The Sun. — London, England, 1842-07-28 00:00:00

F t r~ ORN-LA.VV 'CONFERENCE. The Delegates met again yesterday shortly after twelve o'clock, at Herbert's Hotel, Palace-yard, P. A. Taylor, Esq., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that their cause was progressing. —(Hear, hear.) Every day brought fresh evidence of its progression. —(Hear, hear.) Those who had read the accounts of what had taken place at the late inter views between the Deputation from the manufac turing districts and the members of the Govern ment, must pz-reeive that the tone of Ministers was now altered. They no longer said in reply to the statements of distress, or the proposed suggestions for its remedy, " You have not tried our Tariff, you have had no expe rience of our new Corn-law, you have had no time to see the working of the sliding-scale, and already there are symptotits of the approach of better times." But Ministers, one and all, now said, 6' These things are engaging the serious and anxious attention of the Government."—(Hear, hear.) That meant, if it meant anything at all, that they were anxiously considering the subject, with a view to action ; and they had, therefore, got to the point of forcing upon Ministers that consideration and inquiry which they had refused in the House of Commens.(Hear ' hear.) The Chairman then read the following letters from corres pondents in the provinces : " Fenton, July, .1842. • "My dear Sir—The whole of the Sta - ffordshire Pot teries are now at a complete stand. Sixty thousand people must be entirely thrown out of employ, and thirty or forty thousand more or less injured by the colliers' strike. " Masses of people are flying to the parish for relief ; the poor-house is full, and thousands yet to claim relief; the New Poor-law is virtually abandoned. "'the people although generally well-behaved, are de termined on some grand, Change in our political system. " The county Magistrates are in daily and nightly at tendance on the troops;, an awful explosion is expected— when and how we know not, but all agree that it will come. Several county families are leaving, being fearful of the groups of sturdy men who go about begging. "The Magistrates are calling out all the manufac turers and shopkeepers as special constables, and an increase to the police force will take place, thus adding to our difficulties by enlarged rates, though necessa% from present appearances. The truth is, we have to thank the Corn-lit:.„ s - for all this danger and trouble, and most people a:, careless as to the result, seeing as much to fear fro:., the aristocracy (though under cover) as from the da,moeracy, who appear to be less' selfish than the pracv, t ed bands of landowners, whose hearts are yet unsokened by the miseries of a famishing,people. " U' sieve me,m); dear Sir, your's, most obediently, " C. J. MASON." " Bath, July 22, 1842. " Sir,—l wish it were in my power to give a more .eheerinc , account of the state of things in this neighbour hood than you constantly receive from th e manufactur ing districts; but though the suffering and destitution here may not be so great or of so harrowing a de scription—yet, even here, things strongly indicate some terrible convulsiou. A perfect stagnation pervades all trades and professions. The depreciation in value of all descriptions of property is truly awful—even in the rural districts one-third of the labouring poor are with out employment, and I feel assured that nine-tenths of tha whole population find their income (with the utmost ecsnomy) inadequate to meet their expenses. You will naturally ask how is it that no effort is to be made in this neighbourhood to induce the Government to arrest the progress of this desolating scourge ? I answer, because we have no confidence that our present Government will yield to anything short of a convulsion, and this we do not wish to hasten by any co-operation with those who see no remedy but in a total subversion of the present framework of society. I believe that the unfettering of trade will alone perfectly restore prosperity, and for this reason I write to implore you will not, as a body, be tempted to join in any movement that may be in con templation to effect any other change than a total repeal of all restrictions on trade. If you can be instrumental in accomplishing this object, you will have done more to promote the happiness and welfare of mankind than has ever been achieved by mortals. Wishing you success, " I am yours, &c. R. SPENCER." TO GEORGE TUOMPSON, ESQ., SECRETARY TO THE MEET- ING OF ANTI-CORN-LAW DEPUTIES IN LONDON. " Forfar, July 19, 1842. " My dear Sir,—On my return to Scotland, end of last week, I found the state of the people here much worse than when I left for London two weeks before. The number of the unemployed has greatly increased in that time, and is increasing every day. Winders are de plorably ill off; many of those who do get a little em ployment can get no more than brings them in fourpenec a week!!! "In Kirrimpuir things are still worse. The unem• Toyed and starving population have become quite de jected.. The most fearful prospects are now closing in around all this district. The manufacturers here have not a single ray of hope to encourage them ,in their laudable endeavours to keep their weavers even in par tial employment. I cannot describe what'l have felt this day on seeing so many who are willing to work applying at my door fur a little charity, the greater num ber of whom have never till this morning stooped to ask charity in. their life before 1 The Committee of the Anti-Corn-law Association here request me to express their decided approval. 61 all the steps the Conference have taken ; and al. hough they cannot send up another Delegate for %%Aut of funds, they most cordially confide in the wisdom. t those gentlemen who continue to meet, and arc . pl>qutred. to carry out any plans which the Con ference ina.y adopt or recommend to be pursued through out, tilt country at this crisis. " On Monday evening upwards of 3,000 people as setubLd On a common i❑ the neighbourhood .of this town, when I addressed them from an open carriage, for anhour and a half,. giving an account of the Conference up to the time I lett London, and of the state of the country, as ;. brought put at our meetings. The Pro, vust..aud some of, the "Magistrates were present. The 14rgeoseinbly felt deeply on hearing the details, and approved of the. proceedings of the Conference. '. Another oTjat open air mecting is to be held to morrow morning, to Fiss somg strung resolutions, which will bc.forwurded by the lit xL post to our representative iu l'al41421!Olt, Mr. 'Fame. , lam, my agar Sir, yours very faithfully, " WILLIAM LOWE." TO THE CIL'.I2I.3IAN OF THE ANTI-CORN-LAW DEPUTIES ." , MEETING IN LONDON. 41 j iStg to acknowledge thy letter without date in yei2ly- to mine of the 4th inst., which did not reach me until the 20th instant. While stating the rea sons for, my own conduct, it was far from my wish, in therslightest degree, to interfere with or to obstruct your labours, or even by implication to recommend that you should violate your constitution. Time alone can of course prove how far I am right in my conclusion, that the object you are so laudably and zealously labouring to secure -L-the total and immediate abolition of the Corn and rr6Vision-laws—cannot be attained except by first securing to the people a full, fair, and free representation in 1,4 British House of Commons. " Very sincerely and respectfully, " JOSEPH STURGE. 4 ` Birmingham, 7th month, 22d, 1842." To THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ANTI-CORN-LAW CON ' FERENCE. " Honoured Sir,—As there are so many Peel-ing ty rants who condemn the doctrines of the Conference, I bavtimade free to send you two or three quotations from the late Dr. Paley's Moral and Political Philosophy,' to demonstrate that Archdeacon Paley, though dead, still pleads for the famishing millions, in language some what stronger than any member of the Conference has ever used. Natural rights,' says Paley, are a man's right to his life, limbs, and liberty ; his right to the produce of his personal labour.' A person is said to have a right to a thing when it is consistent with the will of God that he should have it.' Anether right, which may be called a general right, as it is incidental to every man who is in a situation to claim it, is the right of extreme necessity, by which is meant, a right to take, when it is necessary for our own preservation to do so, the first food, clothes, or shelter, we meet with, when we arc in danger of perishing through want of them.' Among men you see the ninety-and-nine toiling, getting nothing for themselves all the while but a little -of. the coarsest of the provisions which their own industry produces, looking quietly on while they see the fruit of all their labour spout or spoiled ; and if one of the num ber take or touch a particle of the hoard, the others join ing against him and hanging him for the theft.' Ido not say that the above are my doctrines, or the doctrines of the Conference, 'but I do say that they have more truth in them than I can gainsay. Go forward, dear Sir. with your many coadjutors in this great and good work of Corn-law repeal. "W. FERGUSON. " Bieeiter, Oxon, July 26, 1842. Mr. Alderman CHAPPEL said he wished to mention one or two facts to the meeting. A number of gentle men had yesterday had an interview with Sir J. Graham, which had lasted upwards of two hours. Sir J. Graham in the course of the conversation, strongly insisted on the fact that ninety-one new factories had been built since the year 1837, as a proof that our manufactures had not declined to the extent that many seemed to have sup ;posed.. To that observation of Sir J. Graham he (Mr. Alderman Chappel) replied. that those ninety-one new mills would not give employment to the increased number of our population in a single year. He would allow 500 hands for each mill (and he was sure that allowance was a large one), so that the ninety-o ne m ill s built in four years, would give employment to no more than 45,500 hands, while our population increased at the rate of 400,000 a year.—(Hear, hear.) Lord Ripo n , in the course of the interview with him, observed that America amid not grow corn for us, even if we were willing to receive it. In reply to that statement of his Lordship, he (Mr. Alderman Chappel) had said that all the manufacturers of this country wanted was, that the trial should be made. ft, was evident that the improve ments in the agriculture of 'this country could not keep pave with the increase in our population. They should. therefore, look for supplies of food from other countries upon terms advantageous to all parties.