The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-27 00:00:00

:t, a tt. ,c 64 tbi gorli ce : out * sUr the- JM ice . fit • eaeedings in the form suggested by his Right Hon. Friend. R had a very great objection to the House directing prosecu lions at all, b e li ev i ng that it was not strictly a Constitutional .Motle of Proceeding, and that it sent parties to their trial with a 'err considerable weight of prejudice against them. At least, 14 ' lbsonght there should be the clearest possible evidence that 'the .parties, if sent to t a k e t h e i r tr i a l , wou ld b e conv i cted by Iti•e Jury. • Lord J. A USSELL said his complaint was, not that the 14°,1- gentleman did not tell the Chancellor of the Exchequer, er any oilier individual, that it was his intention to oppose the • h e Suu did not rnment of th e H ouse, b ut what he complained of was, that publicly announce it to the House. If he bad done „,s 2 " — C i f he had stated that it was his intention to oppose the the to Monda he, for one, should have stayed till 'ae Motion had been m ad e, in order to have supported the mo ll"of her Majesty's Mini s t ers . Ore- N APIER said that he s upp or t e d th e adjournment to and moved, that the individual sh o uld b e re l ease d, t h e had h ear d the opinion of the Attorney-G e n era l, con ern eit fc it m ost to imp r i s o n an E ng li s h man i mproper l y . The ATTO RNEY -GENERAL differed from his Learned Friend the Member for Wo .dstock in his motion for the ad ..itairnment to Saturday He also differed with the Gallant ()di me'', be cause he did not . think it right, without due notice, and ae deliberation, that a vote of the H o u se s h ou ld b e se t a t noug ht. tipied trusted that the Nobl e L or d an d t h e H ouse would feel sa- With the explanation which his Hon. and Learned Friend h ad OW for th e t hi rd time given. He (the Attorney-Genera l) a 7at'tel that hi s H on. and Learned Friend had had no inten moo in the slightest degree to abstain from giving notice, and , 11.4 ,t be had, as far es he had the power of so doing, given notice ais intention. He entirely concurred in all that had fallen -- e s ° e' n the I.ear ne d Solicitor-General, and also much_ that had iuen . from his H on . and L earned Friend opposite, as to the ?Propriety of the present motioncould not concur with him in the view which he had taken of the St. Alban's Lite eas e- From his Learned Friend's remarks it would appear that prosecution at Hertford had failed because the Jury . had )rotpeurrimmaitiii.vdefu.l of H t e heir duty, and had been influenced by lin tot_o isratapteattleistiametly (the Attorney-General) thought it right i and explicitly that he did not think it r ight naeineed any person serving on that Jury that he wa s in hY anything but a desire tdischarge his duty honestly :nt• constitut ionally. Believing, s o h e did, that there were for t:nat prosecution, he could not forget that one of s e l,, - ,.. a ess'is was proved to have been confined in a lunatic forwi.thin the previous twelvemonth, and that another was tic e -eu t ° admit that he was commonly called by a name indica " 'oils utter want of veracity.—( Hear.) Those circum eer7eta had been dwelt on by the Learned Counsel for the de h, 4 in his able and animated address to the Jury, in which, swever, that Learned Gentleman had indulged in certain re '''ariss of Which he (the Attorney-General) could not approre, Zi ll !' d be (the Attorney-General) thought that no one had any a to express surprise at their verdict.—(Cheers,) That J t ` se W as no more the place for commenting on the verdict of n rY, than fur calling in question the direction of aJudge.— iiieend c heers.) Wi t h respect to the immediate question before fi use, although he ould at al times willingl " the orders of the House, w et he thou all times willingly order s of the House, yet lie thought that b the re y - : l nt moti on too great a deg r ee of responsibilit!y would p be I,"°ked upon the Att orney -G enera l. I t would ' oe devolving, ti t . on the A t torney- General th a t discretion antr i eekstrient which i n " 1-1 e alone ou g ht t o exerc i se. It wr s uld b e pla c ing him the situation of the House of Commoets, to call upon him to (Lecki e who should and who should not: 0 , hear ) his e would never shrink fr . prosecuted.—(Hear, dm the honest discharge of duty both to the House ano. to the public justice . of s ee e o f' s nt rY, but he must protest a' senst being placed in a situation w h i n ci tauch power and respon Ability, power to the exercise of a it would be so easy t attribute corrupt motives. treat tZe?,l H ,l ase a _ .yenience arose in t h e case o f Swan, who was named by t"e c ue, • for prosectstios e When the Report wa s ma d e on • it was doubtful whether there was sufficientmaterial in it fo r •btained clasessPbms:fec, ,ion, an d it was upon information d oubted that Swan was tried.—(Hear.) He had teli,tbe "ireseriety of this course, and if the House ahould s i t g at the time the prosecution was going on, .he to is , n ee t r-ainly have come down an d made a communication jalblic " - 11 . case. It was extremely undesirable to cast upon a Hu u es; • 4 P.cer associat e d w i t h t h e Government, the selection of e s - dals for prosecution, with respect to matters with which ZLI feeling was so much mixed up. If his Right Hon. d would bring a case before the House in which htibery siL ta lid be clearly proved, he thought the House, notwithstand n the observations of the Hon. Member for Worcester, would 7 .stal,tute a Prasecution. But it being a case without evidence, kith a the sanction of constitutional practice, and where the ~,,i 7 i l t st e Must give to a piablic o ffi cer the discretion and judgment c n uu . glit to belong to the House alone, he trusted his Right n ight would not persist in his motis,n, but withdraw it, than r esent it another time, when he should have selected 47.4., cases only in which there was not merely a tolerable, Al_ee,r_t!ti prospect of bringing the charge home to the parties. me g o t UNCOMBE said that it seemed to be admitted by e i.„t• and Learned Gentleman that there was not a suffi terlY clear case made out imainst any individual with regard Th swi ebe Now he (Mr, Buncombe) should say that even h ough a clear case could 'be made out, he would not be pre oedu to support the 'motion, for he entirely agreed with the ~hi.andtearned - Gentleman the Member for Worcester in li e Z.lngt.,hat the' House did not stand sufficiently high in pub- Puldi e it tim- —was not in suf f iciently good odour with the br's o f o tniable them to institute a prosecution upon a charge had ~,lery With any p rospect of success. Let them look to what the A g place on a former occasion. During the last session .tt orney-General was directed, on the motion of th e Ri g ht t e . ."" Gentleman, t o prosecute Dr. Webster for h av i ng a t- Pted ros to u ted briwasbe acquitted a certain elonector that occasion, to th e satis at St. Alban's. The partfac y tec ,'" of the public. Th a t was t h e result of the Right Honourable entleman's motion, showing that thi s sort o f proceeding, when Instituted by that House, was perfectly usel ess . I t was not by "eh proceedi ngs that they could obtain for that House the respect of the public. He believed there was no remedy for the evil but a remodelling of the whole frame-work of that liouse, anti a considerable extension of the class of electors ley ',whom that' House was returned. If the motion was pressed to at division, he should vote against the Right lion. Gentleman, • not only upon the ground that he had not made out a sufficient case, 'Jut because he thought the proceedings would be impel:- tial 'and unjust. 'Mr. DARRY said that his Right Hon. Friend had not ad rinitted, as the Hon. Gentleman seemed to suppose, that there had not been a strong case made out before the Election C ommittees of bribery to a great extent, although in many i ndividual cas es th e c h arge cou ld not perhaps be maintained. Vith respect to a case for pro secu ti on, a l t h oug h i f any person iv/tikes' through the evidence given before the Committee, they Would lind it mos t conc l us i ve, yet it would be di ffi cult for the ""'ney• General to found a prosecution upon it. „Mr. SAIYTHE said that the Hon. Member for Finsbury 'entered'° . Duncombe) had talked of a corrupt compromise being into in the cases of Canterbury and St. Alban's. As for I,"altalsself ( M r . S mythe), he could state that he was cognizant in no 1 00,, Ibi° way of a compromise taking place, and he never was Li on i su rprised th an w h en, on the morning on which the peti -141 it ai nat his return was to be proceeded with, he learned eutbe r ocution of that petition w as a b an d one d . Th e H on. ' e oPt Pinsbury had no more right to accuse him of cor tee,V,,,ettees, than he (Mr. S.) had to charge that P so n. — n ar ' with corrupt practices in the borough of Finsbury. tlha o t s the said, that in Canterbury end St. 'act i ney settled their a ccounts as well as they could; the whites h owever, that at deal of bribery took place that h e w as not known at all.—( Hear, hear. ) 13 e was sorry title" . c ould not support the motion of the Ris'at Hon. vans so so j the public were thoroughly aware ti at there never last T he uch corruption and bribery at arty election as at the 4resoslne Attorney General said he was knxious to find out ties for bribery. Now, what was the great impediment ties i n sen t te the investigation of b ribery ? 'The refusal of par siteionl— criminate themselves. Was it not possible for the trho ,LeY-General to bring in a Bill tf . ) ,ledemnify all witnesses .give evidence of bribery ?—(Hear, hear.) Tbe wrlsi e h ll t t h uent were quite strong .ee,dugh to carry any measure f0r%%14 Y might propose ; and 4 .ne public would not give them thei s i ve desiring to supprce4 bribery, unless they took some nerateP• Many per sons o f hi g h ran k were gu i lty of *hrd' a"d it was imr s issible but that m an y o f th ose w h o el l t " hint were . I nvo l ve d i n i t. Let them get a Bill ~utitrv " „ "l l , used' cats the proof of bribery, anti then the 'eted f .'" , Lu D'.,tieve them to be seriously disposed in finding a a' ( l "L it ; hut until that was done it would be hard to ue.t;ublic that that by which it was believed an o h ver- Was trio tuajority was returned to that House— . ( Oh, o )-- t r ,l'at is The object of their care. He had heard it calculated ~.‘"%fise s I;'"'t a million and a half.—(oh, oh !) Give him a the to inquire into it, and he would prove it. Such Thee ' e ( e xtent - of bribery, that the House was now called . a her r instead of a House of Commons. But . if °er e l in , en's svere ' thrown in their way in the discovery of bri :'eiltsl° Public ' would not credit their prefeeeions, and it was lateeslPuscd that those who were not tinged with bribery `' f it, e v . P k'ssere ready enough to avail themselves of the Tess halle He believed the Attorney-General would act inapar who"' • but there was no use in prosecuting the poor wretches t he N te t. , eived . b r ib es, ' while the greater miscreants who gave r'entaintel unpunished.—(llear, hear.) t!ie H. PEEL said it was a dangerous doctrine to hold that s tie s e - ' w oe received b r ib es ought not to be punished. He I R , - Rat that some two or three public prosecutions would have Th e effect on the constituencies in general.