The Sun. — London, England, 1834-02-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The House of Commons has determined, as we sup posed it would, in the case of the accusation against the Irish Members. It has agreed to a Committee of Inquiry. Every one must have observed that for some days past the general inclination through out society was, if possible, to get rid of this pain ful, embarrassing, and most unprofitable question. Its total irrelevancy to the important public business for which Parliament has been called together, the distressing and even disgraceful inquisitions into the intercourse of private life which might accompany its progress, and still more the vague and unsatis factory nature of its positive results, have each and ail presented themselves to the minds of those who were superior to the indulgence of personal curio sity or vindictiveness, as so many arguments which rendered it imperative on the House of Commons to quash—if to quash it should still be practicable— so offensive and dangerous an investigation. An attempt was made last night, by a motion of Sir Francis Burdett, to substitute the order of the day for Mr. O'Connell's proposition of a Committee, and Mr. Stanley, who spoke soon afterwards, gave vent to his repugnance against the latter course in strong and earnest language. In one observation, however, of the Right Hon. Gentleman, neither Sir Robert Peel, who followed him, nor the majo• rity of the House, appeared much disposed to con cur. Mr. Stanley wished (if we understood him correctly) to establish, that the only charge which affected Mr. Sheil was that contained in the words of Lord Althorp, viz., "that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had uttered sentiments out of Parlia ment, or words to that effect, at variance with his votes and speeches in it.," Now, if such were the whole of the case, we can imagine nothing more utterly frivolous and silly than the attempt to found upon it a charge, or ever► an imputation, seriously discreditable to any Member of Parliament, except, indeed, the thin-skinned delicacy of the Member himself, who could think it necessary to force an examination into its truth or falsehood. No, as was stated by Sir Robert Peel, and as had been pre viously argued by Mr. O'Connell, the grave charge against Mr. Shell was that brought forward by the Learned Member for Hull—not that in mere pri vate conversation Mr. Shell had expressed himself in this or that manner, hut that he had made or rent a communication to the Government, or to some member of it, urging the enactment of a measure which in public he had violently opposed. It would be the grossest injustice to Mr. Shell to attach his solemn denial of the charge against him to the mere fact imputed by Lord Althorp—namely, his having " conversed" upon the subject in a spirit at va riance with his votes; because we maintain that even in the present advanced stage of the question, such a fact might be proved by incontestible evi dence, without in any sensible degree affecting Mr. Shell's political or personal honour. To do that it will be indispensable to show, not that Lord Althorp's belief, but that Mr. Hill's (far graver) accusation, was well founded. It is on the lat ter that the whole inquiry will turn, and un less that be fully brought home to Mr. Sheil, we conceive that he must stand acquitted of everything but some careless levity of expression, against which no man's reputation, or that of hardly one in ten thousand, would be entirely unassailable. The House felt clearly that Mr. Shell had a right to the fullest examination, of which a charge so strange, disjointed, and we really believe altogether unexam pled, was susceptible ; and that feeling was forcibly displayed by the division of 192 to 54 against giving the " go-by" to Mr. O'Connell's motion. What will come of it is quite another question. Can it lead to any good 2 Mr. Stanley recommended a protest concurrent with the institution of the Com mittee; but can any protest be so strong or binding against the resort to such a vicious and perilous precedent for the future guidance of the House as to insure that it shall never be followed ? We must confess that the waste of time already occa sioned through this unbecoming, because obviously personal, question, affords but a sorry prospect to the country of the judgment and vigour with which its real business is likely to be henceforth carried on. However, a lesson has been received that may be turned to profit. The Speaker, even the most experienced and practised Speaker, must not be invariably relied upon in critical cases, or the reins of all other men's understandings surrendered implicitly to that high officer. There ere, we dare say, fifty Members in the House of Commons who saw clearly at the first moment, that the question ought then to be stopped, but who remained in active in deference to the Speaker, hoping that the Right Hon. Gentleman would interpose, until the time had passed when he or they could have done so with effect and with propriety. At the same time it must be confessed, that the Speaker could not reasonably have anticipated such an answer from Lord Althorp as his Lordship thought himself bound to give to the question of Mr. O'Connell. We trust, however, that as Mr. Hill stands pledged, no further delay will be permitted to impede the resumption of what is more properly the public business.—Times. Our hope that the time for reflection which has been afforded to Members, might not be without effect in enabling them to see the folly of entering on an inquiry to ascertain the degree of Mr. Shed's political consistency, and that the motion of Mr. O'Connell would be negatived, has bten disap pointed. We are inclined to believe that a ma jority of Members entered the House last night with an inclination to proceed no further in the business ; but the turn which the discussion took overthrew their resolves, and an inquiry has been wanted. After a few observations from Mr. Sheil, claiming a fair trial, but leaving the form of the investigation to the House, Mr. Stanley wished to have the precise nature and extent of the inquiry distinctly understood ; because, said the Right Honourable Gentleman, " the question, I understand, is this—with reference to the Honourable and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Sheil) there is this statement made, and this statement only—that out of the House, on the subject of the Coercion Bill, he has held language at variance with the language he held within the House.