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to th3Civil Lis'. Vaapect to the amount of the vote, he wis disposed to agree neither to a larger nor a s maller one, and for this reason—because the experience of the last ten years had show that the precise sum proposed had an eviereA his purpOsit ; and lie would not consent, for the sake of a small saving, or a large saving, to place the crown in such a situ ition that it would be obliged to come to that House for the payment of its debts. To what pur pose the sum of t en th ousan d pounds, which was the sub ject of dispute, was applied, he did not care. If the great officers of the Household chose to relinquish so much from their salaries, he did not think the suns too great for a contingent fund. It should be recollected, too, that her Majesty, c ontrary to the usage of formei reign., got no outfit. He did hot understand that the usual outfit had ever been offered, but only a part. If that were the case, he could very well con ceive that his Majesty would refuse a sum, the very offer of which he might eivsider an insult, it having been the practice of all his ancestors to receive double the amount. We all knew how frugal her Majesty was in all her arrangements; but still the expenditure of a person in her situation must unavoidably be great, and he was afraid, that in preparing h er outfit, her Majesty might be thrown Into pecuniary difficulties. This was well worthy the con sideration of the House, and he should like to know why her Majesty was not placed on the came footing with re spect to her outfit as all other Queens ? With respect to the pensions, they had been reduced from 145,0001. a year to 75,0001. That was an arrangement in favour of the public, but the House was in fact placing a powerless sceptre in the hands of his Majesty. It nominally gave his Majesty the controul of 75,000/. for pensions; but if hi. Majesty wished to give him a pension of 40,0001. to-mor row, he could not do so, because all the pensions were an ticipated. This fine grant, then, tsar a mere shadow ; and unless somebody was obliging enough to move off the list. his Majesty could not move any one on.---(Laughter.) Sir R. INGLIS said a few words which were inaudible. An HoN. MEMBER said that the country ought not to continue burdened with a pension list of so large an amount. Many of the pensions were disgraceful to those who gave them, and those who received them, and the whole ought to uahrgo revision. Sir T. FREEMANTLE said, that it would be dis graceful to the country to allow the subject of the outfit to her Majesty to rest as it stood at present. His present Majesty deserved more of his country than any other king, and yet he had been worse treated by his subjects. If his Majesty was so treated by an unreformed House of Commons, how would Ire be treated by a reformed House ? Mr. ROBINSON could not agree with the Hon. Mem ber who had just sat down, in thinking that it was dis graceful for the House of Commons to accede to the King's wishes. Among the many acts which hsd en deared his Majesty to the country, nothing had tended to that effect more than the anxious desire which had been manifested by his Majesty to relieve the suffering people from every burden possible; and lie could not hear an Hon. Member endeavouring to induce the House to rote away 50,000/. without rising to express his dissent from that proposition. He was far from wishing to see the Crown deprived of any thing necessary to uphold its dig nity; but he approved of the proposition (as we under stood) to reduce the vote to tLe amount recommended by the committee. He hoped that there would be a revision of the pension list, and that pensions would be taken away from all those persons who possessed large private fortunes. Mr. COURTENAY supported the vote proposed for the Civil List, but considered that the arrangement made of removing various charges from the Civil List, and fixing them on the consolidated funds, far from economical. Mr. BANKES wished to know from the Noble Lord (Al harp) whether, if the Committee up stairs had re commended a vote of 510,0001., he hid intended to call upon the House to grant a larger sum ? and whether at any time he had communicated to the Committee up stairs an intention of asking the House for a surplus? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that if the Committee had recommended a vote of 510,0001., it was by no means his intention to ask for a larger sum. With respect to the other question which had been asked by the Hon. Mem)), r, he stated that he had never communicated to the Committee up stairs any wish that there should be a surplus sum of 10,0001. al lowed. Sir J.YORKE thought the House was placed in rather an awkward situation ; for the proposition made was, to take a certain sum from the salaries of the King's servants, and place it in the King's pockets. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not pledge himself as to the particular manner in which the 10,0001. would he applied. That the House would decide upon, when the Bill came into Committee. Mr. O'CONNELL said it was not fair to reproach those who were advocates of economy with being the enemies of monarchy. The real friends of monarchy were those who made it popular, and not those who would increase the burdens of the people. The Hon. and Learned Mem ber then alluded to the Irish pension list, which he de clared required revision. He said that Leonard Macnally, a barrister, who had been always engaged against the Crown, in defending persons charged with high treason and publishing libels, had, for a period of eighteen years, received a pension of 3001. a year, paid to him by the Crewe, and which was not discovered until be died, when his widow applied to have the pension continued to her. There were other pensions or annual payments still paid to the persons who were connected with certain papers, such as the Patriot and Correspondent. Besides this, a sum of ?001. bad been paid yearly, since 1806, to two persons, of the name of Hooper and Martin, until the sum of 2,0001. was paid in full, which he believed had latterly been done. In looking over the Irish pension lie, he foun i the name of no person in it who had performed publ c services, except that of Lord Rodney. It was the prectice, too, when Catholics became eminent at the bar, to give them pensions, for fear, he supposed, of their turn ing agitators; till at last they became too numerous to be psnsioned off in that way. But one Gentleman had three pensions accumulated upon him ; and he had his pension increased, because at a public meeting he voted in favour of placing the nomination of Catholic B shops in the hands of the Crown. lie should support the report of the corn % Mittee. Mr. G. PRICE said that after all the expectations of retrenchment which bad been formed in the appointment of the Committee, the result was a proposition to retrench only to the amount of 10,000/.—" Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridicnlus mus." But even that limited prcposition was negatived by the Noble Lord opposite, tho great pa tron of economy. He contrasted the declarations of Mi nisters when in opposition, with their conduct when in office, and hoped that the country, which had been abused by a gross delusion, would distinguish between those who were the real friends of economy and those who were merely professors. Mr. LENNARD said that what had been stated by the Learned Member for Waterford, in regard to Mr. Leonard Macnally, confirmed the view he had always taken of the propriety of the pension list being open. He did not object to the amount of the pension list proposed by Government. He was not an advocate for placing the pensions on the consolidated fund, which would be taking from the Crown that which had always been considered part of its prerogative. But he hoped that the Govern ment would agree that the pension list should be annually brought before Parliament, which would prevent abuses in it. The Hon. Member for Sandwich complained that no good had been done by the Committee. He 6°4 ht great good had been done by it, for by separating the per sonal expences of the Crown from those which did not properly belong to it, a sum of between 