The Sun. — London, England, 1834-07-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. Their M a j es ti es went i n s t a t e yester d ay to Westminster Abbey to attend the performance of the Messiah at the musical festival. The Princess Augusta and the Duke of Saxe 'leirlingen went in the same carriage with the King and Queen. I n th e i r M a j es ti es ' su i te were the Master of the Horse, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Groom of the Stole, the Countess B rown l ow , L a d y i n W a i t i ng ; Misses Eden Mitchell, Bagot, and Ilope Johnstone, Maids of Honour ; Lady William Russel and Lady Bedingfeld ; the Master of the Horse to the Queen, the Lord Chamberlain to the Queen, Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting; too Vice-Chamberlain to the King; Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting ; the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Keeper of the Privy Purse, the Treasurer of the Household, the Con troller of the Household, the Hon. Captain George Campbell, the Groom in Waiting; the Master of the Robes, Col. C Hor ace Seymour, Equerry to the King ; the H on . C a pt. H a y, querry t o the Queen; the Silver Stick in Waiting ; M r . Charles Hancock, the Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard; Master Stephenson, Page of Honour to the King ; Master Martin s , Page o f H onour t o th e Q ueen ; M essrs . M as h an d martins, Gentlemen Ushers to the King; Messrs. Strang waYs and Cottin, Gentlemen Ushers to the Queen. Miss Wilson (in attendance on the Princess Augusta), and Baron Spersardt, officer of the Duke of Saxe Meiningen's household. The Royal party left the Palace in 11 carriages, with an escort of the Life Guards, shortly before 12 o'clock, and re turned soon after 4 o'clock. The Earl of Albemarle and Lord Holland had audiences yesterday of the King. In th e evening the following party dined with their Majesties at St. James's :—Their Royal Highnesses the Princess A ugustus (attended by Miss Wynyard), the Duchess of Glou cester, and Prince George of Cambridge ; Earls of Glasgow, Rowe, Brownlow,;Cawdor, and Belfast; Countesses Glasgow, Howe, Cawdor, and Brownlow; Lords Saltoun, Burghersh, 1 !..! 1 d Frederick' Fitzclarence; Ladies Sophia Sidney and Frederick Fitzclarence ; Sir Benjamin Stevenson, and the Rev. Mr. Wood, preceptor to Prince George. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess o f K en t an d t h e pri ncess Victoria, accompanied by their Seren e Hi g h nesses too Prince and Princess Hohenlohe, and attended by the lepuchess o f N ort h um b erland, Lady Flora Hastings, and Sir John Conroy, went t o th e F est i va l yester d ay i n state, escorted "Y a par of Life Gads. Pniice ty Talleyrand u vis r ited Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the F ore ign -office. Mr. Mayers, the agent for Barbadoes, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial-office. Sir William Fremantle, the Treasurer of the Household, Will, it is said, attend her Majesty to Germany. The embar cation, it is understood, is fixed for Saturday next, at Woolwich. The Bishop of Bristol is at pre sen t muc h i n di spose d at C lifton. at The Duke o f W e lli ngton w ill g i ve a gran d b all this evening the ent e Apsley ainmeni. with their House. It is said presence that their Majesties will h o nou r rt. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Wheel of Fortune was revived last night for the pur- Vise of affording M r . V an d en h o ff an opportun i ty of exh ibi t i ng s Powers in the character of Penruddock. Cumberland, Ithe author of this comedy, has been distinguished by the flat- Ti ng appellation of the " English Terence." Yet, had h e . 7 , lve tt M our time, The Wheel of Fortune, The West Indian, to Fashionable Lover, &c., instead of being presented to wo at Drury Lane, as comedies in five ants, would have be elt ' published in Burlington-street as fashionable novels, of th en volumes each. In throwing the creations of his fancy 1. 1 . 11 ,t0 a dramatic form, Cumberland counted his profit instead of „gorging the bent of his genius; the stage was in his youthful ` 4 3's the readiest road to fame and fortune an author could p urs ue. The misdirection of his talent is, we imagine, the _asou thot :of all his numerous heroes, many of which were ti P7olar in their day, Belcour and Penruddoch alone "revisit e glimpses of the lamp." The last-named character owed V i ell of its success to the inimitable acting of John Kemble, • u° B , e genius and dignity never shone with greater splendour in wreath of Coriolanus or the cowl of Wolsey than it ex 4bited in the rude garb of the misanthropic cottager. Since Kemble left the stage all attempts in this character, even , e s e of Kean an d Y oung , h ave b een ent i re l y unsuccessful. 5t , 1 ;4 6 applause which Mr. Vandenhoff met with last night, in of a sev ere c o ld an d h oarseness w hi c h interrupted his hh 'v of ery of every sentence , l ea d s us to conc l ude that if his Pe arance in the Wheel Fortune do not cause a p ermanent , 47,!4 of a play w hi c h i s ra th er t oo t ame f or t h e present taste f av '''a town, it will at least strengthen his claims to the an f i ur of the public. Contrary to all precedent we had an V e ",.." ° gY for the indisposition of the principal actor after the re ' d3 rlance, when a hope was expressed that he might be teeovered sufficiently on Saturday next to perform his charac tt4 with greater effect. The play was upon the whole respect- SlYeediPenrfglYrnied, but it has not been very carefully got up. ex !" of the dresses, particularly those of Sidenham, were inappropriate. Rer to Majesty, on her way to Meiningen, is expected w u?ak e a detour to visit her only sister, the - Duchess Ida of th e ei mar, at Boxtel, in the Netherlands, where her husband, buke, is stationed with a division of the Dutch army. ivi.." Murray,ir_J. Nfordaunt, Bart., is about to be un it e d t o daughter of the Bisho of Rochester, and ni ece 0 the E ar l of Kinnoul. p Di DE CEASE OF THE C OUNTESS OF A NTRIM.— r ''' e : ( , late i n t h e evening of the 30th of June, at her ladyship's e e s ;denc e i n Park-lane, the Right Hon. A nne C a th er i ne , i n ;,. oWn right Count ess o f Antrim and Viscountes s D un l uce , e ; e o f Edmund M'Donnell, E sq ., an d mot h er o f t h e Mar inness of Londonderry. h a ELGIN D ISTRICT OF B URGHS. Colonel Leith d a Y arrived in Elgin on Sunday last, and on the following l L Y : Called on a number of the electors. On Tuesday Colonel e1:1 . 11 Ray set out for Banff for the purpose of meeting the -e ` o rs there.—Elgin Courier. h POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS.—The following are b e re solutions of the House of Commons as they appear in the journals of the house :—" 1. That a duty of postage of l p' es l2e,,nce be charged on every newspaper sent by the Genera that ' o r Conveyance by packet boats to any foreign port , and 2 a duty of twopence be charged on every foreign newspaper th e bY the General Post in the United Kingdom.-2. That Certain e Pstm aster-General be authorised to forward by the post t one unstanaped publications, on payment of such a sum of ,:neY as may from time to time be agreed upon for the con- Yatioe of the same." egVneetting ar understand that the ladies of Elm, near Lynn, Plttr o • up a petition to the Queen, praying . her Majesty to With "'e a newly invented machine for mending stockings, tee out the trouble of darning them. No, no, blockheads that the s ltre ' so inconsiderately to misrepresent the intentions . of so licits ious females, when the avowed fact is, that the petition b ,. ... th influence of the Queen in support of the church as ti,!aw established. Well done ladies of Elm, your efforts are 1 0 ta r niore i mportance than we undesignedly at fi rs t, a tt ac h e d Yonr credit Stamford News. 444 celebrated sporting fishmonger is said to be Ascot g rac t h e eLevanter s conse q u en t u p on th e l a t e E psom an d t 0 W e unde rstan d that Mr. Sheridan Knowles is about nut , sail fr " a pr o f essional visit to the United States. He will 41 61 0 - 4 "it ilis port for New York on the 24th July.—Liverpool Zr t , 4,lend •:, T HAMES TUNNELL.