The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-01 00:00:00

Vtirb SUN-OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM. THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The manifestations of sympathy and de monstrations of loyal attachment which have been shown by all classes of the community, on the recent mur derous attem of a maniac, or a monster, upon her Majesty's life pt , is not less honourable to the people than it cannot fail to be gratifying to the Queen. Throughout the metropolis but one feeling animates the inhabitants. The highest noble and the loudest la bourer unite in expressing detestation of the act ; and take occasion from it to indulge in those expressions of warm attachment to the Queen which the possession of the hixuries of wealth cannot divert, nor the pri vations of poverty destroy. In the provinces, the in telli,;enee has called forth in every place at which it successively arrived, the same feeling of abhorrence and alarm ; and •on every hand are heard the aspirations of gratitude to Divine Providence that our beloved Sovereign had again been mercifully pre served from the aim of the assassin. We are happy to see that there is not the slightest suspicion of this attempt being the result of any concerted plan, of any treasonable conspiracy against the life of the Queen, so the public Press has most prudently ab stained from indulging in any of those mischievous speculations and unfounded apprehensions of treasonable compacts which, on the former occasion, filled the columns of certain organs of the then Oppo sition. Whether the wretched being now awaiting his trial for the highest offence known to the law be the victim of mental aberration, or the desperate as sassin in design, and consequently as atrocious a criminal as though the act he contemplated against the life of his Sovereign had been complete in execu tion, we firmly believe that he is isolated from the entire community. STANDARD.— If anything could add to the interest and admiration called forth by the late vile attempt upon the Queen's life, it is the fact disclosed last night by Mr. Lascelles and Lord Portman, that her Majesty had reason to suspect something of the kind, and that, though heroically resolved to expose her own life, rather than seem to distrust ever. one of her subjects, she forbade the attendance of the ladies of the household, lest any of them should be expoSed to danger. Is not this the spirit of Eliza beth—the right spirit of a British Queen ? We have given all the particulars of the meditated regicide that hate transpired since yesterday. They amount to little more than the fact, that on Sunday a miscreant probably the same Francis, for surely there cannot be two such was seen to present a pistol at the Queen on her return from the Chapel Royal, though for some reason he did not discharge it, and that an intimation of her Majesty's danger had been given by a note thrown into the Royal carriage. As yet there does not seem to be the slightest ground for supposing that Francis is insane, except as every desperate villian may be charged with insanity. He has been com mitted for trial at the next Sessions of the Central Criminal Court ; and we have Lord Brougham's authority for the opinion —an opinion, of the justness of which, for ourselves, we have no doubt what ever—that if he be proved guilty of the'facts alleged against him, the, law is quite able to overtake him with a capital penalty. We trust that while jus tice shall be strictly respected, no morbid tender ness will be displayed in this case. We cannot help thinking that if Oxford had been dealt with in a different manner, this second attempt upon the Queen's life would have been obviated ; and surely neither the life of the Queen nor of her meanest subject ought to be left at the mercy of every thoughtless ruffian who pleads the apology of insanity because now and then he has acted like a fool. We see an attempt made to get up a hypothesis of madness for the protection of the assassin in the present case, grounded upon his, setting up in a shop without capital to carry on his business fairly and honourably. If this is proof of madness, then it will be necessary to enlarge Bed lam tenfold. But is the morbid tenderness which we deprecate indeed merciful ? Far from it ; whatever encourages to crime is cruel—cruel not only to the objects of the crime, but to its perpetrators. If the cued Francis is to be disposed of like the case of Oxford, we know what will happen—future attempts will be made by pretended madmen upon the Queen's life. And though we trust to the Great Being who, in mercy to these realms, and in his care. for the good, has hitherto protected her, to protect her still, we do not expect that the law will protect her assassins, or those suspected to be her assassins, from the vengeance of a people already indignant that these' same laws do not ensure the safety of their beloved Sovereign. The people of England are, of all others, the least disposed to tumult and violence; but there is a point beyond which even they will not be restrained in the indulgence of a natural and generous indignation. If any of us had seen the life of a wife, a sister, or a daughter, twice attempted with impunity—as far as thet-iaw is concerned—we know how he would act upon a third occasion—he would not trouble him self in appealing to a useless law. Far be it from us to call for a verdict of guilty upon the wretch now in custody—let him have the fair trial to which every accused man in this country is entitled. If the facts alleged cannot be proved by sufficient evidence, Heaven forbid that the gravity of the charge should be allowed to make up the deficiency of proof—let him go free. Even if the facts be proved, but testimony can be obtained that he has been long unequivocally insane, still let his life be spared—we may not strike him whom Heaven has already smitten with its most awful visitation. But if, in the third case, the facts can be f u ll y established, and no proof can 3e adduced that they are the acts of a confirmed lunatic, he must be rigorously, and without pity, punished, or we shall all be accessories to future attempts upon the Queen's life, and to whatever con sequences may follow from such attempts. ATTEMPT ON THE QUEEN'S LIFE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-With the view of preventing further mis apprehension, I beg to inform you that I was not, as is stated in the Morning Papers, present when the at tempt on her Majesty's life was made on Sunday, and consequently could not, as the Chronicle thinks I ought to have done, take the necessary steps for appre hending 'the villain. I learned, however, from my brother, George Pearson, a youth of 16, residing with me, that •he was witness, that day, to a man drawing a pistol - from his pocket and aiming it at her Majesty's carriage in the Park. Feeling the importance of the fact, I endeavoured to obtain access to the proper authorities the same day, but failing in that, I obtained an interview with the Hon. Augustus Murray at the Palace, on Mon day- morning, by whom I was referred to the Home office, where my brother was examined the same day, and all the circumstances communicated. There are some other inaccuracies in the published accounts, but the above being that by which my cha racter is affected, I am very desirous of correcting the misstatement. Your insertion of this will much oblige, Sir, your humble servant, M. F. PE ARSON. 7, Castle-street, Holborn, June 1, 1842. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) mANcii.TER.— There was not quite so much anima t o.i yestera'iy as on the preceding Tuesday ; but the n.arket, though more quiet, was perfectly firm and ste.tdy in yar,os generally, and in all descriptions of too Is, except dmesties, which, homing been previously Welling ou somewhat better terms than shirtings and p .Intpg cloths, have now declined to about the same ! Ate 151 relation to p r i me cost. On the u ' hole, the feel ing in the market was satisfactory • and if the accounts from I n di a b y the mail, which may' now 1. 'e daily ex pec:ed, should be of a more favourable comple lion, some more decided i mprovement may be reasonably looked for. We are sorry to state, that a failure to s [.Pie ex tent in the corn trade has been announced in th is, town this week ; but its effects are not likely to be v.vsly se riously felt here. 1 tIDDERSFIELD MARKET, 31.11 . 31.—The goner al opi nion in this market to-day was, that a better feeling prevailed, indicative of a return to something like a healthy state of business. No great improvement in the demand took place ; but the fine weather, and surely an exhaustion of depression, have induced feelings of ! hope( that every well-wisher to his spec ies . would rejo we to see realized. P r i ces rema i n muc h We same. _ rr SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On ...Hes, isv a boy, tbout limed Cl =ins NI , ben a ,‘"vru:u0;00 m eans eleven year s o f age, t h e son of a poor labourers n residing at Ri sca , was playing on the tran. team of loaded t rams was coming down : D. Le fell across the plates, and the wheels . to in a .most usssing: over his legs , just abov e t h e anc l e j oints, crushed tht frightful manner. Mr. Jame s H aw ki ns, the stir leon, fi iund ,__ in , a the inj uries ir. il .cted of such a nature as to requ. " wing re moved L me diate amputation. He proceeded to operate, and L moved one leg below the knee, which the young sufl ireparivg with heroic fortitude, never uttering a groan, he was) ve, to take off the other, when the courageous boy o bsers ., at 'erer b'. 're " What, are you goinr , to cut again?" Being inforn wed ,t_, l4 1 it was necessary to take off the other; " Vex? , well," h a aageA calmly, "if you must you must—cut away ; and quiet / . .r Sub mitted to the seeond operation, which he underwent w.afi . , lortitude equal to that he had exhibited during the first . We' I are happy to hem the young hero is going on favours hly,—. 1 Monmouthshire Merlin. HITCIIIN.--The sudden and lamented death of Mr. 1 Pierson has caused an inconceivable gloo be cast over this town ; and we understand that owin g to t h e n exiv accom modatien afforded by his bank, great inconvenince? if not east tress, will be caused to those upon whom a sudden call must now be made by the inspectors, who have undertaken' to wind tip the affairs of the bank. A meeting of the treditors took place on the 20th ult., the Rev. F. Sullivan in the chair, slhen Mr. Mason, the solicitor for Mr. Pierson, read a statement, by which it appeared the liabilities amounted to 40,0181. 