The Sun. — London, England, 1834-06-05 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Some of our contemporaries, obviously held by leading-strings of which they ought to be ashamed, have been instructed for some days past to cheat their readers by a very gross misrepresentation of the conduct of this journal in condemning, as it has done,—and as, if it speaks conscientiously, it ever must do,—the manner in which Lord Grey's Ca binet has been recomposed ; and the wretched ma noeuvres, as well as worthless motives, through which men who might have rendered important services to their country have been excluded from it. The present being the last opportunity on which, without fresh provocation, we shall re,eur to this particular subject, it is our ir_t e nti on freely, though briefly, to speak out s - We have expressed our severe disaypoir 4 ,ment that some able men, among others tiord Durham, Mr. Abercrombie, and one , :; - .-t - wo more, of whose wholesome political iewq and principles our minds, from observation of their history, were fully satisfied, and of whose capacity to serve the people of England none could doubt, have been set aside by a " reforming" Cabinet, while other individuals of far inferior name and pretension were ap _pointed. This we treated as a public wrong ; and what else is it, admitting only that our estimate of the respective merits of the parties excluded, and the parties elected, was a just one ? But, as is usual in such cases, and as is natural to mean and little minds, one of those individuals to whose intro duction into the Cabinet we had, for cause shown, and on public grounds, objected, has been stuffing the columns of two evening papers with complaints that we " barked" and " sulked" (and other such figures of bear-gaiden rhetoric), because of mere personal feelings towards the noblemen and gentle men whose absence from office we lamented, as if anything so narrow and childish, or so low and ser vile, could have influenced our sentiments on an occasion of such immeasurable importance to the country. Once • for all, we inform those silly and conceited traducers of men more honest than themselves, that if, in this instance, we urged the choice, and reprobated the exclu sion, of two or three persons of high public character, and of a known straightforward and upright course of policy, it was for the sake of tranquillizing the national uneasiness, of restoring public confi dence, and securing the public peace, by holding out the incorporation of such individuals with the Go vernment, as acceptable and sujficient pledges to large bodies of Reformers, civil and religious, throughout the country, that their grievances would be equitably considered, their rights manfully sus-. tamed and enforced, and the spirit and genius of constitutional reform rendered steadily triumphant over all the machinations of prejudice, selfishness, and corruption. Where are such pledges to be found in the Cabinet now existing? Let the late shuffle on the Church question speak. Where is there any rational assurance for Dissenters that their complaints will be satisfied? Where is there any hope for any portion of the community that the same bondage to Court influence which was . manifested on the famo u s r e fu sa l t o ex a min e th e pension list, does not now chain down, and will not always, the parli amentary course of this (we smile contemptuously while we use the word)—this " amended" Cabinet? It is such considerations as these, and. no others, that have moved us both to sorrow and to anger, when we look at what has been done and what has been left undone. What private or selfish feeling can by possibility have governed our proceedings we challenge all the world to prove. Beyond that well founded respect and esteem which all men of prin ciple must entertain for others of honour and talent, what personal motive can have affected our repre sentations in favour of any nobleman or gentleman ever spoken of as fit objects of the Royal choice we challenge all mankind so much as to insinuate. No ; it is not we who have excuses to make for our fair, open, and unflinching conduct ; let that task be assigned to those wo would palliate' their own duplicity upon false and sneaking pretences, and who, because they fear to meet over a council-table the enlightened and resolute boldness of men fixed in their own opinions and resolved in their mea sures, would vilify them as " ill-tempered," and proscribe them as " impractieable." We want " impracticable" and uncompromising politicians ; one such would be worth a waggonload of your " conceders," which is but another name for men who have no principles at all. The name of the minister who has furnished the article to which we have alluded has been given to us. Is it wise in hint to provoke us out of our forbearance ? Let him consider a little before he dribbles out any more of his splenetic twaddle against us. We ought to mention that the ministers intend to strengthen themselves still further by the counsels and assist ance of that eminent person whom Greece will per haps remember when England has forgot him—the learned Dr. Bowring !—Times. Of all the mere evasions that a body of public men ever had recourse to to stave off the evil day, and to surmount an embarrassing dilemma, the scheme resorted to by ministers of appointing a commission to inquire into the state of religion i n Ireland is the most palpable. For what does th e adoption of such a step actually amount to, but to a plain acknowledgment that they were about to lemislate in ignorance, and that, till the secession of their late colleagues roused them from their apathy, they were about to apply to the Protestant church of Ireland a specimen of that kind of Turkish jus tice which professes to bowstring a man first and try him afterwards ? This, we say, is what the measure, thus at the eleventh hour had recourse to, admits and implies : not that we seriously believe that it was in any respect really called for, but that ministers are, in fact, in common with all who have preceded them ever since the last agitation of the Catholic question, as much in possession of the main facts now professed to be sought for as the result of the most scrutinising commission can put them in possession of. To be sure, if the inquiry is to be as interminable as our contemporary the Standard suggests it must be, the main question, that of rooting out the Protestant religion in Ire land, will enjoy a respite, which its clergy of all denominations will, we trust, .be fen _pd a to take ad vi of, in recovering the groundlost, we regret to