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must refer to a statement which had been widely circulated in the clubs of London, that he had acted with exceeding ingrati tude towards Mr. Warburton, because he owed his seat for the borough to Mr. Warburton's influence. Mr. Warburton him self had been too prudent to put any such statement in the petition, because he well knew that he (Mr. Mitchell) went 'down to the borough without any communication with him, and that he was not indebted in any way to his influence for his election.—( Hear.) The first statement of the petition was to the effect that Mr. Warburton saw Mr. Mitchell, and told him that his estimated majority was only four, and advised him to weigh well the discretion of continuing a candidate under such circumstances. Now, that statement was totally incorrect. Mr. Warburton bad never told him one single word about an estimated majority of four; on the contrary, his reason ing was, that he (Mr. Mitchell) had a connexion with gentle men in the borough, that if he quarrelled with his agent, and did not go down as a candidate, his friends in the borough would consider him to have been ill-treated by the agent, and that, therefore. ar.y other candidate going down on the Liberal interest would stand a poor chance of being elected. Hepledged himself that his statement of the interview was the correct one. He now came to the statement, that he had resolved to carry his election by force of money. He wished to state in the most distinct terms, as a Member of that House, and a gentleman and man of honour, that, when he went down in 1841, he had not the least intention, so help him God, to give any bribe to any invididual iu Bridport. To corrobo rate that, ho would mention that, before he went down, he arranged with his agent that the expenses should not exceed a certain sum, and that that sum was less than Mr. Warburton himself had ever spent, according to his own allegation, at any election for the borough. Now, the next thing he would no tice, was the reference to Mr. Hutchinson. In his opinion. Mr. Hutchinson's name had been most unhandsomely brought into this petition. From reading the petition, every one would conclude that he was some paid agent, like Mr. Coppock, who went down with him to assist in procuring his return.—(Cheers from the Tory benches.) This was not correct. Mr. Hutchinson was a gentleman of very high stand ing as a merchant of London, a gentleman of the most unim peachable honour and integrity. He fully admitted that Mr. Hutchinson was his personal and particular friend, but he went down because he had from his earliest years been in close and direct communication with the manufacturers of the borough ;- and because this gave him considerable influence amongst them.—( Hear, hear.) When he heard the statement in the petition the other night, he hail stated distinctly that Mr. Hutchinson was not his agent. With reference to the other sums which were alleged to have been expended, he again pledged his honour as a gentleman that of those sums he had never paid one farthing ; that he had never promised to pay them ; that he had never received an account of them ; and that no relationsof his had paid or promised them on his behalf. He would next refer to the general allegations of bribery prac tised after he had gone down to the borough. He would not go into those allegations further than to observe that they were not true ; and that if they were, they must have come to Mr. Warburton's ears through the interchange of strictly confiden tial communications, and that Mr. Warburton, in snaking thens known to the world, had been guilty of a gross breach of con fidence.—(Hear.) He would not accuse Mr. Warburton him self of bribery ; but he must say, that if he had intended to commit bribery a more convenient course than that of leaving his agent to do what he pleased could hardly be conceived.— ( Hear.) Mr. Warburton stated that at the last election he 'pent '2,1001., whilst at every previous election he had spent about 1,700/. Thedifference he stated to have ar isen from sundry bre..kfasts on the morning of the election. He (Mr. M. ) had been informed that similar breakfasts had been given at pre vious elections; but whether that were true or not, he had no hesitation in saying that they could not have cost more than 50/. altogether, and it remained to be explained how the re maining 350/. had been expended.—(Hear, hear.) It was alleged that Mr. Warburton's agent had lent his (Mr. Mit chell's) agent 150/. He supposed that that arose from the close intimacy which subsisted between the two agents ; be that as it might, he had since been told by some of his friends that that sum was entirely unnecessary. He now came to what he coneeived to be the most important point of all—namely, whether or not he had sacri ficed Mr. Warburton at the last election.---( Hear. ) 'With regared to the question of the non-payment of the agent :—although he had refused to pay the agents' accounts— and he did not know that any person was obliged to pay every sum demanded of him—yet there were other gentlemen totally unconnected with 'him, who had guaranteed the payment of that account, so that there was no excuse for the rupture. He denied that Mr. Warburton had ever expressed his sur prise at the nonpayment of the accounts. No such communi cation had ever taken place. He would now come to what had taken place in the month of August. A day or two before the meeting of Parliament, Mr. Warburton's agent had come to him (Mr. Mitchell) and said that a disclosure of secrets had taken place, and that he (Mr. Mitchell) must resign his seat at once ; and on the next day a long conversation had taken place on the subject, in the course of which he (Mr. Mitchell) had distinctlyadmitted that if it should become necessary for one of them to resign his seat, it was his (Mr. Mitchell's) duty to do so, but as no election petition could come on for trial before the month of February or March, he had said he saw no grounds for coming to a hasty decision on the subject, and had asked for that time to collect materials for his defence. Shortly afterwards he had received another communication, stating that if he did not give up his scat it was Mr. Warburton's determi nat ion to resign ; for that Mr. Warburton had determined that not even a petition for bribery should be presented against him. His (Mr. Mitchell's) reply was, " Good God I am I to be sa crificed to Mr. Warburton's purism.—( Cheers and laughter. ) Why a petition might be presented against Sir Robert Peel for bribery."—( Renewed laughter.) He had said that because he knew pretty well how he could defend himself.—(Laughter.) That was a matter pretty well understood—( Laughter)—and he considered it a folly for either of them to resign his seat six or eight months before any necessity could arise for their so doing. The agent said, " Mr. \Varburton has made up his mind that he will not have a petition presented against him accusing him of bribery, and if you do not resign your seat, he with' He (Mr. Mitchell) had again urged the extreme folly of this course of proceeding, and had refused to resign. Mr. War burton, at the same time, had sent down to Bridport to endea vour to get up a requisition, calling upon him ( Mr. Mitchell) to resign his seat, and the first gentleman who had been waited on, and who had throughout these transactions proved himse'f the firmest and most judicious friend Mr. War burton laud got, stated that he could see no necessity for either of them resigning, and would not sign the requisition. At the end of fourteen days Mr. Warburton had resigned, and then his next proceeding was to endeavour to get his Ron. Colleague (Mr. Cochrane) to turn him (Mr. Mitchell) out, and at his (Mr. Cochrane's) expense, as the cheapest mode of regaining the seat.—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Warbur ton knew that the Liberal party in Bridport was the strongest —that in general it could rosins two Members—yet be offered to divide the borough of Bridport for the future with a gentleman of different politics to himself; he offered to sacrifice his party, to sacrifice the borough of Bridport, so that he night but be permitted to keep his seat.—( Cheers.) Not only had Mr. Warburton carried on the petition, but he had identified himself with the actions for bribery brought against his (Mr. Mitchell's) supporters, so that Air. Hutchinson and several other gentlemen were to be ruined, in order to enable Mr. Warburton to walk into his ( Mr. Mitchell's) seat for the borough. From the statements in Mr. Warburton's petition, it would appear that he (Mr. Mitchell) on January 24, had been the first to refuse to sub mit the matter in dispute to arbitrators. Would the House believe that, when that arbitration had been first proposed be certain of their mutual friends, that Mr. Warburton had been the first to refuse to submit to it ? A fortnight after that first proposition, finding things were likely to take an unpleasant course, Mr. Warburton had expressed his willingness to submit to an arbitration, but he (Mr. Mitchell) knowing he had a good defence to the petition, had refused. He now came to consider that part of the petition in which Mr. Warburton called upon the House to refer it to a ;;elect Committee, and he could not but consider it as rather remark able that the Hon. and Learned Member for bath should be absent en this occasion.—( Cheers and laughter. ) An Hon. MEMBER said "he has been here, but has been obliged to leave the House from indisposition." dr. MITCHELL could not see how as far as he was concerned, this petition could be properly referred to that Committee. He had been no party to any compromise. He had made no admissions of guilt—(Cheers)—he had stood his ground manfully.—( Loud cheers.) True, his Hon. Col league hail withdrawn his pet ition,but how could it be expected that he would prosecute, at his own expense, a petition from which he was to derive eo benefit? True, he himself had withdrawn a petition against his Hon. Colleague, which had been entrusted to his care, and his reason for doing so was that he bad been assured by his counsel that the petition was mere waste paper. —( Cheers. ) It alleged that bribery had been committed at the election in June. Now as his Hon. Colleague had been elected under a new writ in the month of September, his counsel had told him that bribery committed at a previous election could not vitiate the return.—( Cheers. ) if, because these petitions had been withdrawn, that was to be considered as a case of compromise, he should like to know where they were to stop. He could to-morrow come down with a list of at least thirty boroughs, in which petitions had been w ithd rawn , an d w hi c h must therefore be referred to the Committee. It was true fifty-one actions had been brought to recover penalties to the amount of 25,0001., but that was only a part of Mr. Warburton's system to• get the seat at a cheap rate, by frightening him (Mr. Mitchell) into resigning. He (Mr. Mitchell) was not, however, to be frightened.— (Cheers.) The House knew that there was a great difference between bringing an action and carrying it out. Those actions, however, had all been given up, but they had not been given up at the same time that the petitions had been given up. lie had gone through all the points, and there was only one more pint to which he wished to draw the particular attention of the House, and that was the letter of Mr. Warburtot:, to which his Hon. Colleague had referred. This letter was ad dressed to friends with whom he had been long in the habit of acting, and in the petition those individuals were denounced. He (Sir. Mitchell) could only say that if- they were, upon elle ea'ions of bribery from a party who was a disappointed can didate, to al point a Committee of Inquiry, that the House would have nothing else to do but to appoint Committees from one year's end to the other.