—Yesterday Don Carlos, tr ias f e i, (l b y Mary Frances, his consort Prince of Aus ka,i "4e Infantes Fernando Bourbon, and Juan Bourbon, also e orn a : the resa, Infanta of Spain, Le Baron Bignon, and Le Sad ke de Mesurier visited the Thames Tunnel. Don . Carlos terra, he de parties accompanying him expressed in strong a arp r i tneil' a dmiration of the undertaking, and expressed their b ten je that e completion of so bold a project has so long uelay e a m by the countr Y. has stew Method of diffusing light through a theatre .Ikrab oi !' discovered by a mechanist at Venice. By the aid of 4 0p,„ 1 , e mir r ors the light of many lamps is concentrated over t er n - o " r ;ng 'Made in the ceiling of the theatre, and reflected ~,`, Ahi I , sYstern of piano -concave lenses, of a foot in diam.e --'l3's n e ," occupy the aperture, and convey into the theatre the t heil i 1; light, which arrive at them parallel and depart from W hich ver gent. From the pit the lenses are alone perceived, l lot ts foresemble a glowing furnace ; and, although the lumi 40t d. eu s is sufficient to light the whole of the theatre, it does Th e :41 e Db..._ and may be viewed without fatiguing the eyes. t , e adiV,'" l tus, being entirely concealed, accommodates itself it lik vi7 '. o all the changes which the representation can require. Ile ne of th e (} o easions neither smoke nor bad odours, and has T H " An tonveniences of the ancient system. I tile na: i . tA T t SPENCER PERCEVAL.—PercevaI had '1 4 . 8, at stileextraordinary rise.. From no practice at all, he , s eiter_o age of thirty-nine, appointed by Addington So ",,eneral ; the next year he succeeded Law as Attor rsade t-t;ars and then, on the dismissal of the Talents, was (1 1 4 Wh s : "eke of Portland's , Chancellor of the Exchequer, - ad 4 : - "(1 eath he became Premier ; and, what is singular, t,e had - adequate capacity far any one of these situations. ittle p erso n ratory but a barking, snappish manner ; a little, 1 , 1 4 4 it a' a nd an inharmonious voice : he had quickness, i l e tete, was e ks a d erec t poai snmmg principallythe quickness of temper ; I,eterateet e adlaiin cavil, which certainly had th etoi ls e e o i nY e , reaerivdat people _ !, i l ia l gns nobilitywasp monopolized ibny i; " k-;ois ivE 'r INDISCRIMINATELY REGISTER often 48ATIoNs.--As to the register of conversations, it 'his. larntiaing, and sometimes instructive, but very danger 4letetnuelt 1. 0 11 : I , T tiPulse of the moment people inconsiderately at e )) °Pita () ; w " ic h, they are very sorry, and which is not their tha n which t . ' ll , ma bitter censures of others . are thus perpetu qtl th e , censurer does not retain in his own heart longer Sc e n e words take in the delivery. Among much . which is als o nt that B os I t h of thi s kind vi . e 1 has recorded of Johnson, there is much . e „ Which ought to have been expunged. It is 4 1k —a44e of oth 'nayer ne e . saxsply of Lord Byron. All frank essarily 9,.4))4 ;ha% ayrthing much which ought to be . forgotten. a l sa eso cautious alto nothing objectionable sel ,.. Y Pod.—Sir Eg erton Brydges's Autobio , u t , Ix , 'rill 4 ELLINGTON OAK. —Many of our readers liVelli°llbtless remember that when his Grace . the Duke of le gton visited t4rde:f Waterlo o , anCheltenhamoak.w for the first time after the ,_ak af Wa in as planted near the obelisk in the Wellington Mansion to commemorate the event. alt. ittrtits2riere borne on it for the first time this year, and "CO now resides at the mansion, sent 4 small box containing several of them to his Grace on the anniversary of the battle, June le, which compliment the illustrious warrior acknowledged in a very appropriate letter.—Cheltenham Chronicle. The late overseers of Frome have in two years re duced the poor rates of that town nearly 4,0001. The Limerick Star of Friday mentions the loss of 40 men and one woman, in a boat which was swamped in the river Feale, on Wednesday last. A boy, only nine years old, killed himself last week at Rochdale by drinking a pint of gin in the absence of his father at church. He had been locked up for punishment, and he took the gin out of a stone bottle in the room. TAILORS AT MANCHESTER.—A meeting of the master tailors of Manchester was held on Thursday week, when they came to the determination of discharging all the men in their employ who belonged to the union, or who were in any way connected with these associations. —Leeds Mercury. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, JUNE 30.—We have no change to report in our Cotton Market to-day. Prices are the same as quoted on Friday. The sales amount to about 2,300 bags. On Monday, a youth, aged about 12, the son of Mr. Fitzgerald, a writing-master, residing in a lane near Ca vendish-square, hanged himself in his bed-room. He had been prevented from wearing his best clothes on Sunday, at the christening of his brother, on account of some ill conduct on his part, and locked up in his room ; when it was opened yesterday, he was found suspended to a peg behind the door by a handkerchief, quite dead. At the Cork Presentment Sessions, on Wednesday last, a contractor, named Wherland, told one of the magis trates that if he had him outside the court-house he would pull his nose 1 The magistrate thus insulted is extremely popular in Cork, and it was with some difficulty the corporate autho rities could be prevailed on to turn the ill-behaved contractor out of court. —Pilot. ANECDOTE OF BLUCHER.—His statue in Berlin is, it seems, upon a pedestal so small that the field-marshal appears to balance himself with difficulty. On a parade day, at Berlin, as the old general, so appropriately called by his soldiers Marshal Forwards (forward), was riding past the statue, he observed a boy supporting himself on the pedestal by the legs of the figure ; " Come down, my fine fellow," cried the veteran, good humouredly ; " do you not see that I have scarcely room there for myself." HORSES KILLED BY LIGHTNING.—The neigh bourhood of Dunse was visited with a severe thunder storm on Sunday last, during which we regret to state two young horses grazing in a field upon the farm of Ladyflat were struck dead by the lightning. In the afternoon of the same day there was a very heavy shower of hail, and the hailstones were so large as, in some instances, to break the glass in the windows of the houses, and we understand that the fruit trees have sustained considerable damage from the same cause.—Kelso EXTRAORDINARY RECOVERY OF MONEY.—On Wednesday afternoon week a parcel, containing three hun dred and ninety-five sovereigns, was inadvertently left by a gentleman in an out-house near High-street, which is com monly used by the porters in that neighbourhood. The gen tleman went to Liverpool by the last Railway train on Wed nesday evening, and it was not until one o'clock on Thurs day morning that he discovered his loss. After devising several plans for the recovery of the money, which he con cluded must have been carried away, he gave up all expec tation of ever seeing it again ; nevertheless, he returned to this town by the earliest train on Thursday morning, and proceeded to the out-house, where, to his great astonish ment, he found the parcel lying unopened, and apparently untouched !—Manchester Paper. On Tuesday last, a very simple-looking couple, both steam-loom weavers from Oldham, named Jeremiah Greaves and Marian Marsden, presented at the hymeneal altar in the parish church, Middleton, for the purpose of being married. When the minister had got to that part of the marriage cere- , mony which says " from this day forward," &c., the bride groom said, "from this day fortnight." The minister there upon declined to marry the couple, and they had to return 1 home again, each in a state of " single blessedness."—Man chester Advertiser. At this very moment the confused murmur of voices and music stops all regular proceedings : old women and chil dren tattling ; apes, bears, and show-boxes under the windows; French rattling, English swearing, outrageous Italians, frisk ing minstrels ; tambours de basque at every corner ; myself distracted; a confounded squabble of cooks and haranguing German couriers just arrived, their masters following open mouthed, nothing to eat, the steam of ham and flesh-pots all the while provoking their appetite ; squeaking chamber-maids in the galleries above, and mine hostess below, half inclined to receive the golden solicitations of certain beauties for ad mittance, but purposely refusing the moment some creditable personage arrives • 11 o'clock strikes ; h a lf th e li g ht s i n th e fair are extinguished; scruples grow faint; and mammon gains the victory.