The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-18 00:00:00

'I/lent, have it in .out pf 20 millions a year of war—the know ably increased, told Tee trenched on, will the pane, the power, al negotiations and ; and the power and r possess, which she rust, she ever will • ration and justice spirit in which shall entitle her longer ought she firmly, yet temp e-„ : ace, the continuatiee;,, her by any par e - AO respect the use ided by moving lii upon income ought.:, ae great enlergellei ,4 dinary expendi tun P i" . . or i n some re - try, which can .10-; . Surprised that his , to be his dui to - House, in the n very important Ott hate hereafter to ore unfavourable for occasion. He . o be course taken' by his when he hail suc minims to obje ct after the cessation hat transaction in Ripon) might ;till •ess of his Nohle tad cOntribut4. to !sr of our fina4 ncial t has lot think tha the led in takie,,, agreed with had sta ted °' which lri! foul ✓ the Little when g to have r i,ecoe to: all Credit for his c onahi ion f r.e 1,0 done, the coo tie '", ' ets of which 10, If which 'he b",,d Lord had ti,aoit" was necoti.: ty of the countrY, of the second pr?" : , ti er things co nic Yri Lt as abstract tfir-,,• t nal'Y of the ad supported tbol that he cola 111/. E. t h ese regolutiolli • Presented ! clear, arguroes.e; r Lord, from dp i I deny the al the first resolutl Lll his Noble file4r or a judicious,to. at House, up on g brought nmediately to pi- g solutions, whiclll4 Itimately to 11 °.,1 . 1 ther House erIF Nn in the t 4t11 0 : the ridictllo,m: to reject that 13,'"4, e principles ollsit retreat front 14 d accept the e ) previously dec him to be ili 3 r l between the ;), ?on that priori ed with fiegnh6 principle that ever abando n t its 's well o reje ct' of ly to exercise reject ing it ill the ° ta t a Bin uro„ the other aciples? 1V 5i ns, Now, rpfre ter your Ball ;10 fly the rig ht. it point, but. Ivor mus t conta lo, th ose propos-4°ot Ppears to and inetaoe'd, ;ind in that 11pel in oases as por'eer renville, ad , ... le t nd that tiler ghly uncl e , belonged t e .r ot ci he two Ift.,; give up whitt,,,, e was br0u,, ,, h 11 ; . tilatink'th'lrhof Friend 'Sal efee for a Couloil ther House. happened -louse reje c d Friend . viti m a lie's. talent 4141a1it,4 1#5 ,4 , 'bite 4,4• 1111Alltitije? 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NI A 11C : 1 ' re tly bei ? . j order e ort of the 11VA ' it lll rll r fro al souse to the ty by I J.,' 13111' tune r ettcll l% , 11A t he ' ,o il , era ar toill Dt!T oh urgl 01ion ~el°l# of 6 lb. dor' 1 31 "' t he Po/ tiO.ug li t t r ong it a on. Glaggl. lit to , y .t p'r j , inty or P i t o L 9110 - Irtolno, 3f0011,4.0 sutp' :a the () Ivo b e Dili had - !, te _ _ fr fetred to the South Eastern list. As the railway went 41Edinburgh to Glasw, the Bill might with equal s o ° ,..,„Priety be referred tog ther the South Eastern or the se v 7 r il,Ve. s tern list, and as the South Western list had s gt , 1111 - 1 8 under their consideration, and the South t ilt ra list none, it had been thought best to refer the 0.,:° the list which was least burdened with business. trle inconvenience was likely to result if the Hon. steoVlllaa'B proposition were not acceded to, he (Mr. u t art) was willing to acqu i esce in it. lzini°SWALD said a f ew wor d s , w hi c h were qu it e ble in the gallery. to nt e MAtTLE was underst oo d t o a pprove of the li s all)pted by the Hon. Member for Oxford. 14 , i- A-1301- T CHERE said he was much surprised at at th,,'°n expressed by the Hon. Gentleman opposite, 11, 44 same time he had so much confidence in him, that the_ n ot wish t o set hi s Opinion in opposition to that of t i ff ) Il e: be r -; but he must say that the House to resula to be very cautious how they departed from gene- C 1 might.be a precedent which woul Lut,i ttl i many applications, not only from Scotland, ee _ otlu' r plac es , 6 4 -qght and in many instances very d made out for placing certain Members on r ' to r , 4-AJCII thought th e H ouse O ug ht t o consider be- Ale: tlss ented to th e mot i on, as he conce i ve d t h e H on . 'ant. t's Proposition would be a very dangerous prece b Str an . 44 14 " er a . Were then ordered to withdraw, and the 'tie when there appeared, A er the motion Against it kr a3ority for the motion —2l IAIteIcINNON presented a petition from a so -1,()Oro/i41,..'uarylebone, stating that he had borfowed'tkersi ,'(ir the Parish of Marylebone from s were London, who wished to change their securities. the Hi fir lgh Dbl ',NGTON presented a petition, signed by d uties %.I gli a —e riff, and several merchants of the town e o w je_eorliplaining of the difference betty een t L te ”.irteign grain and flour. COMMITTEE—BOROUGH OF T he LEWES. 4 gain it rlaittee for trying the merits of the petition Vithe foe return for the borough of Lewes, consisting c . Elli s -w , l r ag Members, was sworn in : Mr. Aghonby, bi e ji' 'LI% J. Neeld, Colonel Rawdon, Mr. Daly, ' and Mr. Charles Wood. 04 the WIGAN ELECTION. t i cl4 r. to dames of the following members being c called ,pte Petri as a Select Committee, to try the merits of L Lord Lincoln, r e e e t l t e ir , n from Wigan—Mr. Mr. Henry Kemble, ll lir• Y ile L n ° r) r . Tufnell, Hon. James Kenneth and Sir B. Hall,i as Chairman—the Hon. J. K. „torT W as absent. I ,"' k e e„‘ -r• SOMERSET moved that the clause in ' fr " 4 i," Q r sPecting' Election Committees be read. '''''tt, ei t 4 l -- " a e Was then read by the Clerk. It was to the " 1 14; 14 ! any Member not attending in his place, within ttlit td p the meeting of the House, upon the day p_ t,, the nomination of the Committee on which tute l4 -- serve, or having attended, shall have Se tb °u bef ore t h e C omm i ttee , as swor n un r4, tak - e e Petition be discharged, shall be ordered to t oth 1 ,1 : 11 1to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms t e- "j' S e . Punished or censured as the House may 1- Ist —s s it be verified on oath that such member was L f i rr i e sudden emergency prevented from attending. 4etsb;°. SOMERSET ,wished to know if any Hon. 4 ' 1 4. could account for the Hon. Gentleman's ab preys h uP NELL trusted the Noble Lord would not G entl e his H e h a d no doubt that the Hon. '''auld is ln all was in the neighbourhood of the House, and attendance immediately. u. k x• SOMERSET begged to propose that the Hon. b,Sek,,""p'd, having been appointed to serve as one of. the igllti,'°lllreittee to try the returns of the borough of 44 llob-) aft having appeared in his place in the House SE after the - sitting be taken into custody of the talet-Arms. to he was carried. t he quenee of the absence of Sir JAMES HOWARD, • h , 4114 appointed to try the merits of the peti -orrew-. la case was not sworn until four o'clock "' to -41.. CORN LAWS. rile% ; 11 -ei NISTOUN presented petitions from variou ` Scotland, p ra yi ng f ur th e re p ea l of the Corn- t , '4, T.,. REPEAL OF THE UNION. 1 "4 - ` IO NT. MEMBER then presented a petition from PraYing for a repeal of the Union between t , and Ireland. Nup x„..,YLOUR IMPORTATION ACT. o.ratio "" - L'XTZ presented a petition against the Flour ' 4 l Act. pres n_ METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. . 4, 14 6 .&111N5T0N presented petitions froM the i l)oli rl tt3 .,_ o ! London; praying for the opening of the Me . 4 Bridges. t, l )r ja ri „.„ CORN-LAWS. ` ,l- tING presented several petitions, praying -e total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. Pereiri--'..RRAND resented POOR-LA twe W dilve petitions from f 'kiili,ervarishes in the county of Stafford, in favour of the kr mon Act. ,TOLVILLE presented forty petitions, signed by fa rOU of 3,000 people, from places in Derbyshire, in Ara} Ee Pr the same Act, and another with the same ' 4l. tlie - „ l _ n alli Warwickshire, signed by all the guardians Poor. „ t i . ~ COALS. 4 i ', -QUIT esented a etiti t o h n e f p r e o ti n tio t n h e e rs G v iint e La d l . AittPing Company, stating that alarm the proposed duty on coa l s. 4r CORN-LAWS. (24,,• VILLIERS presen h te e d N( cations from Barnard L ;t9, t,t l! an t d t other places in t : I) , a r i t v h s. of England, praying .the al repeal of the Corn , 1 ~ BREWERS- Wigan, 1 11. GREENALL presented a petitionfrom g for a bill ).'i,i'ed by, 80 brewers, publicans, &c., p :Orevent brewers' casks from being distrained raya for their I,kuners' rent. lifizi;res,,G44olllsDlTCll presented a similar petition from ~f f , 1 . 4.,, I signed by 2,000 brewers, publicans, and s ''.l l, 4ta•fi'4 . CREASE IN THE ARMY. • •liou: ll „,._' 'l. RUSSELL said, he understood the ' lue, retttis;',;4e other evening., that I C '' 4 --.4r to P,et, at the head of her Majesty's Government, probable ß ig a h n t ” Lee sat s't the army might be reqlr i e f t u d r , w t b h u e : ; h i e nf c o o r u m id at n io o n t sa y 6 1 " Y thing definite unti kno w e received. He (Lord John Russelpw t i h s e he a d mi t y o L had b we the determination to increase ee n f would h 10,:inally taken, and if so whether an estimate Sir b e uld on the table of the House. : ,Avho'llittliie°toErßeT.inflo'reEEe Lthesaaidrinyh_el.nhaEdugcloannsdi,dearieidd it supplementary estin;,_of course be necessary to p kor,‘e betbre the House. He _%. lite •ii a s e r. a ) not able to say 1 • 11 1 the subject at present.—(l ~ ,? ti . t ivy „ TRADE WITH CHINA. e v r e w atrod the ee trade motion i with t7 : 4 4 h e ia ie l ll ; ah. ti e : .ll)4 (.7 A g Y ive r n ose no t t e ice b , ri r n e g lat fo i A 's Ilis chief object bringing this subject House, was to i e n nd t e il a , o c u o r un to try sh w oN e v re that in. it fi i ,4nour and character o .itti le t `i • i n the full redemption f ooff'-tulisy.hpiclhedgpelsedggievesn the b. 11 4 44 , 4 Elliot, on the fait Of 4'411 luerchants delivered up their i t p h r a o t p t e h rt e 3 s • vi,c;idlitear, he ar .) H e sincerely hoped that e . — p ( l e C d r i g e e s s ttk, . her, redeemed, as such a p st,— read ''‘uPrtauce to the country. teeeivvery l engt h y was of the ut i certain Member dedespatches te e n s I t '"v hi iti ci to tih3:eretheextracts frTau lle c H er o t n a . being. noise 4 1 1 N k w ail continued throughout . N I • i. ' krt:‘‘,,,,lt was impossible to hear a w him tiinie f t r h o e m India, but Captain Elliot.n 31emberes ~ ' Cl}` gallery. They had from ord i H n ou th se e Raild ivtt'ith:ule reasons for which that . ransom-money from the had obtained 1 4 n ion i , " ~had been obtained ; he said that the six mil- Chine ° L dollar s which lie . the ;se, were intended to be : a t h :(;) cos sustained . British tw as compensationimn teerncdlieadnftotsor, ' 4 p,l:,lutry, or at all events that '.han - t ;' ill diminution of the claims o l f ee th d e ed ß t r ( i ) ti r s e h ad m e e x r: 'Net s - ; D the Hon. Member then e !a ° 4 l74 ' h s - it i t t Z i the evidence tak p en r°e be s fo of the House of Commons ' t4 Plo' , t° inquire into the op arpepoainteSde,lehienet t ittt re , the House to consider t whether shoul t t d ra h i d s s e a ls i n ' e a t s ., 0 n a Itll 3 , h ,, Wh ell the British Govermen 1 4 NO : which would 1 ~,,,,,,e __ the ost remote effect I, *4l(Puitulreds and thousands of . ' * qe. -et tug upon its character or peoplegmood f i a n ith h . idi T a There pledges given . L hY Q lie brought to utter ruin if the :, . r4,111,6,11tZ1),,,t4. iriAlitit,iiroet,x,nvreersesinnzothihsonourabaltyofantdhefaaiptphofiitnuty. Member thanked ~I, oti stir Government. The . ' l ' 4 1 / th:fhtSir Renryl'Pottinger, an a d P H o P o t r li n e . v r officers appointed 141. 