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eserv e th e name. We prefer, as a rule, there 're, the extent of the country with the amount f the population. These two parts of the king otn are doubl e th e size of Scotland—the extent eing respectively 58.660 and 29.167 square and contain exactly six times the number f inhabitants ; so that if 1,000 parochial Tools are considered sufficient for the nor iern, part of the country, 4,000 will be amply nfficient for the southern. Allowing 30/. a ear to each schoolmaster in England—more ban the difference in the price of food—the 4111°1 120,000/. would cover all the salaries, lid the whole amount, including 24,0001. Dtr, interest on the capital expended in '° ol -houses, and 36,000/. for repairs ikt su pernumerary schools, would not exceed clu ' oool. a year. The noble lord said the aleulation had been made at 1,200,0001., hich is more than double the amount, without z 'es of any - desc r ipti on . Fees, in no case, .cePt any poverty, ought to be dispensed c I th * There is hardly an instance where °°l' of a purely eleemosynary character have l eeeded. Let the fees be small, particularly ekintry parishes, but let there be 4 ild let the poor man have the pride and 11sfaction of tavig for the saving that he contributes some l' had education of his children. We eles °ccasion to know something about Voluntary schools in the metropolis, and tivertture to say that most of them are ut liiar useless as schools of instruction. The .eelsen learn by rote certain prayers, .and Lat , and catechisms, but acquire little r-riletion that can fit them for business,. render them useful members of society. neh scho o l s are a dmirably described by IQL ° ll l2l CHANCELLOR :—" Many chil e might darken the school door—they i ght talk and buzz there all day—they might I l an to their homes in the evening, and yet their attendance so little might be ti ght, that it would not be improper to say at their time was all but lost." This must i e ti t r emain s o , till t h e parents can h ave ide control—till the school s ar e pl a ced. w e r the superintendence of the dissenting e ll as est a bli s h e d clergy, publ i c exam i na- I be ri gidly enfo rce d, an d fit p erson s ap :lti I: ted as masters. Thirty pounds, with a pn e f and gar d en, may appear a scanty provi es, or a scho o l master, but w h at w i t h sc h oo l ho _,and fe es f or other duties which the parish nt:'Master can b est per f orm, t h ere wou ld b e Le ti n° l ack of applicants willing and fit for 411(1 How preferable, for instance, at e parish masters be, in making ins ''e lists of vo t ers , th e li s t s of per ;lig birt liabl e to serve in the militia—in regis o hs, death s , an d marr i ages —i n ma ki ng in Ppulati on returns—and above all, in car ego n On th e new machinery of the poor laws, evi: i P ar ed with those overseers whom the at e n g Bar r i sters have described as persons ,elieL°°,ld not writ e , an d coul d not even corn the d uties they had to perform ? The kid e nts arisin g from these official duties iticateas"n attract a new body of well e count -nien to parishes, without • putting °rlnal Y to any _ additional expense for scho o l s. Opposition may be made id btne 111 me asure by interested persons, Y b th ose th a t woul d w i th h o ld a ll e d ucat i on ! the P° o r, but it i s one of such incalculable 4i 4e.fit that we despair not of seeing it soon Wc have not room for remark on t was stated by Lord MALMESBURY and vvYNFonn, and will only add that the rt inti of the latter nobleman, that " had no right to impose a rate for the pur -41-"' of education," is the most extraordinary ev er issued f rom th e mou th o f a no bl e tate r . kr, i tte - * a°EuucK's motion for a Select Com tie fo e rn t ° in i quire into the evils which exist in r), o f government at present existing in rpe r b and Lower Canada was introduced by an t a : ra te and clever speech. The mover un at:°6l( to prove that both the provinces were in rid °I revolution owing to bad government , e tret e r ash and i nconsiderate conduct of t he araY for the C o l on i es . H e warne d t he n ern k i a ent that if a change were not effected tat es - we ldd adopt the course of the United 'publi 444 unit e itself to those states, and a [ ora l e t , we 'llid then be established from the A nt . °l e to the sea of Mexico, from the ot t i c L ic h t ° the Pacific. The consequence th e e Predicted, be the ruin of England ; !ailajeontrory, gentle treatment would bind t h e mans to this country in firm friendship, talesthus an opposing power to the United might be fostered,—a rival in force, in tillaerce, and in happiness. _ Mr. STANLEY ' 4 ie b !ted as a lib e l t h e supposition that the in i!'4ants of th e C anadas would violate the al 44ce and fid e li ty which they had sworn to P "e towards th e i r King. On the contrary, I P t i o er Canad a , en j oy i ng as i t did, f reer insti_ ti a e than a l most any other on t h e face of lob assem_ assemb lie s of 'hick e) and the legislative le h 'ere chosen by the free vo i ce . of the peo v'enad declared their satisfaction with the and the present state of affairs. H e th n , • the case was bit In Lower Canada tent 8 ) 1_ an d had no objection to a Committee 144 st itt : . °ul d be confined in their inquiries to .- L e hot On the b e h a lf o f t h e government, h " 1 Y invited b u t d eman d e d an inquiry. le tliaei villse of Assembly had arrogated to gilt,an functions to w hi c h t h ey had no 4 %1 1 , 4 4 had exercised a power altogether vire d ad by the l Religious differences ell the English law. Irish emi ~at olle sewers anu t he pre vaile great cause of the . disq u ietude 11 " of th e u( ' He did not believe t hat a Re' a t „ Provinces would be of any advan itled. a ll events it could not now be enter- Sel ect e ll : would ag ree to t h e appointment of enter ,Select al mtnit tee, and would see that every Ngli t a 1.4 doc ument bea r i ng on t h e c h arge ' galnst l the government was referred to I‘ll LFy h npartial cons i deration. Mr. then moved for a Select Committee, and Mr. ROEBUCK withdrew his motion. I is certainly quite time that an inquiry was in stituted, and that an effort should be made to put an end to those local disputes which are at once discreditable and injurious to the Colonies. The reference of the LORD CHANCELLOR to the Dissenters last night, together with the very satisfactory answer given by his Majesty to the address from the city relative to the London University, will afford much gratification to the Dissenters, and do away with many of their misapprehensions respecting the desire of his Majesty and the government to redress their grievances. Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated in the debate yesterday that it was certainly intended by the Government to carry the bills relative to im prisonment for debt and local courts during the present session. The accounts from Spain are satisfactory. The Cortes will certainly be convoked. BuRGOS, the Minister of Grace and Justice, has retired, and ToßßENo(well-known and much respected in England under the name of MATARROSA) succeeds him. Report says that MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA himself is likely to retire, or to accept of some office less prominent than that he now holds. In this case he will, we hope, be succeeded by a person of equally respectable talents and character, with somewhat more nerve and self-confidence. We have private accounts from Paris this morning. Every thing is quiet. The conspi rators have shown their insignificance in point of number, and the weakness of their party in all that constitutes real power. The KING was in the midst of the troops. The troops and national guards have conducted themselves in a manner which can leave no doubt of their courage and firmness ; and the Government has gained strength from the insurrections. Two of the ringleaders have been arrested—one has escaped. The Carlists were busy, and money was freely circulated, in the hope that the af fair might be turned to good account. The whole Chamber, with the exception of eight deputies, went up to theK 'NG with the address. Amongst the eight we hear with concern (although we wish it may turn out to be a mistake) that M. LAFFITTE was found. TheICING was struck, and highly gratified with this sponta neous act. Every one conversant with the dis positions and movements of the Court seems to admit that Louis PHILIP is devoted to the English Alliance, and that a very large majo rity of the French people concur with the KING in the opinion that the strength and security of France greatly depend on its maintenance. Lord HOWARD DE WALDEN went to the outposts of Don MIGUEL'S army on the 3d, and with the consent and approval of General SALDANHA sent in a flag of truce and in vited General LEMOS to a conference. This took place, and the Generals of the respective armies, SALDANHA and LEMOS, shook hands, exchanged personal compliments, and were visibly affected at the meeting. Admiral PARKER and his officers were also introduced, and after an exchange of civilities with which both parties seemed pleased, Lord HOWARD DE WALDEN had a long conversation with General LEMOS. The result was "air offi cial communication to the governMent of Don MIGUEL, of terms honourable ' to himself—safe to his partizans, and which would have restored peace, tranquillity, and good government to Portugal, and her le gitimate rights to the young QUEEN. These offers were made with the full consent and approbation of her Majesty's Govern ment ; but they were, in the first instance, peremptorily rejected. Circumstances, however, lead to the supposition that the good sense and obvious interest of the Miguelites will induce them to press on their misguided and hitherto ob stinate Prince, the necessity of making some sa crifices of personal advantage to the security and happiness of those who have made so many for him. The ignorance of what is passing in the country, displayed by the soi-disant court of Don MIGUEL, is no less obvious than remark able. When the surrender of Viana, Valenza, and the northern fortresses, were mentioned, they seemed to be taken by surprise. General LEMOS himself is . said to have _ known no thing of these events. In that quarter of Portugal every thing seems to be going on as prosperously for the QUEEN'S cause as can well be imagined. We hear, however, that in the South, affairs do not appear:equally pro mising. On the contrary, Alcacer du Sal, which had been taken by the QUEEN'S forces, has been recovered by the Miguelites, arid the communications between Bernardo da Sa and Setubal are not open. The Brussels and German papers contain little news. Several persons, including some newspaper editors, and M. CABET, late French Deputy, have been ordered to quit the king dom. The Prince of ORANGE 1S to sail for St. Petersburgh in the Zeecotu. BELGIAN FU NDS.—BRUSSEL . APR IL 14. Actual Debt, 2 % per Cent. Rothschild's Loa n , 5 per Cent 51 IA 96 Loan of the City, 1832, 4 per Cent —Brussels Papers, April 14. PRsJSSIAN FUNDS—BERLIN, APRIL 10. St. Schuld. Sch. 4 per cent Prussian English Loan, 1818, 5 p er cen t 103% -- Ditto .... . 1822, 5 per cent._ 103 Ditto Bonds lB3O, 4 per cent.— 94Y6 955' Exchange on London, three months 6 25% —Prussian State Gazette, April 11. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, APRILo , 50 iilt Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Ainort Syndic 4% per cent. BB% to 894 Ditto, ditto, 61,4 per cent. 724 to 72 1 4 Volu' Loan, 1831 , 6 cent to per ioluntary . ~ •- ~ . Loan of 14 Million, 1830 , 5 per cent lool4 to 100% Ditto, 1831.1832, 5 per Cent. Exchange on London l2 10 to Li, 12 5.10 Two Months l2 05 to 12 07 5.10 —Dutch Papers, April 16. In addition to what we have elsewhere inserted from Paris, we find the following facts in the French papers since received:— The number of deputies who accompanied the Presi dent of the Chamber to the Tuileries yesterday was 288. M. Mie, printer of the Tribune, upon whose presses, as well as the doors and windows of the printing-office, seals had been placed, was arrested yesterday upon the Boulevard. The National contains a letter from M. Marrftst, chief editor • of the Tribune, announcing the impossibility of that paper appearing for the present, as no printer dare afford it the aid of his presses:— Galignani. The Duke of Orleans, accompanied by Marshal Lobar, by General Pajol, and several officers of the staff, yesterday morning rode over the place where the lighting had occu red. On their arrival In the vicinity of the street Mau brice, they were received by a firing of muskets from two houses still occupied by the insurgents. The troops soon took possession of the two houses whence the firing proceeded, and killed every person whom they found on the premises. It is said that in one house 42, in the other 54, were put to death.