The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-02 00:00:00

ebtrb 'ambition SL'.V- 0 I'llOE, Scccn o' Clock. PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, AUG. 2. Number Dividend Price of -- . ______ Per CANALS. Sbares. Annum. Paid. Share, re, 1,71'6 7 per csnt.Ashton& Oklham...Average97 l .l B s.sh. 94 1,4.92 41. Ashby-de-le.Zouch ATCrage 1131.1 h. 71 -,260 Basingstoke.... lool.lh. 5 1,066 61. Br ecknock and Aber gav enny lsol.sh. 92 8,010:I.16th. 101. Birmingham , 1-16th share ...Aft. & 711. IS3 4,001) ..... .. Ditto St Liverpool Junct.l99l. sh .100 pd 21 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool. 811. all pi - 409 51. Chelmer and Blackwater lool.sh. 101 530 321. Coventry 1001. sh. 305 ......... Cr0yd0n............ Average3ll.2 B 10d. sh . - 2,060 51. Os. Dudley memo ...woo 1001. sh. 94 600 131. Derby .... ......... ...... . . ... . lool.sh . 120 20,000 4 per cent. Danube and ........ 411.133. 4d.pd SI 3,5751 4' Ellesmereand Chester Average 1331.5 h. 67 931 621 Erawasn . . , 1001.sn. 721 6,485 8:1. Forth lind Clyde l9Ol, so. 1001. pd. 102„ 11,453 7s. Grand Junction 1001 . s n 123-1 2,e491 255. Grand Union lool.sh . 27 1,500 ........ Grand 5urrey............. ......... l l3O/.sh. 15 1,0001 41:percent . Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. 5,996 .. Grand Western 100 13 . 1 . •.- 7 3. elci. 01:morgambire, Avcr. costl72l. t3s.4d. 210 749 12/, Wanthein 8,238 2.. 04 . Huddersfield; Average 5 /1. 65.6 d. sh. 19 100 .. . ... Kensington lOO sh. allpd 10 6%318 - 11:10 . s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 391.189. 10,1. sh 10i 11,6991 I/. 10s. Lancaster Average 471.65. 8d . ',Os 2,897} 301. Leeds and Liverpool lool.sh 650,Q 545 i 111. 10s. Leicester 1401.3 h 145 1,897 51.98. Leicester & Nor tla ampton Av er 831.10s '7l 7,409 101. Monmouthshire lOO/ .sll 200 256 131. Melton Mowbray 600 254 Mersey and Irwell lool.sh. 540 3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd. 16 247 171. Neath lool.sh. 315 2,400 51. Peak Forest. Aver.ge about 781.5 h. 1:0 21,418 %l. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.162.8d. sh. 14 4,609 61. Rochdale • Average 861.0. 8'; 500 81. Shropshire 125/. sh. 135 809 111.10 s. Somerset Coal l5Ol. sh. 170 3,000/. 6 percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.102.8 h. 114 700 361. Stafford and Worcester ... 1401.5 h. 616 530 151 Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 260 300 9/. Staurbridge .............. 1451.5 h. 396 8,647 21. Os. Stratford-on. Avon 2.1 v er....791. 9s. bd. sh. 33 523 Int Swansea lool.sh. 265 3,762 21. 12s. Severn and Wyc &Railway Av. 261.95. sh. 45 3,6110150. 321.105. Trent and Mersey, * share lool.sh. 493 8.149 ......... Thames and Medway Av. 191 . 15.5. Bd. sh. 2 1,0005h.1 141. War wick and B 4 r=ingham . 1001. sh 168 1,0004014,i RIO 10/. Warwick and Napo's,' IDOL sh. 117 7,000 - 41 Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs.sh. 55 5.1/00 . , as. Wilts and Berks Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh • 20 400 0,,. Wrlev and Essington 1251. sh '74 .26 .... W;soeacn .............. ...... ... 1357 ;h. 50 Et II Wey and Arun. 1101. sin. 20 DOCKS. 2 • 6 °°* "I" 3p. c. Cornmerc.al ...... ..................... 1001.5 h. 61 1,065;5b. 5 per cent. Kaat and West India ....... . ..«« Stock 101% :3.239,310;1. :3;l.p.et. London ... ... .Stock SI Ditto Bonds 2,4011 31.65.• sd. Bristol Average 1471. 98. sb . 75 69,3241.5 1 . vo ccnt. Ditto Notes, various amount; lOB 352,752 .5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 1:9% 501"6 0 9 4} percent. Ditto Bonds -. lOO 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years ...,., ..... .... Deptford Pier 201.5h. 201. pd 10 BRIDGES. 1,600 It. Hammerrniti: 50/.sh. 21% 7,231 Southwark, 01d.....-..Av. 63/. 21 Bd. sh. 3y, 1,700 11. 155. Ditto, New, of 7; per cent.„ 5Ol. sh . 15% 0,000 ........ Waterloo 1001.8 h. 3 5,000 2 . 25. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 COL psi 21 5,000 19s. 3d, Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 18 60,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 27s Vauxhall .........Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 28% ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 5OOl. sh. 50/. pd C 9 50,000 1 6 L e c r i c i T'l Allianceßritish &Foreignlool. sh. 111. pd 13% 51,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 5% 24,000 IL per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. W. pd 14% 1,200 sh . 51.- Birmingham Fire 2501 . sh. 551 . pd 107 % 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire 0 50/. sh. 50/. pd 41 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 5O!. s' , . 51. pd 6 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, 100/. sh. 21108 pd 6% 4,000 3108 County lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 10 4,000 as. Eagle. ,„, €a per eeng Ec ono mi c Lite 10001.5h. 250/. pd 406 "'''" d 801 bs. j 2.371 112s.per cent. European LI i e :201. eh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 201. sh. 21. pd 1%, „000,000/. fl. per et Globe Stock 125 20,000 51* Guardian 30,000 45. 03. Hope 5O/.5h. 51. pd 5% 2,400 51. 12s. lid. Imperial Fire 5OOl. sh. 50!. pd 141 7,500 10s. ed. Imperial Life 1001.5h. 101. pd 11% 13,452 M. per cent. Indemnity Marine lOOl. sh. 8/. pd 32 %MO SI 101 Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 91 3/, Ditto Life 5Ol. pd 10,000 255 Law Life lOO/. eh. 101. pd 33 5,000 10s. London, Fire 251. oh. 121. 10s. pd 17 3,900 10s. London, Ship 9.51. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 17 I wow. ... ..... Minerva Life 100!. oh. /25,000 61. per cent. National Loan Fund... 201. sh 21. 103. pd 2% 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Life r.O/. sh. 2/. pd 50,000 51. per cent. Protector Life 201. sh. 2/. pd 19b Od 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....KO/. sh. Si. pd 5% 2,500 1/. Provikient Lite ........ ..... 1001. sh. 10/. pd 20 200,660 4s. Od. Rock Life 89,2201 51. percent. Royal Exchange Stock 171) 6,000 5 per cent. University Life 100!. sh. 51. pd 11 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh, 51. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 Agric. and Corn. of Ireland2sl. 81410/. pd 15,000 S per cent. Australasia WI. sh. 40/, pd 51 1 4 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sh. 10/. pd 1334 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 504 sh. 10/. pd 13 31,000 6percent. London & Westminster 1001. sh. 20/, pd itN 60,003 5/. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10/. pd 13 4,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOO/.oh. 10/. pd 00 25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 12i/. pd 19 50,000 7i percent. Manchester and Liver-} 501. . h. 151. pd 194 pool Dis^onnt 20,000 7 percent. Manchester lOO/.5h. 101. pd 414 Keno S per eent. Provincial Bank of Irelandloo/. sh. 251. pd 4054 10,000 6 per cent National Bank of Ireland 501. ah. 17i/. pd 15x, 10,000 6 per cent National Proviuclal Eng.loo/. sh. 351. pd 344 10,006 Ditto New.... 101. sh. 10/. pd 10 10,000 Gloucestershire 501. sh. 10/. pd 32 6.000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 51. pd 03 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES: 2,500 I6s Zia - Bath 201. sh. 161. pd 22 5,000 ..... .... British 40! sh. 161. pd 19% 4000 r 5/ a .percent.l Ditto Provincial Ind Bs. 6s. 20/. *h. 191. pd 23 928 51 10s Birmingham 501. sh. II 1 1,250 21 Os Bristol 2Ol. sh. 36 '1,250 3110 s Brighton 2Ol. sh. 14 750 31 103 Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 16/. pd 9 2,471 41 per cent Brighton General 2O/. sh. all pd 9% 4,000 71.105. Continental Consolidated .. .. 751. 621/.pd 110 1,000 10 1 . City of Lon d on ....G0/. sh. all pd 195 1,000 61. Ditto, New lOOl. sh. 75/. pd 150 4,000 3/. o s. Equitable 5O/. pa 20 10,000 3/. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 693( 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thaliet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 19 2,350 61. per cont. Independent not. a. all r i,,, 56 9,000 51. per csitt. Phoenix 5O/. sh. 39/. pd 30% 1,000 41. per cent. Rstcliff lOOl. sh. 804 pd 64 4,000 South Metropolitan 50/. 5h."23%/. pd 17% 0.000 51. per cent. United General 50/. sh. 471. pd 30% 240 51. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 22 2,000 31. Westminster Chartered 1,00 Hs. Ditto New 5ll. sit. 10/. pd 11% 780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2O/. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS 1,900 345. Birmingham 25.:. sh. 25/. pd 21 4,433 EV. East London 100/. sh. 110 5,500 21 Iss. Grand Junction Average 411. In. 4d. sh. 6 1,000 2/. Kent 100/.5h. 52 1 4 372 401. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 325 1,500 2110 s New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 8,486 21 lOs Manchester ind Salford 1001. sh . 54 1,000 5 per cent. South London 1001. sh. 08 8,294 4jl. West Middlesex Average 631.1125. 9d. sh. 96 1,360 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 100!. sh. 36 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 2/. Os. Birmingham and Derby .... lOO/ pd 42% 9,500 3 pet cent. Birmingham and Gloucester !CO. pd 42% 15,000 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter .... ... ..1001. sh. 70 pd 41 7,500 .... ..... Cheltenham &, G.Wcstern ...100/.Bh. 801. 27 3,009 Clarence 100/. sh. 100/ pd 20 8,000 Dublin and Drogheda IOU!. sh. 5/. pd 60,000 ......... Eastern Counties 251. A. 231. pd 9 10,000 5 per cent. Great North of Englandlool.sh. 100/. pd 75U 10,918 12 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd L. 9 26,000 4 per cent. Great Western 180/. sh. 65/. pd 8946 25,000 3 per cent. Ditto New .50/. sh. 10/. pd C 2% 2.000 8 per cent. Hartlepool 100/. sb. 100/. pd 143% 8.01.10 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 50/. pd 37 2,100 4 per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 .1). 65 5,100 10 per cent. Liverrool& Manchester 10C1.sh. 1001.p,1 188% 7,008 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares ............. 5O/. pd 11l 11,41 , 5 10 pier cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 45 36,000 24.900 20.000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich...2ol. si,. 204 pd 57 25,000 :9i per sh. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. M. pd 161 25,000 2/. 7s. Cd. Ditto Quarter Shares...2s/. eh. 251. pd 47% 91,250 01. :'x. 4d. Dit o New Shares .3.2/. sh. 32/. pd 31 46,2u0 3 per sh. London and S.Western Av. 421,155. Od. 62% 33,000 Ay 13/. Irs 91 12 Ditto New Scrip.... ' ' 3 ' ' ' ' 12 13,000 41. per sh. Blanchestpr and Leeds...loo/. sit. 704 pd 76 13,000 Ditto Half Shares SO/. 304 pd 24 1 4 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 701. s h. 40/. 26% ditto Ex tension 7/. pd 2 10,000 :21.11 5. Midland Counties ..... ...lOW. sh. 1001 pd 60 15,000 :11. Os. North Midland •1/.llls Ditto New 4O/. / . .d 30 10,256 1/.los. Northern and Eastern.... 501. sic 451. pd 40N 14,660 Preston and Wyre 5O/. sh. 30/. pd 36 18.000 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover 5Ol. pd 23 1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington .. . . ...AMA. 265 0,000 .... ..... Thames Haven .501. sh 5/. pd 8,000 101. per cent. York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 88 MINES. 