday last the first dividend meeting took place, when a dividend of 4s. in the wind was officially declared. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MARLBORO UGH-STREET. A young man of respectable appearance, and smartly dressed, and who, it appears, was lately footman in the service of Lady Mackey, of Grosvenor-square, was placed at the bar, charged on suspicion of stealing a quantity of plate, the property Of Lady Duff Gordon, of No. 36, Hertford-street, Park-lane, at whose residence he has, during . the last fortnight, been occasionally employed as an assistant. John Lyon, a shopman in the employ of Mr. Gofton, of Gilbert-street, Oxford, street, pawnbroker, stated that on the 18th inst., the prisoner pledged a silver scallop shell belonging to t table service of plate, at his em ployer's shop, for lts. On Saturday evening he came again and offered auother. Witness's suspicions were excited, and on quesiioning the prisoner as to whether the article belonged to him, he made a confused state ment as to its being the property of his master, which in duced witness to insist on accompanying him to ascer tain if the address he gave was correct. On arriving at the end of Portland. street, Oxford-street, the prisoner set off running, but was pursued and stopped by the police. Inspector Plume, of the C division, stated that on the prisoner being searched at the station-house, there were found upon him duplicates of two other silver scallops, pledged at the shop of Mr. Cotterell, of Oxford-street, pawnbroker, for 1/. los., and four silver wine labels, at Mr. Meete's, of Duke-street, Manchester-square, for ss. The whole of these article's were produced, and identi fied as the property of Lady Duff Gordon, and as having been recently stolen from her house. .Inspector Plume added, that other duplicate's of various articles of wearing apparel ; some of a valuable description, were found on the prisoner, and which there was no doubt would turn out to be stolen. _ _ The prisoner admitted that he had pawned the plate belonging to Lady Duff Gordon, but said that he was induced to do so by the state of destitution he was reduced to, through having been out of place for a long time. He had lived in some of the highest families, and would receive the best of characters. The prisoner was remanded until that day week. WORSHIP-STREET. George Moss, alias Edwards, was charged with having attempted to enter the house of a gentleman named Stack, in Old-street•road, by means of skeleton keys. Police constable N 145 stated that he was on duty in Old-street-road at 11 o'clock on the preceding night, when he saw the prisoner standing at the front door of the house in company with another man, whom he recognised as a convicted thief, and he resolved to watch their proceedings. The prisoner's companion, however, appeared to be equally observant of the movements of witness, for he made a signal to the prisoner; who slunk away from the door, and slipped something into his pocket. Witness went up and seized them both by the collar, but the prisoner's friend struck him a violent blow on the breast, which obliged him to relinquish his hold, and his assailant effected his escape. After a desperate struggle he succeeded in securing the prisoner, and on searching him found nine skeleton keys in his possession. The only remark the prisoner made was, that if witness were in his situation he would do as he did. Sergeant Halifax said, that the prisoner had suffered eighteen months' imprisonment as a convicted burglar, and he had done no work since his liberation. Prisoner—lt is false ; I have worked occasionally in the docks, and dyne my best to get regular employment without success. How am I to get work, when lam pointed at wherever Igo as a convicted thief ? You keep a man bad, and then punish him for being so. The Policeman said that the prisoner expressed a wish to be transported. Prisoner—And so I do. I don't care where I go, so that 1-gvt away from this d—d country, where I must either steal or starve. He was committed to the House of Correction for three calendar months. HAMES-POLICE. ASSAULT By A POLICEMAN.—Robert Hoare, a police constable of the K division, No. 249 K, appeared before Mr. Broderip, to answer a charge of assaulting a young married woman named Caroline Smith, and causing her to he falsely imprisoned. The complainant, who is a decent little woman, and far advanced in pregnancy, stated that on Thursday morning last, at two o'clock, she_was returning home with her hus band and several friends from a concert, and while passing the end of Albion-street, Commercial-rosd, there was a disturbance, and several persons assembled to witness it. She was passing by, when the policeman Hoare came up and shoved her husband onwards in a very rcugh manner. She begged of him not to ill-use her .husband, and told him they were all walking on quietly. The policeman immediately seised her by the arm, and shoved her backwards in a very brutal way. Her neighbours, who accompanied her, re quested the defendant not to use such violence, and said she was five months advanced in pregnancy. She fell down, and her friends picked her up, and supported her. She then looked at the defendant's number, and told him she should report him at Scotland-yard, and likewise to Mr. Ballantine, the Magistrate. The defendant made an swer that he did not care a d —n for the Commissioners, or Mr. Ballantine, and pushed her on again. On reach ing the top of the street, she spoke to a woman who had charge of a coffee-stall, and while she was relating the transaction to her, the policeman again came up, and said he would have no prostitutes standing about there, and he would take her to the station-house. She told him she was net the character he represented her to be, and that he might take her to the station-house. The defendant said she was a common prostitute, and always creating a disturbance in the Commercial-road ; and that her husband was a lazy, skulking vagabond, and always sneaking about to see what he could thieve. Another policeman, No. 211 K, came up directly afterwards, and said she w as convicted of a robbery four months ago, and sent to prison for three rm.nths. She was then taken to the.station-house, and a charge made against her by the defendant, of being drunk and disorderly. The inspector was about to discharge her, when she intimated that she should apply next morning to the Thames Police magistrates for re dress, on which she was immediately locked up, and next morning brought before Mr. Broderip, who discharged her. Mr. BaonEttir —Was this woman ever brought here on a charge of robbery, or convicted of felony elsewhere ? The police-sergeants and other officers in attendance said they knew nothing of the complainant, and never heard of her being charged with any offence whatever. Three witne s ses were called, who confirmed the statements of the complainant, in every particular, and stated that she was thrown down by the policeman and very much hurt. The defendant, in