The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-03 00:00:00

, r try tittton SUN-OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. eiticEs OF CAN AL,DOCK,ASSUIt- AN'Cg COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. itiliuoic, TUESDAY, MAY 3. Number Diet te n d ......_ , of Iler CA NALS . Per S ". (". "nu am. Paid. Share. 1,766 7 per , lent. Ash ton & Oldham...Average97l.ll3l.sh. 94 1,482 41. Ashby-de-la-Zouch ...Average 1131.5 h. 71 4 , 60 ........ „ Basingstoke.« ......................100/.sh. 5 1,065 51, BY canock and Abeigavonny ...1501.5h. 92 c,OOO I.!6tk. N3l. Birmingham, 1.16 th share « A l. & 711'. 194 4,000 ........., Ditto & Liverpool i unct.lsk eh .100 p - 21 goo U. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. all p 3 - 400 51. Chelmer and Blackwater .... .... .1001.8 h 1001.5h.1805 01 500 321. Coventry ..... .... Cr0yd0n.......... Average3ll.2B.lod. sh - 2,060 51 . Os , DudTg1y............. ..- 1001. sh. 94 600 131. Derby lool.sh . 120 20,00 4 per cent. Oanutie and Mayne ... ...... 411.125. 4ct.pd 36 3,575 j 4 , Ellesmaeand Chester Aire' zg e 1331.31 i. 0.1 231 NI Eyewash .. 64 4 5 8 1 1. Forth and Clyde ....... 1901. SD. 1001. pd. lit; 4153 il. Grand . i uncti0n............... lOOl.B n lA% 2,6491 255. Grand Onion lool.sh .i 7 ,500 40001 Cl. her cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1601. -'ll6 ..... ~. Grand Western ............_ 11.5 h. al Ipd 10 600 13 12 ~ 2d. Gbanfirganshire, Aver. cost 1721.13..4d. '2lO 749 121. Grantbew, • ........ .......-- .1501.3 h. trAo 6.338 1., es. Huddersfield, Average 11. 65. 'ed. sh. 19 109 .......... Kenain Vox loolh. allpd 106 2'1,3.23 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 391.185. 10d. sh 18 11,5991 11. 10s.. Lancaster ... ....... -.Average 471. 155. fid 27 4,897 f 301. Leed sand Liverpool lool.sh 710 545} 11. 105- Leicester ........ ......... ..... ... 1401.11 150 ,897 5/.9a. Leicester & Nort la ampton Aver t1 ,31.105 72 2,409 101. Monmouthshire ........... 1001.81 2115 250 131. Melton Mowbray 1001.5h. 200 500 254 Mersey and Invell ............. lool.sh. 510 3,000 11. 10s.. Macclesteld lOO/. sh. all pd 15 247 171. Neath 1001.51., ses 2,400 51. Peak Forest... ..... Av ei -ge about 751.5 h. (3 1,418 la. Regent's (or L ondon) Av.33/.16a.8d. sh. 1 0., 3669 61. Rochdale Average 8.51.0, 227's 500 81. Shropshire ,./251. sh . 137 800 111.10 x. Somerset Coal . ..... .........1501.5h. 17', 3,600/. 6 per wait Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121. 10s. sh. 11 700 565. Stafford and Worcester 1401.5 h . 6864 500 151, Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280 3110 91. 3taurbridge.........., 1451.5h. 3116 3,647 V. Os. Stratford.on.A voz. ii. a er....791. 9s. kl. sh. 33 533 12j1 Swansea ....... .................. lool.sh. NS . 9,762 21. 12s. Severn and . Wye &Railway Av.261.95.5h. 45 pooh. 321.105.. Trent and Mersey, I share . .1001.5 h. 475 8 . 1410 ..«..... names and Medway Av.19 . 1. - ss. Bd. sh. 2 I,ooosh. I,ooogt. ] 141 ' Warwick and 131rmies gharn lo o l.sh 200 10i. Warwick and /lapses. 1001. sh. 119 7,000 41. Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. 9poo 365. Wilts and Berko Average 671. lOs Bd. sh. 28N 800 6., W rlav and Essington...-. ll5l. sh 74 ..d •C•I 1 46 .. * v• .sueacn 203 11 Ivey and Arun. ........... 1101. sn, 20 DOCKS. 4,60011 'o 3 e •Commerctal ...... ................. 1001.'h. 61 1,06515 h. - 5 per cent . . East and West India ............. Stock 105 1.238.31011. 41. p. ct. London •••••. • •.Stock 80 Ditto Bonds 0 ,1 2,209 31. 65. 5d , Bristol Average 14"!. 9s. sh . 75 68,3241. 5/. per can t. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 352,752 5 per. cer 1.. St. Katharine Stock 97 500,090 4j per cer it. Ditto Bonds .... 1001 ,4 201000 4 per con ii . Ditto Bon d s for 10 years ....., ,„•...., Deptford Pier ..... .... .......201. sh. 20/. pd 10 BRIDGES. 1,1100 11. Hammersmiti , 501.1 h. 21% 7,231 Southwark, Old. . . ... ...Av. 631. 2s Bd. sh. 31-, 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New. of 7i per cent., 501. sh . 15 3 4 6,000 .... .. .. Waterloo 100/. sh. 3 5,000 223. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 601. pd 21 5,000 19e: 3:1. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd is 60,000/. Si, per c , 211 t. Ditto Bonds ................ ................. ... 91); 5.848 274 Vauxhall .......Average 701. 108.3 d. sh. 27 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 9110 s . Albion ............ ........ .5001. sh. 501. pd 70 50,000 1 6 f n el i i 5. f . ( Allianceßritish &Foreignlool.sh. 11/. pd 13 3 4 60,000 6 per cent , . Ditto, M ar i n e 10 01 . sh. 51. pd 5% 24,000 41. per sh.. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 14 1 4 I,2ooish. Si. Birmingham mire... '5Ol. sh. 551. pd 107% 20,000 41. percent British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 41 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial ........501. sh. 51. pd 6 5,000 51. per cent . Clerical & Medical Life, lOW. sh.2llos pd 6% 4,000 3/ 0 2 County lOOl. sh. 101. pd 10 1,000 5 8 . Eag1e.......... MI. sh. 51. pd 43 200 1 per cent:// and 30/ 139..1, Economic Lite.... ..... 10001. sh. 2501. pit 406 2,271 511.perc ant. European Like 201. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 201.3 h. 21. pd 116 .000,0000. f I.perct Globe Stock 1!5 20,000 51. 'Guardian 30,000 42. 03. Hope .50/.sh. 51. pd 5N 2,400 51. 12a. 6d. Imperial Fire 5OOl. sh. 50!. pd 139% 7,500 10i. fd. Imperial Life lOOl. sh. 101. pd 11 13,459 5/. per cent. ,'ndemnity Marine 1001..h. 81. pd 31% 2,020 31 104 Itent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 91 31. Life 5Ol. pd Ditto 10,000 251 Law Life,....... ....... .. - . 1001. sh. 101. pd 32% 5000 10s. London, Fire 251. sh. 121. 10a. pd 17 1 4 3,900 10s. London, Ship .. 251. eh. 12/. 10s. pd IN 1.500,0000. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. - 25,000 Si. per cent. National Loan Fund... 201. sh 21. 102. pd 2N AK* M. per cent. Palladium Life 501. sh. 2/. pd 50,000 51. per cent. Protector Ufa pd 1726 d 10,000 4 per cent. :Protestant Dissenters ....ICA!. sh. 5/. pd 5% '2.500 11. Provident Lite ........ ..... 100/. sh. 10/. pd 20 200,600 4s. Od. Rock Life ................ ............. .... Si. pd 4 / 1 6,2201 51. percent. Royal Exchange Stock 170 6,006 5 per cent. University Life 100/. oh. 51. pd 11 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS. _ .. -. . .... . .-. . 25,000 ......... Agric. and Cora. of I reland2sl. sh. 10/. pd 15,000 l per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 40/. pd 514 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 50/. sh. 10/. pd 1314 11.0,000 10 percent. Birmingham Bank SO/. sh. 101. pd 13 6),0J0 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001. sh. 201. pd 22% 60,000 51. Lo n don Joint Stock.. 504 sh. 104 pd 12% 3,009 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 101. pd 30 25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 12,;/. pd 19 50,000 7i percent. Manchester and Liver ] 504 sh. 151. pd 1934 po 20,000 7 percent. Manchester lOO4 sh. 101. pd 4% 10,000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of Ireland 1001. sh. 251. psi 41 10,000 6 per ccnt National Bank of Ireland 504 sh. 171/. pd 154 10,000 6 per cent National Prov 4/nisi Eng.lool. sh. 351. pd 35% 10,006 Ditto New 10/. sh. 10/. pd 10 10,000 . .... .... Gloucestershire 501. sh. 10/. pd 32 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire ..........«..« ..... 501. sh. 51. pd 1/% GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPAN lEs. 2,500 163 Ud Bath ..............201. sh. HU. pd 22 5,000 ..... .... British 401. sh. 161. pd 19 0. 00 0 15 . 1 , ;try g, eti Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. IW. p 4 :3 9'13- 51 10s Birmingham 50/. sh. 101 4,250 21 Os Bristol 2O/. sh. 26 9,1.50 31 10s Brighton 2O/. sh. 13% 750. 31 10s Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 101. pd 9 2,471 4} {percent Brighton General 2Ol. all. allpd 94 4,000 71. Ins. Continental Consolidated -751. 62i1. pd 110 1,000 101. . MI , of London ... ....100/. oh. all pd 195 I,ooo' 61. Ditto, New 100/. sh. 75/. pd 150 4,000 31.05. Ego Rabic 5Ol. pd 20 10,000 3?. peteent. Imperial sel. sh. 604 600 51... per cent. Isle nt Thanet 251. sh. 20!. pd IS 2,350 61. per cent. Independent., 30/. ah. all p., 56 9,000 - '5l. per cont. Phoenix ' 501. sh. 301.0 304 1,000 '44 , per oent.llatcliff lOOl. sh. 80/. pd 63 4,000 . .... .... South Metropolitan 501. sh. /344 pd lti 9,000 5/. per cent. United General .501. sh. 471. pd 30 240 51. per cent. Warwick 400 51. per cent Wakefield •...... ..... .•..•.25/. sh. 22 9,000 Si, Westminster Chartered i .....501. sh. 57 6,000 12s. Ditto New MI. sh. 101. pd 114 760 3 per cont. Yarmouth ............. 201. sh. 181. pd WATEI7. WOIIKS. 4,901/ 345. Birmingham 2V sh. TM. pd 21 4,433 71. East London lOO/. sh. 1f.5 5,500 '2l 15a. Grand Junction Average 411. 13s. 4d. sh. 56 2,)04 21. Kent 1001. sh. 52 572 161. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 325 1.500 2 nos New River London Bridge Water Ann... CO 6,486 21 10s Manci,cter and Salford 1001. eh. ,54 1,000 5 per cent. South London Wash. 98 8,2414 W. West Middlesex Average 031.1125. '_:d. sh. t 4 1,360 11 14$ York Building in. Lessee Prop. 1001, sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,500 '2!. Os, Birmingham and Derby ...- ..... -1001 pd 9,5,0 3 pet cent. Birmingham and Gloucester 1(01. pd 15,00 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. 70 pd 7,500 ..... .... Cheltenham& G.Western 100/.sh. 72)0. 3.00 4 .1 ... ...... Clarence liio/. sh. 100/ pd 8,.:e0 Dublin and Drogheda 10)1 sh 51. pd SO,llOl, ..- ..... Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 23!. pd 10 10,000 5 per cent. Great North of Englandloo/.sti. ROi.pd 8/ 10,918 12 per ceet. Grand ,function lOOl. sh. all pd 182 25, 1 00 4 per cent. Great Western lOOl. sh. 65/. pd 93 25,11 cf 3 per cent. Ditto New 591. sh. 50/. pd 64% 6,000 . 5 per cent Gosport Junction.. 'Ol. sh. 501, pd 59 ',OOO 8 per cent, Hartlepool 100/.511. 100/. pd 1453 C, 8.000 Hull and Selby 5 Ui. sh. 50 /. pd 40 - 2,100 4 per cent. Leeds and Selby lOU sh. 05 5,1041 10 per cant. Liverlooolk i‘lancliestir 100 Le It. 100/.pd 1835 7,908 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares ..0/. pd 91 11,1.45 10 ~ ,cr cent. Ditto Quartcr :Mares ' , Si. pd 45 35,00 , t, ......••. London and Brighton 50 /. eh. 501 pd 374, 94,000 ......... London and Blackwall oil. sh. 251. pd IIA - 0,000 3 ecr cent. London and Greenwich 2lll. s!4. :201. pd 5;;. zoo° 94 per sh. London so Birmingham 1001. :h. 001. pd iBt 25,00. 5!. is rd. Ditto Quarter Shares -.125/. sh. 5/. pd 37 1 4 34250 sj.•:s. 4d. Dit o New Shares 02./. sh. 321. pd 3,1 26.00,) 3 per sh. London and S. Western Av.:381,175. WI. 6:3 ss:0 0 0 ..., ..... London and Croydon/ Av. 13/. 