7s. I Id. to meet which there were assets amounting to 37,671 i. 13 3 . 2 d leaving a deficiency of 2 3461. 45. Bd., fur which the private states of the late Jr. Pierson and Mr. J. M. Pierson were e a mple. A Committee has been appointed to manage the affairs, and put them in order. INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY) =PARTE THOMPSONS. -- This was au,application. made at thy inbtanco'of John lhicti Thompson a,nd 'Thomas ThompsOn, for, a rule-- to. show cause why the name of Edward RaWlinson should not be struck off the roll of attorneys entitled to practice in this Court, for having allowed the use of his name, in that capacity, to a person named Isaac Isaacs : and also why the said Isaac Isaacs should not be committed to the Castle of Lancaster, he having practised as , an. atterncy without being duly ad mitted. The case had been already argued at great length before the Court. Mr. WOODRUFFE, on behalf of Messrs. Rawlinson and Isaacs, read a number of affidavits, generally tending to invalidate the trustworthiness of the deponents upon whose affidavits the motion was grounded, and said that this was a case in which of all others, one of his clients (Mr. Rawlins'on) was most entitled to the commissera tion and sympathy of the Court, as well as of every one possessing the least feeling or humanity. He had been for 20 years an attorney of that Court, and about 16 years age', became afflicted with a total privation of sight. Having no private, resources, he would be in a state of the most complete destitution, were it not that by an order made by Mr. Commissioner Law in his favour, since the ope ration of the new Insolvent Act, by which another indi vidual was allowed to transact his business in the way of receiving retainers and preparing schedules, in which the personal attendance of solicitors was absolutely re quired since the passing of the Act ; and the Messrs. Thompson, who had just been admitted as solicitors, were the persons who now sought to have his name struck off the file, because his sad visitation rendered him unable to comply with the formulae required by the new regulations'. Mr. COOKE, who appeared in support of the rule being made absolute, having addressed the Court at great length— The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said that, in us far as it was possible, Mr. Rawlinson should attend to his client's interests, and he should say that, in many instances, when lie (the Leaahed Commissioner) had been presiding in Lancaster, he found Mr. Rawlin son to be generally as well informed on matters con nected with his clients' interests, as others. Upon the whole, the Court declined making the rule absolute. Mr. Commissioner BowEN pronounced a similar de cision. The case occupied the Court from half-past one up to six o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House resumed at Five o'Clock. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAIL WAY BILL. On the motion of Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS this Bill was read a first time. NORTHERN UNION RAILWAY BILL. The Lords' amendments to this Bill were con sidered, and agreed to. GREENOCK HARBOUR BILL. The Lords' Amendments to this Bill were also con sidered, and agreed to. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the Guardians of the poor of the Salford Union, against certain clauses in the Poor-law Bill. Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from the licensed victuallers of Ashton-under-Lyne, against the clause proposed to be introduced in the Public Houses Bill by the Hon. Member for Droitwich.. Lord A. PAGET presented a petition from Lich field to the same effect. Mr. BECKETT presented a petition from Leeds, against the new Turnpike Bill. Also a petition from the operatives of Leeds, praying that the hours of labour might be restricted to fifty-eight hours per week. Mr. G. BANKES presented a. petition from two individuals, of the name: of Bright, praying for an alteration in the Act of 2d and 3d of George 111. c. 71. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. Mr. WARD presented a petition from Southamp ton, which bore reference to the motion of an Hon. Member opposite. It was a repetition of a former petition signed by 151 persons, all of whom agreed in opinion with the 171 who had signed the former petition. The petition comprised the names of some of the most respectable and wealthy in habitants of the town of Southampton. They stated that they were deeply impressed with the truth of the Report lately made by a Select Committee appointed to try the merits of the late election, which stated that the purity of election had been grossly violated. They further stated that this was the second time within the last nine years that the Members for the borough had been unseated, which led the petitioners to believe that the election had been accomplished by fraudulent means; and, judging from the past, they were firmly convinced that the same practices would be repeated, whereby they would be prevented from exercising their Parliamentary franchise; they, therefore prayed the suspension of the writ for a fresh election for the borough of Southampton until steps could be taken to prevent such demoralizing.and unconstitutional prac tices. BOROUGH OF LICHFIELD. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from Lich field, stating, that at the last election gross bribery prevailed, by which the character of the inhabitants was injured. The petition also stated that a number of persons, who were bribed, had received appointments, with salaries amounting to 1001. a-year, which they believed to be a more dangerous species of bribery than bribery by money, as it influenced not only the voters themselves, but also their friends. The petitioners prayed the House to take the petition into consideration, and to adopt such measures as would prevent those scandalous practices. He (Mr. Roe buck) was bound to say, that the petition was signed by only eight individuals, who gave their names and affixed their descriptions. Mr. DIVETT begged leave to say a few words on the subject of the petition, as one of the Committee who sat upon the petition. A very stringent in vestigation of every thing which took place at the election was gone into. No Committee could be more fully disposed to investigate the case; and with regard to his own feelings, he confessed, that where any petition alleging cases of bribery came under inquiry, he was most desirous of having them fully investigated.— (Hear, hear.) But considering the circumstances which came before the Committee, he did not think the present petitioners were justified in coming before the llouse. The Committee entered upon the scrutiny of a few votes, and after deciding on them the petition was abandoned • but there was no evidence of a n y bribery, although there .was a good opportunity, and full disposition, on the part of the Committee, to inquire into the matter, if the parties had any inten tion of doing so. If anything had come before the Committee, he thought the parties would be justified in presenting the petition ; but that not being so, he thought it was n o t f a i r t o b r i ng th e petition before the House. Mr. ROEBUCK wished to observe that he hoped the House would not consider him answerable for any part of the petition. The petition was then ordered to lie upon the table. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET moved that the Order for the reference of the Mersey Con servancy Bill to the Committee of Selection be dis charged—that the said Bill be referred to a Select Committee, composed of the followinr Mem bers :—Lord Granville Somerset, Viscount Sandon, Mr. Wilbraham, Mr. Mark Phillips, Mr. 'Wilson Patten, Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Charles Wood; Mr. Rice, Capt. Berkeley, O'Conner Don, the E,arl of Lincoln, and Captain Gordon ; and that all petitions for or against the said Bill be referred to the Select Committee. Lord R. GROSVENOR moved that the debate on the question should be adjourned. After a short conversation the motion for adjourn ment was withdrawn and the Order agreed to. HER MAJESTY'S ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. The SPEAKER thersaid,Thave to report to the House that her Majesty has been attended this day by both Houses, with their Address, to which she has been graciously pleased to return this most gracious answer :—My Lords and Gentlemen, I receive with heartfelt gratification the loyal and dutiful address from the two Houses of Parliament. lam thankful to the Almighty, whose merciful eare has pro tected me, and I humbly rely on the good irrovidence of God, who is able to preserve me from every danger; and, firm in this trust, and sincere in my desire to promote the happiness of my people, am comforted and supported by the remewed as surance of your attachment and loyalty." SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. 3lr. FLEMING then presented a petition from Southampton, complaining that certain persons, not b e i ng upon the r eg i stee of voters, had fraudulently Agued P. petition, which was presentented to this douse on the 9th of May, purporting to be from the inhabitants of Southampton,being electors, in con tempt of the authority and priviliges of this House. The Hon. Member moved that the petition be read at length by the Clerk at the table, and that it be printed an circulated with the votes. The petitition was accordingly read by the Clerk. On n the motion that the petition be printed with the NI.. les ' WARD wished to know whether it was the inter, tion of the Hon. Member to found any motion on the question. Mr. ICTEMING having shewn the fraud that h a d been cofl itted, would leave it to the House to say whether they would call upon any of the parties to support these statements, He did not intend to take any further steps upon the subject. Mr. WARD had only asked the question because the Hon. Member stated that it was his intention to found a motion upon the petition. Sir J. EASTHOPE had received intimation from parties of, the statements and• impressions in .tended to be , conveyed by - the - petition. He felt no hesitation in saying that there had bcen i:o inten tion on--the part - of any party to commit a fraud against the House.. Lord J. RUSSELL doubted,; after the statements of the Hon. Member, whether it would he, right or necessary to have the petition printed. Sir ROBERT PEEL said the rule had been broken through the other evening, when a petition was ordered to be printed, although contrary to the rules of the House, because it would throw light upon this very case of the Southampton election. Mr. MACAULAY thought the cases" were hardly parallel. If the Hon. Member for South Hampshire undertook to affirm that the present petition was cal culated to throw light upon the subject they were about to discuss, and would state that on Thursday, or some other day, he would draw the attention of the House to the subject; then there might be some reason for printing the petition. Mr. MACKINNON said, that the motion for printing the petition was not a substantive motion, but an amendment.