reply to the charge, said he need no more violence than was necessary to disperse a disorderly crowd, and called a policeman, named Whittleton, No. 173 K, who said he heard a rattle springing, and on going to the spot, he found a great number of persons creating a ,great disturbance, and among them was the complainant, whose voice was heard above all the others. The defendant .took hold of her arm, and told her to go home. She complained of being knocked down, and stood quite still, and the defendant then took her into custody. Two police -sergeants were called, who only proved that the defendant made no observations about the Commissioners or the Magistrate at the station-house, but she said she would re port Hoare's conduct at Scotland-yard. Mr. litionicair said this case originated out of a charge pre ferred against the complainant on Thursday last, and the de fendant then made out such alight case of disorderly conduct against the woman that he dismissed it at once ; on which, she begged so earnestly to be heard, that he was induced to listen to her statement, and upon that statement he felt bound to put the case in such a way as to be heard before the Commissioners of Police, who had very properly sent it before him for adjudica tion. It was impossible for any one to say that the charge made against the policeman was in the least rebuttt d. If he had not been informed that the defendant would lose his place in the event of a conviction, he should inflict a much heavier sentence than the one he was about to ram. He sentenced the de fendant to be imprisoned for fourteen (lays in the House of Correction. The defendant was immediately compelled to give up his police uniform, and sent away in the police van. THE Two BROWNS.—A circumstance of rather a novel character occurred last week at Stockton-on-Tees. It appears ajolly tar, named 'f homas Brown, was pleased to take unto himself a wife in the county of Kent, about two years ago. Since then hit vessel having made several voyages to Stockton, a report some how or other reached the ears of his loving spouse and her father, that her " guile man" had actually got married again, in the above-named town, to another woman. The incensed father, having every reason to believe the report to be true, immediately offered a reward for the apprehension of his apparently faithless son- in.law for the crime of bigamy. This week, how ever, application having been made to the Vicar of Stockton for the marriage certificate of the supposed transgressor of the law, itturned out that the Thomas Brown married at Stockton is not the Thomas Brown married in Kent, the one being a sawyer and the other a sailor, and the report alluded to had been circulated i n K ent by some W ags. "All to astoni s h th e Browns."—Halif ax Guardian. Prince G eorge o f Cam b r id ge , on taking his fare well of the 12th Lancers, in which he had served three years, e ntertained th e ent i re regiment at di nner , i nc l u di ng th e women and children of th e corps. Hi s Royal Highness gave a half sovereign to each colour-sergeant, five shillings to each non commissioned officer, two shillings and sixpence to each female belonging to the regiment, and a quart Of ale to every one of the men. CORONER'S INQUEST. An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. W. Carter, the Coroner for the eastern division of Surrey, at the Mail Coach public-house, Croydon-common, on the body of a man unknown, who was tbund lying deal, with his head shattered by a pistol-ball; upon the common on Friday morning last. The CORONEn inquired of Inspector Collins whether he had been able to discover who the deceased was, or whether his name had been ascertained ? Inspector Collier replied that information of the dis covery of the body had been published in the Hue and Cry, and every inquiry had been made, but he could not find any clue to the deceased's friends or connexions. Dancer, a policeman, was then examined, and he proved the finding of the deceased upon the common. There were no marks of struggling, or any' reason to suppose that the deceased came by his death otherwise than by his own hand. A small printed book perforated in several places by a pistol ball, was found near him. Brooker, a labouring man, stated that on Thursday evening he saw the deceased leaning against the fence of Mr. Newman Smith. He was in the act of writing something with a pencil in a book which he believed to be the same produced by the constable, and when he saw the witness he took a piece of biscuit out of his pocket and began to eat it. Collier, the Inspector, was next examined, and stated that in the pockets of the deceased lie found:about seven shillings in silver and copper money, and also a quantity of percussion caps. He likewise stated that lie had made a minute examination of the place where the deceased was found, and he could not discover any trace of a struggle, neither had he the slightest ground for believing that the deceased met his death otherwise than by his own act. The CORONER, having minutely questioned all the wit nesses upon this point, and receiving a similar reply, said that if the Jury thought it necessary, he was quite ready to adjourn the inquiry, to give the Police an opportu nity to adduce additional evidence, both as to the pri vious state of mind of the deceased, and also as to his identity. The Jury said they considered an adjournment quite unnecessary, and they returned the following verdict— " That the deceased destroyed himself by shooting himself with a pistol, charged with gunpowder and a leaden bullet, but what state of mind he was in at the time, there is no evidence to prove." MON EY MARKET ----- and CITY NEWS. SUN. —Th e M oney Market et was completely inactive yesterday, and f rom the small e number ons ide r a ed and baumtolui little e moreofbar gains, prices qu o t e d must e than nominal, although the va e rious s e c u ritie s are firm, Ex chequer sincße Bills se has re beenduction n in iad t e h known,at have a decidedly 9 . o of interest on Consolsan k closed Stock, 1672:168; India Stock, 92i for Money, and for upward the account nt;B 1 49 251 ; E-x.chequer Bills, old, 37 , .3, advertised 33 35 premium. The Foreign Securities were—Belgian, 102 3 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 5 3 ; the 1 1 0 ' Five v ; per Cents., 101 101 i ;Danish, 80} 8-2 i i. ; Brazilian, 67 68 ; and Chilian, 88 92. The quotation of Mexican was 36 for Money, an d 36 for the Account. The other Bonds were quoted— Colombian, 24 27 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 37 37 ; and Spanish riv'e per Cents., 22 j 23 ; and the Three per Cents., 22i 23 k . The meeting of the Bondholders of the latter State took place to-day, and 'Senor ROssles, on behalf of the Government, proposed that the arrears of interest, no w amounting to SI per cent., should be. converted into a Three per Cent. Stock, the first payment on which is to commence in 1847 ; that a sinking fund of nearly 20,0001. per annum should be established, and that the foreign holders should have the option of changing the new into local stock, payable at- St. Jago de Chili, re ceiving a bonus of 10 per cent. for the difference of ex- I change. These propositions, so nearly approaching the 'demands of the creditors, the only difference being one year as to the_ time of paying, i. e., whether in 1846 or 1847, and the. unsolicited offer of the sinking fund, and optional conversion, were unanimously adopted by the Committee, and are to be laid before a General Meeting of the Bondholders on Friday next for their approval or rejection. London and Birmingham . Railway Shares were 180 182 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 52 54 ; Great Western, 92 93, the .Half Shares, 64 64i ; South Western, 631 64 ; Gosport. 