The Sun. — London, England, 1834-03-11 00:00:00

BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSEL S t MARCH B —The Moniieur of to-day con the , b :s a decree by which the alriculiural commissioners of bhsbp ro vinces of Li m b urg and Luxemburz are re.esta ed. These prov i oces are each divided into eight agricultural districts. terEdight Dutch deserters from Venloo arrived here yes ; seven have been sent to Ostend, to join the army of Don Pedro, and the other being a Belgian, will be in corporated in the Ist Regiment of Chasseurs. The A cademic Senateof Louvain convoked the students an then 6th, to ind uce them to refrain from all farther ex- PT:elisio. of hostility t o t h e establ i shment of the Cathol i c univer s i ty. The jo urnals of Liege say, that the day before yesterday, t°Ward' eveni ng, u s ofpeople collected before the r p episcopal palace. Stones w throninst e oor of the seminary. Windows ere were broken - in the th Cath d olic y and at the office of the Courrier de la Meuse. illetter trona Maestricht of March 1, sap . : —On Mon aay last strong detachment of infantry, with some /In n,' took the road to Canne, and advanced beyond the Hu village Eben Etnael. On Wednesday another detach- Zent Proceeded along the causeway of Tongres, and visited Z0"Ion the new road which the Belgian Government 0", carrying on, to unite the two roads of Tongres an 44e Ylt ; thence they spread themselves about the sur tatOyu,n+,.din_g ac.oun try, and all this, as the officers themselves of the",:w:e„the new corners acquainted with the divisions * A letter addressed to the Liberal contains the follow ; IsZr" pars A soldier who can no longer use t o i ruth , still do service with his pen ; mine is devoted Th e tht essential point now is that Belgium should know ' t "101831, it has declined with respect to the strength of s l e:"7. I have just been making a tour, in which l l ee tia h v a : enlabout half of our regiments : 30 years' service of a bat7:l6i4o tojudge within 20 men of the strength of line that' I affirm that we have not a regiment i tl a n s , 1 ,000. has 1 ,500 men ; not one of Chisseurs that t:i e::linot one of cavalry that has 1,000. Let us, ow- R el. /I , ' -41/ ' them round numbers, and we shall have 12 of th e li ne, at 1,500, 18,000; 3 regiments of At 0 „ a ,, n1 ma foot, 1,000, 3,000 ; 5 regiments of Cavalry llcc. :l ,"us 5 ,000 ; g u id es, arti l lery, sappers, pontonnev is pie,:1000; total 36,000 ; yet pay f ir a b ove SO,OOO Our representatives should look to this. ~BrutCaptain E. D. F. p s T ,,„,!`" papers, March 9. Affai rs 11 Imtex 2.—The Minister for Foreign 'arch, ,t uhli 'bed, in the official journal of the Ist of and e conv ention relative to the accession of Saxiiny, P ar " t ar i the „ Stat es, with B a vari a , H es se C.ssel, and Hesse oe e : 11 , ‘o the P russ i an tar iff , and to the measures to T c e lled t., prevent smuggling. fro ' , v I " joh Political Gazette contains a privy e letter i 111113er Rhine, of the 25:h February, wlnc u ti°nary 11 " )k e t o my last of the possibility of a revol d agac timpt that might be made from Switzerl in ' •. forge -`'gributiiirig German States. It seems that tio n u jetil of t he kid was really in contempla ra r according to the rew.rt of a magistrate political errand of Baden to the police at Aarau, p re I fugitives of different countries had made ob:diratious for a revolutionary enterprise ligainst the p e di ti a tid. , After this miserable result of the Sivoy ex i7ealon, such a thing can hardly be credible. But if we der that a certain party has for some time past done ti 'a utmo s t to excit e the inhabitants of the Oberland against `bd Qt accession of Baden to the German commercial union, that these efforts have been successful, these and some :I.:.her circumstances make it conceivable that the knight hs of revolution might fancy that the Obaland fire. Is te tt a guod fi 'd for their projects.—Frankjort Papers, -mo th 6. e' /3UTCI-1 AND GERMAN PAPERS. ....._____ 4211 it J.l4atzur, Alaucti 6.—We are assured that Lis tr ' Ili AGUE, the Prince of Orange is expected here by a i t sda Yr On his return from his journey to St. Peterab b urg d h - . coattiieettlis that his Royal Highness will go to the ea -rs at Tilburg soon afttr his retu , r _ _ Au ... Drricti FU N DS—AmsTEaDs. i, )1 Zi i , 50 4 /k e t n t a l ,.. I?ebt, 2;‘, per Cent 8:.% to 89% Lotto,t . 3.. uclic, .1i per cent ..... .... 714 to 71% ati ditto i, per cent. 10.1 to 1 0 0l , i Di tto 7 !,4, Nlilhon, 1830, 5 per cent U 4% to 95 i 4 . Exel,Lna'\e'l•olub3,2, , s .l pe i r Cent. 12 u 7 MO 12 03 , Le i i 12 025.10 12; ...../jatc, ,„npe-%%) Months FiAn'ic .. INlarch 8. , t o E a., I , Es. 25..—The two Comm i ssioners, Messrs. b i raroett fornleinecke, who were sent from H I Convention ia lin.wik the Purpose of concludingnovi rto a timed respecting the .the and export duties, have re will . e L I th is city, wher e it is supposed the negotiations b ought to a satisfactory conclusion. 7QZZEXCHANGES ON LONDON. , RANIIIURG, MARCH 4.-13 7N ; two months, 13 6} 2 . L A• l'Eu• 25.--Two 'months, 12 40. ST. PITI&SgRc.I.-trhrtrr months, 6 25. Papers. AI A R s c s it +Hamburg 10 19.32. -41.—Three months, HAMBURG, MAncii 4, 130RnN HALLE, Two extent I°lCL°Qc• -- Since Otir list report business to some has been done, particularly in Spanish Securities. To.day nt. Prices were firm, but little doing. DiscouEnntn2 per of Is c r e ch. Discount 2 per Cent. 71,7 g, Anglo-Danish Loan, three per cent 101 f).41.0-Russian sian Inscription, a per cent., ti , 21 , 4 to, ditto 1831 923 % ts itto, ditto, 1830 93S Certiticates 124 Polish Bonds Pr ussian Bonds, .13-.2 ~,tlistrian Bank Shares 1255 - V i tt° Metalliques 9 813 88 3 4 ~- u itto 4 per Cent..... 37 Y 4 .kpanish 3 per Cent. , . 32 ganish Cortes (ASP. Ilaldilnand and eons? 455 i itto 4 per Cent 49 blitch 2X, per Cents. 93 .....bitto 5 per Cents. l'aibure Reporter March 4. ST. PETIRSBURGH, FEB. 22. —Prince Paskewitech, Go arrived in —Pr.nce .. trernor of the kingdom of Poland, has . this capital.- • Treaty concluded at the L . The commercial . t7kinnig of last year between the Russian empire and thli4 United States of North America is now first ma e. The kingdom of Poland is included in this Treaty, P"lch determines the commercial relations of the two n:r•ties entirely on the basis of reciprocity, and is to remain a:?ree till January 1, 1839, If neither party . announceset.s to ;leo !ntehtlfirl to let it expire at the end of that tiro 1 nto force for another nne of the • • •of its intention to make y ear and so on from y . ear ' to year II chanpe. parties gives notice St•Schuld . ?Ru ss 3. lAN FuNDs—BERLIN, mea.% 97N PrUssian peh., 41,er cent . big. n''lglish Loan, 1818, 5 per cent lO3_S 9 - 31 i -....,-r,,s;_-,ssood, ••• _. 1834 4 per cent 93x rt ,State G.,X;;tte...March.4. I nieliVr Urtll-1-----tiG LATHE.