say, in no small degree, by the criminal supine ness of .many of their predecessors. According to the Standard the working of the commission must be this :—" This comprehensive inquiry (says our contemporary) is to be prosecuted through 2,500 parishes.. Nobody will pretend to say that exact, or any thing at all approaching to faithful informa tion upon the several heads enumerated can be col lected, from each parish in less than a week. Here then are 2,500 weeks' work for commissioners ! Now, 2,500 weeks make more than 48 years ; which, supposing the commissioners to branch into six several detachments, will give more than eight years to the compilation of Heaven knows how many folio volumes of reports." Now, though this pro bably is overstating the matter, yet, let them con tract their labours in point of time into the narrowest space possible, it is in vain to deny that, to render their results in any way satisfactory, more time must necessarily be occupied in the inquiry than the pressing nature of the subject itself will well bear. But, leaving the inquiry, and adverting for a moment to the subject itself, we cannot - help remarking that there is a view of it which seems Carefully kept out of sight by nearly all who hitherto have, in Parliament, ad verted to it. Though they talk of churer property being the property of the state, and Mr. Ward's resolution goes the length of recognising its appli cation to public purposes, no one ' has yet, we be lieve, gone the length of proposing that the value of tithes, or any part of them, shall be paid over to the consolidated fund, and go in diminution of the public taxes. No. We take it there is a more convenient receiver than that. We mean the lind lords of Ireland. While the Catholics—at least a great majority of them—are anxious, by means of the extinction of its revenues, to extirpate the Protes tent church, the landowner is, on his part, quite' ready to appropriate to his own use a revenue to which he is no more entitled than to his neighbour's estate, but which he finds, or rather his high-rented tenants find, it extremely burdensome to pay. This is a view of the matter, a state of things, which every man both in and out of Parliament is bound to - re sist. In looking at the present ,state of the Irish Protestant Church, we never lose sight of the fact that much of its present state of degradation and danger has arisen from within. But the very ex istence of the Protestant religion itself carries us so much higher ; and with that object, as well as its extension in view, instead of abandoning it in despair, it is the duty of the Legislature to set about its repair, and, above all, to wean to its services those means of its furtherance and promotion, which, however they have been abused and neglected, are still applicable, and ought .to be made available, to their legitimate end.—Morning Herald. We know of no circumstance better calculated to give a favourable idea of the intentions of the Go vernment of Spain than the eagerness which it has shown of late to regain possession of the distin guished exiles, whose only crime was, their devo tion to the cause of their country, and their exer tions for its improvement and regeneration. Among other exiles who have been specially invited to re turn by the government is the distinguished Ge neral Mina. We regret to learn that the health of this hero is by no means fully re-established, though we believe he will be able to return to Spain. Mina was held in high estimation by all our officers who served with him during the war of the Peninsula ; and when he first sought an asylum in England, was received, by his old companions in arms, with a hearty kindness, which he deeply felt. When we say all, we believe we ought to make one exception—that of a great general, who must have highly esteemed Mina's exer tions in the Peninsula war, but who, either from a strong dislike of the patriotic cause, or from the hardness of his character be haved unkindly to the Spanish hero. Miguel will, no doubt, be more fortunate with his Grace. We are prepared for some signal manifestations of sympathy with this special object of the favour of our Tories, on his re-appearance in the metropolis. It will be curious to witness the interview between Miguel and Lord Aberdeen. " I called your Ma jesty a tyrant and a monster, but I have since done good service to your Majesty. It was a grievous mistake on my part to call your Majesty a tyrant and a monster, and often have I wished to recall these words." The ex-foreign Secretary, no doubt, made many a heavy speech afterwards in support of the cause of Miguel, so that he may hope, not withstanding the strong epithets qpplied to this dar ling of legitimacy, to be pardonld this escapade. Ministers may well be proud of their achievements in POrtugal and Spain. If the Tories had conti nued in office, how different would have been the present state of the Peninsula. The inquisition would have once more been ready to stretch out a helping hand to the united churches of England and Ireland.—Morning Chronicle. The•numerous petitions presented to the House of Lords by Lord Dacre, on the 2d instant, a list of which appears in one of our columns, in support of the London and Southampton Railway, have drawn our attention to that great undertaking ; which, although a private enterprise in regard to capital, is, in truth, a measure of the utmost na tional importance. The connection of the metro polis with the English Channel, by railway com munication, through the commodious port of South ampton, is an object fraught with the most benefi cial consequences to the trade and agriculture of the kingdom ; and this is the light in which the un dertaking is viewed by a large majority in the House of Commons. No proposition is better established, than that a railway always adds greatly to the value of the property along its line ; and the owners and occupiers of land between the metro polis and Southampton will infallibly derive much benefit from the diminution in the expense of car ' riage of produce. Possessing these recommenda tions, we cannot suppose that such a measure will not receive the sanction of the Lords.