14te'Claentleinen for the patience with which the had Thursday, : i4 ::,, , 4 A e i)l /14 1 i 1 t, ,, t 1 1 1 shim, louse e d w co i n u c , l u u p d o e a n d tie w n ith the following the 7 t h daymotion: o f ?if.,tho'it, resolve itself into a Committee tha t t o is co t n o si s d a e y r , NA ,-h4c,_llowing Address to her Majesty, her Majesty, ''f' pia uutuble-Address be presented . to o usly pleased to it.til ,trte i'llt that her Majesty will be ntitisht4ecnsideration the circumstances of the British `-,rown Irierchants and others, subjects ; 81 tiO 4 ( „7 1 d 011 the the 27th of March, on the requi i.icaeesmunder which the 1" N I British Trade : 11 e4h7 captain Elliot, Superintendent 1:. ' e rvi ;,.,4, surrender to the said Cap t t , a 2 n o, E 2B ll 3 iot e , h f e o s r ts th o e f ci ,Piti tn c " 1 her Majesty's Government, 1, 4 4 i', " the assurance of the said Captain m Elliot, hi lt b u behalf of her Majesty's Gov compensation 111, utu.,.l.,.esPonsible in the fullest and most un . fnr 1, fo r the same, and further, that . res e r h v e l d d ub- Jo,eierttist-,,,,,e,,aisuituhrey fir su st s;a o i f nedthebydemhearnd s. MaJe a s d t e y's by s her h a in (to enforce 1,411:18):•7 ' , Pon the Government rucineva,ll expedition was sent out), ef a C nd t l h n t e ha G t ov a er s n u m m en o t f t 'COV " hy tug now been received from leased vatie:Z, her Majesty will be iv to ad on account c't . th e i r such British merchants and others, ceiv ea f. respective losses to the extent ofthedesduumetirneg the amount'e the Chinese Government, after re the ass aNvarded by her Majesty to the make good ille 4 , re 11er Majesty that this house will Sly kheald —"CIRGE STAUNTON' said, he thou.gaht few I vrd:,, ll °t be doing his dutif he did not 3 ' t hy 1-,-• upon the subject now before the House. If h h e e l h v a a d s r a y bias on the subject when he was in China, he gave it 4,t, qPnsed to Capt. Elliot's measure— iticn;', .suPPort whatever. Still he thoughhetn.et,hat /the 4 u ."-G;‘.4 cpponents of the opium trade might take e llritii44',,late rum the course adopted of !, rarliarnent at the time th ei . w " Y r Y• The British Parliamenetfcotnhsidered that 1 10 t h '!e' indebted to the holders of the slaves, I,ll:oelisiad: itialltreinteoipgiei:eli them 20,000,000/. ,sterling. d abb°: U ldi t p ido o ind n who h: t a ''''' compen(sSaitrionmerchants to Sta ll u i n os to e n ß ) h ri o t te h the House 'uptan, -,splirrendered up so many chests of opium to ttlypointe;', 110 t. , The superintenders, of trade that were t4 ttn, ft } , . China acted up to instructioNa to s ' 4 4 two superintendents (Lord Napier and • Mr. Davis) did not think it their iduty - to interfere at all with the opium trade ; but Sir George Robinson: rather encouraged the trade, yet no part of his conduct receive d any reprobation. At length a different aspect of affairs took place. In January, 1839, Capt. Elliot learnt that the Chinese Government intended to enforce a prohibi tion ; under this state of things Capt. Elliot ordered sill the ships in the harbour at Canton then engaged in the opium trade, to sail away.. Capt. Elliot certainly did not anticipate the violent act that was soon after put in force by Mr. Commissioner Lin, nor had he any right to anticipate such a proceeding, He knew that there was no law then existing in China by which those vessels . could be seized. He (Sir J. Staunton) thought, therefore, that Captain Elliot could not be blamed for not having forseen such conduct, here tofore unseen or unthought of in civilized countries. Captain Elliot did, however, as a gallant officer, when the time came, give every support in his power to his countrymen in China, and in order to bring about an arrangement with the Chinese Government, he gave them a certain pledge, which, having - given, he (Sir G. Staunton) thought he was bound to perform. The real nature of the transaction of the 6,000,000 dollars re ceived from China would be understood from the papers which her Majesty's Government had laid upon the table. In clic of these . was given at once the nature and character of the convention ; it stated that.the money was received in diminution of the jnst claim of her Majesty's Government.—(Hear, hear.) Ile (Sir George Staunton) thought this money was exactly a grant or - instahnent of the claim which her Majesty's Government had upon the Imperial Government. With this also the declara tion of the Chinese themselves agreed. He could not, therefore, see the slightest - reason • why the money should not be paid to those just claim ants who sought for compensation for the opium they had given up at the request of Captain Elliot. He thought the character of this country was at stake; and, admitting its superior condition in China, this was not the moment when the British Government should do anything calculated to shake the opinion entertained of its integrity. The losses sustained by British merchants in Canton were of a serious , and extensive nature. He would therefore feel much pleasure in seconding the motion. Sir GEORGE LARPENT said, that circumstanced as he was, he could not content himself with giving a silent vote upon the question. His Hon. Friend, the Member for Sandwich had spoken of the manner in which her, Majesty's subjects in China had been treated ; and detailed at considerable length the manner and circumstances under which they were ordered to deliver up the opium in their possession. The merchants, both British and foreign, were in a state of duress in Canton. When they were called upon to give up their property, they relied upon the good faith of the Bri tish Government ; and whether Captain Elliot had authority or not, they delivered up the opium under peculiar circumstances, and he conceived that it was the imperative duty of the present Government to see that the large sum of inoney . which had been received should be allocated to the service and benefit of those British merchants who had been sufferers in the distressing affair. The present Government were equally bound as the late Government to pre serve the good faith and honour of the country. Ile trusted and hoped that as the British merchants who had been sufferers in Canton had received an assurance from the late Government, that they Would get even part of the money which had been received ; and as the honour of this country was at stake, he conceived the British Parliament were called upon to settle the matter by allo cating at all events an instalment of that money to those who had lost their property in Canton. Sir CHARLES NAPIER said, after what had fallen from his Hon. Friend, he would not trespass very long upon the attention of the House, but he could not but offer a few observations upon the subject. He did not blame Captain Elliot for giving the offer, being, as he was, in a state of starvation -; but the merchants had no right to obey the order of Captain Elliot, nor had he, being a prisoner, any right to give the order. Whatever should be given to the opium dealers he hoped would not be at the expense of the British officers and sailors serv ing in China. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, if he could not agree with his Hon. Friend on this motion, it was because he did not believe the honour of the country was pledged to pay the opium dealers out of the money received from the Chinese Government. The Hon. Gentleman in his speech said that the honour of the country was pledged to compensate the opium dealers, but he did not say that they were to be paid out of the fund now at the disposal of the Crown. That, however, was the question. (The Right Hon. Gentleman then went on to read extracts from speeches made by himself relative to the origin of the war in China.) It was for the House to consider whether out of the money received for the ransom of a certain city in China it was their duty to satisfy certain claims, which it was the object of this motion to confirm. At tie time of Captain Elliot's offer, the British merchants were in fear of their lives and property; being in this situation of danger, Captain Elliot, with feelin!. , s which do him honou—(Hear went, at the risk of his own life, into the situation in which they were, and surrendered himself up to the probability of captivity and danger. Under these circumstances, Capt. Elliot gavel hem a pledge which the Hon. Gentleman said the Govern ment was obliged to abide by. In this he (the Chancel lor of the Exchequer) could not agree ; and in making that statement he thought he also expressed the opinions of the late Government, or if he did not, on what ground was it that when certain bills drawn by Captain Elliot, were presented at the Treasury, they were not paid but protested ? The sum we received from China did not come at the end of hos tilities, by way of compensation for .injuries receive!, but it was received during the mining on of the war for the ransoming of a certain city in China, and certainly . could not Le 'made available to satisfy the tlaims of the opium merchants Ile (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) thought, t hem no man could say that there was anything like a breach of faith on the part of the British Government, who had made no pledge to pay the claims till the termination of the war. Upon these grounds he did not think it expedient to accede to the motion of his Hon. Fr:end. The motion was couched in terms too, which, if he were disposed to cavil nt terms, lie should object to as not properly expressing the facts f the case. Tl,ere was another question also connected with the case which the House would have to consider • it was whether they could depend upon the assessed value Of the opium. He had seen in some of the papers that certain merchants had valued their opium at 1,200 dollars a chest, and that others had valued theirs at 500 dollars a chest. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) thought that before allowing any compensation whatever, even if it were admitted that compensation was due, that it should be clearly and distinctly ascertained what was at the time of the seizure the precise value of opium. These were the views which he entertained on the question, and as such were his opinions, he could not give his support to the propo.:ition of his Bon. Frit nd. —( Hear. ) Lord PALMERSTON was not prepared to say that any pledge had been given by her Majesty's late Government in obtain the money for the relief of British merchants I Canton. Undoubtedly the pledge given was precisely as w as stated by the Right Hon. , Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), but though there was no positive pledge given, her Majesty's present Government would be acting judiciously and wisely, in his (Lord Palmerston's) opinion, by yielding to the motion of the Hon. Member ( Mr. Lindsay.) The money was of course to be paid into the Consolidated Funds ; this was a sum of money recovered from China, anti certainly it seemed to him ther9 was a wide distinction between advancing money out of the funds of this country to the relief of British merchants in Canton, and allocating money which was ob tained in that country to the relief of those parties who had claims upon the Government in consequence of the sufferings and the losses they had endured. He hoped her'llltijesty's Government would therefore apply it in that way, as it would , have the effect of .relieving a great deal of distress. Mr. M. PHILIPS did not rise for the purpose of advocat ing the rights of British merchants in Canton, in consequence of any interest he had with that country; but he thought it extremely inexpedient at this moment that injuries should be inflicted upon those merchants while means were in the power of the Government and Parliament of this country to relieve these injuries, particularly when it was recollected that they were caused by an anxiety on the. part of British merchants in that country to vindicate the Government of this country. He contended that the property which had been given up was not given up with the jurisdiction of the Chinese Government, but it was in fact paid as a kind of ransom for the lives of Bri tish subjects which were in jeopardy. - He wished , therefore , for the honour of the British Government and the British em ,sire, that the motion of the Hon. Member for Sandwich would be acceded to, and that good faith would be kept with those who had suffered those losses, relying upon the honour of England. After a few words from Sir G. LARPENT and the CHAN CELLOR of the Ex enxQuen, Mr. JARDINE, who spoke in a very low tone, was under stood to say that it was of eo consequence from whom the Go verrinent received the money' they did get, and he certainly thought it should be applied to indemnify the parties. He was sure nn Hon. Member, whose desire was to do justice, could lay his hand upon his heart and say that the expenses of the war should be settled before these parties were compensated. Mr. J. A. SMITH said, if he were to collect anything