631 64 ; North Midland, 66 68, the New Shares, 324 331 ; South Eastern and Dover, 29+ 29:1, the Scrip, - 71 71 ; Eastern Counties, 9* 91 ; Blackwall, 11 111, the New Shares, 9 9+ ; and Brighton, 36t 36-1 per share. Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope give the official statement of shipments of produce, for the quarter end ing sth January, in the present year :—Wine, 1,311 pipes, of which 560 were to this country ; Flour, 223,676 . pounds ; Wool, 154,872 lbs. ; Tallow and Candles, 142,733 lbs. ; Beef and Pork, 229 casks ; and several other articles, of the total value of 80,1641. ; and the value of the imports during the like period was 188,266/. A FRENCH REPROACH AND AN ENGLISH APOLOGY. There was one purpose of the Queen's grand fete last week discovered only by our sensitive neighbour over the water : ever pricked to the quick by their point of honour, they were sorely alive to the fact that the whole affair was no more than a splendid insult to France ! In the days of the July and the Quin tuple Slave-trade Treaties, the days of Crecy and Poictiers should be forgotten; whereas France, in her own imagination,' again graced the triumph of England, because in the age of Waterloo were re vived the pageants of the age of the earlier victories. But our worthy neighbours overlook the difficulty of choice. If the young Queen of England and her chosen spouse desired to personate a couple on England's ancient throne, what scope had they for selection, without disastrous associations of some kind? To begin with the latest reign of a picturesque CO3-• tume, the last before the Dutch Prince intro duced dulness and ugly dresses, that of James the Second—should Albert play the sneaking fu gitive, the patron of Jeffries, and Victoria enact Anne Hyde, or the Queen that fled into exile ? Should they have personated the abandoned Charles and his plain neglected wife ? Cromwell may be passed over, as unsuitable for Royal sport. Then comes Charles the First, the man that defied the law and corrupted the Judges, to perish on the scaffold, and Henrietta, who henpecked her husband and fled by night with her babe. Next is James the First and his Danish wife—the misshapen pedant and bungling state-craftsman, stained with Raleigh's blood. Would our French friends have had Victoria appear as • Elizabeth—and Prince Albert as Leicester ?—oh, fie ! Should they have been Mary and Philip, a Queen Regnant and her husband, with Smithfield fires and conjugal misery? Henry the Eighth and one of his murdered wives Henry the Seventh, who married the neice of the man that he had caused to be slain before his eyes ? The crookback Richard and his bride, his victims widow ? Edward the Fourth and Elizabeth Woodville, a rake and the adventurer that trapped him ? Idiotical Henry the Sixth and the virago Margaret ? Henry the Fifth and 'Katherine ?—France forbid that ! Should Prince Albert have been the audacious Bo lingbroke, the usurping Henry the Fourth ? or Richard. the Second, perishing by violence ? Edward the Second, shrieking in Berkeley Castle ? Edward the First, who swindled Wales, be trayed the Scots, and was the father of the minion just named? Henry the Third, called in the Paston Letters " a squinting fool," whose reign was one at tempt to cheat his people out of the Charter ? John, the name for all that is base, mean, and cruel, whose vices were the strength of the Chartists of those days ? Cceur de Lion, who roved from Berengaria and his usurped throne, to spend his people's money in Syrian wars ? Henry the Second, the sport of bigotry, and of filial impieties ? Stephen, who scarcely sat upon the throne ? Henry the First, the usurper of a crown, the husband of a nun, and the father of children drowned at sea? Rufus, the hard sportsman, wifeless and childless, may be passed. Could the Saxon Prince of Saxe-Gotha have played the part of the Norman bastard, that wrenched the kingdom from the Saxons, and lived a life of tyranny, to die abandoned by his menials and be buried by charity ? Or should the royal mummers have gone back to the Saxon days for the beautiful lovers, Edwy and Elgiva—separated, seared, and wor ried to death by Dunstan. What couple could they have chosen for prototype, in the picturesque ages, not tor mented by violence against their own persons, dis graced by profligacy or cruelty, or both, the victims of political intrigue or religious bigotry, wretched in their progeny, or associated with some national Mis fortune ? In truth, Edward the Third and Philippa made about as good and safe a choice as any, although romance would fain arrest the progress even of their history, and avert the sight from the monarch's de clining age. France may put up with the rub on an old forgotten wound, in thinking that England has escaped yet harsher reminiscences. FRENCH WAR IN AFRICA. Despatches hAVEI-6.4wr.-revir,i..44-iwy-4re-larent meat from the Governor-General of Algeria, dated Oran, the sth, and Mostaganem, the Bth instant, and inclosing reports from other Generals of the proceedings of the divisions under their orders. The accounts are, gene rally speaking; satisfactory, very little opposition being offered to the French by any of the hostile tribes, except' those immediately under the" influence of Abd-el-Kader, and a desire being manifested to submit to the French ; but the only event of any importance in these despatches is contained in a report from General Bedeau to General Bugeaud, dated from the bivouac of Matila the 30th ult. The General states, that on the 27th be received informa tion that for three days the town of Nedroma had been blockaded by Abd-el-Kader, with a force composed of his regular troops, and about 1,900 horse and foot of the tribes of the Kabyles, and of Souhalia and Trava ; and as prompt succour was demanded, General Bedeau im mediately resolved on 'marching. After giving an ac count of his march to Bal el Taza, the General says In the afternoon of the . 