The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-29 00:00:00

Zbit'or 4,t1 SUN-OFFICE, Secen (,' TEXAS AND GREAT BRITAIN. We understand that the treaties between Texas and Great Britain were exchanged and signed on the 27th instant, at the Foreign-office ; and we hope that will soon be followed by peace between Mexico and that country. It is to be regretted that those young States should be checked in their progress by war, which not only exhausts the resources of both countries, but does even more mischief, by preventing settlers from going there, and by interrupting the works of industry and commerce. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) SOUTHAMPTON, Th e Committee met at twelve o'clock, the Hon. J. S. Wortley in the Chair. Thomas Trew, manager of the Hampshire Banking • Company, was called, and proved the signature of Mr. Abrahams in the memorandum. He was well acquainted with Mr. Abrahams. Cross-examined by Mr. HEARN—Saw Mr. Abrahams s% rite frequently. Mr. Abrahams is a - Jew ; he is a member of the corporation of Southampton. Mr. BAKER—I believe he goes to church? Witness Ile does. Mr. Sun:L-11e believes in the New Testament, and practic.-s the Old.—(Laughter.) To Mr. HEARN—Believes the signature "A. Abra hams," in the cheque, is the handwriting of Abrahams ; it is better than the signature in the memorandum-book, but lie believes both were written by the'same person. John Wren was then recalled, and the cross-examina tion was re:urned— Whi n the offer of 1001., was made to him by Mr. Brown, he did not speak to Mr. Deacon. He bad no conversation With him during the day, to the best of his recollection. •He did - not tell Mr. Deacon that he was shunned by all the Conservatives. He did not tell him that he spoke to . Mr. Blanchard and Mr. Cockswell, aad that he was treated like a dog. He told them so since. He did not tell Mr. Deacon that Mr. Baker offered him 300/. to give evidence against the Conservatives. Mr. Deacon did not say to him " Tell the truth, and shame the d,vii." Had no conversation with Mr. Deacon till last Saturday week. He knows Mr. Page. He told Mr. Page that he had Deacon's authority for giving money to a voter. That was with regard to the voter Heugaton. Ile did not say that he had nothing to say with regard to Mr. Deacon. He told Mr. Deacon in his (Mr. Deacon's) office, when he went to him in reference to the case of Squib v. Wren, that he did not wish to speak to him on the subject of bribery, which Mr. Deacon brought forward, but that he would state the fact at the proper time. Does not know a person of the name of Coppock. Had no conversation with any stranger previous to the election petition. Knows Mr. Duncoznbe. The first time he saw Mr. Duncombe was in the lobby of the House of Commons when he pre sented the petition. He took the book to Mr. Dun . combe's the day after the petition was presented. 'Mr. Duncombe expressed a wish to see it. He got the book when he came up to London. There were about 1,200 persons who voted at the last election for Southampton. There were 300 of that number who, in his opinion, were bribed in some way or .ether. He did not take a list of persons ; it was his opinion. In 1832 he knew that about 100 persons were made chairmen and colour men. He had no doubt that the same thing was done at . the last election. The price in former times was a guinea or two for chair Men and colour-men, but on this occasion Mr. Mackay thought fit to say that 51. would be given. Be heard that from Redwards. He only em ployed two persons himself in that capacity. He gave 31. to each. In the year 1832 he saw 100 persons paid in Mr. Sharp's office. The most of them were electors. It was the general custom to employ them as chairmen and colourmen. At the election in which Mr. King was a candidate, he employed some of his own men, who were voters, as chairmen and colourmen ; and Mr. Hearn himself knew it, for he countenanced his doing so.—(Laughter.) There were more than 100 employed as colourmen and chairmen by the Conservatives at the last election. He had no doubt an equal number were employed on the other side. The cross-examination having closed, Mr. Mackay was asked if ho wished to ask any questions ; to which he replied that he did not. Re-examined by Mr. BAKER—He had no offers from the Whig party. He had two communications with Mr. Fleming after Christmas. He received a letter from Mr. Fleming, enclosing one from Sir Thomas Free mantle, relative to the situation he asked for. The letters were at home. He was promised a situation at a dis tant day.—(Laughter.) The application he made was founded upon the services he rendered the Conservatives. Mr. Fleming took a very active part in the elections fur Southampton. He applied to Mr. Stebbing to use his influence with Mr. Fleming relative to situations which it was expected would occur in the Customs of South ampton. Mr. Stebbing told him that those situations were promised to Mr. Lefevre and Mr. Selwood. The CHAIRMAN said be did not see how those mat ters bore upon the inquiry before the Committee. To Lord BATURINGTON—i' bribed seven voters at the last election. I divided 631. between them. I never bribed a voter before. The witness was then directed to withdraw. Joseph Lankaster • was next examined. I am one of the . corporation of Southampton. no Knows the hand- Writing of Mr. Abrahams. Has doubt that the sig nature in the memorandum-book is that of Mr. Abrahams. The next witness produced was Mr. Redwards, who proved that he got a bribe of 51., and was treated before the election took place. The Committee then adjourned. time. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER. — We do not remember a more gloomy market than that of yesterday ; the demand for nearly all doscriptions of goods and yarn being extremely limited, and prices generally lower than during the pre ceding week. It was currently reported that the house of -Opp.tnheim and Co., whose failure has been recently. announced, had succeeded in making arrangements which would enable them to resume their business ; but we are not able to say whether the statement was well founded. iluenuALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JUNE 27. The market to-day has been very similar to that of the preceding week,--a steady'demand, but low prices. The manufacturers complain very much at being obliged to receive light sovereigns for the r goods, or otherwise not seliing. This alternative reduces their poor remunera tion s ill lower.—ln the wool market there is no change to redort. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, JUNE 28.—Perhaps this was not a worse market day than the one last week ; but the state of- trade is alarming, and the prospect of amendment more r.-mote than ever. Very few buyers were in the market to-day, and very limited purchases wer? made. As to prices, they are ruinous to all con- cerred. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The Ipswich Tories haA, it seems, ce lebrated their triumph—that is they have been sup plied with a gorge .at the White Horse, the focus of election purity in that borough, at the expense of the Earl Desart and Mr. Thomas Gladstone, who, for the present, represent that immaculate constituency. We pass over the . parts of the report which chronicle the mere routine business of the day. The matter of-course toasts, drunk with " due honours ;" the "health of Sir Robert Peel, and her Majesty's Minis ters," drunk "with three times three, and continued applause ;" and other such like demonstrations of " enthusiasm," may be Well imagined, and need not be described. The speeches of Earl Desart and his Hon. Colleague, in returning thanks, exhibit a few points too interesting to be dismissed in an off-hand way. The first remark which suggeitS itself on read ing the Earl's oration is the, excessive modesty it displays. How true the adage, that modesty in the young invests every other excellence with a charm ! The young lord—his faculties imma ture, and his fitness for the station to which he has ventured to aspire yet untried—had the grace to Ussuinethat . the eyes of England were fastened on the Ipswich contest ; and that the entire nation—" the country at large "—poured forth its gratitude to the Ipswich Tories for sending to the House of Commons the scarcely,fledged E ar l Desart ! His Lordship tha,ziked the electors again, not for himself, but for the country at lar g e !" the little stars of that hemis , phere will henceforth " hide their dimnished rays" in the presence of the resplendent luminary, whom the Ipswich Tories have introduced to shame them intc obscurity ! After pronouncing a high eulogimc upon the tariff, which his Lordship characterised as a. large and comprehensive measure," of which the more he saw, the higher his admiration rose, his 'Lordship " deplored the factious and party opposi tiOn at present manifested in the House of Com inOns ;" and deplored the dulness of Sir R. Vyvyan's comprehension,. who in his letter t o his constituents had, though a Conservative, denounced the•measures of the Government. If Earl Desart's ic.easibilities be moved by such causes, we predict Ise will have increasing cause for mourning. "The Government Poor-law Bill would also have hiS support." These topics were dismissed to make way , for others more interesting to "the country at larg e, "the prevailing distress," and the unsullied purity ( the Ipswich Tories : the first of which is too ge nerally felt to require proof—the latter will demand stronger eviden ce i n i ts f avour th an even his Lord sliips present means o f k now l e dge can supply, or his ptr - tiality for his new relations allow him to furnish. Those who know —as almost everybody does know — the notoriously inveterate corruption which has long ~.„ pervaded Ipswich, will admire the temerity of assertion indulged in by the elated Member. GAME.