- 1 I ide- In that agreeable StreetG''' a t,"e Gallery of Practical Science, in . A‘ e a the tlumero-r'" LoWther Arcade. Strand, in addition a lath e It' ()b.leets of general interest, is recently introduced Ih e Pre of °opeior construction, by which are . turned in to those.ace of the visitors balls of ivory and variiiusfor o t p u . s P4t lto'r un of t ber sulist , nces. It affords an excellent t° in DLL bee the ingenious contrivances resorted 1, - r--u'ing those beautiful effects. f v ic, r - °414 THEATREthe Pe , 4401 e,, I, li THEATRE. —After Daug - le- of ji. '„ t - 'gl , t of Mr. KNOWLES ' S ---,, —After Ar -11 1 Female Go b '''''"ql Green, a ii,w piece c.t..e' xv, eruorent, or t/ it prn,1,4e,,, ,e 'orld T . in the simple fact of arn'd Upside Dome, ° app qra at this house, proving . _. n e of female ohm rto s , r 'ces the present governing fatinded Ver the interests of the at age. This b . urletta is ati i 1„,,, e r , the notion of there being in the Pacific Ocean and the the n ' -"" where the Id' are of the robuster sex, rit .. 'SorneativerY, searce, effeminate, and contemptible m hi i s no lan y. , 1111,1 tri,irceiti'll tars and their lieutenant board . t ower d after edri„l"e and war upon the and Nleeti,,e'us adventures and manaltgivoiv•ee.vr,nrogdivpidu 'l, t hst ow ' aucceed in effecting a revolution, and restoring ha. hitt, "" of thin ,• h so little good purpose, 1 ert o gs which, to e • -I I the , known with consider '''t) •r wa Yerl allk • regions of this terratpous abl e .1)4.. ! tvlole affair nits been got up. PraPri,,, 't--iti' dialmnie is as witless as, in due L., -- Y and • th e ' of things, it should .."' and it i 1!-1 common fi tness %H y Witii I.eoivened by some select music, more eipe- A ~, t it's from the Beggar's Opera. i n : uELL'HI THEATRE.—A very pleasant trife, ,'''', (le ac t , way Presented here last night, called Trut h ! 4h e 6-" s ‘0 much. which met with decided success. e n , ditert Is l aid in Bohemia, of which country Count l'"Ii (Air' o. 81Th tli), nobleman in advanced years, th e ,nig Profoundli• et d• al sciences, gia.„ to / u ied toe occult . of that ' e° " 0 11 ° 4theti," which, however, is not has acquired Itu ltend, ' Ind rilY so denominated ; but a huge eyeglass a°, roit 4 :l r L )nt h is beck ti a r , band, by whose means he tak e a t or, ( ' - •• .7 read did ev e , 8 a" certain the thoughtsY' of his acquaintance, but U. Q . . Y ) "`tics peep into the future. The acting Pooh, w to 0. Smith vy ' tire piece paularly Yates, I3ennc tr, Hemmings, and Mrs. Yates. as Mrs. Yates, .. i,orn we regard %°'..--- ' Particularly well suited, and . Present o u t h e it (legrte " o'e st " b Y far the most natural actress at a !' P l ayed with naivete and truth, in no .A. minister e PP.ng the modesty of nature." Ca be more A. exclaimed the other day, " What 34Plenientearulltr • essing than to be compelled Pay t h Y credit s ?" We will tell hica,—.l.sving t ti•.... r to to ask for -..,e Corsairs. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Adolphus Fitzciarenee, from Windsor Castle; the Rev. William Garnier, in Grafton-street, from Rookesbury, Farnham, Hants; Sir Charles Saxton, Bart., at Clifton, from his seat, Circourt, Berks ; the Hon. Miss Grimston, in Upper Grosvenor-street, from her seat, Berkhamstead Castle, Herts ; R. E. D. Shafto, Esq , at Gordon's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from the Isle of Wight ; Mr. and Mrs. Pigott, and family, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James'A.stre.et, from the Continent; Mr. and Mrs. Whetley, at Symmons's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Warwickshire; the Hon. Lady and Miss Stanmore, at Gould's (late Hitchcock's) London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Brighton ; Sir John Falkland and family, at ditto, from Tunbridge-wells; Captain and Mrs. Saunders, in Grosvenor street, from Brighton ; Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart., at the Rutland Hotel, King-street, St. James's, from Rome; -- Hurd, Esq., at ditto ; the Hon. Lady Trimlestown and family, at Hitchcock's St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Scotland ; Colonel and Mrs. Lettsome, at ditto, from Berkshire; Sir Hugh Hume, and Lady Campbell, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley.square; Lady Ramsay and family, at ditto; the Hon. Misses Monson, at Patterson's Hotel, Brook-street; Sir C. and Lady Anderson, at ditto, from Lincolnshire; the Hon, Lowther Barrington, at ditto, from a tour; the Hon. Alexander Douglas, at ditto, from Scotland; the Earl and Countess of Selkirk, and the two Ladies Douglas, at the Sack. ville Hotel, Sackville.street, from St. Mary Isle, N.B. ; Thomas Leigh, Esq., at ditto, from his seat in Cheshire; W. Leigh, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; the Rev. Hugh Hallett, at ditto, from Cambridge; Major Scott, at ditto, from Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Harris, at ditto, from Wotton Hall, Northampton shire; Sir W. W. B. Follies, Bart., in Cavendish square, from Hillingdon Hall, Norfolk; the Hon. Thomas Dundas, in Hert ford-street, Mayfair; E. B. Clive, Esq., M.P., in Grafton street, Bond-street; Captain Dunlop, in Hinde-street, Man chester-square, from the North ; W. E. Gladstone, Esq., M.P., in the Albany, from a tour; Major Handley, M.P., in Manches ter-buildings, from Lincolnshire; G. J. Heathcote, Esq., M.P., at the Burlington Hotel, from Stocken Hall, near Lincoln. DAPARTURES. Lady Thorold, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn.street, for her seat, Syston-park ; P. D. Cook, Esq., for his seat, Ouston, Yorkshire ; Sir W. Cosway, Bart., from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Maidstone; Sir Lawrence, Lady and Miss Palk, from Symmons's Hotel, St. James's-street; General Ross, from Gould's (late Hitchcock's) London Hotel, Albemarle. street, for Paris ; Hon. Mrs. Sneyd, from ditto, for Bath ; Mrs. Bainbridge, from the Sackville Hotel, for Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. Meyers and family, from ditto, for Ireland; Mr. Kerry Whitaker, for Brighton ; Sir John and the Lady Drummond Stewart, from the Rutland Hotel, King.street, St. James's, for Surrey; Captain Fitzroy, Esq., from ditto. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM. Right Hon. Lord Sherborne, Count Adolph de Herdinski, Hon. Mr. Dutton, Hon. W. Coventry, Sir J. L. Radeliff, Sir J. Ripton, Bart. Lady L. North, Mr. Baron Gurney, Col. De vonport, Col. Roper, Major Sandys, Capt. and Mrs. Thornton, Capt. Disney, Capt. Hickley, Rev. Mr. Hassell, Rev. T. Pettat, Rev. M. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Gosling, Mr. and Mrs. Somer ton, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Bowman, Mr. and Mrs. Rowe, Mr. and Mrs. Wardell; Messrs. Stavely, Cunningham, Peachey, Hickman, Lapyett, Archer, James, Tollenham, Han cock, Challoner, Stapylton, Ackers, Guttares, Mather, Donelan, Beynham, Maxwell, Shackleford, Davidson, Moreland, Monk. ton, Griffiths, Eldridge, Gordon, Spooner,Pearson,Shore, Read, Godfrey, Clarkson, Kirkland, Parry, Alloway, Brentley, Stan. mer, A lliton, Gage; Mesdames Bingham, Edmonds, Westrop, Hassell, Archer, Record, Arnold, Higgins, Woodman, Cox, Taylor, Hancock, Tudor, Dolbell, Butler, Barnes, Cheston, Barry, Lewley, Higlinam, Walker ; Misses Tudors, Weston, Robertson, Harward, Hume, Griffith, Wardell, &c. &c. ORN LAWS LIST Of 341 (Tellers in 5F THE MAJORITY ;luded),who voted against Mr. Hume's " For a Committee 1 Laws, with a vies present graduated ENGLAND. Althorp, Viscount Anson, Hon. G. Astley, Sir J. D. Astley, Sir J. Atherley, A. Attwood, M. Bankes, W. Baring, A. Baring, H. B. Barnard, E. G. Beauclerk, Major Bell, M. Benett, John Bentinck, Lord G. Berkeley, C. F. Bethell, R. Hewes, T. Biddulph, R. M. Biddul.h, R. Blackstone, W. S. Blake, Sir F. Blandford, Marq. of