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science operates to change a civil into a criminal , judgment, and to scourge misfortune or indiscretion with a punishment which the law does not inflict on the greatest crimes. The next fault is, that the in flicting of that punishment is not on the opinion of an t equal and public judge ; but it is referred to the arbi trary discretion of a private, nay, interested and irri tated individual. He who formally is, and substan tially ought to be, the judge, is in reality no more than ministerial, a mere executive instrument of a private man, who is at once judge and party. Every idea of judicial order is subverted by this procedure. If the insolvency be no crime, why is it punished with arbi trary imprisonment ? If it be a crime, why is it deli vered into private hands to pardon without discretion, or to punish without mercy and without m easure ? I know that credit must be preserved, but equity must be preserved too ; and it is impossible that anything should be necessary to commerce which is inconsistent With justice." Upon that authority, and on the gene ral reasoning of the subject, he submitted that the time had now arrived when imprisonment for debt both on mesne process and on execution should, except in cases of fraud, be abolished. It was monstrous that in a free country a man might be deprived of his liberty Without the judgment of any competent tribunal, at the instance and merely on the. oath of a vindictive Party, and that too, it might be, on fraudulent pre tences. The expense of giving bail was a great detriment to the debtor, as also to the creditor, because it s effect was to take away from the funds with which th e just debts of the individual ought to be satisfied. The only object of imprisonment for debt in this country was to get at the property of the debtor ; h e should not thereore propose abolishing imprisonment, unless he could offer some equivalent to the creditor, and introduce a general amendment in the law of debtor a n d cre di tor . Th ere were severa l i mprove- , raents to be now proposed which he thought would operate most beneficially, and to which he would very briefly refer. He proposed, first of all, that there should b e a p ower o f i nstan t execution upon all bills of exchange, promissory notes, and bonds. When a man put his hand solemnly to instruments of that sort, it was monstrous to allow him, without any shadow of pretence, to have a trial, to put in sham pleas, and thus, perhaps, to cause greater expense to th e creditor than the original amount of the debt. (year.) There was nothing like this in Scotland, in rance, or in any other country of Europe, and why should it be so any longer in England ? Another im provement he intended to introduce was for the pur poseof more effectually compelling the debtor to sur render his property. Under the present system the debtor put his creditors at defiance. By the Lords Act it was provided that any man taken in execution for a !um under 300/. might be compelled to surrender all his property ; but if the sum was above that amount, he might put his creditors at defiance, and, by living Within the rules, enjoy all the luxuries of life as in a Palace, and squander all that property by which his Just debts should have been paid. He proposed by this bill, whatever the amount of the debt was, that the debtor should be subjected to an examination be fore a competent tribunal, and if he should not fairly disclose and surrender his property, he should be put into close confinement and treated as a criminal. Com mon debtors would thus be treated, in fact, as bank rupts. Another alteration which he proposed, and Which he was sure would be considered as satisfactory by the house, was, that all manner of property should be subject to execution. Under the present system you could undoubtedly, by imprisonment, get a large por tion of the debtor's property ; but copyholds, secu rities, and money in the public funds could not by that means be at all affected. This bill, however, would Provide that the debtor's property of all sorts, all runner of securities, copyholds, and money in the public funds, all property real and personal, should be surrendered and assigned for the satisfaction of c reditors. Another improvement of considerable im- Portance would be to allow the cessio bonorum with out imprisonment. If a debtor were honestly dis- Posed to surrender his property, why should he not be allowed to do so voluntarily, without being arrested by a sheriff's officer and thrown into prison ? The creditors would have the opportunity of judging whe ther the debtor was honest or not. At present all future effects were liable, and the spur of industry was entirely taken away ; it was therefore proposed that a certain proportion of the creditors in number and ~ slue s h ou ld g i ve a cert i f i cate, an d t h e d e b tor wou ld then become a new man, in the same manner as if, under the present system, he had been a bank rtup r t. If, however, on th e o th er h an d, h e con ed debts on false pretences, or made an assign slient of debts and property with the view of d efrauding his creditors,—if in short, he did not make 4 ,just and fair disclosure of th e state o f hi s a ff a i rs , h e Mould be guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to Punishment accordingly. Such, very briefly, were a fen of the prominent and principal provisions in the bill. H e did not mean to deny that some expense Would necessarily be incurred by its machinery. There must be commissioners, with adequate compen sation, besides other persons to take charge of the Property assigned, and for which they should be re !Tensible ; but he was sure the importance of the bill in principle, and the saving which it would ultimately effect, would recommend it strongly to the favourable c onsideration of the house. The insolvent debtors' system at present cost upwards of 300,000/. annually, hich oug h t to b e di str ib ute d among j ust cred i tors ; but p present measure would not, he was sure, cost any thing like th a t sum . N o t a pp re h en di ng any opposi tion to th e i ntro d uct i on o f t h e bill, h e wou ld not trou ble s the house further at present. He knew that , Tlue for w h ose op i n i ons h e had great respect enter Gained serious doubts as to the propriety of entirely abolishing i mpr i sonment for debt ; and he was ready .._`° admit th a t th e su bj ect requ i re d ser i ous d e lib erat i on n! discussion ; but after the maturest investigation Which he could give to it, he was distinctly of opinion that the time was come