The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-04 00:00:00

PP 0 VERLAINTD MAIL 1 , CHINA, INDIA, AND AFFU HAN ISTAN. " The Berenice, with the Bombay mail of the 18th ,:7 of June, arrived at Suez on the 18th ult. Her mail ' 1 reached Alexandria on the 22d, at 3 A.M., Malta on the 27th, at half-past 3 A.M., and Marseilles, by the "1 1 ::'Polyphemus, on the 31st, at 6 A.m. China news to the 12th of April, and Singapore Its4 k. Journals to the sth Of May, have been received. It was said that YANG, an Imperial Commissioner, :Was en route to offer 40,000,000 dollars as compensa- 1 1it., 44 :; -7; tion to the British fcr the expenses of the war, and `` T the surrendered opium ; also the cession of Hong Kong as the price of peace. The Chinese ha I already commenced removing the , • ruins and rubbish preparatory to rebuilding the Bogue forts. - Some fighting had taken place at Ningpo, in which '0! 1,100 British routed 6,000 Chinese with the loss of from 500 to 700 slain. We had three killed and 40 1; t 1 wounded. The Agra Ukbar, of June 4, says that it was re "l2. ported that an army of observation would be bled at Allshabad in the ensuing cold season. "44;t: SCINDE. 1 1, Among the items of intelligence which have , 144 2: reached us from Scinde, and which may be depended on as authentic, are an announcement that a large army, said to be 25,000 strong, is advancing from Mashed to Herat, and that very suspicious conferences are being held at Hyderabad, between the Ameers • Lnd others, requiring the most vigilant attention of Alajor OUTRAM. The Seiks are said to be in force on the Muree taritory, without their object being understood. AFFGHAN IST AN. We have news from Jellalabad to the 29th of May, AK BAR KHAN had demanded 10,000 rupees for Ge , ne a l ELPHINSTONE'S remains. The Delhi Gazette of the 14th of May mentions that they had been in terned, on the 30th of April, within the walls of Jel lalabad. AKUAR KHAN claims that DOST - Mo- R.& be sent back, and that we evacuate the coun try, leaving an agent at Caubul in exchange for 'the English captives. The army, it was thought, would not leave the place until they moved to Caubul, there to meet Gen. Norr from Candahar. The Khyber Pass was being re-occupied by the dfreedes, and the whole road to Caubul stockaded and defended by all the obstructions the enemy could oppose. Captain MACKENZIE has returned to Jellalabad on the 9th of May from Lughman, with terms for the release of the prisoners. General SALE'S victory over AKEAR KRAFT had struck such terror into the minds of the people that it was thought our troops might have moved on to the capital without resistance, had not the force been deficient in every requisite for so large an army. A letter from Saugur of the 26th of May announces the Booddelahs to have fled into the territory of Seindia. QUETTAH. Everything remains in statu quo. Half the Can dahar force had moved out to reinforce Kelat-Ghilzie, and make a demonstration on Ghuznee. General ENGLAND crossed the Kojue Katha on the 2d May, with the loss of only four men wounded. Instructions had been given on the 14th of May from the Adjutant-General's office to withdraw the troop s serving west of the Indus within the British provinces. r':'. ~...:: EXPRESS FROM PARIS. • PARIS, AUGUST 2. The division in the Chamber, yesterday evening, on the admission or non-admission of M. Pauwels, a Con , aervative Deputy, was 191 for his admission, and 205 to adjourn it. This is considered by the Opposition es a blow to Ministers. I lk If. Dufaure's party have given a strong proof o.` e their opposition to the Cabinet. No sooner did ,the ' " ~Iftnisterialists agree to vote for Sauzet as Pres i de nt. ?';than the men of the middle party determined to vot( :'llgainstlim, - though one of their own, and in favour of Dufaure himself. Three per Cents., 77f. 85c. FIVE O'CLOCK. ' . The attacks of the Opposition continued to-day most ~ 1! ,, a ercely in the Chamber, relative to the election of M. Buude, and the Ministerial interference in his behalf. " M. Duchatel made a far from satisfactory defence. •„, • .WHEELAGHAN, THE CONVICT. . A curious case has arisen with respect to the mis treant Wheelaghan, who was convicted before Mr. Jus t` #.. lice Burton at the last Assizes of - Tullamore, on the clearest testimony, for the brutal murder of his wife, and under circumstances of peculiar atrocity. The Judge sentenced him to death, the sentence to be carried into • effect on Friday, the 19th of July, thus giving to the wretched man two intervening Sabbath days between Conviction and execution—exhorting him to make'the best use of thetime permitted him to remain in this world in penitence and prayer. When the period approached for • : carrying out the sentence, the Clerk of the Crown filled to a warrant addressed to the High Sheriff, and directing %bat the convict should be executed pursuant thereto, " on Iriday, the 19th day of July next," in place of instant. ;..: The point was raised below, and a representation bring • - taide to the Sheriff that he could not legally execute tin: man'.until the 19th of next July—that is, a year hence — he applied to the Lords Justices upon the subject, when .Sir Edward Sugden ordered a respite for a week. A con ference has been since had between his Lordship, Mr. Justice Burton, and his colleague on the circuit, the • Chief Barono% hen we understand that there was nothing in the point—that the sentence of the Judge, not the •,, • . warrant of the Clerk of the Crown, was the law; and • 'the consequence is, that the wretched man will undergo its penalty on Friday next. The following account ap pears in Saunders of this morning, which is erroneous, in so far as the mistake is attributed to Judge Burton, and ; .not to the subordinate officer of the Court:— • . "TULLAMORE, SATURDAY.—Our quiet town is in a state of the greatest excitement, owing to a respite hav ing arrived from the Lords Justices, for Wheelaghan, :who was to have been exectuted yesterday for the mur „,,• ider.of his wife. The cause of the respite is as follows : —Judge Burton, in signing the order for the convict's execution, wrote the words, On the 29th of July next.' Mr. Brady, the convict's counsel, raised an objection •to the form of the order, and contended that the execution could not take place until July next. The case was submitted to the law officers, and on Thursday evening a Queen's messenger arrived here from the Castle, with an order to respite the execution for.seven days, in order that the authorities may be con sulted on the subject. At the same time the governor of the gaol was directed to acquaint Wheelaghan not to indulge the slightest hope of a remission of the sentence. 'The unfortunate man received the intelligence of the respite with resignation, and did not betray any :symptoms of joy. He acknowledges the justice of his ' seance ; but solemnly declares that no one had any • .Participation in the murder but himself. Thousands of • , country people flocked in here to witness the execution, And exhibited great indignation at hearing of the respite, • ,waThich they think is only preparatory to his ultimate t t , - ,--pardon ; and the Magistrates have been using all their •:• influence with them to convince them of their error."— .. Dublin Paper. 41,/. art,' o ~, E F COURT MOURNING.—The Court goes out of mourn ig..to-day for the late unfortunate Duke of Orleans. Two BROTHERS DROWNED WHILST BATHING. 'uesday an inquest was gone into before Mr. Baker, • •t ie Coroner, at the Victory, Kingsland, on the bodies of 3 ohn and James May, aged nine years, twins, who were tlec owned under the following melancholy circumstances : k ` , 11 4 —..:ci` rom the evidence of several witnesses, it appeared I • trial the two brothers, accompanied by several other - .1).7ys proceeded to the Regent's Canal, on Sunday night, for Le purpose of bathing. Being unable to get on I to the towing-path, they climbed over a wall, and :fit'J..l got to the water by going th rou g h the premises of' L : r Messrs. Tarrant and Hemlams. They undressed them selves, and having sported about in the water for some 'a, time James called out that he was sinking , althoug h • • - ' at the time he was only about two yards from the side. The other little fellow immediately went to his assistance, but, being unable to swim, was in want of that himself. He, however, reached his brother, who • •• , clung to him, and they struggled for life. At this moment a barge came up; the man in charge was called to stop, but he paid no attention, and the brothers sunk. Im mediately after a young man, who had heard Ote boys • . call out for help, jumped into the water, but was unsuc , leisful in finding the bodies. The drags were then 1 ) , rought, and after being used for three hours, the body • ot John was recovered, but that of James was not dis co% •cred till the following morning. The poor little fel low, s' parents reside in Mill-row, Kingsland-road. The J un •, after commenting on the melancholy nature of the . case returned a verdict that " The deceased were acci dentall.7 drowned whilst bathing." WREiT PARK.—The Earl and Countess De ,Grey have kindly permitted the above splendid seat to be opened for public inspection on Mondays throughout the season. NUNEHAM PARK.