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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, THIS DAY, THURSDAY, MARCH 13. HOUSE OF COMMONS The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. Mr. EWING presented twd petitions from the merchants of refe rr Glasgoedw, a gainst the Gl asgow Water-works Bill—They were to a co mmittee of the house on the same. c Sir S. 'WHAL LEY obtained leave to bring up the St. Pan srtas MG I rrnprovement Bill and the borough in of Southwark. RaiIed NILSO N PATTEN brought up th e R u n c oni-gap s af Rffi.. — Read a third ti me. B a ir CHAYTOR brought up the Gloucester Enclosure Sir CHARLES BLUNT presented two petitions from the Protestant Dissenters of l, hi th e same place. In l ape Lewes, in Sussex, and the Presbytery IT ' J . R• KEMP supported the prayer of the petition: Mr CLAY M ETROPOLITAN POLICE. George's i presented a petition from the parish of St. and resp n t he East, Middlesex, agreed to at a very numerous ectable meeting, and signed by the churchwarden . on i tst P a alt T he Petitioners stated that the Metropolitan Police blishment was utterly at variance with the principles of the British Con stitution, and prayed that the honourable w f orce Mild adopt such measures as would place that The houttiider the control of the local magistrate.--(Hear.) tion, bu,..T e mber would not enter into the merits of the ques- Popui-1' a ppeared to him th a t i n th a t as we ll as i n o th er weer.'" Parishes of th e me t ro p o li s very considerable dis h 1 , 4 , " Prev ailed towards that force.—(Hear.) He regretted great veenaleBeu e :Onder proper regulation, it was susceptible of "" and and, f r o m i t s power o f act i ng w i th com bi ne d f orce ra ette !, would be of great the ato the .of had been , Pa ,, its * He hoped that select committee peace which and 2'Pointed by that house to inquire into the management e . ntit ution of the police force, would p er fe c t w h a t the thnennittee of last year had left unfinished. He moved that fiedi*,,f;,. ""on be ref erre d t o t h a t comm i ttee, and he was satin_ ti one 79 wo u l d investigate every ground on which the petri that 'ni ght have reason to complain. The house must f ee l U valu e and efficiency of that force mainly depended Wil4iog supported by the respect, confidence, and good Sir th ose for whose benefit it was intended.—(Hear.) perfect WHALLEY admitted that a police force was tloor _, ll eeessary, but the people of the metropolis were tines ""ettUpon to contribute in local taxation almost three d the p a r , l 4 l °Oeh as formerly. He was glad to see the . noble . or h eeau s - l er- Secretary for the Home Department, in his place, memb er "e had some right to complain that neither of the hon. kitt ee -4 for Westminster had been appointed upon that coin ePen t- a T he! , had appointed his hon. and learned colleague opineda ndee, knowing that he had other duties to fulfil, fiittLod not attend it. IIO WICK defended the manner in whichhad been the com- Mo le h a d been app o i n t e d. L as t sess i on a comm ittee Th e "i t 0 Wi l i C h not the slightest objection had been made. tp br e i ,q`latittee had proceeded to investigate, but were unable rttore''g th eir labours to a close; and in pursuance of the lioniteat"odation of that committee, another had been rip ' an d he (Lord H.) had copied the list of last session— four " ea r) —Merely su b s tit u ti ng f or the na m es o f three or Perioneh ctle men, who w ere una bl e t o a tt en d, the names o f other " 10 , he had reason to believe, would attend. He ti ve ri therefore, that the assertion of the hon. baronet . rela ealle;fthe a ppointment of that committee was unfair and un tarile ho r ' He thought also that the statement made by the tva 3 a ', 4 •Meitiber with respect to the expense of thepolice force fha tee - aittle Premature , as he could assure the house that b ‘s erny, 4'l4ishrnent had been managed with the greatest eco -7-....(tf Person who looked to the s er v ice s ren d ere d b y th a t pen ti ;;; ea r)—would at once admit that the money expended whe u ...force had not been thrown away. thought that owel le cluiry was just about to be t e edcommen it would be o ithe exp ress i on o f op i n i ons of t h at sort wh i ch could ied7 10 premature and not very useful discussion, was Col on V it t L I EV ANS did not think the explanatidh of the noble he h ad satisfactory.He had some right to complain that ad not anyth g ot e nhonoured with any portion of . the confidence e th —'er nlilent as he had not been appointed on that or •ber co ttee a pointed by the government. A com . - 4f fsiN " ad been some ) time ago appointed regarding India i'.and although there al t° wa India, only one military government had done be„ h "°r of excluding him from the committee. He-had som e et„,; exc luded from another committee upon which he had ~,rnalehl,nl did to be appointed and it • would appear as if the go "leth,c,“. not count upOn his support in their committee. her, froth et it was quite unfair to exclude metropolitan mem riar,n't such committees. He returned his thanks to the ca hno e i t - t rrt aud the government for excluding him from those 4 .oPnii ii .„,, ee s. He should lose a great deal of time had he been oeei i •-" but h e ap ps „, would endeavour to do his duty if he had er s taxi had sited. It appeared that the great body of the househoi _ h *trim h . • Of the e jection to a force not only military but par. ,„ --t eroit t „ e sPionage system as appeared by the report of the "hkfl t ic e of that house. The force amounted to 3,000 men, galled "seelved to be too large, and the expense nearly bou ..at of 6,000 or 7,000 of the artillery, which Tic e. ' at• the most expensive force in his Majesty's ser. but e had some doubts to the efficiency of the commit tee t thes as th e ere all aware that it was customary on the part Jeet b°verinnent whenever they had a particular ob 'al "t t:ill eW , va t° aPPO ' int committees formed of members of (1 : 45 f ' a f thinking to give particular reports. - ‘ a W the Object "" e large body of the people was, not to Shoul with. reader 7 enlee f frorn th e cont of of the gover nmen t, but d asuss:e._ottlt forceffi for the as that they for th. !Itogetber a weapon in public the hands service, of the Minister Sir itot l iT s Vr. indgrnent upon the who hoped the house would suspend . its putt and every thin e question of the expense of adminiS l'ott. Expense was g el se. until the committee made its re_ k uount, it would a 'dativ e term and in determining the th e ild be necessary t o ' waY were overch - inquire whether the dress or any arged, or whether the police was applied to vorposes of p.atronage. It was of great importance that '''rk intrust rat ed en ed with authority should be sufficiently remune- I lear,, as to secure' them from temptation.—(Hear, hear, tr ot, ), AS to placing the police under parochial eon ior hi. part he was of opinion it would be better th Ill ane the government alone responsible, for the moment bill Placed the police under parochial authority, the respon d s, °f the Commissioners and the Government would be lu e l; to b atu ' , rtt l, and in times of commotion it would be found di . cu wi iih ' i ng the parishes to aft in concert. Although he chd . not Who t ° prevent any gentleman from attending thecomm ittee o . sho uld aired it, and was anxious that the fullest investigation i ni on be given, he hoped the house would reserve its final op - t all ow 4 otil the report of the committee was made, and no th at the centimenti of any individual, whether belonging to enrer nitfee or not, to have any influence until the whole s ubject was before th Hones EVANS einexPlained. net t oll:nelt E be gged here to observe, that there were ah „ , ss an nine mem ers connected with the metropolis on the comm,'ea7orBEAUCLERIf • 'wider ed said he would support the petition. his cou stitu the nisi .