when imprisonment for debt :i l ls all cases where there was no f rau d, no i ntention to 'clay the creditors, and a fair disposition shown on the P i stil of the debtor to disclose and assign his prope r ty, s hould be entirely abolished. ( Hear' har.) The ho n . !slid the learned gentleman then oved for leave to bring Inthe bil according to the terms of his notice. The question having been put, to The TTORNEY-GENERAL stated, in answer k an i n quiry put by an hon. member, that a separate ..easure sho u ld b e i ntro d uce d i n or d er to g i ve I re l an d t_ine_full b enefit of the principle of the bill. The hon. n .i v d learned gentleman also stated, in reply to Sir R. lls; that as at n o ver y remo t e p er i o d, if th e bill sed, th e present Insolvent Debtors' Court would "some ultimately of no benefit, the judges of that court, to whom the public were so much indebted b light be advantageously employed for the purpose of earryint the new measure into effect. Mr. BROTHERTON asked whether it was the i ntention of the hon. and learned gentleman to intro duce a clause to enable a debtor to compound with his cr editors without the intervention of the Court of Corn kissioners. Sometimes 9-lOths of the creditors were Willin g to accept a composition,which'arrangement was 4 tilted by some hard-hearted creditor insisting on tieing paid in full. r ob ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he should orlvl:tre that a clause was provided with the view of to air r in E,as much as possible that difficulty. In reply "arburton, the hon. and learned gentleman eoso stated th at f rom t h e comm i ss ioners acting in the un trY with respect to the cessio bonorun!, and the d•tkistribution of debtors' effects, an appeal might lie to me Court of Review. Mr. While Alderman THOMPSON complained, that executions would issue on bills of exchange and uonds, no increased facility was proposed to be given for th e recovery of book debt s . , T ATTORNEY'-GENERAL ATTORNE --G ENERAL promised to give teat subject his best attention. An Hori. MEMBER wished to know whether the hon. iseid learned gentleman entertained the idea of carr 11 g his measure through in th e course of th e p resen t 'assi on ? dollle ATTORNEY-GENERAL sa i d he should I that lay in his power to accomplish that object. ord T he bill was th en b r ought in, read a fi rst t i me, and .r Ad to be printed, and to be read a second ti me on ey se'nnight. .ourned at a quarter past eleven o'clock. Dit E B B OP TIIE OPERAD From what I have is sa s Grant Tt N rb C u E r ß n, s `T am" con-- Acient there is not aIL in America, having a drop ot American blood in her Y veins, but rather than expose to her person, as is done by the women in Europe, the brutal gaze of those noble blackguards, she would !like a prayer-book in one hand, and a wooden cross , r 1 the other, and walk into the flames of martyrdom." cit A correspondent states, that there is in the nct far from Aldgate, den of thieves, w kno wn to the police, under the cant name of " The ell l oud-I o ' e, " w h ere characters of the mos t i n f amous titscription dale meet with i mpunity to pl an th e i r °Perations and divide the spoil. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Cambridge election has terminated, as we had expressed our hope it would do, in the re turn of Mr. Spring Rice, its former member. The question, however, will be asked, how comes it that Mr. Spring Rice, who on the last election carried his return with so high a hand, and was supported by so large a majority, has on this occasion been run so hard by the anti ministerial candidate, and has lost ground among the independent voters ? The cause, we take it, must be looked for, not in Mr. Rice himself, but in the rude shocks which public opinion has inflicted on the Government of which he forms part—in the seeming incompe tency of the Administration to carry some of its own avowed plans and measures through Parliament, and its supposed indisposition to hasten the accomplishment of others, which were loudly called for by the country. These circumstances, followed up by the bungling manner in which the Cabinet, after being lately broken to pieces, was in the first instance at tempted to be patched up, made, as is notorious, a deep and general impression against the whole Government ; and if Ministers do not see in it a warning for the future, their blind ness is incurable.— 'limes. The result of the Cambridge election—in the return of Mr. Spring Rice—is an event of no conunon importance. It exhibits the unques tionable predominance of liberal opinions in a county town and University borough, and un der peculiarly adverse circumstances. The To ries will cackle about the diminished number of Mr. Rice's majority, as compared with the poll of the last contest. But the election of 1832 was a trial of split votes, always in favour .of a third candidate of politics distinct from the others. The present conflict, however, was one simply of appeal to the principles of the electors. Under all the circumstances of the election—the doubtful_re-formation of the Mi nistry—the suspicion and discontent of the Dissenters—the canting cu of " Church in danger"—and the natural cessation of the en thusiasm created by the Reform Bills, the ma jority of twenty-nine for the popular candidate is a glorious proof of the power and sincerity of the Reformers. We have always mistrusted the smaller constituencies. The " virgin electors," flushed with their newly acquired enfranchise ment, in 1832 voted accordi ng to their consciences and politi ca l principles; they knew not from experience the consequences with which their conduct would be attended. The Tory property classes, we are well informed, have punished the electors for their independence ; and we know that many of the smaller boroughs have suffered most severely for their integrity. The country gentry, and the opulent conservative classes, resorted to exclusive dealing ; and many a proud spirit has yielded t o th e p ressure . Never, on any occasion, has coercion been so infamously resorted to as at Cambridge during the last week. The most desperate and scan dalous influence has been exercised over the independent electors. In fact the ballot alone can redeem us from the slavery and persecution of the clerical and lay aristocracy ; and what ever may be the Whig prejudices against the secret mode of voting, we are assured that the reflecting part of the nation is more and more convinced of the efficacy, and, indeed, indispen sible necessity, of the ballot. Is it not an " un- English" vice for the head of a British