from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was, that unless sufficient money was received from the Chinese Government, not only to compensate the merchants but to pay the cost of the expedition, the cost of the expedition should be paid by the Government before the claims of the merchants were satisfied. He must say that he heard that announcement with very great regret ; he believed it was the first time that a country ever admitted that she undertook an expedition for the purpose of gain. He could not sit down without expressing his regret at the terms made use of by the Chancellor of the Exchequer relative to the assumed value of the opium. He (Mr. A. Smith) believed that the character of the opium merchants were of the highest order, and that they had courted every inquiry ; he was sorry, there fore, that the Right Hon. Gentleman had made use of the terms in which he indulged. is The CHANCELLOR' of the EXCHEQUER briefly ex• plained. .; Mr. J. A. SMITH replied. Mr. WYNNE said he possessed no information upon; the matter, except what he had received from the paper s before the House. Fram them he should not consider :he claims to be strictly legal, but still such as in point of equity were entitled to the consideration of the House. With respect to the money which had been paid by Captain Elliot under; the convention, in his opinion Captain Elliot acted as the representative of the British Government ; and it he made any agreement, or any pledge, he thought they would be such as the country would be bound to abide by. He admitted the claims of the fir itish navy, and he thought that something should be allowed to them in the shape of salvage. The question as to the remainder then was, whether it should be applied to the expenses of the expe dition, or to the sufferers. This appeared to him to be rather a question of time than a question of right; and he did feel disposed to think that some advance should have been made to the losers ; he thought it should not appear that the compen sation had been unnecessarily delayed. He had rather that this motion were not pressed to a division, but that it should be left to the further consideration of the House. Sir ROBERT PEEL Said, in speaking on this subject, hi s desire was not only to do justice to the merchants, but also to those whose interests were too often neglected in discussions in this House—the people of this country. He hoped there was now -in the House a considerable majority who had no interest in the opium trade, or the claims for the losses in that trade, and who he was quite sure would form their judgment upon the matter upon perfectly unbiassed prin ciples. The question was this--whether it was right and proper, that having got a certain sum of money on account of the ransom of this city, that that money should be ap plied to the redress of losses sustained by certain British merchants ? The principle upon which the war was undertaken was according to the only official statements which had been made, and these were made by the Noble Lord opposite, who, when asked what were the objects of the war, distinctly said that there were two objeeti, first to claim reparation - for the injuries offered to her Britannic Majesty's subjects_ by the Chinese Government; and secondly, to obtain compensation for the losses sustained by ►heir property having been taken under the direction f the Chinese Government.—( Hear hear.) If the British merchants had a right to compensation? why not have the whole of the money voted to them ? If that money was obtained for compensation for losses sustained by British merchants, why not give the whole 150,000/., or 2,000,000/., the puke of the opium? It it was right to appropriate the whole of it to that purpose, why not do so ? If it was a strict claim of equity and justice it cer taikly was as incumbent upon Parliament to vote the entire 2,000,000/. to the indemnification of the British merchants who sustained losses in China, and then trust to the chance of raising it from the Chinese Government. If they failed, though he did not believe there was 'a possibility of failure, then the loss would be of course sustained by the British Go vernment. It was said that Captain Elliot had pledged the British Government to the application of the money to the relief of the distress of the British merchants in China, but it should be recollected that the late Government, by whom Captain Elliot had been appointed at d sent to China, had never recognised him—they act ually rat's( d to honour his bills, and 'ejected them—upon the whole, lie ( Sir R. Peel) felt it his duty, not having the slightest personal interest in the mat ter, to decline in the most positice terms to give his consent to the motion of the lion. Gentleman. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who spoke in a very low tone of voice, and was very inaudible throughout, was understood to say, that if the claiws were allowed they ouOit logo to the full extent of the loss. Many of the tbjectiobs of the Right Hon. Baronet applied with considerable force, but he thought these were equitable, and cught to be taken into the considera ion of the Hume. One objec tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman was, that the value of the opium could not be ascertained until the termination of the war; but still, if the Government felt disposed, he (Lord J. Russell) thought there was sufficient grounds for inve4itration. If the Hon. Member who brought forward this motion could obtain a pledge from her Majesty's Government to that effect, he (Lord J. Russell) would advise him not to press the motioa on the House ; but if he should do so, he should certainly feel it to be his duty to support him. Mr. LINDSAY, in reply, said, that he was much indebted to the Noble Lord ,for the view he had taken of the subject; and if her Majesty's Government would take the matter into their consideration, he would not press his motion to a division. Sir R. PEEL said, that his Hon. Friend trust exercise his own discretion altogether. They had directed inquiries to be made as to the value of the opium, but he could giire no pro mise to the Hon. Gentleman. He must, therefore, decide himself whether he would take the sense of the House on the subject. Mr. LINDSAY intimated his intention of dividing the House, and strangers were ordered to withdraw ; and the House divided— For the motion Against it Majority against the motion LUNATIC ASYLUMS - 50 Lord GRENVILLE SOMERSET then rose to ask leave to briag in a Bill to provide for the more effectual inspection of houses licensed by the Magistrates in Quarter Sessions for the reception of insane persons in England and Wales. After de tailing the motives which induced him to bring that measure before the House, he said he did not intend to include the metro politan districts in the proposition he was about to make. He had taken some pains to ascertain whether the system of visitation in the country was effectual, and though he did not derive much satisfactory information from the returns which had bean laid on the table of the House, yet he was able to state that the visits of the Magistrates, according to the pre sent system, were very irregular, and the whole responsibility was entrusted to the mercy of the superintendents. He did not wish to insinuate anything against the proprietors of li censed houses, for he was bound to say that he had seen as much humanity and kindness evinced by them as could be possibly evinced by himself or any of those Hon. Gentlemen whom he addressed.—( Hear, hear.) He made no charge whatever against the proprietors or against the superintendents of those houses, but he was exceedinly anxious to see a regular system of inspection carried out. He thought it would be most desirable that some of the Commissioners acting in London should be amongst those selected to in speet those houses throughout the country from time to time. What he proposed to do was, to 'have two bar risters to inspect those houses, and instead of having the Commissioners allowed to practise at their profession, as they now were, that there should be Commissioners appointed who should be required to dedicate the whole of their time to their duties in London, and the other duties they would have to per form an the country, and that they should each be required, once at least in every four months, to visit every licensed house in the country. At those visit% he proposed that their atten tion should be paid to the parts which more particularly de manded investigation, and more especially the part as to the fitness of the inmates to occupy a place in a madhouse. What he proposed was, that instead of visiting every 14 days for three visits, the third visit should be left out, and that after two visits, with an interval of 14 days between them, the patient should be let out as soon as the Commissioners thought fit. 13arristers should also be appointed in the country houses, to examine every path nt previous to his admission. He be lieved these regulations would have very many beneficial results , they would tend first to prevent persons being improperly kept in the asylum, and they would prevent persons being impro perly admitted. He had considered it desirable to adopt some measure more stringent than those at present in force to prevent the admission of improper persons into the asylums ; but he entertained the opinion now, that though there were a few cases where parties wished to send their relatives improperly to a lunatic asylum, yet, as he believed there were very few in stances of that sort, and as he should be sorry to add anything to the present expenses of the establishment, it was with some regret, therefore, that he had come to the conclu sion, that the certificates should be left as they now were, without any additional signatures being required. It seemed to him that he should gain very little also by laying down any rule as to the rank and standing of medical gentlemen who should alone have the power of granting certificates. He did not now attempt to regulate the management of those insane persons who were confined in the single houses of private indi viduals. They were left to the care of persons over whom there was no supervision, and no doubt they suffered much more than other insane persons—( Hear, hear)—and he should therefore feel much pleasure in introducing some measure on that subject ;. but he remembered, that on a previous occasion, after a due consideration of the subject, it was thought inadvis ab!e to attempt to interfere with the management of those un fortunate persons who were confined in private houses. (The Noble Lord here lowered his voice so much as to be . quite inaudible for £0(110 time. ) Neither did he attempt to • interfere with the public asylums—by them he meant Bedlam, St. Luke's, and the other establishments of that kind; he be lieved they were generally conducted very is ell. —( Hear. ) In proposing this measure, he did not do all that he could du, or all that could be done ; but he did think what he proposed would be accompanied with very beneficial results, and would lead to a broader and more comprehensive legislation on the silkiest. Ile should wish to see the plan proposed by the Noble Lord (Lyndhurst) in tire other House discussed previous to forming an amalgamation (as we understood) with his (Lord G. Somerset's) plan, because he believed that, from a combi nation of the •wo, a more perfect system might be effected. He did not think it was rissessary to trouble the House any further on the subject. He had before admitted that he did not think the measure went so far as he could wish, but still it would be a great step towards perfect legislation. Mr. WAKLEY commenced by thanking the Noble Lord who had just sat down for having turned his attention to this subject, but he did not think the measure he proposed was suf ficiently comprehensive. He would beg to draw the attention of the House to the different systsnis of managing insane per • sons adopted in England, Ireland, and Scotland. In Scotland there was one system, in Ireland there was another, and in Eng land there were several, but the whole of them were very defec tive. The proposal of the Noble Lord was b. iefly this :—That there should be appointed two Commissioners to visit the li