The Sun. — London, England, 1834-08-02 00:00:00

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Gee `` DlO ' ' ) Vip er the Berll . 3a , the Of Pli" an, roi,, 11 • fropl a gue, from . ijal• Ann, nu ebe G ,' 71 W'' rra ftie O C l i t ,'s of Sf l itiO ; pect t a ,, t it ary t . "; v ea r ece t he ache t he o' ss i c ei P°'sc ,ter , W' a nY als of ,nd• uo tt Acc o • 1 7 it)e i oug' day , io cewh' ilret i i 4 a rt e ve fer * 6 I A 60 e bus ° 0 0 0 4 ..... " I ' s 1 •••• .... ..... •• 4`) ..... e 64 rent. 66,4 ..... 1 00 5 1 .... • 0- -c. if rl~ y 9 ...... SBA a t aY . .. i l a t irony c y Id D 3 ' + 0 1 35 t - s oy' his 1,:c 1 e, SPEECH OF THE QUEEN REGENT. OF SPAIN. (Prom th e Second I.,:dition of the Morning Chronicle.) e have received i3y veliv a Second Express from Paris the Speech the by th:, en th e 0 , Queen Regent of Sp a i n , on O pen i ng th e C or t es , p orido. 7.1 of July, together with a letter from our own Corms . -et in that capital. SPEECH OF THE QUEEN REGENT. ILLUSTRIOUS PExles AND DEPUTIES. it " The first necessity which I feel in finding myself amongst you, theof t moment th at I am about to swear to the faithful observance e fundamerdel laws of the Monarchy, as Queen Regent, is to Sentiments which animate me, and the gratitude -4 ,; I °me to Divine Providence for having acceded to my wishes. unite to the throne of my august daughter the rights of the fin, yieldi ng to both by common accord the ancient institutions ,_ lk ingdom, which have el eva t e d t o so hi g h a po i nt i ts prospe -114 7, +glory, is th e no ble o bj ec t w hi c h I h ave propose d to m y se lf, id a nd whichpubli I c ca convocationnnot offer a more solemn te s ti mon y than_this ge- IQ Notwithstanding the satisfaction which I pronounce, it is.paiii asi.o me to reflect that this act should be accomplished in the Thll, of the calamities whch now afflict several provinces, .and Thi e " have extended their ravages even to this capital. thats sentiment is rendered, if possible, more painful by the fact tli t Wi cked and ev il di s p ose d persons, ava i l i ng themselves of witicit terror occasioned by the appearance of u a malady %1 u h as d such lamentable d evas t a t ion in other 21 0 hi ltr ies, have committed e crimes and disorders unworthy of the and v a li ant character of Spaniards —crimes which. one cannot th.". 14 w ithout th e d eepest i nd i gnat i on. The laws will chastise be'te ceences—but if you consider that your co-operation should kaffeeees a uto prevent the repetition of these disgraceful scenes . pretext whatever, I reclaim it with confidence, !nas bath.ax it is a question to defend the basis of society, the mainte- Alt °f Public order, and the protection of life and property. iechalso occasions me much, grief that the first serious subject will present itself for your consideration is the conduct of an Ni a d i vised P r i nce, who, even during the life of his King, of his an d orother, endeavoured to promot e hi s own am biti ous d es i gns , ;ite m ,0 since the death of my augus t h us b an d (Q . E . E . G.) has la , ,vf t ed , by mea ns o f a c i v il war , to se i ze t h e sceptre from its o Lie s The Immemorial custom, and the ancient and fundamental . h rti of the Monarchy—the practice observed in similar cas.es—lm het,alitY—justice all impose upon me the duty of submitting to fete deliberation subject of such high importance. But eyen Th I not under such a sacred obligation as guardian of the rights pr,l_august daughter, I could not and ought not to forget that the ;ut tr anquillity and the future fate of these kingdoms depend ai ki , Your decision : it w ill b e wor th y o f you, an d the nation ~eiit with ca l mness . Thi s P r i nce, not content with Civil ' ln g reb e lli on i n this kingdom, lighted the flame of en v ar from a neighbouring state, and threatened to cross of frontier in arms. In this circumstance the duty Nmself-defence dictated energetic measures, reclaimed tin..Y by justice, policy, and national honour. The Spanish foX_Penetrated into Portugal, not for the purpose of attacking (1,-;" in dependence, but to defend our own rights, and in , a few their P u t all end to the contest—and the two Pretenders, vino, by -ir „ 'suitor 'sence, troubled the Peninsula, were compellz•cl to fly the f oolish warning which announces the issue of every similar uncleitakinglolecW t t he same time . that the question of Portugal was settled, the 4y i n treaty which had for its object a most important end, not and the tranquillity of the two kingdoms, but also for the peace tsal l i f l iu se of Europe, was r a tifi e d i n L on d on. It i s gratifying to me to est by this p roo f th e am i ca b le d i spositions of which my august 114) the y this of France and the King of Great Britain and Ireland, See„. i lv te. ll me so many repeated testimonies—as w e ll as th e har tlt"'ell happily exists between the Government of her Very Majesty Donna Maria 11., and that of my august daugh tWo ki ° numerous and so united are the links which connect the cae, e aZdoins, that it may be said that they contend for the same ;sand in common defence. th eir uth er Powers than those above named have explicitly renewed k eessi Politi ca l relations with the Spanish Government since the ha e 0 of my mist daughter to the throne ; and for my part re cdgnizett. some new States—either in conformity to a wise dice to the for tile purpose of occasioning no interruption or preju- L navigation and commerce natural to these kingdoms. — ' 4 -'4l have desired that every other government had answered oat, 4,1 " sj,anner to the amicable disposition of the Spanish Cabinet ; 4 te •Q°llgh none of them have manifested any intention or de trl interfering in our domestic concerns, some have delayed, to ' the 6 °la ellt, the recognition of my daughter, aS of Spain. 11 f th -4- s of the monarchy have raised her to the throne—the will 1 4) th e l'a.lloll sustains her—reason andtime will render due homage ',,,?lliservative principle of legitimacy. tile it Picture which is presented by the interior position of ilitirenlgdora is far from being as brilliant as your patriotism would Nsed . but, notwithstanding the obstacles which have been the antse revolt etsforne provinces and the inquietude of others, eat Part of the treasury, and the pestilence which ravages a of the country, ' it has been possible to mitigate the realm s o tritical a position—to make also salutary reforms— sides ti, tn a short time the union of the Cortes—to subdue on all Lcree k 0 ebel bands—to augment the force of the army, and to in- I4 ts the; eharacter of our arms and to obtain all these happy re "at-'ose-i;,usliortant and so urgent, decision and enthusiasm of the Tl i r: excused the exaction of heavy but necessary sacrifices.. 'hive it so m delity of the army—its constancy and its courage, which ery ay . g t eat a claim to my especial gratitude—requires from you the st s'stance to enable me to perfect this important branch of the thrate, conciliating the well-being of these valiant defenders of 141"1` tri lo e l !!!.L gandtlf I,the country, with the exigencies of the nation, of the Treasury. t. is end will be laid before you the different obligations N i t l L le cls .he Government has to fulfil, as well as the resources on it tz i, l it calculates, and the extraordinary means of credit to which kt;..".st necessarily resort upon this occasion whether on account of gltalfier loss or defa leationwhether on account of actual circum tivtlit,T,s,os,r-z, in fine, to avoid any present augmentation of the bur peop impossible, it is dangerous in itself, next eventually 411417 t become frequently to adopt raordinary 'teo t ,„ s * The best order in Administration is a prudent and severe of ,x4nY. Publicity—the intervention of the Cortes in all matters in a sr nse , and in the imposition of con t r ib u ti ons, w ill con d uct us .:ser e Z e rt tiny..., to the desired term of equalizing the ordinary re ?tined of the nation with its necessitie s . 'thi s h ope i s th e b etter ss aras it will be sustained by an arrangement of the.whole bt compatible with our actual means, supported by frank ts I , N ; good faith, which are the principles of my Government, "as by an amelioration of the interior debt, and its progres tex§ction, facilitated by the resources which will be applied ••ikwiyitha. prudent reserve, and after a proound examination. 