The Sun. — London, England, 1831-03-28 00:00:00

CHANCELLOR—Yes, but you are not a Bar oere are two modes by which a suitor may come into Justice, these were, either personally or by Counsel. .ept_to employ an attorney and Counsel, there is a Jr which he may get the assistance of a solicitor, is no Barrister, from the lowest to the highest, who not afford, a poor man, who has any right to complain, every Sir James may talk over with him their old associates. may farther instruct Earl Lauderdale in the rig and tergiversation, for the guidance of followers; but Sir James has reached a good can now never hope to obtain high legal ho dd another Jeffries he found, peeple would , is appointment twenty-four hours. Let Sir to his villa in Surrey, and there, amidst its the classics and the table ; he may then pass Lnnoticed. •ation of Earl Grey the other night must sa ments that he is in earnest, and that the King I—some eight or ten of the enemy are come are going to their homes, aed more will fol 'ecl is now convinced of his defeat. 26th March, 1 631. CO-RADICAL. G INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. 2}l, 3IARCIL 25 AND 26,—Wind S.E. to S.W.—Ar to, Sengslake, from New York. ',K, MARCH 25.—Arrived the Commodore Gribble, larleston. H., MARCH 2G.—Arrived the Henry Thompson, harlest on. • D, MARCH 2G.—Arrived the Europe, Owens, ,ARCII '27.—Arrived the Adren, Greschin, from .th six feet water in her hold, having struck a wreck Sea, bound to Cowes. MARcu 26.—Arrived the Providence, Power, aePs. - - --- INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY). OURT OF CHANCERY. 'A SUIT-CATCHER CAUGHT. .dg of the Court a person of short stature, with a iead, bald forehead, dressed in black, and wearing • presented himself between the bar and the Bench rely began to address the Court. In commencing a paper to his Lordship, which on reading, his could not be complied with. The individual called lean, and said that he appeared on behalf of a poor Nest, to ask for an injunction to restrain the sale ,xccutors. . _ CHANCELLOR said he could not interfere. .11Iy Lord, I appear for this poor man, who is with- cre ie .istance. - Dunnean said the poor man was now in Court. The Lord :hancellor requested him to come forward. He did so, and stated, in answer to questions put to him by his Lordship, that le was a grocer, had no attorney, and was without money to em. ply one. His Lordship then pointed out the mode by which h e might sue in forma pauperis. 'Sir E. SUGDEN requested to have the papers delivered to him, ing he would look through them. In a short time afterwards K Sugden called Dunnean to him, and asked, are you an ac countant ? Dunnean—l am. Sir E. SUGDEN—I suppose you charge the plaintiff, as you .re pleased to style him in these papers, more than any attorney would do ? Dunnean—No, I do not, I do not charge him any thing. Sir E. SUGDEN—I do not believe a word of it. How dare sou come here and state that there is a suit existing, when in point of fact there is no such suit ? Are you aware that you may be sent to the Fleet ? You have interfered here as an attorney, and I have no doubt you have charged the poor fellow pretty well for it. You are one of those catching fellows that ought to be put down. Stand back, Sir. Dunnean withdrew to the end of the bar. In about ten tinutes subsequently, Sir tE. SUGDEN said—My Lord, I hare now read these papers, and this really is a matter that ought to be taken notice of. The person who comes forward on this occasion .s the cham pion of the needy, calls himself George Dunnean, of Doctors' Commons, in the City of London, Accountant and Estate Agent ; and,he is drawing affidavits, very technically head ing them in a cause, that cause being between - Thomas West and his wife against the Governors and Company of the Bank of England. My opinion is, that he is acting as an attor ney, and I draw the inference that he will charge about ten times as much as any attorney would do for this business. I we never seen any thing more improper. First of all, the rules the Court give an opportunity to every poor man to come and as a pauper, and no poor man with the slightest claim can .e the least difficulty in finding both solicitors and Counsel to . for him ; but nothing seems to me to require reprobation so loch as these accountants and estate agents ferreting out causes bringing forward such cases as the present. There is not slightest pretence for asking for an injunction in this ease. Dunnean—What I mean— Sir E SUGDEN—You ought to hold Your tongue, Sir. The LORD CHANCELLOR—CertaidIy you have no business Court at all. Sir E. SUGDEN—It is clear this person has power to deceive ;hers so far as to make them suppose he is capable of doing that .vhich he is totally incapable, and upon which he is totally igno rant. He issues a dieringas on stock over which he has no power; he prevents the stock from being transferred; he puts ,the party to great expense, and then he comes here asking for an 'lnjunction. Dunnean—l hope I may be allowed to answer this gentleman, ;Inch I consider myself capable of doing. The poor man came me some time ago ; he stated that his uncle and mother were wasting his father's property. I made inquiry into the circum stances. I found they had sold out hundreds of pounds' worth c stock. I went to the Bank of England and petitioned the iovernors, finding that the stock was to come to this poor man and his children in reversion. The uncle and the mother are ;ecutor and executrix. They have gone on selling out all the stock, collected the book-debts, and applied the money to their own use, and are now going to sell out more of the stock. The LORD CHANCELLOR—But I cannot hear a person no eovirt3el, and who does not appear himself ; you have right to speak. Dunnean—l aria competent to tell your Lordship the state of its poor man. The LORD CHANCELLOR—No person is competent to , come into a Court of Justice and make an attack upon the cha racter of individuals in public merely upon the information of party. Dunnean—This is ex_parte. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Ex-parte! You talk about sings you know nothing about. Let me warn you of one iing—there is a statute made which gives very severe penalties ;ainst persons—and commitment to prison for twelve months no uncommon thing under that Statute. Penalties against person taking upon himself to act as an attorney, he not being 11 attorney. Are you aware of that ? Dunnean—l sin. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Then take care of it, for I can tell you this is very like acting as an attorney. Dunnean—l don't think it is. . The LORD CHANCELLOR—Then I can tell you, if you ill not have it, that I never saw any thing more like it. My pinion is, that it is, for you draw an affidavit technically, and make it exactly as an item in an attorney's bill. DunnPan—He has commenced a suit. He has issued a dial ringas. The LORD CHANCELLOR—WeII, when you issue did_ fringes and draw affidavits, as in a-cause, you really take upon 'ourself to act as an attorney. Dunnean—West has done it in his own person. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Do you charge him any sing ? Dunnean—No, nothing whatever. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Very well. Dunnean—And that gentleman (pointing to Sir E. Sugden) mows that I have got thousands and thousands out of the Court, l e transfer of which has been opposed. Sir E. SUGDEN—I know so such thing—l believe no such thing. I believe you arc acting as an attorney, and you are sa tisfied you would have a considerable share of this if any thing rere to be got. Dunnean—What right have you to say so ? Sir E. SUGDEN—Because its your trade—l know it to be so. • Dunnean—You say so, because you are aware I have got hundreds and: hundreds out of this Court, which you have un iuccessfully opposed. Sir E. SUG SEN—No such thing, and I only wish to warn people from going to you. I know that no poor person will go to yen without having to pay infinitely snore for it than they could have to pay to a regular attorney. I also know that then I attended at the Fleet Prison, crowds of solicitors Caine forward to give their assistance, without ever dreaming of re ceiving a shilling for their services ; therefore it is not true to circulate that poor persons were not to have both Counsel and atomics to do their business for them gratuitously. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I have known solicitors ac tually pay money out of their own pockets. Sir E. SUGDEN—Yes, over and over again, and I warn poor people from going to such a person as this. Dunnean—l will prove-- The LORD CHANCELLOR—I tell you, Sir, you must go Away. A Counsel has a right to be heard, a party has a right to be heard'; but you have no right to speak. Dunnean—But he (pointing to Sir E. Sugden) is charging me with that which is untrue. The LORD CHANCELLOR—No, no. It may be satisfac tory to Mr. West to know, that if his case had been in the hands of Counsel Ills olliect.could not have been obtained. Sir E. SUGDEN—Certainly, and I wish the party distinctly to understand, that if it could have been got, I should certainly have asked your Lordship for the injunction. -_,.,Dunnean—lt is only for an injunction. 'Sir E. SUG DEN—Really, is it to be endured that every per son is to come here and talk about things he does not understand is , this pertinacious way ? The LORI) CHANCELLOR—Yes; and it shall not be again. Dunnean—l come here for the sake of humanity. Sir E. SUGDEN—I don't believe a word of it. Dunnean (as he was withdrawing from the end of the Bar)—l know you are angry, because you have not got a fee.—(Laugh ter.) The LORD CHANCELLOR—That's very likely, when Sir Edward volunteered to look through the papers and to act. Sir E. SUGDEN—I think so. WINDSOR, MARCH 27. Their Majesties arrived at the Palace a few minutes before 'pen o'clock yesterday • evening, attended by an escort, from tendon. , The King and Queen, accompanied by Prince George of Gun llidge and several Ladies and Gentlemen who are staying at the alace on a visit to their Majesties, attended Divine Service this .lorg in St. George's Chapel. The sermon was preached by Z .le Hon. and Itev. Mr. Cust. The Service, Burrows' in 1..; the .t.,- r ed, Rogers' in D.; and the Anthem, " In the beginning," Kent, was sung by Messrs. Jarman, Harris, and Trench. l'he Horse and Fo o t Guards were paraded this morning before the King, in the quadrangle of the Castle. SMITHFIELD MARKET. This day's supply of Beasts, Calves, and Porkers, was limited of Sheep and Lambs tolerably good. The trade was very dull throughout, with Beef, Veal, and Pork, at about Friday's quo tations ; with MuttOn at a depression of full 2d. per stone. PRICES PER STONE OF t3LBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. a. d.tox. d. a. d. to Ix. d. Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 6 Large Lambs Second quality ditto 210 3 4 Prime small ditto 7 6 8 0 Prime largo Oxen... 310 4 2 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, 4 4 4 8 Prime small ditto 5 6 6 0 Inferior Sheep 2 8 3 6 Large Hogs 3 5 310 Second quality ditto 3 2 310 Small Porkers 4 6 410 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 0 4 6 Suckling Calves 12s. t 0341. each SouthdownWethers 4 8 5 0 Quarter °tell - 9gs 12s. to 18s. each SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. 'Sheep and Lambs.' Calves. Pigs. 2,472 15,940 110 130 About 80 of the beasts came up the St. Alban's Road; about 70 up the other northern roads; about 250 (including Irish; from the western and midland districts ; about 1900 from Nor. folk, Sufthlk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire ; about 60 from Keni and Sussex ; and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c in the neighbourhood of London. ii..... 1 4., • r ' .., I • • ~, ~,at 0., St associate. '' r...„. t t! and former ass P Sir James ‘'„ 1,. r rules of rattit . ~ his sons and ft I rs : 10, r old age ; he c Lours. Coul , i iii „,. ~ not tolerate hi Of', . James retire I "0 / : groves, enjoy t p , ' to his grave ut ~ .. , The declara tisfv his nppon . - is determined- f . ,/:. over—roany / low. Mr. Ps Saturday, ', • SIIIPPINC , .. . • .. . .' .. 4: FALMOUTI fived the Juno, • GItEENOCS i, A Hart, from Cha LIVERPOO. Drew, from Ch HOLYHEA; from Trieste. DOVER, M) .... j Hamburg, witt .', in the North Se i PENZANCE from St. Alicha' LAW IN fi' i • ..... _......._______ ci 1, k At the sitting iii, t ' 1 1 powdered head ii,tg' ( : Hessian boots, i and immediate' •;11,, 1 , he handed up a - , j, • •°- - Lordship said c• lahimself Dunne: man, named W 1..: 1 ° of stock by cxc The LORD , , Dunnean-N ~.. i out Counsel. ': A The LORD ' :'ti • rister ; and the, a Court of Just - 7 • If he is too •Ri . ~." • • __-_.rpooktxiaat.. - ._ . 7- ' and there is no ~ will not afford,' • , . • 4,As / ' assistance. * I. Dunnean sai, Chancellor req I stated, in anstv. (.. ' • he was a grocer - pl?y one. His * 4 ; might sue in ft. Sir E. SUGD c. . saying he woul' PI • Sir E. Sugdeil ..: • ! countant ? 1)1 Sir E. SUG] are pleased to s. I . would do i. - "- - -1 Dunnean-N ~ • I Sir E. SUGI . you come here t 1 . ' lt a t 1, ',; .. ' i . 1 44 \ Po„ . 4.. - point of fact th may be sent 0 , attorney, and I pretty well for ought to be put Dunnean wi minutes subseq Sir (E. SUG papers, and thi of. The person , pion of the nee Commons, in Agent ; and) ing them in '", P ''. . West and his • Bank of Engla f f • 'i ney ' and I dra times as muc] ' t have never see ' • ' of the Court gi .." I.* : lti site as a panne 1,, . t tl' I bare the least • act for him ; b ~ . ) .• touch s eh iig as ht t e h st es p e 4 i and bringing f ' ;7=Dunnean-) Sir E. SUGI The LORD A ..-, • . in Court at all , ti. • Sir E. SUGI '' ' . ethers so far at ' " which he is tot . • rant. He isst power ; he pre rt i /,'; i iii -the -She party to gr f - " S ' ',lnjunction. I , . ,•- (.0t . . Dunnean- 1 1 :' '4 i . which I cons'. to me some th '''' • ' ' °wasting his fat t; ' , stances. I fot 1 of stock. I v.• Governors fir , . and his child • ilki .. executor and stock, collecte • . .0 • own use, and: P ' ' / " The LORD tr•i -, .' 4 ' ' "Ist?Vhas no et no right to sp ~ • . i - Dunnean- f . this poor soar • i .." The LORE • , • ' • '''•corne into a C ~.- ,t 1 • ra p s of indii Ai 1 . i = a Tiny. Dur • t he LOB] 1 A things you k ~,, ; ii. . • -- s 4 . „ thing there i 1 : " against per sor "' is no uncomi a person takin , ;•i an attorney. •• - Dunnean- , 1 . The LORE tell'you this i Dunnean- iii -.,t: 1 . t • The LORI will not have i . opinion is, th, 1 l ' I make it exact Dunnean- . t The LOR' .* • • • tringas and ti A ' 't. • yourself to ac Dunnean- , • i.• tp, . , The LOll.l •:ft Ali —, thing ? Dun ~, . , _ , , , .., The LORI • t ' . .. Dunnean- •,°). ;•.• ; . - .' ' knows that I '' the transfer. ; i' ' • 1 Sir E. SUG 1 thing. I bell . i " tidied you WI ... • •. were to be go 1 : ;" Dunnean- iri • 1 t Sir E. SUG 0: , Dunnean- ' ~ hundreds an , il, - • P' o, successfully. .:0:,: . . Sir E, SU( • '1 . . people from 1 . ' ~', 1 - ~ ' to you with°, would have . when I atten 1 forward to eeiving a shi • 'i 0" circulate that lv . attornies to ( , v • A The LORI ~. • ~ ,:l.'' Wally pay m. g. . N ‘,' Sir E. SUC people from iii .- • ' ,•,•.' ii ' l, '! ' ' Dunnean- The LOH. away. AC( :. 1 1 - , •,. ~ • . be heard'; b :. ~ k ', Dunnean- with , that wl if , ' rThe LOR 4 1 ' tory to Mr. ' i . 1...• of Counsel li Sir E. SU( , . . , understand, • . ' have asked . t • Dunnean- _ , o '',/ '''' 'Sir E. SU ' is' this perti . , ~ 4., sin s The i rti s t , ;L i. :O: E R I, , D ri t , t e n i L i ea o n i . , / •• ' 4 , . • . - .... , ' ( know you at Ldward vol• Sir E. SC . . 1: t 41 A I: , 1 11 T heir Ma s even o'cloc •, .. t ‘ London. `A 41 i ' The King 4', rat. 1 1. bridg e and 2 •Palac e on a S, tiler/li ng in the Hon. at Creed, Itog . a. Kent, tvass I , The Horn :.. ' ; • f the King, ii .. . r-- .(' , p • - 1, '• ' I • . 1 o The I ani I ft - town at i their Males . , -., i . . The Duc • Il ar ,tY at di . a t e ( Cabin s I ( • (i.„'1)• afterno ‘.• 11 , ' 0. . 4 1 , 1 I ;han, ' • o,‘,.•,•••••• - - r,strha a, 1 0 ' - ' . ` - '..(ach, = ...ir ant - t: ' ' ' ,the , , Th e con „' After th. •'. powers wa ..