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman BaooKus, of Manchester. said that he bad been for years in the habit of expressing his oppo sition to the Corn-laws ; and he remembered that some time ago when he advocated a total repeal, he was told by many that he asked for too much, that he should consent to a compromise with the landed interest, and be satis fied with an Bs. or a 10s. fixed duty. But the very same parties were now assuring him that even a total repeal of the Corn-laws would not be sufficient to relieve the coun try from the present depression of its trade. He would • recommend every friend of repeal to bury all party dif ferences, to bury the terms Whig and Torv.—(Hear.) What had political differences to do with their proced jugs ? For his part, he did not care whether Sir R. Peel or Lord J. Russell were in office, prov id e d he could obtain justice from either. If Sir R. Peel were the better , i t2z, a s he ready s ho should slidev have man to-day, he should 'support him and if Lord J o h n Russell were ihe better. Lis support. —Meth-(Heal', i,liap..to-mo about, quicker even than Sir Bober Peel's sou. ing scale.—(Loud cheers and laughter.) The aris tocracy, he contended, were but the plunderers of the people. They were increasing their own incomes by 20 per cent., at the expense of a distressed and suf fering people. He believed that this country could not much longer bear the oppressive weight of the Corn laws. He felt assured that they should be repealed, or suspended during the approaching winter. Ho himself had of late found his business in the home market ra pidly declining, and he had been thus obliged to expert more largely to foreign countries. But still he had been compelled of late to give his men but four days / employ- I ment in the week. He found that there had been 3,000 bags of cotton less consumed lest year in this country than during the year before. It was his conviction that if the Corn-laws were not speedily repealed they would ruin the trade of the country. We could not do without a foreign trade—(Hear, hear)—and since we could not do without it, the want of it would ruin England. It was not the corn monopoly alone they had to complain ' of ; there were also monopolies of sugar, coffee, and various other articles. The monopoly in sugar especially was monstrous. If no duty were imposed on foreign sugar it could be sold here for 4d. per lb. in the docks, ! and for sd. per lb. to the consumer. But it was said thatit was necessary to protect the West India interest. They might, however, depend upon it, as had been said by Colonel Thompson long since, that protecting one party merely meant robbing another.—(Hear, hear.) And when it was said that the West India planters were protected, it was another way of saying that the public were robbed for their benefit.—(Hear, hear.) A duty of 25 per cent, was imposed on our goods in the Brazils, while we imposed a duty of 392 per cent. on their sugar. It was alleged, however, that it was not desirable to admit Brazilian sugar at a low duty into this country, lest we should thereby offer tin encouragement to slavery. Now, he was no advocate for slavery; but he verily be lieved that the negroes of the Brazils were better off than many of our unfortunate people. He was convinced that if the extent and the depth of :he national distress were fully known to her Majesty's Ministers, they could not for its trying at once every possible means removals If the Devil was in them they could not stand it.:-_(Laughter.) He really believed that Sir Ro bes Peel would repeal the Corn laws at ence, if he found that in doing so he would be supported by his party. The new Corn•lavv, he was persuaded, was not in any way more favourable to the consumer than the old one. The present measure was more strin gent in its operation than the preceding one ; and he had been told by many speculators that if the law had not been altered, we should now have foreign corn intro duced at a duty of Is. instead of Bs.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ASHWORTH next addressed the meeting, and pro ceeded to detail the interviews which took place with Lord Stanley, Lord Wharncliffe, and Sir J. Graham, and which were given in The Sun of yesterday.' The Hon. Gentleman commented upon the different observa tions which had been made by these Ministers, and dwelt upon the satisfactory manner in which they were met by the different members who composed the deputa tion. The lion. Gentleman then went on to state to the meeting the result of the interviews with Lord Ripon and Mr. Gladstone. The distress of the country and the prostration of trade were exhibited in the clearest light, but nothing was done. They wished to go to the House of Commons to attend to their duties. He tMr. A.) told them that their first duty ought to be to re ieve the distress of the country. Dr. BOWRING then addressed the meeting, and said that the present composition of the House of Com mons was to be attributed rather to those who were 'electors than to those who were elected.—(Hear, hear.) It was there the fault lay. Nothing had been left un done on the part of the deputies to impress upon the Government the real condition of the country, and the proper remedy to be applied. They did every thing in their power, disregarding their own personal interests and convenience, to impreis upon those who occupied high places a proper sense of the position of the country, and they had some opportunity of seeing the extent of the impression they had produced. They had conversed with those who were considered the most distinguished and eloquent speakers of the House of Commons, and they saw how desirous they were to take advantage of every slight exaggeration, and thus lead persons astray from the great question at. issue. —(Hear.) But even those were not the persons whom they had most to fear from. Thev had most to fear from the silent Members. It was said •by a Noble Lord, they resembled those victims in Constantinople who were strangled by a set of mutes.—(Hear, hear.) Their perdition lay at their door, at the doors of men, too, who themselves represented suffering districts, and who, one would have supposed, ought to have found a voice thongh their hearts had been made of stone or steel.—(Cheers.) The party with which he (Dr. B.) acted, had been accused of misrepresenting the state of the country for selfish ends. They were told that there was every prospect of a fine harvest, and that the crisis would pass away. These were the answers which were made to them in the House of Commons ; and the depu ties, when they went home, must state to the people in the country how weak they were in that House, and under what expedients the cause of monopoly was sus tained.—(Hear, hear.) They must explain that no eloquence—that no argumentation had any effect, and he believed that if prophets or archangels themselves were to appear, they would not be heard in the present House of Commons, which had no sympathies in com mon with the people. What then had they to hope on ? He believed that nothing less than that hunger which was said could break down stone walls, would be able to penetrate the House of Commons. They could not re main in their present state. The light must penetrate at length, and the darkness must be expelled.—((tear, hear.) Ile was acquainted with a country which was for merly, and still continued to be, a land of abundance, lie meant' Egypt. Yet he saw that land suffering frOm want of corn. Why ? Because they had no oppor tunity of disposing of their surplus produce, and the capital of agriculture was directed to other purposes. Corn in Egypt was at present from 265. to 28s. a quarter, but it could not be imported to this country in consequence of the Corn-laws.—(Cheers.) The province of Tamboff h'td, of late, acquired remark able notoriety from the quantity of corn it was said to produce—(Laughter)--but he was told last night by a gentleman in the House of Commons that Tamboff was sometimes in want of corn itself, and was obliged to be supplied from other provinces. —(Hear. hear.) He had great hopes from the pFseverance and industry of the English people. He believed there was no part of the world which did not owe many of its comforts to the in dustry of the English nation.—(Hear, hear.) Of such a people, possessed of such energies, he had great hopes ; but when he saw their interests neglected by the House of Commons, and that it did not respond to the wants of the people, he confessed he felt apprehensions to which he would scarcely dare to give expression.—Cheers. In reply to a question from Mr. EDWARDS, Dr. BOWRING said, that the greater portion of the supplies were voted, and that it was generally expected the House would be prorogued this day fortnight. Mr. EDWARDS iaid that, in that - case, he would move, an Address to the Crown, before the Conference separated. He had no doubt that if the people were unanimous, as they were when the ship-money was demanded, that nothing would be able to withstand them.—(Hear.) Dr. BOWRING remarked, that when the ship-money was sought to be enforced, the House of Commons had then reposed on the feelings of the entire English peo ple. At present there was not such a feeling in Eng land. W hen he was requested to take extreme mea sures and stop the supplies, he asked of those who so requt sted him, whether they were ripe for such a mea sure, and the reply was that they were not, but that they were ripening. —(Cheers.) Mr. RAWSON here read to the meeting the speech which he addressed to Sir James Graham on the occa sion of the late deputation from the distressed manufac turers and merchants to the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. WILKES, of Leicester, who had addressed the Conference a few weeks ago, declared that trade was worse, and distress greater. He contemplated with the deepest alarm the approach of winter, if there were not some relief to trade, from the repeal of the Corn-laws and the removal of the restrictions upon commerce.—(Hear ) Mr. Brookes had told the meeting that the landlords were "robbers."—(Hear, hear.) But, about his neigh bourhood, the people called them murderers—(Hear) — and said that the blood of the starved poor was on their heads.—(Hear, hear.) Those things were openly said.