The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-07 00:00:00

tii Zttwn SUNOFF,WE, Seven o' Clock. PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 7. Number Ili v wend PM* of P C ANALS. MR Shares. 4.sels et um. Paid. State. 1,766 7 ins cent. Pitihton & Oldham...Average97l.lll3.lh. 94 4482 41. Ashby-de.le.Zouch ....Average 11,31.5 h. 71 4260 1.065 51. Brecknock and Abcrgavenny ...1501. sh. 92 i.., , XY . 1.26 th. 101. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ...Bfl. & 711. 194 4,1' „in „.....„ Ditto & LiverpoolJunct. 1221. sh .100 ri 41 cog 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. all pl - 40u 51, Chelmer and Black water lool.sh . 101 500 324 Coventry 1001.6• 305 ......... C roydon. ......... A vengc 311.26.10 d. sh . .- 2,0E0 51. oe. Dudley...... ... 1001.1 h. 94 600 M. Derby lool.Bh . 120 20,000 4 ref cent. ilanube and Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd 31 . J.575i 4 , Ellemoreand Chester Ares gge 1331.5 h. 6A 231 62.1 Erewasn .8,445 8 1 .1. Forth and Clyde l9O l. en. 1001 . pd. 112 Z. 0.4 71. Grana Junction.... ....... ...... lista.. n 124 - 2., 491 255. Grind Union loo l.ah. 27 rA(.O ......... Grand 5urrey...„...... .. 1001. sh. 15 1,0001 41. percent . Ditto (optional) oan 1001. .096 ..,. ..... Grand Western 500 13 12 s. Eld. Glemorganshire, Aver. cost 1721.135.4 d. 210 749 121. Grantham 1501.0. '220 1 .1138 1., de. Huchiersfirlch Average I, /1. 6s. 6d. in. 19 100 .. Kensingtoa lOO sh. allpd 106 2\323 11.10 s. Kennet mid Avon, Av. 391.185. 10d. sh 171 g 1161/)} 1!. 10s. Lancaster Average 471.65. Od 27 15 8 70 351. Leed s and Liverpool lool.ah 680 .451 11. 10s. Leicester 1401.31 , 149 .897 54 vs • Leicester & Nort 4ainpton Aver e,3.1015 72 2,409 pi, Monmouthshire 1001.11) QM 250 131. Melton Mowbray • ....•,,,, 1001. sh. '2OO 400 254 Mersey and lrwell lool.lh. 510 . 3,1103 1/. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd 16 247 171. Neath lool.sh. 3E5 si.4o 51. Peak Forest A v es„ge about 761.5 h. f 3 416 %l. Regent's (or London) Av.33/.165.8d. eh. 1 6 As% nt. Rochdale Average 051.. h. 62 ?„uo st. Shropshire 1251.5h. 137 SOO 111. 10s. Somerset Coal ........ „ ..... lsol.sh. 119 3,600/. 6p -r cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 103. sh. 11% 700 351. Stafford and Worcester 1401.5 h . 686 LOO 551 Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 200 300 91. 3taurbridge .................. 1451.5 h. 396 1 1,847 Si. Os. Stratford-on.Av on A ter....791. 98. bd. sh. 33 533 1211 Swansea 1001.3h. 265 3,762 21.125. Severn and Wyc &Railway Ar. 261.95. sh. 45 I,'ll , lsin . 311. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share lOOl. eh. 475 4,14.2 .„ Thames and Medway Av. 19 1. hs. Bd. eh. g ,:0005h. W arw ick and Birmingham ...... 100 1 . sh• 200 ~a h 141. '45 1 1 10, W a rwick and es apvsn 1001. eh. 1:9 ' '7,000 4 1 Worc ester & Birminoth.:m A v.78/.Bs. sli. :•.6 4.1100 365. Wilts and Berke Average 671. 10s Bd. sh. 20 r',oo 6, W yilev and Essington 1251. eh 74 VS VOS I. Wey and Arun IIOI. sn. 20 DOCR.S. 7,600 & 13 p , c. Commercial. •........ 1001. sh. 61 1,164 th. 5 per cent. East and %Vest India ...........5t0ck 10131 LAS 310;/. 34/.p.ct. London ..... .....Stock 62 Ditto Bonds n,209 3/. (is. sd. Bristol Average IV!. 9s. sh. 75 1;8,3241. W. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lO6 752.752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 100 50C,C 0, 148 per cent. Ditto Bonds 20%000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years ..... Deptford Pier .. "01. sh. 20!. pd 10 BRIDGES. 1,1100 1/. Hammersmith 501. th. 21% 7,211 Southwark, Old ...... ...Av. 631.2 s Bd. sh. 36 1,700 1/. IS.. Ditto, New, of 74 per cent., 501.5 h. 151 1000 .... ..... Waterloo 1001. sh. 3 5,000 225. ed. Ditt , ,, Old Annuities of 81 601. pd 21 5,000 198. 30. DYito, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd IS% 60,000/. 5/.gr cent. 'Ditto Bonds 5,848 Vauxhall ..... ...Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 2B ASAURANCE COMPANIES. 2.000 3110 s Albion 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 19 a i nd'js 6 Per cen, . . 151," € Al l .:anceßritish & Foreign lON. sh. 11/. pd 133 - 3 5 0 .0 0 0 6 r ll ;dtent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. sh. 51. pd 5% 24.000 ',e. pet sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 143'1 1,100 ;Ai. 5/. Birmingham 1. ire .501. sh. 551. pd 107% 20.W0 4!. per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 501. pd 41 14100 6/. per cent. British Commercial ... ...... 50/. sh. 5/. pd 6 34400 51. per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, 1101. pd 6% Osseo() 210 s County IOW. sh. IN. pd 10 . 1,000 ss. Eagle 501. sh. 51. pd 4% cent.) 200 l a nd 30 2 ~..3 Economic Lite 10001. sh. 2501. pd 406 2.271 22s.per cent. European Li,: .0/. rh. all pd 22 30.000 2s. Ditto, New 201. sh. 21. pd 1% "0,000/. (trier ct Globe Stock 195 20,0(53 51' Guardian SO,OOO 4s. 01.. Hope 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 5% 2:400 il. 12s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5OO/. sh. 501. pd 140 7,500 lin. rd. Imperial Lite 1:1,159 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine lOO/. sh. 81. pd 22 2,020 31 103 Kent Fire 5O/.sh. all pd 91 31. Ditto Life 50/. pd 10,000 25s Law Life lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 32% • 5.000 les. London, Fire 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 17 . 3,90(1 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 121. its. pd 117 1000,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 1 ....noo 5!. per cent. National Loan Fun{... 201. sh 2/. 105. pd 2% Jorssno N. per cent. Palladium Lite 591. sh. 21. pd '511,00 0 5!. per cent. Protector 1;t: 20!. sh. '2l. pd 1930 d 10,000' 4 per cent. Protestant Lammers ....15:0/. sh. 5/. ;xi 5% /,s^o U. Provllent Lite lOOl. eh. 10/. pd 20 20.,614 4s. Od. Rock Life tsP s 7:2ol si. per c•-at. Royal Exch.ings Stock 170 - V5,,t81 9 5 per cent. Unteersity Life 1001. sh. 5/. pd 11 16,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 ... ...... A gric. and Com. of 1 rel and2s/. •h. 10/. pd 15,000 11 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 401. pd 51 3 4 100,SKIn 10 per cent. Bank of Bit sningham 50/. sh. 10/. pd 13% 511,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank . 501. sh. 10/. pd 13 51,000 6 per cent, London & Westminster 100/ sh. 20/. pd 22 t 50,000 W. London Joint Stock 504 sh. 10/. pd 13 .1,009 4 per cent. Lancaster lOO/.51h. 201. pd 50 25,000 ID per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh. 121/. pd . 19 50,000 74 percent. blanchester and Liver / 501 sh. 151 pd 193 pool Dissonnt 20,000 7 per rev t Manchester lOOl. sh. 10/. pd '4% 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank of IrelandlOOl. sh. 25/. pit V% 88,000 (i .er cent National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 171/. pd 6% tresll)o 0 per cent National Provincial Eng.lool. sh. 3bl.pd 35 - Wien ..... .... Ditto New 104. sh. 101. pd 10 10,000 Gloucestershire 50!. sh. 101. pd 32 %floor leper cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 61.0 Sj% GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 Ins t.l Bath 9 01. sh. 101. pd 22 5,000 ..... .... British 401. sh. 16/. pd 19 a.orx) 151• Fer Bce6t'.„)l Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 191. 013 send s 6123 51 10s. Birmingham 501. sh. 101 4.;250 2/ es . Bristol 2O!. sh. so :4230 3/ les Brighton ''s '750 31 Ills Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 181. pd 9 s= .2,471. 41 ner cent Brighton General 2O!. sh. all pd 9% ,4,000.• 7/. I is. Continental Consolidated ....751. 621/.pd 110 1,000 10/. City of London.. ....... ....100/. sh. all pd 195 1,000 6/. Ditto Now lOO/.0. 75/. ?.d 150 1.000 3/.01. En ttital;le 5Ol. pci 20 10,000 St., per cent. Imperial 56/. sh. 68 ... s s I €llo 5/. per cent. Isle n 1 Thatiet 251. sh. 20!. pd 19 ',Ayr fu. per csnt. Independent 10/. sh. al 1 rs. 56 6 4 000 s'. per cunt. Phcenix 501..5. 39/. pd 30% 1,000 4!. per cent. Rstcliff lOOl. sh. 80!. pd CA 4,000 South Matropolitan 50/. sh. i'3l4/. pd 17 '9,0110 51. per cent. United General 501. sh. 471. pd 30 240 5!. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. O. 50 4013 51. pet cent Wakefield 2,000 31. Westminster Chartered 5,00,1 12s. Ditto New 551. sh. 1(11. pd 11% ode :I per cent. Yarmouth 2O!. sh. 181. pd WATER w ~.) nKs 4,800 345. Birmingham 95'. sh. 25/. pd '2l 1,433 71. Fast London 100/. sh. 173 5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 411 ISis. 4d. sh. 69 Lora 2/. Kent 1004 sh. 52% 872 1111. Liverpool Bootle 2201. ah. 325 1,500 2110 s New River London Bridge Water Ann... e 0 6,486 2.1,108 Manchester and Salford 1001. sh. 54 1,000 5 per cent. South London 100/.sh. 118 3,294 441. West Middlesex Average 631.1125. 90. sh. 95 1,360 11 141 Yor IRON k Buil di ßAllng Co .WAYS. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 6,300 9.1. Os. Birmingham and Derby ..... lOO/ pd !0 9,5,0 3 pet cent. Birmingham and Gloucester 1f0!. pd SI 1 15, 0 0 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter ... ...... 1001. sh. 70 pd 43 7,500 . 3,004 ... 9,060 '......... Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 5/. pd 60.10 4 ..... ... Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 231. pd 9% 10,000 5 per cent. Great North of Englandlool. eh. ICO/. pet 87% 10,918 12 percent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 186 , s2s,eoet 4 per cent. Great Western 1501. sh. 651. pd 87 '25,000 3 per cent. Ditto New 511/. 'h. 101. pd 6'l 9,006 8 per cent. Hartlepool 100/. sh. 1001. pd 145% SOO 2,100 4 per cunt. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. e. 5 5, NO 10 per C ?Tit. Li sereool & Manchester RS /.sh. 100/.pd 188% 77. S 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 514. pd hi 11,405 In ser cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 45 :151,000 Lentlan and Brighton 50 1. sh: 50/ pd 35% 24,000 London and Blackwall 251. sh. 25!. pd 11 i, iO,OOO 3 per cent. London anti Greenwich :201. sl.. 20/. pd 6% 25,015) 94 per sh. London & Birmingham 100/. sh. 901, pd 177 1 4 25,000 91. 7s ed. Ditto Quarter Share' ....251. sh. 51. pd :17 31,250 31.: - 1. 4d. Uit o New Shares 321. sh. 321. pd 316 46,200 3 per sh. London and S. Western AT . ..134155. 00. pn 13,900 ........ London and Croydonl , , ,„, i s 12% Ditto New Scrip... j i' s •,l 9, - 51,..10. 1244 13,000 4 . per sh. slanchestsr and Leeds...loo/. sh. 701. pd 83 t 3,009 Ditto half Shares 50/. 304 pd :4 1., 19,000 ....2222. Manchester anti Itirmi w ghsin 70/.6 h. 401. 21% ...-.... Ditto Extension . ,s 71. pd 2 10,010 2/.o's. Midland Counties • (X O/Ah. 100/ pd '5 15,000 7 !. Os. North Midland l.O/. sh. 100/ pd 56 Wee. Di':., New 4 01. F d 33 10,256 1/.101. Northern and Eastern.... ;,(q, s h. 45). p d 43% 2,603 Preston and Wyre 5O/. sh. :A./. pd 36 opoo 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover ...... ... 201. pd 95% 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ...100/.sn. 2115 0,000 6,000 10/. per cent. 