--His Grace the Archbishop of York has given instructions for the gardens and, park of his princely family seat, near Abingdon, to be thrown open for the recreation of all classes three days a week, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. On Tees* evening; July 26th, as the -steamer t. ram Rouen to Elbeuf was just preparing to start, a oung man, who had the appearance of an Englishman, fe, 11 overboard and was drowned. His body was not fo; tnd.—Galignani. ,111 1 EEIP;i1 711 E NATIONAL HALL, HOLBORN. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. Yesterday evening a numerous meetinz was held at the Hall of the National Association, Holborn, for the purpose of consulting upon, and adopting such means as would be deemed most advisable in securing the return of Joseph Sturge, Esq., as represensative of the borough of Nottingham. The Chair was taken shortly before nine o'clock, by Mr. WATSON, who said the meeting . was called to ex press the interest and sympathy they felt, in common with all Radical Reformers throughout the country, in the forthcoming Nottingham election. He trusted the speakers would be received with respect and fair play, and that in this, the first public meeting held in this Na tional Hall, a new era had commenced in meetings of men who were seeking to establish the principles con tained in the People's Charter. Mr. PARRY, who acted as secretary to the meeting, read letters from Messrs. T. Duncombe, Sharman Craw ford, Cobden, Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. George Thompson, and several other gentlemen, apologizing fur their un avoidable absence. and expressing concurrence and strong interest in the objects of the meeting. . . Mr. ELT having been called upon by the Chairman, read the first resolution, which was as follows :—" That the proceed:ngs of the House of Commons during the present session have proved beyond question that that body dews not in any way represent the people of this country, and that the investigations before the various Election Committees, especially before the Committee presided over by Mr. Roebuck, have also proved that the groisest bribery, intimidation, and corruption were prac tised to an enormous extent . during the last election, and that the constituencies of the empire are regarded by Hon. Members, not as the depositaries of public rights, but as private property, to be bought and sold for private and individual advantage." Mr. Mr. Elt then proceeded to comment upon Mr. Roebuck's Compromise Committees, and said that long before the time those Committees were constituted it, was pretty well known that, with a very few exceptions, all the con stituencies were bought by, not only Tory gold, but, he was sorry to add, by Whig and Radical gold. When a certain Member of the House of Commons proposed, the other day, that one million of money should be voted to the suffering people, it was declared to be against precedent to de any such thing; but, in a few days after wards, a vote of 6,000/. was proposed for erecting a statue ;.0 the memory of a king in whose reign a vote of thanks was passed to the yeomanry who cut down the people for discussing those principles which Joseph Sturge was now advocating on the hustings at Nottingham.--(Hear, near.) There were also such votes as 35,0001. for the •ompletion of a model prison, and 60,000/. for the pay ment of Poor-law Commissioners. He would Conclude by stating his firm conviction that nothing short of ob -aining the six points of the Charter could ever enable the people to hold that position which their industry and value, as members of society, entitled them to.—(Cheers.) Mr. HETHERINGTON said it was some gratification to he people now to be able to hold out the Report, ema eiting from a Committee of the House of Commons, in vhich it was demonstrated that the constituencies of 2ingland, by Itihich the present Parliament was elected, were corrupt in the extreme. Was it love of country that induced those Hon. Gentlemen to spend the sum of 1,000/. or 6,0001. in contesting elections ? Was it for the good of society ? Let them look to the results of that .)f the last long session, and see if one Act was passed by .vhich the working man was benefited. There was but Ude use in the people coming occasionally to public neetings, and applauding th expressions of the peakers ; they should make some sacrifices, and co ,perate in endeavouring to bring round public opinion a) the cause of the Charter—(Hear, hear, and cheers)— end the way to do that was to come frequently to places ,eke that where they were now assembled.—(Hear, hear.) They had a comfortable hall, where matters whirl' concerned the working classes could be advo cated ant canvassed, and where they could give expres :ion to theft' political sentiments. The reason why the working man was so destitute, was because his vas the only class in the community - which 'was unrepresented in the Legislature. Union was Gower ; hut union was in a great measure worth ,ess withoUt intelligence. There was an old adage, that if a man wanted his work well done he should do it himself ; and what was true of individuals was also ,rue of men in the aggregate. He felt great pleasure in seconding the resolution, because he considered it to be the precursor of great political results, which, if fulfilled, would lead to the demolition of the Corn-laws, of the law of primogeniture, and the various other enactments by which a sordid oligarchy were enabled to rob the in- Justrions and producing classes. Mr. MEAT, in supporting the resolution made a humorous allusion to the fact that the walls of parish ,)f Clerkenwell were just now covered with placards, 'ailing upon the inhabitants " to support Walter for Beadle," and said he wondered could this ominous announcement in the name of " Walter" to the pa rishioners of Clerkenwell have been made in anticipation .af a defeat in Nottingham, and that failing of a seat in the Senate the Jupiter Tonans of Printing-house iquare sought to render his services to the Church. Mr. HAYNES rose to propose the next resolution : That, in the opinion of this meeting, the representa 'ive system can never be thoroughly purified, nor the jinnt l.c o tices recorded in the previous resolution abolished, the principles laid down in the People's Charter, In d ,secommended at the Birmingham Conference, become !be law of the land." He said the hall in which hey were then assembled was, thank God, their own, and no blun. 'tering Dogberry could come in there to in terrupt them. The tyrannical interpretation of Sir James Graham, with respect to the powers and duties A* those worthy fiinctionaries, could have no effect there; but strong and side within their political home, the working men, by peaceful agitation, would unnerve the arm which sought to 513aekle the rights of free discus sion. The Tories were hecoming the advocates of pity deal force, but Peel should be taught that his physical force would be suppressed by the moral force of the people. —(Loud cheers.) Joseph Sturge, when. entering Not- tingham, walked into the town without the gilded coach or triumphal arch, saying that he would allow none of those contomptible gewgaws by which the people were sought to to be misled, and their understanding imposed upon. — (Hear, iaear, and cheers.) The Government of Sir R. Peel had resorted to the basest means of securing convie lions in Ir eland for alleged offences against the Govern tient, and the trials at the Armagh Assizes, where the ;nformer was* a protege of the Government, and made 61 criminals in that capacity, in order that he might after wards immolate' his victims, was a sample of what might be expected in this country, if they could succeed in gagging the public voice, And intimidating the Press as they had partly . done in *est unfortunate country.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " Slrame.") The respected individual, in support of ye hose vriuciples they were met that evening. sad proceede d to lirdia, on his mission of mercy in favour of the negro,• to consummate the glorious work commenced by the immortal Clarkson. He . also went into Parlia liament, am an who never paid Church-rates, and, what was more, who never would—(Loud cheers) —he went as a man of pe ace to check the ravages of war, and to de nounce our a ttempted conquests in China, and our un- Christian Wa r in Affghanistan—(Cheers)—he entered Parliament ti ie uncompromising advocate of Universal Suffrage, and the principles of the Charter, the most effi cient remedy . for the repeal of the Corn-laws, and all noxious impost a upon freedom of commerce, and these were the attl!it , utes upon which rested his claims to the suffrages of the electors of Nottingharxe(Cheers.) Mr. PARRY *, 5n seconding the resolution, called upon those present to bear well in mind the expression he was about to use • he asserted solemnly that he considered "the aristocra ey we re trampling upon the rights of the country," and. if a constable were in the HO, lie might take cognizance of' the expression, for he defied it to be tortured into sedition. Joseph Sturge was the regene rator of the : 3irmingtain Conference, for the purpose of uniting then riddle anj the working classes, and the fact of being so IA vilid alone entitle him to their undying gratitude. Not withstanding the holy mission of Mr. Sturge, on belt Hof the oppressed negroes, he had often regretted that he did not turn his attention to object.; nearer home, a ad the condition of his own countrymen ; and he had nov r determined to advocate their rights to the last momen .i of his existence.