— (Hear, hear.) He hoped that there would be in his county, Leicester, and in every county in England, an established "county lectureship," to inculcate, from day to day, upon the minds of the people, the evils of the Corn-law and the necessity of repealing them.—(Hear.) The meeting then adjourned till 11 o'clock to-day. A letter from Palermo, in Sicily, says —" The King, Queen, and Royal Family, having intimated their intention of being present at the approaching celebration of the Feast of St. Rosalia, the Municipality is making prepapreparations for displaying an unusual magnifi cence . rations Grotto iu Mount Pellegrino, near Palermo, in which St. Rosalia lived and .died, has an altar, above which is a statue of the saint, recumbent and in medita tion, her head supported on her left hand, the right hand holding a crucifix. It is coloured, and dressed in sumptuous attire, the donation of King Charles 111. It comprises a robe of rich velvet, adorned with a profusion . -of pearls, which at that time were worth C 150,000 a 'diadem,formed of diamonds, and a neck lace of antique cameos of the highest price ; bracelets of oriental topazes ; diamond rings on every finger, and sandals set with amethysts, A statue of the Virgin Mary, of white marble, at another altar in the Grotto, will also be invested with a, splendid dress, which is being made for the occasion. The Grotto of St. Rosalia is the Gretna Green of Sicily, for the priest who officiates et the altar is authorised to solemnise marriage be.twecti all couples who come there and desire to be united; provided they take an oath that they are not already bound by matrimonial chains. In general, those who come to claim t his office do so secretly, or in Opposition to their parents and guardians ; but at the festival about to take place, upwards of 20u marriages between persons who have ob served all the legal formalities will be performed, and among them, it is said, will be some belonging to the most noble and distingui s h e d f am ili es of the king-dom." THE CAMBRIDGE AssizEs.--The Assize business, of which a detailed account is given elsewhere, closed for the county of Cambridge on Friday last. It is most gratifying to state that with two exceptions, that of the two Hullers for forgery, and One prisoner fqr . sheep stealing, there was not a charge upon the ealendar that could be considered as of suffi cient importance to call for particular observation. The com paratively moral state of this county in a time of such pressing necessity, leads us to confer at once high praise upon those en trusted with its local executive, and upon its distressed labour ing population, who have forborne even to murmur, and will .forbear—till forbearance will be no longer a virtue— Cam bridge Advertiser. ry . . _ His Excellency Earl De Grey; accompanied I „,y hi s private secretary, Mr. Magennir, arrived at his mansion, in St. James's-square, shortly after five on Tuesday evening from Dub. lin Castle.. The Noble Earl tulces 1 1iajle tu aAri day; for Germaoyoo drink the waters for the benefit of his health, which is sinewhit"impaired by; rilieated attacks of Out. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1842. ELECTION COMMITTEE. IPSWICH. The Committee met again yesterday morning at the usual hour, P. M. STE wART, Esq., in the Chair. Mr. KINGLAKt resumed his address. The first case he would call the attention of the Committee to was that bf William lytht, who was brought, from Harwich to Vote ; hut received 30s. for his expenses. He thought that no ingenuity of his Learned Friend would satisfy the Committee that payments' of this kind did not vacate the seats of the sitting Members. With regard to War ren, who came from Woodbridge to vote, and knowing the consequences, had adroitly availed himself of the hackneyed terms, "travelling expenses and loss of time," to justify the payment of money to him—if this trans action were an honest one, why did he use the term travelling expenses, when he had not paid one shilling towards such expenses ? If Blythe and Warren were entitled to 30s. each, so was every other voter in the bo rough ; and there being a constituency of 1,700, an elec tion would cost 1,100/. or 1,200/. Then Emanuel Bax ter had been promised his " legal expenses" by Mr. Bond, and Robert Jobson Taylor had received 65., while his daily wages were only 2s. Bd. Upon what plea did this man receive 65.? His wages had not been stopped by the directors of the Orion, and on the day of election he had his usual work. Where then was the slightest pretext for paying this man ? Did not these facts show the system adopted by the agents of the sitting Mem bers ? There was in addition, a systematic course of treating carried on amongst the voters. This was proved by what took place at the Salutation and the King's Arms. On this point" the evidence of Bowman was most important, for he was not content with what he had received at the King's Arms, but he went to the Smack, where he found, in addition to beer, there was something more substantial, in the shape of beef steaks. Bowman there found the place crowded with voters, and with their wives and children, all of whom were drinking. There could not be more important evidence. That the agents of the sitting Members were cognisant of these transactions, was proved by the fact of Bristce's being present at the King's Arms, when the breakfast was given there on the morning of the election ; and Mr. Arthur Bott Cooke being also present at the Waggon and Horses, with a number of voters. It was shown by the declara tion of Mr. Frewin, that his wife had agreed with Mr. Arthur Bott Cooke for the breakfasts at the Waggon and Horses, for 20/. ; and that Mr. A. B. Cooke paid the money, after the election. If this could be disproved, why did not Mr. Cooke come forward and deny the fact? Under all these circumstances, he (Mr. Kinglake) would ask whether the bulk of the evidence was not fully suf ficient to show that treating had gone on, at this elec tion, at the Salution, the King's Arms, the Waggon and Horses, and at the Smack, and incidentally at the Globe, the Cock and Pie, and the White' Lion ? Refreshment tickets were illegal, as the Judges, and every eminent writer on election law, had laid it down that under no condition, with no object, pure or unpure, just or unjust, should any expense be incurred, after the teste of the writ. The Learned Gentleman then quoted a number of cases, in support of his argument. It might be contended on behalf of the sitting Member, that if any expense bad been incurred, such expense had been incurred without their knowledge. But Mr. Josselyn, in his evidence, deposed that Mr. Gladstone said to Mr. George Ridley, that he and his Noble Colleague had come down with " the express understanding that they were not in any way to sanction the illegal expenditure of money." Now he (Mr. Kinglake) would.like to have heard a declara tion from Mr. Gladstone, that " he did not come down to expend any money at all." How could Mr. Gladstone expect that things would be conducted pro perly when he entrusted the management of a part of his election to Mr. Arthur Bott Cooke, who had before been convicted of bribery ? At any rate this was an act of in discretion, and 'showed that he was not very well ac quainted with the manner in which elections were con ducted in Ipswich. He would then turn to the question of agency. The Learned Counsel then read at great length quotations from Rogers and other writers on elec tion law. He would therefore submit, on this authority, that the authority to pay non-resident voters was proof of ' general agency. This the other party would have to answer. They found, from the evidence, that Bristoe, Cooke, and Steward, had met together, day by day, to sum up the canvass ; that they too voters to the poll, and gave them refreshment at the differentinns ; and that, after the election, they assembled together at a Committee-room, used at previous elections, they being the only persons known or acting together, with the au thority and on behalf of the sitting Members, and the latter, having taken advantage of acts done, must answer for the consequence. If it had not been for Arthur Butt Cooke, Bristoe, and Steward, would Mr. Gladstone and Lord Desert have been the sitting Members ? The election had not been fair and honourable, but had been brought about by improper practices. With regard to the smallness of the bribes, he thought that made the case worse, as there was not half the demoralising effect in a large bribe as a small one, for the small bribe was generally given to the poor indigent voter. He had con cluded his address, and he should sit down in perfect confidence of his having fully made out his case on the part of the petitioners. The onus of disproving the case would be upon his Learned Friend, but he thought the facts adduced M ould sit heavy upon him. lie might, he thought, use the old and well-known quotation, Post equitenn redet atra aura. He apologised for having so long detained the Committee, but the evidence being so voluminous, he had felt it his duty to go as fully into it as he had done, and he would again express his con fidence in having made out the case for the petitioners. Mr. AUSTIN then rose to address the Committee on behalf of the sitting Members. He said that his Learned Friend had spoken for six or seven hours, and had left him to follow before a jaded audience, upon points dull, or dullness itself. If he (Mr. Austin) occupied their attention a day, so much the more would be the merit of the Committee, but he trusted they would not listen in vain. He would first of all ask upon what ground of law did his Learned Friend support the petition? He did not for a moment quarrel with the course taken by his Learned Friend ; what he complained of was that his Learned Friend had not given the Committee a principle on which to adjudicate. They would find it to be im portant to the sitting Members. It would also be found important to the constituency of Ipswich with reference to the charge preferred by the petitioners as well as with reference to the fact that the vacancy occuring at the last general election in that town had been filled up. It was important also, particularly to the Chairman, with reference to the circumstance of his having presided in 1835 upon a former Ipswich Election Committee, as well as to his not having sat as Chairman on the last Ipswich Election Committee. The former fact rendered him of course unavoidably acquainted with the names introduced upon • this occasion, and which would render him liable to have his mind biassed by the mere repetition of those names. What the Committee