'lark and N I rt NES h stidland 50 ,sh . 501. pd 92 8,000 ........ Albion Copper 5 !. h 2 4 1 . pd 12 4,000 It. 15s. Altcn 15/. sh 121. li tpd 1% 10,00 0 ... ..... Anglo Mexican,iss. Si. pM.lool.sh. al 't d 2 Ditto Subscription .......... ..... ..`2.51. ill 2% 2,05.11 Bolanos 150/. oh all pd 11% 10,00 Ir. Ws Bratlhanlmp. iss. 5/. pm...35/.Bh. 911 pd 9 6;100 .... ..... Mac.aubas & Locaes United 25/.5h.251. pd 4 1 4 11,000 • 10,e00 rolivur Copp er Com p an y , 20/. sh . 201 . pd S'''‘ 10,000 .......» Ditto Scrip 104 sh. 101 sss, , 2 ..; 20,000 ... ...... British. iron . 100/ sh • -1' ,0 e s './0 Brit i s h ' Co pp er 5/ • f° l Pd 8 C Branca ..h. 441. pd *1 . % Csndongs - ..... ~.....6al. pd .5% 10,000 1 1 Copier° .....-,...201. sh, 7 1:/ 1 , 1 .. rd 5 P. 500 .. ...... Columhisn, ins '2,550 se Esglish .41. pin. ...551. sh. sb/. pd ON 211,0410 ......... General ". i'l""' mexi, .. ....evriengAssociation2ll/. 1 5 4 11 1 ..1 6 4: i i d d 0% . (1,15 b 1(1 , 1 1 i .._, ..I. '1,011111311y III)/. .h. 61!, I d 1 .--" .." , nli Lonsolc .. 11,500 r At.ll. del Monte, UnreOsterie"di. sh. 11. P 0 4 l')ltto Loan Note, i ssi 20,0CP ••••••••.1 United Mexican, is's. 2 pin. 401 . 0. all "pd 1 pd 51 % Dint. Scrip DUP.) New Scrip 1 ,4 West Cork : ) 14 °1 S . . sh s'll. -Pd 38 LITISII ARY 1 NSTITIS 'II( 1,900 ......... I..entlon, with Bronze Ticket h. s 75g.s P,SOO ......... London University ...... ...mot sh, „ suipd , 1? . :00 ......... Russe ll " King' College MISCELLANEOUS. 1001. IN la, Ct3o 355. Australian Agr i cnltura l . loo /. sh 98 1 rd . 1:1 45 , ,13p t, percent. British American Land Clookrivi. h psan. 3 )34".. pd d l : 3 1 ( 1 , MOW IV. per cent. Cana da Com,sany .10,900 51. per cent. Upper Cana • a Loan ....................... 0 t City Bonds, 4 per cent .......... lto A 1 , 1306 I/. fie. GencralSteam Navigation 15/.. 11..14/. pd .244 10/. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock IL London Com..sal e Rooms ....Av. 75/. sh, 104 Cacitstchouc Company 12!/. pd 123 i New Brunswick Land Compte.y...sol pd 1.2 5,017 t/. per cr.nt. Reversionary Int. 50c...11X11. ch. IN/, pd 80 •7‘,633 M. per cent. Ditto New ............... 100/. sh. 1004 pd 107 %000 10.000 Os. Van Die.ner.'s Land.... 1001. sh. 19/. pd 10 UST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES JTJNE 4, 1842. BANKS. 4110,000 , 6/, p. et. ?lank of Scotland...Wl. 6s. Md. rh all pd 15=' *,ooopo/ el. p. et. Royal of Scotland Wash, ail pd 155 100.0f10/. 8/. p. ct. British Linen Comp.:fly—MO/. sh. :ill pd f.:115 fioo,oool. 71. p. ct. Cornmerci I 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd WIN !IN:l i on. it n. ct. National IOCI.rh. ief. pd 14 500 MO! . ed. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 501. pd 70% 1,06!0,0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 401. pd CS INSURANCE COMPANIES. Vto.ooosh. p. et. Scottish Union 2O/. sh. 1/. pd 7,530 P. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 101. pd 1214 100.000 10. et. Insurance Co. of Scoti an d.lol. s h. all pd P 50. 0 00 10 1Y P. et. North 13 r iti s h 200 /.5 h . 101. pd 0 1,000 10 P. et. Caledoni,n lOOl. sh. JO/. pd 20 5,000 10 P. et. Edlnburgh Life 100/. ski. 10/. Pei' 15 gOO,OO 3i p. et. 'West of 5c0t1and.............. ....... 10/. pd - MI . 44818 ......... Edin. and SCELLANEOU Was. Un. Ca S nalso/. sh.all pd In Ditto Allocated 0111. sh, all pd 4°34 225,40( eq per cent. Edina. Jouo I‘ater.2s/. sh all pd 34 I . ooo s h A per cent. Shotts Iron lounocry 50/ sh 4SI pd 30 0,000 3 per tent. Edinburgh & Leith Giass 20/.sh. 181. pd 330 4,500 10 ]Opelr Cent. Elinburgh Co Gas 25/.s h. pd 50 44450 pe cert. Gia.anw Gas ...... 25/. sh. all pd 52 750 7} per cent - ,Leith Coal Gas 2Ol sh. all pd J.. 164 Edinburgh and Ilarkeith . ttas.i way 501, sh 31. on em HATCHING' 'BY STR,IM.—A pers ployed o n th e T orpl i n t Steani Ferry Bridge, by way of experiment, placed 13 ducks' eggs, embedded in saw-dust, upon the crown of the boiler, anxious). watching them, and sprinkling them daily with warm water; after remaining the usual time of in cu b ation, 13 Biely youn; ducklings burst their shells, 'and started into existence, and are now in the possession of Mr. Cowley, of Tor .l4tpiajevomport independekl. ASCOT RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) T. E VASE. Her (3-old Vase, added to a Sweepstake: of 20 SON'S. each, &c. Two Miles. Mr. Pettit's St. Francis, aged Mr. Cbmbe's The Nob, 4 yrs .. , Mr. Orde's Beeswing, aged .... Seven ran. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) No case of any interest or importance came before the Cour to-day. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Sir Robert Peel's Law Officers are begin ning to think it quite necessary to take matters out of his hands as regards the issue or suspenssion of writs for boroughs. The Right Hon. Baronet was last night very decidedly snubbed by his Solicitor. General, for his see saw and self-contradictory sayings and doings on that subject. " The only constitutional reason," said Sir W. Follett, " which could justify the House for suspending a writ was, that it was on the eve of taking some prac tical step towards the disfranchisement of the borough. If then, the Hon. Gentleman would say that he was on the eve of bringing in a Bill to disfranchise the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, he (the Solicitor-General) would be able to understand his argument." It was im possible to intimate more pointedly that the Solicitor- General cannot understand the conduct of the Prime Minister towards different boroughs. " Unless they were prepared to disfranchise the borough," he repeated, " there were no grounds for suspending the writ. . . If the House was not prepared to follow up the suspension of the writ by some legal measure.s, he (the Solicitor-General) for one, must vote against it." Sir Robert Peel, of course, durst not oppose this high and peremptory dictum of authority ; and he had indeed nothing to oppose to its retrospective effect on his past flounderings, but the singular avowal that he had acted on no general principle at all. This, indeed, was evident from the palpable contradictions of his course ; but it required the Ri&t: Hon. Baronet's peculiar descrip. tion of moral courage (which is neither the courage that prompts consistent action, nor frank expression) to make such an avowal his sole substitute for argument, or de fence. Argument there is none, defence there is none, for a course so tortuous, which began with suspending the constitutional franchise of Nottingham on the bare supposition that a fishing inquiry might elicit the fact that some of its voters were bribed. That was the course taken against Nottingham, without the shadow of legal proof; or presumption. On the other hand, Ipswich, where everything was proved, and a great deal more, than anybody affects to anticipate prov ing against Nottingham—fortunate Ipswich must not have her rights for a day suspended. South ampton, on the other hand, exhibits . no case like Ipswich, but presents another piquant opportunity for a fishing inquiry. It is another case, therefore, to do the plausible, and show uneasy virtue. There was be sides, the irresistible temptation to Sir Robert Peel's 'temper to make a merit of sacrificing a friend. So Southampton is suspended. But now we have Newcastle under-Lyme, where again there is proof of bribery— where, farther, there is a proof of a demoralising extent of treating ; here too the constitutional rights of drink, and of dinner-money, are too sacred to admit of suspen sion. So Newcastle-under-Lyme has her writ. STANDARD.—Lord John Russell's proposed Bill has no fault that we can discover, except that it pro poses to comprise in one Act measures which would be better separated, not merely with a view to the certain success of the more important measure, but also for practical convenience, should both be adopted. As far as concerns the trial of disputed returns, the Noble Lord's proposition appears to be excellent. Its adoption may not obviate bribery altogether, but it will infinitely diminish its amount. We have laws against treason. murder, and robbery—yet these crimes are sometimes committed, though the first two of them are happily of rare commission ; and the effect of Lord John Russell's proposition for trial of election petitions will render bribery almost as rare. There is this, too, to be considered, that bribery will scarcely be ever practised upon a small scale, because when so practised it will have little effect, and that, therefore, by preventing wholesale bribery, you go a great way in extinguishing the crime altogether. The second branch of Lord John Russell's proposition—that which respects the disfranchisement of corrupt constituencies—is not open to any objection that we can see at present, save that some useful addition may be made to it, Lord Sandon's proposal for a special commission upon the spot, among others. But the scheme seems too crude, if we may use the word without mean ing disrespect, for as early an adoption as the circum stances of the time suggest, in respect to the proposed trial of petitions. COURIER.—With regard to Lord John Russeli's Bill, we object in limine to the principle of "indemnity " on which it is founded, and in which consists its sole chance of proving efficacious. If there be any one maxim of Englis law more universally recognised, or founded on clearer principles than another, it is that no man is bound to criminate himself— and if there be any one deviation from that rule more dan gerous than another, it is that which grants " pardon " beforehand and then exacts confessions of guilt the Crown can alone pardon; and that privilege the legislature would usurp by an indemnity bill, such as that proposed by Lord J. Russell. Beside holding out impunity on the easy condition of subsequent confession would constitute an almost irresistible temptation to commit the offence. The readiest receiver of the proffered or solicited bribe would also be the readiest informer ; he would fly to the mixed tribunal in order to clears,: himself of guilt and evade its penal consequences with indecent eagerness; just as it happens in Roman Catho lic countries, that the villain who dreads approaching danger seeks the "confessional" with the same hopes' nay, certain conviction, of thereby purging himself of all his crimes, while his wretched tendencies and propensi ties rem in full and vigorous action. We protest, there fore, into against the indemnity clauses of the pro posed measure, as being not only at variance with the fundamental principles of British law and the spirit of the constitution, but also with all sound notions of mo rality. Surely a more obvious temptation to commit an offence could hardly be imagined than the certainty that one's disclosing it will insure impunity. Surely, if the offence carries with it any stain of moral guilt—if it be not, in fact, a legal fiction, it is not competent for the Legislature to pardon it ; and if it were, it would not be conducive to public morality to do so. The power resides in the Crown, doubtless, to offer pardon to parties charged with crime on' condition of their informing against others more deeply stained than themselves, and the ends of justice frequently require its exercise, but that is lie reason whatever for vesting such power in the Legisla ture, or for declaring beforehand that a speedy confes sion absolves offenders. Other provisions of the Bill, though less liable to objection than the one we have here touched upon, require to be either remodelled or considerably modified before they can expect the sanc tion of either House of Parliament. THE LON DON GAZETTE, (THIS EVENING.) BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA R.