8,000 .. . . .... Albion Copper 5/. h. 13a/. psi 12 4,000 111 ss. Alien l5/. sh 12/. I( rpd I'4 10,000 ..... A n glo 111 l xican,iss.s/. pra.lool. sh. al '1 d 2 Ditto Subscription 251. pu 29 8 2,000 . .... .. . Bolanos l5O/. sh all pd 4 10,003 It. Ida Brun anlmp. lir. 54 pm 85/. bh . 21/. pd 9 8,000 ......... Flacatibas & Locaes United 251.5h.254 pd 4% 11,000 ......... Ditto St. John Dcl Rey 204 sh. 144 pd Isi 10,000 Bolivar C6pper Company, 20!. sh. 201. pd I . 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 104 sh. 101. pd 2 20,000 ......... British Iron lOO/. sh. 70!. pd 8 ,000 .....".. British Copper 51.0 i. 414 pcl 1% ..„ ..... Cats Br..nea 6ll. pd 514 Candonga 7i/. pd 5 10,000 I / Copiapo t3,sfß ~ ,tkso sit_ Eaglish .." .. ... . . ..... . l4/. Cs. pd 2 2181, 0 General NliningAssociati on 20/ 5h.184 pd 3hi 8,155 3,008 , , Polberou Consols ..... ... 10/. sh. gt pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 2% Ditto Loan N0te5.............. ... 1501. pd 50 30,000 ...... ,„ United Mexican, Iss.2 put. 40/1 sh . all pd 1% Ditu. Scrip , 1% Ditto New Scrip. 41 pd West Cork ........................50/. a h 50/. pd 3 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. -- 1,000 ***** London, with Bronze Ticket ...760. eh. 13 1,500 700 Russell 25gs. eh. 6 King' College lOO/. 19, MISCELLANEOUS. )0)000 35 8 . Australian Agricultural.loo/.Csh. 301, pd 30 6,(0o /. percent. British American Land Company 3:51/.pd 9 10,000 el. per (stilt. Can:,da Company ......... 1001. sh. 3211, pd 30 30,000 51. per cent. Upper Cana‘za Loan City Bonds, 4 plr cent. . . ... ...•....•.... 20,000 1/. 6s. CI encr.tlSteam I Caligatten 151. 5h.1141. pd 1 . 5 10/.percent. Hudson's Bay Stock ........ ... .......... . . 254 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms.... Av. 75/. al) . 19% CaoLtcli out:ompany C ..... ..•. l2k!. pd 123 s New Brunswick Land Company 1. pd 12 ;47 41. per cant. licrersionary Int. 50c...100/. sh. j ... ecq. pd 95 2.MS 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sl I. 100/. pd 107 ,eOO 10.000 Os. Van Diemen's Land.... 1001. sh. 19/. pd 45i LIST .f SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES JULY 30. 1842. BANKS. 1,0 0,00(v 61,p. ct. Bank ot Os. Bd.sh .aI pd 154 1,000,001 et. p. et. Boys] ofScotland lOC/. sh. all pd 152 500.0c0L 81. p. et. British Linen Compzny 100/.sh. all pd 901 tieo,9ool. 71. p. ct. Cornmercl2l :$OOl. sh. 1001 pd 2 500,0iiu: G ;,.. ct. National lool.sh. 101. pd 14 slN",ntiel. fit. p. ct. Glasgow Uni on ....... . 2 s( '/. sh. 501. pd 7 5 1.00 0 ,060/. op. ct. Western of Scotland 2col. sh 401. pd tO INSURANCE C OMPANIES. 250,0005 h. '4p. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. 11. pd 243 Od. . 500 10 p. ct. Hercules 100/.sh. 10/. pd 1 1 24 10.',000 . 12 p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. di. all pd 8)4 .... 59; 000 10 et. North Aritish .20045 h. 10/. Pt! 19 1,000 10 p. at. Caledoni,,n Fire 1004 sh. 101. pd b oo t .) 1U p. et. Edinburgh Lae 100/. sh. 10/. pel 15 100,000 Si p. ct. West of Scotland lOl. pd ISCELLANEO US. 4,818 Edin. and Glas. Un.Canalso/. sh. all pd ln Ditto Allocated' 96/. sh. all pd 38 $25,40! Fi per cent. Edinb. Joint Steck Water 251. sh all pd 34 I,lt&nb f.l per cent. Shotts I ron lioundetv 50/.sh 481 pd 36 oxo o S per rent. Edinburgh & Leith G 1415 20/.34 161. pd 3)4 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ...... ...25/.sh. all pd 52 4,450 10 pet cent. Glasgow Gas ...... eh. all pd 52 750 7i per rent • Leith Coal G as 201.8h. all pd 26 1.154Ec' linburgh and Dallieith Raliway 50/. 26 Sir Robert Peel left town this morning for Wind sor Castle, to h ave an audience of h er Majesty. The Right Hon. Baronet is expected to return to town this evening. The Augsb urg Gazette states that Count Fl a h aut, the French A m b assa dor at Vienna, will visit Paris during the summer, for the purpose of accompanying the Countess, who had remained in France, to the German capital. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships met to day shortly before three o'clock, for the purpose of uiving several judgments in appeals that had b een h ear d' during the present session. The Peers present were Lords Brougham, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Campbell. HAMILTON V. WRIGHT.-JUDGMENT. Lord BROUGnAM gave the judgment of their Lord ships in this appeal, reversing the interlocutory appealed from. LORD DOUGLAS V. THE DUKE OF ARGYLL. LordBR01703HA111 — al;O gave the judgment of their Lordships in this case, which was heard during the course of the present session. Their Lordships affirmed the judgment of the Court below. CAMPBELL V. GORDON. Lord CAMPBELL gave judgment in this case, reversing the decision of the Court of Session, and affirming the decision of the Lord Ordinary. THE ROYAL BURGHS OF SCOTLAND V. CUNNINGHAM. This appeal also stood in the paper for judgment, but hi consequence of the absence of the Lord Chancellor the further consideration of the case was postponed to a future day. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1842. COFFEE.—There has - been a good demand for West India Coffee during the past weeli, and full rates !;avc been paid, especially for mid te.d good qualities, winch have been the most in request. To-day Coffee for home consumption at stiffer rates ; Good ord Ceylon at 75s to 765, common 74s to 74s Gd. Java, Company's good ordinary 47s to 48s, and good ordinary Singapore 435. St. Domingo at 31s 6d for or dinary ; Low Mixed Sumatra at 24s to 255, and 500 bags Rio at 32s to 35s for ordinary to good ordinary. Cuba, imported -direct, middling at 70s, good middling 72s to 755, fine middling colonry 80s, peaberry 90s, fine ordinary in bags 48s to 50s per cwt. TEA.—The trade have been desirous to purchase Tea since 'Tuesday last ; importers have manifested firm ness, and have refrained from offering any at auction : by private contract a good business has been transacted in black sorts both for town and country consumption, and in green Tea several purchases have been made ; the prices paid have been id to -id per lb. above those of the last public sales. To-day there was little business transacted in the market, the trade for the most part waiting for the Mail, which has arrived at Marseilles, but holders are firm, and the rates quoted above were fully sustained. SnteEs.—This afternoon some parcels of common Su matra Pepper were disposed of privately at 2did. per lb. ; the market is looking better. Of Star Anniseed 300 boxes were offered at auction, and sold at full prices. RlCE.—Bengal Rice has met with more attention, and a good business has been transacted at an advance of 3d per cwt ; middling white at lOs to 10s 6d, good middling lOs 6d to lls ; privately good and fine white selling at lls 6d to 12s, and low to middling 9s 6d to lOs per cwt. Java at rather higher rates, viz. good middling white at lOs 6d to lls, and low and middling 9s to 10s. Caro lina first sort at 30s, and second and third 26s to 28s. Patna has been selling at 15s to 203 per cwt. INDIGO.—To-clay several parcels of Madras Indigo were sold ; common sorts were 2s 3d to 2s Gd, brought an ad.tance of 3d to 4d per lb as compared with last sale's rates. Bengal is selling at former prices to ld per lb. higher. OlLS.—There has been a brisk demand for Southern Oil at full rates, viz. fine pale quality a t 341 to 34l 10s, common to good 311 to 331 lOs per tun. Cod Oil at 32/. Pale Seal at 371, yellow and straw colour at 33l lOs to 36/, and brown at 32/ to 33/ per tun. Sperm fine British, at 84/ to 84l 10s. Linseed Oil, at 30s 3d to 39s Gd. Rape Oil, at 43s 3d to 43s 6d for pale, and at 43s for brown. Olive Oil, firm. Gallipoli at 561 to 561105, Spanish 50/ to 521, and Barbary 491 to 501 per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil at 39s to 40s for the best. Palm first quality, at 321t0 33/ per tun. TALLOW. —Holders of Russian Tallow have obtained full rates : on the spot Petersburgh yellow Candle at 483 per cwt.; for delivery at 48s 6d for the last three months. South Ame rican at 43s to 47s 9d for common to fine quality. Town Tallow at 46s 6d nett cash. To-day several purchases were made in P. Y. C. at full rates; holders are firm. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'Cloalc, the LORD CHAN CELLOR on the Woolsack. Lord KENYON presented several petitions praying for inquiry into the system of education pursued at May nooth, with a view to the withdrawal of the grant to that College. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' RELIEF BILL, The Insolvent Debtors Relief Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord BROUGHAM hoped their Lordships would bear with him a moment, while he took the op portunity to tender them and their Lordships his hearty thanks, on behalf of a very unfortunate and numerous class of his fellow• subjects, and to express to them their hopes as well as gratitude with regard to this Bill, abolishing, as it must do, in a great many cases, imprisonment for debt, and obtaining a distribution of the estate of debtors among the cre ditors. As long ago as 1828, he had strongly urged the necessity of such a Bill as the present, and he hoped it would be received by the other House of Parliament, with the same favour with which it had been received by their Lordships. Lord CAAiPBELL rose to move an additional clause to the Bill. Lord BROUGHAM—The Bill has passed.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Lord CAMPBELL entirely agreed with the objects of the Bill, but had not been prepared for the railroad pace with which it seemed to have been passed. Lord BROUGHAM suggested that the clause, if ne cessary, might be added in the other House. LICENSED LUNATICS ASYLUMS BILL. It having been announced that the Members of the Commons appointed to conduct the conference with their Lordships on the Licensed Lunatic Asylums Bill, were in waiting. Lord Beaumont and several other Peers attended for their Lordships, and on their return re ported that the Commons had agreed to some of the amendments, and from others they disagreed for reasons they had stated. .BUR'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) To-day being appointed for the further examination of John Perkins and Edmund M'Gill, who had been re manded from Friday, on the charge of stealing a dia mond pin from Mr. Henry Peckham, of the value of 151., the Court was crowded to excess by friends of the prisoners, and others, who were anxious to hear the dis closures which it was expected might be made relative to the house in Jermyn-street. Mr. Payne, the barrister, and Mr. Hobler attended for the prisoners. Mr. Henry Peckham, the complainant, who had been bound over to prosecute, repeated the evidence which he gave on a former occasion, the material points of as relating to the case, were, that on the 29th of July, about four o'clock in the morning, he was coming out of a gambling-house in Jermyn-street, when he met the two prisoners and another man not in cus tody. He went with them to a coffee-shop near Charing-cross, and, having been drinking, he fell asleep there. When he awoke he missed his diamond pin, and accused the prisoners of having it. They denied the accusation, and lie left the shop in search of a constable. When he returned the prisoners were gone ; they were, however, subsequently found, when M'Gill gave up the pin. The