had to do—and every member would act accordingly—was this, not to consider the fact that the election of Mr. Wason and Mr. Rennie was the other day set aside on he ground of bribery and corruption, nor would they have to consider the fact that Mr. Arthur B. Cooke had, according to the memory of the Hon. Chairman, been formerly sent to Newgate for disobedience of the Speaker's warrant, but they would alone consider the terms of the petition lying on the table—the charges it contained—the evidence ad duced—and confine themselves altogether to the merits of the case. The only question was as to the va lidity of the election in June last. He (Mr. Austin) believed that there never was an election in the town of Ipswich which was less subject to the imputation of cor ruption. He believed that their opponents knew this perfectly well. He said the election was not obtained by bribery and treating. Whether they were to look at the conduct of Mr. Bristoe with reference to two or three votes, or whether they were to go into the count ing-house NV here the directors of the Orion at once car ried on the business of plying by steam between London and Ipswich and soliciting the votes of their dependents, failing as they did, and as they deserved to do, inasmuch as the offence of intimidation was a ten thousand times worse offence than that of bribery and treating, he said the election was not obtained either by bribery, or by treating, or by intimidation, and there fore could not be set aside upon those grounds. Bribery was of two kinds. Authorities on the subject said that an election might be made void by a general system of corruption, though the parties returned were not cognizant of the system that was going on; and if no general bribery was committed, yet if particular acts of bribery were committed the sitting Members might lose their seats. The Learned Counsel then went at consi derable length into the law on the subject of bribery, and cited several cases to show that travelling expenses were legal at elections. and had been allowed by former Committees. Why, he would venture to say that if the payment of travelling expenses were considered as bri bery there would not be found in the House of Commons seven Members to try petitions against the other Mem bers. Why, on their own Committees on election peti tions had not the Members to pay the expenses of a witness ? Suppose lie were a physician, who came to give evidence respecting a man who had hung himself, and thus rid the world of , a nuisance.—(Laughter)— they would have to pay that physician a guinea a day for his services, even though that man might never have earned a guinea in a day in his life.—(Laughter.) How then could they . say that the travelling expenses at this election were given as bribere. He said that to consti tute bribery there must have been a contract either direct or implied. There .had been no such thing proved, because no such thing ever existed. It being now four o'clock the Committee adjourned till eleven o'clock to-day. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings nf the Houser,' Commons.) BIRMIAGHAM SCHOOL BILL. DIVISION' ON MR. WYSE'S CLAUSE. LAMENTABLE CATASTROMIE-SEVEN LIVES LOST. —Sheerness was on Monday thrown into a slate of excitement in consequence of the following melancholy and distressing ac cident. The steam-packet Sheerwater, which arrived at Sheerness (Monday) for the purpose of g etting a supply o f provisions and stores, had occasion to send the Captain's gig, with Mr. Thomas Corral, the surgeon, Lieut. Cudlip, and srx men to Chatham dockyard for stores, and when they arrived at the point in Folly or Pincup Reach, a sudden squall ran the mainsheet of the lugsail through the man's hand who was at tending to the sheet ; the after-leech of the sail flew forward end fouled round the halyards and mast, by which the sail was thrown a-back, the boat capsized, and the six m.-on and Mr. Corral, the surgeon, were unfortunately drowned. When the Captain's pig capsized, Lieut. Cudlip caught hold of the back board, by which he kept himself afloat for nearly three-quarters of an hour, when he was rescued from death by the Captain and crew of the steam-packet Queen Victoria, she then being on her passage from Rochester to Sheerness. Lieut. Cudlip, when picked up, was in a very exhausted state, but shortly re6overed himself. Ele was put to bed in the master's berth, and on the Queen Victoria's arrival at Sheerness, he was taken on board the Shearwater. BRUSSELS JULY 23.—The Moniteur publishes a general view Of the principal results of the foreign commerce of Belgium, in the year 1841. Importations—Total value im ported, 227,220,650 francs ; of which 169,246,726 by sea, viz. 52,550,479 in Belgian ships, and 116,696,247 in foreign ships. Of the goods imported there were from England, including Gibraltar, Malta, and the lonian Islands, to the value of 166,263,721 francs. Thci . Mmiteur Parisien of Monday evening says • •, It appears to be - Certain that the King will open the session in person on the 26th inst." Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause be now read a second time."—The House divided • MINORITY—AYES, 41. _ . Aldam, J. J.—Leeds Barclay, D.—Sunderland Bowring, Dr.—Bolton Brotherton, J.—Salford Bryan, Major—Kilkenny Co. Clements, Visa—Leitrim Co. Cobden, R.—Stockport Colebrooke, Sir T. E.—Taunton Duncombe, T. S.—Finsbury Eastnor, Viscount—Reigate Ebrington, Lord—Plymouth Ellice, Right Hon. E.—Coventry Forster, M.—Berwick-onTweed French, F.—Rosscomrnon Gibson, T. M.—Manchester Hastie, Archibald—Paisley Hawes, B.—Lambeth Hindley, Charlos—i.shton Hume, Joseph—Montrose, &c. Mangles, R. D.—Guildford Morris, D.—Carmarthen }:orison, William—Kinross-shire MAJORITY- Acland, Sir T. D.—.N Devonshire' Acland, T. D.—West Somerset Inourt, Captain—Tamworth Allix, J. P.—Cambridgeshire Arkwr , ght, George—Leominster Astell, Vv.—Bedfordshire Baring, W. B.—Thetford Baring, H. B.—Marlborough Becks tt, W.—Leeds Blackburne, Ireland—Warrington Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingford Boldero, Henry G.— Chippenham Bradshaw, James—Canterbury Broad ley,Henry—East Yorkshire Broadwood, Henry—Bridgewater Brownrigg, J. S.—Boston Bruce, Lord E.—Marlborough Burdett, Sir F.—N. Wiltshire Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham Burroughes, H. N.—East Norfou; Chelsea, rd—Reading Chute, W. L. W.—West Norfolk Clerk. Sir G.—Stamford Clive, H. H. South Shropshire Collett, W. R.—Lincoln Colquhoun, John C —Newcastle. under Lyme Ceurtenay, Lord—S. Devonshire Cripps, Joseph—Cirencester Darner, Hon G.—Portarlington Darby, George—East Sussex Dawnay, Hon. 11.—Rutland D'lsraeli,:l3.—Shrewsbury Douglas, a ir H.—Liverpool Escott, B.—Winchester Estcourt, T. G. 13.—Oxford Univ. Farnham, F.B.—N. Leicestershire Ferguson,Sir R. A...—Londonderry Fitzroy, Captain—Durham Flower, Sir J. —Thetford Follett, Sir W.—Exeter Forbes, W.—Stirlingst I ire Fremantle, Sir T.—Buckingham Fuller, A. E.—East Sutsex Gaskell, James Mines— Wenlock Gladstone, W. E.—Newarii.on. Trent Gladstone, Thomas—Walsall Gordon, Hon. W.—Aberdeenshire Gore, W, R. o.—SligoCo. Goulburn Right Hon. H.—Cam. bridge University Acland, Sir T. D %eland, T. a Allix, John Peter Arbuthnot, Hun. H Astell, William Baird, W. Baldwin, C. B. Bankes, George Barclay, David Baring, W. B. Bateson, Robert Berestord, Major Blackburne, 1. Boldcro, H. G. Bramston, T. W. Brownrigg, J. S. Bruce, Lord E. Burdett, Sir F. Burrmighes, H. Campbell, A. Chute, W. L. W. Clerk, Sir George Clive, Robert Cockburn, Sir G. Colebrookc, Sir T. Colquhoun. J. C. ► my, Right Hon. H, Courtenay, Viscount Capps. W. Curteis, H. B. Dalmeny, Lord Douglas, Sir H. Douglas, Sir C. Douglas, J. D. S. Duncombe. Hon. A. Eliot, Lord Escott, Bickhatn Estcourt, T. G. B. Icilden, W. Fitrroy, Captain Fitzroy, Hon. H. Aglionby H. A. Ashley, Lord Bowring, Dr. tiroadley, H. Brotherton, J. Duncan, George Eaton, R. J Ebrington, Viscount Ewart, W. Wilmot, Si Dotigl.s, Si TUESDAY, Lit 26. COLONIAL PASSENGE DIVISION ON MR. HAWEL'I MAJORITY--AGAINST Flower, Sir James )ollett, Sir William Forbes, William Fuller. A. E. Gaskell, James Manes Gladstone, W. E. Glad. tone, T. Gordon, Hon. W. (lore, W. R. 0. Goulburn, Henry Gorham, Sir James Greene, T. Grimaton, Lord Grogan, E.lward riarcourt, G. G. Hardline, Sir H. Hardy, John Hawkes, T. Henley, J. Warner Herbert, Hon. S. Hodgson, Richard Hope, Hon. C, Hornby, John Hums, Joseph Hussey, Thomas Hutt, W. Jermyn, Lord Johnstone, Sir John Jolliffe, Sir W. Jones, Theobald Knatchbull, Sir k.. Knight, H. G. Lincoln, Earl of Litton, Ettward Lockhart, William Lowther, J. H. Lygon, Hon. Gen. Mackenzie, T. Mangles, it. D. Martin, C. W. Napier, Sir Char les—Marylebene O'Connell, Daniel—Cork Co. O'Connell, M. J.—Kerry O'Connor Don—Roscommon Co $ Pechell, Captain—Brighton Philips, Mark—Manchester Seymour, Sir H. B.—Midhurst Smith, R. V.—Northampton Tancred, H. W.—Banbury Thornely,Thos.—Wolverhampton Tufdell, Henry—Devonport Villiers, i . P.—Wolverhampton Wall, C. Baring—Guildford Wawn, J. T.—South Shields Williams, William —Coventry I Wilshere, William—Yarmouth Wood, G. W.—Kendal Wrightson, W. B.—Northallerton Yorke, H. 11.—York TELLERS. Protheroe, Edward—Halifax Wyse, '1 homas—Waterford it!' —NOES, 96. Grant, Sir A. C.—Cambridge .ireene, T. G.—Lancashire Grimstoe, Visc —Hertfordshire Hardy. J.—Bradford Hawkes, Thomas—Dudley Henley, J. W.—Oxfordshire Hodgson, F.—Barnstaple Hodgson, Rd.—Berwick-on-Tweed Hogg, James Weir—Beverley Hope, Charles—Linlithgowshire Hughes, W. B.—Carnarvon Hussey, Thomas—Lyme Regis Inglis, Sir R. H.-ox. University Irving, John—Antrim Co. Jermvn, Earl—Bury, Suffblk Jolliffe, Sir W. G.— Petersfield Jones, T.—Londonderry Co. Kemble, H.—Fast Surrey Knatchbull, Sir E.—East Kent Knight, F. Worcestersh. Knightley, Sir C. —Northampton .. shire - Lefruy, Anthony Longford Litton, Edward—Coleraine Lowther. J. H.—York Lyall, G.— London l-ygon, Major-Gen. Hon. H. B.— Worcestershire West. Nfaclean, Donald—Oxford Masterman, J.—London Meynell. Captain H.—Libburne Mundy, E. M.—South Derbyshire Norreys, Lord—Oxfordshire Packe, C. W.—Leicester, South Pakington, J. S.—Droitwich Peel, Rt Hon. Sir R.— I amworte Pollington, Lord—Pontefract Pringle, Alexander—Stikirkshire Richards, Richard—Merioneth•h Rose, Sir George—Christchurch Rushbrooke, Colonel—Sunik Sandon, Lord—Liverpool Sheppard, Thomas—Frome 'Somerset,Lord G.—Monmouths h. Stanley, Lord—North Lancashire Stewart, John—Lyrnington Taylor, J. A.—E. Worcestershire "fhornhill, G.—Huntingdonshire Young, John—Cavan Co. ROWINt, MATCHES. ATRBEAT BOAT-RACE BETWEEN THE QUEEN'S SCHOLARS' ~,, EST 1%! INST E R AND THE ETONIANS..