Boss, J. G. Bowes, J. Brocklehurst, J. Brodie, W. B. Bruce, Lord E. Brudenell, Lord Bulteel, J. C. Burrell, Sir C. M. Burton, H. Byng, George Byng, Sir J. Calcraft, G. H. Calvert, Nicholson Carter, J. B. Cartwright, W. R. Cavendish, C. C. Cavendish, Lord G. Cavendish, H. F. C. Cayley, Sir G. Cayley, E S. Chandos, Marquis of Chaplin, I'. Chapman. A. Chet wynd, W Childers, J. W. Clayton, NV. R. Clive, E. B. Clive, R. H. Cockerell, Sir C. Collier, J. C okes, T. H. Cooper, A. H. A. Cotes, J. Crawley, S. Cripps, J. Crompton, J. Curteis, H. B. Curteis, Captain Dare, R. W. H. Denison, W. J. Denison, J. E. Dillwyn, L W. Donkin, Sir R. Duncombe, W. Dundas, J. W. D. Dundas, Sir It. L. Eastnor, Viscount Egerton, T. Edwards, J. Estcourt, T. G. B Fancourt, C. S. J. Finch, G. Fitzgibbon, Hon. R Fitzroy, Lord C. Fitzroy, Lord J. Foley, E. T. Foley, J. H. H. Folkes, Sir W. Forrester, Hen. C. Fox, S. L Frankland, Sir R. Fremantle, Sir T. Gaskell, J. M. Gladstone, W. E. Glynne, Sir S. Gordon, R. Goring, H. D. Goulburn, H. Graham, SirJ. R. G. Grant, Righ t Hon. R. Greene, T. G. Grey, Colonel Giimston, Lord Gronow, Captain Grosvenor, Lord R. Grosvenor, Earl of Guise, Sir W. B Halcombe, J. llalford, H. Halse, J. Handley, W. F. Handley, B. Handley, H. Hanmer, Sir J. Hanmer, H. Harcourt, G. G. Hardinge, Sir H. Motion, to inquire the present state of the Corn e to establish a fixed duty in lieu of the scale." Harland, W. C. Heathcote, J. Heathcote, G. J. Heneage, G. F. Henniker, Lord Herbert, Hon. S. Heron, Sir R. Herries, J. C. Hill, Sir R. Hodges, T. L. Horoby, E. G. Hoskins, K. Hotham, Lord Houldsworth, T. Howard. P. H. Hope, H. T. Hudson, T. Hurst, It H. Ingilby, Sir W. lrton, S. Inglis, Sir R. H. Jermyn, Earl of Jerningham, H.V. S. Johnstone, Sir J. V. JollitTe, H. Keppel, Major Kerrison, Sir E. Kerry, Earl of Knatchbul I,Sir E. Lambton, H.. I angdale, Hon. C. Leech, J Lefevre, C. S. Lemon, Sir C. Lennard, T. B. Lennard, Sir T. B. Lennox, Lord W. Lennox, Lord J. G. Lennox, Lord A. Lewis, T. F. Lincoln, Lord Locxe, W. Lumley, Viscount Lyall, G. Lygon, Colonel Madocks, J. Mangles, J. Marjoribanks, S. Marryatt, Sir J. Maxfield, W. Mildmav, P• Miles, VV. Mills, John: Moreton, H. Moreton, A. H. M ostyn , E. Neale, Sir H. Neeld, J. Nicholl, J. Norreys, Lord Oasulton, Lord Paget, F. Palmer, C. F. Palmer, R. Palmerst , m, Visc. Parker, Sir H. Pease, Joseph Pechell, Sir J. S. B. Peel, Sir K Peel, Colonel J. Pelham, C. A. W. Pendarves, E. W. Penruddock, J H Pepys, C. Phillips. Sir G. Pigot, R. Pinney, W. Ponsonby, Hon. W, Price, Sir R. Pryme, G. Pryse, P. Ramsdell, J. C. Reid, Sir J. R. Richards, J. Rickford, W. Rider, T. Ridley, Sir M. W. Robarts, A. W_ Rooper, J. B. Ross, C. Rotch, B. Rumbold, C. E. Russell, Lord J. Russell, C. Russell, W. G. Sanderson, R. Sandon, Lord Sanford, E. A. Scarlett, Sir James Scott, Sir E. 1). Scott, J. W. Sebright, Sir John Shawe, R. N. Simeon, Sir R. G. Skipwith, Sir G. Smith, J A. Smith, John Smith, R. S. Somerset, Lord G. Spry, S. T. PAIRED Orr. Stanley, E. J. G. Staunton, Sir G. T. Staveley, T. K. Stormont, Viscount Steuart, R. Stuart, Lord D. C. Surrey, Earl of Talbot, R. N. Talmash, A. G. Tayleure, W. Thompson, P. B. Throckmorton, R. Tower, C. J. Townley, R. G.l Townshend, Lord C. Tracy, H, Trelawney, W. L. S. Trevor, Hon. G. R. Troubridge, Sir E. Tullamore, Lord Tynte, C. J. K. Tyrrell, Sir J. Tyrell, C. Verney, Sir H. Vernon, G. H. Villiers, Lord Vivian, Sir R. Vyvyan, Sir R. Wall, B. Ward, H. G. Warre, J. A. Watkins, J. L. Watson, Hon. R. Weyland, Major R. Whitbread, W. H. Wilbraham, G. Williams, W. A. Williams, It. Williams, T. P. Willoughby, Sir H. Windham, W. H. Winnington, Sir T. Winnington, H. J. Wood, Colonel T. Wrottesley, Sir J. B. Wynn, C. W. Yorke, J. SCOTLAND. Adam, Admiral C. Agnew, Sir A. Arbuthnot, Hon. H. (Bruce, C. L. C._ ', - ailen . der, J. H. ('olarhoun, J- C. Ellintt, Captain a -Fergusson, G. Fergusson, R. C. Gordon, Hon. W. Grant, Right Hon. C. Halliburton, D. G. Hay, A. L. Jeffl - ey, Rt. Hon. F. Johnstone, J. J. H. M•Leod, R. Rae, Sir W. Ross, H. Stewart, Sir 111. S. Trail, G. Wemyss, Capt. IRELAND. Barry, J. S. Belfast, Earl of Blake, Al. Blaney, C. Browne, D. Castlereagh, Visct. Christmas, W. Connlly, E. M. Coote, Sir C. Corry, H. L. Copeland, W. Daly, J. Dobbin, L. Fitzgerald, T. Gladstone, T. Hayes, Sir E. Howard, R. Jephson, C. D. 0. Jones, T. Knox, J. H. Lambert, H. Meynell, H. O'Callaghan. C. O'Connor, Feargus O'Ferrall, R. M. Roche W. J Roe, J. Shaw, F. Sheil, R. L. Stewart, Sir H. Sullivan, R. Talbot, J. Tennant, J. E. Walker, C. A. Wallace, R. TELLRES. Darlington, Earl of Rice, T. S. SOR. Buller, C. Burdett, Sir F. Duncannon, V A&AITIST. Bulwer, E. E. L. Vincent, Sir F. Ebrington, Lord Wason, R. The Speaker's last Parliamentary levee for the present session will take place on Saturday next, the 15th of March. THE DUKE OF Yont's STATUE.—Yes terday workmen commenced erecting the scaffolding at the York column, Ca - limn-terrace, for the purpose of rais ing the colossal statue of the late Duke of York to the top, where it is expected to be placed in the course of the present month. From the weight of the statue, it will he a work of some difficulty to raise it from the ground to its intended elevation. The expense of the statue and column has been defrayed by private subscription. LITERARY CLUB.—The Literary Union having been dissolved, the committee appointed to select founders from that association to form a new establishment, to be called the Clarence Club, selected about 520, and rejected 40, and when the former number is increased, by ballot, to 600, there will not be any more admitted, unless there is a vacancy. Each new member admitted into the new club is to pay fifteen guineas entrance money and five guineas a year. Dinner, at a, moderate price, will be ready every hour, from four to seven o'clock, or any member may have any rifle be tbinlv , fit, on paying for the same, at any hour. The new club remain on the premises of the dissolved club for a year, or longer, if there room and accommodation for the members. SECOND EDITION, SUN OFFICE, seven o'cloc!•. THE LONDON GAZETTE 1 HIS EVENING. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. RICHARD BOWLES, carpenter, Spalding, Lincolnshire. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. PETER CHRISTIAN JEGER, commission -merchant, Liverpool, from March 14 to April 5, at one, at the Clarendon_ rooms, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. JOHN NUTTALL, grocer and tea-dealer, Birmingham. JAMES FRANCIS PRESCOTT, rainter, High-street, Marylebone. RICHARD LITSON, victualler, Laystall-street, Holborn. HENRY FULLER, surgeon, St. Matthew's-place, Hack. ney-road. _ . _ CHARLES COUPLAND,money-scrivener, Leek, Stafford. shire. ROBERT TODD, merchant, Liverpool. JOHN MERIDETH CONNORTON, mast-maker, Shad Thames, Surrey. ED WARD ASHENDEN and THOMAS COOPER BAKER, brick-makers, Sittingbpurne, Kent. JOHN THOMAS TWELLS, draper, Tamworth. THOMAS WILSON, builder, Manchester. JOHN and WILLIAM M'CONOCHIE, stone-masons, Liverpool. • THOMAS COLLIER, hatter, Holywell, Flint. WILLIAM SWA LES, silk-mercer, Great Portland-street. THOMAS ELY, commission-agent, Mark-lane. JO [IN TAPLEY, jun., woollen-draper, Torr, Devon. HENRY MANN, linen.draper, Beccles, Suffolk. HENRY GREGORY DREWE, coal-merchant, Swansea. JONATHAN BURROWS, victualler, Holme Pierrepoint, Nottingham. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF LORDS. Lord KENYON presented a petition from Carmarthen, complaining of the excessive oppression on the collection of tithes in a parish belonging to a London banker, and praying for an alteration of the law on the subject. Lord POLTIMORE presented several petitions from Dissenters in Taunton, praying for relief. The Earl of ROSEBERR Y presented a petition from a parish in the county of Stirling, against the present patronage of the church of Scotland, and pray ing for its abolition. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented petitions from the Protestant dissenters of Chester, and several pa rishes in the county of Denbigh, praying for relief from the disJbilities under which they laboured. The noble marquis also presented petitions from the Dissenters of Sman-lane chapel, in the county of Denbigh, pray ing for the introduction of some measure for the better observance of the Sabbath. HOUSE OF LORDS' LIBRARY. The Marquis of LANSDOWIN.F., in presenting the re port of the select committee appointed to inquire into the state of the library, having recommended an address to his Majesty upon the subject, would only now move that the report should he printed and laid upon the table, giving notice of his in tention on Friday next to move the present dim' of an ad dress to his Majesty in conformity with that report. PRINTING PAPERS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in bringing up the re port of the committee appointed to inquire as to the best mode of printing papers fur that house, stated that the committee having suggested a communication with the other house of parliament upon that subject, and having recommended the adoption of certain resolutions, he should, on Friday next, move that that house should adopt those resolutions, and that afterwards a communi cation should take place between it and the other house of parliament. The noble marquis then presented petitions from the Dissenters of Southampton, Portsea, Wilts, Glamorganshire, Swansea, and Cardiff, praying for relief. The Doke of RICHMOND presented similar petitions from the Dissenter of Buckingham. MARINE MUTINY BILL. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, this bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. The House then adjourned to Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at ten minutes past five. The Sheriffs of London presented a petition from the city of London, comp'aining of the burden imposed on the said city by ward constables. Mr. HARVEY moved for a return of the writs issued in the Court of King's Bench, with the amount of the costs of each, from what date we could not hear ; also for a return of the number of public boards, the members of which received compensation. Mr. COATES presented a petition from the Calvanistic Dissenters of Oswestry, Shropshire. Mr. FITZGERALD presented petitions on the sub ject of tithe' and the repeal of the union. Mr. ROBARTS presented a petition from the mer chants and traders of a place, the name of which we did not bear, praying for an uniform duty upon all teas im. ported into this country. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition, signed by a large body of dissenters residing at Huddersfield, against church rates. Mr. B. HANDLEY begged to ask the noble lord the Chancellor of the Exchequer a question relative to the composition of assessed taxes. Lord ALTHORP regretted that his answer last night was not perfectly understood. It was his intention, on every principle of justice, not to confine the motion to any particular district, but to extend it over the entire country. The question and answer were very imperfectly heard, owing to the noise which prevailed in the body of the house. MALT TAX. Mr. COBBETT gave notice that, on Monday next, on the house going into a committee of supply, he would move for a repeal of the entire duty on malt. Mr. BERNAL presented several petitions in support of the church establishment. Mr. lIEATHCOTE presented a petition from a parish in Lincolnshire, praying for an equitable labour rate. Mr. PEASE presqfted several petitions from Dissenters, praying for relief from disabilities affecting them. OATIIS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. O'CONNELL rose to move for the appointment of a committee to consider the oaths which were taken, and those, if any, which ought to be taken by members of the house. He trusted that the importance of the question would induce the house to comply in allowing the nomina tion of this committee.—(Hear, hear, bear.) He ac knowledged that his object was to abolish all reli gious oaths upon members taking their seats in that house, and, if necessary, to substitute a, declaration dis claiming, in the most unequivocal manner, all species of bribery and corruption in their elections. Whether the house would go so far with him or not, would not decida the question, viz., whether a committee should be ap pointed. He bad to lay before the house the strong. est grounds for the appointment of such a committee. Whatever the results might be, those grounds being to be found in the nature of oaths taken being different in one class of members from those of another. In fact, there were established three different modes of swearing or affirming in coming into that house—the Protestant swore—the Catholic swore—the Quaker affirmed—and the Moravian would have equal right to take his seat if elected. Those modes were all sanctioned by law, varying in their number, and much more essentially in their nature. He thought they bad new arrived at that period at which the oaths of all peculiar religious distinctions ought to be put an end to, and if any one was required, it ought to be the same for persons of all tenets—he meant that it should be an affirmation. Oaths ought to be put an end to, because they existed only for a few moments, while the members were at the table, and for gotten for the rest of their career. It might, indeed, be said that they were the badge of the subjection of the one party by the persons of another religion. Why should that exist any longer ? The notion of keeping up that dis tinction, and making such subjugation, was a Chinese prostration to the chair, before members could take their seats, and ought not to exist any longer in practice, as it was abolished in principle, and by the good feeling of the house. He wished to point out some strange anomolies in the oaths, and the equivocal nature of them, Catholic oath as well as Protestant oath, and Protestant as well as Catholic. He appealed to the house whether there ought to be any solid distinction of words by which they were to attest and acknowledge the influence of the living God ? There was no principle of Christian morality more clear than this, that if the words be in themselves in any way equivocal io their meaning, they ought to be taken in the construc tion upon which the party imposing them intended. He challenged the house upon the construction of the Catho lic oath, to see if it ought to be different from that which he put on it himself. He bad a most satisfactory reply, although he ' knew that some gentlemen en. tertained, end cnneeientiously so, a diffvent opinion upon that subject•—of whom he b , ' , eyed the lion. member , er St. Andrew was one.