—( Cheers.) He bad been par ticularly anxious to draw the attention of the House to the Vu_ r t where Mr. Warb ur t o n ma d e a d eman d up o n hi m (M r . —it ,- "ell). Had that demand been made in proper time it would have been different, but it was perfectly absurd the manner in which it had been brought forward. Sir THOMAS WILDE said that after having heard the speech of the two Hon, M em b ers, he certainly should not have thought it necessary to have addressed the House on the sub ject of this petition, but that the two Hon. Members them selves had made such statements to the House that he could not for a moment suppose that whatever hesitation there might be to the prayer of the petition being granted, they bad confirmed all the material allegations of the petition as far as those alle gations related to this borough. The parties had admitted these allegations themselves, or he should not have thought it necessary to trouble the House with any remarks, as Mr. Wa, burten was a friend of his.—( Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) He felt no necessity for disavowing Mr. Warburt on —( H ear , hear.) He felt no discred it in claimin g that gentle: man's friendship, nor was he aware that he was less entitled to be heard because he rose for the purpose of setting that gentle man fairly before the House.—( Cheers an-I counter-cheers.) na This petition came before the House in a judicial form, and the House was hound to exercise its judgment ttpon it, and refer it to a Committee to inquire. If any individual should . have been in the House at the time, and stopped for a moment to consider the House as a judicial tribunal and called upon to exercise most important functions, how would they be s t r u c k to o b s erve th e very l o ud and continued cheers With w hich every statement reflecting upon that party appeal ing to the House of Justice was met on the other side of the House?_( Cheers. ) He appealed to the House whether one single remark which reflectee upon Mr. Warburton had not been received with gladness by every Hon. Gentleman on the opposite side of the House ?—( Cheers.) Mr. Warburton stood in a peculiar contrast with the Hon. Member abuse rema: ks upon Sir. Warburton had been so much cheered. That cone trast might be presented with two aspects. First, Sir. War burton was net there to be heard in his own behalf.—( Cheers and laughter.) The other two gentlemen had been heard in their own defence, and most fully heard. In the next place, Mr. Warburton was heard, praying for inquiry, pledging him self to pi ove the allegations betore a Committee. The other gentlemen were there making contradictions and opposing the inquiry. Mr. Warburto n said, why make charges against me—my character ia involved —b r i ng me to trial— let me hear the charges Loud cries of " No, No.") He a.iid Mr. Warburton was there because charges were made against him.--(Loud cries of "No, no.") He trusted he might be heard.—( Hear. hear.) An Honourable Gentleman who said No, might rise in his place and say No in due order, and prate that it was no. He trusted they Would be so god as to hear him in confirmation of his views, that Mr. War- t burton ought, seeing that these charges had been made against him, and seeing that these imputations had been cast upon him, to be g ranted an inquiry. He was certain that Mr. Warburton would not have been there except for that reason. Mr. War burton resigned his seat. He said he would resign his seat, and he would sacrifice his interest to his friends. He gave up his seat, but he would not give up his character. —(Laughter and cheers.) When a gentleman came forward and prayed for an inquiry, and stated his object in asking that inquiry—be cause charges were made against him,:he asked was it justi,:e to refuse it ? Was it inconsistent that a man should sacrifice his interest in order to save those from whom he had received kindness, and that when it became a matter of personal dis grace he called for an inquiry, by which, if he was guilty, his character would be condemned, and if his motives were otherwise than ,those which had been alleged, it could be proved ? He said, "Do not take my character away without evidence."--(Cheers.) The two lion. Members concerned were then in that House, but the principal party concerned could not speak in his own behalf. The petition stated, a pledge had been given to present a petition against one of th.e sating Members. That pledge was withdrawn, and both Hon. Mem bers admitted that such was the fact. Another engagement was that no opposition should be offered to Mr. Cochrane, and Mr. Warburton wrote that letter which had excited so much merriment in the House, supporting Mr. Cochrane. That let ter was a bona fide letter, written for the purpose of preventing opposition to the Hon. Gentleman. What was alleged as the motives of Mr. Warburton ? It was alleged that the letter was written for the purpose of getting the borough disfranchised. Upon that Mr. Warburton resigned his seat, and he agreed that, as far as he was concerned, there should be no opposition to the Hon. Member. He then wrote a letter, which ap peared to him (Sir T. Wilde), to be perfectly unexceptionable for the purposes for which it was intended; in it he urged every motive which he thought would be likely to operate in such a manner as to prevent them from taking any part against the Hon. Mea ber. Mr. Warburton interfered no further than to prevent opposition. And that letter which the Hon. Member desired to ascribe to another cause, was written to his agent, expressing a high sense of the honourable conduct pursued by Mr. Warburton. Mr. Cochrane, who stood in opposition to the Hon. Member, was attending the proceed ings of the election ; the Hon. Member requested the agent of Mr. Warburton, Mr. Warburton not being there, to introduce them to the Committee of Mr. 'Cochrane, to state that their words might be relied on. Mr. Nicholets, who was not Mr. Warburton's agent, introduced them to the Committee, not with Mr. Warburton's knowledge. or with the slightest authority trem Mr. Warburton so to do. With him the Hon. Member entered into an engagement, which he said was the second engagement, and superseded that made with Mr. Warburton, and of this second engage ment Mr. 11 arburton knew not one word. If Mr. Warburton and the Hon. Member were at issue on that point, there were written documents which might be relied on to which he could refer. Did that arrangement, however, as it stood, supersede the previous arrangement? The letter which was written after the recognised previous arrangement would show—( The Hon. and Learned Member then read a -letter, dated the 27th of September, which spoke in high terms of Mr. Warburton's conduct, and concluded with, " All I beg of you, for Mr. Warburton's sake is, not hastily to decide on steps as to H.'s action.") This letter was written on the 27th of Sep tember, ten days from the time of making the arrangement. A most extraordinary use had been made of that letter ; the passage, " All I beg of you, for Mr. Warburton's sake, is not hastily to decide on steps as to H.'s action," was read as though Mr. Warburton's agent wished to press the action. The fact was, that the arrangement made with the Hon. Member opposite, was that no proceedings should be taken against Mr. Hutchinson ; it appeared that it was afterwards agreed that proceedings should be adopted against him, because they would act as a lever against the Hon. Mem ber behind him. The letter was written to induce not to bring an action, and it had been read as if it were intended to stimulate to an action.—(Hear.) A criminal information, charging the Hon. Member personally with bribery, was after wards moved against the Hon. Gentleman behind him, and that was now pending, if indeed it had not been compromised. —( Hear, hear.) Two indictments, charging him with bri bery, had been raised against him.—(Hear, hear.) Six actions also had been brought against him for bribery; they stood for trial first for the Somerset, and then for the Dorset Assizes, but nothing had been heard of them ' since.---( Hear. ) There were 55 charges against him for per sonal bribery, and there was an action against him for 5,5001. 51r. Aberdeen, the attorney, defended that action, in which it was pleaded that the Hon. Member's agent had bribed 74 per sons, and the names of those persons were given ; and that plea was put on therecord by Mr. Aberdeen. Then there were actions against four other persons for bribery ? What had be come of them ? The petition had buried them all. No doubt , being suggested that they had evidence enough to maintain the petition, the opposition prevailed. Application was made for evidence. Mr. Warburton gave the answer which had been read. It was stated that unless the Hon. Member behind him furnished the evidence of bribery, the petition would be with drawn. On the 19th of February a letter was written which was dated Carlton Club, requiring the evidence to he given by the 21st ; it was furnished by that day, and, notwithstanding that, the petition was withdrawn. Now, how stood Mr. War burton's charge against the Hon. Member opposite? His charge against the other Honourable Member was that when he came to the borough, he was appointed upon an understanding that the seat of Mr. 'Warburton was at all events to be secured ; and that his friends practised bribery to such an extent, and so mixed themselves up with the friends of Mr. Warburton, that, though the latter gentle man defied arty one to prove that he had personally or intentionally been guilty of bribery, yet it was impossible that he could retain his seat. He then said, " I shall therefore resign, unless you do." Was he not right in saying that if bribery could be proved, he would not join with the Honourable Member, whom he had a right to complain of ? The Hon. Member refused to resign, and kept his seat, and his excuse was, " I think I could have maintained my seat, and I have maintained it." That was the excuse, but how did he maintain it ? By a compromise, upon which the petition which had been presented was withdrawn. He there fore thought Mr. Warburton had fair grounds for the state ment he made. He presented himself to the House protesting that his return was effected by no personal bribery, directly or indirectly, and he prayed the House would inquire into the facts. There was no doubt that, in 1836, he paid what was called head-money.—(Ministerial cheers.) He was not going to de fend, or say one word in extenuation of that.—(Cheers ) He only hoped that no Member on the other side was guilty of the same.--(Laughter.) He did not turn his head, lest he should look at any particular Member.—( Great laughter and cheering.) 'they had heard admissions made in that House, of head-money being paid by Hon. Members. Whatever obloquy attached 'to Mr. Warburton for sueh a proceeding, in 1836, there it must rest, and he would not extenuate or defend it. (Cheers. ) But an impression was made on the House unfa vourable to Mr. Warburton, and which he, as a friend of his, should regret to see remain, and which, he believed was not well founded. It was supposed he made a speech in the House, in 1830, which was inconsistent with the allegations in the petition. The petition stated that certain electors determined to put an end to the payment of head-money after the introduction of the Reform Bill, and required a pledge from him (the peti tioner) to abstain from paying the head-money of any future or previous election. But that was not at all inconsistent with the speech of Mr. Warburton in 1830. He might be.willing to surrender his seat for the purpose of not exposing certain electors, as long as he was not subject to a charge of personal corruption, but when the accusation was made he prayed the House for inquiry. If there was any warrant for the charges made, how unwise for Mr. Warburton to press for inquiry. And if the other Hon. Gentlemen were fair and pure, it was sarprising they should resist inquiry—( Laughter) that he who was condemned should pray for investigation, and those who were acquitted should evade it.—(Laughter.) How could it be said that there were no grounds for inquiry, when crimi nal proceedings were taken against both Members, one of whom obtained his seat by an agreement not to present one petition, and not to prosecute another ? The means by which the Hon. Member near him obtained his seat, afforded abun dant grounds to justify inquiry in his case also.—( Hear hear. ) They had, therefore, here not surmise or retort, they had one seat resigned.