The Sun. — London, England, 1831-10-19 00:00:00

lOWA eived v at the I -epared its Pr' y preW lera,ioo rent to •tonish o orm 13 11 1 eg that h messv a just r the fiance ut 120 pi and neq! dic tree ° at n ° mthe ore ?laeardF) have be' the ale Protect,' be, lay -ibuted,al id s ecret e us par t/ ith an at tend I W. Ha ?tit husi 3 ' If Sir .. 1 ‘ B. D. )then l resoloii°ll, conded b) „ moved' 7,t an a dlf Lot Cl 9. at the PI ed tuno.. o at GrscO v i ay with ..1 the ne until ,r, ued be' ngui " j s to !teriniue.,.ej lye obrao room v,OOl any Per tating,,tl;l )t conf ln ."o I Dol I , 3 , l :diete d f I great U h f' that pie r w=‘ s ' " e fe tell th or t He t h riendt 't °l l t he in' "J ,eie P" ,, t 1 deat u ., f a r' he !tirta ir a d voi ot o trean i a lie the re -0 • he the s cbe°' t I°l vas T iO to t tat t i l l: t e : •[; fili t es, o o, g a P er ce l y Le fjoo ir , "1 rli s ne s for`i 1 Y upon which property rests, and which se establishes the greatness of a nation. Take 11.°41 ect for prop erty its security, and from the people propert and they would be as danger mad bullocksY' !mead ° ) eei uproar interrupted this portion of Qf the worthy Baronet, and continued fr o e f sh fac e appeared on the platform in the led On Irishman and Sir J. Stanley had ;"'s seat. This o stated that his ob i letre ring was to P o e b r t s ain n a fair hearing for all l i) "Thd that the frequent interruptions caused !'..l.°,heeedirigs redounded very much to the dis !u°l,Ce lo wer classes, who, in their conduct in e r i ;'ng the dictates of reason, and suffering tig 2 e r , s , t ° be guided only by passion, were fur g Ch - e () ,;g r ounds to their opponents ,, for denomi r 8, the swinish multitude. f re ',, A , \ LEY, after another pause, occasioned . ing a - '" uproar, resumed as follows :—ls this a &Do ( ' : redit to the town, or is it a disgrace? Is Dq as men of the march of intellect ? appeal -, 111 1 e n who can now understand plain argu wh o l. l'o are labouring for your daily bread— ng co u ate temperate and industrious—if, after You h of frugality and industry, the earn • aL' a massed were to be taken from you by Prop e n e majority, w ould you not lament that itY had no secur i ty ?— wou ld y ou not say 4 ) ciu tr gh h t to have security ?—(Cries of " Yes, el Per 1 €0 'lli that unreasonable i nterruption exc ite eneed I contend that industry lovesdid 1' 41 4 tha t sets i t on f oot . I did not say, e e , ttle ao to i ns i nuate, t h at men o f property i le tt) e :' thi ng in a n at i on , and that men without it'rbedwere nothing. I merely said that the un ▪is P°S SeSSiOn ofproperty ought to be secured. 11 14, 1 : e ? Is it right ?—(Cries of " Yes, yes.") it ;il, 4ll3 iii, thou g h it did not grant all you grid n s-, did it not confer important benefits that i Ret h °t e njoyed before ? Did it not give to this :e' e r r i e .setitati ve Will you pray his Majesty „ ° 'isi i : e Ina prero ative in the manner lie may, in "tetcr°, think Proper for the attainment of the t it - ; j e et ; or P willyou dictate to the King what it o 4ll ,tion of iiefo y rm to be granted shall be ? 1114-t,t'Y Baronet concluded by expressing his " t tit/4 that tite he had restored peace where dis 1410,1stt'l, grid that the meeting were at length 'is 8 regarded the propriety of adopting the 4„: I,Ats(4, . a 419 1 named RICHARDS, who had about ,. lB_lB slt ue,,.... . 1 11; °tI ) a ," Incarcerated in . Chester Castle for ' se ed ututi:everal. other pelsonsoflow degree, ~' we h et meeting at great . length. Amongst H r . T h 'eve was a tinker , a tailor, and a school l' 4 rllid ' le latter was very soon abroad, and re -44r1 4t the ridicule of those whom he attempted e ~lg t u h * Richards deplored the 'ejection of the 1 11 '' Lords, because he had hoped that i t h ave le d to t Reform of a radical nature. 1 . e i'°4it. tithe- t he House of Peers were %%rong in their the k i°4 that they could exist without the support I le fo; in g and the people. The last person that .i ibellcltt..4rd proceeded in a strain somewhat sim d: ' 4 , yi!):tlelutled by moving the following amen tl le t° :o;,' , ell a g‘rveaast ❑umber number of the respectable people in l lli t4l: w4 having left the room in disgust, and the ri4 44 d Itevolutionists each holding up two jh st ' L ati of 0 „ -11 , 1 4t i . til , i4 Meet' g rn estly request his Majesty that I t i .4. '' 4o his ink earnestly prerogative in much manner h as i tt t i le f le a n ' 4 Y hegranted ' to all of his loyal subjects . t e 'Ye t v " , ' a voice in choosing the representatives 'Ye ' 4l 4te th e laws by which we are to be governed." i lamed liNde rstand that the Mayor has signed t ie ,Iddress on behalf of the meeting, and I ,' to e ,',, the same, with a sketch of the proceed• .1.4 ~.f • l Secretary of State for the Home Ds:- 41- -°r presentation to his Majesty. 