—dee--and this was the general opinion of his o was not Ver y expensive f orce. H e wou ld not say t h a t that thopedtan efficient force, but it was too expensive, and he as thego ver nment would look to this. He conceived also l ' ar tmea r t7 l ,,.. lc e should not be under the direction of the Home De. that was ghe e he considered it a very dangerous precedent 144 11 h: f at b y tbe right hon . baronet below (Sir R. Peel.) The t he Most f or PUiti ng the da y , h is force under the Home Department was aY, he lea 3 one that had passed through the house, and elle it ' A 8 red, would come when they would have cause to Dthoseition., and a Po h i_nt of conscience, he gave this measure all op- Polit e e thought the best plan would be to put the ,i,Under the direction of p a board to be chosen Parishes.—(Hear, that th e .dfer ent thi nk our ohe hear.) He thought t nev r I pf men might also be reduced, but he did not well • - were • Paul, b ut Paid too much, individually they were not too b et adt o , nd 'nen f r u atile r Paid too little, as they could not expect to PaiC ll that 7 guinea a week. There were a great man , be The a r nr ce, and, he believed, because they were . ill *„,"/' well t rnber of the police, however, he thought might knell I,redueed. th e Police ore said that in extending the expense . of 1 great force they ought to take into consideration s i e L - --(1•1: 1- 1 in the diminished number of robberies of the R. p tt.sa . , th e l ) °, l ice f ore : s aid, that as to the constitutional objecti n o n n d t e o r toth dire et , o4 n '! he thought it would be better placed dif er than the Home Department, which was responsible, e rent , U nder an irresponsible board, assembled by the kr. I arishes. giv e I tOtt ur , — (Hear hear.) L et ," go od •-•K said that he thought it would be better to heaLuern haveßoer/I:lent power, than to take it all away. 1 r ' ) Th e Power, but render them responsible.—(Hear, t e h e e ted that vhonourable member said that it should be recol- f f 11e1Pengesnat house voted 60,0001. for the payment o e x l :P° 11 th e °I t he police , so that a great part of that expense H. e"° trY atl th e . arge. be at ,'"ee fo r „ 'its said he hoped they would . not dimiaish not to 11 all t he ex He thought that the metropolis ought 4ts!'ts th Peose of the police force, as persons camefrom 4 r grea t ip l ', ,, ngdoln to put themselves under the protection th e h HAl,v Es i ll 0 0. inetni) concurred in the sentiments expressed by th a eX4 teri ce er for Bath ; there was no force, no institution la: the „ oi l 'which could be conducted with more ec . onomy ee f eX kll, er e • Year w °rce " --- (Hear, hear)—and the committee of Por t e Migh t rnously of opinion, that whatever _its e an e: co n „,°f th at „,, u e, !I was highly useful to the public. Th n - f a aWeototionaromr nottee approved of the system, whether p, e ,., 1 to, I. „Pecuniary point of view ; it was unanimously w er was also ascertained that wherever there had usly b een an e fa • Dos, ' i lat v ery i necete effi c ient police—and in many places there th ous credit fun .tt °nes—the expense came as clos y the s „ 'lie new police. The committee gave great rin , r, d s, an :r f ein of economy an adoted in the on management of for, htlario ;aourahrewer tile Y e unimous p ly of opini that no two one poi nt, the intro could be appoint e d to superintend the opirn on li ti howepveesent c ommissioners,—(Hear.) There was Policeshol th at 7.,' cot which there was some difference of a ' that it seemed to be desirable that the that they ; is n't no x t aln , si velY under the controul of the com_ ~ 1/ 17. - 12 , 7 'gn, , t not l t all under that of the . government, so 4- righ t 'TT ~,"e employed in any political matter. of 01 , 011. b„;'d the country was much indebted to hF Perfectly police fe ll _ et (Sir R. Peel) for the institution etly a ereett ,hree, With respect of the commissioners, at there could not be two more efficient men, and he was of opinion that the police would act much more independently and efficiently if they were under any other executive authority than the government. Sir H. HARDINGE d;iti•red from the hon. and learned member for Liverpool, and was of opinion that the police corps and the commissioners should be under the controul of the government ; but at the same time he was of opinion that the selection of men, and all the smaller points, should be under the controul of the commissioners, and not to be interfered with by the government. IndeeJ that was what he understood was to be the case when the force was established, and he knew of no two more efficient men to possess that power. In cases of trades' unions, and such like meetings, it was necessary that the government should have some controul over:the force, otherwise it would place too high a responsibility on the com missioners. Lord HO WICK regretted to hear the expressions of the hon. member for Lambeth. He did not understand the meaning of the government using the police for political purposes. Surely putting down a riot could not be considered in that light. The sole purpose of a police establishment was the preservation of the public peace. If violence was dreaded from the meeting of political bodies, it was not less necessary to prevent it than when it arose from other causes.—(Hear, hear.) The people had a constitutional mode left in their hands to seek redress for any thing they complained of. It wets the duty of govern. ment to suppress unconstitutional violence. •Mr. HAWES explained. He chiefly alluded to the inter ference of the police at parish meetings. Colonel EVANS could confirm what had fallen from the last honourable member, regarding the interference of the police at such meetings. An instance occurred lately—he meant the Polish Exiles' meeting, where half the assembly consisted of ladies, and the other half of the most re spectable classes of society; still eight or ten policemen were present. Mr. CLAY said that a great deal of dissatisfaction was felt in various quarters out the police; perhaps the reasons were good in some cases, gild unfounded in others. He hoped the effect of the present corrimittee would restore what was so ne c.ssary—public confidence. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. DISSENTERS. Petitions were presented from the Dissenters of St. George's Chapel, Leeds, and from High Burton, by Mr. Baines ; from the Dissenters of Boroughbridge (county of Somerset), and the Baptists of Burton, by Mr. Tynte ; from the Independent Dis senters of Norwood, by Mr. Grote ; and from the Baptist con gregation of the borough of Wigan, by Mr. Thicknesse. Mr. GROTE presented a petition from Edward Moxay of Threadneedle.street, complaining of the law of debtors. Mr. HARDY presented petitions from the Protestant Dis. senters of Westgate chapel, and Sion chapel, Bradford, and Sutton. He said he could not concur in an expression used by the petitioners,that the union between church and state was to tally unscriptural. Nor could he admit another thing which was asserted, that the church yard was public property. He should be sorry to see his dissenting brethren compelled to do anything contrary to their conscience; that was the case when another party, not the church, was dominant. Sir OSWALD MOSELEY presentod petitions on the same subject from the dissenters of Eaton, Uttoxeter, and Abbot's Bromley. He expressed his concurrence with the sentiments of the last speaker, and complained that at a recent meeting of the dissenters at Manchester, ex pressions were used which if carried out would be entirely subversive of all good order; but he was happy to say that he had that morning read letters from some respectable dissenters of Manchester condemning those proceedings.—(Hear.) The hon. baronet presented a petition from the parish of Kirk Langley, in favour of the better observance of the Lord's Day. Mr. BULTEEL expressed his regret, that in the mea sure proposed by a noble lord, ostensibly for the relief of the Dissenters, it was intended that, before they could solemnize their own marriages, they must apply to the established church t the clergymen of which, in many instances, were disposed to dispute the validity of such marriages : he suggested that the best way to meet the defendants on all sides would be to make marriage a civil contract. Lord W. LENNOX said he considered that the bill of the noble Paymaster of the Forces was a complete mockery, and he believed that the dissenters would rather have the law of marriage remain as it was now, than have the new system which would lay them open to such vexation.— (Hear, hear, hear.) He desired that they should have a total abolition of the church rates, because he believed the church possessed ample funds to pay for their edifices and their clergymen, if they were properly distributed. Mr. HARVEY regretted the absence of both the members for Manchester upon this occasion, as they would now have had an opportunity of vindicating their respectable constituents from the remarks which had been made. The _meeting which had been held at Manchester was conducted in a manner which could scarcely be expressed. His attention had last night been called to a report of the proceedings in a Manchester paper, (which he had now before him) and he found the most able, calm, and dispassionate discussion on the topics contained in the petitions before the house, particularly in that one which regarded the alliance of Church and State. He wished that it was consistent with the rules of the house that that re. port should be printed -for the benefit of members; for they would then have a more correct view than they had yet had of the feelings of dissenters as to the conn exionof Church and State. Mr. O'DWYER . . begged to state, for the information of the hon. baronet opposite, that 22 colleges at Oxford, and 12 at Cambridge, were founded before the Reformation. Sir 0. MOSLEY explained that he had alluded only to col leges founded since the Reformation. Mr. G. WOOD stated that when the question came on in a regular shape, his right hon. friend the Vice President of the Board of Controul would be in his place, and afford every information respecting the meeting alluded to. As to the bill of the noble Paymaster of the Forces, he approved of some part of it, but he was confident, as regarded marriages, that it would not give general satisfaction. CHURCH PATRONAGE IN SCOTLAND. Colonel LEITH HAY presented two petitions from the town of lnverary, and the parish of Roseburgh in Dumfries shire, for an alteration in the law of church patronage. Sir WM. RAE, in supporting the petitions, stated, that in the town of Inverness, it was the intention of government to appoint a clergyman against the wishes of the parishioners, and that too, as it was rumoured, upon political considerations. He regretted that that should be the case, if it were true, which he did not believe; but it was so reported, and he hoped that government would disavow such an intention. Mr. M`KENZIE supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. WALLACE had been requested also to support the prayer of the petition. It came from a part of the country re mote from where he resided, but he knew the parties by whom it was signed, and could bear testimony to their respectability. The petition had this extraordinary feature that it was signed by the patron of the parish, a most excelent and estimable gentleman, who was remarkable for dispensing every sort of good to the community among whom he resided. He would name him, Mr. Stewart Monteath. The time was come when that system of church patronage must be done away with. He did not agree with the assertion that had been made, that the late right hon. sec retary the member for Tamworth had given away the patron age of these parishes for political purposes. The hon. member alluded to the parish of Muirside, and another, in which the appointments had met with great disapprobation from the inhabitants. Mr. C. FERGUSSON thought the hon. member had not con. fined himself to the subject before the house. He bore testi mony to the respectability of the gentlemen whose signatures were attached to the petition. He thought that the election of the minister should be in the resident inhabitants of the parish, being hearers and communicants. As the matter had been referred to a committee, he thought it would be better to ab. stain from discussing it there. There was a great difference of opinion upon the question, but he thought that a change in the system of church patronage was absolutely necessary, and he would give his most substantial voice to placing the election of the minister in the hands of the parishioners. Mr. MURRAY said he doubted very much whether ap pointments to churches in Scotland were influenced either by servility or the convivial pleasures of the bottle. With respect to the appointments complained of by the hon. member for Greenock, he could state that the individual so appointed was of a distinguished character, a Mr. Macculloch ; there were only two individuals who had shown any opposition to the appointment, one of whom had a strong interest in a dissenting church, and the other was a proprietor, who thought he ought to have had the appointment himself. Mr. WALLACE, in explanation, said he did not allude to individuals, but to the mode of the appointment. Mr. GILLON said that the gentleman named by the hon. member (Mr. Murray) had been appointed without consulting any individual in the parish, and within eight days after the death of the incumbent. Mr. HUME said that, as an exemplification of the system of patronage, he knew an instance where the editor ofa violent paper, who had been abusing him (Mr. Hume) for many years, had been removed from Montrose and placed in a church at Dundee for his political subserviency.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) It was a matter of course, and he did not complain of individual acts but of the system. It would be im possible for a corrupt government, at least one influenced strongly, to support individual opinions,—it required more than human virtue to resist the applications that were made, and he put it to his right hon. friend whether applications were not often made in a manner that could not possibly be resisted. — (A laugh.) It was against this temptation that he was anxious to see some remedy adopted. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. Mr. H. HUGHES presented a petition from the Dissenters of Oxford, praying for the better observance of the Eabbath CHURCH REFORM. Sir H. PARNELL presented petitions from Dundee, praying for a reform in the church of Bngland, Ireland, and Scotland. The right hon. bart. also presented a petition from the shipowners of Dundee against the reciprocity act, and a petition from the carters and carriers of Dundee, complaining of the hardship of having to pay a duty of l Os. 6d. upon horses used in their trade, and praying to be relieved from that impost. Sir. H. VERNEY presented a petition from the Dissenters of Buckingham, complaining of their grievances, and praying for relief. CORPORATION OF DROGHEDA. Mr. O'DWYER presented a petition from the town and county of Drogheda, complaining of the great abuses that ex isted in the appropriation of the funds of that corporation. Mr. HUME would have asked when the Corporation Re form Bill should be introduced had there been a Minister of his Majesty's government in the house. TITHES. Petitions were presented from Drogheda and others parts of Ireland, on the subject of tithes and repeal of the union. Mr. CURTEIS presented petitions from twenty.two different parts of England, for a commutation of tithes. The prayers of the petitions were supported by Mr. Gm-Lox, who thought that, besides other evils, poor rates were increased. Fiv . e other petitions were presented by Mr. CURTIES, four of which were hostile to the union of church and state, the other was for the observance of the Sabbath-day. Sir GEORGE STAUNTON presented a petition from the dissenters of two places in Southampton, praying for relief. The hon. baronet objected to that part of the bill introduced by the noble lord the Paymaster of the Forces, which related to the marriages of dissenters. Mr. FORSTER presented a petition from the dissenters of Walsall to the same effect. Mr. TALBOT presented petitions from places in Glamorgan, complaining of agricultural distress, the tithe system, and in favour of the Dissenters. Mr. C. FERGUSSON presented a petition from a parish in Kircudbright, complaining of the present system of church patronage. Sir WILLIAM RAE defended the appointments to parishes in Scotland, made by the honourable baronet, the m.mber for Tamworth. Colonel BRUCE, with reference to a statement made the previous day by the hon. member for Dumbarton, relative to the appointment to the town'of Inverness, obsery ed that the right to present was in the Crown, and that it would be exercised in favour of the individual on whose behalf the great majority of the inhabitants had petitioned, and he believed there was no ground for the rumour that had gone abroad, that the appoint.. ment had been made for political purposes. After a few words from Mr. Maxwell, the pet►tion was re ferred to the committee. Mr. LAMBTON presented a petition from the shipowners of Sunderland, praying for a repeal of the reciprocity duties, and that the present protecting duties on coal would be con. tinned upon coals imported from those countries which were averse to the reciprocity system. Mr. BRISCOE presented petitions from the dissenters at Wandsworth and Kingston, praying for relief from grievances, the former one praying also that a charter be granted to the London University. He supported the prayers of the peti. tioners, believing they could be granted with security to the established church. He also presented one from St. Saviour's, for a relief from the house and window taxes, and against a repeal of the malt duty, until a proper protecting duty be laid on foreign corn. Major BEAUCLERK supported the prayer of the peti tioners, except that part objecting to the repeal of the malt tax until the corn laws were altered, for he was of opinion it ought at once to be repealed. Mr. DUFFIELD presented a petition from certain Dissen ters of Abingdon, for a removal of disabilities. Mr. GILLON presented a petition from the Sawyers of Fal kirk, for a reduction of the duties on Timber, and complain ing of the inequality of the ' duty on Timber manu factured and that not manufactured, which had the effect of discouraging native industry ; also a petition from the magistrates and town council of Linlithgow for the abolition of church patronage ; also a petition from the parish of Cruickie, praying that the bishops be removed from their judicial functions in the House of Lords. As that question would come on this evening, he would say no more than that he cordially supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. POTTER presented petitions from Tadcaster and Salford, for a removal of the grievances of Dissenters. The petition from Tadcaster was signed by two Weslyan ministers, which showed the assertion that that sect refused to co-operate with the dissenters was untrue.—(Hear.) The refusal of the charter to the London University was a great prac tical injustice ; as an instance, be would state that a young gentlemen, brother to the late member for Lancaster, who established his title to a degree at Cambridge, had declined to take it, because he could not consistently make the declaration required of him. The heads of the colleges refused to admit him, and also did all they could to prevent the charter being granted to the London Univeristy.—(Hear.) That charter had been signed some time back by the King. The fees, amounting to 2681. were paid, but the two universities in terfered, and put a barrier to those honours which it was well known were a great stimulus to youth in the attainment of knowledge. Mr. BROTH] RTON supported the petition, which was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. R. TODD said he wished to correct a misre presentation of a statement which had been made by him on a former day. He was reported in the public papers to have said quite the contrary of what he had intended to say. What he intended to say was, that however the Dissenters in other respects might differ,they all concurred in disapproving of the bill brought in by the noble Paymaster of the Forces. After the presentation of several other petitions, the SPEAKER left the chair. LITERATURE. BRITISH BIRDS. 2 VOLS. LONDON, 1834. The author of this work is a gentleman named Mudie, who has executed his task quite in a con amore spirit, not as a dull, trite compiler, but with a vivacity and agreeableness of manner that reminds us of Goldsmith's " Animated Nature." In point of information, however, the present work is far inferior to its celebrated pre decessor, for Goldsmith was apt to play the poet in matters of fact—witness his marvellous history of the web-footed, half-duck, half-mer man, Nicholas Pesacola, an amphibious prodigy whom in our days of undoubting boyhood, we remember wondering at as a reality. Mr. Mudie I has no marvels of this sort in his volumes. His birds are no larger than the life, nor is their prowess greater than that with which nature has endowed them. It is easy to perceive that his work has been a " labour of love" to him. Indications of a willing spirit are visible in every page—especially in those chapters which treat of the high-born family of the eagle, of whom Mr. Mudie speaks with all the reverence of a mountaineer, dashed with a small sprinkling of the enthusiasm of the poet. He seems to think that this patrician bird is yearly becoming rarer in the British isles. We