—Beckford's Italy. Bell's Life in London of yesterday, June 29, price Sevenpence, is reprinted, will be kept on sale, and may be had (franks gratis) at the office, No. 170, Strand. Bell's Life in London published the most full and copious particulars of the contests between Dutch Sam and Torn Gaynor, Swift and Noon, at Andover, to the extent of four folio columns, Coroner's Inquest, and every particular interesting to the Amateur. An Edition of Bell's Life in London, for the country, is regularly published early every Saturday After noon, which may be had within 200 miles of London on Sun day. All Sporting events of interest are accurately published in Bell's Life in London, a file of which is recommended for useful reference.—( Advertisement.) SIR JOHN HERSCHEL.—The Hamburg Corres pondent of the 17th inst. has the following from Hanover, dated the 14th :—" The friends of astronomy will be pleased to learn that Sir John Herschel has written from the Cape of Good Hope to his aunt, Miss Caroline Herschel, resi dent here. He had already fixed his astronomical instru ments, especially his twenty-foot telescope; and ere now has begun his observations. His last letter is dated the 28th of March. He alludes again to his prosperous voyage, and to the safe conveyance of his valuable instruments ; he re sides in the country, about five miles from Cape Town, near the Table Mountain, in an enchanting valley ; lofty trees, rare and beautiful shrubs, and flowering plants surround his dwelling; his eye gazes u p on c l ear an d c l ou dl ess s ki es, studded with those innumerable stars that are the objects of his elevated pursuits. He is sanguine in hopes of , making important discoveries. The astronomers of Europe do not often find the nights suitable for their researches ; at the Cape, Herschel finds that out of five nights three are per fectly bright and clear." John Tuomy, of Friarstown, who appears in the return of passengers, was not on board the James, of Lime rick, lately lost, and his preservation is owing to a singular circumstance indeed. He paid his passage-money to the captain, and had his name entered on the custom-house books. On returning from doing so he met a widow, to whom he com municated his intention of going to America. She said, " Perhaps he might do better at home." He took the hint, proposed for and married her, forfeited his passage-money, and saved his life. What makes the affair more remarkable is, that there are two men now in gaol to stand their trial at the next assizes for an attempt at the abduction of the aforesaid widow.—Limerick Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY.—Died on the 19th inst., at the village of Wheathamstead, Herts, Rebecca Carter, in the 104th year of her age. She retained all her fa culties entire up to a short period before her death. She ne ver had occasion to use spectacles, yet she could see to thread her needle and do all her household work up to her 102 d year. She had lived a widow 16 years, and died in the parish she was born in, from which she never travelled above ten miles. She was the mother of a large family, many of whom lived around her, yet she always lived alone since her hus band's death, until about a year of her own death. I beg to send you the following facts, as a proof of the total absence on the part of Russia of any thing like re spect for good faith or even common honesty. Count Jelaki, a Pole by birth, but since the revolution naturalized in France, has joined a banking-house at Paris, with every prospect of success. No sooner, however, was this known to th e A u t ocrat than he issued orders, through Paskewitsch, governor of the kingdom of Poland, that no Pole should enter into any com mercial relations with him, and of course that all bills of ex change or other commercial paper emanating from or passing through the hands of Count Jelaki should be of no avail. The opening to fraud thus made is very great, and should have an effect on the value of Russian engagements, for should Jelaki, as a French banker, happen to hold for himself or others any bonds of the proposed Russian Loan, they would become in valid, and Russia would thus free herself of the obligation to pay them. The fact is also worthy of notice, as showing the unrelenting spirit of persecution with which Russia is still ac tuated towards her miserable victims ; and the fiend-like zeal displayed in tracking out individuals for the purpose of destroy ing their efforts to obtain even individual " independence"—. that so hated word.— Times Correspondent. EXPLOSION OF A STEAM THRASHING MA CHINE BOILER.—On Friday the boiler of a portable steam thrashing machine burst whilst working at the farm of Messrs. Leach, Croxons, and Co., about one mile from Oswestry. It appears that the machine was capable of thrashing, when pro perly managed, fifteen measures per hour, with three or four hands. It had been at work the previous day only, and great numbers had been to witness its powerful operations. At the time of the accident few persons, fortunately, were there. The accident is attributed to the man cording down the safety valve. Immediately the boiler burst, which, with the appa ratus, weighed 2f tons, and was thrown off the wheels about ten yards, scattering its contents of scalding water on all around, and knocking down and injuring several persons by the violent concussion, two of whom were blown over some pales several yards off. Two persons were dreadfully injured, and immediately carried to the Oswestry Arms. Several poor unfortunate colliers were witnessing this substitute for the flail, and were scalded—viz.: Robert Edwards and E. Hughes, Candy ; David Richards, (dangerously), Gronwen ; James Phillips,; E. a L n i t o ; yd a , n l d abo D ur a e v r id ; G Jo e n o e re Jones, a boy ; John Sid es , sawyer Evans, eng i neer , t h e feeder of the engine ; Mr. Richard Jones, the proprietor's son, was knocked down and also stunned. A large brick wall and railing were thrown down, and some pieces of iron scat tered through the window of the farm-house. Mr. Parker and several other gentlemen had been witnessing the opera tions of the machine, and had just left before the accident. Mr. Parker on Sunday visited some of the sufferers, and hu manely administered to their wants.—..Chcitenham Chronicle. F COMMONS , RITY A the third reading of Bill. Somerset, Lord G. Spry, S. T. Stanley, E. Thicknesse, R. Tower, C. T. Vigors, N. A. Vivian, Sir R. Walter, J. Williams, Colonel Willoughby, Sir H. Wilks, J. Young, G. F. TELLRES. Hodges, T. L. Benett, John IPAIRED OFF. Tennyson, C. I RITY t the Roads Act (Ire- Scholefleld, J. Serape, P. Sheppard, T. Shell, R. L. Vigors, N A. Walker, C. A. TELLERS. Ruthven, E. S. O'Reilly, W, (COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY. Nisi Pruis Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Baron ALDER SON and a Common Jury.) STALEY V. HUNT. Mr. WIGHTMAN stated this case to the jury. The action was brought against a very well known and distinguished indi vidual, to recover the balance due upon a bill of exchange for 1411., of which he was the acceptor. He would prove the defendant's hand-writing to the bill, its dishonour, and the notice to the defendant which entitled him to a verdict. As that was not the first time the cause had been before a jury, it was his (Mr. W.'s) duty to caution the present one against being led away by the oratory of the defendant, who appeared in person. On the occasion to which he had before alluded to he had very frequently designated the transaction as a family juggle; probably on this occasion he would use the same line of, argument, and call his case a very hard one, because, as he said, he had paid the bill already, but the jury must be careful of him and not take his statements as evidence. Formal proof of the handwriting was then given, as well as of the presenta tion of the bill when due of its nonpayment. Mr. HUNT then addressed the jury. He said his case was indeed a hard one, for he had been dragged before the court on a second trial, when he would have been perfectly willing to have stood by the verdict of the former jury. (Laughter.) The facts were these : The bill for 141/. became due on August 19, 1832 ; at that time he was not prepared with the full amount ; he, however, paid to the son of Mr. Burton, who was the drawer of the bill, 651. in money, and on the 23d of August gave him another bill for 751. odd at two months, in order to make up the balance. Having grea t f a i t h in Mr. Burton, with whom he had dealt for years, he did not require the first bill to be given up. The 75/. bill became due, and was re gularly paid. He (Mr. H.) thought the transaction all set tled for nearly a year ; because, during the whole of that time, he heard nothing of the matter. It turned out, how ever, at about the end of that time, that Burton was about to become bankrupt, and then began the juggling.