The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-10 00:00:00

ebtrbf Wi ttton SUN-OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. MARCH. OF THE ASHTON C 01., ;, LIERS ON MANCHESTER TO STOP 'T11); MILLS. (Abridged from the Manchestr Guardian of this day.) We have already stated in this day's Summary, that at meetings held at Ashton, on Monday night and Tuesday morning, it was determined by the colliers, to proceed to this town. For there was no doubt, that a visit to Manchester, - on the market-day, formed part ,of the general plan agreed upon on Sunday, 'at the meeting on Mottrain Moor, for it was known here on Monday. About ten o'clock. yesterday morning, the "turn- outs," to the number of about 5,000, reached Holt Town, where they succeeded in getting the hands employed in Mr. Guest's mill to leave off working. They then proceeded to Mr. George Clarke's mill, and threatenedlo break in the doors, if he did not turn out the workpeople. He refused to do so, and they car ried their threat into execution, and knocked down Mr. Bryson Clarke. The hands of the New Bruns • wick Mill, Bradford-road, belonging to Messrs. Kelly and Gilmour, were next turned out, and the operatives employed at Mr. Guest's mill, Islington street. Mr. Fairbairn's men were also obliged to leave their work about the same time.. At half-past 11 o'clock, the mob entered the mill of Mr. JoynsOn, trr Beswick, and forced him to turn out his work people. When the.' procession, arrived in Pollar& street, they were _stopped by a troop of cavalry, un der the command of Colonel Wemyss, who was ac companied by Colonel Trevelyan, Sir Charles Shaw, D. Maude, Esq., and Colonel Hogg. A company of rifles was stationed in the rear of the cavalry. 'The whole of the C division of police, 'under the superin tendence of Mr. Cochrane, were also in attendance. The procession delayed here about half an hour, and, perceiving that they could not force their way into town, some of the committee had an interview with Mr. Maude and Colonel Wemyss, to whom they pledged themselves that they would pot commit any breach of the peace. Mr. Maude advised them to disperse, and, in order to afford them an opportunity of doing so more readily. lie withdrew the cavalry. The procession then broke up into several small bodies, so me of whern Went towards Pinmillßrow„andothers towards Travis 7 street. One detachment succeeded in turning out the hands from the factories of Messrs. Murray, and Mr. Hugh Beaver, Jersey-street ; Mr. Standring, Rhone-street ; and Mr. Smith, of St. George's-road. The whole hody at length re-united, and finally took its stand, without further molesta tion, on a piece of vacant ground near Granby-row. t was now about twelve o'clock ; and, as the factory bells announced the dinner hour, some melancholy jokes were made on the subject by individuals in the crowd, who.seemed as if no bell had called them to dinner for some time. MEETING; ANP SPEECHES IN GRANBY-ROW. A waggon having been procured to serve as a rostrum-- Mr. Pilling, an operative, was called upon to pre side. Having inculcated oil his audience the neces ,ity of obeying the law, he stated that upwards of 30,000 men, women and children, from Stalv bridge, Dukintield, Oldham, and the surround- ink* towns, had met - that morning in Ashton under- Lyne, and declared that they never would return to their work until the same prices were given them which they had had in the early part of 1840. They had turned out because some of their Corn-law repealing masters had lowered the wages of spinners 25 per cent. The wages of the power-loom. had been dropped I 'd. 2d. and in -iome instances as much as 3d. per cut ; while the wages of spinners, card-room hands, and power-loom dres sers, were reduced in the same proportion. He had known several instances in which persons had dropped.. down and died from actual starvation. lt was to remedy this state of things, that the operatives had turned out, and not for the advancement of any political object, :Mr.Challenger was also glad to see some of theipigiiT:. trates present at the meeting. (Mr. Maude, Mr, George Clarke, . and Colonel Wemyss, had just ar rived.) There was not an individual present who would not respect Colonel \Vemyss—a man who had, in 1839, saved the shedding of much blood. lie hoped, before another week had elapsed; everv'manu fiteturing town in North and South Laneashire, and North Cheshire, would be with them ;: and: that; by - , their united energy and determination:, . achieve the object in view. Havin g again adcw*Pi. meeting to keep the, peace, and to render the; lVJl'ag)s. trates every assistance in their power to prevent turbance, Mr. Challengerconcluded, amid loud ebeers.i Mr. Dixon hoped the operatives would . not allow themfiii selves to starve, in order to amass!spleridid;fo for their employers. He (Mr. Dixon) knelodorletiti;;lt in Ashton'who declared that he had rediAlaultiel prices for the purpose of arousing the peop140061; of frenzy. He (Mr. Dixon) hoped, - hoWoo,' the operatiyes would not be made the tiz i c f rr 3 io,A party, hut that they would struggle tml,gez for the obtainment of their just riglita. fig Lire hopcid they would not return to the the employers consented to give thetry..a fairiretnw4 It neration for their labour. It were mitchrliktelbfor thein to die on the highway, under the ptiies*AltriklH pure atmosphere of heaven, than to die bile eh Up in a factory, and attending. to the revolutidiia chinery. It were better to die on the street than to' die surrounded by the rattle-box, and thundering' aald clattering of the machinery of the capitalist.--11r.' .Brophy, from Dublin, advised them to agitate in their respective localities for an advance ofwages. He had ' that day seen a bill calling a meeting of the delegates of the weavers of Manchester and Salford. The Bill contained the following. statement :—" As a specimen of the way in which we (the 'weavers) are treated, we give you the following list, from Messrs. Gray, Bullock, and Gray 56 reed 20's twist, 16's and 20's weft, length 62 yards, breadth 27 inches, picks 13, in 1839 was Is. 10(1.; at present it is only ; and this week they had the audacity to offer a further - reduction of 2d. per cut. Surely such ty ranny needs resistance !"—Mr. M'Loughlin was then called on to address the' meeting. He said, Messrs. Rayner and Co., of Ashton-under-Lyne were the first to offer a reduction; the Messrs. and Brothers were the next ; and Mr. Cheetham, of Stalybridge, considered nine shillings a week ample wages for a man and his family. He (Mr. M'Lough lin) had not broken his fast that day, and he was sure that was also the ease with many of his au dience. If the operatives were satisfied with their present condition, they were the veriest slaves on the face of the earth. The father of the Premier. said, about forty years ago, that there never would be any thing done for the people till they arose in their might, and took the affairs into their own hands : he (Mr. M'Loughlin) hoped the parties who had turned out would do no more work until the master's . con • sented to give them fair wages. The meeting broke up about , half-past. one, when the Ashton and Staly bridge people again formed into a procession, and Proceeded quietly along Granby-row, London-road, and the New Ashton-road, on their way home. They were escorted out of town by Mr. George Clarke and Mr. Maude, on horseback; but none of the soldiers or police made their appearance. From a careful estimate of their numbers as they filed down Ashton-road, there appeared to be nearly 5,000 per sons from the country, a majority of whom were grown-up individuals. A considerable number of the men and lads carried sticks. Throughout the Fneater part of yesterday afternoon, most of the shops In Oldham -street, Great Ancoats-street, and Oldham road were closed, through fear of the disorderly crowds which were perambulating the town. At half-past two in the afternoon, a mob, consisting chiefly of women, attacked the mill of Messrs. Preston and Son, Ardwick island, broke all the windOws, and damaged property to the amount of 40/. At a. - q - uarter to three o'clock, the same party attacked the dye-works in Ancoats Vale, belonging to Messrs. Barlow and Sons. The damages will not exceed 101.—Mr. Kennedy's mill was also attacked by a mob, 300 squares of glass broken, and Mr. Kennedy, jun., assaulted. FURTHER OUTRAGES.—A GIRL KILLED. Between three and tour o'clock, a large mob pro ceeded along Oxford-road, for the purpose of stop ping Messrs. Birley's mill, and that of the Oxford road Twist Company. On arriving at the latter, they demanded that the hands should be turned out. Mr. Henry Cooke, one of the partners, complied with their request, and immediately 'ordered the engines to be .4upped. Not content with this, they demanded leave to enter the mill, in order that they might be sure of no one remaining inside. On his refusal to let them do so, they instantly commenced the work of de z,truction by smashing to pieces the windows of the porter's lodge, at the north-east cornet, and entered the mill yard. Fortunately, . the military arrived at this junctnre, and :he only danthge com mitted was the flinging a skipful of bobbins into the street. D. Maude, Esq., and Inspector Irwin arrived at the same time, and succeeded, with the assistance of the police and military, in apprehending fourteen of the rioters. While the military were e,corting the prisoners to the Town Hall; the mob ; proceeded to Messrs. Birley's mill, the windows. of which they immediately commenced breaking. The inmates set to work force-pump, worked by the engine, to throw water on the crowd ; but, this not proving an effectual defence, they resorted to snore formidable weapons'. Several of them ascended to the roof, and flung down stones, pieces of iron, and other missiles, with such, fatal effect, that several persons were hurt, and a young girl, it is said, was killed on the spot. The I aannumtion of the mob having been exhausted before they , harl br o ken all the windows, they seized a car t .- Nv 6.011 its way to tha loade'B with Coals, "%Filial fac tory, tilted it up, and employed the contents in finish ing the work of destruction. On the soldiers and po. THE SUN, LONDON, NV . DNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1842. THE IRISII MARRIAGES BILL. This Bill wont through Committee, was reported, read a third time, and:Passed. BANKRUPTCY LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the amendments of the Commons were agreed to, and the Bill was passed. The Coventry Boundaries Bill was' read a second time, committed, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Canada Loan Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Bill was read a third time, and passed. NEWFOUNDLAND BILL. If, in the present case, the Hon. Member for Finsbury had stated that 'he had a remonstrance to present, without entering into details, it would have been brought to the table; and, until it had been read by the clerk, it would have been impossible to have as- certained whether it concluded with a prayer or,.not. In a great many instances, the presentation of re monstrances without prayers had been attempted, and the House had invariably refused to receive them. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE had felt it his duty to make the statement he had made before making the re monstrance. He understood there was a positive Standing Order on the subject. At the com mencement of the session, he had taken his stand against usage in the presentation of petitions, because that usage was backed by no Standing Grder ; but understanding there was a positive Standing Order against the reception of any remonstrance, or expres sion of opinion, that did not contain a prayer, would withdraw his motion,—(Cheers.) Lord ASHLEY stated that a similar rule had been adopted in a case in which he had attempted to pre ' sent to the House a vote of thanks from a body of persons, h;e reception of which had been re fused because it did not conclude with a prayer. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the solicitor and Agent in the Newfoundland House ofAs sembly, against what the petitioner termed the disfran chisement of the colony of Newfoundland. The Noble and Learned Lord supported the prayer of the peti tion, and said, that although there were some pro visions of the Bill of which he approved, yet he utterly objected to swamping the representation of the people by the nominees of the Crown. He moved that Counsel" he heard at the bar against the Bill. He would be no party to the introduction of Counsel merely to impede the progress of the Bill, but he understood that the Counsel were in attendance. After a short conversation it was agreed that the Counsel should be heard before the Committee of the whole H6use. On the motion of the Earl of RIPON, the House accordingly resolved itself into Committee, and Mr. Burge was called in. He said that he had been so recently instructed on the case which it was his duty to lay before them, that he must entreat their Lordships to grant him until to-morrow. The Earl of RIPON said, could not the Bill go through Committee, and the Learned Gentleman be heard on the next stage ? Lord BROUGHAM—WouId you not rather be he heard now, Alz Burge? The LORD CHANCELLOR—To be sure : it is nly a figure of rhetoric.—(Laughter.) Lord BROUGHAM—Yes. yes.—(Laughter.) I‘lr. BURGS preferred to have - time. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Committee had better go on, and from what be knew of the Learned Gentleman at the bar, he would be able, be tween this and five o'clock to-morrow, so to condense what he had to say, as greatly to save their Lord ships' time, so that their Lordships would gain by the delay.—(Laughter.) The Bill then went through Committee, - and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The remaining Orders were then disposed of. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Contiuued from our Afternoon Edition.) The House resumed at Five o'Clock. COMPLAINTS OF THE PEOPLE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented fourteen docu ments from different bodies, in Nottingham and other parts of the country, complaining that the House had refused to take into its consideration the grievances of the people, and declaring that as such a course had been taken, the parties sub scribing those documents would endeavour, by all just and legal means, to adopt a remedy for the evils of which they complained. The Hon. Gentleman, after stating that those documents were couched in the form of remonstrances, or protests, against the course which the House had followed, and contained no prayer, moved that they should be read at length by the lerk at the table. Sir G. CLERK said, that as these remonstrances contained no prayer, they could not, he apprehended, be received, consistently with the usual practice of the House. The SPEAKER said that if remonstrances cad tathed a prayer, it was usual to receive them ; but whenever they did not contain a prayer, it was not the practice to entertain them. The House, however, could determine whether or not it could receive the remonstrances now presented. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE hoped that the House would not reject those remonstrances without knowing what they contained. He should observe that they were couched in respectful, though firm language. Sir E. KNATCHBULL thought that those re :monstrances could not be received, inasmuch as they gontained no prayer, according to the statement of the Hon. Gentleman, as he understood it. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said that this remon strance might contain a prayer in substance although not in form:, and he thought that the House would be placing itself in an awkward position by rejecting them. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no diviSion took place, as the Usher of the Black Rod ap peared at. the bar ,during our absence from the gal lery, awl summoned the House to the House of Peers to hear her Majesty's Royal Commission read for giving the Royal Assent to several Bills. ,i_ E .Ork.. the SPEAKER'S return, he stated that House had been to the House of Peers, to he a I Royal assent given to certain public and private fOr,.which, see our Lords' Report; Mr. R. YORKE said if Hon. Members would 'rush blindly to a division without being properly 'acquainted with the subject, he should vote with his Hon. Friend the Member for Finsbury ; at the same time he highly deprecated such a course. Sir R. PEEL commenced by stating that not having been present at the early part of this discus sion, he was not quite certain as to the subject. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, that as the Right Hon. Baronet had not been present at the early part of the discussion he should, with the permission of the House, briefly recapitulate the facts. He (Mr. Dun combe)' had presented . remonstrances, signed by the chairmen of fourteen public meetings. They were all couched in the same terms ; and he believed those remonstrances represented the feelings of one mil lion of the working classes. The object of the petitioners, or rather the remonstrancers, was to tell the House that this country was suffering destitution to an extent hitherto unknown. They stated their grievances in the most respectful lan guage. They expressed their deep regret, that when a petition, signed by three millions of their country men, asking to be heard by counsel at the bar of that House, that the House refused the prayer of the peti tion. They thought, that if they had been heard, they could have made out a strong case ;for the considera tion of the House. They stated that they saw no hope held out for the mitigation of their sufferings, as the House of Commons was at present constituted. They dreaded awful consequences, unless something was done to restere . them to a better condition ' • and they declared that they would take such powerful steps to effect that condition as the well being of society, and the security of the subject imperatively demanded. They even prayed that their councils might be guided by wisdom, and that the House would at once receive their re monstrances. He (Mr. Duncombe) only asked to be allowed to put the House in possession of the subject matter of those documents, and it would then be for the House to decide whether or no they should receive them. Mr. Speaker had said that if there was no prayer they could not be received. He (Mr. Duncombe) maintained that they had a right to a division, and all they divided about would be whether the House should be put in possession of the subject-matter of these remonstrances. Sir R. PEEL said he was much obliged to the Hon. Member for having again explained, for the benefit of Honourable Members who were not present at the commencement of the discussion, the precise nature of the subject. He for one, during a long course in Parliament, never made captious ob jections to the terms of the petition. He thought it better, so long as the petition contained nothing very objectionable, not to treat with a critical exami nation the words of a petition ; at the same time he did feel it 'to be of great impor tance that the House should adhere to the established form with respect to addresses to that House • and at any rate that forth should not be departed from without mature consideration.