regret to learn this, for the eagle, like the nightingale, is hallowed by a thousand lofty, poetic associations, and fancy cannot yet afford to lose it. The spinhing-jenny and the steam-engine (of which a modern bard has sung in cast-iron rhymes, worthy both of him and his subject) are but poor imaginative substitutes for that glorious bird, which should be dear to all lovers of " deathless song," if only for its having once let fall a brickbat on the thick skull of an Athenian Utilitarian. The anecdote, we are aware, has been related differently, of )Eschylus; but:this is the only true version. Mr. Mudie's account of the • strength of the eagle is very graphic. According:to him, it must be quite a Hercules of a bird ; and when hungry, or ferociously disposed, an exceeding ugly customer to a pedestrian among the mountains. " The eagle's muscles," says he, " Are as firm as pieces of cable, 'and their tendons almost as rigid as dried catgut. Their very feathers have a firmness and strength in them that alone would tell the daring and enduring character of the birds. Those winds which cleave the oak, and rend up the mountain •pine by the roots, do not ruffle the plumage of the mountain eagle, or drive her from her perch on the ledge of the rock. Firmly rooted in the powerful clutch of her feet, and de• fended by the plated snail of her sticf though elastic feathers, she defies the topmost bent of the elements, and, from the " munition of the rocks," looks down uncon cerned upon the tempest which is sweeping the world below her with terror and devastation. The range of her eye is truly wonderful. Floating hundreds of feet above the summits of our highest mountains,—and she always soars aloft even there,—her horizon commands a hundred dells and valleys; and she spies a grouse or a mountain hare from a distance at which the human eye could ,hardly discern an elephant. But as she dwells in power she also dwells in peace. There is no tumult or clamour in the eyrie of the eagle; she merely seeks food for herself and her young, and when that has been obtained she is at rest ; and "all under her dominion are safe, for even the boldest and swiftest-winged hawks keep at a distance fa om the retreat of the eagle, and when her shadow, passes over the valley, not a wing moves but her own." The words we have mat ked in italics are quite poetic, and convey a vivid idea of the terror with which this despotic autocrat inspires all his winged subjects. Of the vulture, Mr. iViudie speaks with more respect than such a vulgar blackguard deserves. The fellow is a monstrous glutton; is never seen in decent com pany; has a face and figure ugly enough to frighten a ghost ; and hovers perpetually, like a joule or a resurrection-man, abouti tombs. One, we remember—a hideous wretch that squinted villainously—used to be kept in Brooke's Museum, to eat up the half-decomposed bodies ! It is in this sense, we suppose, that our author speaks of him, when he calls him "a serviceable bird." In talking of the nightin gale, Mr. Mudie resists many temptations to sentimental common-place. He might have apostrophised her as the "bulbul," and quoted Byron ; but he contents himself instead with telling us that this delicate, bashful, poetic bird, tucks away at " caterpillars," with all the voracity of an alderman. When she has finished her supper, and not till then, she begins to sing, which accounts for the cheerfulness of her tones ; fbr it is hunger only that prompts to melancholy strains, which is the reason why so many of , our poets sing in such a doleful style. We have no doubt that Mr. Mudie's " Bri tish Birds" will be popular. It is written in a charming spirit ; displays a fervid love of nature ; is replete with illustrative anecdote ; and is got up with a tact which we seldom meet with in works of professed compilation. But, as we said before, it is not a mere compilation ; the author has not drawn coldly or mechanically from others, but from his own abundant stores of thought and feeling. In point of embellish nfents, his work is a chef d'ceuvre. We subjoin one more extract, descriptive of the hatits of the falcon : " The kite, has, from the extent of its wings and tail, very great command of the atmosphere, and possession of itself in that element. It does not beat along in straight hues, but wheels in curves, which it is cons•antly opening and closing, and always in a smooth and graceful manner, without any jerks; and if it were possible to trace a day's path of a kite, it would be a very fine specimen of looped curves. The kite don hover for a very long time over the same spot with very little exertion of the wings, and though there is a fresh breeze; and there are times (pro bably when it has lost sight of some prize on the ground, or discovered that the prize over which it was hovering was no prize at all) at which it will '" give itself to the wind," and drift to leeward. in very beautiful style, and apparently with complete self-possession. Kites will also sometimes turn down the wind to escape the more powerful falcons, which, though they do not attack the kite, often frighten it and make it lose its prey; and, as going down the wind is not a habit of the fal cons, the kite gets away from them by a manoeuvre. That manoeuvre, though held in great contempt by the falco ner, is by no means an ungraceful and an uninteresting one; the bird rides lightly on the wind, but retains its self-command, so that it can take a new direction when ever it pleases. The axis of its body is placed at an angle to the wind, which is smaller in proportion as tha• is stronger, and the windward wing is elevated, so that the wind takes the under side at an angle, and tends to raise the bird obliquely upwards, while its weight presses downward and counteracts. When looked at, the bird always has in these cases the appearance of descending as it drifts—but that is an optical deception ; for all, hinge that are higher than the eye appe sr to descend as they recede, even though they are rising, and the kite may often be observed to have gained height while thus ap pearing to that downward. If, on these occasions, an alarm is given, the bird hauls closer to the wind and snakes off." THE RULES OF COURT. N. MAzwzzx, Law Bookseller to Ms Majesty. LONDON, 1834. Much labour and research have been expended on this volume, which, though small in dimen sions, and consisting of but little more than a hundred pages, yet contains a fund of per tinent, well-digested information. The author— a gentleman named Wordsworth, and nephew, we believe, to the great lake poet of that name— takes up the rules of court at the period of the passing of the Uniformity of Process Act, and carries them down to the present time. To these, brief explanatory notes are appended, to gether with an appendix of recent statutes, and accounts of cases decided thereon. To the members of the legal profession this will prove a useful documentary work. SKETCHES IN SPAIN. 