— Charivari. The Journal de Loire et Cher announces that as early as Saturday republican emissaries had spread a report through that department that fighting was going on in the streets of Paris. In the Chamber of Deputies sitting of April 15,M. L'HERBETTE proposed that those having claims on the funds of the superannuated fund which are inscribed in itentes at 5 per cent. on the great book of the public debt, shall be au thorised] to dispose of them . ; on which M. DUPIN, sen., remarked that one fact had been established by the report of the commission, viz. " From the grand chamberlain to the lowest valet de chambre—from the first equerry to the last groom—from the first maitre d'hotel to the last scullion boy—all these men, of different degrees of rank, performed functions which were not 'public ones. They therefore could have no claim whatever upon the public treasury." We find there was a mistake made by our reporter yesterday in the speech of Mr. POT TER, the Member for Wigan. That hon. gentleman, in presenting a petition from the Manchester Association for the preserva tion of ancient footpaths, in referring to the ground laid out at Preston, said, that upwards of two hundred acres were laid out in that spirited town, and not two acres, as reported. At a more convenient time we may offer some remarks on the preservation of ancient footpaths, a question in which the public at large have so lively an interest, as conducing not only to their convenience but also very materially to their health and comfort. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, THIS DAY, THURSDAY, APRIL 17. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. Sir W. CHAYTOR presented a petition from certain persons, praying to be heard by council against the Hartlepool Railway Bill. Upon the motion of Mr. PHILPOTTS, the Duntsborne Enclosure Bill, and the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Bill, were both read a third time. Mr. PHIL POTT S presented a petition from the inhabitants of Belgrave-square, against the bill for the better lighting and paving of Grosvenor-square. Also a petition from the coal miners of West Cummin, against the Grand Junction Railway Bill. Mr. BAINES presented a petition from the inha bitants of Leeds, praying that the bill for the better lighting of that town with gas might pass into a law. Mr. W ILK S presented a petition from several of the inhabitants of St. James, Westminster, against the bill for the better lighting and paving that parish. Mr. E. BAILLIE presented a petition from the mayor and corporation of Bristol, against certain parts of the bill for improving the port and harbour of Aberavon. Lord MO RPE T H presented a petition from cer tain inhabitants'of the neighbourhood of Leeds, against the bill for the better lighting the town with gas. Upon the motion of Mr. VIVIAN the Rugeley Road Bill was read a third time. DISSENTERS' GRIEVANCES. Mr. WILKS presented petitions from the Dis senters of Stepney, Middlesex, praying for a removal of civil disabilities ; from London and its vicinity ; from several students who had obtained academical honours at the College of Highbury, Islington ; from Bridge, Norfolk, to the same effect. From Sheer ness, Kent ; the Wysleyan Methodists of Norwich ; and from the same class of Dissenters of Boston, Lincoln, praying for a better observance of the Sabbath, and expressing a full approbation of the bill introduced by Sir Andrew Agnew to that effect ; likewise from the Dissenters of Bisney,. Leith, Netherton, Lipsley, and Winfred. SHIPPING INTEREST. Mr. GUE ST presented a petition from Wap ping, that the meal and flour now in bond may he converted into biscuits and retained in bond in that state. The hon. gentleman considered it unnecessary to dwell on a subject that involved the shipping in terest of the country before a British House of Com mons ; and when the subject be brought before their attention, in the present instance, was one which in volved that interest deeply, he was assured of the best consideration being given to it. The naval power of the country was a paramount object, and the com mercial prosperity of the country was bound up with it, for the former was sustained by the contribution of the commercial marine. It was quite in evidence last year before a committee of that house, that the shipping interest was the most depressed of all in the empire. Without touching on the vast subject of the colonies, he would rest upon the fairness of the petition, and pray the house to attend to it for the sake of the par ties concerned, and because that, being compelled to meet the foreigners, they should be enabled to meet them at least upon equal ground. It was perhaps the only means by which relief could be afforded to the shipping interest withoueinterfering with the principles of free trade. He believed his Majesty's Ministers were favourable to the petition, and, he trusted, the house generally.—To lie on the table. Mr. POTTER rose to ask a question of the noble lord opposite (Lord Howick) whether it was true that the inquiry into the Oldham riot was to be conducted by the coroner. He had no confidence in that officer. Mr. METHUEN rose to order, objecting to the course the hon. gentleman was pursuing as being irre gular. If discussions and arguments were allowed to take place from day to day on petitions, the half of them could not be presented—( Hear.) Lord HO WICK said he would not answer the question at present unless it was the general wish of the house. Sir C. BURRELL said there were thirty gentle men who had been waiting several days to present pe titions, and if irrelevant q ues ti ons were a ll owe d, th e y might be obliged to wait still longer. He hoped the Speaker would interfere.—( Hear.) Mr. C A YLE Y said, that notwithstanding the de pressed state of trade at that moment, the foreign mar ket could still undersell the British. Biscuits could be imported for 10s. a hundred weight, duty 25., and profit ls., making 13s. per cwt. ; while in England biscuits could not be made for less than 18s., making a difference of ss. per cwt. The proposition of the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets would be, in his (Mr. C.'s) opinion, in direct violation of the laws. Mr. WALLACE would occupy the time of the house but a few moments. His constituents complained that the British shipping were supplied with biscuits from Hamburg, and that they were carried from thence to the British colonies for British consumption. He (Mr. W.) was one of those who thought that the pre sent system of corn laws should be done away with. Major BE AUCL ERK denied that the repeal of the corn laws would be in any way prejudicial to the interests of this country. He thought that the ship ping interest had a right to procure their provisions wherever they could get them cheapest. He should be most happy to find that the government were in clined to give way upon the present occasion. After a few words from Mr. CAYLE Y in explana tion, Mr. TOWER said that he thought the petition was a most unfair one, and hoped that its prayer would not be granted. He thought that the repeal of the corn laws would be nothing better than a species of political swindling. [The hon member proceeded to state the amount of corn imported into this country from Russia in the year 1831, and the quantity in bond, but the noise in the body of the house prevented our catching his observations distinctly.] Mr. CLAY said that the present price of biscuits was 14s. per cwt., whereas if the prayer of the petition were to be granted biscuits could be made at Bs. per cwt., little more than one-half. The boon therefore to the shipping interest would be of the greatest importance. If however that boon were not granted, all the branches of trade con nected with making biscuits would entirely depart from this country. Sir C. BURRELL said he was confident that the landed interest had no desire whatever to interfere with the shipping interest (Near, hear), but were perfectly ready to give the claim sought for every possible con sideration. He for one thought that the shipping interest bed been Very unfairly treated by what was called free trade, the principles of which had been productive of great injustice. A great part of the carrying trade had already .departed from this country. If the boon sought for could be granted, so that frauds should be prevented , so far from the - landed interest interfering to prevent the shipping ihterett obtaining, that adVantage, they Would do all they could to forward that Objects Mr. ATTWOOD said it was now proved that the Will laws had not paid the national debt, nor enabled the landed interest to discharge the mortgages and incumbrances on their property.—( Hear, hear.) The corn laws had, in fact, acted most delusively and destructively to the landed interest. He wished for fair and reintitiera tive prices --such as would give the labourer what he ought to receive, via., 15s. a week for his labour, but those laws would not give that , price ; money laws only would do it. He begged to remind the hon. member (Mr. Towers), who said that the repeal of the corn laws would be political swindling, that during the last 16-or 17 years the prices of corn had greatly fallen. During the three years ending in 1819, the price of wheat was 10s. a bushel, and the work ing and labouring classes were much happier. In 1819, when we had recourse to the monetary system, the agri cultural prices fell ; and what was the reason ? It was because that house adopted measures which took away the money from the pockets of the great mass of the people. (Hear.) Those measures had the effect, in a great degree, of closing millions of hungry mouths (Hear), and prevented our produce from being received by the foreign markets. That system went on, with little intermission, from 1819 to 1822, in which year Lord Castlereagh introduced in that house five money measures, such as the 11. notes, the increase of loans, and thereby increasing the burdens of the people. When, in 1825, thebill of 1819 was put in force, again our ports were nearly closed, and the agricultural prices had been going down ever since, although the population had increased3o per cent. since 1811. He acknowledged that agricultural prices were ruinously low ; he wished to raise them ; but he denied that it was possible to raise them by creating an artificial famine. The proper way would be to fill the people's pockets with money, so that having the means of purchasing, they should be enabled to gratify their wants and till the hungry mouths of themselves and their children. The hon. mem ber for Harwich must know that having adopted the continental measure of value, they could not possibly, by any corn laws, prevent agricultural prices from falling to the continental level. This was a fact as certain as the day and night. They were not cut down yet to the continental level, but they were driven down by a power they could not resist. He would say that it was as certain as the day and night, that to the continental level they must fall ; and in two moments he would give proof of it. (Oh, oh !) They could not expect that gold could be kept in this country when it acquired a higher value by being sent to the other s ide of the channel. (Hear, hear.) He would say that if they wished to keep gold in this country, they must build up a wall so high that a cuckoo could not fly over it. (A laugh.) They must not only prevent wheat from coming in, but they must prevent gold from going out,but knowing, as they must, that gold would seek the market where its value is highest, they must acknowledge that if it commanded more at one side of the Severn than the other, it would most certainly go to that side where it would command most, and in the same way on the other side of the Chan nel. Gold, like water, would find its own level. He had foretold the consequence of the measure of 1819 ; and he was sure that those who then sanctioned that measure would, if they had known the consequences, have had their arms drawn from their bodies before they would have con sented to pass it into a law. Mr. TOWERS rose, but considerable confusion ensued. The hon. gentleman was inaudible ; but we understood him to complain of misrepresentation. The SPEAKER assured the hon. member that any one was liable to be misapprehended, who spoke on sub jects not before the house. (Hear.) Mr. HUME was certain that nothing could be brought before the house of greater importance than what related to the shipping interest. It was fair that equal terms should be extended to the shipping interest as to others ; and he therefore felt a pleasure in supporting the prayer of the petition. Mr. P. THOMSON read an extract from the peti tion, and inferred from what he had read that a good deal of time had been taken up in useless discussion. He did not see on what grounds it could be advisable to adopt the prayer of the petitioners. Provided all difficulties could be got over, then there might be no objection to doing what was asked ; but frauds were too well facilitated by the sys tem of allowing flour in bond to go out and return in an other shape. (Hear.) There was the experience of Mr. Huskisson's measure in 1825, and it was found that frauds were committed to a great extent. It was a very hard matter to ascertain exactly what quantity of biscuit should be returned for a certain quantity of flour. The weight of the two was not easily compared, when one was converted into the other. If he (Mr. P. Thomson) could, on fur ther consideration, be induced to believe that those difficulties could be obviated, he should feel great plea sure in introducing a measure to the effect prayed for in the petition. (Hear, hear.) The shipping Interest did not on a former occasion feel a benefit from similar plans. They thought otherwise now ; but there was a great variety of interests to be consulted, and none should be allowed to possess a predominant influence. (Hear.) After a few words from General SHARPE, which were inaudible in the gallery, Mr. CLAY presented a petition from the Baptist Con gregation of Mare-street, Hackney, for the removal of Dissenters' grievances. Also another from the Scotch Bap tist congregation of Windmill-street to the same effect. The hon. member observed that all those who wished well to the established church would do wisely to urge the government to effect the immediate removal of all the grievances complained of by dissenters, as the further pro , traction of the subject would be fraught with great danger Ito the establishment. (Hear.) The hon. member also presented a petition from the market gardeners in the county of Middlesex, against Sir A. Agnew's bill to sup press Sunday trading. The petitioners stated that they could have no objection for any provision for secur ing the Sabbath as a day of rest, inasmuch as they were employed every day during the week, and frequently at night, and that when the men were employed on the Sabbath through necessity, it was found that the languor consequent upon a deprivation of rest oc casioned a loss to the masters instead of any gain. They also said, and he agreed with them, that legal enactments could not promote religion, and that the observance of the Sabbath would be better secured by a proper example on the part of the upper classes. (Hear, hear. ) To lie on the table. Mr. FERGUS O'CONNOR said that, with all due deference to the observations made by the Speaker yester day, he trusted that he had so framed the motion which he was about to make, that it would obviate the difficulty which had been started on a former occasion, and prevent the inconvenience of the Speaker remaining in the chair till three o'clock. He moved that the house do adjourn till five o'clock. Mr. METHUEN moved as an amendment that the house be counted. Mr. F. O'CONNOR said that it would be an insult to present petitions, or go on with business, when there were only 10 or 12 members in the house. The SPEAIER asked the hon. member who seconded his motion ? Sir HENRY HARDINGE seconded the motion. The SPEAKER then put the question, and the assents and dissents appearing nearly equal, strangers were ordered to withdraw, but we understood that no division took place, and the house adjourned to five o'clock. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAT.) IN RE PRANKS, A LUNATIC. Two petitions were in the paper in this matter, in which Sir C. Vi Mr. Wray, Mr. Tinney, and Mr. Blunt, appeared. They were discussed at considerable length on the subject of costs, and a question of taking certain accounts, but nothing of any interest to the public was elicited. Mr. Blunt is to be heard to speak to them again on a future day after making certain inquiries. The Court then proceeded to hear the part heard appeal in Turner V. Hibbert, his Lordship intimating that he would have to rise at three o'clock. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. BARNARD. This case came before the Court upon further directions. The information was filed for the purpose of carrying into effect the trusts of a will of a gentleman named Fawberts. That gentleman, after giving certain legacies to his rela tions, appointed two gent l emen name d J essop an d Bar nard his executors, whom he directed to distribute any su rplus property that might remain after the payment of the legacies, in such charities as they might think proper. On the case coming on before the Court originally, the Master was directed to take the common ac counts ; but, in the interim, Mr. Jessop, the act ing executor, died. Upon his death, Mr. Barnard ass-rted that the discretionary power that had been given to himself and his co-executor to distribute the surplus funds of the testator, still remained in him. Feeling con vinced that he had the power of doing so, he had laid out sums amounting to nearly 8,000/. for the purpose of esta blishing a school in the county of Essex, and the case now came before the Court for the purpose of having its opi nion whether the discretionary power still existed in Mr. Barnard, or ought to be exercised by the Court. Mr. KNIGHT and Mr. STEWART, who appeared on be half of the relator s , submitted, upon the authority of Cole \% that the discretionary power had ceased. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN appeared on behalf of Mr. Barnard. His Howot7 a did .not consider the case of " Cole r. Wade," at all analogous to the one before the Court, and had no hesitation in saying that the discretionary power still existed in Mr. Barnard, unless further authority could he produced upon the subject. ROLLS' 60t11111-.(THIS bAY). His Hon)ur the 11AsrFat of the H LLs took causes at d further directions to-day, but no ea-e of any public im portance had been heard by the Court ap to the perioi cf ocr reporter leaving: KING'S BENCH.--(TIIIS DAYS) THE MAYOR AN!) COBrOBATION OE' DEVIZES V. BEAUMONT. . . This Was an action to try the right of the plaintiffs to the ex elusive stallage of meat in Devizes. The defendant re fused to sell in the market or p* the stallage, and upon the trial a verdict was returned for the plaintiff. The de fendant disputed the exclusive right of the corporation and contended that he was authorized to sell in his own house if he chose, free of duty: This morning Mr. Sergeant MEREwEActlitit moved for aid obtained a rule Nisi ter a new trial, or a nonsint, on the ground that the plaintiffs had no right to the exclusive stallage. CLAYTON V, OREOSON Mr. POLLOCK said this was an Action to recover 22,000/. for breach of covenant: It was tried lidoste Mr. Justice ittnEnsos, at the last Lancaster assizes, and a verdict was found for the plaintiff: He now moved for a rule Nisi to reduce the amotint to 5,0001., which was admitted by the defendant, or to have a new trial. The plaintiff granted a lease to the defendalt of certain coal mines, dated January I, 1807, which was a continuation of a previous agreement for 32 years, so that the lease would expire in December, 1833. It was con tended that the defendant had broken all the covenants of the lease ; but upon all but one a verdict of Is. each was taken ; that one, however, was the material one, and upon the construction of its provisions the ques tion depended. The Learned Counsel went into long details of the state of the mines in reference to the plans, and then contended that the material covenant of the lease had been complied with. One important point was the meaning in which the word " level" in the lease was to be taken. His lordship took it in its ordinary sense, but it could have been proved by a number of witnesses that that word, among miners, meant below the point of drainage. That evidence was rejected. The Court granted a rule why the sum should not be re duced to 5,0001., or why they should not grant a new trial. Sir JAMES SCARLETT hoped that the rule would be subject to the payment of the 5,0001. admitted to be due. The Court thought that a reasonable thing. Mr. PoLLocx had no objection to the proposition, and said the money would be paid in a fortnight. CORDING V. BALLANTINE. This was an action for false imprisonment by Mr. Cording, a pawnbroker, against the defendant, a magistrate of the Thames Police, and a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, damages 1301. It will be recollected that the plaintiff's house was burnt down, and the property of the depositors, among whom was a person who had pawned a gun for 31.95., destroyed. On application to the plaintiff he was informed of the loss, and declined to make it good. An information was then issued br the defendant at the suit of the party, under the 39th and 40th George 111., and after wards a warrant was issued, under which the defendant committed the plaintiff, in default of making restitution. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL this morning moved for a new trial on several grounds ; he contended that the pro perty should be proved to be negligently, wilfully, and maliciously destroyed. The plaintiff was discharged by habeas, and then he brought his action for the 40/. costs, besides the value of the gun, and also damages for false imprisonment, and the jury gave 1301., which the learned counsel contended was excessive. He also contended that the magistrate, in construing the act as he had done, had exceeded his duty. The CouRT were of opinion that the damages were ex cessive, and on that ground alone granted a rule nisi. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) RUSSELL V. COWLEY This was an action for the infringement of a patent, which was tried before Lord Lyndhurst at the sittings after last term,. when the case occupied nearly two days. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL this morning moved for leave to set aside the verdict, which was for the plaintiff, and have a nonsuit entered. The plaintiff was a manufac turer of gas pipes at Wednesbury, under a patent taken out by a person named Whitehouse, in 1826 • in the specifica tion, he said the principle upon which he claimed the pa tent was that he heated the iron, passed it through a grove which turned up its edges, and then it was passed over a die, being then at a welding heat, which, by the compression, welded the pipes much better than by the old way. The' defendants were also gas-pipe manufacturers at Walsal, and they also welded them by compression, but by means of rollers ; however, on the trial, Mr. Brunell and another very eminent engineer, gave it as their opinion that the principle upon which both worked was essentially the same. The Learned Gentleman having failed on that ground, now moved for a nonsuit, on the ground that White house's patent was void, as the very same principle had been -known, and . had been the subject of a patent many years before, two persons named James and Jones having taken out a patent for the making of gun barrels, by the very same process, in the year 1811. He then read a passage from Mr. Babbage's book, in which he stated, that in con sequence of the combinations, or unions, of the workmen, men's minds were turned to the means of finding out some way of encreasing the power of machinery, when these gentlemen made the discovery of making gun barrels with out the hand or hammer welding, thereby making the masters, in a great measure, independent of the men. Lord LYNDHURST enquired the date of the book, oral what time these Unions had first sprung up ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said itwas publishedinlB32. Lord LYNDHURST (laughing)—Since you became a law officer of the Crown. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL said he believed there was nothing in the Book that called for his official interference. Lord LYNDHURST did not at all mean to draw any such inference. Laughter. ) ' ' The Arro s RNEV"-GE;IERAI. then went on to shew that Mr. Babbage, no mean authority on such a matter, treated the manner of making the gun barrels and the gas pipes as merely an extension of the same principle. The COURT granted a rule nisi. COLBURN V. PATMORE. This case was also tried before the Lord Chief Baron at the last sittings, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, with 1931. damages. The plaintiff is the celebrated publisher and proprietor of the Court Journal ; the defendant was the editor of that paper. The action was brought to recover damages for the negligence of the defendant in allowing a libel to appear in the paper upon the Duchess of Richmond, for which the plaintiff was convicted upon a criminal informa tion, and fined 100/. MAULE now moved for a rule to show cause why the judgment should not be arrested, and a new trial had, on the ground, first, that there was nothing disclosed in the declaration to warrant or support the action ; and secondly, that the plaintiff had pleaded guilty to the criminal infor mation, which charged him with publishing a false and ma licious libel. That, being his own admission, would stand against him at all times and in all places ; and it was a plain and well-defined maxim of law, that, in a civil proceeding, the fait feason could not proceed for contribution. Now the plaintiff had pleaded guilty of the libel, and now he charged it upon the de fendant. Surely the same principle would step in and prevent him. He granted that it might have made a dif ferente had the plaintiff defended the case and been found guilty by the jury, but he trusted he would be considered entitled to his rule. Lord LYNDHURST said the case appeared a very hard one, if persons in the situation of the plaintiff were not to be allowed to recover from their servants for negligence of that sort. The court would grant the rule in order to have the case argued and decided whether it was not better for the plaintiff to save the expense of the defence. Rule Nisi granted on both grounds. LEE V. LEFAN. This was an action for false imprisonment, tried at the late Leicestershire Assizes, before Mr. Justice LITTLE DALE, when a verdict was found for the defendant. Mr. HILL now moved for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had, on the grounds of the improper rejection of evidence, and misdi rection. He stated that the plaintiff was a horse-dealer ill Leicestershire, and the defendant a magistrate of that county. The plaintiff was taken before the defendant on a charge of receiving a horse that he knew to have been sto len from a person named Robinson. He was attended there by his solicitor and witnesses. The solicitor was allowed to cross-examine the witnesses for the prosecution, and the prosecutor, after hearing the plaintiff's witnesses, on his oath stated that he abandoned the charge, and did not be lieve that he knew of its being stolen. Lee was then dis charged, but the magistrate said he had information from his solicitor that there was a man in Northampton gaol who said he was a regular buyer of stolen horses, and made out another warrant, which he gave to a con stable. The solicitor called upon him to execute the warrant, and have the charge inquired into at once, but that he refused to do, and Lee went home. Lefan in four days after went to a person named Gocock with a bunch of warrants, one directed to the constable of Leicester, one to Northampton, and several other places, but some little time passed over, and nothing was done. Lefan again went to Gocock, and ordered the war rants to be sent to the respective constables, which was done, but still Lee was not taken. In the course of a few weeks he had occasion to go to Liecester fair, and while there, the constable of that town executed • the warrant in the market-place, and by order of the defendant, put handcuffs upon him. He was taken before a bench of magistrates in the town, but as the warrant was specially endorsed, that the prisoner was to be taken before the defendant who lived at a distance of 16 miles, a cart was pro cured, and away he was taken with the handcuffs on. He got leave to send to his solicitor and witnesses, all Whom be met at Lefan's door ; but on that occasion he got into a i olent rage, and refused to hear either the solicitor, the witnesses, or the prisoner, saying to the solicitor— •• I shall send him to Leicester in spite of the • 20 1 •Pertc , .nt • \=•- • •: . 1 • r • 15 or yottr leeth ;" and ewe enough tie • i the committal all ready cut and tirV, and away 4 , • . ' 1 - 1' • he plaintiff the whole sixteen miles. Ina c t av —7 : committal for trial was ltalged by the same defendan . the silicitor acted for the prosecution, but the grand juil1111103:qa at owe ignored the bills. One would most reasonably have nought that here the matter might have been allowed to rest—but no. He in a few weeks after had occrsion to go to Northampton fair, and there again he was taken into custody upon a warrant, directed to the constable there ; and as it was also specially in dorsed, he was again carted off twenty miles to the defend ant's house, but this time he was morereasonable, and would not meddle in the matter. All these facts were proved on the trial, and he (Mr. H. )called a witness to show the spirit in which defendant had acted. He intendedto have shown that in the previous October he was charged before him with horse stealing, which fell to the ground, but the de fendant used certain expressions of malice and revenge, which he after put ittto execution. The learned judge, however, ruled that no malice except it bore di rectly on the case could be allowed in evidence—though he allowed the witness to be cross-examined to the fact Of the plaintiff being in prison for horse-stealing. That he complained of. Then as to the misdirection. He seems to have quite changed his mind when he summed tip, for he told the jury that if they found that the defen dant had acted in a bonu fide manner, and had reasonable cause for suspicion, no action wouldlie. Upon thesegrounds he craved the interference of the Court. Lord LYNDHURST said the proceedings were altogether very singsllar, and granted the rule upon both points. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE -THIS DAY (f7tOI%I_I,LOYJYS.) DEAL, APRIL, le--411 E. N. E. —No arrivals. from Cadiz. 15.—Arrived tit: , PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 16. —7,Yind S. S. E• Sh P ug l ;, l4 Falmouth packet, FALMOUTH, APRIL 15.—Wind S.E., stro.7lg breezes and sqttally.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Pike, fru'm Lis bon•—sailed the 6th instant, and Oporto the Bth; Com merce, Cowper, from Bahia; and Sprightly, Liujngstoo , from Charente. LIVERPOOL, APRIL lb.—Arrived the Louisa, Wood, from Savannah ; Catherine, from Trieste ; and Chal lenger, Newman, from Lisbon. Off port the Mauney, Jones, from the Mediterranean. DUBLIN, APRIL M.-Arrived the Swift, Way, and Two Sisters, Baker, from London. WATERFORD, APRIL 14.—Arrived the Sion Hill, Richards, from Trinidad. Coati, APRIL 14.—Arrived the Ursula, Jobling, and T. S. Reeves, Bailey, from London. YARMOUTH, APRIL 16.—Arrived the Juno, Pietch, from Memel ; and Fortuna, Wilder, from Kiel. The Echo, Coaker, and the Mary Elizabeth, Fusser, from Viana, and the Sultan, from off Figneira, were sent into Lisbon the 3d instant as prizes. The Wilberforce, Harrison, from Demerara, is supposed to have arrived in the Channel. The Reindeer packet sailed from Rio Janeiro the 14th February for Falmouth. THE LONDON UNIVERSITY. Yesterday the Lord Mayor, accompanied by Mr. Alder man Wood, Sir C. Marshall, the Sheriffs, Recorder, City officers, and about 100 members of the ourt of Common Council, proceeded from Guildhall to St. James's Palace, where they were introduced to his Majesty, and presented the address agreed to at the last Court. To which his Majesty was pleased to make the following answer : " I thank you for your expression of loyalty and attach ment to my person and Government. " I am anxious to promote the extension of the benefits of education throughout my dominions, being convinced that sound learning and science are the best foundation both of respect for the law and of reverence for religion. " I shall direct your petition to be referred to a Com mittee of my Privy Council, as I have already directed other petitions which have been presented to me, in order that I may receive their advice after that full inquiry and consideration of the subject which its great importance de mands." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. WEDNESDAY.— Subscription Plate ofso/. for 3-yrs.-old, ist. ; 4 yrs., Bst. ilb. ; and 5 yrs., 9st. T. Y. C. Mr. Yates's Ince, 3 yrs (Pavis) 1 Mr. Forth's Robinson Crusoe, 3 yrs Mr. a Edwards's Ambrosio, 5 yrs 3 Mr. Neville's Bamboozle, by Welbeck, 3 yrs 4 Mr. W. Chifney's Sister to Marcus, 3 yrs Won by a length. 5 to _2 agst. Ambrosio. Betting—ti to 1 agst. Ince ; Match, 200 sovs., h. ft. D. M.—Lord Chesterfield's c. Fortunatus, by Sultan—Babel, Bst. 71b. ( Scott), beat Lord Tavistock's f. by Rasping—Morisca, Bst. 41b. 7 to 1 on Rasping, who was beaten by a length. Sweepstakes of 150 sovs. each, b. ft. ; for fillies, Bst. 41b. _ _ D. M. 6 subs. Lord Exeter's b. f. Mimosa by Sultan...(Darling) 1 Lord Verulam's ch. f. by Mameluke 2 Won easy by four lengths. Even betting. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. for fillies, Bst. 71b. each. A. F. 18 subs. Mr. Vansittart':. br. by Lottery (Robinson) Colonel Peel's b. f. Rosalie, by Whalebone Also started--Mr. Pettit's Splitpost, by Mameluke ; Mr. Goodwin's Sister to Nannette ; and Mr. Grant's f. by Whalebone—Fatima, by Selina. Won by a head. Betting-2 to lon Rosalie ;sto 2 agst. Fatima. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for 3-yrs.-old; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b., D. M., untried stallions or mares allowed 31bs. (3 subs. )--Lord Orford's c. Airy, by St. Patrick—Stays, received forfeit. Kingston House Rooms, Wednesday Night. SWEEPSTAKES (TO-MORROW.) s:to 4 on Lord Jersey's Glenco agst Mr. Batson's Plenipoc, not p.p PORT STAKES (FRIDAY. 3to 1 agst Mtn sulman r (taken sto 1 agst Muley Moloch sto I agst Whale /freely) Bto I agst Revenge (taken) sto 1 agst Sir Robert (taken) 10 to I agst any other The betting heavy. THE DERRY. • The following important alterations have occurred: 6 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Bubastes 7 to l agst Lord Jersey's Glencoe 7} to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Shilelah 9 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Plenipo 10 to I agst Mr. Yates's Bentley 2000 to 25 agst Mouser (taken) OAKS. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Cotillon (taken) 10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Ri salie 12 to I agst Mr. Forth's Louisa 12 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Pickle 12 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Fletcher 25 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Slight filly (taken) 1000 even between Pickle and Rosalie 500 even between Slight and Zulima THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A Lisbon mail has arrived this morning by the Pike; sailed on the 6th, and from Oporto on the 9th. The information by the above conveyance we anticipated yesterday, and which proves of a mixed description. From the theatre of war in the north of Portugal, it appears that the forces of Don Pedro have been successful ; but, from the south, the information is not so favourable, as Bernardo da Sa had met with some reverses, and been obliged to retreat, having advanced too far and fallen in with a superior force of the Miguelites ; and reports state that the Belgian troops have experienced a loss of 200 men. The negotiations attempted by Loll Howard de Walden with Don Miguel have proved unsuccessful, and we may now expect to hear that the civil war in that country will be carried on with greater fury than ever. By the express fr — om Paris we learn that the late distur bances in France have been put down, and all is again tranquil. \Some new events are said to have taken place in Madrid, such as a change in the ministry, with other circumstances, the details of which we expect by the next express. We must now turn our attention to our own local affairs. A riot has taken place at Oldham, caused by the apprehen sion of some of the Trades' Union, but on the appearance of the military, order was again restored, with the loss of one or two lives. _ . In Ireland the Government have found it nec n e ea ss no ar f y tthh t ec o apply the power of the Irish Coercion Act to f our baronies of the King's County, which have been long disturbed, and a privy council sat at Dublin, for the p ur p ose of proclaim ing_ these baronies on Mondav last. Letters are in town from Lyons of the 12th instant, at lwethtiecrhhadsaatep9asltlsctrhiept s s h ta o t p i s ng alth A ou t se th w s is m er o e m c e lo n s t ed o , d t ow n appeared as a great camp with the soldier s . Th e faubourgs is in flames." THE FUNDS. The disturbances in Paris and Lyons having be en pu t down, and order and tranquillity being again restored, with an improvement in the French Funds, have caused the Bri tish Funds to remain steady. l i Consols, which left off y es t er d ay at 903 / 1 for money, and 90% 3 / 4 for the Acco un t, opene d at 903/4 . It is now the g enera l op i n i on that, as t e national guards and the t roops o f t h e line have proved firm to Louis Philip, another attempt against his government will not take place. We have no other arrivals this morning. HALF-PAST ONE. We have no further arrivals. Private letters are in tow ii confirming the change in the Spanish ministry. Consols for the account, 90'N, ) 91. Spanish 33 1 4 Al. ; Portuguese, 7014. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 90% 91.