0r,,3 S eeretaries of State will acquaint you with various re ,ttare„' Which have been made in several branches of the Adminis 4aarle;il The division of the territory—the separation and de tlie,,--tnn between the Administrative and Judicial departments-- t ttl eP r essi on of the ancient andthenew"Audiencias,"cre ehi as," cre tile benefit of certain provinces the numerous embarrassments t he t eave been removed from the development of the public wealth— shdrokiesiation which has been accorded to the people from many i rY ex-a etions, and other measures now in preparation, will tes -Ist a I, solicitude, and already offer to the nation the most flatter /lige It cannot be concealed from your circumspec kLe a ;" Prudence that it is not possible to remedy in a few months ke el t::ninulated evils of many ages, and that the very desire of isse e, ;aerate what belongs to time has frequently led to a bad The e( "Promised the welfare of nations. 'ustr• royal statute has provided the cement—it belongs to you, s hall p! e ns Peers and Signors Deputies, to concur that the edifice raet e ;ise with that re ularit and concert which are the only gua " °I. stability and g firmness. h or i o w bat regar-ds myself, you will always find me disposed to b 7, theg that can redound to the interest and honour of Spain— w-et4e fe w da''s in which I exercised temporarily the su telt Were the j desire of my august husband, I manifested tny thtentions and designs,—to forget and thereby rn ot bl:l.e`cao vestiges of past evils—to establish in actuality all Nrins, and to prepare with care other measures for the ir. ins, be the obstacles I may meet in a path so hk e , % h may cfP,hope to overcome, by the favour of Heaven, aided by k ss whos and supported by the na ti on; t o regar d w h ose happi -1) e glory as my own, i t i s suff i c i ent for me to re vlthat I am the mother o f I sa b e ll a th e S econ d, an d t h e 'ilghter of Charle s th e Thi r d . " The Viva Regna G obernadera! " was resounded on all sides. clsi ori , neen, on her entrance, bowed with great condo to all persons, and was peculiar in her recogni- Nl e the French ln • • I • She was mag *.ithNl? and , flusters. . dr essed in pink satin, splendidly embroidered Se ri % ve r, and her ear-rings were a brilliant display of - "ere s ' She wore the Order of Maria Louisa, and her deport- Ads,. hav e —gnity to her station. She took the oath, which was seri s e - 'etl by the venerable Patriarch of the Indies, with becom ,n usness, The Proceres and Procuradores were next sworn, thrOae T ee jentony passed away with much eclat, without con eith'oensahlon. is magnificentlydec . orated, and the dais of the is ta. e ri g h t g rich and brilliant, is gqod taste—not overdone to th e ' a nd chair, tbat of the Sovereign, was turned with its lino Public. Her Majesty occupied the one on the left. Don k r oce res sat on the step of the throne on the Queen's left. The si,l tr e of t i, We .re chiefly in . court dresses, sumptuous from the th ere gold embroidery. The Procuradores were more of Ple "le few in regimentals, others in plain clothes ; and I 4P4 the U rban to observe two or three in the uniform of privates r opri a ' t th i a n Guard. The Mace-bearers and Heralds were , ktOt h , Y dressed, in ancient costume. In an old ‘t a tO,S; a n must not find fault with t h ese antiquated a heEn must has the less right t o d o so, whilst England 45ce h corps of beefe a ters. The Quee n d eparted with as much e aree s e had entered, recognising and salutin g all. Every one '4%rt i blesssfi teht g an u d en ::relieve that there was b u t one feeling, J. J o'clo c k , July 24' The G LOUCESTER ELECTION. excitement in connec koteentestern division of the county of Gloucester is at this ,Z li ea wi th i n a state of strong political ayetkrhlQy o t e h : as a i o p a p e r a oac ia hin t g he el r e e c p t r i e o s n en o t f at l o M n Member l u i a p m the ea t b i e t r ia to p fi ar ll W. %Ai,: I,amented death of the late representatives S r i e r to ß n . , t . l/t ese l ; t %.art., who was the colleague of Mr. W. . -.areeb, ~.,,iernber. There are two candidates in field, rais e J , ‘... W. Codrington Esq., of great Conserva_tive_p e r m o: I ler f o ' r IV C.. Banbury Tr;cey Leigh, Esq., formerly M f the wallingford, when he proved to be a staunch supporter 4e Reform Bill. ~&nerous body of the " Blue" or Codrington v4 s e d from an early hour on Thursday morning last in can edLoa the ton-n of Cheltenham, party were a ar e eanclictates have considerable property in the county, ,eost ik,, nlaelt respected. The last election is said to have t n o t::: ' th e e o t il e ili ng nf aseocnionesidteorail;ele at least amounting, accord le'ast 30,0001. ; others, th ousan Port4sset h could not have approached within some 4), iliir,,,rt;tt,votttsioailft:treheiaesttetsTosnin.attached by all parties throughout the 148 il ...-- ari —RD ; oNNANcEs .—After the late tumult in the g' ; most of the Deputies left the Chamber to congratulate b ier s observing M. Berryer not following, 44 3 , u sitting at his desk, writing, said, " You do not accom laerry,: pu are busy writing ? " Oui, Monsieur," replied ce, , icecris ct Charles g — ue ses ordonnances sont ese au of 4iiileons -Letters to his Kinsfolk —(a spicy 41 4c1a of old French n frican- ews. ) NY.) : rg: SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Bill for the admission of Dissenters to the privileges of the English Universities has met with the fate which was pre dicted for it in the House of Lords last night, or rather early this morning—the second reading having been lost by a majo rity of 187 Peers, Temporal and Spiritual, to a minority of 85. Thus this important question, passed in all its stages in the House of Commons by sweeping majorities, has been re jected in the Lords by a numerical majority of one hundred and two Peers ! We say a 4! numerical " majority, for by numbers only was the Bill cast out. The character of its supporters—the plain and manly sense of Lord Radnor— the admirable speech of Lord Melbourne, and the splen did oration of Lord Brougham, form a strange con trast with the empty bigotry of the Duke of Wel lington, the silly twaddle of the Duke of Glou cester, and the Jesuitical special pleading of Bishop Phillpotts. We can now only call attention to the debate, and must defer any comments on the extraordinary objections urged to the measure by the Tory Lords. The result of this division cannot but excite public attention still more to the political character of the Peerage, so strikingly opposed to that of the Commons. In a British Assembly, in the nineteenth century, only eighty-two hereditary legislators among 420 give suf frages in favour of the great principle of religious liberty and free education. The Bishops, as usual, came down in a covey against the Bill—the Bishops of Chichester and Derry alone voting in its favour. The Right Reverend Prelates are said to have " chuckled" over the result of this division ; we doubt whether they 'may not, ere long, discover their error. The day of retribution is at hand, when the bigotry and impolicy of the Prelates will assuredly be visited on them. We publish to-day the " Report of the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Revenue Inquiry," on the Annual Income of the Church. This important document is the " first fruits " of inquiry into the enormous and disproportionate revenues of the Hierarchy. But on Monday we will return to the whole subject.—Morning Chronicle. The Lords have thrown out the Universities Admission Bill. If we felt towards the House of Lords the hostility which some persons are said to feel, we should rejoice at this deci sion, because we know that it must injure the character of their Lordships' House with the thinking part of the public. But our feeling towards that part of the Legislature is the re verse of hostility—need we add that on the occasion of which we speak it is the reverse of joy or satisfaction. The fact is, and there is no use in disguising it from others or from our selves, the Lords have committed more than one mistake in their recent proceedings. Their adoption of the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill, a measure which they received with open arms, was one bad specimen of statesmanship. Their rejection of the Universities Admission Bill, or, as it is more generally known by the more general name, the Dissenters' Relief Bill, is another. When the Dissenters thrust themselves forward as opponents of the Established Church, we did not hesitate to denounce their conduct. But while we deprecated the tone of their petitions we claimed for them the right and title to re. lief, believing that it was no part of the defence or security of the Church of England to do wrong to others. The re fusal of education in our Universities to the Dissenting youth of the country—and the refusal of Degrees,— amounts to what is a wrong. Why should the form of subscribing to the 39 Articles be the only passport to the highest order of education? It is not the passport to the highest offices of the State. They may be in their hearts and intentions friends, but they are in their conduct as mischievous as enemies who would lay the foundations of the Church in the sand and chaff of such wretched bigotry. Truly, if the Church of England have no better defence against innovation than that which Oxford and Cambridge profess to administer in their jealous and exclusive regulations, the Church of Eng land is in a bad way. Were there no other reason for pro nouncing it in a bad way than the impossibility of keeping up such regulations much longer, it would be sufficient ; for, so sure as there is consistency in man, or conformity in the suc cession of events, the Universities must open their doors to that large portion of our fellow-subjects to whom the doors of Parliament and the doors of the Cabinet have been thrown open by " the spirit of the age." It is a libel upon the Church of England—it would be a libel upon any Christian Church to represent it as requiring to be propped up with oaths and de clarations. But we refer our readers to the debate, lamenting, for the sake of the House of Lords, which we should like to see to better advantage, that the argument and the majority were on different sides, and that one was an answer, and will be a corrective to the other.