—(Loud cheers.) He (Mr. Parry) NV as delighted to see so much unanimity on all sides in the endeavour to effect Mr. Sturge's return for Nottingham. Feargus O'Connor was there, and no o matter that did .rence of op inion might prevail respect is) matter s of detail, all had the same object in view, ar, i d were joined heart and hand in carrying it out. Betweei a no two men could a stronger contrast be pre sented than betw , aen those who now sought the repre sentation of Nottingham. On the one side was Walter, who wus the emt , odiment of all that was bigotted and narrow-minded —in fact, of the sentiments con-, tained in tL Ie renegatle paper which was his organ ; and on the othe r side was Joseph Sturge, the representative of Christie amity, of philanthopy, and liberty.—(Hear.) Mr. MOP c s aid that notwittistanding the insinuations of their opp cuents, the working men were nut chimerists, nor did they • I t :engine that Parliament could do impos sibilities. ' rk, e3 r knew that Parliament could not raise all men to the standard of six feet in height, nor could it enable theta f o earn ten shillings a day •, but they knew full well, (ant 1 Peel acknowledged the fact) that it had the power, b 3 salutar y laws, of increasng the commerce of the county y. Mr. w t-.:turge came forward as the advo cate of all measures which tended to benefit the country ; ant 1 he (Mr. More) trusted, that on next Friday he we 'aid be able to announce in that Hall that Mr. Sturge had been triumphantly returned to serve in ParE ament for Nottingham. He felt great plea sure in preop °sing the following resolution :—" That as the api n oaching Nottingham election is the bat tle field w. Di 'reon not only the independence of the inhabitants of Nottingham is to be tested, but the prin ciples of SOL std political reform are to be asserted against the continua aloe, of aristocratic domination, this meeting regards witi s intense interest the struggle upon which Joseph Stm ge isas so manfully entered, and earnestly implores th e icetors of Nottingham, by chosing that gentleman is thcir representative on Friday next, to realise the hopes ~v all who desire to see the British Legislature., merle resyonsible to the British people." Mr. Mr 'ROAN havinb' SDconded the resolution, On they ince Lion of . 1 4f. HETHERINGTON, resolution, vo te of thanks was toes ;sed unan;seansly to the Chairman , and the meetingseD'arated shot sly after eleven o'clock. BRIGHT ON, AUG. 3.—the Steam-packet Dart, Capt. Chee smart t, arrived from Dieppe , with fo rt y pas sengers, an d the Lord Melville, rapt. Goodhurn, started from the I tailvett,y terminus this Afternoon, for Havre, with twen ty-frve passengers, among' whom were Sir Edward e ad Lacy Lees, Dr. and - Mrs. , Ireland, Mr. Weston, 1 fr. Gell, one of Coroners for Sussex, Mrs. Gell, &c. Most of the passengers arrived (cam London by the tre in which leuves London-bridge at four o'clock, and were , on their voyage to Havre soon after seven, having pained some time in Brighton. OPFIZESSION OF THE `l l OO - It. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I herewith send you the cases of two of those paupers to which that adnlirahle article, which appeared in your paper on the 29th of July, referred. The first is the CASE OF WILLIAM HOLDING. " I am a hand-loom weaver. I have a wife and four children, and I have received two shillings per week from the parish for the last nine months. I owed elevenpence for poor-rates, and was summoned before the Magistrates for non-payment of the seine. I told them my earnings ; that I had four days' work_ at weaving per week, and two shillings per week from the parish, which the Magistrate's clerk con-; sidered to amount to one shilling a week . per head for us to live on. He then said to the Magistrates, You see, gentlemen, he is not able to pay. He then turned to me, and said, We have done with you. I then thought it was settled; but, in a short time after, a person came with a notice, and said if my poor-rate was not paid, a warrant of distress would come. My wife said, Well, we can't help it, for we are not able to pay. Next came two constables, who opened the door, saying Where he is ? and, although I was laid on the bed close by their left hand as they stood at the door they were not able to see me, in conse quence of the darkness of the cellar in which I lived, but my wife, pointing to the bed, said, He is then!. They said, Come, thou must go with us ; so I got up, and begged that they would not handcuff me, as such a thing had never happened to me before. So, they took me away, and when we got to the dungeon, they forcibly pushed me in, and locked me up. The following morning they handcuffed me to a cart, and the other three were chained by the legs. Thus we started for Lancaster, the rain pouring down so rapid that we were soon wet to the skin. When we got to Blackburn we begged they would allow us to go to a fire. The policeman laughed, saying, We will take you to a fire, you'll see. Thus saying, they thrust us into a dark cold hole, in which there was a privy, which stank so very bad as almost to suffocate us, We were forced to remain there for about forty mi nutes, and were then brought out again, wet and shivering with cold, the rain still falling in torrents. In this state we were hurried through Preston , to Lancaster Castle. The turnkey cried shame on the policemen, for using us in the manner they had done. When we had got within the prison -walls, we soon found we had got among the friends of humanity. We could not muster one penny among us all, but the kind strangers, when they heard what we were, very kindly invited us to the fire, and gave us some thing. to -eat. There was one man in particular, if ever I. see him again I will do all in my power to . serve him. A subscription was immediately entered into, which paid our rates, and left us eightpence halfpenny each to come with to Burnley. I had been out of work for some time, but had got work under the Manufacturers' Relief Committee, and had worked three days when they took me off to prison. I expected my wife to be in labour hourly, and was delivered of a child in three days afterwards; she was left without any attendant for two nights, and had she been seized with the pains of labour in the night, she must have perished before any assistance could have reached her." CASE OF EMANUEL BEAUMONT. " I am a power-loom weaver, and I have only worked three weeks since last Christmas, and those three weeks were in February last. I have lived upon charity, and what I could get from the parish, until June, when my goods were sold for rent, and, at the same time, a warrant of distress was taken out against me for non-payment of my poor-rate ; I was thus turned out into the street, and the week follow ing I got work under the*Manufacturers' Relief Com mittee, and worked about six weeks, when they took me off to prison. My poor-rate was Is. 11d., and I have a wife and two small children, and my wife was delivered of a third child just before ray goods were sold, but the child died in consequence of my being too poor to procure a doctor to attend her, therefore I consider my child murdered by the system which makes me poor. I was chained by the leg, and my treatment on the way to prison was similar to that of William Holding." I visited William Holding ,at his dwelling, and the above statement was made to me, and a respectable person in the Methodist connexion, whose name I am at liberty to publish. The cellar contained one poor bed, in which lay the wife and her new-born babe, and three other small chil dren, which was very annoying to the mother and her infant; and how this English labourer could find a place to rest his head in that nest of human beings, surpasses my comprehension ; but so it is, that six persons must sleep in this miserable bed. There was also one old chair, which is not worth 2d., one three legged stool, one mug, one tin cup, and one old tea chest, which is used as a table. These are all the goods, in the shape of furniture and utensils, which this miserable cell contains; and as regards the cha racter of the men, let it suffice that Holding has been a member of the Methodist Society, and a Sunday School teacher, for many years, and at this time he is a class leader in that body. The other, namely, Beaumont, is now, and for the last four years has been, a -steady and consistent member of the Total Abstinence Society, and when he appeared before the Magistrates, he was told that his case had been dis posed of along with several others, which led him to think that no further proceedings would come against him. By inserting the foregoing in your valuable Jour nal, you will much oblige yours, the inhabitants of Habergham Eaves, in public meeting assembled. THOMAS MARQUIS, BENJAMIN SOUTHWORTH, JAMES METCALFE, The Committee appointed by the rate-payers, at a pub lic meeting duly called by the constable of the parish. Burnley, August 1. '1 t.' C, gt non• )f , gr' l r into. # udier9 th e y,tbr „hen unco! ally S ani 1 ado 11 1), id int each feet 10:i COP S j ,rated two ere& banne r , The u.:6 e of frii ith but ~5 4 the ;iv; CO „`roo' tine , 0 0 ,1 ) eev e 'es , galle rl d din 6t;il -11 Y 35 1 1 of s i lt s to fa and is de' of tt k clod c ypher of ornl tanw L!ana e ;e Of 4 " e fitU ~ 11. n, "4 ling, O S ,pce pc): ~~ TEE SUN, LONDON, TIITTRSDAY A1011:14h4G, AUGUST 4;1842.7 I7rIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aug. 3. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. Mr. F. SCOTT presented a petition from the Presbyterian schoolmasters of Kelso, praying for an increase of salary and better accommodation in their houses. THE WINE TRADE. Mr. .MASTERMAN moved that the petition which he had presented on the 2d of August, from the merchants and traders in the foreign wine trade, be printed with the Votes.—Ordered. The HON. MEMBER gave notice that he should, on Friday, bring the matter under the consideration of the House. Sir H. DOUGLAS presented a petition from that the Liverpool against the Bill f or am ending the law of bankruptcy, and prayin g discussion on the subject might be deterred till next session. An Hos. MEMBER, on the Ministerial benches, pre sented a petition from the Grand Jury of King's county, praying that the medical charities of Ireland might not be placed in the hands of the Poor-law Com missioners. EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. On the motion of Sir G. CLERK, the Exchequer Bills Bill was read a second time. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. This Bill was also read a second time. UNOPPOSED BILLS. Sir G. CLERK said that, in order to get through the unopposed Bills, the Speaker had consented to take the Chair at twelve o'clock to-morrow. SLAVE TRADE TREATIES BILL. Mr. GREENE brought up the iteport on the Slave Trade Treaties Bill ; also the .Report on the Canada Loan Bill, which Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. SLAVERY (EAST INDIES) BILL.. This Bill was read a third time, and passed. COUNTY COURTS BILL. Mr. HUTT presented a petition from Peter Staf ford Carey, John Locke, `William Corrie, and Wil liam March Sowton, Esquires, Barristers-at-Law, the four Counsel of the ancient Court of the Marshalsea of the Queen's Household, and of the Court of her Majesty's Palace of Westminster, praying that the County Courts Bill might not pass into a law without such compensation being granted to the petitioners as they might be found to be entitled to. • HEALTH OF TOWNS. Mr. M.A.CKINNON presented a petition from Mr. Alexander Fairbrother, of Clifton, near Bristol, in favour of the Bill brought in by the Hon. Member (Mr. Mackinnon) with regard to the health of towns. REPRESENTATION OF DONCASTER. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from some of the inhabitants of Doncaster, stating that the petitioners had been informed that a petition had been presented to the House, praying for the privilege of returning .Members to Parlia ment. The petitioners deprecated any . such grant, and prayed the House not to constitute the borough a Parliamentary borough. Also a petition from the inhabitants of that part of St. Giles's which was termed the " Rookery; which was a locality comprised in a circumference of about 700 yards, con taining 339 houses, with 1,299 families, and a popula tion of 5,000. The petitioners stated that the condi tion of the district was injurious to the health and morals of the people. The petitioners prayed for an ex tensive system of drainage, as in large towns. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition against the Sugar duties ; also a petition from 29 Polish re fugees, complaining of being removed from the list of persons entitled to receive pensions granted by that Rouge. CORONERS, &c. (WARWICK AND LAN CASTER) BILL. On the motion for the committal of this Bill, Lord STANLEY took the opportunity of request ing his llon. Friend, the Member for Warwick, to postpone the Bill, in order to make way for the ad journed debate on the Newfoundland Bill. Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS was understood to assent to the postponement of the Bill ; his only anxiety was to have it passed this session. Mr. LABOUCHERE had heard with some sur prise that a number of Bills had been passed at an unusual hour, when gentlemen were not present. It was generally understood that public business did not commence till half-past four, and a motion he un derstood had been already made this evening and car ried, for the House to meet to-morrow at twelve o'clock. He thought the mode of carrying that mo tion was highly irregular ; he had no objection to the House meeting to-morrow at twelve, but he must pro test against the mode in which the motion bad been carried. Mr. O'CONNELL—Was it right, without hav ing given notice, to make that motion before the usual time for public busing is ? They could begin with a House of twenty-five at twelve o'clock and go on till four. With regard to the Newfoundland Bill it was now the 3d of August, and a Bill for changing the constitution of one of the colonies had not yet got into Committee, without any obstacle having been thrown in the way of the Committee. Mr. BROTH ERTON said there was no objection to the Bills which had been passed before the usual hour of business. As regarded the House meeting at twelve o'clock, he must say he was very glad of it. Lord STANLEY was sorry that a motion had been made for the House meeting at twelve o'clock to-morrow, as it was the intention of his Right Hon. Friend, the First Lord of the Treasury, to have come down at half-past four, and have formally made the motion, and stated his reasons for proposing it. As related to the Newfoundland Bill, he must say that he had postponed this Bill more than once at the request of the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite, who stated that he had received papers the night before, which he was anxious to lay be fore the House, and always added that he had no intention to interpose any unnecessary delay. The Bill was postponed for six weeks, in compliance with the notice which the Right Hon. Gentleman had given. It was then postponed a fortnight to suit his convenience, and now at this period of the session, he wished to have it further postponed. He (Lord S.) felt it to he absolutely essential that the Bill should have the sanction of Parliament as soon as possible. He was bound to pass the Bill through, and he hoped the House would not allow any unnecessary delay to be interposed, as he was readir to go on with the dis cussion.—(Hear, hear.) I e hoped, also, that the Hon. Member for Warwick would not add to the delay by pressing his Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL said that he had been misrepre sented by the Noble Lord. He had asked for no favour. When the Bill was postponed for six weeks he had only given a notice. The Bill was ordered to be printed in May, but it was not printed till June. The business of the Government prevented the Bill from being proceeded with, and not he (Mr. O'Con nell). The Bill had been fixed for Monday, and he (Mr. O'Connell) requested to have it poStponed till Tuesday, and that was the only favour he asked for. He should not give the Bill any factious opposition. He would divide the House just as often as if the attendance of Members was more full, but not oftener. It would be his duty, however, to divide the House pretty frequently. Mr. AGLIONBY hoped that the Hon. Member for Warwick would not postpone his Bill. He thought the subject was one which required a general measure. Mr. M. PHILIPS said it was necessary they should know what were the views of the Right lion. Baronet (Sir J. Graham) on this subject, as he (Mr. Philips) understood the Right Hon. Baronet intimated that he would give the Hon. Member for Warwick an opportunity to proceed with his Bill. He was quite ready to go on with the Bill himself. Sir JAMES GRAHAM wished, before heanswered the question of the Hon. Member for Manchester, to know if the Hon. Member for Warwick would accede to the request of his Noble Friend, and consent to the postponement of the discussion on the Bill. Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS had brought forward ry this Bill solely on the unders tanding that he was to have the support o f the Gover nment. He had only been induced to bri n g it for ward as a matter of jus tictgye , at of and aff ord as for this evening, he hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would see the neces sity of bring ini it was of imp or t ance t h at i t s h ou ld pass this session. s forward, if ii l it were h im an postponed ea Mr. T. DUNCOMBE understood that it had been proposed that the House should meet to-morrow at twelve o'clock, in order to dispose of unopposed Orders of the Day. Now, as to-morrow was the only day on which notices of motion had, precedence of orders, he thought it was unfair to bring forward a proposition of that sort without due notice. There were several notices on the paper, and if the Government got the business done at twelve, it was pretty certain there would be no House at four. He himself had several notices on the paper, and if he were prevented bring ing them forward to-morrow, he would bring them on when the orders of the day should be proposed, so . that the Government would find the business ob structed. Sir R. PEEL said, that fearing business might prevent him from coming down to the House, he had requested his Hon. Friend (Sir G. Cl er k) t o ma ke the proposition alluded to b y the Hon. Member, and he understood that his Hon. Fri end had stated that he would not make the proposal unless he thought it would meet with the general concurrence of the House ; and he also understood that his Hon. Friend had communicated with several Hon. Gentlemen op-, p os ite on the subject. - Mr. DIVETT had distinctly understood the Hon. G gn tipman to state that he would not press his pro position if there were any objection to it. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said there was 'a great difference between the Riglit Honourable Baronet himself bringing forward such a - proposi tion at the time of public business when the 1 Ho u se was full, and his sending down the Secre tary to the Treasury at a quarter_after four o'clock Cork. They had to consider how they were to pro ceed on this subject, and he could not agree with the Hon. Member for Liskeard when he said the colony ought to be allowed to blunder out of its difficulties as it had blundered into them. There were not five Members in the House who could say what the evils of the colonies were. At this period of the session the Noble Lord had placed them in considerable em barrassment, by the manner in which he had brought the subject forward. If there were faults in the con stitution of Newfoundland, the late Government could not be charged with them, as the Pre s id en t o f the Board of Trade (the Earl of Ripon) had intro duced the measure which supported the present sys tem. He (Mr. Smith) did not think it would be for the benefit of the colony to delay the Bill. With regard to the qualification for voters, if the Noble Lord attended to the first suggestions of Sir J. Harvey, he would improve the qualification of voters, by adopting the test of residence, but he disregarded those suggestions. He hoped that the Bill would be limited to four or five years, and would not be made permanent. If the Noble Lord made the concession of limiting the Bill to four or five years, he would not oppose the union of both Houses, though he did not exactly understand why the Noble Lord adopted the proportion of numbers which he did. The other principal parts of the Bill were the initiative of money votes to the Crown, which he decidedly ap proved of; it was highly necessary to the government of the colonies. If this was carried out, the passage of the Bill would be a benefit. He approved of the sus pension of the writs, and stated that though his Noble Friend (Lord J. Russell) might not have brought for ward this identical measure, yet it was quite true that he meant to propose a new constitution for New foundland. He thought there could hardly be a more favourable opportunity of discusiing the question; he should, therefore, oppose the motion for postponing the committing of the Bill, though, on going into Com mittee, he should be prepared to propose certain amendments. Mr. P. HOWARD hoped the course of legislation hitherto pursued, would not be continued with regard to a distant and unprotected colony. In his instruc tions to the Governor of Newfoundland, Lord Ripon stated that he foresaw that some difficulties might arise in the working of the new constitution, and urged the Governor to act with caution, and to shew his goodwill to the Assembly, and his desire to ' co-operate with them. He trusted the House would not withdraw from the colony the privileges con ferred on it by his late Majesty, without the consent of the colonists. The Assembly had greatly im proved the colony by the opening of new roads, and the election of lighthouses on the coast. If the violence at elections was a sufficient reason for de stroying a constitution, he would refer them to the disturbances which took place in this country at the time of an election. The Noble Lord opposite had said that in New South Wales provisions similar to those which were contained in this Bill had been re ceived with favour. He conceived that there was no analogy between the case of the two colonies. In New South Wales the wages of the labouring class of the population were exceedingly high, whilst in Newfoundland they were exceedingly low. He could not conceive that any danger could arise from con ferring upon the people of Newfoundland a large share of political privileges. It had been stated by Napoleon that the colonies were the wings of this country, which had enabled her to soar to greatness. Should they, then, pursue a course which would tend to alienate one of those important wings ? (Hear, hear.) He trusted that the liberal in tentions of the Crown in 1832 would not now be set at naught. A uniform franchise of 40s. was then established, and he thought it would' be exceedingly difficult to draw a distinction between that franchise and the M. franchase. He had heard no reasons which justified this infringement upon the liberties of the colony; but sure he was, that the House would not do justice to the colony by passing this Bill, until they had first heard the representations of those colonists who were opposed to it. Lord STANLEY said if he understood the pro posal of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, he was prepared to accede to the qualification, to the miscel laneous election, and to the union of the assembly and the council. With respect to the latter proposal, he did not propose that the separa tion should be permanent. The Right Hon. Gentleman wished that the Bill should remain in force for a period of five years, and that the provision with respect to the qualification should be limited to twayears. He (Lord Stanley) did not consider the alteration in the franchise essential to the working of the Bill, and he would not object to expunge that clause with the exception of the provision for two years' residence previous to the election.—(Hear.) Mr. LABOUCHERE thought it would be im possible for the HOuse to deal with the franchise, not only without any evidence, but in direct opposition Ito the opinion of the Governor-General. He was glad to hear the assurance of the Noble Lord that the Bill was intended to be merely a temporary measure to meet a temporary state of things. He thought that was a very important announcement; it tended greatly to alter the character of the Bill. With this announcement as to the beneficial nature of the measure, he would not feel justified in opposing it ; at the same time, it must be distinctly understood that the whole responsibility rested upon the Govern ment which introduced the Bill. Ire could not but regret that no opportunity had been afforded to the colonists of being heard at the bar upon the subject ; such a circumstance was almost unparalleled.—(Hear.) He would not say that his objections to the Bill were entirely removed, but he did not think that, under all the circumstances, the House would do right in rejecting the Bill. called to substantiate them, which would not have been the case if they could be, proved.—(Hear.) Mr. P. HOWARD objected to a Bill of such im portance being passed at such a late period, and in a House that could only be called one by courtesy. Mr. HUME was surprised not to hear Ministers attempt to defend, that evening, the course they were pursuing—a course which he could only characterise as a political robbery. He trusted that the House and the country would not be insensible to the argu ments advanced against the Bill. The inha bitants of Newfoundland had reason to complain that no opportunity had been offered them of stating their case and defending their rights. Their consti tution wit - about to be abolished without any fair in quiry having been instituted into its operation. He hoped that such a violation of the rights of British subjects would never again take place. He denied that the existing constitution of Newfoundland had worked so ill as some had asserted. The tranquillity of the colony had been secured under its operation ; and criminal justice had been as impartially adminis tered as in any other portion of the British empire. The population were pure, virtuous, and had shown themselves every way wor th y of having: their rights protected. He founded those statements on a peti tion from the Island, numerously signed, which he had 'presented on a former occasion. He intreated the House not to adopt the Government measure without further inquiry. He contended that suf ficient notice had not been given of the change. It would act as a discouragement to the loyalty of the colony, as, if the people were disfranchised, they would no longer have any tie of attachment to tire mother country. No man could say, if he looked at the case dispassionately, but that it was an act of gross injustice, of