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman said that these were not petitions, but remonstrances. If the rules of that House were that the mode of addressing that House was by petition, he thought that that form ought to be adhered to.—(Hear, hear.) He apprehended that the orders of the House implyed that snail should be the course of proceeding. The Standing' Orders required that the men' should state the prayer .of the petition. Therefore, both usage and the Standing Orders implied that the mode ofapproach ing the House, either for the declaration of opinion or for the presentation ofremonstrance was by petition.. It was not his wish inthe slightestAegree, to entrench upon the rights of those who wished to approach that house, but if general usage and the standing orders of that House pointed out petitions as the only mode in -which the House could be approached, he trusted that the House would not in the present instance depart from its usual forms. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that declarations with out prayers, similar to the one which he wished to present, had been brought to the table formerly, and that the House had divided on the propriety of re ceiving them. Sir R. PEEL said that such cases must be ex ceedingly rare. lie would not be able to find in th e journals €f that House a precedent for the House re ceiving any remonstrance except, on the form of the .petition. 'lt was, however, a question to be decided by the authority of the Speaker, and he trusted the Speaker would state what was the usage on the subject. The SPEAKER said, that the usage of the House certainly had been not to receive any remonstrance, except it concluded with a prayer. There. was a Standing Order requiring :that the prayer of every petition should be stated by the Member presenting it. j In the case referred to by thel - lon. Member for Finsbury, he could not help thinking, that what he stated had occurred, must have occurred accidentally. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ea performed.ln the case of Sir Sidney Smith, although the force employed was. inconsiderable, yet he (Sir R. Peel) doubted whether or no more important events in history could ever result.—(Cheers.) With a force at his command, he believed of the draft of two ships of the line, and with those ships defending the toe n of Acreeoccupyieg, that town at a time when he had not a single gun mounted. Sir Sidney Smith conducted that siege in a manner which enabled him to laugh at all the efforts of the greatest commander of that time, command ing an army of 17,000. men. The best course he thought to take was, to refer to the opinions of contemporary men with the gallant and distinguished officer. In the year 1799 Lord Spencer moved the thanks of the House of Lords to Sir Sydney Smith, then a captain in his Majesty's service. The language he used on that oc casion was—" He did not think that there was any oc casion to impress on their Lordships-a higher sense than they already ernertained of the brilliancy, utility, and distinction of an achievement in which a general of great celebrity, after an attack on Acre, which lasted sixty days, was repulsed by the gallantry and heroism of a British officer with few troops under his commaad." In the House of Commons Lord Melville, then Mr. Dundas, and Secretary of State, used the following language, which was not couched according to the usual forms, but evidently proceeded from the heart. He said that " Sir Sydney Smith had surprised the whole nation by the brilliancy of the action, in which, - after a contest Which lasted sixty days, an intrepid com man.der, at the head of a large army, was repulsed. His conduct was so surprising that he hardly knew how to act, as he had scarcely recovered from the effects which the action had upon him." Shortly afterwards his Ma jesty sent a messenger to the House of Commons re commending Sir S. Smith to a pension of 1,0001., he being then only a captain in the naval service, and a commander of only two line of battle ships. His Ma . jest)a stated, "That he . was desirous of conferring a 1 signal mark of his favour upon ,Sir S. Smith, a captain in the naval service, in consequence of the eminent services and brilliant conduct he displayed . during the whole period in which he was intrusted with the defence of Acre. He therefore recommended that - a 'pension of 1,000/. should be bestowed upon him for the term of his natural life." Forty years had passed since that time. He (Sir R. Peel) did not regret the interval, because it would be an encouragement to others; because, however protracted for a time, it would prove to others that - the gratitude- of their country would not remain dormant, and would show them that the time would ar rive when their services would be rewarded.—(Cheers.) He would proceed from the claims of Sir Sidney Smith to the services which, in point of time, had been next performed—the services of Lord De Saumarez. Those services were perhaps less familiar to the public mind than those performed by Lord Exmouth or Sir Sidney Smith, but still they were services which ought to be held in the highest estimation, and that they had not been sufficiently rewarded, constituted a -suffi cient reason why . they should now pay that respect which his services demanded—(Hear, hear,) The House wouid recollect, those at least who were acquainted with the naval annals of the country, that, he believed it was iu July, 1801—(Hear.)—Lord De Saumarez at tempted to cut out three sail of the line, belong ing to enemies, under the batteries of • Algesiras with a superior force. In the attempt he failed, and lost one sail of the line. He had six sail of the line, with which he. attempted to cut out three HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aug. 9. cf the enemy's ships, protected, as he had stated ; and CASE OF MR. JOHNSTONE. . having been defeated, he returned discotnfited, Mr. HUME wished to bring under the notice of the but not disheartened. (Hear, hear.) Within Tight Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State for the three days he repaired his shattered fleet, returned Tome Department, the case of a gentleman of the to Algesiras, attacked the combined French and Janie of Johnston, who, according to public report, Spanish fleet of ten. sail of the line, blew up two three after having been lately tried for an assault and deckers, captured another, and allowed the remainder sentenced to three montes' imprisonment, had, to the to escape only with great difficulty. That was surprise of every one acquainted with the circumstances / was the second engagement, and in it he triumphed.— been found at liberty a very short time afterwards. (Cheers.) Public thanks were given to Lord De San- The Right Horiourable Gentleman must be aware than marez for that action, and the greatest naval commander considerable anxiety existed in the public mind to which this or any other country ever produced=-he receive an explanation from the .Government upon the meant Lord Nelson—spoke of his conduct in terms of subject. He (Mr. Hume) hoped the Right Honourable the highest praise.—(Hear, hear.) The thanks of the Gentleman would be ready to give that explana- House - of Lords were proposed by Lord St. Vin tion, as it was very important that it should not be sent, he was followed by. lord Nelson—who bore thought that justice was not equally administered to the his conclusive testimony of the merits •of Lord De rich and to the poor. . Saumarez. Speaking of these two battles, he said , in . .. Sir J. GRAHAM said that he was much obliged to seconding the motion that a greater action than that of the Hon. Member for Montrose: both for the courtesy of Sir James Saumarez never had been performed. The his having given notice of his intention to put the ques- Admiral had undertaken an enterprise which none but don, and also for his having asked it ; because he did 1 the meet Gallant Officer and the bravest seaman could think that the question •was one very worthy of being. have accepted. •He had failed by the falling off of the answered, and the explanation he was about to give was, wind, but had the wind not fallen he would have eap he felt, due to the impartial adMinistration of justice. ; tared the French; Being thus obliged to.retreat, he re- The case had first been brought under his notice by the I turned after his recentalisastereand attacked and con- Under- Secretary of State, Mr. Phillips, after a teeming- I quered their superior forces. Ile didnot think this ac nication had been made to . him byMe. Sergeant .Adams, i tin had ever been surpassed. - Theee were Lord Nelson's the Judge wild had tried the case. Upon first seeing ; observetimis i uperi that occasion. Lord de Saumarez, in the report of the case, considering the condition in - life 1 his aneWer4ecletitiwledged, with the:utmost gratitude, the of the prisoner, his. education, his superior etatieu, and 1 vote of thanks which; .had been conveyed to him by the all the circumstances attending his position, he had felei Chancellor : but he said on four former occasions he had very great hesitation indeed T. ith respect to thel proviety -I been bonotiretkwithetise?thaake of . their Lordships when of entertaining any proposal' -to mitigate the severity , of e; commend* line- of-battle ships in four different general his sentence, and lie therefore referred back the case to !'avetinasnclia RodaWeettetiota -in St. :Vincent's action, in Mr. Sergeant Adams for his opinion. He thought the ; Bridport's aetititreindilielson's action of the Nile.