following cross-examination of Mr. Peckham then took place : Mr. Payne—Who, and what are you ? Witness—l am a gentleman, and live upon my means. Mr. Payne—You had a .watch and appendages with you at the time of this transaction, had you not ? Wit ness—l had ; the watch was worth 401. Mr. Payne—What is the pin worth ? Witness—lts intrinsic value is 15/. ; it cost a great deal more. Mr. Payne—You had no money, had you ? Wit ness—l had, but I don't know how much. Mr. Payne—Did you not borrow from M'Gill a sove reign to pay a cab ? Witness—l did not. Mr. Payne—Did you hire the cab ? Witness—l pre sume I did. Mr. Payne—You presume ! no shuffling. Do you know whether you paid for the cab ? Mr.l Jardine here checked the Learned Counsel. He did not think that he had any right to impute shuffling to the witness, who appeared to be giving his evidence very properly. Witness—l don't know ; I was in that state of mind that I don't know. Mr. Payne—Now, you are a gentleman, as you say ; what had you been about all night? Witness—l had been as far as Hammersmith, and on my return I saw a gentle man, a Mr. Armstrong, whom I knew at Valparaiso and Lima, go into a house in Jermyn-street, which I thought was a club-house ; I followed liim,in; that was between twelve and one o'clock in the morning. Mr. Payne—What was the number of the house ? Witness—l don't know the number. Mr. Fayne—Do you know whether it was "the cot tage "in Jermyn-street. Witness—l do not know what it was. Mr. Payne—Did you lose money there ? Witness— I lost some money there. Mr. Payne—Did you not lose 30/. and give a cheque i for it, upon your oath ? Witness—Upon my oath I lost upwards of 30/. Mr. Payne—Did you give a cheque for it, I ask ? Witness—l gave a cheque first for 5/. ; and afterwards for 201., when I received the former cheque back. Mr. Payne—Have you got the cheque ? Witness— I have part of it. Mr. Payne—How came it torn ? Witness—When I paid the cheque I tore it up. Mr. Payne—Now, did you not, on your oath, first give a cheque for a small sum, and then under the pretence of giving a cheque for a larger sum, keep the small cheque, and refuse to; give any other ? Witness (with warmth)—l deny it altogether. I deny it alto gether. I was grossly robbed in that House, and if I had acted rightly, I should have given every one in the place in charge. Mr. Payne—Yes, after you had lost your money ! Did you pay the cheque ? Witness—l did, most de cidedly. I paid it in their own counters. Mr. Payne—How came you to leave this country ? Witness—l went to better my condition. I left in 1825, and was then about twenty years of age. Mr. Payne—How was it you went into a gaming house with a watch and , pin, and no money? Witness— I had money. I can give you the numbers of the notes which I lost, if that will suit you. Mr. Payne—Had you any money at the place where you went to have breakfast ? Witness—l had some money, some silver; but I don't know how much. Mr. Payne—Was your pin given to you at the draper's shop ;in Westminster Bridge-road? Witness—lt was, and the prisoners said it was all a joke. Mr. Payne—Did you not shake hands with them then, and say it was all right ? Witness—l don't remember that part of it. I said to the policeman, "They have given me my pin; you may let them go if you like." Mr. Payne—Did you not say at that time that you had lost your money in gambling ? Witness—l said that I had lost some money in gambling. Mr. Payne—Did you not say that you had given them the pin for 101. which you had lost ? Witness—No, decidedly not. Mr. Payne—Did you borrow a sovereign of M'Gill to pay the cab hire ? Witness—Decidedly not. Mr. Payne—Did you not say at your last examination that you had merely been at breakfast with the prisoners, and that they admired the pin when you showed it to them, and they ran away ? Witness—l did not. I said I %%cut to breakfast with them, but that I did not know under what circumstances the pin was taken. Mr. Payne—Did you not afterwards say that it was forcibly taken from you ? Witness—l did not. Mr. Payne—Did you not say that you went into the house in Jermyn-stseet almost by accident ? Witness —I did. Mr. Payne—How came you then to stay there and play till you lost upwards of 301. ? Witness I had been drinking and acted foolishly. I had not been in a house of the sort for 18 years. Mr. Payne—How long have you been in England ? Witness—l have not been in England above five weeks. Mr. Payne—Have you not been applied to lately to pay the cheque you gave for 201. ? Witness—l have been applied to by one of the greatest (I'll not mention the word) to keep back evidence—to suppress my evidence ; but I said 1 did not see how I could do it. have no vindictive feeling against the prisoners. The witness was then cross-examined as follows by Mr. Hobler Mr. Hobler—What refreshment did you take at the house in Jermyn•street ? Witness—Some sherry and water. Mr. Hobler—Why did you give the prisoners your address ? Witness—Well, if you must know, it was this way. In the course of conversation I said I wanted to buy a horse. M'Gill said he kept a pair ; one was a very quiet one, and if I would give him my address he would drive over in his phaeton and show it me. He said, too, that I had been dreadfully fleeced, and if I felt inclined to play again at any other time he would take me to a house where I should not be served that way. Mr. Hobler—What were you in Synth America ? Witness—A gentleman and merchant. Mr. Hobler—How long were you in South America ? Witness—About a year. I was also at New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Mr. Hobler—Do you know a Mr. Dubourg ? Witness —I don't recollect that I do. _ _ Mr. Hobler—Did you ever have any bill transaction with Mr. Dubourg ? Witness—Never. Mr. Hobler.—What were you at New South Wales ? Witness—l thought perhaps I should be asked some such questions as these, so I have brought a book to show. (The book was a Directory of Van Diemen's Land, in which appeared the name of " Peckham, Henry, Esq., Chief Accountant of the Derwent Bank.") At Sidney, I went into business as a general merchant. I did busi ness to the amount of 40,0001. a year, and - was very successful. Police-constabe A!155, was next examined. He stated that, about half-past'six, on the morning of the 20th ult., Mr.Peckh am came to him to the station-house at Scotland yard, and said he had lost a diamond pin at a coffee-house, and that three gentlemanly-looking men had stolen it. Witness got into a cab with the complainant, and they drove all about the back streets of Lambeth, but could not meet with them ; at last, on their return, when near the Marsh-gate, Lambeth, witness saw the two prisoners and another person, not in custody, coming along the street ; he asked complainant if those were the partiei, and complainant answered that they were. They then got out of the cab, and witness stated the charge to the prisoners. M'Gill at once produced the pin, and said that he had lent complainant, to whose house he said he was going, lot upon it. They all went into a linendraper's shop, and were given into custody, but the third man escaped. Prosecutor gave witness the sovereign to pay the cab, and wanted him to keep 10s. fur his trouble, but he did not do so. In his (witness's) opinion prosecutor did not seem at all anxious to let the prisoners go. Prosecutor was aot exactly sober at half-past six when lie first called upon witness at the station ; but it was now eight o'clock, and he was quite sober by this time. Witness did not at any time hear the prosecutor ,say that he was satisfied to let the prisoners go. By Mr. JARDINE—Have been in search of the third man, and have ascertained that he has left Loudon. Witness searched the prisoners, and found on Perkins a 51. note, six sovereigns and a half sovereign in gold, and 15s. in silver. On he also found 225. 6d. in silver. Mr. Payne then addressed the Court on behalf of the prisoners. He said, that however the prosecutor mi g h t have conducted himself at the late inquiry when he (Mr. Payne) was not present, to-day he (Mr. Payne) should have no hesitation in saying, that if this case went before a Jury, no attention what ever would be paid to his evidence ; and he apprehended that a Magistrate acted upon the principle of not sending men before a Jury, where there was not a fair chance of their conviction, otherwise where was the good of this preliminary investigation ? The Learned Gentleman dm proceeded to comment upon alleged discrepancies in the complainant's evidence, putting it to the Court whether it was not much more likely that the com plainant should have raised money on his pin than that the prisoners should rob him of it in broad day-light, and contending that there was no case to go before a Jury. Mr. nobler followed on the same side. Mr. JARDINE, having carefully perused the whole of the evidence, said, I thiuk this is a case in which a Jury must decide. There are contradictions in the evidence, but the facts are of that peculiar nature on which a Jury must decide. I shall commit you to take your trial. Mr. Payne applied to have the prisoners admitted to bail. Mr. JARDINE replied that this was a case in which he could not accept bail. The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute, and the prisoners were removed in custody. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 29, 1842. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lcrd Forester, to appoint Frederick John Trick, Esq. (late of the 66th regiment), one of her 111ajebty's Hon. Corps of Gentle men at Arms, vice Raymond, retired. WHITEHALL, MAY 28. The Lord Chancellor has appointed A. H. W. Drewe, of Ventnor, Isle of Wight, in the county of Southampton, Genf., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JULY 16. The Lord Chancellor has appointed W. Docker, of Birming ham, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master Extra• ordinary in the Rte. Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE, Auu. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Gnaris—Cornet W. Squire to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brydges, who retires; Second Lieut. A. R. Robinson: ' from the 87th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Squire ; Cornet A. R. Robinson to be Adjutant, vice Warner, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Aug. 2. 9th Regiment of Foot—Staff•Surgeon of the Second Class J. Malcolm to be Surgeon, vice Sievwright, promoted on the Staff ; Aug. 2. 12th Foot--G. H. M. Johnston ' Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Beere, appointed to the 20th Foot, Aug. 2. 13th Foot—Major T. C. Squire to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Tronson, who retires upon full-pay ; Capt. J. G. D. Taylor to be Major, vice Squire; Lieut. G. Kiug to be Captain, vice Taylor; Ensign A. Montgomery to be Lieutenant, vice King ; J. F. Woolhouse„ Gent, to be Ensign, vice Montgomery, Aug. 2. 20th Foot—Ensign W. P. Radcliffe to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Hall, who retires; Ensign D. Beere, from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Radcliffe, August 2. 32d Foot—E. Moorhead, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice M'Gregor, appointed to the Staff, August 2. 33d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. G. Busvlby, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mackin tosh, deceased, Aug. 2. 37th Foot—Ensign J. Jones to be Adjutant, vice Byrne, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Aug. 2. 52d Foot—Colour-Sergeant J. Williams to be Quarter master, vice Chine, deceased, Aug. 2. 71st Feot—Assistant- Surgeon G. Carrr, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice M'Diarmid, who exchanges, Aug. 2. 79th Foot—Ensign T. B. Butt to be Lieutenant, b y pur chase,__vice Milbank, ' who retires • J. A. G. Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Butt, Aug. 2. 83d Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel B. Trydell to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice the Hon. Henry Dundas, placed upon half-pay ; Brevet Major J. Swinburne to be Major, vice Trydell ; Lieut. W. Garstin to be Captain, vice Swinburne ; Ensign the Hon. W. Gage to be Lieutenant, vice Garstin ; Ensign W. A. R. Maxwell, from half-pay Unat tached, to to Ensign, vice Gage, Aug. 2. 87th Foot—F. Colegrave, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robinson, appointed to the 3d Dragoon Canards, Aug. 2. Ist West India Regiment—F. Andrews, Gent., to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Bowlby, appointed to the 33d Foot, Aug. 2. 2d West India Regiment—Capt. T. Armstrong, from half pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice G. F. Horsford, who ex changes ; Lieut. G. Howell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Armstrong, who retires, Aug. 2. _ _ _ To be elides-de-Camp to the Queen—Brevet Colonel G. A. Wetherall, of the Ist Foot, vice the Hon. H. Dundas, dis missed from that appointment Lieut.-Col. Standish Viscount Guillamore on half-pay Unattached (with the rank of Colonel in the Army), vice Dennie, killed in action, July 29. BREVET—Captain T. Armstrong, of the 2d West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army, November '23. HOSPITAL STAFF—Surgeon J. French, M.D. from the 49th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, August 1 ; Surgeon F. Sievwright, M.D., from the 9th Foot, to be Staff- Surgeon of the First Class, vice John Lightbody, who retires upon half-pay ; Staff-Assistant-Surgeon S. M. Hadaway to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Malcolm, appointed to the 9th Foot; F. Reid, M.D. to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Hadaway ; Assistant- Surgeon J. D. M'Diarmid, frem the 71st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Carr, who exchanges ; Assistant-Surgeon D. M'Gregor, from the 32d Foot, to be Assistant- Surgeon to the Forces, vice Greer, deceased, August 2. AlEaroitA N n 1131.-1 he Christian name of Ensign ,Campbell, appointed to the 94th Foot, on 22d July 1842, is William . Wilson. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Linlithgow. Berwickshire, &e. Militia—John Johnstone, Esq. to be Major, vice Swinton, resigned, April 10. BAN K RUP rcv SUPERSEDED. JAMES DAWSON, woollen cloth merchant, Hndders field, Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. JOHN IVERY, builder, High Wycombe, Buckingham shire, to surrender, August 11, at half-past two, and Sept. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, official assignee ; Ashley, Shorediteh. HENRY JOHN W ATKINSON, cardmaker, Hightown, Yorkshire, Aug. 2, and Sept. 13, at ten, at the George Hotel, Huddersfield. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London ; Ilighani, Brighouse, Yorkshire. - - CHARLES BINDLEY and FRANCIS COPLAND, coach makers, Birmingham, Aug. 19, and Sept. 13, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. Alexander, South-street, Finsbury-square, Middlesex. THOMAS COLLETT and JOSEPH SMITH, cotton spinners, Ossett, Yorkshire, Aug. 12 and Sept. 13, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Hampson, Manchester ; Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett,]_ Bedford-row, London. W ILLIAM.,,WA.RD, plumber, Manchester, Aug. 22 and Sept. 13, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Hadfield, :Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London. HENRY HILTON, bleacher, Over Darwen, Lancashire, August 23, at three, and September 13, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rocms, Svian Inn, Bolton-le-Moors. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris. Temple, London ; Neville, Ains worth, and Beardmorth, Blackburn. HENRY ROGERS, wine merchant, Dartmouth, August 15, and September 13, at twelve, at the Old London Inn, Exeter. Michael, Red Lion-square, London ; Geare, Mount ford, and Geare, Exeter. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(THIS DAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 7i Gibraltar,.. Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ........2 U. 12 8 Genoa Antwerp Hainburgh M. B. 13 15 Venice Altona , 13 15i Naples Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 60 :Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon 54 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 26 Frankfort on Maine... 1511 Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin ..... ... ............ 7 New York, 21 days sight 46i Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 957 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto 9 545 PRICEb. Os' BULLION, FEB. OZ. Madrid ... 36i Foreign Gold, bars X 3 17 9 Cadiz - Portugal Gold C05n...3 17 5 Bilbao ... 36 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville ... 36 Silver in Bars... ..... 0 4 11 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of August 2.) SUGAR.—There has been less activity in the British Plantation Sugar market, still holders have been firm, and at previous a fair business has berm transacted. To day importers of West India Muscovadoes Sugar were not so firm, and the prices accepted were Gd per cwt under those ofFriday; the Refiners operated with much caution, but from the Grocers the demand was good, especially for bright yellow descriptions: sales of good and fine Antigua were made at 63s to 66s per cwt.; the purchases including the auctions are 500 hhds and trcs. REFINED.—The market for Refined Sugar was dull last week, and prices declined is per cwt, the quantity making being large. To-day the grocers operated with caution in Refined goads, and lower rates were ac cepted ; standard lumps 78s fid to 795, and good brown grocery luinps 77s to 78s per cwt. The sup ply is large. Treacle is in good request, common at 24s to 24s 6d, and other kinds at 25s to 30s per cwt. Bastards have found a free sale ; good free brown at 51s to 525. Pieces are in request. Crushed Sugar at 25s 9d for the best. MAURITIUS.—Previous rates have been sustained. Good to fine yellow at 64s to 67s 6d, mid to good mid 61s to 63s 6d, low 59s to 60s 6d, mid to good brown 55s to 58s, and low mid 54s Gd per cwt. EAST INDlA.—Prices have been sustained for Bengal Sugar, and a good demand has existed. Siam is firm in price and in lair request. Java has been in good re quest at the previous currency. This afternoon Bengal Sugar, low white, went at 63s to 645, middling 64s to 655, good middling 65s Gd to 665, good 66s 6d to 675, fine 68s to 68s 6d, good yellow 62s to 64s 6d, middling 61s 6d, low 58s 6d per cwt. _ FOREIGN.—Holders of Foreign Sugar are firm, and have refrained from offering only one small parcel at public sale. Yellow Havannah at 19s to 20s for good and fine, and at 17s 6d to 18s fid for common and micdling. White is firm in price, and in fair request. Brazil has bronght fully formrr rates. Bahia at 21s to 21s 6d for good strong grey, mid 19s, and yellow 16s 6d per cwt. Porto Rico at 17s to 19s per cwt.._ . . MOLASSES.—West India at stiffer rates, viz., Antigua goad at 30s, mid 295, Dominica fine 30s, Demerara St. Vincent's and St. Kites fair 25s to 275. Trinidad 275, Demerara fine 29s to 3Cs. Bengal Syrup 22s 6d to 23s 6d per cwt. Foreign Molasses 7s to 8s per cwt. COCOA.—Prices have been sustained fur the better de scriptions of British Plantation Cocoa, but all other sorts have declined is per cwt. Foreign is difficult of sale, at 36s for Guayaquil, and at 34s to 35s per cat for Para. RUM, BR NDV, AND HOLLA NDS.—A reduction of 3d to 4d per gallon has taken place for Jamaica Rum-30 to 36 per cent. over-proof at 4s to 4s 4d, fine of the same strength 4s 6d to ss, and common and mid at 3s 9d to lld per gallon. Leewards have declined Id per gallon, proof common quality at 2s, proof to 8 per cent. over good quality at 2s Id to 2s 3d. East India Rum is cheaper, 200 puns:have been sold, at the high duty at is sd, and at the low duty at Is 6d to is 9d per gallon. Brandy at the following rates—Cognac of the best brands, of the vintage of 1837, hhds 5e Id, puns 4s lld ; 1838, hhds 4s 11d, puns 4s 9d ; 1839, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d ; 1840, hhds 3s I Id, puns 3s 9d ; 1841, hhds 3s 10d, puns 3s 8d per gallon. Geneva at Is 10d for shipping sort ; English Corn Spirits at lOs cash. To-day all kinds of Rum were more in request ; proof Leewards at 2s to 2s Id ; very fine Jamaica 5s 6d per gallon SLAVE TRADE. The Earl of ABERDEEN moved the second reading of the Bill to enable her Majesty to suspend so much of the Slave Trade Prohibition Act as related to Por tugal. He stated that since his accession to office he had lost no time in renewing the negotiations on this subject, and the Portuguese Government having issued a decree declaring the slave trade to be piracy, her Majesty's Government had thought it advisable to suspend such portions of the act as subjected Portuguese cruizers to seizure and condemnation in •the courts of this country. The ratifications of the treaty had been sent from Lisbon, but as they might happen to be exchanged after the rising of Parliament, he had thought it right to make provision for such an event. The Bill gave power to her Majesty to declare by an Order in Council the suspension of so much of the Act he had referred to as related to Portugal. He need say nothing of the Act itself, as he anticipated no objection to it. The Act which it would partly suspend was one but little consonant with the friendship and intimacy subsisting between this coun try and the Court of Portugal ; it induced a state of par tial and indirect hostility, and must have led inevitably to direct war with a more powerful country. The Bill was then read a second time. [LEFT SITTING.' HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. STANDING ORDERS. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET moved the consi deration of the Report from the Select Committee on the Standing Orders revision. Alterations were recom mended for the purpose of increasing public convenience, by making the Standing Orders more simple and more easily to be understood by the public. An important alteration was to reduce the number of the Committee from 15 to 11, and in future to make Chairmen of Com mittees on petitions Members of the Standing Orders Committee. Another alteration was, that any member not being present at the time the Chairman shall be ap pointed, he shall not be eligible to serve on the Committee. Mr. GREENE agreed with the alteration as recom mended, but there was one Standing Order retained, which he thought the House would clo well to abolish, and that was the order for railway Bills being discussed on Tuesdays. He did not see why they should place railway Bills on a different footing to other private Bills. He would therefore move that the recommendation of the Committee be adopted, with the exception of that Standing Order. Lord G. SOMERSET 'toyed his Hon. Friend wc.uld withdraw his amendment, and leave the subject for con sideration for another session. Mr. LABOUCHERE defended the Standing Order, and Mr. GREENE withdrew his motion. _ _ After a. few words from Mr. C. BULLER and Mr. R.scounT the original motion was agreed to, and the Report was brought up. COMMITTEE OF ELECTIONS. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET brought up the repo.-t of the General Committee on Elections. CORN. Mr. GLADSTONE moved that an humble address be presentod to her Majesty, praying that she will be gra ciously pleased to order to be laid before the House copies of the Returns made by British Consuls abroad to the Fore.gn-office, in the year 1841, of the prices of Foreign Coro. CHURCH-RATES. Sir J. EASTHOPE moved for a return of the Church rates made in every parish in England during the last two years, of the,total amount collected, and of the total amount expended in the repairs of the church. The re turn now moved for was an amended form of that of which he had given motic some time since, and he appre hended that, in its resent form, it would not be objected to. He would take t:ial opportunity of asking the Right Hon. Baronet at the he ad of the Government if it was the intention of the Right Honourable Baronet and the other Members of the Government, during the recess to give the subject of church-rates their con sideration, for the purpose of introducing some measure in the course of the ensuing session for the settlement of the question, or whether the Government was satisfied with the state of the law as it was at pre s ent. Sir ROBERT PEEL cogAd not undertake to give t tleman that during th e c a o n u y rs a e ss o u f ra t r e e n t e o x t t h s e e H ss o io n n . t G h e e ik loverriment would in , troduce any meaaure on the .lubject of Church rates. At the same time he would not under take to say that he was so satjsfied with the law on the subject 9s it stood at present' that he, would always adhere to it. Ile would not say , thAt of any law, but at th e same t i me h e wou ld not undertal i te to bring forward any measure on the subject next session. SirJ. EASTHOPE saie his question practie.dly came to this—Did the Government intend to take the subject into its consideration. Sir. R. PEEL would not sanction any expectation that her Majesty's Government would, in the course of the next session, bring forward any measure on the subSoct of Church-rates. Mr. ESTCOURT was not sure that the return ought to be agreed to• Sir J. EASTIIOPE said he had submitted the motion to the Right lion. Secretary of State for the Home De partment, and that he had stated that he saw no reason to object to it. The CIIANCELLOR of the EXCIIITEQUER sug gested that the amount in the pound of the rate should be stated. Sir R. INGLIS thought there would be co nsiderab le difficulty in pressing the returns. Mr. HAWES asked whether the return was opposed or not. Sir J. GRAHAM said the Hon. Gentleman had, at his request, withdrawn hig former motion, and had sub mitted the present motion to him (Sir James Graham), and he certainly could see no objection to it. He admitted that there might be some diffigulty in procuring the returr, but 1,;.; :lc eater - of th 7 c , House, 6i1C,111(1 it llib (.1111y 1,3 Z;ppiy the di:K:rent churchwardens to make the returns, anti thought that they would only be :. - icting in the fulfilment Of this duty in making these returns in obedience to the order of the House. Mr. DARBY objected to these returns, which would be useless for any practical purpose. After a few words from Mr. HARDY and Mr. BUMF, the motion was agreed to. BANKRUPTCY BILL. Mr. BECKETT gave notice of his intention of pro posing certain clauses in the Committee in the Bank ruptcy Bill. RAJA OF SATTARA. . Mr. HUME gave notice that on Monday next he shauld move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying her to appoint a Commission to in quire into the allegations of the petition presented to that House from the Baja of Sattara. The Order of the Day for the appointment of Mana gers of a Conference with the House of Lords was then read. Lord G. Somerset, Sir J. Graham, Sir Cr. Clerk, Mr. Estcourt,.and several other Members, were appointed as Managers over that part of the House of Commons. After the Conference had been held, Lord GRAN VILLE SOMERSET informed the House that the managers bad delivered to their Lord ships the reasons for disagreeing to their Lordship's amendments. Mr. COBDEN bogged to repeat the question which he had put to the Right Hon. Baronet last night, with respect to the vessels fitting out to take part in the Mexican war. Sir R. PEEL said he believed the facts were these— two vessels were fitting out, one at Blackwall and the other at Liverpool. It was said that those vessels were being fitted up for the Mexican Government. Application had been made to the British Government to permit them to be manned with British seamen, and that per mission had been refused. The honourable Member was under the impression that one vessel was to be commanded by an officer who held a commission in her Majesty's navy. He could state, that in consequence of an application from the Texian Minister on the subject, that Minister had been informed that no officer in her Ma jesty's navy would be allowed to serve the Mexican Government against Texas. The Texican Government had been informed that if hostilities should take place, it was the intention of the English Government to main tain a perfect neutrality. Mr. O'CONNELL said the treaties with Texas had been laid on the table at so late a period of the Session, that no opportunity had been afforded of bringing under the consideration of the House the state in which those treaties left the com munication between this country and Texas. There was a law in Texas that no free subject (f colour should remain there longer than a certain time. He would feel it his duty, whenever a convenient oppor tunity arrived, to call the attention of the House to the subject. Lord PALMERSTON said he believed the laws in Texas were precisely the same as the laws in the southern states of the United States. Mr. O'CONNELL said it was only in the State of Carolinalthat the law existed. Lord - PALMERSTON said that so far as the Texian Government from being at our mercy, that we were on the contrary at their mercy.— (Hear.) They had already secured the recognition of their independence by treaties with the United States of America, with France, and the Nether lands, and the question came to this, whether the commerce between England and Texas should be placed on the satre footing as the commerce between Texas and other countries, or whether we should be exposed to dis advantages to which other States were not subject ? Mr. C. BULLET said that he did not thinit it would be proper to require of a State to alter its internal laws on entering into a treaty with another country. Mr. LABOUCIIERE thought that the House had no business to interfere in such questions as the present. It was a subject for the consideration of the Governments of different countries. Mr. HUME said he should consider it would be most desirable that our Government should interfere, if possible, to prevent the hostilities which had taken place between Mexico and the Texas. Those hosti lities would necessarily produce great misery in those States, and would necessarily greatly inconvenience British trade. Sir R. PEEL said, that the dissensions between those States and South America, had been undobtodly attended with the worst effects. They carried on their hostilities with the bitterest animosity ; pirates were en couraged to enter into their service ; they destroyed each other's commerce ; they prevented the growth of their natural prosperity. Those events, in addition, interfered with their communications with those countries which were the first to recognize their independence. But it was principally:on the ground of the fatal consequences to those States themselves that those hostilities were to be deprecated. Every effort in the 'power of the British Government would be made to contribute to the restoration of tran quillity-in those countries. The Report of the Committee of Ways and Means was brought up, and leave was given to bring in a Bill founded on the resolutions. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL. On the motion of Mr. C. BULLER, the Bribery at Elections Bill (No. 2) was read a third time, and passed. (LEFT SITTING.. In the year 1764, when wigs went out of fashion, the ‘vig-makers of London were thrown out of work, and reduced to distress. They petitioned George 111. to compel gentlemen to wear wigs by law, for the benefit of their trade. As the wig-makers went in procession to St. James's to present their petition, it was noticed that most of those persons, who waited to compel other people to wear wigs wore no wigs themselves ; and this striking the London mob as very incon s ist e nt, th e y seized the petitioners, and cut off ali their hair par force. Upon this Horace Walpole observed—" Should one wonder if carpenters were to remonstrate,. that since the peace their trade decays, and that there is no demand for wooden legs."—Leicestershire Mercury. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aug. 1. CASE OF DR. M‘DOUALL. (Continued from our Third Edition.) Mr. O'CONNELL seconded the motion. The question having been put, Sir J. GRAHAM said he was sorry to feel it his duty to detain the House for a short time in resisting the motion of the Hon. Member. In the first place he should confine himself to the facts of the case, relying on the information he had received from Mr. Jeremy, the Magistrate before w hom the case was tried. The most important fact, and the one on which the whole ques. tion totally turned, was the character of the meeting to which the petition related. He should state the character of the ori ginal meeting, of which the one in the Broadway was only a continuance. The meeting was called in a Dissenting Chapel at Deptford, for the purpose of hearing a lecture on the Corn-laws from Mr. George Thompson, one of the paid lec turers of the Anti-Corn-law Conference. He had in his hand the original summons of the meeting, to which the clergyman and trustees of the chapel were parties he had nut a word to say of this meeting itself, though he might regret that a place of worship had been used for such a purpose. The clergyman of the chapel was on the platform, together with the trustees. On the doors being opened a general influx of strangers partaking of the opinion of the Chartists took place, and, immediately on their arrival, the utmost confusion arose. A wish was expressed by them that the clergyman and the trustees should have the platform, and that the chair should be taken by a working-man. On this, he had been told, that a scene of the utmost violence and confusion instantlt arose. Dr. M'Douall wished to address the meeting on behalf of the. Chartists ; there was great shouting and