College to dismiss his gardener, because he will not vio late his conscience by voting at the dictation of his master? Is it not an infamous offence against the rights of the people to prevent electors from exercising their franchise in the fear of perse cution and loss of business ? We do not doubt that under the ballot Mr. Rice would have polled two-thirds of the constituency, and that in secret voting he would have recorded in his favour the votes of almost all the electors who sneaked from the exercise of their elective fran chise. Indeed, we know no country in which the ballot is so essential to its representative system. The class voting, the illegitimate influence of property, the oppression of the aristocracy, the corrupt and habitual expendi ture of money, the absurdly-varying number of the constituencies, unite to make open voting a curse, and the source of every evil in elec tions ; but we are on the road to political im provement. The Cambridge election is a most gratifying event, and the reformers throughout the country are greatly indebted to the public spirited electors of that borough. It is not a little singular, mid it allows us to indulge in the most sanguine hopes for the future, that the electors of Oxford and Cambridge have re turned liberal representatives, while their uni versities are the hotbeds of intolerance and To ryism. The learned doctors of Oxford, newly made, will do well to chew the cud of reflection on this. What has occurred at Cambridge ought to be a lesson to them ; and we are much mistaken if they do not soon find cause to regret the part they have taken.—Morning Chronicle. After a struggle of great severity, Mr. Spring, Rice has succeeded in his re-election for Cam bridge, by the small majority of 29. The whole number that polled was 1,203, of which Mr. Rice had 616, and Sir E. Sugden, 587. This is certainly a proof of anything but the popularity of the Whig administration. At the forme r election Sir Edward was beaten by a majority of 169, but the Whigs have gone far down the hill of public favour since that time. The Tories have all the benefit of their decline, and are more indebted to the errors which the Whigs have committed, and to their dereliction of principle, for recoverin g something like a strong position in the country, than to their own exhibition of public virtue or wisdom. If the Tories had not stood by the 'Whigs in whatever odious and unconstitution a l mea sures they have carried, or attempted, they would now occupy a much stronger posi tion than they do, and even in the Whi g _ gish town of Cambridge, Sir Edward Sugd en must have beaten his ministerial opponent hol low. The monstrous Poor Law Bill—the most audacious infringement of constitutional prin ciples that has been attempted in modern tunes, gave the Tories a fine opportunity against orti gns n a it i yo t f the regaining some popularity, by voting esta blishment of this novel species of `Whig and Malthusian tyranny ; but their admiration of inordinat e power overcame even their hatred of the then Whig rivals, and made them forgetful of their own interests. It is true Sir Edward Sugden deprecated the unconstitutional prin ciples of Lord Althorp's Bill at Cambridge ; but his party support it in general, and there fore it was probably thought that his denuncia tion of this monstrous bill was only to serve the purpose of the election. It is said by Mr. Rice's friends that much undue influence has been used to gain friends, and that bribery was car ried to a great extent. As to undue influence, it will, probably, turn out that it was not confined to the one side, nor perhaps the bribery either. But how does it happen that the Whigs at every election endeavour to persuade the public that the Reform Bill is wholly inefficient to prevent bribery and corruption ? How different were the anticipations of Earl Grey and Lord J. Russell of the practical effects to be expected from their bill, while it was yet under discus sion, we need not say : they are upon record. They promised something like a millemum of purity among the electors after the bill should have come into operation ; and now, if we may believe the Whig scrib es themselves, bribery and corruption flourish in more rank luxuriance than ever. If the University has made the efforts which it is represented to have made to influence the el e cti on o f the town, it proves that the ancient seat of learning at Cambridge looks with as little favour on the Whig Mi nistry as that of Oxford ; and on matters of government, though we do not blindly . follow any authority, we still think the opinion of the educated classes worth something.—Morn int,. Herald. FRENCH PAPERS OF WEDNESDAY. An Extraordinary Gazette published at Madrid on the 2d inst. contains the following :—" The news an nounced by the Extraordinary Gazette of the 31st ultimo is fully confirmed. The important question of Portugal, which is so closely connected with the paci fication of the whole Peninsula, is finally resolved. According to the reports sent to the minister of war by the Commander-in-Chief of the army in that country, dated the 29th and 30th of May, Don Miguel and Don Carlos were both to leave Evora on the 30th, to embark—the first at Sines and the second at Aldea Gallega. They are to be accompanied by their fami lies and servants. The troops of Don Miguel are about to disband, and return to their homes, under the amnesty granted them by Don Pedro, and the partisans of Don Carlos, who were with him at Evora, are to be sent into the interior of Portugal, and there wait the decision of the Spanish Government respecting them. The fortified towns of Elvas, Campo Major, and Auguela, invested by the Spanish troops, were on the point of surrendering, negotiations for that pur pose having been opened. The courage and good conduct of the Spanish army, the talents and decision of its general, have gained universal esteem and ad miration from the Portuguese. The Duke de Terceira has expressed his gratitude for the effectual aid afforded him by our soldiers in gaining his present triumph in the following letter to General Rodil, dated head-quarters at Azercigo, May 22 :—" Although my occupations leave me no time at command, I cannot refrain from offering to your Excellency my congratulations on the termination of the civil war in Portugal, and the em barkation of Don Carlos, which is an equal advrntage to Spain. Your Excellency has learnt from your aide-de-camp all the details of what has passed, and I am sure that you have received as much satisfaction from the result as I have. I have, therefore, only to assure your