15s. 9d. 14 ... ...... Ditto NOW Scrip.... 1 t 13,000 4'. per sh. ,Linc,,,,stcr and Leeds-lOW. sh. 701. pc! 870, 13,000 ...... ... Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. 34. pd 1',9 . 9.1.000 Manchester and Birminham 70/.sh. 40/. 183!„ Intto Extension ...... •• 7/. pd 2 1 7,)100' 2/.los. Midland Counties OM oh. lON pd ", 8 1, 0,000 :'/. Os. North Midland 11.10 s. Ditto New 401. pd 34 4 Jo, 15 0 um. Northern and Eastern.... 50/. sh 451. pd 4?3., 'KJ Preston and Wyre 'o/. sh. Oil. NI 36 1400 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover .... ..... !..0.1. pd 223,i 1,000 191. per cent. Stockton and Darlington .........100/.sh. 265 44.10 q ..... ~., Thames Haven 5Ol. sh 51. pd 6 . 000 MN.per cent. York and North Midland 50 . sh. 50/. pd I'4 IsIINE3. (100 Albion Copper 5/.l', ,^:il, pit 12 3,000 1/. ss , Alter' 151. sh 121. I(: pd Pi I OPOO ~«...... Anglo Mezican,i so. 5/. pm.loed.sh. al 'td 2}i Ditto Subscription 251. pu 3 P,OOO Bolanos ....... .3n/. sh all p 1 4 30 : 000 is, IG S BraZilianlmp. iss. ;:l. pm... 25/. sh. 21/, pd ilsi 6 000 3f.::eauhas & 1 ocaes United 25/ 5h.254 pd 44 111,000 Ditto St. John Dal Rey ...VV. sh. 144 pd Is 4 V . 000 Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 201. pd 1 , 'lO,OOO ......... Ditto Scrip lOl, sh. 10'. p 4 2 '20,000 Bvitlsh Aron .odo British Copper .V. sh. 4il. pd 1 5 ,4 Cita Br.int.,l 94 pd 5% Candouga..—~. 10,000 11 Copiapo ..... VOL sh, 1:11. p 4 0 8,500 ... Col“mtuan, its. 5,/. pin 55/. sh. 551. pd 0% i '4,6E0 at. E ng li s h 6,155 Idexicas: C0mPa.Y........,.100/.sh. C,l pd 3,008 ~ pud,,,,,, stlonsolt ........,...,.liit.sh. Si. pd 4 1,500 Real del fd,..nt,, ILlnregiclt•ff.'d 2l INC.() Luzzi ' time` . --................1501.14 60 '30,900 ........ United Mexics, TI, its. 2 pie. 40/.01. all pd 1 Dint. Scrip.„„„ Ditto New Scrip, ..... ~.• ........... .. 41 .d 3 West Cork ... ......, ••••......50/. sh 501. pd 38 LITERARY 1 NSTirl. TIO.NL. 1000 ..... London, with limns,' Tick trt ••• 75 10•kh• 13 45410 London University ..., .•••• 1 04 , . sh, all Pd 7 700 Russell King' College .. 1001. 12)i ....... ** *— al I SCELL A NEO U 5.... . Pi, 'XI 15s. Australian Agricultural.l( '')i. ',h. 28/ pd 27 0,)CO 1, percent, British American Land Corn,lat 'Y 3 1 1 . pd 9 10,040 61. per ,eiat. Canada Company 1004 sh. 31ii• p 4 3N 30,000 5/. per cent. Upper Cana• , a Loan City Bonds, 4 par rent •,..... , 100 2 0.0 " 11, 6a, General Steam Navigati,,n 15/..1 - 71,i f , P "4 1 14 Vb 101, per cent. liudson's Bay Stock „..... ig 14 11 London Com. Sale Rooms ....A v. 75/. .4- Cu. utchoue Company Ili/ •ye 1 , 2 „g New Brunswick Land Comparsy....sc/ . 0 r' 5,387 41. par cent. Reve. - sinne.ry Int. Soc.-100/. sh. 1420, !. vi, 03 34 tI,MSI 51. pot cent. Ditto New 1004 s h . low '. ~ 4 l'?, 4,oo4Thames' Tunnel ........ .......502. sh. al 1 i'l ii ) 10,000 6,,. Van Dre..r.er,'z Land—J( l ol. sh, ail, pa • 4 -, LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' 71c2... , APRIL 30, 1842. BANKS. 1 iO. )ek 0,(101•• fl, p. ct. Bank ot Scotl.and ...BV. 08 : B d. 'h. ali 1 d .- 140110,00/ €l. p. ct. Bryal of Scctl-ne [ 4 2 ,. '.:p.a1 r e 15 „ 0 , ioaxv . 14 1 , p . ct. Bri /Ist) Linen Cr op.irey , i. _..cell]_ .-.1‘5..; 600 . 4 001. 71. p. ct. Conunercial 5001. sh . 1 00/. I, 1 14 t' , 00...c0, tG .). et. National WC:. sh. IN. ptl fiN . 504 011)01. Si!. p. ct. Glasgow Ucion • , .6(;1. sit. 501. ph' 68 4 ,000,0 , i01. 0 p. ct. Western of Scotland .....2601. sh 4W. pd IIsiSURANCI•.: COMPANIES. t.: 5 n.(401/sh. It ~ et. Scottish Union ........ . ..... 2W. sh. U. p 6 i3O. 7,5G0 1, )p. et. Hercu1e5.......... „... . ... 100/. sh. 104 pal 1. 1000 10 '.ip. ct. Insurance Co. of Sec tland.lo/.th. allpd I 10,000 1.1 v. et. North Yin ti s h ............... 201. eh. 104 pd Ji I,OJO 10 i. ct. Caledonian Fir? ............ 1014. sh. 10/. pd Yid 10135.000 lu i,. . ct. Edinburgh Li fa ..... - ..... 100/. eh. 101. pd IS ,000 5i p. . •et. lh eat 01. Scotland .............. .. .... 10/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 4,858 ....,,,,,, Edin. and (3las. Un. CanalUl/.sh. al/ pd In Ditto Allocated ( in/ sh 11 g 25,40( gi per cel it. s3dinb.. Joint ek Water.2.s/. sh all pd 34 I.ooosh 21 per cel Id. Bi. , otts Iron bounacrv...so/.sh 48/. pci 36 0,000 3 per cen t, Eth nburgh Sr Leith Glass.2o/. sh. 16/. pd 3,, 000 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Ga 5...... 25/. sh. all pd u ) 11 1,450 /0 per cant. Crlasvow Gas ........... •. 4/. sh. all pd 5:I 740 7i per cent' . Leith Coal Gas ...... ..... ae all pd 25 1.154 .......... . Edinburgh and Daliceith Be l o ca te. y5O/.sh 30 :.7. ...—.....____..—......._____72______. f t ------ --------=-72 Uußrous Nicsr, GING PLACE. —We have heard rather marvellous things r, elated of cabbages in the county of Ross, `abler have seldom been appropriated by but these useful vege :- place. We understand, however, that birds as their niestlini in the garden of JD= g\ ass a bird has constructed its nest in a cabbage stock, o i l t tat there are already three eggs in it.— l .Ross Advertiser. PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The Times says it is curious to see how those who have taught the Chartists their principles, 'will manage to escape their conclusions. If, as the Times says, they have learned those principles from Locke and Blackstone, then Oxford and Cambridge have taught them their principles, as they long pro fessed to teach the same principles to their own alumni. tut as every thing, itis said, is received admodum re cipientis, it is possible that Chartist principles have worked more mildly in Cantabs and Oxonians than they could reasonably be expected to do in labourers and me chanics. However that may be, it is certain that if those principles are fairly deduced from the doctrines of Locke and Blackstone, the Universities and the sages of the law, and not the Whigs in particular, are the parties bound to furnish the antidote. We are not informed at what period it was that " these gentlemen," who would have it " that no man can be ruled with ctut his own consent, or taxed without the consent of his own proper representative,"—" had it all their own way in the political world." Perhaps it was about the same period when the " inherent, indubitable, and constitutional right" really existed in practice (as the Chartist petition affirms that it did) of every male inhabitant of the United Kingdom exercising the elective franchise in the choice of Members to serve in Parliament. The doctrine of universal representation has always been as much a legal fiction, as that of the " original contract" has been a political Utopia. There can be no doubt that the people of the United Kingdom are at least more fully represented than they have been in any preceding age. The legal or historical argument of the petitioners can hardly be advanced seriously, if the practice of former times is made the subject of comparison with the present. Neither the body of freemen of old times, nor that of their representatives, can be brought in comparison With the present, in relation to the other powers of the State. It is not an ancient practice that is de sired, but a new struggle with all those authorities Which have established themselves after all former struggles. The object is to make the House of Commons again omnipotent to sweep out all other institutions, as it was made at the period of the Commonwealth —or, rather, as it proclaimed itself to be at that period—for no sooner did it stand alone, than the armed force usurped its omnipotence. The regular army might not be in condition to do so at this mo ment ; for, notwithstanding the assertion of the peti tioners that it is " a vast and unconstitutional army, upheld at the public expense for the purpose of re pressing public opinion in the three kingdoms," the fact is that ours is the smallest armed force in the world, proportionally to our empire, and that it does not exert the slightest influence in repressing anything but open outrages. Unless, therefore, an organised civil warfare followed the enactment of " the Char ter," the despotism it would create would not be seized immediately by the chiefs of an armed force. We could not immediately have a Cromwell, or even an Espartero. STANDARD.—Lord Brougham's speech in the House of Lords last night deserves attention. Nothing can be more clear than his Lordship's demonstration of the impossibility of obtaining satisfactory decisions from Election Committees, composed exclusively of Members of the House of Commons. Let us venture to abridge that demonstration. The House of Commons is now divided into two distinct parties, each member of which has a direct interest in augmenting the number of the par ticUlar party to which he is attached, and will of course be biassed naturally and not dishonour ably, in the first instance, in favour of that candidate for a seat who holds the same party principles with himself. Now, how is an impartial tribunal to be collected from such a muster of all party men ? Trust to chance ; and that is only shifting upon chance the responsibility of appointing a partial tribunal, but it does not in the slightest degree remove the evil : select as nearly as you can, in equal numbers, men of opposite party opinions (and this is what is effected by Sir Robert Peel's Act), and still the evil remains, because in order to ensure a decision you must have an odd number, and an odd number cannot be equally divided ; taking the number seven, the number under the new law, you must have four of one party and three of another ; thus, as six of the present Commitees are equally distributed between the two parties, the politics of the Chairman always deter mine the politics of the Committee—generally de termine politics of the Committee, as we firmly believe, without swaying its integrity, but still so as to render it unsatisfactory—at least to the defeated party, if of opposite politics. Nevertheless, the new law is- a great improvement upon the late tribunals ; it gives the nearest approximation to impartiality that can be possible while Committees are taken exclu sively from the House of Commons, and with this good effect, that there is always a minority suf ficiently strong to control such atrocious viola tions of decency, of law, and of morals, as were committed by most of tte thorough Whig-Radical Committees that succeeded the general election of 1837. The circumstances that attract attention to the subject at this moment are indeed healthy symp toms, though it may be in themselves disagreeable : they are appeals to the sense of the country, and such appeals are always the forerunners of practical re forms, as often and as usefully effected from within as from without. Price BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. Sarah Thomas, who, it will be remembered, was charged on Monday last, with attempting to cut the throat of a little boy named John Wilks, and was remanded in consequence of the boy's inability to attend, was brought up to-day before Mr. JARDINE for re-examination. She was very clean and neatly dressed, and looked much better than on a former ex amination. 