—(Hear.) How did Hon. Mem bers know what it was his (Mr. Mackinnon's) intention to postpone moving for the writ until to- morrow. Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE thought that the House had acted very properly in deciding that the petition of John Wrenn should be printed, because it was calculated to throw light upon the discussion on which they were about to enter. If the present petition had been calculated to throw light upon the subject, the Hon. Member ought to have presented it before—as he had had it for more than a week in his possession ; but it ap peared that it would not suit the purposes of the Con servatives of Southampton to have light' thrown upon the subject. Mr. BARING thought that the Hon. Member for Hampshire had acted very discreetly in abstaining from presenting the petition until this evening.— (Hear.) He had attained his object, which was to show that the petition presented by the Hon. Baronet was a fraudulent one. He (Mr. Baring) did not say that none of the persons who had signed the Hon. Baronet's petition were not respectable, but certainly vast numbers of them were not what they had repre sented themselves to be. The Hon. Member for Hampshire, having gained his object, he saw no rea son for having the petition printed. Sir JOHN EASTHOPE rose amidst loud cries of " Spoke, spoke" from Members on the Ministerial benches. The Hon. Baronet resumed his seat with out addressing the House. Mr. FLEMING rose, and was met by cries of " Spoken, spoken," from the Opposition benches. The Hon. Member said his object in rising was merely to withdraw his motion.—Motion withdrawn. '""Mr. FLEMING again rose and said he had a petitian to present of a greater importance than the last. A petition from John Wrenn had been printed, and the present petition, which was numerously and respectably signed, was from persons who stated that in their opinion, that in dividual was not to be believed upon his oath. In a very few hours the petition was signed by up wards of 250 electors of the town, and if it could have remained longer it would no doubt have been signed by four times as many. The petitioners stated that they heard with astonishment that John Wrenn had presented a petition with relation to the corruption which he said took lace, with a view of delaying the issue of the writ. They stated that the said John Wrenn did not in any degree possess the confidence or esteem of his fellow townsmen.— (Laughter.) Nor was the estimation** which he was held such as to afford any grounds for confidence being placed in his statement. That opinion was entertained by persons of all political Creeds.--(0h, oh.) The petitioners prayed their Hon. House not to give cre dence to statements coming from such a quarte, and that they might not be deprived of their political privi leges. The petitian was ordered to lie upon the table. The Hon. Member then moved that the petition be printed and circulated with the Votes. On the question being put, Sir JOHN EASTHOPE said, he was sure he only expressed the opinions of the great and respect able portion of the inhabitants of Southampton, when he said, that he should be anxious that everything he Honourable Member had said should be printed, and put into circulation. A statement was brought forward for the purpose of producing an effect upon the House. The parties who signed that petition were parties who were on the former register, and who expected to be on a future register. Hef had received a letter from a respectable individual in Southampton, and he stated that the wish of the inhabitants was that the fullest investigation should take place. Mr. H. HINDE said he hoped that the Honourable Member would not proceed with the motion for the printing of the petition, as the continuance of that discussion was only calculated to keep alive ill feeling on the subject. If they agreed to the motion of the Honourable Member for Hampshire, they could hardly agree to the issuing of the writ that night. Under these circumstances, he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would withdraw his motion, in order that they might come at once to the main question. Mr. REDDINGTON said he hoped the House would not set aside the statement of a witness on oath for the statement of a petition. All he could say that as the unseated Member lost his seat upon the evidence of Mr. Wrenn, and if that evidence was not to be believed, then the unseated Member had been hardly treated. Mr. O'CONNELL said that any one who had read the evidence could not be surprised that Wren had refused to give all the evidence in his power. He , now asked for indem nity. It would strike a. person unacquainted with Southampton but by the evidence, to find that Wrenn was disbelieved by the whole town, when it was shown that he. was a regular election agent. —(Loud cries of " No, no.") It was stated that he was the principal objector in the registry courts where the battle of the Constitution was fought, and who also possessed the confidence of the Conser vatives, and who fought their battles at the election, by distributing money to the voters. 4, Mr. FLEMING said he would withdraw his motion. Mr. MACKINNON rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) EXPORT DUTY ON COAL. The following Memorial has been signed by almost every shipowner of South Shields : " TO THE LORDS OF HER MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL POE TRADE AND FOREIGN PLANTA TIONS, &C. . " The Memorial of the undersigned Shipowners resident in South Shields, " Showeth, —That your Memorialists have heard with alarm, that it is the intention of her Majesty's Governnien' to levy a duty of four shillings a ton on all coals exported to' foreign countries, without any regard to whether they are shipped in a British or foreign vessel. " That since the repeal of the export duty, in 1834, on all coals shipped by British, and vessels belonging to reciprocating countries, under their respective treaties, while a discriminat ing duty was continued to be levied on coals shipped by other foreign vessels, the export trade has gone on increasing, and has proved highly beneficial to the owners of coal mines in thy north of England, and afforded a source of employment as out ward freight to liriting shipping. " That your memorialists are convinced that a duty levied indiscriminately in the way, and to the extent proposed by the new tariff, will have the effect of transferring to the other coal producing countries a very large proportion of the trade at present enjoyed by the coal owners of this district, and will not only deeply injure them, but will also, to the same extent, deprive your memorialists of the share they have had of the carrying trade of the coals, and thus aggravate the distress under which they are suffering. " Your memorialists ' therefore, pray that th e coa l d ut i es may not be altered, and that the discriminating duty on coals exported in a foreign ship may still be continued." ABSTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A MERCHANT IN GHENT. "I :have now the pleasure to inform you that I freighted a vessel yesterday of 220 tons for Marseilles, at 11 francs per ton, equal to Bs. Bd. Take the keel at 21 tons, and it will be equal to 91. 2s. per keel. " I intend loading it with our best coals. That coal will cost on board here If. 10c. per hectolitre. I find in my note book a memorandum of the • make out' of a vessel of 152 Newcastle chaldrons of English coal at Marseilles. It yielded 4,586 hectolitres, being at the rate of 241 hectolitres per keel ; 241 hectolitres at If. 10c. come to 265 f. 10c., or 10/. Bs. 9d. per keel, which, added to the freight of 9/. 25., makes a total of 191. 10s. 9d. per keel, or 18s. 7id. per ton. No w E ng li s h coal at 158. per ch a ld ron an d 16/. freight, the rate frequently paid, will cast 22/. ' or 21s. per t on , w hi c h i s a d i fference of 2/. 9s. 3d. per keel in favour of the coal from here, or 2a. 4d. pei ton. Let them put the export duty of 4/. 4s. per keel on English coal, and the difference will become 6/. 13s. 3d. per keel, or 6s. 4d. per ton. "The coal I am going to send to Marseilles can often be had at 9d. per ton less than the price upon which I have now cal culated its cost-the difference being in the freight from the mines to Ghent." THE STRATHBOGIE MINISTERS. (Abridged from the Edinburgh Advertiser.) A meeting of the General Assembly took ylace on Monday last, the 30th inst., when the Rev. James Robertson, minister of Ellin, the Rev. Charles Hope, minister of Lamington, the Rev. Dr. James Bryce, and Hie Rev. John Wilson, of Walston, members of the house ; as also the Rev. Alexander Cushnie. minister of Rayne, Rev. Dr. James Grant, minister of South Leith, Rev. 1)r. Stirling, minister of Galston, Rev. John Cook, minister of Haddington, Rev. Thomas Hill, minister of L3giepert, Rev. Georg e Peter, minister of Kenmay, and Rev. William Mearns, missionary at Glenrienes, having taken their places at the bar, Dr. GoRDoN read the Report of the Committee ap pointed to deal with the eleven brethren, from which it appeared that the parties adhered to the principles and declarations they had previously avowed and made. Dr. COOK stated for hiniself, and for those who enter tained the same views as he did, that they adhered to the protest they had formerly given in, and resolved not to interfere in the case. A Protest was then presented, in the name of the eleven brethren, bearing their respective names and sig natures, as enumerated above. Dr. MAKELLAR moved that the several ministers be suspended from their judicial functions as members of their respective Presbyteries, and of the other superior Church judicator,imAye_aietuntil the fu.