censed houses out of the metropolitan district. Now, what was a lunatic asylum ? It was an hospital appointed to receive patients afflicted wills the worst of diseases; and what did the Noble Lord propose to do? actually to appoint two barristers, two legal men, to superintend the medical condition of the in mates of these asylums. Ile was sure the Noble Lord did not mean any slight upon the medical profession, but this certainly did look very like it. Did the Noble Lord know that the recovery of these patients depended entirely upon the treatment they received? The Noble Lord said that he did not propose to meddle with the public asylums. He (Mr. Wakley 1 thought the Noble Lord's measure was not suf ficieetly comprehensive. He did, therefore, pray the Noble Lord to postpone the second reading of his Bill till some futur., date, and in the meantime he would undertake to lay reports of ail the lunatic asylums before the House; he would also thoroughly analize the reports of the Commissioners, and he thought he should nut be doing his duty if he did not assist Government to appoint a Commission fully to inquire into every circumstance connected with the management and con duct of these asylums. In his visitation plan the Noble Lord's measure tea. also defective. But he (Mr. W.) would not now detain the House, as he meant to introduce the subject in all its details after the Easter recess, until which time he hoped the Noble Lord would postpone his motion for the second reading of the Bid, 1111'. - H AWES also wished for postponement, fur it was ad visable, and indeed necessary, to introduce a more comprehen sive measure. Even the efficiency of the keepers and the salaries of the Commissioners required a great deal of con sideration. Lord ASHLEY had no objection that the Hon. Member for Finsbury should direct his vigorous attacks against the Metropolitan Commission. Certainly he (Lord Ashley) could wish that the measure had gone further—( Hear t—but still great benefit would be effected by the Bill of his Nobla Friend in the very defective system that now prevailed in the manage ment of lunatic asylums in the provinces, particularly in visita tion, whereby the Commissioners could carry out the object of the Act, and prevent persons who had been discharged from a London asylum from being incarcerated in a country lunatic establishment, for the Bill would establish a perfect record of every such house. Ile thought also a controlling suggestive visiting commission would-be much better than a medical one. In the first place, the House could not introduce an uniform curative process into al! country establishments. It would be imliossible for them to irsist upon the introduction of the non coercive system, for the expense would be so great, that the House would have no right to impose it, be- persons s otnhse o p f riv ‘ a , t e e ry lunatic e l a to p u it s a e l s , werectboney cdauucsteed many byd were screwed down to the lowest amount of remu neration for the inmates they took in.— ( Hear, hear.) Further the House bad not yet sufficient experience of the non-coercive system, though he (Lord Ashley) would admit that very great good had been derived from it. As to the supe riority of medical men in deciding the question of sanity, he had reason to think that a person of common sense r .wasiust, as good a judge of the presence of sanity er insanity as a medical man. But it was more easy to get medical men in the country than barristers, while a knowledge of the law was most important to a Commissioner; therefore he thought it better that the Commissioners should he lawyers, with power to call in a doctor when they wanted him. The law was to beipplitable to a whole country ; and in many thinly-peopled districts they must not only content themselves with one medical man, but must take him as they found him. He alluded to the great inconsistency of the present prac tice with regard to lunatics. In some places the facilities of incarceration being very great, and in others mailmen were to be found walking about in all directions.—(A laugh.) He was glad that he had heard the objections that had been made to the Bill, as they had convinced him they were not of extraordinary force. '1 hey would also have the effect of directing public attention to the subject, and that would strengthen the hand of those who would have the administra tion of the law. Mr. C. W. WYNN was much disposed fo agree with the views of the Hon. Member for Lambeth, with respect to the Bill; but it ought to go much further. He supported the Bill un general grounds, as it was now more than thirty years since the Legislature had passed the law empowering counties to join in the management of lunatics, and the state of the law was now imperfect. Lord G. SOMERSET replied. He proposed the Bill, in hopes it would lead to something further. It especially pro vided that the legal gentleman conducting the inquiry should be accompanied by a medical gentleman, without whose concurrence he could not act. For the informa tion of the Honourable Member for Finsbury, he intended to take the second reading before Easter ; he should proceed with it a short time after Easter, and he would ta k e care that all interested in the discus s i on should have due notice of it. He was riamiop the Bill should pass as speedily as possible. After a few words from M. B. FIAWES in es planation, leave was given to bring in the 13i11. • THE BISHOP OF JERUSALEM. ' Dr. BOWRING begged- to postpone till after Easter the motion of which he bad given notice for the correspondence respecting the e,tablishment of an English Bishop at Jerusalem. Motion withdrawn. • • GILBERT UNIONS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented two petitions, praying that the Gilbert Unions might he etempted from the opera -11 Lion of the Poor-law Amendment Act. 1 Mr. S. W ORTLEY'' presented several petitions to the same effect from places in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Mr. T. DUNCOMI3E rose, pursuant to notice, to move for a Select Committee to inquire into the administration of re ' lief to .the poor in parishes incorporated under Gilbert's Art, or subject to the provisiens of any Local Act, and to report whether it would be expedient or just to repeal those Acts for the purpose of substituting in lieu thereof the Poor-law Amend ment Act." He felt that the proposition which he begged to submit to the Howe was of so reasonable a nature, that he need not occupy for any length of time the attent:on of the Hon. Gentlemen in convincin g them of its justice. In endeas: assuring to give effect to the petitions . preiented that night by the lion.' Member• for the West Riding or Yorkshire (Mr. 'l'. l)uncombe), and several other petitions, presented ( Mr. S. Wortley), as well' a , t h ose presented by lin-itself by various Hon. Members; in favour of the present motion, he might, perhaps, be allowed to remind the House of the state of the question at the time the new Poor-law Amendment A et was pase d in 1834,-t Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") When Lord Ahhorp introduced that Bill to the House, great apprehensions were felt that those parishes subject to Local Acts and the Gilbert Incorporation, would be affec,ed by the measure. The then Hon. Member for Marylebone in quired of that Noble Lord whether the proposed measure would interfere with those Local Acts. Lord Althorp, in reply, stated that the Commissioners would not interfere with those parishes which were well regulated, and that he hoped that they is ould fellow the example of sorb parishes. The Noble Lord lantillsd the wish which he had expressed on that occasion to the letter, for in tho 32nd clause of the New Poor -law Amendment Act, it was stated that no dissolution of, or altera tion in those parishes, should take place unless two-thirds of the majority of the guardians should require such alteration or dis solution. There was a guarantee, a compactesstered into by Par liament with regard to those parishes and incorporations under Local Acts. if that clause hau not been insisted on, if that provi sion hal not been made, Hon. Gentlemen were well *ware that there would have been such an opposition to the Poor-law Amendment Act as would have rendered it very difficult for the Government to pass that measure. The Poor-law Com missioners had induced, after that, several of those incorpora tions to dissolve their unions; nevertheless, there still re mained a great number, in which the guardians felt persuaded of the superiority of their system to that of the Poor-law Amendment Act for administering relief to the poor. The two last measures introduced to the House, for the pur poie of amending the Poor-law, proposed to give power to 'the Poor-jaw Cemmissioners to dissolve those Gil bert corporporations wlthout.the consent of the guardians. On this subject he (Mr. D.) some time ago put a question to the Right Hon.. Gentleman opposite, but the Right Hon. Gentleman thought fitto remain silent on the point. If the object with respect . to those incorporated parishes of the mea sures for amending the Poor. law were carried out, a gross breach of faith with those Incorporation would be committed. That was one reason why the House should consent to the in quiry. 1 here was another reason. When the Committee on the Poor-law was sitting up stairs, in the year 1838, lie (Mr. D.) moved, in consequence of the aspersions thrown out ' against Mr. Gilbert's incorporations by the Commissioners, that it be an instruction to the Committee to inquire into the accuracy of a p,,rtion of the report of the Poor-law Commis sioners, which had reference to the vicious system said to prevail in the incorporations formed under Gilbert's Act, and report thereon to the House.—( Hear. ) Among other charges brought in their Report, by the Com missioners against the guardians, was one to the effe, t that the guardians received various sums of money, varying from 51. to so high as 201. for their services. He (Jr. D. )denied that they received one shilling. In moving that that instruc tion to which lie had eluded should be given to the Committee, he had pointed cut the necessity of the inquiry not being con fined to the assistants of the Commissioners, but that practical men of unprejudiced minds should be examined. The Chair man of the Committee concurred in what he (Mr. D.) there stated as being necessary, and yet what had been done? Though he had had a great number of witnesses. to disprove the statements of the Commissioners, not one of them was examined, and the Report was drawn up without hearing any of them. Now, with respect to the objections entertained towards the Gilbert Unions, he (Mr. D.) was au thorised to state, on the part of the guardians, that if; at a fair inquiry before a Committee, it was proved to them that their system was inferior to that going to be introduced by the Poor-law Amentiwent Act, they would immediately consent to the dissolution of those incorporations. Could any thing be fair than that? The Hon. Gentleman then read a letter from the Rev. Mr. Bathurst, who was connected with those ineor ' perations, calling for such an inquiry, and then went on to ask if the advocates of the system proposed by the Poet- s lay/Amendment Act feared this inquiry. Did they fear a comparison with those incorporations? He was sure it would be found that more economy and advantage in every point of view would result from the operation of the system pre veiling in the incorporations than from that of any other. He telt sere that the House would grant him an inquiry and hear those parties before it adopted a Bill of pains and penal ties.—( Hear, hear.) Captain PECHELL rose to second the motion. The Hon. Member who had just sat down had shown the exact position in which the Gilbert Unions stood with respect to the present Poor-laws. He believed that if the evidence which had been given before the Committee in 1838 hadbeen duly weighed they would never have heard of a proposal to subject those unions to the power of the Poor-law Commissioners. The inquiry was asked on the most reasonable grounds. Charges of the grossest kind' had been made against the guardians of these incorporations, anti as there were three millions of the population of this coun try who were subject to their influence, it was of the greatest importance that they should be rebutted. 