—(Cries of " Hear, bear."' With this preliminary he now begged to say that tie chance of obtaining the committee should not at all b diminished by any want of exertion on his part' He wished the committee to know whether he ought to he in that house or not, for if a committee were appointer' and the construction they might put upon the oath we:• different from that which he in his conscience thought to ought to take, that instant he would leave the house. He would not consent to he there with the slightest infringe ment upon the sacred obligation which he had taken at the table before which he then stood.—(Hear, he .r. ) This was certainly a subject of considerable controversy amongst the Cethnlie botly—lie meant the oath taken by Catholics. There was in this country a publication called the "Catholic Magazine"—it was little known, perhaps, to the members of that house, because it contained very little matter except that which touched upon the Catholic Church. It was edited by a very learned friend of his, and a controversy had been going on for some months pant in that work as to whether Catholics could with a safe conscience take that oath, some imputing to it the mean ing which the hon. member for St. Andrew's imputed to it; but the great majority differed from that construction. He need not enter into what those constructions were ; there was a controversy upon it, and that was enough for him. He wanted to take no oath, hut an oath free from all controversy, whose meaning should he so distinct that nn man should he able to differ about the meaning of it. He wanted not to equivocate with himself, nor did he wish to equivocate in the presence of his God, and he wished to have this contrever-y put an end to by a division of that house. There was nothing in the oath which prevented a Catholic member from voting as his judgmen• should direct him OM the subject of the temporalities of th e Church of England, and he got rid at once of those who considered it as any guard on the subject of the tern. poral authority and temporal emoluments of the established church. There was no controversy upon that point. It might he interesting to consider for a moment why there should be any oaths of a di•tinctly religious nature. Was there, he would ask. any reason why religious dis tinction should be thus marked ? Every body knew, that up to the reign of Elizabeth, except for one short period of the reign of King Henry the Sixth, there were no oaths taken by any member of Parliament. In the reign of Henry VI., an oath was taken by every member of Parliament that he would do his utmost en deavours to keep the peace of the country. The wretched Pate of the times had caused this, and the inoperative na ture of the oath caused it to be abandoned. The difference of religion in the time of Elizabeth introduced the present system. By the Ist of Eliz ibeth, c. 1, P. 9, the oath of supremacy was enacted, but it was not required of any member to take the oath till the sth E., c. 1, s. 13, when, for the first time, the oath of su premacy was required.—(Hear, hear.) But at that period the great majority of the peers were Catholics, and a clause was introduced into the act by which the lords were excused from taking this oath. It was not re quired to he taken by the members of both houses till the reign of James I. The oath stated in abstract terms that the King was head not only of all temporal causes and things, but of all spiritual causes and things. This was channged at the revolution, and why ?—because no tole ration or liberty of conscience would be granted in Scot- Ilnd till the oath was altered. No member of the Presby terian church would swear that the King was bead in spiritual affairs, and, accordingly, to meet their scruples the oath was altered, so that it became a mere oath of ne gation, of spiritual dominion in any foreign prince, pope, or prelate. It was no longer an oath of supremacy, but a denial of any spiritual jurisdiction. This satisfied the Presbyterians, and combined the churches of England and Scotland—the consciences of both were satisfied, and from that period to this the oath had remained unalte-ed. But that was equally repugnant to the Catholics, for while they could not admit the supremacy of the crown they could not acknowledge the church of Scotland. In the Irish parliament, during the reigns of Elizabeth, Charles I. and Charles 11., it was not necessary for any member of the Irish parliament to take the oath of supremacy. It was quite true that at the restoration in the month of M.y, 1661, a resolution passed in the Irish house of Commons that the oath of supremacy ought to be taken, but that turned out to be a dead letter until the revolution. The English parliament in the 13th and 14th of William, passed an act, not for England at all, for England was not mentioned, obliging the Irish Parliament to take the oath of supremacy and ab juration, and from the 2d of William and Mary up to 1782 those oaths were required in Ireland although they were not taken. An act was then passed giving efficacy to all the laws passed in England with regard to Ireland. But be was certainly not now going into any controversy upon the omission of legislative sanctions which were taken for granted up to the year 1829. He was going through this historical sketch merely to show that it was not necessary in the House of Commons that any religious oaths should be taken. They origi. nated in religious dissensions, and when those dissen sions ceased there was no more occasion for them- In 1829, considerable alteration was made. In that year an act was pasaad, which established the oath which was at present taken by the Roman Coman Catholics; and by the same act another very excellent alteration was made by striking out of the oath taken by Protestants, the declaration that the worship of their fellows, the Catholics, was impious and idolatrous. That was an excellent altera tion, for it would not have been pleasant to have sat and heard the old oath administered. There were, however, still some strange anomalies between the oaths taken by the members of that house. On one side of the Board he saw three oaths that were required to be taken by the Protestant, while on the other side, he found only one that the Catholic was required. The Protestant was called upon to abjure the house or Stuart, while the Catholic was not. Now, be had always understood that, in point of politics he would have thought that the Catholics were the class of persons who were most likely to have a leaning that way; he should have thought the commonsense view of the matter was, that that oath should have been extracted from the Catholic, while the Pro testant should have been exempted from it. Protestants were also called upon so swear that they would never bear any alliegance to any descendant of James 11. Now how stood the fart? Why, that no such descendant was in existence. Was not that taking God's name in vain? Would it not be more in accordance with the spirit of the present day that all members should be required to take one oath only, tbat of allegiance to the crown ; that was an oath in which all could join—no Protestant would refuse it, and no Catholic had the slighest objection whatever to it.