'l,, s i , _ ___ 4, 't s i d t U ti Peeeh delivered by Lord GREY . last 'hear?)y,4 has completely removed the impression ''', o erroneous report of what passed at his Lind ) ili, fable Diem M it et of 0 . intervi ew with the parochial delegates, i ov t A nith hail been to throw a most unpleasant 4 14 4,,; tl'e intentions of the Ministry with respect to i tt. t tl i lit' k , 4 l , t ' e n t! and in fact the Reform Bill itself. The n ill to to 4, in consequence,far more favourable It th e e io tb n fidence than it was yesterday (Monday . ). The 'ki t ~t Y i , e funds is not, in itself, a very material one, iet, d "4,P, "re firmly maintained, while money has he tioC l ‘dthlY More abundant, and all transactions con -1411.: Wes, a are effected with greater facility. Consols, "n lt,terda (Mondiy) at Sli, have left off . this t o ] at isc u Y 'F, le „c 4 (1 , k 1 for the account ; Exchequer-bills at L'oe rreolium:— Times. i'irt,iPositions which has been evinced in Y, ' ',," , i t 't i el es to embarrass the Ministry by secret lop / tle:,' l t hric ° ,, he watched, as we learn from good which io l wep t at 'o,." e ltartm nts of the Government are 'e ' t t i, I"..jiZerld of the town. It is not advisable at fo rhs kt i t ] 'tularize the instances of this, but we be ®o to ,-.' liiii 4,:n6t confined to attempts to overthrow . the . 'to t 'all .' ~,t that there has been a systematic opposl - l''qui rY into the management of those depart the,„"tts , 4 1 , 1 ' t° preventfora time the exposure of seine k o 4teCttes i •committed previous to 1, h e is N O , and pecniations . c . ' I l k 4 411, ' the present Ministers into office. . These o Ltt i \' , t , e Y s i l 44 eetied on the notion, first, that Ministers 'l'lltf`'Pv ":,rider chance of remaining in office: and next, po ' 4 l th i ° 4 r t tliA" 1 11 , there must be a breaking up and abandon - kNia t * "le system by which they have prospered ] ; oli• pm 4 ' their ' terest consequently to throw a 1 l' '''t ' b k niiio: ti k hnenti t in the way. The wr . inder is . with tlt Yl,; t a si,l„,""e, how, with such opposition, Ministers A " a, - t° get on with the public business so well as 414 to,e .1:1“.--• Times. kt 4 •4 lil tin g a the inhabitants of Paisley was 4 td 'tli "lay • Church burying-ground, k "44, f rom , lo the old Low ~,° l' , j: th a t .7,000 to S,OOO persons attended, notwith "tt eo 4 l.) ‘ . it r ained heavily all the time. A. H. SIMP j4,4 4 t , k 1 '40 1 ,, C alled to the Chair. He said they were ' ,,,Pt 4 - "" t ee % t t i, 4ll Portant and singular occasion. Impor -4' l' "y „ -e Peace of the realm had been placed in t e, ,'liii, se i ne of the three estates of the Legislature; oN k il li Pir:: ed in sinu c h as a measure , of paramount jos h, l ii , 't(l 1 "y a patriotic KING, planned and re -so • 4 0,, , 1, ' l l, 4 44 1 4 i nis Majesty's Government, app e ro o t r ei . l Ti," ' 1 10 h r ,ii l'Pant majority of the House . of k'y ~,,° l elib ''' With enthusiasm by a unanimous people, t' t Yto tt e O oh era telY rejected by the House of . Peers. 1, 4 ;"y p:Xes,i se i t:aet for the purpose . of . praying his Ma p, t ile , t 'B , I , Royal prerogative in the creation of . as - ° ki s r d N l ,: ‘` . ;° ol tl accomplish the wishes of the nation 1 :, fp.l);l:cip`'' KENNEDY, Reform Bill. The resolutions were li t c•i o , ) ° -iei r4 - ziENNEDY, who considered that no . mea liNa . r , 4 4/ I „'"ea than the one proposed would satisfy the b -4 t; t he jl' GILL GILL seconded the resolutions. An ad "Pel''ll, `' I NG tocreate Peers was moved by Mr. k• utli r ' the da and 'etond d b Mr AITKEN. The latter 1 . 44414 , 4 " hi t .,, ). \ '; a4 t not e far d y istant . when the proud Bishops th ei Sle . t vsll °W - i ti '''' ` l . -- -(C,lieers.) It was shameful to see ; , er w • :pelt" "th g 'II wealth, pursuing such unchristian I,‘ l l4 l gots '", and depriving their fellow-men of bi,i for 4-(Loud cheers.) When they were ti p eeo ] ' t at t i t ' i e e xtension of their Spiritual Kingdom I ' tl ls e4tin " tli " tht7 meant; these were the great bone ; '51 41. ,/' te em at set the Bishops against the people, and 't ''''el, g/ tiu/ s t i rem "ved, the countries of both England and get ,ittrlght fo r know peace. He therefore thought . '4,1,4 theta.'r Irishmen to continue agitation till they k i ,"`l h i c 'air te An address to his MAJESTY'S Ministers l ''' 44 t ° , requesting them to retain their plces; li• the k . address to th House of Commons tossup- 14Si ii41 4 4 f, an.d lqinisetry. In proposing the latter, 1' 4 .11, 15 ' , "a 1,„,,;,"ol, the Bill on which all their ex -1,4 lira; ; h,„ L . founded had been thrown out by the I ,eti ola e ll a if they had been as eager for a seat ii!li h t ‘ v ,oula ' l , th eY were for power on earth, the !,. it , t tio],,,,esve ben saved its present trouble. The ,1 "R1 t ", 4 uo t - Lwas about to be granted to the country ; ' ' l , 4 ' l ta th ' i :Y, eilwei:',l,. not wish to survive its rejection a t, wu u eooti _iri i rather be subjected . to death in any Teiearttittlil rather longer in such misery. He, for i his 0 1 ,,,, , vh,,, 1.. be amongst such men as the three , g , doi ra l , yl 2 , , tl their bones at the pass of the ancient ON t g out . a .n amongst those who would survive t,, ic. 0 th e rt miserable existence. Thanks having been } A " trp......