confusion. One of the trustees escaped from the chapel, and called in the police. The moment the police appeared, there were shouts of " Attack the police," " Beat the police," and reference was made to a scene which had recently occurred at Kentish-town, when a collision had taken place between ' the police and the populace. The chapel was cleared, 1 after some struggle. Dr. M'Douall declared his inten tion of holding a meeting in the open air, and a multitude, in a state of great excitement, followed Dr. M'Douall to the Broad way. This he ( Sir J. Graham) contended constituted a continuance of the riotous assemblage in the chapel. Arrived at the Broadway Dr. M'Douall mounted the Deptford rostrum —the parish pump—and proceeded to address the multitude. The language he made use of was violent, and the multitude was in the highest state of excitement. The alarm of the inhabi tants was great. The Broadway was part of the road leading to Greenwich, of the Great Dover-road. The multitude oc cupied the carriage-way and the footpath, completely blocking up the highway; the evening was far advanced; tt was be tween eight and nine o'clock. Darkness was approaching, the meeting was tumultuous and excited, and the language held by the Doctor was violent. Under these circumstances the Super intendent of Police felt it to be his duty to call upon the meeting to disperse, and entreated the Doctor to d escen d f rom the pump. The Doctor refuted. The Superintendent said he should be forced to compel him. The Doctor then con sented to come down, and an offer wax made to make a clear passage for the Doctor to go home. He refused to go; and it was not until then that the police felt it was their duty to arrest him. A violent attempt was made to res cue him—violent language was used—blows were struck— three or four more persons were apprehended by the police, and under these circumstances the Doctor was conveyed to the station-house. It was perfectly true that in the excited state of the town bail had been refused. Dr. M'Douall had complained of the confinement, and of the manner in which he had been treated when Le had been locked up in the station house. Now he could state that an offer had been made to Dr. M'Douall to afford him any accommodation he might de sire, but he (Dr. IVP Douall) had refused every offer that had been made. The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Duncombe) then pro. ceeded to state what took place the following morning when the case was brought up for hearing before the 'Magistrates. The Hon. Gentleman relied upon the fact, as he stated, that none but policemen were examined. He (Sir James Graham) thought he understood the Hon. Gentleman to say that to independent witness was heard. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE—I said no inhabitant of Deptford. Sir JAMES GRAHAM—The Hon. Gentleman said that " no inhabitant of Deptford was heard. Now he (Sir James Graham) is ould not trouble the House by reading much of the evidence which he held in his hand taken before the Magis trates. The Hun. Gentleman said th at t h ere was some doubt with respect to the charge. Now he ( Sir James Graham) would read the chrrge made before the illagistrate upon which the hearing took place. Dr. Al'Douall was charged with caus ing a great number of disorderly persons to as,emble together in a place called the Broadway, in the parish of St Peter, C s entford, and with using language of a violent and inflaramae tory :tature, tending to excite a further breach of the peace, and ea u s i s g a great obstruction to the passengers in the public streets and thoroughfares. Now the Hon. Gentleman said that the testimony of the police was not to be relied upon. He (Sir James Graham) admitted that he (lid not place so much reliance on the testimony of Superintendent Menai:et', who was the responsible person, in refusing to take bail for Dr. M'Douall, and who took so . prominent a part in compelling him to desist in addressing the multitude. He (Sir Jame Graham) found by the evidence of Smith, a police man, that a crowd was in the street. He ( the witness) saw men and women rushing to the chapel, one after the other. He saw the' defendant get on the platform. The police interfered and there was a cry to serve out the police, and give them bludgeons, the same as at Kentish-town. There were three cheers given for O'Connell—(Laughter)— three c'heer,s fPr the Charter, and three eheels for Dr. WDetten• Mr. O'CONN 7 —LI.—I O'Connelli ,ryercion, did -you .t.a.l Sir .1. H was O'Connor.—( Laughter. ) He (the witness) told the defendant that that was not the proper place to go on in that way. The Honourable Gentleman said that that evidence was partial and not to be relied upcn. Now he would read to the Hcuse the evidence of a witness named William Dew, a watchmaker, who, if he was not a resident of Deptford, was not connected in any way with the meeting —('l he Right Hun, Baronet then read the evidence of William Dew, which appeared in The Sun of Wednesday last.) With respect to the character of Dr. M•Douall, the Hon. Gentleman had notified that this was not the first occasion on which he had been present at riotous and unlawful meetings. It appeared that in August, 1839, he was tried at Chester for raising a tumultuous meeting, sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment in Chester Castle, and required to find sureties, his own of 5001. and two of 1001. each, to keep the peace for five years. Now, with respect to the harshness of the proceedings before the Magistrates. After hearing the statements against the prisoner, the Magistrate, before Dr. INl‘Douall entered into his defence, notified to him that he would then declare his opinion as to the case as it stood; he thought there was not any evidence adduced i hat was sufficient to induce him to commit himfor trial for holding an illegal meet ing, he was willing to take his recognizances in 50/. and two sure ties of 251. each, to keep the peace; and so ler from Dr. M'Douall objecting to this course, he willingly acceded to it, and upon the cksing of the case he stated that he was satisfied with the arrangement, and thanked Mr. Jeremy for deaing so leniently with the case ; and so far from Dr. M'Douall press ing forward the hearing of the witnesses, he declared himself satisfied with the course pursued by the Magistrate. The Hon. Gentleman seemed to think that some novel course had been pursued with respect to this matter. Now he begged to state distinctly that no new power had been given to the constables; and if any illegal act had been committed by the constables, the law was prepared to vindicate such conduct ; and if any constable had been guilty of an illegal act, the law would be the first to punish it.—(Hear. ) It was competent for the House to interfere to remedy any de fieiences in the existing law ; but it was not part of their usual functions to interfere in the ordinary administration of justice. He vi as not by any means prepared to say that great and pecu liar cases of urgency might not arise, in which it would be the duty of that House, as the great inquest of the nation, to insti tute an inquiry into the administration of the law. But he did not think that the present was a case of sufficient importance to justify such a course of proceeding. It was not a case which resembled, for instance, the disturbances at Preston, or the still snore serious disturbances at Manchester. The Hon. Gentleman had said that the powers exercised by the police ought to be closely watched. Now he (Sir J. Graham) did not deny that. He did not deny that the motion of the lion. Gentleman would be attended with advantage in showing that parties who considered themselves aggrieved might have their case discussed in the House. But he could.see no benefit that would be likely to arise from an inquiry into the facts of the present case. He was satisfied that no injustice had been done ; and that upon the whole the parties in question had met nut only with justice but with leniency. Mr. O'CONNELL said it was quite a mistake to suppose that his Hon. Friend had directed his motion against Sir. Jeremy. It was of the police, and not of Mr. Jeremy that he complained. Nothing could be more unprovoked and unjusti fiable than the conduct of the police in the case, and their pro ceedings against Dr. AI 'Denali. The right to meet to petition was sanctioned by the Constitution, and the right of the people to meet for the purpose of public discussion was only another mode of expressing public sentiment ; therefore it was one of import ance when it was sought to put down the expression of public opinion.—( Hear, hear.) When the Right Hon. Baronet talked of Manchester it ought to be recollected that it was the interference of the police which produced such scenes.—(Hear, hear.) It had been said that there was great excitement, and because that was the case men were to be dragged to dun geons. 11e thought that there was a clear illegal arrest in this case, and it would be satisfactory to the public that an inquiry should take place.—( Hear. ) Mr. HAWES said that he hoped a more satisfactory state ment would be made than that of the Right Hon. Baronet, which was most unsatisfactory. The Right Hon. Baronet laid down the law that a constable had full power to decide upon the legality or illegality of a meeting, and was entitled to disperse it if it was one of an illegal character; but if not, he would be liable to an action. And it was for the prospective damages that might be given against a constable that the meetings of the people were to be put down.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped that they would have a decided condemnation of such conduct, and that they were not to pass through the ensuing months with the doctrine of the Right Hon. Baronet in force. The allegations in the petition were not denied. It had been said that the public ways were obstructed. But was that to be assigned by the Secretary of State as a reason why public meetings should be prevented? If they were they would be going back to the days of high flown Toryism, and it such a doc trine remained unchecked and unreproved, they would soon have the Right Hon. Bat onet proposing a re-enactment of the Six Acts.—( Hear, hear.) Nobody would accuse him of causelessly blaming the conduct of the police. He was always anxious to retain to them a due exercise of their . power ; as a friend of order, he would go a good way to maintain their authority. But the present case was a wanton abuse of their power, and it would have well become the Right Hon. Gentlemen to have expressed his disapprobation of it in much stronger language than he had done. A public meeting was not to be put down by such interference. There had been two inquiries, and if the police had not been to blame, they had had an opportunity of showing it. If that body was to preserve anything like a popular character, and to be relied on by the great mass of the community, it must certainly repress its tendency to abuse its authority. Under all circumstances, he thought the House would not be justified in refusing to grant the inquiry. The AI4OIINEY-GENEBAL thought that inquiries of this description, unless called for by special and extraordinary circumstances, by loss of life or by some unusual excitement, were calculated to be exceedingly mis chievous. He (lid not pretend to decide whether the meeting in question was legal or illegal. The origin of the meeting was the announcement of a lecture by Mr. Thompson It appeared that Mr. Thompson did not attend as announced, and that some circumstances occurred which induced the trus tees to send for the police. The trustees sent for the police to clear the chapel. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE—No. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had understood that such was the case. At all events the chapel had been cleared. The Doctor said that if he could not be heard in the chapel, he would be heard in the open air—went to a vacant space out of doors—assembled a meeting, and blocked up the public high way. Now clearly it was the duty of the police to clear the public highway; and while a person was haranguing a multi tude it would be absurd for the police to attempt to clear the Way, unless they also removed the person causing the mischief. They were perfectly justified in removing the cause of the ob struction. That was the law • but he hoped that no H on . Member would imagine that he was attempting to justify the application of the extreme rigour of the law ; on the contrary, he thought that a great deal of forbearance ought to be practised. They were asked to inquire into the law. For what? They had been told of two cases in which inquiry had taken place. but those cases were of quite a different character. In the Calthorpe-street case, there had been an actual riot, a police man had been stubbed by one of the multitude, and a Coro ner's jury had actually acquitted the person stabbing him, being of opinion that he had done it in self-defence. It would be most mischievous to institute an inquiry instead of leaving the person aggrieved to his remedy at law. If a party felt himself aggrieved, he should apply to a Court of Law for the remedy instead of to that House. The Hon. Member had said they ought not to separate with out some expression on the part of the Government on the subject. His Right Hon. Friend had stated that on all occa sions where the authorities had been a i plied to they acted under great responsibility, and v. hat more, he would ask, could be required? He (the Attorney-General) was ready to at tend to every complaint ; but he trusted the Hon. Member would not think it necessary for the Government to give their opinion upon every particular case.—( Hear, hear.) He thought it was not competent for the House to interfere in the present stage of these proceedings, and he trusted therefore the law would be allowed to take its course. Mr. SHEIL did not think the Hon. and Learned Gentle man who had just sat down had paid attention to what had been stated by the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home Department. It was his opinion that the police had exercised a sound discretion. It would appear as if they were about to have new principles relative to the interference of the police with the right of the people, laid down by the Right Honourable Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Department. The meeting in the presen case had been held for a perfectly legitimate pur pose, and had been dispersed by the constabulary upon their own authority. The House had been told the other • day, in the Sedgely case, that they should not interfere, lest. they might seem disposed to disturb the verdict of a J ur y. B ut there had been no verdict of a Jury in the present instance ; so far was that from being the case that the Magistrate had declared there was no evidence to show that there had been anything illegal. The Right Hon. Baronet, the Se cre t ary for the rime Department, had stated that he approved of the conduct of the constabulary, and that they had used a wise dis cretion. Now he (Mr. Sheil) should say that in making that statement the Right Hon. Baronet himself had not used a wise discretion. If the case were an isolated case between man and man, or the Right Hon. Gentleman and Dr. M'Douall, he (Mr. Sheil) would have said nothing ; but the reason he at tached so much importance to this case was, that it would lead to most dangerous consequences. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the Right Hon. Gen tleman seemed to suppose that before any constable could act a Magistrate must have read the Riot Act, or issued a procla mation.—( Hear, hear.) Now, the object of reading the Riot Act was for the purpose of inflicting a penalty upon persons remaining after the Act had been read. But if the constable saw a person creating a disturbance, he was at liberty to take that party into custody. All they could say was, that he did it at his own peril, and if he arrested a party who was not guilty, he was liable to an action. But what were the facts upon which the House was called upon to grant a Committee? From the statement of the Hon. Gentleman, it was quite im possible for the House to judge what the facts were. Every Hon. Gentleman who had spoken on that side attached no blame whatever to Mr. Jeremy, the Magistrate. Now let them look at the history of the case down to the time it was disposed of by Mr. Jeremy. It must be recollected that Mr. Jeremy did not discharge the party, and he did not say it was a false accusation, but on the contrary, heisaid, this p ar t y is brought before me , he is guilty of a breach of the peace. His conduct has not been such as would warrant me in committing him, but he must find sureties t o k eep the peace —(Hear, hear.) ( The Hon. and L earne d G entleman then . read the evidence given by the policeman Smith, as published in The Sun of Wednesday last.) In his opinion there was no ease for inquiry. Lord PALMERSTON said it appeared to him that those who had objected to this motion had given very good reasons why the House should egree to it. The Attorney-General said it was quite right and proper that when grievances had been felt they should be brought under the consideration of the House, and yet he was against any inquiry taking place. What was the character of the present discussion ? Here were statements on the one side tending to show great impropriety of conduct on the part of the police; here were statements on the other side alleging that the conduct of the police was wise and dis creet. Why if there could be a case in which the public in terest required that there should be some inquiry, it was such a case as that. He thought it was very expedient that the [louse should come to some conclusive determination as to the facts which had been brought under its considera tion. It appeared to him that there were good grounds for inquiry, because it seemed to him, upon thu state ments which had been made on the two sides, that tile conduct of the police was not very wise sir discreet._( Hear, hear.) It had not been alleged by the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-General, that the meeting was en illegal one. The Attorney-General said he would undertake to say that if a meeting led to the ob , truct ion of a thoroughfare, it must on that account become illegal. Why, probably no fair took place in a country tom which might not be dispersed on that ground.— (Hear, hear.) Upon what ground, then, was it that Dr. IVl'Douall was a rreste d? I t must h ave b een i n consequence o f something which he said which was in its nature actionable, which was illegal. But when he was brought before the Magis trate the Magistrate did not put him on his trial for any conduct en his part which was illegal, but he simply bound him over to keep the peace.—( Hear, bear.) Now, he confessed he was not disposed to go so far as his Hon. Friends had done in approving the conduct of the Magistrate. It appeared to him very questionable whether, if the Magistrate found no thing in the conduct of Dr. M'Douall which rendered him liable to prosecution, whether there was any ground for holding hjm tb bail to keep the peace,—(Hear, bean) He owned, it ,ared to in" , at thls rite er itivo!vci; irinci l le of same impc,tance—a prim:tie, in wnat degree, i.,),(1 in what cases, '•': constables were justified in interfering to put down publie meetings, and in arresting individuals who were taking part in them. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Now, he thought that the constables in this case exceeded the proper line of their duty, and he thought it,' especially at that moment, when Parliament was going to se parate for a long time, and when it was possible that many in. C'' - siances might occur during he recess in which meetings of that kind would assemble--(Cries of " Oh, oh," from the Ministe.. = rial benches, and laughter from the Oppositinn)—and in . which constables, acting under a mistaken impression of •their duty,. " might interfere in a manner which would be productive , of great public inconvenience ; he thought that was a casein which' the House would act wisely in instituting an inquiry to'ascer... Lain the real facts of the case—from an examination of the two ' sides—that it there were no ground of complaint it might be made known ; and if there were ground of complaint, the Go - - ..;; vernment might take measures for preventing the recurrence of such conduct. On the whole, he thought there was goods ground for acceding to the motion of his Hon. Friend. - Sir ROBERT i'EEL said his Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under; whose superintendence the metropolitan police generally acted, had intimated to the Hou:e that in his opinion there was not sufficient gi ound for him to interfere for the punishment of this person, and supposing the House from the information before it was dissatisfied with the judgment he had formed, and there were no mode whatever of conducting any inquiry except by a Committee, there might possibly be some plausible ground for acceding to the motion. But were there no means of determining whether this constable had exceeded his duty, besides the appointment of a Committee ?—( Hear, hear.) Was his Right Hon. Friend's decision final and conclusive? At a very moderate cost the parties might compel the legal tribunals of this country to determine whether the police con stable had acted justifiably or not. Ho might commence an action against him for false imprisonment or for the refusal of bail; and which would be the more satisfactory as ruling the law, the dcei'ion of a Court of Justice, or the House of Commons? Suppose the House of Commons —not having evidence upon oath be it observed—should decide that the constable had acted illegally, that would be no legal rule if a Court of Law came to an opposite conclusion, a Court of Law being a regularly constituted tribunal, and having evidence upon oath.