excellency that the assistance you have rendered me, no less than the cordial and obliging manner in which you have acted, will remain for ever engraven on my memory. Accept the expression of the sentiments of attachment and high consideration with which I have the honour to be, &c. ( Signed) "The Duke of TERCEIRA." The following are the articles of the amnesty or capitulation, dated May 26, granted by Don Pedro, which specially relate to Don Miguel :—" There shall be insured to Don Miguel an annual pension of 60 contos of rials (375,000 f.), in consideration of his high birth, and he shall be allowed to dispose of his personal property, under condition that he gives up the jewels and other property belonging to the Crown or to other persons. Don Miguel shall quite Evora on the 31st inst. He may embark on board a ship of war of any one of the four allied powers, con formably to the treaty of April 22, for any port he may desire, with perfect security to his person and suite, and with all the respect due to his high birth. Don Miguel shall be bound to leave Portugal within fifteen days, shall engage never to return into any port of Portugal or Spain, or in any manner contribute to disturb the tranquillity of those kingdoms. In case of his acting contrary to his en gagement he shall lose all right to the stipulated pen sion, and be liable to all the consequences of his conduct. The Staff of Don Miguel shall immediately despatch orders to the commanders of all fortresses, and of all the troops in the field, and to all the autho rities who still acknowledge his government, to sub mit themselves without delay to the government of her Majesty Donna Maria 11., under the conditions of receiving the benefit of the amnesty." A private letter from Nauplia, dated the Ist ult., has the following :—" Tranquillity prevails in the in terior of Greece, but less so on the northern and southern frontiers. In the south the Maynots have not yet laid down their arms, but continue their old way of living. Our port is animated by French and English vessels ; only two Russian brigs are in our port ; they are occupied in conveying despatches to Smyrna, which go thence by land to Constantinople." A Royal ordonnance has been issued convoking the Arrondissement Councils for the 27th inst., and the Council General of the Departments for July 12. The second session of the Arrondissement Councils will be held on August 1. The Sentinelle des Pyra - ies of Bayonne of the 7th inst. has the following :—" General Quesada was yes terday at Elisondo, where he very nearly surprised the Junta of Navarre, but having gained three hours' warning of his approach, the greater numbers of its members fled to France. General Quesada has also sent troops to Urdach." The Temps has the following :—" M. Dupin could not have chosen a more favourable moment for his visit to the other side of the channel. The grand and curious spectacle of England endeavouring, without abandoning herself to a blind pursuit, to follow the impulse of reform, the re-composition of the ministry, the solemn gravity of the parliamentary debates, and the difficulties arising out of the present state of things, are all so many pieces of good fortune for a politician ; at the same time it is always a magnificent study for a Frenchman to view this land of industry, where the spirit of association is displaying at every step its wonderful power. We do not doubt that the loyal and patriotic democracy of M. Dupin will be better appreciated, and more to the taste even of the British aristocracy, than the farcical aristocratic airs which our statesmen give themselves here. He, himself, after comparing the manners of the two countries, will return to France less aristocratical and less doe trinary than ever." (From the Private Correspondence of the Morning Herald.) Three o'clock. I have great pleasure in informing you that I have just learnt, and you may rely upon the accur ac y o f my information, that M. Allende, Director of the Bank of San Fernando (Madrid), who has been here for some days, was empowered by the Spanish Government to raise on an engagement of the value of twenty millions of francs (due to the Spanish G overnment b y a certain party which I am not at liberty to indicate), funds to enable them with their other means to meet the outlay for the ensuing six months. In consequence the house of Rothschild and Co. here have consented to advance that sum on the deposit of the document (creance) in the bank of France, pledging themselves not to en force payment for the time specified. M. Allende and Baron Rothschild leave town this day for London. The former is the bearer of the draft of a recommen dation, which the Spanish Ministry pledge themselves to make, t o th e C ortes i mme di ate l y on their assem bling t o recogn i se the debt incurred by the Cortes in 1820_21, journey, andto lay which before the Committee of the Cortes bondh o ld ers i n London is the object o f M. Allende's to your city. It may not perhaps be necessary to add that the treaty between him and M. Rothschild was signed yesterday. FRENCH FUNDS.—FAkIs, JUNE 11 . Five per C en t s., 105 f. 65e 95c. 106 f se * Four per Cents., 94f. • * Three per Cents., 78f. 77f. 95c. 78f. Bank Actions, 1,815 f. Rente de Naples, 95f. 94c. 90c. Roman Five per Cents., 96. Bente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 34 34% }lento d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 47%%. lloyai Spanish Loan, 85313. Heide Perpet. d'Espagne, rive per Cents., 77 77 U. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 99%!x. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 3256 c. ; money, --f. --c. Three months, paper, 25f. 2255 c. ; money,—f. —fours Authentique. It is computed that the expenses attending the proceedings in Parliament on the Warwickshire election will put the country to an expense of at least. 