—Morning Herald. The triumphant termination of the debate in the House of Lords last night, on the second reading of the Universities Admission Bill, the merits of which were expressly summed up by the Duke of Gloucester as being unjust, cruel, and dan gerous, will be hailed with heartfelt satisfaction throughout the country. The majority which threw out this iniquitous mea sure was as strong in number as the arguments were potent and conclusive, which led to the happy defeat of the incipient pro ject to destroy the church. We can only refer at the present moment to the masterly and conclusive speeches of the Duke of Wellington and the Bishop of Exeter on this important occa sion, and recommend them to the earnest and attentive per usal of our readers.—Morning Post. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GAR DEN MARKET. is morning's market, but the trade There was a great supply at thi was dull at last week's prices : 8. 11. to S. d Potatoes (cwt.) .. . 4 0 7 0 Ca' bages, White (12) 0 10 2 0 Cauliflowers 1 0 2 (1 s. d to s. d. [ Spinach (hallsieve)::. 0 6 0 8 Cabbage Lettn. es 0 10 1 0 Green Pease Broad Beaus ... !French Beans Gooseberries 2 0 3 6 Currants ,„ . ....4 6 4 6 Apples... 2 0 4 0 Pears Onions 2 0 3 6 Rhubarb C 6 Brocoli 0 6 Endive 1 0 Wrse icadish(bur.dle) 3 0 Celery 0 6 Carrots 12 bunches) 3 0 Turnips oleworts or Greens 1 6 Young Onions • 1 0 Turn ip Itaddishes 0 10 Leeks 0 9 For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 8 English, Forced Pine Apples (lb.) Cherries Sea Kail (punnet) Small Sallad Peaches (dozen) Nectarines 0 8 Seville Oranges (100) 8 0 Sweet Oranges 5 0 Lemons 7 0 Walnuts 1 0 Asparagus Raddishes (12 hands) 0 3 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 4 6 French ditto 4 6 French Walnuts 4 0 Spamsh 1 lazlenuts Brazilian Nuts. Cos Lettuces (per score) 1 0 Strawberries(pottle) 0 3 Raspberries fl 6 Cucumbers (brace) 0 1 Melons (each) 4 0 06 II HAY MARKETS - Al CUMBE: .t per Load of 36 Trusses . ;BLAND. Coars , heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 15 to New Meadow Hay 4 5 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye.grass Hay Clover Hay 4. 5 Oat Straw. EI Bto .E 1 10 J . Wheat Straw 1 12 SMITHFIELD Coari.e heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 15 to £4 0 New Meadow Hay 4 5 4 15 Useful Old Ditto 4 15 5 5 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay Clover Hay ,extra fine .......1 6 0.. Generally .‘ ~... 4 5 5 15 Oat Straw ...... .. X 1 10 to X 1 121 Wheat Straw I 12 1 14 HUNGERFORD. Coarse Meadow Hay £3 10 to 43 15 New Meadow Hay 3 15 4 15 Useful Old Ditto 4 10 5 5 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay Clover Hay 4 0 5 15 Oat Straw £1 10 to X 1 12 I Wheat Straw Per Ton COAL MARKET.-Aug. 1. s d i — Per Ton s. d. Adair s Bishop's Main Chester Wan l6 6! Wal's End Hetton 2O 3 ()rd's Redhugh l6 0 Walls End Lambton 2O ls West Hartley \Vylam Walls End Bell, Robson & Co. 18 0 Walls End Gordon lB 6 Walls End Bewicke and C 0... 19 6 Walls End South Durham Walls End Brown's lB 3 Wags End Tees Walls End Gosforth Walls End Killingworth ...... 18 3 Howard's Netherton Main Walls End Newmarch IR 3 Hartley Walls End Pvareth l7 0 I.langennech Coal Walls End Perkins l7 9 Killinguorth Trader Ships arrived since last market day, 43. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. rer uuarter. Wheat. Pease Barley. Oats. I Ecans. S b burn Basingstoke Bath Bridgewater —..... Bristol Chesterfield Derby --.......... Doncaster ........... Dorchester......—. Exeter.......—...... G'oucester—.—..,.. Hungerford Newbury Romney qha ftes - bury S p'on Mallet 5 i !rborne timton Yarmouth Yeovil i'er 31 IS 32 23 36 20 26'20 32 16 33 16 33 25 31 ;19 49 66 28 44 52 28 48 51 31 48 60 28 52 28 41 56 24 28 2O 26 44 52 25 31 ' 26 28 36 56 22 29 20 28 3, 46 31 24 43 58 31 35 24 32 38 52 58 26 28 21 25 33 54 25 17 49 57 24 30 20 26 50 51 26 30 22 28 . 52 ..... 24 • ti 47 51 2+ •29 20 23 46 54 28 30 2'2 22 s. d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s. d. 1. d., 68 7 4 4 0 4 G 5 6 74 lirewsbut 44 48 42 46 44 55 30 40 34 28 41 34 40 38 4`l 32 :36 32 33 40 8. d. s. d. s 00 00100 00 The venerable Earl of Eldon has suffered severely from exhaustion, arising from the late oppressively sultry weather. On Wednesday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, Thomas Stevens, of Thornley-place, Somers-town, a fine youth about 13 years of age, was bathing in the Regent's Canal, near the Camden-road bridge, at Camden New -town, when he got out of his depth and sunk. In consequence of the delay occasioned in procuring the drags, more than twenty minutes elapsed before the body could be got out, when it was immediately conveyed to the Eagle Tavern, and there hu manely received by Mr. Duff, the landlord. Mr. Part and Mr. Wood, surgeons, were in immediate attendance, and used every means that could be devised for the space of two hours, in hopes of restoring animation; but unhappily with out effect. DEATH OF FLEMING THE COCK-FEEDER.—An Inquest was held a few days ago at the Red Lion, Red Lion street, St. John-street, on the body of George Fleming, the cock-feeder, well known in the sporting circles. On Sunday last the deceased went to dine at Blackwall with his friends, and drove his sister-in-law and her son home to Lea-bridge in a one-horse chaise. The deceased returned at a steady pace to Ball's Pond, when the horse broke into a gallop and went off at a rapid rate. The deceased was observed to hold fast by the reins, as if endeavouring to pull the horse in, and he called out desiring people to get out of the way. In St. John street the horse, alarmed at a herd of cattle which were pro ceeding to Smithfield, turned on the footpath, when the gi g was overturned, and the wheel passed over the deceased's loins. He received a severe concussion of the brain, of which he died in about twenty minutes after the accident occurred. The horse was very much hurt on the off side, and the chaise was broken to pieces. Verdict—" Accidental Death." 14 0 10 0 4 0 5 5 5 It. 5 15 1 14 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1834. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 1. The SPEAKER resumed his chair at twenty-f ve minutes pas. five o'clock. COUNTY POOR RATE BILL. Mr. G. STANLEY moved the second reading of the Lords' amendments to the County Rate Bill.—Agreed to. UNSEAWORTHY SHIPS. Mr. ABER CR OMB Y presented a petition from the inha bitants of Edinburgh, complaining of the state in which ships were sent to sea by their owners, and more particula r ly s hi ps intended to carry emigrants to the new colonies ; and stating that in consequence of the unfit state in which those ships were sent out, the most heart-rending losses of human life had taken place. The petitioners attributed this line of conduct, on the part of shipowners, in a great measure to the system of Insurance classification that existed at Lloyd's, and it prayed that the House would be pleased to appoint surveyors to in quire into and report upon the seaworthiness, or otherwise of such ships and vessels before they were permitted to put out to sea. Mr. BUCKINGHAM agreed entirely with the sentiments and prayer of the petition. He did not think any subject more imperatively called for the immediate attention of Parliament. signed notes which they never meant to pay, and which, in fact, they were unable to pay.