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S DAY AT ONK O'CLOCK. riticas o slocr., H Rank St( ex 3 per Cent. Red. 9(1%;6 8 per Cent. Cons. 90:99N SO? % 8% per Cent. 96% Ditto Red 98 1 4 9 New n% per Cent. ......97%.186 S rer Cent. Ann. 17:2 , 4 per Cent. 1626 Bank Long Ann. to exptre Jan. 5, Fro 172;04 per, Ili, IQ5}l l7 t 4 5-16 lan. 5, 1860 l7 1-16 New 5 per Cent...-. — India Stock Ditto Bonds fgfi 20 pm. South Sea Stock ............ 100 , i Old Annuities.. Neviv Ditto ....... BS% !2 per Cent. Ann. I7M .... !Ex. Bills, X.1,0e0 47 48 48 pm. IDitto ..... ..... ...... 48 49 ;,m. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised ..... « — um ~• Arcount India for Account 9 50 n Cons. for AccountB9% 9010,;.% Aprils, 18$0 -- Jan. 5. 1870 - ___ PRICES OF FOKEIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 et.ocw. Austrian Bonds lOO :Peruvian Bonds ... ......... ... 22 Betel:in Bonds c8?.4 ! Ditto Account 22 1 , Ditto Account (8 1 4 IPortuguese Bonds Brazilian Ponds ... ....... ..75 45!, ; Ditto Account 75 i !Ditto Account 754 514 5 I Ditto New Bonds... 75 4N 5 Buenos Ayres Bond. — I Ditto Acconnt 741 5 4.1 5 Ditto Account 254; I Prussian Bonds lO2 Chilian Bonds ........ ......... 28 ! Ditto Bonds, 1822 ... Ditto Account 2B Russian Bonds, 1882...... I Pfitk Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto 111 1064 Ditto Bonds, 1824 2 7 114 8 Spanish Bonds, 1821 —. 34 1 4 5 Ditto Account 27!4 8.4 8' Ditto Ace. 3414 5 47i 5 Danish Bon .3. "411 ! T)itto Bonds, 18:23. 30% 2 1 4 Ditto Account — i Ditto Account 31 2 Greek Bonds — French Rentes, sp. c. —i --z. I >itto Bonds, .825 - Exchange...... —f —,.... Ditto Account.-- --3 per cent....... —0 —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 29 1 k 'Exchange —f —r.... Ditto Account — Dutch, 21 p. c. .50 !f,,.. Into o, 0 per cent 414 1 Ditto Account 50.4 Ditto Account 41 1 4 Ditto, sp. c 9(N% Neatiolitaii.-- ...... ... ..... .... 89 . Ditto Account 96% PRICES OF SHARES TH:S DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Pe , 1 / 4 - hare. A'ten Mining Company £7 91004 , nglo Mex. Min ...,o. kiss. at U. pm ) £lOO 10 !Warms Mining Company £l5O 145 Brazilian Mining Company £s Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (i ss. at 5/. pm.) £2r, Ditto Macaubas Cocaes ..... Ditto St. John Del Rey . lO Cata Branca Mining Company 3% I.tritish iron Mininv Company £so Colurni.kn Minim, Co. 'iss at 51. pm.) 51% English Mitsing Company 12% 4=eneral Mining Association l2 lii`.:ernian Mining Co. £lo Mexican Mining Co. £4B I, Beal dcl Monte Mining C 0.... (unreg.) 50% 1 ratted Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 11% 11 M Ditto New Scrip. ... ...... —. 5 143{50 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp .. 10 i 5 6lit 23 , 4 914 29 9 84 25 • Protector Insurance Comp. Z 2 Australian Co. ...... ..... 41••••••••••••••• 2fN Canada Company ........ 18 General Steam Navigation C 0.....- 13 National Provincial Bank of England 15 Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 XI 5 . 25% 51 , 4 164 13N 2% 3 40% HIGH wATER AT LONDON . BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 0 minutes after 0. I Evenine...l9 minutes after 0. MISS EDGEWORTH'S NEW WORK. On the 22d inst., in 3 vols. post Bvo., HE L E By MARIA EDGEWORTH. N. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Successor to Henry C,ulburn.) •„a Orders should be transmitted immediately to the various Booksellers throughout the United Kingdom, to secure the early delivery of this Work. NOTICE. In a few days, when the arrangements for that pur pose are accomplished, The Sun will be conside rably enlarged, and printed with a new and beauti• fui type, cast expressly for this Paper by the cele brated Alex. Wilson and Sons, of Glasgow. , • • 111 1 ,4 LONDON; THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1834. If Ministers cannot reckon on their stanchest supporters in the Commons, what possible chance can they have in a second attack on the Pension List ? In the minority are found the names of three brothers of a Cabinet Minister—the mover and seconder of the address—and the Member for Hull. Such conduct is honour able to the parties, and shows that they prefer the interest and wishes of their constituents to the favour of the Government. It also shows the badness of the cause, and Ministers must see how hopeless and unpopular it is to perse vere in a course, where they are deserted by their friends and backed by their enemies. Let them muster what forces they please, they cannot be triumphant. It is now a popular question— s question between Members and their con stituents—and when it comes again before a full House, a virtual, if not a nominal defeat is certain. That, after all, will be the best way of settling the question. There is no advice so effective in some quarters as a deliberate vote of the House of Commons. It was stated some time ago that an under. standing had been come to between Earl GREY and the Bishops on Church Reform. If it should turn out correct, then adieu to Church Reform for this session. The higher clergy and bishops are all pulling and straining in a con trary direction ; addresses are got up, meetings are held, circulars are sent round, and petitions framed evidently under their guidance, and at the insti gation of the High Church parry, whose object seems to be rather to praise and perpetuate abuses than sanction redress of grievances. The Bishop of LONDON, the other night, presented one of these petitions, which was preceded by another for the better observance of the Sabbath, in order, no doubt, to show that religious motives alone actuated the petitioners. It in substance prayed, that the Church Establishment might Opt be affected by any new measures, and that tE4)se who wanted redress might be fairly dealt tivith. As far as words go, this is all well. All they want is to be fairly dealt with ; but, unluckily, they and the high Church party attach very different meanings to the words. The former say they will not be fairly dealt with till tithes are commuted, Church rates abolished, pluralities abolished, re sidence of Clergy enforced, the Church service reformed, all monopolies in university honours put an end to, and fifty other reforms, which we have not time to enumerate, are granted. The Clergy bf the Archdeaconry of Ely, and the Bishop of LONDON, entirely concur with them, and say they yid] deal fairly, a::d not object to a national registration of births! Was there ever such absurd trifling w:th a solemn subject ? The outcry about pulling down the Church, and banishing sound and rational religion from the country, is only a weak device of the enemies of all reform. The GREY Administration are not the men to pull down the Church — they have too strong an interest in its stability even to risk any measure which might threaten it with danger, and if they were mad enough to attempt it, they would not remain in office for a week. The true friends of the Church are too strong for any party, and we have too much confidence in their good sense, (we mean the good sense of the vast majority of the intelligent and influential portion of the com munity,) to believe fur a moment that they will be deterred, either by the indiscreet violence of the one class or the selfish and jealous bigotry of another, front meagnes which are now essen tial to its security. The parties who get up these petitions, and who circulate these addresses, will gain nothing by them, but, in fact, add new impulse to the reformers. A very numerous meeting was held at Chel tenham on Monday last to petition Parliament