\-dli irrnan and the Committee, the meeting sr t K s _ ` 4 9°w Evening Post. N 1,511, 4,‘:•(:Utiott is now pending in Spain be- Ik e ° I th 411 of Estramaduri, which is worthy the an (}t44llt t! 15 th e t Th i s 'ee ''Y Cie— thury. A woman, pretending to be , Of h, r _".taT, has become at once the object of the l'4)l,,,sgsla.h4ppy nei ghbours and of the pursuits of justice. ttieed, '4ltttuatedn'ti‘:c has seduced thirteen other women 1, ti _,tod haw. . an herself, who consider her to be in glcitiou. _-_at!ecarrie her apostles. It is hoped that . au ir may not end in an auto da fe. 1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HO USE OF COMMONS, OCTOBER IS. The SrEaxma took his seat a few minutes before Four o'clock. Mr. Johnson, of the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland, brought up a copy of depositions taken at Newtownbarry. The Bill for bettering the condition of the labouring poor was read a second time, and ordered to be printed. Mr. SADLER presented a petition from Galway, re lating to the Galway franchise. Also a petition from Joseph Allay, in prison for offences against the law of libel, praying an alteration of that law. Also a petition from persons employed in spinning mills at Dundee, com plaining of the .hardships which children employed in those factories e:qerienced. He wished the Bill of the Honourable Baronet, the Member for Westminwer, had extended to cotton factories, and he gave notice that he would take up the subject next session. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from a parish in Berk shire, praying for the abolition of negro slavery, and one from Galway respecting the duty on bari;la. The Hon. Member then gave a formal intimation that he would next session introduce a Bill for regulating the hours of labour for children in cotton factories, and another Bill for the relief of the poor in Ireland. Mr. HOI)GSON presented a petition from the ship owners, &c. of Barnstaple, for the repeal of the marine insurance duty. Mr. lII[3IE strongly condemned the duty on insurances as most impolitic, and was surprised that his Majesty's Government had not turned their attention to the subject. The Hon. Member also adverted to the necessity of re ducing the Pension List, and said he hoped to see the time when the public purse would be shut against all pensions. —(Hear, from Mr. Hunt.) CORN LAWS. Colonel TORRENS presented a petition from the in habitants of London and Westminster praying for a re vision of the existing system of corn laws. The peti tion was of great importance to the country—more particularly at the present peculiar crisis at which the country had arrived. Endeavours had been made, and in some paces but too successfully, to place the agricultural in opposition to the manufacturing interest. He was sorry to perceive that a Noble Lord, in a re cent speech to the freeholders of Dorsetshire, had said, if the Reform Bill were to pass the agricultural interest would suffer very materially, and the farmers would be ruined. Now, a statement more mischievous, or one more injurious to the country, could not have been put forth. The two interests were so linked together, so dove tailed with each other, that they must stand or fall to gether, arid to set them in opposition to each other was most mischievous.