—The reports from the mountains are ex eeelingly favourable ; they give high promise of " a large sup ply" of grouse. In the low lands also the season has been most propitious for the partridge to increase and , multiply ; while a finer breeding time for pheasants was never known. A gentle ,rnan has informed us that he has already observed several aides numerous and strong on the wing ; therefore the dog and gun wi?l probably not have a bootless occupation ir, sly, ensuing " popping" season of the sportsman. —.Hereford Times. I MPERIA L PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl of SHARUESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat upon the Woolsack at half past Three o'Clock. JURISDICTION OF JUSTICES BILL. The Jurisdiction of Justices Bill was read a second time. The standing orders were ordered to be sus pended. The bill was committed, reported, read a third time, passed, and ordered to be taken down to the Commons. BURNLEY UNION. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Report of Sir John Walsham relative to the Burnley Union, together with the correspondence which had taken place with the Poor-law Commis sioners on the subject, was ordered to be laid on the table. Their Lordships then adjourned till ten o'clock to- morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAJEE took the Chair at Four o'Clock. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords brought down the Ju risdiction of Justices Bill, and certain other Bills. CAMBUSLANG AND MUIRKIRK ROADS. On the motion of Mr. LOCKIIART, the Cam buslang and ikiuirkirk Roads Bill was read a second LEEDS BURIAL GROUND BILL._ Mr. GALLY KNIGHT brought up the Report on the Leeds Burial Ground Bill. COAL MINES. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from certain proprietors of coal mines, complaining of the provisions of Lord Ashley's Bill. _ Mr. GODSON presented a petition from the mine proprietors of South Staffordshire, stating that no 'women had ever been employed in those mines, and complaining that the provisions of Lord Ashley's Bill, with regard to the employment of boys in mines, more particularly those parts of the Bill which abolished apprenticeship would act most detrimentally inasmuch as it was impossible to carry on mining operations unless the labour of boys in mines was al lowed, and praying that the Bill, in its present shape, might not pass into a law. MA YNOOTH GRANT—JESUITS. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition signed by 30,000 of the inhabitants of Manchester and Salford, lamenting the continuance of the grant to the College of Maynooth by the present Government, and pray kg for a Committee of Inquiry into - the nature of the system pursued at Maynooth, and also for the adoption of measures enforcing the provisions of the Catholic Emancipation Act for the expulsion of Jesuits. SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Colonel RUSHBROOKE presented a petition from Sudbury, against the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill. BLACKBURN AND CHORLEY ROADS. On the motion of Mr. GREENE, the Blackburn and Chorley Roads Bill was read a third time and passed. CLEVELAND'S ESTATE BILL. On the motion of Lord EASTNOR, the Duke of Cleveland's Estate Bill was read a second time. OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the ministers and messengers of the Yorkshire West Riding, and the Lancashire and Cheshire Associa tions of Baptist Churches. Petitioners allege that the enforcement of oaths by law against the will and consciences of any person of any religious denomina tion whatever is highly injurious to religion, morality, and good policy. Petitioners therefore pray this House to make provision, that no person who objects on religious grounds to the taking an oath may be required to do so on any occasion ; and that a decla ration or promise of a person so objecting may be valid in law for all purposes for which oaths are now required ; and that the breach of such promise or obligation may be made liable to all the penalties of perjury. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Mr. COLVILLE presented a petition from Ashby and another place in Derby, praying for a full in quiry into the system of education pursued at May nooth, with a view to the withdrawal of the annual grant to that college. ATHLONE ELECTION. _ _ The SPEAKER acquainted the House that he had received a notice from D. H. Ferrall, Esq., that he did not intend to defend his return for the Borough of Athlone. METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. Mr. HUME presented a petition from 355 inhabi tants of the southern district of London, praying for the abolition of the tolls on the Waterloo, Vauxhall, and Southwark bridges. EDUCATION (IRELAND). Mr. SHAW presented a petition from the county of Cork, in favour of Church education in Ireland. THE WAR IN CHINA. Mr. HUME, seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his place, wished to ask whether he intended to bring on the China estimates on the first night of supply ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, said that the Hon. Member for Greenock and the Hon. Member for Dungarvon had motions on the papers for that night, but if they would be kind enough to let him go into the Committee of Supply, it was his intention to take the vote for the estimates of the China war in No. 2 of the miscellaneous estimates. Mr. HUME asked whether the estimates would be brought on early in the evening or not ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Noble Lord the Member for London had a claim to he heard in the early part of the evening on Friday. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from forty-seven members of the Reform Association of the West Riding of 'York, complaining of the continuance of the Poor-laws, the proclamation concerning light coin, the abuses f the electoral franchise by the pre sent constituency, and praying for the speedy passing of the financial measures before the House, in order that the people should know the worst that could be expected from a monopolist Parliament. Mr. MACKINNON, in the absence of Mr. Hardy, moved that the petition of William Roberts, respect ing the working of the Anatomy Act (presented 22d June), be printed with the Votes. STATE OF SYRIA. Dr. BOWRIN G, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury in his place, would take that opportunity of putting the question of which he had given notice, respecting the state of Syria and the mountain districts. He had heard that a person was sent out armed with great authority, who had once been a Christian, and had recently become a Mussulman. This ap pointment had given the greatest offence to the Chris tian inhabitants of the mountains, and it was reported that the irregular Albanians, who had formerly com mitted the greatest atro-,ities upon the coast, were again let loose.—(Loud cries of " Order, order," Question, question.") The question which he had to ask was, whether Omar Pacha was likely to be re moved from the Government of Lebanon, and whether there was any hope that the Albanian troops would be removed from their districts on the coasts. Sir R. PEEL said, that the object of tha interference of this country and its aliies in the affairs of the East was, to restore the dominion of Turkey over that part of its territory upon the eastern shores of the Levant, and to place the Ottoman Government in the position of an independent power. He thought, therefore, that it would be inconsistent with the duty of a British Minister to answer questions which in the very way in which they were put, implied a disposition to inter fere too much in the internal affairs of the Turkish em pire. On the part ofthe British Government he declined all intention of such interference, at the same time that it would use all its influence to obtain the execu tion of any conditions to which British agents had been pledged.—(Hear, hear.) He had the satisfac tion to say that the Five Powers were entirely agreed in their views respecting the independence of Turkey, and they were all of opinion that the best policy. for Turkey herself to adopt was, that the Go vernment of Syria should be mildly administered. He had the satisfaction of stating that the Five Powers took the same view with respect to our policy, and that they were at present tendering their advice to the Turkish Government in the most perfect har mony. He remained of the same opinion with re spect to that policy, and he did not abandon the hope that an appointment would be made most satisfactory to the Governorship of Lebanon. He had also reason to believe that a general assurance would be given that the Albanian troops sent to Syria would be employed on the coast, and not in the interior. He had reason to believe that that assurance would be fulfilled. He thought the 'Turkish Government would consult their own inter est by removing their troops altogether.—(Hear.) lie trusted and hoped that the hopes the English Go vernment had entertained would be realised. Ile had answered the question of the Hon. Gentleman, but he entreated the House to hear in mind their general pr i nc iple with respect to foreign governments, but he could not answer for the acts of other Governments. He must say that the English Goverment would do what they could to insure confidence and to obtain the fulfilment of the engagements ; but further than this he could not answer for the acts done by the Turkish Government. JUSTICES' JURISDICTION BILL. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the House would re member that a Bill was passed which had come down from the other House, for the purpose of limitin g the jurisdiction of Magistrates a t Q uarter Sessions. With regard to this Bill, he must tell the House that it was of the utmost importance that the Com mission for giving the Royal assent to it and other Bills should be signed. This Bill was inserted in that Commission, and could not be excluded from it, and probably it would be signed within 48 hours. - Now it so happened that the Courts of Quarter Ses :,lons were sitting at the present moment throughout England and Wales. The effect of this Bill receiving the Royal assent just at this moment, many trials would probably take place in the different counties of England and Wales, upon which questions of law might arise, and a difficulty would arise as to whether those trials took place when this law was in operation. This diffi culty had been felt by the other House of Parliament, and they had sent down a Bill for the purpose of pro viding that this Bill should not take effect until the usual time of holding the Quarter Sessions had expired Ile proposed, therefore ' that they should on that occa sion dispense with the Standing Orders, and that the Bill should be advanced so many stages as would enable them in the course of to-niorro , W to send it up to the other House of Parliament. He proposed that the Bill should then be read a first time, vid that it should be advanced one other stage that evening. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he was net at all satisfied with the statement of the Right Ilan. Gentle- man. It seemed to him that there must be some extraordinary neglect somewhere, and the House was aware that there were very severe critisims last Session upon similar neglect on the part of the late C overnment.—(Hear, hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said he wished the Noble Lord joy of the opportunity of expressing some of those feelings with which he had been overpowered since his retirement from office.—(Laughter.) He did not claim any exemption from official infirmity, but he hoped the resentment of the Noble Lord would not induce him to obstruct the passing of this measure. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he rose fOr the purpose of calling the attention of the House to something more important than even the hasty legislation in question. He had that morning received a letter containing a notice which had been issued by the , board of guardians of the city of Norwich. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex chequer and the Master of the Mint had stated a few days ago that they doubted whether there was in fact any scarcity of silver. The notice to which he had referred, showed not only the existence of great distress, but also the scarcity of silver. It was to the following—" Notice is hereby given that, in consequence of the great scarcity of silver and copper coins, the guardians of the poor or this city have been compelled to issue tickets of Is. and ls. 6d. each in payment of relief granted to poor persons. Any tradesman or other person ad vancing money or goods, or both, upon such tickets, may receive the full value thereof, on presenting them at their office in Bridge-street, in amounts of not less than 10s.—J. BECKWITH, Governor of the Workhouse."—Now what was the effect of this ? The poor were relieved by one shil ling and eighteen-penny ticket issued by the guardians, and the guardians issued a notice that they would not receive their own tickets back unless they came before them in amounts of more than 10s., thus enabling the guardians, in point of fact, to give the tradesman a light half-sovereign. If this practice were to be permitted, the whole coun try would be inundated with a small paper currency at Is. and Is. 6d. He thought that was a matter well deserving of the attention of her Majesty's Minis ters. No one could deny that it proved that there was a great scarcity of the article of silver. Notwithstanding all this, the poor-rates were in advance, the City had been mulcted to the amount of 2,0001. under the denomination of poor rates yearly, and, although this had taken place, yearly distress was upon the increase. He hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would inquire into the truth of the notice he had read, . . and would see that justice was done. He wished to aAc the Right Root Gentleman whether he was aware of the scarcity of the silver alluded, and if so, whether her Majesty's Government had taken any steps upon the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could assure the House that he had no infor mation of the transaction alluded to until the Honourable Member for Finsbury had made his statement. Though he had received com plaints of want of silver from some parts of the coun try, he had not done so from .he city alluded to by the Hon. Member. He would certainly make in quiries with respect to the notice read by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, and see that justice was done to all parties. He could assure the House that everything had been done to keep up the amount of silver, the Mint had been fully employed to do so. Mr. WALLACE thought the time had arrived when the people should be called upon to give their choice as to a silver or gold currency. It was his in tention to but a notice k upon the books upon the subject. With respect to the allusion that had been made as to his notice with_respect to the Bribery Bill ; whatever concessions were made in that measure, he should feel bound to bring his mo tion forward. After a few observations from Col. SIBTHORP, the Bill was read a first and second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. ELECTION PROCEEDINGS COMMITTEE. Mr. ROEBUCK brought up a Report of the Elec tion Proceedings Committee. The Report, which was read at length by the Clerk at the table, stated that the Committee, after considering the best mode' of carrying on the inquiry in which they were en gaged, had unanimously resolved that it was de sirable that no parties should be present, except the witnesses under examination. The Commit tee had determined to call the attention of the House to that subject, in the hope that the unanimous resolution they had come to would receive the sanc tion of the House. The question having been put, that the Report should be laid on the table, Mr. ROEBUCK rose and said, that he had a few remarks to submit to the House upon the subject of the Report which had just been read. He trusted that the House, after hearing the reasons which had actuated the Committee, would, in the language of the. Report, sanction the course they had pursued. In the first place there was no intention on the part of the Committee to dispute the privileges of any Member of the House. They had now called in question the right of Members to be present during the examination of witnesses, but they thought they would best discharge the duty imposed upon them by the House, if, while they felt that their paramount object was to arrive at the truth, they should endeavour to obtain it with the slightest possible pain to individuals. If they could reconcile those two objects, he thought that they would best discharge the duty entrusted to their care. The House had delegated powers to the Committee for purposes of general inquiry ; but the House could have had no desire fo fix on them an invidious duty. It was no doubt desirable that proceedings of an improper cha racter should be brought to light, so that the House might be enabled to adopt some legislative measure which might prevent their repetition. But he believed that there was no desire on the part of the House, hile it wished to have the inquiry conducted on the broadest possible principles, that unnecessary pain should be given to individuals. They con ceived they would be best performing their duty if, when a witness was called before them who was willing to tell what he knew, they received his evidence in the manner which would be least painful to him by not permitting it to be printed abroad, which it would be if it were an open Committee. — (Hear, hear.) It would appear from day to day in the Newspapers. It may be said that if Members were admitted it was not likely they would be made instruments for conveying what had taken place before the Committee; that was very true, and he (Mr. It.) believed they would not. But if they were admitted, there would be no safeguard — no responsibility resting with any person that their pnceedings would not be made public.—(llear.) He would state to the House the circumstances which took place, and which induced them to take such steps. On the first day of their proceedings, the lion. Member for Harwich was called before them, and he would state what took place.—(Cries of " Or der' order.") He would state the substance of it. —(Cries of " No, no.") Mr. ES OOTT rase to order. He conceived no member had a right to state what took place before the Committee. The SPEAKER said the Hon. and Learned Mem ber could not allude to what took place before the Committee until the Committee had made its Report. Mr. ROEBUCK hoped there would be nothing in terposed between him and a fair statement of the cir cumstances; nothing which would defeat the object of the inquiry ; he trusted there would be no fighting within proper questions, 110 shrinking back on the part of those who were so ready to accuse.