— The plaintiff was Burton's brother-in-law ; was a ser vant, at about one hundred pounds a-year, with a family to maintain, yet it was now pretended that he had discounted the 1411., and that he had received for it only the 651. Was it not more likely, that finding things going wrong, the whole matter had been got up, in order to make him suffer by a second payment of the bill. The new trial had been got because the former jury had given their verdict by acclamation, as it was stated to the court. He did not for a moment doubt but that the jury would decide for him, but he trusted they would not give it him with acclamation, but in a quiet and respectful mapner. (Laughter.) He then called Wm. Burton, who said he had been a manufacturer of stone bottles, received the bill in question from Mr. Hunt, which plain tiff discounted. Afterwards received from his son 651. and a 751. bill, which he sent over to the plaintiff, who kept the money, but would not take the bill, which was returned to him. He paid it for a debt of his own to a Mr. Britten, and never heard more of it. About a fortnight before he became bank rupt, plaintiff called upon him and said he would put the bill in execution against Hunt. The LEARNED BARON charged the jury in favour of the plaintiff—although it was a hard case, and it was one of gross fraud upon Mr. Hunt, yet as there was no evidence to show that the plaintiff was not an innocent holder of the bill, the verdict must be for him. The jury turned round, and after a short time, wished to retire. His LORDSHIP said if so they must hear counsel's reply and his summing up. It was a dangerous thing to find a verdict contrary to the evidence in the cause. Statement was not evidence. Mr. WIGHTMAN then replied, and his Lordship again strongly summed up in favour of the plaintiff. He said so far as law and justice were concerned, the cause was an infallible one. It was a wise maxim of law as well as of common sense, that where two innocent parties were suffering from the fraud of a third, that he who had been guilty of the indiscretion should be the sufferer. In that case there could be no doubt but that Mr. Hunt had committed a very gross indiscretion, in not getting up the first bill, and however hard Burton's fraud might be upon him, yet he ought to be the sufferer. The jury retired at twelve o'clock, and had not returned their verdict when we went to press. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY, (FROM LLOYDS.) DEAL, JULY I.—Wind E. S. E.—His Majesty's ship Castor remains. Po RT S 0 JULY I.—Wind E., fresh breezes.—Arrived off port the Harvest, Bradford, from Baltimore. Sailed the Sir C. Paget, Martin, for Calcutta. The Kingston, Tonge, which put in here on the I9th ult., is so much damaged that she must discharge. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 30.--Arrived the Grand Turk, Bailey, from New Orleans; British Heroine, Bonyman, from Quebec; and Favourite, Cornelius, and Nestor, Derkman, from Finland. DUBLIN, JUNE 30.—Arrived the Derwent, Harper, from Antigua ; and Charity, M'Clay, from St. John's, New Bruns wick. HULL, JUNE 30. Arrived the Betty, Danneberg, from Memel ; and Agnetha, Hansen, from Wyburg. YARMOUTH, JULY I.—. Arrived the Royal William, Scott, from Riga. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 30. —Wind E. —Arrived the Phosuix, Bindeman, from Memel. The James and Jessy, Smith, from Newcastle, in making for this port on the night of the 29th ult., grounded on the Breakwater, but got off leaky this morning. The Thetis, Chamesard, from Galloquil, put into Payta, after being on shore and discharging part of her cargo. Arrived in the River the Ann Gales, Cleppeson, from St. Petersburgh ; Sceptre, Hutchinson, and Mary, Ireland, from Riga; Johanna, Stenutz, from Memel ; Jacobine Maria, Neilson, from Swenborg ; Vrow Maria, Felman, from Caro leinseil ; Gude Hoab, Thursoc, from Bornholm ; Orwell, Cubitt, and Northam, Chorosin, from Harlingen. Vessels spoken with :—The Porcia, Hurst, from the Clyde to Quebec, 28th ult., lat. 54. long. 16 ; Jane, from Dublin to Quebec, and Hillwood, from Liverpool to Quebec, lat. 5. long. 15, by the Demerara, arrived at Dublin. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM -HOUSE, JULY 1. The Earl of Bathurst, from Rotterdam ; Oden, from Stettin ; Jonge Margaretha Maria, from Dunkirk ; Waterloo, from Dun kirk ; William, from Medemblick ; Northiam, from Harlingen Orwell, from Harli ngen ; V rouw, C ather i na, from Rotterdam ; Alexander, from Christiana ; Neptunus, from Cosseir ; Marione, from Rudkiobing ; Vier Gebroeders, from Worcum ; Rudolph, from Memel ; Undine, from Amsterdam ; Vrouw Gesina, from Leer ; Frau Antina, from Carolinenseil ; William, from Memel ; London, from St. Petersburgh ; Drey Johanna, from Stettin. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, JULY 1. The Rapid, for Malta and Zante ; Adour, for Hamburg ; Man chester, for Mauritius ; Norvion, for Bilboa; Resolution, for Elsi nore and Copenhagen ; Eclipse, for Ostend, Bruges, and Ghent ; Attwood, for Antwerp ; Hope, for Rotterdam. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGOES, JULY 1. The Heed, fur Hamburgh ; Briton, for Ceylon ; Prince Saxe Coburg, for Rotterdam ; Lord Hungerford, for the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta ; Ladd, for Antwerp ; William Jolliffe, for Hamburgh ; Ramona, for Rotterdam ; Jonge Joanna, for Antwerp and Brussels ; Attwood, for Antwerp ; George Anson, for Trieste and Venice. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, JULY 1. The Industrie, for Cherburg ; Brutus, for Jersey ; Flora, for Denmark ; David Morice, for St. Petersburgh ; Die Wohlfahrt, for the Baltic ; Galoten, for Archangel. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Wheat and Barley this week are moderate, and of Oats tolerably good. The Wheat trade has been very dull since Monday, and as there were few buyers at market little business was transacted. Barley, Beans, and Pease, no variation. Oats are dull in sale, but not cheaper. Flour as last noted. ARRIVALS. Wheat Barley. Oats. Flour. English Irish - 2,900 - Foreign - 630 13,800 -- A short time ago, a woman in Easingwold work house was delivered of a female child, which was born with fear teeth. THE 'AIN DON, WEDNESDAY , JULY 2, 184 SONNET TO LORI, BROUGHAM,--, WRITTEN WITH A PEN OF HIbDS O H F IP TH 'S RE DAY BEFORE THE SECOND READII, FORM BILL. God speed the Pen ! and he has speeded thine, And thou hast speeded many ! And while yet This with Chancellorial ink is wet, I, having, by due petition, made it mine, Would task it to the homage of a line, Heartfelt albeit unworthy ! Thou hast met With many a storm since first thy foot was set In dread ambition's way to freedom's shrine ! And met thou hast with boundless praise from men 'Erst on the popular, now on the judicial height, And—but thy deeds speak nobler than ev'n thy Pe n ! Now in that dread Appeal 'gainst Wrong of Right, Soon to come in the Lords—tho' Chancellor, yet we, Three nations, leave again our burthen'd Brief with Thee R. F. DIVISIONS IN THE HOUSE LIST OF THE MING Of 52 (Tellers includeed), who voted again the Poor Laws' Amendmen Halse, J. Hardy, J. Hughes, H. Humphery, J. Kennedy, J. Leech, J. Lister, E. C. Lowther, C. H. O'Connell, D. O'Connell, John O'Connell, M. O'Connell, M. Parker, Sir H. Potter, R. Rider, T. Robinson, G. R. Ruthven, E. Scholefield, J. Attwood, M. Atwood, T. Bainbridge, E. T. Baine4, E. Baring, F. Blackstone, W. S. Brotherton, J. Burrell, Sir C. M. Cobbett, W. Duffield, T. Duncombe, W. Egerton, 'l'. Faithful, G. Fielder!, Fitzsimon, C. Fryer, R. Guise, Sir W. B Gully, J. Macomb, J. LIST OF THE MINO Of 27 (Tellers included), who voted against land) Amendment Bill. I Nagle, Sir R. Noel, Sir G. O'Connell, D. O'Connell, J. O'Connell, M. O'Connor Don O'Dwyer, A. C. Roche, D. Ruthven, E. A ttwood, T. Bellew, R. M. Blake, J. ➢l. Fitzsimon, C. Gillon, W. D. Grattan, James Gronow, Captain James, W. Kennedy, J. Lynch, A. H. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, July 1. The house met to-day for public business at four o'clock. HOWELL'S DIVORCE BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR this bil; was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to morrow. ESTABLISHED CHURCH. Petitions in favour of the Established Church were pre sented by Lord . Kenyon, Lord Rolle, the Earl of Warwick, the Bishop of Carlisle, Lord Tankerville, Earl Brownlow, and several other peers. The Exchange of Lands Bill and the Edinburgh Police Bill were read a third time and passed. JUSTICE IN BOROUGHS BILL. On the motion of Lord WYNFORD this bill went through committee and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. WARWICK BILL. On the motion of the same Noble Lord the further pro ceedings of the bill were postponed till Thursday. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Mr. J. Sparrow, complaining of being confined in a mad-house, and praying to be allowed to state at the bar the treatment that he has received there. The Qumre Impedit Bill was reported by Lord SHAFTES BURY, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. GLASGOW LOTTERY. On the motion of Lord BE XLE Y the Glasgow Lottery Abolition Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to. morrow. The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE presented petitions from various places in the county of Cork, praying for protection to the Church as Established in Ireland. Also one from the clergy of the diocese of Down and Connaught, praying to be relieved from the charge of building glebe-houses. The Earl of WICKLOW presented a number of petitions from parishes in various parts of Ireland, praying for protec tion to the church. Also one from a parish in the county of Meath, praying the house to address his Majesty, that he would be pleased to revoke the commission lately sent into that country relative to the Church. That petition was couched in strong but respectful language, and forcibly pointed out the evils that were likely to result from the commission. It had spread a panic amongst the poor of the Protestant faith. They thought it would point them out for total annihilation,and the clergyman, 'who wrote him along with the petition, feared that the tide of emigration would be stronger next year than it had ever been. When the petition was agreed to they were not aware of the sentiments now stated to be—indeed, avowed in the other house—to be the opinion of the Cabinet. (Hear.) How the noble marquis opposite (Lansdowne) could reconcile those opinions with those he expressed as Chairman of the Tithe Committee two years ago, he could not see. He was m os t anx i ous to see the Chancellor of Ireland in his place, so that it might be seen what course he would pursue, and if he supported those with whom he acted, how he could reconcile such conduct with the opinions he had so frequently expressed in both houses. (Hear, hear.) BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Lord WYNFORD presented a petition from Thomas Bit tlestone, stating the petiti o n e r's regret f or h av i ng allowed him self to be led into so great an error. His lordship moved that the petition be read, and that Mr. Biddlestone be called to the bar, reprimanded, and discharged. Earl GREY said that that would not be following the pre cedent which had been set in the case of the noble earl oppo site (Limerick) in that case the petition was ordered to lie on the table, and be taken into consideration on the following day. Lord WYNFORD said he asked no more for this person than had been done on a former occasion, but he believed that he was right in the course he had taken. The minutes were brought in, and it was found that Earl Grey was right. Lord WYNFORD then moved accordingly. The ques tion was put and agreed to. The Duke of CUMBERLAND said he could not allow the question to drop without stating that he did not think the present petitioner ought to be punished more severely than the former offender, he for one could not for a moment allow that the offence was greater than if it had been committed against any other of their lordships, nor that the Lord Chancellor in that house was a greater man than any other peer. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I do not think, my lords, that I would be discharging my duty to the house if I was to allow the observations of the illustrious duke to pass without giving them my most decided opposition. I will not be deterred by the feelings of delicacy which press upon me from saying that there is no kind of comparison between the present case and the one before alluded to. The one was a private case, and the present one was calculated to impede the course of justice (Cheers), which, if allowed to go on, would render even th e l as t resort o f su i tors utterly useless. (Hear.) I therefore, my lords, hold this not to be the ordinary offence of an attack upon the conduct of an individual peer. (Hear.) Besides, my lords, I know not what others may feel, but I con sider that a charge of forgery (Hear)__a charge of fabricating a record ( Hear, hear, hear)—a charge against the first law officer of the crown, and the first member in point of rank at least in your lordships' house, and the speaker of your lordships' house—the speaker ( Hear, hear,)__ I say the speaker of your lordships' house, fabricating one of your records for personal and unworthy purposes, is a very dif ferent charge from that brought against an individual peer, whether it be in his private or in his parliamentary capacity. (Cheers.) But, my lords, what I chiefly rose to object to was the principle of punishment laid down by the illustrious duke. He says no greater punishment can be inflicted on this indivi dual than was inflicted in the former case, and that it would be cruel and unjust to punish this man more than you did the other individual. Very well, what is the consequence of that? Why that you advertise to all mankind that for one day's im prisonment,-because Mr. Lawson 3 years ago only suffered that, any breach of your lordships' privileges may be committed. (Hear, hear.) Is that to be the rule ? (Cries of " No, no," from the Duke of Cumberland, followed by loud cheers.) If the illustrious duke did not say so, I am perfectly sure that I misunderstood him (Hear, hear), and I am equally sure that I am not the only one who misunderstood him ; (Cheers, and a cries se o" No, n o , no ," f rom t h e Duke of Cumberland) be n believe every person p resent d rew t h e same conclu sion from his words, namely, that it would be unjust to give this man more punishment because the last man that had been brought before you did not receive more. (Hear.) Every case must and is to be taken upon its own individual circum stances (Loud cri es of " Hear, he a r, h ear "), an d I by no means intend to say that because I shall concur in a motion to-morrow for liberating this individual, as I made the motion last night, and, therefore, no one can accuse me of wishing to punish him, if I had had my will he would not have been in custody at all--but my lords, Iby no means intend to say that because I shall agree to the motion for discharging that individual that I am thereby precluded from refusing any concurrence to a similar motion the very next time a breach of privecommitted. ( H ear , h ear .) E ac h case as I said before mu i st be taken upon its own merits. The Earl of MALMESBURY rose to order. He con siodteicrend of th motione discussion to b e premature, as there had been a given, an d t h e noble lord would have an op portunity to-morrow of stating any thing further he had to say upon it. (Hear, hear, from some of the opposition.) The LORD C HANCELLOR—My lords, I freely ac knowledge there is no question before the house, and that we are anticipating a debate, but I wish to ask why it did not strike the noble earl till I spoke ( Hear, hear) that three was disorder committed. (Cheers.) The illustrious duke was the individual whom the noble earl ought to have inter rupted, and not me. (Cheers.) In all that I have said, my lords, I have been anxious to give the noble and illustrious duke an opportunity of setting himself right with the house. The Duke of CUMBERLAND considered that, on a question of breach of privilege, the Lord Chancellor was not to be considered as higher in point of rank than any other peer. The Lord CHANCELLOR stated, that the great offence was the attacking of the Lord Chancellor in his judicial capa city, and accusing him in that capacity of forging a judicial