2 VOLS. LONDON, 1834. For these sketchy volumes, we are indebted to the pen of Captain Cook, R.N., who shows him se)f in every page an experienced and accom plished cosmopolite. The chapter on the Government of Spain is full of useful information, and will be read, just now, with avidity. HUME'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. LONDON, 1634. The present volume of Mr. Valpy's republi cation of" Hume's History," is embellished with two cleverly executed engravings ; one of King John, ratifying Magna Charta—and the other, of the Departure of Richard the First from Cyprus. _ LIV Y. LONDON, 1834. This is the sixth volume of " Baker's Trans lation of Livy," and forms the fifty-first of " Valpy's Family Classical Library"—a publica tion which has been deservedly well received. PORTRAIT OF LORD CHIEF JUSTICE DENMAN. We have just seen an engraving, by Hodgets, from an original painting by Barker, of the pre sent Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, which, as a work of art, is very respectably executed, but, as a likeness, is as faithful as any portrait we have ever met with of the eminent original. It is a half-length, and is engraved in mezzotint. The township of Morley, in Yorkshire, appears to be in a frightfully disturbed state in consequence of disputes between the masters and their workmen. Acts of outrage (broken bones and broken windows) are,of daily occurrence ; and the practice of carrying clubs and firearms, both by day and by night, is described as being " awfully prevalent." A meting has been held to elect constables to preserve the peace, and to appoint a committee with the view of settling the disputes between the masters and their men. By the demise of Major-General Sir George B. Fisher, K.C.H., the appointment of Commandant of the Garrison of Woolwich has become vacant. Sir George was a brother to the last Bishop of Salisbury; and in his 70th year. He obtained his last step of Major- General May 27, 1825, and shortly prior to his death he was nominated a K.C.H. SINGULAR SUlClDE.—Yesterday an inquest was held in the Vestry-room of St. Alphage, London-wall, on the body of Edward Green, in the employ of Mr. Lemming, bootmaker, 37, London-wall. The deceased had lately expressed himself dissatisfied with his wages, and expressed an intention to leave his situation. On Saturday night be went out to fetch the beer, as usual, and meeting the watchman, he entered into conversation with him, and observed, " I may as well bang myself as lead the miserable life lam leading." On going home he partook of a hearty supper, and the next morning hewas discovered hanging from a shelf, in the place where be slept,--Verdict, Teinporary Insanity. THE KING'S LEVEE, &c. (FROM THE COURT CIRCUL IR.) The King, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived in town about half-past one o'clock yesterday, h - o n Windsor Castle. His Majesty was received by the Duke of Cu nberland, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princes; Sophia, who were waiting at St. James's. His Majesty held a levee at two o'cicck, at which Count Lu dolf, the Sicilian Minister, and M. Garro,the Mexican Minister, had audiences of the King, to deliver letters, to which they were respectively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, principal Secretary of State for Foreign affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, the Master of the Ceremonies. The King gave audiences to Earl Grey, the Duke of Rich mond, Viscount Melbourne, Mr. Secretary Stanley, Sir James Graham, Sir James Kempt, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Hill, and Lord Foley. At the entree levee there were present The Russian, Austrian, and French Ambassadors, the Nea politan, Prussian, Swedish, Wirtemberg, Spanish, Danish, Mexican, Portuguese, Brazilian, and Saxon Ministers, the United States, Hanoverian, and Grecian Charge d'Affaires, Mons. de Bacourt, M. Dedel, the Dutch Special Minister, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Lord Privy Seal, the Firt Lord of the Treasury, the Postmaster-general, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Lord Stew ard, the Master of the Horse, the Vice Chamberlain, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, Lord Hill, Cold Stick in Wait ing, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the Marquis of Thomond, Lord Saltoun, and Captain Dundas, R.N.; A ides de-Camp to his Majesty, the Master of the Ceremonies, the Master of the Robes, Rev. Dr. Blomberg, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, Lieutenant-Colonel Cavendish, Silver Stick and Equerry in Waiting, and Lord Hay, Page of Honour. Viscount Torringtoh, and General Finch, were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Amongst the general company were the Lord Registrar of Scotland, and the following : MARQUlS—Westmeath. EA am—Rosebery, Morley. LORDS—Charles Russell, Edward Russell, Manners, Nor reys, Dalmeny, Colchester, Kenyon, Auckland, Albert Co nyngharn, Radstock. Bisnops—Lichfield and Coventry, Derry. HONOURABLE—Lieut-CoL Finch. SlRS—Francis Burdett, James Scarlett, Wm. Alexander, T. Troubridge, Stephen Glynne. REV. Docrok—Cole. REV. MESSIEURS—James Lupton, M.A., B. Bray, J. Ba thurst Schomberg, John Humfrey, J. Gossett. MESSIEURS—Anderson Pelham, Hope Johnstone, Hanbury Tracy, Canning, Peter Horrocks, Blackstone, M.P., George Bankes, Daly, M.P., Frederick Hodgson, B. Paget, J. G. Wil kinson, Wm. Miles, Horace Twiss, Egerton, W. Tatton Eger ton, F! J. Wynn, Whitbread, Macdonald, Pendarves, E. B. Clive, Kemp, M.P., Sinclair, Hamilton. ADMIRAL—Charles E. Nugent. GENERALS—Lord Lynedoch, Sir Colquhoun Grant, Sharpe, Cuming, Sir John Fraser, Sir Wm. Keppel, Sir Jasper Nicolls, Sir Edward Paget, Anderson, Sir Thomas Montressor, St. George, C.B , Eden, Viscount Beresford, Lord Howden, Hard wicke, Sir Robert Wilson. CAPTAINS (Royal Navy)—Sir J. Coghill Coghill, W. Sandom, COLONELS-Sir Charles Thornton, Hon. H. Murray, Long, Reeves, Cooper, Jodrell, Hill, O'Donnell, Shuldham, Sir A. Dickson. CoMMANDERS—HOn. Henry Keppel, W. Gordon, De Roos, MAJoas—Hankey, Mackworth. CAPTAtivs—Saunders, Phillips, Charles Bagot ; Grenville Berkeley, Lawrenson, F. Paget, Sir J. A. Burgoyne, Forester, Kendall. LIEUTENANTS—Ames, W. P. Robbins, Daly, Wingfield, D'Arley, Catesby Paget, W. Sidney Budd. Lord Kenyon presented an Address from Dallington, in the county of Northampton, in behalf of the Established Church, and praying that no alteration may be made in it but by the consent of her spiritual rulers, numerously and respectably signed. General Lord Lynedoch had the honour to kiss hands. The following were presented to the King:— Lord Charles Russell, on promotion, by the Duke of Bedford. Lord Edward Russell, on promotion, by the Duke of Bedford. Rev. James Lupton, M.A,, Minor Canon of St. Paul's, by the Rev. Doctor Blomberg. Admiral Charles Edmund Nugent, on being appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Rev. John Bathurst Schomberg, on his appointment es Chaplain in ordinary to the King, by the Earl of Belfast. Lord Albert Conyngham, by the Marquis Conyngham. Mr. Canning, by the Marquis of Clanricarde. Mr. Peter Horrocks, by Lieutenant-General Vincent. Mr. J. G. Wilkinson, on his return from Egypt, by Major_ General Sir Jasper Nicol's. Captain Phillips, by Colonel Fox. Captain Saunders, on his appointment to the Command of a Company of Royal Artillery, by Lieutenant-General Sir James Kempt. Colonel Shuidham, by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Montresor. Lieutenant Daly, by Mr. Daly. Lieutenant Catesby Paget, on his return from foreign service, by Mr. Berkeley Paget. Major Hankey, on promotion, by Major-General Sir Charles Dalbiac. Lieutenant D'Arley, by Colonel Sir Alexander Dickson. Lieutenant Wm. Sidney Budd, on his appointment, by Lord Holland. Lieutenant W. P. Robbins, by Sir William Guise, Bart