—(" Divide, divide.") Colonel O'GRADY supported the clause. Mr. CALLAGHAN contended that the compositions made under Mr. Stanley's Act were very unfair, and hence the ne cessity for these corrective powers. The clause was read a second and third time, and ordered to stand part of the Bill. On reading the clause which enacted that the Commis sioners of Appeal for the re-valuation should be barristers of six years standing. cfr. O'DW YE R moved that the word " four" be inserted instead of the word " six." The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion For the amendment Majority .-44 On our return to the gallery we found the House proceed ing with the other clauses, which, after a few verbal amend ments, were agreed to. The preamble was then agreed to, the report was brought up and received, and the further consideration fixed for Mon day next. COMMITTEE of WAYS and MEANS—THE BANK. On the motion of Lord ALTHORP, the House went into a Committee of Ways and Means. Lord ALT HO RP said he rose to propose a resolution for the purpose of inducing the House to agree to an arrangement he had entered into with the Bank, for the payment of one quarter of the capital advanced by them, and which, by the Act of last Session, was directed to be returned early in the month of October next. The amount to be repaid was 3,671,700/.—one quarter of the actual capital so advanced. It was his own opinion that it was better to give the Bank an equivalent in stock rather than to pay them in money, for if they determined on the latter course it would be necessary to go into the market for a loan, and this for so small a sum would be any thing but desirable, inasmuch as it would cause great confusion, and necessarily be of an unprofitable nature to the Government. Therefore he had come to the determina tion of offering to the Bank, on fair and equitable terms, a certain amount of stock in lieu of money. The Directors of the Bank would have preferred to receive the amount by way of annuity, to expire in ten years, at the time when their privi leges, under the Act of last Session, would cease and deter mine. Now it would certainly be highly advantageous to the country to get quit of the obligation altogether in so short a period of time as ten years ; but the immediate effect of paying in money would be to thr'ow 3,000,000 into the market, which would be very unwise in the present state of affairs, leading, as it certainly would, to results of the most embarrassing charac ter. He had not the slightest doubt but that it would have been a most improvident measure to lay such a charge imme diately uppn the revenues of the country. This being the case, the proposition which the Government made to the Bank was, that they should receive Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities at the price of 901. in lieu of this sum of 3,661,7001. The amount of the Three per Cent. ReduCed Stock was 4,080,000/., and the bonus which the Bank received on this sum amounted to 11 per cent. He believed that if he had gone into the market for the purpose of borrowing the money, he could not have got it upon terms equally good, and there fore he did not consider that he had made a bad bargain. The reason why he selected the Three per Cent. Reduced Stock instead of the Three per Cent. Consols was, that the interest charged upon the public was less on the former than on the latter stock. The Noble Lord concluded by moving " that a sum of 4,080,0001. in Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities, should be placed to the credit of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England in payment of one-fourth of the debt due from the public to the Bank ; and that the interest thereon should be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom." _ _ Mr. GOULBURN said the House ought to be made aware of the very improvident arrangement which had been made by the Noble Lord, and of the effect which it was likely to produce. He (Mr. Goulburn) could not understand the anxiety of the Government to pay off one and a quarter of the debt due to the Bank after the arrangement of last session. The effect of that arrangement was undoubtedly to increase the liabilities of the Bank, and yet the Noble Lord thought it ad visable to withdraw a part of the security which the public had for the due fulfilment of their engagements. With regard to the terms of the Noble Lord's bargain, the debt owing to the Bank was 3,600,0001., at the annual interest of three per cent. Now, the course which the Noble Lord had taken, was to in crease the existing burdens of the country, and to add to the permanent debt of the country : the permanent addition would be 400,000/. and the yearly addition would amount to 12,0001. This was not for the purpose of paying off a creditor who pressed for the discharge of his debt, or was dissatisfied with the interest, but for some fantastical object which he could not for the life of him, understand. In his opinion the Noble Lord, if he had gone into the market for the purpose of bor rowing the money, on the lowest terms would certainly have obtained it on more advantageous terms ; and as he had the funds of the savings' banks in his hands, he might have applied them in a way which would have been of more benefit to them than that in which the Noble Lord had thought fit to employ them. While Hon. Members were contending for a paltry reduction of the Speaker's salary, or discussing whether a Commissioner of Customs should have 100/. more or less, they permitted the Chancellor of the Exchequer to add hun dreds of thousands to the permanent debt of the country, and to increase the annual payments of interest. He did not think that the House would do their duty, as administrator of the public funds ; if they allowed such unwise arrangements to be made and passed over without notice. Mr. WARBURTON was of opinion that the security which the Bank give to the public was so ample that it was not a matter of importance whether fourteen millions or only three fourths of that sum were withdrawn from their capital. ..He, however, agreed that a most improvident bargain had been made by the Noble Lord, as its effect would be that the public would now have to pi) , 3 per cent. on 111/., whereas the for mer amount was only 3 per cent. on every 100/.—( A laugh. ) That was the effect. The public, after paying 3 per cent. on 100/. would now pay the same interest as if they owed the Bank 111/. If the Government had gone into the mar ket, the capitalists would have readily offered to pay the difference between the 100/. and the 111/. The money rate of the Three per Cent. Reduced Stock was 90/., and accord ing to the terms which the Noble Lord had agreed to, he had disposed of the Three per Cents. at 91t ; so that the bargain was doubly disadvantageous to the public. Instead of taking the capital stock at 911 he had taken it at 90, and he then sold again at 911. He perceived that the Bank on this occa sion, as on many others, had been too deep for the Government. Lord ALTHORP said that it was true the public had to pay three per cent. on 1111. instead of three per cent. on 100/., but there was not a loss on both sides. He stated in the out set that he had given a bonus of It per cent., but the public had gained in one way by the bargain. With regard to the arrangement of last year, which had been adverted to, he con sidered that when they owed a larger amount to the Bank than was necessary, the Government would at any period for renewing the charter, be more in the hands of the Bank than they otherwise would be if the debt were less. He, therefore, thought that when the funds 'were so high it was the duty of the Goverment to take advantage of the opportunity to reduce the debt; and so far from apprehending that the security of the Bank would be diminished in the slightest degree by the subtraction of one-fourth of the capital, he should prefer to pay off a larger amount, if he was enabled to make that bargain. It could not be denied that the public lost a certain amount on the *annual payments ; but the ques tion was, whether the mode which he had adopted of paying this sum to the Bank, had been disadvantageous to the coun try ? The Right Hon. Gentleman had asked why he had not applied the funds of the savings' banks ? He admitted that he might have done so ; but he thought, at the same time, that he could make a better use of them, and that by being prepared with a large sum he would be enabled to make a better bargain in the reduction of the Four per Cents. The • result had proved that he was in the right ; for if he had not been prepared with a large sum to pay off the dissentients he must have been placed in a situation of great difficulty. By the reduction of the Four per Cents he had saved 50,000/. a year to the public ; while