for the abolition of the House and Window Taxes. The Hon. C. F. BERKELEY, M. P. for the borough, presided. It was left to the discretion of the Hon. Member to vote for the remission of one or both taxes, for it was considered possible by the meeting that if they pressed for too much they might lose all 1 For our own parts we are decidedly of opinioa that the window duty ought to be first repealed, as being a most odious and un just tax, pressing with peculiar severity on the poorer and industrious classes of the community. The house tax, properly modified, is a legiti mate source of revenue, being in the nature of a property tax. Perhaps Lord ALTHo RP may yet Fee fit cause to alter his determination, and substitute the repeal of the window for house tax. By this alteration he would be conferring a great boon on the glass manufacturers, and give employment to a large number of people along the western and other coasts who are interested in the manufacture of kelp. Beside s the benefit conferred on these people, the health of the public generally would be promoted, by the free circulation of air in places which are at present, and have long continued, in a state of gross impurity, from the very oppressive nature of the window tax. Yesterday Mr. Baron BAYLEY resigned his judicial function•, and is to be created a Baronet. We are sincerely glad of this, for no man ever better deserved such honour. By the French papers of Tuesday we learn that Marshal BOURMONT and his officers had arrived at Naples. The news from Spain would lead us to suppose that Don CARLOS has at length mustered up courage to take the field and make a bold dash on Madrid. He has taken this resolution too late. The QUEEN'S Government has now had ample time to conso lidate its strength, and any attack of Don CAR LOS can only tend to his own utter discomfiture. The work people of Lyons engaged in silk weaving, struck on the 14th, and serious appre hensions are entertained that a riot will be the consequence. Troops were moving from all quarters to suppress any disturbance that might take place. Mr. RICARDO, of London, (lied at Paris on Monday last. The French QUEEN and her daughters have gone to Brussels. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, Fas. 18 Five per Cents., 105 f. 75e. 90c. Three per Cents., 76f. sc. National Loan, 1051. SOc. Bank Actions, 1,8001 Rente de Naples, tilt. SOc. Roman Five per Cents., 92%. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 9.74 i. Bente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 38%. Royal Spanish Loan, 75 it en te Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 61. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 98%. Haytian Loan, 270 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 27%c. ; money, 25f. 97%e. '1 hree months, paper, 25f. 12Yie. ; money, 20f. 12%c. —('ours Authentique. German papers state that an army of 18,000 men, which MEHEMET ALI had despatched to the borders of the lied Sea to put down an insurrection in the Hedscha, had been put to the rout : two thousand Turkish Candiots had gone over to the rebels. MEHEMET ALI was preparing another army for the renewal of the attack : TarEsTE, FEB. B.—A Hydriot vessel ran into our port yes. terday, bringing news from Greece, up to the 12th ult., giving an account of the sad disasters occasioned by the tremendous storms that have raged in that sea. The vessels of foreign countries, as well as those of Greece have suffered. Of the Hyd riots 180 fathers of families have perished. The largest merchant vessel that Greece possessed has been lost, with several smaller ones. This is the last and heaviest blow that could fall upon this unhappy island. There is no news of importance from Napoli. Public tranquillity has been nowhere disturbed. Brussels papers, dated the 19th inst., have been received. They state that General GOBLET will set out on his mission to Berlin to-day. It appears that steam-carriages are to ply, in the course of the summer, between Antwerp and Brussels, drawing diligences after them contain ing 100 persons. Some sensation has been excited in Brussels by the arrest of M. HANNO, a Commissioner of the Belgian district, by Prussian soldiers, who sallied from the fortress of Luxemburg to the number of one thousand. ARLOV, FEB. 16, 6 P.M.—I hasten to inform you, that last night, about eleven o'clock, the Prussians, to the number of about 1,000 men, sallied from the fortress, proceeded to the village of Bettenbourg, forced with hatchets the doors and windows of your colleague, M. Hanno, and carried him off to Luxemburg, where he has been thrown into prison, to come out God knows when. You will agree with me, that if our Government does not put an end to these acts of brigandage, we shall soon see them repeated even in the chief town of the province. Poor inhabi tants of Luxemburg! so your patriotism is rewarded. The arrest of M. Hanno is a formal act of aggression against Belgium on the part of what the Orangeist journals call the Grand Ducal Government, for King William has assented to he treaty of 21st May as Grand Duke of Luxemburg, and that treaty expressly prohibits him from committing any act of hos tility on the part of Luxemburg in which Bettenbourg is situa ted.—Brussels Papers, Feb. 19. THE NEW BARON.—By some strange work ings, that which was considered by all parties (we believe) as virtually settled yesterday after - noon, with respect to Sir W. Horne's accept ance of the office of one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, has been all upset. Just before the Lord Chancellor rose yesterday, Sir W. Horne was called into his private room, where he had a long conference with Lord Althorp and Sir John Campbell, and the result (so far) of the whole is that Sir W. Horne's clerk received directions last night to continue to take in briefs as usual. The general state ment at the bar this morning was, that the Learned Counsel was out of office altogether ; and when he !limb& entered within the bar, he withdrew his bag from the place where his clerk had placed it, and had been in the habit of putting it, and took his seat lower down, leav ing the Attorney-General's situation entirely vacant. In Mr. Hook's new work of " Love and Pride" the two stories have each secured a host of advo cates. Many prefer the first, the " Widow," with its domestic interest, and all the tantalizing difficulties of the faithful love of the hero, to the more vivid descriptions and ineidors of the second tale " Snowdon ;" the truth we believe to he, that ulthough no individual sat for the picture of the Matquig, it cuts to deeply in some places to he quite agreeable. We confess for ourselves we think ii by far the better story of the two. DEPUTATION TO EARL GREY. This morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. John Smith, M.P for Bucks, Mr. Pease, M.P. for Durham, and Mr. Martin, M.P. for Tewkesbury, waited upon Earl Grey with memorials from the Dissenters of their respective districts, entreating his Majesty's Government to remove the grievances under which they laboured. The deputation was received in the most courteous manner by the Noble Earl; who, in the course of returning an answer to the deputation, was interrupted in con sequence of Mr. Martin falling down in an apoplectic fit. The Noble Earl and all present expressed great concern at the acci dent, and Mr. Martin was instantly removed to another room, where medical assistance having been procured he shortly afterwards recovered, and no serious apprehensions are enter tained with respect to the health of the Hon. Member in con sequence of the accident. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) LEES V. NUTTAL. The Lord CHANCELLOR heard counsel conclude their argu. ments in this appeal, which occupied all yesterday. The ap peal was from a judgment pronounced by his Honour the Mas ter of the Rolls, which declared that Mr. Nuttal was a trustee for the plaintiff, and that he had purchased a certain estate mentioned in the pleadings as trustee for the plaintiff: Mr. Nuttal contended that he had ceased to act as agent and solicitor for the plaintiff at the time at which he purchased the estate, and that he had bought it for himself. The question was whe ther he had or not? The LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinion very decidedly that his Honour was right in holding Mr. Nuttal had acted as the plaintiff's agent in the transaction. From the evidence, and more particularly from a document in the hand writing of Mr. Nuttal himself, this was very apparent. At the same time his Lordship felt bound to declare that this decision was not calculated to impugn Mr. Nuttal's professional conduct in the slightest degree. It was by no means impro. bable that he should, under the circumstances, have miscon ceived the nature of the character in which he acted. The Court's now confirming the judgment below, therefore, was not to be regarded as an impeachment of that gentleman's profes sional conduct. The impression of the Court's mind at pre sent was, that the decree below was right. His Lordship would, however, read the evidence, and if lie should say nothing further upon it in the course of two or three days, the parties were to consider that his Honour's judgment stood affirmed. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEB. 19.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from the River and remains, the Mermaid, Johnson, for Madras. Arrived the Hope, Middleton:from Waterford; Maria, Rowland, from the Swan River—sailed the 2Sth September,and from the Mauritius the 18th October. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 19.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrived the Sylvia transport, Jackson, from Dublin, with troops. FALMOUTH, FEB. IB.—Wind W.S. W., light. MARGATE, FEB. 19.—Arrived off port the Dove, Walsh, from Waterford. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 18.—Arrived the Marwood, Scolly, from Macaio ; and Margaret Highfield, Thorn, from Leghorn. DUBLIN, FEB. 18.—Arrived the Mary and Ellen, Owen, from London. DOVER, FEB. 19. Arrived off port the Swiftway, from Dublin. GREENOCK, FEB. 17.—Arrived the Glenbervie, Jones, from Demerara; Britannia packet, Innes, from St. Petersburgh. WEXFORD, FEB. 17.—Arrived the Ellen, Marshall, and Earl of Gordon, from St. John's, New Brunswick. MILFORD, FEB. 18.—Arrived the Jubilee, Furze, from New port. The Maria, of Dunkirk, from Cette, was fallen in with 9th inst., lat. 45, long. 8, abandoned, by the Venetia, Andrews —arrived at Bristol. L'ORIENT, FEB. 14.—0 n the sth inst. the hull of a vessel, keel uppermost, was driven up the rocks near the Isle of Groix, and in a short time went to pieces. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY. These Sessions commenced this morning, before ➢ir. Baron GURNEY, Mr. Justice PATTESON, Mr. Justice PARK, the RE CORDER, and the usual authorities. OLD COURT. Robert Simkins, aged 55, was capitally indicted for burgla. riously stealing from the dwelling-house of Godfrey Dommett, Ss. and other articles, his property. It appeared that the prosecutor, who is apublican, living in Limehouse, was in bed on the night of the 17th of January last, and was awoke by a constable, who informed him that his house had been broken open. The prisoner was discovered in the taproom, and the property was found in his possession. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. _ . . Mary Adlani, aged 31, was indicted with Ann Pugh, aged 20, who pleaded guilty, for stealing a large quantity of silver plate, the property of Rose Riddle, a lady residing at Enfield, with whom the first prisoner lived as cook, and Pugh as housemaid. It appeared in evidence that the prisoners rose very early on the morning of the Sth of January, for the purpose of washing. Shortly afterwards they awoke their mistress and informed her that the house had been broken open, and the plate taken away. A policeman was sent for who questioned the prisoners sharply ; Pugh turned very paleand attempted to get away, but was pursued and brought back. A search was made and the whole of thepro perty found in the dust-hole, upon which Pugh confessed her guilt and begged hard for mercy. There were no foot-marks on the grounds about the house, nor any marks of violence on the doors which would indicate a burglarious attack, though a pane of glass was broken in the pantry. The plate was found wrapped up in an appron belonging to Pugh. The prisoner Adlam protested her innocence, and some re spectable persons with whom she had lived gave her an excel lent character for honesty. Mr. Justice ParrEsoN summed up at length, and The Jury after a short deliberation returned a verdict of Guilty. Edward Goodacre was indicted for stealing a ring, value 51., the property of Joseph Burke, six years ago. It appeared that the prisoner formerly lived as valet to Monsieur Louis, the French giant, and that the prosecutor let his apartment for exhibitions. While the prisoner was in the habit of visiting the house the ring was taken. The prisoner, who said his master gave him the ring, and that he wore it for six months in the prosecutor's view, was acquitted. Dennis Guinan, aged 34, was indicted for stealing a table, value 61. 10g., the property of John Whittaker. It appeared that on the 20th of January last the prisoner en. tered the prosecutor's shop in Long-acre, which has an open front, and without being observed, walked off with the table, which was missed shortly afterwards, and the prisoner was taken with it on his back in Holborn. The prisoner, in his defence, said he was hired by a gentle. man, whom he did not know, to carry the table. Verdict—Guilty of stealing under the value of 5/. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have no arrivals as yet from Portugal, and ship letters only from the Swan River. Accounts from Ferrol to the 15th, state that Galicia was tranquil, but great agitation prevailed there respecting the province of Biscay. An irruption, by Don Carlos, into Spain, was expected. The English as well as the foreign funds are in a progressive state this morning. In respect to the former it may be attributed to money being plentiful, and the Bank lending 1,000,0001. at the rate of 2 per cent. As to the continual improvement in Portuguese and Spanish Stock we cannot form any substantial opinion ; but no doubt, in a few days, the reality of these ex tensive speculations will develop themselves to the public, who must recollect the years 1824 and 1825, when similar specula tions took place in foreign Securities. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 89 74 for Account, opened at the same price; soon after went up to 90 IA ; at present they are 90 IA 14, with the market looking up. The mania of speculation continues in Portuguese and Spa nish Stocks. Spanish, 34 je ; Portuguese, New, 75 M. In other Foreign Securities, little or nothing doing. HALF-PAST ONE. We have no fresh arrivals to the present hour or any reports: Letters from St. Petersburgh received this morning, state that the Russian Government, instead of contracting for a loan, is going to raise 40,000,000 of rubles by way of Exchequer Bills, at the rate of 4 per cent. We understand that amongst the great capitalists in the City large bets have been made that Consols will be done on or before July at 95. This appears_ very probable when we observe the great rise in the Foreign Securities, as it is natural to suppose that investments will also be made in the British Funds. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 90 to have since improved to 901 1 for Account. The Foreign Funds continue improving; Spanish 35 to ti but Portuguese, which were in the early part of the day at 75 are at present 741 75. Consols just done at 901. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for th• Account, 90f CLOSING PRICES.. Hank Stock 2l6} 3 per Cent. Red 9li 3 pet C:tit . Cons 9olt 31 per Ccnt. 9Bi 31 per Cc nt. Red... New 3i p=r Cent 9) 4 per Cc nt 105 Long. Ann. to expire Jan. 1860 l7} O.•t. 1859.. l7 5-16 Jan. 1860 l7} —FOUR O'CLOCK India Stock 251 Ditto Bonds 3O I ln , South Sea Stock Of Ditto Old Ann Ditto New Ann. Ex. Bills, 10,e/ 49 pm. Ditto 51',0/ _49 pm. Ditto Small 49 pm. Bank S. for Ace. ---- Consols for Opg 9Ol India St. for Opg. FOREIGN FUNDS. .... Austrian, 5 per Cent l lO 1 Portuguese, 5 per cent.... 74 ; Belgian, 5 per cent 9l, Ditto, Reg. Bonds ... ..... . 74i- Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 26 j Russian Bonds, Spec cent. 107 Chilian, 6 per cent. 2B 1 Ditto, Metallic — Columbian, 6 per cent.— 23 1 Spanish, 5 per cent 343 Ditto ' 1824 2B I Ditto, 1323 .30; Danish 741 I French Ti per Cent__ —t. --.C. Greek, 5 per cent 23f i Exchange Mexican 5 per Cents, 1825 3: j French :1 per Cent —f. —, Ditto 6 per Cent., 1825 4ll i Dutch, 21 per cent 5 , 4 Peruvian 6 per Cent...,,.,, ::3 1 Ditto, 5 per cent 94 11%1 PERIA I, PA RLI A M ENT THIS DAY, THURSDAY, FEB. 20. HOUSE OF COMMO S. The SPEAKER took the chair at about a quarter past twelve. A vast number of petitions for private Bills were presented. Sir HENRY PARNELL presented a petition from a place near Dundee, for making a road. Mr. PRYME presented a petition for leave to bring in a Bill for the formation of a canal at some place, the name of which we did not hear. Mr. H. HANDLEY presented a petition from a place in the county of Surrey, for leave to bring in a Bill to establish markets in that place. Sir J. E. WILMOT presented a petition from the Trustees of the Coventry Road. The same Hon. Member then pre sented a petition for leave to bring in a bill for paving and lighting the town of Chippenham. Mr. WYNDHAM presented a petition for leave to bring in a Bill for the improvement of Yarmouth Harbour. Mr. SEALE obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the im provement of Dartmouth Roads. . . Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the Commissioners of Newport Harbour. Mr. GROTE presented a petition from the Directors and proprietors of the British Iron Company. Mr. OSWALD brought in a Bill for the better supplying the city and suburbs of Glasgow with water. Mr. ADAM presented a petition from Clackmannan, from the trustees of a certain road, the name of which we could not catch. Mr. PENDARVES presented a petition from a place in Cornwall, praying for leave to make a railroad. Mr. EWART brought in a Bill for enabling the Ocean Insurance Company to be sued through its chairman.—Leave granted. Mr. GROTE presented a petition from the inhabitants of the parish of Allhallows, Lombard-street, city of London, complaining of the unjust preferment of the Rev. Francis Dawson, by the Dean of Canterbury, to that parish. The grounds of complaint were,that the Rev. Gentleman was in the enjoyment of other benefices, and was likewise non-resident. While they were compelled to support an efficient and respec table Minister of the Gospel, they considered themselves en titled to the benefit of his services and residence amongst them. —(Hear, hear.) The petitioners contended for the necessity of a full and complete reform of the Church. Mr. Grote continued to vindicate the substance of the petition. He could not say what the merits or demerits of the Rev. Mr. Dawson were, but such services as he could impart to the parish the pa rishioners were deprived of by his non-residence amongst them. A very strong feeling prevailed amongst the parishioners on this subject ; and it was greatly increased by the fact of his predecessor being likewise a non-resident for the period of eighteen years antecedent to the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Dawson ; so that, in fact, that parish did not enjoy the benefit of either sector or curate's presence. These circumstances made a very bad impression, and called loudly for the attention of this House in removing such an abuse.—(Loud cries of" Hear, hear, hear".) In either military or naval service the principle of giving services to entitle to pay was recognised, but not so in the Church. Just expectations were now enter tained that the intentions of his Majesty's Ministers on the sub ject of Church Reform would be put into full force. There were many cases of similar abuse, but it was hard to find one equal to the evil under which the petitioners laboured. Sir J. WROTTESLEY said that this was a very important subject, and deserved the most serious attention of the House. The petitioners were most respectable citizens of London, and it was not from any false motive but from a deep rooted attachment to the Established Church that they made any statement of their grievances—(Hear)—and that alone was sufficient to gain for them a fair hearing. He could not conceive any petitioners with more claims in their favour than the present. There was another part of the subject that rendered it particularly desirable that there should be some discussion upon this case. It did not appear that the gentle man appointed to this parish was otherwise than a most esti mable clergyman, and according to the present system the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury and the clergyman himself had done nothing that was not in accordance with the laws. It was the system that was to be blamed, and he thought it ought to U speedily altered.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the practice of nonresidence, it would be recollected that last year returns upon this subject were laid before the House, and the House would be surprised to find that in this country there were, at the present moment, 3,678 incumbents of livings who were non-resident. Of these, 1,139 had 3001. a-year and up wards, and 2,348 had a yearly salary under 3001. He did not know what ought to be tnesalary of a clergyman who performed his duty ; if he were called upon to state what, in his opinion, it ought to be, perhaps he should rate it too high, higere at least than the clergymen themselves, who must be allowed to be the best judges. The clergymen, when they got possession of these livings, fixed the stipend of their curates, and it was but just to suppose that those stipends gave a fair measure of va ue for the labours performed. In his (Sir J. W.'s) opinion, they ought to be fixed at a far greater amount; but he was willing to take them at the price which the Clergy themselves fixed. In these returns were alsocontained the salaries paid to Curates, and the House could therefore see, what the amount was. It was often said that there should be rewards in every profession ;he did not object to this—he did not object to large livings,not even to livings of 1,000/. or 900/., a year, because he thought no sum was too large for a clergy. man who performed his duty. The parishioners themselves would be benefitted by such a measure. He had made inqui ries of many persons, amongst others, of clergymen—he had asked several questions of them, as, for instance, Did they ever find any complaints regarding the dues and tithes of those clergymen who resided the greater part of the year on their livings, and performed their duties conscientiously and well ? The invariable answer was, that no such complaints existed.