M. Litchtenberg, the Hanoverian Charge d'Affaires, and Sir James Cockburn, had audiences yesterday of the King. The Duke of Cumberland dined with the Princess Augusta, on Tuesday evening, at her residence in St. Tames's Palace. The Duke of Gloucester honoured the performance of the opera of Semframide, and the ballet of La Bayadere, at the King's Theatre, on Tuesday evening, with his presence. A Cabinet Council was held at four o'clock yesterday after noon, at the residence of Viscount Althorp, in Downing-street. It was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, Earl of Ripon, Earl Grey, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Carlisle, Viscounts Melbourne, Palmerston, and Althorp, Mr. Secretary Stanley, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Sir James Graham, Lord Holland, and Lord John Russsell. Lord Holland entertained the Cabinet Ministers at dinner last evening. ROYAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL. This splendid festival will commence on the 24th of June; the first public rehearsal will probably take place on Friday, the 20th of June, in order to afford time for alterations, &c., which may be required in the orchestra ; for it was not likely that an undertaking of such magnitude can be accomplished without much consideration. A list of leaders, organists, and principal instrumental performers has been submitted to and approved by his Majesty, who is " heart and soul" in the cause ; so much so, that the appointment of the Directors was in his own hand writing; thus following the steps of his revered father, who used frequently to make out the bill of performance at the Ancient Concerts, and who, from a very early age, showed a great love for the music of Handel. In consequence of the great services rendered at the com memoration of Handel in 1784 by the members of the Royal Society of Musicians, and in consideration of the great good the institution did in supporting aged professors, their widows and orphans, the sum of six thousand pounds was given to it out of the surplus. Lord Howe, Chairman of the Board of Directors, will preside to.morrow at the ninety-sixth anniver sary festival of this society, on which occasion a host of mu sical talent, both vocal and instrumental, will attend to render the entertainment far superior to anything of the kind given in the metropolis. We need only name Nicholson, Willman, Harper, Cooke, Mackintosh, Platt, &c., as a guarantee for what we adiance. (ADVERTISEAIRNT.) THE LONDON COAL TARDE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—We respectfully invite the attention of your readers to the existing abuses in connection with this trade, of no slight importance to the inhabitants of the metropolis. It is not only requisite that so indispensable a commodity should be rendered at the lowest figure, but of greater import ance, that facilities should be afforded for obtaining such only as are of the best quality, so well deserving a preference for economy, combined with cleanliness and cheerfulness in burn. ing—notwithstanding of the aggregate arrivals of coals into the port of London, only a fourth are of that description, whilst almost every family, relying on the integrity of their coal-merchant, is supposed to be supplied with none other. The total quantity of coals imported and sold at the coal market in the past year was 2,006,653 tons, of which were of Stewart's, Hetton's, and Lambton's Walls End (the only sorts known as best), not more than 504,695 tons. We offer a sure protection against the practice, which this fact too plainly demonstrates, by confining our purchases wholly to those of best quality. Perhaps we cannot evince, to the satisfaction of your readers, the integrity of our transac tions more decisively than by remarking (and we do it without fear of contradiction) th t at by the regulations of the trade any deviation would unavoidably expose us to immediate detection by coal factors, masters of colliers, coal-meters, lightermen, and others ; and, as a further test, we offer a premium in a reward of 2001. to any person producing the necessary proof that we buy any other sorts than Stewart's, Hetton's, and Lambton's, our price for which, including all expenses, is 265. per ton, for cash on delivery. Orders (post paid) to Purßeet Wharf, Earl-street Black friars, or Western Wharf, Edward-streeet, Regent's-park Basin. We are, Sir, your most obedient servants, RICHARD BEARD & Co. The annexed anecdotes are amusing:—" Two negrors upon Amity estate quarrelled the other day shout some trifle, when the one bit the other's nose completely off. Soon after his accident, the overseer meeting tbr sufferer—" Why, Sambo," he exclaimed, " where's you I nose ?" " I can't tell, massa," answered Sambo; " looked everywhere about, but I could not find it," ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION for the PRESERVATION of I,IFE from SHIPWRECK. Yesterday evening the seventh anniversary festival of the above society was celebrated at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate.street. The Right Hon. Sir JA3I ES GItAtIA3f, Bart., M.P., in the chair. There were also present on this occasion, Lord Dudley Stewart, M.P. ; T. F. Buxton, Esq., M.P. ; F. Robin son, Esq., M.P. ; Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. ; George Lyill, Esq., M.P. ; Aaron Chapman, Esq., M.P. ; W. Hutt, E , q., M.P. ; Hon. Rice Trevor, M.P. ; P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P. ; Henry Labouchere, Esq., M.P. ; P. Handley, Esq., M.P. ; Capt tin Manby, R.N. ; Ciptain Bowles, one of the elder brethren of the Trinity House ; Mr. Sheriff Wilson, and about one hundred of tho most respectable merchants and commercial gentlemen of the metropolis. Upon the removal of the cloth, Non nobis Domino was sang by the professional gentlemen present, Messrs. B ilamy Collier, Jolly, and Pyne, and after the usual toasts of the King, Queen, and the Navy and Army, The Right Hon. CHAIRMAN rose to propose a toast, hich he considered no powers of eloquence were neces .,ry to produce its deserved effect. After hearing the le autiful and national anthem which had just been sung (Rule Britannia), he stated that he had, from his earliest days, felt the warmest enthusiasm, and maintained, even amongst foreigners, that " Britons never will be slaves." Speaking thus in the company of strangers, he had been requested to explain his reasons for supporting this ap. p trendy arrogant tone, and he had done so by saying that the people of this country ranked amongst the most gener ous and kind-hearted of nations, and so long as they maintained and upheld those high titles, there was no fear of their filling from their present high station. The British sailor was pre-eminently distinguished for his ge nerosity and Lenevolence, and whilst those virtues were preserved pure, he felt assured tyranny or oppression would never approach the British shore. He felt convinced the appeal he was about to make would not be made in vain. The last winter had been one ,if severe loss to this country in lives and property —it bad been seldom exceeded in either; and he (Sir James Graham) trusted, as the occasion was one calling for extraordinary benevolence—so would the call be met with proportionate liberality.