—(Hear, hear, hear.) That Catholic oath in its former part was an oath of fidelity and allegiance. He saw no objection to that, though it was certainly different to that adopted by Pro testants. The Protestants and Catholics did not equally swear upon the same subject. He was as ready to testify his allegiance to the heirs of the Princess Sophia being Protestants, as if the oath had been ad ministered to him ; but there was a part of the oath which he considered a complete insult :—" And I do fur ther declare that it is not any article of my faith that any princes excommnnicated by the Sea of Rome may be de posed or murdered by their subjects, or any person what soever." Why should the Catholic be called upon to swear be should have no objection to make the declaration—(hear, hear)—and what right, he would ask, bad the house to insult him by calling upon him to take such an oath. Was it possible, be would ask, for any man to be so destitute of mural feeling as to con sider that he bad a right to murder any man because the Pope bad excommuuicated him.—(Hear.) In his opinion, the oath would be no sanction to any man who believed in anything so monstrous and unjust. He called for a committee to inquire whether such an oath was necessary ; if it were, he would bend his neck to the yoke—he would submit. But he denied that it was necessary, and therefore be considered it im perative on him to call the attention of the house to it. He had the most ineffable contempt for the doctrine implied in that oath. Regarding that part of the oath wherein the Pope's jurisdiction is renounced, he (Mr. O'C.) had no objection. He would pledge his most solemn sanction to that—but if it were necessary to swear resistance, even unto death, of any civil interference in those realms, there was no protestant half as anxious as he (Mr. O'Connell) was to take such an oath.— (Hear, hear.) But what dread did any rational person entertain of the temporal power of the pope?— Heaven help the maniac who could imagine that the p o p e , who was trembling for his own small dominions, could put the temporal authority of those kingdoms into jeopardy. Was it not a sensible thing to think that those realms should at any time be invaded by a regiment of Cardinals, and a squadron of Friars turned into riflemen ? The oath then went on—" And I do swear that I will deefdd to the utmost of my power the settlement of pro perty in this realm, as by law established." That pre vented his making any alterations in the law regarding property, but it was an undoubted fact that that law had been frequently altered. He could mention an in stance in which, by an act passed during the last year, a gentleman became the inheritor of property to the amount of 40001. a year, which be could not inherit as the Imo previously st eed, end or Vr . !lids he laid net the most remote prospect of enjoying. Therefore that oath was quite absurd, and the man who took it that year would have different impression on his mind from the man who took it the previous year. He only threw that out to show how far equivocation would go as regarded that oath. The argument be (Mr. O'Con nell) used had been used on a for Mer occasion with re pct to the coronation oath. What millions of pamphlet —what masses of arguments and thousands of speeches Lad been used regarding the violation of the coronation oath. all turning on the mere equivocation of the words, or the different interpretations whicn different individuals might give them. Did it require the Catholics any more than the Protestants to swear that they would defend the state of property ? if they did net swear the Pro testants, why did they swear the Catholics ? —(Hear, hear.) The oath then went on—" And I hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any inten tion to subvert the church establishment, as by law esta• Wished within the realm." The same solution might be app lied to that as to the former paragraph, and here again he wauld adduce the occurrences of last year, when Ministers had passed the Church Temporalities Bill. A bill which had unsettled the church establisk ment more than any act that had taken place since the revolution.—(Hear.) What he (Mr. O'C.) required was a committee which would put an end to these equi vocations. The oath went on—" And I do solemnly owes that I will not exercise any privilege to which I am or may be entitled to disturb or weaken the Protestant re ligion or Protestant government within the realm. Wha was the meaning of Protestant government now is this country? Was a man sati-fied to swear that govern ment was a Protestant government, when the entire of it night be Catholics, the entire of the judicial seats might be Catholics, with the exception of the Chancellor; the navy, the army, and the magistrates, might be Catholics ? In point of law all who were admitted. into the Govern ment, with the exception of the Chancellor, might be Catholics.—(ll , ar.) Was it sate, then, to swear th t such a government was a Protestant government, when there were only two—the King and the Chancellor—at ell connected wilt it, whom it was necessary should be Protestants? He could not but feel that this was a point of great difficulty. He might ba laughed at for his scruples, but he could not help acknowledging his scruples on this subject had ceen very great. He had been tole) that it was the legislature itself which had passed 'he act, and as the word protestant had been iutroduceii must have intended such a Protestant government as now existed to have been understood—namely, composed only as it might be of a Protestant King and Protestant keeper of his conscience, all the o-her members being Catholics. He trusted lie had not done wrong in taking up a stroug feeling on this question—such feeling he entertained. Was it intended to be said that there was a great difference between Protestantism and the meaning of a Protestant, gavernmeni ? They certainly were, as far as he was ca pable of distinguishing between them, mast essentially dif ferent, and this was a fast which the house ought gravely to consider, when it came to call upon members who took their seats there to take the oaths, which it was now considered necessary to administer to them. (LIFT SPEAKING.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mlacs 10. Mr. COBBETT aaked if th,y were always ready to grant any sum of public money, how were min isters to lessen the public burden of the country ? It would be an other thing, indeed, if the hon. member for Hull com municated to the house that the rich men of Hull them selves were going to bestow a sum of money upon Captain Ross. It would be much more natural and just than asking them to give it.—(Hear, hear, hear.) If they were to grant everything that was asked they would have plenty of persons to ask. They were called upon to pay money ; they knew not whether the call was right or wrong; there had been no committee, no inquiry; they were caded upon to vote away the public money upon mere rumour. Lord SANDON said he bad a petition to present from the mayor and corporation of Liverpool, all praying the house to grant some remuneration to Captain Ross.—(Hear, heir.) He considered that the least they could do, after the four years that Captain Ross had spent in the service, was for that house to come forward and vote some specific remuneration.