40,000/. and 50,0001. had been placed under the controul of Parlia ment, out of which he thought great savings would ul timately be made. He should vote for the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but he hoped the Noble Lord would adopt the recommendation of the Select Committee, that the salaries of the greet officers should be reduced. Mr. GOULBURN wished to know on what fund the salaries were in future to be charged which it was proposed to separate from the Civil List ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER intended to charge a portion of them upon the Consolidated Fund, and to provide for the remainder out of the supplies of the year. Mr. HUME, on a future occasion, would call the attention of the House to the Junior illembers of the Royal Family with the view of proposing that they sh uld be sub j ected to a !eduction in proportion to the decreased price of all necessary articles. Vie resolutions were then agreed to, and a Bill founded upon them was ordered to be brought in. The House then resolved into a _ COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY—N A V Y ESTIMATES. On the motion of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the following votes were agreed to without opposition : 21,2111. for the maintenance of the dock-yards, abroad and at home. 534,1641. for the wages of labourers and artisans employed in the dock-yards. Sir J. GRAHAM then moved that the sum. of 810,000/. be granted for the purchase of timber and other materials. Sir J. YORKE thought that it would be better to purchase ships than build them. He was also of opinion that we should build ships of a larger class than we had at present. Sir J. GRAHAM admitted that the grant was a large one, but said that the reason for it was, that the departme nt had now an orcrotunrciliZfoorf j.utTlcehgaatiLtstore Adins n v ir o al that e v er t irrn g e e n ° tl s nt t e e nde s d to build some ships of large size to compete with those of other nations. Mr. HUME thought it would be better to build em boa than large ships. He begged to know why so many royal yachts were maintained, since the common steam packets were always used on occasions where the yachts ought to be employed. Sir JAMES GRAHAM replied that the yachts were neces sary, and were frequently used. At the present moment the viceroy of itelanti was in the habit of sailing in his yacht, which was an appendage to the Viceroyal dignity. Mr. O'CONNELL said that an excuse was never wanting for m unnecessary expense. He knew that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland sailed in his own yacht, and when he cable to England, he came in the steam packet. Sir J. GRAHAM said that when he entered the Admiralty it , vas with the impression that the number of these yachts should be reduced ; tint he found that from the time of William 111. they had ben maintained in the same nuinber as at present, and the command of them had bcktt given as the reward of service. Although, therefore, he 'was a Member of a reforming and an economising government, he did not feel himself justified in taking at ay this stimulus to meritorious exertion. Mr. HUME did not care for the time of Kiiig William ; he wished to know whether the yachts welt , necessary ? He objected the more to the present.grantl betalise Government had, on the ground of economy§ reklistii to tit up another hospital ship in the Thame,s. Sir J. 011.KE said that if it were necessary to reduce the naval estimates at all, the yachts should be the first item to be struck out. Sir B. MARTIN said it flat ridiculous to talk of expense in this instance. The Oa of the yachts was only .1 . %0/. Mr. WARBURTON said that if his Majesty should desire to go to sea, it would be more befitting his 'dignity to sail in a man of-war than in a vessel gilded like a gingerbread toy. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the government had certainly re fused to give to, the managers of the floating hospital on the Thames, a ship belonging to the public, estimated at 1,600/., and the former tlo'rernment had also refused to do so. [Want of space compels us to omit the conversation which ensued on several other resolutions : we seleCt the most material parts.] On the question that 95,000 i. be granted for the expense of s:iip-building at BettibaVi Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in reply to a question from Sir Joseph Yorke, said that the building Of ships at Boillbay would be dis continued. Sir GEORGE CLERK Mitt, that in 1828 orders had been sent to Bombay that nO more ships should be built there, but con siderable progrt!,ss having been made in one, it was thought ad visable that it should be completed. This would, however, be the last vote on the subject. Sir C. I ORBES was sorry to tint* that there was an intention to abandon the building tsr gt4s at Bombay. The ships built in the East Inflies.ftrere some of the finest in the service. There was not a 'ship equal to the Ganges. They were likewise built much cheaper than in England, and were almost everlasting. The natives of India had as much right to he entployed in build ing our ships as those of any other portion of the British empire ; but they seemed to be overlooked, and under the monstrous measure of Iletbeti- A laugh)—he did, not see how the in terests of Inttla 'Were to be represented.—(Hear.) Mr. W. SLOANE STANLEY had understood that the best timber for ship-building was the East India teak, next to that was the Sussex oak, and next to that the oak of his own county, Hampshire. He wished to ask whether it was the intention of Government rieNt vehr to take British or African oak Sir B. M A itTIN said, that it was intended to take half British, and half African oak. The vote was agreed to. The next ♦ote was one of 782,0001. for half-pay of naval officers in 1831. In answer to a question from Mr. Htl3/E, Sir J. GRA H A3l said the plan of one promotion in three vacancies had been adhered to with good effect, and he expected a diminution of 2,0001. or 3,000/. in the half-pay in the ensuing year.—Vote agreed to. £246,058 was voted for pensions and allowances to naval officers' widows and relatives. ..£1,300 was voted for botinties to chaplains. On the vote of 240;2004 for out-pensioners of Greenwich Hos- pital, Sir J. GRAHAM observed, in answer to Sir J. Yorke, that as at present advised, he did not intend to extend the outpension system to merchant seamen, but he meant to give a eoneurrent claim on the hospital to merchant seamen And seamen in his Ma jesty's navy—the matter to be subject, of course, to the decision of the Admiralty. ke should open the details after Easter.— Vote agtoett X. 15400 was voted for superannuations of commissioners, secretaries, andclerks formerly employed in the civil departments of the navy. The next vote was one 136,9001. for the freight of ships for the conveyance of stores.s.sAgreed to. £3,000 was vOted for the freight of ships for the conveyance of passengers and stores to Swan River and other places. .tfiB,'4 , o was voted for the expenses of sending convicts to New South Wales. £3,380 was voted for bounties on the capture of piratical vessels. £30,050 was voted for salaries of officers, and Contingent ex penses of the Victualllng--6111ee. £6.3,36: 1 war, Voted for salaries of officers and contingent ex penses of the Victualling Yards. Sir G. CLERK asked, whether it was the intention of Govern ment to discontinue issuing beer to ships at home? Sir .1. GRAHAM said, when ships returned from foreign sta tions with the health of their M.'s Impaired, beer would be al lowed, but in small quantities, and it would be provided by con tract, It Was not intended to allow beer generally to ships in harbour, and by that means a saving would be effected of the difference between 325., per month per man and Otis. Mr. HUME said, that in his opinion, every thing in the victu tualling department might, and ought to be settled by public contract. If that course were adopted, a very small establish_ ment indeed would be sufficient for all useful purposes. To prove the truth of what he now asserted, he would on some future day move for a return, by which he would show that they were, by their present plan, paying a high price for the very worst beef. London was the dearest market that could be se lected ; and yet they were in the habit of buying cattle here which were driven up from Devonshire, and afterwards sent to Deptford, where they were slaughtered and cured. Why did they not buy those cattle in Devonshire, and have them killed and cured there ? —(Hear, hear.) Assuredly that would be the means of effecting a considerable saving. He could not conceive when the army was supplied with all sorts of provision, by con tract, without complaint, why the same principle should not be adopted in the navy. The East India Company, who were obliged to provide large supplies of the same nature, always pro ceeeed by way of contract. He thought that by adopting a different plan, 50,0001. a year might be saved in this department of the navy. Colonel SIBTHORPE wished to know from the Right Hon. Baronet, whether it was intended to discontinue the Commis sioner at Deptford ? Sir J. GRAHAM answered, that, under the existing establish ment, it was still necessary to continue the Commissioner. With respect to what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Middle sex, he admitted the propriety of the general rule of having articles supplied by public contract. To that general rule, how_ ever, there were some exceptions. Those who were at the head of the department wished, as much as possible, to have the sup plies furnished by contract, and this was done with respect to beer and some other articles. But they were obliged, from time to time, to go into the market themselves, for the express purpose of keeping the contractors in check. He was convinced that there was no security for having really good bread but by manu facturing it. Instances could be adduced in which, when the bread furnished by contractors was sent to a foreign station, it was found to be so bad that it was refused by the men, who cer tainly deserved the best article, and was sent back again. He believed that the public derived a great saving from the plan of manufacturing bread for the Royal navy. Mr. S. RICE next moved that the sum of 80,0001. be granted to his Majesty for defraying the expence of the civil contingencies for 1831. Mr. HUME said that this was the lowest estimate under this head which the House had had for a long time, and looked upon it as an earnest of still greater reduction under an economical ad ministration. There were, however, certain items in it which he could not approve • for instance, a sum of 480/. to Lord Burghersh, for the expense ofjournies to England and back, on his Majesty's service. Now he should be glad to learn the particulars of this expenditure, and would take an opportunity of moving for such an account when the House resumed. There was another item —that of 1,373/. to Mr. Vaughan, our Minister in America, for journies (we understood), a sum almost as great as that of the whole salary allowed to the American Minister in this country. He should also move for an account of the particulars of this ex penditure. The next item was for fees paid on the investiture of the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Saxe Weimar, and Sir Edward Codrington with a foreign order. Now he could not see why the Commons of England should be called upon to make gocd such expenditure, and why, if his Majesty conferred those orders, the parties receiving them should not pay their own ex pense. There must be some person to receive those fees, and he thought the House should have an account of them ; for these he should also move. He also saw an item of 1,200/. for lottery expenses. Why this should be four years after the lottery had ceased he could not imagine. He should also wish to have an account of an item of 3,6001. paid to Mr. Babbage for making machine. There was also a sum of 360/. for making out the commission for the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical In quiry. Why such a sum should be expended for such a purpose he could not see. The Great Seal was put to the commission, but the Chancellor was paid '7,000/. a year for that amongstother duties, and he saw no reason why the country should be asked to pay over again in fees of this kind. He should also move for an account of this expenditure. There were next the sum of 5251. for the appointment of the commissioners for the affairs of India, and 9 - 21. for the India Board. Why, he asked, should not these parties pay for themselves ? He should also be glad to see the particulars of the sum of 1,279/. to the solicitor of the com missioners of charities, and likewise of the sum of 6,8124 paid as compensation to two persons of colour, who were deported from Jamaica. He next saw an item of 1,451/. for valuations in the city of Dublin. Surely an expense of this kind ought to be paid by local taxation, and not to be thrown upon the country at large. The next item to which he would call the attention of the Committee was a sum paid for fees to the clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in Ireland, on the issue of a writ for a representative Peer for Ireland, in the room of the late Marquis of Headfort. Surely this was an expense that ought not fall on the country. He also saw 1,3001. to travelling expenses of Inspectors of Police in Ireland. This ex pense ought to be borne by the counties, or at least, the half of it should be so paid, and not let the whole fall on the country at large. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to object for other items of the estimate; amongst which were 379/. issued to the Clerk of Parliament; for certifying the public acts of the Sessions of 1829 and 1330; 276/. to the Archbishop of Dublin, as Chancel lor of the Order of St. Patrick, as fees for delivering the collars of the order to the Marquises of Drogheda and Waterford ; 710/. to the ringers of St. Patrick's and St. Werburg's church, in Dublin, for ringing at the death of the late King ; and 2,0161. to persons receiving what was called his Majesty's bounty. He should be glad to know what for ? There was also the clothing and stan dards to three regiments of the household troops, and triennial allowance to serjeant trumpeter, and badges for the men in his Majesty's barges. These should have come under diftbrent heads, and not under that of civil contingencies. Adverting to the ex pence of commissions, he observed, that commissions for various purposes had cost the country 1,200,0001. since 1800, and he doubted much whether their labours had been productive of a saving of half that sum. Mr. S. RICE hoped that he should be able to satisfy his Hon. Friend on the various subjects he had introduced. He must first say, that that the estimates were not those of the present Ministers. He did not say this by way of casting any imputation upon them. On the contrary, he fully admitted that reductions had been made on many of the items by the Right Hon. Gentle man opposite, and that the merit of the economy belonged to them tier a saving which had left a surplus on the whole estimate under this head. On every point to which his Hon. Friend had adverted the fullest information would be afforded. With re spect to the expellee of diplomatic journies, by a regulation of the late Ministers they were to be discontinued, except where the journey was actually on his 'Majesty's service, and the extra ordinary diplomatic expences were to be paid out of a diplomatic fund, which was not to increase, and this head was to I e re moved from the civil contingencies. The expcnce of outfit had been reduced from 9,8701. to 4,8751. by the adoption of a new standard. So that under this head some of the extraordinary expellees would be removed, and others greatly diminished. The compensation to the two persons of colour who had been re moved from Jamaica was only a part of what was to be paid to them. They had suffered great hardship undeservedly by that removal under the order of the Duke of Manchester, and he (Mr. S. Rice) should have to move an additional grant to them, but tinder a separate head. It was at first considered that the Noble Duke should be required to pay this himself; but as he had acted by the advice of his legal advisers, it was deemed right that -- lie should not be called on. His Hon. Friend had objected to commissions, but many of those appointed had already concluded their la boors, and others were drawing to a close. As to the vote to Mr. Babbage, it was one for which the country would rejoice to pay. It was a machine by which the most abtruse calculations could be worked with mathematical certainty ; mathematical, nautical, and other table s could be constructed from it with ease and certainty ; indeed his Friend ought not to object to it, fo r it was probable that he himself would hereafter be saved much trouble by it, and that some of his c a l cu l a ti ons on the estimates might be made by mechanical means. The sum voted was for the purchase of the whole machine, which was to be ap plied to the public service. As to the expenses of the Life Guards, they being household troops, the expenditure could not be well brought in the regular army estimates. The expences of the solicitor for charities were for proceedings under that commission, and much of those expenses had been already reco- if) *AT-e-ivat% vereii. The expences relating to foteign Ordets had by constant custom been paid by the country whenever foreigners or mem bers of the Royal Family had been invested with them They were matters which could net be reasoned upon. They were dis tinctions of honour, and as long as they continued they ought not to be made a burden to those on whom they were conferred. The fees of the Clerk of the Crown and Hamper had been paid by the public by ancient custom, but they would be looked into in Mure. Mr. WARBURTON defended the vote for Mr. Babbage's scientific discovery, which was one of the Most valuable ever in vented. It would calculate formulae, construct the most difficult tables with mathematical certainty, and print them when made. The whole expence of this machine, and of the house to place it in, would not exceed 1:1,0001., and never was money better expended. It was expected that it would be all completed in three years. Mr. LENNA RD had intended to submit a motion on the sub ject of diplomatic expences, but finding they were so much re duced, as he perceived by these estimates, he would relinquish the intention. He must observe however, that in the ex pences of our Ainbassador in Paris, there were included those of five servants, Which he thought the country ought not to pay. He also objected to the country being called upon to pay for mourning for the household of the Ambassador on occasions of public mourning.—(lt was here intimated that this practice was given up.) He also objected to our having Ministers at Frank fort, Bavaria, Saxony, and Wirtemburg, where as the Diet was not sitting, the Minister of Frankfort might do the duty of a Minister to all those States. Lord PALMERS lON said that the salary of the Ambassador to France had been reduced from 12,000/. to 10,0001. a year. The five servants mentioned by the lion. Member were not belong. ing to the household of the Ambassador, but were to take care of the house, which belonged to this country. When the proper time came for discussing this question, he should be able to sa tisfy the Hon. Member that we had not too many diplomatic agents in the German states. As to the extraordinary diplomatic expenses, they had been reduced very considerably. In 1827, they were 62,000/. ' • in 1823; 64,000/. ; in 18:29, 50,0001. ; and last year, 40,0001., and he proposed to reduce them 14,000/. more. Mr. GOULBU RN said, that when the Hon. Member (Mr. Lennard) expressed his satisfaction at the great reduction of these expenses, he might have glanced with some satisfaction on those by whom those reductions were made—he meant the late Government. It had been the endeavour of himself and his Right Hon. Friends to reduce those expenses to as low a scale as possible, and they had succeeded in reducing the whole of the civil contingencies from 240,0001., which they were when they came into office, to 60,000/.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL noticed That 2 , 0001. was annually given tothe sufferers in the Irish rebellion, at the rate of 301. each. He con sidered that a very large sum, and he could not help thinking that many persons were receiving the benefit of the grant, who had never suffered at all at the time of the rebellion. It was generally believed by the people that the money was voted to keep up an establishment of spies and informers. Mr. STANLEY said, that, until within the last three years, the vacancies in the list of those pensioners had been filled up. Since then that practice had been put a stop to, and the vote was consequently in the course of diminution. Mr. DAWSON recommended the abolition of the offices of inspectors of prisons and inspectors of yeomanry. Mr. GOUI,BURN said, that the services of the inspectors of yeomanry had been very efficient. Colonel SI BTHORPE complained of the amount charged for remuneration to officers in the Exchequer, in lieu of fees ; and also of the sum voted to Sir R. Chester, in ieu of his per tentage on the presents made to foreign Powers. Lord PALMERSTON said, it was the intention of Govern ment to abolish in future all diplomatic presents. After a few words from Mr. RICE, the resolution was agreed to, and the House resumed. The report was ordered to be received to-morrow (this day). Colonel TRENCH moved the second reading of the election in Ireland Bill. The object of the Bill was two-fold : first, to snake it incumbent on candidates at an election to warn every person who tendered his vote against giving it unless duly qua lified ; and, secondly, to settle, what was now in some degree a matter of doubt, whether a freeholder who held property in detached portions, of the value of ten pounds in the whole, had a right to vote. He was anxious, as a hint of dissolution had been thrown out, to have these matters settled before the next general election. Mr. STANLEY had no objection to the Bill progressing that stage, but Mr. BANKES objected taking a measure of that kind at so late an hour in - the night. After short conversation the gallery was cleared for a division, but we understood that the second reading was postponed with out the House dividing. On the motion that the Corporate Funds' Bill be committed—. Mr. FYLER objected to proceeding with the Bill at that late hour, and moved the adjournment. The House divided. For the adjournment 20 Against it The House accordingly resolved into a Committee upon the Bill. The Marquis of CHANDOS renewed the opposition to thepro ceeding with the Bill, and moved that the Chairman report pro gress and ask leave to sit again. Mr. DAWSON urged the adjournment of the consideration of the question, and ultimately the Chairman reported progress and obtained leave to sit again. The Indemnity Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed to-day. Mr. HUME had intended to move that the witnesses ordered to attend to give evidence in the case of the Evesham election should be discharged. His object was to save the public money; but as he understood that no expense would be incurred by the country, he should not press the motion. The Marquis of CHANDOS had been anxious to save the public money, and had consequently ordered the solicitor not to bring the witnesses to town until the 19th of next month ; they had not, however, been ordered until the 21st. He was deter mined to go on with the case, which he was sure of being able to make out. Sir C. FORBES hoped the Noble Lord would give up his hos tility to the borough of Evesham. The Hon. Baronet was pro ceeding to address the House, when he was called to order, there being tio question under consideration. The House was then occupied for some time in receiving peti tions, on various subjects. Lord STANLEY presented 160 petitions for the abolition of slavery; and Mr. HUME 78 to the same effect. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the inhabitants of the western part of the metropolis against the Reform measure. Mr. MALCOLM also presented a petition to the same effect from Boston. The petitioners objected to the measure because it infringed the charters of corporations. A great many petitions were presented in favour of Reform, and among them petitions from the following counties :—Mid dlesex, Surrey, Nottingham, Renfrew, and Roxburgh. WEST INDIA COLONIES. Sir M. S. STEWART presented four important petitions from the merchants and planters, and others connected with the West India Colonies, from Greenock, Port Glasgow, the town of Johnstone, and the city of Glasgow. These petitions represented property to an immense amount, and they declare that they con sider that property, and the peace of the West India Colonies, much endangered by the measures taken by the Anti-Slavery Society. That even the right of the colonists to their lawful pro perty has latterly been questioned, which has been productive of the most pernicious effects—which is paralyzing all the customary transactions of sales and securities, and threatens to involve the proprietors in general ruin. The petitioners declare that they have always been most desirous to improve the condition and character of the slave population, and they are ready to concur in any safe and practicable plan for this important object. They implore this House to protect them in that property which they hold by the same tenure and sanction of law by which all other property is held ; and they claim that no infringement on their property shall be commenced under any plea or pretext what ever, without the guarantee of compensationby thenation at large. Adjourned at a Quarter to Four o'clock. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent. Cons. -' B l / 414,%% 3 1 / 4 per Cent. shut Ditto Red shnt New 3 1 / 4 per Cent .88 1 / 4 7% 8 8 1 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 .... - 4 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann to expire Jan 5, 18641 shut Oct. 10, 1859 shut Jan. 5, M 0... 16 11-16 9-:6 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 DAY AT ONT O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 6 4 pm. South Sea Stock ..... Old Annuities, shut New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex Bills, £1,000...25r 6 Pm• Ditto 50 '. 23 26122 pm. Ditto Small ...... ...23 26 22 pm. Ditto Commercial pm. t)itto Advertised —pm • Bank for Account Ind'a for Account Cons. for April 12 78 1 /( 3 %M% 34 FRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds ...... ........ Neapolitan — Bras 1 an Banda .57% S Peruvian Bonds — R ienos Ayres }lnnis — Portuguese Bonds — C ,ilian Bonds Prussian, Old — Colnnbian Bonds 12% Ditto, New — Ditto, 189 4 14% Russian . 90% - -nisi .- -.— Spanish. 1821 164 % Danish Greek Bonds 1823 Ditto, 1825 Guatimala — l— Exchange —l. —c. Mexican Bonds — --- 3 per cent —l. UM 1. 1823 37% 7 Exchange ...... —l. --c. PRICKS OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 25. Bank Stock 2OB St. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Consols, 3 ner cent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 85%tNational Ditto — Ditto, New 85% Patriotic Ditto — I per Cent — Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 34 per cent.... 83 Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock - Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent. — Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings NOTICE TO ARTISTS. ALL Works of Pidnting, Sculpture, or Ar chitecture, intended for the ensuing EXHIBITION at the ROYAL ACADEMY, must be sent in on Mow- DAY, the 4th, or by Six o'clock in the Evening of TUES. DAY, the sth of April next, after which time none can possibly be received. The Regulations necessary to be observed may be ob tained at the Royal Academy. HENRY HOWARD, R.A. Sec. Every possible care will be taken of works sent for ex hibition, but the Royal Academy will not hold itself ac• countable in any cue of injury or loss. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1831. A very irregular discussion, arising out of a mo tion made by Lord WHARNCLIFFE for " returns of the population of the different counties in Eng land and Wales," took place last nightic the Upper House. By some unaccountable apathy, for which, of course, " he took great blame to himself," the Earl of ELDON did not interfere to prevent this irre gular discussion, till the Noble Mover had disbur thened himself of all his arguments against the Reform Bill now pending in the House of Commons. He then, by way of making atone ment for his tardiness, rose in breathless haste to stop the further progress of the discussion, by which means the country would have been furnished with an ex-parte statement on the question of Reform. They would have been put in pos session only of the poison. The antidote they would have been left to find out for themselves. The LoRD CHANCELLOR exposed this manoeuvre with his usual caustic felicity, and, the discussion being persevered in, brought forward Lord PLUNKETT, who, in allusion to the much vaunted " working well" of the old representative system, shrewdly observed, that such well-working was the growth of happy accidents and lucky chances, but that it was monstrous to insist that the British nation should be left longer indebted for its success to the chapter of accidents. Lord BROUGHAM spoke at length on the same side of the question. He advocated the expediency of Re form; he proved that it could no longer be delayed with safety to the Constitution; that in short, things were come to such a pass that no Government could go on longer without it. The old stale argument of the boroughmongers, that the Re formers were split into countless sects and divisions, and that consequently no measure could be brought forward that would give them en• tire satisfaction, the Noble and Learned Lord can vassed with infinite sprit. He completely turned the tables on the boroughmongers, by proving, be yend the possibility of contradiction, that they themselves were at present in the very same pre dicament in which the Reformers once stood ; that it was the former who were now divided, the latter had become unanimous on the great ques tion. From this he inferred that the measure which could produce such unanimity; which could reckon among its advocates men of all parties and shades of parties—with the excep tion of the boroughmongers, whose interests wee opposed to it—must be the one, and no other, best calculated to ensure the continuance of good iv vernment, the preservation of social order, and the general happiness of the community. On this point we cordially agree with the Noble and Learned Lord. The Reform Bill now in pro gress through the House of Commons is the one, and the only one, likely to be productive of good. It has hit the bull's eye. It is adapted to the vary- ing interest of all parties, and exhibits proofs of a sagacity and flexibility that no other Ministerial measure ever yet surpassed. It must, therefore, be carried as it now stands ; for the people have fully and irrevocably made up their minds to accept " the Bill—the whole Bill—and nothing but the Bill." We close our comments with the Noble and Learned Lord's illustrations of the boroughmonger ing i.y.tem, than which nothing can be more con clusive. They are tria juncta in uno ; fact, argu ment, and sarcasm combined.—" What did their Lordships think of a man who, to get rid of his debts, bought a.acct-in Parliament for three months ? what did they think of a man who by so purchasing a seat, got out a prison, and being out of prison went abroad ; and when abroad vacated his seat so that another Member might come in, while the gentleman who had gone abroad never found his way back again ?—(Hear and laughter.) He need not tell them that this had happened. But what did they think of this next case which he was about to narrate to them. A man,' continued the Noble and Learned Lord, ' bought a borough, say for 40,000/. or 60,0001.-1 say bought a borough, be cause that is the phrase,—but your Lordships know, that what is really bought is the power of deciding upon peace and war, upon all affairs of commerce, upon Parliamentary Reform, upon the amount of taxation; in a word, uponall the great and vital questions where ever the prosperity, perhaps the very existence of the empire depends. This, my Lords, is the meaning of buying . a borough.—(Hear, and laughter.) Well, but in the case of which I am speaking, all the money was not to be paid down at once—perhaps it was not convenient ; and so it being agreed that the prompt should be at six months, there was to be discount, of course; and what do your Lordships suppose the discount was? Money, perhaps. Oh no, my Lords; the simple men out of doors, and particularly those on the Stock Exchange, would have answered, simpletons as they are, money ; but in this case the discount was not money, but a man.—(Hear, hear, hear, and laughter ) Yes, it was said to the purchaser, You shall have a term; you shall go out for a time, and an- other'shall go in ; and so the affair shall go on, and the discount be taken until the time for the prompt comes.'—(lienr, and much laughter.) Now this I am credibly informed is a fact ; and your Lordships think it a very laughable matter. But why is it so ? It is laughable only on account of the gross and flagrant incongruity of it ; and the incongruity consists in a man having been the representative of five per cent. on 40,000/. or 50,000/. for a few months, instead of being, what he ought to have been, a representative of the people.—(Hear, and much laughter.)" During the discussion last night ill the House of Lords, when Lord WHARNCLIFFE had con cluded his speech against the Reform Bill, the ex-Ministers, apprehensive, probably, of the effect of the replies on the part of the. Lord CHAN CELLOR and Lord PLUNKETT, left the House in considerable numbers. Lord ELLENBOROUGU, how ever, with some of the Ex-Ministers, still lingered, and was discovered listening behind the curtain to the masterly and unanswerable observations of Lord BROUGHAM. One would suppose the " tame ele phant" had lately had enough of curtain lectures ! Our city correspondent states that the Russian army is in a most deplorable condition, in conse quence of the unusual inclemency of the weather. He says also, that--" Accounts from the borders of Poland state, that the most important news was the revolution in Podolia. Two Nobles presented themselves a few days since in the town of Umau, with two hundred cavalry. On their ap proach the Nobility rose en masse, and soon assem bled 15,000 cavalry. This army has advanced to Haminies, the capital of Podolia, where they dis armed a regiment of Russian infantry. The news of this march has probably caused General KREUTZ to retreat, for fear of being cut off." The Paris Express revives the report that the Austrians have entered Bologna, and add, that the intelligenc9 has been communicated to Govern ment :by a telegraphic despatch. The same authority observes that the entire of the Swiss cantons are fully prepared ; their corps orga nized ; and that their army will not be less than 60,000 men—a fact which must force the diffe rent Powers to respect the neutrality of Switzerland. It is a significant circumstance that the Journal des Debats, a Ministerial Journal, has taken a warlike tone, as if the French Ministers were at length of opinion that they could not count much longer on being able to ensure peace. The accounts from Poland mention the capture by the Russians of Pulawy and Lublin, and that Count DIEBITSCH had been appointed Governor General of tha. kingdom. The Allgcnzeine Zeitung, to which we refer our readers, contains some partial news, of no great mo ment, from Poland. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH N.E. moderate.—Arrived from Sheerness and sailed, the Marquis Camden, Falcher, for New South Wales ; Bramley, Brown, for Trieste ; and London packet Denby, for Faro. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Eco nomy, Cummins, from Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind W. to E.S.E.—Arrived the Hope packet, from Tampico, sailed the 25th of January, from Vera Cruz the 2,1 ult., and Havannah the 23d of February ; Duke of Marlborough pacet, from Lisbon, sailed the 20th inst. ; Stanmer packet, also from Lisbon, sailed the 15th inst. BRISTOL, MARCH 28.—Arrived the Branstons, Bayley, from St. Andero. _ WA TERFORD, MARCH N.—Arrived the James, Cook, from Faro. - - KINSALE, Maacn 27.—Arrived the Margaret, Clnidley, from Tampico. CORK, MARC!! 24.—Wind E.—Sailed the Palembang, Willis, for New South Wales. Arrived oft' Portland the 28th, the Berwickshire, Madan, from China, sailed the 4th of December, and from St. Helena the 6th ult. _ _ _ Arrived at St. Helena, the Orwell, Isaacke; Edinburgh, Barr; and Macqueen, Lindsay, from China; Euphrates, from Bengal; Sophia, Selby, and Royal Charlotte, from Singapore; Arab, Ferrier, from Batavia ; Schoonverbroue, and Baron Vander Ca pellan, Batavia;and from An the Mauritius ; na a Iro d R a ti n t terN Emily, Welcome, o e 1 c; ry m i e ; Buchanßourbon. The Vrundschap, Vandyck, from Vera Cruz to Havannah, was lost on the 24th of December, near Cape Rojo. The William Mabb, Carnie, front Liverpool and Leghorn to Constantinople, was wrecked at the entrance to the Dardanelles previous to the 15th ult.—Crew saved. The following vessels have arrived at Tampico :—Oristell, from Hamburg ; and Sept Freres and Vagabo, from Bordeaux. The following vessels have arrived at Vera Cruz :—The Tra veller, Anderson, from Liverpool; and Von Stellin, from Ham burg. The Traveller, Henry, from Trieste, has arrived at Beaumaris. The Comet, Markham, bound to Davis's Straits, put back to Hull the 25th inst., with anchor and paid bits broke." Extract of a letter from Captain Hinde, of the Sunbury, ar rived at New Orleans, from Liverpool :—‘. We were brought too by a brigantine, betwixt the Cayman and Cape Antonio, which ordered our boat alongside, showing and pointing them the long torn if we did not immediately surrender. I sent the mate and three men; the boat returned with two, and four Spaniards, or looking like such, but only armed with knives, demanding bread, saying they would pay for it, having plenty of dollars on board. They took about ten cwt. of bread, one cask of flour, one cask of pease, and one bag of rice, with every thing else they could lay their hands on eatable, for which the mate re turned with thirty dollars. He reported her to be regularly armed with fifty men and five hundred and fifty slaves, and quite out of provisions, having only a few yams on board." THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. They write from Berlin that for fifteen days the Russian soldiers have been up to their knees in the frozen mud, that thousands of them have had their feet frozen, and numbers have suffered am putation. Three-fourths of their horses have died. Accounts from the borders of Poland state, that the most im portant news was the revolution in Podolia. Two Nobles pre sented themselves a few days since in the town of Uman, with 200 cavalry. On their approach the Nobility rose en masse, and soon assembled 15,000 cavalry. This army has advanced to Haminies, the capital of Podolia, where they disarmed a regiment of Russian infantry. The news of this march has probably caused General Kreutz to retreat, for fear of being cut off. Posted at the North and South American Coffee-house, Fal mouth, March 27.—.. I now take the earliest opportunity of in forming you of the arrival of his Majesty's packet Hope, from Mexico, with a freight of 686, 4 01 dollars, on merchants' account." Two mails have arived from Lisbon, the first sailed on the 13th March and the second on the 20th March ; also, a packet from Vera Cruz, sailed on the 2d February, from Havannah 23d Feb. The contents of the above arrivals have not as yet transpired. At length we may announce with some certainty that a King is expected to be soon appointed to fill the throne of Belgium in the person of the Prince of Saxe Coburg, and the Five Great Powers are finally to settle the boundaries of Belgium ; there. fore, it may soon be expected that all disputes in regard to the unsettled state of Belgium will soon be adjusted, as well as other disputes amongst the Continental Powers, as the present French Government are very anxious to preserve a general peace. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 78% % for the Account, opened at the same price ;at present they are 78%, buyers. This being a grand holiday with the Hebrews (Passover), few of them have made their appearance as yet on 'Change. Nothing doing in the Foreign Market. HALF-PAST ONE. There was but little doing in the Funds until twelve o'clock, and Consols remained steady - at 78% for the account, but the report that Prince Leopold was to / be King of Belgium hav ing become public, Consols improved to 783 i % for the account. The speculators do not, at present, attach great credit to the above report ; but we are of opinion that, from the source from whence it comes, it is not a slight report, but will eventually prove correct. The accounts from Mexico are of a favourable description. The capital was tranquil, the Government credit improving, and its en •mies were daily losing ground. In the Foreign Market there is little or nothing doing at pre sent. Prices much the same as yesterday. Consols are 78% %. THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols . 7Bl II THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 34 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to .£2 10 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 2 10 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 ". 7 Clover Hay 3 5 5 5 Oat Straw X 1 12 to £1 161 Wheat 2 0 2 2 Best Meadow Hay 3s. per load lower than on Saturday ; prices otherwise stationary. Supply limited, and trade dull. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 2 to £2 12 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 17 3 17 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay u 4 0 4 4 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s 10 ..Generally 3 2 4 17 Oat Straw Z l 12 to £1 16 1 Wheat Straw 1 16 2 0 Best Meadow Hay 6s. per load lower than last quoted ; prices otherwise stationary. Supply short, and trade dull. MANCHESTER, March 2.. At this day's market little business was done. Wheat has de clined 2d. to 4d., and Oats Id. per bushel, Beans Is. per quarter, and Flour and Oatmeal la. per sack. Wheat, per 701 b. 9s. lid. to Ils. Od. Red 9s. 3d. to les. 6d, Barley, per 601 b. 410 5 0 Oats 5lO 5 0 Beans, per Imperial quarter Pease, White, per Imperial bushel 5 6 7 0 Malt, per 6 Imperial bushels 44 0 54 0 -- = - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL'S. The approach of the Newmarket Meetings (which commence on Monday next) occasioned the attendance yesterday to be un usually full ; the betting, in consequence, was heavy, and the al terations of great importance. It will be seen below that at length there is something definite in the position of the first fa vourite, Filagree, who was backed by influential parties to a very large amount, and with a spirit that communicated itself to the Riddlesworth, where the change is of equal interest. Seve ral other material alterations are observable. The average closing prices were as follow : ' RIDDLESWORTH. 6 to 4 agst Lord Jersey's Filagree. colt (taken) 7 to 4 agst Lord Exeter's Augusta colt 7 to 1 agst His Majesty's Posthuma 7 to I agst Lord Egremont's Caroline colt 12 to 1 agst Sir J. Shelley's Cressida colt 12 to 1 agst Ina (taken) Even between Posthuma and Caroline 5 to 2 on the first two agst the field. THE DERBY. 13 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's Filagree colt (takers at 7 to 1 12 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder colt 14 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Varennes colt 16 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Colwick 18 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Hcemus 18 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Bras de Fer 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Bohemian 25 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Medora colt (taken) 27 to 1 agst Colonel Udny's Antiopc colt 33 to 1 agst Mr. Cook's Incubus 35 to 1 agst Mr. T. Thornhill's Africanus 40 to 1 agst Lord Egremont's Caroline colt 10 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Slight colt 40 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Pickpocket 50 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Philip 1000 to 15 agst Sir J. Shelley's Cressida colt 1000 to 15 agst Duke of Grafton's Pastille colt 1000 to 15 agst Mr. W. Chifney's Caleb 1000 to 25 agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Pigmy (taken) 500 to 4011 Filagree agst Blunder (taken) 1100 to 800 Cobweb agst Phillip (taken) 500 to 400 Varennes agst Hcemus (taken) oaks. 9 to 2 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Circassian 11 to 2 agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen 9 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Delight 16 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Sister to Lion (taken) 16 to 1 agst His Majesty's Posthuma 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Titania 30 to 1 agst Sister to Citron His MAJESTY takes great interest in the Polish revolution. All the accounts from the scene of war are sent to him as soon as they have been read by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. It is believed that his MA JESTY has had several conversations with Lord BROUGHAM on this subject.— Court Journal. The new novel, to be entitled " The Young Duke," by the author of " Vivian Grey," will, we are authorised to state, certainly be published early in April. To exhibit the career of a young Peer of large fortune, from his coming of age to his marriage, is the purpose of the writer ; and occasion is thereby given him to un veil many scenes of splendid dissipation, and to ehew in their true colours many charlatans in different spheres of society who at the present moment infest London and prey on the young, the wealthy, and the unsuspecting. GERMAN AND LISBON PAPERS. FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, MA Hen 10.—The accounts re ceived at St. Petersburgli from the army do not indeed wholly answer the expectations of the public, who thought that the Polish insurrection would be put down at one blow; but they give ground to hope with confidence the speedy termination of the war, and the restoration of legal order in the kingdom of Poland. Relying on this, the Emperor has judged it necessary to appoint a Provisional Government, which is to have its seat in St. Petersburgh, and will devote itself exclusively to the affairs of Poland, while Field-Marshal Count Diebitsch is invested with the executive, under the title of Governor-General. This measure is universally approved,, as it must contradict the reports of a future incorporation 61 the kingdom of Poland with Russia, and convince the Poles themselves that notwithstanding their most deplorable refractoriness, which made the employment of a military force indispensable, the clemency of the Emperor is inexhaustible, and that at the moment when the Russian troops are ordered to maintain, by the sword, the rights of the Emperor as Sovereign, the independence of the Polish nation is to remain untouched, though the Russians may wish the in. corporation of the kingdom. It is said that the Duke de Mortemart, the French Ambassador, is a warm advocate of , the Polish cause. His efforts, it is true, have not yet had any visible effect, but he has had an opportunity to convince I himself that there is no implacability in the Emperor, and of the means best calculated to tranquillise the minds of the Poles with respect to their political situation and the internal adminis. tration, as soon as the authority of the Emperor is again gene rally recognized. VIENNA, MARCII 18.—Four per Cent. Metalliques, 69; Bank Shares, 945. LISBON, Maacii 13.—A supplement to the Gazette contains an account of the failure of the Spanish Constitutionalists in the Isle of Leon, of whom '2O were taken in their retreat, one of whom was the celebrated chief Manzanares, who were to be shot. " Such" says the Gazette," is the fate that such obstinate and scandalous enemies of their country and disturbers of nations have to experience, whenever they make such attempts at any point whatever of the two kingdoms of the Peninsula." LISBON, MARCH 16.