--4t, has seldom fallen to our lot to record a more animated or interesting struggle Than that of Tuesday between the scholars of Westminster and Eton, a struggle recommended by its display of stamina and science. This was the first match near London within our knowledge between the Westminsters and the Etonians; in deed they have not been opposed to each other in aquatics for some years. Their last contest was in 1837, at Datehet, when victory was declared in favour of Westminster. From that period to the present, we believe, no attempt has been made to get up a match between them. About a month since, by mu tual consent, they were determined to test their prowess in the race we are now about to record. The preliminaries were no sooner arranged than either party commenced the task, and no very light one, of selecting the eight best from the body, and by strict attention to training, placing themselves in such a condition as to dispute the honour of the day. The Etonians shifted from time to time a member or so of the company, but the Westminster did not suffer any alteration. Both parties have taken considerable practice. The Shamrock steamer had been chartered by the Westminster scholars, and at half•past four it left Chandler's-pier at Milbank, and proceeded with the Westminster crew up to Kew, where, having divested them selves of superfluous articles of dress, the following took their places in the rival boats. Their weights were as follows : WESTMINSTER. ETON. _____ _____. at. lbs. st. lbs. I S. Swabey, bow 8 1 1 Stapylton 9 51 / 2 E. C. Burton 8 7 2 Heygate lO 0 3J. G Smythe ....... 9 4 3 Mount 4J. Y. Seagrave ...... 10 4 4 Wilson SM. Haggard ... ...... 9 6 5 Folliott ... lO 11 6 W. H. Millman lO 7 6 Fellowes . lO 11 7 G. F. Smith 9 9 7 Tuke ll 5i _ ._. ... . C. Goalden, stroke ... 10 0 Richards, stroke 9 13i A. Mereweather, cox.. 6 2 Pemberton, cox. lO 2 It will be seen by the above list that the Eton crew had considerably the advantage of their opponents. The colours for Westminster were pink; that of their adversaries, the same as worn by the Cantabs (light blue). The river pre sented a most animated appearance from the number of cutters and boats of other descriptions out, while on the towing path there were a hundred well-mounted horsemen, who preferred the certainty of keeping pace with the com batants on shore, to taking the chance of doing it in a boat. On the one side of the reach of water below the ait at Kew was the Locomotive, which had started from Stangate with a number of the gentlemen of the Eton College on board, on the ether was the Shamrock, while in the course of the tide the Leander, the Oxford University, the Cambridge, Mr. Tkynne's gig, and the boats of the celebrated aquatic clubs, lined the way. At seven preparations were made for the start. Betting was 5 and 6 to 4on Wi.stminter ; but there was but little done at it. The signal for starting was given, at five minutes past seven o'clock, by Mr. Layton, of the Lean der Club, who had consented to be umpire, and they went away from Barker's Rails to rms. to Putney•bridge, a distance of five miles and a half. The start was even and beautiful ' • the oars dashed in and out of the water like lightning. A hun dred yards succeeded a hundred yards, and neither had the lead. They were oar and oar, or r.early so, for a quarter of a mile, and then Westminster drew gradually in advance. Off flarnes-terrace the Etonians made a desperate effort for the leading place ; arid, Although not then above a length and a half astern, could not improve their position. The Westmin ster held the lead, and went through Hammersmith-bridge 50 yards ahead, and arrived at Putney-bridge 28 minutes 14 se conds from the time of starting, and 32 seconds, or upwards of 100 yards, ahead of the Etonians. The shouts on all sides at coming in were deafening. thINGERFORD REGATTA.—The annual regatta for a purse of sovereigns, given, as the placards expressed it, ‘' by the in habitants of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields,' took place on Tuesday amongst the watermen plying at Hungerford-market. This wager is invariably attractive from the repute of one or two of the men engaged in it, and from the facilities which the open space facing the pier, the terrace, and the taverns abutting in the market, present for witnessing it, and on this occasion the attendance did not fall short of former years. It was an oars' wager, six pairs, in three heats—the distance on the first and second heats being frost buoys moored off Hungerford.stairs, up round a beat moored off Chandler's, the Ship, at Millbank, down the Middlesex shore, round the Thames Police brig at Strand-lane, and up to Hungerford. The following were the competitors :—William Lock and George Bancroft, yellow ; Francis Braithwaite and David Eld, pink ; Thomas Cook and John Becket, green • James Dodd and Thomas Moody, blue; Alexander Tough and William Diamond, white ; and Thomas Worthy and James Stewart, scarlet. The two first pair in each heat were qualified to row in the grand heat, and at seven o'clock blue, pink, scarlet, and green started for the last and grard heat. Pink took the lead, followed by blue, green, and scarlet, in which order the boats came in. This heat was very prettily contested, pink winning by about six boats' length. MEETING OF THE VvINE TRADE. On Tuesday a very numerous and highly influentia meeting of the Importers and Wine-merchants of Lon don, took place at the Commercial Sale-rooms, Mincing lane, for the purpose of taking int', consideration a letter from Sir George Clerk, intimating that in the event of a reduction of the wine duty, no return would be made of the stocks in hand for home consumption ; and of adopting resolutions thereon. Among those present were Messrs. Martinez, Greenwood, Keay, Carborol, Gasseott, and several wine and spirit-brokers, and mem bers of the retail trade. GEORGE BARNES, Esq., Chairman of the Wine and Spirit Association, presided. He observed, that it having been intimated by the Government in Parliament that the combined effects of the tariff and treaty with Por tugal would probably be a reduction of duty on foreign wines, the Committee of the Association had consulted together, and sent a memorial to the Board of Trade, praying an allowance of drawback on the stock of wine in hand ; but, having received an unfavourable reply. this meeting had been called to consider the best course to be adopted. The memorial was then read, and the following reply as received from Sir George Clerk : " Treasury Chambers, June 21, 1842. " Gentlemen,—Having laid before th e Lord Com missioners . of her Majesty's Treasury your petition, pray ing an allowance of drawback on your stock of wines, in the event of a reduction of duty, I am commanded to ac quaint you, in the event of increase or reduction of Cus tom duties, it is not the practice to impose, or to make a return of duty, on account or the stock in hand. " I tun, Gentlemen, yuur obedient servant, " G. CLERK." " To the Committee of illembers of the Wine and Spirit Trade, G. Barnes, Esq., Chair man, 62, Lincoln's lnn•fields." Mr. CARBOREL, in a speech of considerable length, said that the desire of the wine trade to obtain a return of the duty on the stuck in hand, particularly of bottled wine, in the event of a reducti. of duty, was founded on a principle of justice and fair dealing, and which he could not believe the Government would eventually re fuse, so as to prevent that good understanding which ought ever to subsist between Government and the com mercial world. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect—" That it was necessary merchants should have a large capital invested in bottled wines. particu larly in Portugal red wine, in order to bring them to maturity ; and to refuse allowing the drawback would be an act of gross injustice." Mr. WILD, in seconding the resolution, observed that the Government had asserted no parallel could be found; why, formerly Mr. Pitt had returned one pound a tun, and when told he was sacrificing, , said " a surrender of revenue for commercial purpose was the wisest and hest policy a Government could pursue." The fairness of the proposition was then so apparent, that it was unani mously carried in the House of Commons. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. 1. WALTER gave a history from 1787 of the prac tice which had been pursued when the duty on wine was increased or reduced; and also of the periods when it was a custom and when an excise duty. He further ob served, that they were entitled to demand a return of duty, as when the Government chose to make an altera tion they were bound to act in good faith.—(Hear, hear.) He was happy to see so large a meet.ng present ; it showed that when their pockets were in danger they would throw off their usual apathy.—(Cheers and laugh ter.) Let a deputation be appointed from every town in England, and let a day be fixed when they might all 'go in a body and assail the Minister in his nest.—(Cheers.) In conclusion he moved a resolution to the effect—" That since 1787 it had been the practice to charge or allow, when any material alteration of duty took place." This was seconded by Mr. JAMES ARBOUIN, and car ried unanimously. Mr. DAY moved the third resolution—" That under this practice the public has immediately received the full benefit of any reduction made in the duties, and an ex pectation of the same benefit will still exist, although, if disallowed by the Government, it can only be gratified by the sacrifice on the part of the merchants of the duty so reduced." Mr. COATES (of Whitechapcl) moved as an amend ment, that the words "If disallowed by the Government, it can only be gratified by the sacrifice on the part of the merchants, &c.,' be struck out. This having been put and negatived, the original reso lution was put and carried by an immense majority. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, from whose statements it ilk .eared that duty had been charged on stock on five occasions of increase, and allowed on four of decrease. _. _ Seven or eight other resolutions were put and carried, having for their object a petition to the Legislature, and a revest-that it might be supported by the City and other Members ; that a subscription should be imme diately entered into, to defray the necessary expenses (which was liberally responded to).—A vote of thanks Having been awarded to the chairman, the meeting broke up. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JULY 25.