'The guardians had bee naccusea o f peculation, of ionorance, and of prejudice. They demanded inquiry into these charges. Mr. Hawley stated that the conduct of the guardians was marked by extreme partiality, and that many of them were unable-to write. Now he could state, from his own know ledge, that in the county of Sussex there were nineteen guardians, who represented property of the yearly valve of 14,000/. . He thought that- was a sufficient an swer to the- charge. It was stated that they afforded a mis chievous example to the guardians of other un:one. Now, ' these unions were subjected to the provisions of the New Poor law, as far as was Consistent with the operation of the Gilbert Act, but they were not subject to the uncontrolled influence of the Poor-law Commissioners. Was it a mischievous example, for the governor of the workhouse to make a distinction between• old persons, who bad fallen into misfortune without any fault on their' own part, and other claimants for relief ? Was it Mischievous that the guardians ,should take into consideration the conduct of the persons to be relieved? Was it mischievous that the inmates of the workhouse should be permitted, under the 22d of Geo. 111., to attend church on Sunday to hear divine service? Was it mischievous that they shouldbe fed upon a different diet—that they should be allowed good and wholesome beer, ? (Hear, hear.) He had 1.0 hesitation in a resist saying that he had' advis e d t h e guardians to abide by certain means(Lus a r . ) hte It mandamushad of f be th en e rQeguueelant,ison, Bench h t by all beer...... to alleged against the guardians that they had acted illegally in selling goods to the poor. If that charge were true, it was equal to the truck system. Now what was the fact? He had made inquiry in Sussex, and found that one of the guardians was in the habit of laying in a stock of .fuel, and allowing the poor to purchase it, during the winter, at half price.--( Hear, hear.) Then it had been stated in evidence by Mr. Hawley, that the guardians of these unions were in the habit of receiving salaries of from 251. to 351. a year. Now it should be borne in mind that, according to the late Act, a guardian might be tined Si. if he did not attend in the course of the month, and that he would thus, in case of non-attendance, be called on to pay 60/. a-year. He was convinced that, if the evidence was gone into before the Committee the charge would be proved to be most unwarrantable. No petitions had been presented against the Gilbert Unions, anti he had therefore reason to think, that they had given general satisfaction. He believed that if the Commissioners were allowed to interfere with them the guardians in those unions would resign, and: he responsibility of the conse quences would rest with the Government. Sir J. GRAHAM said thatt here was no motion so specious as that which asked for a Parliamentary inquiry ; and it frequently happened that it was a very convenient course for Government itself to adopt, and if a sense of public duty would allow hint, it was one of. those things which the Executive Government could not object to init s own nature. Under the cover of such a Committee it would be easy for the Executive to propose a short Bill on the subject, and again pass 'over the subject to the next session; But there eas a, great principle involved—the relief of the poor of the country ; an d a ft er th e announcement of her Majesty's Government to bring the subject forward, be could not acquiesce in the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. He had distinctly notified to the House on the part of her Majesty's Government that on an early day after Easter it would be his duty to submit a measure, not only to continue the Poor-law Commission, but also to make such alterations in the law for the relief of the poor as, in their deliberate judgment and experience, they may be justi fied in bringing forward ; and that being the case, 'his sense of duty compelled him to resist the temptation of entering into discussion then. It would be unwise, in his opinion, to enter upien the consideration of such an-important subject then, and he thought it would be only wasting the time of the House. The Hon. Gentleman did not even think fit to confine him self to the cetisid, ration of the subject as it stood at present, but he went back to the discussion that took place at the latter end of last. Parliament. That was not the time to enter. :into the disco sion of the quest ion.---(-Cheers. ) But at- the same time there were sonic matters to which he should refer. The lion. Gentleman who introduced the . motion, referred to the statement of a single individual, to show that it was not the intention of the framers of the Poor-law Act to incorporate the Gilbert Unions under the general law ; but he (Sir J. Graham) was aware that, in the first part of the Bill, a direct provision was introduced for the purpose of repealing the Gilbert Unions, but subsequent alterations toek place, and though . a direst repeal was avoided at that time, if any person looked to the 15th clause of the Act as it now stood, and also the 2d clause, and loot:ire; also to the interpretation clause.. and the opinion of the late Attorney-General, he thought there could notbe a doubt that there was a virtual repeal. The Hon. Gentleman also said that there were 3,000,000 persons living under the , administration of the Gilbert Unions, but what were the real facts ? Since the passing of the Poor-law Act fifty-five of those Unions had agreed to come under the operation of the general law—( Hear, hear)— an d those fifty-five Unions contained to less than 715 parishes ; and there was one remarkable circumstance connected with them which was that at the passing of the Poor-law Act those Gilbert Unions owed 39,000/.- , but sinc e th ey came under the operation of the law they paid up about 20,000/., or more than half the debt.—( Heals) There were only twelve Unions remaining under the operation of Gilbert's Act, and they existed ' in only nine counties, and those 12 unions con tained 394 parishes, and a population of 156,000. These unions owed a debt o f 5,457/. at the passing of the Poor-law Act, and they paid only 1,4001. out of that sum.—( Hear. ) The Hon. Gentleman talked lightly of the geographical defects under which these unions existed, but he could state of their scattered position and that in consequence n many great inconveniences arose .—( Hear, hear.) There were other dis advantages resulting from the mere i ncorporation of these unions, one of which was that they refused to admit the benefits of the Veccination Act passed during last session, the power of introducing which was placed in the hands of the board of guardians. What he was about to state on this subject was on the authority of Mr. Park, a person who was well qualified to speak on the subject. He stated, that in the first quarter of the operation of the Act, 608 persons died of small-pox ; in the second quarter, 252 ; in the third quarter, ending October the 3d, 128 ; and in the fourth quarter, ending the Ist of January. 1 842, only 68. That was ' the result of one year since the in of the vaccination system ; but that most salutary system was not introduced into the Gilbert Unions.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman had talked of the excellent management. of the Brighton Union, but did not the Hon. Gentleman ever hear of 241. being paid for the purchase of a Court dress, to present an address to her Majesty on the birth of the Princess Royal ?--( Laughter. ) Did the Gallant Officer never hear of the Brighton lututhes ? —(Laughter.) Did he never hear of the charges for cigars ? —( Great laughter.) However, 'the right time to - go into the discussion of these matters would be:1.71, , T ., -men the Government brought forward the measere•—k rlear, hear.) With respect to the Gilbert Unions, whatever might be done should be done on the resposibility of her Majesty's Ministers and front that responsibility he would not shrink.—( Hear, hear.) He thought that the inquiry sought for was premature, and he for one would oppose the motion.—( Hear, hear. ) Capt. I'ECHELL, in explanation, said, that although those abu.es alluded to by the Right Hon. Baronet might have existed, the people in vestry had put them down, and did not want the control of the Poor-law Commissioners. Mr. WAKLEY admi ted that this was not a proper time to enter into the general merits of the Poor-laws. Ner was it necessary, for the purpose of his Honour able Friend. The simple question was, were the Local Acts to remain in force, or it it were a wish for the parish ioners to retain them, was that wish to be respected ? ( Hear, hear.) He did not know what the intention of the late Administration were, but he knew that they had struck out some of tee most monstrous clauses of this odious law.—( Hear, hear.) Since the last measure was proposed there had been a change of the Government, and he was one of those who was not sorry to see it.—( Cheers and laughter.) The members of the Government who had introduced the Poor-law Amendment Act were not now in the House, and he was glad to see that they were seared out of the:r own mea sure.—(Cheers and laughter. ) lie held in his hand a record of the opinions of the Noble Lord the Member for London, of the Right lion. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government, and of the Attorney-General, l‘ o could not be supposed to have changed his opinions because he had changed his seat in that House. hat Hun. and Learned Gentleman said that when the Poor law Bill was passed, there was a general understand ing in the House that all Local Acts ,should remain uninter fered with, and that the parishes regulated by those Acts should not be under the control of the Poor-law Commissioners. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said that it was ridiculous to suppose that any such thing was contemplated. Now he (Mr. W.) would not read the whole of the Right Hon. Ba ront's (Sir R. Peel's) speech, but the Right Hon. Baronet said that when he found whose masses of the people well-governed under their Local lies, he did not think it expedient to place them under the control of the Commissieners. The Noble Lord the Member for l.iverpool expressed his hope on the same occa , ion that those who were under Local Acts would not be interfere wits . The Noble Lord, the Member for London, had said that the purport of the clause at that time under discus sion was, that no further interference with the Local Acts should occur than what had occurred already. Now, the Local Acts had remained untouched since that time, and who were now going to interfere with them ?—( Hear, hear.) Why the present Administration. He had expected that the severities of the law would be mitigated, and that the guardians would obtain a greater control over their own funds. —( Hear, hear.) He had expected that the change would be for the better, and he had contributed to produce it.—(Great laughter and cheers.) Yes, he had—(Renewed laughter)— and he should have to go home to a bed of repentance. — (Great Laughter.) What was going to be done? All those parishes were to be given up to the Commissioners.