—Morning Chronicle. It is easy to tell of what materials a ministry is composed—whether it be of the right sterling stamp, in so far as mere talent is concerned—or whether it be what is termed by a morning con temporary, of the red tape character. But it is not so easy to say what a ministry will do—whether it will implement its previous pledges to the public, or whether, from a feeling of weakness on its own part, and of superior talent and influence on that of its adversaries, it will surrender a portion of its will, and sacrifice itself for the sake of place. It is granted that in the present Cabinet one man has seceded from it, who, in the House of Commons, has but few equals in debate ; but after all, acts are better than words—performances than promises— sincere and honest intentions, than unmeaning phrases and abstract propositions. Mr. Stanley is a man of some note, and will always enjoy a certain consideration in any assembly in which he may deem it worth his while to exhibit his strength ; but that at the present time, with all his high church no tions, he would be a. useful public servant, no one who wishes well to the cause of reform, can possibly assert. He is to all appearance one of the inconvertibles. He bears testimony to the importance of the commission which has been de creed by the present Cabinet, for inquiring into the comparative state of the Protestant and Catholic churches in Ireland ; but he says at the same time, that in or out of office he will always oppose the practical application of the results of the inquiry, and that he cannot conceal his surprise at the adop tion of so decisive and so rapid a step having been made towards a radical reform of the Irish church. The step, indeed, is a most important one, in every respect ; and coupled with the exemplary conduct of Government in declaring that national education is one of the first objects of its care, and that all the Polish refugees in this country shall share its li berality—things which were opposed, lie it remem bered, not many weeks ago, by the Government as a body—must have its weight with every one who is disposed to look more at deeds than at words—at performance than at promise. The issuing of the commission seems to tis, in fact, not only a great step, but the best and the most satisfactory which the new Ministry could have adopted to gain the confidence of the public, and to furnish to it a pledge that no existing grievance shall be allowed to pass without redress. The con scientious but bigotted adherents to the church as it is, consider, and justly consider a disclosure of facts synonymous with an acknowledgment of the principle, that church property is the property of the State, and they, therefore, consistently resist inquiry, and very honestly avow that reason for re sisting it. But the very same premises lead all rea sonable reformers to the conclusion that a Ministry which fearlessly pursues and honestly discloses truth, is a reforming Ministry, and the Commission issued entitles Lord Grey's Administration to that charac ter in every respect. The Minister has a right to exact confidence in his appointments when he gives the public sucn security for the justice and intre pidity of his designs. A step like the institution of this commission is worth all the names, however respectable, of those who accede to the Cabinet, or indeed of those who desired to be admitted, or to take the lead in its formation. We not only place more reliance on things than on words, but even than in men ; and we know not that the nomination of persons loud in their promises should weigh more in public consideration than a grain of actual performance. In a word, we have seen enough of the present Ministry to entitle them not only to our forbearance, but to our good wishes. A fair trial they shall have. If they fail in meeting the ex pectations of the public, they must naturally also expect to receive its rebuff. But we hope otherwise of them. Let them do well—and fear not. The people will support them manfully in every just cause, whatever may be the talent or the amount of opposition arrayed against them.—Morning Adver tiser. SCOTLAND. . - EDINBURGH ELECTION, SATURDAY, MAY 31. Gross number polled, 3,814 ; total estimated elec tors still qualified, 4,500. About half-past four o'clock, after the returns were made up, Sir John Campbell appeared from the win dow in front of the Merchants'-hall, and addressed the multitude as follcws:—" Gentlemen, I have the ho mer& to announce to you the state of the poll at its final close this day. (This announcement was received with much cheering.) Thus we have a majority over Mr. Learmouth of 530 (Hurrah, hurrah), and over Mr. Aytoun of 1,452. (Great cheering.) And we have a majority of 50 over both my opponents put to gether. Gentlemen, I may now present myself be fore you as one of your representatives in Parliament. My formal-return will not be made till Monday at ten o'clock, but no more polling can be permitted. We know that these numbers are correct, and now I am proud to say that I am the object of your choice. ( Great applause.) I extremely regret that lam un able to offer you more than a very few sentences at pre sent, but I cannot refrain from attempting to express to you the deep gratitude I feel for the honour you have conferred on me. (Cheering.) lam now placed in the proud situation of being one of the representa tives of the metropolis of my native country. In a free government such as ours, there is no object of ambition that can inspire a liberal mind so much, and I hope you will never have reason to regret the choice you have made. (Never.) I will serve you honestly, zealously, and faithfully. ( Cheers.) There never was a struggle conducted with more zeal than the present, which has ended in this glorious triumph. We had two opponents in the field ; and for the first time there were here three in terests that contended for your suffrages. We had the Tories represented by Mr. Learmonth. We had an other party represented by my opponent, Mr. Aytohn, who went a great deal further than I am prepared to do in matters of church and state. (Immense cheer ing.) Both these parties exerted themselves to the utmost ; but all their efforts could not overcome the steady friends of reform on constitutional principles. (Great cheering.) My friends exerted themselves to the utmost, and they have had a glorious victory. To give a specimen of the zeal that has been displayed, I beg to inform you, that two of your fellow-citizens, residing in London on important business, came down to-day by mail, and are to leave Edinburgh again by the steam-packet of this evening : they stepped out of the mail and gave their votes to Campbell, and al ready have they gone down to Leith to return, as I said, on urgent business to London. (Loud cheers.) I give this only as a specimen of zeal displayed by those who approve of the principles I profess. On Monday the sheriff will appear. at ten o'clock on the hustings, and he will make a declaration and