• . . the Frenct -. ' 11 Minister t Viscount' I '4 „ ;1 4 , , The Frei t ; ~ '• v iews with ••,, ... t 1 " 1 i 4 Lti l turdy. '1 he (lit party, eine Saturday,; KI I IVEI:, Crompton; . ' ' , ' , 4 1 :11 COURT CIRCULAR. The La n d gravine of Hesse Homburg and the Princess Augtistt o Augusta left town about th ree o ' c l oc k on S atur d a y afternoon, on a visit their Majesties at their Palace at Windsor. The Duchess of Kent entertairmi a numerous and distingu'shed tarty at dinner ni t Saturday, at her residence in the King's &a ces at Kensingt on . T, A Cabinet Cotnicii was held at half-past three o'clock yester- V a fternoon, at th e Foreign Office, which was attended by the I`Or'l Chancellor, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord ha a, Viscount M e lb ourne, V iscount Palmerston , Viscount " '..rich, th e E arl of Carlisle, Viscount Althorp, Right Hon. C. "tant, the Duke of Richmond, and Sir J. Graha. The Council sat in deliberation near three hours m . After the Council a conference of the Ministers of the Great Po wers was h e ld at the Foreign Office, which was attended by ; 1 2 trench, Austrian, and Russian Ambassadors, the Prussian ,l inister, the Baron de W essenburg, Minister f r om Austria, and Viscount Palmerston. The French Ambassador and the Spanish Minister had inter views with Viscount Palmerston, at the Foreign Office, on Sa turday. Ihc Chancellor of the Exchequer entertained a numerous party, chiefly Members c f the House of Commons, at dinner on Saturday, at his residence in Downing street. Among the com pany were Viscounts Fordwich and S an d on, Lord G. Bentinck, Sir E.' Lloyd, Colonel Cavendish, Messrs. Watson. Russell, Foley, Crompton, Whitmore; Colonels Walpole, and Anson, &c. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MArtKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. tot. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef 2 6 310 Veal Mutton.. THE MARKET S.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Foreign Wbeat are very great, and though we have but very little Engiiih in the Market, the trade is very heavy, and the prices may be called from Is. to 'J. s. lower than on this day se'unight. 'We have excellent supplies of Barley, the fine malting samples of which we quote is. lower, and inferior sort 2s. cheaper than last week. The Oat trade, with a very large supply, is extremely dull, and from Is. to 2s. below our last quotation. Beans and Peas, with a dull sale, remain un altered. The supply of Flour is moderately good, and though nominally quoted as last week, much has been sold on somewhat lower terms. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) —s. —s. Beans, Small (new)... —White (old) —s. (OW) —Red . 1830) :xis. 03s. .---. Tick (new).... Fine o4s. 08g. . (old) Superfine.. 70s. 725. -- Harrow (new' —White (1830). 58s. fibs. -- (old), Fine 7os. 724. Superfine.. 70° —Foreign fr,-- 'fine 70s. 78s. free 58s. SOs. 40s. 445. 263. 31s. 345. 375. New 435. 465. lios. 665. 70s. 725. w 36s. 38s. ew 385. 425. 40s. 425. 445. 465. Brank Oats, Feed -----. New , --- Poland Potatoe ----- New Rye Barley Fine Superfine Malt Fine New , Pease, Grey NCN Maple NI White Boilers . -S. 265. 30s. , 28s. 30s. 25 255 28s. ck) 60s 655. 545. 585 'try 48s. 52s 9s. 10s. Scotch Irish 27 Flour Town (per sa4 - Seconds ~ North Coup Bran ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. P P 2. - 4'... F,? s F From Whence rs , ci ~- r i. 9 -: :-, ------- _ Qrs. Qr , . Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. scks. Aldborough 9l 1056 50 109 32 140 Boston Bridlington — 330 110 Clay — 200 100 Cowes Colchester 362 238 2135 16 207 105 1240 r, Harwich Leigh 385 133 75 412 78 730 4 4 Illaldon Eexter Gainsborough — 420 Hastings — 42 642 Hull — 841 865 Ipswich 7O 892 7 625 Kent 734 239 130 191 405 163 Lynn — 525 1973 448 65 Penryn lOO Poole — Portsmouth — 250 Rye South \void ..... Spalding Stockton — Southampton Well , 1250 340 20 370 Wiobßach l2 3010 2248 Woodbridge l3B 750 70 65 9 Yarmouth ...... Aberdeen — 1810 Arbroath — 385 30 Banff 5l 3614 uerwick Dundee l6O 64 1321 Inverness 4O 420 Leith — 44 25 Montrose — 80 10 Perth — 470 ' 3634 8977 9869 18609 1922 617 7951 IRBIL Sligo — 250 FOREIGN. Altona.. lO4O 514 180 Amsterdam llBO Brake Bremen Emden Groningen 570 1625 Hamburg 7314 3346 190 164 Havre Kiel. - --- 759 Marseilles '9oo 670 Odessa 530 , -- , _ _ _ _ Pillau 2B 46 75 110 100 Itonnebeck Rotterdam 2090 1540 Spain Coastways — 1811 Total 23518 14423 9869 123070 2032 1087 8884 AGGREGATE Rye, ;:ti—Tares, ITITY 0 inseed„, QUA N' 766—Li Must: 1 , OTH E} RI Rapesei eds, 311 DS a PULS •Brank ,E. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O' CL 0 CK. Charlestown Papers to the 24th February have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, by which we have accounts from St. John's, Porto Rico, that the packet from Spain had arrived there, bringing a Royal decree for increasing the duty on flour in foreign bottoms to eight dollars round money ; foreign flour imported in Spanish bottoms to pay seven dollars instead of eight dollars. .The British schooner Erin arrived yesterday at •Charlestown from the West Indies. She brings accounts that an active busi ness is going on at Barbadoes since the opening of the West India ports to American shipping, although the market was dull when she sailed. _ . . BRIDGE-TOWN, BARBADOES, FEB. s.—die regret to notice the departure this day of the whole squadron of ships of war, the service for which they were required here being over. Accounts from Poland, by the French mail this morning, state that twenty thousand young men, who were recruited, have proceeded to join the army, and from all quarters volunteers are also proceeding to the army. The Commandant of Zamosc has formed a fresh column, which greatly harasses the left wing of the Russian army ; it has already destroyed their magazines above Lublin : this has obliged General Kreutz to retreat. Accounts from Lisbon state, that since the arrival of an extra ordinary courier from London, it is reported that Charles X and his family are expected in the above capital. Don Miguel has been visiting the royal depot of carriages, making choice of three of the handsomest, which he has ordered to be directly got ready; he also proceeded to the royal stables and selected several of the finest horses, and has given orders to prepare the Palace of Necessidades, and that of Romalhao. It is assumed that all these preparations are for Charles the Tenth. I.IIANKEORT, MAilcii 19.—A courier extraordinary has brought accounts that the Russians were defeated at Flock. Accounts from Lcipzic of the 17th announce that the Poles have been successful. LIVERPOOL, Maecit '26.—The import of Cotton this week is 5,150 bags, and the sales are 15,900 bags at last week's prices. In Sugar, out 400 hogsheads of B. P. Sugar have been disposed of this week at steady prices. THE FUNDS. We have again to announce a failure of some importance this morning, not less than a banker, although he is only of the third class of bankers, nevertheless, it has caused some agita. tion in the city, and in consequence of which the Funds, which were looking up, have receded. Consols, which left off' on Saturday at 791 i 14, opened at 78% for the Account, and were afterwards done at 78S %; at present they are 78% N. The Express from Paris does not bring any news of impor tance, with the - exception of the Rentes coming lower. In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet. ONE O'CLOCK By the private letters from Holland to-day, the Dutch Go vernment have communicated to the monied interest, that they are ready to receive subscriptions for a loan of forty-two millions of guilders in the Six per Cent. stock at 95, but it was not known as yet that the above scheme would be successful; at all events it shows a great distress for money, when a Government is obliged to create a stock bearing so high an interest. We have seen a letter from Holland, stating that a disaffection prevails in the Dutch army, and that Prince k rederick has de parted for the army in consequence of the above event. Extract of a letter from Antwerp, dated March 25:—" All our Ministers have resigned. The Congress is to meet on the 29tli, but many members will not attend. It is the general opinion that our affairs are drawing to a close, and the people speak openly of a movement to be made in favour of the Nassau family." Another Letter—During the whole of the morning reports of popular movements in Brussels, favourable to that state of things which is so much longed for, have been in circulation, but •unfortunately they have not proved founded to any extent. The private letters by the Express from Paris positively state that Sebastiani will resign, as he still perseveres for war. The failure of a banker this morning has not caused great ex citement in the city, as it is not supposed he has stopped for a large amount, and has been doing but