—(Hear.) Had that Noble Lord taken a leaf out of the hook of Mr. Henry Drummond, called Cheap Corn good for Farmers, he would not have made such an injurious statement. The petitioners entertained the same views as Mr. Henry Drummond regarding the effect of the corn laws, and stated, that notwith standing the high price of corn, they received a less reward for their toil than the labourers in any other country, and they attributed that result to the operation of the corn laws. The Hon. and Gallant Member then read various portions of the petition, and entreated the earnest atten tion of the House to the contents of it, as containing, in a condensed form, the entire theory of the corn law system, and as developing the effect produced from it, which was so injurious to the country. The pttition, of which the following is a copy, was then read and laid on the table : TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. THE PETITION OF THE UNDERSIGNED INHA BITANTS OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER, Sit ENV ETII, That the present alarming stagnation of trade, and the low rates of wages and of profits, as well in agriculture as in manu factures, have induced your petitioners respectfully to approach your Honourable House, in order to point out what appear to your petitioners to be some of the principal causes of these cala mities, and to pray your Honourable House for the removal of them. 'Eliot your Honourable House cannot but be acquainted with the fact that labour in England is applied with more energy, with more skill, and for a greater number of hours out of the four and-twenty, than in any other country of Europe. That it seems reasonable that the labourer's command over ne cessaries of life should in some measure depend on the efficacy of his exertions; and that the high intrinsic value of British labour should secure for it a high exchangeable value in the market. That the industrious workman, who might form such an ex pectation, would experience the most bitter disappointment. The due and natural proportion between the intrinsic worth and the market price of labour has been so deranged, that though the British labourer executes, in any given number of days a greater quantity of work than the labourer of any other country, yet he receives as his daily wages a less pro portion of the products of his industry than the labourer in any other country ; and while the manufacturers of this island are callable of supplying half the world, they have frequently been unable to obtain for themselves, in return for their skilled, their energetic, and their persevering exertions, a sufficient quantity of the products of their labour to support existence; and have been preserved by parochial relief, or by the hand of private cha rity, from perishing from the face of the earth. That your petitioners arc convinced that the existing Corn • Laws form one main and leading cause of the calamitous con. dition in which the working classes of this country have been placed. That these laws render it necessary to resort to inferior soils, and to adopt expensive modes of culture, in order to raise the necessary supplies of food, and of other agricultural products. That resorting to such soils, and adopting such modes of til lage, cause a greater quantity of labour to be employed in raising the same quantity of the necessaries of life ; and it follows as an inevitable consequence, that as more labour is required to produce necessaries, more labour will be required to purchase them. That thus, as your petitioners conceive, it amounts to a clear and complete demonstration that a system of Corn Laws re stricting the importation of foreign agricultural produce, and thereby requiring the resorting to inferior lands, and the adopt ing of high and expensive modes of culture, must have the et&ct of raising the valise of the necessaries of life, in relation to any given quantity of labour, or what comes to the same thing, of lowering the value of any given quantity of labour as compared wills those necessaries. That your petitioners submit to your Honourable House, that the people have an undoubted right to purchase their fowl wherever it can be obtained at the cheapest rate; anti, that arti ficial regulations, lowering the value of labour in relation to the necessaries of life, are an infringement upon this right ; which infringement can be justified or excused only upon the supposi tion that the evil which it inflicts upon the labouring classes is overbalanced by some great and general good, thereby secured to them and to the community at large. That your petitioners are prepared to show by reasoning self evident in all its steps, that the severe privations inflicted upon the labouring classes by the present restrictions on the importa tion of foreign agricultural produce are not compensated by any preponderating advantage conferred either upon them or upon any other classes ; that the existing Corn Laws are universally injurious, that the master, manufacturer, the merchant, the far mer, and ultimately the lauded proprietor, are all more or less partakers in the retardation of prosperity, the diminution of wealth, and the approach to decline which they occasion, and that, by their operation all the sources of income are rendered less productive, the same cause which gives to the labourer a di minished command over the necessaries of life, lowering