—This morning seven of the criminals concerned in the horrible attempt in this capital, on the morning of the Bth February last, were executed according to the sen tence in the Coes de Satre. There was an extraordinary con course of spectators, and though on such occasions compassion is naturally excited, yet here the voice of offended justice was roused in every heart, and nobody was insensible of the absolute necessity there was for punishing persons guilty of such an enormous crime. May this example avail, and may liberal philanthrophy cease to sacrifice new victims to the inexorable rigour of the laws. The Gazette gives an article from Madrid of the 13th, contain ing an official account from Cadiz of the sth, of the execution of forty-five of the Constitutionalists of the band of Manzanares, who were made prisoners in Sierra Vermelha, and shot. A supplement to the Gazette of the 17th gives the official ac count of the entire discomfiture of the Constitutionalists, who being surrounded on all sides by the Royal troops had delivered up their arms, and thrown, themselves on his Majesty's cle mency. They were 400 in number. • This despatch is dated Se ville, 9th March, and signed Joas Malato; another despatch of the llth states the capture of a small number of the Constitu. tionalists, so that the band is wholly destroyed and broken up. EXECUTION of MARY MACKERSEY for the MURDER of her MOTHER-IN-LAW. On Friday afternoon this unhappy culprit finished her mortal career on the scaffold over the new county gaol, in view of at least 8,000 persons of every age and sex. On her return to prison on Wednesday, after judgment was had upon her, the usual spiritual consolations were administered, and she evinced the utmost penitence, and made a full and voluntary confession on the subsequent day. She acknowledged having murdered her mother-in law, and that the instrument she used was a heavy clothes• beetle, with which she struck her aged victim on the head, and produced almost instant death. She wholly and entirely exonerated her husband from any knowledge or participation in the crime. The husband was in town during the trial, but employed no Counsel to defend her, nor would he give a shilling to provide her the usual dark dress worn by females on their last ignominious exit. He was in pi ison to see her the day before the execution, and parted from his ill-fated consort without any appearance of concern. He is the proprietor of some cows and several acres of land near Newcastle, in this county. The only cause assigned for the atrocious murder com mitted by his wife is this :—The mother-in-law was en titled to an acre of the farm and two cows, in the event of not agreeing with her son's wife, and taking house for her ef. There was some bickering between the two families, and the wife, appi eh, naive she would withdraw, resolved to preserve the cows for her husband and children, by sending the old woman to a premature grave. A strong guard of the 56th Regiment was posted at three o'clock round the iron-bound area in front of the prison, and the necessary preparations having been completed, the convict was seen walking from her cell at a slow pace towards the fatal scaffold, attired in a loose white habit, and resting on the arms of two Roman Catholic Clergyman, to whose earnest prayers she answered in a strong voice. She ap peared to be a very ignorant uneducated creature, and frequently hesitated in the attempt to repeat the words, uttered by her spiritual attendants. One of the clergy exhorted her in the Irish language, with which she was perfectly familiar, and made her responses fluently. On ascending the terrace she knelt between both clergymen at the foot of the drop, and recited the Litany, after which she mounted the scaffold, and was launched into eternity with a pious ejaculation on her lips. There was little s , rugele, her sufferings were short, and she died quietly. The vast multitude before the prison dispersed in a few minutes ; and, after hanging the usual time, the body was conveyed over to the County Infirmary for dissection.••. Limerick Chronicle. Notwithstanding the extreme interest of poli tical topics, the present publishing season promises to la? one of the most brilliant ever known, especially as regards works of ima}•ination. Those public favourites, Hoot, COOPER, and GRATTAN, have already appeared in quick succession by their publications of " Maxwell," " Thy Water Witch," and " The Heiress of Bruges ;" and we un derstand, that to,vards the end of the present month will be produced an historical romance by the Author of " Ri chelieu" and "De L'Orme " called " Philip Augustus " —a novel under the title of " The Young Duke" by the Author of " Vivian Grey "—and an English Tale called "The Smuggler," by the powerful writer of the "O'Hara Tales." At the Annual Farewell Dinner of the So c'ety of High Constables, held at the Hopetoun Rooms, Edinburgh, the usual toasts on such occasions were drank with enthusiasm ; but on that of " Lord JOHN RussaLL, and success to his plan of Reform," being given, the Ma gistrates and most of the other Members of the Town Council present immediately took up their hats and left the room. An active personal canvass is again being pursued in Derry, for the representation of that city, by the former candidates, Sir ROBERT FERGUSON and Cap tain HART, son of the gallant Member for Donegal, who is the general favourite. One of the Sheriffs presided at a public meeting on Saturd sy, to petition for Reform. Mr. FRANCIS HORNER has declared himself a candidate for the representation when the Reform Bill will become law. —Limerick Chronicle. The applications to sign the address to his Mia env, and the petitions to both Houses of Parlia ment, in favour of the Reform Bill, agreed to at the meet ing of merchants and bankers at the Egyptian Hall, have been so numerous, and were continued up to so late an hour on Saturday, that the Loan MAYOR has deter mined that they shall remain for signatures at the Man sion House until to-morrow. Nearly 10,000 n kmes have been already signed. A very elegant silver cup (prepared by Mr. DUDLEY), has been presented by the Captain and Officers of his Majesty's late ship Thetis, to Mr. JosEnt GEACH, bearing the following inscription :—" Presented by the Captain and Officers of his Majesty's late ship Thetis, to Mr. JOSEPH GEACH, Boatswain, for his manly and in trepill conduct, on the night of the sth of December, 1830." A very handsome silver tobacco box has also been presen'ed by the Captain and Officers to Join( LANGLEY, Captain of the Forecastle of the same ship; with a similar inscription differing only in the name.— Portsmouth Herald. FAILURE AND REPORTED SUICIDE OF A BANK DIRECTOR.-Considerable sensation was excited on Saturday, by a report that a gentleman of high re spectability, and a Bank Director, had put a period to his existence under the most distressing circumstances. Many rumours were ignorantly, if not wantonly, set afloat by certain parties, who, when any catastrophe is announced or suspected, always desire to appear more knowing than their neighbours. According to these, the unhappy gen tleman had terminated his life with a razor, while sup.. posed to be in the act of shaving himself: and conjectures were hazarded as to what must be the findin g of t he Coroner's Jury under all the circum stances of the c a s e. enormously It was added that desperate specu lations in the f unds were the cause of the fatal deed , and that the unfortu nate gentleman of 2,0 00 , 0001 ., and had gentleman had been a Bea sus tained a loss of 100,0 00 /. We are ha ppy to be en abled to state, that the most dis tressin g p art of the ru mour is ue 1 fortunes, is, we be lieve, not doubted ; but, these , how ever severe the pre ssure the y cause hir e to experience, will not lead to those conse q uences whi ch were so flip pantly spoken of y esterda y . It how ever appears that the old and high l y res p ectable hou.e of B. BULLER and Co. untrue, and the gentleman rest, i u no question doubt, has met with seriou s mis t exaggerated. That mt the, d of Lothbury, of which firm Mr. CORNELIAS BULLER, the Bank Director, is the head, has stopped. It is said that several brokers on tile Stock Exchange will suffer severely. A vacancy in the Bank Direction will consequently be declared. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED DV MURDO YOUNG, AT THU SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. are poll Bor our of I (tier cool last con due of ti stitt Oir to h fist, to tl deer On to h on t of I' as o Nob rout mag the On dres Earl ()n eent Wre the i Sir On, she, and 1 TM TO UD LA SEir~, 1'1; try„ repro. tion e Cpl, tnent the P TK the B [TI the F FAs Jo riiuch to be give n W i Lunch