-St .Wedfiesday of March next. Mr. BuCtrAN,'pf Ocondi.d the motion. Judgment of tuspensitins „s accordingly passed by the House, after which 'the parties entered their protest against the sentence. - COAL MARKS Ships arrived since . d. Bell, Robson k Co. Hartley 16 9 Carr's Hartley Holywell Main Nelson's West Hartley l7 c New Tanfleld Moor l3 f Ord's ltedheugh l4 6 South Pontop '4 t West Wyliun Wylam Walls EndClennell....... Walls End Killingworth „, 16 y Walls End WharnclifFe Walls Endßelniout r. -(THIS DAY.) last market.day, `.3 s. d. W. E Braddyll'allotton 20 6 Walls End Hetton '2o 0 Walls End Lambton ..... 0 Walls End Musgrove Walls End Stewates :en 6 Walls End Whitwell ...... l 9 Walls End Tees Helton .... 15 Wal.s Ei,d 7ee 6 Cowpen Hartley Howard s Netherton Main 17 6 Llangennech Coal 2l 0 I Walls .End Elgin 29 6 OTC T H-EASTERN RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of the South-Eastern Railway Company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern. The Chair was taken at one o'clock by Joseph Baxendale, Esq. The usual notices of the meeting having been read, and the common seal affixed to the register of Pro prietors, The SECRETARY read the Report of .the Company as follows : "At a Special General Meeting, held on the 28th April last, the half-yearly account was distributed, it is now annexed to this Report. The amount of calls then in arrear has been still further reduced, being at present 2,264/., which, with 8,181/., arrears due on Shares sur rendered to the Company, and re-issued (for which se curity is held), makes a total arrear of 10,445/. The whole of the new Shares, issued agreeably to the Reso lutions of the late meetin g , have been taken, and the first instalment paid. Loans o n Debentures continue to come in liberally, which,. with the large amount paid upon the new Shares, has justified your Board of Directorsin giving the required legal notice of payment to the Brighton Railway Company fur the portion of the line between Croydon and R, dhill, which this Company are entitled to pur chase. The notice will expire on the 19th of July next, from which date the portion of line in question will be transferred to this Company. From Redhill to Tunbridge the line of Railway was opened on the 26th instant, having been previously inspected and approved by the officer of the Board of Trade. Your Directors have been engaged in an important negotia tion for the purchase of land, for forming an ap proach from the junction of the Greenwich and Croy don Railways, near Corbet's-lane, to a point near the Bricklayer's,Arms, and have concurred with the Croy don Company in their application to Parliament for powers to carry it into effect. This measure is in every respect highly beneficial to the interests of the South Eastern Company, it may be carried out at a moderate expense—it will give ample space and accommodation (which at London Bridge cannot at any cost be had), and the works can be executed speedily ; it will coin prise also the important feature of a terminus for the West-end traffic. The most economical system for working the Railway, has had the earnest attention of the Board, they have entered into an agreement with the Croydon Company to make a joint concern of the station, engine-house, and workshops, at New Cross, and also of locomotive engines, carriages, and materiel, the costs of the buildings being arranged in the shape of rent, and each Company paying rateably to a common fund forlo comotive power and carriages in proportion to the use made of them by each. It is believed that this arrange ment will effect a very important saving to both parties, and the Directors feel assured, that the Proprietors will see the advantages which must result from it. " The stations upon the Railway, viz.—Reigate, God stone, Edenbridge, Penshurst, and Tunbridge, have been erected at a moderate cost, leaving to a future period their enlargement and embellishment, should circumstances render it necessary, ample land having been secured for such purposes. "The works beyond Tunbridge are in a forward state, and the promises made of future openings of 15 miles to Headcorn, and 11 miles further to Ashford, in the months of August and December next will be made good. " The opening to Headcorn will bring the Line at Staplehurst, within 7 miles of Maidstone, arid 21 of Hastings and St. Leonard's, and on the opening to Ash ford, the traffic of Canterbury and Dover will come on the line. "From Ashford to Grove Bridge, 6 miles, will be com pleted • early in the next spring, and from thence to Folkestone, 7 miles, in July 1843, leaving from thence to Dover to be completed before the end of the year. "It is very satisfactory to your Directors to report, that both public and private communications fully justify their previously expressed expectation, of Railways con necting Paris Belgium, and the Rhine, with the Channel, either by way of Calais or Boulogne. These projects which may be considered as in immediate connection with our own line, stand foremost in the great system of railways, which has received the sanction of the French Chambers and Government, and .their execution is no longer a matter of question. "The communication by branch railways to Maid stone, Canterbury, and Ramsgate, is not forgotten, the Standing Orders of Parliament have been complied with, and in due course the sanction ,of the , Proprietors will be asked. " The Directors who go out by rotation, are Captain Tyndale, William Parry Richards, and Edward Suart, and being eligible for re-election, they offer themselves for that purpose." The statement of receipts and expenditure was also read ; it exhibited receipts to the amount of 1,145,597/. 135., and an expenditure of 1,075,468/. ss. 4d., balance 62,4611. ss. Bd. The CHAIRMAN said before moving the resolution for receiving and printing the Report, he was prepared to give aisy explanation that might be required by the Pro prietors. Mr. PARSONS asked if there was any Report from their engineer ? Mr. CunrrT had not been able to furnish a detailed report, and must beg to offer an excuse for not having made one. But any verbal explanation that might be required he was most ready to give. His report, if he had made one, would have been very brief : it would simply state that the line had been opened, and from what he had seen, he believed that if the line were to stop at Tunbridge, it would amply repay the money that had been laid out upon it to that distance. Mr. PARSONS regretted that there had not been a Re port, as it was desirable they should know what would be the ultimate cost to the Company. The present Re. port was very meagre in what it communicated. At the last meeting it was stated that the cost of the railway would be 30,0001 per mile, with 15 per cent. for con tingehcies. Some shareholders went away with an im pression that the cost for their sixty-eight miles of the road would be only 28,000/. per mile. But the cost, with deductions for ieterest and other expenses, appeared to be 35,0001. per mile, within 200/., and in consequence they ought to have some statement to refer to hereafter, so as to check what they anticipated with the actual re sults. The CHAIRMAN said he was prepared to give a state ment which he believed was perfectly correct, and which corresponded with the statement lie had made before. The sum in cash which they had the power of using for the purposes of the railroad, was 1,520,000/., and y a subsequent Act, they were empowered to raise 800,000 e Under the London Bridge Station act, they could raise 120,0001. By the end of July lie trusted that the line from hence to Dover, would be entirely open, a distance of eighiy-eight miles, of :which 78 miles would be their own, at a cost of 36,000/. per mile, or a total of 2,340,0004 The en gineer had stated, and they had every reason to put the fullest confidence in his statement, that the amount of his portion would be 800,000/. ; that statement they had distinctly in his own writing. They supposed that the Brighton account would be 350,000/. ; land to be paid for, 25,0001. ; the London Bridge station had cost 50,0001. ; the New Cross station might amount to 30,000/. ; the Dover station was put down at 25,00 e/. ; the cost, of the plant, carriages, waggons, &c., was 100.000/. ; the total amount, therefore, which they thought they should require from the 31st of March was 1,380,0001., leaving a balance of 236,000/. for con tingencies. To this statement lie still adhered ; the Directors had told them. that the line m mild be opened in the spring of the .year, and it had been opened. They expected to open eleven miles far ther in August, and he had no doubt they should be able to do so ; they had told tnem that before Christmas, they should open another eleven miles, and he was satisfied that thee should be able to carry it out. If he had the slightest doubt as to the correctness of the statement, or if he thought that the line would cost anything Leyond the stun mentioned, he would have distinctly . told them so. He was sorry that any Proprietor had been disappointed in not having a report, but all the reports that had been made were on record and could be referred to. Mr. PARSON S had not meant to convey anything like a censure; at the same time he thought it desirable that each railway should have a report given at its meetings. The statement made had not appeared officially, though, if given in the public prints, it could, no doubt, be re ferred to. to be 'requ ire d General H ouosolg o b serve d t h at if th e eng i neer h a d been empl oyed in framing the Report, so as now seemed according t o promise on the Ist of M ay. Mr. WitsitAw did not think that some of the , the line could not have been opened facts stated in the Report were sufficiently ex plicit. He wished to know the precise state in which the arrangement entered into between this Company and the Brighton Company was at the present time. No accounts had yet been furnished, he believed, by that Company ; and he was desirousiof know ing if the Brighton Company meant to afford them an explicit state of nee:mints, by which they might ascertain what the sum to be paid to the Proprietors of the Brighton line was for the use which they (South Eastern Company) made of their line. lie wished also to be made acquainted with the peculiar advantage relative to tolls to be derived from the extension of their line. Would the tolls be thereby decreased ? With regard to the financial state ment of the Report, he thought it fair and explicit. However, it appeared there had been two loans, amount ing-, together, to 73,475/., and he saw charged for interest only a sun: of 3671. 13s. Gd. On what sum was that turount charged as interest ? Certainly' it was cle• sirable to know that. The CHAIRMAN said, that that was a sum due for interest up to January last, but he could not then exactly state upon what particular sum it was charged as interest. Their funds had been not in the most flourishing state, and they had been obliged to borrow sums for small periods of time,—even for a few weeks. The Brighton Company had not yet furnished their account, but when they had, all doubt and difficulty on that point would be removed. With respect to the tells, those to Croydon were lid., and to Greenwich 4d. A desultory conversation between Mr. Wishaw and the Chairman here ensued, relative to the Grange ter minus and the London Bridge terminus, in the course rtug SUN, LONDON, _WEDN_FSDAI EVE,NIXG, JUNE 1, 1842. of which the Chairman observed that the Grange-road terminus would for the present answer all the purposes -of a West-end terminus, and that there was no intention of abandoning the London-Bridge terminus, as it was a station as necessary for the City as the other one was for the West-end. Mr. Wisßaw expressed himself perfectly satisfied with what had fallen from the Chairman, and stated, while he considered it no more than his duty to put those questions, his conviction that no Company in the Metropolis contained to a greater extent than the South Eastern the seeds of future prosperity and success. Mr. PARSONS thought that the Chairman was in error in supposing that the line from Croydon to the proposed terminus at the Bricklayers' Arms would be twelve or thirteen miles. For his own part, he did not think it would exceed nine miles. The railway to that terminus would have to be carried either by means of an embank ment, or arches. He thought they ought to have some details of the cost of such a line, and some statement with respect to the probable profits. They ought to have some statement of that sort before they incurred an outlay which would necessarily be costly, considering the property through which the line would have to run. The CHAIRMAN said that, at the last meeting, he had stated he should be greatly neglecting his duty if he did not hold out the opinion that they must have another station. His opinion remained unchanged, and he thought it would answer the purposes of the Company to make that station, even if afterwards they had to abandon it, when a new line was established, because he believed that no new line would be established in time for them. He believed, if they depended on the station at London-bridge alone, they would get into the greatest confusion. The Board were unanimous in their opinion of the soundness of the station proposed. Mr. Cunrrr had not made any estimate of the cost of carrying the terminus to the Bricklayers' Arms. He had formerly made an estimate of two termini—one at the Elephant and Castle, for Croydon, which he es timated at 650,000/., and another, from the Dartmouth Arms to the Obelisk in St. George's-fields, at 400,000/. ; but those estimates he was now convinced were in adequate. He believed that the cost from Croydon to the Bricklayers' Arms would be about 1,200,000/. He was of opinion that it was impossible to carry on three lines at the London-bridge Station. He thought that the proposed terminus would be a great benefit. With respect to his not having made a detailed report, he begged to say that that would be done when every item of expense was ready for posting. Mr. PARSONS admitted that the excess of the esti mates of Mr. Cubitt was not so great as in many other cases. The details that had already been given were highly creditable to the engineer. Mr. CUBITT could assure the Proprietors that, as soon as the engineers could be taken from their different labours, every account that could be desired would be ' given. Mr. HILLYARD expressed his full confidence in the measure of the Directors, as it had the full approbation of the whole body. He most willingly surrendered his judgment to their's, believing that, in so doing, he was best consulting his own interest. He thought they had sho tvn a due regard to economy in all their proceedings. After a short discussion on the maximum toll, in which Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Parsons joined, and in which the Grange-road Station was referred to, The CHAIRMAN said, that if they had waited to see how the traffic would develope itself, they would never have had the station at all. He was so satisfied of the good policy of the measure, that he had offered his brother Directors to take it on his own responsibility. With regard to the Croydon Railway, he thought every transaction with that Company had been in perfect good faith, and very satisfactory. In answer to a question from Mr. TYRRELL, The CHAIRMAN explained that each Company paid for six miles out of the twelve. In reply to another question, he stated his full and perfect confidence in the remune rative prospects of the Company. On the motion for receiving the Report being put, Mr. PARSONS asked, whether the adoption of the Report would pledge the Proprietary to the Grange road plan ? The CHAIRMAN assured the meeting that no attempt should be made to carry the plan by a side-wind, but that a distinct resolution on the question should be laid before them. This appeared to be perfectly satisfac tory to the meeting. The Report was then put and adopted. The CHAIRMAN proposed the following resolution : " That the Directors be and are hereby authorised to adopt such measures as they, in their judgment, shall think proper with reference to the Grange-road ap proach, mentioned in the Report this day submitted to the Proprietors." The DEPUTY CHAIRMAN seconded the resolution. Mr. PARSONS inquired to what that resolution pledged the Proprietors ? The CHAIRMAN said, that it would leave to the Pro prietors the power of making either a common road or a railroad, as they might deem best. Mr. PARSONS observed, that in that case 'he objected to the resolution. After a few words from Mr. Barnard, Mr. Salomans, and Mr. Tyrrell, the Chairman again read the resolu tion, when A PROPRIETOR inquired if it would require any addi tion to the capital to make the approach referred to. The CHAIRMAN replied in the negative. 'Whatever expense might be required for the Grange-road ap proach they had sufficient funds to meet it. Mr. PARSONS suggested, that if they did anything in this matter, it should be merely to authorise the Directors to obtain possession of the land requisite for the ap proach, without empowering them to construct any thing on it, 'but a common road. Mr. SALOMANS thought, if the Directors would under take to do nothing but purchase the land for the ap• proach, the resolution might be agreed to.. The CHAIRMAN said, on behalf of his brother Directors and himself, he would give that undertaking-. The resolution was then agreed to. The three Directors that went out by rotation were re-elected. Mr. PARSONS suggested that some alteration should be made in the mode of electing Directors, by which the Proprietors would have a greater voice in the election. He knew that, in Liverpool especially, the present mode of election had given great dissatisfaction. The CHAIRMAN said that, to effect such an object, they must repeal their Act of Parliament. On the question that the Bye-laws should be agreed to, A PROPRIETOR inquired, whether they intended to lock up the passengers ?—(Hear.) The CHAlRMAN — Certainly not.—(Cheers.) A PrtoPmETott wished to know why the Sunday trains had been discoutinued ? The CHAIRMAN said that, at his suggestion, they had been discontinued, because he did not think them necessary or beneficial to the Company. If, however, it was found necessary, the Sunday trains would be re-established, the same as on other railways. Mr. lIILLYARD believed that the discontinuing the Sunday trains was not only calculated to give great dis satisfaction to the public, but great loss to the Company. He contended that running trains on Sunday was neces sary to give the public a just idea of their traffic. He hoped the Board would reconsider this question, and that they would establish a Sunday train to Tunbridge. The CHAIRMAN was satisfied with the general feeling of the meeting, and at the next Board he would view the question in the manner they wished. In answer to a question from Mr. PARSONS, The CHAIRMAN stated that such limits were put to the free passes that no abuse could possibly occur. The Directors went free, but no friends of the Directors, not even the contractors' men, were allowed to p ass f ree . Some conversation took place as to the manner in which the shares had been disposed of, during which the Chairman stated, that the Directors could not have arranged the matter in any other manner. Mr. SALOMANS thought that the Proprietors ought not to let the present opportunity pass without voting them their thanks for the perseverance and ability they displayed in bringing the affairs of the Company to a state that enabled them to open the line on to Tunbridge. He would propose, then, that the thanks of the Proprietors be given to the Chairman and Directors, on the grounds which he had mentioned. Mr. PARSONS seconded the motion, which was pu and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, on the part of himself and colleagues acknowledged the compliment, and the meeting separated IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 31. MONUMENTS IN CHURCHES. Lord HOWDEN said that seeing the Right Rev. Pre ate who had the spiritual welfare of the Colo nies under his superintendence, he would take the liberty of putting a question to him. He did not moan to detain their Lordships long, but he thought that many of them would be surprised at the statement he was going to make, of a transaction which would appear more properly to •have taken place in the middle ages than an occurrence which hardly had taken place a year ago. An officer of rank, with whom he (Lord Howden) was well acquainted, died in Quebec, and after his decease the officers of his regiment unanimously resolved that a testimonial should be raised to him ; and they caused a tablet to be engraved, merely stating the circumstances of his death, and the respect and affection of his brother officers, which he carried to the grave. This testimonial, one would have thought, was very innocent. They wished to erect it in one of the churches of the city, and applied to the Colonial Bishop for permission to do so. That permission was refused. But he thought it would be difficult to find any justi fiable reason for offering, under any circumstances, an in su lt t o tt e dead. He wished to draw the attention of their Lordships to the fact, that this officer was born of parents, me m b ers of the Church of England, that he was baptised and brought up in that Church, and that he was accustomed to its service with the officers and men of his regiment. Now he was not aware that there was any occurrence upon record which could justify any inquisitorial surmise as to his not having bel onge d to the.com- Er union of the Established Church. For his part, he respected the rights of the ecclesiastical authorities; but he should say, thrr, in this country, such an occu rrence as that to which he had referred could not have taken place, and that public opinion would have checked any atte m pt o f t h e kind, however willing some parties might be to mak e it. H e should conclude by asking the Right Rev. Prelate first of an, whether the state ment he had made was a correct one? And, if it were correct, whether the conduct of the Colonial Bishop had met with the confirmation and approval of his spiritual superiors at home ? The Bishop of LONDON said, that as the Noble Lord who had just sat down had had the kindness to communicate to him his intention of putting those questions, he was prepared to answer them. lie should say, however, that he did not admit that a' Bishop was responsible to that House —much less to any individual Member of the House—for any regulations he might think fit to make in the administration of the affairs of his dio cese. The Noble Lord was mistaken in supposing that he, the Bishop of London, was entrusted with the superintendence of the spiritual affairs of all our colonies. They had no jurisdiction whatever, except in those colonies which had not a Bishop of their own. Canada had had, for many years, the advantage of a Bishop to superintend its spiritual affairs, in which he (the Bishop of London) could not therefore interfere. If he were at any time consulted by any of our colonial Bishops, they addressed themselves to him merely from any defer. once they might think fit to entertain for his opinion. The Bishop of Quebec was answerable for any course he might think fit to pursue, to no other party but the Primate of all England, the Archbishop of Canterbury. It happened, however, that the circumstances of the case to which the Noble Lord had referred hat been communicated to him by the Bishop of Quebec. He should first say that the facts of the case had been correctly stated by the Noble Lord. The Noble Lord, however, was not correct as to the infe rence which he drew from those facts. It appeared, that in the month of August, 1840, the Bishop of Quebec had ad dressed a letter to his clergy, calling on them not to allow any monument to be erected in a church which was not sub mitted to the clergy of the place, and to take care that the erection of such monuments should be confined to the case of persons who had been communicants of the Church. It hap pened that the officer to whom the Noble Lord adverted had died shortly after those orders had been issued, and the Bishop saw no reason why they should not be followed in his case. That course was, however, adopted, without any in tention of singling out the officer in, question as an object for the censures of the Church. He (the Bishop of London) might take that opportunity of observing, that a Bishop pos sessed the undoubted right of making any regulations he might think fit with respect to the erection of monuments in the churches of his diocese. He need not remind the Noble Lord that even in this country that right had heen not unfre quently exercised. There was, for example, more than one in stance in which the Dean and Chapter of Westminster had thought fit positively to reuse permission to erect monuments in Westminster Abbey to persons of great distinction and of high literary merits. He thought he had said enough to jus tify the conduct of the Right Rev. Prelate in the case to which the Noble Lord referred. ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY. Sir R. PEEL. Sir G. CLERK, and others from the Houae of Commons, brought up the Address, proposed by their Lord ships, to her Majesty, which the House of Commons had agreed to. On the motion,of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY it was ordered that the Addr ess s h ou ld b e presented to her Majesty by the whole House. It was next agreed to, on the motion of the Noble Lord, that her Majesty should be requested to state when she would be pleased to receive the Address. SIONUNIENTS IN CHURCHES. Lord HOWDEN had listened attentively to the answer given by the Right Rev. Prelate to the questions he had put to him. He (Lord Howden) thought that their Lordships would agree with him in thinking that theregulations of the colonial Bishop were neither politic in the times in which we lived, nor in her , mony with the mild spirit of the Church of England. Lord BROUGHAM had listened with very great interest, and some anxiety, to the explanations of the Right Rev. Pre late. The defence which the Right Rev. Prelate had made, was no doubt as powerful as the nature of the case would per mit. But the defence of the Right Rev. Prelate, notwith standing his ability, appeared to him (Lord Brougham) to be feeble in the extreme; and he could only explain that feeble. ness of the defence by the badness of the cause. He rejoiced that we had not in this country such regulations in regard to spiritual matters as those which appeared to prevail in Canada. He rejoiced to know that St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey were under more just, more charitable, and more liberal super inteodence. He would not go into particulars ; but, of this he was sure that, if the same regulations which prevailed in Canada, were enforced in St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey, many of those monuments which grace these great national Cathedrals, would not now be found witkin their walls. And when he (Lord Brougham's) adverted to the only precedent which the Right Rev. Prelate had been able to cite on behalf of his absent Brother, he must needs say that that only prece dent was the very one which ought to. have been selected by the Bishop of Quebec—(Hear, hear)—in order not to fol low it.—( Hear, hear.) The Bishop of LONDON said the simple statement of facts into which he had entered should have precluded the possi lity of such animadversions as the Noble and Learned Lord hail made. After what had fallen from the Noble and Learned Lord, he confessed that he had no hesitation in saying that he thought the Bishop of Canada was perfectly justified in the course he had pursued. A Bishop had an undoubted right to make any regulations he might think fit relative to the erection of monuments in the churches of his diocese. He would go a step farther and say, that the unquestioned facility which ex isted with regard to the erection of monuments in the churches of this country was a source of great abuse; and he could not but say that he looked upon some of the inscriptions on those monuments with a feeling of shame. He never went into one of those churches without taking shame to himself for the mo numental inscriptions which disfigured it, in commemoration of parties who, neither in life nor in death, had shown their sense of the privileges to which, as members of the Church, they were entitled. In the circumstances of this country, he dared not to enforce the prohibition of the erection of such monuments ; but he thought that the Bishop of Quebec was perfectly justified in the course he had taken, if he found there was no usage in his diocese which would prevent the enforcement of his regulations. He insisted that it was quite consistent with the principles of the Church and true charity. The Right Rev. Prelate con cluded by reading a paper containing the Bishop of Quebec's own reasons for not allowing the erection of the tablet. Lard BROUGHAM said he had not made any attack upon the Right Rev. Prelate, and yet the Right Rev. Prelate said that he rose to answer an attack made upon him by him (Lord Brougham). He did not think that the Right Rev. Prelate had at all mended the case, he had rather made it worse. The Bishop of LONDON explained. Earl GALLOWAY said that, without wishing to be set down as a bigot, he must say that he agreed with every word that had fallen from the Right Rev. Prelate. CONDEMNED SERMONS AT NEWGATE. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE rose to bring before their Lordships a case relating to Newgate, which he thought was most disgusting and profane.—( Hear, hear.) He held in his hand an account of the matter, taken from the newspapers of the day. He would refer to the Times of Monday, the 23d inst. (The Noble Lord then proceeded to read the account of the condemned sermon preached to Daniel Good, and re ferred more particularly to the words—" and then Good was led in by two constables, and placed in a chair, in the centre of the congregation," and to Good's conduct during the sermon.) He must express the indignation, disgust, and horror, which this recital excited in his breast.—( Hear, hear.) For if they read the account of the barbarism of the most savage nature, they could not find exhibited a more refined, morbid feeling than was exhibited in this case. Here was the man brought for ward to let them see the effect that this sermon would have upon his physical frame, about to leave the world. This was a kind of Sabbath pastime which took place in one of our public es tablishments, and to which a Minister of the Established Church was not only a party, but a very active agent. He thought it was quite high time that notice should be taken of a scene of this sort, to prevent its recurrence. He did not know whether in this instance the occurrence took place by the desire of the criminal, but he thought that it was not according to the spirit of the law ; he certainly had no right to have the prison dress changed, and to be made a kind of hero of in that way ; besides, how could it be supposed that when he was an object of such attention his thoughts could be properly directed towards the making his peace with the offended Deity. Whilst he disapproved of this exhibition he-could not say one word against public executions ; he thought it quite right that every publicity should be given to the execution that could be according to the law ; hut the law never meant that a place of worship should be subject to the desecration which he had described. He begged to move for a copy of the rules and orders regulating the conduct of prisoners convicted of capital offences in the gaol of Newgate. The Duke of RICHMOND was of opinion that the Noble Lord who had just sat down deserved the thanks of the House for having brought this matter before them. He thought, if public feeling did not put a stop to such proceedings, a legis lative measure should be put in force. THE MESSAGE. Lord DELAWARR announced, that having waited upon her Majesty relative to the reception of the Address, he had to announce that her Majesty had appointed three o'clock to morrow to receive it. A message was then diTatehed to inform the Commons o the same. CONDEMNED SERMONS (RESUMED). Lord WHARNCLIFFE thanked the Noble Lord for having brought this matter before the House. He was quite of opinion with the Noble Lord that a criminal like that man should be kept as much alone as possible—should, in fact, be kept en tirely to himself. He did not think that the Government had anything to do with the matter, which rested entirely with the City corporation. The Marquis of NORMANBY confirmed the statement of the Noble Lord opposite, that the Government had nothing to do with the management of Net gate. When he was Home Secretary, he had been much struck with the disgraceful practice of exhibiting ..Criminals of that class during different stages of their confinement ; and he took occasion to inform the Sheriffs that, unless they would prevent it, he should feel it his duty to call the attention of Parliament to it.—( Hear, bear.) The Sheriffs of that time, he was happy to say, ex pressed their willingness to co-operate with him. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE also rose to tender his his thanks to the Noble Lord for having brought this matter before the House. He perfectly agreed with every w ord that had fallen from every Noble Lord on the subject. The motion was then agreed to. SUNDAY TRAVELLING ON RAILWAYS. Earl GALLOWAY presented a petition from the Presby tery of Edinburgh, praying their Lordships to pass a Bill to put a stop to Railway travelling on Sundays. He thought the matter deserved the attention of her Majesty's Government. Lord WHARNCLIFFE thought, if they' put a stop to travel ling upon railways on Sunday, they should put a stop to travel ling in any other way. The question was whether the people were to travel at all on a Sunday, whatever might be their ne cessities. He knew the feeling which prevailed upon the sub ject in Scotland, and he must say that he thought the Scotch people went a great deal too far in their ideas upon this subject. The Government was not prepared to bring in any measure upon the subject. Lord CAMPBELL was of opinion that the notions on this subject which prevailed in Scotland, were very extravagant. It might be perhaps desirable to prevent the carrying heavy mer chandize on Sundays, but to say that you might travel by turn pike roads, and not by railways, was excessively absurd. BAKERS' HOURS. The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE presented a petition from the Bakers of Newry, praying for some law Ito be passed which should regulate their hours of labour on Sunday. LAWYERK' CERTIFICATES. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from the Lawyers of Lancaster, praying that the law requiring them to take out a new certificate every year should be repealed. Their Lordships then adjourned at half-past Seven. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 31. THE FRENCH TARIFF —DUTY ON ENGLISH LINENS. On the Order of the Day for resuming the adjourned debate on the second reading of the Property-tax Bill being read, Mr. LABOUCHERE said he wished to ask a question on a subject which had created the greatest excitement among the trading classes of this country. It had been re ported that the French Government had increased the duty on linens and linen yarns, the produce of this country. He wished to ask the Right lion. Gentleman if he was able to make any statement on this subject. He could nut put the question without expressing regret that at the mo ment we were pursuing measures for the adoption of a more liberal course of commercial policy towards other nations, a step of a nature so hostile to our interests should have been adopted. Sir R. - PEEL said, in answering the question of the Right lion. Gentleman, he might be allowed to state that within the last three or four days her Majesty's Govern ment had received information on the subject,to the effgct that the Minister of France had stated that the Government of France had power, by an ordonnance, to raise the duties referred to, and that the Government of France intended to exercise that power. He (Sir R. Peel) could only assure the Right Honourable Gentleman that they had not permitted a post to leave this country, without making their communications on the sub ject to the French Government, which they thought their duty required of them to make, namely, expressing their regret at the intention expressed to raise those duties. With respect to the commercial negotiations now pending be tween this country and France, he could not help thinking that there were interests in the south of France which would regret any impediment to the conclusion of those commercial negotiations. Government had had communications with other countries in Europe which produced wine, and he the na'e" ountries vrou4l increase the desire on the part . of i of trusted that the performance of the negotiations with growers of Fra-iee to i ernotistrate against the proposed rise euties adverted to. before Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, as this question was the House, he would observe that the Ri4t Hon. Gentleman had a perfect right to' delay communications and regulat °,7_ with other Powers respecting the wine trade, according as s, Tr . interests of this country might require. It would not no_ ot ; wise for us to depart from the c,urse which had been f . 1 ! these matters. th these hitherto to have been pursued with so much advantage In regard Sir E to.. P th E e E f L eeTin T g h s e wi p th res w e h n i t chth entered upon by their predecessors. POOR-LAW BILL. sGovernmente negotiations Captain PECHELL said that the Poor-law Bill Ftacj ...s among the motions of the day for thi s even i n g. He tru 5 , 7_ the Right Hon. Baronet wou ld men ti on if h e intended to biing on that motion to night. Sir J. GRAHAM said it was not his intention to bring it' ll ' INDIA. In answer to a question from an Hose. MEMBER, Sir R. PEEL stated that it had been the habit in conduct: in;; our relations with the East India Company, that they (t he Company) should make advances from time to time to the for tie Government of this country for the expenses incurred service of the East India Company's Government. Such . !?. vances had been made by the East India Company, and, if e, recollected right, the Company had at the present mote! 340,0001. Her Majesty's Government prop , sed to makeal advance to meet the expenses of the Government of the India Company in this country t o th e amoun t o f 400,01, , which would be equivalent to a corres p on di ng a d v ance 1 0 , st by the East India Company on acc oun t o f th e expens es d To Government in conducting the w ar i n Aff g h an i stan . It" of be a great convenience to them if the Government :0 this country would m a k e a f urt h er a d va nce ' e. two sums of 200,000/. each at th e p rese nt ti,T i Those were advances which would hereafter be settled. e advances they engaged to make, or con t emp l ate d ma king, l' er a i such as would be a set off to th e correspon d ing a d vanc es Ma o by the East India Company. Th e w h o l e amount vt uold about 800,0001., of which 400,0001. w ere a d vances f o r Int'" a already paid. Mr. H UME said he did not think th e Right Hon. Bar° o4 0 , gave the exact answer. H g a pp re h en d e d the object a to question was to ascertain whether the British Treasury Wa 5 .,.., pay any part of the money advanced by the East India CA: . pany, or whether they were to pay it only in the first instntß; Sir R. PEEL said that he alluded to advances made on L count of the Government in this coun t ry . H e answ aredr e i question put to him ; and he co u ld sa y not hi ng of an,' o fl !d, question. The advances stipul a t e d f or were sums to h e real° INCOME TAX. Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to know from the Chance ll ,, nr • of the Exchequer when h e wou ld ma k e hi s statement o f t he ef, pe ises to be incurred i n b r i ng i ng t h e mac hi nery of the I nc oor tax into operation ? He thought it was right that the ata t( merit should be made before the third reading of the Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER s a id be 0 7 8 ready to make the statement now, but he would rather defer,. till he spoke on the subject itself. INDIAN DESPATCHES. .. Mr. D'ISRAELI said that as he was going to allude tel subject of much importance, and one which involved a clali: of a personal nature a ga i ns t a Ri g h t H on. Gentlemaur,„, hoped the House would allow him to place the question be, them in its proper light. Ab ou t th e thi r d sess i on o f the l! Parliament the Right Hon. G en tl eman , i n hi s official cargo t' as President of the Board of Control, laid on the table 'Of • , House a variety of documents, consisting of state papers political despatches, th e o bj ect o f w hi c h was to explain and'ft,r dicate the invasion by the Indian Government of those c ou0 1 7: commonly known under the name of Central Asia. The ~in ,: important portion consist e d o f d espatc h es f rom an incline who had been sen t as E nvoy to t h e c i ty of Cal 34! 1 but many of those despatches were suppressed by the Home _ A a . vernment. A portion of tho s e di spatc h es which were tins -- public were published. Si r Al exan d er Burnes, had chi ,7 4 terised the production of the correspondence in which it W appeared as little more than pure fraud and trickery. wished to ask the Ri g ht H on . G ent l eman whether he on dr explain why he adopted steps with respect to the despatches u i o, a British Minister w hi c h th a t Mi n i ster h a d d escribed as P fraud and trickery. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE said the letters to which the Il it tn i Gentleman had all u d e d were no t l a id on t h e ta b le as the av ', of the letters and despatches of Sir Alexander Burnes. ~...6 , the contrary, there being i n a ll thi rty - s i x l etters, t hi rty of weiTet:; were described as extr a cts. It was ne v er i ntended to rellit,, sent them as despatches in erte nso . Th ere was nothing avit_aa—, ever to bear out the infere nce w hi c h t h e H on. Gentle"' seemed to draw from the omissions. The Hon. Gentlet;; would find two letters, dated October, 1837, in whichtZ opinion of Sir A. Burnes with respect to the settyo7 ; of affairs was distinctly stated. There was no wish vrbete i i ; : to conceal the opinion of Sir Alexander Burnes on that 5° ,, t , jest. So much, then, for the omissions —omissions Whic.l l ,t i had not the least wish to disprove, since it was imossible lu , . any State department to print papers received from agents CPS,. ployed on foreign s t a ti ons exact l y as t h ey were written. ~i, (Hear, hoar.) With respect to the alterations, he would te r the Hon. Gentleman w h a t was t h e i r prec i se nature. N o a ltetV , tion or substitution was ma d e , except suc h as were positie f called for by a due regar d to t h e pu bli c. i nterest. If the l';'i spatches had bee n p u bli s h e d i n t h e very words in which Ttwrt were written, person a l o ff ence m i g h t h ave b een given in cit;;'o , ters where such offence might have led to the most grs . ,o serious, and mis c hi evous resu l ts. N o change was made We',,,,, I in the least de gree a ff ec t e d t h e sp i r i t or tenour of the lette,:`)l,o If despatches were p r i n t e d as t h ey were written, the confiden`" gy agents of the Government would be afraid to give such infore;nr,t tion as they now felt it their duty to afford. The Hon, Genul man who had asked him this question must consider that late Government were aware that their sts-cessers would hats. ; ' the means of printi ng th e w h o l e o f t h e correspon d ence if ti - thought it nec e ssa r y or d es i ra bl e to d o so. P ersona ll y, it Not g - 0 be a matter of perf ec t i n diff erence to hi m if every serail,..„l„- i paper which had ever been addressed to the Board of C 01,.; from India wa s p r i n t e d b y th e H ouse o f C ommons . 1 , lion. Gentleman was aware th at t h ere was a not i ce ou ~i .; paper for the m on th o f J une , f or t h e pro d uct i on o f ot h er paPe'7 : " . „f When those papers were m ove d f or , h e wou ld d o his best, ', r e give an answer, b u t a t presen t h e cou ld not say Fe s' than . had done. 1 NEWGATE.—CONDEMN ED SEIOI°Ns. Sees Se- /, Mr. V. SMITH, see i ng the Right Hon. Barone t tne d to , tary of St a t e f or t h e Home Department in his place, w i s he put a qu es ti on to h im. It appeared, from the publ i c pr.o, —re !Ls, that in the chapel of Newgate, on'Sunday week, on theuccat irr_. of preaching the condemned sermon, there took place a scen,. that appeared to hi m hi g hl y i mproper, and indecent i n the e 1:,%.: treme. Oi ders were issued by t h e Sh er iff to a d m i t partisnl 0 individuals, and among that number, he was sorry to say, w 4": many females of rank and station, and in fact, the whole na!l a is s ter appeared much more like a theatrical parade, which 0 most revolting when it was recollected what the occasion 141 1 i S He wished to know fro m th e Ri g ht H on. B aronet, who ; b e y ' ,l ~ had any power or c o nt ro l t o p ut d own suc h exhibitiosis ; 1).' ,.;, cause if he had, he was s ure h e wou ld d o so; if h e h a d not, i ll or :: wished to know what auth o rity s h ou ld b e app li e d t o f or s uch .„ purpose. 4 Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Secretary of State for th . :1 : " Home Department h a d no power over the civic authoriti! d', ,,i of London. He h a d, h owever , a l ways f ound t h e utmost resee ~ ness on the part of those authorities to attend to every sUgLe Y ;SO tion from the Home Department that was conducive to ;;0 ;;It general good. They ve r y muc h agree d w i t h w h at bad feuheisl! from the Right H on .' Gentleman. A s t o hi s regre t at 0 ,1? had occurred, certainly the scene that took place was cal?t; It. lated to disturb th e l as t moments o f an i ndividual w h ose lo!.,? had been forfeited to the laws. He was quite satisfied that all ,si, suggestion from the Home-office would have its due effect. : . ' BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. ',!•", In answer to a question from Lord J. RUSSELL, „ ~;',/,'' Sir ROBERT PEEL said, he should not take any v r \r - ra ., P, of the Day in preference to notices of motions, unless it 0 ; A ."'" l tr, the Income-tax. They had now nearly arrived at a pern ' se, the lit of June, when the House would not be indisposed 4 . :a give an additional day to the Orders. As soon as the linots„ te ,4, i tax should be disposed of, h e wou ld g i ve not i ce of a reso o, , 7 e si tion to that effect. 'iif 0 - 1 . Mr. ROEBUCK said, h e w i s h e d t o b r i ng on the 7.1 0 1 nesses Indemnity Bill th a t even i ng, an d i f the Hoare e *fly-7 1 i ',,- . permit him, he would move th a t t h e O r d er of the Dry for ~:;",, further consideration of the' 5 Report on the Wit' ae ses '" . ~ demnity Bill be read. 0 'I Sir R. PEEL, in opposing the motion, said he waS n t i,s; taking any advantage, but was acting in strict conformity ett T . i,. notices. A short conversation t oo k pl ace , f rom w hi c h it was ums 2.4 na . ' - stood that the Income-tax should have the precedence of tm , Orders of the Day. INCOME-TAX—THIRD READING. The Order of the Day for the third reading of the Property tax Lill, was then read. Mr. HUME said that as he had not been present at the 1 1 3 ; troduction of the measure then before the House, he trusterd4. might be permitted to indulge in a few observations. ( l : noise occasioned by a host of Members leaving the House, rel . ; dered the Hon. Gentleman for some time inaudible. ",,, • length the Hon. Gentleman paused, and after the confloy . , .• had somewhat subsided, the Hon. Gentleman resumed.) 1 , - was anxious to state the views which he took of the messurr . , - brought forward by the Right Hon. Baroitet to meet tits -.. difficu'ties of the country, and also his opinion of the &lege •-• ties which the Right Hon. Baronet had encourltered in takif , i' , charge of the G overnment. He believed he was warranted —4' concluding that th e propose d a l terations in the tariff ivo l,l ', pass into a law— t h a t t h e C orn• l aw was all which the lit: H Hon. Baronet meant to propose to the House on that ob. 1 mi . :if —and that the Income-tax was the only other measure , A A'"" , fli / which the Government relied for relieving the difficulties e" - ', : ,, , ri distresses of the country. He (Mr. Hume) was sorry to s s ,,l6s; that he took a different view of what was likely to be the ~,,i ` g , V, suit of the Right Hon. Baronet's measures. He believed te",,:/1,: the Right Hen. Baronet was fully aware of the state of distre",),s'.. existing among the manufacturing population of the coun t S .4. :o r and he believed that the Government had not adopted ~l ' o i r.'i.,., means best calculated to relieve that distress, because they '',,,diV, , ,, not duly considered its causes. It was an error to suppose "7,1,, -,, ~ that distress was merely of a temporary nature . Years N ii . ' ~ rolled on, and he had continued to raise his voice agell ' i 4 those evils. Our commercial system was conducted on a Pyl, ''Z' foundation. He had always insisted on the necessity of OP!: ':;'' ing additional outlets for the exchange of the industrial - 10/: ',d#. ducts of this count r y. H e cons i dered the restriction iarpo. w ..icr '. , on our comm erc i a l re l at i ons as the primary cause of the a ';,'.;•.',.' tress. The second cause he considered to be the lavV,h c_ . ..s": penditure of th e pu bli c money. The Right Hon. 13arwaet '''' ' i right in ch ang i ng t h e taxes wh i ch pressed upon the instal" of the country f or t axes upon cap i tal, but he ouest to lf„4 .•'''-'.: made due allowance for the enormous taxation w nick preg'i , ;'., upon the manufacturing industry of the country, The Ri i'' Hon. Baronet had not carried out his own principle. Herb s t k ' ` ti e' said that he was desirous of affording means of re lief to ,t••• ' ~..: financial difficulties of the country, without pressing upon '7 ' - . labouring classes; but he was sure that the taxation could l '; ‘ , be increased to 4,000,0001., without increasing the difficult' of the labouring classes. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.—ADDRESS.,., Messengers from the Lords were announced, and W m. ' declared their message at the-table, withdrew. sen t; The SPEAK ER annou nce d t h at t h e i r Lordships had 60 word that it was her Majesty's pleasure that the two Hel lo should attend her Maj es t y l a t th e P a l ace at three o'clock. " m . • therefore proposed that he should take the Chair at a clu r4r. " past two. . . . INCONIE-TAX—ADJOURNED DEBATE, t '- 111 r. HUME resumed. Had th e R i ght Hon. 1313.°- f • looked at the expenditu r e o f th e country ? Had Ire taken 3-if measures for the effectual reducti on o f any of the large and ;tO, o t ", necessary expenses which had b een i ncurred during the , • five sears, and which had led t o a ll those difficulties? All t e the fight Hon. Baronet had stated was, that he did not , that any great reduction of expend i ture could take p lace . Did the Right Honourab! e B aronet expect that by t.-4 • 4,000,0001. more fiorn the capit a l o f t h e country, to be nniff in war or ether useless expenditure, he would afford anyu y to the distressed poo r of t h e country ? He (Mr. ° k li e g' • would only tell him, j u d g i ng from past experience, tu a ; j.O was likely to be di sappointed. He knew of no instan ce -• , '•,. which the financ es o f t h e country were in difficulties the House immediately proceeding to inquire into the of those difficulties, and into the state of the revenue i t o , how far it was possible to make reductions to meet t "„k creased expenditure of the country, or con fi ne that exr.''the ture within proper bounds. Had he been in the BousfL il3 oo-, early part of the session, he would have pressed upon the verninent the propriety of anointing a Finance CrAnr' 10 - In 1817 a Finance Committee had been appointed/ an" a ll e sr- Reports pointed out the means whereby relief could b forded. The result was ? that great advantage had been