the profit upon capital, not only in manufactures and commerce, but also in agriculture. That in carrying on manufacturing industry, a certain quantity of agricultural produce must be consumed in the form of food and material, and also a certain quantity of manufactured goods in the form of clothing, tools, and machinery ; that it is manifest, therefore, that manufacturing profits must fall as the value of agricultural produce rises; that, if the relative value of agricultural produce and of manufactured goods be such that the master manufacturer with one third of his fabrics can purchase his raw material, and the food of his labourers, while he uses another third for their clothing, tools, and machinery, it is evident that the remaining third will be a clear surplus ' constituting a profit of fifty per cent. upon the capital expended. But that it the value of agricultural pro duce rise, until it require.; two-thirds of the master manufac. turer's fabrics to replace the food and material expended, the remaining third being as before required for clothing and ma chinery, no surplus can exist, and the master's profit will be re duced from fifty per cent. to nothing. That the ruin thus inflicted upon the manufacturer speedily overtakes the flamer. That if before the rise in the value of agricultural produce the flamer used one-third of his crops for seed, and for the food of his labourers, and wills another third purchased their clothing and implements, the remaining third would be a clear surplus ; and he, as well as the master manufacturer, would obtain a profit of fifty per cent. upon the capital expended. That if the value of the farmer's produce is doubled, because it is necessary for him to go to an inferior soil, upon which any given quantity of produce must be raised with a double expenditure, sen, instead of one-third he must use two-thirds of his crops for seed and food, and the re maining third, though doubled in value, will do no more than purchase for him the double quantity of clothing and implements, That thus the eitantity of produce obtained will only replace the quantity expcoded, and the cultivator of the last quality of soil resorted to will be placed on the same footing with the master manufacturer, and will have his profits reduced from fifty per cent. to nothing. That the fall of profit soon reaches the farmers who occupy the superior lands upon which the same expenditure continues to raise the same quantity of produce as before. That it is not in the nature of things that while master-manufacturers and culti. vators of the last quality of land resorted to made no profit at all, the occupiers of good land should for any considerable time be permitted to realise high returns. That on the expiration of existing leases all those who were in possession of disposable capital would bid against the holders of fertile land, until all that portion of the produce which remained after the replacing of expenditure was offered to the proprietor in the form of rent. That after having enjoyed a short-lived advantage from the rise in the value of agricultural produce, the ancient tenantry of the country would be either ejected from their farms, or reduced to a condition in which they could obtain only a bare subsistence. That the proprietors of the soil cannot continue to prosper while all the other classes of the community declined. For some time rents may remain at their present amount, but at no dis tant period the destruction of profit will cause capital to emi grate, the seats of manufacture, anti the marts of commerce, will be removed to other countries, and the home demand for food and material will subside, and thus England impoverished and depopulated, will, as in former times, export agricultural produce to the foreign market, and that the proprietors of the soil will discover, when too late, that it is only in the immediate vicinity of a dense and opulent manufacturing population, that the value of land can acquire and retain an extraordinary ele vation. That thus it appears by clear and unanswerable proofs that the existing restrictions upon the importation of foreign agricul tural produce, are injurious, to every class of the community, , that they lower the real wages of labour, reduce the profits of ' capital, and ultimately bring down rents from that high level which they reach in a country, the circumstances of which lead, as in England, to the importation of corn to the low level at which they settle in a country, the circumstances of which lead, as in Poland, to the exportation of corn. That as your petitioners know from dearly-bought experience the calamities which follow from sudden changes in the direction of