--( Hear, hear.) They had both Hon. Members trying to throw obloquy on Mr. Warburton. Now, if the charge was just against Mr. Warburton, did it not; he would ask, furnish a strong ground for the ouse to act, and upon what ground, therefore, could it be said that inquiry ought to be refused on the present occasion ? There was one ground, and one ground only, on which inquiry could be refused—if it was admitted that bribery was so extensive and general, that it could not be remedied by any measure with respect to par ticular boroughs, but that some general measure must be brought forward for the purpose, that would be one ground, hut when they had before them a case of admitted guilt, to re fuse inquiry would be acting in a most unjust and injudicious manner. It had been said that Mr. Warburton had broken faith ; he had dune no such thing, it was the party's own agent that bad done so. In conclusion, he would only say, that he left the matter entirely with the House, believing firmly that it would assent to the Committee. Mr. MITCHELL, in explanation, said he had neither ad mitted nor denied bribery. Sir J. WALSH, after the allusions that had been made to him by his Honourable and Learned Friend the Member for Liskeard, could not give a silent vote on the present question. He was not desirous of shielding bribery ; but his objection to the proposed inquiry was, thatit would necessarily be a partial one. It might form a bad precedent hereafter ; a powerful and corrupt Minister might avail himself of the example fim the purpose of disfranchising obnoxious boroughs, and thus destroying the rights of constituencies. Mr. H UME hoped the motion for a Committee would be agreed to. No one could say, after the disclosures of that evening, that its labours would not be necessary. Mr. ESCOTT said that it appeared to him the case of the borough of Bridport was very different from the case of the other boroughs upon whose proceedings the Committee were to decide. In the one case, the motion was made by the Hon. Member for Bath, a man whose own character was untouched; while, in the other case, they were requested to institute an inquiry by one who, according to his own admission, had been guilty of corrupt practices. He did not think that the latter motion should be agreed to. Sir R. PEEL said that he should confess it appeared to him, so far as compromises were concerned, he saw as good cause for inquiry into the case of Bridport as into any other.---(Hear.) He did net think that the fact of the party soliciting the inquiry having himself participated in the transactions complained of was a sufficient ground for refusing it. He confessed that in his opinion a general inquiry into bribery at the elections re ferred to should not be entered into, but that the case of bribery should be investigated only for the purpose of obtaining evi dence as to the alleged corrupt compromises. The labours of the Committee could not otherwise be brought to a close before the termination of the session. He thought, too, that they ought not to proceed with a view to criminate individuals. He did not think that such a course would be consistent with jus tice, because it was a matter of notoriety that for more than twenty years compromises of this kind had taken place. It would be absurd to deny the fact, that individuals were only concerned in defending individual rights, and the onus did not lie en them of exposing the transactions connected with the dif ferent boroughs. To select five or six cases, and to hold them up to particular exposure and vengeance, would be, he con - sidered, inconsistent with justice, when every body who had sat in Parliament f or th e l ast 30 year ' s, knew that this construction had been put on the position of Members of Parliament. It had never been implied as a charge against them that, having individual right s t o maintain, they maintained them at the ' lea t cost He et possibility thought t se, n u r a tty d trouble.againstth the future ofy oughtthese compromises,totake effectual and effectual mode would b e t o institute a he c searching(nsi Bredl the most inquiry into bribery in either of the following casos namely, where corruption existed i n a borough, and individuals ' were not inclined to petition for the purpose of p • •, o where compromises were made before an Eleetioenx-COmai mtni l ttee r The he Noblehad actedLe in order to prevent exp o su re . The Noble Lord opposite had undertaken to bring i n a Bill on this subject, and operation lie wisely in not bringing it forward too hastily. rd knew that he ( Sir R. Peel) had offered hi m all themcao - necessary to effect his obje ct, as soon as the principles an d de tails of the measure should have bee n sufficiently ; but be tu felt inclined to vote for this preliminary inquiry re served to himself the power of considering whether or not the Committee moved for by . the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, should perform its original intention of inquiring into those cases where bribery had decided the fate of the elec tion. If it was merely a preliminary inquiry as to whether bribery had existed in the past election, he was satisfied that the very first case would last the whole of the session. He recommended that the Hon. Gentleman should take the sense of the House on the preliminary , question, and then leave it to be considered what course should afterwards be pursued. Lord J. RUSSELL said he perhaps differed in opinion from a large majority of the House, as he thought there was less reason to refer this case to a Committee than the others.— ( Hear, hear.) The point that most affected the character of the House was, whether there had been a compromise for the purpose of avoiding an investigation into bribery. If that were established, then there would be stronger ground for further legislation than they yet had. From the petition of Mr. Warburton, and the full statements of the two Hon. Members, they had all the facts relating to the comprOmise before the House. This was the reason he thought there was the less necessity for referring this case to a Committee than the others. He did not wish to enter into all the details of the case, and the disputes that had taken place between the three gentlemen. Though they gave rather a discreditable exposure—(Hear, hear)—yet he thought they were not of such public interest as to require special investigation. If they were to have an investigation into the bribery in Brid port, the motion ought to have been a different one ; it ought to have been for an inquiry at the I bar of the House, or before a Special Committee, that had the case of no other borough to try. He thought there was less ground for inquiry in this case than in many others, but as there was a full statement in the petition of a case of a compromise, he felt disposed to accede to the motion of the Hon. Member. Now he wished to observe, with re spect to the motion of the Hon. Member for Bath, that the re had been words added to that motion, which he for one did not expect to see ; and he would state in what course he thought the Committee could inquire into bribery and corruption in respect to these several places. He thought they would ascer tain first, if they could, where a compromise had been entered into, and in the next place whether it might not have been made from motives totally unconnected with bribery and cor ruption. It might prove that Members had resigned their seats, because they did not like to face a long inquiry, or because they found themselves in a bad state of health. They would not as certain anything decidedly by ascertaining that certain persons had surrendered their seats by compromise.—( Hear, hear.) He thought it would be utterly impossible for the Select Committee to state to what extent bribery had been committed, so as to enable the Honse to suspend the writ or to disfranchise the borough ; and, in the second place, he thought that was not the mode in which such a Committee should be appointed. There were two modes in which the in quisition might be carried on. They might have an inquiry before an Election Committee in which the facts being stated on oath were reported by that Committee; or there might be a special inquiry, as in the case of Grantham, with respect to a particular borough, with a view to ascertain the 'state of that borough, unconnected with any mere personal considerations. The motion for a Select Committee with regard to compro mises, did not appear to him to be calculated to answer either of these ends. He thought the inquiry should be directed to the question whether the compromises were connected with bribery and corruption. -Though he did not object to the pro posal to send the case to a Select Committee, he must say that. he was exceedingly sorry that it had been thought necessary to enter into details of these transactions. Sir R. INGLIS said he felt compelled to differ from his Right Hon. Friend on the motion before the House. So far as the constitution of that House was concerned the law had vested in a special tribunal the decision of all questions respect ing it; so far as public morals were concerned, the law had vested in another tribunal the question of punishing persons accused of bribery. They were now endeavouring to transfer the latter jurisdiction to a tribunal which they had already declared to be overworked.—( Hear. ) The Hon. Member for Bath had not even got his machinery prepared for the experiment. The Bill had only been read a second time, and there could be no hope that it would become law before the end of June. He mentioned that, lest the House, in a fit of virtuous indignation, should mislead itself and the public.— (Cheers.) It appeared to him that it was phy sically impossible for the Committee to do all that was expected of it. He would, before he sat down, merely allude to what had fallen from the Hon. and Learned Member for Worcester, The cheers at the statements of the two Hon. Members for Bridport had not been confined to his (Sir R. Inglis's) side of the House, for he heard cheers quite as hearty proceeding from Gentlemen on the opposite side of the House.—(Opposition cheers. ) Viscount PALMERSTON would submit to the House whether they were not running away with rather an exagge • rated view of these questions of compromise.— ( Cheers. ) Gentlemen seemed to think that there was a great deal in these compromises, which were as culpable as if the object of them had been to withdraw from the cognizance of Election Com mittees facts relating to bribery at elections. Those gentle men seemed to labour under a misconception of the existing law relating to the trial of election petitions. The law con sidered those matters as entirely and solely questions of private right. It did not let in the interest of the public at all ae a third party concerned.--(Cheers.) He thought that was a , fault in the law, and ought to be corrected—(Cheers)—but they had no right to complain of individuals taking advantage of the law as it was.—( Hear, hear.) The law invited com promise; it expressly gave the petitioner power of withdrawing his petition at any time, and the 85th section enacted that if the Committee should be of opinion that the sitting Member's defence of his seat was frivolous and vexatious, they should report the same to the, House, and the sitting Member should be punished by being forced to pay the petitioner's ci penses. So that the sitting Member was told by the law to consider well before he undertook to defend his seat. Sup pose that a petition, being presented against a Member, his counsel, having duly considered the case, should tell him that by the flagrant misconduct of his agent bribery could be clearly proved against him—could that Member be expected to defend his seat at the risk of having his defence declared frivolous? And yet, if he resigned his scat he was subjecting himself to the imputation of having a charge of corrupt compromise brought against him, and of having a Committee ap pointed to inquire into the transaction.—(Loud cheers. ) Just let the House consider the position in which such an individual was placed by ;the law.—(Cheers.) Ile thought Hon. Members were going too fast in attributing to these compromises that degree of criminality which they seemed disposed to attach to them.