— (Hear, hear.) He would now state what was the amount of the salary which the clergy gave to the curates who performed their labours. He would pass over the least until he came to those which amounted to 301. or 401. a year : From 404 and under 501 501. to 601 This was the largest number who were thus paid, and it would be hard, therefore, to say that the ser- 1,792 vices of the clergy should be estimated at a higher amount. It was not for him to say that they were rated too high ; he took them at their own valuation. From 601. to 701 359 70/. to 80/ 483 80/. to 90/ 547 90/. to 1(0/ 164 1001. to 110/ 110/. to 1::0/ 65 1:20l. to 130/ o, 3 130/. & under 1501 ll9 This left so trifling a number whose salaries were above 1501. that they were not worth taking notice of—they did not alto. gether make 100. He had stated before that the non-resident Incumbents amounted to 3,678. Now, he should like to know what establishment, or what public office was there in which if it were stated that there were 3,678 officers performing their duty by deputy—he could well conceive what an immense stir it would create from one end of the House to the other.—(Hear, hear.) Was it then to be said that the duties of a Clergyman were to be held in less estimation than those of any other pro fession ? He did not allude to their religious duties solely, but to their moral duties also, and he would ask those who had opportunities of observing the efficacy and good effect of re,i dent clergy, whether, independent of their religious duties, the exercise of their moral duties had not been of the greatest . benefit to their parishioners ? He had the honour to be a member of the Committee upon the Army and Navy Salaries, at the head of which was a Noble Lord, one of the Members for Devonshire, and it was recommended that those officers were unnecessary who performed their duty by deputy. If that were necessary in those departments, he felt convinced that the present system adopted in the church establishment could not continue long without producing its ruin.— (Hear, hear.) He could fairly say, that it was under that apprehension that he now addressed the House. If some measure were not intro duced to abolish pluralities, and to enforce the residence of the clergy, he was convinced that that beautiful fabric of the established church would soon be destroyed.—( Hear, hear.) Sir R. INGLIS was of opinion that the evils apprehended by the Hon. Baronet were not so extensive, and not likely to be so prejudicial to the Church as he had stated. The Hon. Baronet seemed to have come to the House fresh from the Army and Navy Committee, and prepared with a statement respecting the salaries of curates, and as he (Sir R. Inglis) was not prepared in like manner, he could not fellow all the state ments which the Hon t Baronet had made. He would there fore beg of the House to suspend their judgments upon the' question, particularly as a commission had been appointed to inquire into the ecclesiastical affairs of every parish in the kingdom. The Ilon. Baronet thought this a good opportunity to raise a discussion on the subject of reform, but he (Sir R. Inglis) was not prepared at present to contend with him on the question of pluralitie3, nor would he contend with him on the question of small salaries. The parishes of England, it was well known, were divided according to the laws of the Church, and if the House would look at the earlier periods of the estab lished religion they would perceive that non-residence existed from the beginning ; and, indeed, must, from the nature of d to. being He, things, have been so, when it was considere d that man y livin g s small, w-e ren t o i t ,e of sy t s l t i e e m val o u f e u o n f it m in o g re pa t r h is a h % 2 O w L as livings The e ort for one, should wish to see a resident priest in every parish—(Cries of " Hear, hear, hear") —but in the nature of things that could not always be. Until the laity of England were prepared to restore to the Church the property which had been taken from it, it woul I be in vain to expect a resident incumbency in every parish. Many of the laity —some of whom he believed he was now addressing, held tithe property and lands which formerly belonged to the Church, and until they disinterestedly gave up that property there could never be a resident clergy. As to the amount of the salaries of curates, he believed they were very small in many cases, and much below the scale which he would wish should be given—(Hear, hear) —but he knew also that in many instances they were as high as the incumbents could give. Young men brought up to such a profession as that of the Church it was necessary should have some provision made for them.—(Hear, hear.) Such were the answers he was anxious to give to the statements. of the Hon. Member for Staffordshire. With respect to the particular case forming the subject of the petition presented by one of the Hon. Members for the City of London, he begged the House would bear in mind these propositions, that the Rev. Gentleman, now the incumbent of Allhallows parish, who was represented as being so enormous a pluralist, had for eighteen years, to the satisfaction of all parties, perlormed the duties of one parish, Chislehurst. With respect to Orpington, that, he believed, was an unendowed vicar. age, and required the performance of no duties. As to the rectory of Hayes, from that the Rev. Mr. Dawson derived no profit whatever, not being himself the incumbent, having given it to another clergyman without fee or reward. With respect to the next living of Down, that stood in the same situation, and the error into which the parish of Allhallows had fallen was, that they had discovered in a publication, which might be called the Clerical Court Calendar, but which was published without any authority, the name of Mr. Dawson attached to these different livings. Mr. GROTE said, that with reference to the living of Down he was quite convinced that the Rev. Mr. Dawson was not the incumbent, and being so he had made no statement to the House with respect to it. Sir ROBERT INGLIS was happy to hear the statement of the Hon. Member, and begged pardon of the House for having adverted to that subject. With respect to the right of the Rev. Gentleman to hold a stall at Canterbury, if there was any blame attached to that it arose from the state of the law.— (Hear, hear.) The House might correct that law if it pleased —(Hear, hoar]—but until it was corrected no blame could be attached to Mr. Dawson.—(Hear, hear, hear.) By the law as it at present stood there was no power to limit the holding of livings within the distance of Allhallows and Chislehurst, and such being the case, he (Sir. R. Inglis) felt confident the House would agree with him in stating that nothing unfair had taken place on the part of Mr. Dawson, and that no blame attached to him for retaining the livings he then held. When the subject of pluralities came before the House in a more formal shape, he would state his opinions more fully on the subject.