record. (Hear, hear.) If the illustrious duke had been acting judicially, and the same ob servat i ons had been made with it would h ave b een / considered as great an offence as if the obs erva ti ons h ad been made against i r n esp th ec a t t t h o o h u i s m e , himself. The Earl of MALMESBURY and Lord WYNFORD made a few observations that were inaudible in the gallery. Earl GREY felt very strongly the impropriety of the re mark of the illustrious duke, that this was a case of personal libel, and was therefore to be treated, although it applied to the Lord Chancellor in no other way than if it applied to any lay lord. If such was to be the case, the seat of justice would become, instead of an honour, a degradation. ( Hear, hear.) He was willing that the offence should be visited with the most mitigated punishment, but at the same time, he was anxious that the dignity of the house and the privileges of their lord ships should be considered sacred. His lordship in conclusion referred to Mr. Perry's case of the Morning Chronicle, in the year 1798, as a prec e d en t. The petition after a lengthened discussion was ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow (Wednesday.) A message from the Commons announced the passing of the Shanno n Bridge Bill, the Isher Bridge Bill, &c. The Duke of CUMBERLAND withdrew Lord London. derry's motion on Portuguese affairs,which stood for Friday next IRISH COERCION BILL Earl GREY then rose and said, that he begged to assure their lordships, that he had never upon any occasion felt more regret than on this, in finding himself under the necessity of proposing to their lordships the renewal of the Coercion Act. I t was an act which was justified only in a case iof the best authenticated and most cruel necessity, but where that neces sity was made to appear, he felt that he should be unworthy of being a member of their lordships' house, and still more of holding a seat in his Majesty's councils, if he hesitated to re commend the renewal of that measure, when he believed it necessary for the maintenance of the public peace in Ireland, and even the safety and security of his Majesty's crown. In the last session of Parliament it had fallen to his lot to propose to their lordships the act which he should now move that they should renew. It would be painful for him to repeat the state ments which he had then made to show the unsettled and dis turbed situation of Ireland at that time, and which, in the opinion of his Majesty's Government, justified them in passing the measure. He might, however, mention, that such was their lordships' opinion of the state of Ireland, that they una nimously agreed as to the necessity of the measure : and in the other house of Parliament, a great majority of the repre sentatives of the people were of the same opinion. Indeed, so decisive was the majority in that house, that on every division which took place on the different clauses of the bill, the majo rity was as four to one in favour of the measure. This being the case at the period of passing the measure, in rising to pro pose the renewal of this severe aot, the first thing that would be expected from him was, in the first place, to sinw in what manner the ac t, w hil e i n operation) had by found to work ; and if th e i r lordships were that it had worked benefi cially for th e peace of Ireland, then it would become his duty Decrease under these three heads ... 56 The counties of Carlow, Louth, and Wexford, appear almost quite free from crimes of an insurrectionary character. Two cases only being reported during the month of May in the two first, and three in the last ; all of a trifling nature. In Kilkenny (proclaimed), there appears a decrease of crime of every description, from 50 in the month of May, 1833, to 36 in the month of April, 1834 ; and 31 in May, 1834. Of these, 43 are reported in May, 1833, as being of a political character; 26 in April, 1834; and only 13 in May, 1834; being a decrease in crimes of this nature of 30 since the cor responding month of last year. In King's county, political offences had decreased from 15 committed in May, 1833, to 5 committed in May, 1834. Five baronies of this county are proclaimed. In Westmeath, the decrease in the number of political crimes since the proclamation of three baronies, on the sth May last, is very great. The number of such offences reported in April being 44 ; in May (of which 5 were committed prior to the proclamation), 19; being a decrease on the month of 25. Queen's county appears in the worst state ; there being an increase both of crime in general, and of those of a political character. Of the latter, 23 are reported in May, 1833;. 29 in April, 1834 ; 34 in May, 1834 ; showing an increase of 5 in the month, and 11 on the same month of the previous year. Sir S. Harvey thinks (June 7, 1834) that the provisions of the act would be usefully extended to this country. PROVINCE OF MUNSTER.* Crimes of every description : Committed in April, 1834 162 May, 1834 l7l Increasein May 9 Committed in May, 1833 54 May, 1834 l7l Increase in 1834 117 The principal increase being in assaults and larcenies. Crimes of an insurrectionary character Committed in April, 1834 56 May, 1834 2B Decrease in M a y 28 Committed in May, 1833 27 May, 1834 2B Increase in 1834 1 The principal decrease in crimes of this nature since April, is in assaults, attacks upon houses, and burnings, and attempts at ditto. The county Cork appears quite quiet ; no case of an insur rectionary nature being reported during the month. In April there were 17 in the county and city. Of the 57 crimes of other descriptions reported from the county and city during the month, few appear of a serious nature. Kerry is also described as in a most satisfactory state ; only * A great part of the apparent increase of crime in thi! province, in the year 1834, proceeds from the fact, that the county of the city of Cork has been brought, for the first time, under the consta bulary system, and is, for the first time, inserted in the Inspector's Report. to show that the state of that country still continued such as to require a renewal of the measure ; that the spirit of insu bOrdination existing there was such as to require additional powers to be given for the support of the government, and that the ordinary powers of the law were no longer sufficient to preserve the public peace. Wishing to trouble their lordships as short a time as he possibly could in introducing this mea sure, he should proceed .at once to show, in the first place, what measures had been taken by the government under the act ; in the second place, to point out the manner in which the powers given under the act had been applied ; and, lastly, to show what the state of Ireland was at the present moment. Under the provisions of the act, four districts of the county of Kilkenny were brought within its operation, by proclam a ti on , on the 6th of Ap r il, 18 33. The second place where it was brought into operation was in the King's County. Four ba ronies in that county were proclaimed on the 14th of April, 1834. It was next brought into operation in the county of Westmeath, where four baronies were proclaimed on the 4th of May, 1834. And lastly, the barony of Longford and Lei trim, in the county of Galway, were proclaimed, in consequence of an unanimous application of the magistrates of the dis turbed districts, on the 26th of May, 1834. These were the only four districts in which it had been found necessary, by the Government of Ireland, to bring the act into operation. He felt that it was only an act of justice towards the noble lord at the head of the Government in Ireland, as well as towards tl:, e government itself, that they had shown, in exercising the, ex _ traordinary powers given to them by this act, great forbearance and moderation, mixed with great firmness. (Hear.) 