—(Cheers.) He thought it desirable that the law should be altered—(Cheers)—he thought that the public ought to be admitted as a third party. —(Cheers.) He denied that the seat was really private pro perty, in which light the existing law considered it. He con— sidered that it was a public trust, and that all proceedings re • lating to it ought to be conducted mainly with a view to the public interest.—( Cheers.) The seat was not a private right—(Cheers)—it was a public trust.—(Cheers.) He thought the main object to which they should direct their attention was the system, and not the individual. They should make such a change in the law as would prevent these com promises being made in future. For these purposes he would faithfully and cordially give his vote ; but he thought, for all the reasons which had been alluded to in what had passed, that the Committee, which had been agreed to by the House, could not. arrive at any conclusion which would materially assist them in that which was the object of their !aboitrs. 'lake the case of bribery. If the existence of bribery were a thing surmised, but not proved, they would then have to go into the cases of bribery ; but no man would question the great extent to which bribery had prevailed, and they all knew that the system of bribery had been more extensive than could be inquired into. He doubted, then, the propriety of going into the inquiry to the full extent.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and hear.) He would tell them why. if the practice had been as extensive as he was afraid it was, he thought that the public morality would be best consulted by passing some law to prevent its re currence in future; because he held that if they proved to the country that criminal practices had prevailed, it would tend rather to diminish the magnitude of the offence than to in crease it in the eyes of the public.—( Hear, hear.) '1 here became a kind of sympathy with it, and the abhorrence at it died away. The most useful object to which the labours of the Committee could he directed, would be to consider the mode in which these practices could be prevented. That would cer tainly be a more useful occupation for the Committee than in quiring into a few out of many cases, and holding up to odium a few individuals in which many more ought to share ; and snore, after the House had determined in the case of Ipswich that no inquiry should take place, he could hardly understand on what principle the House should act in a contrary manner on the present occasion.—( Hear, hear.) Lord STANLEY concurred with the Noble Lord opposite, that the House appeared to take up, with an extraordinary de gree of energy, the investigation into matters of conipromi•a., which must be known to embers who had sat in that House as long as he (Lord Stanley) had, to take:place at every generel election. The Noble Lord stated quite truly, that an Election Committee was a trial for a private tight, and in it the public had no right of interference,—( Hear, hear.) Agreeing with the Noble Lord thus far, he differed with him in the view which he took of the duty which ought to devolve on the Committee about to be constituted. He differed also with the Hon. Member for the University of Oxford, who con sidered that there were only two courses for the House to pur sue, that of examination before a Cd'rnmittee of the House, or before the criminal tribunals of the country. If that were so, if those were the only courses open to the Hou,e, he thought there was a great gap about to be supplied.—(Hear, hear.) He thought there was little difference between the Noble Lord opposite and the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) as to the course which ought to be taken. They both considered that the point to be aimed at was the investigation of bribery, not for the purpose of individual punishment, but for the purpose of aiding in future legislation, effectually to apply limits to bribery for the future. He wanted to know, then, what better course they could have for their future legislation than the eli citing by evidence of the system of bribery in all its modifica tions, the different manners in which it might be carried on. He thought there was a great objection to keeping a kind of Parliamentary lion's mouth open, for the purpose of receiving accusations coming from any party. He did not understand the Right Hon. Gentleman nor the Noble Lord, in assenting to the motion of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, and pledging themselves to no distinct opinion, as to whether it was right that this case should be referred to that Committee ; but simply to pledge themselves, that on the petition of the Hon. Gentleman lately Member for Bridport, and upon the state ments of the two Hon. Members for Bridport, in their places in that House, that it was desirable that that House should enter on the inquiry, not for the purpose of visiting Mr. Warburton, not for the purpose of visiting the other Hon. Gentlemen, with any penal consequences, but for the purpose of laying before the House that which had occurred at Bridport, that which might take place to-morrow, that which would take place year after year, until the House of Commons took such steps as would put a stop to such practices. On the one hand he was not prepared to give at that moment a distinct declaration upon this point, he thought it was a case to be referred to the Committee ; and on the other hand with respect to the motion of the Noble Lord, to refer this to the Committee appointed by the Hon. Member for Bath, this was a case that it was impos sible for the House to decide ; but he was prepared to affirm that this was a case which ought not to pass unnoticed by the House. An inquiry ought to take place into the case of Brid port, and he was therefore prepared to give his vote for the first motion that was made by the Hon. Member for Liskeard. Mr. BANKES had never understood that there was any other motion for an inquiry before the House, but that of the Hon. Member for Path. He did not think this was a case to be submitted to the Committee appointed justice by the agree Hon. to this 111 Mem ber for Bath. The House could not with petition, and refuse to grant it in any other case, and that, in his opinion, was a sufficient ground for rejecting the motion. Mr. C. BULLER replied. Sir R. PEEL said he had some doubts as to the Committee which should conduct the inquiry. The Hon. and Learned Member for Bath had a Bill under the consideration o f th e House to give indemnity to finesses who were to be ex am i ne d before the Committee, and it would be necessary. if the inquiry asked for by the Hon. Gentleman was to be referred to a sepa rate Committee, to have a similar Bill passed in that case also, and he thought the passing of many such Bills was open t o strong objection.—( Hear, hear.) He thought it would be worth while to consider whether or no these compromises did not partake of a general nature, and whether this inquiry ought to be referred to the general Committee or no. Mr. C. BULLER made some observations which were ie. audible in the gallery, ix consequence of the loud cries of " Di vide, divide." Sir C. BURRELL said he did not think that the Members for Bridport were placed in the same situation as the others respecting whom inquiry was to be made, and he should therefore vote against the motion. Strangets were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Buller's motion Against it Majority in favour of Mr. Buller's motion —ll9 Mr. C. BULLER then said, that he should move the adjournment of the debate, upon the second motion of which he had given notice, for referring the inquiry to the Select Committee appointed to inquir e into the a ll e ged comprom i se s on the subject of the electors at Harwich, Nottingham, Lewes, and other places. rum SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 2B, 1842. After a short conversation, the motion for an adjournment of the debate was agreed to. _ _ _ .. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Two o'Clock. DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENTS. PETITION OF DRAMATIC AUTHORS, The humble Petition of the undersigned Dramatic Authors, Most humbly showeth,—That, in the opinions of your pe titioners, the laws relating to the Stage are opposed to the advancement of the Drama. That a majority of your petitieners must cease to exist as Dramatists if the said laws were enforced. That no Manager of any Theatre situate within twenty miles of London (except in the city of Westminster), could perform the productions of your Petitioners conformably to the said laws. That no Court of Law, Magistrate, or Officer of State, or Justice, actively enforces the said laws. That, in licensing the Theatres situate out of the jurisdiction of the Lord Chamberlain, the Magistrates sanction a violation of the said laws. That the said laws, though not actively enforced, by making the pursuit of an intellectual art an illegal act, cast a reproach upon your Petitioners in their profession of Dramatists. That many of your Petitioners are emulous of pursuing the higher branches of their art, but are deterred by the diffi culties created by the said laws. That your Petitioners hear with regret universal complaints of the decay of the Drama, and despair of its regeneration until the laws regulating the Stage have been taken into the wise consideration of your Honourable House, and adapted to the in creased intelligence of the present age. Petitioners most humbly pray your Honourable House to take their case into consideration, and to pass such enactments as may conduce to the more beneficial exercise of Dramatic Art, and the protection of Religion and Morality, by making it lawful for the Managers of all Theatres, duly authorised, to ac cept and produce the best Dramas they can obtain. And Petitioners will ever pray. DOUGLAS JEttaoLn, Author of " The Rent Day," &c. &c. W. BALE BERNARD. Author of " His Last Legs," &c. Wm. COLLIER, Author of " Is Shea Woman ?" JOHN OXENFORD, Author of " The Day well Spent." JNo. R. BUCKSTONE, Author of." Married Life," &c. &c. Two PA RRY, Author of " P. P., or the Man and the Tiger," &c. EDWARD STIRLING, Author of The Blue Jackets." JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES, Author of " Lose." LEIGH HUNT, Author of " The Legend of Florence." JOHN A. HERAUD, Author of " The Roman Brother." THOMAS WADE, Author of " The Jew of Arragon." F. G. TomLnis, Author of " Garcia," &c. EDWARD MAYHEW, Author of " The Templar," &c. ANNA MARIA HALL, Author of" The French Refugee," &c. CHARLES DANCE, Author of " The Country Squire," &c. &c. H. Hord, Author of " Grace Huntley," &c. &c. WILLIAM HENRY OXBERRY, Author of " Delusion." RICHARD BEAUCLERK PERRY, Author of " Paired off." FRANCIS BARHAM, Author of " Adamus Exul." SI MON GRAY, Author of " The Spaniard," and " The Young Country Widow." GEORGE W. LOVELL, Author of " The Provost of Bruges." GEORGE STEPH ENS , Author of " The Queen of Hungary." B. W. PROCTER, Author of " Alirarldolll." THOMAS JAMES SEALE, Author of " The Merchant of London." J. R. PLANCHE, Author of " Oberon." HENRY MAYHEW, Author of " The Wandering Minstrel," &c. RICHARD RYAN, Author of " Every Body's Husband." W. H. WILLS, Author of " The Muse and the Merchant," &c. MARK LEMON S Author of " The Ladies' Club," &c. &cc. GEORGE WILD, Author of " Something New," &c. &c. HENRY BAYLIS, Author of "But However," &c. WILLIAM MONCRIEFF, Author of " Giovanni in London," &c. J. STERLING COYNE, Author of the" The Lost Pleiad," &c. TUC/31AS EGERTON WILES, Author of "My Wife's Den tist," &c. &c. LESIAN REDE, Author of " The Rake's Progress." CHARLES PELHAM Triomrsori, Author of " The Gambler's Fate," &c. WILLIAM Tuomrsozi TOWNSEND, Author of "John Stafford." JosErN LUNN, Author of " Family Jars," " Fish Out of Water," &c. W. S. EMDEN, Author of " Rear Admiral," &c. WILLIAM DUNN, Author of" The Daughter of the Air." HENRY PPUNKETT, Author of " The Minerali." CHARLES SELBY, Author of "Captain Stevens." R. H. HORNE, Author of" Cosmo tie' Medici," &c. RICHARD BRINSLEY PEAKE, Author of " Chancery Suit," " Climbing Boy," &c. &c. &c. MORRIS BARNETT, Author of " The Spirit of the Rhine," " Monsieur Jacques," &c. &c. &c. EDWARD FITZBALL, Author of " Siege of Rochelle," &c. We