—(hear.) I wish, therefore, before the House is called upon to come to any decision, to know whether the Hon. and Learned Gentleman so understands the extent of the statement, and whether upon that statement, that he has held out of the House its conversation language different from that which he held in the House with refer ence to the Coercion Bill, he rests his denial, and asks the House, for the sake of his vindication, to enter upon the inquiry." Mr. O'Connell here in terposed, and prescribed silence to Mr. Sheil. He had, during the interval, been enabled to discover, which he did not do before," that there is an infinite difference between the statement which the Noble Lord (Althorp) had made, and the statement which the Hon. and Learned Member for Hull had declared himself ready to support I.y evidence;" and he appear ed to regret that he had accepted the Noble Lord for Mr. Hill, and that he had made a retraction and apology to the latter. As the part of the speech of - Mr. O'Connell on this point is exceedingly cha racteristic, we shall allow him to speak for himself : " I now perceive that no two things can be more distinct and different. I confess, in the hurry of the first occasion, I perhaps naturally, and certainly un• deservedly, confounded both to a great extent. I mixed that which is a real and serious crime with that regarding ,A bleb I think it would be difficult to show it would be becoming in the House to insti tute an inquiry, if it had not proceeded from the lips of one of his Majesty's Ministers, using the term responsibility when he volunteered an answer to a question I did not put. I shall show presently that he did volunteer it, and that it was not led to by what fell from me. The strongest proof that such was my impression is, that I really thought he adopted and sanctioned and justified the Hon. Member for Hull. I will not retract what I said under that impres sion." Mr.O'Connell now insists that Mr. Hill's state ment shall be proved to the letter—that it shall be proved not merely that Mr. Sheil held different ',pinions on the subject of the Coercion Bill in pri vate from those he expressed in public, but that he made a distinct communication to Minister, urging theni privately to do that which he had contended against in the House with all his energies. " I give (said Mr. O'Connell) the Hon. Member for Hull the fullest latitude he can desire (with respect ro the term Minister): he may extend it to every body in office; nay, more—to every regular Minis terial supporter—to everybody belonging to the Ministerial party or phalanx, for I wish to use as unobjectionable a word as I can." Mr. O'Connell, whom no one ever charged with being deficient in cunning, expended much sarcasm against the sup posed revealers of private conversations,with the view, we suppose, of causing it to be believed that he did all he could to prevent any gentleman from coming for ward to state instances of Mr. Sheil's holding a diffe rent language in private from what he uttered in pub lic, and thus, while he indicated his own belief that Mr. Sheil was a reluctant opponent of the Coercion Bill, obtaining credit for a wish to hazard everything to rescue the Honourable and Learned Member for Tipperary. To do Mr. O'Connell justice, he worked up this part of his speech with some skill. " Was it (he asked) such a conversation as, among gentlemen, is within the sacred guard of silence ? (Cheers.) Was it necessary to caution the hearer with, " Do not say this ;" or was it such a matter as no man would think of repeating ? Was it re peated by a man who, if he were to swear it, would riot be believed, because the moral tarnish of re tailing it would lead to the inevitable suspicion that he who could repeat would not scruple to in vent ? Is there not a tribunal of honour in the breast of every man opposed to such practices ?" This tirade, and the reference to the recent courtmartial was altogether good acting. Mr. O'Connell, after a warm eulogium on his Hon. and Learned Friend Mr. Shell, between whom and him self there is, as all the world knows, the most fervent affection and regard, concluded with claim ing from Mr. Hill the performance of his promise on a former night, when he said that he was ready with his proofs, and put in the Examiner news paper, and read a list of the names of Members he proposed should form the Committee of Privileges. Mr. Hill made an excellent speech. It is so much the habit of Mr. O'Connell to make assertions and to retract them, when he finds it inconvenient to persist—to re-assert what he had retracted on a fresh prospect of advantage, that it has become a second nature with him to be guided by no other principle than the convenience of the moment; and, indeed, he does not seem to be aware that there is anything wrong in thus shifting his ground continu ally. He has, indeed, stated, in print that he is the most consistent of public men. It never occurred to him, no doubt, that there was any harm in withdraw ing the retraction he had given to Mr. Hill when he found it in his way. But Mr. Hill did not con fine himself to the retraction, but exhibited Mr. O'Connell's gross inconsistency from first to last in the business :—" Was the Hon. Member prepared to impugn his (Mr. Hill's) veracity, or did he merely accuse him of want of caution ? There were two distinct propositions to be considered. He wanted to know his starting place, what he had to meet, and what to defend. The Hon. Member, in his two letters, wherein he let loose the press of Ireland upon him—(Hear, hear, hear) —had charged him with having fabricated the whole statement. He (Mr. Hill) wished to know whether he did fa bricate that statement, or any part of it; and whe ther he could prove that he had acted in truth or in error ? As he obtained no reply, he would proceed with his case as regarded himself personally. The Hon. and Learned Member in his letter said, 'This man fabricated this statement.' Now he (Mr. Hill) would like to know how the Hon. and Learned Member had found out that the statement was a fabrication of his.—(Hear, hear ) Where was his evidence of the fabrication ?—(Hear, hear.) He would further ask the Hon. and Learned Member, accomplished as he was in casuistry, to point out the difference between him who asserted that which he cannot know to be true, and him who asserts that which be knows to be false.—(Hear.) How did the Hon. Member know that he fabricated it ?" But this was only of a piece of Mr. O'Connell's conduct throughout the whole affair : he showed that he took up and laid down charges with the most reckless indifference to their truth. " The fictions (he said) with which the Hon. and Learned Member had set out were so monstrous that he knew they would answer themselves; they were of so perishable a nature, that they would not stand the least test.—(Hear, hear.) If he wished them to bear the least inspection, be must put a little more of the alloy of truth in their composition. The charges were as fleeting as their retractation." He concluded with seconding the motion, declaring " that nothing could give him more pleasure than that the fullest investigation should be made into the matter." In the course of his speech he ob served, that— . . " He was now ready to say, as he was in a situation in which his motives could no longer be misconstrued, that he deeply deplored, whether he was right or wrong as to the facts, that he had made the statement.