which they had received no adequate warning, for they had only received three days' notice of the Bill, and they had immediately sent over a deputation to ask for time to disprove the allegations that had been made against them. They ought to hear them, and not to prejudge them unheard. He did not notice any of the different modifications of the constitution, because he contended that no changes whatever ought to be made. He objected to the modifications on principle. They ought not to be de prived of their rights and trampled on as aliens. Their constitution secured them the right of universal suf frage, and if any change was required it ought to emanate from their own Lecrislature. The House of Lords refused to disfranchise 'the borough of Sudbury without giving full time for inquiry ; and was it not monstrous that Sudbury shout receive a protection that was denied to Newfoundland ? Under such circumstances what could be expected from them but discontent and dissatisfaction? Those who would rob a colony of its political rights without inquiry, could have no sense of political justice. He could not believe that the Right Hon. Baronet would proceed with the Act in the utter absence of every necessary document; it appeared to him that they were now proceeding quite in the dark. If time and proper inquiry were granted, he should offer no op position. If he had made use of any expressions that ap peared too strong, he could only say that they wore not stronger than his sense of the injustice of the present course. The same principles, the same treatment, led to the loss of the colonies of Ameriea, and gave rise to their independence, and he therefore' joined his Hon. and Learned Friend in his opposition to this Bill. The House then divided, and the numbers were— For going into Committee.. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that his Noble Friend was not responsible for the delay which had taken place, as the measure had been delayed at his (Sir Robert Peel's) urgent request, to give way to the commercial measures which had occupied the attention of the House. He hoped that, after that explanation, the House would allow the Bill to be re ported. Mr. WYSE contended that time was necessary to consider the Bill, and it ought not to be hurried through Parliament without giving the colonists, who consisted of Eniflishmen and Irishmen, an opportu nity of considering its details. He would never, as long as he held a seat in that House, consent to the disfranchisement of any portion of his fellow-subjects without giving the means of justifying themselves. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the motion 6B Against it Majority t —ss On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair, Mr. O'CONNELL rose and complained of the manner in which the Bill was sought to be carried through the House at that late period of the session. He thought that they were acting most unjustly to wards the people of Newfoundland. The Noble Lord opposite knew very little more than the Noble Lord the Member for London. All that the people of Newfoundland wished for was in quiry ; they petitioned the House for inquiry, and notwithstanding that they were about to legislate upon mere allegations. It was a powerful fact that the people of Newfoundland did not shrink from in quiry.—(Hear, hear.) The representations which had been forwarded to the Government from New foundland were not founded in fact, and all that the people required was to be allowed to meet those re presentations. It was not English justice if they refused to hear what the people of Newfoundland had ,to allege. The Honourable Member for Droit . w•ich had re - ad petitions, complaining of the conduct of the Romish priesthood in Newfoundland. He supposed that the Honourable Member did not use Against it Majority for going into Committee —6l The House then went into Committee. On clause 1 being put, Mr. O'CONNELL moved the omission of part of the clause, for the purpose of throwing all the responsibility of the measure on the Government. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but the amend ment was finally negatived without division. On our re-admission to the gallery we found Mr. O'CONNELL on his legs, who proposed that 501. a year annual net income should be the qualification for a Member ; that sum in Newfoundland being equal, he contended, to 300/. per annum net income in this country, which constituted the qualification for a I.lem ber of Parliament here. Lord STANLEY said that the qualification proposed was a two years' residence . in the colony, and the pos session of property o f the value of 5001. in the colony, or of an income of 1001. a year. That qualification had been recommended by Captain Prescott and by Sir John Harvey. Mr. WYSE objected to legislating on this subject without inquiry. They had at present no data ou which to form a Judgment. Lord STANLEY said the object was to secure per sons who, from their s t an di ng in society, were qualified to be legislators, as Members of the House of Assembly. Mr. O'CONNELL denied that Captain Prescott was a proper person to decide as to the qualification. He was a partisan, and had never possessed the confidence of the popular party. He had published a party pam. phlet on the question. He had set up a Government Press in the colony, which was opposed by the popular Press. The Government Press had the best of it in point of scurrility, and the popular Press had the worst of it, for Captain Prescott had caused it to be prosecuted. Property in masses in that colony was confined to one particular class, and to create a high qualification would be to exclude a large class in the colony from the Legis lature. Mr. HUME thought the Noble Lord had quoted the authority of Sir J. Harvey unfairly, for Sir John Harvey had said, in allusion to the differences which had.occtuted in Newfoundland, that the fault did not lie with _the As sembly. Mr. P. HOWARD said there was no qualification for Members in Scotland, and he thought- the• Charter granted to Newfoundland by William IV. ought not to he lightly annulled. No doubt the pamphlet alluded to had been written by Captain Prescott ; but why did he not put his name to it ? It was something unprecedented to hear a Minister of the Crown quoting an anonymous pamphlet as authority. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment l3 Against it BB Majority —7s _ _ Mr. O'CON EEL then objected to the words "clear of all incumbrances" being inserted in the clause, after the amount of qualification, He objected to these words, on the ground of their being unnecessary. He should therefore move that they be struck out. The Committee again divided— For the amendment l4 Against it Majority against the amendment —62 Mr. HUME could not see why a property qualifica• tion should be required in Newfoundland when there was none required in Scotland. On the question that that part of the clause making the qualification to consist of 5001. in property stand part of the clause, the Committee divided For the motion Against it r l2 Majority for the motion . . —63 On the question that the clause be agreed to, the Committee again divided— For the clause Against it Majority for the clause —63 Clause 3 was then proposed and agreed to, as were clauses 4 and 5. Lord STANLEY said he should postpone clause 6. Mr. O'CONNELL said this was the only remaining clause he should oppose. The remaining clauses of the Bill were agreed to, nem. con. . 75 Lord STANLEY announced his intention of proceed ing with the Bill on Friday. The House then resumed. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Friday. COURT OF CHANCERY OFFICES BILL. The House again resolved itself into Conimittee, and this Bill passed through. The House then resumed. Mr. GREENE brought up tke Reports of the Com mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland—Expenses of Officers) Bill ; and the Tobacco Regulations Bill. LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. DESIGNS COPYRIGHT BILL. On the question that the Designs Copyright Bill be reatta third time, BROTHERTON moved that it be read a third time that day three months. The motion was negatived without a divisiOn. The Bill was then read a third time, and passed. INDIAN APPOINTMENTS. Mr. HUME moved for a return of all the appointmeuts made by the Court of Directors of the East India Com pany in their Civil, Military, Marine, Medical, and Ec clesiastical Services, in each of the Presidencies in India, the Eastern Settlements inclusive, for the eight following years, viz.: -1834-35, 1835-36, 1836-37, 1837-38, 1838-39,1839-40, 1840-41, 1841 to the 30th of June 1842; distinguishing the number of Writers, Cadets, Midshipmen, Steam "Engineers, Assistant Surgeons, and Chaplains appointed to each Presidency . in each year; and also a Return of all Pensions and Retiring Allowances granted to each of those Services during the above years, at each Presideney.