10,000 G hatever way it may end. INSTALLATION Of' THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON: (From the Correspondent of a Morning Contemporary.) OXFORD, JUNE 12. Last night I was at the ball at the Star, in the great room, and it was a very splendid affair. The staircase by which the company ascended was so densely populated by ladies and gentlemen, that it was almost impossible to get up ; but after nearly an hour's inch-by-inch ascent, I gained the room. I say nothinz of the ewels and waving forest of plumes that noddei upon the fair brows of their beautiful wearers, or the variety of the dresses ; these are topics on which it is not necessary to dilate. There was such a crush ! As to dancing, the thing was impossible. The Duke of Wellington, and all the rest of the nobility, who were at the theatre, attenci:l. The Countess of Lin coln was the reigning star of the evening, " the cyno sure of wondering eyes," and I could tiLime many more who attracted very general attention, but sr Ace fails me. The company did not separate till a very hour, and it is a fortunate thing that there is no meet ing in the theatre to-day till the hour fixed for the concert, or there would be little time for the pillow. The town is very gay and lively this morning ; the streets are filled at this moment with parties of ladies and gentlemen, not as yesterday hastening to the theatre, but proceeding to St. Mary's Church, where the Bishop of Oxford is to preach a sermon for the benefit of the Radcliffe Infirmary. On this occasion, as tickets are not required for admittance, the humbler classes of society will have an opportunity of feasting their eyes with a sight of the Duke and the rest of the 1 great folks. The crowd will therefore be, as it was in the theatre, immense. I have just been in the church, and though it is now but ten o'clock, I found the galleries, which are usually reserved for the ba chelors and undergraduates, filled with well-dressed ladies. The body of the church is yet unoccupied ; but there are strong parties of constables at the dif ferent doors, to prevent the influx of strangers into that part of it which is reserved for Doctors in the different faculties, and for the Masters of Arts. 2 o' Clock. I have just returned from the church, highly grati fied and delighted by all that I have seen. It was about 11 o'clock when the Chancellor, accompanied by the Vice-Chancellor, the noblemen and gentlemen recently made Doctors, and the heads of houses in their ro b es o f state, entere d t h e cat h e d ra l ; an d , though h e was not rece i ve d w i t h t h e no i sy c h eers w i t h which t h e we l k i n has rung f or hi m e l sew h ere, I h eard more tha n one person congra t u l ate hi s ne i g hb our upon the p ower f u l champ i on w hi c h t h e church had now en listed i n h er serv i ce and defence. An old clergy-man, who appeared the personification of orthodoxy and Toryi sm , applied in my hearing to the Duke the quo tation which Milton, in one of his sonnets, applies to Sir H. Vane— " On his right hand religion leans, " And reckons him in chief her eldest son." His friend smiled, as well he might. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Oxford, and enforced the usual topics dilated upon on these occasions. I am told that it has given great satisfaction to the heads of houses, as, among other topics which it contained, there was a strong appeal to the University and its noble visiters to hold fast by the church and its insti tutions, which are now said to be dangerously assailed both from within and without. He emphatically asked what evil had the church done, that it should be so ruthlessly uprooted? Questions like these are very rife in Oxford, where the students are almost to a man warmly attached to the church establishment. The church was crowded to repletion, and the heat and fatigue of standing so overpowering that I was obliged to leave it a few moments before the comple tion of the sermon. The following paper has just been published ; it contains a list of the honorary degrees to be conferred to-morrow ; but this list is not always correct : In a convocation to be holden on Friday, June 13, it will be proposed to confer the honorary degree of D.C.L. 'on the Right Hon. the Earl of Dartmouth ; Viscount Cole ; Lieutenant- General Sir H. Fane, C. G.B. ; Sir John Osborn, Ba r t. ; Si r C. M organ , Bart. ; Sir C. Knightley, Bart. ; Sir J. D. Paul, Bart. ; Si r A. Cooper, Bart. ; Colonel Sir W. Gomme, K. C.B. ; Sir C. We therell, K. C. ; Sir Martin Shee, President of the Royal Academy; W. F. Lowndes Stone, Esq., High Sheriff of the county of Oxford; A. Baring, Esq., M.P. ; James Buller East, Esq. ; George Vernon Harcourt, Esq.,M.P.; E. T. Foley, Esq, M.P. ; C. E. M. Conolly, Esq., M.P. ; C. Ross, Esq., M.P. ; C. Yorke, Esq., M.P. ; W. R. Cartwright, Esq., M.P.; T. Wood, M.P.; T. Duffield, Esq., M. P. ; Colonel A. Perce, al, M.P. ; Lieut.-Colonel T. Moody ; Bart. Frere, Esq. ; John Fleming, Esq. ; Evelyn Shirley, Esq. ; A. S. Murray, Esq. ; W. Burge, MA. ; John Gibson Lockhart, B. C. L. ; James Lewis Knight, K.C. ; W. Stevens, M. D. ; J. R. Hume, M.D. ; R. Jenkins, Esq. ; R. Westmacott, 8.A.; D. Wilkie, R.A. ; Edward Blore, Architect. This list, which consists of Tories exclusively, is not very satisfactory to the University at large. They say it is making this installation too much of a party matter. CONCERT AT THE THEATRE. The second grand miscellaneous concert commenced this afternoon at half-past three o'clock, at the theatre, and was as numerously and fashionably attended as any of those which preceded it, for the Oxonians seem never to tire in the pursuit of amusement. With the exception of Bachelors and Undergraduates, there were few members of the University present in their aca demic costume. Of these few Sir C. Wetherell was one. The Duke of Cumberland was present for some time • but retired early to dine along with the Duk e of Wellington and his suite, at St. John's College, where the President and Fellows this day gave him, at seven o'clock, a superb banquet. The Duke of Cum berland was on this occasion in plain clothes, and mixed freely with the company in the ce n t re of the area. He was again loudly cheered. The concert consisted of two parts. In the first was a selection of music from the " Acis and Galatea" of Handel. The overture was magnificently executed by the orchestra, which contained nearly 100 instrumental performers. It rained very heavily when I came out, and as there were neither sufficient flies nor sedan chairs for one fiftieth part of the audience, there was nothing left for the ladies but to run for it, much to the amusement of the inhabitants of the Broad-street. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION.HOUSE Yesterday an investigation of avery interesting na ture took place before the LORD MAYOR. It will be recollected that John and Daniel For rester, the officers, were employed to inquire into the particulars of the late robbery of the Bungay bank, which was entered no doubt by two men who had been for a considerable length of time seen about the neigh bourhood, and had disappeared immediately after the money was missed from th e cas hi er ' s d es k. Th ose officers received a description from a servant girl, who had watched the movements of the suspected persons (for a general suspicion existed in Bungay of their characters and intentions before the bank was robbed), and, after many other inquiries, apprehended a young man as a principal in the offence. It is still more fresh in the recollection of our readers, that a young man, named Norris, complained at Queen-square Office of having been pushed into a coach in Pimlico, and driven off at the command of a person who was distin guished from those who treated him with such violence by his mustachios and his authority. It now would appear that the two cases were very nearly allied to each other. In consequence of information received by the For resters, they have been for some days watching the vicinity of Hanway-street, Oxford-street, where the parents of Norris live. They had, in fact, learned that the gentleman with the mustachios was no other than one of the Bungay bank robbers, that he had re sided at the house of Norris, and that of several hun dreds of the stolen property he had in turn been there plundered by another thief ; that he had caused young Norris to be seized and forced into the coach, in the belief that th at person was t h e spo li ator ; and that he was himself afraid to remain near the coach when the youallng p man cried out " Murder," and of c ourse wou ld, of shun the police-office, at which an inves tigation into the case was going forward. The officers perceiving that this information divested the statement from Queen-square Police-office of its romantic features, and finding that the description given of the Bungay bank robber exactly corresponded with that of the gentleman with the mustachios, de termined to take into custody a person upon whom they had fixed their own suspicion. On Wednesday they accordingly put their hands upon a young man whom they saw lurking about the neighbourhood of Hanway_street, and yesterday they brought him before the LORD MAYOR. The prisoner, who had refused to tell his name to the officer, told the Lord Mayor that it was William Jackson. Daniel Forrester, from the information which he had been able to collect, after various inquiries, had every reason to believe that the prisone r was th e m an who had robbed the Bungay bank. The LORD MAYOR—You are here charged with a robbery of upwirds Of 1,0001. in cash, and a very large sum in bank-notes, and I am desirous to give you the opportunity to employ counsel, if you choose. The prisoner appeared disposed to leave the case, as he said.b4ore, in his Lordship's hands, and the in vestigation was proceeded with. Daniel Forrester wished Mrs. Norris, in whose house the gentleman with the mustachios had lodged, to be examined. He had every reason to believe that she knew the prisoner. Susan Norris was the wife of John Norris, a stage coachman, and mother of the young man who had been run away with in the coach from the Gun Tavern, in Pimlico. A man with mustachios lodged in her house about three weeks. The LORD MAYOR—Do you know the prisoner ? Witness (after some hesitation)-1 don't. If it is he, he is altered. He wore mustachios and a very long heard when he lodged with me, and I think my lodger was a stouter person. The LORD MAYoR—But you had an opportunity of seeing the features of your lodger. Have you any ( ;,;?bt that this is the very man? Witness—l do not think ta.:7 4 . I cp.n swear to him. The LORD .MAYOR —Do you recollect having re ceived any money . eiv u r o your son ? Witness—Never a farthing in the world. be in a difficulty with The LORD MAYOR—VS anybody who lodged with you ? Witness—Never, except with the persons who forced him juto the coach. He has been in no other difficulty. The LORD MAYOR—I should wish to see him - . I ,s he here ? Witness—He is from home. He was an- ' vised by the officers to keep out of the way till the ses sions came on, as it would be safer for him to avoid attacks. 1 _ . . John Forrester found upon the person of the pri soner several handbills, of which the following was a copy :—" 501. reward.—Absconded, a young man named Charles Norris, five feet seven inches high, fair complexion, blue eyes, by trade a cabinet-molter`, and lately in the employ of Mr. Hart, cabinet-maker, Oxford-street. Whoever will give such information as to discover his place of residence shall receive the above reward, by applying to J. Norris, 19, Hanway street, Oxford-street." The LORD MAYOR—Pray, Mrs. Norris, do you know any thing of this handbill offering the 60/. re ward ? Witness—No, never. The LORD MAYOR—What, never heard of the bill offering a reward for your son ? Witness--Never ; except a person came to me the night he was forced into the coach, and asked me whether I saw that pa per, and I was surprised, and made inquiry who they were that had it. The LORD MAYOR-Where did you inquire ? Witness—At the station-house ; I asked about it, but could get no information. The LORD MAYOR-We wish to see your husband. Is he here? Witness—He has been here, but I don't know where he is now. John Forrester said that her husband promised to attend, but was not now in the neighbourhood. __._ The LORD MAYOR—What property was found upon the person of the prisoner ? Daniel Forrester—Three sovereigns and a gold watch, chain and seals, maker's name " Duncan, Bond-street ?" The prisoner re ques+s that the property may be given up to him. The Loan MAYOR—I shall remand the case ; and I advise you to brighten up your recollection, for I can tell you that I know a great deal of what you also well know. Let the prisoner have the 3/. found upon him, as he may want legal advisers, but let the watch be detained. The prisoner, who seemed exceedingly uneasy dur ing the whole examination, was then remanded. Soon after he was taken away, John Forrester ap plied to the LORD MAYOR for permission to get Mrs. Norris searched, as he apprehended there might be something in her stays which would assist the inquiry. The Loan MAYOR consulted Mr. Hobler upon the propriety of directing that the witness should be searched, and that gentleman being of opinion that his Lordship was justified by the circumstances of the case in ordering that the suggestion of the officer should be complied with, Mrs. Norris 'had not the slightest objection to be searched, and a female was directed to open her stays. There was, however, nothing found concealed there. There was a remarkable circumstance incidentally stated by the Lord Mayor. When he was sheriff, Mrs. Ikey Solomons was tried and convicted, and he having been informed that she had 800/. concealed in her stays, requested that she would be good enough to deliver up whatever property she had about her. She immediately pulled out of her pockets a number of rings and thirty sovereigns, and said, " Here's all the property I have in my possession." " Oh," said the sheriff', " that, I dare say, you ha v e go t s i nce y our con viction from some friend to assist you in another coun try. I shan't touch that." Mrs. Solomons declared that such was the case. " But," said the sheriff, " I must have the 800/. in bank notes which are stitched up in your stays." " Dear me, Sir," said Mrs. Solo mons, " why didn't you speak before ? I intrusted that to another person a little while ago. Dear me, you are just half an hour too late !" GUILDHALL. Yesterday Mr. Capper, of the Alien Office, and Mr. Heath, the Sardinian Consul, met Mr. Alderman ATKINS, to consider the best means of putting an end to the begging of the Italian boys. The Secretary of the Mendicity Society also took part in the con versation. Mr. Heath had consulted with Mr. Rothschild on the subject, and they agreed that the most eligible plan would be to set a subscription on foot to defray the expense of clothing each boy (for the captains would not take them on board in their present dirty plight) and paying their passage to Leghorn, where they would be received and assisted in walking to Parma. With regard to the future, he trusted that the representations made to Prince Metternich would lead to these vagrants being restrained from leaving their homes. Mr. Capper said these boys were smuggled away without passports, and being under 14 years of age were permitted to land here without such documents; and hence arose a difficulty in getting rid of them. He had a conversation with the Chief Secretary of the Austrian Embassy on Wednesday on the peculiar case of these boys, who had no papers to produce, though there could be no doubt that they were natives of Parma, and he hoped it would be considered a pro per case to warrant a deviation from the rule ; but he was assured that no exception could be made, and that recently the Minister had been required to enforce most strictly the production of the papers sanctioning the journey to England before he signed their pass port to return. Without the Austrian Ambassador's passport the boys would not be permitted to travel through France, by which mode they would have been sent home in the cheapest manner. By the aid of the commissary of police at Calais he could have ar ranged their passage through France at forty francs a head, the money being furnished to them by degrees at different stages on the journey. Eventually it was settled that Mr. Alderman AT KINS should wait upon Mr. Phillipps at the Home office, and confer with him on the necessity of taking up the matter as a State question, requiring the Aus trian Ambassador to provide the means of sending these vagrants back to Parma, and to prevent their leaving their own country in future. Fifteen boys who are now in custody were again remanded for a few days. The Secretary to the Mendicity Society said they were leaving London in droves since the Magistrates had confiscated their organs and monkeys. Last week he met about twenty travelling through Hoddesdon on their way from London. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 12. THE KING V. THE PROPRIETORS OF THE LIVERPO3L EXCHANGE. Mr. Justice L/TTLEDALE gave judgment in this case, which was argued on the 26th of April. The question was whether the newsroom at the Liverpool Exchange was to be rated at the sum it would let for according to size, or according to the advantages as e public room ? A number of cases had been cited to establish the principle that the advantages attached to the room were to be taken into consideration in the rating. It was a public room at all times, and there fore liable to be rated according to the full value, under the 33d Geo. 111. On the whole the Court were of opinion that the reduced assessment of 1,000/. was a wrong rate. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday George Brundon, Edward Brundon, William Barnes. Roderick How, William Reynolds, James Buckland, and William Tutty, seven notorious characters, varying in age from twenty to twenty-five, were charged with having house-breaking and coining implements in their possession. After evidence had been heard, the first five pri soners were committed to the House of Correction for six weeks as reputed thieves ; and Buckland and Tutty were discharged. FIRE AT THE DUKE OF RICHMOND'S.—On Wednes day his Grace the Duke of Richmond was summoned before Mr. Rawlinson, the sitting magistrate, to show cause why the usual rewards should not be adjudged to the firemen and turncocks of Marylebone parish for extinguishing a fire at his Grace's house, No. 9, Caven dish-square, on Friday, the 6th inst. The fire was admitted by the Duke of Richmond's butler, who attended on behalf of the noble defendant, and the usual rewards were then awarded to the firemen. ST. PETERSBURGH, MAY 26.—At the in stance of the Minister of Finance, the Council of the Empire has authorised the publication of a new edition of the general tariff of Customs for the commerce of Europe, with all the changes and additions made since its promulgation. The Russian edition is already SUSPENSION OF THE COUNTY RATE,-- shortly. —Journal of St. Peters on sale; the translations into French and G erman We learn that orders have been issued f rom the office wi t u 0 /, May ll be published • of the Cl er k o f the Peace for this c ounty , to t h e high 2" constables of the several hundreds, directing them not The Arab, as a hint. to a stranger to surrender to collect t h e rate granted at the last sessions, as it , his property, says, " Cousin, undress thyself--thy will not be wanted.—Staffordshire Advertiser. j aunt is without a garment."—Conolly's Travels. THE KING V. FRANKS. This was a rule calling on the defendant to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for the publication of libels on Mr. Da mole, clerk of the Merchant Tailors' Company. The alleged libels were published in September and Oc tober last, in a weekly newspaper called the Sunday Herald. The articles appeared under the head of Close Corporations ;" and the objectionable one charged Mr. Demole with being a Swiss, and the son of a woman of light character. After some cor respondence with the proprietors of the paper the de fendant was given up as the writer of the paragraph. Mr. HILL, this day showed cause against the rule. Sir J. SCARLETT: in support of the rule, read the affidavits, which stated that the articles in the Sunday i : l 4rald were furnished by Mr. Franks. o p t E e li r ca si t d io: a„ -- I the rule was made absolute. L o ci DENMAN held that the facts in support of the a had not been met by the affidavits on the This being the !ststday of Term the Court sat to a late hour to dispose of :notions relating to practice. COURT OF EXCHECRTER, JUNE 12. THE KING V. TIIE CITY OF LONDON.. During last term the Court was occupied hr hearing arguments relative to a claim made by the City of London for a fine of 5,000/., which had been adjuged on a person of the name of Woolf, who, with Kinnear and others, was indicted for a conspiracy in 1818 at at the Old Bailey, but which was removed into the Court of King's Bench. The defendants were found guilty, and the Attorney-General claimed the fines on beha!! of the King, on the grounds that although the trial took place in the City, the fine was levied in the Court of hip: a's Bench, Westminster. On the conbelus..!) . n of the arguments, the Court de ferred judgment until 't had seen the original charters by which the City claimer: the fine. On the Learned Barons e ';'ltering the Court, Mr. Follett, who appeared for the Oty, inquired if they had seen the Latin charters ? Lord LYNDHURST-The Court is of opinion that the City of London is entitled to the 7.2.1 e. - - COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jurrt; 12. (Before Mr. Commissioner WILLIAMS.) J. STRANGMAN'S BANKRUPTCY. IThe bankrupt in this case, an extensive fiourfactor, some time since proceeded to America; and, as he did not surrender to a fiat of bankruptcy issued against him, he was proclaimed according to the forms of the bankrupt laws. He, however, returned to London, and surrendered to the fiat ; and the sentence of tha outlawry having been reversed, the bankrupt, it ap peared, left property in America, and among other things he had purchased two hundred acres of land in Canada with a view of settling ther-.. The bankrupt has been several times before the court, but time has been required to obtain advices from America relative to sums deposited by him in the American banks, and of which he has given information. The bankrupt was to have passed his final examination to-day, but the required information not having been received a fur ther adjournment was agreed to. The claims against the estate are rather above 11,0001., and between 2,000/. and 3,000/. are in hand, the remainder of the assets being abroad. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, RINE 12. Count Alfred Hamilton de la Roche, described in his schedule as colonel of infantry in the service of France, on " desponibility," was opposed by Mr. Cooke on the part of Messrs. Prescott, Mr. Warren, and other creditors residing at Dover. He was sup ported by Mr. Woodroffe. The Count had resided about four years at Dover, and his debts amounted to about 1,2001. He had, he said, been secretary to Louis the Eighteenth, and had received from that monarch various gratuities out of his private purse; he had received up to his arrest his pay as colonel of 1951, a year from the French govern ment, but it had been stopped since his imprisonment. His countess had expectations of receiving considerable property as the daughter of a gentleman named Ro berts, who died many years ago. The property was situate in Essex, and the count said he considered his lady entitled to about twenty-five thousand pounds. He admitted that the estates were heavily mortga ned o M to Mr. Mash, of the Lord Chamberlai n ' s o ffi ce . r. Zachariah Warren, one of the opposing creditors, claimed nearly eight hundred pounds for money advanced, and goods supplied as a bookseller and stationer at Dover. Mr. Warren was examined at some length ; he stated that he was induced to make advances to the count on his representing that the countess was entitled to a share of 600/. in certain reversionary property, under the will of a lady named Fin, and mentioned the time he said it would be paid. He also said that considerable property would come to him in right of his lady, and that his signature was required to leases of farms in Essex which had belonged to his father-in-law : he told him that Mr. Mash was trustee to that property. On the faith of these representations Mr. Warren said he credited the count. The count now contradicted in part Mr. War ren's evidence as to the representations. It farther appeared that in October, while the count was in pri son, he ordered the furniture at Dover to be sold by auction. It realised I I IL, and after the sale his fa mily left that place ; his creditors were not benefitted by the disposal ; he had since lived at Bayswater, but had not inserted that residence in his description. The case was adjourned sine die. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. SHIPS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOMHOUSE, LONDON, JUNE N. _ Superb, Major, from Ostend ; Brothe r s, D av i s , Madeira ; West Indian, Simpson, Jamaica ; Halo, Hatting, Lisbon ; Arachne, Munden, Gergente and Palermo ; Cora, Lament, Demerara ; Columbia, Dempster, Tobago ; Borodino, Hayward, New Or leans ; Triton, Purvis, Guernsey ; Matilda, Stephens, Guernsey ; Alonzo, Tozer, Antigua ; Eliza, Schailler, Memel ; Fly, Hayward, Guernsey ; Chatham, Bell, Boston ; John, Munro, Berbice ' • Ceres, Ady, jun., Galipoli ; Eleanor, Havel oc k, Columbo, Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena; William, Swaffin, Lis bon ' • Ibis, Harper, Oporto ; Lord Exmouth, Goles, St. Mary, River Gambia ' • Penyard Park, Middleton, Mauritius ; Susanna, Walker, Mauritius ; Resource, Smith, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land; Com mercial Packet, Skerry, Benicarlo and Guernsey ; Conte Diebitsch Zabalkanski, Cappa, Odessa ; Ra mona, Stranack, Rotterdam ; Walmer, Robbins, South Seas ; Sally and Ann, Hayward, Bermuda. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, JUNE 12., Henry, Kendall, for St. Thomas's ; Batavier, Dun lop, Rotterdam; Monkey, Cargill, Lisbon ; Union, de Unizeoso, Cadiz ; Sir Edward Banks, Norwood, Antwerp; City of Hamburg, Whittingham, Ham.. burg ; Elizabeth, Jewell, Bilboa ; Lady Raffles, Pol lock, Bombay. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN CARGO, JUNE 12. John Echlin, Wishart, for St. Michael's and Ter ceira ; Lusitana, Gibbons, Oporto ; Adams, Mills, Cape of Good Hope, Swan River, and St. George's Sound; London, Pearson, R o tt er d am; L or d Hawkes bury, Overton, Ostend; L'lonia, Ceressier, Havre an a d mr ß b o i v a e ,i ndering, Sierra Le Coldstream, Bur: n , e 11:ladras and Calcutta; Cambria, CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, JUNE 12. Europe, Wood, for Plymouth ; William Maitland, Tait, Plymouth ; Sarah, Ablett, Elsineur.