—( Hear, hear.) He deprecated the House of Commons exercising its judicial functions in such a case. Ile would be the last man in the world to encourage a constable or any other person in a const .nt annoying enforce ment of the law, even where the law was upon their side; he thought they would only discredit the law by too much rigour in its application; but on the other hand let them remember the peculiar, position of these men, whesl ° lo ;4 were intrusted with the execution of the law, and - ' 9 O let them forbear by their censures and needleiii t t inquiries from discouraging men who held a responsible . tritsti;" c i j i and acted faithfully and h on e s tly i n t h e discharge of their g ties. Let them suppos e th a t i n consequence of the nos % i interference of the policemen there had been a serious riot, and life had been lost, what would they have said of the man then? a At any rate, through his conduct there was no riot, and no one- 7, j 0 had been injured. What were the f ac t s o f th e case ? There was a meeting in the chapel an hour before, and a conflict be- c'; tween Corn-law repeaters and Chartists took place. Was there a mere commotion in the chapel ? On the Contrary', ft were not the seats torn up by the contending parties? Were .4' not blows struck ? They had heat enough in that NOUSe some times; but suppose they proceeded to the length of tearing up 1 . their seats. If there were nothing but excitement, loud cries .„ of "Hear, hear," from the Chartist advocates on the one side, and vehement declamation on the,other, that would not approach to a riot. Probably the House recollected the story of the man in Ire- . land,who described the rebellion in 1798 as a "hurry ;" when a certain event took place, he said it took place " in the hurry of 98."—( Laughter.) Another man described the insurrection in 1803 as "a dispute in commerce."—( Renewed laughter.) He could not undertake to say that the conduct of the police man in this case was justified. There was a discretionary power vested in men, who were not, perhaps, well qualified by experience to exercise it ; but, taking all the facts into con sideration, the cries of " Serve out and bludgeon the police,' and the conduct of the persons assembled, he thought the con duct of the police could hardly be blamed. It was now open to the individual to institute a prosecution against the police man. All he asked was, that they' would not go out of their ordinary course to assume functions which properly belonged! to a Court of Law. , Mrr. T. DUN COWIE replied. He believed that she greatest portion of what the Right Hon. Baronet had stated, ow the authority of others, was a tissue of misrepresentation. He• had no hesitation in saying that the seats were not torn up, ai l & that no damage was done to the chapel, With respect to ttop policeman Mallalieu, it was not surprising that he had a vindie►- live feeling against the Chartists, as he was one of the police men who were sent down to Birmingham.—( Oh, and cheers. ) The Right Hon. Baronet was perfectly consistent in refusing' the. inquiry. It was the principle of Toryism to refuse• inquiry. If the House read the petition of the 5000 per-• sons assembled on Blackheath, they; would find that titer stated that the meeting was legally assembled, and they con-• sidered that they were not bound to submit to such conduct. • He believed that the people would not submit to it, and if any" loss of life ensued, the Government who refused to inquire into• the facts of this case would be responsible. The Hulls? then divided, when there appeared— For the inquiry 3O Against it Majority against the inquiry LY SUPPLY: The House then went into Committee of Ways and Means, and the following votes for the service of the year were agreed to :- 9,970,207/. surplus of Consolidated Funds. 111,3391. surplus of Ways and Means; and 500,0001. to supply deficiency in Exchequer bills of last year. The House then resumed. The Bankruptcy Law Amendment Bill went through Coo a' mittee. Report to-morrow. The Court of Chancery Offices Bill was read a second Li r a. " Committee to-morrow. TOBACCO REGULATIONS BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved' th e Order of the Day for the further consideration of the Rg port on the Tobacco Regulations Bill. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said the Bill was a most inquisi torial one—that it interfered with a number of important tate - r e s t s , from whom he had presented many petitions this s e ss i on , complaining cf its provisions. It would require at 11 ast ten .; thousansl new offieers to visit all the small dealers in tv baceo a circumstance which would doubtless create very great patron age for the Government, bet would entail very grew; and un necessary expense on the country. He moved du' ; the Bill be committed that day three months. Captain PECHELL seconded the motion. The SPEAKER, having put the question, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said . that the question was one which considerably affected the revenue derived from so important an article of coessumption as to bacco, in consequence of its being so much adulterated with sand, ochre, and other deleterious substances. The practice of adulteration was carried on to such an extent as to call for an immediate remedy. The Bill would give time to parties hold ing the adulterated articles to disp ose o f t h em, and thus thg trade would be put on a wholesome footing, • Mr. HAWES begged to remind the /'Anus , . that this Bill had been abandoned by the late Guyer= ent. The Report of the Commissioners was not in favour of the Bill of the Right Honourable Gentleman. If the surrey was applied to the manufacturer and not to the dealer, it would be merely introducing another party, namely, the dealer, who would be likely to make adulterations in the article. But whether t there were adulterations or not depended on the purchaser of ; the article. A high price would always ensure a pure article. ' The Right Hon. Gentleman could not speak with conadenee of the Bill, and he therefore hoped he would not press-. it. The principle of it was vicious, and it would not produsse any great benefit to the revenue. He therefore hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not persevere with the measure. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the reason he brought the measure forward was, that if ke did not do so, the present evils would require a much stronger one. Dr. BOWRING thought the diminished consumption of to bacco was to be attributed to its high price. He hoped, that, ~ as there was a difference of opinion on the subject, the Right Hon. Gentleman would postpone the measure till next session. Ir. M. PHILIPS said that there was a difference of opinion on the subject of this Bill among the constituency he had the honour to represent, but alter having given the best attention in his power to the measure, he tame to the conclusion of op• posing the Bill. He believed if the Chancellor of the Es.- chequer would give to the next session to consider the (Nes lion, it would afford the greatest satisfaction. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment 9 Against it 53 Majority against the amendment,,, —44 ' The Bill was then re-committed the various clauses wer e agreed to with some amendmente ; and the House resin:led. Report on Wednesday next. ECCLESIAS fICAL CORPORATIONS LEASING BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM hiving moved that the Report on this Bill should be received, Mr. V. SMITH rose, pursuant to notice, to move that the Bill should be re-committed. He would wish, for his part, that the Bill should not be proceeded with during the present session. The Bill had been first introduced in the other House by the Bishop of London ; bat it was f oun d t h at it should have or i g i na t e d i n te House of Commons; . and the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Department, had taken charge of it in that House.' It appeared to him (Mr. V. Smith) that the measure was one which would never attain the;purposes for which It had. been framed. He explained the general purpose of the Act whieh seemed to give to corporations, sole and aggregate, the pouter' of leasing their property, and he cited one case, occurring in the l '.• year 1765, when the corporation of London obtained a lease Ir . from the Bishop of London, by the terms of which only one sixth of the value of the property went to the Church ; this - •.,,e^ was a system which he w i s h e d to check, as it would tend s e' to deprive the ecclesiastical corporations of that surplus • :Ze revenue which might be applied to the improvement of the Church itself, and the abrogation of Church rates. He had other reasons for wishing to postpone this Bill. The Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Oxford had given up hi p intention of bringing forward a measure for Church Eater sion, on the udderstanding that the Right Hon. Baronet at rp e , head of the Government would give it his best considerat: and be prepared to state what course he should adept in t., next session. He also wanted to follow up the plan pia spose d by the late Government, of introducing a better sy s t em o f management of Church prope r ty, w i t h a v i ew o f app hying the surplus so produced to a se ttl emen t o f the 9,uestion of Church-rates.—( Hear, hear.) He wanted to , ge t at what that surplus might be. e therefore wis'ned this Bill to be withdrawn for the present, in order tint it might re.- ceive the best consideration of the Government during the re cess. They were now giving away the power by which the surplus he had alluded to might be produced, The calcula tions of Mr. Finlayson had by no means herein overturned, on the contrary they had rather been augmented, and it might now be stated that the surplus would be 3 1 ',6,860/. He thought there could be no possible necessity for the measure .passing this se s sion. He quoted the effect of Vac Act passed for the niprovement of the ;:isbop of London's estate, to show what might be expected from a genera). measure of the ki n d. b U ti r h d d e i r t, thatg l l eases, es :: Te Bisliwhich gave the po wer o f granting the Bishop received an improvement of the re venue to the amount of one. third of the ground rents. It did appear to him that they were throwing away a direct source of revenue. He believed the question might be so settled as t give satisfaction to all parties, and the public would by t io means be satisfied if the Right. Hon. Baronet should in r other session come forward and ask for a grant of money fur Church extension, when he had by this measure thrown a f ray an opportunity of gaining a revenue that might be applied with e:ery justice to this purpose. He therefore moved that.: the Bill be committed this day three mouths. Sir J. GRAHAM said it was impossible not to allow that the Right Hon. Gentleman had argued an intricate and dif ficult question with very great ability and fairness. He could not but follow the example he had set in contending that any improvement of Church revenue thus obtained should be applied to no other purpose than the maintenance of the Church as by law established. There was nothing in this Bill iricon- sistent with that object, but even on this principle the BPS; was a large step in the right direction. The Bill was intr Ase . duced by the Bishop of London in the other House, and "A u di-,. the sanction of the Ecclesiastical Commission, nor d ug it contain anything inconsistent with the fiv e re commendations of the Report of that Coramission. The Pilk got rid of leases on lives and fines upon, renewals. This ] The , M on . tt the r seat Principt 'takin g Atnanirn4 Capt; five coi of Srai The_ ftt.thitt TllO Ail col t this are /111-1,