—Agreed to. PRISONS BELL. The Lords' amendments to the Prisons Bill were agreed to. The House adjourned at One o'Clock. the word Romish with any design to insult. He supposed it was the. language used in the society of the Hon. Member, but they were entitled to the appellation of Roman Catholics by law. Those charges made against the Catholic priests were entirely false and founded on bigotry and dislike. No Catholic priest dare to refuse the rites of religion for any political offence. The Noble Lord had charged him with introducing the question of religion, but he was not the first to do so. It was first introduced in the Government dispatch.—(Hear, hear.) The first Par liaments had worked well ; but in the year 183:5, the Governor had committed a most pitiful act. Because a little wax was not annexed to the writs, he refused to call the House together. He had the testimony of Sir J. Harvey, that the excitement which prevailed in Newfoundland was lessened by the threat of their constitution being taken away from them; and that being so, and their being possessed of rights, he thought they had no right to destroy the constitution of the people of Newfoundland, unless they had proved them selves to be unworthy of it•—(Hear, hear.) Under that constitution Sir J. Harvey said that the colony was thriving, trade increased, the people were loyal, and their love for the connexion was lively and per manent.—(Hear, hear.) Such were the results of the constitution they were going to destroy. But the Noble Lord said that he was only going to give and not destroy a constitution. But the constitution was to be suspended. The distinction of the Noble Lord was a metaphysical one. The Bill might have been before the House so early as March. It was a Bill of too much importance to be pressed at this late period of the session, and he should, therefore, oppose it in every stage. Mr. PAKINGTON explained that he did not use the word Romish in any offensive way. But, after what had fallen from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman on Saturday, be thought he was bound to state what had been said in tha petition, of the inter ference of the Roman Catholic clergy in Newfound land. Similar allegations were made in the petitions from Carlow and Cork.—(Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL said, that though the Hon. Member might have have, seen such allegations in the petitions he referred to, not a single - witness was THE LATE ExTRAOIMINARY ANNOUNCEIMIT FROM TRE PULPIT.—BRIGHTON, TUESDAY._. 7 e hear that the Rev. Mr. Drummond, than whom a, milder or more charitably disposed man we know not of, finding that he has been the innocent cause of painfully wound ing the feelings of a minister of the Gospel (for such the accused proves to be) and his friend, by his misplaced observations, has made an ample apology, and it is .be lieved that the matter will be allowed to drop. The Rev. Gentleman, who was subject to the annoying suspicions of a crowd of persons, proves to be the Rev. Carter William Daking Moore, curate of the parishes of St. Peter and St. Mary, Barton-upon-Humber, and his friend, as we have already stated, a fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. We believe that the Rev. Mr. Drummond was led to make the announcement from some observa tions that had fallen from,his clerk, and from the fact of two notorious pickpockets having actually visited a chapel of ease the same morning. I ,It is rumoured in the diplomatic circles that a Noble Viscount will, in all probability, succeed a Noble Lord at one of the Northern Courts. Mr Eltnes, the Surveyor of the Port of London, is at present in Ilamburgh, surveying the damage done by the late extensive conflagration, for the purpose of making a design for rebuilding the damaged portion of that city on an improved plan. DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE JULY 31.—His Majesty King Wil liam Frederick left the Loo on the 27th, to go to Silesia. On the 27th the town of Leenwarden was exposed to a catastrophe simil'ar to that of Hamburgh. The preceding day was the last of tho annual fair, and on the 27th, at four in the morning, a fire broke out in one of the handsomest booths in the market place. The flames spread with such rapidity that in half-an-hour the market place was like a sea of fire, and thirty-four of the booths were consumed ; others were pulled down to prevent the further progress of the flames. All this happened in the short time that passed before the fire engines could be brought up ; but in deed if they had arrived sooner they would not have -checked the devouring flames. They however arrived just as the flames threatened the adjoining houses of the finest part of the town. Though five or six houses were considerably damaged, the progress of the con flagration was stopped, and the town itself saved. The grateful feeling of the inhabitants for their providential deliverance has tended to increase their pity for the unfortunate owners of the booths, who were unable to save any of their property, for whom a subscription was immediately commenced, which in a couple of hairs produced 4,500 florins, but the total loss was estimated at 100,000 florins, and the local authorities have therefore appealed to the public beneficence. The King of the French has written to the King of the Netherlands an autograph letter, which was re ceived yesterday, and which expresses the feeling of that afflicted prince on the friendly participation in his grievous loss. BATAVIA, MARCH 16.—Rear-Admiral Machielsen, who has been appointed by his Majesty, Commander in- Chief of the naval forces in India, arrived here some days ago. Rear-Admiral Lucas has given up the command to him. The Government has testified to Admiral Lucas its entire satisfaction with the manner in which he has conducted the affairs of the naval department in India. —Dutch Papers, Aug. 1. ACCIDENT AT THE CENTRIFUGAL RAILWAY.-011 Saturday last a rather serious accident happened to a woman, named Colley, who had ventured to have a ride on the Centrifugal Railway now exhibiting in Boar-lane. The carriage on this railway, as we stated last week, is carried at the rate of 120 miles an hour round a circular railway placed vertically, so that when the carriage is at the upper part of the circle, the persons within it, who are not fastened in any way, have their heads down wards, and are kept in by the principle of centrifugal force, in' the same way as water is kept in a bucket whirled rapidly round in a vertical direction. On in company with a man, placed S it a s t herself w ur a d y a in the t c h a e r woman,rfiia r ge t , c h l i i e n h e d being set , fr at liberty, sped ceives its great velocity, round the circular part of the railway, and up the second inclined plane, at the top of which a man is placed, whose duty it is to seize the car riage, in order to prevent it from running back again. On this occasion, however, the carriage, owing to its being loaded with the unusual weight of two persons, did not reach the ordinary height up the second inclined plane, and the man at the top being u nable to seize it, it ran down again, and up the vertical circle, and threw the man and woman out with considerable violence. The woman had her forehead, nose, and other parts of her face dreadfully cut, and was conveyed to the infirmary. H a inoins e sdmiefi r nuii N ci v uaoue o urtri u eeistod n hen.h d ehe s ai , relnr t ota e h dnti o uaths u erueir g en: h tocgao anr n rbsdh o re t ei ot , arhf w igleeol e believe, dangerous , wer e of e f ee ir d l l e effectsthatxTui p i h i oebni will, tmtihho a inens m r :w o aoa s chnu t codis p dew r ee o gnas b rtes a ea b av ihp a l t. e y iel • dr . rl caution i th TiiE in w future.—Leeds Times . iN ds iAitE snemouait.— The wild man has returned to his woods. After startling Parlia ment from its propriety by his fantastic vagaries, and obtaining for himself a reputation for unequalled folly, Busfeild Ferranti, Member of Parliament for Knares boroCgb, has sought repose for his wearied lungs and exhausted frame in the shades of Harden Grange. Peace be with him. Let him in his solitude reflect on the significant sign of the success of his Parliamentary campaign, that, in the House of Commons, his antago nists wished him to gpealc, while his friends wished him to be silent. It is said, lwveyer, that the Knareshorough Tories are about to give the wild animl a feed. " May we be there to see.' We could not wish for ',fitter fun, —Leeds Times. • to make it, while there were not twenty Members in ' the House. When he (Mr. T. Duncombe) entered the House at half-past four o'c'ock there were only • two Members sitting on the Opposition side of the House, and then he was told that the proposition had been made. It was taking an unfair advantage to bring forward such a proposition at such an hour. Would the Right Hon. Baronet guarantee that there should be a House at four o'clock ? If he would not, such conduct was most unfair. Mr. BROTHERTON could see nothing unfair in the proposition of the Government. Sir R. PEEL said, it had been customary for the House to sit at twelve on motion days, towards the close of the session. He could not of course gua rantee that there should be a House at four o'clock, but he would promise to be in his place himself. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE—The Right Hon. Baronet can always guarantee a House if he likes. Sir C. DOUGLAS felt some difficulty in post poning his Bill until he had heard the opinion of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Sir J. GRAHAM had been anxious that the Bill should be postponed, because he had hoped that the matter might have been settled out of doors. The principal difficulty had been with respect to Man chester and Birmingham, but at present the difficulty had been in a great degree obviated ; and as far as Birmingham was concerned there was no difficulty at all, there being a general disposition to obey the charter. He should be inclined to say that the ques tion of compensation ought not to be decided in this House, but be left to the decision of other authorities and tribunals. On the whole he was prepared to sup port the arrangement that had been made, in order to give every validity to the charter. Mr. M. PHILIPS said the Bill would require to be so totally altered to suit the views of ,the Right Hon. Baronet that they might as well frame a new one. He thought that any Government would be entitled to the thanks of the community who should close the breaches that had been created by the local disputes. He would suggest that they should bring in a general measure, embodying the views they had expressed. After some conversation, in which Mr. Aglionby, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Williams took part, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that he would bring in a Bill to give compensation to the Coroners who held office under the Municipal Charters of Manches ter, Birmingham, and Bolton. Sir C. DOUGLAS said that upon that understand ing he would move the postponement of the Order of the Day for the Committee on the Bill till to-morrow. The motion was then put and agreed to. BANKRUPTCY LAW AMENDMENT BILL. The further consideration of the Report on the Bankruptcy Law Amendment Bill was postponed till Friday. MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL. The consideration of the Lords' amendments on the Mines and Collieries' Bill was postponed till to morrow. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that he could see no reason to justify the proposal of the Government, that the House should meet at twelve o'clock. It ap peared to him that the only motive for such a motion was a desire to get rid of the House early in the even ing. He hoped that the proposal would not be perse vered in. Sir R. PEEL said that he should not press the motion if it were objected to; but he should move the meeting of the House at twelve o'clock on Friday. Mr. HAWES suggested that they should meet at twelve o'clock on Friday, and that they should take unopposed motions at twelve o'clock to-morrow. Mr. V. SMITH asked whether, if the House met at twelve o'clock on Friday, they should adjourn at four ? _ _ Sir H. PEEL said that he did not propose that they should adjourn at four. The Right Hon. Baronet then gave notice that he would, to-morrow, move that the House should meet at twelve o'clock on Friday. NEWFOUNDLAND BILL. The Order of the Day for resuming the adjourned debate on the Newfoundland Bill was then read. Mr. PAKINGTON said he wished to state to the House the reasons why he should give his unqualified support to the measure introduced by her Majesty's Government. The Honourable Member for Mont rose had stated on Saturday last that the Committee which sat last year upon this subject was a one sided Committee. Now, he thought there never was a Committee which was ess liable to such a charge, for it embraced distinguished Members on both sides of the House—it embraced the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies, the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London, the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork, and the Right Honourable Baronet the Member for Devonport. It was no part of his intention, when he moved for that Committee, to afibrd scope for acrimonious feelings on the one hand, or recrimination on the other. He moved for that Committee for the sole purpose of de monstrating that the time had arrived when some remedy was required for the grievances of the colony. The proceedings of that Committee were cut short by the sudden dissolution of the late Parliament, and the evidence taken before the Committee had never been laid on the table of the House. He would now turn the attention of the House to the statement made by the Right Hon. Gentleman relative to the conduct pursued towards the Roman Catholics in the colony; and he regretted the language which the Right Honourable Gentleman made use of. He (Mr. Pakington) could confirm all that was said on that occasion by the Noble Lord, relative to the conduct pursued by the Roman Catholic priesthood who sought to turn the liberal institutions of that colony into a means of securing power to them. He had in his hand a petition signed by 1,000 inhabitants of New foundland, complaining, in strong language, of the Roman Catholic priesthood, who coerced those who were 'not of their own opinions. He had also a petition from the Chamber of Corn merce of Newfoundland, complaining in still stronger language of the interference of the Romish priesthood. If there was persecution—and he did not deny that there was—in the colony of Newfoundland, it was practised by the Catholic priesthood themselves. He now turned to the real question before the House. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Cork said, that the constitution given in 1832, to New foundland, had worked well, and had conferred many blessings on the colonists. But had not the legislature of Newfoundland been charged with three of the gravest crimes of which a legislature could be charged ? The Assembly had been charged with tyranny and op pression, with mismanagement of the public finances, and with interfering and tampering with the adminis tration of justice. Those charges could be sustained by the strongest evidence. In proof' of the first charge he -would allude to the celebrated privilege case, in which a private individual having had a quarrel with a Member of the House of Assem bly, was arrested for breach of privilege, and having been released by writ of Habeas Corpus, the Assembly caused the Judge and the Sheriff to be arrested, dragged through the streets as criminals, and com mitted for breach of privilege, and the Governor was obliged to prorogue the Assembly, in order to pro cure their release. With regard to the second charge, he would state that the Assembly had dimi nished the stipends of those opposed to them, and had increased the stipends of their supporters ; and in proof of the charge of tampering with the ad ministration ofjustice he would state that a messenger of the House, who had been twice convicted of assaults, had been continued in his office, and that a door-keeper of the House of Assembly, who was the brother-in-law of a Ca tholic priest, having committed an assault on a person named Leek, and Leek having applied to a Magistrate, the House appointed a Committee, sum moned Leek and the Magistrate before them, and suppressed all investigation. The Noble Lord the Member for London had done right in suspend ing such an Assembly, in accordance with the recommendation of the Governor of the Colony He contended that no Colonial Minister could do less than suspend a constitution that had been so abused. He did not think that the reports of the outrages at the elections had been exaggerated.' The only ques tion before the House was, whether or not the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department had adopted the best means of dealing with the difficulty. The constitution of Newfoundland had been de jure granted, and nothing but the most extreme necessity could justify the Government in doing away with the existing liberal institutions. He trusted to see the same institutions in Newfoundland as existed in Canada. Mr. C. BULLER said that there was every reason for sending the Bill to a Select Committee. It ap peared to him that the measure of the Government could only have the effect of taking power out of the hands of one party who had abused it, and placing it in the hands of another party who would be equally sure to abuse it. Sir H. DOUGLAS said it was quite clear to him from all he had heard on the subject, that they had committed a very great error in conferring, in 1832, that constitution, which they were then about to take away from the colony. A case had been made out, which showed clearly the necessity of retracing thcir steps, and this was another proof of the reaction which followed from intemperate action. They must now either take away the constitution, or modify it ; of the two evils, he preferred the latter ; and he would, therefore, support the Bill before the House. He entirely approved of the proposal with respect to the qualification of voters. He thought the com bining together of the aristocratic and the democratic principle was fraught with danger. There had been too much of the democratic principle infused into the colonies of the empire. He would give the Bill his cordial support. Mr. V. SMITH would not follow the Gallatit Officer who had lust sat down through the details he had gone into. 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