52 56 43 20 18 John Wilks examined—l am twelve years of age, and live with my father and mother, at No. 10, Parker-street, Drury lane. The prisoner lives in an adjoining room. On Satur day, the 23d of April, about half-oast three o'clock, my mother was out, and the prisoner asked me to fetch her half a quartern of gin and a pint of beer, which I did. I soon aftewards went into my mother's room, who shortly after re turned home. The prisoner then called me, and asked me to mind her place for a minute, whilst she went out. I went into her room for that purpose. She then told me to sit down, which I did; she locked the door and told me to pour out the gin. She was th en d run k. I p oure d it ou t, an d s h e said " Drink it." I drank some and she drank some. She then said " Pull your handkerchief off, for fear the gin should choke you." I did so. She then gave me a halfpenny to buy some peas-pudding. I bought some peas-pudding, anti asked her to have some, but she would not. She then got the bread and butter out of the cupboard, and cut some for me. As I was eating the last mouthful she called me to her. I went towards where she was sitting, when she laid hold of me by the shoulders, and cut me across the cheek with a razor. I shoved her towards the fire-place, in order to get away from her, and screamed out " Murder !" She again cut me across the throat. when some people burst into the room, and I was taken to a doctor's, and afterwards to King's, College Hospital, where I have been till now. Sophia Wilks examined—l am the wife of John Wilks, who is a labouring man ; the last witness is my son, and we reside at No. 10, Parker -street. About half-past three o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, the 23d of April, I went home, atter having been out nearly all day, and I found my child sit ting by the fire quite ietoxicated. The prisoner, who was stupid with drink, came into the room, and asked me to let him fetch her a pint of beer. I told her he should not go. I then lost sight of him, and about twenty minutes afterwards I heard him screaming in the prisoner's room. I ran up stairs, and called to him to open the door ; the door was opened, and when I got in, the prisoner had her left arm round his waist, and was flourishing a razor in her right hand. The child was bleeding very much. I fetched two doctors immediately, one of whom sewed up the wounds in his neck. 1 then took him in a cab to King's College Hospital. Charlotte Repuke examined—l am a single woman, and lodge with the last witness. About four o'clock on the 23d of last month, I heard the child call out, and .1 ran up with Mr. Wilks to the prisoner's roam, where, when we arrived, I saw the prisoner with one arm round the child's waist, and hold ing a razor at his throat. Blood was pouring rapidly from his neck and throat. Prisoner did not say anything at the time. She appeared to have been drinking. Mark Todd examined—l am a medical student and dresser at King's College Hospital. On Saturday, 23rd April, John \% ilks was brought to the Hospital, and I examined him. He had a superficial wound two inches in length upon his throat, and a similar wound upon his cheek. Neither of them were of a dangerous character ; they appeared to have been effected by a sharp instrument. Police -constable F 43 produced the razor. He said that the prisoner stated that she intended to murder some one, but not the boy. This was all the evidence atipresent. 11r. BURNABY slid that t h ere was a man p resen t a t th e pre vious examination who heard the prisoner say that she would cut the little boy's throat ; but that man was not in the Court now. Mr. JARDINE thought it necessary that this man should be present, and he accordingly remanded the prisoner till Friday next, for his attendance. £CURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam .....C. F 12 7i Ditto, at sight 1 Rotterdam 2U.12 8 Antwerp iiamburgh M.B. 14 0 .4ltona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 70 kCiao, 3 m0nth5......... 25 95 i Ni m. seilles Baurd,..aux 26 0 Frankforl on Maine... 1521 Petersburgh , 3 Us ... Z: 7 64 8er1in..... Vienna, effee. 11. 331 955 Trieste, ditto 9 56 Madrid .. Cadiz •.•.. 36 Bilbao .......... ~••• 36 Barcelona eville INGE.—(THIS DAY.) 'Gibraltar ... .. ..... 'Leghorn .... Genoa Milan Venice .. 47 Naples I Palenno, per oz 1201 Lisbon Oporto 53 Rio .laneiro 27 Bahia Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 days sight Obi Philadelphia ... 46 PRICES OF MULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold, bars .£3 17 9 Portugal Gold C0in...0 0 0 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars 0 4 11 DANGEROUS STATE OF LEWES GAOL.—During the last few months the vagrants have increased to a great ex tent in Brighton, and the Magistrates have almost invariably made it to a rule rd to labour mit . The Governor tlicm to the Hou of se the gaol ot Correhas fre ction at Lewes ha quently represented to the bench, that from the crowded state of the prison he is unable to carry out the sentence of hard labour, and is obliged :-:, pot four and five in each cell. On 1 i a t ur day the subject was again mentioned to the bench, and it v as feared that a dreadful disease would break out in the p ison, a s the scarlet fever was raging to an alarming extent in Lewes. The Magistrates have since endeavoured to get ri4 lkof the vagrants by driving them out of the town, 'THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, Amu, 25, 1842. The Queen has been graciously pleased, upon the nomina tion of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and Here ditary Marshal of England, to appoint Edward Howard Gib ben, Esq. Mowbray Herald of Arms Extraordinary. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 2. The Queettbas been pleased to approve of Air. John Godfrey Nage! as Consul, at Sierra Leone, for the Free Hanseatic city 1 16 f Hamburgh. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 30. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Second Lieutenant C. T. Da Platt to be First Lieutenant, vice Cookson, resigned, April 28. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire.—J. T. Trenchard, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, April 11. Dorset Regiment of Militia—Major J. J. Smith to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Steward, deceased, April 11. WHITEHALL; APRIL 28, The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Trenfield, of Chipping Sodbury, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OFINSOLVENCY. STEPHEN VOWLES, plasterer, Bristol. BANKRUPTCIES SUrERSEDED. HATFIELD NICHOLSON, railway carrier, Canterbury. WILLIAM BURY, corn dealer, Blackburn, Lancashire. BANKRUPTS. JOSEPH PIDCOCK and THOMAS BURTON, corn. factors, Nottingham, to surrender, May 18, and June 14, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Johnson, Son, and Weather&ll, Inner-temple, London; Bowley, Not tingham. JOHN CREE, draper, Devonport, May 14, and June 14, at eleven, at Townshend's London Inn, Devonport. Smith, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London; Gilbard, Devonport. ROBERT ELLIOTT, wine-merchant, Liverpool, May 18, and June 14, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Dimmock, Size-lane, Bucklersbury, London ; Faircluugh, Liverpool. WILLIAM ANTILL, umbrella stick manufacturer, Bourn, Gloucestershire, May 9, June 14, at two, at the George Inn, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Baylis, Dovonshire-square, London; Winterbotham and Thomas, Tewkesbury. FRANCIS JAMES OSBALDe..STON, dealer in horses, St. Alban's, May 6, at eleven, and June 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Weymouth and Rigby, Chancery-lane. GEORGE HIBBERT, jun., pawnbroker, Chesterfield, May 9 and June 14, at one, at the Rutland Arms, Bakewell. Spence and Bullivant, Alfred-place, Bedford-row ; Lucus and Cutts, Chesterfield. DODSHON BLAKE, mohair manufacturer, Norwich, May 17 and June i 4, at eleven, as the Royal Hotel, Norwich. Durrant, Norwich ; Wood and Blake, Falcon street, Alders gate-street. JAMES BRADSHAW and GEORGE WILLIAMS, woollen drapers, Marylebone-street, Piccadilly, May 12, at eleven, and June 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Lawrance and Blenkarne, Bucklers bury. WILLIAM CROSBY, BENJAMIN VALLENTINE, and BENJAMIN WHITE, hardwaremen, Leadenhall-street, City, May 10, at one, and June 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basinghall- street ; Spyer, Broad-street-buildings. EDARD GODDARD, draper, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, May 12, at ten, and June 14, at twelve, at the Peacock Inn, Boston. Bartrum and Son, Bishopsgate-street, London ; Johnson, Sturton, and Key, Holbeach. ELIZABETH HAVARD, grocer, Swansea, May 17, and June 14, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. White and Eyre Bedford-row, London ; Short, Bristol. THOMAS JOHNSON, stationer, Liverpool, May 18, and June 14, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John street, Liverpool. Thompson, Liverpool; Cuvelje, Sktlbeck, and Hall, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane. RICHARD SUTTON, wheelwright, Warrington, Lanca shire, May 12, and June 14, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Ashton, or Nicholson and Sons, Warrington. ROBERT MARSH, provision dealer, Upholland, Lan cashire, May 12 and June 14, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Jehnson, St. Helen's ; Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London. WILLIAM WALLIS and JOHN WALLIS, corn mer. chants, Wragby, Lincolnshire, May 11 and June 14, at twelve. at the City Arms Inn, Lincoln. Lofty and Potter, King-street, Cheapside ; Moody, Wragby. JOHN MORE, merchant, Coleman -street, City of London, May 13, and June 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groome, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, official assignee; Bartrum and Co. , Bishopsgatc-street. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London . 14ew Price Current of May 3.) SUGAlt.—Since this day week the trade 'have been anxious to purchase British Plantation Sugar, and have cleared the market of all the parcels that were offered, paying an advance of is per cwt. To-day the wind was more favourable for arrivals, and since making up our weekly statement of imports, 824 hhds and tree British Plantation have been received, still the quantity of Sugar on show to-day was extremely small, consequently the pur chases were trifling ; there were many bvyers of both brown and yellow sorts, and full rates were paid—St. Vincent, mid grey fetched 67s 6d per cwt. The trade are anxiously looking for a better supply, as they expect to be enabled to pur chase on more advantageous terms; the quantity sold is only 140 hhds and tree. . REFINED.