—Whereas it has been represented unto us that great quantities of the gold coin of this realm deficient in weight are now in circulation, • contrary to the tenor of two Proclamations issued, one by his late:l-loyal Highness George Prince Regent, in the name *ha en the behalf oi h:s late Majesty King George 'itie Third. bearing date the Ist of July, 1817, and the:, "met:issued by his late Majesty King Ge ,, rge the Fourth., ',oaring date the sixth of February on, thousand eight h : . ..ndred and twenty-one ; and there being reason to believe that due attention is not paid to the weighing of the said g0 ,, ,* coin, and the directions given in the Acts of Par -inent now in force with respect to the cutting, breakii.g. or defacing such pieces thereof as are found to be ol I« , ss weight than those declared by the last of the aforesaid Proclamations to be current, and to pass and be received in payment; "we .do by this our Royal Procla mation declare and command that frOm and atter the date hereof every gold sovereign of less weight than five penny leights two grains and a half, and every gold half sovereign at less weight than two penny-weights thirteen grains and one eighth, be not allowed to be current or pass in any payment whatsoever; and we do hereby strictly require and command all our loving subjects, and particularly all the. officers, collecto•:s and receivers of our revenues, strictly to con f orm to th e orders hereby given, and to the direc tions and regulations enacted and established in the several Acts of Parliament now in force with respect to the cutting, break ing, and defacing such pieces of the said gold coin as shall be found deficient in weight : and we do hereby fur ther ordain, declare; and command, that the said gold sovereigns and half sovereigns of the weights last above described shall pass and be received as cur rent and lawful money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, every such sovereign as of the value of twenty shillings, and every such half sovereigns as of the value of ten shillings, in all payments whatsoever. Given at Our Court at Buckingham-Palace, this third day of June, in the year of Our Lord , one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and in the fifth year of Our reign. GOD save the QUEEN. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 7. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA- Borough of Ip sw ich—The MENT Right Hon. Otway O'Connor Earl of Desart and Thomas Gladstone, Esq., in the room of Rigby Wagon and George Rennie, Esqrs., whose election has been declared void. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetsbire. T. J. W. Fleming, Esq, to be Dcputy Lieutenant, May 9. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Battalion of Militia— F. J. Wheatley, Esq., to be Captain, nice ?Biers, deceased; J. Hewett, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, vine Bandon, deceased, April 18. Commission signed by e Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. Queen's Own Regi tof Wor ces t ers hi re Yeomanry Ca valry.—W.C. Watson, ent., to be Cornet, vice Perrott, re it signed, May 30. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. THOMAS WATTS B , AlicenceNKßUPTSd victoailer, Rugby. THOMAS GINGER, innkeeper, Leighton Buzzard, to surrender the 17th of June instant, at twelve, and July 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Ed wards, official assignee, Frederick's -place, Old Jewry; Wright, Furnival's Inn, London ; Day, Woburn, Bedfordshire. JOHN BRETTARGH, tunber.dealer, Pendleton, Lanett ,shire, June 20, and July 19, at ten. Foster, Manchester; Nethersole, Essex•street, Strand. HENRY MATTHEW WALKER and THOMAS CAS SON, corn-faetors, Manchester, June 14, at ten, at the Ses sions-house, Wakefield, and July 19, at ten, at the Commis sioners'-rooms, Leeds. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, aad Follett, Bedford-row, London; Taylor and Westmorland, Wakefield. JOSIAH BARLOW, hatter, Manchester, June 21, and and July 19, at twelve, at the Corumisaiouere-rooms, Man. t Vilt THi T ll SUN, LONDON, UES DAN - r J 5 _ UNV 7, 184._ chcster. Bunting, Manchester; Bower and Back) Chancery lane, Lond-in . GODWIN PILSWORTII XENNICst and AtJGtJSTUS SAMSON, edlico priiitert, Manchester, June 21, au n t July 19, et ereVeh, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. M. and C. Baxter, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London ; Worthin ton, Manchester; Lycett, Manchester. THOMAS BARTER, surgeon, Poole, June 25, and July 19, at twelve, at the offices of Messrs. Parr, Poole. Holme, Loftus, and Young, New Inn, London ; Parr, Poole. THOMAS JONES, woolstapler, Brecon, July 1, and 19, at twelve, at the Castle Hotel. Vaughan, Bevan, and Lau ford, Brecon; Bicknell, Roberts, Finch, and Neate, Lincoln's Inn-fields. WILL AM LAURENCE, money scrivener, King William street, June HI, at one, and July 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, Official Assignee; Cox, Size-lane, Bucklesbury. NORMAN M'LEOD and CORNELIUS BROWNE YARROW, ship brokers, Liverpool, June 25, and July 19, at two, al the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Adlington, Grego , y, Faulkner, and Follett, London, Crump and Hassan, Liverpool. ("CURSE OF EXCHJ Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 8 Antwerp l2 8 Hamburgh M. B. 13 14 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine... 152 INGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar ... ......... 46 Leghorn Genoa 25 90 Milan Venice 47 Naples ........ ......40* Palermo, per oz 120 Lisbon Oporto 514 Rio Janeiro 27 Bahia Buenos Ayres New York, 21days sight Obi Philadelphia 46 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin ...3 17. 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars.. 0 4 10/ 1 Silver in 0 4 111 PELLIGENCE. .o notice from the rates oi Littitenant 11.11.'13 slightly Aggtstint;Sui'seiiri'Barnes; M.D. II M. 13 Lt. Inty., slightly. HAMLET WADE, Captain, Major of Brigade. Return of Ordnance captured by the Force under Alajor- General Sir R. Sale, April 7, 1842. 1 six-pounder, 1 twelve-pounder howitzer, that belonged to Ist brigade horse artillery, 1 howitzer, that belonged to the mountain train, 1 six-pounder dismounted, that was left at Gundamuck by the Khyber corps. An inconsiderable quantity of ammunition was found with the ordnance, also some wrought materials. . A. ABBOTT, Capt. Comg. Artly. Jellalabad. NOTIFICATION.' Fort William, April 4, 1842. The following copy of a dispatch from Lieut.-Colonel Palmer, Commanding at Ghuznee, to the address of the Officer Commanding at Jellalabad, dated the Ist March, 1842, is published for general information, by order of the Governor-General in Council. The Governor-General in Council has directed that the Commander-in -Chief will submit the condact of Lieut.-Colonel Palmer, in surrendering the citadel of Ghuznee, to the judgment of a court martial, at the earliest period which such court can be duly assembled. The Governor-General in Council has already (on the 28th of January last) directed that a full military enquiry shall be made into: all the circumstances con nected with the direction and conduct of the troops at Caubul, at the earlist period at which such an enquiry may be practicable. The Governor-General in Council has now directed that the conduct of Major-General Elphinstone, in Affghanistan, shall be su bmitt e d to the judgment of a court-martial , at the earliest period at which such court can be duly assembled. The Governor-General in Council will further direct. that a full inquiry shall likewise be made into the conduct of all the political functionaries employed at Cabool, at the earliest possible peri-d after he shall be in posses sion of certain material documents, of which he has al ready ordered the immediate transmission to Government. By order of the Right llon. the Governor-General of India in Council, T. 11. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India. [For the remainder of the Despatches, see The Sun of yesterday.] 1M PE hIA L PA KU AMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LonD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. A great number of Bills were brought up from the Commons, and severally read a first time. The Earl of GLENGALL moved for a return of a copy of that part of tie Irish Poor Law Com missions, relating to the dismissal of Mr. Armstrong from his situation of clerk in this office. THE QUERN'S LETTER. Lord KINNAIRD rose; pursuant to notice, to put a question, for putting which. last evening, without notice, he was called to order .by the Noble Duke opposite (the Duke of Wellington.) En was rather 'surprised at receiving that check ; fitr when the Noble Duke sat upon that (the Opposition) side of the House, he and the Noble Lords near him were not very scrupulous In putting questions to his Noble Friend (Viscount Mel bourne) on that notice, nor were they very measured in the expressions of their dissatisfaction, when answers were not always ready.—(Hear, hear.) How ever, as he had been corrected in his error, he would endeavour to observe more strictly the rules of 'the House, and the more carefully as her Majesty's present Ministers were not prepared to answer questions in a hurry.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) His question was to whom was to be 'entrusted the collection and appropriation of the funds, which might be collected in consequence of the Queen's letter. The Duke of WELLINGTON had to apologise to the Noble Lord and to the House for requiring this subject to be brought a second time before them. He thought he had done only what was usual in calling the Noble Lord to order for raising- a discussion on a question of which' he had not given notice. —(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had said that he (the Duke of Wellington) and -his present colleagues, when they sat on the Benches opposite were in the habit of put ting questions to the Noble Viscount then at the head of her Majesty's Government, without giving notice but he mould appeal to the Noble Viscount himself, if he had not always supported hint in refusing to give answers to questions put without notice.