the loss by the payments to the public amounted to only 12,000/. a-year. With regard to what had been stated by the Right Hon. Gentleman as to the advantage of going to the market, he doubted whether by so doing he could have obtained better terms. He made every inquiry which it was in his power to do from the nature of the case, and he found that 89 or 90 would have been the lowest terms at which he could have raised the required sum; and un der such circumstances he deemed it better not to disturb the money market. Mr. WARBURTON said he had rather overstated the matter ; but still he must maintain that if the conversion had been made at the rate of 91i instead of 90, the public would have had to pay three per cent. on 100/. ; whereas they would now pay three per cent. on 1111. The public lost in two points of view; for, in the first place, they would have to pay a higher rate of interest ; and, secondly, instead of putting this sum upon the terminable annuities, whereby they would pay only 100/. for the redemption of the 100/. debt, they made an arrangement by which they would have to pay 100/. instead of 90/. for the redemption. Lord ALTHORP said the exact loss amounted to the sum of 1 2,250/., and he believed that'on any other stock the loss would have been greater. He certainly would have preferred placing the amount upon the terminable instead of the inter minable annuities, but in that case he must have made an imme diate heavy charge upon the public, and disarranged the whole finances of the country. They ought not to press too heavily on the present generation for the purpose of relieving the fu ture generation. ATT WO OD said that the public would have to pay V. Os. 6d. per cent., whereas they had formerly only 3 per cent. to pay. He thought that the sum paid off would enable the Bank of England to play with the national finances. There ought to be some controlling power over the Bank of England, something similar to the Board of Control which was placed over the East India Company. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON denied that there was any nationalground for believing finances. That the B sew at would a would sufficient play B w t a h r d t h o e f Control. _ _ _ After a few observations from Mr. GOULBURN and Mr. WARBURTON, the resolution was agreed to, and the House having resumed, the report was ordered to be read this day. SALE OF BEER BILL. On the question that the House go into Committee on the Sale of Beer Bill, Mr. WARBURTON observed that the Bill consulted nei ther the interests of the consumers, nor of those parties who had invested their capital under the existing system ; and he therefore trusted that the Noble Lord opposite, who had un dertaken the conduct of the measure, was prepared to make some material alterations. Lord ALT HORP said he had supported the Bill up to its present stage, and it was not likely that he should now agree to any alterations. Mr. F. PALMER opposed the Bill. Mr. THOMAS ATT WO OD said it would be impossible to carry the bill into execution. They ought to take care that in endeavouring to check the crime of drunkenness, they did not unjustifiably curtail the enjoyments of the working classes. —( Hear, hear.) Throwing open the beer trade was the only good act of the Duke of Wellington's Administration, except, perhaps, Catholic Emancipation, which was a very pretty measure—( A laugh)—although he did not attach so much importance to it as some people did. He did not think that they had a right to dictate to Englishmen where they should and where they should not drink their beer—( Hear, hear) — and the passing of laws like this would either make the people defy and despise the law, or reduce them to the veriest pol troons ever trampled uncial- the foot of tyranny.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The people did not go to the beer houses so much for the sake of the beer as for the sake of society, and that interchange of ideas they could not meet with at home. As to the working classes being encouraged to take the beer home to drink, he discouraged it; for if they had English hearts in their bosoms, they would share it with their wives and children, for whom tea and milk were strong enough. There were none of these restraints upon the drinking of beer on the meeting of the working classes in the olden time ; but if they got intoxicated there was the wholesome, beneficient, but efficient punishment of the stocks. Mr. MARK PHILLIPS thought that the destruction of capital which it had been supposed would result from this measure, had been exaggerated. Besides, much of what had been embarked in these beer shops had been embarked with out proper care ; and their increase in one year, from 40 to 73 in one township with which he was intimately acquainted (not more than four miles square), had tended to increase the poor-rate. Mr. POTTER bore testimony to the great good which the Beer Bill had done in Manchester. Great abuses had pre vailed in the licensing system of Lancashire, which it had materially checked. Colonel WILLIAMS thought the amount of capital in vested in these beer shops no argument against their regula tion. Great capitals had been invested in the gin shops ; but he hoped that would not be urged as a reason against legislat ing for them. - Major BEA UCL ERK said that the people would not long bear with a system of legislation which continually abridged all their enjoyments. The pretence for it in this case was, the increase of drunkenness ; but it had been proved before the Committee which had lately been sitting upon that subject, that it had not increased. After a few words from Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET and Mr. WILKS, the House went into a Committee. Lord ALT HOR P moved a proviso to the second clause, to the effect, that in parishes, townships, and places, which had not ten inhabitants rated to the poor at 61., the signatures of the majority of those who were rated at 61., to a certificate, should be suffic.ien't for the purposes of this Act. Mr. WARBURTON admitted that this would be an im provement upon the Bill as it originally stood ; but there were many parishes in which there were only two or three inhabit ants rated at 6/. ; and one or two heard of in Dorsetshire, with five hundred inhabitants, with only one rated at 61. In such cases, the probability was, the certificate would never be obtained. . Mr. P. HOWARD wished to know whether the Noble Lord intended to make the certificate annual ? Mr. M. PHILLIPS suggested that in the cases now under consideration, it should be a sufficient qualification for the party wishing to establish a beer-house to be a rate-payer. ' - Lord ALTHORP begged to remind Hon. Members that notice had been given of a clause, making it necessary that there Mould be a certificate for the keepers of houses in towns with more than five thousand inhabitants. Now, with reference to that, he intended presently to propose that in the metro polis, and all places sending Members to Parliament, no cer tificate should be required. Notwithstanding the severe pe nalties of the Act at present in force, the drunkenness and immoralities which the beer-shops had given rise to in rural districts, had obliged him reluctantly to come to the conclusion that they must endeavour to stop them, by their requiring a previous certificate of character in a party seeking to establish a beer house. Mr. AGLIONBY begged to suggest to the Noble Lord, that the better way of meeting such cases as had been men tioned by the Hon. Member for Bridport, was to allow parties to obtain signatures to their certificates from the adjoining parish. Lord ALTHORP thought the case of a parish in which there was only one inhabitant rated at 61., with a population of 500 souls, and that one would refuse his signature to a proper person seeking to sell beer to be consumed on the premises (for it would not be required - for any thing else), was of so extreme a nature as not to require being guarded against. Mr. WARBURTON did not rely upon that one case in Dorsetshire ; and with a view to meet the cases of all small parishes, he begged to move as a proviso, instead of that of the Noble Lord, that in towns containing a smaller number than twenty inhabitants rated at 61., persons granting a certi ficate might be taken from any two neighbouring parishes. Major BEAUCLERK was convinced that in hundreds of small parishes the license would not be obtained unless the amendment suggested by the Hon. Member for Bridport were adopted. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE adverted to a petition on the table, in which it was stated that in the parish of Ashbourne, in Dorsetshire, in which there were nine hundred inhabitants, there were only twenty rated at 61., and of those fourteen were disqualified as being brewers or maltsters, so that the chance of obtaining a license would be very trifling. In answer to a question from Mr. P. HOWARD, Lord ALTHORP stated that it was intended the certifi cates should be annual. On the clause being put, Mr. WARBURTON moved as aimendment, to substi tute the words " one-third" for the words " a majority." The Committee divided, For the Amendment Against it Majority . -47 On our return to the gallery, we found the Committee dis cussing an amendment proposed by Sir Harry Verney, the na ture of which we were unable to collect. Eventually the Hon. Baronet postponed it until the Report. The proviso was then added to the clause. On the motion that the clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill, Mr. WALTER moved as an amendment, to add the words, " Provided always, that_nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to prevent any license from being granted to any person or persons already licensed according to the provisions of the said recited act, by reason of such person or persons not being able to obtain a certificate hereinbefore required ; or to any person or persons by whom a brewery shall have been erected for the purpose of supplying the beer to be sold under such license." After a brief discussion, in which Lord Althorp, Mr. Walter, Mr. Wilks, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Major Beauclerk, Mr. Shiel, Mr. Fyshe Palmer, and Colonel Williams participated, the Committee divided. For the amendment 23 Against it 5B Majority The clause was then ordered to stand part of the Bill. On the fourth clause, for regulating the time at which beer houses should close. Lord ALTHORP observed that he was desirous that beer houses should remain open as long as the public-houses.— ( Hear, hear.) But that it was difficult to find words in which to embody that provision, there being no specific time of closing in the vintners' licences. Unless, therefore, the clause was struck out altogether, he was afraid that it would be impracticable to obtain that object. In is opinion it would be very injurious, as compelling the beer-houses to close at an earlier hour than the public-houses, might induce people who, having drunk beer at the former, were not properly sober, to go and finish themselves with gin.—(A laugh. ) Mr. BAINES suggested that instead often, if the hour of eleven, were substituted, the object might be in a great measure obtained. Mr. WARBURTON thought that the clause might be framed, directing that beer-houses should be opened and shut at the same hours as those at which the Magistrates of the dis trict directed the public-houses to be opened and shut. Mr. GREENE observed, that in many parts of the country no particular time was prescribed, provided no irregularities took place in the houses in question. After some discussion, the clause was agreed to. Clauses 5 and 6 were agreed to. On the 7th clause, relating to the Magisterial jurisdiction, being read, it was proposed to strike out the words " two Jus tices of the Peace," and insert the words, " One or more Justices of the Peace." Mr. WARBURTON and Mr. MARK PHILIPS StrOrigly protested against any such power being vested in one Magistrate. Mr. AGLIO NB Y suggested that the proper way would be to insert the words " Two or more Justices of the Peace, in Petty Sessions assembled." Lord ALTHORP said, perhaps the best course would be to leave the clause as it originally stood, which was, we believe, agreed to. The Bth clause was withdrawn. _ On the 9th clause (the appeal clause) being proposed. Mr. AGLIONBY said, he had no idea that the House would have proceeded so far with the bill that evening, or he should have been ready with a clause which it was his intention to have proposed, enacting that, henceforth, all appeals of this nature should be tried by a jury, and not by the bench. A feeling prevailed very commonly in the country, that an appeal was but a reference from one set of magistrates to another, all of them actuated by the same motives and feelings. Lord ALTHORP looked upon an appeal in open court as sure a protection to justice as trial by jury ; at all events, in cases such as occurred under the present bill. The magis trates who tried appeal causes came from distant and various parts of the county unfettered by previous pledges, and devoid of any local prejudices. The clause was agreed to. The 10th and last clause, enacting that the bill shall come into force on the 10th of October was agreed to. Lord ALTHORP brought up a clause, providing that nothing in the Bill should extend to the cities of London an d Westminster, or to any parish within the Bills of Mortality-- or any towns returning Members to Parliament, the population of which should exceed 4000. Mr. FYSHE PALMER strongly deprecated the clause as unfair and partial. The gallery was then cleared for a division, but none took place, and the elapse was agreed to. Several other clauses were brought up and agreed to. Mr. WILKS proposed a clause exempting persons licensed 41Jr.i. ( ...., • , . 4:1 ,-.-- ~ - cti z i y... 2,1 n, A. 11,4 under the existing Act from the operation of the Bill, wh is was negatived after a brief discussion. The House then resumed, the report was brought up, and ordered to be received on Tuesday next. CUSTOM DUTIES BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill, on the 17th clause. Mr. WARBURTON observed, that promoting the export of coal would exhaust the coal at the surface, and nearest the sea ; so that the cost of conveyance would be increased to the home consumer. Lord ALTHORP said he did not think there was the slight est danger of such exhaustion as the Hon. Member seemed to anticipate. Mr. BAINES supported the clause. Mr. F. YOUNG also supported the clause. Mr. P. THOMSON, in reply to Lord Lowther, stated that there was no difference between the duties imposed in France on Belgian and English coals when they arrived by sea. There was only a difference in favour of Belgium when the coals were conveyed by land. Colonel TO RRENS opposed the clause. He was of opi nion that the export of coals would render them cheaper in foreign countries than at home. Mr. HUTT supported the clause. The clause was then agreed to. On arriving at the 21st clause, Mr. P. THOMSON proposed the withdrawal of the : 22d, and 23d clauses, which relate to the establishment: bonded warehouses in inland towns. The Government tt I come to this determination in consequence of the advanced period of the Session, and the extended discussion which the opposition to the three clauses would produce. The clauses were then withdrawn. The remaining clauses were agreed to. Mr. P. THOMSON brought up a clause exempting slates froni export duty. The clause was agreed to. The report was then ordered to be brought up to-morrow. The Land Tax Amendment Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Royal Burgh (Scotland) Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Fever Hospital Bill was read a third time, and passed. Mr. F. BARING moved the second reading of the Pen sions, Civil Offices, and Aprentices Bill. Mr. HAWES opposed the motion, on which the House divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 55 Against it 5 Majority for the second reading --50 The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday. The South Australian Colonization Bill was ordered to be re-committed to-morrow (this day.) The House then adjourned at three o'clock, till to-morrow (this day), at twelve o'clock. Ce n 3 -3, A 1 ) .......) ,„ --- ii Z ~, A- ' 4_Y.' C POOR OF IRELAND. Mr. HODGE S gave notice that early next Session he would call the attention of the House to the state of the Poor in Ireland. Mr. SINCLAIR moved for certain returns, th e nature of which was not heard in the gallery. SCOTCH JUDGES' SALARIES. Mr. SINCL AIR wished to know, although it was now too late in the session to think of bringing in any measure on the subject of the salaries of the Scotch Judges during the present sittings, if the Noble Lord intended to introduce any Bill on that question. Lord A L THORP said it would certainly not be right to attempt to bring in any Bill at this late period of the Session on that subject ; but that he thought it was a subject which ought and would call for the very early attention of Govern ment when Parliament next met. Mr. WALLACE said he had a petition to present next Monday, on the presentation of which he would avail himself of the opportunity of bringing forward the subject of the salaries of the Scotch Judges. .BEER .BILL. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from the inhabitants of Stockport against any alterations in the Beer Bill. CHOLERA. IN IRELAND. Mr. RUTH VEN wished, before the House resolved itself into a Committee upon the Irish Tithe Bill, to call the attention of the Right Hon. Secretary for Ireland to the reports that he (Mr. R.) had received of the dreadful sufferings of the poor in Dublin from the cholera. There were many persons there, as it was well known, too poor to procure the necessaries of life, even in a state of health and under ordinary circumstances, but how much more miserable was their condition rendered at present by the severe visitation of cholera there. An Hon. Member near to him (Mr. Ruthven) said there was not more cholera in Dublin than in London ; but be that as it might, it did not lessen the sufferings of the poor of Dublin. He (Mr. R.) did not wish to suggest to the Right Hon. Secretary the propriety of a renewal of hospitals in Dublin for cholera patients—( Hear, hear)—they had been very expensive, and he did not know that they had been so productive of benefit as might have been expected, but still it might probably be desirable that some institutions for the succour and assistance of the poor that might be afflicted with this disease should be allotted for them. His principal object in rising was to ex press a hope that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite would give his attention to the subject. Mr. LITTLETON said he would make inquiry into the subject, but he was not aware that any communications had yet been received upon it. SMALL TENEMENTS RATING BILL. Mr. AGLIONBY wished to call the attention of the At torney-General to this Bill. He (Mr. Aglionby) had put it off, from time to time, for the convenience of the house, and also because he felt his own inability to carry it through the House. He hoped that during the recess the Hon. and Learned Member would direct his attention to the Bill, with the view of supporting it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would give every possible attention to this Bill during the recess. He knew no man more capable of conducting this Bill through the House than the Hon. and Learned Member (Mr. Aglionby). MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. A message from the Lords announced that their Lordships had agreed to the County Coroners' Bill. IRISH TITHES BILL. On the order of the day being read for the House to resolve itself into Committee on this Bill, Mr. O'CONNELL said he wished to call the attention of the House to a portion of the subject which was not involved in the present Irish Tithes Bill, but which was very pressing upon a large portion of the inhabitants of Ireland. This Bill applied to the agricultural parishes in Ire land, but did not apply to parishes in cities and towns where the clergyman was paid by an impost in the nature of ministers' money. The, agricultural parishes were relieved to the amount of 40 per cent., and he wished those other parishes to be put on the same footing. It would be an extraordinary state of things that the Clergyman, who just lived about a mile out of town, should still receive his income, with a certain reduction whilst within the town the clergyman should be compelled to collect his money from house to house, and from cabin to cabin without reduction. He did not mean to press the subject this session, but he hoped that it would be considered next session. Mr. LITTLETON said he believed that an arrangement similar to that adopted in the present Bill would be very much in favour of the town clergymen, as he believed that within the last two or three years they had collected less than 60 per cent. It was thererefore desirable that the matter should be placed on a different footing. The payments, however, were so ex ?remely small that he did not know in what other less objec tionable measure it could be raised. Mr. O'CONNELL said he believed that in the report of the Commissioners upon the Corporation Inquiry if not totally forgotten or gone to sleep, it would be recommended that in each town all the taxes should be levied by one body of per sons, and by one collector, which would greatly lessen the present expense of collection. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the the whole House on the Tithes (Ireland) Bill ; Mr. BERNAL in the Chair. . On the motion that the first new clause be read, Mr. G OULBURN rose and said, that he had hitherto taken very little part in the discussions on the Irish Tithe Bill, broUght in by the Right Honourable Gentle man opposite, nor should he have now called the atten tion of the House to these clauses, but that they involved a principle contrary to sound policy and justice. H e (M r. G.) was surprised that the Right Hon. Gentleman should have put these clauses into the hands of Honourable Members without at least stating the grounds on which he called upon Parliament to take a course, which, in his recollection of Parliamentary annals, had never been taken by any Minister of the Crown. The present Bill called upon the House to revise an agreement entered into under the sanction of an act of Parliament, seven years ago ; an agreement entered into with the full consent of both parties, and which had been unappealed against in the mode pointed out by the act, for rectifying any errors that might occur ; an agreement he might add, which had given universal satisfaction to both parties. (There was here a good deal of noise in the body of the House.) If the House would only give him ( Mr. G.) its at tention, and if the Hon and Learned Member (Mr. O'Connell) would only lend him his silence for a few minutes he should be enabled to satisfy the House that these clauses cannot pass. In 1823 Parliament, feeling the difficulties in which the parties having an interest in tithes in Ireland were placed, and anxious to promote a • settlement, passed a law by which a power was given to the incumbents of parishes to agree with their parishioners for a term beyond their incum bency, namely, 21 years, for a composition to be taken * in lieu of tithes. The law provided that the parishioners should ar range those matters in Vestry, and to appoint a Commissioner to take care of their interests. The composition was then to be laid before another vestry, and a right of appeal was given to a superior tribunal, before which all the facts and circumstances could be brought.—( Hear.) This composition so entered into it now was sought to annul—not at ,the pleasure of the two consenting parties—not at the wish of those making the agreement, for he (Mr. G.) was satisfied that one of the parishes could never agree to it. This agree ment, solemnly entered into eleven years ago, was now to be remitted and set aside on the application of any seven persons paying tithes in the parish to the amount of 201. per annum. So that any seven of the lowest classes of society might over turn an agreement entered into eleven years ago. Various ex cuses might be made to effect this object. Such injustice had never been attempted before in the face of that House. He objected in toto to the clauses, upon the principle that an agreement entered into between the parties, with a full under standing that it was to be binding and final, ought not to be disturbed. Lord ALTHORP said the clauses, instead of being unjust in their effects, were measures of strict justice. The agree ment alluded to by the Honourable Member was merely a temporary agreement and entered into under circumstances which did not now exist. The bill provided that when any grievance was discovered, an appeal against it might very pro perly be admitted. Mr. O'CONNELL said Government might as well abandon the Bill at once as give up the clauses, for the Bill would not work well without them. He thought them not only wise, but extremely necessary, for the working of the Bill. Mr. GOULBURN explained. Mr. O'CONNELL also explained. Mr. LE FRO Y opposed the clause as an act of injustice to those who had entered into compositions. Mr. O'REILLY supported the clause. Its tendency was to do justice between the clergymen of Ireland and the tithe payers. After a few words from Mr. Shaw, Mr. Walker, Mr. Grat tan, and Mr. Lefroy, Mr. LITTLETON said, that the question had been so well discussed, by the Members for Ireland on the one side, and the Members for the Universities of Cambridge and Dublin on the other, that it was quite unnecessary for him to trouble the Committee at any length upon it. Although the Com missioners executed their duty with punctuality,. he still thought that an appeal ought to be allowed in justice to all parties ; whilst, at the same time, he did not think that ap peals in voluntary cases would be frequently made.