20th, at one o'clock, I per ceived some horsemen on the Col de Bal el Taza, and soon afterwards the heights on the right, which are very steep and rocky, were covered with Kabyles, marching with their standard. The number of horse on the Col increased, and we could easily distinguish the flag of A bd-el-Kader among them. At this time the heat was stifling, our men were somewhat fatigued, and our march was slow. I formed my convoy into a mass, and en trusted it to the guard of Lieutenant-Colonel Boudhors with two battalions of the 56th. The Zouaves, and Bth battalion of Chasseurs were placed at the head of the co lumn, having taken off their knapsacks. The 10111 bat talion of Chasseurs and 25th, the right column, under Commandant M`Mahon, also, deposited their knapsacks. I ordered the Commandant to attack the heights on his right, as soon as he saw the Zouaves reach the Col. I told him that I should then, with the cavalry and the Bth Chasseurs, make a rapid movement on the right, so as to surround the Kabyles, and drive them upon his column. These dispositions made, the offc.n • sive movement was commenced. The Col was weakly defended. The Gvum of the Beni Amers pursued the cavalry of Abd-el-Kader on the left, while I proceeded with twenty regulars of the Sidi Mohammeds, and two squadrons of Chasseurs, by difficult though practicable paths, which led us on to the line of retreat of the Ka byles ; Commandant M`Ma,hon executing with equal in teiligence and activity the directions I had given him, our two columns were able to re-unite. At least 200 killed were left on the ground, and we took seventy pri soners. Our soldiers returned loaded with bournous and muskets. The Goum of the Beni Amers rejoined the column without having been able to reach the enemy, his .cavalry having fled without resistance. The cavalry of the Gossels was engaged at the right of our ChasSeurs. The vivacity of the attack continued to the end of the combat, and we have therefore had a slight loss, viz., five killed and sixteen wounded. Our native allies had some wounded. Ido not estimate the number of Kabyles on the heights at less than 1,800. They thought themselves safe there, on account of the difficulty of the roads, and were therefore much astonished when they found our cavalry at their heels. Their retreat then became a flight," The despatch conclndes with a notice of the officers and troops who most distinguished themselves, and with an announcement that General Bedeau intended, on the Ist instant, to encamp in the country of the Sou halias, where he hoped to effect the submission of the Tra vas. The Governor-General, in his despatch from Mosta ganem, where he arrived on the Bth, states that he would proceed with his column to carry on operations on the Cheliff, as soon as the troops under General d'Ar bouville'should have joined him. There is a long de spatch from General Changarnier, dated Blidah, th e q t h inst., giving the details of his late razzia, the main parts of which we have already seen published. He states the number of prisoners taken at more than 400, the num ber of cattle at 6,000, and about 200 camels, horses, an d beasts of burden. There is also a report from Algiers, May 10, of a slight affair on the 7th, in the neighbour hood of Bouffarick, with about 200 Arabs, under Ben Salem ; four of the enemy were killed, and about twenty wounded. The French had only two men wounded. • TILE RETORT COURTEOUS.—BetheI, an Irish bar rister, was the opposing counsel in a case in which :M Nally, the celebrated witty barrister, was employed. Bethel made several rude personal observations on M'Nally, who on that account interrupted his opponent in his speech. Bethel, vexed at this, at last exclaimed, "Brother 111‘Nally, you have taken the liberty of forcing your remarks in the middle of my statements, and have several time-L: brohen the thread of my discourse." "Bro ther Bethel," said M'Nally, " why didn't you wax it Getter ?" Bethel's father had beet► a shoemaker, and his son was ashamed of him. A dividend of ss. in the pound .has been declar d on the joint esiate of Messrs. llobhouse, Phillott, and Lowder, bankers, of Bath.-.---Ilath'Paper. A CUTTER.—A tailor of Plymouth announces that at his shop, a travelling coat, dress coat, waistcoat, two pair trowsers, a hat, and two shirts, may be obtained— made to measure—for the trifling cost of thirty-two shil lings ! ! !—Devonport Telegraph. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 23. The Lola) CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woel sack shortly before Five o'Clock. THE TARIFF. The Duke of RICHMOND said, that having be ..n absent from the House for the last seven weeks, he had been precluded from'presenting a petition, which had been entrusted to him, against certain parts cf the tariff, more particularly against the proposed low rate of duty upon imported meat and cattle. The NoVe Duke supported the petition, which was from a place in Aberdeenshire. After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR and Lord BROUGHAM, the petition was laid on the table. A message from the Commons brought up the Bill for amending the law relating to Fine and Recovery in Chester and Wales, the Pentonville Prison Bill, the Irish Spirit Duties Drawback Bill, and a number of other Bills, which were severally read a first time. CHURCH PATRONAGI! (SCOTLAND). The Duke of ARGYLE presented several petitions against the present system of Church Patronage in Scotland. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Board of Guardians of the Poor-law Union of Dur ham, against the bastardy clause in the New Poor law Bill. Also a petition from the London Me chanics' Institution, praying for an exemption for such institutions from all rates and taxes. Also a petition from the Mechanics' Institution of Poplar to the same effect. Also a petition from Bath, complain ing of Catholic grievances in the army and navy. Also a petition from the Merchants and Traders of the City of London, in public meeting assembled, at the King's Arms, Philip-lane, praying for the total abolition of slavery. LOCKING THE DOORS OF RAILWAY CAR RIAGES. Lord CAMPBELL said he wished to put a ques tion to the Noble and Learned Lord. on the Woolsack, as to whether it was the intention of Government to make any regulation on the subject of locking passen gers in railway carriages. He need only refer to the frightful accident which had lately occurred on the railway in Paris to show the necessity of this. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he couldAive no satisfactory answer on the subject, as his IWle Friend at the head of the Board of Trade, was not in the House. He (the Lord Chancellor) had been locked up in a railway carriage that morning, and he found no inconvenience.—(Laughter.) Earl FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from the Young Men's Free Trade Association of Glas gow, in favour of free trade. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF CO - MMONS,' May 23. The SPEAKtu took the chair a few minutes before Four o'Clock. Sir Stephen Glynn and Lord Hervey were intro duced by Lord Germaine and Col. Wyndham, and took the oaths and their seats for Flintshire and Brighton. • KINGSTON MARINERS' CHURCH. The Kingston Mariners' Church Bill was read a third time and passed. CORK ELECTION. Mr. HAYTER said, he had to inform the House, that the Select Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition, complaining of an undue election for the County of Cork, had determined that Daniel O'Connell, Esq., and E. B. Roche, Esq., were duly elected Knights of the Shire to serve in the present Parliament for the County - of Cork. HOLYWELL ROADS. The Holywell Roads Bill was read a third time and passed. COLLEGE OP MAYNOOTH. Mr. CHRISTOPER presented a petition from Waddington, in the county of Lincoln, against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. THE TARIFF. Mr. HOLFORD presented a petition from the tanners and curriers of Leicester against any reduc tion in the duty on foreign leather. Mr. DUNDAS presented a petition against any alteration in the duty on straw plait. Colonel T . WOOD presented a petition from the Committee of Proprietors of Hungerford Market, against any alteration in the duty on foreign. onions. Mr. H. HINDE presented a petition from York against any reduction in the duty on foreign hemp ; also a petition, praying for a limitation in the hours of labour in factories. . NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. COLLIER presented a petition from a place in Ireland, against the present system of national edu tion in Ireland. CHURCH PATRONAGE. Mr. BANNERMAN presented a petition from Aberdeen against Church Patronage in Scotland. CATHOLIC GRIEVANCES Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition from Weston Underwood, complaining of Catholic griev ances in the Army and Navy. INCOME-TAX: Mr. 'WALL presented a petition from a Building Society in North Shields, praying for exemption from the Income-tax. NEW POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. B. BERNAL presented a petition from the rate-payers of High Wycombe, against the re-enact ment of the new Poor-law Bill. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from an individual in the county of Northampton,,against the present system of Church-rates. , • Sir E. FILMER presented a petition from a place in the county of Kent, against any reduction of the duty upon hops. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from a place in Leicestershire, praying for a removal of all restric tions upon the national industry, and especially for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from Preston, in Lancashire, praying the House to pass a Ten Hours' Facto 7 Bill. IHE TARIFF. Lord WORSLEY presented several petitions from various parts of England against the new tariff, and more particularly against that part of it which goes to permit the importation of cattle. IRISH FISHERIES. Lord ELIOT presented a petition, numerously signed, from a place in the county of Cork, in favour of the Irish Fisheries Bill. Sir D. NORREYS presented a petition from Mallow in favour of the Irish Fisheries Bill. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Coventry, against the proposed reduction in the duty on cordage and twine. Lord MAIION said that he held in his hand a, petition from Mr. Sheridan Knowles, Mr. Douglas Jerrold, and other dramatic authors, complaining of the state of the law which affects the drama.. He could not consistently with the rules which regulate the presentation of petitions attempt to state the grievances complained of, but he would move to morrow that the petition be printed with the Votes, and would take an opportunity of calling the attention of the House to the subject. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. Mr. MA CKINNON presented a petition from the inhabitants of Old-street, Chiswell-street, and the streets adjacent in the Metropolis, complaining of the crowded state of those neighbourhoods, and praying the House to adopt measures to improve the health of the Metropolis. LIGHTING THE METROPOLITAN ROADS. Mr. BYNG presented a petition on the subject of lighting the roads round London. RAILWAY TRAVELLING ON THE SABBATH. Mr. MACLEAN presented a petition from Green wich against railway travelling on the Sabbath. WAR IN INDIA. Mr. HUME pres.ented a petition from some place in thq county of Norfolk, against the wars in Aff ghanistan and China. NOTICES OF MOTION S.—BOROUGH OF BRIDPORT. Sir J. WALSH gave notice of his intention to move as an amendment to the motion of the Hon. Member for Liskeard, in reference to the borough of Bridport, that the words, " whether bribery has taken place in that town " be left out.l POOR-LAWS. ' Mr. ESCOTT gave notice that, on the considera tion of the Poor-law Continuance Bill; he should move that it be lawful for Boards of Guardians of the poor to grant such relief to poor persons as they might deem necessary, in th e ir own houses, any orders of the Poor-law Commissioners notwithstanding. VOTE BY BALLOT. Mr. WARD gave notice that on the 16th of June he should move, that in all future elections of Mem bers of Parliament, the votes be taken by the way of the ballot. Sir DENHAM NORREYS moved that leave of absence be given for one month to Mr. French, on eed to. account of illness in his famly.7:-Agr BOROUGH OIL IPSWICH. Colonel RUSHBROOKE moved that the Speaker do issue his warrant to the Clerk o f th e C rown for making out a new writ for the borough of Ipswich. Mr. MACKINNON seconded the motion. Mr. C. W. WYNN said he did not intend to give any opposition to the motion, but he wished to call the attention of the House to the Report of the Com mittee, which stated that extensive corruption had prevailed in that borough. He wished to have that part of the Report read. (It was accordingly read by the Clerk at the table.) He wished to call the attention of the House to the Report, because it appeared to him, that whatever grounds there might be for the presumption of bri bery in this instance, there was not sufficient to jus tify the adoption of any measure without further in quiry into the matter. It seemed to him that they overlooked the principal offenders, and wished to direct their vengeance against the minor offenders. He was c:'nvinced that if they seemed by their -pro ceedings to proclaim impunity to those who received bribes, as well as to the subo. dinate agents who dis tributed them, they would never be able to suppress bribery.