—The Evening Mail asserted en Friday, upon the authority of its London Correspondent, that a most energetic remonstrance had been made by "the Irish Conser vative members to a marl," in co-operation with a great Lum ber of the Scotch, and many of the English supporters of Scriptural education," against "the unfortunate speech" de livered by Lord Eliot on the Irish education grant ; in conse quence of which the members of Sir Robert Peel's Cabinet were unanimous in their condemnation of the sentiments uttered by the Irish Chief Secretary, upon whom they had pronounced " an unequivocal reproof. The Evening Packet of last night has put forward a most indignant denial of this statement. One or two sentences from the article of the Packet will sufficiently convey its spirit . Who (the Packet asks) is the real Correspondent of the Mail? Is he the Rght Honourable Frederick Shaw? Be he who he may, there is evidence of falsebood from the begin ning to the end of his communication. The real Correspon dent must be a traitor, who enjoys the confidence of some member of the Cabinet, or he must be a member of that dis tingui,hed body. Which are we to regard him—a traii or or a liar "' But there is no truth whatever in the com munication. It is a tissue of Teal grant falsehood from begin ning to end, and of unparalleled atrocity." SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN OF EMANUEL COL LEGE.—An inquest was held on the 12th inst , at Bury St. Edmunds, on the body of the Rev. Robert Leman Page, 8.A., of Emanuel College, Cambridge, and a clergyman of the above parish, who cut his throat in his bed-room the preceding day, which ended in immediate death. Deceased had long been in an incoherent state of mind, fancying that his reason was de parting, making a vow in the church that he would not speak to any one for two or three weeks, and standing before the altar silent at times. He was thrown from his horse in Bucking about thirteen years ago, and received a violent kick on the " temple, since which symptoms of aberratiost had been constantly occurring. The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary In sanity.' SPORTING INTEI LIC=ENCE. Gooowooo (TUESDAY'S RACING CONCLUDED). ADDITIONAL PAKTICULARS OF THE HAM STA KEG, Th first running was made by the Clara colt, but in dry pping the hill Aristides and Murat went in front, the former taking the lead at a good pace, keeping it to the end, and winning easily by two lengths. The figure 8 (the number of the Victoria colt), was exhibited by mistake, instea.i of that of the ttct►ial winner, and re mained up for some minutes, greatly to the astonishment and mortification of the Aristides party. In consequence of the number of stakes, &c.. and the loss of time with the gentlemen ridem the last heat wo3 not over until seven o'clock, making nearly seven hours' racing. THE WELTER STAKES,--After the dead heat Vulcan and The Currier divided the stakes, and the latter walked syer. WEDNESDAY.—There has been no lack of sport this afternoon, but as the Good Wood Stakes alone has had any serious claim on our attention, we have been enabled to - cast our. eyes over the course, and to obtain the fol lowing list of visitors :—The Duke of Richmond' , party : Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Duke and Duchess of Beaufort ; Marquises of Westminster, Exeter, and Normanby ; Earls of Eglinton, Stradbroke, Albemarle, Chesterfield, Vertslam, Jersey, March, Uxbridge, and Rosslyn ; Countesses of fThesterfield, Eglinton, and Albemarle ; Lords Maidstone, G. B ntinck, W. Lennox, H. Lennox, A. Lennox, Alex. Lennox, Cantalupe, and Villiers ; Ladies Agnes Byng, E. Paget, and C. Paget ; Sirs J. Shelley and W. W. Wynn ; Hon. G. S. Byng ; P.el ; Captains Pettat and F. Williams ; lion. G. and Mrs. Anson ; Messrs. Greville, Payne, J. Stanley, Bsives, Irby, and Houldsworth. In addition, we ob served the Marquis of Worcester ; Lords E. Russell, Howth, Andover, Macdonald, Paget, Kilburne, and Count Bathyany ; Sirs H. Mildmay, F. Collier, and C. Coekerill ; lions. H. Pitt, G. Fitzroy, J. Murray, R. Colborne, Captain Boyle, Captain Powlett, G. Sandi lands, A. Berkeley. Ponsonby, and General Gilbert ; Messrs. R. and W. Etwall, D. Radcliffe, Clive, Delme, Portman, Booth, Codrington, J. Bayly, Gratwicke, Ne ville, Elday, Gardnor, Rothschild, Knox, Stonehewer, F. Price, Shelley, Ladbroke, Wigram, Seymour, &c. The racing commenced at the usual time, with— The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. About 3•miles and 5 furlongs. Mr. Forth's Vibration, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Bell) 1 Mr. Holmes's Vulcan, 5 yrs, 9st 1316 Mr. Wreford's Wardan, 5 yrs, 9st 131 b Mr. Bignold's c. by Emilius, 33 rs, ist 4lb 4 L•rd G. Bcntinek's Tripoli, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Wardan; sto 2 agst Vibra tion; 3 to 1 agst Vulcan, and 5 to 1 agst Tripoli. Wardan made the running at a good pace, followed by the three year old, Vulcan lying off; this order continui d with scarcely any change to the hill in returning, where Tripoli and the Memina colt, and Vibration and Vulcan lost their ground next Wardan. At the distance the three were singled out, and halfway up it, the mare making her push, caught her horses, and won very cleverly by a lensth; a fine race for second. The Stewards' Cup, added to a Handicap of 5 sovs. each. T.Y.C. (30 Subs.) Lord Jersey's fby Touchstone, out of Adela, 3 yrs, 7st Lord G. leidint k's Misdeal, 3 y•r,, 6>t 916 Colonel Peel's Garry Owen, 5 yrs, Bst 10ib The following were not placed :—Discord, 5 yrs, 9st 31b ; Cornelius, 6 yrs, Bst 71b ; Marshal Soult, 4 yrs, Bst 31b ; Currycomb, 5 yrs, 7st 81b ; Phareld, 3 yrs, 7st 61b ; Knightsbridge, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; br gby Exquisite, out of Mansfield's dam, 4 yrs, Est 101 b ; f by Elis, out of Baleine, 3 yrs, 6st gib ; Elopement, 3 yrs, Est ; and Epaulette, 3 yrs, sst 121 b. Betting --4 to 1 agst Garry Owen, 5 to 1 agat Discord, 6 to 1 each agst Camelino, qurrycomb, Adela filly, and Elopement, and Bto 1 agst any other. The lot started in a cluster. Elopement making play at a good pace for about half the distance ; the Adela filly, Misdeal, Garry Owen, and Marshal Soul:, then joined company with Elopement, and ran with her to the distance, where she declined, the Mar shal following her example directly after. The race was continued by the Adela filly, Misdeal, and Garry Owen, and was contested with great spirit to the end, the filly winning by a head, and Misdeal beating Garry Owen by half a length ; nothing else was near. The Goodwood Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft., and only 5, &c. ; the second received 50 sovs. out of the stakes. Cup Course. 151 subs., of whom 101 declared, &c. Major Hay's Retriever, 6 yrs, 7st 111 b (Murphy) 1 Lord Kelburne's cby Muley Moloch, 4 yrs, Est 91b... 2 Mr. Shelley's Daddy Longlegs, 3 yrs, Est 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Galaor, 4 yrs, Bst 9th ; St. Lawrence, 5 yrs, Bst 916 ; Welfare, 5 yrs, Bst 416 ; Bellissima, aged, 7st 131 b ; Retriever, 6 yrs, 7st 1116 ; Brother to Plenipotentiary, 3 yrs, ist 41b ; Knight of the Whistle, 4 yrs, 7st 41b : Studley Royal, 4 yrs, ist 21b ; Seahorse, 3 yrs, 7st ; Helpmate, 5 yrs, fist 131 b ; Una, 4 yrs, Est lllb ; Bos phorus, 6 yrs, 6st 1116 ; Bracelet, aged, Est 91b; Arcanus, 3 yrs, Est 71) ; Vakeel, 3 yrs, Est 41b ; Lucy Banks, 3 yrs, Est 41b ; Proof Print, 3 yrs, sst 31b ; arid Pocket Viper, 4 yrs, 6st 91h. Retriever made all the running, was never caught, and won by six lengths. Albion was weighed for, but did not start. The Stand Plate of 50 toys., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 nova. each ; 3 yrs, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst ; 5 yrs, Bst 91b ; 6 yrs and an.ed, Bst 121 b. Mile heats. - - • Duke of Richmond's The Currier, 6 yrs Mr. Theobald's Pocahontas, 5 yrs Mr. Ley's cby Elia, out of Partiality, 3 yrs 2 3 dr Lord Hosslyn's Gilbert, 4 yrs bolted. Won in a canter. CUP BETTING. 4 to 1 agst The Squire—taken 4 to 1 agst Charles the Twelfth—taken 12 to 1 agst Belcoeur—taken 13 to 1 agst Fireaway—taken 20 to 1 agst Priam—taken Middleham has broken clown. In our report forwarded from the course on Tuesday, we spoke of the precision of the arrangements, taking it for granted that the regulations would be strictly en forced, and that want of punctuality would meet with no favour; had we waited, we should have hesitated to pay a compliment that, in one respect, certainly was net merited. As we have previously stated, time was badly kept, so badly indeed that the Ham Stakes was not run until half past five o'clock, one hour beyond the proper time, a race in heats being still to come off, with the prospect of a second heat for the Welter Stakes. This delay was caused so!ely by the gentlemen riders, who were obviously of opinion t .at time was made for slaves, and sauntered up the course to the starting post with a non chalance that might have been amusing enough to those domiAled in the immediate neighbourhood, but was quite the reverse to those whose dinners were ordered at seven, some nine or ten miles away. With respect to the general arrangements, we have only to add that nothing was wanting but the telegraph for the jockies adopted so successfully at Liverpool ; a new one was completed at Manchester by the direction, of Lord G. Bentinck, and booked on Thursday last by Pickford's van ; it had not reached Goodwood on Tuesday night. BETTING. Dzassy.-25 to 1 taken about Aristides. BETTING AT MANCHESTER--YESTERDAY. GOODWOOD STAKES.-4 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle ; 9 to 1 agat St. Law , ence (t); 10 to 1 agst Helpmate (offered); 10 to 1 agst Welfare (t) ; 12 to I agst The Corsair (t) ; 15 to 1 agst Studley Royal; 15 to 1 agst-Tupsley (offered); 16 to I agst Retriever. GOODWOOD Cur.-4 to I agat The Squire (t); 7to 1 agst Charles the Twelfth (taken freely); 11 to 1 agst Sleight-of- Hand ; 13 to 1 agst itelcceur (t) i • 16 to 1 agst Fireaway ; 20 to 1 agst Marshal Soult (offered). ST. LEGER.—Offers to take 25 to 1 about Meteor. INTERVIEW WITH LORD RIPON AND MR. GLADSTONE. The Deputation proceeded at two o'clock to the office of the Board of Trade, and were introduced to Lord Ripon and Mr. Gladstone. The injustice of fettering our commercial intercourse with America was touched upon. Lord RIPON said that it did not follow that they would get the market they expected, even were those restric tions removed. It was notorious that corn was some years dearer there than in England, and, on an average of a number of years, it was during half the time as dear as in England; and the price was habitually dearer than in the corn-exporting countries of Europe, who would supply this country were a free importation permitted. Mr. BRIGHT said that the American tariff in 1824 and 1826 was only passed by a bare majority in both Houses of the American Legislature, and the evident injustice of our Corn-law was the cause of the defeat of the free trade party; and moreover if his Lordship admitted, as he had done, that corn could not be brought into this country from America cheaper than our home-grown produce, then where was the necessity for keeping up a barrier to keep out their corn? The democracy of Ame• rica were opposed to restriction, and now that the two parties in that country were balanced was the important crisis for this country to act. Lord liirox said that the Americans themselves had a Corn-law against the admission of Canadian wheat. Mr. BRIGHT—Yes ; and the carriers of that measure quoted our example as a precedent. As we had set them an example in a wrong direction, we could not do better than set them right. Lord RIPON said it was not so clear that America had a superabundance of corn. They had imported it from England and France. Mr. RAWSON—And e complain that that scarcity is the result of our restrictive laws, which tend to repress American agriculture. Lord RIPox could not discuss the subject at length, but might be p.rmitted to say, that nothing but a con viction that it was fin• the benefit of this country that he had been induced to support any Corn-law ; and if any one would convince him that he was wrong, he would abandon it. Mr. GLADSTONE i:ignired whether there was no symp toms of any alleviation ii, or improvement of trade ? Mr. Alderman CHAPPED said there was none whatever and, in corroboration, read two letters he had received that morning from Manchester, from which it appeared that both the existing distress and the depression of trade not only continued, but was greatly ago.avated. The Deputation then withdrew. QUAILS.—(From a Hampshire Correspondent.) — The above delicate little bird was, some few sears ago, fre. quently to be met with in some of the open and Champaign dis tricts of Hampshire and Sussex, but within the last few years a bevy of quails has proved a very scarce sight to the sports- man whilst beating for partridges and other game. Last year a few couple of these birds were picked up on a far m near Beaulieu, a small village situate in the New Forest , in Hamp shire, and during the present season a bevy of the m has been noticed on the uplands in the vicinity of Andover. A shep herd's boy, when he first sprang them, took them for a covey of young partridges, but a gentleman who had been some years abroad, on catching a glimpse of them as he was passing over the downs a few days since, recognised them to be quails. The late fine weather has, it is most probable, tempted the above diminutive colony to risk a flight Over the British Channel from %he south of France and Spaia, to visit our island. TELLERd. it J. E.—Warwickshire iir C. E.—Warwick RS BILL. 'S MOTION. r, 118. Masterman, John Meynell, H. lanes, Richard Mitchell, 'l'. A. i Mundy, E. Miller Nevilie, Ralph Newry, Viscount Nicholl, J. Northland, Lord Pakington, J. S. Palmer, George Peel, Hon. Sir R . Philips, M. Plumridge, Captain Pollock, Sir F. Praed, W. T Pringle, A. Rose, Sir George Sanderson, R Sanden, Lord Scott. R. Seymour, Lord Smith, R. Vernon Somerset, Lord G. Stanley. Lord Stewart, John Stuart, H. Sutton, Hon. h. M Taylor, J. A. hompson, Ald. Tollemache, J. Trotter. J. Vivian, J. E. Wall, C. B. Wilshere, W. Wood, Colonel T. Young, John TELLERS. Fremantle, SirT. Bitting, H. B. INORITY—FOR, Ferguson, Sir Robert Hastie, A. Heathceat, J. Hill, Lord A. M. C. Inglis, Sir R. H. Kemble, Henry O'Brien, J. O'Connell, D. O'Connor Don 24. Pechell, Captain Thornely, Thomas Villiers, Charles 1. Wawa, J. T. Williams, W. Wood, B. TELLERS. Hawes, B. Hogg, J. W. THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY. CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Grain this week have been good. Wheat dull at Monday's prices. In other Grain little done at no variation in value. There was a slack demand for Flour. COLONIAL MARKET. There was a fair amount of business transacted, and prices ►•ere firm for all articles. The markets on the whole have an improving aspect. The qu,ntity of pro duce taken for home consumption since the passing of the Customs' Act has been extensive; and of coffee has exceeded 2,600,000 lbs. TEA MARKET. The market was firm for all descriptions of Tea, ant a good business was transacted. Common sound Congou for cash, ls. Bd. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. A fair business was done in Russian Tallow, and at firm rates. P. Y. Candle, on the spot, sold at 48s. ; and for delivery inlast c t o h A re L e i m n A o. it t ic h ti a . t 495. per cwt. Ships arrived since last market.day, 6. Chariot to ..............« 16 6 Chester Main Morrison's Hartley Nelson's West Hartley l7 0 New Tanfield M00r... l3 9 Old Tanfield l3 9 South Pontop Tanfleld Moor lB 6 Wylam %Nails End Killingworth 17 6 Walls End Northumberland 17 0 Walls End Perkins Walls End Riddell's IS 0 Walls End Belmont WE. Braddyll'sHetton 10 9 Walls End Haswell. 5. Walls'End Hetton CO 6 Walls End Lambton ..... £0 3 Walls End Morrison .. Walls End Stewatt's £o 9 Walls End Whitwell l9 0 Walls End Hartlerool Walls End Heugh Hall Walls End Adelaide Walls End Barrett lm 0 Walls End Brown's Deanery 18 0 Walt. E..d Hopter .. . 17 0 Walls End Seymour Tees l7 9 Wars Et,d lees £o 0 IBlothe l4 6 I Cowpen 'Howard's Netherton Main 17 0 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. I Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. Per Quarter.: a. to s. a. to a. a. to a. a. to s. s. to s. Carlisle ... —, 68 31 23 46 .-- -- Hexham 44 72 36 38 23 28 —.— Morpeth 5B 68 28 34 28 3: 40 42 .... Penrith . — f 6 33 25 4 , i Sheffield ... 64 32 ... , 3 43 ‘,‘ incheshr Per Bushel. I s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d s.d. s.d. Carmarthen 6 1 70 00 44 00 19 56 00 00 0(I Cowbridge., I 7 6 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 5 5 0 5 3 0 0 ti 0 Swansea " 1 68 8 0 4 4 54 28 3 8 5 6 601 u 0 00 Per 8011. Barnardcaatle li ° 18 6 8 9 9 0 4 0 7 4 0 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 Durham :1 36 156 76 SO 56 6t . 00 96 00 0: Richmond l4O 19 010 0 110 60 7410 0 120 00 00 Stockton ' lao 'l9O 90 9 6 6 0 70 90 11 600 00 IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for :he Week ending JULY 22 From To Average 742 Wheat i perbarrel 2 t stone.... 28 0 36 6 22 10 o Mere ~,. l6 stole 6 'I 0 0 Barley l6 ViOlsk 0 0 .--. 6 2,038 Oats 14 stone l2 6 16 6 13 7 Flour, per cwt. .. Situate 0 0 — n 2.057 0atmea1................ 8 stone 1 11 6 17 6 13 7 742 Wheat,perbarreNt stone 28 0 6 Here...,.,. l6 stole — 0 0 Harley l6 ViOltk 0 2,038 Oats 14 stone l2 6 Flour, per cwt. .. Bstone ' • 0 2,057 0atmea1......—......... 8 stone ll 6 Sold to Bakers only, %MO Cwt. f10ur........». ~ ... Average price .0* W heat . and lour 55, Od per sack. Bales of 7 Rum from 18s. Od to 24s Od Receipts of Flour, 11,163) •••••"""" Do. 10, 531 aecon.ts ..... from its. Od. to 183 .ocl 'Mr& ......... from Bs. Od. to 12s Od MOT or 1111 RAT. Quartero Loat .... halt Quartern COlth M ARKETS.-- July 23. Wheat (per 205t.)243 01 to 283. 6 I.ltiate iper 14st. 83.6 Lto Us. Barley (per 16at.)10 12 6 r (per cwt 6 42 0 Oatmeal (per ..... Od to 163. 0J Beef, 6d. to 60.-141utton. sd. toed..-Veal, 40 to 5d fork, 4d. to 5d.--Fresh Butte', 11d, to —d per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. _ _ To the Mcrchante. To the Country First Quality fill. ....Om 000000 •••• .0444.10 71s Second .. 77 .... 0000000 11.......• 0000000 f. 7 third .•. 000000000 •••..... 000000 Goo 70 ow , ~.....1. 1 •11.- " 6.490. .•• 61 Fourth Fifth 53 Sixth ... 43 ••••••••••••• 4.• 000000000000 La CLONMELL MA ftK ETS.— July 23 pey i wt. Hidet (i_rawi .......... v tc; 24 9 1 J. B . t a 0 c 0 0 : : ::::: a. ........- ...,. _44 : 28 4 0 0 s. d. a. d. New Butter Oatmeal 2 s. d, s. p 4 1 594 0. d o: . Renderea Lard 0 52 1 Heads ••••••••••••• Of • . 28 ' 0 Per Bag, 38 0 I-- Founns..... 18 0 0 Per Barrel, Rapeseed.. 20 0 ..... 0I Barley .......... l6 0 19 0 Bere lO 0 I C- 1, 413 ................. , - 4. KILKENNY iIdAKKE'ES. Wl,eat s perbarrel)22s.od.to 3.3...11d. Beef '...et Iv ...... 04. od. *, os. no Barley 12 0 19 0 Mu•tr -, .......... 05. 08 • uats ............ .. Flour. (per bag) 25 0 59 0 :e9' • ...-..,.., . 0 6 0 7 Butter(per cwt.) 0 0 98 0 crest. Rioter .. 0 0 1 0 Bacon Pigs ... ......... 0 48 0 Salt nide ......... 0 6 010 Coals 1 0 1 9 Potatoes t rot ft.) t, g 0 0 ------ Fleur,Second 0 —•Household 0 H Amßuße4 MARKETS. GB AIN. Wheat. Masks 396 to 474 Barley, Mecklenottrgh 156 to 18 6 ----... Magdeburg :66 to 46i. ---- 01agdeburgh... 161 to 195 Anitalt, white 420 to 5"4 ----- Holstein ..... ... 156 to Ist —-- red .., :.60 to 48 C, ---- Odetbruck 165 to 184 -- Brunswick 396 to 47410at5, Eider ...,.. -- Mecklenburg.. :63 to 401 ---- Mecklenburg •----- Polish 444 to 54'i --- Holstein l6B to 195 - Holstein 166 to 4f.61--- Upland Rye, Mecklenburg .... 165 to 189:Pease, Mecklenburg -- Marks lBO to 195 Beans 258 to *l , -7 -- Elbing •nti Ko. Suck Wheat 2Ol to 80 nigsburg lBO to 195 Rapeseed, Hanover ... 463 to 415 Pomeranian lBO to 195 Malt -- Antra COTTON. Carolina and Tennessee 71 4 to 9% MarrIIIIAM flcorgia. Ist gut 7% 7% Madras 2d 64. 6% Surat 4. tal and 4th .., 474 ii Domingo COF FEE. %ache. 13 to 1:334 Ocmingo . Batavia 434 5% L.. iiiiavra Sumatra P or to Rico Rio 2% 5% flavannah Bahia 2% 5% SUOTAti.— (Wit Havannah, Whit, 3 to .14‘ Brown 24 ; 2% Rio, White 2% 4 Brows, . l% ',Ai Manilla, Bros 6 toe% 44 5 314 44 b 6 h Discount.) Italia, White , Brown Pernambuco, White Brown 3% to 4% 4 7 e 54 U*, 6N 2% to 284 .1% , 41234 2g .1% 8 ILLNESS or GRACE DARLING.-IVe regret to learn that Grace Darling, the heroine of the Fern Island, is at t. present in - very bad health.. Oar Co rres p onden t at Baru burg, informs that sheis. at present on the main land for change of air, and although reported _t9bi? somewhat since she took up he : ,resitlepc there, she s till looks tery unwell.--Berwick paper. -..- .... iNIPEP.iAI. PAW lAIIIENT.' ''--'- no.USb. OF CWI3IO:NS, .lalg 27. 4 I, 1 The SPEA KER t o ok th e Chair 6110111 V before Fi.ir r ,„,1 o'Clock. . Mr. B. HUGHES pr es ented a petition fratU..6,cs 113 narvon against the St. Asaph and Bangor Preferinel4 Bill. , 1 Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD preSenteat b petition from Samuel Gordon, of Aungierr•streel,x; i' üblin, which states that the just and humane'pritit l io ciple, that the Irish poor are entitled to he fed 'on tli ti o soil of their birth, has been violated by the Iri:sl,b V Poor-law Act, and diverted into schemes. 4,00 buildin,(7, prisons, called workhouses, where. -pp 4 0 work is to be done. That the English public 1 0 are deceived by the reports of the Commissioners iiio o oo the belief that the Irish poor are relieved, whilst,:rs id, truth, the Commissioners devour to a great etoils l lo those funds, in the support of their own establishmetithg,d{ which ought to be applied to the use of the poor; vary boi are not relieved at all under the present system. TKO petitioner prayed that the Commissioners should, tit abolished, and that in their place a Board of .AudiiOtS 9 , should be appointed, whose duty should be limited 1 0 .10 the auditing of the accounts of the Local Beards I.c.f. , gli Guardians. -- i' Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition frotk99 l Mr. Cleave and Mr. Harris, against any grant "i:; , ,iils 4 favour of Mr. Hullah's system of musical educati, o 4,} ps without inquiry into that of Mr. Mainzer. ,, 1 41 Dr. NICHOLL presented a petition from Caro6-gi' against the truck system. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petitionll,:_, '6 4 ril if Bungay, complaining of the grievances under ‘10(10 Roman Catholics laboured. flu!'% f t COPYRIGHT OF DESIGNS BILL.; i'i li? „ The Report on the Copyright of DesignS Billn,vgelP postponed till Friday next. ,O , -,cf .9 4 ' MUSIC FOR THE MILLION- - ),,,,Al ll ,, Mr. ACLAND presented a petition - from ageAl:7l-,0g eAI : 71 -,0 tleman of independent fortune, named Turner, St.#l4l that he had anticipated the efforts now made filiirtild,', struct the people in singing, not asking for apilf, 19'' pecuniary reward, but praying that any grant ofilalf public money might not be applied to any partieu* , ' person or plan, but to the advancement of rnusieahj, knowledge generally. - .• . - ..;•,' ~„- NOTICES OF MOTION.—PARLIAMENTAAP:: REFORM, :,,',d Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD gave notices that, early next session, he should move for lea. Veto bring in a Bill to extend the Parliamentary Suffrasfeect' and to make other alterations in the Election 'Llovs,2' . ; with a view to effect a full, fair, and free representr ‘ tion of the people in the Commons' House of Par: liament. , LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) : The Hoff. MEMBER also gave notice that, ea4o; next session, he should move for a Select Committeal to inquire into the state of the la w o f landlord a11.,4 , tenant in Ireland; also, the system of lettin g l andS l O ' the nature and duration of tenures—and the proper7.o tion which the rent bears to the gross produce different districts of Ireland. . :;',O .„ THE CHARTIST LECTURERS. . Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that to-morrOrg he should move for a humble Address to her MajesVil.": praying her to take into consideration the catie of I , ', Mason, and the six other individuals confined i. 1.1 Pt i ... ~" ; ford gaol, with a view to their immediate- disciist., He should also move for the names of all persons Fi,. f had been appointed to offices under the Board' e• Stamps and faxes since the Ist of September last. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that to-morrow h e should move three resolutions to the following e ffect :-'-' First, that if the persons proved to ha ve been gal of the practices investigated by the Committee of In: quiry into election proceedings should escape witho!, ~ punishment, it would tend to bring this House illf contempt ; secondly, that the said pr acti c es were ..P_ violation of the liberties of the p eo p le, and of tay rules of the House ; thirdly, that it appeared freo',: what had taken place with re g a r d to r.,,„ elections at Nottingham, Reading , I p swich, Harwie Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, that the present lail were insufficient to protect the voter, and that there' .. fore Mr. Speaker be instructed that no writ dp her to fill up any vacancy in the representation of 1•1 10 e,.. 1 1 boroughs till further legislative measures had 1).!" 1; 1 . taken on the subject. _ AP •, LAW COURTS (IRELAND) BILL. -,%',- a .4 ' Mr. LITTON gave notice of his intention too • on Ol i. 'l certain amendments on going into Committee .. :, Bill. -, • ' . .. Mr. SHEIL gave notice that he should irl ove ' 1: : clause to be inserted in the Bill. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS 81LL..7. i ., .i i ;';'' Mr. C. BULLER moved that the Order,f3 .1 i , Day for . going into Committee on the -13.0.,...ra,• ./ Elections (No. 2) Bill he read, on which Mr. MACKINNON rose to move.thisl-111ht.eir re-committed that day six months. .1 1 4 ,- . 6o iif 1) - 0,t,: L ,' tamed two principles which he conceo"- ,- u ~ e n P 1,:11151 to be admitted, which principles it had not Y• .- ',., • he, .ttietrai power to contest before the Conpuuee ~ .., A '- 0 , 4 fore, thought it right to state his.OttleatißP . .P . ',.,* r 5l " 1 principles before the Speaker - .:leftl- t -Atie;'; t.) ; He (Mr. Mackinnon) owed his seat in that' ftiii4 'ft the local and personal influence he poSseised, in :,1 11 , neighbourhood, and the only danger he ,could 10.0 g 1 with respect to losing his seat, would"be 1)1,00 9 s tranger coming forward and bribing the conitituencYfl• and thereby depriving him of that influence 4 1 .0 1 : 1 ' returned him to that House. He said, for the INF.Z.I pose of satisfying the House, that he had no inter ,S of a personal nature in the remarks he was about3r . S make. The principles of the Bill which ,be a W g i tended against were those which militated; ; . 11 : 1 1,, , ' against the common statute law of the ; 131 : * ; . ' and next, against the privileges of the, I - Pt, He objected particularly to the 15th clause, vible gave a right to the Committee to examine Alerabrii. of Parliament, or other persons, on their oaths, o.#:,t ; their own criminality. The principle of that 4 11 _7'. was contrary to the spirit of the statute law. Ni Fi n .' in accordance with the importance of the subjectl: f ; alter the statute law by . a side-wind—by a clime. a Bill to prevent bribery at elections, instead 0t..'1, me a s ure being boldly brought forward, having for .3 7 . professed object the altering of the statute 10- 11 i' The next principle which it militated against, 0 , that which provided that a Commission shou ld be .14);. pointed, consisting of three Peers and four Menihe of Parliament, to inquire into certain cases of bribel:t . He wished seriously to call the attention of the 1 - I° l 7l to the importance of that clause. This clause vi 05 ,. 11 , vas t importance, as it altered the customs of Pa ll ', ment. The appointment of that Commission °7 O vested in the Crown, and that was placing it in tij A Minister of the day. He did not say his Og sf Honourable Friend would do so, as they all ko,„ e r his fairness ; but supposing they had a Mini % who was determined by any v i o l e nce to prevent Po opponents sitting in that House. Supposing anch or Minister found the Hon. Member for Montrose , the Hon. Member for Finsbury. a n annoyance -A,' (L aug ht e r) —and supposing he wished to abate..lis nuisance—(Laughter) — he wou l d g e t up a 11 4 6 bit of bribery in the borough of Montrose of _ se " , borough of Finsbury, and a petition would be P.',-4 sented to the House of Commons, and the buy of Commons being unable to i nve stigate the ) n ess, a Commission would be appointed.—(o!‘ The Commission might be a year making its reF3i so that a Member might be kept two years froa,, , 4 seat. By this Commission they made a Boarr,,-ii Record the judge of their privileges , and of all ISF, held most dear. They formed it out of three V'!'", one of whom was to be the Chairman , and four gli ° , l bers of that House , all appointed b y ,., i Minister of the day. Look for a inurneiivy the absurdity of that arrangement. They .0 , a Peer the right of voting for a Member of ~. • ment, they resisted his interference with their , leges, and yet by a singular inconsistency they OP ,tf now to make a Commission, having a Peer f 0 ; 1 1 . ;0 President, which should decide upon their pri4i,,, c o, and become a Board of Record. Never was any; mor e monstrous, it was the most cote .0 anomaly he ever heard of. And for what (l; 1 • was it to be formed ? What real objection , .4 they to the Committee as now formed? Thee objection was this, that they had no systematic nIF i i f of obtaining evidence, for the evidence vvhicil;' je Committee would receive another would reject. ;. , 4 , consequence of that was, that the Reports of -/f,iiiir A mittees on the same point frequently differed.. to required then some assessor, who would be aillY , Mt state what evidence ought, and what ought- •a to he received. Report said—he did not, it a i e l whether it was true—that the Noble made this Commission for the express purPf") putting as President at its head a Noble Loill. jig ex-Chancellor—who was very desirous of Obia i l . ', l ! t y such an appointment. Whether that was realli i `• , ( ii case he (Mr. Mackinnon) could not say, but .. r , had been whispered in certain circles. Ile ~i,,i. Mackinnon) maintained that they wanted no tlii mission of that sort. If they wanted A ' 5 . 3: A t rior tribunal, with an assessor to determin e ,I ',.i e . f l, evidence should be received and what zejet;eveo in Heaven's name let Mr. Speaker appoiP t i l or Members of that House, and get a Juut& di r a Sergeant-at-law to sit as assessor over this ,;. _.f i t mission, and direct the Member s what eakijf and what ought not to be received as evidenef:,,,eo any differences in the determinations of Comm ifiriolo had occurred, they had arisen, he wa s sure, T)tcoili any corruption or partiality on the part of d tn%live. inittee, but simply from their inability to ;% l ive. after the addresses of counsel on either sla_e , .. e iect• evidence it was their duty to receive and what. r .4 .-' the Under these circumstances he wasinaintained,,LP!" . l iot s o t r o l - u . se n les e s t , h b o u u t g. ll l . Commission which was proposed by this Bi n . tn o Constitutionif they allowed any one branch , 1 _ loc h t ho th ll a y t co th n e tr y arY w '. gislature to interfere with the other. Ile ri'vt, ,the, li)nroivreileag.pespre9hfe:l7eioinkc)tifstQhaotf loourd.ses,intra33rferfn ....gt, 17:31 02. otuoidthbeelizio,u7tihnieithee, ~ ci the y th e ` rear