—(Hear, best course he could take was to read to the House th -le r) Oki lfito tiffreAnt •cecasions, then, he had re statement of 'Mr.' Sereant Adams, • Which induced. him' " - , y b e IthanlcrqirVitrliarnent , for gallant conduct in to commute the sentence. He should state that 111144 ;, e g aleff&ir t ! • flit/ viewed the whole naval ca -I%y gation was, that this gentleman had made an aesaala szeemq et ai ellia ' 14Ait.bef'swould fled . it animated in his chambers upon a female, with criminal intent T tfie sari* gml ti,,+:44"Vite,' and the same devotion That was the , indictment. upon which he was triod e - Joakieneountime. rTe e ligattper e edothere to their gallant and the Verdict of the jury found him. guilty of the conduct ad St. Jettentieeee; H e t ear, hear.) In speaking assault.. Some circumstances came. to the knowledge oftsifiLond ..altoiltia vitact(4.lE-SciVß.et)_vroUld refer to the r Mr. Sergeant A.danis shortly - after the trial, - which ledt raestimou t y p orno by a naval officer who stood highly dis him to doubt the propriety of the sentence which' he hada keinentialia,itnfsbeseettataketaniiaadjthiaeemmtry, the pre, passed, and also to doubt whether the circumstances had'' sent Lerdlatildtsorikatetaierckeerd- Ceeltrane. •He referred been fully disclosed and tiretight before the Court. This !. to thBeteaaatiolVitortiOlibriast4Csichrene when speak wits the letter addressed to him by Mr. Sergeant Adams, , ingnit_o4 4eige of Algiers That Gallant Admiral said , n and upon which he had - thoeght it consistent with -his 1 thaf4o" one was better acquainted: thia himself with the .• . e duty to remit the 'sentence after the party had been con - . pin* possesgsMilleatataimeanci lee:wouln say that the ... _ fined seven days, on the payreentOf 301-.:The following' conduct Of Lord iteinanah a ansl e t;lsn e tkae.t. was deserving of is a copy of the letter, as nearly as we could catch it, the ; every prnieeee it hettati V onet atisireFf949.4. in. the way in Right Hon. Baronet being nearly inaudible in - the gal- 1 whichßritishflegta aione)innewehewasi; serve -; he never lery :e--" Sir—ln reference. to your communication with .1 knew anything .s . e . itiele Child adtpeekanhe manner in which respect_ to Mr. Johnstone, I beg to infirm you that I be la id .his WO along the Algerine shore- When Lord have conferred with thePoliteMa e gistrate, and examined - Exmouth fotight-thehattla eitAlgiers, he had been forty the person referred to -in Mr. Johnstone's letter at the years in the naval service. He began-service in 1776. close of the examination ; by which 'it appears that At the commencement of the American war he coin she does not confirm -in some important particulars the mended the Spartan, and he began his career in a way statement made. lt does not appear that the prosecu - prophetic of his future renown. Shord)eafter he served on trix at any time charged Mr. Johnstone with an attempt board a large vessel in a gallant actionin Lake.Cliamplain. to violate her person. There can be no doubt that the lln 1816 he performed that action at Algiers, and he had prosecutrix from the first complained that. an assault I thus devoted the long space • of forty years in had been committed upon her, but the witness did not I the service of his country. There was upon re think that she meant thereby to accuse him of an attempt cord a - letter front the First Lord of the Admiralty to take indecent liberties, because of the knowledge of 1 to Lord Exmouth, then a midshipman, stating that the his irritable temper, and the great dislike he had ex- accounts reported to him of the signal valour - and good pressed to the prosecutrix." It appeared distinctly that conduct lie had displayed during the action on the Ame he had had some quarrel with this servant - during her . rican Lakes, were of such a nature, that he might be attendance upon him at his lodgings. "My first impress I sure the first opportunity of rewarding him should not sion, as the facts then stood, was, that he had used the be neglected. At the time this letter was addressed to woman extremely ill—that he had taken grossly indecent him he was not 19, and through it he gained his lieute liberties with her, and that he had brought for Ward nantcy. He (Sir R. Peel) wished the House his wife unjustly to assail her character, and falsify her to survey the whole course of Lord Exmouth's conduct testimony. Ido not hesitate to say, from my conference for those forty years ; to reflect on the gallantry he.had with Mr; Walley, and the evidence now before me, such constantly displayed not only in action, not only in the impression was erroneous, that there is not any reason destruction, but in the salvation of human life—(Hear, to believe that the defendant intended to take any inde- hear)--to look at the whole character and energy of his cent liberties with the prosecutrix. We must take the conduct.—(Hear, bear.) Her Majesty's late Govern case, I think, as follows :—That Me. Johnstone is an ment had been inquiring into the claims of naval officers, irritable man, frequently harsh with servants, and hay- and they had confined their Report to these three .parti ing taken a strong dislike to the prosecutrix, and finding altar officers. He (Sir R. Peel) had entered into the., her in his chamber later than he expected, he angrily grounds for their-selection, and he thought that the dis and sharply struck her on the back, and desired her to orimination exercised by the late Government was a wise leave the room ; that she refused to do so, and he then oue ; and because his own judgment approved of their seized her by her arm and entered into a most 'unseemly decision it was that he brought this motion. He did altercation with her, she resisting. Had I known all e not think it necessary to call upon the House the circumstances, I should not, undoubtedly, have im- to make any extensive grant of money for these monu prisoned him for three calendar Months I think I Ments. The great value of such monuments consisted should not have imprisoned him at all, but inflicted upon not in the elaborate workmanship, not in the expense to him a serious fins--such a fine as a gentleman of which the public might be put in erecting splendid works large fortune should be called upon to pay under the of art, but in That they were tributes of respect and grad circumstances. The sentence, however,baving been passed tude for long and gallant services in the cause of their Ido not think the justice of the case would be met by an country.—(Hear, hear.) And, however small the sum immediate discharge, unless accompanied by some fine." which they might cost the public, the effect would still Under all the circumstances, considering that he had be the same, to stimulate others to similar exertions.— been imprisoned for a week, and that the punishment (Hear.) lie trusted at the same time that works of this was itself severe for a common assault, he had thought kind might be made subservient, by proper care in the it right to remit the remainder of the sentence on the selection of artists, to the great object of encouraging payment of 301. the arts in this country.—(Hear.) But he contended PUBLIC MONUMENTS. The House then resolved itself into Committee, for the ment ; on the contrary, if it was their desire thus to ex . purpose of taking into consideration .. the propriety of press their gratitude to those whose services had ren addressing' her Majesty ou the subject of erecting testi monials to the memory of Sir Sidney Smith, Lord De Saumarez,, and Lord Exmouth, upon which Sir . PEEL rose, and .said that he had moved that the House should resolve itself into Committee , in that it was not necessary to erect an expensive monu . dered them deserving, the would more moderate the sum they voted, the more reconciled the public be R to the distribution of rewards of this kind, and the more extensive would be the opportunity of making similar acknowledgement to others.—(Hear.) order that he might, in conformity with the He therefore trusted that the House would not hesitate , notice he had given some days ago, move that the House to give a cheerful, he might say .an enthusiastic, acqui should present an address to her Majesty, praying that escence—(Cheers)—in this motion, from the fear that her Majesty would be pleased to give directions for the any considerable expense would be necessary.—(Cheers.) erection of three monuments to three distinguished naval He thought he need say nothing more to recomineed this b officers of this country no* no more Lord Exmouth, motion to the House.—(Cheers.) The Hon. saySmith.hailwouldt of his of he (Sir R. Peel ) felt in the performance amendmenTtbebuHttiolf Member addition—(Hear, hear)—to for Lambeth had proposed of that duty was, that of making the selection, and in F u o ti ? n • discriminating the many claims which, on review of the inviting the Hous ' e . to ' take i into consideration the claims naval services of this country, were presented. It was to SI uular honours of those great men who had conferred eke. . ' benefits on humani t y b y their discoveries and exertions impossible to review the devotion to the public service. in the field of science. — ( Cheers. ) He ho ped the Hon. and the gallant exertions made for. the vindication of the Gentleman would not press his amendment. The honour of the country by the officers employed in the subject was one . deserving of a separate considera naval service, without feeling the greatest admiration of lion.—(Cheers , ) It ought to stand alone.—(Cheers.) those services, and the deepest feeling of gratitude to- It would be diminishing the honour du© to thse Member wards those who gave them.—(Cheers.) If it . were was men, to Whom it was intended by the Hot), to thought that it was a reflection upon those whom o publiclt pay honour, if the motion were to stand merely as an nut proposed to honour by a similar . recor appendage to a motion intended to pay honour to these gratitude, he should feel the utmost pain. It was, how naval heroes. The Hon. Gentleman had proposed to a l cases of this kind, to make ever, always necessary,call upon the House to erect monuments to eminent selections and discrimination s from contem p oraneous merit of a permanent claim on public gratitude. D u ti es scientific men ; .perhaps the Honourable Gentleman painful, but still they ought not to might have exercised some principle. of selection. He of this kind were h permit such considerati ons to pr event th e m p a y in g that had proposed the erection of monuments to three men of debt of gratitude. When lie considered the special claims science. • He was not prepared to say that the Hon. of the three officers whose names had been mentioned, Gentleman was not right, or that he (Sir K. Peel) Sir Sidney Smith, Lord De Saumarez, and Lord Ex- pronounced an opinion adverse to the preposition. He mouth, he (Sir RaPeel) thought he shculd be able to would not say that the country had not too much neg show to the House that they ought to grant to these offi- lected to pay those honours which were due to scientific sera the distinction then proposed to confer upon them. and literary merit, but the subject was of sufficient import- The effect of this public acknowledgment of gratitude it once to stand alone.—(Cheers.) It should be brought for was impossible not to foresee. He (Sir R. Peel) could ward•on its own intrinsic merits.—(Loud cheers.). With not witness without feelings of satisfaction the enthto regard to the propriety of the country making similar ac siasm of the Gallant Commodore (Sir C. Napier), himself Isnowledgments to men of literary and scientific a great ornament to the n ava l p ro f es sion, when he (Sir me rits , to . those _ with which they honoured R. Peel) first mentioned this subject the Other night, men who had performed great naval and midtary when the Members on that (the Opposition) side of the achievements, he would give them no opinion. House intimated an abjection, or a doubt, at least, of MuCh might be said onthe subject of the indifference of the' policy of this step. By the generous enthusiasm the State to the merits of civilians—not of those em displayed in behalf of these officers on a former occa- ployed in political life, but of those who devoted them selves to the paths of science and literature— hut those sten, it was impossible not to feel what would be the effect claims should be discussed on their own intrinsic merits, upon the exertions of the officers in the navy. This was , the cheap defence of nation ,1.. . " Quisque sui memores alios fecere merendo , " I " The Senate's thanks, the Gdzeite's pompous tale, should stand perhaps on the same foundation with those With force resistless o'er the brave prevail." who had performed great military achievements. That —(Cheers.) Two of the officers whose names he had men- was a question worthy a grave and separate discussion. tioned—he would mention ,as connected with exploits of- —(Cheers) He hoped . the Hon. Gentleman would with e our own times. It was impossible to recal the - rec ollect:on draw his motion, and wouid tale :mot cif of on portanity )f of tli‘ , , deeds at .A cr , . 1 ,,,, t! , ! ei . 1 , , , 7 ,.c.e A' • HOUSE - OF LORDS, August 9. COLONIAL 'CONSTITUTION (CAPE). The Marquis of CLANRICARDE piesenteda peti ;ion from inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope, praying ror a Local Legislature. tti F 0 UNDL AND BILL. The Earl of RIPON moved the second reading of the Newfoundland Bill. The Noble Earl then explained the provisions of the Bill, which have already been amply detailed in tbr: rcport.s of the discussions on the Bill in _ _ tho other House of Parliament. Lord CAMPBELL thought that the Constitution of Newfoundland ought to be reformed, but he by no means approved of the mode iu which that reform was, by thc• present measure sought, to be carried out. After a few words from the Earl of RIPON, in ex planation, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he was not hos tile to the Bill, but could not but express his surprise at the circumstances under which the measure was introduced at so late a period of the session, and without the feelings of the people of Newfoundland being first ascertained as to the mode in which it was now pro posed to deal with their constitutional rights. The Bill was then read a second time.—Committee to-morrow. The Earl of DEVON presented a petition from an in dividual named Stokes, praying that such alterations might be made in the law respecting Loan Societies, as ‘voold place such o,tablishments in England on the same footing as those of the Monts de Piete, which had worked with such advantage to the labouring classes in Ireland. Lord BROUGHAM expressed a hope that the Noble Earl would take an early opportunity of introducing, ac cording to his expressed intention, a measure on the sub ject next session. _ _ The House then went into Committee on the Presby- Nrian Mat-tinges (Ireland) Bill. After some discussion between Lord BRoUGHAN and Lord CAMPBELL, The LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice, that next session he would move the re-appointment of the Com mittee, in order to the consideration of the whole subject. The Bill then passed through Committee, and the House resumed. CONFERENCE WITH THE COMMONS. The Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Hood, Lord I rali'a rden. Lord Beaumont, Lord Sondes, Lord Saltoun, and the Bishop of Chester, were appointed to conduct the Conference with the Commons, on the Parish Constables Bill, and proceeded thereto. On their Lordships' return, Lord LIVERPOOL com municated to the House that they had received, from Mr. Manners Sutton, • the reasons of the house of Commons for their amendments on the' Parish Con Stables Bill, as sent down from their Lordships' House. It was then ordered that these reasons of the House of Commons, be taken into consideration to-morrow. The business of the House was then suspended for a considerable time, their Lordships waiting in expectation of Bills frOm the. Commons. • • A Message from the Commons brought up the Coven try Boundaries Bill, which Was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time ito-morrow. The House then adjourned, at a Quarter to Nine o'Clock, till to-morrow. Uliet i.O a aii.‘6“.! word in hoaour of those by whom those sormes wore WA ALS tib,,A .::.:♦..:v-li L"", an acknowledgement of public gratitude would be more lice making their appearance, the mob dispersed ; and Inspectors Irwin, M'Mullen, and Maybury ap prehended eight men in the act of breaking windows. While the military were employed in clearing the streef, intelligence having been brought that the rioters 1 - iad attacked the mill of Messrs. Sterling and Beckton, Lower Mosley-street, a detachment of cavalry and a strong body of police were instantly 4espatched to the spot. By the time they arrived, most of the windOws in the mill, and also those in the adjoining dwelling-house of Mr. Beckton, had been broken. Six of the rioters were apprehended here, and taken to the Town-hall. _ _ In the course of the afternoon, a portion of the mob assembled before the shop of Mr. Rogers, corner of Charles-street, Oxford-road, and asked him to give them some bread ; on which he flung several four pound loaves among them, not reckoning it altogether safe to refuse. In the course of the afternoon, a num ber of provision shops in George's-road were entered by large parties, whose alarming appearance, in many cases, made the shopkeepers glad to send them off with a loaf or two. STATE OF TRADF. (From the Manchester Guardian.) . - - MANCHESTER.—Owing to the unsettled state of the town yesterday, arising from the turn-out of work people, to which we elsewhere allude, the market was somewhat irregular. On the whole, however, prices were fully as high as last week. on every description of cloth ; and on some counts and qualities of yarn an advance of about 1-Bth per pound was pretty kene rally realized. Had it not been for the cause alluded to, a large business would most probably have been done? ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, AVG. 8 There has been but a dull market to-day, and not much hope is entertained of a speedy improvement. There certainly has been rather more business done than on the preceding Monday, which was one of the worst that has occurred for some weeks back. The prices still continue extremely low ; and, till we have t better demand, they cannot be expected to improve. The workpeople are just barely employed at ruinously low wages. The wool market has undergone no change since last Monday that is worth recording. ..COAL MARKET Ships arrived since la d. • . Auair't _ 16 0 '.—(THIS DAY.) tst marketolay, 115 s. /1. Walk End Lambton ...... Walls End Morrison Walls End Stewart's Walls End Cassop 'A 6 Walls End Car/aloe :2O 9 Walk End Kelloe :2O 6 Walls End Adelaide .... IVallslEnd Brown's Deanery IR 6 Walls 10.5 d Evenwood Wlll4End Gordon.— l6 .6 Walls End Richardson'sTeesl6 9 Walls End Seymour Tees I Blythe.... Hartley l7a6 Howard's West Netherton Ili 9 i llangennech Coal Chester Main Car's Hartley Morrison% Hartley Old Tantieln Ord's Reitheugh l4 t.l %Vzat Hart1ey:......... Wylam . : l6 Wrt End Brown's ,6 61 Walk End Hilda lB 6 Walls End Hidden's. Walls End NVharncliffe WallbEnctßelmobt W. E. Braddyll'etietton Walls End East Hetton 18 6 Walls End Hatwel I • ...... -6 Walls End Hetton 10 6 LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY.) The Court was oecnpied during - the day in hearing applications to bail, of which a great number stood upon the list. Few of them were marked by any features of general interest. The termination of the sittings has beet, fixed for next Saturday; provious . to the vacation, although within the memory of those longest acquainted with the practice of the Court, there never has been— (whatever be the cause)—a greater number of persons seeking relief urder the Insolvency Act, than that which has been placed upon the list during this and the preceding month. IN RE HENRY PALMER. The insolvent in this case applied to be liberated on bail, until the day appointed for his hearing. Mr. COOKE, on behalf of the trustees of the Finsbury Loan Society, opposed the application, on the ground of want of solvency in the bail. William Taylor, one of the sureties, being sworn and examined by Mr. COOKE, said, that in the year 1841, he borrowed lot from the society, whose trustees were now opposing the insolvents, and railed in repaying it regu larly, but eventually cleared it up, and got a further loan 'Of 5/. about three weeks ago from the same society. . Tilt-Learned COMMISSIONER rejected the bail, and said Werer'lietier if Taylor paid his own debts, before be &Wog security for those.of another. [Urn: . 2 IN RE HILL. the iti4leht i who was a coach proprietor and job master, appli3Ofwbe liberated on bail. Upon !aciiiiebiikiiiiired by the Learned Chief Commis 7 sioner,litai Tei vaLltat t „ll4l2l - Kow4oC §P 1 4 1 9.f 2001. froju, a cnrn id aliiiitnAef! L Aerwet, in security for which he lodged raesionidicthei property with, him to the value ofl6 416 - trb 141k i h h immissioner REYNOLDS said he should refuse to insolvent to , o out . , t gad until the property 1 bee • ive Itr .4" 'Bei-met was transferred to ~' t*,, ,! s , .':: . 's . ' grfr4, for the benefit, of the ti :- - IC' '','''.: ikir meantime' he would - allow. _ i ll" , ' r , .- 0'..1. 1 ...,,,,t . ' •' . .,..1f the, order of the Court was --v‘ -, e - lirefiOnighfbe . -tiberated. IN RE R. G. GE. r ' AVent w• • l IK ratinufacturer ,l!lid. trim le — n .,...- aetAter, of St .. , r ). ift: eltrjul, formeili , earryint ,I,onlEitaltO 1 / 4 ! ess under 1 : • rni' fV/febbild and Ittid,te. Aii, L ~- 4 ,41 imsorilititiWerodnittrtirsir;-similar Lb the above, , - , .i i r‘ . ..i. , . dl } -, t o: shopman to a baton-manufacturer. '''''3fir KE. erl, fr i?eipifi pf ,;the .insolvent, applied , for i x, !VOA%) are Isis schedule amended. ~ m''''.[WfoLearned CIVET CQYINISSIONER; upon looking over 4ortictiethito:444;Abn' the insolvent came up for hear ' ingiiihereltvierci warty-items which would require explana- I tion:itritei perceived that he (insolvent) contracted debts ciithi,itnoun'. of 640/. in a very short period of time ; r also; that he attributed his insolvency to the fact of having k . secured a person named John Reginald Kemp, in certain monies which were claimed by him. The Learned Chief Commissioner continued to observe, that it was truly 'wonderful the carelessness with which some of the ator ateys of that Court transacted their business, as scarcely one schedule or balance-sheet which came before, him that day, but required to be amended. . . Bail having justified for . 7001., the insolvent was or dered to be liberated. " - T:7 A tit '"• ( be e- with, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (from the Votes and Proceecitngsaf the House of Commons.) TUISDAY, AUG. 9. COVENTRY BOUNDARY BILL. Order for Third Reading read ; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed,—" That the Bill- be now read a third time ." —Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word now stand part of the Question :"—The House divided : MAJORITY— AYLS, 47. Aldam, Wililam Goulburn, Henry Peel, Hon. Sir R. Arkwright, George Graham, Sir James Polhill, Frederick Baird, W. I Greene, I'. Pringle, A. Baldwin, C. B. Hamilton, W. J. Ramsbettom, J. Bentinck, Lord G. Harcourt, G. G. l Scholelield, J. Bodkin, W. H. Hawes, B. Taylor, Thomas E. Bolder°, H. G. Henley, J. Warner Trench, Sir F. Bowring, 1)r. Hume, Joseph Trotter, J. 13rotherton, J. Jermyn, Lord lufnell, H. Bruce, Lord E. Jones, Theobald Wilde, Sir Thomas Buller, C. t Knatchbull, Sir L. Williams, W. Cobden, Richard Lincoln, Earl of Wood, B. Cockburn, Sir G. Mssterman, John Yorke, H. R. . orry, Right Hon. H. Meynell, H. Darby, George Morris, David Eliot, Lord Nichol!, J. Fuller. A. E. Palmer, George MINORITY—NOES. k'Coart, Capt. Hodgson, Richard o°4 O'Connell, M. J. TELLERS, Fremantle, SIrT. Sutton, Hon. h. M 'ELLER& Ls, Sir C. I, M. LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (IRELAND) BILL. Order for receiving Report read; Motion made, and Ques. tion proposed, " That the Report be now received :" Amend ment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :" —Question put,'," That the word ' now' stand part of the Ques tion."—The House divided MAJORITY—AYES, 41. Fuller, A. E. Nicholl, J Goulburn, H. Peel, Sir Robert Graham, Sir J. Polhill, F. Grant, Sir A. C. Pollock, Sir Fred. Greene, I'. G. Pringle, Alexander Hamilton, W. J. Somerset, Lord G. Harcourt, G. G. Taylor , J. E.: Hardinge, Sir H. Trench, Sir Frederic Henley, J. W. Trotter, John Hodgson, R. Wood, Benjamin Jones, T. Young, John Knatchbull, Sir E. Lincoln, Earl of Mas,ennan, John Meynell, H. A'Court, Captain Aldan), NVilliam Baldwin, C. Barry Bateson, Robert Bentinck, Lord G Bodkin, W. H. Borthwick, Peter lettield, Beriah Brothe!oa. J. Clerk, Sir G. Cockburn, sir G. Corry, H. L. Darby, George Eliot, Lord Escott, Bichkarn Rowring, Or. Cobden, Richard Dalmeny, Lord Duke, Sir James Hume, Joseph Morris, David NORITY—NOES, O'Connell, M. J. Palmer, G. Philips, Mark Ramsbottom, J. Scholefield, J. Tufnell, Henry TELLERS. Fremantle, Sir T. Sutton, Hon. H. M. Villiers, Charles P. Wilde, Sir I'. Williams, Wm. TEiLcus. Buller, C. Hawes, B. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'Clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the following Bills : The Bonded Corn Bill, the Mi litia. Bill, the Prisons Bill, the Tobacco Regulations - Bill, the Mines and Collieries Bill, the Municipal Corporations Bill, the Double Costs Bill, the Copy right of Designs Bill, the Ordnance Survey Bill, the Chancery Offices Abolition Bill, the Slave Trade Suppression Bill, the East India Slavery Bill, the Rivers (Ireland) Bill, the Irish Fisheries Bill, the Dublin Boundaries Bill, the Four Courts (Dublin). Marshalsei Bill, the Imperial Bank of England Bill, llele's Charity Estate Bill, Street's Divorce Bill, and Swell's Divorce Bill. The •Commisioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and - the Duke of Buccleueh. A Message frOin the House of Commons brought up the Colonial Passengers Bill and the Bankruptcy Law Aniendment Bill. The Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing Bill was read a, third time and passed. PARISH CONSTABLES BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, on moving the third reading of this Bill, said that the Commons had re jected their Lordships' amendments, and he hoped theiqLordships would not press' these amendments, but pass the Bill as it had come up again from the House of Commons. After a feW words from Lords RADNOR, and CAMPBELL, the Bill was read a third time, and assed. INCOME-TAX. Mr. R. YORKE begged to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether, when a landlord paid for repairs for his te nant, such landlord would be allowed deductions for those repairs. He also wished to know (as we under stood) whether, when an individual Went to expense in maintaining or keeping up his property, he would be allowed for such outlay. lie thought, from the. spirit of the Right Honourable Gentleman's remarks upon the Income-tax that such allowance would be made, but he was not able to find any provision in the Act respecting it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the landlord would not be allowed to make any reduction for repairs executed for the tenant With regard to the second he did not understand what was the nature of the question the Hon. Gentleman put to him. Mr. R. YORKE said that the object he had in view was to know whether the expeme of maintain ing property, as property would be allowed, whether, if property was subject to any aggression or other, the outlay necessary to maintain it as property would be allowed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he really was not able to comprehend the nature of the Hon. Gentleman's queetion. SA'ITARA. A person from the India House was called in an , presented papers relative to Sattara. SLAVERY. Mr. VILLIERS wished to know from the Noble Lord the Secretary of the Colonies, whether he had received any reiOrt from the Colony of Ceylon with regard to slavcrY. Lord STANLEY said that not very long ago he had received from the Governor of Ceylon despatches expressing his regret that he was not prepared to furnish a detailed report on the subject to which the Hon. Member had alluded, but he had ,stated that slavery had been almost. extinguished in the colony through the registrated Act, and he was able to intro duce a new Registration .Act, which he hoped would render the abolition of slavery entirely certain. CHARTISTS. Mr. R. YORKE wished to put a question to the Home Secretary, when speaking this morning on the subject of the Chartist prisoners, he had stated that it was aesolutely necessary that political prisoners should be treated with rigour. Now he wished to know from the Home Secretary whether he was empowered, upon cx parte statements, to release a prisoner, when that prisoner had been reported by a Court of Justice.—(Cries of " Question, question.") The SPEAKER said that the question, as it was being put by the Hon. Member, might lead to dis cussion. —(Hear, hear.) Mr. R. YORKE trusted that he should be allowed to put the question in another shape. He wished to know from the Houle Secretary, whether he was empowered to recommend the commutation of punish ment from the consideration of money, especially When the evidence upon which:the prisoner had been convicted had not:been impugned. JAMESSit GRA II AM said, that part of the question of the Hon. Member was in the shape of statement, and the other in interrogatory. He appealed to the gentleman who had heard him, that morning, whether, considering how short a time had elapsed, it was consistent with the imperfect me mory they possessed, to say he had stated that political Offending should be treated with rigour : he denied that he had ever made such a state- Ment,— he had drawn no distinction whatever ; what he did state was, that while he was anxious that prison discipline should be con ducted with humanity and forbearance, it was due to society that criminals in gaols should have discipline firmly and temperately administered. With regard to the limit of the power of the Secretary of State, he begged to say that there was no limit to the exercise of the prerogative of mercy—(Hear.)—and that was the glory of this country. Mr. R. YORKE said that when he spoke of the Right Hon. Baronet's expression he had been misin formed. Sir T. WILDE said it was a matter of sur prise that any question should be made With respect to the prerogative of the Crown. The Crown might commute any sentence, if recom mended. to do so by the responsible advisors of the Crown. [LEFT SITTING.] STATE OF THE WEATHER AND CROPS. The harvest has generally qommenced in this neigh bourhood, and shwuld the present fine weather continue, short work will be made of it. Several fields of wheat have been already housed in excellent condition, and it seems admitted on all hands that such a crop of wheat, both as regards bulk and quality, has not been realised in this vicinity for some years past.—Hampshire In dependent. The recent fine weather has been exceedingly propi tious for the harvest. The corn crops are generally thin, but of capital quality, which will make up for the defici ency. The fruit everywhere looks well, and is, we un derstand; generally abundant.—Kendal The weather, for the last ten days, has been most fa vourable for bringing to maturity the growing - crops, which appear in full ear and healthy ; reaping will com- Menet) in a few days in this immediate neighbourhood.— Carnarvon Herald. In this neighbourhood the harvest will be general in the course of the following week; the crops are finer and in more abundance than for several years. In the north of Devon hundreds of acres are cut down, and many fields are already carried in prime order; if the weather should continue fine for a few weeks, we shall (we trust) be enabled to announce the earliest, the most prolific, and the cheapest harvest for the farmer that we have had for a number of years past. From all parts of Corn wall we hear equally good accounts.—Devonport Tele grah. The hay harvest is just concluded in this neighbour hood, and has been got in in excellent condition, under very favourable circumstances. The crops of wheat, we are happy to say, are looking remarkably well. More than an average crop of all kinds of grain may be confi dently expected.—. Derbyshire Chronicle. •We have uncommonly fine weather here (Culross) at present, and barley will be generally ready in this neigh bourhood about the middle of the month. Crops of every kind look well; but turnips stand in need of rain.— John o' Groat's Journal SUSPECTED MURDER AND MATRICIDE.—A most revolting and atrocious case of matricide or homiCide, took place late on Saturday night, within three miles of this city. It appears that a family of three individuals, namely, James Paterson, carter at "Niles Quarry, Robert Paterson, his son, and Janet Paterson, the wife of James, and mother of Robert, left Edinburgh for their home about eleven o'clock, and that they were, particu larly the female, considerably intoxicated. When near Slateford toll,, the female, it appears, had been either unable to proceed, or some quarrel had ensued among them ; but it is stated by one or more persons who came up to them, that Robert Paterson, the son, dragged his mother for some distance along the road, kicking her re peatedly with his feet, and using language in reference to her which we would be afraid to repeat. The father, it appears, was a passive spectator of this brutal and un- natural conduct. Two men who had come up to the party, found the wom a n lying dead, and assisted to convey her to the toll-house. They afterwards returned to Edinburgh and gave information to the police, when some officers were despatched, who took the two male Patersons into custody at their house, both seemingli unconscious of, or indifferent about, the dreadful event. Mr. Tait, surgeon of police, went out to Mules about four o'clock yesterday morning, examined the body of the de ceased, and gave a summary report. The case is now unciergoillgj infidel investigation. — Caledonian Mercury. WICK, AUG. 4.—The herring fishing at this place has been tolerably successful during the week ; but is considerably under au average fishing. The average for each boat, up to this date, May be stated at twenty-two crans, whereas we find, on lOokin,g over our files, at the same period last year, the average was fifty. In 1840, it was' twenty-five ; and, in 1339, seventy-five crans per boat. If the weather keeps moderate, there is still plenty of time and good prospects of snaking a fair fisliz. ing. Three cargoes of Norway timber, for barrel staves, arrived here this week. The price is 81d. per foot. We find on inquiry, that forty-eight cargoes of this vtiele have been landed here this season, and twelve at Helmsdale ; which is about a third more than the whole importations of last year. Several more cargoes are still expected.—John o'Groal's Journal. FRESH EGGS.—WC beg to offer a plain piece of advice to cottagers on this subject, which, if properly acted upon, will give them the means of at all times com manding the highest price for fresh eggs, although situated a-hundred miles or inure from the place of sale. Smear all your eggs with good fresh butter the moment you get hold of them. Do not load the shell with grease, but merely. give it a slight varnish. • By this simple pro cess- the egg is placed as fresh on The hreakfyst t a bl e when three mouths' old us if just laid.--Lifurifiution fur the People. striking if it stood upon that ground than if it were the result of a motion brought forward by way .of a set-(e to a similar resolution.—(Hear, hear.) lie wished to say nothing adverse to the principle of the me don .of the Right Honourable Gentleman —nothing • which could prevent him from bringing forward a motion to the same effect upon some future occasion. He (Sir R. Peel) ehould not directly pledge himself to take that subject into his own hands ; but if the Hon. Gentleman should find that her Majesty's Government were not prepared to deal with it, he might himself bring it under the notice of the House in the course of the next session. He begged to remind the House that the subject of the claims which he had brought forward had been under the consideration of Parliament upon former occaeions. He did not say one word which could show a desire to undervalue the high services of Herschel, Davy, or Watt. With respect to the last of those dis tinguished men. the spontaneous burst of public gratitude had already anticipated the motion of the Hon. Gentle man, and monuments had been raised to his memory snore splendid than any which that Hotise could decree. But the selection of the names Of persons distinguished for civil services was a subject for consideration ; and if they determined ou erecting monuments to those who deserved them, they should take care that they ex "eluded none who were entitled to the honour. He trusted the Hon. Gentleman would voluntarily with draw his motion for the present, and would not prevent a unanimous acquiescence in the motion which he (Sir R. Peel) had submitted for their adoption. Without wishing to disparage the services of others, he hoped he might be permitted to say that there were distinguished claims on the part of the three great men he had men tioned for the honour which he sought to confer on their memory. By assenting to his motion the House would not, he felt assured, incur the reproach of a want of gra titude for the services of other distinguished characters. Mr. HAWES said be could assure the House and the Right Hon. Gentleman that it never entered into his mind to disparage the services of the distinguished men whose memories the Right Hon. Gentleman proposed to honour. But he felt that while we had time after time erected gorgeous monuments to the memory of our military and naval heroes, we had nearly altogether overlooked those great men whose services were not perhaps so striking —were more unobtrusive—but perhaps not less import ant in their consequences to the country and to mankind. He thought they had too long overlooked the services of those who had distinguished themselves in a civil capacity. He had endeavoured