—(Hear, hear.) He wanted fo know if the House would go so far back from the Committee it had appointed. and would not give them fair support in carrying out the object it delegated to them to inquire into uppose this difficulty arose, that they should, to morrow, be obliged to explain to a Member the way in which they had determined to proceed, the Com mittee would have to make a statement to that Mcmber which would involve a breach of the rules of the House, and with the feeling of the duty they bad to perform they were desirous to avoid .in any way infringing on the rules of the House. To „uard against the possibility of such an occurrence, they implored the" House to sanction the course of proceeding which would be the means of attaining the object which the House desired. The Committee were unanimous on every point which came before them, and on this they felt particularly strongly, and had directed him to express their feelings on it to the House. What was the Committee to do ? They could only state their desire on the matter to Honourable Members. In' every such case the Member so addressed declared that he did not wish to militate against the wishes of the Committee. But they could not expect that that Course would be always pursued by Members, unless the House sanctioned the course adopted by the Com mittee. It would possibly soften the feelings of llon. - Members on the subject, when he informed them that they had nearly got through the whole of the business delegates: to them, and that they were in a condition to exclude Members who entered the Committee without being members of it, by the ord;nary rules of the House. But lest they should be supposed to militate against the rules and privileges of the House, and they were anxious to so licit the sanction of the House for their present course till the Report was laid on tue table, and when the Report was laid on the table they would challenge the most searching inquiry upon every question on which they should have decided. If there should be found any one to complain of any portion of the inquiry—of any single thing they had done then he was ready to say that they ought not to have pur sued the course which they had. But, recollecting that the House had had confidence in the Committee, end had delegated authority to it, all they desired was, that each individual - Member should exhibit for -bearance in his individual capacity upon this subject. The motion of the Hon. Member opposite went to order not only, that Members 'should ye ad mitted, but that all those whom he was pleased to denominated accused parties, should be excluded also. Now all those who were denominated accused parties by the Hon. Member were each admitted to give his own account of the transaction. He was informed of all that had been said respecting himself, and he was permitted to give his oNn account of the transaction in the manner the least painful to himself. He was sure that the complaints had not come from any Hon. Alembor who had undergone an examination before the Committee, he was sure thet every Member who had been examined, would say that uothing could be open to the slightest objection in the manner in which the examination had been conducted. He would ask the Hon. Member for Oxford why he was so ex tremely desirous now of interrupting the proceedings of the Committee ? Had it not been for these inter- ruptions the Committee would have finished its labours on Saturday. As it was they could not have finished before Wednesday or Thursday. He would ask Hon. Members to wait until the Report should be laid on the table, when every word of evidence that had been taken would appear ; and if any one had any complaint to make them, would be the time.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and cheers.) The inquiry would be crippled if it were gone into publicly. The moment the public were admitted, every witness would neces sarily be required to be subjected to cross examina tion.—(Cheers.) That might be a proceeding very agreeable to some parties, but the inquiry was not hi stituted for the sake of crimination. It was de sirable to discover the process by which these things had been effected as illustrations of a fact. If the public were admitted, the proceed ings of the Committee would go forth to the public day by day, every little incident would be noted and perhaps misrepresented, and individuals would be held up to public obloquy ; whereas, by not sufferi ng any of the proceedings to go forth until the Report should be made, the whole would appear together, ' and there would be no single individual, who could be singled out for the finger of scorn to be pointed at. For these reasons, he trusted the House would cen tinue to repose the same confidence in the Committee which they had hitherto done. Major BERESFORD said he had been appealed to as one of the Members examined before the Com mittee. He had already stated that the demeanour of the Committee had been kind and courteous ; but he did again state publicly that he appealed against the very formation and constitution of the Committee. He did impugn this system of secret examination, not because he wished to shrink from public inquiry ; he rather wished, as the accusations against him had been made publicly, to court a public inverstigation. (Hear.) He should have wished it to brought forward in an English and constitutional manner, and in accord ance with the recorded means and mode of conducting an English Judicial enquiry, when I .he charges might be made in the face of day. It was a revival of the Court of Star-chamber, and by a happy conincidence, it was in the old prison of that Court the Committee held its sittings—(Oh ! oh !)—where the light of day was excluded from their proceedings. In the heginning of May he recollected the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath said— The SPEAKER called the Hon. Member to order; he could not refer to the expressions of an Hon. Mem ber in a former debate. Major BERESFORD resumed—He claimed the same privileges as were secured by the constitution to every criminal who was placed even at the bar of a Criminal Court, to hear what the evidence was against him—what was the crime with which he was charged, and what was the character of the witnesses who were to support it. The worst criminal had counsel appointed to him by the Court, to assist him in his defence, and if he was a foreigner, an interpreter was supplied at the public expense. Although the course pursued by the Committee was against any principle of law and jus tice recognised in this country, he was bound to ac knowledge that it was not their wish to inflict pain upon any individual, but yet their private inquiry, and their exclusion of - the accused, was worthy only of those times, when the chair was graced by the present Speaker, was occupied by it Leuthall or usurped by a Charles. Col. SIBTHORP had heard with great satisfac tion the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman who had just down. The Hon. and Learned Member for Bath said that he did not wish to inflict anything painful on any person. He (Col. Sibthorp) would ask how it was that an Hon. Gentleman, who was lately a Member of that House, was called to the bar of that House, not a very enviable situation, to be examined by the House ? He (Col. Sibthorp) was much hurt that the Right Hon. Baronet, the First Lord of the Treasury, had, in the fit of a moment, sanctioned the appointment of that Committee, for he regarded it as little else than a Committee of secret assassination. He did not shrink from stating everything concerning uis election, but before such a Committee he would not have answered one word. He should, therefore, take the sense of the House on the motion of which he had given notice, that the order for appointing the Committee on election proceedings be forwith dis charged. The motion having been seconded, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, if he understood the Hon. and Learned Member rightly, he had stated that the Committee would be enabled to carry on their proceedings to much better advantage if no Members but those belonging to the Committee were admitted. Now he (Lord J. Russell) had every dis position to give confidence to the Committee, believing it to be an extremely well selected one ; but if the Hon. and Learned Member had made the motion of which he had given notice, that no Member but those belonging to the Committee should be admitted, he could not have assented to that motion, be cause he could not interfere with the right of Members to be present at the examina tion before the Committee. With respect to the generality of Members, lie was sure no Mem ber, for idle curiosity, would attend; but with respect to the Members who were concerned in the inquiry, and although they were not impeached or indicted, they might feel their characters concerned, and were desirous to be preset, and he (Lord J. Russell) for one, could not vote for the exclusion of such a nnmber They had been informed that the Committee were now near the end of their labours, and as the House had every reason to confide in the manner in which the inquiry had been conducted, he. hoped that the object the Committee had in view might be obtained by the general absence of Members during the proceedings. The Committee was com posed of Members of all parties, and he was persuaded that their only wish was to elicit truth and do justice to all. But he should at the same time state, !that he could not concur in any posiitve vote by which Members interested in the inquiry would be excluded. With respect to the motion of the Hon. and Gallant Me:nber opposite (Col. Sib thorp), he need hardly say that he could not approve of it. The proper mode of objecting to the inquiry would have been to divide the House at the time the motion was made for appoint ing the Committee. He did not think it would be at all proper that the Commietee should be now dissolved by a vote of the House. He was glad to hear that their proceedings had been harmoniously conducted, for, if he had understocd ariAt e their resolutions had hitherto been unanimous. He was persuaded that the only way in which any benefit could be derived from the investigation must be by a persuasion on the part of the House and the country that the Members of the Committee had dis charged, their duty with a view to the public interest, and not for the sake of punishing or exposing indi viduals.