—(Hear, hear.) Unfortu nately it so happened that those to whom the suci-ty looked for its principal support—its main stay, he might say—were also sufferers in a very unusual degree, by the loss of property—but from these causes it would be at once seen that the society had double claim on public pa ts onage for support at this particular crisis. —(Hear.) It was, however, satisfactory to know, that although the claims had been more than usuallynumerous on the society, its funds had been sufficient to tend to encourage and re ward (under the blessing of Providence) the preservation of the lives of no less than 4:28 fellow creatures during the last year.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Chairman then adverted to an anecdote of the late gallant Admiral Lord Exmouth (with whom he had the honour of being on the most intimate terms of friendship), in which the gallant Admiral considered it to be the proudest feature in his life, when he, ott his own native coast of Devonshire, hail—at the risk of his own life —succeeded in conveying• a rope to a stranded vessel, and thus saved the lives of its clew, at a time when no other dared make the attempt.—(Cheers.) This the gal lant veteran had often declared he considered the noblest act of his life, and the one to which he looked back with the greatest satisfaction.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, he (Sir James Graham) would only appeal to the feelings of any present who bad witnessed a shipwreck, and recol lected the sensation which it inspired, if there was the remotest chance of affording escape to any, or saving the life of even one of the crew, was there any sum of money but at that moment a benevolent individual would bestow? The opportunity, he considered, was now afforded of car rying that generous feeling into effect, by contributing to this Society, which, by its matured plans, was a t well qualified to carry its benevolent purpose into effect.— (Hear.) He proposed " Prosperity to the Society for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck," which was drunk with enthusiasm. Lord DUDLEY STEwART, in proposing the health of the right hon. chairman, ccogratulaied the company on having so influential a president, who, from the high of fice he filled, and his awn merits, must all greatly to the prosperity of the institution. The Right Hon. CHAIRMAN, in returning thank ~ claimed no merit to himself since his short connexion with the navy; all its honours had been previous'y achieved, and he hoped he should never see them tarnished whilst he had the honour of holding office connected with it. In the midst of the cares and toils of official duties, nothing gave him more gratification than in meeting on occasions like the present, when all party feeling was thrown aside; and he felt never more satisfie , l than when he had reason to believe that he contributed in the slightest degree to the benefit of his fellow-creatures. A variety of toasts succeeded, amongst which were " The Wooden Walls of Old England."—(Drunk with enthusiasm.) "The Elder Brethren of the Trinity House," on giving which the liberal donation of 2001 was an nounced from the chair. " The East India Company," "Lloyd's," and other commercial companies. In the course of the evening donations were announced, amounting to nearly 9001. Amongst the donors, in ad dition to that of the Trinity-house of 2001., we noticed 1001. from the East India Company; Sir James Graham, 401. ; Earl of Carlisle, 101. ; Rice Trevor, 10/. ; Lord George Bentinek, 25/. The Right lion. CHAIRMAN, in a very impressive anal affecting address, presented a gold medal to Lieu. Snell, R.N., of the coast-guard service, for his highly courageous conduct in putting off to a wreck on shore near Rye; ald, after being washed twice out of the boat, urging on the crew to persist in noble efforts to save the crew. Lieut. SNELL returned,ihinks, evidently a ff ecte d by t h e imprevaive terms in which-he had been addressed. Several nautical glees and songs were sung by the pro• fessional gentlemen present, and shortly before eleven o'clock the company retired. ASSIZES-(RECEIVED THIS DAY). MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-..LINCOLN, MARCH ) 1. IMPORTANT CASE OF ARSON. John Thorpe was charged with having fired, on the night of the 14th of December, a stack of straw and two s'aelia of wheat. Messy. CLARKE and WHITEHURST were for the pro— s cation, and Messrs. 1-1141. and HUMFREY for the defence. The prosecutot is a very large farmer and grazier, living at llolbeach, in this county ; the pt isoner was his wagg: ner. On the Wednesday previous to the 14th of Decent]) last, a fire had taken place in this parish, when a part only of ill! proper y in the rick-yard was destroyed; on which oc casion the prisoner was heard to say that if a fire was to take place in his master's yard the whole would be cl-ared. On that night the prisoner, with other servants, had been thrashing at a machine, and left work about 5 in the evening; tP,ortly after which prisoner was seen to go with a lighted candle into the stable, and turn his horses into the yard, a thing he bad never been known to have done be'ore, when he shortly after returned for his supper, which not being ready prisoner said he would go to look after his horses again, and he accordingly took a lanthorn and passed the ricks on his way to the stable. He then shortly returned, and gave an alarm of fire, and it was then found the stacks bad been ignited, and the whole were shortly in Eames, and property destroyed to the ,mount of 4001. A great deal of evidence was gone iota to establish various circumstances; there was nothing, however, of direct proof, and the jury, after the case had occupied from nine in the morning until eight at night, found a verdict of Not Guilty. Conservative Members, on Saturday evening, at Sir Charles Manners Sutton's residence in Palace yard. THE DUKE OF YORK'S STATUE.—The Idlowing additional and authentic particulars respecting the preparations making at the column on Carlton House terrace, for elevating the Statue of his late Royal High ness the Duke of York, were obtained yest-relay, where the works are now in progress. The scaffolding above to which the Statue is to be raised,. by pullie, considerableihe sarega f l o le r r w y a , r n d e n a e r se, th a e nd su i r t n o it su o p f p t o h :: e t c a ol s u u rn .is n t , ,m is ti i , n l platform, and ingenious mechanism, under the superintendence of a o etwa r d a, si - it o , w l i ecrt and o hlwi r T e, k e r fsi r o gt a j , ,:h t ia a nes n tl t : h . es :e e l pvietielYnuinfpgtt,i,sstel tens, ta e nhr u r tseo :t , Mr. Westmacott, and the mason who erected the nolile i fromict l res ! day several men were raising strong scalding month. colossal l e rn p or l tt o eseb o sa r d f a. t d lyi t t nfi h f l , employed rg e e truhi plerweei raisingl:oll tad will be supported by two iron pugs , about 18 inc es ut There :n,i , the ,i, week oeelakeffbtt. iaervnrseioenlntfl, will ciei netext:oo, tentisni, be a dinner party of 30 or 35 to lodge in two apertures in a thick block of granite for the in c security circumference, the crown of the head, is thirteen feet nine innhes in height, and will,. with the block of stone, reach 50 feet above the top o f t h e column as it now stands. His Royal Highness is represented in the costume of the Or er at the Garter, a part of the mantle, which is many feet in breadth, lodging on the left arm, while the left hand rests on a sword, as already has been stated. The preparations attract much notice.