industry, they are far from desiring such an immediate and precipitate opening of the ports as might bring on a renewal of agricultural distress, and as their appeal to your Honour able House is founded on the principles of impartial tice, and of free and equal conTdition, they do not object to securing to British agriculture such temporary protection as may be necessary to place it on ati equal- footing with other branches of the national industry, by compensating the farmer for whatever excess of taxation may actually be imposed on him. That from all these considerations, the undersigned petitioners most earnestly pray your Honourable House to enter upon re vision of the Corn Laws, with a view to the gradual removal of every species of restriction upon the importation of food and raw material, and with the ultimate object of securing to British agriculture the only permanent protection which in equity it cab claim, the abolition or equalization of all those taxes, assess ments, or charges, Which may be found to press With exclusive or with disproportioned weight upon the soil. DISFRANCHISEMENT OF THE BISHOPS: Mr. HUNT presented a petition from an individual name .John James Duffy, attributingthe loss of the Reform Bill to the Bishops, and praying for the disfranchisement of those Rev. Gentlemen of all political power. Mr. CAMPBELL deeply deplored that such a petition *hould hive been presented. He was sure such petitions must have a direct and powerful effect in defeating the very objects which it was to be supposed they had in view. Nothing could ultimately defeat the Reform Bill unless it were indiscreet efforts of this kind. Ile regretted the loss of the Reform Bill as much as any man could possibly regret it ; but in whatevar way the Bishops voted, the House and the public must know that they had the right to exercise their constitutional power in whatever way they pleased, just as any other Members of the Legisl iture. While he was on his legs, the Hon. and Learned Member thought it right to express an opi nion, that the efforts now making in this metropolis, for the purpose of dictating to the Ministers, were at least indiscreet. For bodies to assemble, and come to re solutions praying Ministers to adjourn Parliament only for seven days, to bring in the Reform Bill again toti dent verbis, and to create a large batch of Peers for the purpose of carrying that Bill through the Upper House, could only have the most injurious effect. The country ought to have confidence in the Ministers there could he no doubt of the sincerity of Lord Grey ; his cha racter, which was to descend to his posterity, depended on his conduct with respect to this Reform measure; and some patience ought to he exercised, and faith reposed in the efforts of that Noble Lord. Mr. ROBINSON entertained great doubt whether such a petition as this should be entertained at all. The Hon. Member who presented it ought to be called upon to state to the House how it had come into his hands, as there was nothing about it to point out its genuineness. Besides. the petition stated a falsehood on the face of it. It alleged that the Reform Bill was lost by the vote of the Bishops, which was undoubtedly untrue ; because, if the number of the Bishops who voted was take❑ out of the list of the majority, the deduction would have had no effect on the fate of the Bill.— (Hear.) This petition altogether was just like othei absurd petitions which the Hen. Member for Preston was in the habit of nightly presenting to the House, as it would appear for the mere purpose of abusing its patience. Mr. HUME was surprised to hear the observations of the Hon. Member who had just sat down. If the petition con tained the sincere conviction of the individual who presented it, he had just as good a right to have that petition laid be fore the House as any subject, or body of subjects, in his Majesty's dominions had to have their petitions beard. With regard to what the Hon. and Learned Member (Mr. Campbell) had stated, he was sorry to hear his observa tions respecting the proceedings of the citizens of London, because their conduct had of late been most exemplary. As regarded the disfranchising of the Bishops, though no one could deny they had at present the power to vote on political subjects, yet he (Mr. Hume) would venture to assert that the whole country cried aloud for the removal of that power from the Bishops— (flear)--and the time was fast approaching when all changes that were fit and proper to be made for the benefit of the public would undoubtedly take place.—(Much cheering.) Twenty-two Bishops voted against the Bill—if they hail not voted against the Bill, but in favour of it, then that would have made a difference in the state of the numbers of forty-four, which would have carried the Bill, consequently the loss of it was to be at tributed to the vote of the Bishops; and as Ministers of peace and good-will, at all events, it became them, if they did not think proper to vote in favour of the Bill, not to have voted against the wishes of the people, his Majesty's Ministers, and the Monarch himself. Again with respect to the metropolis dictating to his Majesty's Government, if the citizens of London were now to cross their arms and be silent, they would be playing into the hands of the Anti-Reformers. They bad a right to take every constitutional means of expressing their feelings on this all important subject ; and if they considered that postponing for any length of time the in troduction of the subject into Parliament again would in any way endanger the measure, they only acted properly in expressing their dissent from such a course being adopted. Any censure upon them could not but be unme rited in the highest degree. Mr. RUTHVEN thought that the people ought not to attempt to drive Ministers to add to the agitation which now prevailed, by the adoption of any hasty step, but that they ought to rely with confidence on their wisdom and sincerity. Mr. CAMPBELL in explanation, said he did not mean to throw imputations on any individual. All he meant was to deprecate the meeting of bodies, the selection of what were called delegates, the passing of most intemperate resolutions, and the proceeding at midnight to the Prime Minister's house, calling upon him not to prorogue Parliament for any length of time. Mr. FRESHFIELD felt it to he his duty to object to the habit which sonic Hon. Members lead got into, of daily and nightly attacking the Learned Bench of Bishops. He considered the habit discreditable to the House, and one that ought not to be persisted in. The Bishops, by the Con stitution of the country, had a right to give their voice on all the measures that came before the Upper House, and no individual had a right to object to them exercising their discretion. Colonel EVANS considered the resolutions that Mr. Campbell had referred to resolutions of the most honest and inoffensive description ; and with respect to the Bishops holding political power, he had no hesitation in de claring his opinion to be that, though they were at this moment constitutionally acting in the other House, both the spiritual and worldly welfare of his Majesty's subjects, and his Majesty's dominions, would be much better consulted by having the Bishops out of Parliament altogether.—(Cheers.) The petition was then ordered to be laid on the table. The petition being read at length, Mr. ROBINSON thought the petition was a very im proper and absurd one, and ought not to be received. He hoped the Hon. Member who had been chosen as the fittest person to present the petition would, if any person did, bring forward a clause to disfranchise the Bishops. This petition had nothing whatever to do with public opinion. Lord ALTHORP thought that a petition from a single individual, praying that the House would disfranchise a part of another branch of the Legislature should not be received.—(Hear.) No one could regret more than lee did, the vote to which- the House of Lords had come, but he thought the petition should not be received. After P. few words from Mr. HOWARD, Tbs. SPEAKER said, the petition involved a question of privilege belonging to the other House ; besides which, it was a comment upon votes in Parliament; the House would not permit the introduction of petitions in which were in formation and comment upon it, which information could only be obtained by a breach of privilege ; and if that were not allowed, it would not be proper to allow such comments upon the proceedings of the other House of Parliament.—(Hear.) Sir CHARLES WETHERELL said be could not conceive what had induced this individual to present this petition, unless it was caused by the mischievous Press. Mr. HUME read the petition to which the Speaker re ferred, " such result was caused by the votes of the Bench of Bishops," and he contended that that mere fact would not take it out of the general rule. After some further observations Mr. HUNT withdrew his petition. Colonel SIBTHORPE moved for a return of the num bar of persons convicted of sheep-stealing and horse-steal ing from 1826 to the present time, together with the sen tences, and the way in which they were carried into effett. Also for a return of the number of steam-vessels which have been, and are, employed, and those now building by order of Government, since it first took steam-vessels into its employ, distinguishing hots they were employed, and