—(hear, hear.) Sir R. PEEL said, that he need scarcely say that was his intention to offer a decided opposition to the motion of his Hon. and Gallant Friend. He could assure the House that he bad not given his assent of the formation of the Committee in a moment of haste or forgetfillntss, and that lie did not repent of the vote he had given in favour of an inquiry into the allegations made in that House. he had further to say, that he very much doubted whether the authority and credit of the House would not suffer if the House had shown a disposition to assist all i nqu i ry i n t o th os e matters. He thought that if such s t rong o bj ec ti on s were felt to the course that . had b een pursued, it would have been better to ha ve s t a t e d those objections at the time the Committ ee was appointed, rather than to urge exc e pti ons w hi c h were not preised , at least to an equal extent, when the original proposition was made.---(Hear.) He had given his consent to the enquiry upon exactly the same grOunds on which the House had appointed, similar Committees on other occasions. In the case of the Yarmouth, the Stafford, and the Liverpool Election Committees, the House had not thought that the failure of the inquiry before those Committees pre- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JITY'pl 29, 1842. eluded it from excercising its general powers of inquisition, for the purpose of preventing bribery or corruption. At the same time he stated it would not be fair to select individuals concerned in compro mises for the purpose of holding them up to public odium.—(Hear.) The object of the inquiry was not personal one. It was for the purpose of laying such facts before the House as would enable them to legis late on the subject, and he thought the Committee had acted fairly in directing the investigation to that end. With regard to the particular proposition before the House, he did not know, after the reading the Report what motion could be practically made upon it.—(Hear, hear.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) COAL MARKET '.-(THIS DAY.) stmarket.day, 1 7. Ships arrived since h d. Adair's Holywell Main.. l'7 0 New lantield Moor Old Tanfi.-ld Original Windsor's Pontop 15 t Oro's liedreut anfleld Moor lB 6 Tantiold Moor Bute's l4 W ylarn Walls E d 1 ewie e ane C 6 4vOls End Killingworth Walls End Ramsey Walls End Wharncliffe l9 0 Walls End Hetten .ll Wall. End Lambton Walls End Mortisonl ..... Walls End remberti n 18 s. li. Walls End Stewart's 2l 3 Walls End Whitwell l9 9 Walls End Caradoc 2l 3 Walls. End Hai tlepol Walls End Adelaide .. Walls Ei d Bowburn Walls End Brown's Deanery 18 9 Walls End Coundon /13 0 Walls End Seymour Tees lB 8 Walls End South Durham 18 3 Wal!s End Tees Hetton Wal Ei,cl eok. Vk , all:, End West tietton 17 9 Blythe Cowpen Llangennech Coal Hartley AFFLICTING CASE.—DEATH FROM A BROKEN HEART.—Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, \I.P., in the infirmary of Marylebone Workhouse, New-road, on the body of Elizabeth Pearce, aged 68, who died in the above institution. George Cockaigne, of 16, Prospect-ter race, Gray's Inn-road, said the deceased was his cousin, and he believed he was the only relation she bad living. She had formerly been in affluent circumstances, and since her hus band's death had carried on business as a laundress. He la4t saw her alive on Sunday fortnight, and invited her to come and live with him, a' from her age he felt convinced she could nut obtain a living herself. She was, however, so high-spirited a woman, that :he would not hear of such a thing, and said she would sooner go to the workhouse, although she was convinced it would break her heart. Mr. James John Messer, relieving overseer of St. Marylebone, said he first saw the deceased on Tuesday last, when she came to the workhouse for relief. He found that she belonged to the pa.ish e,f Hornsey, and he referred her to the inspector to make out her settlement. On Saturday morning last he was again informed that the deceased was in attendance, and on going out into the lobby of the workhouse he found her quite insensible, and apparently in a fit. He had her at once removed to the infirmary, where she received prompt medical treatment, but died at eight o'clock the same evening. On her first visit she appeared deeply affected at being compelled to apply for parochial relief, but did not say she had been neglected er ill-treated by any one. James Vere, of 20. Davies-street, Manchester-square, deposed that deceased lodged in his house. She was in very reduced circumstances. She left about a quhrter before ten on Saturday morning, as he believed, to go to the workhouse. She appeared dreadfully low spirited, and said "it would break her heart." He had frequently heard her make that declaration, and he had no doubt that such was the case. It was the opinion of all who knew her, and had seen her, that her death had resulted from a broken heart at her situation ; and whilst sitting in the work house hall, before being seized, she was observed to be crying bitterly. The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death." A SINGULAR FACT.—There is now living in Roch dale a brother and sister, whose names are Adam and Eve Walton : they are twins. Adam was born two minutes before twelve o'clock at night, on the 31st of December, 1816 ; and Eve at three minutes after twelve, January 1, 1817. What is more singular, the mother of Adam and Eve has had twenty four children, which were born in the following manner:—The first child she bore was a son, and afterwards she had twins, and until she accomplished the number of her children she al ternately bore twins and single births.—Doncaster Chronicle. ' The Augsburg Gazette of the 19th inst. states that, on the preceding day, an individual, who had been guilty of leze-Majesty, made the amende honorable before the portrait of the King of Bavaria, in presence of the assembled Senate. In addition to this expiation, he is condemned to two months' imprisonment. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (TUESDAY.) PROCLAMATIONS OF OUTLAWKY.—Mr. Hemp, the officer of the Sheriff of Middlesex, made proclamation of outlawry yesterday against William Archibald Campbell, late of the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, at the suit of the Queen ; William Richard Arthur Pole 1 ilney Long Welles ley, of Dover-street , Piccadilly, at the suit of Edmund Smith and Walter Smith ; Arabella King, late of 14, Park-walk, Little Chelsea, at the suit of Jacob Connop ; William Henry Rainsford, late of 61, Jermyn-street, Piccadilly, at the suit of James Gibbs and Francis Rolfe; Charles St. John Fancour t of 1, Palace-yard, Westminster, and of the Colonnade Hotel, Charles-street, St. James's-square, at the suit of Edmund Smith and Walter Smith ; Thomas John White, late of the Colonnade Hotel, Charles-street, St. James's-square, at the suit of the Hon. Darcy Godolphin Osborne; Henry Jack, late of No. 30, Strand, at the suit of John Tucker; Douglas Jer rold, late of Essex-street, Strand, at the suit of Charles Lewis; and .1. Menzies, late of Old Hummum's Hotel, Covent garden, at the suit of Ralph Israel. SURREY QUAIiTER SESSIONS . GoILDFORD, JUNE 28.—The General Quarter Sesssions fo the county of Surrey commenced this day at the Court-house, Guildford, before G. T. Nicholson, Esq., Chairman, Earl Lovelace, Sir R. Frederick, Sir . Easthope, M.P. ; S. J. Trotter, Esq., M.P. ; and a number of other Justices. The CHAIRMAN in addressing the Grand Jury, said he feared that, from the number of cases that appeared in the calendar, tkere was reason to believe that a want of employ ment and occupation had been the occasion of causing a great many of those offences. Idleness was a pro lific source of crime, and he called 'upon them,- by every means in their power to give all 'the employment they could to the labourers about them, and he assured them that the Magistrates and gentry would ever be ready to co-operate with them in endeavouring to effect this great object. The calendar contains the names of thirty-two prisoners for trial, and of that number thirteen cannot either read or write, ten can only read or write imperfectly, and nine more could only read imperfectly. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of June 28.) OrLs.—We have to report a firm market for all descriptions of Common Fish Oils • Southern at an advance of lOs per tun ; fine pale quality fetched 321 15s to 331 15s, good 321 to 321 10s, mid 311 to 311 lOs, common dark 2915 s to 301 10s, and black 281 103 per tun. Cod Oil 311 lOs to 321 per tun. Pale Seal at 37/ lOs to 38/, yellow and straw colour at 32/ lOs to 36/, and brown 311 to 321 per tun. For arrival new pale Seal Oil, 34/ for large parcels ; there is ere no sellers under 341105. Sperm at 781 to 79/ for fine sort ; 791 to 801 for fine British. Linseed Oil at 32s 3d per cwt. Rape • brown at 45s 6d to 46!, and pale 46s 3d to 46s 6d per cwt. Olive Oil : Gallipoli at 5 9 Spanish 54/ to 54/ 10s, and Barbary 521 to 531 per tun. Palm, first sort at 321 to 321 15s, inferior and mid 291 101 to 31/. lOs per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil at 40s to 40s 6d per cwt. 'fALLow.—For Russian Tallow the market has presented a heavy appearance, and on tho spot the demand has been very limited; the trade have been compelled to pay 48s to 48s 3d per cwt for small parcels of P. Y. Candle. Fer delivery 49s 3d is required for the last three months, and 495 9d to 50s for the the early part of 1843. South American good far colour at 46s 9d to 475. mid and fair 45s 3d a 46s 6d, dark 45s a 45s 3d, dark and soft 42s 63 a 43s 9d, grease 40s 6d to 42s 3d, black 40s 3d, and scrapings 22s per cwt. Town Tallow at 463 nett cash. To-day there was no change in the prices of P. Y. Candle, but the market was in a dull state. Further parcels of South America have been received; 400 packages are declared for ale on Friday. REWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE Red. White Wheat, Northumberland ... 5.25. 563 60.. 