to select three contem poraries of the great men mentioned in the resolution of the Right Hon. Baronet, who had been distinguished for great original discoveries, conferring on their country - - not only scientific glory but great practical benefits. He contended that in associating the names of Herschel, Watt, and Davy with those of military and naval commanders, he had only raised the latter into a higher class out of the class of mere warriors. The Right Hon. Gentleman, however, had said e nough to melte him (Mr. Hawes) _pause in pressing his motion on that occasion. His only regret was that the Right Hon. Baronet had not distinctly stated a determination to take into his consideration and that of the Govern ment during the recess, the propriety of erecting monu ments to men distinguished for civil services, and of selecting the names to be so honoured. He was sure the subject could not be in better hands than that of the Right Hon. Baronet. In looking back at the list of names to whose memory public monuments had been erected, he (Mr. Hawes) was surprised to find hew small was the number among them of those distinguished for civil and scientific services. Out of 132,000/. the entire SUM devoted to the erection of public monuments to the memory •of illustrious characters, he found that only 1 14,000/, were applied to commemorate civil eervices• Again, out of forty public monuments only four could be said to have been erected for civil services ; the first of these being that erected to Lord Chatham ; the se cond to William Pitt ; the third that erected to Spencer Percival ; and the fourth that erected to Captain Cook, who had been so honoured entirely on account of his scientific discoveries. Now he had selected names eusi nent in science--Herschel!, Watt, and Davy. Herschel' had added considerably to our knowledge of the solar system ; Watt had brought into practical operation the great and original discovery of Dr. Black ; and the name of Davy was known throughout Europe. He had taken these names because of their eminence, and because they were contemporary with the names proposed ; but after what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman, he would leave the subject entirely in his hands, • and he re peated his conviction that no one was more competent to deal with it. Sir R. H. INGLIS said that the Right Hon. Baronet, the First Lord of the Treasury, in endeavouring to honour the illustrious dead. had done an honour to himself ; and he hoped his proposal would ineet with the cordial assent of that House. It a pp e ared to him, however, that it would be advisable not to pledge the House that St. Paul's should be selected as the place where the monuments were to be raised, but that that question should be left open for future consideration. It was well-known that Westminster Abbey was crowded with monuments, and that a very large numbe r. had already been erected in St. Paul's. Ile (Sir would throw out a suggestion that monuments to those whose memory 'Parliament wished to hono ur, s u ll y, or hereafter have their monuments in 'Westminster that a sort of carnpo sttncto should be formed in its Barry diate vicinity for the purpose. It was the wish of Mr. ,r. h and others that such a course should be adopted. a-, Right Hon. Baronet had referred to the delay that ]tad taken place in erecting monuments to the persons al luded to. Ho thought there was great advantage in such a delay . . He bail looked over the list of those to whose memories Parliament had erected monuments within the last sixty years, and opt of the forty-one monuments erected during that time, he would venture to say, that to twenty-eight of those names they could not attach a single claim to this distinction. It was a good test, therefore, of the merits of an individual to allow some time to elapse before they erected a monument to his memory. He believed the House once. Ca= a resolu tion that every Mejor-General killed in action should have a public monument.—(Hear, hear.) Did not the House degrade the honour by making it as frequent and as common as a class-honour. He begged to remind the Right Hon. Baronet that a vote was once proposed for s monument to Watteand he begged to tell the' Hon. Mem ber for Montrose that two months' taxes had been voted in 1677 for a monument to King Charles 1., th e design by Sir Christopher Wren being now in existence at Oxford. King Charles H., however, had become possessed of the money, and the too: nument was never erected.—(A laugh.) With regard to the delay Which had taken place before Far; liement had determined on erecting monuments to Lord Exmouth, Lord De Saumarez, and Sir Sidney Smith. b° confessed that for his part, he (lid not regret it. Tha t delay had only enabled the public more fully to appre; ciate the services which those eminent men had renderea • to their country. He hoped the House would give its unanimous consent to the motion. The Hon. Member far Lambeth had 'exercised a sound discretion in leaving the subject of erecting monuments to civil merit in the bands of the Government, and he trusted an opporter nity would aeon occur for taking the subject into their consideration. Sir R. PEEL said, he did not see that any advantage would be derived from fettering the motion with the stir gestion of the Right Hon. Baronet. He would not Sag that they should be erected in St. Paul's, but wo uld leave this point entirely to the discretion of the Cravat In reference, then, to the opinion of the Hon. Meralf for Oxford, he would omit the appropriation clause 0 ,!, the address, and leave the matter to the discretion. 0' the Crown. On the question being put, Sir GEORGE COCKBURN begged to assure' 1114 Right Hon. Friend and the House hew grateful and gry tified the navy would feel at this handsome and sponle n eous mark of respect on the part of the House of coma. mons to the services of some of the most disting uiebf and meritorious naval officers of the last war.(Chec re ' i It would be wrong for him to attempt to add anyel to the elegant and beautiful speech which had been sei e by the bead of her Majesty's Government , b u t the 11014 wou ld excuse him for alluding to the feelings entertairr_,.. by the naval service in regard to these ex p loits tiPer which his Right Hon. Friend had dilated, and to a ssure' the House that when the account of the gallant defence' - of Acre reached the fleet iu the Mediterranean , th ° , naval officers there—of whom he (Sir G. Cockb urr ei had the honour to be one — wer e as much astonishe d at the glorious achievement a s an y persons eel': have beets who were not accustomed to 0 ° template such valorous deeds. — ( Hear. ) The Hoesl3 would bear in mind that it was almost owing to the Per sonal energy and valour of Sir Sidney Smith, aided oe'le by two line-of-battle ships, that he defeated the efforts Bonaparte, although that renowned General was ported by the veteran troops that had attended him, °' gained all his victories in the Italian war. Eight tie' e the enemy stormed the breach, and eight times they wed.° met by that gallant Admit al and his small band of l3 , r „i tieh sailors, and every time repulsed.—(Cheers.) n., was a service, too, let it, be rembered, very differeet fro:: what naval officers were usually called upon to perfores. therefore it became an exploit more singularly g . 10 12,„,. --(Cheers) It was an achievement which obtain . i r e and assured to Sir Sidney Smith the approbation vice British navy, and gave to him• a renown in that seeini7. which never left him. But the fame of the gallant ek_d. ral depended rot upon this one glorious action. ou found him afterwards leading the British fleet throce._":„ the Dardanelles, and upon that, and everysion, showing himself' first in every deed of al Majesty's o a G to o , v i e u r o n s in t j e o n s t o lat He e r , yet nott bonoure naval hero as one to whom monumental name should be paid.—(Cheers.) Then, again, in the ,ex the British navy, he (Sir G. Cockburn) had to r ast l ejec t te h d er t e h fo a r t e l i i v iu t s h t o ri o u g a s il had given to the selection of another eminent naval thanks for the unanimous approbation which the_i_ou_s O e brilliant first (Cheers.) That Gallant O fficer fought the as the object of nation al . regard—Lord Exmouth.. action of the first naval wa y as he fought the of theavar, and one of unequal force. HecoFeir Tisch, of a frigate, and he met one of the enemy, the —(Cheers.) His first battle was at the commence; e,oncti superior power. He engaged with the enemy, One know the great and brought her into pert. Every blow. fiest that was produced by the first decisive great e e It infused courage and energy in others to goa bow emulate the d e ed.--(Cheers.) His next action,dt Jew red herding of Algiers, was one of vast power. -1 and wore tho great determination, and most extraordinary sa d to efforts which, be made, because the batteries op% hod, him were almost terrific. But the gallant Pellewtertiour Fever and by that one deed lie obtained the first vi y t nett be slavery. Another deed of this eminent hero raus atlas mucn LL left unmentioned, as it perhaps marked the m eapturclo s anything could da One of our merchantmen we.s cum f_ home to the port of• Plymouth, water it was wrecked.• Lord Exmouth, was at thu_ . P at ro e I'D • 1113 9 and hastened to the spot. Begot a ropeP th „ t!•rek , and when near the 13 , 1:1 , tii eatery gut on snure.--Leeer..) Government had selected to lion:re:land be knew that, tt °n thi 4 11 tned q 4 d t rihe a l Frl 4.l4 n e rn T he /'i b] Jett es Bit a 54 . 1e .. 1, ` , erei left the 4),, d . in ° r l th 41. mo i , • - 11% 'gre