—(Hear.) He had no oppor tunity before of making that declaration, because, on the first occasion he had been spoken of in terms of abuse, of defiance, and of insult; as long as that conduct was resorted to, he felt he could not make the slightest concession.—(Hear,hear.) He now, however, had no reason to conceal that he regretted it, as it had given pain to himself and caused pain and uneasiness and trouble to others." _ . Sir Robert Peel made a speech quite in cha racter. As Mr. Shell is now on his trial, we shall leave the matter where it is. It is greatly to be regretted, however, that the matter should have at all been brought before the House. We have al ways borne willing testimony to the high talents of Mr. Sheil ; but instances of former indiscretion are mentioned, which lead to the fear that he may not come out of the inquiry uninjured.—ilforn. Chron. The reformed House of Commons yesterday de voted another entire day to the solution of the very important question to the country at large, of " Who is the traitor ?" The real business of the day commenced with the discussion of this topic, and fatigued, no doubt, and exhausted with the labour required in order to come to a decision on a matter of such paramount importance, the reformed House of Commons retired to rest, when it had partly effected this herculean task. This done, " orders of the day" were forgotten—" notices of motions" were undreamt of—and " wearied nature sought at last repose." The disingenuous and tricky conduct of the Government throughout the entire of this matter, is worthy of remark. For some days back the treasury press has been busily employed in endeavouring to mystify this question. " What did it signify that the House should be convinced of the rascality of one of its Members ?" " What step was the House to take when it had arrived at this tremendous conviction ?" Let us in our turn be allowed to ask what did all this unwillingness of the Government to allow a Member of the House of Commons to vindicate his title to the character of an honest man, mean ? What was the cause of all this soreness ? Was it commiseration for Mr. Shell and Mr. Hill, or was it consideration for Lord Althorp and " the invisible Gentleman ?" Why was Mr. Stanley an augur ? and why was Colonel Evans a bore ? and why was Sir Francis Burdett the two instruments combined? Above all, how did Lord Ebrington come to suffer Sir Francis Burdett to play his characters, and to undertake the part of " Independent Member" coming to the assistance of the Government in their quondary ? Was it by " special desire," or upon a short notice, " Lord Ebrington being suddenly taken ill," that Sir F. Burdett took Lord Ebrington's place last night ? We are unable to form a judgment on these points--but the Government, in compliance with the sense of the House of Commons, very unequivocally mani fested, at last unwillingly consented, and a Com mittee has been appointed to investigate the mat ter. There can be no doubt thee, in common jus tice to Mr. Sheil, the House were bound to come • to this decision. Had Lord Althorp suffered the subject to remain as it stood when it originally came under the notice of Parliament, Mr. Shell having once solemnly denied the charge made against him, the matter might have there terminated—the va luable time of the House might have been saved — and the character of his Majesty's Chancellor of the Exchequer and leader of the House of Commons, for discretion, might have stood somewhat higher in the eyes of the coun try than, we fear, it at present does. It wa s, in fact, Lord Althorp's having taken upon himself to reiterate (as it were) the charge against Mr. Shell which has made the charge now adopted one only of bare justice to Mr. Shell. We confess we lay under the impression that Lord Althorp had more than he could well do on his hands, consider ing the notice he had given of his intentions for Friday next. We thought he had quite occupation enough prepared for him in opening a Budget with out also opening a battery—and though we give him full credit for the manliness and straightfor wardness he exhibited, having once involved him self in the melee—yet if there be danger in the pre cedent established—if there be loss of character and loss of dignity, added to loss of time, involved in this discussion, we cannot but attribute much, if not the whole of these misfortunes to the line taken by Lord Althorp at the outset of this investigation. —Morning Post. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 10. THE ICING V. RICHARD DIONTPRIVAT AND JOHN JOSEPH STOCK DALE. In this caw, which was not concluded yesterday when our Paper went to press, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both defendants. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION•HOUSE. THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.—A gentleman made a communication to the LORD MAYOR, relative to the Ge neral Post-office, calculated to excite some surprise. He stated that a gentleman wrote to Mr. Mackie, of New York, on the 15th of March, 1633, for two copies of a book containing an account of the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Mackie wrote the following answer to the order on the 9th of January, 1834 :—" By this oupor tunity, the packet ship Montreal, Captain Chaplin, I send a small parcel containing two copies of the American Con stitution and the Constitution of the United States, which 1 hope you will rr c ice safe. The Montreal goes to the S•. Katharine's Docks ; and as this letter will be put in the bag, you will know of her arrival, and you will get the parcel by calling on board or at the luggage ware house." Mr. Mackie's correspondent received Mr. Mackie's letter from the Post-office carrier on the 2Sth of January, and the parer 1 was offered to him if he would pay the sum of 71. ss. postage thereon. He declined agreeing to such a proposition—told the carrier to take the parcel back to the General Post-office, where it was his intention to call, in • order to inquire into the grounds of so extra ordinary a demand, at variance as it was with the practice of the establishment, and unrecognised by any existing law upon the subject of general correspondence. He did accordingly call on the morning of the 29th of January, and saw in the Secretary's office Mr. Janes, who referred him to the Carriers' office, from which he was referred to the Dead Letter office, where his parcel was exhibited to him. Again he refused to pay the enormous sum which bad been demanded in the first instance, and he expressed a wish to speak with Sir Francis Freeling upon the