—(Hear.) Unfortunately there was not that general feeling against the offence which' he could de sire to see ;• there was often • as. great a, feel ing in favour of the objects of the prosecution as in favour of the suppression of bribery., In the Cricklade case, an individual had continued to retain a high and responsible office after he had been con victed of bribery, and no one seemed to look upon him as discredited by the offence. The Hon. Member concluded, as we understood, by suggesting that before the motion was agreed to, the Attorney-General shOuld be directed to prosecute all the parties who had been convicted of giving and receiving. bribes. Sir G. GREY agreed with the Right Hon. Gen tleman who had just sat down, in the propriety of not • opposing the issuing of the writ ; but he hoped that some alteration in the law with respect to Election Committees would take place, as he was perfectly convinced, as at present constituted, they were totally incompetent fully to inquire into the merits or de merits of elections. Mr. J. PARKER made a few observations that were totally inaudible in the gallery. Mr. C. W. WYNNE said that he considered, from cases which had been decided, that bribery committed upon the first writ was evidence to be given against. the parties upon the second writ, and that the two writs did in fact constitute only one election. Mr. ESCOTT wished to know, whether persons who had been found guilty of taking bribes would be able to vote at the election. If they were, the present election might be carried by those who were convicted of corrupt .practices.—(Cheers.) Mr. HU ME said he had no doubt that the elec tion would be carried by the very parties who were convicted of bribery.—(Laughter.) . They expected so, at least, and it was upon that account he thought that the House were rather trifling with the subject. He thought that a public prosecutor should be appointed to follow up every instance of bribery tried before a tribunal competent for that purpose, and that any person- who took a bribe should be disfranchised. —(Hear, hear.) That was the way to put an end to bribery ' • but he never saw the leaders on each side disposed to put an end to it—(Laughter)----and the House itself seemed, anxious to support the :system. In 1822 a Bill had been brought in, in which a test similar to the .one which had been proposed the other day by the Honourable Member for Finsbury, had been introduced, to be taken by Members before they took their seats. Only twenty-three Members had voted for that Bill. The heads of both parties had remained aloof. 'The leaders of both parties, both Whigs and Tories, seemed desirous of Making elections as expensive as possi- ' ble ; and, in his opinion, nothing would be done to put down bribery until they made all parties, giving or receiving a bribe, incapable of voting It was useless for Committees to make Reports, un less the House .followed them up by some effectual measures. He thought the writ ought not to issue for fourteen days, iii order to give time to the Noble Lord to bring in his Bill for the suppression of bri bery. He should move as an amendment that the issue of the writ be suspended for fourteen day. Mr. W. Q. STANLEY seconded the amendment. He thought after the Report of the Committee it would be absurd to suffer the writ to issue as - a matter of course. They ought to adopt measures to prevent those who had been proved guilty of bribery from voting at the next election. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought it would be far better to adopt measures for the suppression of bri bery before issuing the writ than to delay them until after the writ should have been issued. He could not agree in the opinion expressed by the Hon. Member for. Montrose, that the leaders of both parties were averse to discountenancing bribery. In his (Lord John Russell's) opinion, both par ties suffered much from the expensiveness 'of .elections consequent upon the practice of bribery. The Hon. Gentleman seemed to think that they should agree to a certain declaration to be taken by the Members of the House ; but, for his part, he was one of those who had always doubted the efficacy of such a test. He confessed all that had lately passed had only tended to confirm him in the doubt. Different interpretations would always be put upon such a declaration- by different individuals. With regard to the' motion then before the House, it did not appear to him to be advisable that they should issue the writ in the first instance. Sir R. PEEL should protest against the inference drawn by the Hon. Gentleman—(Hear)—because parties did not acquiese in his proposal they were not, therefore, anxious for the suppression of bribery. That was an unjust imputation, he should say, upon the party to which he belonged, and he thought that no other party had suffered more from bribery than that party with which he coincided in opinion. He had always declared his readiness to lend himself to the utmost ofhis power to discountenance a practice which was undermining the influence of that House with the country. 7 ---(Hear, hear.) At 'the same time he should reserve to himself the power of determining whether any particular plan for the prevention of the practice was consistent with justice, and with those principles upon which the law was administered ; but reserving to himself that discre tion, he was ready to admit that the practice was pee which naturally tended to diminish the authority of that House. His . Right Hon. Friend bad sug gested that the Attorney-General ought to be di rected by the House to prosecute any parties against whom there was a strong case of suspicion that they were concerned in the offence of bribery. He was inclined to concur in the suggestion. He thought, too, that if that motion was made the issuing of the writ ought in the mean time to be suspended. It appeared to him that the best course would be, that a notice relative to the inquiry into bribery should be given for an early day, and that the writ for a new election ought to be suspended until the motion came on. He certainly admitted that the writ should not be sus pended for a longer period than the necessity of the case required. They should recollect that the constitu - ent body had claims as well as they had, and the writ should only be suspended, until they should see what further steps might be taken in the matter. Mr. HU DIE said he had no objection to adopt the suggestion of the Right Honourable Gentleman. Ile had not intended to charge any particular indivi dual with bribery and corruption. All he had said was, that those who Were anxious for its suppres sion should be ready to adopt some legislative mea sure to secure their object. Mr. ROEBUCK said, it appeared to be the opinion of both sides of the House that .the suspension of the writ would be a dangerous precedent' ; that being the case, he was not going to press his partiCular views on the House. They had already suspended the writ for Nottingham, on the probability of an investigation ; but he had previously declared that he would not be a party to any investigation,' unless the Com mittee 'was armed with certain powers ; he would therefore suggest that means be offered 'for passing the Bill of Indemnity to. Witnesses as soon as possible.