find the following painful and extraordinary narrative in the Toutonnais:—" During a violent storm at Vidauban, in the Var, in the afternoon of the 16th inst., four peasants took shelter in an outhouse. The lightning struck the building, and, displacing the beam of the roof, it fell upon there, fractured the skull and killed a young man, and slightly injured another, his wife, and a second woman. These three persons were at the, same time nearly suffocated by sulphurous vapour. As they were being carried into the village on litters, the dead and mutilated body of the young man was suddenly seen by his mother, who was in the street. Having a child at the breast, the shock had such a severe effect upon her, that her milk rose instantly to her head, and flowed from her mouth and nostrils." A thief by profession, named Rene Farisou, but rejoicing in the soubriquet of Baise-la-Lune, who was libe rated only six days ago from the prison of Melun, after fire years' imprisonment, was on Friday arrested, whilst engaged in a robbery in the apartment of a merchant, in the Rue de la Verrerie. Having learned that the merchant had gone out early, sad was not to return until after the closing of the Exchange, he succeeded, by the aid of false keys, in getting into the apartment, where he emptied a cupboard, a chest of drawers, secured two watches, and collected together some jewels, and made three parcels of the other objects which he thought suited his purpose. Satisfied with his exertions, and still more satisfied with the goods . he had become master of, he gently opened the door to depart, when, to his great astonishment, he found himself in face of two officers of the service de surete, who informed him that they had followed him from the morning, and had already arrested the accom plice he had left at the door below. With a sigh he gave up his booty, and accompanied the officers to the Prefecture of Police. A letter from Antwerp, May 21, states that shortly after the Milton brig, an English vessel, had come to anchor in the harbour, the mate was brought to land, under a charge of having ill-treated the pilot. The latter declared that he bad been abused, beaten with a stick, and placed in irons. The English Consul had interfered in the business. A fire broke out at Brussels, on Saturday night, in a warehouse at the corner of the Rue Mang, and for a time raged so furiously, that great alarm was felt for the adjoining property. By prompt assistance, however, and a plentiful sup ply of water, the fire was restricted to the building in which it originated. This was burnt down, causing a loss of about 100,000 francs. Four firemen are said to have been seriously injured. M. de Reck, Privy-Councillor of the Grand Duchy of Baden, arrived last week at Basle, for the purpose of coming to some understanding with the authorities, for bringing the railroad, which crosses the Duchy, to the walls of the town. The negotiations have been already begun, and give promise of a happy result. There is some question of prolonging the line to Schaff housen. SHIPPING OF THE. UNITED KINGDOM.—This re turn is a statement of shipping employed in the trade of the United Kingdom for the years ending the sth January, 1841 and 1842. The trade of the year 1841 employed, accord ing to the entries inward, 17,883 British ships, with 3,197,501 tonnage, and 172,404 men ; and 10,198 foreign ships, with 1,460,294 tonnage, and 81,295 men ; and according to the en tries outwards, 17,633 British ships, with 3,292,984 tonnage, and 181,580 men; and 10,440 foreign ships, with 1,488,888 tonnage, and 81,672 men. The trade of the year 1842 em ployed, according to the entries inwards, 18,525 British ships, with 3,361,211 tonnage, and 178,696 men ; arid 9,527 foreign ships, with 1,291,165 tonnage, and 73,634 men; and according to the entries outwards, 18,464 British ships, with 3,429,279 tonnage, and 186,696 men ; and 9,786 foreign ships, with 1,336,892 tonnage, and 75,694 men. This comparison shows a slight increase. A BUSINESS BiriT.—Call on a man of business in busi ness hour., only on business ; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give hint time to finish his busi. ness L EIGE , MAY 24.—Their Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Nleiningen, with a numerous suite, arrived last night at the Hotel of the Pavilion Anglais. The Earl of Coventry has rallied, but his Lordship still continues in a state of great debility. The intention of re moving the Earl to the family seat, Croome Hall, has been abandoned for the present. The separate line of rails for the London and Brighton Railway, by the side of the Greenwich line, is now complete ; and the Brighton trains do not now traverse any portion of the Greenwich line. The management of the Hambledon hounds is, it is said, to be transferred to Wm. Henry Barkworth, Esq., of Hambledon.— Wiltshire Independent. A woman, named Godet, has been condemned to death by the Court of Assizes for Calvados, for the murder of her new-born infant. The unnatural mother, after having murdered her child, threw the body into a stye to de devoured by pigs. A letter from the Hague, May 20, states that Hu King of the Netherlands, who is now making a tour in some of the provinces, where he is enthusiastically received, will, after his return to the Hague, proceed to Luxemburg, to open the session of the States in person. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF SAMTTEL CLELAND, ESQ. —We are greatly grieved to announce the death of this respected gentleman, on Friday, by an accident as sudden as fatal. It appears that he was inspecting the pull. ing down of some old houses at his splendid resi dence, Stormount, and, while doing so, by some un fortunate mischance the wall, on which the workmen were engaged, fell, while he was in its immediate neighbour hood, and killed him on the spot, severely injuring besides one of the workmen. The deceased was in the prime of life, a ma gistrate of the counties of Down and Antrim, and his sudden decease will be a source of grief to a very wide circle of friends and acquaintatices.—Belfast Chronicle. SALE OF ANCIENT FURNITURE AND ARTICLES OF Vs:a . m.—Messrs. Oxenham and Sons, of Oxford-street, have advertised for sale, on the 31st instant, and the four follGw. in g days, a collection of valuable p ro perty of a curious and in teresting description, just imported from the Continent. This collection, which we inspected yesterday at the rooms in Ox ford-street, is, of a very miscellaneous description, consisting of old French furniture, including some good specimens by De Boule and Alarqueterie among which we noticed an elegantly shaped rose and tulip wood ta bl e, t h e top o f w hi c h i s fi ne l y inlaid w i th groups of flowers; a pa i r of mosa i c ca bi nets of fine proport i ons, i n w hi c h t h ere are an ova l centre pan e l an d f our angu l ar p ane l s re p res e n ti ng fruit and fl owers, farmed of :sardonyx, red jasper, cornelian, tic. ; a v ery h an d some o ld B ou l e c l oc k o f t h e fi nest period o f Louis XV. ; a second pair of cabinets, still finer th an those above mentioned, which contain panels of mo saic in r e li ef of very large dimensions, and decorated in a su perb m anner with appliques of bronze d ' ore of pure design; an old roy a l Sevres porcelatne plateau, finely painted in Bouch er subject; a royal Sevres tazza, 46 inches in circumference, o f a very rich and elegant appearance, and several vases of the sam e make and fabric. The collection also contains several ver y handsom e an d well-execute d terra - co tt a fi gures an d groups, and stone !fin e l y we ll .mo d t l' e d b as - re li e f s i n terra - cotta. Among the bij ou r eeie, which is of a very unique nature, we noticed a magnificent rosary of 27 lapis lazuli beads, with enamelled gold ornaments, to which is attached a chrystal relic with a figure of the Virgin, a work, we should suppose, of the 16th ag century ; an d a di sta ff an d s pi n dle of carved box-wood, com posed of numerous groups of figures and animals, execut e d i n an astonishingly e l a borate manner, and of an ex t reme l y elega n t d es i gn. There are a l so some pa i nt i ngs of the French awd Fle ns i sh masters, various su i ts an d f ragments of armour of different es, oak carvings of almost every stile, and some large specimens, in an excellent state of preservation of Beau vats tapest ry . Th e recent sa l e a t St raw b er ry-hill, which consisted for th e mos t par t of articles of this d escr i pt i on, h as probably given the public taste an impulse in this direction. lire can say t h at, thoug h i t i s not lik e l y anyt hi ng li ke the ex travagant prices realised at that sale will again be reached, many of the objects contained in this collection appeared to us to' pyrsess equal, if not superior attractions to some of the relics at 'Horace Walpole; far•fiand villa. .• - • AMERICAN LOANS. The following letter conveys some useful warning against American loans reported to be forthcoming upon this market : " Sir,—The American Government having determined on raising a loan, the greatest part of which they will endeavour, by every plausible representation, to get negotiated in England, 1 cannot avoid expressing a hope that through your valuable and widely circulating paper, a warning voice may be raised, sufficiently strong to prevent innocent Englishmen being duped by the Federal Government, as they have been by the swind ling acts of the repudiating, or non-paying States. " Knowing, by sad experience, the distress occasioned by the faithless conduit of the Mississippi State, I am the more anxious to prevent my countrymen trusting to any professions of the President of the United States, whose authority avails nothing against the wishes of a repudiating population ; and who, if the said repudiating mob wish it, ' would, in case of non-fulfilment of the loan terms, merely say, on being remonstrated with, ' that he is sorry for it, but hopes honesty may some time or other prevail.' My own case is simply this :—Some few years ago I retired from the army, in which I spent thirty years almost constantly in a foreign clime. On arriving in England 1 found the English funds un usually high. Being anxious to invest my hard. earned savings advantageously, though not in a speculating mariner, 1 applied to my friends, who assured me that American State bonds were negotiated by the respectable houses in London, the interest regularly paid, and considered quite as safe as other semi ities. Unfortunately 1 purchased some Mississippi bonds, signed by the Governor of State, and certified to be redeemable 1861, 1866, and 1871. " After receiving my interest, five per cent., with the greatest regularity, through the respectable agents in London, for four years and a half, I was suddenly told that no more payments were to be made, and from that day to this I can neither get principal nor interest. The very Governor of the state, M'Nutt, who signed the bonds, became their repudi ator ; and thus I have, with numerous others, been duped, cheated, and defrauded by the Legislature and people of the Alississipi State. That the loan will be represented as more advantageous than State bonds, as to security, Congress having issued them, there is no doubt ; but when we consider how general the idea of repudiating debts is become in America, and that Congress have neither proclaimed the infamy, or its abhorrence of such fraudulent acts, I cannot avoid again ex pressing a hope that (in however favourable ,a point of view this loan be presented to the English people by persons who will derive advantage from the commission, &c.) any persons intending to purchase into it, will consider the extreme dis tress many are now suffering from the fraud of the non-paying States of America, and that they themselves, on becoming creditors of the United States Government, are actually cre ditors of these non-paying States, who are now causing such distress in great part of England. " Romsey, May 24, 1842. MILES." LATE FIRE AT HAL%IBURGH. HAMBURGII, MAY 20.