subject, but was informed that that gentleman was particularly engaged at the time. He then desired that the parcel should be sent to him the next day. The carrier accordingly called with it at the time required, and, to the astonishment of the claimant of the books, told him that the charge was reduced to fifteen shillings. Con vinced that no legal demand of the kind could be made, Le determined to resist the reduced postage of the books, and back they were taken again. The parcel then remained at the Post-office, the claimant not choosing to admit the principle that the Post-office authorities bad a right to take parcels directed to individuals by private ships out of such ships—parcels being no letters. The LORD MAYOR said, lie had no doubt that Sir Fran. cis Freeling would most readily give a satisfactory ex planation. There must, in his Lordship's opinion, have been some violation of the Post-office rules, with respect to the parcel. The manner in which parcels might be trans mitted, the circumstance of their being sealed or not, and other matters relating to the form in which the trans mission was made, might have considerable effect upon the Post-office authorities. At all events, Sir Francis Free ling would not, as might be presumed from his well-known character, hesitate to satisfy the gentleman who considered the demand an illegal one, upon the subject of the grounds an which it was made. It is expected that the parties will make a personal ap plication to his Lordship in a few days. MARY LEB ONE. Charles Brown, a young man of decent appearance, was charged by Dr. James 13artlett, of I3entinck•street, Edgeware-road. Complainant about three weeks ago engaged a person as cook, who on Saturday evening last came up into the drawing-room, and, without having given any previous warning, said she must go away that night. He said that if she did she would not receive any wages, she having agreed for a month certain ; upon which she began screaming as loud as she could, and called out, " Charles !" when the prisoner came running up stairs, saying that he was the young woman's brother. Complainant desired him to quit the house, but, tetusing to do so, he called up his footman, with whose assistance he got the prisoner to the street-door, where he created a great disturb inee, and collected a mob round the house. A policeman shortly after coming past, witness called him, and gave the pri soner in charge. The prisoner, i❑ reply, said that he was informed by his sister that she was going to leave her situation, and he went there for the purpose of carrying away her boxes. He was waiting in the passage while she went up stairs, when, hearing his sister call him, he followed, upon which the ccsuiplainant and his servant thrust him out of the street-dour, and then gave him into custody. Mr. RAWLINSON, without any comment, ordered the prisoner to be immediately liberated. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Benjamin Buckle, aged IS, and Thomas Griffin, aged 14, were charged with having stolen -everal fur caps, the:property of Mr, James Spencer, salesman, of 5, Bachelor's-row, Battle_bridge ; and Liam Crew, the owner of a marine store shop, was charged with having received the same, knowing them to have been stolen. Griffin was admitted as King's evidence against the other prisoners, and they denied the charge, but were fully committed for trial at the Old Bailey. QUEEN-S QUARE. A FORTUNATE THIEF.-Yesterday a half-starved look ing man named Smith, was charged with stealing a loaf of bread from the shop of a baker, at Lambeth. The baker, however, refused to appear against him, and the Magistrate discharged the prisoner, at the same time or dering the bread to be given up to him. The man took the bread with much avidity, and commenced eating it before he got out of the office. In less than one hour the prisoner was again brought to the office, charged with stealing a lump of cheese from d shop in Tuthill street, and as in the previous case the man was discharged, the shopkeeper refusing to prosecute. The cheese was also in this instance given to hint, and as he had some portion of the bread left, he sat down outside the office and ap parently made a hearty meal. An Irish shoemaker named John Neale was committed for trial for stealing a shin of beef from the shop of Mr. Hoare, eating house-keeper, Strutton-ground, West minster. The prisoner at twelve o'clock on Saturday night went into the prosecutor's shop, and called fir two pennyworth of soup. On going out lie was detected with the shin of beef, valued at 2s. The prisoner in his defence said, that the prosecutor followed him out with the shin bone and then charged him with the robbery. He denied that it was worth two shillings, as he could buy as many as he could carry for a shilling each. UNION-HALL. About the middle of ►ast year a❑ i❑quiry was instituted by the Magistrates into the conduct of the oficers of this establishment, which ended in the dismissal of Hall, the chief constable, and of six other constables. Although the utmost pains were then taken by the Bench to elicit the whole truth, there has since been reason to suppose that the evil has not been probed to its source, a❑d a❑ event which has just occurred proves the justice of the suspicio❑. We mentioned last week that Stawell had been excluded Irom the office as an inf,irmer, in conse que❑ce of his secretly receiving money from certain parties against whom he had laid informations, after obtaining the Magistrate's permission to withdraw them. In his subsequent defence he offered an excuse, which, although not admitted as an explanation of his own conduct, compelled the Magistrates to make an immediate inquiry into that of their chief clerk, Mr. Staples. Stawell's plea was, that he had been pressed for fu❑ds, and tempted to resort to this improper mode of replenish ing his resources by his inability for some time past to' procure from Mr. Staples his share of penalties imposed in cases where he had been the informer. We under stand, that upon a private investigation, in the presence of Mr. S., the rslagistrates not only ascertained the truth of this charge, but discovered other irregularities in the con duct of Mr. S., amongst the rest, that he had withheld from several of the constables the whole or portions of their quarter's salaries, paid to him, on their account, by the receiver. These facts being communicated to the Home Office, Lord Melbourne at once directed the dis missal of Mr. Staples. In consequence of a strong re commendation from the Magistrates, Mr. Edwin, who has for some years filled the situation of second clerk, yesterday morning received the appointment as chief clerk, and ent ere d upon t h e d ut i es o f th a t office. A Mr. Wm. Taylor, from the Home Office, has been appointed second clerk. THAMES POLICE. Curuous CssE.— Captain Brown, the master of a Hansburz, trading vessel, was yesterday summoned to show cause why he refused to pay the sum of 131. 4s. to John Savage, his chief mate, which he claimed as the balance due to him. The mate, who proved to be one of the most stupid wit nesses that ever entered a Court of Justice, was unable to make out his claim. He had signed articles to go the voy ave from LoncLin to Hamburg and back at 4Z. per month, and the Captain had discharged him without pay ing him his wages. Mr. BRODERIP asked the witness hew he made out that 13/. 4s. was due to him?—The mate said he did not know, and all the efforts of the Magistrates to precute an explanation proved fruitless. The Captain was called upon for his defence, and he clearly made out the compl iinant's case by his own state ment. He had offered to pay the money to his mate, who had refused to receive it. The mate said he had lent his Captain 11. ss. 41 foreign money at Cuxhaven, and when he was about to pay him he demanded two stamp receipts, one for wages and the other for the money he had borrowed. The Captain admitted this to be the c 'se, and said he considered himself entitled to two stamped receipts. Mr. BRODERIP said it was unfair for one man to bor row a small sum of another and then refuse to pay it without the lender gave a stamped receipt. After a good deal of discussion, the Magistrate ordered 121. 17s. 4d. to be paid to the mate, which appeared to be the sum really due to bin', and said it was fortunate for the mate that his Captain had made out the case for him, for he would have never been aide to do it himself. FRENCH PAYERS. (From Galignani's Messenger of Saturday.) CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SITTING OF FEB. 7. At a quarter to two M. Lupin, President,took the chair. The debate on the project relative to the street criers was resumed. Art. 1 being still under discussion, amendments to this article were proposed by Messrs. Charlemagne, Tail landier, Portalis, Anglade, and De Failly. The amend ment selected for discussion was that of M. Charlemagne, the purport of which was nearly the same as that moved by M.,Legrand in the preceding deb ite. After a brief dis cussion, or rather conversation, M. Charlemagne, seeing the little probability of his amendment being adopted, withdrew it. The President observed, that the other amendments being in the nature of additions, he would first put Article 1 to the vote. Article 1 was agreed to by a large majority. (The right of the Chamber was very thin of deputies.) M. Taillandier proposed an addition to the article► enacting that authorizations to public criers should be granted by the mayors of the arrondissement in which the persons applying I,r such license should reside. M. Fulchiron objected to this additional clause, that, as there were 12 mayors in Paris, the license refused by one might be granted by another, and by this means the law be nullified. M. Vatout likewise opposed the additional ciente, and besought the Chamber to cause to be swept from the streets those filthy publications, sot less disgusting and pestiferous than the dirt of the streets in which they were distributed. The Hon. Deputy added, that if the additional clause of M. Taillandier were adopted, the public criers would be furnished with an easy way of eluding the law, for (said M. Vatout) the sth and 6th arrondissements are only separated by a channel ; and a public crier who bad obtained a license in the sth arron dissement, would have nothing more to do than to stand astride over the channel, where he might cry his publi cation, and at the same time laugh at the refractory Mayor of the 6th arrondissement.---(Laughter.) M. Lherbette was not a little astonished by the stretch of imagination of M. Vatout, by which he sought to re present the public criers as so many new colossuses of Rhodes astride over a puddle, instead of an arm of the sea.—(Renewed laughter.) The Hon. Deputy concluded by voting for the addition proposed by M. Taillandier. The amendment was put to the vote and rejected. M. de Fully moved that the enactments of the law should be applicable likewise to the street singers.— Adopted. M. Anglade moved an additional clause, exempting from the necessity of previous authorization the venders and distributors of the public journals published in con formity with the law relative to the press. The Minister of the Interior said that this additional clause would have the effect of annulling the law, for, if adipted, there would be nothing to hinder certain journals from inserting in their columns similar infamous writings to those complained of, and publishing them in the street. We must not shut our eyes to the truth, added the Minis ter ; there are journals that boldly call for another revo lution. I hold in my hand the prospectus of the Popu faire, in which is a paragraph which endeavours to prove the necessity of a revolution, either by le4al means or by force. As long as you take no effective measures to restrain this detestable and anarchical journal, you will have done nothing.—(Agi , ation.) M. Gait; Bizoin stigniatiz,cl the proposed law as an act of anger and hatred, and voted in favour of the amendment. M. Per sil denied that the project was framed under the influence of anger or hatred. It was a measure that was wished for and demanded by all the sound part of the population, and by all the respectable inhabitants of Paris. —(Murmurs from the right. ) M. Gamier Pages (from his place)—We are not then in the class of respectable persons ?—(Murmurs from the centre.) M. de Coredles (addressing himself to the centre) — We are at least as worthy of respect as you.—(Tumult.) M. Persil explained, and said that it could not for a moment be supposed that he meant to deny the respecta bility of any of the Deputies in the Chamber. He said that the great majori'y of the population of Paris, and all the respectable inhabitants, were desirous ofsuch a law. M. Gamier Pages—l do nut conceive that M. Persil has any more right to insult a portion of the population than he has to insult a portion of the Chamber. But I cannot be astonished at what M. Persil has said, alter witnessing that one of the Ministers designates as detesta ble and anarchical a journal (Le Populaire), the director of which, M. Cabet, has been denounced to you, and is to be judged by you tomorrow. Singular abuse of mind on the part of the Minister ! who, on the very eve of a dis cussion en the Populaire, thinks proper to rise up and condemn, without hearing, that very Populaire. M. Gamier Pages then proceeded to maintain, that the exist ing laws were sufficient to repress the excesses complained of. M. Cabet expressed great indignation at the words which had just been made use of by the Minister of the Interior, when speaking of the Populaire. The Popu laire, added the Hon. Deputy, has not yet been prose cuted, and yet the