—To-day the grocers were anxious to purchase Refined Sugar, and were compelled to pay a further advance of ls, standard lumps fetched 85s to 166 s and good brown lumps 84s to 84s 6d per cwt, at the close Of business scarcely a lump was left unsold. In Bastards and Pieces largo pur chases were made at the rates quoted above; the market is nearly cleared. Treacle sells well at former rates. Banded crushed Sugar was in good request, and the refiners ate firm at 28s 6d for the best. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there were free buyers, and 6,233 bags at public sale were all sold and generally at full prices ; fine yellow fetched 63s 6d to 695, good 66s 6d to 67s 6d, good mid and mid 64s to 66s 6d, fine brown 63s 6d to 64s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon white Bengal Sugar met free buyers at full rates, but brown met with less attention, and prices declined 2s to 3s per bwt. 7,484 hhds duty paid, were offered at auction, the principal part sold at the following terms! Low to goad white at 65s to 70s 6d, good yellow 65s 6d to 665, middling 61s 6d to 63s 6d, heavy 565, common to fine brown 40s to 44, middling 4,5 s to 54s per cwt. FOREIGN.—YeIIow Havannah, mid and good quality at 19s to 20s, fine strong bright 2ls to 21s fid per cwt ; white 25s to . -93 for common and fine strong quality. Brazil is held firmly ; a cargo of Bahia for Antwerp, two-thirds white at 225, and brown 17s 6d, and a cargo of brown Bahia for Holland at 16s 6d. COFFEE—There have been many inquiries for West India Coffee since this day week, the scanty supply, however, has checked business, and the trade have been eompelled to pay rathor higher rates by private contract. This afternoon holders of Coffee were firm, and refrained from offering any at public sale ; by private contract a fair business was transacted to supply the wants of the home trade—good ord Ceylon fetched 76s to 775, Company's Java, 50s to 52s 6d, and good and fine :Mocha 100 s to 120 s per cwt. Good sorts of Jamaica are much wanted, but scarcely any to be met with : good clean Berbice has fetched 105 s to 110 s. For export, however, there are few buyers of Coffee. At Liver pool fine Jamaica of the new crop has been selling as high as 151 s to 1525. Cocoa.—For West India Cocoa very full rates have been paid. Trinidad common to middling red at 38s to 4 Is, and good fair 42s to 43s per cwt. Foreign Cocoa has brought full rates. TEA.—An unfavourable opinion exists against Tea: the trade have been cautious in their proceedings. Importers have been desirous to realise, and prices have given way for both black and green descriptions. The market for Tea was in a very inactive state to-day, the above tended to increase the dulness that previously existed, and those parties that were disposed to sell were compelled to accept rather lower rates for small parcels, we quote common sound Congou Is 8d to is 9d cash, ordinary Twankay Is W I , to. Is 9d ; Company's Conguu Is 94d cash and nominal. Mouasses.—This afternoon some parcels of West India were sold at the satei quoted above. Fine parcels are offering, and the market looks firm. At auction 16 hhds Bengal Syrup sold at 22s 6d per cwt. Sricas.—Although prices rule low for Black Pepper, still there has been only a limited business transacted by private contract since this day week, and at auction 5,341 bags Pe nang were nearly all taken in at 3d for good bold half heavy. Sea damaged however sold at 20 to 2id. White Pepper is rather cheaper. At auction 20q bags went at 4Ad to Oki for low and middling quality. Rum, BRANDY, AND llouualens.—The purchases in Lee. ward Island Rum since this day week have not exceeded 120 puns ; holders have been enabled to obtain full rates, and 2s 4id to 2s 5d is the value of proof. Jamaica at last Thurs day's rates. In strong Demerara or Mauritius we have no sales to report. East India has been sought after, proof Calcutta at the high duty of Is 614 to Is 7d, and at the low duty Is 8d to Is lld per gallon. Prices are looking up for Brandy. We quote Cognac first brands of the vintage of 1836, hhds 5s 7d, puns 5s 5d ; ditto 1837, hhds 5s 3:1, puns 5s Id ; ditto 1838, hhds as id, puns 43 Ild ; ditto 1139, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d; ditto 1840, hhds 4s, puns 3s lad per gallon. Geneva at Is lldto 2s for common, fine fit fur duty is Korth 2s 6d to 2s 8d per gallon. For West India Ruin prices are supported. Calcutta Rum without certificate Is 7d, and at the low duty Is 8d to 2s per gallon. English Corn Spirits at lOs per gallon. Mex.—Bengal Rice has been in brisk request since Tues day last, and prices have advanced 3d per cwt : at auction 5,184 bags were all sold, middling white at lOs to lOs 6d, and good middling lOs 6d to . several large parcels of Rice have been taken of lase by the millers. Holders of Java remain firm, middling to fine white at 10s 6d to 12s, common 9s 6d to 10s, yellow 8s 6d to 9s 6d per cwt. For Carolina, there are yet few buyers, first sort 30s, second 28s, and other kinds 25s to 27s per cwt. Patna has met with a fair sale at 14s to 19s per cwt. The stock of East India Rice is 137,490 bags, in 1841, at this time, it was 115,193 bags. This afternoon Bengal met with less attention, and 1,892 bags at public sale were only partly sold at lOs to lOs 6d for mid white being the full value: 1,000 bags good mid were _taken in at lls 6d, being above the value.; Ou.s.—lmporters of Southern Oil have been desirous to rea lise, and have submitted to a reduction on former rates of 15s per tun, at auction 201 tuns were chiefly sold at and after the sales at 28/ to 311 for common to fine quality. Cod Oil 301 to 301 5s ; brown and dark Seal Jil at 291 to 311; 381 lOs to 381 15s for small parcels. Sperm Oil has suffered a decline of 80s; 76/ to 78/ for fine British., Linseed Oil for home consump tiont o 4773 d d e i x o p r o p r t a e a , t a 3 n 4 d s 6 4 d 6s t 0 6d 34 t 5 0 9 46 d per e 9 r d c f w . r t b r o ß w a n p . e 0 0 1 v a e t 4 0 7 i 5 l at 61/ to 61/ lOs for Gallipoli, 56/ to 561 10e for Spanish, and at 54/ to 551 for Barbary. Palm Oil fine quality, at 31/ to 31/ 10s, and other sorts at 30/ to 30/ 15s per tun. East India Cocoa Nut Oil 40s per cwt. for the best. Tauuow.--Since this day week a fair business has been transacted in Russian Tallow on the spot; and the trade hares been compelled to pay 46s 3d to 46s 6d for P. C. Candle. Fsr.• delivery in the last three months of the vear at 48s 6tl to 4t085459:1.3d. n S a ou d th si ckr y erican at previous r a t es; Thrall at 44s 6d casks Odessa yellow Candle at 45s '6d to 45s 9d per eat. Town Tallow has been selling at 45s nett cash. - - -------- --- HUNGER AND lIIEFT,-011 Saturday six rnen were Lad up at the Old Bailey, Manchester, for stealing b read, but they were in such a wretched condition that the Magistrate found it necessary to admonish and discharge them. One of them named O'Leary said he had eaten one meal of potatoes on Sunday, and had been fasting Monday, Tuesday, and Wed nesday. On Vi•ednesday his child asked him for something to eat; and having nothing to give him, he went to Mrs. Tegg's shop, and said to her, " Mistress, be so kind as to give me a loaf of b rea d." " N o ," sa id she, " I will g i ve a p i ece. " He said a piece was of no use to him and his hungry child, so he took a loaf. The police officer met him at the door, and seized him. lie refused to go with the officer, and, in trying to get away, he (O'Leary) fell over a woman, and broke his arm.— I (Abridged from a Manchester raper.) The last of the London Alay-poles was in front air" St. Mary-le-Strand Church, just opposite trury-court, lead:ng I from the Strand into Drury-lane. THE SUN, LONDON, TITES:DAYt TViONING, MAY_ 3, 1 842. IMPERIAL PA!LUAME:NT, (Till EvtNING.) . • H O.F . • The Earl of WIAFTESBURY took his seat on the Wool p D . S. sack shortly before Five o'Clocic. The Glasgow and. Paisley Railway Bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Friday. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS: A Message from the Commons brought up the Gos port Pier Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. • SOAP bUTIES. The Soap Duties Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Friday. The Earl of BANDON presented several petitions from parishes in Bandon, and other parts of Ireland, against the present system of national education. The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented petitions Porn Melford, and other places, against any further grant ti) the College of Maynooth. The Timber Ships' Bill went through Committee, was reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Friday. I The Marquis of DOWNSlllRE . presented a petition fiom the Minister and Chur&Wardens of a parish in the oliocese of Kildare, and two from the Protestant inhabit • a is of Castle Tulloch, and anoOier place in the County Caren, in favour of Church Extension. Lord FINGAL presented a petition from the medical en of Carlow, against the medical j ur i s di ct i on o f the Boor Law Bill ; also a petition from the inhabitants ot Southwark, against the tolls on the Metropolitan Aridges. I NATIONAL EDUCATION. !Lord LORTON presented a petition from Castle q?nnor, in the County of Sligo, against the present sys tqn of National Education. ; BANKRUPTCY, LUNACY, AND LOCAL I COURTS. )Lord CAMPBELL asked the Noble and Learned Bird on the Woolsack what was the present state of the 81l for amending the law relative to bankrupts. The ll had been introduced, but had remained stationary ; h also asked the state of the Lunacy Bill, and the Bill relating to Local Courts. ; The LORD CHANCELLOR said, with respect to thie first question which the Noble and Learned Lord hid referred, the Lunacy Bill, it had been read a first arid second time, and stood for the Committee ; it was his intention to-morrow, to give notice for the Commit tee on Thursday. As to the Bankruptcy Bill, it had been read a first time, and he would propose the second reading some day in the ensuing week. With respect to the third Bill, the Local Courts Bill, he had found such conflictinginterests, and such difficulty in recon ciling them, that he had not been able to lay it en the table; but he trusted, after the explanation he had given, to meet such a concurrence of opinion, that he should be able to introduce it soon after the recess. Lord ABINGER trusted the Bill would never be laid on the table of the House ; but if it was, he should give it his determined opposition. The LORD