—The want of dwellings for the workmen is still very great. The Relief Committee gives notice to-day that it has already received three hundred applicants on this subject. It is especially necessary to erect temporary wooden barracks, such as those already erected in several parts of the city, for which purpose the contributions in money from foreign countries must be first applied ; and then to procure means for those who have been brought under shelter to pursue their several occupations. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 21.—Part of the Prussian pioneers returned yesterday to Magdeburg, and will be followed in a few days by a second detachment. The pioneers of the guard will soon return to Berlin, and only a small detachment of those troops will remain here for some time longer, for the purpose of blowicg up the ruined buildings. We learn that a company, consisting of fourteen of our most eminent commercial houses, has been formed, for the purpose of advancing money on gold and plate. Each member gives security for 300,000 marks banco, and immediately advances 40,000 marks banco. A later to the Editor of the Correspondent, states that the Johannum (or high school), by the judicious measures of brick ing up all the windows exposed to the fire, and by the employ ment of an engine inside the building, and a hose on the roof, by which all the timber work was pt constantly wet, was preserved. _ _ HAMBURGII, MAY 23.—The silver hitherto kept in the Bank was removed yesterday morning to the vaults under the New Exchange, which were made ready for that purpose. The Magdeburg Gazette publishes a long letter of the Chief President Flottwell, who was sent to Hamburgh by the King of Prussia. It is dated Hamburgh, May 17. He ob serves that, though no beggars, or even unhappy persons la menting their misery and hopeless condition are seen, yet many hundred families are dependent on the compassion of their friends and acquaintances, who cannot hope to subsist, for the future, without powerful aid ; that there are perhaps as many who, having hitherto been in pros perous circumstances, cannot conquer their repugnance to ma nifesting a feeling of distress and care, to which they have hitherto been strangers, and therefore faithful to the peculiar character of the citizens of Hamburgh, ra her bear misery and want than accept relief offered them without. delicacy. 'the noble and charitable zeal of the associations for affording relit f cannot be sufficiently commended. 111. Flottwell observes, that the extent of the distress is so great, that a continuance of the kind exertions which have been so serviceably made, and which are received at Hamburgh with the utmost gratitude, should not relax ; and that, if it has been thought fit to forbid the sending of bread and other pei ish• able articles, yet money, clothing, and provisions, not liable to spoil, will be still acceptable. Our papers are full of accounts from all parts of Germany, announcing collections for the sufferers by the fire. HAYTI. Advises from Port-au-Prince, Hayti, of April 16, have been ►eceived at Havre by the Vauban, which arrived on the 22d inst. The Alanifeste of the 10th gives the following some what obscure details of the events which occurred on the occasion of the opening of the legislative session : " For a fortnight the town was occupied by 4,000 troops, and cannons charged with grape were pointed against the building where the sitting was to be held. On the 4th the representatives assembled in their usual place of meeting, to the number of 37. In order to commence the first business before the Chamber, viz., the verification of powers, 111. La fortune, the eldest member, was provisionally called to the chair, and the t w o y ounges t, MM. Gotereaux and Ponthieux, were appointed to act as Secretaries. The bulletins for the ballot of the provisional bureaux were in preparation, when the President of the Assembly proposed to decide on the question whether the expelled members were to be admitted or not. The majority rejected this motion, as the powers of the deputies had not as yet been verified, and consequently they had no deliberative character. The President, however, persisted, and, after an earnest but ineffectual effort to get his proposition carried, retired with ten members. Those who remained drew up a statement of the facts, and sent a copy of the document to the executive power. On the 6th, the. Commandant of the town took possession of the keys of the Chamber, and in the evening a strong detachment of troops was placed there. On the 7th, the national flag was displayed at the Chamber, and the detachment was greatly re-in forced. The Deputies who had signed the protest were already assembled there. The twenty-eight members of the majority made their appearance individually. The representa tive Borno, who acted as porter, declared to them that they could not be admitted unless they first signed the protest. This they refused to do, and then assembled at the house of the representative Ponthieux, from whence they went in pro cession to the Chamber. When they had arrived at the large gate, Captain Elie, the officer in command, said to them very politely, Gentlemen, you are forbidden to enter.' rhey replied, Do you know who we are? We are the representatives of the nation.' It is positively, gentlemen, to the representatives, that I have been ordered to refuse admission,' replied the Captain. Whereupon the Depu ties retired with dignity, some voices crying out ' Vive la Liberte ! Vivent les Representatives du People !' These exclamations caused a little movement in the detachment, the officers drawing their swords, and, it is said, an order being given to fire if necessary. This demonstration in no way shook the firmness of the representatives, who again repaired to 111. Ponthieux's, where they drew up a protest against this conduct, and addressed a letter to the President, demanding the with drawal of the armed force which had refused them admittance. During the time they were thus occupied a small number of persons had collected near the house. A detachment was sent irom the Chamber to disperse them, and much violence was employed towards several young men, some of whom were wounded, and several arrested." The same paper then gives the following account of the pro ceedings in the Chamber on the Bth and 9th of April : " At seven in the morning of the Bth, the Deputy Benoit presented himself at the door of the Chamber, but was refused admittance by the officer on guard. The President of the Chamber, M. Laudun, who was present, ordered the officer to allow him to pass, but he persisted in his refusal, observing, that he obeyed the orders of the military commandant, who re cognised as President only M. Lafortune. 111. Laudun then withdrew, and sent a letter to the President of Hayti, inform ing him of what had occurred, and requesting that the guard of the Chamber might be placed under his orders, as the elected President. The letter was left unanswered. M. Laudun then returned to the Chamber, where he found M. Lafortune in stalled in the chair, and wearing the insignia of office. M. Laudun, as the elected President, claimed the their, but M. Lafortune refused to give it up, being desirous, he said, to read some documents, and amongst them the protest against the excluded Deputies. The Secretary of the Chamber then withdrew full of indignation, and several of the Deputies spoke loudly against such conduct, and called upon M. Lafortune to give up the chair to the true President. M. Lafortune, how ever, remained firm, and was supported by M. Pierre Charles, who stamped and beat the benches with his hands, and in sulted all who differed from him ir, opinion. The noise at this period became general. and M. Laudun, putting on his hat, declared that anarchy had apparently taken possession of the Chamber. At length calm was re-established, and M. Lafor tune having quitted the chair, it was taken by M. Laudun. The Secretaries then read the minutes calling for the definitive organisation of the Chamber, and the administra tion of the oaths to the Deputies; but this was violently opposed by M. Lafortune, and about thirty of his party in full chorus, and the noise became so great that the President adjourned the sitting for an hour. At noon it was resumed, but there was the same confusion, and con sequently the President adjourned the Chamber to the next morning at seven. At six on the following day M. Lau dun was at the Chamber, but his competitor, Lafortune, was there before daybreak, and had already taken possession of the chair. At eight M. Laudun claimed the chair, but Lafor tune's party set up a loud noise, and the voice of Pi erre Charles was heard like a trumpet in a symphony, louder than all the rest, whilst Lafortune, grasping the chair, exclaimed, 'Lc n'entends pas raison, ma tete za mes pieds, se ne cederai pas la fouteille." The President Laudun then said, in a loud voice, • There is anarchy in the Chamber. M. Lafortune has usurped the chair, and keeps it by force. I cannot stand by and witness such scenes. I protest against these in famous acts, and will denounce them to the nation. I with. draw.' He then left the Chamber, followed by the Deputies of the opposition." It appears t hat on the 13th the Chamber met, an d d ec l arad the four re-elected Depu t ies not qualified to sit, and annulled the election of six new Deputies. On the 16th, the session was opened in due form, but several of the Opposition members left the House. BRIGHTON, THURSDAY. — The General Steam Na vigation Company's packet, the Dart, Captain Checseman, ar rived at the pier-head at nine o'clock this morning, having per formed the passage from Dieppe under seven hours, She landed 42 passengers, one carriage, and two horses. Amongst the passengers were General Innes and family, Captain Taylor, Mr. Atkins and family, Mr. Day and family, Lieut. Butler, R.N., and family, Mr. Packham and family. SWINDLING IN GIASGOW.----A man named John Harkins, or Harkinson, is now in custody upon charges of swindling of a more extensive kind than have occurred in Glasgow of late years. His custom has been to take a shop in some part of the city or suburbs, with the declared intention of commencing business, and after having got it stacked upon the promise of immediate payment, he sold the goods, and de camped to some other locality in the city, where he operated on a new set of dupes. Already there are upwards of twenty charges against the prisoner of having defrauded parties in Glasgow and Paisley, and it would appear from the variety of articles that have been supplied, that with him all was fish that came in the net. To crown the whole, he is charged with stealing a horse. The prisoner, we believe, has been previously convicted of fraud and imposition in the Glasgow and Gorbals 0 C Q t r 0 Chronicle, LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 27. Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell, sat in the House of Lords to-day, to hear Scotch appeal*. THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW UNION CANAL COMPANY V. SIR T. G. CARMICHAEL, BART. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied to-day in this case, and Their LORDSHIPS passed judgment, reversing the decision of the Court below, with costs. THE MONKLAND AND KIRKINTILLOCH RAILWAY COMPANY V. DIXON. This case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the Court of Session. The only questi , ,n in the case was, whether the respondents by the Act constituting their railway, had a right to cross the railway belonging to the appellants. T4e Court of session decided that, according to the construction of the Act, the respondent had that right, and from that decision the appellants came to the House of Lords by way of appeal. COURT' OF CHANCERY, May 27. The LORD CHANCELLOR sat. in Lincoln's Inn Hall to-day, and took appeals and appeal =lions. 'I he cases that came before the Court were of little or no interest except to the parties concerned. ROLLS' COURT, Mall 27. CLARK V. YONGE. The arguments in this cause were iesumed this morning, and were not concluded up to a late hour of the day. VICE- CHANCELL ORS' Co UR T, May 27. Short causes and unopposed petitions occupied his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England the whole morning. (Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.) His HONOUR having gone through the list of causes set down in the paper for hearing, which came before him chiefly on technical points, the Court rose shortly after 11. (Before Vice-Chancellor WidliAat.) MASSEY V. MOSS. His Howoua gave judgment in this cause. The sole ques tion which the Court had to decide was one of costs, namely, how the assignees of a bankrupt executor were to get their costs of being brought into Court. His Honour decided that they were only entitled to have them out of their own estate. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, May 27. The Court was engaged this morning in hearing arguments on cases in the special paper. All the proceedings were of a purely technical nature. BAIL COUI?7', Hay 26 . MAGNAY AND ROGERS V. MONGER. Mr. Watson appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Humphrey for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, to recover poundage for the execution of capias ad satisfaciendum, to the amount of 2161. 17s. The defendant pleaded that the capias was not endorsed to satisfy 2161. 175., and that the writ was not delivered to be executed in due form of law. It appeared that the writ was sent to the sheriffs' office, marked with a non est inventus, and when that is the case it seems to be the custom in the sheriffs' office to take no active steps to execute the writ. After the writ, thus endorsed, was sent to the sheriffs, Mr. Brokenshii e, the person on whom it was to be executed, came to the sheriffs' office, and delivered himself up, on which he was taken into custody, and when the Sheriffs made application to the defendant for the poundage, which has been from the time of Queen Elizabeth Is. for the first I/, and 6d. for every other 11., the defendant refused to pay it, and the present action was brought in conse quence to recover 71. 18s. poundage. Some evidence having been given upon the practice of the Sheriff's officer, The LEARNED JUDGE said he did not see what question was to be left to the Jury. Mr. HUMPHREY said that he apprehended it might be left to the Jury, to say whether the writ was delivered to be ex ecuted. His LonnsHir said that the plea was that it should be exe cuted in due form of law, and inquired whether there was any precedent on the case? Mr. H uazrH KEY said that he believed the question was never raised before. It was ultimately arranged that a verdict for '7L its. should be entered for the plaintiffs, with liberty to enter a verdict for the defendant, if the question of law was decided in his favour. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, May 27.: IN RE GEORGE PEPLOS. The insolvent in this case, who was an omnibus and cab pro prietor, was opposed in person by a creditor named Alder. It appeared that the insolvent had been his tenant, and hav ing gone in arrear of rent, a writ was issued, and, as is fre quently the case, the sum named was larger than that due, although the insolvent was made aware by the opposing credi tor's attorney that this was merely a matter of form. The insolvent pleaded to the action, and consequently much extra expense was imposed on the plaintiff before judgment was taken. The grounds of opposition, therefore, was for a vexatious de fence. 111 r. Commissioner BOWEN said the insolvent had been seven months in prison ; besides the fact that a larger sum than was actually due being named in the writ, took away the strict legal application of the clause against vexatious defences in this case, and on those grounds the decision of the Court was that he be discharged forthwith. IN RE WILII ELM CLA UER JCL ATOWSKI. Mr. Nicnonts said he applied on behalf of Messrs. John Tutein and John Hodges, to have them appointed assignees in this case. It appeared that in the year 1t336 *the insolvent took the benefit of the Act, and his clients being creditors for a large amount, were appointed assig nees. Nothing was realised from the estate, but it appeared by the schedule filed under the present petition, that there was surplus property to a large amount arising from goad debts due to the estate at present, and his clients were, therefore, anxious to be appointed assignees under the present petition as well as the former one. Air. Commissioner REYNOLDS inquired whether Messrs. Tutain and Hodges had become creditors since the former in solvency, and, being answered in the negative, said he could not for a moment entertain such application. POLICE I N TELLIGENCE. 1301V-S7I?EE7'. Four dirty young girls, who had the appearance of prosti tutes of the lowest order, were charged with being very riotous, creating a disturbance, and assaulting several persons, at four o'clock yesterday morning, in Broad -street, St. Giles. The policeman, who had the young ladies in charge, nar rated, in a concise manner, the facts of the case, and, by way of a specimen of their peculiar behaviour, he favoured the worthy Magistrate with a few choice and elegantly turned expressions, for which ladies of their class are so justly celebrated, which they made use of in the course of their interesting little squabble. Notwithstanding the delicate and chaste character of the expressions alluded to, we think perhaps it would be almost as well not to give publica tion to them in our columns. During the recital of these ex pressions by the policeman, the pure young creatures expressed the utmost astonishment that such neat little phrases should have fallen from their untainted lips ; nay, they even went so far as to endeavour to cast a slur upon the policeman's testi mony, by the repeated ejaculation of sundry little sentences such as " Well, I never," and turning to each other, making the figure of a party about to set off in a Scotch reel, each ex.• claimed to the other in a confidential tone, " Did you ever 7" " I never did." " Oh, dear, oh, dear," " the false-swearing man," &c. The policeman having concluded his statement, spite of nu merous interruptions, the fair creatures were called upon for their defence. Each one then in soft and mellifluous tones, which fell upon the ear like the echo of sweet music, wafted through the air on a calm quiet summer eve, commenced her statement Lor, she war'nt near the place at hall, she was hinnocent o' the charge ; a man and a young gal wot was very much tosticated was a coming along when they hinsulted her, but has she was as hinnocent as a babby, she were quite uncapable of a doing wot the p'liceman sworn that she were, and everybody as knoyk ed her would say the same thing on her; the man and he young o'oman wet was a prostitoote—she was a prostitoote—pushed her and it her ; howsomdever, she never spoke to nobody—not a bit on it, when the ponce cum hup and took ens all, which he's a false-swearing man ; she was as hinnocent as the child hun-born. We have given the defence of one—it was the defence of all ; for so deeply did they seem to be impressed with the necessity of agreeing in their statements, that they all, as nearly as possi ble, told the same tale, and employed the same words. Mr. Jardine, however, was not to be gammoned by this eloquent defence ; the policeman was upon his oath, and there was no reason to doubt his testimony; under these circum stances, therefore, he should commit them each to the House of Correction fur fourteen days. The delica' e young creatures whom, we forgot to remark, had neither of them bonnet or shawl, were then removed to mingle with the common herd of prisoners. We do sincerely hope and trust that their murals may nut be tainted by coming in so close contact Kith the rest of the prisoners during their short visit to the House of Correction. MARLBORO G 11- STREET. _ _ John Hood, a middle-aged man of shabby appearance, was placed at the bar, charged with the following impudent rob ber), :--About nine o'clock on Thursday morning, a journeyman baker, in the employ of Mr. Ns ilham Butcher, of No. 25, Brydges-street, Covent-garden, bread and biscuit baker, left a barrow of bread on the foot pavement, in Cambridge street, holden-square, while he went to save a customer, in an adjoining street. During his absence the prisoner was seen to go deliberately up to the barrow arid take out fourteen half-quartern loaves, which he placed in a basket that was hang ieg in front of the barrow, and, slinging it over his shoulder, was making off with it at a quick pace, when he was stopped and given into the custody of the police. MAGISTRATE—Have you anything you wish to say? Pri soner—Nothing; I certainly took the bread because I was hungry. MAGISTRATE—But you had no occasion to take so much of it. A Police-constable identified the prisoner as having been convicted at the Central Criminal Court for a similar offence. He was fully committed. John Davey, the driver of the cab, No. 1,152, wa.s charged with the following outrageous misconduct, while driving his vehicle : tiir John Rae Reid, Bart., of No, 4, Eaton-place, Belgrave , square, stated, that between twelve a n d one o'clock yesterday, ' on his leavit.g the Spitalfields Ball, given at the Italian Opera house, he hired the defendant's cab in the Haymarket, but, at the time of getting in, did not perceive that the driver was in toxicated ; he had, however, not proceeded far before lie be came sensible that such was the case, and shortly afterwards the cab came in collision with an omnibus. On reaching the top of Piccadilly, opposite to Hamilton.place, the defendant starting off at a furious rate, and, through his recklessness and incapacity to guide his horse, the cab came in contact with the carnage of Lady Montagu, which was coming in the nireetion from Hyde Park-corner, the concussion was so tremendous that the cab was instantly overturned, the driver precipitated with fearful violence from his box, as was also Lady Montague's coachman, whose head narrowly escaped b e i ng crushed, and the ca b horse thrown down, and so severely injured, that it seemed unable to get up again. At the tame instant the horses in the carriage took fright, and gal. lopped forward, dragging the cab lying on its side, and the prostrate horse, with fearful rapidity, for the distance of at least between twelve and fourteen yards. Complainant being " a pretty strong sort of fellow," got his arm out of the upper most window of the cab, and endeavoured to seize the reins of the carriage horses, but could not succeed, and but for the police, whose zeal and exertion on the occasion could not be too highly lauded—having, at imminent risk to their own per sonal safety, stopped the carriage, his own life, in all probabi.. lity, would have been sacrificed. Complainant's face was cut by his being thrown forward against one of the front glasses of the cab. On being extricated, he was taken into the resi dence of Sir Edmund Antrobus, where every requisite assist ance was most promptly rendered him. Mr. HARDwicx said he supposed there could be no mistake about the defendant being intoxicated ? Sir John—He was as drunk as a fiddler ; and, although I have been importuned on the part of the defendant not to press the charge against him, I feel myself called upon, on public grounds, to came forward and urge his being punished with proper severity. It is apiece of great fortune that Lady Mon tague's coachman, the defendant, and myself, were not all killed, or desperately maimed, to say nothing of the peril the party in Lady Montague's carriage were placed. Po:ice-constable, N 0.55, of the C division, who principally as sisted in stopving the horses, and also took the defendant into cus- re tody, produced a splinter-bar belonging to Lady Mon tt et e l i ct r • riage which had been broken in two. There were inZ 14 , riage at the time, two ladies and Mr. Hepe , °I .' Curzon-street, May-fair. They all escaped w i t hout injury! _,.., The defendant pleaded his having taken a " Hale . dSt io t , which had a more powerful effect upon him than, 1 1 s D t4 ticipated. Mr. HARDWICK, having strongly commented on h is misconduct, fined him 31., and in default of payment 10 months' imprisonment to hard labour, and also suspenu jej his license as a driver for two month; The prisoner not having the money was sent to priso n ' CLERKEN WELL. Joseph Bridges was charged with causing the death of° Henley, by neglecting his coach and horses. Wies t From the evidence of police constable Peck, and a V_ . pl at named Dale, it appeared that the prisoner went to drinx. sc h, of beer at the Marquis of Cornwallis public-house, in to t o mont- street, Itrunswick-square ; that he left the coach A door ; that the horses suddenly ran away, ceased, an infirm old woman, was run over, there halng. nobody left to take rare of the horses. here si" The deceased had been removed to the hospital, w died that morning, after suffering great pain. tain t" The prisoner stated that he had not been more than+ s i c ed in the house when the accident occurred. He was r !, n) until further evidence could be obtained of a formal na`"* - U::‘ /OA -BALL. ......