—(" Di vide," " Question.") Mr. GOULBURN stated, that having on several occasions given his opinions at full length, he would now content him self with once more entering his protest against the Bill and all its details. Lord AIiTHORP said it was evident that luny . men HOUSE OF LORDS, August 1. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presided in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. ESTABLISHED CHURCH. Petitions for protection to the Established Church, and against the admission of Dissenters to the Uni versities, were presented by the Archbishop of Canter bury, the Bishop of Hereford, the Duke of Wellington, the Earls of Shaftesbury and Aberdeen, and De La Warre, and Lords Wynford, Beresford, and Kenyon. Lord WYNFORD also presented three petitions, praying that the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill might be postponed tin next session. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK BILL. The Marquis of BUTE postponed the second reading of the London and Westminster Bank Bill sine die. ESTABLISHED CHURCH. Lord REDESDALE presented petitions from Warwick against the admission of Dissenters to the Universities. The Bishop of GLOUCESTER presented numerous peti tions from Southampton, Winchester, Melaworth, Porchester, Ashley, Crosburgh, and numerous other parishes in Hants, against the admission of Dissenters to the Universities, and in support of the Established Church. Earl VERUL AM presented a similar petition from a parish in Hertford. ESTABLISHED CHURCH IN IRELAND. The Marq. of WE STMEATH presented apetition from the Rev. Sir H. Lees, stating a plot was being formed by the Jesuits, against the Established Church of England and Ireland. The pe titioner prayed he might be allowed to attend at the Bar of their Lordships to give further information. The Noble Marquis stated that on one occasion he had been disposed to re gard Sir Harcourt Lees as an enthusiast, but that he now thought he had formed a wrong opinion. He (the Noble Marquis) had no doubt that many of their Lordships enter tained the opinion that the security and the repose they now enjoyed could not be disturbed, but he was afraid they would find themselves mistaken, and it was only in conse quence of the late period of the season that he did not move the prayer of the petition be consented to.—( Hear, hear. ) Had it been earlier in the session, no ridicule nor doubt on the part of anybody should have deterred him from bringing the matter more seriously under their Lordships' consideration. He begged to call the attention of the Home to a speech that had been made by an Irish agitator at a public dinner yesterday, from which it would be seen that the petitioner was not very far wrong in his conclusions, although he had no doubt there was good sense enough in this country to deal with those Irish attempts to stir up the minds of persons in England. The Noble Marquis then read Extracts from the speech which he stated, when compared with what was mentioned in the petition, would have justified him in calling upon their Lordships to bring the petitioner to the bar. DISSENTERS BILL. The Duke of GLOUCESTER presented a petition from the University of Cambridge against the Bill for admitting Dissenters to the Universities. The LORD CHANCELLOR entered the House, and took his seat at half-past five o'clock. The Earl of RADNOR in presenting a petition from Cam bridge, stating that great inconvenience had been experienced its the University allowing Dissenters to be admitted to the Uni versity, but not to take degrees, begged to ask the Illustrious Chancellor of that University, if the statements in the petition were correct, and whether persons of any denomination were admitted to that University ? The Duke of GLOUCE STER stated that he was not aware that Dissenters were admitted, if they were, they were not known at the time of admission to be Dissenters. ESTABLISHED CHURCH. Viscount MELBOURNE presented petitions from South Shields and other places, in favour of the Established Church. The Bishop of CHESTER presented several petitions from parties in Caermarthen. BRIBERY BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE the Bill was read a third time and passed. UNIVERSITIES ADMISSION BILL. The Earl of ADNOR in rising to move the second reading of this Bill stated that it was well known its object was to remove those disabilities under which the Dissenters laboured, of being unable to avail themselves of the benefit of a University education.—(Hear, hear.) The Bill had origi nated in consequence of the petitions the Dissenters had presented to both Houses of Parliament, praying that such a Bill might pass. The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge had a different opinion upon this question ; the latter allowed persons of all persuasions to have the benefit of that University up to a certain point,while Oxford would not allow any young man to be matriculated without subscribing the thirty-nine articles. In the University of Cambridge, he un derstood persons known to be Dissenters had been admitted, and had gone on receiving the benefits of the University up to the very time, indeed, of taking their degrees without any notice being taken of their persuasion. They had qualified themselves for the highest honours, and had received them ; but after having been exemplary members of the University, they had been excluded from de grees, because they would not subscribe the articles re quired of them. This he considered a very great hardship. He considered it was a matter of very great hardship that the Dissenters should be so punished merely on account of their conscientious objections to the articles they refused to sign. With respect to Oxford the matter was still worse, for there no young man could be matriculated without first of all subscribing to the 39 Articles. He considered it would but be doing bare justice to the parties to pass the Bill—( Hear, hear), — and, in his opinion, it was a necessary sequel to a Bill which their Lordships passed only a few years ago, for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. That Bill opened the way for Dissenters up to the highest situations in the State.—(Hear.) Surely then their Lordships would not shut them out from the means of acquiring an edu cation to qualify them for such situations. In the professions of law and medicine, the Dissenters were placed under very great disadvantages in consequence of these regulations, which were unjust. In the profession of the law it was of great ad vantage to any man that he should have been educated at the University. In the medical profession it was still more im portant; for no person could act as a physician within the limits of the metropolis, nor within a certain distance from without having obtained a degree at the University. But it might be said that the College of Physicians might admit such persons to degrees ; and so the Cc:lege of Physicians could, but not to such degrees as were conferred on those who had taken degrees at either of the two Universities. He thought it a great hardship on Dissenters that on account of their reli gious opinions they should be excluded from the highest branch of the medical profession. The Dissenters wished not to pull t d o o do wn receivet h n e wot aon U tsthnhateh ievabfTetoei e t fi i Universities, of, o ebutca occasion the e ° dbuec ation admittedivhi tho theth Universitiestyni v eteUniversities h eo e ul d d id giv n e ol atnhdinhke itm a u must mattersa y, t o h f a t policyu nde in htehsee Legislature circumstances, to check that wish, if it could be granted without disadvantage to the Universities. He did not imagine that this bill would be at all opposed, but that those who were prepared to oppose it conscientiously, believed that . it could not be granted with out danger of great inconvenience to the Universities. It wash on that point h ;rsht. matterhnee A g . great stand supposed w as was m required. a d e precaution, had respect ande bseuebsub scription to the two Universities of Oxford and Cambridge ; on that It on whether it was fit and proper tdsphecoarbiitnaPtttetlihdte subscription to these articles should be required g no nie i that n4aantdallitbU'tasthtaltietnhesstautbesdcribers be th i e one g sub scriptionfror i t y m e eaonutn nothing to the Church of England. On the other hand, it was said, and he could not but feel the force of the argument, that no thing could be more improper, and even disgraceful, than to require such a subscription of faith from young men who could not possibly be supposed capable of knowing the full effect of such a subsc r ipti on . Whatever mny be said with regard to the subscription of the 39 Articles not binding the person so subscribing to an understanding of the Articles, the practice 1 1 y , . t: