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tlyas impossible to attempt it. (Hear, hear.) . The ques fl" "w, however, was, whether the inconvenience which .iad been experienced by Ministers as yet, only in the single instance of the Attorney-General— Lord A liEma of the Ei rn t on the opposition benches—There was a Admiralt ' Lord , A LTHORP resumed—He did not consider that a i A t a : in point (Hear heap hear), but he did consider that patt . o as . au extrem e inconvenience to Government that the , rneY-General f heater);O should not have a : seat in raa meet nie nce to G ar ' (He nor was it merely an inconve the , . overnment, but it was a very great injury to ramie interests (Hear, hear) and if the case were to occur often of a member of the 'Government, whose pre re in the house was so essential, being excluded a seat • re,lae (Lord Althorp) should most readily agree that ate alteration in that particular law was absolutely called IL L ' a matter of great public importance (Hear, hear) ; be;4 a s he bef ore sa id, as suc h an i nconven i ence h a d as y e t II only felt by the Administration in a single instance, ti t l )w en , er t. er Peculiarly hard upoq them that instance was, he f 0r %„,.. - eut that at present there did not exist any necessity one - Eieeine . to the hon. member's proposition. He w as Thel those who had changed his opinion on this point of u ers of the Government having seats in the house. f t i: e was a time when he was of opinion that , members l to ° g' e 'e_ e (4 °vernment should be exclu . ded from the house a d sh ‘Dter; he had changed his opinion (Long . continue i• fl ,, °4 ts of laughter) • but this change of opinion was not - p ti eed by his ac ' ion to office (Renewed laughter), for me'a'l altered his mind on the subject before he became a b e raber of the Government. (A laugh.) Hon. mem , rheaed to laugh • he could assure them office was no .' of roses ; he'should not be over-vexed at the oc h".4llce of any incident which rendered it necessary for I 4: et "' 50 out of office. But to the question. The worst the ho w members of the Government not having scats in rih, se would be, that such an exclusion must necessa b ! tend to lessening their responsibility (Hear, hear); 4 did not mean to say that their legal responsibility was I ,4 a t , but their positiVe, . actual, and practical responsibility pr ose ver Y great ; for sitting there night after night to t and defend their measures, and being always liable o ° l. afttaeks from those who thought they did wrong, 'tile r°l ° their political opponents, if they were not r bz. to make a good defence of their conduct, and the answer the arguments or charges against them, ! 1 t : extent to which their character was liable ; atut :Mier, appeared to him the most certain t j est t,strotigest practical responsibility they could be sub be -* (Hear. ) That responsibility, however, would beigreatly diminished, if the members of government, by ()f rig e xcluded from the house, were rendered incapable (H el Plaining or defending their views and measures. opi n e () An and learned member had given his lion. , n that a member of government vacating hi . s. seat on e:tePtance of office, need be under no apprehension of not g etti ng into the house, after a short interval at any rate, i„,-,".that there were always vacancies occurring ; and if the - "vidual did not recover his former seat, he might easily , k e, a seat for some other place. He (Lord Althorp), I e Zweve . r, by no means agreed with the hon. member, Z O , if on vacating his seat under such circumstances, ere to be rejected by his present constituents, might ad it somewhat more difficult than he appeared to t hink , to get other constituents to adopt him. Mem rs, when rejected under such circumstances by their ON- .. t.laier constituents, were very likely to be kept some tieuae altogether out of parliament (Hear. ) He was ready 4 ait:nit his apprehension that, at some future time, the e.o_tivenience complained of might become so mischievous h e ;;' . require some such alteration as that proposed by the sity , ea r . ne utber for Pet er b oroug h ; an d , w h en such a neces pia, ° se, he should be one of the first to recommend the ce ss i t. At prese n t, h e repeate d , h e di d not think the ne hon, existed, and he should therefore recommend the prop os rnher to withdraw his motion. (Hear.) The e alt on of the other hon. member (Mr. L. B . ulwer) i eto ttegether disapproved of ; to send au administfation the right house, with mere liberty of speaking, but without ‘ „,. 3rn ig e h n t t oiirrnf vaoting would be to place the members of go werePosiiioqy unpleasant and degrading. • 11 * n ERON, after making a few observations which Afrulaudible in e gallery, withdrew his motion, ad • r ,. L. BULthWER then withdrew his amendme n nt. m ; HE CASE OF BARON DE BODE. th e . r * 4 . HILL again drew the attention of the house to b eet t i Ise of this nobleman, the circumstances of which have Reett,'requently before the public. , The hon. and learned Stiff er Tan commented strongly on the continued injustice tiii,e- yearly value, lar,„„ e " 13 Y the noble baron ••his estates in Alsace of a very were confiscated by the French at the sou l of the first French revolution. Subsequently a large this ( 7„ ril oney was paid over by the French Government to stiff ;L I TtrY to compensate such English subjects as had Me ri e ti -4 „ °Y the revolution, among whom was specifically f b ', ll ,ed the Baron de Bode. Notwithstanding this,not he ( - "ar it c had been received by that nobleman, although the,...r. ._ am I. Hill) could incontrovertibly prove his right . to such b - ctot as a suffering British subject, and that a specific i g " a d been paid over by the French Government for the Il ar ,:"e object - of compensating the noble baron. The her h -4 de Bode was an Englishman ; he was an English reetiisubject—the son of a German father and an English Mori n ex. ' The hon. and learned gentleman concluded by t o e g , ." That it be referred ton committee of this house, eumstt n e into and report to the house the facts and cir „fund reeel: Of the claim of the Baron de Bode upon the ling Briti e i l l f rom the French Government, for indemni fiscated b , s s ubjects for the loss of property unduly con , Alr. E‘ t lie French Authorities." ' 0 :, 5 . 411 1 T, in seconding the motion, did not hesitate The at he believed the case had been unjustly decided. a tr e ;,. SO LICITOR-GENERAL denied that this was the - 14 " 11 the hands of the Government, giving a claim to Raa e -a rou de Bode. The act relating to all such claims sii hi a Power o f a pp e al from the decision of the Commis liiniers to the Privy Council, whose judgment was to be ti' So far from the case not having received due atten th", and being fully inquired into, it h a d run th roug h a ll 1 , - „M odes of investigation th a t th e A c t o f P ar li ament 110 rised. He would submit to the house, whether a i; int nittee was a proper tribunal to determine questions of the t hat had already received final adjudication? Unless Zr: ea3 e Was a very strong one, this alone would be an c eti '" . . i er to the motion. The hon. and learned gentleman th e l e ' ti ded with some observations on the legal merits of t he Pta r t , in the form in which it was entertained by strong t % et v , ' o uncil, in the course of which he stated, as a the father t.' that at the time the property was ceded by tee N n ii ..vea v rs : ag th e e. Baron de Bode, the latter was only four equire , N ALOCK said, they were told that it would co ternitt . strong case to justify the appointment of the Th ey we ee • They hail a strong case. ( Hear, her. ) They tb r e .told ago that the present ought to be consistent th e e original claim For the sake of the honour of el ai e"anbotii whichr m .- ere a surplus_after* paying all the Nv er itts i• e am, _. there was no difficulty, .and if there pluiaeti, eitscarriage with respect to other claims, to their ' t il e 11 0 ,4 4 ought that surplus to be applied. The Baron 4 ta 1. w as a British subject, born in England, of the IL'shri_mo ther, his father being a German ; of this e on d e II " doubt. Nor was there any doubt that the . ~'„?!fise te i ,_ l3 de was possessed of some property, which was ,--, had ' oY France. Now, he believed that the baron's ~ hkillittilOt been understood : he would even say, that in 44 th e judgment it had not been correctly decided. 14„,eisisniocnon;sihs;'ehnet L 'uqui l : 3 .. e 4,1, there were grounds sufficient . for a fur . ther Baron de Bode's present claim was said to with that which he presented to the corn iol. dier eot lt let th e h ouse not forget that t h e b aron was a 91 t el e i_ lersed in technical terms. Was he not to have tti eattia ul fairly decided, because he did not understand the Pr e , ?*':g the terms " heirship" and " remainder ?" He se ete( r! his c l a i m according to is best judgment. lie pre- Pro2t ; told t h em that he wa s i n possession, that his am' i' s Y Was co n fi scated because he wa s a B r iti s h su bj ec t, Th e 'le claimed his share of the sum paid as indemnity. ipuedhatchcommisioners asked , and hey was entitled? He is father cede proved the cession. ,ae commissioners decided against hh n Z" th e Privy Council, who affirmed the . judgm lie th red en app i estate tar'oethilini t34l,.osider that the Baron de Bode had not any interest in t° - property at all, The fact was, the baron had a claim I,7_the entirety of his father's property, but of that the ,Tnissioners took no account. The commissioners per_ atur i ,,t o act on the deed to which the objection was made, trant':"ls circumstance alone was sufficient ground for ' , ll by ' , a committee of the house. The deed m as drawn wk, 4.-t° a ttorney, on the instruction of the baron, who Air. itl, t ,' tame i4norant of the English language. ertnt ruls ' 4l1 -ETON was of opinion that there were ' 11 11 ° 0(1 14 e % r granting i thcommittee, and affording the r i e co ~ PPortunity of ascertaining how fai Baron de e - aira e„`....' s ubstantiate his claims. He never heard the ''' t a 11 ° 7 ° ,"rted on the ground that Baron de Bode was l oei eet "it's° subject. On his mother's side, he was of an su ff ere d much l ' e uoi ' ain ilY in Staffordshire, and having e jaar,Y emb arrassment, the family had remained some A,, t i t tussia. ' t ...._ A lr, 0 - P,` Mxl,taxa would vote for a committee. for `-'ONNELL was also of opinion that a complete ti 1 -ord - A a L e° ,,Mmittee had been made out. . . n It 'e 1 HORP - deersood to au that a certai that bee n . ; " as i • • li Chad 11 4 en to pens calming upon the fund e„ r d h efo ar ou de Bode had put in his claim, and had been p e 4 f tind , r ,e the commission appointed for appropriating e.l of '"icii e ca •-• a e 'd e d against bhn. It ap- Put h is le b ar _ lirat.,, A !on m deci s i ou elai re . ( m.complamed that he had not been able to %%j ell .a.ts nn its strongest light, and that therefore . the out Ili he e ht t ut i .iu . st ; but surely from 1816, the period at di e , 3 ea Se , claimed, to 1822, he had full time . to make h e - :.aud te„ equal was urged that the baron, being a sol (LnstV dne7nted with the forms of law, should not be -r ' z Alth„' t ' to the technicalities of legal proof. He v' a eeed el') did not think this a doctrine which should 'sera e to, ad ep t , or ell If, through the negligence of legal ad- t sion° th e 3 ' o ther cause, the proper forms were no ee '. Bl ;oui d P e rson so failing (no matter what his profes thretainiy sh_suuffer the same consequences as others. He tialigrantiC should not accede to this principle, nor yield to tribY as t h" e a c ommittee on these grounds, more es.pe bef,:tuaL T b e ase Was already decided on by a sufficient , T re liu coail ease should be much more strongly proved, 4 1. 1 e Np, . (Laecede to the motion. ' • tii i t ER havine• put the question, , w ° 41, 4 ask the noble lord if other claims, which had been shut out on the score of time, had not been afterwards admitted? If, then, other cases had been ad mitted, was it not very hard that this, which was prima facie so well founded, - should bt, shut out from inquiry ? His (Mr. Hume's) only anxlyty in urging for the commit tee, was to ascertain the truth. Lord ALTHORP, having been asked the question, would only remark that there was a distinction between the cases. A certain period had been fixed for putting in the claim on this fund, and within the prescribed period the Baion had applied. His claim had been heard and ad ' judicated. The others had not applied, being ignorant of the limits as to time, and the allowance was therefore made. After a few words from Mr. HILL and Colonel CO FOLLY', the motion was agreed to, awl the following com- Tooke, W. Ewart, w. Leonard, T. B. Palmer, General Sandon, Lord Morrison, J. James, W. O'Dwyer, A. C. Pepys, Sir C. forward his motion • mittee appointed Hill, M. D. Harvey, D. W. Rice, T. S. Evans, Colonel Ellice, E. Pollock, F. Littleton, E. J Wrottesley, Sir .1. B Lahouchere, H l'endarves, E. W. Stanley, E. G. S. Guest, J. J. Goulburn, H. Thompson, P. B. Godson, R. Noel, Sir G. Buxton, T. F. Carter, J. B. EDUCATION IN IRE Mr. BARRON then rose to bring with regard to education in Ireland. An HON. MEMBER (whose name we could not learn) begged him to withdraw it. Mr. BARRON could not accede to the request of the hon. member, as he was desirous of inducing the commis siontrs to follow up a more liberal scheme than their now narrow means would permit. The means for effecting this would be found in the tithes in Ireland. The contrast be tween Ireland and America with regard to national educa tion would best exhibit the deficiency of the former coun try. Education in America was one in four ; in Norway and Sweden one in five ; in the Netherlands one in five ; in Switzerland one in eight ; in the southern part of Ger many one in four ; whilst in Ireland it was but one in forty. This was a lamentable state of things, and to this were owing many of the misfortunes by which the country was afflicted. To equalize her with the growing intelligence of Europe, Ireland would want three thousand five hundred schools ; whilst, in fact, several parishes, varying in population from seven thousand to ten thousand, were without any schools. To furnish the necessary degree of education, a sum much more than parliament could grant would be requisite ; but by his plan a single shilling would not be required from parliament. It was well known that those who received the tithes were bound by an act of parliament, at this moment in existence—videlicit, the 28th Henry VIII.— to keep schools, and on their induction to their parishes they were bound by oath to act in conformity with this act. The schools were established to teach English, under penalties of, for the first offence, 6s. Bd. ; for the second, 20s. ; and for the third, the penalty was forfeiture of the benefice. Now, without interfering with any parliamen tary grants, the money could be thus raised :—There were 747 parishes, in which were no churches ; there were 150 benefices, in which no service had been performed for three. years past : these would amply supply more than the sum required, nor would it be in contradiction to the original intention with which these appointments were made, that those who held them should undertake the education of the people. The money would thus revert to its legitimate purpose, and law, justice, and the interests of the people, called upon the clergy to make the sacrifice. Now, an average of 201. on every parish, according to its size, would leave 4,8001. per annum, and this would be fully adequate to the purpose. This plan proposed to invest the powers of governing this fund in the same commissioners who now existed, authorizing them to borrow, if they thought fit, such sums as might be necessary for the first, which of course would be the greatest outlay. Thus the people would receive education out of funds clearly their own, their right to which had never been dis puted, and of which they had never been deprived by Act of Parliament. Thus a saving of 44,5001., the sum now granted for the purpose, would be made to the country. He would move, " That a select committee be appointed to devise means for extending the present system of edu cation in Ireland, by establishing one or more national schools in every parish, and a model or Norman school in each province of that country, without any grant from Parliament. 1. And therein to inquire whether, in the first place, sufficient funds might not be derived from the ecclesiastical tithes in Ireland, without any injury to re ligion, to provide for the education of the poor ; and 2dly, whether such appropriation of a part of this property would be in accordance with the ancient usage, accompanying its possession, and with several Acts of the Legislature." Mr. RICHARDS seconded the motion. He agreed with his hon. friend that the revenues of the church could not be more beneficially applied, nor in a manner more consistent with the objects for the promotion of which they were originally bestowed. Mr. LITTLETON thought that the absence of those hon. members who usually took "great interest in all sub jects affecting the welfare of Ireland, might be taken as a sufficient indication that they did not think such a mea sure expedient at the present time, or at least in its pre sent shape. (Hear, hear.) He was the last man not to admit the great advantages which a liberal system of public education would confer on Ireland ; nor was there any question which he would support with greater spirit or with greater zeal, than the system of national education in Ireland introduced by his right hon. friend near him (Mr. Stanley), which already had exercised a most powerful and beneficial influence in that country. One hundred and forty thousand children were now educated in these schools (Hear, hear), and he believed that the steps already taken were only preparatory to more extended measures for the diffusion of its advantages. He (lid not wish to call on the house to give any opinion on the question. He thought it could be more advantageously discussed to-morrow, when the grant to the Irish education commission would be proposed ; and he believed that, under all circumstances, he should best consult the feelings of the house, by moving the previous question. Mr. FERGUS O'CONNOR said the absence of Irish members might be accounted for by the fact, that the hon. member's motion was impracticable, and could not be carried into effect. (Hear, hear.) The motion was pre mature. The hon. member for Waterford had better have waited till the government grant was proposed. He should, therefore, vote against the motion. Mr. BARRON attributed the absence of Irish members on his motion to a very different cause. It was because he voted only for men when he thought them right, and against them when he thought them wrong. ( Hear. ) It was because he would not suffer himself to be influenced by factious motives. (Hear.) Whenever, therefore, he came there to fight even in the same cause for which they fought, he was not supported by them, because he would not belong to their faction. (Hear.) Not wishing to run counter to the sense of the house, he would withdraw his motion. Colonel VERNER moved for copies of correspondence between the government in Ireland and the very Reverend the Dean of Tuam, relative to the dismissal of that gentle man from the commission of the peace in August, 1833. Granted. FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS. Mr. VERNON SMITH moved that the house should to-morrow resolve itself into committee on the Postage Acts, with a view of introducing certain regulations in the transmission of foreign newspapers to this country. Mr. HUME wished to know whether there was any in tention of consolidating and simplifying the Postage Acts ; at present it really was very difficult to ascertain the regu lations, they were so spread about in various statutes. Mr. VERNON SMITH said that no such intention existed this session, nor, indeed, did it appear to him to be necessary. The complaint of the hon. member was not now applicable.—Motion agreed to. Mr. N. FITZ SIMON was proceeding to move for cer tain returns, when Mr. GILLON moved that the house be counted, and only 21 members being present, the house adjourned at 11 o'clock. LIST OF THE MINORITY Of 127 (Tellers included), who voted for the Second Reading of Sunday Observance Bil' Baines, E. Grey, Sr G. Bateson, Sir R. Halcombe, J. Bell, M. Milord, H. Bernell, R. Handley, W. P. • Blackstone, W. S. H anmer, Sir J. Bo ling, W. Hardy, J. Boss, J. G. Harland, W. C. Briscoe, J. I. Hawes, B. Hay, Sir J. I c ' c l aarr:ucceeri:e:lfetiC;G: Cavendish, ' C J. * Hil 1 , Sir It. Hodgson, J. 'I A . . l ii .o • rd G. Hughes,lnghlin It Chapman, :. (1 1 e i dn a : n ri:j A 1:. . 1-1 • Childers, 'Sji.r.Z. •j ici). erm ,,,,egs y : ll ,E.l , ,: Ea ß. rl of Comity, E., m. Cotes,, .1. Langston, J. H . Lefevre C. S Curteis, Captain Lefroy, 'A. S. Dalrymple, Sir J. Lefroy , Dr, T. Dare, R. W. H. Lennox, Lord A. Dugdale, W. S. Lister, E. C. Duncombe. W. Lopez, Sir R. Dundas, Captain Mandeville, Vis..:.. Dunlop, J. Marryatt, Sir J. Eastnor, Viscouns Nlarsland John Egerton, T Martin Maxwell Estcourt, T. G. B , J. Maxwell, H. Etwall, R. Miles, W. Evans, W. Moreton, A. H. Ewing, J. Morpeth, Viscount Fenton, J. Palmer,Mosl , S ll i r . 0. I'arker, J. F F i e n ig ch u , ss G m . l' it. C. Fleetwood, 11, Foley, J. H. H. Parrott, J. Folkes Sir W. Patten. W. Forster, C. - Perceval, Colonel Fremantle, Sir T. Petre, Hon. E. Gasket), J. M. Phillipps, C. M. Gladstone, W. E. Phillpotts, J. Glynne, Sir S. Plumptrc, J. P. Goring, H. D. Pryme G. Goulburn, H. Rae, eir W. Grant,Right Hon. R. Rice T. S. Greene, T. G. Rickterd, W Rider, T. Rotch, B. Ryle, J. Sanderson, R.l Sandor., Viscount Sanford, E. A .. Scott, Sir E. 1). Seale, Colonel Shaw, F. Sheppard, I'. Simeon, Sir R. G. Sinclair, G. Staunton, Sir G. T. Stewart, Sir M. S. Stewart, E. Thompson, W. Tollemache, A. G. l'ooke, W. Troubridge, Sir E. Verner, W. Verney, Sir H. Vernon, G. H. Vivian, J. H. Waterpark, Lord Welby, G. E. Whitmore, I'. C. Wilbraham, G. Wilks, J. Wilmot, Sir E. Williams, R. Young G. F. Young, J. TELLRER. Agnew, Sir A. Johnstone, A. PAIRED OFF. Chandos, Marquis of Dare, Hall Grosvenor. Lord R. Handley, H. Hope, H. Maxwell, J. Pease, J. Tynte, C. J. K. Tynte, Ketnys, jun. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRILS°. —We have had a good demand for cotton to-day. The sales are 3,500 bags. Sea Island, 15d. to 16d.; Ba hias 9, 1 ,-(1. to 10d. ; Maranhams 104 d. to 100. ; Bo weds, 7d. to 70. ; and New Orleans, Rid. to OAd. per lb, • FINE ARTS. • ~s„,„ ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BIBLE: Part 11. London, 1834. We have no doubt that this speculation will answer : first, from the nature of the sub ject ; "secondly, from the talent that is brought to bear upon it. Westall and Martin both lend their aid to the. illustrations ; the latter of these artists is himself a " tower of strength ;" the former, also, is not without his efficiency, though his day has in a great degree passed by ; but the two combined will, if any thing can do so, insure the success of the work. The Rev. Hobart Caunter contributes the literary por tion. The best illustrations, at least so far as the present number is concerned, are decidedly those by Martin. In particular, the destruction of Sodom is in his best manner. LITERATURE. OVERLAND JOURNEY TO INDIA. 2 Vols.—London, 1834. Lieutenant Conolly, an inquisitive, enter prising traveller, is the author of these volumes, which we have perused attentively, and from which we have derived considerable entertain ment. It is a pleasant thing to be able to sit cozily at one's fire-side, and travel in idea among the wild nomadic tribes of Persia and Affghaunistaun—to observe their manners, differing in little from the wandering race of Tartars of whom Gibbon makes such splendid mention in his incomparable history—to enter into their tents—listen to their strange tradi tons, and become for a time one of themselves. Such an enjoyment we owe to the author of the volumes be fore us, who gives us such animated and picturesque sketches of the Turkoman hordes, as rivet them fast on our imagination. We pay no exaggerated compli ment to Lieutenant Conolly, when we say that not a few of his descriptions remind us of those of Fraser, in his truly Asiatic romance of the Kuzzilbash. The only fault we find with his volumes is, that he appears far gone in admira tion of the Emperor of Russia. Why or where fore this is, we know not. Think of the Polish children, Lieutenant Conolly, and moderate your ecstacies ROWBaTHAM'S FRENCH GENDERS. We take shame to ourselves for not having noticed, long ere this, one of the most useful, unassuming, elementary little works that we are acquainted with. The great object Mr. Row botham proposes to himself in the work before us, is to combine simplicity with perspicuity, and in this he has fully. 4ucceeded. The French Genders are sad stumbling-blocks in the way of an acquaintance with the language, and Mr. Rowbotham has conferred a real ser vice on the community by tasking his 'utmost skill and diligence to remove them. To any future edition of a French grammar this work ought to be added by wa'Sr'of Proem or Prole gomena. CUVIER'S ANIMAL KINGDOM, TRANSLATED WITH ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE SPECIES HITHERTO NAMED AND MANY NOT BEFORE NOTICED. By E. GRIFFITH; F. L. S. A. S. 6T., and othrs. London : Whittaker and Co., 1834. The nearly approaching completion of this great work, of which twelve volumes have al ready appeared, affords the British admirer of zoological science an opportunity of obtaining in his own language, and in a perfect form, the grand outline of the animal kingdom, sketched by the immortal Cuvier, and now filled in and enriched with a valuable collection of facts re garding the instinct, manners, habits, and loca lities of this interesting branch of the creation. The earlier volumes obtained the approbation of Cuvier himself, by whom they were even quoted, and particular reference made to the plates, many of which, after drawings by Land seer, Curtis, Hawkins, &c., are of extreme beauty and accuracy. The merits of the later numbers are nothing less ; their contents pre sent us with a view of all that has been done regarding the several classes of which they treat, either by Continental or British Zoolo gists ; and to this synopsis of their labours have been added numerous original observations from the pen of Colonel Hamilton Smith, whose extensive researches, pursued in all parts of the world, have well qualified him for the task, as also additional descriptions of species not hitherto noticed, supplied by Mr. Gray, of the British Museum, whose life has been devoted to studies of this kind, and who, out of the abundant stores to which he has had access, has been enabled to furnish information equally novel and important. By a combination of similar exertions, the editor has been enabled to give a comprehensive view of the state of zoo logy at the present day, and to illustrate the brief, accurate, scientific descriptions of Cuvier, with abundance of matter highly attractive and popular. The style in which the work is brought out is highly creditable to the spirit and liberality of the publishers, who, we hope, will meet in the extensive patronage of the public that reward which they so highly merit. THE LONDON UNIVERSITY. TO THE EDITOP OF THE SUN. Sin,—lt is objected to the London University that it is a joint stock company, and therefore unfit for the high and important office of granting to young men degrees in law and in the arts. What ! In a country where we intrust the government of a hundred millions of human beings to a joint stock company—where we commit to the discretion of a joint stock company the direction and superintend ence of our monetary system—where we confide to a joint stock company the distribution of the highest honours in art and science (for what are the Royal Society and Royal Academy but joint stock companies, incorporated by char ter?)—shall we be told that a joint stock company is an unfit instrument for making doctors of law and masters of arts? We excuse lawyers for starting such objections. They are paid, and well paid, for what they say ; and if they cannot find good arguments they must use bad ones, or return their fees. But to the noodles out of doors, who go about re p ea ti ng lik e parrots what they have heard, vve put the que s ti on , w h et h er the instances we have cited are noteve even h t e h r at d j u o t i i n e t s stock than companies examination m ay he e i f n t s r t u n s de te t i i l t w a it forwith degrees? What, then, is the specific objection. to the London University being invested with that power? Is it the poverty of that institution and the pau c ity of its en dowment? Who mad e this objection? Why, the College of Surgeons, and the College of Physicians. The College of Surgeons, which has no annual fund for its daily ex penses, but what it derives from fees for examinations and diplomas. The College of Physicians, which proclaims itself a beggarly corporation, and under that pretence seeks to withdraw itself from the inquisitorial eye of the House of Commons. Is it the rank or quality of its founders, that foam the objection to the London University ? Must it be • Ilk \ (” - cluded from royal Pasl6n*e because it reckons amongst !its founders a Duke of Norfolk and a Duke of v. erset, 'while the offspring of Widow Wadhain rears its head 'among the noblest at Oxilkrd? Is it its origin from olun tary subscription, that is ebjccted tog True it is, that, Christ Church at Oxford, and Trinity College at Cam bridge were endowed with the l i mits of rapine and spolia tion ; but is it necessary for the honour of those venera ble bodies, that no similar institution should he created by honester means? Is it the defective constitution of the London University that excludes it from the honour it seeks to attain ? Is it so difficult, then, to modify the internal mechanism of an institution ; so as to fit it for the purposes it is meant to serve ? Is it impossible to devise qualifications for the ICouncil, that shall insure the fitness and respectability of its members? Are house lists impracticable everywhere ex cept at Leadenhall-street and the Bank ? No difficulty will be found among the proprietors who have advanced their money, not for the lucre of gain, but for the diffusion of knowledge and education among thousands of their coun trymen, excluded from these benefits at present by their poverty, their situation in life, and the bigotry of the Eng lish Universities. A SHAREHOLDER IN THE LONDON UNIVERSITY. COURT CIRCULAR. His Majesty received yesterday the address on the sub ject of the union with Ireland from the two Houses of Parliament. _ _ _ Shortly before two o'clock the Speaker of the House of Commons arrived in state at St. James's Palace, accom panied by his secretary, Mr. Charles Manners Sutton, and the Chaplain, and attended by the Sergeant-at-Arms and some of the fficers of the House of Commons. Sir Charles was in his state robes, and wore 4 .his collar as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. A party of mem bers came with Sir Charles to the Palace. _ . . A numerous deputation from the House of Peers arrived soon afterwards from the House of Lords, accompanying the Lord Chancellor, who was attended by his secretaries and the purse and mace-bearers. The Lords and the officers of the House of Peers were in full court-dress, the members of Orders of Knighthood wearing their respec tive collars, it being a collar-day (St. Philip and St. James). • The deputations assembled in one of the state-rooms (Queen Anne's room), and soon after two o'clook were ,ushered through the adjoining room (George M.'s room) to the throne-room. His Majesty received the address on the throne. To the right of the King stood the Groom of the Stole, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence (the Lord in Waiting), and the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Close to his Majesty, on the left, were the Master of the Horse, the Lord Steward, and the Comptroller of the Household. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Cumberland and Gloucester, the Lord Chamberlain, the Captain of the thin. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Lord Hill (Gold Stick in Waiting), the Master of the Horse to the Queen, the Master of the Robes, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, the Clerk Marshal, Colonel Bowater (Equerry), Sir Joseph Whatley (Groom in Waiting), Sir Charles Paget, and Master Stephenson (Page of Honour), were on eithe r s id e o f th e th rone . The Hon. Corps of Gentle men-at-Arms, commanded by their lieutenant, Mr. Spry, formed two lines in the room, between which the Lords and Commons advanced to the foot of the throne. The Lord Chancellor then read the address from the Houses of Parliament, and afterwards presented it to the King, by whom it was given to Viscount Melbourne, the Secretary of State for the Home Department. His Ma jesty returned a gracious reply to the address, and the de putations and their officers then withdrew, passing on their return through the guard chamber, which was lined by a party of the Yeomen Guard, under the command of of Sir Thomas Horsley Curteis, the Exon in Waiting. The deputation from the Lords included the Archbi shopk of York and Cashel, the Bishop of Hereford, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Chairman of Committees, Dukes of Wellington, Gordon, Beaufort, Richmond, Sutherland, and Norfolk ; Marquises of Thomond and Lansdowne ; Earls of Mulgrave, Amherst, Cawdor, Grey, Denbigh, Rosslyn, Courtown, and Ripon ; Lords Prudhoe, Plun ket, Bexley, and Auckland. The deputation was at tended by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, and Mr. Courtenay, Clerk Assistant of the Parliament. Amongst the members of the House of Commons were —Earl Grosvenor, Lords Sandon, Althorp, Oxmantown, and Lennox ;• the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, J. Little ton, and Spring Rice ; the Lord Advocate of Scotland ; Sir George Staunton ; Messieurs Frederick Pollock, God son, Chichester, Gaskell, Forster, Hall, Yelverton, Dill wyn Craven Berkeley, RichardPease, W.Hughe, Hughes, Watson,Watson, and Wm. Fielden. Their Majesties went. in state last evening to honour Covent-garden Theatre with their presence. Soon after seven o'clock their Majesties and suite in ten carriages, with an escort of the Royal Horse Guards, arrived at the theatre. The first carriage contained Colonel Wilson and two other Gentlemen Ushers to the Queen, and Sir Tho mas Horsley Curteis, the Exon of the Yeomen of the Uward. In tjat. oecond carriagewere _four Gentlemen shers to the Ming. The third carriage contained the Hon. Captain Hay, Equerry to the Queen, the Lieut. of the Yeomen of the Guard, Master Stephenson, Page of Honour to the King, and Master Grimston, Page of Ho nour to the Queen. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Equerry to the King, Sir Joseph Whatley, Groom in Waiting, the Clerk Marshal, and the Silver Stick in Waiting, were in, the fourth carriage. The fifth carriage contained Sir William Fremantle, Treasurer of the Household, Lord Robert GrOsvenor, Controller of the House hold, Sir Henry Wheatley, Keeper of the Privy Purse, and one of the Ladies of the Queen's House hold. In the sixth carriage were Miss Mitchell, Maid of Honour, and another lady of the Queen's Household ; the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, and the Master of the Robes. Miss Bagot and Miss Hudson, Maids of Honour, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting, and Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord in Waiting, were in the seventh carriage. The eighth carriage contained Miss Hope Johnstone, Maid of Honour, the Earl of Errol, Master of the Horse to the Queen, and the Earl of Denbigh, Lord Chamberlain to the Queen. In the ninth carriage were the Marchioness of Westmeath, Lady of the Bedchamber, the Earl of Albemarle, Master of the Horse ; the Duke o L f or A d r a l a l, mb L e o r r l d ain S . tew T a h r e , la a s n the td carriage of ge(the t D en e t v h orliire, con tained the King and Queen,prince George of Cambridge, and Lady Clinton, Lady in Waiting on the Queen. A Guard of Honour ( of the. Foot Guards) were on duty at the Royal entrance ; the Field Officer in Waiting, Colonel Bowater, received their Majesties on their arrival. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire (Lord Chamberlain) preceded their Majesties to the Royal-box, bearing wax lights. The appearance of the Royal-box was rich and elegant ; the front was hung with drapery of crimson velvet and gold; above the gilt cornice at the top was a l arge crown. The Royal arms were placed in front of the box. The interior and the ante-room adjoining were hung with yellow. Both the box and the ante-room were illuminated with candelabra on gilt pedestals. His Majesty wore an Admiral's uniform, decorated with the stars of the Orders of the Garter and the Bath, and the riband and jewel of the Order of the Garter. Prince George of Cambridge wore a military uniform, and was on the right hand of the King. Chairs of state for their Majesties were placed in the front of the Royal box. • The King gave audience yesterday to Sir John Macdo nald, the - Adj utant- General. The Duke of Sussex and the Princess Sophia lunched with their Majesties yesterday. Hi s Majesty, attended by Lord Frederick Fitzclarence and General Macdonell, inspected the Mews at Pimlico yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, accompanied by their Serene High nesses Prince Frederick of Saxe Coburg and the Prince of Leinin , ren, and attended by the Duchess of Northumber land, Lady Ther6a Strangwayes, Lady Caroline Strang wayes, Lady Catherine Jenkinson, Lady Louisa Jenkinson, Hon. Lady Cust, Lady Conroy, Miss Conroy, Baroness Lehzen, Earl of Ilchester, Earl of Liverpool, Hon. Sir George Anson, Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Sir John Conroy, and Sir Frederick Wetherall, attended Mr. Sale's concert yesterday, at the Hanover-square Rooms, Mr. Sale being one of the Princess Victoria's instructors in music. The Duke of Cumberland honoured the entertainment given by the Marchioness of Salisbury on Wednesday evening with his presence. A Cabinet Council was held at four o'clock yesterday afternoon at the residence of Viscount Althorp. It was attended by Earl Grey, the Lord Chancellor, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, the Earl .of Ripon, Viscount Mel bourne, Mr. Secretary Stanley, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Carlisle, •Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Lord Holland, and Lord John Russell. Lord Sandon, accompanied by several other members of the House of Commons, connected with the shipping inte rest, had an interview on Wednesday with the President and Vice-President of the Board of Trade. Mr. Burnley transacted business yesterday at the Colo nial Office. The Cabinet Ministers dined with the Marquis of Lans downe on Wednesday evening, at his residence in Berkeley square. Great conquerors are curses on mankind, while they live.; and, when they die, they leave no re lics like the skins of their predecessors, I had almost said their ancestors, the wolves and hears. The remarkable stories of Kreutzner, the German Visionary, and of Lady Edward Mortimer, in the new n ove l o f " E ustacc C onway ," are no t w ith: out precedent in actual life-. The singularity of the details, indeed, seems to attest this, for imagination alone could hardly invent anything at once so remark able, and yet so reconcileable to what may be expected of human nature under such circumstances. But who is the author of the work ? and why should so power ful and original a writer hide his name, the announce ment of which, if we guess right, would add so much to the success of his book ? We do not hesitate to rank him among the cleverest novelists of the day. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, APRIL 30.—This day the following degrees were conferred : BACHELOR IN MEDICINE, WIT;! LICENSE TO PRAC TICE—George Lloyd, St. John's, Grand Compounder. MASTERS OF ARTS—Rev. Robert Bailey Fisher, Pem broke, Grand Compounder; Alexand, r Allan Francklyn, Exeter, Grand Compounder ; Rev. Thomas Henry Hawes, New College ; Henry Davison, Trinity. BACHELORS OF Awrs—Peregrine - Allen, New Inn Hall; Isaac Spencer, St. Mary Hall ; Henry Sugden, Alban Hall ; Nicholas Watts and William Grice, University ; Lord Charles Thynne, Christ Church • Robert Smith, Worcester ; John Harvey Harding, Arthur Stevenson Gem, and Thomas Taylor, Magdalen Hall ; Alfred Stack house, Lincoln ; Thomas Christopher Burrow, Queen's ; Edmund Telfer Yates, and Aldred Twining, Oriel ; Henry Heming, Francis John Kitson, and John Joseph Pratt, Fellows of St. John's ; Henry John Fellows, and James Lacy, St. John's. CAMBRIDGE, MAY I.—On the 22d ult. Edward Warter, William Delaney Lawson, and William Foster, Bachelors of Arts, of Magdalen college, were elected Fellows of that society. At a congregation on Wednesday last the folloWing de grees were conferred : DOCTOR IN DIVINITT.—Rev. Charles Jenkin, St. Pe ter's college. MASTERS OF ARTS.—Rev. Henry M'lntosh Crichlow, Trinity college ; Rev. Francis Owen, St. John's college ; Rev. Richard' Paul Amphlett, St: Peter's college ; Rev. William Gurden Moore, Corpus. Christi college ; Rev. John Shaw, Jesus college ; Rev. Thomas John Theobald, Christ's college. _ . _ _ _ BACHELORS OF ARTS.-John Horner Jenkins, Trinity college; John Marsh, Catherine hall.. _ _ At an ordination held in the cathedral church of Peter borough, on Sunday, the Lord Bishop of Peterborough ad mitted the following gentlemen into holy orders : - DEACONS. —Robert Burdett Burgess, 8.A., and John Price, B. A. both of Queen's college, Cambridge. PR lESTS.L.John Samuel Broad, 8.A., St Edmund hall, Oxford; Charles Cookson, 8.A., St. John's college, Cam bridge ; Frank Borocher Wright, 8.A., Queen's college, Oxford. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. Newmarket, Thursday. The King's Plate of 100 gs. for five yrs. old, list. ; six, 11st : 91b. ; and aged, 12st. It. C. 3 subs. Mr. Biggs's Little Red Rover I. Day 1 Colonel Peel's Ernest, 5 yrs 2 Duke of Rutland's Hawker, 5 yrs 3 Won easy by two lengths-5 to 4 agst. Red Rover, 6to 5 agst. Ernest, 6to 1 agst. Hawker. Renewal of the 1,000 Gs. Stakes, a subscription of 100 sovs each, h. ft., for fillies, Bst. 41b. each. D.M. Three yrs. old. 30 subs. Lord Berners's ch. f. by Lamplighter...J. Day 1 9 Mr. Walker's Velocity Also started :—Lord Jersey's Nell Gwynne ; Sir Mark Wood's ro. f. by Whalebone—Miss Craven's dam ; Mr. Neville's ch. f. Amadon, Colonel Peel's b. f. Rosalie, and Mr: Dilly's br. f. Myrina. Won cleverly.-6 to 1 agst. Lord Berner's filly, 10 to 1 agst. Velocity, 7 to 1 agst. Nell Gwynne, 2to 1 agst. Amadon, 5 to 4 agst. Rosalie. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. 3 subs. Duke of Cleveland's Muley Moloch recd: forfeit. • Match—Mr. Greville's Whale received forfeit from Lord Exeter's Cactus, Bst. 41b. each. A.F., 200, h.ft Plenipotentiary does not start to-morrow. Wednesday Night. ' The racing this afternoon was so uninteresting, the re sults so unimportant, and business so flat, that additional particulars are uncalled for. . The Derby betting continues very flat, and is likely to be so till something definite be known respecting Plenipo tentiary ; that he is not seriously amiss is clear, or he would not be at 4 to 1 ; but while any uncertitude prevails speculation will be impeded as a matter of course. Match on Friday.-6 to 4 on Whale agst. Viator. Lord Orford's race horses were put up for sale this morning ; out of eighteen lots not above two or three were sold, and those at very low prices. There were no bid ders for the others. Mr. Forth's Imbar was sold for 200 guineas. CURRAGH APRIL MEETING. THURSDAY. —King's Plate of 100 gs. for horses, &c. Four miles. 31b. to mares and geldings. Mr. J. Kelly's New Fashion Mr. E. Kelly's Peacemaker 2 Captain Beville's Mount Eagle 3 Lord Portarlington's Shamrock bolted Free Handicap of 10 soya. each, for all ages. One mile and a quarter on the Peel Course. 25 sovs. added, at 2 sovs. each for entrance. Colonel Gestenra's Freney 1 Mr. Hynes's gr. c. by Byron 2 • Lord Milltown's Lodola 3 Mr. Knaresborough's Silly Pat 4 Mr. Quinn's Munster Lass 5 The Renewal of the Corinthian Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 30 sovs. added for Hunters, Race Horses admitted. Peel Course, heats. To be rode by Gentle men. The second horse to save his stake. 2 sovs. each entrance. Lord Portarlington's Shamrock Captain Armitt's Garryowen Captain Vaughan's Caleb 0 2 Mr. Hobson's Iliad Mr. Quinn's Munster Lass FRlDAY.—Challenge of the Wellington Stakes of 30 soya. each, and 5 sovs. ft. Three years old Course. Mr. Battersby's Barebones 1 Mr. Watt's Rust 2 Challenge of the Madrid Stakes of 25 sovs. each, and 5 ft. Old two years old course.—Mr. Watt's Rush walked over ; Mr. Hunter's Lupin paid. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs., h. ft., with 25 added. Three year old course. Second horse to save his stake. Lord Portarlington's Shamrock Mr. Rynd's Summerhill Mr. V. Blake's gr. c. by Byron Lord Miltown's Cinnamon Lord Portarlington's Wasp Mr. O'Connor Henchy's Cheat SAT U It n AY. —This was the greatest meeting of the week, the stand-house was crowded with ladies and gentlemen. The King's Plate of 100 gs. for three yrs. old, Bst. each. Three miles. 31bs. to fillies and geldings Colonel Westenra's Freney Mr. J. Kelly's New Fashion 2 Mr. Beere's b. c. by Dunkellin 3 Second Class of the Madrid Stakes (renewed), for two yrs. old ; 25 sovs. each, 15 ft. Old two years old course. Second horse to save his stake. Mr. Watt's Rush 1 • Mr. Hunter's Lupin Mr. Digb's Stiff 3 Air. Watt s Fracture Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, for two and three yrs. old, for Hunters, Racers admitted ; 20 sovs. added, at 2 sovs. each for entrance. Connolly's mile. Colonel Westenra's Thump 1 Mr. Rynd's Summerhill 2 Colonel Armstrong's Corsair 3 Lord Portarlington's Wasp 4 Second Class of the Corinthian Stakes, 10 sovs , h. ft. ; 25 sovs. added, at 2 sovs. each for entrance. Lord Portarlington's Shamrock Mr. St. George's Peacemaker Lord Howth's Caleb 3 3 Lady Elizabeth has challenged for the Gold Cup in Sep tember, 200 sous. each, p.p. Freney has also challenged. The Cup is at present held by the Earl of Portarlington, who won it with Shamrock last year. ROOKWOOD.—A romance, we perceive, is annonnced as forthcoming under the above title. Can it relate to any member of that unfortunate family bearing the same name with whose romantic and tragical annals Mr. Gage Rookwood's curious history of the House of. Hengrave has made us acquainted? If this be so, no better subject could have been selected by the novelist or the dramatist. As a domestic tragedy it has never been exceeded in interest, in which it surpasses even the tale of Lillo's Arden of Feversham. In one of , the papers recently received from the Cape of • Good Hope an account is given of the number and tonnage of merchant vessels (exclusive of coasters) which have entered Table Bay, beginning with the year 1808, and ending with December, 1833, which shows a wonderful progress in the commerce of the colony ; for, according to this document, it ap pears that in 1808 the number of merchant vessels which entered was 83, and their tonnage 28,373 ; in 1816, 131, and tonnage 56,913 ; in 1833, 298, and tonnage 96,577, being the highest during the whole period. The lowest was in 1812, when only 67 ves sels entered, whose tonnage was 15,426. During the first ten years, beginning with 1808, 1,062 vessels went into Table Bay, while in the last ten 1,950 en., tered, being an increase of about 890. During the last 25 years 4,568 vessels entered, out of which num ber 44 were wrecked, with the loss of only 10 lives, being a fraction less than one life for every four wrecks in the Hay. This, however, does not include the slaves lost in' 1812 in the Portuguese brig, Packet Real, which struck, and nearly. all on board perished. The tonnage of the whole number of vessels during the • above-mentioned period was 1,401, 663, and of those wrecked 10,551. The cargoes of the vessels lost were in most cases saved. The number of wrecks had materially decreased of late, not only in pro- 1 portion to the number of vessels entering, but in q1),. 1 solute numbers, for during the last two years 446 vessels (exclusive of coasters) entered, and no accident of any consequence had occurred,—;Times, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. cuoilTild,hwte reasoarenableSir band Aeii Andrew ejudiciousv gratifiedAgb yictwh portion , es rejection, ourtll, nioi nicknamed aa a reader; ene for the "better observance of the Sabbath." With all one's respect for the avowed, and we dispute not the real, motives of that hon. baronet, it is a sad thing that people of such very narrow and defective in tellects should undertake to legislate on subjects which ought never to be touched but with the most scru pulous reverence, and the most refined and consum mate skill—indeed, by the master-hands of the com munity. The bill of this wise person is essentially the same as that which was thrown out last year by ne House of Commons—a proof that the worthy gen tleman has been much mistaken in his calculations as to the march of proselytism during the past twelve months. In fact, such attempts upon the freedom and comfort of society, and more especially of the poor, could not be made by any man who was ca pable of looking at more than one side of the simplest and easiest question. Sir Andrew Agnew pretends that this measure would protect the labouring classes from the tyranny of those by whom they are employed or directed during six days of the week, and the mode by which he would accomplish his purpose is, to pro hibit them from doing anything, or enjoying the slightest healthful or cheerful recreation to which their own free will, their taste, and propensities might in duce them. Under the title of a bill of relief, it is in truth one of pains and penalties upon the whole aation. It is one of religious persecution, but of ne cessity most so against the poor. It is a bill for forcing the worn-out mechanic to walk half a day's journey in search of fresh air, instead of being carried to it by some public conveyance ; that the servants and cat tle of coach-masters may have holyday, while those of rich private individuals must still remain at the mercy of their master's orders. It is a bill under which the poor wearied traveller may perish (all for the love of 'God), no innkeeper daring to receive or feed him on the Sabbath. It is a bill for denaturalizing the spirit of religion within the human heart, by im pressing the ignorant with a belief, that whatever is most gloomy, sour, painful, and intolerable throughout existence, has been sanctionedby its omniscient Author as a matter of divine choice; or if that be, as it ought to be, incredible, such laws as this must make mankind, in the same proportion as their religious sentiments are just, abhor and rebel against that civil government which oppresses them by institutions so adverse to the obvious will and attributes of a beneficent Deity. In our opinion, so little do we agree with Sir Andreiv Agnew, there is not half enough of cheerful and ac tive amusement tolerated by our national habits, as transmitted to us from those days when Puritanism was triumphant, to satisfy the innocent wants of life, or to enliven and buoy up the labouring classes under their depressing occupations. We should rejoice to see more of manly sports and exercises, more of playful purpose, having at all times a full re gard to decency of demeanour, permitted to our youthful population, after those hours at which the rites of religious worship are usually per formed. It is certain that more good temper, more inward satisfaction, more kindliness and mutual cha rity, than now exist, would grow out of such a change in our exterior customs. Nor is the church of Eng land, the old high church of England, hostile—but far the contrary—to such innocent relaxations for the people. There is no such spirit as that of puritanism any where visible in the archives of Christianity—the Gospel of Christ. The light of the Gospel is a sun_ shine of a social cheerfulness to the ,mind of those who receive and profit by it ; but there is no sunshine in this barbarous and gaoler-like legislation. It is not calculated to make men better, but worse, by render ing them superfluously wretched. It is, therefore, that we, not wanting, we hope, in charity to Sir A. Ag new, rejoice at the defeat of his unchristian law.— Times. Another Member has taken up the question of the better observance of the Sabbath, Mr. Hesketh Fleet wood. We are glad at all events that it is out of the hands of Sir Andrew Agnew. It is in fact a piece of great presumption in any Scotch Member to attempt to legislate in a matter which requires the possession of an intimate knowledge of the habits of the English people, so different from those of the people of the northern division of the island. Laws to be effectual must be in accordance with the opinions and feelings of the people who are to execute them. No legislative body is entitled to offer violence to the habits of a people, and it will require much experience and great tact to distinguish between the rule of cessation from labour, and the indispensable exceptions from it. All men are agreed that one d'ay in the week ought, as a rule, to be a day of rest ; and when we have only to consider field-labour, the exercise -of the trades of builders, carpenters, blacksmiths, weavers, tailors, and the trades which are to be found in nearly all stages, of society, there can be no difficulty in applying the rule. By resting themselves from labour, they who follow these trades subject others to no privations. But there are numberless avoca tions which admit of no interruption, because the comfortable existence of society is de pendent on them. We must all eat and drink ; we require solace and relaxation, and in order that society might not be subjected to privations which would make life a burden, the employment of a number of individuals becomes essentially necessary. The Scotch adopted the Puritanical notions with regard to the Sabbath—notions which certainly have no warrant either in Scripture or the practice of the Primitive Church. Among a rude people, like the Scotch when they embraced the Reformation, little incon venience could result from the adoption of the Jewish notions with regard to the Sabbath. Stage coaches there were none ; and as to travelling for the sake of air and exercise, the very idea would hardly occur to the native of a bleak country, without great towns, who found every where more air than was agreeable to him, and whose primitive mode of living rendered him independent of the wants which have become a, second nature to an Englishman of our times. Th u mistake of the Kirk of Scotland seems to consist in, their endeavouring to enforce laws framed for one state of society for another in a very different state, the eon_ sequence of which must be a revolt on the part of the people from their authority. There is now no material difference in point of civilization between England and Scotland, and the inhabitants of the great towns of the latter country will not much longer submit, to please the kirk, to prohibitions against stage coaches send someto t i f s t c h o e e u n w t i E r l y n d g a llv r is il h l i on Sunday, the sailing of stetim-boats, and other con veniences enjoyed in this part of the kingdom. How ever, that is their affair—if they choose to submit to mortifications, let them be indulged by all means. What What we complain of is, not that they make them selves very disagreeable to all who visit their country on ignooneran day afya fanatics i t c h s e w u h e o e in k , but they that dia tp e e r t s r i i s e t a i i n i y doingoppo opposite' violence to theirto o tte n habits Ne o h f a a v p e e peopl e that le b A e f r r s . Andrewwho sspoke Johnstone kewi th app thought ro b a ti o t h of the English practice of playing at cricket on the Lord's Day, de served, 'at the very least, to be stoned to death. It is deemed a crime in Scotland to display the slightest symptom of joy on a Sunday. No' overfeedinF is al lowable. To whistle, even through forgetfulness, would hardly be forgiven to an Englishman in the country—certainly not to a native. This, as we have said, is all very well among themselves, and as they are a peculiar people, like the Jews (for no other peo ple participate in their notions), it is only to be wished they would imitate the- Jews in this country, and avoid giving offence to others by their itch for interference. p a e r s boat,on s or An inference, not very favourable to the sincerity of v, S i ir th A u n th d i r c e h w he A a gn vo e id w ed h a a i s i c b o c l e i n isio d n ra: , v i n ti; t f h ro e m rie t i te care e old Presbyterians were intolerant, but they were honest. They disdained all subserviency to the pia, and powerful. In the Act of Assembly, Jun o 1646, it is ordered that impartial proceeding be used • against men of all qualities, for their scandalous walk ing, and in particular for drunkenness, swearing, and i" po a or to. mien free eli v t it e h r other scandalous sins. on A4nsdu:::::tte: a t r h e e , i ß n ia v h ar op ious of quality, for amendment of their faults. They would would allow have no more allowed a duke to take an airing in a Acts of Assembly, enjo mount a stage-coach on a Sunday, But the bastard Puritans of our times, who would allow therich to enjoy every luxury, and subject the poor IJny to mor tification, would have been held by I t in the utmost c L o n a n a d h n i i n i contempt. —Morning Chronicle. THE CONSPIRACit.—Ti Ie aut h or o f " Th e -- - Conspiracy" h as supplied us with a very stirring and entertaining book, With considerable knowledge of the period of which he writes, he has brought that bold age of assassination and plotting, so distinctly before us that we might almost fancy ourselves living amidst the scenes of terror he describes. The author's power has over masiered the difficulties of the subject, and in reading his pages we cease to think of Otway and Miss O'Neill, who were before inseparably a sst . e i ti t e d with the conspiracy at Venice,