„, e ,• ' de William Plenty, a young man of respectable aPP e 'beige t son of a woollen-oraper on Holborn-hill, was brought Oro Mr. Cottingham, charged with furiously riding and,es e pol' down Mr Edward Coukon, aged 62, palish clerk of °''' 0101 chre's, and injuring him so severely, that be is not sir' survive the accident. fell ° and that thew; Edward Collson, a boy of between twelve and thirt — cod' of age, on being sworn, stated that he was the son of b_ i lr" osi son, who was now lying in St. Bartholomew's Hospit a l isei 4 on the previous evening, at seven o'clock, he went, flee t : o lY by his lather, towards the Elephant and Castle, to wnt s oh arrival in town of the diff,rent vehicles from E 15 1 1 0 . 40 When they got a short distance from the above inn tu g l i g e : compelled to go off the footpath owing to the crowds the same direction, and when they got into the road nen r co ifi ington Church, lie (witness) observed the prisoner, kn ellalong on hot seback at a very rapid rate, aad, Ow' , had time to get out of the way, his father wnl• &I nr . l down by the horse and trodden upon. Witting tit ifj observe the prisoner make any effort to pull Wii: o 4 mal either before or after the accident, but he los . by a man, who caught hold of the reins, and- 4 until a policeman came to the spot, when the. , i was taken into custody. The witness added that he ing close by the side of his father when he was knee:lt:4 and it was only extraordinary that he (witness) eacK" .. .,A0, 1 being run over at the same time. His father was carnoe: residence of a surgeon near the spot, and on examiniagaill! was found that he had received such serious injuries '-gOOF instantaneous removal to Bartholomew's Hospital va t ...; dered necessary. The prisoner said that no person could regret the more than he did; that he was on his return from g ~,, that the horse took fright, and he lost all control 'j ot ; that was the cause of the accident. He then called two witnesses, who stated that he when they saw him, to have lost all control over his that after the accident they saw him try to pull up tinHrt but failed until he got between some carts, when the P" — ' i Mal t seized as already described. l.) Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that the certificate , i; 0 Coulson to be in great danger, and that, of course, WI: not decide the case until it was ascertained what was be his fate. m k s The MAGISTRATE then adjudged the prisoner to ' — of , his own recognizance in the sum of 1001., and find tll l ik of 501. each, to appear on a future day to answer the `"---•:,, WORSHIP- STREET. , The case of William. Attwell, a brushmaker, an d r' his wife, who stood cbarged, conjointly with lfark4 his mother, with having caused the body of their d i fant, five weeks old, to be privately buried as a still-0' was finally disposed of before Mr. Broughtou. Mr. Ware, the Vestry-clerk of St. Leonard's, s ts • ' was present with the Churchwardens, and other . Yia cers, in compliance with a request from the Magistslu e f;ol Mr. BROUGHTON briefly detailed the eircurnstsn ce M case, for the information of the parish authorities. ,_,O soners were first brought before him charged on having caused the death of their child, and a strong .." di case was made out against them. The body of % to o, not then been found, but, through the exertions of 1, Ai the officer, it was subsequently discovered that one of ''''",bl; ant grave-diggers of Shoreditch had been induee' e g p. isoners to bury it, as a still-born child, in Hoxtoto ( j yard. A coroner's inquest had been since held, 115 "04, Magistrate) was happy to say that the evidence of td who examined the body after its dismemberment, etej pletely to exonerate the prisoners from the more serill isti A subject of the utmost importance, however, wa s d in the case, to which he requested the serious o p p of the parish authorities. He alluded to the extre# with which a burial might be effected, it being 013 1 )__,/ ..i , ? it would appear, to apply to an assistant grave-d 0 7 0, 00 half-crown fee, who would undertake it without Ost, demur. He hoped the parish authorities would give Suww w their most serious consideration, and adopt measure",, remedy of so great. an evil. Mr. Hunt, the prisoners' solicitor, said that there 0 l l° in fact, to be no case against his clients, and be'r - 4 Magistrate would at once discharge them. '...i04,79 Some further conversation of an unimportant T'i./ . place, after which the Magistrate acceded to the W'':„. - , quest, and the prisoners were discharged. so r i d COLBURN'S NEW :MONTHLY MAGAZINE AP 7 ,,V4 jr MOURIST FOR JUNE.—Edited by THOMA S HeOpt p popular periodical still maintains its high position as v - 0 , 1 0 . first Magazines of the day, by the variety and in w `:. contents, and the distinguished literary repute of itsisi, tors. The Number for June, besides a quantity of 0 1, 741 esting papers, comprises, by the Editor, the contintis"'" humorous " Schoolmistress Abroad," the WhisPerig and other icier d'esprit —bv Mr. Sheridan Knowles, 6 tale called " Woman's Love"—by Mr. Poole--Fob fig Chapters of the facetious Mr. Quiddy's Adeento!'ef fun—by Mrs. Trollope, an inimitable account uf of the barna.bys in the land of Jonathan—by La i vo chard, a capital Essay on Legs—by Peter Prigfra Dr account in "Graduates and Under-Gradrteial/ the bottom and hi s S o i ree Musicale—ankbe, 1.11 the " papers, we h ave t h e Ad ventures O f tt 17"g p " ;pers whi c o h iT cences of a Medi ca l S tu d ent, " a series o f to rival those under the 'well-known title of " Tl' Odr,,/ Physician"—an amu s i ng art i c l e ca ll e d " P ro fessions' cracy," &c. &c., making up altogether one of the bests even of this successful Magazine, that we have lately se'ue' MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY or 'MD Ca QUEEN CHARLOTTE.—At the commencement o f'.. ' 'i lume, Miss Burney enters on the duties of her office ti She constantly resided under the same roof vs;thhT . 7 I was in daily communication, not only with her, be , young Princesses, and frequently saw and NIT: 4 :V the King and the most distinguished personages 011 1 0 ,4 1 Imagine, then, this observant, clever creature, witn i or culty sharpened by the novelty of her situation, ...AG' portance of the scenes in which she moved, preservlnf, : of her life—not a dry dull diary of her breakfasts soy but a copious narrative of every circumstance that e''' tify public curiosity, varied with matchless sketches lot dual peculiarities; treasuring up the minutest details' illustrate the character of the Royal Family and thef t "( giving the most animated and dramatic pictures ,° of .4 4 experience; imagine this and you may form some idea at tents of the volume. It is like having .Evelina or Cecillt,,o,4 for the same general characteristics pervade the pl l 9 novels, with the conviction that every line is genuin e 0 The whole forms by far the most complete and liselL e tation of the Court of George 111. that has ever bee". J the world. —B ritannia. NEW NOVEL BY THE C O U NTESS OF B_/ TON.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colbilrot Marlborough-street, has this day published " The ~ii e Life," a novel, by the Countess o f bl ess i ng t o n, whin'";o4 f be had at all the libraries. Mr. Colburn has nit " " lished the following new works of fiction :-1- r k Principle, edited by Captain Frederick Chatnier• 1 Anne Granard, or Keeping-up Appearances, I. 3. The School for Wives, by the authoress of " Te'3:. 4. Fascination, a Tale, edited by Mrs. Gore. ..,4 4 Rushbrook, by Capt. Marryat, new and cheaper edit l o/ Man of Fortune, by Mrs. Gore ; and, in a few d • published, a new novel, by the authoress of " The -,.,,4 a Flirt," entitled " The Maneeuvring Mother." ' i l l y FUNERAL OF THE SUFFERERS BY Tt - :;_ i rl RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—The sad and solemn eerer,o9 interment of the remains of the twenty-five :eieSK, O terrible event at Meudon which had not been r ernoeri al trd cemetery of Mont Parnasse, was performed on 1t1em..7 6 . sr , eight in the morning, by the Cure of St. St 1 11;" clergy. After the service, which made a deeP ia l :s 4 , all present, the bodies, which had been placed' di j coffins, were deposited in one grave. M. 10 10,79 Meurthe, a friend of the family of the young Bod the victims, who had gained several prizes in the a ddoi studies, delivered an oration on his untimely fate, a f t, . f ing passages applicable to the whole of the suffe au r e u f i produced a painful effect upon all the auditors. h o e o sal the father of this young man, who was present, beet,- ingly intense. The sister of another youth, who tionably lust in the same catastrophe, but whose rese per not he positively identified, added to the distrestig- - ' 0 her lamentations, which she could not restrain. ly, St. Sulpice also pronounced a short discourse, I _,, n " ifr, declared that a solemn mass would be performed u",1171' at seven in the morning, in his church, for the ! . !Id. 0 souls ,of the deceased. The solemnity was at considerable number of persons, including the Oe if ~. 10th and 11th arrondissements, and the Cures Of a ' 0 0 Sevres. u Ali FOREIGN INSURANCES AT HAMBURG —•" .. . ? ,0 0 lowing, according to the Prussian State Gazetts,,, 446 '. 4 11 amount of property insured at Haisiburgh in fore ig n offices :—The Sun Fire O ffi ce had policies out 0,10 1 0 0 , to the amount of 3,300,000 marks banco (236,009 01 1:00 . :,11:, about two-thirds will have to be paid; the PhestL4 — `Spr o lin Royal Exchange, it is believed, will be heavier 1 0 740 ' Or Sun. The Cologne Company had not more ;V 400,000 mai ks banco (28,0001.) insured in liste u ., -- 7 L 110 1 the Aix-la-Chapelle and Munich Company ob e ri :tkve, marks banco. Of all the foreign companies the ‘',„0,10 1 ,,, - ' will be the heaviest loser. Its losses, according - l e- - moderate estimate, will exceed 4,000,000 mark s 280,0001. t' -- -- - - ....., ' ~tO/ • " Cr BIRTHS. ae On the 7th inst., at Messina, the lady of Geer. Oates, Esq., of a son. 0 16 0/ On the 20th inst., at Paris, Madame Edmond OW, 00 # s daughter of Dr. Granville, of London, and wife pii Edmond Ouizille, advocate of the Court Royal, of r - 4 , On the 20th inst., at Weymouth, the lady a Psi peo - ir Colonel Jasper Hall, of a son. sb Bli' On the 25th inst., at Askew Villa, Shepherd'S ii , of T. M. Cleobury, Esq., of a daughter. Hyde Park' On the 25th inst., at Connaught-terrace, 114 Poor F. P. Chappell of a son. 114* On the 25th inst., in Hans-place, Mrs. W. G. 04s t On the 25th inst., in Stanhope-street, Hyde ' h rt..ele the lady of John Bishop Culpeper. Esq., of a danil;,,C, On the 21st inst., Mrs. Henry H. Barnes, of G r ° . ~" Stamford -hill, of a son. r ot, On the 19th inst., Mrs. J. Green, of Newgate - s t 4 , MARRIED. 00 0 r , At St. Martin's in the Fields, by the Rev. Sep ti 0 1 01 , i Mary Ann, eldest daughter of Henry Malpus Glove r ' -.1 , Pi f ekC a pte l t, to 'Thomas English, of London. t ., A On the 12th inst., at Glasgow, T. J. W. . n O f r o e Pinkstan, to Margaret, daughter of H. Eccles, E ' l ' e rt fd On the 26th inst., at St. Ma r y' s , H orns ey, i t t s ly'sr of the Alinories, to Jane Frances Wheelwright , '; 10 0. of the late Joseph Maddox, E sq ., o f St o k e Now in° i , DIED. 4 0.2. 1 4 ;arr, On the 21st inst., in Mortimer-street, Ce_ leci cater: - d Hariot, relict of Alexander Begbie, Esq., le t ' ~....w, ' General, Bahamas. I ' F.- -.. es On the 22d inst., at Wokingham, Berks, A- 11 ' - _ . L .,' pt' widow of the late John Smallpiece, aged 76. ..,, F r -- On the 26th inst., at Chapel-street, Pentonvnie,-. Maria Jackson, aged 68. - of 0 0 ' i ll y 0 t ioit London Printed and Published by Milftpu,o S. 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