Minister has said that it is guilty every day in the year. In thus speaking the Minister betrays his duty. The amendment of M. Anglade was then put to the vote and rejected. Legrand moved that the criers who sell complete coples of the journals, published conformably to the laws on the press, should be exempted from the prohibitory dispositions of the law. This amendment was put to the vote, but the result being doubtful, a ballot took place, the result of which was as follows :—Number of votes, 361 ; for the amend ment, 163; against it, 198. The amendment was rejected. Art. 2, relative to the penalties consequent upon the non-observance of the law, was taken into discus ion. After a few observations from M. Portalis, with regard to the augmentation of punishment proposed by the corn mission, Art. 2, as originally framed, was put to the vote, and adopted. The proposition of the commission, recommending that the punishment in case of a second offence should, instead of from six days to two months, be from two months to a year, was put to the vote, but the result being doubtful, the Chamber proceeded to a ballot. The following was the result:--Number of votes, 346 ; for the increase of ill the punishment, 181 ; against it, 165 ; Proposition dopt. d. Art. 3. imposing a stamp duty upon all publicaions containing two sheets and under, sold in the streets, was taken into discussion. M. Vatout proposed that an exception should be made in favour of almanacks, and moved that publications of a half•sheet and under should alone be liable to the stamp duty. The Minister of Finance said that he consented to the amendment. The President observed, that in consequence of the a h m at e , ndment, it became if it were 'ej ec t e d, A O r o t v , e 3 r n . m o f e tet the c p o r n o s p e o n t s e i n d g l a t w o , a t t there would be no longer any disposition in the proposed law imposing a stamp duty. The amendment being put to the vote, was rejected. The President observed, that the rejection of this article involved the rejection of articles 4 and 5, which also re lated to the stamp duty. M. Roget proposed, as an addition to the project, that the operation of the law should be suspended in any de. parttnent where an election was taking place, during the time of the election, and 15 days previously. This amendment was rejected. M. Aroux moved an amendment of a similar nature. The Keeper of the Seals opposed the amendment, be cause it would, he said, be e quivalent to stigmatizing the liw as an exceptional law. M. De Corcelles said—What then is your law if it be vote not an exceptional law ? The Keeper of the Seals—lf it he an exceptional law o exceptional notrceie_laws Bu have votedt the uponit, c h thefor rrt charter is he press.o A. de charter o a l o u rb d value ius your you to y te should eyes. inter rupted me.—(Applause from the cen tre.) at ta T c h h e ed K t e o ep t e h r e of c h t l a ] r e te S r e a t l h s ti I t h b e e i D e v e e p l u taymwmhoor e sincere has l y o u done I.d e eCorcelles—And Justice! Wha t have y with ll her ? The Keeper of the Seals—Justice ! I have employed her to protect social order against all manner of pertueba tors—against all the enemies of order —(Approhation from the centre.) The Minister concluded by voting against the amendment. After some observations in its favour by M. Odillon Barrot, the amendment was lost. Messrs. Coulmalin and Nlarsehal proposed amendments, purporting that the duration of the law should cease at the end of the session of 1835. These amendments were likewise lost. A '3111.4 then took place on the ensemble of the law, the result of which was as follows :—Number of votes, 321—For the proposed law, 212—Against it, 122. The law was agreed o. At six o'clock the Chamber rose. CORPORATION COMMISSION INQUIRY. Yesterday the Commissioners proceeded with the in quiry. A number of the Common Councilmen and authorities of several of the Wards attended to make state ments of abuses which existed, and to point out to the Commissioners the necessity of a representation of the facts to the Government. Mr. Knight, a gentleman who resides in the Ward o' Bishopsgate, stated that if a gentleman residing in the Ward of Bishopsgate Within desired to be returned a member of the Court of Common Council he must be content to undergo a most degrading canvass of the inhabitants of the Ward of Bishopsgtve Without. Mr. Commissioner DRINKWATER-4 8 it the case that the Ward of Bishopsgate Without send men from that Ward to represent the Ward of Bishopsgate Within without the consent of the latter ? Mr. Knight—No doubt of it. About seven or eight years ago nine candidates out of fourteen were put in by Bishopsgate Without. Mr. Commissioner DRINKWATER—Have those mem bers who succeeded, in consequence of their political principles, shown any neglect of the local duties? Mr. Lowe said that that was moat decidedly the case. He resided in the parish of All Hallows, Lombard street, which was in the Ward Within, the inhabitants of which precinct had been in the habit of returning two represen tatives from amongst themselves, but it happened that the Wardmote returned, instead of those two, Mr. Weston and Mr. Charles Pearson, who belonged to the Ward of Bishopsgate Without. Mr. Jones, who was a candidate, but also withdrew, belonged to the Ward of Bishopsgate Within, but he refused to canvass the Ward of Bishopsgate Without. Mr. Commissioner Deteacwe'rea—Doesi Mr. Charles Pearson attend the Common Council meetings for the purposes of the Ward ? Mr. Nathaniel Clark (formerly a member of the Ward of Bishopsgate) said that Mr. Pearson by no means attended so regularly as the other members. The charge of neglect was more applicable to that gentleman than to any one else. The members of the Ward within had no control over the local expenditure of the Ward Without, Mr. Commissioner ELLICE asked whether it was the opinion of Mr. Clark that a complete separation of the wards was necessary to remedy the existing evils? Mr. Clark thought such would he the most effectual course. That was the general opinion of the residents of the Ward of Bishopsgate THE MUNICIPAL POLICE. Mr. Hicks, the Deputy of Castle Baynard Ward, pro ceeded to give the Commissioners inform ition relative to the watching adopted in that ward. THE FELLOWSHIP PORTERS. Mr. George Marin, oink to the Fellowship of Corn, Salt, and Fruit Porters, was then examined as to the rights of that body. The fellowship was, he slid, esta blished by act of Common Council in December, 1619. The privilege of porterage belonged to the Corporation, nd they appointed porters to do the work. In case of dispute as to an infringement of rights the Chamberlain brought the action. Questions so raised had been decided over and over again in favour of the fellowship. It had been altered by various Acts. The present constitution was that they