6110 -- Norfolk and Suffolk Berwick and Scotch.. Foreign CO,. 66a. Be. Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk ....... . 2.os. 32s 3 —s . -- Foreign Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk... 29.. 30s . —5. 4 Grinding and Feeding si. !as Welt, Nor‘olk and Suffolk sfs s 5 Beans, Small -- Tick ' 3Bs. 4 s —4. —s. Pease, White 46.8. 4.5 —5. -- Gray 3ls. 36s —s, Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ..... 215. 21s —s. —5. Feed l6s. 20s —s. —s. 20s 22s —s. --s. 425. 4:25 —5. —s. tO MA RK ET. Oats 22 to 29 Pease, Gray 3O 33 White 32 1:4 Beans, Tick 3O S 8 Mangan 25 36 CORN MARKET. Oats. 13e,.$ i Pe w ,. 26s 84 40s Col Od 25s 6d 35s Od I— Od 215 Od 33s Od Od 3/. 4A. 33 4 12ths. RN Mt RR , -Foreign Flour (per sack) CHELMsIUII 55 to 70 49 64 Barley - 29 31 Chevalier 32 33 Winding HADDINGFON W heat. barley. Firt 7ls Od 35s (d Secondk l,3i Od 32s 0d Thi.d.... stis otl 29s 0d Average GLASGOW CO Wheat, White Red Whea , , per 240:b.5. d. s. d. Oats, per .f4lb. s. d. s. d. English Scottish 25 0 31 C British lB 0 22 0 Irish ... Foreign Barley, jar :l2olb. Scottish English • '24 0 26 0 Pease,seottiih .. ... 22 0 23 U Scottish tit 6 2i 0 Oatmeal, per lf.olb. 17 0 21 0 Irish DALKEITH CORN MARKET. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. Pease. Ems. First 62s Od 33s 6,. 283 8d 38s Od 38s Od Second • sis Od 21s Od 24s 8d :37s Od 37s Od Third EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. Per Sack of 2 (c lbs. Per Stone of 141 b. First Oatmeal £2 0 0 First Oatmeal.... £0 2 2 Second Ditto Barleyreal Peasemeal ... 1 8 0 Peasemeal 0 1 8 Pot Barley from 3 s. to 48s. per sack. PROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. DAVID HARBOUR and JOHN NORRIS, soap mann facturers, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. JOHN FLOOD, surgeon, Dean-street, Westminster , to sur render, July 5, at one, and Aug. 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmere, Basinghall-street, official assignee; Watson and Wix, Winchester-buildings, Great Winchester street. GEORGE EATON ROTHE, merchant, Broad-at reet, City, July 5, at half•past twelve, and Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee; Badmen, Queen-street, Cheapside. JOHN HUDSON, Sen., and JOHN HUDSON, Jun., curriers, Swallow-place, Hanover-square, July 7, at eleven, and Aug. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Rosser, New Boswell-court. JOHN COLLINSON, carpenter, South Molton.lane, South Alolton-street, July 8, at eleven, and Aug. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Hoppe and Co., Sun-court, Cornhill. 'I HOM AS JANES, farmer, Hockliffe, Bedfordshire, July 11, at one, and Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee; Wright, South square, Gray's Inn. JOHN HOLLAND, cordwainer, Chepping Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, July 8 and Aug. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson ' Basinghall-street, official assignee; Smith, Golden-square, London. MARY OTLEY, milliner, St. James's-street, July 9, at half-past one, and Aug. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, official as signee ; Donne, Broad-street-buildings. THOMAS WILLIAMS, tailor, Bristol, July 4, at twelve, and Aug. 9, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Pool and Gamlen, Gray's-Inn square, London ; Livett, Bristol. JOHN SPARK AIRD, cattle salesman, East Herrington. Durham, July 20, at twelve, and Aug. 9, at eleven. Meggison, Pringle, and Co., King's-road, Bedford-row ; Kidson and Son, Sunderland. JAMES HOSKINS, baker, Croscombe, Somersetshire, July 12 and Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Mitre Inn, Wells. Whitaker, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Robins and Hobbs, Wells, Somersetshire. ROBERT STEANE and RICHARD STEANE, ribbon manufacturers, Coventry, July 4 and Aug. 9, at twelve, at the Craven Arms Hotel, Coventry. Austen and Hobson, Gray's Inn, London; Troughton and Lea, Coventry. THOMAS HUMPHREY, Sen., and THOMAS HUM PHREY, Jun„ shipwrights, Kingston-upon-Hull, July 9 and Aug. 9, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. Hicks and Marris, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Holden, Hull. I THOMAS WOODMAN, farmer, Great 13i11ington, Bed ford.,hire, July 5, at two, and Aug. 9, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Day, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire; Dynes, Lincoln's Inn fields, London. DIVIDENDS. ' At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Cannabee, bookseller, Camberwell, July 21, at twelve— s. Harrison, ironmonger, High Holborn, July 21, at one—T. Gamauf, wholesale furrier, Fetter-lane, July 21, at two. In the Country. W. R. Carter, ironmonger, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 22, at t, elve, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—R. Williams, linen draper, Pwllheli, July 19, at eleven, at the Commissioner's•rooms, Manchester—G. Jackson, timber merchant, Birmingham, Aug. 1, at twelve, at the Waterloo rooms, Birmingham—T. Collinson, boat builder, Wakefield, Yot kshire, July 19, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds —J. T. and S. Major, upholsterers, Poole, July 18, at four, at the Office of Durant and Welch—J. Bedford, cudbear manu facturer, Hunslet Moor-side, Yorkshire, July 19, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—H. Wickham,linen draper, Bristol, July 26, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol,- I'. Maser, common brewer, Kensington, Lancashire, July 20, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool— T. Giddeu, licensed victualler, Farringdon, Berkshire, July 29, at one, at the Bell Inn, Swindon, Wiltshire—D. W. 111orria, July 26, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Newport, Monmouthshire—J. Bonner and C. Gibbons, brick makers, Thame, Oxfordshire, July 19, at four, at the Office of Durant and Poole. CERTIFICATES—Jinx' 19. G. A. and B. J. Thompson, iron masters, Wylam, Northum berland—J. Brown, merchant, Sheffield—E. Sloane, linen draper, York—C. Hancock, coal merchant, Earl-street, Black friars—P. Pyne, provision broker, Crooked-lane Chambers, City—R. Stringer, wine merchant, Great Yarmouth. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Turner and S. Lenox, custom-house agents, Mark-lane —W. Fry, R. Fry, and T. Fry, tea brokers, Liverpool (so far as regards W. Fry)—H. Draper and W. Trendall, chronometer makers, Lower Acton-street, Pancras—R. Kipling and J. Taylor, warehousemen, Wood-street, City—Jn. Smith, Js. Smith, and H. Titford, engravers, Snow-hill (so far as regards J. Srnith)—J. H. Baylis and J. Frith, pearl button manufac turers, Birmingham—W. Ridgway, F. Morley, W. Wear, and W. Dutton, ironstone china manufacturers, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire—J. Avery and P. B. Packer, warehousemen, Friday-street—R. B. Ruddock and W. M. Silke, surgeons, Nether Stower, Somersetshire—W. 0. Jackson and T. E. Johnson, attorneys, John-street, Adelphi—A. Black and J. Armstrong, booksellers, Wellington-street North, Strand—B. Greening, S. Broadhurst, T. Forrest, and J. Ormerod, wire drawers, Bedford, Lancashire—A. Willis and C. S. Hadow, wine merchants, Scot's-yard, Bush-lane, City—T. Gaskell, J. Wane, T. Moon, and J. Rosbottom, coal masters, Charnock Richard, Lancashire (so far as regards T. Gaskell)—T. Poehin and J. Boyer, coal vendors, Ibstock, Leicestershire—E. B. Vyse and R. S. Barron, surgeons, Holbeach, Lincolnshire—E. S. Meyer and J. Clark, goalacemen, Bedford-street, Covent garden—J. Woolridge and P. Southan, miners, Wolverhampton —Robert Sykes and J. Hartley, corn millers, Aldam-mill, Yorkshire—G. F. Angas and G. Miller, merchants, St. Mary axe—H. D. Smith and R. S. Meggy, engravers, Rolls'-build ings, Fetter-lane—S. 7 homas, J. Thomas, and F. Thomas, ca binet makers, Rochester—D. V. Uyterlimmege and G. Borst, merchants, Liverpool—J. Atkinson and R. Maddison, house joiners, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire—R. Y. Booker and W. Wright, lace manufacturers, Lenton, Nottinghamshire—W. Stone and 'J. Wakefield, wire workers, Birmingham—A. Francis, R. Powning, J. Henry, J. Howell, W. Davey, and M. Francis, manufacturers, Bagillt, Flintshire (so far as regards J. Henry and J. Howell)—J. Osborn and J. Martins, meat salesmen, Newgate-market—W. Garratt and G. S. Williams, cabinet makers, Jermyn-street, Haymarket—S. Smallpage and N. Smallpage, drapers, Burnley, Lancashire—W. Bartholomew, W. Bartholomew, jun., and G. Bartholomew, hearth rug ma nufactuers (so far as regards W. Bartholomew). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES PROUDFOOT, farmer, Mucklaree, Perthshire, July 2 and 30, at twe, at Fisher's Hotel, Dttnkeld. JOHN THOMAS MOSS, grocer, Dundee, July 1 and Aug. 5, at two, at the Chambers of Walker and Forgan, Dundee. JAMES BAXTER, manufacturer, Dundee, July 4 and 25, at twelve, at the British Hotel, Dundee. JAMES MITCHELL, dyer, Paisley, July 6 and 29, at one, at the Office of Caldwell and Gibb, Paisley. DAVID SYMON, painter, Inverness, July 8 and 29, at two, at the Caledonian Hotel, Inverness. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 28. MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELAND). Lord MOUNTCASHEL rose to call the attention o: the House to a subject very short of breach of privilege. • He had moved for a return of certain papers, and these papers had not been furnished to the House. Mr. Phelan had refused to comply with their Lordships' order to give a return of the answers which he had re ceived from 93 persons, to whom his letter, marked private, was addresied. He made that refusal with the sanction •of the Poor-law Commission ers, from whom he obtained leave to insert in the appendix to the returns made by their Lordships' order, only fourteen letters which happened to be favourable to the views of the Commissioners. The latter gentlemen, assuming to themselves an " autocratic " power—(A laugh, and cries of " Hear " from Lord Glengall)—and defying their Lordships' orders, entered a minute on their books, that " Mr. Phelan might deposit in their office copies of such letters as he thought he might publish without breach of confidence, and that he might retain the others in his possession until they should be again called for." Now he (Lord MountCashel) had had corn communications with several of the persons from whom those letters, withheld by Mr. Phelan as confidential, were received, and those gentlemen denied in positive terms that they at all wished their letters to be suppressed on the plea of confidence, but on the contrary, they assured him that they were most desirous that their answers to the Assistant Commissioner's private letter should be made as public as possible. The Noble Earl then read a letter from a medical gentleman, addressed to Mr. Phelan, and informing that gentleman that, if the latter did not publish his letter, he (the writer) would.—(Hear, from Lord Glengall.) In fact, the Commissioners had deceived their Lordships, and had made to their Lord ships' orders what he felt himself justified in designating as false returns.—(Hear, hear, from Lord .Glengall.) Then, when these measures were suspected, and an order was issued by their Lordships for the pro duction of papers, how did these Poor-law Commissioners act ? Why, they sneaked into a corner, and put the word " private " before them. They thus concealed the truth, and kept back the facts. He conceived that their Lordships had not been properly treated; and this was the question—had they, or had they not received proper treatment from those persons ? If their Lordships • did not respect themselves others would not respect them.—(Hear, hear.) He need not remind them that this was not the first time such con duct had taken place, and it had been enacted by the same persons ; he would just call to their mind, however, the occasion of John Butler being elected returning officer for Clonmel, when precisely the same conduct took place. He thought the Poor-law Commissioners had been guilty of a gross contempt of th orders of their Lordships' House, and he did hope the matter would not be allowed to pass over.—(Cries of " Move, move.") It was not his intention at first to have made a motion on the subject ; he begged now, however, to move " That all the letters which have not been furnished according to the order of your Lordship's' House shall be furnished forthwith." Lord WHARNCLIFFE said it appeared to him that the Noble Earl scarcely knew where to lay the blame of the conduct of which he had complained. He (Lord Wharncliffe) thought the Commissioners were quite ready to lay before the House all the letters, if their Lordships required them ; and he said so now on the part of the Commissioners. His Noble Friend seemed to think that this was a breach of the Act of Parliament. It was no such thing; there was no breach of the law at all. Now, with respect to these letters. They were written by Mr. Phelan, were all marked " private," and a paragraph at the end stated that they were to be con sidered as private. Mr. Phelan gave in a list of 91 persons, to whom these letters had been written. He received answers from twenty - seven persons, and of those they had the letters of fourteen who consented to the publication. The question, then, was, would the House of Lords compel the production of the remainder? (Hear, hear.) He thought that when a number of persons were applied to under a promise of confidence to express their private opinions upon any subject, their Lordships would not require those letters to be pub lished. The Noble Earl (Mountcashel) stated that seve ral gentleman wished those letters—it was in their own power to have their wish accomplished. The Duke of RICHMOND commended . what had beji ~ said ly the Noble Lord who last spoke ; and he thought it was much to be regretted that Noble Lords indulged in such strong language as their Lordships had heard this evening, respecting public officers.—(Hear.) The Earl of GLENGALL would not occupy their Lordships by dwelling upoir this subject, of which they would hear enough on Thursday or Friday next, when there would be presented to them petitions from the 2de dicsl Association of Ireland. He was not one of those who wished to use strong language in the House respect ing public officers, but he would say that there was not five lines of truth in the Medical Report of the Com missioners. The whole scheme of writing those letters, and making them private, was to get up that Report, for the purpose of placing the appointment of the medical officers in the hands of the guardians, who were all elected by the priests and the agitators. Lord MONTEAGLE deprecated those discussions in which the most unmeasured language of vituperation was indulged towards the Commissioners of Poor-laws, the late Government, and every one that did not concur in the political opinions of certain Lords. Whilst he could not agree that the Poor-law Guardians were the mere tools of the priests and agitators, he would con cede this much, that a great deal of political agitation and religious fervour had entered into the elections of guardians. But surely the course pursued by the Noble Noble Lords opposite (the Earls of Mountcashel and Glengall) was calculated to keep up the irritation instead of (what all real friends of Ireland desired) allaying that irritation, and removing party feeling as much as possible from the consideration of the subject, from which, of all others, it ought to be excluded—that was the treatment of the poor.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that discussions of this kind could end in no good. The Poor-law Commissioners acted in perfect good faith, and so did Mr. Phelan. The motion of the Noble Earl was to have all these letters laid before them. He (Lord Monteagle) thought they could not act more imyroperly than by calling upon a person holding an official situa tion to betray a private trust ; and what could be be tray ing a privat e trust more palpably , than giving up private letters to be publicly examined ? He thought such a course most injudicious, and he called upon' their Lordships to oppose the motion of the Noble Earl. The Marquis of WESTMEATH supported the view s lie - Would not enforce of his Noble Friends near him. the prodnution of the letters, but 'he knew that they' were obtained with a vivw to this Report, upon whVii a Commission was to be founded, with Mr. Phelan at it: 'heat?. Lord WIIARNCLIFFE said the - Report could not have been founded upon the letters, because the letter's were not written till after the Report was made.—(Bear , hear.) He must say that it did not appear to him that , the least blame rested upon the Commissioners. Earl WICKLOW said the question was whether the Commissioners deserved those censures which the Noble Earl had passed upon them for either of the acts which the Noble Earl had imputed to them, viz.:—first, break • ing the Act, of Parliament ; and second, insulting the House. He (the Earl of Wicklow) did not think that the Noble Lord had made out his case. He (the Earl of Wicklow) said he could not think of any thing more inconsistent with good faith and justice than the publica tion of letters written under such circumstances. Th e Commissioners did not refuse to comply with the order of the House. On the other hand, they wrote to the writersof those letters to ask their consent to the pu b " lication, and they sent returns to the house of all t hose , of which the pubiication had been agreed to. They did more, for they informed the House that they wo uld return the other letters without the consent of t' e writers, if their Lordships thought it necess ar y to insist on it. He (the Earl of Wicklow) regretted the dismissal of Mr. Stanley from the office of Secretary t° the Commissioners, and as the office was still vacant , be trusted he would be restored to it. Lord COLCHESTER, was of opinion that the order of the House had not been complied- with ; and that no public officer, w thing letters on a public subject, had right to mark his letters private, or having done so, t°° select, for return to their Lordships' order, what answers be pleased to select to suit purposes of his own.--( ll , ea f:. hear.). That individual had no right to disobey W e-- Lordships' order in whole or in part, or to make lull selection as to how much of it he would obey. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that there cola be no doubt that, if their Lordships chose to insist ae on the production of those letters, they must be produced' But the effect would-be to prevent any person from corn' implicating confidentially with any public officer. Th ere could be no exercise of their Lordships' privilege nici rc calculated to put amend to all confidence between man and man, and 'between public men and private inch: victuals, than would have been the full enforcem en ,' of the order, in the sense in which it was interpr ete° by the Noble Earl (Mountcashel) ; and he ther efor . ° hoped that the motion would be persevered in, that tho e Lordships might meet it with a direct negative. It hoped by giving a negative to this motion they won. el show that they were not inclined to draw aside the v between a public officer end a private individual. The Duke of WELLINGTON said the Noble Lora certainly could never have thought that letters strictli private could hare been laid before that House. It v 5 1 , 51 stated that these letters were private, but that they it been quoted in the Report which had been laid bef, ° :' the House.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord wishe d know to whom all these letters had been addressed, an he wished to have all the answers to them.