—( Hear, hear. ) tr question was not without its difficulties on each side ; the Ne e str oll ot of the illegality of the prosecutions . weig hed i Iss y LI with him, and he should decidedly object to the 'tree arouro,PPing up defective evidence by other testiMony. li t • r ase be unfortunate if the result of the inquiry shouli e t ant „ ere ss. -- see weakness of the law, and of the power of the 94 te i n Punish cases of this kind. On the whole, he thought r esult of the arguments was in favour of abstaining from With P : ° _, s eetition. .11e believed , the House could not be charged i itesire to shield bribery. But he should be exceedingly t haw, an impression went forth amon g . the constituent body, , iiesi „1 s s 'souse was unwilling to prosecnte in clear cases of bribery. ire t - ;e4ht it wo uld be very unfortunate if the House abstained, ia theleroseeusinga clear case of bribery, because the party was . t O He thought it a dangerous doctrine to say that parties t, w life were exempted, because the bribes w . ere given by par ila. in high 'life In the case of the Ipswich . e ection, th i e f : l a tit tl iti d i-n which unseated the Members was unanimous, an d . .tnt -therefore be said that the Committee were 71. %1 . bY party. He thought in all instances the Commit lirss7 'bair n a strong desire to investigate charges of bribery. Jew words from Mr. W. 0. STANLEY, which i atudible in the gallery, 11°ust' H UME said there was not a single individual in that t e Br denied denied th at b r ib ery had existed at the last election. b ee: rely believed that a sufficient number of Members had I,lok,,leturrid b bribery to turn the resent majority. Par 'iae4ss",t motion ought to be made to dissolve the present . a te e , " k 's and to give the electors an opportunity o f . making - "ill " Li nke of representatives, Parliament first having passed a h ltiV‘ b eh would make bribery impossible. kno,v"COTT, alter some remarks on the speech of Mr. w hy were indistinctly heard, said he 'wished to Pro: a ,, Wn Y the Hon Member for Montgomery (Mr. Wynn) . - ill; the present motion, had not done so with a view to uilt e e " g ss those ' individuals , who might have . been proved 6,;" giving or receiving bribes at the last elections for those 'ad Port • , hi'" s 6u ghs of Ip sw i c h an d S out h amp t on . If the moti on 'P p e, e it, ' o framed ' 't wou ld have received his (Mr. Fscott' s ) f t amed as it was ' genera l a manner, he mu s t in so s lr be ER NAL was af ra id th a t a great many of the mem ths-rn°' the constitutent body of this country were not alive to Nee d ora l obli gat i on which the franchise imposed. Until they ti ndle in th e minds and consciences of the constituent b odie s all th eir ." f eeling of the secredness of the trust reposed in them, efforts would be unavailing to check the evil. It was ails o n _te make propositions regarding bribery, if they did not thq t ,'fle Proper means of suppressine it. Every person knew cie , voter expected something. sa efl oc `; a 7 o l served yen, and you must serve me." Was it b a y s ys to the Mi:mb . er— Pre e, n they were to remedy the evil ? The dangerw key% leg• and they should meet it, and not suffer the . evil to e, h . , seeh strength as would prevent them from applying any II WA KLEYsatd, h e di d not think it fair the Hon. or 7 . °Lr oppo s of its (Mr. E scott) to attack the motives of his rrieed the Member for Montrose, and attributing to him It i r s e_ to bring the 'House into disrepute. The labours of his the eoth,nFriend were entirely unnecessary for that purpose, for i jo g u eould now disabuse the public mind of the belief that ki hs se was foully and corruptly constituted.—(Cheers.) st ",,, recent proceedings 'before the Election Committees g r ,, a 4t t ed the public in entertaining these opinions. He heard a was 4,)deal had teen said reg,rding bribery, but nothing te s „ ne to suppress it. Was not the foundation of the bri 4.4..iitzt.,eorruption that had taken place to be traced to the kr-4 84 Wai It began wills money. The representative of a 2.41 to have so niuCh money, and the money was still greater for the representation of a county. The voter was to have 10/. a year; and as long ss that system was con tinued, bribery and intimidation would take place. It was a mockery to pretend to dislike these, while the law from which they spring was maintained. Unless they gave the people the Suffrage, and the Vote by Ballot, the evil would still con tinue, and all their efforts would be regarded as a delusion by the pcople.—( Hear.) Mr. ESCOTT explained. Sir R. INGLIS said, that any person who had listened to the Hon. Member for Finsbury, would imagine they were dis cussing the Reform Bill—that measure which was to rain upon them so many blessings, and was to turn England into an Utopia. He had been induced to rise in erinsequence of the speech of his Friend, the Hon. Member for Weymouth. In much of that speech he concurred ; lie had given them mate ' rials fur thinking, but not for acting, and he had said little that had connexion with the motion before the House. He concurred with him that bribery was a sin, but it must be first decided what bribery was. His defini tion of bribery was, that it was something that induced him to vote against his conscience, whether he was a representative or an elector. He was most anxious to see men give their votes with a due regard to tioil and man, but the question was, bow was so desirable an object to be effected. On the whole, he did not see any reason for concurring in the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montgomery. Mr. WYNN would not press the motion against what appeared to him to be the general opinion of the House. In his opinion it would be anomalous to pass a law now against bribery if they did not show a disposition to enforce the existing law upon the subject : and the only way to en force any law was to proceed against the inlividuals who vio lated it. He should be most happy to join in any measure that would tend to check this pracsice. In bribery a man might receive as much money for voting according to his con science as for voting against it. He doubted whether he should proceed with his motion with respect to the other cases. Motion withdrawn. NEW WRIT FOR IPSWICH. ' Colonel RUSHBROOKE moved that a new writ be issued for the borough of Ipswich. - Mr. HUME had hoped that the Hon. and Gallant Member, after the proofs which had been given of bribery, would have waled till they had a chance of obtaining a better state of the law. The Committee on the Ipswich petition stated in their Report that the sitting Atembers were not duly electi•d; that they had, by their agents, been guilty of bribery ; and that the writ for the borough of Ipswich ought to be suspended until the evidence had received the consideration of the House. The three last elections had clearly proved the corrupt state of the borough. In fourteen days or three weeks they would have the Report of the Committee moved for by the Hon. and Learned .51etriber for Rath ;' he thought they should, at least, not issue the writ until that Report had been made. The Hon. Member concluded by moving that the debate be adjourned to that day month. Sir R. PEEL said be did not see sufficient ground for refusing to issal the writ. It would be a very bad ,-- ccedent he thought, to refuse to issue any writ because Ho'nourable Member had given n..tice of a Bill . In the case of Ipswich he cert-• ..In respect to bribery: stances which would justitc .-.nty saw 09 pec uliar circum- Lord JOHN TttT , a gm/Pen-mutt. ...,6ELL had thy great doubt whether in this case it 7.And be tight to suspend the writ. Upon the same g" . ..nd whith existed in this case it would be right to 511 "'...nd tiat itlit in every case of a similar kind. CA3ULLER said he could not understand the conduct of the Right Hon. Baronet in reference to the issuing of this writ. The borough had been convicted of gross bribery, and the House ought at once to declare that it would not issue the writ until a searching inquiry had taken place into all the eircemstrnces connected with the election. 1 Mr, WAKLEY said he believed there was sufficient evi dence before the House to justify them in suspending the writ permamently ; and he could not understand therefore, what objection the Right Hon. Baronet could have to suspend it for a single month.—( Hear, hear.) He sincerely hoped that the Right Hon. Baronet would see the propriety of suspending the writ for the time proposed by the motion 1 , 1 his Hon. Friend. It was absolutely necessary that some effectu:l remedy should be adopted for the gross corruption which was practised at elections, and was destroying the character of their legislation. Sir R. INGLIS thought that Hon. Members opposite were then endeavouring to do that by a side wind which they did not dare to do directly. Three weeks had been allowed to elapse since the Report of the Committee was made, and no one had thought of moving for the disfranchisement of the borough. Mr. ROEBUCK said the observation of the Right Hon. Baronet with respect to time, appeared to him to deserve very little weight. 'fhe subject then under the consideration of the House, and they had to consider in what way they should shape their measures. They were fully justified, therefore, in considering what had taken place, notwithstanding the time which had elapsed since the Report of the Committee was made. All that he asked was that the house should take into considera tion the evidence given before the Committee, so as to frame a legislative measure fer the prevention of bribery in future. He believed that the wisest course to pursue would be to do what the Committee desired, namely, to con sider the question thoroughly, and suspend their judgment till they had framed som e legislative measure on the subject, and then, and not till then, to issue the writ. Mr. HRISTIE would most cordially support the amend ment of the Hon. Member for Montrose. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the question was on what ground the House should interfere to prevent a place, having the privilege of sending a represen tative to Parliament, from continuing to exercise that privilege. He certainly could not agree with the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath on this subject, who thought that because there were suspicions of corrupt;on generally entertained with respect to various boroughs, therefore they should withhold the right of representation in one particular instance. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) thought that it would be establishing a dangerous precedent, if they adopted the course recommended by the Mon. ,Member for Montrose; and he should, therefore, vote against it. Mr. O'CONNELL thought that there was a clearer ground for continuing the suspension of the writ in the present in stance. Ipswich was now convicted of extensive bribery (that was the word), and not for the first time; cases of bribery La.( been proved against th e cons tit uency o f t h at borough within his own recollection. He would to-morrow, if no other Ilen. Member would do so, move for a Committee to,inquire whether the corruption had been so general in this borough as had been alleged. After a few words from Mr. DARBY, Mr. AGLIONBY said that his reason for voting for the suspension of the writ was his detestation of bribery, and his determination to put it down if possible. The present was the first opportunity he had, except on the occasion of the motion of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, of expressing his opinions on the subject. He thought the expressions of the only Member of the Committee present, bore him out in his opinion. The Committee having re ported that extensive bribery had prevailed, he thought that a case for inquiry was made out. They were• treading en dangerous ground, and trifling with the feel of the public on the subject. He was of opinion that the borough ought not to be disfranchised, but he thought a case for further inquiry was made out.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would lend his assistance for the pur pose of suppressing bribery. Lord STANLEY said, that as the Hon. Gentleman stated he did not know but that two Members favourable to his side of the House would be returned for the bor. , ugh of Ipswich, and took credit to himself for his impartiality in desiring the suspension of the writ on that account, his (Lord Stanley's) side of the House ought to be considered equally impartial in moving for the writ.—(Cheers.) He did not see any sufficient grounds for suspending the writ. It had been already suspended a month, and a motion was now made for a further suspension. He thought that the Hon. and Learned Member for 'Bath, when he made his motion, ought to have included Ipswich, as be now contended the writ ought to be suspended. Mr. ROEBUCK—The case was not reported to the House. Lord STANLEY—It was not, but the Committee reported that extensive bribery had prevailed ; and by the addition which the Hon. and Learned Member made to his motion, he included boroughs which were guilty of bribery.—( Hear. ) Why did not the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, who acted as inquisitor-general, and who certainly acted with fairness to wards all parties, include the borough of Ip3wich ? The other suspected boroughs enjoyed the benefit of representation, and he did not see why the borough of Ipswich should not pos sess the same advantage, It was not contended that, because Southampton, Nottingham, Lewes, and Reading, were under suspicion, they were not to have the benefit of representatives. These boroughs were to be considered innocent till they had been convicted ; and why was it proposed to take a different course with regard to Ipswich. Unless they were to reverse all principles of English law and justice, by punishing before conviction, he did not think they would be justified in sus pending the writ. Mr. HAWES thought there was no difference between the present case and that of Nottingham. In the case of ti e latter, a special inquiry was appointed on the statement of an H on.e Member of that House. In the former case, the borough was twice convicted, and the Committee who tried the last petition, reported that extensive bribery had been practised, and yet, in his case, they refused to suspend the writ. Where was the consistency of granting inquiry in one case, and refusing it in the other? There was no injustice in suspending the writ, because, if Ipswich were deprived of representatives, it was the act of the electors themselves.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. H. HINDE, who spoke amidst loud cries of " Divide, divide," supported the motion for the issuing of the writ. Sir T. , WILDE said that, if the borough of Ipswich had a right to be represented, the country also had a right that Mem bers should not be in that House owing to corrupt means.— ( Hear, hear.) The grounds for suspending the writ in the present instance were not slight, and it was proposed that it should he suspended until the House ascertained whether it ought to be issued at all.—(llear, hear, hear. ) If that inquiry were prolonged for an indefinite period, was that any reason why it should not take place at all ? Now, what were the grounds? The House had thought it right to grant a Committee for the purpose of inquiry into certain corrupt compromiset which had been entered into for the purpose of preventing inquiry into bribery. That Committee was granted upon the statement of an Hon. Member. It was said those places were not without Members. That was true ; but the House had done nothing to give them Members. The House had riot acted. In the case of Nottingham they were com pelled to act, and they had suspended the writ. So far as the cases were analogous at all, that would justify the suspension of the writ. When in the case of Nottingham they had re fused to issue the writ, was the present case, he would ask, dif ferent from that? In what state. would the House stand with the country, when it suspended a writ upon the suspicion of an Hon. Member, but would not do it upon theißeport of a Com mittee ?—( Hear, hear.) The Report of that Committee was, that they were satisfied that extensive bribery had taken place. They had not stated the extent of the bribery, and if, there fore, the House was sincere in wishing to know the extent of it they would refuse to issue the writ. Would it be decent to issue a writ to a constituency, whom a Committee of the House of Commons had found to be guilty of bribery? It had been said why was not a motion made on the subject before ? To that question he would answer, was the country to be injured be cause the House had neglected its duty?—(Hear, hear.) - If it had done so, let it perform it now. If any Honourable Member had neglected his duty, was that any reason why a corrupt constituency should return Members to Parliament ?—(Hear, hear.) A tribunal of that House had re ported that bribery had prevailed, and in the face of that was it to be said that the House would issue its writ? The Report of that Committee was a constitutional ground for staying the writ, and he trusted, therefore, that the House would adopt the pro position of the Hon Member for Montrose. Mr. REDHEAD YORKE rose to address the House, and was met with cries of " Question, question," and " Divide, divide." He said he rose to address the House, and was inter rupted.--(Laughter.) He represented a large constituency, and was entitled to be heard.—(Laughter.) He insisted upon justice, and if the House would not deal it out to him he could assure Hon. Members that they should be visited with some tedious specimens of his oratorical powers.—( Great laughter.) He threw upon the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government the whole of the odium of this discussion, because in October last he stated that bribery existed in the country to a most enormous and odious extent, and that it was the duty of the House to institute an inquiry with respect to it. Was the Right Hon. Baronet in earnest when he stated that, or not ? He thought, at first, that he was • but he doubted it extremely after the statements he had made that night. He (Mr. Y.) believed the House to be generally tainted, and he entertained that belief upon the faith of the statements of the Right Hon. Baronet; and strong as he was in_political power, after the statement he bad made in October last, if he was not the respectable man he (Mr. Y.) knew him to be—(Laughter) . . —he shou'd say that he had acted most disgracefully— (Cries of " Order, order")—rnost disgracefully in not taking an ex tensive Radical initiative upon a point that affected the morality and demoralization of the peeple.—( Laughter.) Mr FERRAND rose amid cries of ". Question,- quest'on," and " Dlvide, divide." All he would say was, that a rumour was abroad that the Hon. Member who had just sat down had spent many thousands of pounds in corrupting the worthy electors of the city of York.--( Great laughter.) Mr. R. YORKE was religiously in earnest—( Great laughter)—he was sorry that a religious allusion should cause laughter in the House—he was religiously in earnest in his desire to purify the abominations of that House—(Great , laughter)—and he could assure Hon. Members, if the circum stances connected with the election for the city Of York, w he. ther with reference to himself or his col'eague, should be made the subject of investigation, he would lend the House every possible assistance in his power ; and if, for the purposes of pu rity, which that House much wanted, he could have a guiren tee that that purification could be affected, he would apply for the Chiltern Hundreds to-morrow.—( Great laughter, and cries of " Question.") Mr. W. WYNN did not think the House would do its duty in suspending the writ unless it' had some ulterior mes sure in view. Colonel RUSHRROOKE replint. • Strangers were then et-dere - A to withdraw, and the Ilouse divided. The nuttibers For the peitponement Against it ... Majority against the pestpenement --19 On the Gallery being re-opened, Mr. O'CONNELL was addressing the House on the question that the writ do issue. He begged to call the attcn tien 'of the House to the Report of the Ctimmittee appointed to try the .petition from the herottgh of Ipswich. 'I hey had before them a distinct Report that extensive bribery had been committed; and was not that a prima facic case for au inquiry ? He would not repeat what had already been so strongly urged on this subject. in reference to the Nottingham petition; but the Hon. Member for Bath had proeored his Committee on mere surmise, est these Statements. He stood before the House to ttk for a Committee, supported by the decision of seven of its Members, sworn to investigate the 131.1blect.—( Hear, hear.) He did, therefore, respect fully call upon the House to follow up that inquiry. lii forming this Committee, they would helve the advantage of the one they had already appointed I no seven individuals would be so fit to conduct the investigation as those who formed the Committee, slid those Who Were added to their number would have the advantage of their huoitietlge. It might be said that this motion might to have been made sooner, but all he regretted Pett y that it had fallen into his hands at all. It Wee kit a brief period since the paper had been ittilea, and was that a reason for refusing that Committee ? if the House decided against the inquiry, w 0i11 . ,( 1 ....ne public believe that they were anxious for investiga tion? They would consider their declarations as mere asser tions. He was anxious to see Their Words followed up by deeds. He wished the Report of that Committee to be read by the ;,t the table, and concluded by moving that a Committee be aprpointed to investigate the bribery that had taken place at the glee ion forNswich. The Report having been read, Lord SEYMOUR said the question before the House was, whether they should inquire or not into the existence of bribery, and whether a writ should be issued ? They had heard the Right Hon. Baronet say he was anxious to put an end) ot bribery. Why then would be not inquire, and take this oppor tunity of putting an end to the practice ? He believed that it was no advantage to any party in the House, and he should like to see an inquiry, in order that it might be suppressed. He should like to see the Right Hon. Baronet, instead of making long speeches on the subject, agreeing to the inquiry—agreeing to let them know how far this bribery had extended. The public would not otherwise believe he was in earnest, and he wished to see whether the Right Hon. Baronet would assist this side of the House in putting an end to such practices. Sir R. H. INGLIS did not know where the Noble Lord had been for the last two or three hours. He could not have been listening to the debate, or the last complaint he would have made would have been that her Majesty's Ministers had been silent on this question. Cabinet Minister after Cabinet Mi nister had risen to give their opinion on the subject. Notwith stancine all that had been-urged against the motion by the Noble Ldrd, he was prepared to divide against him, and in doing so he Would have the concurrence of some of those who cheered the observation. The Hon. and Learned. Gentleman laid great stress upon the fact, that the Committee was a sworn Com mittee; yet he now wished to refer the matter froin the deci sion of the seven sworn Members, to eleven who were not sworn—to the evidence of witnesses not sworn—to a Com mittee that had not even the power to compel the attendance of witnesses. Under what circumstances did the case come before them. On the 23d of April the Report was made ; On that day the House sat. On that day the Hon. Member for Durham made a motion that a writ be issued. A motion was made on the opposite side of the House that the writ should not be issued until the sixth of the next month. That motion and the amendment were withdrawn, and the question was left an open question for the House to take up. With all submis sion to that House, and respect for a great majority of them, he still felt that the House was not a competent tribunal to inves tigate this case. Mr. C. WOOD said no one could accuse the Hon. Baronet of inconsistency, but it surpassed his comprehension to dis cover how any person who assented to the appointment of a Committee to inquire into bribery—how they could assent to the suspension of the writ of Nottingham, on the ground that a Committee was to be appointed; he said it passed his comprehension how these gentlemen could resist that inquiry, and resisting that inquiry urge the issuing the writ for Nottingham. Bribery had been alleged at Ipswich and Nottingham; so faras they knew, except from rumour, the Hon: Gentleman had no knowledge that bribery had taken place at Nottingham. They had the report of the Election Committee that bribery had prevailed at Ips wich, and, on the strength of rumour, the House had appointed a Committee to inquire into the existence of bribery at Not tingham, and he asked how could they ,refuse to a ppoint a Com mittee to inquire into bribery at Ipswich, which was known to exist, by a Report of their own Committee ? With respect to the motion of the Hon. Member for Berkshire, he admitted they might. support consistently that motion. But he asked whether her Majesty's Government was consistent in refusing a Committee to inquire into alleged bribery at Nottingham upon the unsupported assertion of one Member ? If they had the slightest regard to the character ot that house—if they were to act on an intelligible rule which thg people could understand—it seemed to him to be perfectly im possible for them to do so. It might be well to say the Govern ment would- support any reasonable Bill that might be brought forward, if they were not prepared to take the first step to inquire into the bribery, and upon that to found a measure. That would be an intelligible course, but he would say that anything more grossly in c onsistent than the course proposed was never submitted to that House. Sir R. PEEL said, the other night he gave his vote for the inquiry moved for by the lion. Member for Bath, as he wished to give all the assistance in his power for the purpose of for warding the object of the Hon. Gentleman, and he voted for the suspension of the writ ix the case of Nottingham on those grounds. The Hon. Member charged certain Members of that House with what he called corrupt compromises, for the purpose of avoiding an inquiry into bribery. He stated that he was enabled to establish certain facts, and he would prove them to the House if a Committee of Inquiry were granted. It was need less to refer to the four other cases, which were included in that motion. The lion. Gentleman stated that a bond had passed in the case of Nottingham, and that money had been given in that case that no opposition should be offered in the event of the sitting Member vacating his scat, and a new election had. The Hon. and Learned Member stated that this motion did net rest upon his unsupported, assertion, but that there were facts in corroboration, as the Committee had declared that the election of the sitting Member was not void, but that he was entitled to the election. Yet, notwithstanding the Report ,of that Committee, affirming the election to be a good one, one of the Members accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and vacated his seat. Under these circumstances the House assented to appoint a Committee, and he (Sir R. Peel) gave his vote in favour of the suspension of a writ issued under these circumstances. The Committee having stated that the election was a good one, the seat was vacated next day. He ( Sir R. Peel) therefore thought that these facts were strongly confirmatory of the charge of the Hon: and Learned Gentle man. The Noble:Lord opposite expressed his intention of op posing him (Sir R. Peel), and that he should do so from his own conscientious views of the case. lie (Sir R. Peel) never charged the Noble Lord with making plausible speeches against bribery and then giving his vote for it. If he intended to give his ( Sir R. Peel's) vote against his view ()idle case, he would submit to the imputation. But he knew absolutely nothing as to the result of the election. It probably might end in the return of an Honourable Gentleman professing the opi. nions •of gentlemen opposite, and it might end in the return of a gentleman of opposite opinions. He hardly thought it necessary to say that no consideration of that kind influenced the vote which he intended to give. He had said, from the first, that he thought the House ought to be care ful how they interfered with the rights of c nstitueneies to have representatives in that House, and that the less inter-. ference in those rights the better. But he thought, that if a, majority of that House agreed to this course, there would he no sensible limit to it. It was a power lodged in that House . to be exercised on individual authority. Notice had been given'the other night by an lion. Member, that he should move for a new writ, and his Hon. Friend gave notice of a • motion for an early day, to direct the Attorney-General to prosecute; and he had been willing to consent to the suspen sion of the writ until the sense ot the House had been taken on that motion. But still he retained his opinion, that if the House acted in conformity to the mode it had hitherto acted, it would not then withhold the issuing of that writ under the present circum stances. A Report,had been made hy au Election Committco, then ncarly . a month since, in the case of the Ipswich election, and that Committee recommended the House not to issue the writ until the evidence,was published. On the motion for the suspension of the writ until the printing of the evidence; the Hon. Member Or Droitwich, shortly after that public intima tion had been made, said that it was not the intention of the Committee to move the suspension of the writ. For the purpose of avoiding further proceedings that public intimation was given to the House of Commons. He (Sir R. Peel) did not think himself justified in proposing any measure for the disfranchisement of the borough. He presumed that was the conclusion to which every individual Member of that House had come also. No other Member of the Committee gave notice of any proceedings with reference to further in quiry, and it was not until that night that a motion for an inquiry was instituted. They had also notice of another motion. They came to the discussion of that question, and the debate began by the Hon. Member for Montrose pro posing an indefinite postponement of the writ; and he then proposed that it should be postpored for a month, as it was proposed to bring forward the Bill for the prevention of Bribery; and he consequently wished that the election might not be held until after this Bill Was passed. The Hon. Gen tleman supported the suspension of the writ on those grounds. He said that a Committee had been appointed for the purpose of conducting an inquiry, and on the result of that inquiry a Bill would be framed ; and that it would be material for the House to know what were the characteristics of that bribery in the several eases to which reference had been made, and that .the issuing of the writ should be suspended until the result of that inquiry was known, and some legislative measure founded on it. He said no notice had been given of the intention to introduce the Bill. He thought the Noble Lord and himself had expressed a desire to co-operate in measures for the preven tion of bribery. No such measures were now, however, before the House ; it would therefore be thought unfair to prevent a constituent body from returning a Member to that House until the proceeding had received the sanction of both Houses of Parliament, He thought it h'ghly improbable that the Bill would disqualify individual voters, and lie did not see what bearing the Bill had with regard to Ipswich; at a late hour of the evening, all of a sudden, influenced, he supposed ; b y t h e arguments which had been advanced, gave notice that he should move for an inquiry. He ( Sir R. Peel) thought that a notice for inquiry, given under such circumstances, was not entitled to much weight. It appeared as if the House r n o d un t d h s e fo i r ssu s e u ch o f a t p h r e oce w e r d i i t n , g b , u a t i a b n Hon. Me m b er for an i nqu i ry .— suspend the issue of the writ, but having no very plausible g spe motion no gn d e tlney very m v i e n r e ay d d epl to abuy s ( Hear.) . That was the history of the circumstances under which the suspension of this writ was to take place.--( Hear.) ' He believed it was quite possitile . so to constitute a Committee that their inquiry should be satisfactory and complete he did not distrust the Committee ; he only referred to the . eire cumstance of no notice having been given as a strong proof that they did not feel their case to be sof the borough. That ficient to warrant them in disfranchising (*C; ,he , tee' r 00 re," what c I _ , • IRE SU V, LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, AA V 21', 1842. was the opinion he entertained. He thought that to suspend the issuing of this writ, on a notice niven under these circum stances, would not be acting seem ding to precedent, would be contrary to justice, and would be to uie great prejudice of the public interests. He believed that bribery had been committed at Ipswich. He was satisfied of that. He believed the decision come to by the Committee was a just one, but he did not think that there were sufficient grounds to deprive the lowest portion of the constituents of that borough of their frau. chile, and they had no evidence to show what number had been guilty of bribery. He thought the danger of the precedent of suspending the writ overwhelmed the arguments for an inquiry, and on these grounds, therefore, he must oppose the suspension of the writ. Capt BERKELEY would give his vote for the suspension of the writ. 'I he House then divided. The numbers were— For the original motion 133 For the amendment Majority —l4 Mr. MILNER GIBSON moved, pursuant to notice, for leave to brj:q; in a Bill to prevent persons in England and Wales from losing their votes at an election, by removal after the pre ceding registration." Tho SPEAKER was about to put the question. when Mr. I3AGGE rose to object to the motion, and was about to proced to state his views on the subject, when the Hon. Gen tleman was interrupted by Mr. FOX MAULE rising to order. He said, the Speaker had put the question, and the motion bad been: agreed to, and therefore, that it was not competent for the Hon. Gentle man now to oppose the motion. 'I he SPEAKER said that he understood the Hon. Gentle man had risen before the question had been put, but that ha hail nut perceived hint. Mr. IiAGGE then commenced a statement of his objec tions to the measure, but. owing to the noise in the body of the House, the Hon. Gentleman's observations were not distinctly heard in the gallery:.. Mr. M. GIBSON hoped the Hon. Member would not di vide the House against his motion. Sir J. GRAHAM was not prepared on the present occasion to resist the motion of the Hon. Member for Manchester (Mr. M. Gibson.) He (Sir J. Graham) thought the ,matter well worthy of discussion, and he hoped his Hon. Friend would not press his opposition to it. Lnrd POLLINGTON trusted that the Hon. Gentleman could not press his objections to the present motion, which Ile thought was a very reasonable one. Mr. BAGGE said, that after what had fallen from Hon. Hon. Gentlemen, he would withdraw his opposition for the present ; but, on the second reading of the Bill, he would enter into a statement of the grounds of his opposition. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. The SPEAKER having called upon Lord Stanley in the Notices of Motion. Lord STANLEY said, that if the Hon. Gentleman oppo site (Mr. C. Buller) chose to bring forward the motion which he had upon the paper, he (Lord Stanley) would give him precedence, Mr. C. BULLER said, that the House would understand that this was a matter in which he coWd not act solely with re gard to himself. Much was due to the position of the Hon. Members for Bridport (Mr. B. Cochrane, and Mr. Mitchell). Mr. B. COCHRANE objected to going on with the motion at that late hour of the Mr. MITCHELL said, that he and his Hon. Colleague would have pretty long statements to make on the subject, and one Hon. Gentleman, at least, was, he was aware, to reply to them. He, therefore, objected to the motion coming on at so advanced an hour of the evening. __ _ Sir 11. PEEL said, that he would be willing to give the Hon. Members precedence to-morrow, for the purpose of their giving personal explanations on the matter ; but he could not do that without trenching too much upon the time which should be necessarily given to the tariff, and on Monday they must take the Income-tax. After a few words from Mr. BULLER and Mr. MITCHELL, Sir R. PEEL said that the best course was to bring on the tariff at five o'clock, and let it continue till ten to-morrow evening, and then that this subject could be brought o n . He trusted Hon. Gentleman would have the goodness to study com pression in their arguments.—(Laughter. ) Mr. MITCHELL expressed himself satisfied with that ar rangement. The conversation here dropped. NEWFOUNDLAND. Lord STANLEY rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to enable her Majesty to make further provision for the govern ment of Newfoundland. The Noble Lerd said he would not trespass long upon the indulgence of the House. A constitu , tion had been first granted to the colony of Newfoundland in the year 1831, upon the declaration of the colony that they were willing to take upon themselves the expenses of adminis tration. The Noble Lord who had preceded him (Lord Stanley) had, in accordance with a recommendation con tained in a Report of the Governor of the colony, authorised the suspension of the Representative Assembly of the colon , till time was taken to consider the state in which the colony was. The qualification which he had to propose, in compliance with the recommendations he received, on which he thought he might rely„ was a 40e. freehold in counties. He also proposed to introduce a provision that a certain period of residence would be necessary. In towns he took the qualification at N., and he was given to understand that that would give the franchise to all persons who possessed anything better than a mere cabin, and would not exclude any person who ought to he possessed of the franchise. These were the regulations for the qualification of electors. With regard to the qualification of candidates he proposed that any person possessing 1001. a year might be a candidate. He also proposed to introduce, in compliance with the constitutional practice in this country, that the initiation of all money votes should be reserved for the Crown, which was the more necessary in consequence of the state of parties in the colony. Another important provision he meant to introduce was to combine the elective principle with that of nomination on the part of the Crown in the composition of the Council. He meant to propose that ten persons nomi nated by the . Crown, and fifteep chosen by the Howe of Assembly, should constitute the Council, and that they should meet together. He thought the adoption of this course would act beneficially in pieventing both Houses wasting the public time upon discussions of their respective rights and privileges. In small colonies, and even in larger ones, the pnblic business was better conducted by the elected and nominated Members meeting together; and it was ith this object that he proposed to introduce into the Bill this novelty in the constitution of Newfoundland. He had stated very imperfectly to the House the mode of proceeding with respect to this Bill, and he had cot.fined himself merely to the . . provisions he intended to introduce, and he would not take up the time of the House further, but merely move for leave to bring in the Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL implored the Noble Lord to bring in a Bill to annihilate the constitution of Newfoundland, and allow the people to take the Government into their own hands. He thought the people of Newfoundland had been treated through• out in an unfair manner. There were large London houses connected with Newfoundland, and this leg islation was for the benefit of those houses, who exercised the principal power in Newfoundland. The Noble Lord might tell him that it was not his intention to make this a religious ques tion ; but the effect of it would be so, because it would be only the poorer classes of the Catholic population who would be affected by it. Although he would not divide the House at the present moment, it wiks his determination not to allow the Bill to pass another stage, without taking the sense of the Howe upon it. • Mr. C. BULLER believed the Bill was calculated, instead of producing harmony in the colonies, to perpetuate feuds and disturbances. _ _ HOWARD said it was impossible to over-rate the importance of the colony of Newfoundland; it — was one of the best nurseries of their seamen, and it was altogether well calculated to develope the hardy energies of this country. , He thought that they might, with respect to its constituencies, very safely adopt the system of household suffrage. He thought, too, that they ought to increase the allowance given to the Catholic clergy. Mr. S. O'BRIEN asked the Noble Lord whether he had any objection to lay before the House the papers which justi fied his bringing in this Bill? There were a great many Members very imperfectly acquainted with the subject. Lord STANLEY said he was not imposing any re. striations whatever; he was, ill fact, proposing a legislature. which hit predecessors had placed in abeyance. The evidence taken before the Committee appointed by the Noble Lord the Member for London was not printed, b ecause it was ex parte ; he aid not rely on it, and therefore did not wish to produce it, or revive: the ,dissensions which its publication would cause. The papers he relied on were the papers of the Noble Lord the Member for London. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. NEW SOUTH WALES. Lord STANLEY moved fur leave to bring in a Dill fo' making farther provision for the government of Now South Wales. The Act by which the colony was governed expired in 1836, and had been continued by successive Acts since that period. He had founded his Bill on that of the Noble L'rd who preceded him, with some altera ions and amendments, and' he had reason t o hope that the measure would be approved of by many different interests in the colony. Leave was given to bring in the 13ill. CORK ELECTION. Lord BERNARD moved that the minutes of proceedings and evidence taken before the Select Committee on the County of Cork Election petition be laid o n th e t a ble. Mr. O'CONNELL seconded the motion, which, after a short conversation, was agreed to. PAYMENT OF WAGES COMMITTEE. On the motion of Mr. FERRAND, Sir B. Hall was added to this Committee. SELECT' CUJIDIITTEE UN COURTS OF LAW AND EQUITY. On the, motion of Sir T. WILDE the following gentlemen were nominated to this Committee :—Sir T, Wilde, Sir James Graham, Mr. Attorney-General, Mr. Solicitor-General, .111 r. Pemberton, Sir Eardley Wilmot, Mr. Rayter, Mr. Strutt, ' Villiers Mr. Aglionby Mr. Richards, Mr. Tancred , Mr. C. Buller, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Ralph Bernal. NEWFOUNDLAND BILL. This Bill was read a first time, NEW SOUTH WALES BILL, This Bill was also read a first time. MANSLAUGHTER BILL, Sir 1. FREMANTLE moved the anoint reading of this Bill, which was agreci to. WITNESSES INDEMNITY BILL. Mr. ROEI3LICK moved the second reading of this 8113. Sir R. PEEL said he did not intend to oppose the second time, and ordered to , reading, but he should have to propose a verbal amendment in Committee, in order to make the Bill conformable with pre. cedent. After a few words from Sir R. In . ctis and Mr. ROEBUCK, in 'Tad a second b e Theepl committeda House ation t: Bill adjourned u r was rned at One o'Clock. Stourbrid ge , an d The Earl of Morley and. Captain C. Bulk e l ey have been recently elected Commodore and Vice-Comm o d ore o f t h e Royal Western Yacht Club. The state of things at Dudley, the neighbourhood, is, if possible , becoming more gloomy than ever. The colliers have refused to work at the reduction of wages proposed by their employers ; the stocks of coal being nearly exhausted, it is believed that, in a few 4.. 8, ; unless the colliers resume their occupation, most of the iron works will of necessity be closed; and the evil will of course extend speedily to other trades and interests. T he appearance of the working classes is abject in the extreme, and the pawnbrokers' shops are now closed against them.— Worcester Journal. it is in contemplation, says the National, to form a General Railroad Committee, to be composed of a delegate from the members of each of the Railroad Directors, so that all may profit by a communication of the improvements derived from the experience Of each. We hear that W. A. 11. Arundell, E sq., has lately purchased the Trebursye estate in Cornwall, formerly the pro perty of the Earl of St. Germains, by whom the mansion was built; and that Mr. Arundell intends very s h ortl .. y to reside again in his native county. It is also said that Lilton Park, and a portion of his extensive and beautiful deraese in Devon, will be offered for sale.— Western Luminary. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince de Joinville and the Duke de Monlpensier, sons of the King of the Fren c h, are not expected to arrive on a visit to her Majesty until the middle of next month. THE TARIFF.—AgaM the Corn Excha nge mar k et note affords proof of the groundlessness of the cry of the panic mongers against Sir Robert Peel's ~ sliding scale. Wheat and oats rose in the market this clay--the for mer I s ., t h e latter 6d. a barrel. Thi s i s c h e ering PeWa "far the farmer!. Dublin Packet. —JavtrA f NEW NOVEL, by tho AUTHOR of "THE FLI ItT." Just ready, in 3 rob., post tiro. 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Applications fo , Boxes and Stalls tor the remainder of the Season, to be made at Mr. Mitchell's I.ibrary, 33, Old Bond-stieet ; Mr. Se guin's, 12, Regent.street ; Mr. Sams's, St. James's-street ;,...a.nd at the Box.offiee of the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven till Five o'clock. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, arc respectfully Informed that ON YS, TUESDAYS, AND THUIVKDAY 4 , GRAND FESTIVALS will be celebrated, in which will be embo died all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou rite place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in troductions, which it is confidently anticipa•ed will render them even more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im. portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. The Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled. Th.?. BAND will includs some of the most eminent Performers, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. The Programme of the PROMENADES MUSICALES will be selected from the noblest works of the great Masters. The ILLUMINATION of ST. PETER'S, the GIRANDOLA, ti.e FI.AM:NG MESSEN. GEIt, the METEOR of ST. PETER'S, and a Grand HYDRO PYRRHIC TABLEAU The Gardens are open Daily from. Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the Plomenades Musicales, Illumination of St. Peter's, Girandola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Admission One Shilling. All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Xmmoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of " The Sun." ''- 4 -pi*T L 4‘ h 4 N ) , ,116 4 ' c! , Ar *. N . Z.• • t ,,„v , li•L:4t'- a, : cc f a'‘... • 1-.- —„ . , sr .7 is • , -,-;0 , s., :;.; :,*., ~, ot , i.. 71 .7 , 1 ~.,41,,....%.., ••• ' •••• .0.7 . # '' ~, ` ~ ~~s ~~ LONDON FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1842. The House of Commons was engaged nearly the whole of the evening with discussions about bribery and Ips wich, which ended in withdrawing a motion to instruct the Attorney-General to prosecute persons for bribery, in refusing to appoint a Committee to inquire into the bribery at Ipswich, and in issuing a new writ for that immaculate borough. We infer from something which Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that he has consented to Mr. iloatticter Committee, as much with a view to en trap that Hon. Member into a failure as to put down bribery ; and, consistently with that view of his conduct, he voted to issue the writ for Ipswich, while he earnestly deprecated all allusion to motives. The result is tha t bribery is not to be prosecuted, and a borough already convicted of corruption is to be invited to repeat the late disgusting scene of gross bribery. Sir ROBERT Nous, in the course of the discussion, observed iery correctly, that Committees of the House were not to be trusted, and were not trusted even - when they had to decide on oath. We know no other tribunal of the empire of which this can be said, or even justly insinuated, The Hon. Baronet concluded, a fortiori, that Committees of the House, prosecuting an inquiry not on oath, and having no power to administer an oath, were not for a moment to be confided in, e.nd therefore be con scientiously opposed Mr. O'CONNELL'S motion. On the Hon. Baronet's view, all inquiries by Committees must be useless, and the decision of a Committee, be it what it might, would not command the confidence of the public. Such is already the condition, according to one of its own Members, to which the House of Commons is reduced. From that • House, therefore, we cannot hope to receive any inettsure to check bribery. Do we intrust the guardianship of pro perty to the thieves of the metropolis 7. Po we employ smugglers to collect and take care of the revetit D o we expect that the insane .should cure our lUnatics ? W' do not. Why, then, should we expect the cure of bribery from a knot of bribers ? The decision of the House of Commons, last night, was 'in accordance with its character, and we are far less sur prised at that, than at its having granted Mr. ROE BUCK'I Committee ; though that is now explained, by ' some old stagers supposing it will be a trap to catch the ingenuous Young man. lie has undertaken to prove what they believe he will fail to prove. -We hope, how ever, that he may outwit the cunning 01d foxes, and escape without, iihe thezn i hcitiour and character. An explanation affordtd last night, by the Duke of IltmtitNotoit !old the Ir'ati of IlinoN, of their igtiortttiet of die t*i§tette Vt . £°rfhe Clneett's Let ter." Both these Noble Lords werd Its say that they were present in the Council when it Witt It solved to ig.ltit iitteit ti itiltift but they were not aware that the order had peen tatrioti . Such n subjedt jUstiy tiftbrded Lord kfidlititi it bandit for a littictnerrittletit i aid tie fbilti,M fife tittl is'Tcible Lords about the Government being carrieii dli rtson with a set of clerks. I n consequence, prob a bly, o Loft] KINNAIRD'S notice of the subject the letter has now found its wfty before the public, and will be found in another column of The Sot, In the documents which accompany the itttef i the dis tress at Stockport, it is said, " did not assume a very aggravated character, until within the last eight months." It is coeval, therefore, with the accession to office of th. PEEL Ministry ; and it does not seem difficult to trace a connexion between them& The nepoft of the Assistant Poor-law Conunissioncf.s, euticomittk Stockport, states that, in the month ofAugust last, the twolarge factories of Messrs, LANE and SONS and Messrs. CARR and Co., stopped wnrk,and t i tt l / 4 4 nut o f employment about 3,000 hands. But what had Sir noun PauL's accession to Ace to do with that ? Much. To that period, the mill owners might indulge a hope that trade would be re stored by the propositions of the late Ministers respect ing corn, sugar, timber, and coffee, All hope was in August extinguished, and the stoppage might be the consequence of Sir,ltottrarr PEEL'S success. In Mr. ASHTON'S evidence, who Is an occupier of mills in Hyde, he states that one cause of the depression of the cotton trade is the duties on foreign sugars, of which he is an importer. The late Ministers proposed to alter those duties, and such an alteratlon would no doubt have been extremely beneficial to al . e whole cotton trade, and had it been carried into effect would most probably have saved Stockport from the accession of calamity - which fell on it in August last. The proposed alteration of the Corn 7 laws would have had kinign l r Offeco to tho t alteration in the sugar duties, and thus the Auneese of Sii ROW= PEEL, in preventipg those Rite; rations, is the real cause of the aggravation of the public distress which ha taken place during the last eight months. That distress, which his success aggravat!. , (l, he has yet done nothing to relieve; and, in,spite of his brilliant promises, his Administration will probably be known to posterity as the inefficient and deplorable Mirtstry. --- BALL 'FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SPITALFIELDS' WEAVERS, AT HER MA JESTY'S THEATRE. The Ball for the benefit of the Spite Melds Weavers took place at her Majesty's Theatre last evening, and a more gorgeously brilliant assemblage of beauty, rank, and fashion, it has seldom been our lot to witness. The ball was under the immediate patronage of her Ma jesty, who had graciously- signified her intention of honouring it with her presence, and it must have been highly gratifying to her Majesty to find her loyal subjects coming forward in the manner they have done to carry out her benevolent intentions for the relief of the suffering population of Spitalfields. Never before has the Italian Opera-house been so crammed. The pit was boarded over, and, with the stage, formed a splendid " Salon de danse,". tastefully hung with dra peries, which were festooned round the sides of the boxes, and adorned with trophies, ancient armour, and standards of different nations. The four centre boxes of each tier were removed, in order to make room for.the erection of the Royal Pavilion. This was supported by five gilt-fluted columns, and surmounted by the Royal arms. On the front was a Royal crown, embroi dered in gold, and the interior was illuminated by three large chandeliers. Weippert's quadrille band was stationed in a raised orchestra, at the hack of the stage, and the band of the Horse Guards occupied the front of the gallery, immediately above the gallery stalls. The concert-room was fitted up as a refreshment-room. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their suites, entered the Royal Pavilion at ten o'clock, and were greeted with loud shouts of congratulation from the thousands at that time assembled within the walls of the theatre. Iler Majesty and his Royal highness gracefully acknowledged the compliment thus paid to them. The bands then commenced the National Anthem, and the coup d'oeil presented by the theatre at that Moment was striking in the extreme; The im mense area of the theatre was crammed to suffoeation by persons in every variety of costume—officers in the uniform of every regiment' that is or ever hag. been in the service; Turks and Greeks, Jews and Arme nians, Ilighlanders and Mollahs, Laplanders and Nea politans—all were there. The boxes were crowded with the elite of rank, fashion, and beauty, and the whole sa loon was resplendent with diamonds and brilliants. All rose en mime as the National Anthem struck up ; and such a display of beauty and wealth and elegance, of talent and honour and probity (for some of the nobles 4 and worthiest of the land were there), united to pay their willing homage to their Sovereign, might well have !nude that Sovereign feel proud of reigning over such a people. Dancing then commenced, and continued at intervals, but the saloon was so crowded. that at times it was impossible to clear a sufficient space even to get up a quadrille. Her Majesty took her seat in the front of the box, and seemed highly delighted with watching 'lie busy scene. Her Majesty was dressed in a rich satin Iress of Spitalfields manufacture, and wore the riband of the Order of the Garter; her hair was dressed a la Clovis, and on her head she wore a splendid tiara of brilliants. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was dressed in Field-Marshal's uniform, and wore the decorations of the Garter, and of several other orders. At intervals during the evening, several of the Nobility present entered the Royal box, for the purpose of paying their respects to her Majesty. Among them we observed their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam • bridge, her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta of Cam bridge, their Serene 'Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe. Weimar, and his Excellency Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambazsador. His Grace the Duke of Wel lingtOn, dressed in a Field-Marshal's uniform, and wear ing several orders, entered her Majesty's box, about 11 o'clock, and having paid his respects to her Majesty, retired. His Grace was loudly cheered, and repeatedly ac knowledged the compliment by bowing. His Serene Highness, the Duke of Brunswick and suite, occupied a box in the lower tier. The Marquis of Normanby was in the saloon, as were Sir Charles Wetherell, Mr. Erle, and Mr. Hume M.P. Her Majesty and Prince Athert and ;heir suite, retired to the Royal refreshment room- shortly after eleven o'clock, and after an absence of about a quarter of an hour returned to the Royal box. Her Majesty finally left the theatre at about a quarter after twelve. On retiring her Majesty was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering, and the bands, as on her entrance, played the National Anthem. Nothing cot'md exceed the grace and affability with which her Majesty received those who had the privilege of the entree to the Royal box. Her Majesty's kindness and condescension seemed to be thoroughly appreciated by all present. After her Majesty's departure parties began to betake themselves to the x;freshment-room, and the saloon be came somewhat less crowded. SpaCe was thus obtained for dancing. Sets of quadrilles were formed ; circles of waltzes began to move in " the mazy round;" crushing was nelonger the order of the night; and those desirous of reaching any particular point, had a chance of doing so, without being carried away by the stream of promenaders. Such, however, had not been the cas.:.e during the earlier pert of the ever'ng. At the time her Majesty ler.; the theatre, not less than five thou sand were present. The dancing was kept up with great spirit during the remainder of the evening, and it was not until five o'clock that the whole of the company had taken their departure. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by their suite, left Buckingham Palace, at ten o'clock, last night, to honour with their presence, the Ball at her Majesty's Theatre, given for the benefit of the Spits'fields' weavers. The Royal party left the Palace in State in the following order :—The first carriage, con veying the Groom in Waiting, Captain Meynel: ; the Equerry to the Prince, Colonel IVylde ; the Alaster of the Household, the lion. Charles Augustus Murray ; the Groom to the Prince, Captain Francis Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards. The second carriage, conveying the Woman of the Bed chamber, Mts. Brand; Maids of Honour, lion. Miss Liddle and Hon. Miss Paget ; and the Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Arbuthnot. The third carriage, conveying the Lady in 11 aiting, Lady Portman; the Maids of Honour, Hon. Miss Devereux and Hon. Miss Stanley ; and the Lord in Waiting, the Earl of Morton. The fourth carriage, conveying the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of tluccleuch; the Lady in Waiting, the Countess of Charlemont ; the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Jersey, G. C. H. ; and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, the Mar quis of Eieter, K. G. The fifth carriage, conveying Counts Hugh, Alphonso, Alex ander, and Arthur Mensdorf. The sixth carriage, conveying the Queen and Prince Albert, and his Excellency Count Menrdorf. The Royal cortege was escorted`by a party of the Life Guards. - _ . • __ The following .Great Officers and Gentlemen of the House hold, and Officers in Waiting, preceded the Queen to the Ball, and entered the Theatre by her Majesty's entrance in Charles street, St. James's, viz. :—The Lord Steward, the Earl of Liverpool ; the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl Delawarr ; the Vice- Chamberlain, Lord Ernest Bruce; the Treasurer of the House hold, Earl Jermyn; the Comptroller of the Household, the Right lion. Dawson Darner; the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gen tlemen-at-Arms Lord Forester ; the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, the Earl of Beverley; the Gold Stick in Waiting, the Silver Stick in Waiting, the Field Officer in Waiting, and the Adjutant. The Yeomen of the Guard on duty were commanded by Sir Samuel Hancock, the Exon in Waiting. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at the Theatre directly after her Majesty, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Sir George Couper, Bart. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, were attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, Baron Knesebeck, and Major Stephens. Members of the Royal party accompanying and attend ' •,.en and Prince Albert to the Ball, were invited to in g the Q. •creshment room in the Theatre. The follow her !Majesty's rt.. Yitations :—the members of the Royal ing also received tn. u chess of Saxe Weimar, the Three Family, the Duke and 2 %surer and the Comptroller of '1 Great O ffi cers of State. the r.. -* chamber L•tin, the Ladies and Gen;• the Household, the Vice . and Baron Koch in denten in Waiting on the Royal Famil).. Waiting on the Duke of Saxe Weimar. • Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent vt.. 're a white ta satin dress of the richest description, and entirely of Sp. , manufacture. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by Count Meng floe arid his SOll9, and attended by Colonels Arbuthnot and wyide, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday. Her Highness the Duchess of Kent met the Illustrious party at Marlborough House. The - Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday, and re mained to lunch with her Majesty and Prince Albert. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses Augusta•and Mary of Cambridge, took an airing to Kew yes terday, returning to town in the afternoon. Count Mensdorf, and the Counts Huab, Alphonso, Alex ander, and Arthur Mensdorf, visited the Duchess of Kent yes terday, at Clarence House. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, arrived in town on Wednesday evening, from Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. A deputation, consisting of Lord Sandon, 111. P.. Mr. G. W00t1,111.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., Mr. T. Wvse, Mr. j; fludg - son, President of the Birmingham Philosophical Insti tutioil, Mt, Russell, the Treasurer, and Mr. Arthur Ryland, the Secretary to the Birmingham Philosophical Institution, Nfr. ; Brooks tof the Royal Institution, Talbot., , had an interview with Sir Robert Liverpool, atm : 1 ' . at the Colonial-o ffi ce. .cial residence in Downing - street. Peel yesterday, at his oh._ • u and . Major AP Arthur, had Mr, Crane, of New l3runivv.:.l"' intertleits with Lord Staeley yestern.:: Mr. Blake and Mr. Lan , had intervieW: the Earl of Ri - Yesterday, at the Office of the Board of 2...rade. pan yr ADELAIDE GALLZEY. The skilful management of this Hall of Sciencestrit4 Amuse *nett tinder the new proprietor (Mr. Jones), seems to be: re- Watdetl ljy d eoftetponding increase of public patronage. It is certainly to he rultnited in the arrangements of Mr. Jones. that whilst the entertainment of the popular admirers of phi losophical experiments proceeds without Interruption, lectures for the more serious and sincere lovers of science in every de partment, aro delivered from hour to hour. Mr. Jones lec tures every evening upon subjects connected with physiology, natural philosophy, or chemistry. Mr. Richardson, of the British Museum, lectures upon geology, in so popular and in teligible a manner, that one is compelled to grieve that he did not bestow more rains upon his section of the catalogue to the British Museum. The arrangement that during the time of lecture, entertainment of some other kind should be provided for those visitors who prefer the enjoyment of the senses to intelleeteal improvement, was last evening brought into operation with the most happy results. It is not safe to say (without a qualification) that those who neglectest the lectures, and listened to the singers, were captivated by the gratification of sense only, in its vulgar acceptation; for Science, standing at the half-opened door, whilst the Rhenish singers performed their vocal wonders, ex pressed her surprise that Art could do so much. This choir is composed of four brothers from the Hartz Mountains, who sang their,national, serious , and comic airsi arranged for four voices, with brilliant and astonishing effect. The music, under 'the direction of Mr. Emanuel, was continued friim the opening' of the rooms to their close, and afforded to the public a pro menade, the most delightful that could be enjoyed nt our uncer. 'tamp climate and precarious spring. • - • • EPSOM RACES. YESTERDAY. The showery state of the weather in the morning increased the apathy that invariably follows the Derby day, thinned the attendance down to a handful, and depriv-d a most excellent day's sport of all its interest. The running commenced at half-past two, and from the number of heats into which the plates were spun, did not terminate until six. The following is a sketch of their results : Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h It, with 50 added ; 3 yrs old, 6st 1011); 4 yrs, Sit 121 b; 5 yrs, get 51b ; 6 yrs, and aged, fist 1011); winners twice in 1841, to carry 311): ; told the ice, :As ; Winners twice in 1841, and once in 1842, Sibs extra; winners thrice in 1841 and once in 1842, 71bs extra ; maidens,• 4 yrs old and upwards, and horses which ran on Wednesday, allowed slbs. ansi quarter. (14 Subs.) Mr. Herbert's Teetotaller, 3 yrs, allowcil 211bs ...... (Evans) 1 Mr. Goodman's Misa Fidget, 4 yrs allowed 211bs The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Exeter's Revision, 3 yrs ; Mr. May's Master Aaron. 4 yrs (allowed 211bs), Mr. Nightingale's Ajax, 4 yrs (allowed 91bs), Mr. Treen's Haitoe, 3 yrs ; Captain Ives's Folly, 5 yrs (allowed 2111)s); Mr. King's Tommy, 3 yrs (allowed 141bs); Forth's Vibration, 3 yrs (allowed 9155); Sir. Phillimore's Rochester, 3 yrs (allowed 9lbs) ; Mr. King's Dahlia, 5 y , s (allowed 211bs). No betting. Rochester took the lead at a good pace, and with Folly at his heels made the running to the turn where both gave way ; Miss Fidget: and Teetotaller took their places and made a capital race home, the colt winning by a head ; -Revision and I'ibration were up at the finish. 50/. ( free) for any horse entered for any of the races on Tuesday and Wednesday ; others to p ay 3 sovs. eac h ; 3 yrs old, Oat 101 1 .); 4 yrs, Bst 71b; .1 yrs, Sst 1211); 6 yrs and aged, 9st Ilb ; mares and geldings allowed albs. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs., &c. Mile heats. Fulwar Ciaven's That'!-the dime-of-Day, 3 yrs 3 3 1 1 Mr. Balchin's Dromedary, 5 yrs 6 1 2 2 Mr. Phillifflore's Finchley, 4 yrs ....... Mr. Sherrard's b f Lady Mary, 4 yrs ... ..... 5 2 dr Mr. Lucas's Traitor, 3 yrs Mr. King's Exton, 3 yrs ... 4 dr The first heat was closely contested by Finchley, The Traitor, and That's-the-time-of-day, and was won by about a neck. Second heat—Lady Mary made all the play, but ran out near the cord, and was beaten by a length. Finchley did not go for the heat. 'Third heat.—Finchley cut out the work te the distance, where he was passed by the other two. An indifferent run in ended in favour of That's-the-time-of-day, by a length. Fifty Pounds, free for any horse which has been entered for any of the preceding races ; others to pay 3 soya. each ; three yrs, 6•t 101 b; four yrs, Bst 7th ; five yrs, Sat 12lb; six yrs and aged, 9st llb; mares and geldings allowed albs. Winner to be sold for 1501. Mile and quarter heats. Mr. Shelley's bc by Glauen., out of Malibran, 3 yrs 0 1 1 Mr. King's Exton, 3 yrs Mr. Falconer's Miss Emily, 4 yrs 3 5 3 Mr. S. Lucas's The Traitor, 3 yrs 2 3 dr Mr. llalchin's Affection, 4 yrs Mr. Dockeray's Dispatch, 4 yrs ...... ......... ••• O 6 dr First heat won by a neck, after a good race between the three, second Neat won by a length, and the third heat won easy. TIIE OAKS (THIS DAY.) The following is a list of the fillies expected to s'art - Riders. Lord Jersey's f, by Touchstone, out. of Adela Robinson Lord Chesterfield's Dil.bar Scott Mr. Rawlinson's Coral Lord G. Bentinek's Firebrand Rogers Duke of Richmond's f by Elis, out of Bailin° Mr. Forth's Lucy Banks Mr. Shaekel's Meal Mr. W. Ridsdale's Eliza ... .... Mr. Marshall's I by Bran, out of Fury Lye Duke of Grafton's Utopia ... J. Day Mr. Shelley's lole ... Mr. Newton's Ma Mie Mann Lord Exeter's fby Touchstone, out of A mima.. ... D ar li ng Mr. Osbableston's Sister to Alexandrina Wakefield Mr. F. Thompson's P harmacopceia LATEST BETTING ON THE DOWNS. 5 to 2 agst Adela filly—taken 15 to I agst Meal 10 to 3 agst Dil-bar —taken 15 to 1 agst Ma Mie 8 to 1 agst Fury filly—taken 25 to I agst Pharmacopo:ia—t 8 to I agst Firebrand—taken 30 to 1 agst Eliza 12 to I agst Lucy Banks—taken 33 to I as Topsail—taken 12 tol agst Anima filly—takenl4o to I agst lole—taken The betting was very heavy. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.-ASCOT HEATH, 1842. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE ASCOT STAKES. , Hyllus, 6 yrs. 9st 71b—Potentia, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Cruiskeen, aged, Bst 41b—Tamburini, i yrs, Bst 21b—E. 0., 4 yrs, ist 91b —Mosque, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Rhodantbe, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Monops, 5 yrs, 7st 41b-1-am-not.aware, aged, 7st 21b—Una, 4 yrs, 7st ..._.Bnowdr , )p, 4 yrs, bet 121b—Revoke, 6 yrs, Est 101b—William de Fortibus i 3 yrs, Est 101b—Fidhawn, 4 yrs, 6st 41b—De cision, 4 yrs, Est 41b—Music, 3 yrs, Est lib—Vibration, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Lady Fuiford, 3 yrs,.sst 71b—and_Haitoe, 3 yrs, sst. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, 1842. TUESDAY.—Lord Albemarle's Nuncio, 3 3rs, 9st, agst Col. Peel's Rook's Nest, 2 yrs,6st 10Ib. First half of Ab. Mile. 150; Is ft. FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1842. TIIESDA v.—Duke of Bedford's John o'Gaunt, 4 yrs, 9st 71b, agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Skipton, 3 yrs, 7st 41b. A. F. ; 200 ; h ft.; and 25 ft if declared on or before the 12th of September. Lord Albemarle's Ralph, 4 yrs, tist, agst Colonel Peel's Garry Owen, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b. 'l. Y. C. 200 ; h ft. liENT COUNTY MEETING. Yesterday, a meeting of hop-planters and owners and oc• copiers of woodlands in the county of Ni nt, took place upon &linden Heath, for the purpose, according to the trims of the:requisition to the High Sheriff to convene the meeting, to take the sense of the county upon the protection now by law given to the British grower of hops, and upon the injury to be apprehended from any alteration of the law upon that subject. HENRY Hosier, Esq., the High Sheriff of the county, presided. There were also present Lord Torrington, T. 1. Hodges, Esq., Messrs. Ellis, Ryder,, Whittaker, &e. None of the county or borough Members attended. Mr. WHITTAKER, in proposing a series of resolutions to the meeting, observed that som e pe rsons a pp eare d to h ave en tertained a OA whether the present meeting was likely to do good or harm, but, in his opinion, whatever might be the re sult., it would be attended with some advantage. The proposed alteration in the duty on hops WaS one which would affect their interests most materially, and he had formed part of the deputation appointed to wait on Sir Robert Peel upon the subject, and Sir Robert told them that if they could show any peculiar risk or grOund upon which the present almost prohibitory duty oaglit to be continued, he would attend to it. They had accordingly shown him the risk incurred in the cultivation of hops, from blight and other causes, and also that the proposed alteration could not have any mate rial effect upon the price of beer, and that it would only benefit the speculator; and at the same time sh owe d hi m t h e ru i nous tendency of the proposed change. Sir Robert, in the face of these facts, had thought fit to carry out his scheme, and he therefore put it to them whether they ought to rest contented and quietly acquiesce in the new scheme, and whether it was not their duty at all events to protest against it. He then proposed the resolutions, which were to the effect that the meeting viewed the change in the law with great apprehension, and, entering into some details, concluded by expressing an opinion that the effect of the alteration in the duty would be to destroy entirely the cultivation of hops in this country, and cause the whole supply to be taken from foreign countries. Lord TORRINGTON seconded the resolutions, and said that he concurred with the opinions expressed in them, that the 4- feet of the alteration of the duty would be to destroy the cultiva tion of hops in England, and if this meeting had not been held it might have been said that the hop growers and farmers of the county of Kent were agreeable to the proposed change.—( Hear, hear.) 'that meeting, however, showed that those who had attentively considered the subject, could only have one opinion as to the consequences ut this unjust and cruel measure. The Noble Lord then went into some detail., and said he had no doubt that hops could be grown abroad for 50s. per cwt., and that the average price of hops in this country would never exceed 4/. per cwt. ; and they were all aware that such a price would not. enable them to carry on the cultivation of their lands--( Hear, hear)--end the con,equence must be, that a large amount of agricul tural labour would be thrown out of employ. When her Ma jesty's present Government came into power, they were pledged to support agriculture, and at every hustings' speech the cry of the supporters was " Protection to agricul ture," and the main point neon which they were enabled to remove the former Administration . was, that it was supposed that that Administration was opposed to the interests of the agriculturists.—( Loud cheers.) Had they acted up to these professions?— (Cheers and interruption.) They not only interfered with hops hut with corn and cattle; and then, above all, they came upon them fur an Incomeetax ; and yet these were the men whop they had placed in power to protect their interests. He should he glad to know what had become of their county Mem bers upon this occasion ? He should like to have seen the Here Member for East Kent there that. day, and to have re minded hie, of his sdeech at the hustings. If his constituents could have fureeeen what course he would adopt, he was quite satisfied he would not have been their representative. He, who called himself the farmer's fiieml, had sacrificed them for the sake of place and power.—( Land cheers and uproar.) lie contended that if those Jinn. Members had carried out returned, the pledges which they gave to their constituents, they must the opposed the present Government and the proposed tariff. 'riTl'at f x r . •• =d ld ;o h :e l e li t s h o at i . 'i a ni P on ar ' li l a w me r n u t i ., " %:l l i s ic t l o i wass e and he re v . the agricultural cons tit uenc i es of the in a great mee e ue , by „ more, should h a ,„: sacrificed those whose interest they weve bound to have proteette:. — ( Cheers. ) Mr. HARMAN, alter iodic, Prief introductory remarks, said —lf they had known what course .hit' Robert Peel was going to pursers, he should like to know wLether they would have supported such a Government 7---(No, no.) They all thought they were quite sate with Sir Robert Peel—they thought he was no free trader.—( Cheers and laughter.) But they , had found to their COO, when they had placed him in power, that lie was a free trailer in every tithes. Mr. Holmes then addressed the meeting, and said lie had watched to see whether any one would eeriee torward in support of the measure which had s ailed them together ; but as no one appealed to be inclined to do as, lie hail ventured to offer a few observations to them. He, in the first place, begged to thank. the High Sheriff for the prompt and kind manner in which he had convened die meeting, and it was at the same time agree.. fying thing to set' that the yeomen and independent farmers of hail come forward to sign a requisition for a meeting child, en t t i h r is i ' a c k o e uy t i :l t tthe subject , which to them was of so much importance and consideration. The question now before them was sae which which involved the interest of every man, woman, gad i said he hail received a letter from Sir ~d ward e the county of Kent.—( Hear, hear.) )lodges then objects of the he should not attend Knalc lie. dill meet tog. and stating that on this accou nt h n h o u t il 'fe which , i se l f a t ‘' it l h ih o e u r t t y to tli e read r w o t r o r i tettrheseombPeeertminig",i permission, which he expressed himself as disapprovi i n i it, He also informeti hint that that po r tion is. I tohad beer, ' of th e tariff which • altered the duty upon hope front by the House of Commons, on the previous evening carriedttr som further remarks, he without. any any observation. the hop i trade were destroyed, he had no of Kent. In his opinion,. not be collected h td it e a d tio b n y in the co y blow had been made a grea t struck isna3slanytigiftcat thetpnutblie taxes of the country could, the alteration that - at the property d h e must , t h e ref ore, express. their the county , an humble representatives should hav e al his surprise that lowed it to be carried without any observation. that Sir Robert Peel appe ar ed to have hum- Mr. Itynea r omplairrd of the absen ce o f th e i r represen t ae tives, arid sai d h ug ged them all —both enemies and fr iends.— (Laughter.) The H a u l SintatEr having inquired whether any other ge , c et aen wished to address the meeting, there were loud cries Kir' 'the Members. 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