were under the c,introl of the Alderman of Billingsgate Ward, who was Governor of the fellowship, and his deputy was the Deputy Governor of the Society. THE TACKLEHOUSE AND TICKET PORTERS. Mr. Payne, Clerk to the Society of Tacklehouse and Ticket Porters, was next examined. The Society was managed by a Governor,:always appointed by the Court of Aldermen. The fees were given by Alderman Wood, the present Governor, into the poor box, for the benefit of the poor members of the Society. The Corporation had the right of porterage in all cases, and they delegated that duty to societies of porters. The tackle-porters 1 inded goods from some countries, and the ticket-porters from other parts of the world. The tackle porters had the water side work, and the ticket-porters had the up town work. The former were a sort of masters over the latter. Mr. Woodthorpe said that in former times the appiont ment to a tacklehouse porter was very valuable. Mr. Payne, in continuation, said the ticket-porters had the sole privilege of carrying parcels and burdens in the city. A parcel carried for hire, however small, would be an infringement of their rights. They were employed by bankers t 6 carry goods. After some further evidence on this point the Com mission was adjourned to to.morrovv (this day). PRICES OF FOREIGN WHEAT. Tt h s t e a tceo mpa o of the various The m accounts ark received— e ts oni s ons they afford with the malig nant o p eration of the corn laws in this country , w ill be found, as usual of late, to the t Continent, iw eek of and the hcorn. possess very great interest. The highest quotation of white wheat of the first quality at Hamburg is 100 rix.dullars current per last, which answers to 11. 12s. 3d. the English quarter of eight bushels imperial measure, and the highest quota tion of red wheat of the first quality at Hamburg is 95 rix_dollars current per last, which answers to 11. 108. 7d. the English quarter of eight bushels imperial measure, and therefore the m ean pr i ce at H am b urg of white and red wheat together is 11. 1 Is. sd. the quarter. The highest quotation of white wheat in Mark-lane is 31. the quarter, and the highest quotation of red wheat is 21. 14s. th e quarter , an d t h ere f ore t h e mean price in Mark.lane, of white and red wheat together is 21. 17s. the quarter. It appears, then, that wheat is 81i per cent. dearer in London than at Hamburg, and that with the sum of 21. 17s. a man may buy 14} bushels of wheat at Hamburg, whereas with the same sum he can only buy 8 bushels in London. The average price of wheat at Hamburg during the past year, 1833. was 84. rix_dollars current per last, which answers to 11. 7s. the quarter of 8 bushels impe rial measure, and the average price of wheat in Eng land and Wales, during the same period, was 21. 13s. the quarter, and therefore the average price of Eng land and Wales was 96 3 10ths per cent. higher than the average price of Hamburg ; so that gener ally . throughout the year 1833 a man with the sum of 21. 13s. might have bought 15 7.10 bushels of w!iei,t at Hamburg, whereas with the same sum he could have bought only eight bushels in England and Wales. The highest quotation of Zealand white wheat of the answers to U. 13 3 . 6 d. the Eaglish quarter of ei g ht first quality at Amsterdam is 208 florins per last, which bushels imperial measure ; and the mean price of wheat man may buy 13# bushels of wheat at Amsterdam, whereas with the same sumlie can only buy 8 bushels in London. . dam ; and that with the sum of 2 q ion,h3elaatlika.l7lonepelr'eci being f2.ldealresr tihneLondon than at Amster at Antwerp is 81 brine current p n t ar i t 7 e s r . , ait follows ths answers to 11. 14s. 4d. the English notation imperial measure, and the highest quotation of red wheatt in Mark-lane being 2/. 149. the quarter, it follows that which busiiel an s wers isaw:epitett iriiniittiaenldls. measureabmthee.a3: The highest quotation of red wheat e o.fbetebteoolfflitrtsset, bushels h y s wheat is 57 340ths per cent. dearer in London than et Antwerp; and that with the sum of 2/. 14s. a man m a y buy 12 6.lcoths bushels of wheat at Antwerp, whereas with the same sum he can only buy S bushels in London. The red wheat of Antwerp is of highly superior quality The highest price of white wheat at Ghent rte 4f. 20c. the hectolitre, which is also the highest pe of re, d _ wheat, and this answers to IL 12s. 6d. the Englisa psbfrmt,uheut, quarter ii,,ylicone,lhva:sestf. tbew o ,aum f hns t he S oaewntl sihi b y 0, e bushels . wu h liy ll r s eska.thi i a m tainet p ehG e eb r i i i es, a ei imperial ,L2wle.ni i London. measure, or:nsa... and t,hv eitghtubtahetet elfin:ems! fo t ll s o w wte s htte t ,, h int at wheat is 75 per cent. dearer in London than at Ghent ; and that with the sum of 2/. 17a. a man may at S tettin may h a i y ghest quotation of red wheat of the first qualitY i i s n 3 l : t fo k l . . la c n u e rr b en ei t ng pe 2 r l. w i l sp 4 e o l . , tohfe24queacrbteist bushels in London l . 7-s excellent into England The present duty on :it sum mni t td h h e hte E ht tei n ec g ah l ns i i s ug h mho g ens u lty a o quarter b e u2 r uol y.t 0 quotation ie4oe eight bushels g .hi) go t tt : li : he t er e (piimewrphficreeatnat importation io . of n d s e of:el::: onrieinsig noLfownyhdeoerlyt 1-10 bushels of wheat at Stetti n, quality.ll. 17s. Bd. the quarter, which is equal to the following rates :-To a rate of 1191 17s. 11d. pet cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Hainburg--tu a rate of 1121 Bs. 9d. per rent. on the prime cost of Wheat at , Antwerp-to a rate of 115/. 17s. 11d. per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Ghent-and to a rate of 1491.35• 6d. 4 per cent. on the prime coat of Wheat at Stettin. -,. Toe prices of corn in Holland and the north of ' Europe are rather higher than they have been, and are st:II gradually advancing, and this proceeds from two fi causes --Ist, the failure of the crops last y ear in '-; Russia, the confo-quence of which is, that Russia, of ins cotearn d of supplying Eu ro p e with 8 00,000 quarters (which is the average annual quantity), will, on the contrary, be obliged to import; and, indeed, purchs‘es of c. rn are now making in several ports of the Baltic oa Russian account. The next cause is, tliat owing to the incessant rains much of the low land which bad been sown with winter corn is flooded, and this gives rise to appre' , ensions that the ensuing crop will be deficient. The prices of wheat in France are slowly decining. According to official retuins the average price of wheat for ali France for the month ending the llth of January is 14 franca 84 c , nts. the hectolitre, which answers .to El/n.4l4nds. is s th 4 e 4 English quarter of eight bushels imP ar r i w m i e t a h su t r h e e . sum Ac e c pf o e r r2 d ic i . n e g to our own official return!, ttl wht_t. in France, whereas average price of wheat for England and Wales for the six weeks ending the let instant was 2/. 