'Th ey had never applied ill but in cases where the applicatit m o f i t was clearly and undoubtedly necessary ; and whe re it was found necessary, from the state of the districts to v,yhich he had alluded, that it should be applied, it was done in a manner as little severe as possible. As he had stated, the act was first brought into operation in the county of Kilkenny, on the 6th of April, 1833. He had before him a statement of the crimes in that district from the Ist of April, 1832, to the Ist of April, 1833 ; and also from the Ist of 461, 1833, to the Ist of April, 1834. In the former of these periods—that was from the Ist of April, 1832, to the Ist of April, 1833—the outrages com mitted amounted to 1,590. That was previous to the act com ing into operation. The county was proclaimed on the 6th of April, 1833, by the Privy Council, and the provisions of the act came into operation on the 10th. In the period from the 4th of April, 1833, to the Ist of April, 1834, which was after it came into operation, the number of outrages amounted only to 331, which was a diminution of 1,259, as compared with the former period. This showed the salutary effects of the act in that district, and must be satisfactory to their lordships. ( Hear, hear.) This account was given by Mr. Green, a resident magistrate in Kilkenny, in a letter to Lord Wellesley, dated April 19, 1834. Mr. Green said in his letter that he is of opinion " that notwithstanding this diminution of the amount of crime, the operation of the act cannot be safely suspended ; and that were the act to expire, the winter would be one of continued outrage." In a subsequent communica tion from Mr. Green, dated May 13, 1834, and written by him in answer to certain queries addressed to him by the govern ment, he says " agitation had not been attempted in the county or city since the proclamation ; and he added, that " the pro visions of the bill had been exercised without imposing the slightest restraint or hardship on the people by day or night, when pursuing their honest and ordinary calling ; and he added that "his orders on this head had been strictly obeyed." This must also be highly satisfactory to their lordships to hear. The same intelligent gentleman, in a subsequent letter, dated the 4th of June, 1833, and addressed to Sir. Wm. Gossett, stated that " only one person was in confinement on the 4th of June under the Coercion Act, but that the greatest hnxiety pre vailed among all classes, as the time for the expiring of the act drew near, to have it renewed." This showed, in the first place, that the act had been aipli.;N:l in districts where it was required ; secondly, that it nad had a salutary effect ; thirdly, that the manner in which the extraordinary powers given by it were employed, was lenient ; and, lastly, that the people in the districts where it was applied depended on a renewal of the act. Mr. Green added, in an other letter to Sir William Gosset, dated June 15, 1834, when speaking of the effect of the act as to ex pense : " Notwithstandin g the proclamation of the coun ty, the constabulary force of the county has been dimi nished by two chief constables, and sixty peace preserva tion police ; that of the city by ten policemen ; being a saving of expense to the amount of 1,4801. The next of the proclaimed districts was King's County. In it five baronies were proclaimed on the 14th of April last. During the month of March preceding, the number of crimes reported amounted to 73, 23 being for attacks on houses, 14 for illegal meetings, 10 for appearing in arms, and seven for administering unlawful oaths. Of these crimes, 54 were of an insurrectionary cha racter. During the month of April, the total amount of crimes reported is 8-4 being previous to the proclamation. Thus, in the month of March the total amount of general crime was 73; while in April it was only 8, being a diminution, in the month subsequent to the proclamation, of 65 ; and the amount of crime of an insurrectionary character was, in the month of March, 54, and in the month of April only eight, being a diminution of 46. This showed both the necessity of applying the act in this district, and the salutary effect which ensued from it. He was sorry, however, to say, that the diminution in the amount of crime did not con tinue ; for he found in May there was a general increase of crime from 8, the number in the preceding month, to 29. But of these only five were of a political character. From this it appeared that the amount of general crime in March was 73, while in May it was 29, being a diminution of 44, and the amount of crimes of a political nature in the former pe riod was 54, while in the latter period it was only 5, being a diminution of 49. Then with regard to the baronies which were proclaimed in the county of Westmeath. It appel.!..red they were proclaimed on the 4th of May. The crimes reported during the m on th o f A pr i l preceding were 21, while the amount during the month of May, when it was a proclaimed district, was only 3, being a diminution of 'l9. The last of the proclaimed districts were the baronies of Longford and Leitrim, in the county of Galway. They were proclaimed in consequence of the unanimous resolution of twenty-three ma gistrates, on the 26th of May, 1834, and it appeared that from the Ist of April to the 25th of May, twenty-two out rages were committed in those baronies, some of them of a very serious nature. ( Hear, hear.) But no account had been received since the proclamation, the month not being yet com pleted. He was unwilling to take up so much of their lordships' attention, by reading those statements ; but it was necessary that their lordships and the pub lic should be satisfied of the necessity of renew ing this act, and he therefore claimed their indulgence. ( Hear, hear.) He would read a statement of the state of Ireland, which he had extracted from papers, for which he should move an address to his Majesty, to lay them on their lordships' table. The noble earl then read the following statements : STATE OF IRELAND DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, 1834, Showing the total number of crimes, of every description, committed during that period : also distinguishin g those of a political or insurrectionary character ; and showing the in crease or decrease as compared with the preceding month and the corresponding month of last year. PROVINCE OF LEINSTER. Crimes of every description— Committed in April, 1834 May, 1834 Increase in M ay 325 23 Committed in May, 1883 May, 1834 Increase i n 183 4 325 Crimes of an insurrectionary nature— Committed in April, 1834 May, 1834 Decrease i n M ay 2 5 Committed in M a y, 1 833 143 May, 1834 Decrease in 1834 26 The principal decrease since the month of April being in—Attacks on houses (decrease) Burnings, &c. 14 Illegal Notices fr " 1►; •.• /ft)/ 28 crimes being reported, and of these only one being of political character. Limerick and Waterford show a diminution of one-half in the number of political offences since April. • Tipperary is in much the same state as it has been in for the last year, the number and nature of the political offences vary ing a little. The scene of them is described as changing; some baronies, which were disturbed, having become tran quil ; and in others which were quiet crimes having become more frequent. PROVINCE OF CONNAUGHT. Crimes of every description—. Committed in April 1834 May, 1844 Increase in May Committed in Ma;y, 1833 l'tfay 1834 Increase in 1834 84 Crimes of a political nature__ i; Committed in April 1834 May, 1834 Decrease in May 5 • ; Committed in May, 1833 May, 1834 Increase in 1834 —2B Leitrim, M ayo , an d Clare, with the excepti on of two baro. ties, are described as being in a tranquil state. Galway is described as being considerably disturbed, and the crim es o f a pol i t i cal nature, though showing a decrease of 5 since April, are more numerous than in any other county in Ireland, 43 being reported during the month of May. No great change in this county since last year. Both Roscommon and Sligo show an increase in the month of May in the former county, crimes of a political nature having increased from 10 in the month of April to 14 in the month of May, and in the latter from 14 to 29 ; both counties also exhibiting a considerable increase in crimes of this de scription over the corresponding month of last year. PROVINCE OF CLSTER % Crimes of every description— Committed in April, 1834 ......... . ................. 430 May, 1834 488 Increase in May Committed in M a y, 18 33 58 251 May, 1834 4BB Increasein 1834 Of this increase, one-half consists of cases of assault, ur. connected with Ribbonisin. Crimes of a political nature_ Committed in April, 1834 66 May 1834 6O Decrease in May, , Committ e d i n M a 6 Ma y , 183,3 May, , 33 1834 6O Increase in 1834 27 Attacks upon houses form the principal item of increase since last year. The counties of Antrim, Down, Tyrone, Londonderry, Fermanagh, appear quite tranquil ; in the three former no political in the outrages being rep or t e d d ur i ng thO month of May, ast only and two l Donegal and Armag 3, h are in an improving state, insurrec tionary offences having decreased since April ; in the former from 24 to 8, in the latter from 16 to 8. Monaghan alone shows an increase in these crimes, the num. ber in April being 16, in May 24 ; the increase being in at tacks upon houses. Assault and larcencies form the chief items of the great increase in crimes of every description since last year. General statement of political and insurrectionary offences during the months of May, 1833 and 1834 :- 1833. 