little business for some time past. Consols have remained steady during the morning tic 78% 1 , 4 for Account. In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing, prices much the same as on Saturday. Consols 781 THREE 0' CLOCK. Sir JAMES SCARLETT is said to have fol lowed the example of a certain well-bred animal, who, see ing preparations in progress for driving him out, modestly withdrew. Sir JAMES , we are t old , has actually with drawn from the representation of his ungrateful consti tuents in the borough of Maltp ; and, if they were sin cere in their petitions, they will, now they are relieved from inciimbrance, return a Member who will support the Reform Bill. When Lord JOHN RUSSELL last introduced to the House of Commons his own very moderat e pl an of Reform, which met so deci ded a rejection, neither he nor any other person would ha ve doubted the insanity of any one who should have predicted that, in the short apace of time which has since elapsed, public affairs would undergo such a change, that a Reform Bill, cutting off upwards of GO rotten boroughs, and increasing the number of electors by half a million, would have the KING for its patron—the Ministers of the Crown its proposers—the Loan MAYOR of London its strenuous advocate, and the merchants and bankers of the city its earnest supporters. LAWS OF SETTLEMENT. A BILL to AMEND the LAWS of SETTLEMENT by APPRENTICESHIP, and by HIRING and SERVICE. [Note—The words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.] Whereas the laws of settlement by apprenticeship, and the laws of settlement by hiring and service, do now ope rate in many respects very harshly and injuriously upon the interests of the working classes of society, by con tracting the field for their employment and in various other ways, and do moreover give rise to a system of litigation, not only involving great and useless expo nce to parishes, but also very frequently supported by fraud and perjury; and it is expedient that the said laws be altered and mo dified; he it therefore enacted, by the King's most excel lent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent-of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this pre sent Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this Act, no male person shall be held or taken to have acquired any settlement in any parish, place, township, or liberty in England and Wales, by or by reason of his having been bound an apprentice, or of his having served an appren ticeship, or any portion of an apprenticeship, therein, sub sequent to the passing of this Act, nor by or by reason of any hiring made or service performed as aservant in husbandry, in such parish, place, township, or liberty, subsequent to the passing of this Act; any thing in any Act of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM BILL. A BILL TO AMEND THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE IN IRELAND. [Note. —The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.] Whereas it is expedient to diminish the expenses of elections in Ireland, and to extend the elective franchise to man); of his Majesty's subjects therein, who have not heretbfore enjoyed the same, and to increase the number of representatives for certain cities and boroughs in that part of the United Kingdom; be it therefore enacted, by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that in addition to the free holders now by law entitled to vote at elections of Knights of the Shire, every male person of lull age and not subject to any legal incapacity, holding any lands or tenements within any county in Ireland by lease for any term of years not less than twenty-one years from the commencement thereof, whereon a rent of not less than fifty pounds an nually shall have been bona fide reserved, shall, altar due registration under this Act, have a right to vote at the election of Knights of the Shire to serve for such county in any future Parliament. And be it further enacted, that nothing in this Act con tained shall take away or in any manner affect the right of voting for Knights of the Shire at present enjoyed by, or which may hereafter accrue to any person by virtue of any law now in force, except so far as is herein provided. And be it enacted, that after the end of this present Parliament, every person owning or holding lands cr tene ments situate within any city, town, or borough in Ire land, returning a Member or Members to serve in Parlia ment, and which lands or tenements, if situated in a county at large would under any law now in force or under this Act entitle the owner or holder thereof to vote at an election for such county, or who is now in any other right not affected by this Act, entitled to vote at an election for such city, town, or borough, shall, upon being duly re gis'ered under this Act, be entitled, under the restrictions hereinafter contained, to vote at any election for a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for such city, town, or borough respectively : provided always, that no person shall be allowed to vote at any election for a Member or Members to serve in any future Parliament for any city, town, or borough, for or in respect of any freehold estate in lands or tenements other than is now by law necessary to entitle any person to vote at a county election, save as hereinafter provided. And be it enacted, that no person shall vote at any elec tion for any Member to serve in any future Parliament for any county, by virtue of any right hereby conferred in re spect of the ownership or possession of any lands or tene ments, unless he shall have been seized or possessed thereof for the space of thirty days at the least before the registra tion in pursuance of this Act made last before the election at which he shall claim to vote. And be it enacted, that a Committee of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, to he named by the Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governor or Governors of Ire land, under his or their hand or hands, shall have power to inquire into and determine the limits and boundaries of every city, town, and borough in Ireland, having the right of sending a Member or Members to Parliament, and to annex to and incorporate with any such city, town or borough, not containing more than two hundred houses of the value required by this Act to qualify the owners or occupiers thereof to vote at the election of any Member or Members for such city, town or borough, any parish, barony or half birony, or part of any parish, barony or half barony, locally situate within the limits so deter mined, and shall within three months next after the pass ing of this Act lay before the Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governor or Governors of Ireland in Council a re port of such determination ; and it shall thereupon be lawful for such Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governor or Governors to issue a Proclamation making known such determination and report, from the date of which Procla- mation each such city and borough respectively shall, for the purposes of elections only, be and remain bounded and limited and annexed and incorporated respectively accord ing to such determination ; and such report shall be forth with laid before both Houses of Parliament. And be it enacted, that at all elections of a Member or Members to serve in any future Parliaments for any city, town, or borough, in Ireland, every male person of full age, duly registered under this Act, and not subject to any legal incapacity, shall be entitled to vote, who shall have held and occupied for six calendar months next preceding the registration hereinafter directed, any dwelling-house within such city, town or borough, bona fide subject to the yearly rent of ten pounds, or which, if bona fide let to a solvent tenant would produce the yearly rent of ten pounds, or who shall have held for silcb period as aforesaid any lands or tenements within such city, town or borough by lease for any term not less than twenty •one years from the commencement thereof, whereon a yearly rent of not less th fifty pounds shall have been bona fide reserved. And be it enacted, that every person now entitled to vote at the election of a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for any city, town or borough in Ireland shall after such registration as is by this Act directed, and so