9s. the quarter: It therefore appears that the average price of whea t id ' 1:0 7111 e ' t a b ( . 11)1 buy eight bushels in England. cent. dearer sdaewa with h r a nt t h h em a n saaym i n beu F sy r u a ml I. i ; e b e ca 0 001 1 of By the French corn law, when the average Price , wheat exceeds 24 francs the hectolitre, the duty on forsfii kilo' wheaten fl ur and wheat is 27i cents. per 100 _ g amine,. Now, the price of 24, f ranc s the beeto IT' , equals 21. 15s. the Engliso quarter of 8 bushels imPo3erlars ur mease, and the duty of 27i cents. per 100 kilo g ram Bl , is less than 6d. the English quarter of 8 bushels itorri measure. ____-. LONDON MARKETS• PRICE O AD. •s d th. highesthe Loaf. h price There a of reh others sd whoine the s I T eftrroompol ad that price. ----- ,_. 60s 668 ' PRICE OF SEEDS.—FeII 1 ,.% . fine • ....„. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) 46 6 . •'" fine -- - s• s. 64 6 . Old Ditto Ditto ... --s. ---- ...—s• sns 60s. o ne g New Foreign Ditto. . —• ......... Old Ditto . _ - ...5. 445. fine o s Dm New White C10ver.............—...................... 50s. 60s , • _ • n e .....4 "" 4 ,..,. Old Ditto Ditto . _ _ _ 505 bos• •- Ofj. 5..• 6,s 185 fine ,s. New Trefoil .......**•••••*••••••••I...... 1 • •fi ne ....& 3ld Ditto ....I.II.IWWW.I.IMOMMOWW•NOW.IONV.I..... .....S. .. ..' • ig. fine 1 9 ' . Rib Gras s ..................................... 14s. {V. •, , fin? English Carraway 5eed................—....... — 6 . '''''. '"*. 68e 8 !: ' Foreign Ditto .........re............r......e.....** .8.. ... 4 . ''. ..;41. 1..' Coriander scz: St. Foin .......--.....(per Quarter)..—.... 365. 38s. fi n e 44* Rye Grass „a. Pacey Ditto —s. —s. new ••••'• A& Linseed, for feeding _ _ —s. 565. fine •••' 4 • i. , Ditto, for crushing 4Bs. 528. --s. fin e , ; Canary Seed, New . —s. —s. 565 fin ...s. ' "ill° 01d....................................... —s. —s. —s. fine White Mustard Seed......(per 8u5he1)....... —s. 12s. 13s. fin._ ,` ...O. Brown Ditto . Turnip Seeds, Rounds ... —5. —3. IBs. fin e 21s• Green and Red Ditto . —s. —s. 18s. tin 6d. 96 Tares, Old ................................................. 4s. Od. fine ---* (Id' Ditto New _ tta - peSeed, English, fine (per Last) 25/. 29/......t 6dFoiefiignne 941•....../gbl. ,P,ocEs or Hors—Feb.l o . d r 0e• New Kent Pockets (per cwt.) —5/. Os. 51. 123• to v•• o f . Choice ......--.. n 71. 61. 63, W. Os t... .0. East Kent................--....... 6/, Os (d Oi• to a 1,... Choice • • ~o 2 to 81. in v .. .. rdw00k0weev............. 71. 03. 71. 103 . r , . ~..--- New S •esex Pockets -5/ Os. O'• Os. to o a 0 ,. Superfine 124. Faroham (fine).—to • ....,—.lll. lls. 01. Os. to Ili • Ditto (seconds) -.10/ Os 0/• 0" brown PRICE 01 , °IL. j 42 6 401. 6s. R e fined ••••*". 27 10 ---......,.''' 12 1 9 ....... 0 ." 6 0 —..... Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill tr thousana [tape Cake, per ton l'ltloE OF POTATOES.—Feb. 10. ot n• Os. to 3/, :Os. P er 41. Os. to 41. 10s. ditto. —. -.3/. 10s. to 4 /. Os. Cs. ditto. d ' Os. to 21. ss. ditto. Os. to 91. Shaws ...-...,.,.,..~..,,., Middling Marsh Champions Scotch Reds—«.—... Chats ......,.....—....—.... S. N. Wll 'TECH A PEL HAY MA ItIiET A . '-• 959. 688.0 d. to 84s. Od. Clover " Straw— , 40,. Od. to 31s. oa• t' rill t:P.S 01 , LEA 1' tiEtc. Per lb. d. to d. Butts, English ..,........... 14 24 English Ho r r e s r el les '' 41:1- t° j 9 Ditto, Foreign ........—. 13 20 Sp:wish I)itto ..----",'" Dressing Hides--,.. 11 15 Ditt0..,,.,...................... i2f 16 Calf Skins,. 30 to 41 , T: 17 ...e. Cutottpo__Hides,4loigthotorb, 12 1 1 34 s ltt a to ll s Ditto, light --....— Ditto a......... Per 47t0en61;•,104 `.ll ad 1 6 6 Otto. ~.........» 14 18 Large ditto..--.- -,,, ' .."--eals.,-G‘ortfen9l(llnb. l' PRICE OF CADLES. The price of Store Candles, in the reta N il shops, is as follot::;16 Candles, per doz. 7s. Pd. to Bs. Od. I Moulds , p er dozen.,,,-' ------ RICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of SW . ocl• ‘2s Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters),--•-•• PRICE OF TA Li.ov rown Tallow Od. Yellow 48s. Od. White —6. Od. Soap Od. Melted Stuff.... 375. Od. Ditto ltough-..215. Od. SUAY, &c. per IlajS• ~~ ' Od. Yellnw Soap.. 703• a {, Mottled.... •w--^^^ ' 7. i White...-.--. "' j¢s' ~ , Graves _._---. S. Good Dregs ....,...--- tl - s. d. Per Ton. 18 6 Walls End Killingworth - 0 Dean's Primrose .....-----. 15 19 0 Holy well .....................—..—. 17 6 Walls End Wa1ker.,.....,.. ,„ CURLI4IARik ET. —Feb 10. -- 17 0 Lambton's Primrose ...•• ,',; 0 ° Po r n i t 's oi l ) te N ‘ V lh i e n : d gi' s h o ' r •—• 16 0 Walls End Hetton ......—•—• ;c1) 0 i ~iti,l(l—..------ 16 0 Walls End Lambton .---• 7 . 9 0 West Hartley ......--..,.-... 17 3 Walls End Tees ...,—..,••••`' il 6 Wylam -----_ l7 6 Elartley ----- .. —........—... :A Walls End Bewicke & Co. 19 4 Stone Coal Milford Vei n., 25 " WAls End ( air and Co. 18 0 Swallow's Cannell—....•'' 16 Walls End Hilda lB 3 Walls End Henderson ,, ^" Ships arrived since last market-day, 17. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS ,r r AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STRE`' T. James, trunk- ( g _ • From the London Gazette.) tt• in l a, o e - r 5 , 1 B O i R s h R o O p s N g V al e F . s c t 1 3 t DIVIDENDS. .J. Greenacre, gr oce r, Old K e nt-road .................................. /' A. Bruce, army clothier, London ....................... • . MARRIED. George 0 n t h L e e B sv t Bth h , inst., , at s e S . t 0 . r M t a h r e y pgec t grandson to Bishop Lowth, to Emma Caroline, Y ° l 3 li rec iV daughter of the late Thomas Watkins, of PennoYe e, ~o;.51 1, nockshire, and granddaughter of the late Richard N ra " .., 's la C te h lt ur e c v h . , R ß ob r e Y r a t u L 4o°sn;:li4 Esq., of Golden-grove, Carmarthenshire. ____..----- DIED. O tt ' Ch ,rl On the Bth inst., at Acton, in her 16th year, eldest daughter of Boyce Combe, Esq. e ' t he On the 7th inst., at Tunbridge Wells, aged 3.5, Car°" wife of Thomas Chandless, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn. 1,0 3 14 ' On the 7th inst., David Sins, Esq., of Cultermain ,, shire. f W °ft° On the Bth inst., Jan; wife of Edward Beck, °- Cottage, I9thslewo inrth, j Ito pli On the st., in Dalston-terrace, Mr. Joseph in his 57th year PRINTED ♦ND pUtiLIPIIIID BY MURDO SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND. BIRTHS. tliS On the 6th inst., at the Glebe House, Macroonl, i ll o pt county of Cork, the lady of J. Lawford Kingston , 944 daughter. IV On the 10th inst., in Gloucester-place, Portman-601re' lady of John Kingston, Esq., of a son. of ° ith, On the 9th inst., Mrs. R. Watson, of Harnrnersra daughter. Wort °° ' : On the 19th ult., the wife of Edward Beck, of Cottage, Isleworth, of a son. , 1 .