—(From the continued conversation prevailing in the House the observations of the Hon. Member were very imperfectly heard.) After a few words from Sir BROKE VERE, Mr. WARD reminded the House that there was another borough in the same predicament as Ipswich, namely, the borough of Southarr;p:ci. He thought it would save the time of the House •if they were both taken into consideration on the 'same day. Mr. C. WYNN thought that no writs ought to be suspended one hour beyond the period absolutely neces sary. He thought the House assumed a most dangerous power whenever they protracted the issue of the writ. He could adduce many instances of the truth of his position. In the case of Sheffield the inquiry lasted the whole session. He meant on Thursday next to propose that the Attorney-General be directed to to prosecute the parties concerned in bribery at the election for Tpswich. THE ECCLESIASTICAL LEASES BILL. Mr. V. SMITH wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether, at the next stage of this Bill, he would consent to its re-committal, or merely bring up the Report ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that he did not mean to consent to the recommittal of the Bill. The Lunatic Asylum Bill then went through Com mittee, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. Sir E. PEEL moved that the House should resolve itself into a Committee on the Customs' Act Bill. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL. _ _ Mr. ROEBUCK wished, before that motion was carried, to ask a question of the Right Hon. Baronet. A Bill for the prevention of bribery had been brought up from the other House of Parliament, which with a few slight alterations would answer all the purposes he had in view; what he wished to know was, whether the Right Hon. Baronet would give him some time in the course of the afternoon to move the second read ing of that Bill. Sir R. PEEL hoped that the Hou. and Learned Member for Bath, would not be hard-hearted enough to ask Min to permit the second reading of that Bill, now that they were about stepping into the ta r iff.— (Laughter.) The Hon. Member would probably have an opportunity late in the evening, of moving the second reading of the Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet would have any objection to take the second reading of the Bill now, reserving any dis cussion for Committee? Sir ROBERT PEEL would have no objec tion to the adoption of such a course, but in according to it, it must not be supposed that he agreed to the principle of the Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK trusted that the Right lion. Ba ronet would not think him hard-hearted if he asked permission to move it now.—(Grea laughter.) ; resold it- On the Clj g S u T e s O t t h MSA a C t T t u i 1 ; 11 : self into a Committoe oa the Customs Bill, Major - VIVIAN presented a petition ,froth .(;°ll- wall praying that such an alteration Might I e made in the tariff; as would prevent - undue imp ortation. Sir R. PEEL also presented a petition fit in Corn._ wall, expressing the satisfaction of the petitioners tlt the reduction of the duty on copper ore. — (Laughter . ) Mr. MILES presented a petition from A berdeen against the proposed alteration in the duty on the importation of foreign cattle,nrid praying the Hous_ to give to. the agriculturists such protection a s would enable them to compete With the foreigner. the . Lord ELIOT rose and said, that as he s aw Hon. and Gallant Gentleman opposite (Major Vivian) f he wished to say one single word.—(Loud eriei.° "No, no," in the midst of which the Noble Lord silt - . down.) Mr. LAWSON said that as the resolution of which ,!) he had given notice would interfere with the progre.sthe of the tariff, and as there was great anxiety on , lq. part of the country to see the tariff passed, . he shou withdraw his motion. Mr. CALLAGHAN rose to propose the follow ihg resolution—" That in - removing the prohibition t°, l the , importation of any article, there ought nt? to be charged any duty on the raw.' Materia , r ‘ which should not be charged to articles the inan,. ll. ,; facture thereof, and that so long as living animals L'.` chargeable with a fixed duty, salted prc' sl ; sions should he chargeable with an equivalen rate, and not removeable from ware house without payment thereof except for exportat ion, as they would be, should the clauses referred to in tn tariff be repealed." (The Honourable Gentlensan spoke in so low a tone of voice, and amidst so Mu ch , noise in the House, that he was scarcely audible./ The general opinion of the gentlemen conneett with the provision-trade in Ireland was, that tils trade would be annihilated if this portion of the , Right Hon. Barunet's measure were carried into effec t. lie had given notice by which he intended that t a ' duty should be hereafter reduced to 4s. instes, t . of the B§. which was now proposed by the R i ga Honourable Baronet. The provision trade of R St ei gn now consisted in supplying the colonial pa rt and would be alttigether ruined by the P r ° position of the Right Honourable Barone" Irish provisions were better cured than any othe r i and the country would have reason to regret anything should he done which would 'tend the annihilation of the Irish provision trad_e,i He coecluded by moving the resolution of which he 11'' given notice. Mr. ROCHE seconded the resolution. $ Mr. GLADSTONE thought the resolution brought forward rather prematurely. In the case of . 0 19' provision curers of Ireland, the' Legislature had voured to extend an efficient protection A° them. Warehousing Act there was a clause to the effect that id merchantman outward bMmd should bring provisioa s exportation without a bond being, exacted that tit provisions should be landed at the port of the' , / 14 : destination. That was well. It protected the Irish P r . cl , o vision curer as much as . possible. It was impossibl e suppose that they could gin , their laws such' formt l / 4; stringency as to extend their operation to foreign' pn,.: In former times this matter was not of so• much col ic quence as at present. About tea' or fifteen years ar,c' ventured to say that it was unimportant to the Irish iK to vision merchant whether the clause he had referred existed or pot. At the present • moment there Wft S o f difference of from 21. to 21. 10s. in the prices Humburgh and Irish beef. The price of Hamb tin beef at present, was at the lowest, five guineas per tol'o' the highest 61. The price of Irish beef in the years IS, and 1837 was 31. per ton ; in 1831 and 1832, It r° ifs from a. 10s. to 51.; in 1835, the price was 5 guineas; 1837-1838, it rose to 61. So far then as the natural eilPiit bilities of Ireland wi-re concerned, the merchant in th e e country was able to compete with the foreign o wn ,,( of meat. In the years of 1839 and 1840, the pric e 7 (, cured Irish beef rose to 71. per ton,'and in 1841, O m , 15s. If he was rightly informed, the charadter of t",i Irishprovisions, of which the ' Hon. 'Gentleman p i le spoken with some satisfaction, was at some hazard. .0 was told that in many cases the Irish provisions suffered from that demand which had draivn off so . of the Irish cattle to the markets of this eountri; and which had also drawn off so large a quall, t , l ,: e of the best salt provisions. —(Hear, hear.) Therel l . ) ,,, ; the shipowner was in the position of pa} ins; for all fi l e ferior article an enhanced price ; and the conseqino was, that a great deal of fraud and evasion had v e t o practised. One method of remedying the evil wsl,o put an end to the warehousing system as far as provi°,,o were concerned, and declaring . that no provisions 51 1 _ ( ‘' . be put into the warehouse without the exaction ("„e duty. He would exceedingly deprecate such a coli';‘;' believing as he did, that the warehousing system O s i , s ' great benefit to the country. The principle which' e e now recognised with respect to provisions was not a i l ‘ , s t one. With respect to almost every article of stort,4-'if ships required, they did not give to the British , prianl'J a monopoly of supply of shipping. There Were 0r7,0 1 , of the Custom-house, by which every article, except 0 4 provisions, if lying in warehouse, might be delive cor ; without the payment of any dues whatever.—( ll , to ; hear.) The Hon. Gentleman said it w ould be unjas 4 the Irish merchant that he should be liable to pity ad o i .o on cattle, from which h e wou ld get these salted 11 visions. He was afraid, in the first place, that if: t otte House allowed the Irish provi s i on merchant to l' i s 'ol4 l cattle for the purpose of salting provisions, thief O , O OtY be introducing a very bad principle ; and, in the s ,,'„itctO, place, the change in the law now proposed did at'sli! gether take away the protective market from the idal j provision merchant. There was a demand for s alted n t e 1 of that description in the coasting trade of this e°' ll :, A tif Before he sat down, he would say what was the*a 0: of the case with respect to the bonds he had r eferre bo o since the passing of the Warehousing Act. The number of bonds that had passed was 3,126, While rip' certificates received amounted only to 812. One-")-1.0 therefore, appeared to be effectual, while three - f i tnl o te , were not. • So long as Irish provisions were rnee''' r of , it was not difficult to protect them, but when that p re' to an extravagant price it was found impossible to vent foreigners competing with them. Mr. LABOUCHERE agreed entirely with the taken by the Right Hon. Gentleman who had jus t o ui . , down. He held it to he the true policy of this cote to enable the people to obtain provisions at as eirie rate as possible. He admitted, with the Right •ijii Gentleman, that a great revolution, had taken Td,., 64 / 01 1 the south of Ireland with respect to the price of visions. The price had risen there to a great es ; ipti, The Government had declared that it was MOO, portant to the country to reduce - the duty on cattleip.fif; (Mr. Labouchere) hoped they would 'extend th e ," ciple to other articles of consumption. He was' gid • find that the Hon. Member for Gateshead had' Flost notice of his intention to move a resolution foreign corn in bond to be gro u nd for exportittio u 11 , 0 0 when that motion came before the House, be ,4, support it. ill g ? Nle.- ROCHE said if they were to have free to heaven's name let them have free trade. It was j" s ri gi t , they should have it. They had all heard fre e " oil' I arguments when they cut against Irish interesle, when in favour of Irish interests the principle ° if er trade was "'denied. By a left-handed blow thel. about to bring the Irish producer of salt meat' ruinous competition with the foreign Producer. • Sir R. PEEL said that while the Hon. Gentlellif ie ,l 4 nothing to say against the principles of free-t 1 1,,, of i c i added that they were not at liberty to touch 0 , 11 .10 . , article unless they adopted universally the prinelP free trade, and removed all restrictions and obstru c o lic whatever. Now, he could not forget the 116 n. u t e le ,lo; man's own speech on the su',ject of Irish oats.--0i,,,11. He doubted whether, by any course he might o [ o l o'o, could have met the approbation of the Hon, Gent'„,o°,, The Hon. Gentleman must be aware that there fr, present a duty of 12s. on salted meat import'', P . . abroad, which it was proposed to reduce to Bs. 13 , ' i n f o': his Right Hon. Friend had shown, the protecti ° ;l:".„' quite delusive. The proposed duty was pet fedi?, t ie / and would not place the lrish provision trade in Foie ger. He (Sir R. Peel) believed that the prineipal'."o to that trade was in the high price of Irish provisTreti) Mr. ROCHE explained. He had never made a et elo "abbut Irish oats.—(A laugh.) He had never'll : tA discussion in that House upon Irish oats.—(" Yel. ° :o; from Sir R. Peet.) Why, he (Mr. Roche) had so many speeches as the Right Hon. Baronet; fore, hecould remember all that he had made;---010 ° ' • Sir R. PEEL begged parein ; he spoke of 0;k. Member for Cork City.—(Hear, and a laugh.) Lord J. RUSSELL thought that the H o n. Ge, v ai kr, k i (Mr. Callaghan) had shown th a t th e p ro t ec tioll" f '64 lusive ; and in answer to wh a t h a d b een s aid': Ht' s : on. Gentleman (Mr. Roche) w h o f o ll owe d, .10',./ say that it was easy to o bj ec t t o a part i cu l ar ile nl o'ni tariff, and to say, that unless the same principle .. e"".. , ' 0 „1, plied to every other article, it should be oppoe - V li is the proper course would be, to apply the prieciptfig competition to every artiele.—(Hear, hear.) 0 part, wherever that principle was applied he sh°,' port it, and afterwards endeavour to extend it. s `; l o,lo , article to which it was now applied by the pi; ~ vernment. He believed, that if they applied t;.der ) , ciple wherever they could, it would work itself -,o› and all those monopolies, and even the new 1 7 ° would give way.—(Hear, hear.) Sir R. FERGUSON said, that what was 0 , 1 „,0. 9 , 0 , of in Ireland was, that the curer of salted prov ls. ,,eoror, not sufficient compensation, and had no fair e° ll '''ricf, with the foreigner. With regard to the highjr:oe 01 provisions, he thought it was occasioned by t he eo w ,, cattle in the country, and he believed that ill t",bellt of another year cattle in Ireland would be 63 00 0 they were in 1834 and 1837.—(Cheers.) • but i V The gallery was then 'cleared for a divisiont t ,..o , took place, the motion (as we understood) b ei h dra T wn. 0011° e e Speaker then left the chair, and the into Committee on the Customs Act. 101 DUTY ON CATTLE. Mr. W. MILES rose to move his reso lution 00 0 44 the duties to be levied on live stock import ° talt ell ,lo . reign countries for the purpose of food, b e 1)°; ; JV weight." He said, in justice to his constititen.d of thought it right to move it a t thi s earl): P erl o f debate, , Concurring as he did in . the 0p10ien0,;),,0.,y that the alarm that had been spread threllothe'vet country relative to the tariff; especially as on cattle and live stock, was well founded. ' d elve" there was nothing l e f t f or t h em b u t to e" obtain for the agricultural interest 3 ) only a fair proteition.—(Hear, hear, he 3 ' l ",; o ffe r , ' ,10, as a whole he believed the scheme of finar,; t , be' , the Right Hon. Baronet was a most Pe ri , e- beft''„de e te , ample system, and such an one as had ne ve ',.,tifeJa, offered by any Minister in a time of conV` and, generally speaking, it bad received a i ,~~ r e t , :011