long only as he shall continue to reside within such city, town or borough, have and enjoy such right of voting as fully and in like manner as if this Act had not passed. And be it enacted, that the city of Limerick, the city of Waterford, the borough of Belfast, the county of the town of Galway, and the University of Dublin, shall each re spectively return one Member to serve in each future Par liament, in addition to the Member which each of the said places is now by law entitled to return. And be it enacted, that the churchwardens of each parish wholly or partly situate within, or by virtue of this Act to be wholly or in part annexed to, any city, town or borough returning a Member or Members to serve in Par liament shall on or before the next, and on or before the in each subsequent year, make out an alphabetical list of every male person who shall for six calendar months previous thereto have resided within such city, town or borough, or any district thereunto annexed under this Act, and held and occupied a dwelling-house therein, bona tide subject to the yearly rent of ten pounds, or which if bona fide let to a solvent tenant would produce the yearly rent of ten pounds, and in respect of which house all rents, rates, and taxes shall have been paid up to the time of making such list ; as also of every male person of full age, and not legally incapaci tated to vote, anti holding any lands or tenements within such city, town or borough, or such annexed district, for a term and at a rent sufficient under the provisions of this Act to qualify leaseholders for terms of years to vote at county elections ; and also another list of every male per son having or claiming a right to vote at elections for a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for such city or borough by virtue of any right existing in such person at the passing of this Act, and hereby saved ; and shall cause both such lists to be affixed to the doors of the prin cipal churches, chapels anti other places of divine worship within such city or borough, and the annexed district, if any, on the three successive Sundays next after the making of such lists; and such lists, when completed, shall be transmitted by the several persons making the same to the returning officer of the city or borough, who shall there from make out one complete alphabetical list, to be by lam kept until the arrival of the barrister appointed as here inafter mentioned to revise the same, and to be then given by him to such barrister. And be it enacted, that the churchwardens of each parish wholly or partly situate in any county, or such other two persons as shall be for that purpose named by th e Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, shall on or before the next after the passing of this Act, and also on or before the in every succeeding year, mate out an alphabetical list of every person entitled to vote at elections of Knights of the Shire for such county by reason of any lands or tenements situate within such parish, and held by such person for a term of years and at a yearly rent sufficient under this Act to qualify leaseholders to vote at county elections ; and also another alphabetical list, of every clergyman entitled so to vote as such, and o' every person now by law qualified to vote thereat, and whose right in that respect is not hereby affected ; and shall on or before the in each year cause such lists to be affixed to the doors of the principal thatches, chapels and other places of divine worship within such parish, or in some other conspicuous places therein, on the three first Sundays in th e mont h o f September in „.. _ each year, and shall on or before the twenty fifth day of September in each year send such lists to the clerk of the peace of the county, to be by him retained until the ar rival of the barrister appointed to revise such lists as hereinafter provided, and to be then handed by him to such barrister ; and t.uch barrister shall within one week after the same shall have been corrected and signed by him as herein provided, re-deliver such lists to the clerk of the peace, to remain With him until the same shall be required at an election• Provided always, and be it enacted, that every perso❑ now entitled, or hereafter establishing under the laws now in force a right, to vote at any county election, and who shall have duly obtained a certificate of registry for that purpose, shall be entitled, upon the production of such certificate to the churchwardens or other persons hereby authorized either in the first instance to make or afterwards to _ alter or correct any list of voters for such county, to have his name inserted in such list. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ire land to nominate and appoint under his or their band or hands (subject to the approbation of the Lord High Chan cellor of Ireland) any number of Barristers, not exceeding eight, of a standing at the bar not less than years, to revise the lists first made under this Act, and de cide, in manner hereinafter provided, upon all objections made thereto. And be it enacted, that each Barrister so appointed shall act in and for such county, city, or borough, or counties, cities, and boroughs, as shall in ids appointment be specified, and shall give notice in seine newspaper or newspapers published or circulated within his district, of his intention to make a circuit of such district for the purpose of de riding upon the lists first made under this Act relating to places within the same respectively, and of the several times and places at which he will hold sittings for that purpose ; and each such barrister shall accordingly hold such sittings at such times and places. And be it enacted, that such barri•ters shall hear and inquire into and decide upon all objections, whether of omission or insertion, made to the lists of voters hereby directed to be made next after the passing of this Act, and shall expunge from each such list purporting to be a list of persons by this Act qualified, the name of every person who shall not have owned or held, in the case of a county, for thirty days, and in the case of a city or borough, for six calendar months at the least before the first day of the sitting at which such list shall be considered, lands or tenements, or a dwellinghouse sufficient under this Act to qualify him to vote, or who shall be in anywise inca pacitated from voting at the election of Members to serve in Parliament, and shall insert therein the name of every person who shall prove that he has owned or held any house, houses, lands and tenements of the value and for the length of time necessary under this Act to entitle him to vote at any such election, and who shall not be by law disqualified from on voting; and such barrister shall in like manner expunge from each list purporting to be a list of persons now qualified to vote, and whose right in that respect is hereby saved, the name of every person ap pearing not to be so qualified or entitled, or to be legally disqualified, and insert therein the name of every person omitted therefrom who shall appear to be so entitled, and not to be disqualified by any law from voting at elections. And be it enacted, that no person's name shall be so ex punged, unless notice of the objection intended to be made against such person shall have been given to such person, or left at his residence within such county, city, or borough, one clear week before the first day appointed for the sitting el the said barrister ; nor shall any person's name be so inserted without week's clear notice before such day, to be given to the person or persons by whom the list shall have been originally framed, and also to be affixed upon the doors.of the principal churches, chapels, and other places of divine worship within the county, city, or borough to which the list shall relate. And be it enacted, that the barrister appointed under this Act to revise such lists, shall have power to administer to any person professing the Roman Catholic religion the oath nor^ required tc be taken by such persons in order to entitle them to vote at elections; and it shall not be lawful fcr such barrister to insert or retain in any such list the name ofany person professing the Roman Catholic religion, unless such person shall have taken such oath before him. And be it enacted, that each such barrister shall at his sitting