—(Hear.) Mr. F. O'CONNOR considered that the Members on that side of the House, who had done all in their power to put an end to the tithe system, had great rcason to congratulate themselves upon the petition that had been presented by one of the Hon. Members for the City, and for the clear and lucid statements he had made in presenting it.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Those statements, in his opinion, did not differ from those made by an Honourable Baronet last night. He was aware that there were many instances in which cler gymen were non-resident, because there was no occasion for a clergyman. He was happy, or he should rather say unhappy enough, to be able to state a case perfectly analogous to that which had been mentioned by the Hon. Member. His was an English case, and that which he (Mr. O'Connor) had to state, was an Irish one. He was satisfied that when he had stated it, and asserted that there were many of a similar nature, he was sure the Irish people would receive the sympathy of their English neighbours, and that they were fully justified in their outcry against tithes.—(Hear, hear.) In the parish where he (Mr. O'Connor) resided, upwards of 150,0001. had been taken from the people for the support of the Church, and the oldest man in it could not recollect that he had ever seen a Protestant clergyman,.—(Hear, hear, hear.) The curate also resided out of the parish—the clerk lived fourteen miles from the church, and it was but a very short time since a vestry had been called to increase the clerk's salary, in consequence of his living so far from the church ; and, to crown all, the sexton kept an improper house at the church door, and sold whisky without license.—(Hear, and laughter.) He asked the House, did not such cases justify them in the part they had taken against tithes ? He thought these discussions were most whole scroe—that these by-battles were of great service to the clues _ tion, particularly as they were on the eve of the great battle which was to be fought to-night, and as this would therefore be the last skirmish. To-night the fate of Ireland was to be de cided. They had been promised the support of the English Mem bers, and he was satisfied they would not be disappointed. He saw an increasing desire on their part to take the footstool of agitation from under the Irish Members—(Hear, hear). — and he was convinced that the English Members would rally round them—that they would say to the Irish Members, if they were still agitators—if they still persevered in disturbing the peace of the country, they did it from bad and interested motives.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted the Irish pet pie would not have the sanction of a vote of the English Members for a perseverance in their agitation.— (Hear, hear.) He had said more than he had intended, and, perhaps, if the Right Hon. the Paymaster of the Forces were present, he would say that he (Mr. O'Connor) had been showing off some of his " frothy declamation." In conclusion, he congratulated the House upon the presentation of the petition, and the manner in which it had been presented. Mr. HARDY could not but admit, as an unworthy member of the same church to which the Hon. Member belonged, that the Church of England was suffering under acts such as these which the petition detailed. It was no consolation that the in habitants of Allhallows had been told that the Clergyman was a most upright and exemplary man ; that was the more tanta lizing to them, as they could not, therefore, obtain his spiritual advice and assistance. If they were aware that he could con. duce so much tc their spiritual welfare, and that they never saw him, they were the more to be pitied. He did not think that the Hon. Member for the University of Oxford had fully an swered the observations that had fallen from the Hon. Member for Staffordshire. He understood that the parish in question was fully able to support a Clergyman, and it was therefore an ad ditional hardship that they should be deprived of the benefit of his advice. It was unnecessary to say to what extent the system of plu ralities had gone; it was no longer said, when a Clergyman was presented to a parish, that he had got a cure of souls, but that he had got a living. It was not that he had got a commis sion to instruct the people in those things that would be most conducive to their salvation, but that he had got the means of supporting himself and his family.—(Hear, hear.) It was of the disposal of livings in this way that the Church of England complained, and which would probably occasion her to die of a plethora.—(Hear, and a laugh.) He was astonished when he found complaints of this nature so numerous, that so respect able a body as the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury would con tinue to dispose of livings in this manner. He trusted that ere long his Majesty's Ministers would be prepared to bring in some measure which would put an end to pluralities and non-resi dence, and give to every parish the benefit of a resident clergy. man.—(Hear, hear.) Sir H. VERNEY hoped that a full and efficient church re.. form would take place shortly, and that it would not be post poned till the return of the value of parishes in England and Wales, which was ordered, should come in. Mr. GROTE congratulated the House on the unanimity which seemed to prevail on the subject of the petition which he had laid before them. As a question had been raised concern- ing the emoluments and the capability of the parish to support an incumbent, he would state that it was perfectly adequate to it moreover, there was a good parsonage-house, which the rector was in the practice of letting at 601. per annum. , Mr. CLAY presented a petition from Hackney against the employment of children in the sweeping of chimneys. He thought it unnecessary to enlarge upon this subject, especially at the present moment. The miserable condition of the chil dren was sufficient to enlist all the feelings of humanity on their side. Persons were not anxious to contemplate this subject, because it was too painful to dwell on, and they were desirous that any thing might avert their thoughts from it. The subject in his mind was not paid sufficient attention to ; many circumstances:contributed to produce that inattention on the public part ; one was the erroneous supposition that there was no remedy, and the other perhaps was the all-absorbing question of Negro Emancipation. He hoped it would come under public consideration, and receive that degree of atten tion it merited. Mr. CLAY likewise presented a petition from the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, against the house and window tax. After the intimation of Lord Althorp on this subject, he con sidered it at first unnecessary to urge those petitions on the at. tention of the House; but, on a second thought, it occurred to him that the presentation of petitions would strengthen and insure the success of the Bill about to be introduced by the Noble Lord. Mr. Clay also presented a petition from the mer chants and shipowners of the port of London. They com plained that the Corporation of the Trinity House was too close and inaccessible to the inquiries of the com missioners appointed to investigate corporate affairs.