CHANCELOR said his Noble and Learned Friend had put so many questions to him, that he did not recollect the whole of them, at the time he had given an aswer to the Noble Lord. He believed he had given no answer to one of the questions with respect to the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, and he therefore begged leave to inform him that the Bill had been prepared and was ready to be introduced. Lord BROUGHAM was exceedingly glad to find that the intention of his Noble Friend was such as he had stated ; but with respe c t t o t h e po li cy o f t h e B an k ruptcy Bill taing precedence, of the Local Courts Bill, he (Lord Brougham) entertained great doubt. If his Noble Friend would look more narrowly into the subject, he would find that such a step would create great incon venience, he should therefore wish to see it postponed. The LORD CHANCELLOR begged leave to state that the Bill was already laid on the table of the House, and no inconvenience could result from the second reading of the Bill, because, at any future stage, the progress of the Bill might be stopped if necessary, until the other Bill had been read a second time. He begged leave to state, that it occcurred to him that it was not necessary to postpone the Bill, and to proceed with the ether Bill, for this reason, it was nothing more than extending the principle of the Bill introduced by his Noble and Learned Friend with respect to the Country Bankruptcy in London, which had been found to operate so beneficially, that several mer chants of London had presented a petition to extend the operation of the Bill to the whole country. In conse quence of this it was now proposed to extend the town commission to the country. The Noble and Learned Lord (Brougham) would see much to approve in the Bill, inasmuch as it was founded on his own Bill. Lord BROUGHAM entirely concurred not only in the principle but the details of the Bill. COPYRIGHT BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should move the second reading of the Copyright Bill on Monday next (as we understood.) UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Provisional Council of the National Complete Suffrage Union, dated the 15th of April, praying for Universal Suffrage. Annual Parliaments, Vote by Ballot, and No Property Qualification. The body from which the pre sent petition emanated was composed of between ninety and one hundred delegates from different parts of England, Wales, and Scotland. They met at Birmingham, where they held several deliberate assem blies fur the space of several days, and they came to cer tain resolutions. They afterwards convened a public meet ing, which was attended by many thousands of their fellow citizens ; that meeting consisted of persons of all descrip tions, among which the greatest unanimity prevailed. The middle classes showed the greatest anxiety that their fellow citizens should be brought on the pale of the Constitution. As the petition spoke not only the senti ments of the individual that had signed it on behalf of the Meeting, but also those of 3,300,000, and as its ob ject was Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, Vote by Ballot, and no property qualification, he trusted their Lordships would not think he was asking too much when he requested that the petition should be read at length. The petition was then read at length at the table. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti t:on from the Magistrates of Durham, sitting at the Petty Sessions at Stockton-upon-Tees, against the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Bill. Lord CLIFFORD of Chudleigh, presented a petition from the Roman Catholics frequenting different Cha pels, praying that they might be put upon the same footing, and enjoy the same civil rights as other persons of different religious persuasions. MADRAS PRESIDENCY. The NOBLE LORD gave notice that he should, on Friday next, bring under the notice of the House the subject of the Madras Presidency. Lord DACRE presented a petition from a parish in Hertford against the prevision in the tariff affecting the importation of live steel:. Lord WHARNCLIFFE laid on the table certain pa pers by the command of her Majesty. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from Ayr for the immediate abolition of the Corn and Provision laws. The NOBLE EARL also presented a petition from the congregation of some place in the parish of Sheffield, against the bread-tax, and another against the alteration of duty on the importation of foreign cattle and meat. QUEEN'S :PRISON BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY brought up the Report on this Bill, which was oreereil to be received. In consequence of Thursday next being Ascension Day their Lordships adjourned till Friday. HOUSE 0F COMMONS. The SPEAKE R took tt te Chair shortly before Four &Clock. PENRYN AND F.I..LMOUTH ELECTION Mr. C..WOOD brought up the report from the select Committee appointeei to try the merits of a petition, complaining of an -undue election for the Borough of Penryn and Falmouth. The Committee reported that Capt. James Hallway PI =ridge was duly elected. STANIIOPE AND TYNE RAILWAY BILL. On the motion of Mr. LIDDELL, the Lords' amend. ments in the Stanhope ELIA Tyne Railway Bill were read and agreed to. ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATES. Mr. LAWSON presented a petitiou from certain at torney's of Yorkshire, pri ying for an abolition of the duty on Attorneys' certifir :ates. Mr. DUNCAN" presemed a petition to the same effect from the Solicitors of Darimm. GREENOCK HARBOUR BILL. Mr. 'WALLACE bro , Light up the report on the Greenock Harbour Bill. The amendments proposed by the Committee were agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed- Mr. PRAED present ed a petition from the owners and occupiers of land in Buckinghamshire, against the proposed alterations in the tariff. Mr. LEADER presented petitions from several dis tricts in Westminster, praying for a free trade in pro visions. Mr. WAKLLY prose nted a petition from sixteen per sonsmusical instruments, residing in Londo n , who gave e mployment to 600 persons, in the man u fa cture of cu tlins, for strings for stAti n that the petitioners ha d g heard with regret that it, vas proposed to reduce the duty payable 'On the imporvAtion of foreign mu si c al strin g s, and praying the Hon se not to consent to any such ProPos aion, as it woultt throw the petitioners and those dependent on them out 'of employment. LUNA? lc ASYLUMS. • The HoN. MEalllaa pi s() p r esented a petition from John Perceval, 9 lunatic asylum in 14 33 , comp l a ining of the manner in of Kent ingr on , who had been confined in which lunatic asylums . were conducted, ui the inefficiency of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Lunacy, and praying for a Commi'Aue o f i nq uiry. STEAM-PRINTING PRESSES. The HON. ME:mnEx also presented a petition from 408 printers, complaining of the use of steam - power in print ing ir.stead of manual labour, stating it as their opinion that little was gai!aed by the public by printing ma; alai labour, and calling the attention of the papers' by steam - power i n s tead o f par! i am en ta ry He use to the conduct of the "Wesleyan Society, wb ich in conseqnence of the representation of the peti tie ners had discontinued printing by steam, and had em pip eyed manual labour in its place, and praying the House t , take the subject into its serious consideration, with a view of affording them relief. SOUTHWARK IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr.LLIAIBT(.)N Inning moved the third reading of tuffs Bill. rose to propose the additional clause, of which he had given notice, for allowing compensation to the holders of Church leases, whose property might be sold under the operation of the Act. The Hon. Member stated that the clause bad been carefully examined and corrected by the Solicitor-General, and had been ap proved by the Hon. and Learned Member fvr Worcester. He alladed to the length of the holdings the constant practice of renewals of the least4o as giving ,the lessees a vested interest. It was eYpd.... cittlly a protective clause, and on the last dis cussipzi he bad endeavoured to prove how in-- juriouithe' ()Mission of it from the Bill would be ; he had pointed out the many . cases in which the princi pie of coMpensation had been recognised, and that it . was . even recognised in the present Bill itself. It was only -fair, when this House,% by the. Act, would compel the lessees to dispose of their property, that the holders should receive -a just and marketable value for it. Having used all these arguments on the last discussion of the Bill, he did not think it necessary to go into them again. The. Hon. Member concluded I by moving that the clause should be added to the Bill. The clause was then bruoght up and read a first time. On the question being put that it be read a second time, Sir R. INGLIS objected to the clause as totally un called for. • Mr.LIDDELL said that he considered the clause gave no new power whatever, but only a fair claim to the real and marketable value of the property. The clause did not intend to take away any right from the Church, and he should therefore vote for the clause. -Mr. G. KNIGHT opposed the clause, and said it was evident, from the anxiety of the church leaseholders in pressing the clause, that they expected some advantage from it. , Mr. HARCOURT VERNON supported the clause. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and • the House divided, when the numbers were— For the Clause Against the Clause 3l Majority ~. . . . The clause was then ordered to stand part of the Bill. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said, that as the clause had been carried, he should propose the ad journinent of the debate, in order to give him further time to consider the connection of the clause, with other parts of the Bill. Mr. LAMBTON protested against, any further ad journment of a debate which had been already more than once under discussion, merely because the Noble Lord was defeated on a division. • Strangers were then Ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, Lord J. Somerset having withdrawn his amendment. After a few words from Mr. RICE and Lord GRAN VILLE SOMERSET, the discussion closed. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. ELECTION COMMITTEES—TIIETFORD. The following Members were then called to the table, and sworn as a Committee to try the merits of a petition against the return for the borough of Thetford :—The Right Hon. J. Planta, Sir G. T. Staunton, Hon. G. Rico Trevor, Mr. R. Howard. R. R. Clayton, Sir D.J. Norrys ; Mr. J. S. Pakenham, Chairman. NurriNGHAM ELECTION. The following Members were sworn to try the merits of the petition against .the °return for the borough of Nottingham :—Lord R. Grosvenor, Sir T. Acland, Mr. T. Milner Gibson, Hon. H. Fitzroy, Mr. Fred. Dundas, Hon. J. S. Wortley—Chairman, Air. G. Hayter. NEWCA STLE-UNDER-LYNE ELECTION. The following Members were sworn to try the merits of the petition complaining of an undue return for the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyne :—Hon. H. Liddell, Mr. R. Bernal, Viscount Courtenay, Mr. T. E. Cole brook, Mr. W. H. Bodkin, Mr. G. Trail ; Chairman, Sir J. Y. Buller. ORMSBY INCLOSURE BILL—LORDS' AMEND- MENTS. Mr. WOODHOUSE moved the consideration of the Lords' Amendments in the Ormsby Inelosure Bill. Mr. WAKLEY was understood to oppose the princi ple of the Amendments, and proceeded to say that the Bill as it stood was perfectly satisfactory. But the 55th clause, which had been introduced into the Bill, was ex punged in the other House of Parliament. and another was substituted in its place, enacting that all "encroach ments and enclosures which should be made from and after the passing of this Act, should be deemedparcel of the land to be inclosed, and should be divided and enclosed accord ingly, provided that it should be lawful to and for the several persons in possession of these encroachments and enclosures, to take down and remove all .such fences as shall be thereon, and convert them to their own use. Would the House then agree to the proposition of the Honourable Gentleman, and if it were to be sanctioned, they would be supported in every trick and job before the Committees. The very promoters of the Bill might have got rid of the clause upon the pretence that they would agree to it„ whereas when it came be fore the other House they would get it removed. In this instance the poor was treated as they were in other instances.. He was sorry that the promote's of the Bill in this case were two clergymen of the Church of England, and the clergymen of the church would never gain re spect while they acted in that manner, and if these poor people were to be deprived of their dwellings, where were they to go to except, he supposed, to the Union Workhouse. The House was aware that the Bill was supported in consequence of the introduction of the 55th clause, but that was withdrawn, and another bf a totally different character was introduced into the Bill. He shonid, therefore move, that the House do not agree to the Amendment of the Lords, and he hoped the House would send back the Bill, declaring that no such Amendment coud be supported in that House. Mr. WODEHOUSE said that there was no objection made to the clause alluded to by the Right Honourable Member, but it was quite clear that if it were embodied in the Bill it would be made a precedent in other cases, and he believed the admission of it was dangerous. The Lords v Amendment having been read, Mr, GODSON said that the rejected clause was simi lar to the one which he had endeavoured to induce the House to insert in the King's Clare Inclosure, and the principle on which he supported the clause was this. He thought that if a Lord of a Manor or his agent saw a poor man take a piece of waste land, and took no notice of it, or accepted of a nominal rent from the poor man, after the poor man had expended 101. or 20/. in building a cottage on it, the Lord of the Manor had no right to pull down that cottage afterwards, and it was but justice to the poor man that he should have the opportu nity of purchasing the land if he thought proper. There was no imputation on any of the parties concerned in the promotion of this Bill. The clause had been brought in by agreement between. all, the parties concerned. The Honourabte Gentleman had talked about their setting a precedent. How could they be setting any precedent when there - had been an agreement between the parties. It surely was not a precedent for the House of Commons to set, -to enforce an agreement fairly entered into between the parties. Why could mot that agreement be carried into effect ? He understood it was because a very amiable Nobleman, in another place, would not agree to it. The question was if all the parties to a Bill had entered into an agree ment whether any Nobleman ought to have the power of setting that agreement aside. If the bargain were a fair One, he thought that no gentleman , eught to have the power of setting it aside. Mr. HUME said that the Bill had been sent up to the Lords, that it had been 'attended in Com mittee there, and that the' a mendments had been ap proved of by those who promoted the Bill. For 19 or 20 years these poor cottagers had been for gotten ; ana it would be very hard if they' were now to be deprived of their property. Mr. ESTCOTT said the question was, whether the contract with the poor people was to be kept or not. .Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no divi lion took place, Mr..Waxi.Ev's motion having been agreed to. Mr. WAKLEY then moved that a Committee be ap pointed to draw up the reasons why the House did not agree to the Lord's Amendment, and to state those rea sons- in a conference to their Lordships. After a few words from Sir Edward Knatchbull. Mr. Wakley and Lord Sandon, the motion was put and agreed to. The Ellismere and Chester Canal Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be engrossed. Mr. WODEHOUSE moved the further consideration of the Report of the Darlington and Newcastle Junction Railway 13i11, Mr. FIELDEN, who spoke in a very indistinct tone, was understood to object to the powers granted by the Bill. Mr. •MILES supported the Bill. • Mr. FIELDEN gave notice that on the third reading he should introduce a clause by way of amendment in the Bill.—The Report was then moved. Mr. Alderman hUMPHREYS presented a petition from John Truston, a prisoner of Newgate, stating that he was now very penitent, and praying that he may be released from prison; also a petition from 250 inhabitants of Ips%ich to the same effect. ATHLONE ELECTION PETITION, The SPEAKER informed the House, that he had re ceived a petition from George Dowd, one of the peti tioners, against the return of the borough of A thlone, stating that it was not his intention to proceed with the petition. Mr. F. FRENCH said he had been informed that the petition was tampered wi.h, and that there were others who would carry on the petition.—(Chiers.) On the motion of Lord G. SOMERSET, the petition was ordered to be printed with the votes. NOTICES OF MOTION.. Lord HOWICK gave notice that on going into Com mittee on the tariff, he should move no difference should be made in the duty on articles imported from foreig,n countries, from those from the colonies, and where such 'difference now exists, in those cases he should also move that such difference should not be increased. He should also move at the same time that a duty of 7d. should be imposed on foreign coffee instead of Bd. Mr. FRENCH gave notice that on the third reading of the Income Bill (as we understood) he should move that all dividends pa} able in June be exempt from the payment of the tax.• Mr. HUME gave notice that in Committee on the Railway Regulation Bill; he should move the insertion of a clause to prevent Sunday. travelling. Mr. THORNELY Moved for leave of absence to Mr. Ewart for a month, on account of serious illness.— Agreed to. Mr. PAKINGTON gave notice. that to-morrow he should move that John Thurston be discharged from her Majesty's gaol of Newgate. Sir U. GREY moved that the names of Mr. Green, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Eastcourt, and Mr. Sturt be added to the Select Committee on Election Committee Witnesses. In reply to a question from an Hon. Member, Sir J. GRAHAM said the Lord Channellor had, in the other House of Parliament, introduced a Bill for the amendinent of the Bankruptcy Law. Mr. HUME said, in consequence of the news from America, by the last two mails, he begged to ask the Right on. Baronet at the, head of the Government whether Captain Elliot was now Consul-General of the Texas—where he was—(Laughter)--whether he was now receiving pay from the Government—whether it was the intention of the Government to send him to the Texas, and when ? Sfr PEP.T... y;tir'l UP : in Elliot is Consul to Tem" ; he 4 at present it 741(10t; Ale is not in the receipt 01 pay. and will not: be the receipt of pay until he takes his depakure ; he is perfectly ready to take his .departure ; he is.. onlyAetained at the instance of the Treasury, who are receiving explanations from him with respect to certain expenses in Hong-Kong.—(Hear.) Mi. HUME said he should, on an early day, - submit whether Captain Elliot, under present circumstances, was 'a proper yersen to be seit Out.--(014 : ob .) • • In to a question from Mr. FRENCH, with - re-. spect to the-Commission appointed to investigate—the Portuguese claims, Sir R. *PEEL said a - Commission' was appointed by the Noble Lord, the late Secretary of State for Foreign -Affairs for the purpose of receiving and deciding upon the claims of 'soldiers who had been in the Portuguese service. That Commission had been receiving claims since the 10th July, of last year ; 2,065 claims had been received by • that commission, of which one thousand had been adjudicated upon In 693 cases there had been an admission that. a cer tain sum was due. 50,0001. was 'admitted to be due. A strong • representation had been made to: the Portuguese Government • • for. purpose of obtaining a settlement of . their claims and they had every reason to believe that means would be taken for their adjustment. Whatever the ad justment . was about to be made, the . Charte r was proclaimed, and a change of GovernMent took place. The new GoVernment, like other new Governments, had ,required time ,te consider. Ile s urged the necessity of coming to some speedy arrangement, and as far as as surances could go he had every reason to . hope th a t th e y would soon come to some • satisfactory settlement. (LEFT SPEAKING.) " : MERCHANTMEN IiNDYIEN OF WAR. • The following are extracts from a letter addressed to a friend by Captain Brownless. commander of the George the Fourth schooner, complaining of the conduct of an officer in the British may towards him in the Chinese Seas " Nov. IB.