under this Act have power to administer an oath to and examine any person, touching any objection made to any list by him to be deChied upon ; and that any person wilfully swearing falsely on any such examination, shall be deemed to be guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury. And be it enacted, that such sittings shall not be at tended by any counsel, solicitor, or attorney on behalf of any party ; and that the barrister shall, at such sitting, finally determine upon all claims, questions or objections relating to such lists respectively, and shall in open court write the initial letters of his name opposite each name by him inserted or expunged, and also sign his name to each corrected list. And be it enacted, that such lists, when so corrected and signed, shall be tacked together,.Bo as that those be longing to each county, city, aad borough, may form one list fur such county, city, or borough respectively ; and such entire list, so signed by such barrister, shall, in case of a county, be transmitted by him to the clerk of the peace f or the proper county, and in case of a city or borough, to the proper returning officer, who shall keep the same during his office, and shall, upon the expiration thereof hand the same to his successor; and each clerk of the peace and returning officer shall cause copies of such respective lists to be printed at the expence of such county, city, or borough, and a copy of such printed lists shall he delivered to any person applying for the same, on payment of the sum of sixpence. And be it enacted, that the lists so transmitted to and lodged with the clerk of the peace and returning officer re spectively, shall be th;:lists of e l ectors to vote at elections of knights, e itizen,,, and burgesses for the respective coun ties,cities, and boroughs for which the s a m e s h a ll h ave made at any election to be held withi n t we l ve mont h s been nex t after the first day of December in each year ; that the persons whose names shall he therein contained, and no others, shall be deemed to be duly registered within this Act ; and that no person shall be allowed to vote at su ch election whose name shall not appear in such lists. Ad he to it t be enacted, madeactec l, that no i nqu i ry w h atever s h a ll b e permitted at any electi on , as t o th e r i g h t o f v oting of any person thereat, save only whether his quali fication for votin g has expired, and whether the person cla i m i n g to vote be the same person w h os e nam e a pp ears in the list de p osited with the cl erk of the peace or return ing cficer and whether such claimant has previ o usly vo t e d a t the same election, all which inquiries the returning officer, sheriff, or his deputy, shall (if required on behalf of an y candidate) make from eac h vo t er at th e ti me o f ten dering his vote, and not after, upon the affidavit or affir n ill ation of such voter, to be made in the form in the schedule to this Act annexed ; and that any person wilfully swearing or affirming falsely in such affidavit or affirmation shall be deemed to be guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury : provided always, that the oath against bribery, which may now by law be administered to any person tendering his vote at any election, may be administered to such person at the desire of any candidate, in like manner as the same m ight lawfully be administered before the passing of this Act. And he it enacted, that upon petition to the House of Commons, complaining of an undue election of any knight, citizen or burgess, any petitioner shall be at liberty to question the correctness of the lists settled by such bar rister, and to prove that any name or names was or were improperly retained, inserted, expunged or omitted therein or therefrom, at the registration next preceding the return complained of ; and the Committee to whom the merits of such petition may be referred may inquire into the objec tion so made to such list, and alter the poll taken at such election according to the truth of the case, and direct the return to be amended accordingly. Aud be it enacted, that no barrister nominated or ap pointed under this Act shall be eligible for. twelve months next after the time of his appointment to serve in Parlia ment for any county, city, town or borough within the district in which he shall have acted ; and each such barrister shall be•paid a sum not exceeding each day of his sitting. And be it enacted, with respect to any list made under this Act for any year after the present, that the assistant barrister at his Civil Bill Court, in each county, and in each city, town or borough locally situate within or ad joining to such county, and in the county of Dublin, the Chairmen of Quarter Sessions, shall have and exercise all rights, duties, powers and authorities for the revision of such lists, and shall be subject to such and the like lia bilities, directions, rules andregulations with respect thereto as are herein -before provided with respect to barristers nominated and appointed by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland. And be it enacted, that in case of a county election, the clerk of the peace, or in case of any other election the proper returning officer, shall three days at least before the day fixed for such election, cause to be made for the use of each booth employed at such election, a true copy of the list of voters deposited with him, and shall under his hand certify every such copy to be true and correct ; and in case any clerk of the peace or returning office' shall neglect to provide or certify any such copy, or shall knowingly certify as true and correct any untrue or in correct copy or document purporting to be a copy of any such list, the person so offending shall for such offenec forfeit the sum of to be recovered by an information in any of his Majesty's superior Courts of Record, in the ❑ame of his Majesty's Attorney- General, and to be paid to the use of his Majesty. And he it enacted, that at all contested elections for a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for any city or borough, flu" poll shall commence on the day of nomi nation or on the day next following (not being Sunday) ; and that the number of hours during which the poll shall continue open, shall on the first day be seven, and on the second day eight, and that the poll shall on no account be kept open later than- of the clock in the afternoon of the second day. And be it further enacted, that the final state of the poll at such election shall be declared not later tha❑ two of of the clock in the afternoon of the third day, not including Sunday, after the opening of the poll ; and the returning officer shall return the Members to serve in Parliament by virtue of such election immediately after the final state of the poll shall be declared. And be it enacted, that if on the day of election for any county, more candidates shall be proposed than the number of vancies to he filled up, and a poll shall he demanded, the polling shall at the hour of nine in the forenoon of the day (not being Sunday) next but one after the day of no mination, commence in the several places to be appointed by the Justices for taking polls as hereinafter provided : and the County Court shall meet again at noon of the sixth day (not including Sunday) after the day of election. And be it enacted, that the Justices of the Peace for eash county shall at a Special Sessions to be by them ap pointed at the General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to he holden next after the passing of this Act, and of which ten days previous notice at the least shall be given, consider of the expediency of appointing, and shall have power to appoint convenient places, not exceeding fifteen in number, for taking the poll at elections of Members to serve in Parliament for such county, which places shall be so fixed as that no person shall he obliged, for the purpose of voting, to travel snore than fifteen miles from the pre petty in respect of which he shall claim to vote. And be it enacted, that the Justices of each county shall have authority, at the expiration of every two years from the first appointment of such places for polling, to fix, if they shall so deem it expedient, new or different places for such polling, not exceeding in number fifteen ; such new appointments to be made at any session to be fur that purpose appointed and notified in the manner herein provided with respect to such first appointment ; and a list of such polling places shall be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace; and the polling at each county election respectively shall take place according to the lists so lodged. And be it enacted, that at every election of Members to serve in Parliament for any city, town, or borough, the returning officer shall preside at and superintend such elec tion at some one place within such city, town, or borough, and shall provide for taking the poll at such election diffe rent booths for different parishes, districts, or divisions, in such number and at such places as to such officer shall seem most convenient, of which number and places the most public notice shall be given, so that no greater number than six hundred shall be allowed to poll at any one booth. And be it enacted, that after the present Parliament, all booths for taking polls shall he provided by contract with the candidates, or, if they cannot agree, such booths shall be provided by the Sheriffs or other returning officer, at the joint and equal expense of the several candidates ; and the clerks employed in taking the poll shall be paid one guinea by the day by each of the candidates. And be it enacted, that if any person shall he proposed as a candidate at any election without his consent, the per son so proposing him shall be liable to defray his share of all such expenses and all other expenses attending such election, is like manner as if he bad been himself a can didate, and shall, with two sufficient sureties, give security by recognizance to his Majesty, to be taken before the She riff or other returning officer, in such sum, not exceeding one hundred pounds, as to such Sheriff or returning of ficer shall seem proper, conditioned for the payment of all such expenses. And be it enacted, that at each county election the num ber of hours during which the poll shall be kept open shall on the first day be seven hours, and on the second day eight hours ; and that no poll shall be kept open longer than four of the clock in the afternoon of the second day. And be it enacted, that each county election shall be holden at such of the places appointed by the Justices un der this Act for taking polls, as to the Sheriffs shall seem fit, and shall be under the superintendence of such She riff; and such Sheriff shall cause booths to be erected or provided at the said several places of polling, in like man ner as hereinbefore directed with respect to each election for any city, town, or borough. And be it enacted, that at each county election the poll clerks shall, at the close of each day's poll, enclose and seal their several hooks, and shall in open Court deliver them to the Sheriff or his deputy presiding at such poll, who shall give a receipt for the same ; and the Sheriff or his deputy shall on the commencement of the poll on the second day deliver them back, so enclosed and sealed, to the per- son from whom he shall have received them; and on the final close of the poll in each booth the Sheriff or his de puty shall keep such poll books so enclosed and sealed, and shall on the re-assembling of the County Court on the sixth day, openly examine and cast up the number of votes as appearing in such books, and openly declare the state of the poll or polls, and make proclamation of the Member or Members chosen. And be it enacted, that all laws, statutes, and usages now in force respecting elections of Members to serve in Parliament for any county, city, town, or borough in Ire land, shall, save so far as they are respectively repealed or altered by this Act, remain, and they are hereby declared to be in full force. And be it enacted, that if any Sheriff, returning officer, barrister, or other person, shall wilfully contravene or disobey any provisions of this Act, he shall for each such offence be liable to be sued for the sum of one hundred pounds, to be recovered by an action of debt or informa tion in the name of his Majesty's Attorney-General, or any other person, in any of his Majesty's superior Courts of record at Dublin ; and the Jury may in such action find a verdict for such full sum of one hundred pounds, or for any sam not less than ten pounds, as they shall think just; and the defendant against whom such verdict shall be found shall pay the amount thereof, with full costs of suit, to the use of his Majesty, or of the person suing. And be it enacted that nothing herein contained shall in anywise prejudice or affect the right of any party grieved by any such misconduct of any Sheriff, Returning Officer, Barrister, or other person, to recover in an action on the case for a false return, or such other action as such person may by law be then entitled to maintain, And be it enacted, that if any person included in any list required to be made under this Act, but who at the time of any election shall he in the enjoyment of any office disqualifying him from voting thereat, shall presume so to vote, whether included in such list or not, such person shall be liable to all penalties, forfeitures and provisions to which he would have been subject for such offence by any law in force at the time of committing the same; and in case of a petition to the House of Commons for altering the return, or setting aside the election at which such per son shall have voted, his vote shall he struck off by the Committee, with such costs as to them shall seem meet to be paid by him to the petitioner. And be it enacted, that in addition to those persons now qualified and entitled to vote at the election of a Mem ber to serve in Parliament for the University of Dublin, every person of full age, and not otherwise by law dis qualified, who shall have obtained a scholarship in the said University, shall be entitled to vote at the election of a Member or Members to serve for the said University in any future Parliament, provided such person shall have con tinued his name upon the books of the said University up to , the time of such election, or shall, in case be shall have 'removed his name therefrom, replace the same thereon within sia: calendar months after the passing of this Act. And be it enacted, that the words " city or borough" used in this Act, shall be construed to include all places, whether corporate or otherwise, entitled to send a Member or Members to serve in Parliament ; and that the words " returning officer" used in this Act, shall be construed to include every person by his office entitled to preside at the election of a Member or Members to serve in Parlia ment, and to include several persons so entitled. And be it enacted, that no 'clergyman shall be per mitted to vote as such at any election for a Member or Members to serve in any future Parliament, unless his name shall have been duly registered pursuant to the pro visions of this Act. And be it declared and enacted, that every person entitled to two or more freehold estates or interests in any county in Ireland, the annual value whereof shall in the aggre gate amount to ten pounds, according to the mode of va luing freeholds now by law 1 rescribed fur the qualification ,f electors, and who shall be in all other respects dull , l ualified, shall be entitled to vote at any election for Nero iiers to serve in any future Parliament for such county, although no one of such freehold estates may be of such annual value of ten pounds according to such mode of va luaiion. SECOND READING of the REFORM BILL. CARLISLE.—The intelligence of the second reading ° f the Reform Bill was brought here by the Liverpool coach, on Thursday evening, about half-past eight—the .1 I erning Chronicle, of Wednesday, having been for warded by express to that town. The bellman was im mediately sent round to announce the joyful news, and for nearly two hours our office was literally besieged by per sons anxious to obtain copies of a hand-bill we distributed, •tating the particulars of the division. The announce ment was received with an exultation we never before saw equalled upon any occasion. About half-past ten several hundred persons assembled in the Market-place, to give three cheers for the King, the Ministry, and Reform. Some youths got upon the roof of the Town-hall and lung the market-bell, which they said was the death-bell of the boroughmongers. After giving three times three cheers for Reform the crowd quietly dispersed.— Carlisle Journal. EDINBURGH.—Our third branch of communication is a delightful one—the mode in which the intelligence was received here. The mail coach on its arrival, n•as surrounded by hundreds of gentlemen, and when the guard announced the second reading of the Bill, a loud Ituzza rung through the street, and congratulation was the order of the day. In both Exchanges, the news was received with tremendous cheers—the Lord Provost and magistrates instantly met—and to gratify the many requests instantly presented to them, announced, through the Grand Marshal in the one, and Mr. Atkinson in the other, that "on Monday, Glasgow would be illuminated." Will nothing teach the besotted horoughmongers a lesson ? Scots Times. EDINBURGH.—The result of the rote on the second reading of the Refurin Bill, on being communicated to the crowd assembled at the Post Office, on the arrival of the curricle, was received with loud huezas, and there were some houses illuminated last night in different p.irts of the town. The Leith Coffee-room was also crowded with gentlemen waiting the arrival of the London pi pers, and on the announcement of the majority in favour of Reform, three tremendous cheers were given, the bells were set a ringing by order of the Magistrates, and every ship in the harbour and docks hoisted their colours. The town was to be illuminated at night.—Caledonian Mer cury. ROXBURGH.—An Anti-Reform meeting of the county of Roxburgh, was held a few days since. The meeting was thinly attended, and remarkably for the pau city of argument and common sense that the speakers put forth on the occasion. Sir WALTER. SCOTT—prop pudor —who wan one of the orators, took the opportunity of indulging in a silly tirade against Reform, aad objected to it, but we could not say why. Our respect for this great man, the acknowledged head of European literature, confines us to an expression of regret, that he should have arrayed himself so unequivocally against the interest of that community, whom he Las so long held the willing captive of his genius. NEWCASTLE.—We had written thus far, when we were apprised by the cheers in the streets that the friends of the Reform Bill had been successful in their arduous struggle. As will be seen below, the Bill has been read a second time, not by a large majority, it is true, but ano ther advance has been made, and this in such a manner as to leave it beyond a doubt that, by a dissolution, its suc cess will be certain. In the fullest House ever known there were found three hundred and two able and inde pendent Members to vote for it, and overpower the banded forces of the boroughmongers, the Bank, the East India, and all the other interests, who see in Reform the destruc tion of their respective monopolies. Most sincerely do we congratulate our readers on the result.—Newcastle Chronicle. MANCHESTER.—There was no expectation in this town of hearing the result of Tuesday's debate sooner than Thursday morning; but although the debate was not closed till three o'clock on Wednesday morning, we had a full report of it here, in a third edition of the Courier, before seven o'clock the same evening. The news spread slowly, as most of the warehouses were closed, and their owners had gone home to their houses in the suburbs, but the illumination of the Times Office gave notice of the re ceipt of great news, and then the intelligence spread like lightning. A number of Members of the Political Union having met, determined on celebrating the event by a procession, and accordingly, preceded by a strong band of music which they had provided, they commenced the pro cession, after " God save the King" had been played, and three tremendous cheers for " The King, hi. Ministers, and Reform," bad been given in front of our office.— The national anthem was again played in Piccadilly, and again three cheers, that might have been heard a mile off, were given for " The King, his Ministers, and Reform." The same enlivening ceremony was performed at New ' cross, where probably not less than three thousand persona were congregated. It was renewed opposite the shop of Mr. Wroe, and then the procession, with the band play ing, turned back, and went through Swan-street, Shude hill, and Hanging-ditch, to Mr. Candelet's shop, where the anthem was again played, and cheers for the King anal his Ministers were given. Here, anti at the other places where the procession stopped, congratulatory speeches were delivered, which were loudly cheered. At the Spread Eagle the people separated, after art address from one of the windows, in which they were congratulated on the cheering prospects of Reform, and urged to take every means in their power to express their desire that Alinisters should be supported. The night was delightfully calm, and the moon shone brilliantly, and we may venture say that never did a public procession give more delight.— Similar rejoicings took place at Bolton and other towns in the neighbourhood on the same night. —Blanchester Times. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-In your Paper of the 22d inst. it is reported that " The Earl of Mansfield presented a petition against the Reform measure from the merchants, bankers, and the College of Justice in Edinburgh," but in this report there is, certaialy, a mistake. A petition against the Reform measure, signed by some merchants, one or two bankers, and a very f< w Members of the College of Justice, was transmitted to Parliament. But the majority of these classes is decidedly favourable to the measure. Almost the whole of the Members of these classes have signed the petition i❑ favour of the measure in their individual capacities. There was no meeting of merchants or bankers, or of the College of Justice specially called. The principal Members of the College of Justice are the faculty of Advocates, the Writers to the Signet, the Solicitors before the Supreme Courts, and the Agents. Now the Faculty and the Agents have not met on the subject. A meeting of the Writers to the Signet took place, and the result was, not that the Members thought the Ministerial measure inexpedient, but that the majority thought it inexpedient to enter, as a body, on the discus sion, or, as a body, to interfere with politics. A very dif ferent result took place in a meeting of the solicitors. That body, by a great majority, voted for the measure, and transmitted a petition in favour of it to Parliament. It is plain, therefore, that there is a mistake somewhere. The Anti-Reform assemblage had nothing of the character of a public meeting. Reporters were turned out, and none but the exclusive heard ; while all who spoke were, in one way or another, dependent upon, or connected with. the present system. . . The opinions of the Bankers, Merchants, and Colleges . ; Justice will be found in the petition in favour of Reform, which is subscribed by many thousands of them. The individuals who attended the Anti-Reform Meeting did not exceed seventy in number ; and the signatures to their petition did not exceed five hundred. That of the friends of the measure was signed by upwards of 30,000 of the inhabitants. I am, Sir, Your most obedient servant, A MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE OF JUSTICE. Edinburgh, March 24. The census of 1831 will, it is feared, be made under circumstances not at all favourable to its accuracy. The dread of the tax-gatherer was never stronger than at present, and nothing has been found more difficult than to persuade the lower classes that an enumeration of the people was not connected with some plan of taxation. Add to this, that persons who have made false or defective re turns for the militia ballot, will not be apt to risk detec tion by giving correct returns for the census. There seems to be very good reas on for be lieving that the system of Irish agitatio n is almost; a t an end. In the House of Commons, on Friday, Mr. o.C.Ops• NELL declared that " what he wished was, that every ; ac e , of rivalry between England and Ireland s hou fi ld o g e l d ve s uwe to mutual kindness and good 01*". the two coun t irrevocable union etweeti perpetual, an d doubt that the eal of the tries." There can be no need to take place on or before the Union, previously annou ed sine die. Ist of January neat, is postpon all things, that the Reform Rill b would li l e eid solid,