—(Hear, hear.) In fact, he had always used all the influence he possessed to prevent questions being put in so irregular a manner. He regretted that he had not been able' to answer the question of the Noble Lord immediately last evening, and that none of his Noble Friends who were Members of the Cabinet was present, and be . certainly had to acknowledge that he was not ready to- give the answer hitnself, but lie had since inquired and found the money raised in consequence of her Majesty's Lettet', would be handed over to a Com mittee sitting in London since the tear 1825, and called the " Manufacturing Distress Relief Committee." All the sums received hitherto, including the contributions of her Majesty and her servants, had been handed over to that Committee, which had had, and would have, the distribution. The Earl of RADNOR said, their Lordships. would recollect that on a previous night some discussion arose about the propriety of giving someA)f the public money towards the relief of the distress. He (Lord Radnor) thought such a proceedinr , was most irregular, and in that opinion he had been confirmed by what full from the Noble Duke:>(Hekr.) In the course of that debate his Noble Friend (Lord Monteagle) said that this was a course often adopted.. He (the Earl of Radnor) begged leave to move for a return of all aid given by Government towards the relief of distress, with or u ithout, a spesitie vote of the House of Communs,. from the first of January, 1826, to the present time. also the date at which the relief was given, and whether Parliament was sitting at the time. Also the names of the places, with the circumstances rendering it necessary, and whether the advances were made as a loan or gift. The Duke of WELLINGTON' said he had no objection to the production of the returns, if such existed, hut he had no reason to believe that any public money had been given for the relief of the distresses of the people. The remarks he (the Duke of Wellington) had said in the debate alluded to by the Noble Earl was, that he objected to the gene ral qrineiple. Lord MONTEAGLE said that this motion had arisen out of what had fallen from himself and the Noble Duke on the opposite bench (Richmond.) He (Lord Mont eagle) did not say that advances of the public money were of frequent occurrence, but they had occurrrect sufficiently often as to have rendered it unfair in him if be had not mentioned it. There was every year voted a sum to be placed at the discretion of the Government under the head of civil contingencies. Now, over the applica tion of that money, there was no control by Parliament; it was left entirely to the Treasury itself. But the House must recollect, that what was estimate one year, was matter of account the next,—(Hear, hear.) When that money was advanced, a gentleman of the name of Hill was appointed to Report on the subject ; and he should recommend the Noble Earl to extend his motion, in order to embrace those Reports. The Earl of RIPON ;aid he could confirm the state ment of the Noble Lord in every respect. With regard to the Report of Mr. Hill, he toought it would not be ad visable to produce them, as several private matters were mixed up with them. The return was then ordered. ASSESSED TAXES._ _ Lord BROUGHAM presented a.petition praying for exemption from the payment of assessed taxes on the part of Mechanics' Institutions. INCOME TAX. Earl FORTESCUE presented a petition from Ply mouth against the Income-tax. JURIspicTION 01? JUSTICES BILL. The House went into Committee, and after a few words from the LORI) CHANCELLOR this Bill passed through, and was ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. The Earl of RADNOR wished to ask his Noble Friend if, in the case of loans being made, they were ac counted for to Parliament. Lord MONTBAGLE said they were. The motion wa then agreed to. COPY-RIGHT BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, postponed the bringing up the Report on this Bill till next Tuesday. IRISH CIVIL BILL DECREES BILL. On the motion of Lord FITZGERALD, this Bill R as read a second time. The other Bills were then forwarded a stage, when' the House adjourned till Thursday. . HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. Lord DESART and Mr. THOS. GLADSTONE took the oaths and their seats for Ipswich. The Hon. Member who took the oaths and his seat yesterday, was not, as we stated, Lord Desert, but Mr. liateson. ROYAL EXCHANGE. On the motion of Sir M. WOOD the time for the Committee on the London Bridge Approaches and Royal Exchange Avenues Bill, to make their Report, was en larged to Monday, the lath inst. The Medbourne Inclosure Bill was also read a third time and passed. • The Ross and Clomarty Court Houses Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. WILSON I'ATTEN moved that the time for Committees on Turnpike Road Bills, to make their re ports, be enlarged till Friday the Bth day of July next. Agreed to. Mr. PLUMPTRE moved that the time for the Com mittee on the Reading Cemetry Bill to 'bake their Re part be enlarged to Monday, the 27th of June.— Agreed to. Amendißent Apt: Also i petition from the parish a Sh , iton (Stockton-upon-Trent); ataiitst Sunday tra velling on railways. TURNPIKE-ROADS BILL. Sir J. Y. BULL'R presented several petitions from Overton and other places in the county of Devon, praying the House not to pass this Bill. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. J. .E. VIVIAN presented a petition from the parish of St. Mary's, Truro, against this Bill. Colonel WYNDHAM presented a petition from Sutton, in Sussex, in favour of the Gilbert Union Act. RECIPROCITY TREATIES. _ _ Mr. H. HINDE presented a petition, signed by be tween four and five hundred shipowners of Newcastle upon-Tyne, Stockton, and other places, complaining that the same protection which' had been extended to all other classes of the community had not been extended to them, and praying the House, therefore, to institute an inquiry into the effect which had been produced upon the ship ping interest by the reciprocity of treaties and the law of nations. TARIFF (COALS). The HoN. MEMBER then presented a petition from the same parties against any reduction in the duty ou the exportation of coals. Mr. GREENALL presented a petition from Wigan in favour of a reduction of the duty on cotrue and sugar. Lord M. HILL presented a petition from Evesham, praying that Mechanics' Institutes might be exempted from the operation of the Income-tax. ATHLONE ELECTION. • The following Members were sworn at the 'table, as the Committee selected to try the petition against the return fir the borough of Athlone :—Mr, Hornby, Mr. E. R. Rice, the lion. E: York, Mr. B. Hoak;id, Sir B. Hall, Sir S. Easthope, and Mr. E. Divett, Chairman. COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTH. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented several petitions agains the grant to Maynootli College. PAROCIIIAL ASSESSMENT BILL. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from the , Clergy of Totnes, in the diocese of Exeter, against the. Parochial Assessment Bill. POOH-LAWS. Sir J. EASTHOPE presented a petition from the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Leicester Board of, Guardians, in which, stating that they have had great experience in the working of the Poor-law system, they deprecate the continuance of the enactment for tiny longer period than was absolutely necessary, and com plain of the power possessed by the Commissioners. TEN HOURS BILL. Lord F. EGERTON presented a petition from 19,703 inhabitants of Manchester, who have severally given their address and occupation; and unite in praying that the hours of actual labour in mills and factories, for all young persons between 13 and 21 years of age, may be restricted gto ten per day, for five days of the week, and eight on Saturdays. IRIBII SALMON FISHERIES. Mr. COLVILLE presented a petition from the Chum ber ut Commerce in Dublin, against the Irish Salmui Fisheries Bill. PRISONERS' EXPENSES (IRELAND`. The HON. MEMBER also presentd a petition from the Grand Juiy of Cavan, complaining of the expenses at tending the committal of prisoners to the county gaol. POOR-LAWS. Mr. STUART' WORTLEY presented . ft petition from some place in Yorkshire against the New Poor-law. Lord A. LENNOX presented a petition from Chiches ter, praying that the local Poor-law Act of that city might not be interfered with. TURNPIKE TRUSTS BILL. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from eertah Commissioners and Trustees of Tut npike-roads agains the Turnpike Trusts Bill. AFFIRMATIONS BILL. Mr. MILKER GIBSON presented a petition from Henry Turner, of Manchester, praying that those per sons who bad a conscientious scruple against taking oaths, might be permitted to give evidence upon affirmation. Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 8er1in....: 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 957 Trieste, ditto 9 58 Madrid Cadiz Bilbao ...36 Barcelona Seville MARKET 11%i [There is little change Friday last.] SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO LAST FRIDAY'S GAZETTE. INDIA BOARD, JUNE 6, 1842. ,The following papers have been this day received at the East India House, from the - Governot -General of India in Council, and from tho Governor of Bombay in Council : FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL. NOTIFICATION. Head-Quarters, Benares, April 19, 1842. The Governor-General has much satisfaction in com municating to the Army the following dispatch from Major-General Pollock, C. 8., announcing the success full advance of the troops, under the Major General's command, into the Khyber Pass, and the evacuation by the enemy of the fort of Ali Musjid. The Governor-General has been much gratified by the uniform testimony borne by all the officers engaged, to the zeal, the gallantry, and the perseverance of all the troops of her Majesty, and of the Government of- India, which had the good fortune to have this opportunity of distinguishing themselves before the Affghan enemy; and his Lordship doubts not that the continued exercise of these, the accustomed military qualities of the Indian army, will produce their accustomed results, in the achievement of new honour, and of new victories. The Governo-General deems it to be due to the troops of the Maha Rajah Shere Singh, to express his entire satisfaction with their conduct, as reported to him, and to inform the army, that the loss:sustained by the Sikhs in the assault of the Pass which was forced by them, is understood to have been equal to that sustained by the troops of her Majesty and et' the Government of India. The Governor-General has instructed his agent at the Court of the Maha Rajah to offer his congratulations to his- Highness on this occasion so honourable' to the Sikh name. By order of the Right Honourable the