—( lle o He (the Duke of Wellington) thought it was a motion ti which the House should not agree ; and if the Su b :r Lord had given notice of his motion, he (the Duke Wellington) should have recommended him not to wor d for private letters. He thought his Noble Friend sh °ll b, withdraw his motion, and it might be a very proper s ; l t , ject for discussion hereafter, to inquire how far th e ' e t , tees were written with a view to influence a Rell ° , l. Those private letters might perhaps come out in that discussion. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL replied. To all th e . letters which Mr. Phelan wrote, he signed himself as " 1 ; Phelan, Assistant Peor-law Commissioner." Now, if 313 :i L Phelan had signed his name just "D. Phelan," it wt. then appear as if they came from the individual D. rff,.." lan ; but " Assistant Poorzlaw Commissioner" being' "". nexed made them official documents, and public (w e :, ments, notwithstanding the word " private" wss fixed. He did say, then, that the Poor-law Conul, ll- t , sioners were bound to furnish these letters. Suffie'le time had elapsed, to have enabled them to have obta in ° . ' answers from all the persons who had been r itten t.f" ' He thought that such conduct should not be born e ;1, t their Lordships, however, were content to bear it P il l tiently, he was content to do so too. He begged l ea t to withdraw his motion. T blo The Duke of RICHMOND objected to the I ` o a t Lord's withdrawing his motion, and moved instead--"" it be rejected. Or ted• The question was then put, and the motion was rej— The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL gave notice, th at • o n The Friday he would present a petition from the • Me d 4a Association of Ireland, on the subject with which li? : 1 a this evening troubled then , . In presenting that pel.'"th he would have an opportunity of going more at lag into the whole question.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) JURISDICTION OF JUSTICES. The LORD CHANCELLOR informed the Hobe The the Bill which had passed for altering the jurisu.', tion of Justices of the Peace, would come into opera t 7, in the middle of the quarter sessions, and thereby 1 11 sion great inconvenience. He had prepared a shor t to postpone the operation, which he now laid on the taw o The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be re a secon:l time. to•morrow. The House then adjourned. "'OUSE OF COMMONS, June 28. NOTTINGHAM COMPROMISE. On our entrance to the gallery, Walt er Sir G. GREY was on his legs, and moved that Mr. os be called to the bar of the House, that the resolution of House might be communicated to him. After a few words from Colonel SIBTHORP, s ri Lord J. RUSSELL conceived his Right H on . Frio- , t s right in saying that the Committee had auth or ity to alon7 h st persons before it, and that persons were bound to attend t° i• summons. That was the course adopted with regard t° they Fleming, a Member of that House, and he supposed that did not mean to adopt a different course in the present instance He conceived, the motion having now been carried, it Was r t e. cient that Mr. Walter be informed of the resolution it av House; but he did not think it was necessary to make su c order in every case. The motion having been put, fag Sir R. PEEL said he did not think the power of rn a lte e, witnesses attend rested in the inhere n t r i g ht o f the Cont a 'jf but was derived from the delegated power of that Hens e .; n iff the proposal originally made had been that the Speaker ! l e e bis to John Walter, Esq., that he should attend, he would4l/ vote in favour of that resolution, because he did not see any just ference between it and the one to which the House l ia " ( 11)5 come. He thought the ends of justice would be anstre re t see the adoption of the course he had proposed, and he did ne t he a very material distinction between that and the (out se t, be House had adopted. When, however, he as sented to W. the did so on the ground that the Committee did not reeltur.:a to assent of the House, but that they had alr e ady had the P n ' a - peri summon witnesses conferred upon them, and to send for P and records. ea of Lord HOWICK thought the proceedi ng s on both to P er the House had been extremely irregular; the more re te course to have pursued would have be e n to have PO. t e eas f e i a resolution proposed by his Right Hon. and Learned l'! s t Is He would have voted for negativing th e original resolutle;st, order that a better one might have been adopted; a s the 1 , 1 4 th e however, had assented to the origi na l resolution he thong' better course would be to adopt the one proposed. tan sltb e Mr. O'CONNELL said that no p erson cou ld unders resolution now come to as casting any reflection ; but ° lee ness had any right to say he would not attend, on the % s e a that certain parties were not neutral enough to sit on' oot e Committee. lie would suggest that nothing could b r e d mischievous than the idea that in a Committee aPP ° Ti s ath if the House it was to be a sort of bye battl e whether a was sufficiently neutral to sit in a Committee. —(Hea r ' ) ° I) ; Lord JOHN MANNERS said that Mr. Walter ' s too d jected to the Hon. Member for Bath ; that objecti f n . n ,. tba upon the record, and nobody had denied the validity in l' bs Mr. O'CONNELL must have been misundersto o " rted Noble Lord. He did not consider a mere unsupPo so ment, such as that which had been alluded to by tric e ot 7 Lord, sufficient. He meant that the party should qlettl be j petition to the House on the subject, and that the retree'" presenting the petition should move that the partY be from the Committee. cont eD Mr. WA KLEY said that although it had been t en s that the resolution of the House did not co nvey_ani i e wori b ' t upon Mr. Walter, yet the speech saf the Right Hol;;, the Member for Devonport did convey a censure. „ s s'•",j Hun. Gentleman bad laid it down as a rule that all pa.; iy a", moved as witnesses were bound to attend most pos.' i .v io (),,t e j must submissively ; that whether summoned as a ni` nu ts , ' a criminal he was bound to submit. He (,tsr. WakleY)!'n ce of against such a doctrine. It constitutes! the very rt t sorlc, tyrannical disposition—( Hear, hear, from Colonel ° I es to ' ) and in practice it was fraught with the greatest dalt bt eorf,:a character of the House.—( Hear, hear, f r om Colonel 000,4 He agreed with the Hon. Member for the Universi t y• in every sentiment he had uttered. He (Mr. WakleY,eec the House had been startled into a most ridiculous t „ stitutional proceeding.—(Hear, hear, from Colonel forget."e'r, followed by shouts of laughter.) He should nev er aa tilo a s way in which Hon. Gentleman had got up, .one sfter to answer in the most submissive manner question s oa ti° l) ;se been put to them in referenc ease a private tra ot i st e t he (Cheers. ) He said it was private trans ot bol d ce i law took no cognizance of it—the law did co oll fi c ri. parties engaged in it criminal—and before they ha d up ari° es legal proceedings they had required parties te g, t the be tt tlt, inmate themselves. The sooner they get out of " t ee. t Ol (Hear, hear, from Col. Sibthorp)—it would be be a ott o ys country. He was convinced, from what be had be rn ar i t tee so doors, that the general.opinion was that the el st just an impartial one, and had not dealt out an eqn s a he net h la jice to all parties.—( Hear, hear.) He did noL his Hon. and Learned Friend's Committee would t_e: d i n Ves l i b a ° o 3 new. Every one in the country knew that cont ri P_' ..id e l i t e taken place, but the Report of that Committee,,,_°t"bougbit unfair slur upon the character of individuals. r ssa inst • practice a most dangerous one, and he protest d'o it° together. th e Color ° Mr. ESCOTT said he had two objections to Latit ese.ofs. of the Hon. Member for Bath. The first was, t" c , a Alr:_ n ipl o proved that the Hon. Member had assumed two p ri% o l ter a hostile attitude, and he must dissent froenin,, trl°,oo that an accused person could not call in questoio 00'0w:eared, before which he was to appear and give a nd e l' t tb cis second objection was that the Honoures._ted t al o Member for Bath had last night state of es 0,510. Committee was determined to adopt the 9", sut t eos° l ,oc° ing the parties accused ; and, in fact, all partl u the at_t e d n o o a n examination. He should give his vote ageln_ „ s „ t sea• of °l i l t ' , of Mr. ‘% alter, because the proceedings were unjust principle. t ee deg ree N S4 ' Lord STANLEY thought there was a°. ha t Alr' par t . c: .a n s e s e u p ni tio ni n on o e n d t b h e e fo s r u e bj t e h c e t . committee, m H e no i u tt n e d e e , r s n t o e t e a d l. t . caa c , c e tl: , oto e 1 ° ,, , but as a witness, with regard to the facts of : f e a u ej b eet: to ,ser . the Committee for inquiry. The proper an d t the Committee was at the time it was formed' ctiun s D' for th e complained of delegated to it. No such oh? wee, t the"_ he collo' . 0 „ Os f t ee taken, and the House had appointed t l4 ov et 0 ci f purpose of trying certain offences. In the . " the o bj e e cours e aa took place, it was distinctly avowed tbal_ . In tb aec n 'od. Committee was not to criminate individuati, not ss co e to , the investigation, Mr. Walter was summon nbars eter t , o o bj b e a , person, but as a witness ; and, in th at e s ight ~,ittee,ctsne" not conceive that he had any u w . r hat C0 01 " . .„e from any personal feeling, to at a t n e y nd er t h i e v a l r e,: s ) a witness summoned before mittee, constituted in the ordinary rat Ai r ' reS ta ' : It was on that ground he thought es . e (LO i r a ,. ' no reason to remonstrate. •It was further f r ' ea `,,,,eeo t i le „i o nt opinion that a Committee requiring n authority Eros t it* P ° did not stand in need of any specific a tr ,istee s, and isnenasdminugchfoarsailthereHrox,dpealepegrated t r h e e co e;: i., t they sees t e r, Co tha,