formal return to Parliament. On Thursday I shall proudly enter the House of Commons. (Cheers.) If I was the rejected of Dudley, I shall proudly, I say, enter the house as the accepted of Edinburgh. ( Hurrah, hurrah.) I talk with respect and kindness of my former constitu ents, but I can feel no regret at the temporary mis fortune which befel me, as it placed me in the proud situation of your representative. The gibes which we have so long heard are for ever gone, and I- am now surrounded by a halo of triumph in being the object of your choice. I know from your kindness, that you will excuse me if I refrain from any further exertion at present. My voice will now be raised in the House of Commons as your representative. I will never ex press a sentiment, nor give a vote, that will cause You to regret the choice you have made. I return you my warmest thanks, and wish all health and prospe rity to you, your wives, and children, and may God bless you all." _ _ _ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then addressed the audi ence who were assembled in the committee-rooms : " Gentlemen, I can do no more than congratulate you on the glorious triumph we have just achieved. ( Cheers. ) The cause is not mine, it is your own; you have exerted yourselves most zealously, and now you are rewarded. (Cheers.) lam happy to become your representa, tive. I deem it the highest honour—there is no office which I so much covet, and hope I shall never give you reason to repent of your choice." (Cheers.) Sir T. D. LAUDER was then loudly called for. Ile came forward and said—l am glad at getting my mouth opened, after having it stopped the other day on the hustings. We were then cried down by Tories, but now we have put down the Tories. (Great cheer ing.) I hope the lesson we have now taught theth will long remain impressed on their minds; and if we are soon called again to exercise our elective franchise, they will find us equally determined and prepared to keep them down. (Great cheering.) On a former occasion, I mentioned that my first acquaintance with Sir John Campbell began on his arrival in town. I have now had a longer acquaintance with him, and I know that there are elements inhis constitution which must gain the heart of every human being. (Loud cheers.) I will not detain you any longer. DINNER TO SIR JOHN CAMPBELL. " Dear Sir,—Many deputations of the electors have waited upon me, as the chairman of your committee, to request me to invite you to a public dinner on Monday, to celebrate the glorious triumph of liberal principles in the Scottish metropolis. I trust that it may be consistent with your arrangements to accede to their request, and I beg the favour of an early answer. " I have the honour to be, sear Sir, " Your very faithful servant, " ANDREW MILLAR. " Committee Rooms, Hanover-square, May 31. " Sir John Campbell, Knight, Attorney-General." "My dear Sir,—l hope I need not say that lam highly flattered by the invitation of the electors, and that I should have been most happy to have accepted it if I could have done so consistently with the discharge of my public duty ; but it is of the greatest importance that I should take my seat in the- House of Commons on Thursday ; and for this purpose it is indispensably necessary that I should leave Edinburgh for London on Monday evening. • " The pleasure of meeting the electors to celebrate our triumph, however, is, I hope, only postponed for a short time. " I shall certainly present myself to thorn in the begin ning of September, and I trust that nothing will take place in the mean time to render our meeting less cordial than it would now be. " I remain, dear Sir, yours most faithfully, " J. CAMPBELL " Gloucester-place, May 31. " Andrew Millar, Esq." COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 4. THE KING V. THE CHURCHWARDENS OF HACKNEY. This was a rule calling on the churchwardens of the parish of St. John, Hackney, and the trustees of Dr. Spurstow's charity, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue .commanding them to admit Mrs. West to the alms-houses of that charity, to which she was elected on the 19th of November last. The rule was obtained upon affidavits stating that an election for the admission of two poor women to the almshouses took place on the 19th of November in the vestry of the parish. The candidates were Mrs. Lock and Mrs. West. The former had fifty-six votes. The number for Mrs. West was ninety-seven. The Chairman, Mr. Nichol, stated that there was a majority in favour of Mrs. West, and that it was useless to go further. A poll was then demanded in behalf of Mrs. Lock ; and the party who supported her at a subsequent meeting came to a resolution that the election was illegal. It was contended that the vestry had the right of selecting one out of two persons nominated to the almshouses, and that the election had never been decided by a poll. Mr. PLATT opposed the rule. After Mr. FOLLETT and Sir J. SCARLETT had been heard in support of the rule, Lord DENMAN said it appeared to the Court that they had no evidence before them of what ought to be done ; therefore they could not issue a mandamus.— Mandamus refused. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JUNE 4. WALKER V. JONES AND OTHERS. The plaintiff, a working jeweller, residing in Rae street, Clerkenwell, was the owner or manufacturer of certain breastpins termed union breastpins, consisting of two pins united by a chain, an emerald or garnet being set in the head of each pin. Two of these were pawned by a man of the name of Hawkes, also resid ing in Rae-street, with a pawnbroker in the London road, near the Obelisk, of the name of Jones. This was on the 13th of December last, and 10s. was ad vanced upon them, Hawkes representing them to be jeweller's gold. On the 24th Hawkes went with nine other pins of the same kind, and offered to pledge them. He was recognised, and admitted having pawned the articles. The pawnbroker complained of having been defrauded, alleging that the pins were not gold, and worth very little. He threatened to detain Hawkes, and said at all events he would keep the set of nine pins to add to the other two, and they might all be redeemed together. Hawkes then went away, and sent in the plaintiff and his brother, who were waiting outside. The plaintiff 'claimed the pins as his property. He was told to go away, but, refusing to do so; ryas given in charge to a policeman for creating a disturbance. He was detained from half-past two till near seven - in the evening, when, upon being taken before the magistrates at Queen square police office, he was