—(Hear.) He did not guarantee the truth of all the statements of the petitioners, but the subject of the petition was one of consider able importance to the shipping interest. He would not now move that it be referred to the existing Committee upon the lighthouses, because he thought that it comprehended subjects which he believed did not come within the scope of the duties of that Committee. If at any future time it should appear that the petition could go before the Committee, he would then move that it be referred to that tribunal. • Mr. PLUMPTRE supported the prayer of the petition, and said he had had occasion to complain of the conduct of the Corporation of the Trinity House. That Corporation, it ap resented a petition from (as t wa li . e s un V d i e c r a s r to a od nd peared, received very large sums of money without giving any c p astle..on-Tyne, in favour of a measure to public account of their expenditure. years, he of sup p e o x r c t e e p d ti t n h g e o p n ra ly ye t r w o o f y enforce of fia better n d i n o observance v ance hundredof the Sabbath. auho rp m ll e O n D of G N So e, N . theers since petition, at hn ed y eaarennds entered 1815, dd Mr: SHAWE presented a petition from the owners and oc cupiers praying for the abolition of the duty on malt. Clergymen H for the I L a E st A 4O C he had a statement in his possession, by chick he could prove that the average price of wheat was now less than it had been into a statement, in order to prove that 3 the average price had been 10s. less than for many years pre viously. The Hon. Member proceeded at some length, but in so low a tone that he was quite inaudible in the gallery. An Hos:. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, stated that there could be no question of the present low price of corn. The petition related to the malt-tax, as one of the burdens which pressed peculiarly upon the agricultural interest, and it became the Government to consider whether immediate steps should not be taken to remove it. Mr. O'CONNELL said that he would say one word upon this subject. It was his duty to take notice of it, on account of the great difference of opinion upon this subject amongst those with whom he generally acted.—(Hear, hear.) It was supposed that Ireland derived a great benefit from the corn laws. This was not his opinion, and if it were, the prin ciple applicable to these laws would induce him, for the sake of giving cheap human food to the poorer classes, to desire their repeal. The question was, whether they were to have cheap bread—whether the family which now had but one loaf was to have two loaves ? When the question thus presented itself to his mind, upon the same principle that he disregarded the rights of private property in abolishing slavery, he, for one, had no notion of balancing the interests of the landlords against those of the poor, and he would further support any Bill which would make bread cheap to the labouring classes. But in his judgment the agricultural interests would be benefited by the repeal of the corn laws, as they would be better supported by the manufacturing classes, and the corn fields would be turned into gardens. But whatever would be the result, any plan to make food cheaper for the poor would have his decided sup.. port. He would gladly relieve the landowner by annihilating two-third* of the tithes, by repealing the malt tax, and the talk en v a e l 11 ' , " • den, providing that by that means to the poor. e 4 l• • for Dublin diffe r ' r Mr. FINN said that the Hon. Member Hews . . Member. He w ' on this question from almost every other Hon. . • could b e 1 at a loss to know how Ireland, with no manufactures, tr _,, in upon agricultural horse' ; and, indeedhe, freeoumidemvearkyepfoeessdibelheebsp.os, ; benefitted by the repeal of the corn laws. On the c _ c a d r t Y iya• t his opinion it would throw nearly all the land outel ' from its il, tion. This was the only advantage Ireland deri veso . mem . , connection with this country, and he could inform I,e n n ° fact bers, that in repealing the corn laws they would I repealing the Union. l upon this question f Mr. O'CONNOR also differed in opin ion `' tion of the • ' rom Mr. O'Connell, and thought that: the ques iving cheap corn laws ought not to be disturbed. So far fr°ln g ld, in his • food to the poor, the repeal of the corn lay's w" to ge t opinion, render it more difficult for the labouring f 0r ,.. ; „, no s pea.Ara: . bread at all, as there would be, comparatively employment. He would oppose the repeal of the cornntailiis•an Mr. O'CONNELL considered that the nom misstated what he said, though , would , What he said was, that by rendering food cheaper, , lo ge be improved, and that ground in the neighbourhood o e l . ... ta cities, which was now under corn, would then be turn la n dlor d ~ gardens. The advantage of dear food was all on t he side • side ; and if rendering food cheap was to be called he confessed himself guilty of that.—(Hear, hear.lci j l :Il hi' s t v o as i ,u a rca sB 4 ? (Mr. O'Connell's) interest, was landed interest —t o small, compared to the whales of this House, but st . for the crease his rent-roll should be his objel)cetr,haaPrisel yet hillentdi° cheapness of bread to the poor. , o f bread 1 ~ O'CONNOR DON thought that lowering the price lon e,. i was not enough to make a people comfortable, it cessary to give them plenty of money wherewith ented ; i . that bread. In that part of the country which he Wes - ... , . , ' people wer e 11. -. ; . • eatables were at the cheapest rate, and yet the most miserable condition. 0 Sir CHARLES BURRELL considered that the reductio , ~ bill sure in" ' of corn would cause a proportional reduction in wages. . a : Mr. WALKER was of opinion that considering the pesi tl °. ': of the Irish fanner and landholder, it would bring utter ruin 't :' the country if the corn laws were repealed. He conceived Oa,. 1, the cry of cheap bread was nothing but a clap-trap.—(Hor ari a , • laughter.) He thought that eheapnessof bread was merely coe.' parative, and was satisfied that in a country where they bad ly ! manufactures, and nothing to depend on but agricultural product to talk of turning out the agricultural labourers, and then t' su pply them with cheap b read, was p erfectly absurd. He w aware that some Englishmen had advocated a system of p. laws for Ireland, but this was merely for the purpose of pet v enting the Irish labourers from g etting employment in th e ' ~ English market. Being full y aware that an abolition of tl . i e : corn laws would bring ruin up on Ireland, he would decided ly i ', , . oppose Lord su W. ch a LENNOX propositionwas of opinion that th e proportio . which wages bore to the price of b read was what sh ouot ld. n' , .. ,:. looked to, for if a poor man earned b ut 6d. a day, and andgod loaf for 3d., it would be the same as i f he earned Is. a day , a .O '.',. paid 6d. for it. The Hon. Gentleman beside him had s V poken o "`_, ~ fixed duty ; that was a matter of calculation. H e should to 10s. as the fixed duty, and 245. as the price of the best cor n s . l'i that would make 345. ; he would then add 3s. 6d., er 4; for freight, that would make 38s. ; and then (as there W°ll3, to au increase in the price of corn) he would add 10s., t h „, would make 48s. ; and he would ask the House whether aa' t : English farmer could grow wheat for 48s. ? As the s'tbr ec t of fixed duty was likely to come before the House a g ain ' .). . would say nothing upon it now. / to , Mr. T. ATTWOOD said that Hon. Gentlemen seemed think that the public faith was pledged to the ftindholders, 3 ', '4 ;:i ' to them only, but he contended that it was pledged also to t .,„ ,''' • landowners, and that the farmers, whose property was twi g 7,,, ' ,. out of their hands by the acts of that House, had stiongL ' ' claims upon the House than the fundholders, whose papery. , ,; had been paid in standard gold. It had been said that t h e v, could be a strong indelicacy in alluding to the national deubc. and many Hon. Members affected to think that it wou ld it,. impossible to touch it. He (Mr. A.) thoug ht that _.... would be touched before long, and that severely—(lle3r,)tbe:, if some measure were not speedily adopted for the relief ol iie f a. - , agricultural and commercial classes—for the effectual 704- of the distress and exasperation under which the classes now laboured. He was prepared to prove, that vl et rl , , a very short (1 eCod, he would not say when, for lo n f te dy fl were cursed for boding ill, and had often been disaPPhin,_.,o —but he wv.s predated to prove that the national debt 0;,,,,..