1834. Decrease. Increase. Province of Leinster 143 117 26 0 Munster 27 28 0 1 Connaught 72 100 0 28 Ulster 33 60 0 27 Total Ireland 275 305 30 The total amount of crimes reported officially in Ireland, from the Ist of January, to the 31st of May, 1834 : Ulster 2,083 Leinster 1,866 Connaught 3,038 Munster BB2 7869 Of these 3,296 are cases of assault unco , netted with Rib. bonism. Those reported of an insurrectionary, &c., character, amount to, in Ulster ... Leinster Connaught Alunster 300 963 478 212 153 In Ulste r li tt l e more than one-seventh, in Connaught less than one-seventh; in Munster one quarter, appear differences of an i nsurrect i onary character, while in Leinster upwards of ne-half are of that nature. By a comparison with the reports for the corresponding pe riod in the last year, it appears that in the first five months of the present year, there has, in the provinces of Ulster, Con naught, and Munster, been an increase of crime on the ag gregate, and in the province of Leinster a decrease to the foI lowing extent, viz....— Increase. Decrease. Ulster Connaught 603 Leinster 1,30 200 Munster 424 Flaking 1, 2:Z7 aking a decrea se on t h e w h ole of 79 in regard t o t h e op i nion of the authorities in Ireland as to the renewal of the act, he had a letter addressed by his Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant in Ireland to the Secretary of State for Ire land, dated 18th of April. His Excellency stated, that he enclosed the replies of the Inspectors-General of the provinces to queries addressed to them in regard to the renewal of the Coercion Act, and that from them it would be seen that they were unanimously in favour of a renewal. He added, that it was almost superfluous to say, that he approved of the opi nions stated by them, and that he anxiously desired to see the act renewed. The queries addressed to the inspectors -general were simply : Ist, Whether there was any necessity for the renewal of the Coercion Act ? and 2dly, Whether in their opinion any alteration was required in it ? The answer of the Inspector-General of the province of Ulster was to the effect, that that province had, previous to the Coercion Act, been unsettled and lawless, that the greatest advantage had been de rived from the act, and more especially from that clause which prevented nocturnal meetings, which he thought had done more to restore tranquillity than any other part of the bill. The next answer was from Mr. Warburton, the Inspector-General of Connaught, who stated that his opinion was that the act should unquestionably be renewed; that it was to the noctur nal meetings that most of the disturbances were to be attri buted, and that the part of the act which prevented them was the best in it. He was satisfied that if the county of Kil kenny had not been proclaimed, the disturbances which had been so prevalent in it would have been spread over all the neighbouring counties, where they could not have been so easily repressed. He thought that the act ought to be re newed, and that it required no amendment. The next answer was from the Inspector-General of Munster, who stated, that from the moment of the introduction of the bill into Parlia ment it was of good in that province, from the moral influence which it had over the people. While the well-affected ac quired confidence and security from it, the turbulent were overawed and disheartened ; and he thought that Ireland would be in a much worse state if it were not renewed. The next document to which he would refer was a statement made by Inspector-General Harvey. He said, " The baronies of Garrycastle, Eglish Ballybrit, and Ballobay, are under the nightly dominion of an illegal anti-social.union or combination, in which his Majesty's peaceable subjects are exposed to acts of violence, robbery, savage threats, personal injury, reckless cruelty, and inhumanity, such as are unknown in more civilized countries, and which it is obviously impossible for the authori ties effectually to suppress without being armed with powers which, in countries where the law is habitually respected, might be deemed an infringement of the liberty of the peace able subject, but which are here indispensibly required for the purpose of maintaining him in the possession of that liberty, and of affording him that protection in his person and his pro perty, which all who submit to the laws have an undoubted right to require from the Government by which they are ad ministered. It i s f or t h ese o b jects that - I respectfully solicit for the civil authorities within the baronies in question the temporary possession of those powers, which can only be con ferred upon them by the bill passed in April, 1833. By the exercise of these powers alone, in the present state of certain parts of this district, can the Government, in my opinion, ef fectually afford to his Majesty's peaceable subjects that pro tection which they have a right to claim, or restrain and punish the authors of those excesses by which social or der is disturbed, and law and authority set at defiance." (Hear, hear.) The noble earl then proceeded to say that he had now described the general state of Ireland, and the particular state of those districts which had been proclaimed, with the opinions of the magistrates and other authorities in the four provinces of Ireland as to the necessity of renewing the act of 1833. When he considered what was the nature of the statements which he had made, he thought he might anticipate their lordships' unanimous concurrence in the opinion which had been given by various officers, that the renewal of this act was absolutely necessary, and that, in fact, the powers which it afforded could not be dispensed with. (Hear, hear.) It would be a question, however, whether they might safely withdraw any part of the extraordinary and severe powers of this act. He deeply lamented the necessity of ap plying to their lordships and to Parliament to grant powers of this nature, but it could not be said that those powers were disproportioned to the extent of the evils which afflicted Ire land, and which were so alarming at the time when be first called on their lordships to adopt this measure. The question would now be whether the act should be renewed in its pre_ sent state, or whether any part of those powers should be dis pensed with. He could assure their lordships that this question had been examined with the most anxious attention by his Ma jesty's government, with a view of relaxing in some measure the cometseveriy of those powers, and he was happy to say that they had to the conclusion, qonfirrned by the opinions of the Lord Lieutenant and other official authorities of Ireland, and that a part of this act might be also - also by a communication with some of the most efficient ma gistrates in the country, pensed with. He alluded to that part which gave the Lorl in certain p laces to trial by courtmartial. Their Lieutenant the power of subjecting offences committed under the act extraordinary nature; and ;'hat, although it lord ships would recollect that it was stated last session, that that power e w n as exp of an edient to enact it, yet it should not be continued for a longer period than the siate of Ireland absolutely ro quired. That part of fne act called forth the greatest oppo '..l-5 Considered the most objectionable; and i Wast47tbaenredfore, with great satisfaction that he proposed to their lordships the omission of the courtmartial clauses in the act of which he was about to move the renewal. He had stated to their lordships that they had sufficient groUnds; and the opinions of the best authorities, for the lt) 1 11. er.o ![ 2 .1 1N ‘v _ rte 4:1. - 41 ,3tiri sence ition, rd to from y ad resi- -study the .ney ; teter Lk so itend 7olu aase, In r, he ; he I, he !I is, ugh Tee-• >uch y of ke's, 'tea- 7ub- filar, the well any iva- ,eri- ver ing the this her hat and tral ca tial ',he on, ain nd its ke