—(Hear, hear.) He was sorry that the hon. member for Oldham took what he (Lord Sandon) considered eo very narrow a view of this question. Mr. T. LENNARD thought that Captain Ross had claim on the consideration of the house; but he hoped he had discovered a mode of reconciling the objection of the bon, member for Oldham to the grant of Captain Ro,s. His mode was this—it was known they had appropriated a fund of 75,0001. a.year for the payment of pensions. If they would recommend to his Majesty to grant a pension to Capt. Ross, it would, in his opinion, have the effect of, in a great measure, removing the objections to the existence of pensions ; it would be a very proper mode of disposing of that fund; it would tend to satisfy the country, and would do justice to a meritorious and deserving individual.—( Hear, hear)_ ASSESSED TAXES. Mr. ABERCROMBIE applied:to his noble friend (Lord Althorp) to know whether it was intended to apply the act for the composition of assessed taxes to such as had not enjoyed it previous to the present period? Lord ALTIIORP's reply was understood to be in the affirmative. JOURNEYMEN COOPERS. Mr. HUME said that a case was put into his hands by the journeymen coopers, in which a complaint was made that they were obliged to spend six days now in work, which they could formerly have performed in five. He would say that, since the year 1804, when the Combination Act was repealed, the greatest apathy prevailed both in the masters and in the men. A third party interfered ; be would ask the right bon, baronet what was the result of the inquiry made on the subject? Sir J. GRAHAM said, that the statement he made last Thursday was correct; 21. 4a. a week was the amount of wages instead of 1/. 19s. It was totally dis proved that mare labour was required in consequence of the materials lately used in the work ; a dil , gent man could make 21. within a week. Something had taken place on the subject in the correspondence between the Admiralty and that trade; he would suggest that some hon. member would move for the production of that cor respondence. Mr. O'CONNELL hoped that the suggestion of the right hon. baronet would be complied with. A similar deputation from the body had waited upon him—perhaps they deluded him, but he was informed that their work was increased one-sixth in duration and difficulty ; in fact, that the human frame was incapable of supporting the increase of labour. They only demanded that wages should be increased in proportion. Mr. YOUNG hoped that a broader view would be taken of it than that proposed by the right hon. First Lord of the Admiralty; if so it would be found that the wages which the journeymen were capable of earning were the very maximum of what the trade could allow, preserving the interests of both masters and men. There was a system of tyranny exercised by the men over the masters, espe cially as regarded apprentices, whom the latter had not the option of taking.—(Cries of " [lear, hear.") If it were not put down, it would lead, if not to rebellion, at least, to subversion of all order and regulations in trade. Mr. HUME begged that the house would not be led away by any statement till the entire matter was properly sifted. Here the subject dropped. Mr. COBBETT gave notice that he would on the 27th of May move for a repeal of the whole duties on malt. ARMY ESTIMATES. The house then resolved itself into a committee of supply on the army estimates. Mr. CUTLAR FERGUSSON immediately rose to bring forward his motion for a remuneration to Capt. John Ross for his public scrvices, upon which Mr. BERNAL, the chairman, informed the hon. member that the army estimates must take precedence of his motion. Mr. ELLICE then 'rose to propose that a sum not exceeding 82,1791., be granted to his Majesty for paying the expenses and charges of the volunteer corps of Great Britain and Ireland from 31st of March, 1834, to 31st of March, 1835. He stated that the sum required for clothing the first three years was three pounds which wasincreased to 5/ , but for the present half year, Government intended to make such a reduction as wonld, without injury to the public service, make the expense 22,0001. instead of 55,0001 , being the difference of '7s. per day and 3s. 4d. per day.—(Hear, hear.) He understood that some objection would be made on both sides, especially on the part of the honourable member for Middlesex, who thought the whole volunteer corps unnecessary, and had moved for a return which he (Mr. E.) had brought to the bar, and from which it would appear that the yeom airy corps of Uxbridge had been doing service without calling upon th public to pay any part or the expenses which they ❑otv made application for the first time to be relieved from. The yeomanry corps would not object to Imo. .be wiAes of government, and to accept what was deemed itActlent to maintain clisalplint; Hem dad mihar, that five consecutive days' service entitled the volunteers to exemption from the e uty payable on horses, the y be very glad to receive the proposition of government. He was satisfied that in bringing forward that statement be had done no more than his duty, in calling the attention of that house to the great and valuable services of thet force, when they bad been called out in cases of public emergency. He had no doubt that the reduction which its had proposed (and which would be only tempora:y) would not prevent that body from acting with as much zeal and efficiency as usual, whenever they might be called upon,—(Hear, hear.) The other difference between the present estimate, and the estimate of the previous year, was the entire charge for the yeomanry staff of Ireland. He had made ingeiries as to bow often that corps ead been called out during the last three years and he ad ascertained that there had been no service required prom any large portion of that staff during that period, ind he had therefore thought it was quite time that the xpense of maintaining that force should he meved to he country.—(Heare hear.) On these grounds the .taff of the Irish yeomanry would be abolished, and if •ompensation would be required, or called for by any in iividuals who had spent a large portion of their time in hat service, he should be ready to make any provision chat the circumstances might require. The CHAIRMAN then put the question that a auto not -xceedeg 82,1791. be granted, &c. Mr. HUME rose. His right hon. friend bad properly :tared, that it was his intention to object to this grant, for he really wished to put it to the house whgther the country might not be saved this expense. In what way, '4e would ask, could taxes be reduced, if government would :lot reduce the standing army and navy in a time of peace? One question with him was, and one which hr thought well worthy of the attention of the house, whether title corps :id any thing for which they required, and ought, to he oeid ? He del not wish fur one moment that they should e reduced, but he wished them to he actuated with a similar spirit to the people of France and other countries, who came forward to protect their property, and that of their country without being burdens, ur expecting any remuneration from the public purse.