—( Hear.) Did the Right Hon. Baronet think that the people would be better satisfied with this under a Tory than under a Whig Government ? Th e understanding last session was that these LOcal Unions should not be touched by the Bill introduced into the House last session. The Gilbert Unions were not to have been broken up and destroyed under that Bill without the consent of two-thirds of the guardians, but in the Bill of this sesssion— Sir JAMES GRAHAM—The. Hon. Gentleman has not seen the Bill. Mr. WAKLEY knew he had not. The Right lion. Gen tleman had taken precious good care that he should not see it. lie (Mr. \Vakley) did not like these secret modes of proceed ing. The ancient and constitutional practice was to grant no supplies until a redress of grievances had been granted, and it was a most wholesome practice, for when Governments had got the money they were apt to be very saucy. They were now in the month of March. The Poor-law Bill was not to be intro duced until after Easter. The Poor-law Commission would expire in July, and what time, he would ask, could they have to consider the subject. The Right Ho nourable Baronet no doubt had had his Bill pre pared for a considerable time, and after all that had taken place in reference to the Poor-law Bill, he had thought that that Bill would have been among the first which the Right Hon. Baronet would have laid on the table of the House ; and after the objections which had been urged against any inter ference with these local incorporations, and the intense anxiety entertained on the subject, he was sure that if the Right Hon. Gentleman could have said that these Local Acts were not to be interfered with, he would have been too glad to have said so. . her,' were the parishes of M arylebone, St. James's, Islington, and St. Luke's, containing upwards of 60,000 inhabitants each, all governed by Local Acts, and it was preposterous to call this a free Government, if the government of these parishes was to be taken out of the hands of the rate-payers and conferred on the Poor-law Commissioners. He called upon those Hon. Gentlemen opposite, who had assisted so nobly in fight ing the battles of the people when the question of the Poor law was under consideration last session —(Cheers)—to main their principles now--(Cheers)—to redeem the pledges which they had given—(Loud cheers)—and to uphold their high station.—(Continued cheers.) He regretted not to see that energetic Gentleman, the Member for Knareshorough, in his place. —( Loud Opposition cheers.) It was of no use for Hon. Gentlemen to make spirited speeches, if they did not fight the battle of the people, when the battle was to be fought. —( Loud cheers. ) He entreated the Right Hon. Gentleman to consider the state of anxiety and suspense in which the inhabitants of places under these Local Acts were placed, and to relieve their anxiety by at once declaring what his intentions were in regard to these local incorporations. Mr. COLVILLE had listened with regret to the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Depart ment. They sought inquiry into the management of the Gilbert Unions, but they wished that inquiry to be made by a Committee of the House of Commons, and not by the Poor law Commissioners. On another point, also, he agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet, namely, that the paupers of Brighton were better fed under the Gilbert Act than under the new Poor-law.-4" Hear, hear,". from Capt. Pechell.) He begged to express his obligations to the Hon. Member who had brought :forward this motion, for the able and gallant manner in which he had defended the rights of the poor of this country. Ile thought that the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home Department had not treated those inte rested in the preservation of the Gilbert Unions with that courtesy which they deserved. He had been four times ap plied to to take the intentions of the Government in regard to those unions, and he had thought it fit to maintain that dig nified silence which, although convenient to him, was death to them. lie considered that silence as most ominous. It was the intention evidently of Goverment to keep them in ignorance of their intentions in order to attack them unawares, and to de. stray them. That was not a manly course to pursue— ( Cheers)—and morever it was not a course he had expected to have seen pursued by a Conservative Governinent.— ( Loud Opposition cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet had said on a former occasion that inquiry ought to precede le gislation, and acting on that principle lie hoped if the Go vernment refused inquiry they would not legislate, and that was all they wanted. He hoped the Hon. Member would press his motion to a division. He could have wished that he had added to it a motion for inquiry into the manner in which the dissolution of those Gilbert Unions which had vo luntarily dissolved themselves had been brought about. If such an iinquiry were instituted, facts would be elicited of such a nature as would astonish some Hon. Gentlemen. Mr. R. YORKE was afiaid that the forthcoming measure of the Government would not show a pr o p er consideration for that large class of poor who were poor through the inevitable force of circumstances, and not from any fault of their own. He should support the motion. Mr. LIDDELL said, he thought the Hon. Member for South Derbyshire might have applied his concluding words to his own speech, when he condemned the proposition of the Go sernment before he had heard it. He (Mr. Liddell) enter tained better hopes of the forthcoming measure of the Govern mei.t. He felt most strongly the argument that had been urged by the Hon. Member for kinsbury. f his was not so much a question of inquiry in that House, as it was a question of prin ciple, whether or not the guardians should have the manage ment of the poor. He had known, of his own knowledge, much injustice inflicted on the poor under the present system. —(Cheers from the Opposition.) Although he had as yet been unsuccessful In his opposition, he would never be found wanting in his place in Parliament to do justice to those to whom justice was due. He would therefore not refuse to give his vote with the Hon. Gentleman opposire (Mr. Wakley), for this distinct reason, that although it was easy to make an excuse in that House for declining to vote, yet when he had given a pledge to the people of England, please God lie would never be found wanting.—(Cheers. ) Having endeavoured to explain the vote he intended to give. he must say with some pain to himself, against the Secretary of Sate for the Home Department, he would give all credit to the Government for their intention in the proposed remedy to be applied to the grievances particularly complained of. He hoped the country would not be disappointed in that measure. He should give his vote to the motion of the Hon. Member for Finsbury. Mr. HARDY said the Members who opposed the Poor-law Bill had been appealed to by the lion. Member for Finsbury, and he (Mr. Hardy) would say that nothing could give so much satisfaction to his mind as his opposition to that law. He could not say if alteration had been needed in the South of England, but it was found by those who had the management of the relief of the poor in the northern counties that the con sequences which had been expected had followed the adoption of this measure. The object of a Poor-law was to relieve the poor, and make them comfortable; and nothing could give satisfaction sinless they gave security to those who received that relief. Hon. Gentlemen on the opposite side had said that many Hon. Members on his (Mr. Hardy's) side of the House, owed their seats to that measure. Ile (Mr Hardy) believed that he would not have had the honour of addressing that House then if he had not given a pledge of opposition to that measure.—( Opposition cheers.) Not that he did so for the purpose of obtaining his seat, for it was pretty well known in 1834 what were his principles on this question; and be must say that it would be a great relief to the minds of the poor in his part of the world at least, if lie supported the Gilbert anions in opposition to the attempt to dissolve 'them. It would be a great satisfaction to their minds, if the Right Hon. Baronet, the Home Secretary, would give some intimation of the alteration lie intended to introduce. He remembered that when the Poor- law Bill was put into shape, a resolution was passed that it should be laid before the Court of Quarter Sessions at Easter in 1534, in order that there might be an expression of public opinion upon it, and that some of the provisions of the Bill might be altered according to circumstances. Now it would have been very desirable to have so done with respect to the measure proposed by the Bight Hon. Baronet. By this course an opportunity would have been given to various parti, s to petition against the measure. He trusted that a great alteration would be made in the law, but that that altera tion would not affect the power or authority for those who were locally interested, if it was intended to make those ahem. tions, he wished their purport could be known—(Bear, hear, from the Hon. Members for Finsbury)—he trusted the alter ations would be such as would afford satisfaction, he should say that nothing gave him more satisfaction; than the reflec tion that he had supported the interests of those persons whom he represented by always opposing the measure, Mr. S. WORTLEY observed, that his object in rising to address the House was to profess very nearly his concurrence with the Hon. Member who had just sat down ; but at the same thee, he ( Mr. S. Wortley) was not disposed to cast that severe censure upon her Majesty's Government which had been cast upon them by Hon. Members, for having abstained from making known all the details of the measure they in tended to propose, before the time had arrived when they expectedto be able to carry it into a law.—( Hear, hear, and ironical cheers.) He doubted the expediency of explaknitig the details of such measures, whilst the Government were so circumstanced, in consequence of the pressure of other mea surf s, they had no great chance of passing the measure to which the motion referred, The Hon. Gentlemen concluded by expressing his determination, without hesitation, of voting for the motion. Sir R. PEEL said he mpst say he was not a little surprised that, considering di° Poor-law had been brought fozwad b y those who constituted the late Government, w o 'looked on it as essential to the best interests of the people, and who founded a great deal of their fame, w an the introduction of this mea sure, there was only one of those Hon. Gentlemen present.— ( Hear, )eat• H e pursued on this occasion no course from what he always halllpu ) rsued ; he neve r soug h t any popularity by opposing the New oor : law. He stated that he thought on account of the mode in which the old Poor-law was adminis tered, of the gradual and rapid increase of evil under it, it was for the advantage of the general interests, and above all of the o or themselves , ,that some change s h ou ld b e effected in the law. He was perfectly satisfied that it could not be properly administered if there were an opinion: that Parliamsnt was in clined to abandon the subject.—( H ear, h ear.) Th i s was a proposal for an inquiry, and it was said that there were 2,b00.000 persons acting under the mode, into which an in quiry was now sought. He (.Sir R. Peel) shuuld have thought that the House of Commons had sufficient information on the subject, to enable them to discuss the proposition of a new Poor-law, without instituting an inquiry. There were 6i Gil bert unions ; 55 of these had voluntarily resigned their autho rity, and there were 12 remainieg,dispersed over different parts of the country. His Right Hon. Friend intended to submit propositions on the subject of Local Acts and Gilbert Unions Immediately after Easter, but the Hon. Gentleman proposed to institute an inquiry. He certainly thought that the House of Commons was in a proper condition to determine whether a different system of law should apply to 12 Unions, front that applied to every other Un on throughout the country. For what purpose was this :nquiry moved? The Gallant Officer said it was for the purpose of enabling the Guardians to relieve themselves from many charges brought against them. That was perfectly indefinite. If they admitted one single Union to be tried, they could not refuse another one an opportunity of vindicating itself ; thus the House would far some months be oc cupied; the summer would come on ; the attendance of Members would become thin, and it would be necessary to pass a Poor law for another year. His Hon. Friend the Member for Bradford would wish to establish out- uoor relief. Mr. HARDY—In the north. Sir R. PEEL—The reference should be more specific —(Mr. hardy then said "the manufacturing districts") —well, then, it would be necessary to define what were the manufacturing districts ( Much laughter) and while the time of the Committee was so consumed, a tem porary Act would be necessary; the Government would be re lieved, and the country would be left in a state of uncertainty. It was said that the House should be put in possession of the measure intended by Government, but really the House had mare little progress as yet with the measure before them, In sixteen nights they had gone through but nine clauses of the Corn-law Bill; and in the commercial and financial plans they had made no progress. Let the House theretore get through wiih one Bill at first, instead of having eighteen or twelve Bills laid before it. As for himself, he retained all his former opinions respecting the Poor-law ; but he considered the House, without going into a Committee, could now decide whether they would adopt the Gilbert Union plan or the general Poor-law plan, or whether the country should be ruled at the same time by the two systems ; therefore he would opposed the Committee. His Hon. Friend intended at the earliest possible period to bring forward a measure providing a remedy for their just causes of complaint, and he trusted the House would feel in a condition to decide on this point. if the Poor-law ought to be altered, the House was in a condition to say so--(Hear, hear)—bnt he did deprecate as the very worst course the instituting a protracted inquiry, which would increase the difficulties of those who had the regulation of the poor, and who had a very unpopular duty to perform. Let them take a eourse of amendment if they thought the law required amendment; let them cordially support it if they thought it ought to be supported; but let them not leave all in doubt as to what their intentions were by an inquiry which cannot be satisfactorily concluded within a period that would allow them to legislate on the sub ject with advantage. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE replied. He had not heard any one in the course of the discussion accuse either of the Right Hon Baronets with inconsistency on this subject. Both the Right Hon. Baronets bad been uniformly consistent in their support of the Poor-law Amendment Ast, and therefore he (Mr. D. ) had never considered this as a party question. He had taken exactly the same view when the late Government was in office, and divided the House against it, and he should do the same that evening. It gave him infinite pleasure to find that it was not considered a party measure by Honourable Gentlemen opposite, but that those who had pro claimed themselves as the friends of the poor, and had raised th e cry, " D own w ith th e b as til es , "Down with the tyrants of Somerset House," would now redeem their pledges. He knew that the Secretary of State would say that this measure was premature, and ask them to wait till they saw his Bill.—( Hear.) This would be locking the door after the horse was stolen ; they must wait till the Poor-law jommissioners had stolen their union charter, ' arid then lock their union chest. The Right Hon. Baronet knew it was the intention of the Government to dissolve the Gilbert corporations. The Right Hon. Baronet said there were twelve Gilbert corporations wholly under a different sys tem, and were they to continue so, after so large a number had dissolved themselves? He contended that, under the faith of an Act of Parliament, they had a right to insist on continuing till the consent of two-thirds of the guardians was obtained to their dissolution, and till they got it, they had no right to interfere with their privileges. They avoided their opposition at the time the Act was passed, and now they could not reason with them. They came down with them by force, and attempted to deprive them of their Charter? Those who had dissolvedtherc selves would he too happy to revert to the Gilbert Unions. On every principle of good faith and justice they ought not to encourage the Right Hon. Baronet in proposing any law that would ttisfranchise the Gilbert corporations without giving them a fair hearing. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it 108 Majority against the motion --67 RURAL POLICE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE postponed, till Tuesday next, his motion for " Copies of all letters and communications that have passed between the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, the Chief Constable or any Magistrate of the county of Norfolk or city of Norwich, from October last to the present time, relative to the conduct of the rural police of that county in the apprehension of a man of the name of Smith, on a charge of vagrancy." MANUFACTURING DISTRESS. Dr. BOWRING moved " for a Report made to the Home office, by a Committee appointed by the Conference lately held at the Crown and Anchor, on the subject of manufactur ingdistress.:___ Sir J. GRAHAM said that the document moved for was sent to him by four gentlemen unknown to him, and con tained information which those individuals communicated nut of their knowledge, but which had been given to themselves by others.—( Hear, hear.) It appeared to him (Sir James Graham) that the document was of a private nature, and partook by no means of an official character, and to comply with the motion would, therefore, in his mind, be establishing a most dangerous precedent. The que3tion was then put by the Speaker and the motion negatived without a division. 111 r. M. ATTWOOD moved " that an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, praying that. her Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct her Majesty's Consuls, situated in those foreign ports to which British coals are exported, to re port what quantities of such coals have been received in those ports during the year 1841 ; and to state, as far as they are enabled to do so, the purposes to which such coals have been applied." After a few words from Sir R. PEEL, the motion was agreed to. CALEDONIAN CANAL. Sir G. CLERK moved "for a Select Committee to examine the report of Capt. Sir W. E. Parry. H.N., on the Cale donian Canal; and to report their observations and opinion thereon to the House." At the suggestion of Mr. ELLICE, the words " and the reports of the year 1839 and 1840," after the word " Canal," were added to the motion, which was agreed to. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the Ilouse adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. (Continued from the Morniny Sun of yesterday.) Lord Kinnaird—from an Independent Chapel, Stoney Stafford, ditto, Inhabitants of Stansdead, Essex; and tne female members of a Methodist congregation, Stoney Stafford. The Mayor of Bridgewater-- Addresses of congratulation on the birth of the Prince of Wales. The Mayor was presented by Mr. H. Broadwood, M.P. The Mayofr of Manchester, accompanied by Mr. Alderman Shuttleworth, Mr. Alderman Kay, the Town-Clerk of Man chester, and a deputation from the Council—An address of congratulation on the birth of a Prince of Wales. The above were presented by Viscount Melbourne. The Mayor of Chester—Address from the Towa-Council of the City of Chester upon the birth of a Prince. The Rector and Churchwardens of St. George's, Hanover quare—Address from the representative Vestry of that parish n her Majesty's safety and the,birth of a Prince of Wales. The Mayor of Birmingham, accompanied by Aldermen Scholetield and Muntz—Address from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Birmingham, on the birth of a Prince of Wales. The above were presented by Mr. Scholefield, M. P. The Lord Provost of the city o f Edinburgh—Addresses from the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the city of Edinburgh, the Dean of Guild, and Guild Brethren, and the Inhabitants of Edinburgh, congratulating her Majesty on the birth of an Heir Apparent to the Throne. The Mayor of Weymouth—An address of congratulation. The Mayor was presented by Lord Villiers. The Mayor of Plymouth, accompanied by Lord Ebringson and Mr. Gill—An address of congratulation from the inha bitants on the birth of a Prince of Wales. The Mayor of Scarborough—Two addresses of congratula tion on the birth of a Prince of Wales. The Mayor presented by Sir John Johnstone. Mr. 11. Watkins, Mayor of Arundel, and a deputation of the Town-council—An address of congratulation upon the birth of the Prince of Wales. Mr. B. P. Witts, Prime Warden, and Mr. J. Weston, Renter Warden of the Fi s hmo ngers ' bompany—An address from the Fishmongers' Company. The Wardens were pre sented by the Duke of Sqssex. Mr. Peter Dickson ' Mayor of Southampton, accompanied by Mr. Le Feuvre and Mr. Newman—Address of congratula tion from the Inhabitants of the borough of Southampton on the auspicious birth of the Prince of Wales. Mr. Dickson and Mr. Le Feuvre were presented by Sir James Graham. Mr. Newman by the Earl of Erroll. Mr. Sowerby, Mayor of Gateshead--An address of congra tulation from the Corporation of Gateshead. Mr. S,owerby was presented by Lord %Vorslcy. Mr. George Clarke and Mr. Oswald Milne—An address of congratulation from about 14,000 of the inhabitants of the town of Manchester on the birth of the Prince of Wales. Mr. Milne was presented by Lord F. Egerton. Mr. William Allan, President of the Royal Scottish Aca demy of Painting, and Mr. D. 0. Hill, Secretary—An ad. dress of congratulation from the Academy on the birth of the Prince of Wales, Mr. Allan and Mr. Hill were presented by the Deke of Argyle. Mr. Sheppard, M.P., Mr. G. W. Sheppard, and a deputa tion from the borough of Frome—A congratulatory address to her Majesty. Mr. G. W. Sheppard was presented by Mr. , Sheppard, M.P. Dr. Bownng—A memorial sigred by 16,128 inhabitants of Bolton, praying for the removal of the present Ministers, and the nomination of others who are friendly to the requirements of the People's Charter. Mr. Thomas Fuller, High Constable of Brighton, and Cap tain Pechell, R.N., M.P. for th e borough—An address fro m the Inhabitants of righton, on the birth of the Prince of , ales. Townshend Mainwaring, 1%1.P.—A congratulatory ad dress from the Inhabitants of Denbigh. The Mayor of Ripon and Mr. Alderman Horn—An address of congratulation from the Corporation of Ripon. The Mayor and Alderman were presented by Sir James Graham, Mr. Vernon Smith, M.P., and Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P.-- An address of congratulation from the Town-council of North ampton. Mr. Mackinnon, M.P.—An address of congratulation from the Western Highlands. Mr. David Morris, M.P.—Addresses of congratulation on the birth of the Prince of Wales, from the Inhabitants of Car marthen, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the Carmarthen district. h.. ii eney, Mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia—An address of ougratulation on the birth of the Prince of Wales, from the Corporation, Halifax. The Mayor was presented by Lord Stanley. Mr. Richard Aubrey, Mayor of Swansea—An address of con gratulation from the Corporation, and one from the Inhabitants of Swansea, on the birth of the Prince of Wales. The Mayor was presented by Lord James Stuart. _ _ The Duke of Beaufort—An address of congratulation from Gloucester. Mr. Thomas Newland Allen, late High Sheriff of Bucks— An address from tho Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Yeomanry, and other Inhabitants of the county of Buckingham, congratulating her Majesty on the birth of an Heir Apparent to the Throne. The Duke of Wellington. master, Captain Sir .1. 11. Pay, Bart., deputy-master, Captain Rees, warden, and Mr. Her bert, secretary—An address of congratulation from the Cor poration of Trinity House, London, on the birth of the Prince of Wales. Mr. William Cortiekl, Mayor—Address of congratulation, . . front the Corporation and Inhabitants of Pewit], Cornwoil. The Mayor presented by Lord Eliot, M.P. Mr. Bernard Austis, Mayor (by Lord Eliot)—Address of congratulation frost the mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, and In- habitants of the borough of Liskeard. Mr. J. Hornbrook Gill, High Sheriff, presented by 'Lord Eliot, and accompanied by Sir C. Lemon, Bart., M.P., Mr. W. liashleigh, jun., M.P., and the Rev. W. Gill, Chaplain of the High Sheriff—Address from the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Inhabitants of the county of Cornwall. Mr. Warren, Mayor—Address from the Mayor and Corpo ration ; and Mr. E. Vivian, M. P.—Address front the Inhabi tants of Truro. Mr. E. Poo:e, Mayor, Mr. E. Rice, M.P., Mr. R. Court, Aldermen, and Messrs. Payne and Seward—Address of con gratulation from the Corporation of Dove r . b Rieht Hon. Charles D'Eyncourt—Addr e s s f rom th e M ayor and Corporation of Louth. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart., Governor, and Mr. William Cotten, Deputy-Governor—Address from the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. a—ldedes . ru,ss-im en io ,M i a l y a o c r vrforl,\N (presented cst. by Sir R. B. Phillips, M P.) A Mr. Bull:eley, accompanied by Mr. Pusey, Mr. R. Palmer, M.P , Rev. .I. }DAME% •atid Mr. C. I..c.ric—Address from the county of Berks. Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., accompanied by Mr. T. Shore, Mayor, Mr. W. 1). Taunton, late Mayor, and Mr. C Webber, Magistrate and Councillor—Address from the Inhabitants of Totncs. Mr. Sotheron and Mr. Heneage— Address from the Inhabi tants of Devizes. Mr. Jeremiah Smith, Mayor, accompanied by Mr. Curteis, M.P., Mr. H. Brczler, and Mr. E. N. Dawes—Address from Rye. Mr. W. J. Welsh, Mayor, accompanied by Mr. Blakemore, M.P.—Address from the city of 'Wells and its vicinity. Rev. Joseph Ditcher (presented by Sir J. Graham)—Ad dress from the Archdeacon, the Rural Deans, and Clergy of the Archdeaeonry of Wells. Mr. John Shaw Leigh, Mayor, Messrs. J. Holmes and Thomas Sands, Councillors (presented by Viscount Sandon, M.P. ), accompanied by Sir 11. Douglas—Address from the Corporation and Inhabitants of Liverpool. Lord Sandon—Addres s from the Welsh Inhabitants of Li verpool. Mr. Russell, late High Sheriff (i resented by the Bishop)— Address from the Nobility, Clergy, and Freeholders of the county of Durham. Mr. Bramwell, Mayor—Address from the city of Durham. Bishop of Durham —Addresses from the bishop, Archdeacon, and Clergy of the diocese ; and also from the Warden, Mas ters, and Scholars of the University of Durham. Mr. Howard, Mayor, accompanied by Si r G. S taunton, Bart., M.P.—Address frost Portsmouth. The Duke of Rutland, accompanied by Mr. Mitchell, late High Sheriff (presented by the Nuke)—Address front the No bility, Gentry, Clergl, and Inhabitants of the county of Leicester. Mr. Joseph Marshall, late High Sheriff, Mr. R. J. Eaton, M.P., and Mr. J. E. Marshall, late Under-Sheriff) pre sented by Lord Godolphin)--Address from the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Inhabitants of the counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon, and the Isle of Ely. Mr. George Fisher, Mayor, Mr. J. Deighton, Alderman, Rev. C. U. Barry, Chaplain, and Mr. C. P. Harris, Town clerk (presented by Lord Godolphin, High Steward)—Ad dress from the ila)or, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the bo rough of Cambridge. Mr. Bulpett, Mayor, accompanied by Mr. C. Bailey (pre sented by Mr. East, M.P. )—Address trom Winchester. Mr. W. E, Elkins, Mayor, accompanied by Mr. Cooper, Alderman, the lion. G. C. Norton, Recorder, and Messrs. J. {Neale and Livesay, Councillors (presented by Lord Grantlev, High Steward)—Address from the Corporation and Inhii bitants of Guilford. Marquis of Downshire, Lord Lieutenant, Marquis of Lon donderry, Custos)Rotulorunt, Earl of Hillsborough, M.P., and Mr. Perceval Maxwell, late High Sheriff (presented by Lord Londonderry)—Address from the county of Down. Mr. Edward Breeze, late High Sheriff (presented by Sir J. Walsh)—Address from the county of Radnor. The Marquess of Granby—A dutiful and loyal address from the inhabitants of the borough of Stamford, on the birth of the Prince of Wales. The Marquis of . Londonderry—A congratulatory address from the Mayor, Aldermen, aid Corporation of Stockton-on 'l'ees, on the birth of the Prince of \Vales. The Eail of Cawdor—An address of congratulation from the Provost, Magisti ates, and Town Counoil of the borough of Nairn, on the birth of an Heir Apparent to the Throne. The Earl of Elgin—The loyal and congratulatory address of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The Bishop of Lincoln—Addresses of congratulation from the Bishops, Archdeacons, and Clergy of the dioceses of Exe ter and Lincoln, on the birth of the Prince of Wales. Viscount Marsharn—Address front the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Tenterden, on the birth of a Prince. Mr. Stringer, Mayor of Macclesfield, Mr. Alderman Wright, and Mr. Councillor Dod—Address of congratulation from Macclesfield on the birth of the Prince of Wales. The deputation was presented by Mr. Tatton Egerton, M.P. Mr. Dobbs, Sheriff for the county of Antrim—A congratu latory address from that county en the birth of the Prince of Wales. Mr. Dobbs was presented by Mr. Irving, M.P. Mr. Colquhoun, Colonial Agent for St. Christopher—Ad dresses of congratulation on the birth of the Prince of Wales from her Majesty's;Council and the Legislative Assembly of St. Christopher, in the West Indies. Sir George Stephen—Address of congratulation from the Town of Princess Risborough. Sir Richard Hunter, late Sheriff for Sussex—A county ad dress of congratulation upon the birth of the P r i nce o f W a l es . Mr. Rice Clayton, ALP. —Address of congratulation from the borough and hundreds of Aylesbury. Mr. Robert Welham Clarke, Mayor of Beeches, accompa nied by William Crowfoot, M.D., the late Mayor—Address of congratulation on the birth of the Prince of Wales. Messrs. Clarke and Crowfoot were presented by Sir C. Brooke Vete, Bart., M.P. Mr. Hampden—Address of congratulation on the birth of the l'rince of Wales, from the Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, In habitants, and Visitors of the Royal Leamington Sp., in tho county of Warwick. Mr. F. T. Foljambe, Mayor of East Retford—An address. Mr. Foljambe was pi esented by the Earl of Rosslyn. Mr. blewitt, M. P.—Addresses of congratulation on the birth of a Prince of Wales, from the Mayor and Inhabitants of Mon mouth and Newport, 'Monmouthshire. Mr. Thomas Thompson, Mayor of Hull—Addresses of con gratulation from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of hull, and from the Burgesses of Hull. Th e M a y or was presented by Lord Wors:ey. Lord Worsley—Address of congratulation from , the Mayor,. Aldermen, and Citizens of Lincoln. ' - , • • Hon. Francis Scott., M.P.—Addresses of congratulation from the county of Roxburgh, the burgh of Jedburgh, and the burgh of Hawick. Sir Thomas Winnington—Address of congratulation front the borough of Bevidley: Sir John Seale, and Mr. Stafford Carey, Recorder of Dirt mouth—Addressesof congratulation from the Mayirattd Tarn council, also from the Inhabitants of the borough. • Mr. Richard Lanyon, jun., M.D. Mayor of Lostwithiel.— Address of congratulation f rom the C orporation and Inbabitents• of the borough of Lostwithiel, in the county of Cornwall.' The Mayor was presented by Lord Eliot. Rev. William Hawks, Mayor of Saltash—Addresses of con gratulation from the Corporation, and from the Inhabitants of the borough of Saltash. The Mayor was presented by Lord Eliot. Rev. Philip Lewis—Address of congratulation from the parish of Kew. The Mayor was presented by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Archdeacon Wilberforce—Addresses of congratalation on the birth of the Prince of Wales, and satisfaction at the King of Prussia's attendance as sponsor, from the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Archdeaeonry of Surrey. Venerable Archdeacon Wilberforce and Dr. Quarrier—Ad dress of congratulation from the Inhabitants of the borough of Gosport and parish of Alverstoke. Sir John De Veulle, Bailiff of Jersey—Address of congratu lation from the state of Jersey. Dean of Salisbury—Address of congratulation from the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. • Mr. John Greene, Mayor, Mr. Patrick M'lntyre, Alderman, Mr. John Trevethan, Councillor—Address of congratulation from the borough of Bury St. Edmunds. The above were pre sented by Earl Jermyn, Mr. 'Villiers Stuart, M.P.—Address of congratulation from the Inhabitants of the county of Waterford. Mr. Selwyn, Q. C.—Address of congratulation from the In habitants of Richmond, Surrey. Mr. Lyall„ M. P., Chairman—Addressof congratulation from the East India Company. Mr. Cotton, Mayor of Barnstaple—Address of congratu'ation from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Town-council of Barnstaple. The Mayor was presented by Earl Fortescue. Septimus Holmes Godson—Address of congratulation from the Inhabitants of Tenbury and Visitors to the Tenbury Well. Mr. Paxson, Mayor of Leeds, with Mr. Alderman Tottie, Mr. Alderman Smith, and Mr. Eddison,TOwn-clerk—Ad dress of congratulation from the Corporation Of Leech.' The above were presented by Viscount Palmerston. . Mr. Holland Birkett, the Mayor of Wallingford, accom panied by Mr. Alderman Wells and Mr. Alderman Field--Ad dresses of congratulation from the Town-council and Prom the Inhabitants of the boroughs of Wallingford. The above were presented byTlr. Blackstone, M.P. Mr. Wawn ' .M.P.—An address of congratulation from the Inhabitants of South Shields. Mr. Wawn was presented by Lord John Russell. Mr. Lane, late High Sheriff of Herefordshire, accompanied by the Bishop of Hereford and Mr. Mynors Baskerville, lI.P. An address of congratulation from the county of Hereford. Mr. James Campbell, Lord Provost et Glasgow ; • Mr. John Bain, Magistrate; and Mr. J. Le a dbitt er , Magi s t ra te ; a De putation from the Corporation of Glasgow—An addreas of con gratulation. The deputation were presented by Sir J: Graham. Mr. Thomas Verner, Sovereign of Belfast—An address of congratulation from the town of Belfast and its vicinity. The Mayor of Ipswich, Mr. Chevalier Cobbold—An address of congratulation. Mr. Cobbold was presented by Sir C. F. Williams, the Recorder. Mr. Vaughan, Mayor of Brecon—An address of congratu lation from the borough of Brecon. Mr. Vaughan was pre sented by Colonel Wood. Mr. Pennock Tiger, Mayor of Beverley—An Address of congratulation from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Beverley. Mr. Tiger was presented by , Viscount Melbourne. Mr. May, Mayor ef Maldon, and Mr. Walford,'Recorder— An address of congratulation from the Council of Maldon. Mr. May. was presented by Sir James Graham. Mr. Ambrose Hussey, late High Sheriff for Wiltshire--An address of congratulation from the county of Wilts. Mr. W. Garnett, of Lark .hall, Salford—An address of con gratulation from the Operative Conservative Association of the borough of Salford. Mr. Garnett was presented by the Right Unit. Sir Robert Peel. Mr. John Cole Grose, Mayor of Bodmin—A congratulatory address from the Corporation and Inhabitants of the borough of Bodmin, on the birth of the Prince of Wales. Mr. Alfred Daniell and Mr. Henry Waymouth—An address of congrptulation on the birth of the Prince of Wales, from the Vestry of the parish of St. Marylebone. S. The Mayor of Devonport,accompanied by Sir George Grey, Bart., and Mr. Tufnell, M.P.'s--An Address from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Inhabitants of the borough of Devonport. Mr. Delamark Banks, late High Sheriff of Kent—An ad dress of congratulation on the birth of the Prince of Wales. Mr. Banks was presented by Sir Edward Knatchbull. Mr. Pt ice, M.P.—An address from the borough of Radnor. Mr. Drysdale, Treasurer of the city of Edinburgh, accom panied the Edinburgh address; Mr. Wardell, late Mayor of Chester, accompanied the address : and Mr. Alderman Ei• dridge accompanied the Mayor of Southampton, and was pre rented by Sir Jas. Graham. ['We have received a list of the military and naval gentlemen presented on the recent brevet, promotion, but the names are so numerous that we cannot find ro for them. ] The Queen and Prince Albert, it is understood, will honour St. James's Theatre with a visit this evening. His Royal HighneSs Prince Albert, attended Sir E. Bowater, presided on Tuesday at a meeting of the Con.. mission for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts in Ow Rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament. His Royal Righting arrived at Gwyder House, where the meeting was held, at ha}{'_ past two o'clock - . The other Commis sioners p re sent inch) des the Marquis of Lansdowne , the Earl of Aberdeen, the E' a l o f Lincoln, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, I .ord J. Russell, Lord F. Egerton, Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Gralr 'sm,anti Mr. S. Rogers. TIE E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1842 N