—Thank God I am spared to address you once more, for two nights ago 1 had but little hopes-- fer m 3 self,• all hands, and ship. But I must give you a sketch of what happened previous to my departure from Macao. On the-Sunday week preceding my departure from there, one of my seamen asked me for leave of absence, which I refused, on account of his previous bad conduct ; he however left the ship while I and my first mate were below. During his stay on shore he got into a row, and was put into gaol. The weather proving" boisterous the three following days, I did not go on shore, con sequently the man was kept in confinement until the Thimiday, on which day I got him released; but he-refused to come on board. I left him on shore, and considered him a deserter, as • my articles particularly state, that in case of any man being absent 24 hours without leave, it is considered desertion, for which he forfeits all his pay and clothes. On the Saturday this man entered on board ii.M. ship Sulphu r , Capt. Licher, On the Sunday, a lieutenant was sent on boa rd- of. us. for his cloths and pay ; the latter I peremPtorily refused to give, as . the man had deserted from me. On ' the Monday, the same oe cer (this officer I was intimately acquainted with when last I was in China—he was then a midshipman • in the Caliope, 28), came in full uniform, with a cutter's crew, armed, to stop further work until I paid the man his wages. I still refused his pay. but gave up charge of the ship, went on shore and con sulted Mr. Burn. (my consignee's) advice upon the matter, upon which he took the affair into his own hands, but Captain Belcher said that he had nothing to say to-him, as I was the corn manrier of the vessel, and that if I. dared to get under weigh without his permission, hi would fire. a ,broadside into me, and he actually warped his ship- abeam •of us for that purpose, and for the three succeeding days- one of his officers came constantly on board to induce my men to leave my ship and enter their service, -which caused my men to becomeso mutinous that, upon my refusing to give them an advance of 2/. 10s., they swore they would enter her Majesty's service, which three of them soon afterwards did. The loss of these men so completely crippled my ship that, for fear of losing more and detaining my ship, I was induced to comply with their request; but from that day till the day of my sailing, there was never a man forward sober I I went .on board the Sulphur, and- paid the man. When first- I-called upon Captain Belcher I stated the whole case to him, upon which he behaved not in the most-civil manner possible, and wanted to know if I was aware that he-was there • for the purpose .of protecting British seamen. 1• asked him, was be not there for the pur- pose also of protecting masters of British • merchantmen and. their ships, -to which he would not deign to answer. • ' " 23d ovember.—We are now in latitude 10 11-, and two thirds down , the China sea, sadly crippled for want of canvass. I sailed from Macao Roads on Friday, the 12th instant; the whole of the day had been dirk and gloomy, with hard Otsts of wind i and had ‘ not been with a view =to avoid all further trouble With my men I most certainly would- not have gone-to sea that night.' .• • • • The letter . goes on- to enumerate the difficulties Captain 13rownless encountered through- want of men, until he reached the straits otAnjers. • - MURDER. 1N FRANCE. The Court of Assizes was occupied two days in the last week with a case of murder, of which we gave a short account at the time. •We think it ne cessary, however, to state the circumstances more fully, as they have just been proved in evidence. In the night of the 19th . of September last, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the attention of some per-. sons passing along the Rue d'Arcole, was attracted to the ruins of some houses, which had been pulled down to make the opening into the Rue Consthntine, by feeble cries of distress, and, searching the place, a man was found lying without his coat, who, on their speaking to him, declared that he had been as sassinated.- He was immediaiely carried to the Hotel Dieu, where it was discovered that he had five severe wounds, from one of which, in the abdomen, the bowels were protruded. He was in a desperate state, but lived two days, during which he had the use of his speech. - Questioned by the Magistrates, he gave his name as Charles Thaveny, a printer, of the Rue Gracieuse, and stated that on entering the Rue d'Ar cole, he was attacked by one or more persons, who wounded him, and from whom he fled, taking off his Coat to expedite his pace. He did not say that he had been robbed, and, indeed, there were found in his pocket a napoleon and several pieces of silver. He never gave any indication of his having any know ledge or conception of the persons who. had made the attack. After his death it was discovered that the ac count this person had given of himself was fallacious, that his real name was Charles Augustus 'Pachoux ; that he was thirty-three years of age; that on coming to his majority he inherited a property of 40,000 f., all of which he dissipated in twelve• months ; and, during the succeeding years, had been nine times under sentence for robberies, and other crimes and offences, and was under the surveillance of the, police, It was subsequently ascertained that Pachoux lived on terms of close intimacy , with a Spaniard named' Salcedo, a journeyman hair-dresser, wlaose reputation was not much better than his own, that they lodged together in the same room, and ,were seen together at ten o'clock in the evening of September 19, drinking at a public-house in the Rue de l'Arbre Sec, in com pany with some • loose women. Salcedo,- •however, was able to exculpate himself from all participation in the murder, and was discharged. In 'the course of his examination, he stated .that he left Pachoux at the yublic-house. with a young man, about seventeen years of age, •who came there to join him, but who was Unknown to Salcedo. After some time suspicion fell upon a person named Dutertre, confined in the prison of La Force, on a charge of zobtery, and who had .been previously condemned for . similar offences. On being interrogated, he denied all knowledge of Pachoux, and attempted to set up an alibi; but as this was immediately disproved he told the following tale :—He admitted being in company with'Pachoux and Salcedo. on the evening in question, and added' that they all three left the public-house together, that he wished to leave them, but knoWingle had money about him . ; they both set upon him; and Paehoux held him by the throat while Salcedo rifled him of 60f. They then ran off, followed by him, towards the Place du Chatelet, near which he found them di viding his money—that in his rage he drew his knife and attacked them, giving Pachoux a wound, i n th e back, and, as he believed, striking Salcedo in the thigh—that he then returned to the spot where. they had seized and robbed him in the hope -of finding some of the money scattered on the ground in the struggle, but finding none, he took up, the coat of Pachoux, which he found there, and put it on, and returned home to a girl named Duron, with whom he lived, in the Rue Percee. This girl, however, was interrogated, and gave, accounts which materially contradicted the statements of Dutertre, and confirmed all the suspicious circumstances against him, particularly stating that he came home in a coat much too long and too wide for him, and which ap peared like a disguise. This woman, in her depo sitions, inculpated another man, named Collin, who, the said, accompanied Dutertre to the Place du Cha telet,- and afterwards assisted him in conducting Pa choux, each taking an arm, to the Rue d'Arcole, where they threw him on the rubbish where •he was found. Upon this testimony Collin was included in: the indictment against Dutertre for the murder. The witnesses were •very numerous, their evidence was very long, entirely circumstantial, and in some in stances contradictory, but the Avocat-General ex pressed his conviction that the guilt of both the .pri soners was fully' established, and called upon the jury to deliver a verdict accordingly. They, retired at five o'clock on Saturday, and after an hour's delibera ration returned, declaring Dutertre guilty, and ac quitting Collin. Dutertre was sentenced to hard labour at the hulks for life, with exposure on the pilJory. Collin was discharged. Dutertre, when removed back to the prison, was in a violent state of exasperation against what he called the injustice of his condemnation.—French Paper. THE METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS WESTWARD. —There are many splendid squares and crescents being erected opposite Lord Holland's Pat k, on the Uxbridge -road. Shep herd's Bush wili soon be joined to London. Kensington New Town, which is being built on the Earl of Harrington's pro perty, extending from Kensington to Old Brompton, came into the Harrington family through the late Countess, who was daughter and sole heiress of Sir John Flemming, of Brompton Park. Sir John left a rent-charge on this estate for the support of the almshouses which he founded in Cromwell-lane. There are several widows of life-guardsmen inmates of this charity. ELOPEMENT.—The good folks of Inverness have been thrown into some excitement by the elOpement of a young lady belonging to Invergordon, with a son of Mars. 1 he lady was to have been married soon to another gentleman of the same profession, a widower; the marriage articles were even provided, but the faithless one el:mid not resist the charms of the unwedded South, and so took her route with him to Aber deen. On the faith of her marriage, rumour says that the lady incurred several accounts in Inverness, and that under pro ceedings thereanent she has been captured at the above . town.— Ross Advertiser. IMPEItIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF . LORDS, May 2. , BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. Lord BROUGHAM (in continuation) 3 The Judges of this country did not d eem it i ncons i sten t with their duty or below their dignity to let their coun.; _ trymen know how they gave judgment in .any case' st When they were agreed; . one deli vere d the ,s ludgment—when they differed, each delivered their .rt judgment. The:Judges did not egnsider it inconsistent ' ) with their duty or below their dignity to assign a reason: for their judgment. In proportion as the question was im portant, and in proportion as the matter was difficult, the more they considered it to be their duty, and the best foundation of their dignity, to give a reason for their opinion, because on reason they desired the authority of • their judgment to rest. ,These Committees were not impartially chosen, except a Committee could be called impartial ; constituted by three party merlon one side and three equally party men on the other, with a party • chairmari over the other . SIX.. These judges, so ap pointed, so selected, sitting on _a party_ question, in every which question - that could by possibility come before them they were of necessity parties interested—wrapped - in themselves—never gave their opinions in public, and never gave oneatom of -reason for the delivery of the judgment to which they had - come. - He had no manner of doubt that this-system could not possibly last. These questions shOuld be decided upon - Judicial authority by persons unconnecti d with the 'party, not as it now ex isted; where the judge in' the case was a party in the cause, and from, whom no appeal could be made. So long as they allowed the judge to be a Member of the other House of Parliament, so Jong as that continued, „, s they had of absolute necessity. this anomaly, this monster. 