Governor-Ge neral of India, T. H. MADI)OCK, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. From Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Taylor, H. M. 9th Foot, to Captain Ponsonby, Assistant-Adjutant-General to the troops in Affghanistan. Camp, near Ali Musjid, April 6, 1842. SIR,—I have to report for the information of Major- General Pollock, C. 8.. commanding the force in Affghan istan, that, agreeably to his instructions, the columns entrusted to my command (as detailed in the margin*) for the capture of the heights on the right entrance to the Khyber Pass, were formed at day-bleak on the sth instant, in three divisions of four companies each, pro tected on the right flank by a squadron of her Ma jesty's 3d Light Dragoons, under Lieutenant Unett, and, in this order, with skirmishers and supports in front advanced, driving a considerable body of the enemy up the hills, which were scaled and crowned in spite of a determined opposition. This effected, the troops moved to their left to clear the re doubts commanding the entrance to the pass, which were abandoned on our approach, the enemy suffering severely in their retreat. Major Anderson, as directed, remained on the heights with his column, reinforced by one com pany of her Majesty's 9th Foot, and two companies of the 20th N. 1., under Captain Gahan of the latter corps, whilst I descended, with the remainder, to carry into effect the ulterior plan of operations of the Major-Gene ral in clearing off the enemy from their positions on the right of the road to Ali Mitsjid, which was finally ac complished, though obstinate resistance was offered on several points, especially over the bridge where the enemy had concentrated in force. - Having been reinforced by one Company of the 33d N. 1., under Lieutenant Watson, I directed Captain Lushington, her Majesty's 9th Foot, to move with that Company, and the Light Company of the 9th Foot, to the right, to take the enemy's poition in reverse, whilst I attacked in front. This . hati the desired effect of forcing their immediate .retreat, :and clearing the bridge. No further opposition wits offered by the enemy, who retreated on Ali Musjid, whilst I pushed on, and occu r pied the tower and hill to the left, within about a mite of that place. It afforded me the greatest gratification to witness the gallant and persevering conduct of all the troops under my command, engaged, during the day, in a series of operations requiring great energy and patient endurance of fatigue ; and I beg to mention the able assistance and support rendered me by Major Anderson ; 64th N. I. (second in command), Captain Gahm), 26th N. 1., commanding a division, Captain Ltishington, H.M. 9th foot, commanding the companies of that regiment, Captain Sir Richmond Shakespear, who volunteered his services in charge of the Jezailchees, as well as the conduct and praiseworthy zeal of all the officers and men engaged. It is with regret I have to report the death of Lieut. Cumming, 11. M. M. 9th foot, a very promising officer, who was killed on the heights above the Pass, whilst in command of No. 6 company„, Returns of killed and wounded will be sent as soon es the companies with the rear ce.littnn come in. I have the honour to he, &c. A, 13.. 'MUM Lieut.-Colonel, 7th Foot * LieutenctiWolonel Taylor's right advance column, 2 companies of her Majesty's 9th Foot, 4 companies of the 2Gth Native infantry ; Major Anderson's rear right flank Cole,, ii i l companies of her Majesty's 9th Foot, 43- oflipanies of the 64th Native Infantry, 100 Jezail - cgees (Mackeson's). From Major George Huisb, 'to Captain Ponsonby, Assistant Adjutant-General, &c. &c. &c. Camp, near Ali Musjid, 6th April, 1842. Sir—Having been honoured with the command of the party, as per margin,* intended for the capture of the hills, on the left of the Khyber Pass, I have the honour to report, for the information of Major-General Pollock, C. 8., commanding the troops west of the Indus, that the party was formed fur that purpose at daybreak on the 51h instant, and advanced to the attack in skirmishing order. The height on the left was speedily carried, in the most gallant and determined manner, the summit of which having been attained, the smaller hill, at the entrance of the Pass, was cleared by the fire of my party. This being effected, agreeably to the instructions of the Major-General, the post was made .over to Lieut enantolonel Meseley, commanding the rear crowning column ; and the troops, with the exception of two Com panies of the 25th N. 1., descended, for the purpose of continuing to scale and clear the heights on the left of the • road leading to Ali Musjid. At several points, very considerable opposition was made by the enemy, especially at one of the hills in ad vance of the smaller hill before alluded to, and at the heights commanding the bridge where the enemy were in great force, but they were driven from their posts in the most spirited style, and with considerable loss whilst. retreating. Having occupied the last height adjacent to the in tended encamping ground. I took position thereon with my party, occupying it during the night, until relieved this morning by a party of the 33d Native Infantry under Major Hewitt. It gives me great pleasure to be able to report that this duty, though of the most fatiguin g d escr i pt i on, scaling heights the whole day, und er t h e hot :run and in the face of an enemy, was cheerfully per: formed by all the troops, (European and Native, the sepoys vying with their European comrades), whose perseverance and good spirit could not be surpassed, and were most gratifying to me ; and here I cannot omit to make mention of the Jezailchees, under that able officer Captain Ferris, who afforded me most material aid, as also the ready assistance of Captain Tritton, second in command, and the zeal and gallantry of every officer and man engaged. I do myself the honour to enclose a return of the killed and wounded. I have the honour to be , &c. , GEORGE BUISH, Maj or , • * Two companies her Maj2ty,s,thCommanding Foot; 6 t 4 h 26th N. 1.; 350,Ferris' Jczailchees. Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the Force under the Command of Major-General Sir R. Sale, K.C.B. Jellabad, April 7, 1842. No. 6 Lt. I'd. Batter y-1 native officer, 2 havildar:, 1 naick, 2 sepoys, 1 naid, 4 drivers wounded. Mountain Train-1 havildar, 2 sepoys; wounded. 11. M. 13th Lt. Lift'-1 officer, 8 privates, killed ; 1 officer, 2 corporals, 29 privates wounded. 35ih Regt. N. L-2 sepoys' killed ; 1 officer, 1 native officer, 1 havildar, 2 naicks, 11 sepoys, wounded. Sappers and Miners-2 havildars, 1 naick, 1 bugler,. 5 sepoys, wounded. 1 tindal and 1 bearer, 35 N. I. wounded. 5 horses wounded. Total-1 officer, 10 . privates or sepoys, killed ; 2 offi cers, 2 native officers, 6 serjeants, or havildars, 6 corporals or naicks, 1 bugler, 19 privates or sepoys, 1 naih, 4 drivers, wounded. NAMES OF OFFICERS. Killed—Colonel Dennie, C.B. H.M. 13 Lt. Infy. • Wonucled—Captain 3,ivwhouse, .35 severely. GRAVESEND PIER BILL. On the motion of Sir E. FILMER the r Gravesend Town Pier Bill was read a third time and passed. NORTH AMERICAN COLONIAL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND BILL. On the motion of Mr. C. BULLER this Bill was read a third time :►nd passed. IMPERIAL ASSURANq COMPANY. On the motion of Mr. KEMBLE the Imperial Assur ance Company Bill was read a third time and passed. CHURCH STRETTON ROAD BILL. • On the motion of Mr. TOMLIN, this Bill was read a third time and passed. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY BILL. On the motion of Sir 11. DOUGLAS this Bill was read a second time and ordered to be Committed. POOR-LAW BILL. Mr. GRIMSDITCH presented a . petition from the Nor-law Guardians of Stafford, against the roor-law IRISH PAUPERS. The HoN. MEMBER also presented a petition from several persons of Manchester, of Irish extraction, com plaining of the treatment of Irish paupers. It appeared that, when the Irish in Manchester applied for parochial relief they were passed back to Ireland ; and instances had. occurred in a hich persons had been passed from Manchester to Dublin, and from Dublin back again to Manchester, no less than six times. _ Lord BARNARD presented u petition from certain mFdical practitioners in Cork, complaining of that part of the Irish Poor-law, which related to the employment of physicians in workhouses. Mr. WARD postponed his motion with respect to the Ballot till the 21:it. _ _ _ Mr. WALLACE postponed his motion which stood fur to-day till the 14th. SUDBURY ELECTION. Mr. BLACKSTONE gave notice of his intention, in going into Committee on the Sudbury DisCranthisement Bill that he should ino,e the extension of the franchise. Sir C. NAPIER moved for certain returns connected with the navy.—Ordered. SHUTTING *OUT ON:DIVISIONS. Sir R. INGLIS said, he rose in the discharge of a painful duty,. respecting a matter which those Members who were present at the last division last.' night, w hen the House was in Committee, would.recollect—he meant the difficulty experienced on the part of Honourable Members desiring to go forth to the lobby in consequence of an obstruction within that lobby itself. So at least ' those who were in the House under stood by what nad occurred at the time. When the Committee met and the division was told, and when other business had proceeded to the extent of the Chairman leaving the Chair, an Hon. Friend of his, the , Hon. Member fur the county of Peebles, made a state -1 ment to which he would not now furthercall the Litton ' tion of the House, than to state that it affi.,cted • in the strongest manner the character and • the discharge of the functions of an officer of the Crown who was appointed to attend that House as its Sergeant-at-Arms. They all knew that the Sergeant at-Arms, the servant of the Crown there, had no means of making himself heard in his own defence, except by a communication on paper to some individual. This , Hon. Friend, Sir William Gossett, the Sergeant-at . Arms, had addressed to him (Sir E. Inglis) a letter, which, with the permission of the !liouse, he would I now read. It was dated, " House of Commons, 7th t June, • 1842," - and was signed, " William GoSsett." It began--" Sir,—A statement having been made last night to the House, by Yr. Mackenzie, the Member for Peubleshire, that I had forcibly thrust him from the door, of the House as he was entering for a division, and that I had adopted a rude course towards him, I fear if I were to allow this statement to remain uneontradieted, I should suffer in the estimation of the House ; and I feel it due to my character, and to- the situation I have the honour of holding, to clear myself from an imputation which, if correct, would render me unworthy of the confidence of the House, in the present discharge of a most delicate and important duty, by which decisions of the utmost moment might he aK , cted. I therefore take the opportunity to pray . the House will be pleased to have the matter fully investigated, when I pledge myself that Mr. Mackenzie was not enti tled to vote ; that I did not thrust him back ; that after the doors of the House was locked he asked me through the wicket to admit him and other Members thrust out ; and that he acted contrary to the rules of the House in nut withdrawing from the lobby when ordered.