„, shortly fall under the Lins of its own making. Ills V, ~_': :1,, would be found correct when Hon. Mernbers lookednda th e; ‘f discord which was rapidly growing and thickening atridealt oati. He thought that some measure of justice ought to b methia to the landholders as well as fundholders. Vnlesss soery large' , was speedily done, they should be compelled to make a v ed , ue 71 reduction in the national debt. One hall was the r ' oe . .i which common honesty required. If this was not done r , w o consequences would be, that troubles would thicken a o ° , i o „. bt lu M bw r e . e S pre A ro N tree D sinted F aed i g t ainistt s w a an d uyld it them, and the national debt would fall under the ruins ' t. , 4 own making. 1-loUs ete a adopt some measure for the relief the agrw i cas ult m u to r , a ,t l iec i ,,.h l ,, n ' o c p: ,: go:ai ' , , t: r ir p a r l es a s n e d d, ; com a m nd erc l i f al i c t lass we e r s e . as being, greatly encroachment r w e a injurious s atly t hbeendeuetfitonyt the b o t f t e h tPhu a t i en h bd r e l— i iu c l es u a t i r. t i a s r'icel )' would wasnet g t r h e e atl m y is t h eli e e f ve thea m lf or a e p g or e t n io er n a o li f y twwile or ethoenficdoeunntttrhya,tititthe 10°11 or % interest, for it was by local taxation that it ' e. er that _..1 i n ten t 'l'. I to be relieved at the expense of the public creditor. . on 0 0 , Mr. RUTH VEN said that, from the pressure of ta la ,, t ; o' l ,-* the country, he had little doubt, unless some measure' ;TrOi fr i were a ff orded, the forebodings of the Hon. Mem ber fe lt Wt , ' mingham (Mr. T. Attwocd) would prove but too true. y ds. impossible for the country to bear its existing burdens, s e nor' if t House should do something, and that speedilY , the same time keep up all its establishments, and Ph f Th e ' k, , mous interest of the national debt.—(llear, hear).,fobif, , stability of property; and as to the national debt, he "; u pl°',. it would not be any extraordinary sacrifice if they g aV Tbel e ~ millions, in order to secure the other 20 millions. .. Jebt should be a substantial reduction of the interest of th: i " ag itt*;:„. .- and until that was done, there would be bickering' an i . .a b e i tion in this country, as well as in Ireland. learn, sal A; An HON. MEMBER, whose name we could not — f biSl4. eg'' would not provoke discussion by any argument ts the ob i ,titi present. The time would shortly arrive Wh en T .,- fi se, ° l in ' would be brought in a formal manner before the ..•°--., AP' 7 l' he then hoped that it would be discussed with eal ni i. n e 7 for 1 :4 temper.—(Hear, hear, hear.) The petitioners as".cuitilrs,A repeal of th • malt tax, and he must say that the ag ri „.4, ,e ',". interest did . expect that of the sur lus in the ILis' il I something would be given them by P wa of relief, ro; 0, when the subject was recommended to the y consideration ' grifltUr.. ' • 0 House by his Majesty's speech. , ha„f.'4' Mr. RUTHVEN presented a petition from the j i t o - of Ardwin, in the county of Down, againt the sY s . ri vell t !: tithes. The petitioners stated that the compulsor y P a ii t, Vi'::: '. to support a Church from which they derived no he ne 'fh e i w , the chief cause of the dissentions in Ireland. noiotAtl complained of the conduct of a Commissioner, l ) . ,.rtith" ,l , WW I illt: , under the late Act of Parliament in charging land, 0., , „„.., o 'l a d that was never charged before, from whom there ” -- a ttell".4", I, appeal to the Privy Council, and that that mcale was apois".), 1., with great expense, and was so summary as t °. 10 f ) , 1` to a denial of justice in many instances.—(Flea:,„s The parishes that raised the greatest:question about Tli",: - . 5 . 0 4 110 , ..c, those who paid least—those that paid most remainingP e' s o f , „ t, ,' yet, still the latter were charged as being the instigat' . ,1,, th Mr . ol H. ce ATTEN supp ortenthat had taken p ed the prayer of the Pc lace. - titioll. P Mr. SHAW said that he believed the Clergy of 1re.31 . . moderate in their charges.—(Hear, and a Mr. O'CONNELL supported the petition. t Ol 0 M r . FITZSIMON presented two petitions ; one - f parish of Clendalkin, in the county of Dublin, the ot her f r O r ' the parish of Gorey in the county of Wexford, praying abolition of tittles. Lord LIMERICK presented a p e ti t i on f rom Derb y o v er' consideration of such means as will ensure the h et —r vance of the Sabbath day. Also one from the against the Beer Bill. the Mr. HANDLEY said the oniy part of the Bill vi° e which limited the sphere of its operation. if the t he e ita Y: which the Chancell or o f t h e Exchequer proposed Ji be 11° of a revision of the poor laws was not satisfactory' tter• the Hon. Member for Shoreham would take up the , : I t: a i Sir CHARLES BURRELL complained that he treated with a great want of courtesy, in which his Bill had been thrown out at the close of e l d, ,olv e particularly by Hon. Members in no way intete' t . ch the tot them representing large manufacturing towns, 01 o d that t pe ration of this Bill could never reach. He u ndersh! ii be fore 01 report of the Poor Law Commissioners would be lai House in a few days, and if their propositions did not e r r finding of employment for the women and children, a t vir t ps' parishes in some measure to legislate for thernsel ve 7 e ore o port would not be worth a farthing, rind would not tOo ill practices which obtained throughout the country,. tlh ot Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from th e h eav e Improvement Commissioners, and moved fo r o ti bring in a Bill.—Petition referred to a Committee* . Mr. OLIPHANT presented a petition from the t , - , 3 Sa il of the town of Perth, praying for leave to bring I'ihe 1) . ` o i1 deepen the river Tay. Also, a petition relating 10 . 00 ;' t 0 t barton roads.—Referred to a Committee and a Petted t° the Whishaw Railway Company, which was also ref Comm Mr. MURRAY URRAY presented a petition relating to , hour,. which was referred to a Committee. • Mr. BYNG presented a petition feom St. Jan` eOllO minster, to repeal certain local acts.—Referred to a ; to° Also one from the magistrates of Middlesex, for I cal in a Bill to allow a salary to their Chairman, wbi ci t. referred to a Committee. -1 - ,00 0 % Mr. LEEFVRE brought up a report on the Oi• - • Southampton petition, and obtained leave to bring ford , 1-ler e Mr. BIDDULPH presented a petition from leave to establish a market. The SPEAKER left the chair at three o'clock. 5 Sijr ohn Hothouse, w e u n d e rstand, b , s''"4 r quested to stand fo r th e b oroug h o f 31arYfr i ' v ,ie ' e' vf , Mr. Cr swford, a Liberal, however, there is , I) sl) j hi" has already addresie d on the subjs-cr. m yet. sr Sir W. H orne i s st ill t h e sitting .I.lltobe r f 0100 5 t tir to continue so. The " roof" ova. ..the House o f C( ) A ill r • g it is termed, was cr o wd e d o n Tuesby mig ht ' ll- debate on th Ei • e enstolle.