—( Hear.) The right hon. gentleman, in bringing forward this subject, had not noticed tee Wiltshire Corp.. The member fir that county was colonel of the corps, and be had assured hint (Mr. tinine) that there were several hundred men, is well disciplined and equipped as any corps in the country, who bad done their duty, in the most trying periods, with out the expense of a farthing to the coma, y. Such being the case, he asked if it was not fit to see whether that expense might not be dispensed with altogether. He had made similar objections to this grant for the last 13 or 14 years, and when the Marquis of Lansdowne was the Secretary of State for the Home Department, he had expressed an intention of putting an end to those corps. In his opinion, if the expense of those corps was to continue se enormous, it would be much better, and far less expensive to the country, to keep up three battalions. Although the charges appeared to be small in amount, yet, taking the manner in which the expenses were incurred into account, it would ap p-ar, by official returns, that since 1816 not less than 2,379,7221. had been paid on behalf of the volunteer corps. Now he would put it to any one whether the services ren dered by those corps bore any proportion to that expense. He submitted to the house that such a charge ought to be put an end to in future, and let the country see whether there was not patriotism enough in the country to protect the public peace without those corps. In France, about every other living man capable of bear ing arms was ready to be enrolled at his own expense. That was the caae also in Holland and Belgium, and why should it not be the case here? If we had infantry and cavalry of that description, much of the misshief which had occurred three years ago would have been prevented. Although his right boo. friend had dispensed with the past, he yet called on the house to grant clothing for three years. That, and the pay likewise, be (Mr. Hume) was convinced might be dispensed with. He knew that the right hon. Secretary for Ireland bad said the charge was but Is. or Bs. each, but even in that case it ought to be put an end to. Let the Government try the experiment for one year, and if the corps chose to disband themselves, there were plenty who would come forward without being influenced by such a paltry and unbecoming motive as pay.—(Hear.) In addition to the vote of 82.179/. all these individuals were excused the expense of their horse!, and therefore it was probable that the expense to the country might amount to as much as 140,0001. a year. Under all the circumstances, be hoped the vote would be altogether withdrawn, unless Ministers would show its aleeilute necessity. The hon. member concluded by moving that the vote be omitted. Colonel DAVIES quite agreed with the hon. member who had spoken last, in the propriety of not confining this corps to one set of men, but he could not agree with him in the propriety of abolishing the corps altogether. It was a most useful and serviceable body of teen. He knew from his own experience one instance in which the Yeomanry had been called out for several days together, when they were exposed to considerable risk, and when they had to come in contact with riotous persons—armed both for the offensive and de fensive; and was it to be expected that they would leave their houses and business for several days together, e it hout receiving any remuneration at all ?—(Hear, hear.) What they received was not in the way of bounty, but would barely cover their expenses. He was not acquainted with the history of the corps alluded to by the bon. member; but lie had no doubt that on inquiry the corns would be found to have very little duty to perform. His hon. friend bad referred to the National Guards of Paris; but there was a great distinction between them and the yeomanry corps of England. Ours were volunteer corps, In the dis tinct sense of the word, whilst the service of the National; Guards was compulsory. He assured his bon. friend that he had taken some pains to inform himself on the subject, and upon the strength of that information lie was enabled to say that the National Guard was a compulsory service. He contended that the yeomanry were a most useful body of men, and the question was whether they were to have such a body of men, or whether they would support a standing army, which would receive pay for every day in the year. For this reason be must oppose his hon. friend. Mr. LITTLETON quite agreed with the hon. and gallant member fir Worcester, as to the danger that would arise from getting rid of the yeomanry corps. He had had several yt ars' experience in Staffordshire on this sub ject, and he knew that in a great variety of cases, hut for the ex rtions of the volunteer collet, much mischief would have been done. Mr. O'CONNELL that no doubt occasions might arise in which the aid of the yeomanry force might be required; but the question was, whether it might not be practicable to obtain that aid gratuitomly. When, in 1710, all the regular troops were drawn from Ireland, sixty thousand volunteers in that country clothed and armed themselves, and acted without receiving a single shilling of pay. Surely, in so wealthy a country as Eng land, a similar force might be embodied without purling the country to the expense of eighty thousand pounds a year. The effect of withdrawing the grant for the staff of the Irish yeomanry would be in a great degree nulli fied, if arms were still to be left in the bands of the yeo manry. For 29,000 men it appeared there were 32,000 stand of arms. Lord GROSVENOR thought it well worthy of con sideration whether it was desirable to have large bodies of men arming themselves independently of the Government— (Hear, hear.) He thought that, in not calling them out for annual exercise, the Government would in some de gree discourage them in their zeal for the public service. Lord HOWICK declared that in the circular of Lord Melbourne there was nothing that could he considered offensive to the different Yeomanry Corps. No slur whatever was intended. The reason for not calling them out this year was simply to save expense. Mr. EGERTON said that Manchester had been twice saved by the corps be had the honour to belong tn.-- (Hear, and laughter.) Mr. BELL eulogised the Yeomanry Corps as " brave men," and said that th e i r e ffi ciency would be impaired unless they were called out every twelve months. Mr. BRODIE said that the Salisbury volunteers, which he had the honour to command, bad been highly useful on several occasions—they were clothed by voluntary sub scription, and armed by the government, and their cost for wear and tear and ammunition, did not exceed 10/, per annum. By establishing such corps in different places, they would be able at once to reduce the army—not by 9,000 men, as bad been proposed by the hon. member for Middlesex, but by 20,000 men. Mr. GILLON considered the vote as worse than useless —it was downright mischievous. Tbese regiments never answered any good purpos,, for they were always compos ed of men governed by locrl prejudices and party feeling. An Hosr. AIE:%IBEIL considered the remarks of the hon. and gallant member for Salisbury wholly inapplicable, fo Lid men, when c tiled out, only acted as special constables. Mr. M. PHILLIPS considered that public feeling bad undergone a very great change in respect to yeomanry corps, but he thought it was only fair to draw a distinction in the Manchester case between the yeomanry and the magistrates. Th e y eomanr y on that occasion, be trust say, in general behaved well, though, on the Prt of on , corps, no one could deny there had been some impetuos ty. Mr. F. SHAW said, that for the sake of a very palty = =a!