discharged. This occurred on the 24th of December, and on the 30th, Mr. Dicas, on behalf of the plaintiff, commenced two actions against the defendant Jones and his sons. The first was trover for the pins. It was tried on Monday last, and a ver dict given for the plaintiff. The second action, which was tried upon this day, was for damages for false im prisonment, and the policeman who was called in to take the plaintiff was made a defendant in this action. After hearing evidence, the jury wished to return a verdict for the defendants, but under his lordship's di rections they gave a verdict to plaintiff—Damages one farthing. Mr. Baron PARKE said they shouldcertify, to prevent the plaintiff from having his costs. SHERIFFS' COURT, JUNE 4. BUTLER V. LAPORTE. This was an, action brought by the plaintiff, a trage dian, against the defendant, the lessee of Covent garden Theatre, to recover the sum of 161. for work and labour done. H. D. Meadows was engaged during the last season as one of the Covent-garden company. Mr. Bartley was the stage-manager. The letters produced are in his handwriting. The plaintiff became one of the company in October. His first character was that of Hamlet. Witness considered him, to have been parti cularly well received in that character, and he became one of the establishment. The theatre was then closed, and the plaintiff ceased to be employed at the theatre. It was not the usual period for closing the theatre. There were certain articles under which performers acted, but persons might be engaged with out signing them. Plaintiff received his salary to the close of the theatre within a fOrtnight. Witness saw the plaintiff constantly at the theatre. We took him to the Olympic Theatre as one of the Covent-garden company. Had heard plaintiff say that the manage ment had intimated to him that they had better part. This was about a month before the theatre closed. A part was assigned to the plaintiff in The Wife. The plaintiff informed witness that the character was one to which he thought he had not been engaged, and that he had written to declare it. The part was after wards assigned to Mr. Bennett. The plaintiff played three leading characters, not those assigned to Mr. Bennett.' Witness thought Si: per week was a reason able salary for the plaintiff's services. The UNDER-SHERIFF briefly summed up the evi dence, and the jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of his claim. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday ten Italian boys were brought before Mr. Alderman ATKINS by the officers of the Mendicity So ciety for begging in various parts of the city. Mr. Heath, the Sardinian consul, and Mr. Capper, from the Alien-office, attended at the request of the magistrate. Mr. Alderman ATKINs had sent for those gentlemen to consult with them on the best means of putting an end to the nuisance of those boys begging about the streets with their monkeys and mice. He considered them objects of pity rather than punishment, for if they were sent to prison for a term, what could they do, on being released, to avoid repeating the offence ? They ought not to be dealt with as vagrants, because it was right to discriminate between parties who begged as preferring begging to labour and persons 'who were foreigners, perhaps ignorant of our laws, deceived and lured to our country, and who might 'imagine they would starve if they did not beg. The difficulty was, how could these be protected, and the evil remedied ? The Consul said none of these boys came from the state he represented, and he did .not know that any ,thing could be done beyond punishing them as vagrants, applying the money found on them towards sending them home, and confiscating their monkeys as unsafe to be carried about the streets. This severe treatment might deter them from coming over. Fif teen years ago this country was inundated with beg gars from Genoa, but at the instance of the British government the authorities in Genoa were written to, and they carefully prevented such characters• from leaving, and now there were none here. It was from the states under the government of Maria Louisa that these boys came. This was the most wretched part of Italy, and the people were in a state of the greatest destitution and debasement. Mr. Capper had been in communication with Prince Esterhazy and Baron Neumann on this subject for several weeks past. He had had twenty interviews with the Baron without hitting on a remedy, but a formal representation had been forwarded to Prince Metter pich, which it was hoped would lead to some satisfac tory result. He thought the Mendicity Society might do some good by enforcing the law against the har .bouring of such vagrants. Mr. Alderman ATKINS thought the consul of the state to. which these vagrants belonged ought to send them home. Mr. Capper said Mr. Rothschild was the consul, but his answer would be that he was only an agent for the protection of commerce, and that the matter was not within his province, but that of the minister. Mr. Heath also said the matter was not within the limits of the consul's duties, as it would cost 51. a head to send these vagrants home. It was suggested that if all the boys were appre hended and detairied as vagrants, perhaps the Admi ralty would sanction their removal gratuitously in some government vessel. Mr. Capper thought it was not probable, because the boys, though aliens, could not, be forced to leave this country. The power which the government used to possess of compelling foreigners to quit was not continued on the renewal of the Alien Act in 1826. ' Mr. Heath said if the boys could be shipped to Genoa, he would endeavour to facilitate their trans mission inland to Parma. Mr. Alderman ATKINS would remand the boys for a week, in the hope that Mr. Heath and Mr. Capper would consider in the mean time how they could be sent home, and how their future visitations could be best prevented. • After interrogating the boys about their masters and residences, without gaining any information, they were remanded. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday two blackguard fellows, named James Cook and John Macdonald, were charged with the following cowardly outrage on a young female named Elizabeth Smith, and also violently assaulting Mr. Thomas Absalon, of Brandon-street, Walworth. On the previous evening the complainant, Eliza beth Smith, was returning home, when on passing - by the open space of ground fronting the New Bedlam, Lambeth, the defendants and a number of other idle blackguards came against her and pulled her about in a cowardly and indecent manner. Mr. Absalon, who chanced to be passing at the time, indi g nant at seeing a defenceless female treated in such abrutal manner, interfered, and seized Macdonald, determined to rescue the female from the hands of the ruffians by whom she was beset ; in so doing he was, however, most violently assaulted and struck over the head and face. The timely arrival of the police, however, dis persed the vagabonds, and the two defendants were secured ; the rest made their escape. Several witnesses said that the conduct of Cook was the most aggravated towards the female, and The Magistrates fined him 5/. and Macdonald 40s. Macdonald was also fined 51. for the assault on Mr. Absalon. In default of payment they were committed for two months to the House of Correction. A VORACIOUS Fox.--Last week a fox was killed on the farm of Moniac, near Inverness, whilst engaged in his vocation of plund er . S o i ndustriously ha Reynard been pursuing his ca lli ng, that at the moment of his death he was carrying off three fowls and a lamb I —Edinburgh Paper. NEW ROAD TO THE INDUS.—In August, 1829, Lieutenant Conolly started from London, and passing through France and the north of Germany, sailed up the Baltic and the Gulph of Finland to St. Petersburgh, from whence, journeying rapidly through the ancient city of Novogorod on to Moscow, he crossed the dreary Steppes at the foot of the Caucasian range, and made the passage of the mountains into the vast desert that lies north and east from the Caspian Sea. A tone of good sense pervades the pages of his narra tive, which exhibit an intimate acquaintance with the customs and manners of that part of the east to which it relates. " Lieut. Conolly's ' Travels to the Indus ' ought to find a place in every good library, as a worthy companion to the labours of Elphinstone and Frazer." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF June 4. The house met to-day at four o'clock, and imme diately proceeded to public business. Mr. Phillpotis, - Sir Oswald Mosley, Mr. Ruthven, Mr. Tancred, and others from the Commons. brought up the House Duties' Repeal Bill, the Conveyance and Sale of Fish Bill, Scotland Point Harbour Bill, the Civil Offices Compensation Bill, the Encouragement for working Mines and Quarries in Ireland Bill, and several private bills ; all of which were read a first time. Mr. TANCRED brought up a request from the Commons, that the house would permit the Lord Chancellor to be examined before the CoMmittee on the Law of Libel.—Leave given. STAFFORD BOROUGH BILL. Lord ELL ENBOROUGH said as sevosal noble lords who had taken great interest in the Warwick Borough Bill would be absent from the house next week, he should propose that the house should proceed with the Stafford Bill during that period. From the evidence which had been given before a committee of the House of Commons on that bill, it seemed a clear case for disfranchisement ; and such being the case, the whole matter might probably be disposed of within the week. _ _ The Earl of DURHAM objected to the adoption of the course suggested by the noble lord, as he could not consent to the postponement of the Warwick Bill. He was as anxious as any noble lord to leave town next week, but he considered it his duty to attend his place in that house to watch the proceedings on that bill. There was no doubt of the two the Liverpool Bill had the prece dence of the Stafford, but whichever it might be, he should object to the Warwick Bill being postponed. _ _ Lord DNO Wconsidered that it v had seen un derstood by every one that the house was not to pro ceed with the Stafford Bill both the Warwick and Liverpool Bills were disposed of. Lord ELL ENBORO LTG H assured the noble earl that nothing but the particular circumstances he had adverted to would have induced him to propose the postponement of the Warwick Bill. If he thought the consideration of the Stafford Bill would take more time than the whole of next week he certainly should not press it. He had mentioned the Stafford in pre ference to the Liverpool Bill, knowing . full well that the latter would occupy a considerable time.. After some observtitions from the Earl of MULORAVE, the subject dropped, Lord ELLENBOROUGH stating that, since he had made the suggestion, he had been in formed that the consideration of the Stafford Bill would occupy more than the whole of next week. Lord ELLENBOROUGH gave notice that he should to4norrow move the second reading of the Common Fields' Enclosure Bill. The Earl of ELDON presented several petitions from different parts of Dorsetshire in favour of the established church. . Viscount STRANGFORD presented a petition from Leamington against the bill for joining that place with the borough of Warwick. Earl BROWNLOW presented petitions from the Under. Graduates of the Universities of . Oxford and Cambridge against the admission of dissenters to the universities, and in favour of the established church. Also petitions from parishes in Lincoln against any alteration in the corn laws. On the motion of the Marquis of SALISBURY, returns were ordered of the quantities of corn and flour imported from the islands of Guernsey and Jersey within the last year. ford WYNPORD gave notice, that to-morrow he should move that it be an instruction to the counsel on the Warwick Borough Bill that they should not give evidence of treating, unless it should be proved to proceed from the candidate. The Earl of WINCHIL SE A presented petitions from the Isle of Sheppy against the admission of dis senters to the universities, and in favour of the esta blished church. . The Duke of SUTHERLAND presented a pe tition from Bristol in favour of the act for encouraging the refining of sugar. On the motion of the NOBLE DIME, a select com mittee was appointed on the Climbing Boys' Preven tion Bill. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. The order of the day having been read for the com mittal of this bill, The Marquis of SALISBURY said that previoustO moving that the bill be committed, he wished to ask the noble duke (the Postmaster-General) if he would permit the letters to and from the barristers .who had the in spection of the laws relative to friendly societies to pass through the Post-office free of charge ? The Duke of RICHMOND said that though at present he held the office of Postmaster- Ge neral, he should, before that time to-morrow evening, have resigned it. It would therefore be improper on his part to give any definite answer to the question of the noble marquis. He admitted that the subject was worthy the consideration of the government, at the same time that he thought such permissions liable to great abuse. He thought the noble marquis had better wait till a new Postmaster-General was ap pointed, who, he had no doubt, would attend to his re commendation. The Friendly Societies Bill then went through com mittee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented peti tions from Carhampton and several other places, in favour of the established church. Lord TENTERDEN presented similar petitions from Cornwall. -The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented a number of petitions praying for an effectual support to the established church. _ On the motion of Lord AUCKLAND, the Royal Navy Pay Bill went through a committee of the house, and was reported without amendment. Lord SUFFIELD presented a petition from the Baptists of East Rexford, praying for the better ob servance of the Sabbath. The Earl of WICKLOW gave notice, that on Friday he would move for a copy of the com mission issued for an inquiry into the property of the Church in Ireland. In so doing, he would take the opportunity of explaining to the house, why it was that he had even let one day pass before giving that notice. He came down to the house last night with the full intention of giving the notice, but was prevented from so doing by the sudden manner in which the house was ad journed. He did not wish to impute blame to s a b n e y n o ld ne b ; e all ein heeewatnet,edaswatseth,a,tbant r eally were theclear understanding rules of the house. He had been a member of that house for a very considerable time, and he had always understood that public business should commence at five o'clock. He knew that, according to the forms of the house, it ' met for appeals, the &c., at ten o'clock in the morning , and at three o'clock in the afternoon, .but from time o f one r Lord Liverpool till within a very short time, he had neve r known any noble lord shut ou t f rom making a motion on giving a notice by the house being adjourned before five o'clock. ( Hear, hear.) He knew that there were many noble lords in the same situation as himself last night, for the further Woolsack believed w t it h w at ut the an q y ue in st n io t n ien in walking, away at 20 m i nu t es b e f ore 5, h e met several noble l or d s com i ng down i n the hope of presenting thei r pet iti ons at f i ve o ' c l oc k . H e was ba v puting b from n made ; he was aware that the Lord Chancellor had the same right as any other noble lord to make the motion, but then if he did so, according to the rules of the house, he ought to have left the Woolsack, made the motion, and then put it from the Woolsack, when noble lords would have known what was going on. The LORD CHANCELLOR begged to be al lowed to set the noble earl right in- one or two par ticulars. He (the Chancellor) had twice most audibly put the question whether any other peer had any petition to present, and was answered in the negative by six or seven voices. He then asked whether there was any other business be fore the house, and was again answered in the nega tive. . Now, the noble earl was in conversation with another peer, and might not have heard him, but that did not signify. He (the Chancellor) was not bound to find either ears or attention for the noble lord. (Laugh ter.) He had certainly learned that evening, for the first time, that there was any rule which mad e it impos sible for noble lords to bring on any business before five o'clock. He had often, when he learned there was no business to be proceeded in, adjourned the house at a quarter after four, and would, till better advised, contiiiue to do so, for he was not of opinion _tohonit, it formed any part of his duty to sit there and took and till they arrived at five. He, however, mmusatkir such a deny that he had not as good a right to he ought house, and certainly and watch the slow progress of the hands of the clock motion as any one in the could find no other fault whatever h him than to be one of the proudest of men whe . n noble lords that he had not made one step to the left before he mo st audibly, as he had ever done, announced the adjourn ment of the house on the previous night. He was not aware what injury had been done—what possible injury the noble earl had suffered, for surely a notice for FridaY was quite as well if given on the Wednesday as on the Tuesday. He had asked a noble friend of his, then present, to move the adjournment, and even then believed it had been done ; but every nO3l B lord must be aware that such a motion visa so much of course as to be done in two words, or verl frequently by a mere nod of the head. However, if the noble earl would wait every night till that ceremony was performed. he (the Chancellor) would take care that he should know all about it. Earl WICKLOW said the quest i on was not' whether any injury had been sustained, but whehe r , some might not have been done. He still believed that', the proceedings had been irregular, and that the boon had been adjourned without any question being put. t The LORD CHANCELLOR repeated that no only had he asked whether any noble lord had other petitions to present, but he had put the question as distinctly as he had ever done, and it might have been heard in the very back of the gallery. • PORTUGAL. wished , the absence of th e no bl e ear l (G rey ) t o a sk the ja The Marquis of LONDONDERRY nob o marquis opposit e (L ans d owne ), w h o l as t eveningso kind as to f urn i s h hi m w i t h th e particula of what he called th e g l or i ous news from ; 14 P°u qb al .; whether there would b e any o bj ec ti o n to lay " treaty if ratified, on the table of the house. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, the 00b1° earl (Grey) was then in attendance upon his Marl; but would be in his place to-morrow ; an d did not doubt but that he would be prePnrhee .to answer the question. As he was .on his iegnso'ble was glad to say that he was able to gratify the ,e marquis on a subject that it was well known D. felt deeply.; it *as with pleasure hez-assured Don . Miguel was sate on board a British man of war (Laughter.) 3 The Bishop of BATH and WELLS presented petition in favour of the Established Church. WARWICK BOROUGH BILL. „ 5 Counsel were thew called in, and their lordsinpil proceeded with the examination of witnesses !.11.0,, the Warwick Bill, and the house adjourned at hall past eight o'clock. him thas The SPEAKER resumed the chair at twenty OUSE OF COMMONS, June 4. H past five o'clock. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. A message from the lords announced that their lord ships had agreed to the St. George's Hospital Incorpo ration Bill, the St. George's Market Bill, and som e other bills. DUNGARVAN ELECTION. The SPEAKER announced that he had received s petition by that morning's post, from an individual named Maurice Kennedy, complaining of the last re turn for that borough. The petition was ordered to be taken into considera tion on Tuesday, the Ist of July. Lord MO RPETH presented a petition from the parish of Blackheath, Yorkshire, against the PaYr nen of church rates, and in favour of the claims of the dis-, unters ; a petition from another parish in Yorksibile. in favour of the connexion of the church w ith t in the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill ; a nd state ; a petition from Ovenden against certain clauses m inute s from Knaresborough to the same effect. from Colonel LYGON presented two petitions . places in Worcestershire against the claims of dissenter.s_ Lord G. LENNOX presented a petition from Ou t magistrates of the western division of the c ounty ° 1 Sussex, in favour of a labour rate. Sus" Sir C. BURRELL presented petitions frome sex against the Beer Act, and in favour of th La bourers' Employment Bill. d Mr. WIL KS presented petitions 'against Lord thorp's Church-rate measure, from the dissenter% 1. Wednesbury, Staffordshire ; Ringwood, 111.0: Halstead, Essex ; and from the inhabitants of Dub complaining; mr. LiT T e agriculturaI ET o N presented a against drunkenness. ( A laugh.) a petitio Mr. E. BULWER presented apetition from Stowe? petition from W verhampton, against the admission of the dissenters t° the universities, and a petition from a place in Staf" fordshire, against the coal duties. Sir R. FF. RGU SON presented a p e s a t, o n•fro Nottingham against the Church Rates Bill. Sir D. K. SANDFORD presented a petition fro m Paisley against certain clauses in the Poor La ws Amendment Bill. ol" Lord G. SOMERSET presented petitions froth Monmouth, in Hampshire, in favour of the established church, and against the claims of dissenters. Mr. BARING presented a petition from persons professing the Christian faith in and near Londoli, against the bill for relieving the Jews from the disabi lities under which they labour. . _titian fro m Dr. LIT S HINGTON presented a p Shoreditch against the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill; also a petition from the same place praying that the dissenters might be relieved from the disabilities under which they labour. Mr. H. HANDLEY presented a petition from the parish of Stickney, in Lincolnshire, against the Bee f Bill. against the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill. The the Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from Bath Mr. and learned member said that he did not concur in prayer of the petition. War t Bill. cester, against the Poor Laws' Amendme° LABOURERS' EmPLoymENrt, 13 ILL. - seco nd the Colonel D A VIE S presented a petition from On the order of the day being rea d for reading of this bill, Sir C. BURRELL rose to move the on of the ing, and appealed to the kind consideratt apians, house, while he offered a few observations ' i v s i n cere./ tory of the object of his motion. lie wasthreatened sorry to find that some obstacles were sideratioo to be thrown in the way of the further con t _ e sbne hi of this bill. He regretted extremely that n os ition , have the misfortune to meet with any ° P r P nte entg but it was his duty to offer such be gthought in support of his views of this subject, as -e that he would promote its success. He was in hopes d _ lc , his would be able to induce the noble lord to with r:d .ding . opposition,so far at least as to allow of the second re.' wzin ee He was not without some hope that he mix'''. t l ira bly the noble lord so far to regard the measure ' ta v° ' i n to as to allow it to pass a second reading and g ° in to committee. If the noble lord would suffer it to Pa ti ss eta ils a committee, it could there be modelled in i ts if the as to any parts that were objectionable. (Hear. ) this it sec.ond read noble lord would intimate his concurrence in /, 01 would save the time of the house, s i r C. Althorp shook his head, but said nothing.) ~ ,d f e lt Burrell took that as a direct negative, .a" int o therefore under the necessity of enteririf. . to the subject- .In the outset he certainlyefiat c( c i t n not be distinctly understood, that i the least merit to himself for e was due to a measure. Whatever merit waswith which the sub district in Northamptoilasnhirein part to those pa ject had originated, d speedily joined that district rishes which had , • h the laudable u ndertaking, by which bringi°gl be" in this most had already been of those parts lot population lands cultivated in a very sillie r a nefitted, and the He would next refer .t° d degree. (Hear, hear.)_ forward this great number of pett ,dly to - tons that had been prese nte to by all the aistra • tes ex one that had been signed ma t , . _ s ; that ceptone assembled at the Westminster Sessions' an d barrister of considerable 'standing,' did one was a that he his reason for refusing to sign it, also, was _ o , ne st not understand the subject. He would n osy ‘-i the house in favour of it. ; and more especi— cober that the petition should be read, and the h°,, n d of Fern then presented a petition from the hundriZtoendrnent been productive of great V ° ham ( Surrey), against the Poor Laws labou r rate. Bill, as far as it was opposed to The plan had The honourable member resume d The The saving 293 paupers effected was a diminution of no t monthly dimi-, in the course of one month, and a which woulta notion of 4131. in the poor rates, r, hear.) The amount in the year to 4,807 1 . d(11-weoauld not re; bill proposed by the n oble s h l e o s r , i for it did not pror s o lieve the paupers nor the t P b a u f t to send them to their o vt o f to find them e mployrn n e , n e ; ber would refer to the act places. If any liTi i all the laws relating to the P", § Elizabeth, on wine 1 would findpoor-b°tO they that no ~ ioc l were based, . e xistence, but were then in employment was . 1 , 1 , , er " , forthe poor in a general way. ( Hear, hear.) P r _ e 5 one must acknowledge the talents of Mr. St i lt." Bourne, and he alone of all the commoners refuseos agree to the abolition of the labour rate, and that vt the strong argument in its favour. With respect t01551f bill now before the house he would take upon, h il t ' re; to say that if it was suffered to pass as a O e olu porary bill for one or it could two years, i 4 not fail to operate very beneficially, 11 11 % 4 0 ' render unnecessary the provisions that were ' "'ban ' ■