—l have the' honour to be. Sir, your Honourable servant, William Crossett." lie had also received a letter from an Hon. Member, who was one of these who were shut out, but as that Hon. Member was present perhaps it would be better that lie should himself state what had taken place.—(Hear.) Mr. ATTWOOI) said he might be allowed to state what he witnessed last night. He was one of those shut out from the division. lie apprcached the door of the House for the purpose of hearing the questien put ; the door was locked %%heti he arrived at it, giving him in formation that the question was already put, and therefore that it would nut . be competent • for him to Vote upon a question • which hip had not heard, Two Members near hiin him requested the door•keeper to open the dOor, but he refused in a civil manner. The Bon. Menibet fur YeOles asked him to open the door again, and he again refUseiii but ss lie Mr. Attwoud thought, in terms of strict Citilit)% It was his opinion that Members should not think their personal conventence of such importance as that the rules of the House should be relaxed in consequenc& Hie observed, however, that the Honourable Member for Peebles, instead of retiring from the lobby, took his seat there ; and on being requested to retire, refused to do so in very decisive terms. He understood the Hon. Member was afterwards removed, and he was sure that the officer of the Crown had not exceeded his duty, under the circumstances, in adopting that course. It was ullsolutcly necessary that Gentlemen who had not heard the question should not remain amongst those who had given .heir voices, and were in the lobby for the pur pose of being counted ; if they were to remain it would be impossible to conduct the divisions properly. Mr. MACKENZIE said that lie had received a letter front Sir William Gossett, informing him that he had written on this matter to the Honourable Member for the University of Oxford. About a quarter of an hour ago, that Honourable Member told him (Mr. Mackenzie) that he was in possession of that letter, and intended to read it at five o!clock. lie asked the Hon. Member to let him (Mr. APKenzie) see the letter, but he regretted to say that he was nut allowed to do so. He would retract no part of the meat lie made last night ; he asserted then, and he would do - so now, that he thought he was unjustly excluded from voting, on the occasion referred. When he was on the top step of the stairs the door was open, and he was just in time act of entering when the door was pushed t o . With regard to his conduct afterwards in refusing to leave the lobby, that was highly improper, and he ex pressed his regret at it. But he felt- that he was un justly excluded, and that he was not fairly dealt with. He made no charge against the Sergeant-at -Arms. His remarkS assumed rather the form of a question—a wish to knew whether it was the rule that Members should be excluded under the circumstance s, and lie ‘N as told that he had no right to vote, unless he was within the four walls of the House. I Neither the Right Hon. Member for Oxford, nor the lion. Member for• Whitehaven were more anxious to observe the rules of the Reuse ; but the case was one . of extreme peculiarity,, because it could be scarcely said that he was either within the walls of the House or the Lobby. 'I here was a dull debate on a dull subject— everything to induce Members to retire, and they drew their conclusions from the number of stranger: in the' lobby. But if inconvenience was felt . in coining froth the refreshment-room now, how much more would the inconvenience- be felt in the New Houses, where long . passages and 'galleries would have to be travelled by • them.. He had expressed his regret for one part of his conduct, but be appealed to his Hon. and Gallant Friend it'wbttt a Aiwa- was . pot -true, M. jor OtiD said, that lie wai pr . , , Kult with his Hon. Friend, and he thought they st ere in rCeet f time when they came to the door, which was closed. Bo z.n , 'ilk% wes extremely hard, after hating remained airing the: *hole fif the debate VI be excluded.— (Laughter.) He could only sdj' dna in his opinion they were unjustly excluded from the HotiSt , ; find that his Hon. Friend had truly stated what passed. Sir J. GRAHAM hoped that the discussion wonld not be carried any further. On the whale, he did not think there was any contradiction to the statement of the officer who discharged a - difficult duty. according to the orders of the. House, and, at the same time, with all the complaisance due to Honourable Members. The order was that the -door should be locked at the very moment when the question was put, and when there was a press of Members, this was very difficult to do with all the gentle ness that might he desired. He hoped what had taken place would lead Members to attend more strictly to the orders of the House, rnd at the same time sontirm the Sergeant-at-Arms in .the course he had usually observed. The contursation then dropped. THE QUEEN'S LETTER. In answer to questions from Mr. C. BALDWIN and another Hort. 'MEMBER, Sir J. GRAHAM said that the sums raised under the Queen's letttr would be paid into the Bank of England in the names of certain individuals forming part of the Manufacturers Relief Committee; that Committee was first formed in 1825, and had con tinued to discharge its duties at various rvala up to last winter, when it administered relief in the ma nufacturing districts. At the request of the Government, that Committee had consented to continue its benevolent labours. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN MINES. Lord ASHLEY rose, and was— . [LEFT SPEAKING.] POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS ST. PAN CKAS. A public meeting of the parishioners of this parish, con vened by order of the Vestry, was held last evenieg at the Vestry -rooms, Gordon-street, Gordon-square, for the purpose , as stated in the bills, of considering the Bill now in Parliament for enabling the Poor-law Commissioners to abolish the paro chial Auditors of Accounts, and to unite this parish with other parishes or unions for various purposes over which the Vestry and Directors of the Poor had now the control ; also for ren dering in-door relief compulsory in cases hitherto at the discre tion of the " Board." The meeting was convened for seven o'clock, but at that hour the room was but 1 ery partially filled; by eight o'clock there were a few more present, when on the motion •of Mr. Douglas, Mr. Cooper, surgeon, was voted to the chair ; the room, however, was by no means full. The CHAIRMAN stated the Vestry to be of opinion that the feeling of the parish should he taken on the matter which had called them together, and that the parishioners should know how far their interests would be affected by the measure they had met to consider, which was brought in by a Tory Government, who had promised so far to amend the Poor-law as to render its protrisions so mild as not to {tress too heavily - upon the poor. Sir Charles Napier and Sir Benjamin Hall had been istivited to attend; it le p pened, however, that in the House that night there was to be an important' de'eate in coneeeuence 'of Lord John Russell's Bill tor the prevention of bribery at elections.—( A laugh.) Letters from Sir Benjamin Hall and Sir Charles Napier were read, both expressive of their concurrence in the sen timents which they presumed would pervade the meeting, and regreting that their duties in Parliament pi everited their attentlitig.—( A voice—" Let's adjourn till the Members do attend, fur there's a very seanty lot here to-night.") The CHAIRMAN continued—Ti e nill that was now in rar rament would take out of the parish altogether the power which they now Lad of controlling their own funds. ' The Poor law Commissioners were to have the power of auditing the accounts, and of cowrie the auditor would be a creature of the Poor-law Commissioners, the result of which would be that the directors of the poor would no longer' have the power of granting out-door : relief.—( Hear, hear.) But that was not all; they also said that they would take away all the children from the workhouse, and would buil:i a boarding-schme some ten miles from the parish, educate and board th:m at their own discretion, and lor that would charge the parishioners not more than one-fifth of the parish rate.— ( Hear, hear.) lie thought these encroachments on their rights were ample grounds for calling the meeting together, and in conclusion he trusted that a fair and impartial hearing would be vouchsafed to every speaker. Mr. BARN ss rose to move " That this meeting views with disappointment end disgust, the continual demands of the Poor law Commissioners for increased powers, and the readiness of Government to advance their views, notwithstanding the great effect which popular hostility to the present. Poor-laws undoubtedly exercised in ousting the late Ministry from office," but he spoke in so low a tone of voice as to render his remarks almost inaudible at the reporters' table. He was understood to say, that the Poor-law Amendment Act was a most ineffi cient and uncalled-for measure ; it nut only materially affected the comforts of the people, but it had considerably increased the expenses of the parish. The union of a number of pa rishes was. calculated to increase the expense borne by the perishioceis ; and ,in proof of this he might state as an ex ample; that. he himself hail some property situated in different pat ishes, for which he paid a rate of 3s. 6d. in the pciund under the old system; he new paid and , r the present system for some of the property ss. for some ss. lid., anti for some 6s.—( Her. ) Mr. liAnuisos btiefly seconded the resolution, which he hoped would be c stried unanimously. Sir. KYEZOK regretted the absence of so many gentlemen of the Veerry, who were actuated in all their movements by a desire only for their own interests. He thought it a scandal to the parish that the meetieg was so poorly attended. 'I he resolution was then carried unanimously_ Mr. NrcnoLsort, in a lengthened speech, which we regret our limits will not allow us :o publish, moved die second reso lution, which was as follows :—" That one of the pretences under vvhich the new Poor-laws were introduced to the omit try, was the establishment of simplicity and iiniformil in the mode of administering relief by parishes at Loge; but t as pre sent Bill, giving power to the Poor-law Commissioners to unite parishes with one union, for one purpose, with soother union for another purpose, and so on with a variety of unions for a variety of purposes, seeks to introduce intricacy and arti ficial arrangement into a subject su-ceptible of the greatest simplicity, merely to confuse and delude the popular mind, or, by the mani:old operations which it will enable the Poor-law Commissioners to cudertake, afford a pretext for perpetual cunt inuance." Sir. ProsetArr, in a few words, seconded the resolution, Which was carried unanimously. Mr. DOUGLAS, in seconding the following resolution " That this meeting views with indignation the attempt of the Government to procure the sanction of Parliament to the re peal of so much of the Act commonly called Hobhouse's Act (fur the obtainment of which the nem ropolitan parishes struggled long and manfully), as enables the rate-pa3ers to appoint _au ditors of accounts, by which appointment the control of the Monies, Wriest ed by themselves, is placed in their own hands, and the vexatious abuse of a power,so important rendered im r possible"—said he need scarcely call to their mind the difficulties which they had to encounter in introducing Hobhouse's Act irto the parish. He slearld, however, tell them that, 'pre . vious to the - ititroductiun of the new system, by which they elected their own representatives, the rate was Is. 10d. in the i ounti—it was now only Is. Id.—( Hear, hear.) . Neither need be tell teem of the difficulty which they had to exlude the Pour-law Commissioners from the parish : the rate-payers however, aided by the Parochial Committee. manfully re. sisted their entrance, and resisted it effect ualiy. —(Hear, hear. ) He hoped that the zeal which actuated the rate-payers then— ' six years ago— wsuld be exercised by them now.—(Hear, hear.) What could not be forced upon them then they we-re going now to impose upon them covertly. In prod of this i statement the speaker then referred to a variety of clauses in the Bill, hem which it appeared, that noter ehstanding Sir .1. Graham's statement in the liouse of Commons that it was not 1 1 his intention to interfere with Local Acts already in force , it I would be quite competent, if the Nil were passed, to impose a ' new aid uecaileti-for code of re gulations upon the parish. Ile would now ask them whether they thought it scouter be desirable to have die Pm -law Commissioneis called into the' parish to seperrenend their conduct of the poor and the aueitieg of their accounts ? (No, no.) If the room had teen crammed to excess he was sure that " No" would be sounded by every one , I in the room. They ought to use their exertions to stir up I their fellow rate-payers, and then he was sure that room would I not be capable of holding the numbers that would assemble there for the determined purpose of resisting the introduction of the Poor law Commissioners into the parish.—( Cheers.) Sir. liAnLev seconded the resolution wahout an observa tion, and it was carried nemine contradicente. Sir. sanest proposed the next resolution :—" That by the , mode of audit proposed by the Poor-law bill, parishes. with Local Acts would be placed entirety in the hands of the Poor law Commissioners—subjected to re ntinuel annoyance and petty vexatious, arising horn their ignorance of the constitution of i the bodies established by such Acts, being Quasi corporations Ifor important purposes, beside your relief; and, when popu ! lady elected, not standing in need of the proposed control of the Poor-law Commiseioners, which, in their casts, would be misplaced and useless for any good purl use." They were very I apt to become ;pathetic about Mines, after a time ; otherwise I there would, nu doubt, have been a more numerous attericance than he saw present. Hobhouse's Act had been carried, tome vests ago, by a majority of more than two-thirds of the Vestry ; and, by that Act, they secured to themselves the rlght of elect their own Vestry, and a body of men to see that the Vestry did their s:I.V.;'• By the proposed bill, however, though the v e . Lteir Vestry would still remain with them, as power of eleming • et accounts would rest with the Poor the electing of so auditor ...- opposed , would be rendered no la* Commissioners , their vestre.7.' en 1 . prevent t h e re err-law Commissioners, better than puppets, therefore, api•ointing an auditor of accounts, the.Y, this Bill. To prevent tne Poor-law Commissioned-et° du this their children, was another reason why tiiey-.2P posed the Bill. He hoped they would use their exertions to watch narrowly the passing of that Bill which was geing so quietly through the House. The parishes of St. James and elarylebone were on the alert, and would nut allow it to pass quietly. In St. James, where he had the honour to be a vestryman, and where Hobhouse's Act was in force, they now spent from 20,h00/. to 25,0001. per annum ; formerly they spent 45,0001. The Poor-rates were Is. 2d. in the pound pi evious to the introduction of liobhouse's Act; they were now 4d.—( Cheers. ) Mr. At his seconded the resolution. He thought the only legitimate course for them to adept on the present occasion was to petition Parliament, and that was the plan he begged to propose fur their adoption. Mr. WALL, a Chartist, rose to speak to the resolutien amidst a good deal of confusion, which was ultimately quieted by the Chairman. Though he was one of the people, and highly deprecated the system at present pursued by the select few in the parish, who constituted the Vestry, he would join with that meeting heart and hand to oppose the introduction of the Poor lew Commissioners. This was not a party question. All should unite to oppose the Bill itself as a vs hole—tot. this clause or that clause, but the whole of the Bill, as one calculated to rend from the people piecemeal the whole of their rights and privileges.—( Loud cheers.) The resolution vas then put and carried unanimously. Sir. DOUGLAS next moved that a petition, founded upon the oregoine ' resolutions, should be signed by the Chairman, on behalf of the meeting ; and that Sir Benjamin hall and Sir Charles Napier be requested to present it to Parliament. The Cu-enema N seconded the motion in an appropriate and pointed speech. He was glad to et e that the meeting was now nearly full; and lie rejoiced at this, inasmuch as he knew that the parish of St. Pancras was looked up to by the country d.s tricts as the champions of the old Pout-law. The resolution was carried with cheers. A vote of thanks was then carried with acclamation to the Chairman, which, having been briefly aeknowleeged, the meet ing quietly separated. Sheep-stealing has not yet received. any check in the Fort st of Dean. On Monday week, five skins were found in a stone quarry, in Bieslade. Three of them were evidently those of sheep that had been killed in the past night, and the other two appeared to have lain a fortnight where they were discovered.—Monmouthshirc Merlin. JUVENILE PRECOCITY.--",Boy, what is y OUT name ?" Robert, " Yes, that is yOUr Chriitiall Lame, but what is your other hauler " Bob, Sir." . _ . I DI PEI:IAL PAR I. IMUENT. I Ap. I HOUSE OF COMMONS, Jure 6. , ~ ' t he NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME ELECTIA2: I Mr. O'CONie , 1.,i,L {iii continuation) pewee i I say—What Would be thought of the morality t' steP , .' 1 country if the }Those did spot take some decided very lagainst practices like this ? Bribery was ills" . tbs ., common. These witnesses told the Committee that were to get what was going. William Fellowsts gave a d e s bee tion of a articular species of bribery practised in rough. It appeared that there were constently,rentql".4 it with flags in the borough ; the flag s bearers were paide;Ses s , appeared that they were accompanied by burgesses as r. u''''" , it ! Every burgess who accompanied a flag received 3/. " eie ,... money. andss. as fees. Bands were hired with the m ane : s ee So common was bribery in this borough—to such a system P e qv been brought—that there were actually bribery agencies el . i te blished in the borough. 'there were established a gents _. 4 bribery. who received a regular commission. The bribe *Rs s usually 31. a-head, ; the voter received 21, lids., arid the e g ,;, received 2s. as his commission. There ,was maiketieg tpurdt2ts. there were dinnerings regularly paid fur by the el' n o. There was a regular system of bribery and of bribery age ere He would now call the-attention of the House to the mg" this 00 . , vote r of Thomas Dilmore, at p. 26. This man's son way a b e• fel' the borough. Dilmore was asked, did you. bear Iht; it ? bevy oath enSt to your son? Yes. Did you hear him take be , Yes, 'and mine more besides. Now that* son ha ', l , fore been :proved to be bribed. The Leber, ." , it. He suffwed his min to take the oath without int , - rferstigu 8 prevent it. He would ask if such a case had ever befire,CZ.,, under the cognisance of a civilised assembly ? . A. ' e a r ', knows that his son has been guilty of the crime* of brily; e , he sees him about to consummate it by the crime of Vel j u yi j e s Does he attempt to interfere to prevent him? NO • i et he express any regret that he has been the suborner %so his s:•n's perjury ? No Ihe justifies it. Was it fit that 41, things should be? Was this the scene that moral Englalber hibited ? This was the source from wieich the purity of c o s t legislation originat, ti. They were sent ',here by the ects drunkards, bribers, and perjurers in the woe.hd. Such_sest having been established in evidence, he thougist they '' i ' t ' . 7, o t not to issue the mit without further inquiry. ' Wa s s piel worth while, when they found such practices aceomf; o o with bribery and perjury, to pause until a full investigA t '? i ssii made, end ssme method sought for the purpose of get;s, a. of these objectionable practices ?—( Hear. ) The question having been put, Mr. LIDDELL said he h fed the Hone would not bt ri s ill n: duced by three portions of the evidence produced by the P ete . Member for Cork, with allehe ingenuity of a lawyers l e tb ee sent to the suspension of the writ. He was confident e it, was no case whatever made out for the suspension of the r m and as in the opinion of the Right Hun. Baronet (Sir B. ds y every .case was , to be decided on its own merits, he trusle, ie e Hon. Gentleman would not persist in asking for its susec' L ot The Committee gave no recommendation for the suspe o , l° t ile the writ. It was true objectionable practices prevailed ' 1 1 :, 0 1,, borough.—( Hear, hear.) But if such practices were 'I It he hoped the House would suggest some remedy for the a '' s t it was an evil that poor voters took money it was a stillgrethe evil that men of education were found to go down t" t ees boroughs with large sums of money in order to induce cos poor electors to give their votes, not according to .theit i 'd science, but for a sum of money.--( Hear, hear.) He teee the House of Commons would give a decided opinion opt, ot practices. But in a large constituency of 1,000 voters , e 0 no reason why the whole should be punished, because $ O l yielded to the temptation held out to them. The fle a l ' it i Learned Gentleman the Alt•mber for Cork, would M a i sto appear that the amount of treating was more' esteneiveiet was really the fact, and if the petition depended on the a se l o of treating alone, the Committee would not be jut avei ling the election. . The amount of the bills for treatie'd osly 50/., or a little more, and that was riot an e xtraoy sum considering the time over which it extended, narnelP e it weeks.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped he had said enough trol duce to House to believe that there had been consieepet exaggerations in the charges which had been made , $ negative the motion of the lion. Member for 1111111trU5e. V . Mr. C. BULLER said is seemed to be assumed by ot " Gentlemen opposite, that the i-suing of the writ would e i it attended with any harm. Now the plain statement eti.:' case was, that the bribe was paid to the electors, a fte et, election, in order to avoid the usual consequences.. Th er "e: here heaps upon heaps 01 evidence of money having bse ; s e , on the part of the Honourable Member, under the ty market money. ' The Hon. Member having read iev er ';Cs , tions of the evidence taken before the Committee, olesef./ s j the character pf the borough was notorious for scande continued bribery, aed the whole evidence showed eltat witness that had been examined had been e j under the semblance of flag and colour sr, He must say that he differed from ,many gentlemen 'OP' (the Opposition) side, of the House, with respect to thril l ' of disfranchising b "roughs. He thought ,ti ats a • great - their legislation bad been objectionable. They should peed the writ without haying some guod result—some remedy in view. But, in the present instance, they* great object in view. Bribery prevailed in this borouglj extent tba' was disgusting, anti his Noble Friene (Low Russell) meant to move for leave is introduce a end to such an evil ; and they should not, W adopting measures to stop the evil generally, di would countenance the evil in particular instances, Mr. O'CONNELL said that the Hon. Alernbe stood him (Mr. O'Connell ) to have confined his ol the evidence of the two cases he had adduced. H had stated that the directions respecting the ' general during the canvass. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that in amendment of the Hon. Member for Montruse mean to say that he approved of the practice if money, which appeared to have prevailed in I Newcastle; and he was ready to admit that some practices had taken place in the boroughs at the but that was no sufficient ground te justify the H recourse to extreme measures ; inasmuch, as the nn elections at which some proceedings of an character had not occurred. He should observe' had not in any case a constitutional right to merely for the purpose of punishing a bora' wished to disfranchise a borough, it should be , of the whole. Legislature, and wi h the consent He apprehended that the Commons would not even t unp eerily, unless well a view of gtvirg ti a Bill for its pi imanent suspension. It did we appear to him that any case of general bribery of Newcrstle, whirls could justity such a step as made sut. No witness before the Newcastle C refused to answer a question ; there had been and with regard to heating it was not considere , cient waved to unseat the Members, much lei suspension of the writ. The Committee had eases of bribery, but they had made no report at borough, and had not made any recommendatiot should be suspended.. lie did not consider th grounds for proceeding against the borough of N objected to suspending the writ, on constitutiont the House of Commons had no power of suspeni purpose of punishing the borough. Mr. BERNAL agreed that there was no snpension to be built on the drunkenness prey; easfe. But they came to this point of 1 doctrine, and here he thoueht that his Hi Learned Friend took tee narrow a view of it. '7 earnest, the House must suspend writs when th, I tion to do so was thrust under their noses. W: . Committees the power of sitting and reportinK; It was proved that the objectionable practice ot gi"""re', money had prevailed at the last election, and also at sl e d ` one. He would not now enter into the question whets, ( ', money was or was riot bribery; but he must say. th 3t t ee l were rot sufficient grounds in this case for suspending ~ it would be vain even to attempt to suppress timbers'. e ist: Mr. WYNN said, he could not retrain from exer e S e ls'i , opinion that, in this case, there were abundant gel b sO t I further inquiry. For the second time, there had ben ef it e tice of head money.—( Hear; hear.) But it would s bit if money were taken before the elec or voted, it We s . es tt,? ) ., but, if it was taken afterwards, it was only a grat , ,, b ~ier,!. 1 (Laughter, and Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. fide then went on stating the evidence that was taken; c o tes Committee, and said that there was sufficient to , i' btr f i House, in his opinion, to suspend the writ. The It Art I Gentleman concluded by stating that he would sul'l motion tor inquiry. 10 4 r f , Sir R. PEEL' had stated, in the discussions that - n e,d ous'y taken settee, that he found it difficult to adopt 'li c e e elide capabie of general application. He must, t beref t :, of • ot the merits of each particular case, upon a reyi e ei lf t i special circumstances of that case. In .endeavouring e eq that course, it had been supposed that he bad.l,lo Meting, decisions ; and as a proof of that the cases - es es'f and S uthampton had been referred to. In the' ° O4 - er wick he had come to the conclusion that sufficient g r tb ' not been brought forward for suspending the writrc that such a course ought not to be pursued unless i ' le if by sti Aug circumstances ; and the Noble Lord oile t es: ; i:i that ts case. lnnt that vv i t t h h er r e es u p e e r c e t no to g s r , o iu un ti d la s m fu F r to s o u , si i e f nd h i s ogO io ir i foo I decide upon the Rei ort of the Committee alone , ee, have voted for the issuirg of the writ ; but when N e b s tee , , I wards of 300 of th e e l ec t ors o f th a t pl ate , affit ming ! ,r,si', sive bribery had prevail e d ther e , an d th a t if an inqu' r t i o fy lowed they should be able to prove it, he felt bou'" l t serj e ' the suspension of the writ. Looking, however, at e e t",r. case, he did not think there was so strong a gro° 0 4.'0 1 pending the writ as there was even in the Ipswieh t O; h r i, aemitted that the mode of distributing money um ' , is - It*i I of m ttket money, was 'nest objectionable ; a s it 0 55 f lisP, 1 prevalence of the custom certainly did in some rieg e e 4 ll the charge of bribery. Ott the whole, he saw Ito ',,, g l j disfranchising the borough; and he should thertl. '' O. Or vote for the issuing of the writ. v ote t, sl Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he should 1 fey , the immediate issuing of the writ, and he shou t ( i 1',41 duty to do so for the reasons which the Hon. B"irrs -Vi Gentleman the Solicitor-General had assigned O r esi s t el 0 contrary course. The Hon. an d L earne d Get it , ~.0 v i); 1 , thatsit uttratiit:edihye chthatoon;ei hoped he considered s (a doubtful La o bribery;r(Lord s j. Russell) "han : llheh w re o h u he ld :dd s:ti <°l' k t) : : s's 4l :: titi l f : the Bill which he was about to introduce. I°e h *: i t a , sl " ever, po doubt but the practice was illegal, and I ; t ee e r ett4 of s ee ... House, as much as possible, te• diseot", it "se it if that were the case, it did not appear to him t b i g . eu gh for of advisable to issue'llses writ at present for rite b° o y, t o 4re o castle-under-Lyme, b ee ,,use the electors wool(' t, i!serise was doubtful whether heitiesmoney partook o f bribery, they might receive it wiShout any dartgr.:' a 'II V it , re fie ivetc the censure of the House ; and the practice wool $l. bility, prevail at the new election, as it had p reew elections, ... e re": The House then divided, when the numb ers r 1,1.; For the motion ........ - .................... 97., Against it .................................... ..., 4° rte Majority for issuiug the writ ... ... i . b be, On our re-admission to the gallery we fou n t a o" c i i isl i i tte, Mr. HUAIE speaking. He would sugge' ee e, ' il iest e , r ee mode of proceeding than the present see- sa•T st cat;, e pr ee re to repeal all the lass against bribery, and to e ta, Pe e s ; ' st er down to their coristitueuts and buy all they e i m l a ` it e to:"lio,: er e to him an attempt to blind the people of t: , g` tee s 0;1, , o f 11 was a disposition to stop bribery, when he now ~. es is ot the Crown, leading the opposition to inte:uld be 1 1 , fore, regretted that the time of the House se el l the occupied. that The SPEAKER then put the question to issued, which was agreed to. j ohle jes te io Lord JOHN BR I R B U E S R S Y E RUSSELL then ELE C r e 01° ve 13 11 9 'o bring in a Bill for the better discovFrY;ient. la n e ' the Election of Members of Pa d° brihe r Y. s t s ! that the Hone had considered that . sou r ,rte sst end ete‘ en le evil se Isich poisoned the fountains . sre r te s,„,e presentation. lie knew that ingertirMcssaie oet i Teri , :_i beets brought forward showing that as they.. ( s' e c etq cte rs_ t et:, ELECTION aye of fo r ti.b:ra i „,: i corrupt practices—as they could not estr_ l7 the elf erit . r og i ., Bence and complete purity in the e xere: e . 2' te pre __`, l t bid ee eet', l chise—it was useless to attempt by T it) beari tp t , o r.l: t bribery. But until he (Lord John Ru si e . i ber ," tho Y es l' s s ment supported by some considerable !n ver e t9rt e „t e ,,ig ti he should consider that in this, as in s a ll b , punt% (V o l be d endeavour byinquiry, by penalty, arm L 'Atil o " It P oo otTie an end to that which the law could teae:ti he to (10 elf /t'' e ' s . ct riot be able to do all that they w is- - . t beritY' t esh I t ee- s rea t al pu ith tee- said with respect to bribery by ag , is , e to ee e , ;lg . ei tne ,ev tt ,es me the bribery I will show st , e ee sfese t e se' i (Lord J. Russell) believed that to 0 _t: l be 0 t 00 to the penalties ot bribery—tbere _eau .. g i g Ile committed with respect to which tper * :.- , 3d (Lao - t f L 11 , 11 to . I ° , while thef i b lo that us. o d. fiber bat h s obseriaot. He ()Jr . ,l liquor ha , n opPoatle 'Sc, he, "vi i p ay:ng 0 0, tho tie ebierlllo e last el e o o Hoose'' i ," Sere pere objec t 'Of, a that the, os; suspet w ij, ough. aieb' done bY t of t h o igo stypen o do /time to it, he , in the ad ti t .b Connoit te 2 no c oU 5 0; .od even ;ust' ?ss to j d revot t cst 1 ,t aita r i , e , that I i t 3n er e there N ew eaiti c ,' o ;, nal it tot l f l o f , tiding it gr9nn iti vaihng • A If - y r et i e n tj:e ~a; ~b +~