1 4 in judicial proceedings, a Court without appeal, in which,. s i one way or the other, more or less, the parties in the ' cause were those who had to decide the questiotk. tie had no hesitation in saying that sooner or later this -' would be the result of all experiments on - the question. To the question of whether the HouSe of Commons could part with its jurisdiction, his answer was that it would have been consistent had it been urged before the passing - of the Grenville, Act of 1770, by which the House had parted with its jurisdiction to a statutory tribunal, acting on • statute - law, the only difference being that the members of the Court must be Members of the House of Commons. All 0 these experiments and their failure, in the hands of: men of ability and integrity, it must be admitted was • a striking proof of -the absolute necessity of a great ' change in the system. He had deemed it his duty, at as early a period as possible, to . draw their Lordship's fatten'. tion both to the working of the former; acts; and the ne 7 cessity of a change. There was animportaut oversight - in the Act of last session, which they had passed_exactly, as it came from the House of Commons, .with theexeeps Lion of the three first clauses; which they had struck out altogether. This Act made-it imperative en -the-Com mittees to report not only whether the sitting. Members were duly elected or not, but also to report if the fact,. . of bribery had-been proved. If there, were- any ,doubta' whether it was intended that they shOul d give the detail , of all the special facts on which the charges Were founded, he was willing to give them the benefit Of it ; but they, were certainly called on- to report whether the sitting Members .or . the candidates - had known. or con ' seated to the bribery charged against them. There had been two or three cases at least in which bri bery has been proved against boroUghs, and in two of the . cases the sitting Members were unseated on the ' ground of bribery by their agents, but' there was no knowledge of; or consent to, that bribery brought home to the sitting -Member, and yet the extent of the statute was that that finding should be final. Nothing could. •:' be more important than the constitution of those tribu nals. He would not now detain their Lordships having last session brought the question before their, and called for a Committee for a Mere thorough investigation of the statute. All they had suspected of them, and all that, upOn partial investigation they had. believed, Was. now , •' demonstrated by the late .proccwdings before these COm- . mittees 'to have existed, in a•greater:lueaz,ure, and in a ' worse shape, and in a more painful substance, than they suspected at the close of the general electioni ; and it, would become the boundenduty of their Lordships, as 3 _ . guardians of the law—es guardians of the morals of the" country—as guardians of the purity of Parlhuent, aye, • 0. 1 and as protectora of the very exist - dice of the mixed and . popular Constitution itself—it Would become their absce; lutely bounden duty further to prosecute this inquiry and investigate, the details of the corruption and bribery— the profligate bribery and corruption which had pre vailed. With this view on the one hand, and on the - other with the intent of enabling the-House to ascertain the working and the defects of the two or three BUIS which had already passed in relation to this subject, he now moved that a message be sent to the House of , Commons to communicate the Reports of - the Sudbury, Ipswich, and Marlow Election 'Committees, and which they have ordered to be specially reported.-(Cheers.) The LORD. CHANCELLOR said that he had made inquiry on the subject of his Noble and Learned Friend's motion, and, without being more explicit, he would ask his Noble and Learned Friend whether he would perse,r ; vere in his motion? Lord BROUGHAM said he perfectly well understood . what his Noble and Learned Friend alluded to; but in 1837 a message, was sent to the'other House of Parlia ment for a report made upon the practice that preimiled in respect to petitions and improper votes, with a view of ascertaining whether the Reform IEII had been de feated by this practice. . The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he had made inquiries, but had received, no answer at present to his . 5 ' message. The EARL of WICItLOW said he could not under-- "' stand. how, when any Bill came to that House, it could,, be set aside without that information which the House of: 7 Commons was in possession of, and he hoped that where' ss, any future Bill came before them for the purpose of amending the law on this point the Noble and Leitrned Lord. would bring forward his motion, and that such evidence would be communicated 'to them as would ens • , able their Lordships to- give due. consideration to thO subject.. Lord CANTERBURY said that the Noble and s . , . . Learned Lerd-Opposite referred to the Report of the Comurittee in 1837, asked for by this House with regard to the fictitious votes, but that Committee was appointed, by the other House, forthe express purpose of providing in formationon the 'subject. IlisrNoble and Learned Friend . ' ' said that the House of Commons could not interfere at all with the - Election Committees by way of suggestion " or instruction, and 'in that he (Lord C.) agreed with hinis If the House of Commons proceeded to disfranchise, or 14i• to act in any way with respect to a corrupt borough,, fa • • they could only do so by a legislative measure, and that measure must necessarily come before their Lordship's • House ; and it was precisely the same with reference to the report of fictitious votes. His-Noble and Learned Friend said, that he thought it would be a useful check . on the proceedings of these Committees, if their minutes ~ were always brought up and laid before the other House. s • He (Lord Canterbury) did not deny that it might be so, but to effect that - there must be an alteration in the Act of Parliament. The House Of Commons had always felt very ,;ealous of its own constitution and priiileges, and if his Noble and - Learned Friend were to send a, 'message of the kind he proposed to the House of Coins' 4 , mons, that 'House would send an answer by a message of ': its own, to the effect, probably,'t'iat in the limits of the present session they could Lot find time to reply.— , (Hear, and a laugh.) lie did not think that the message which his Noble Friend proposed would be at all bene ficial, nor did he think, it even a favourable answer to his Message were received, that he would find he had ad vaneed one single step in the progress of the under. ' taking which he. Lord C.)-rejoiced to .- hear that he had - counnenced. Further, he was sure his Noble and , Learned Friend would concur with him, that in a matter. of so great importance it would be better that the tivo • Houses should go together. The House of Commons was very jealous of anything that should touch its pri vileges -as is - the constitution of its own body, and he, (l /4 0 was; sure they ought to do all they could to carry the ',4:- 1 1 House of Commons with them in' so great and beneficiala nieasure. - He should deeply regret that 'any step : I '7, shoidd be taken which would break up the cordiality - between the two Houses. For these reasons he was very s much relieved in hearing th a t it w a s th e int en ti on o f his )lif„ Noble and Learned Fri e nd not to p ress hi s mot i on o n , ,et"" the House. Lord BROUGHAM certainly heard with the greatest -- respect the' Observations - of his Noble Friend who he4" , - --1 so long 'filled t h e chair of the other House, .and whQ - opinions he knew intimately coincided with his own (ist this subject ; but his Noble Friend did not agree it hinathat the Committees of the Huse of Commons mete" , as legislative bodies. Why, in one of the cases to whial...q he had referred, the CoMmittee, called on the House to.. it disfranchise a borough! Was not that legislation? 1 - /0'"," • • n ever, it was nut his intention to press the motion, fd with their Lordships' leave he would withdraw- it. The motion was withdrawn accordingly. -SPIRITUAL DESTITUTION (CATHOLICS). Lord CLIFFORD presented_ six petitions froin Roman. Catholics, complaining of want of religious instruction . • amongst the poor of their persuasion, and especially of - the want of religiouS assistance in workhouses and gaols, and in her Majesty's army abroad. The Noble Lord s; took that opportanity to refer to the motion made by the (.f, Noble and Learned Lord with . reference to bribery at elections, stating that he thought the Noble and Learned . ss. Lord, by bringing the subject forward, had conferred' as'4`)'' 'benefit on the country, almost greet en oug h to compels sate for the loss of his Parliamentary services. Their Lordships then adjourned. . . • • , HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 2. INCOME-TAX BILL. Clause 52 was proposed, and, after a few words from Mr. S. O'BRIEN, agreed to. Clauses 53 up to 59 were then severally put, and agreed to without any amendments. Clause 60, and schedule (A) which lays down the general rules for estimating lands, tenements, and here • 4' ditarnents, were then proposed. . ; t ot Rule No. 1, schedule A, was agreed to, after a short conversation, in the course of which • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if there had been a lease of lands executed during the. . 1 0 seven years preceding, the amount stated in the 'woo .o : 1 11 should be taken as the value of the profits. If nn lease ';. / 9!t f had been executed the poor-rate should be taken as tiblif' s ,4 4i l basis for the calculation by the value of th e propert y. -ye Rule No. 2 was agreed to. irl? On Rule No. 3, for estimates, the value of mines,.&e. , : 0 4; .4 p being proposed, Mr. GILL said that he never could consent that in dustry should be taxed in the same manner as fixed pro perty, and, therefore, he proposed to substitnte for the , words of the section, as it at present stood, words to the effect that the value should .be computed at the rate of five per cent., on every 100/. capital of such property du ring the year preceding the assessment, an d that for the purposes of this Act the product should be taken as the amount of property to be assessed . This tax was a tax that never could be received with )- br Oa la: th , t'Jg ti 3 1g ti (44