of what horse power. Lord ALTHORP asked the Hon. and Gallant Colonel if tie First Lord of the Admiralty had acceded to the latter returns ? Colonel SIBTHORPE had submitted the motion to the First Lord of the Admit-ally, whn bad no objection to it. Mr. HUAIE presented a petition and address from Paisley, praying the House to ensure the early passing of the Reform Bill. The Hon. Member next presented one from merchants of London, who were sufferers by the misconduct of the Brazilian Government in the capture of English mer chant vessels. The petition stand, that in 1829, the Bri tish Ambassador obtained an arrangement for the settlement of the claims of the British merchants. But those claims had never been finally settled. The Hon. Member re gretted to state that the American and French Govern ments had enforced compensation for the losses which their merchants had sustained, and the only country which had not bad ju s ti ce w as E n gland, «hose merchants had now a claim of half a million on the Brazilian Government. The Hon. ME2,133E1i next presented a petition from New- castle-on-Tyne, against the gtartt to the Kildare-street So ciety, and for the continuance of tbegrant to the IritliClergy. Also a petition from the Clerkenwell Parochial tleform Union against al takes on knowledge ; from the palish o!' Knockbreda, in the county of Down, complaining of the tithe laws; and three petitions against the law imposing punishment on persons for expressing religions opinions; all of which were ordered to lie on the table. Mr. HUNT withdrew his motion for leave to bring in a Bill to allow the importation of foreign wheat and flour duty free, which was fixed for this day, and gave notice that he would introduce it neat sansion, EARL HOWE. Mr. TREVOR stated that a few evenings aga! ha had put a question to the Noble Paymaster of the Forces relative to the disrnisSal of a Noble Earl from the Chamberlainship to the Queen, and the angiver was that that Noble Earl had tendered his resignation, which was ac cepted. Subsequently, however, he had received a letter from the Noble Eirl, with whom be had had no previous acquaintance, stating that if the answer attributed by the Papers was such as the Noble Paymaster had given, it was at variance with the facts—(Hear from the Opposition)— and the Noble Earl bad put him in possession of the facts as they occurred, leaving him at liberty to tnake what use he thought proper of them.—(Cries of, " Read, read.") The Hon. Member then read the letter, which stated, that if the answer of Lord John Russell in the papers were correctly stated, it was at variance with the facts ; or the information the Noble Lor.l had received was net cor- ... rect. The facts were these : —ln May, for the second time, be had submitted to his Majesty that it was his intention to vote against the Reform Bill, and that he was consequently willing to resign. His Majesty requested him to retain his place, stating that he was independent of politics, being in her Majesty's household. He was therefore allowed to vote, and nothing but the positive request of Lord Grey, after he had voted, was the cause of his dismissal.—(Hear.) The lion. Member now asked the Noble Lord opposite, whether it were true that the Noble Earl was dismissed for his vote, notwithstanding the previous Bear under- standing? Lord ALTHORP—The Hon. Gentleman had asked on what ground it was that the Noble Earl had retired from the Queen's Chamberlainship. He considered it clear that it was the prerogative of the Crown, eitLer to retain or remove any person from the Royal Household ; and also that it was contrary to his duty, as a Minister of the Crown, to give any reasons for any thing his Majesty might think proper to do in the exercise of that prerogative.—(Cheers.) The NOBLE Loan then moved the order of the day for the third reading of the Bankruptcy Courts Bill. CHOLERA. Sir R. VYVYAN wished to ask for information on a very important subject. He underst( od from the newspapers that the cholera had been imported so near as Hamburg, and was within thirty-six hours' sail of this country. He wished to ask whether Government had received any official information on this subject, and whether, in consequence of its being on the shores of the Ger• man Ocean, any farther measures had been taken to adopt a more rigorous quarantine. There seemed to be a great mistake about the nature of this disease, and tie effect of a sea voyage on it, for it was known that when it was conveyed from Calcutta to Mauritius and the Isle of France, it was felt in those islands with the greatest severity. He should hope, if it came to this country, and he feared there was too much reason to suppose it would, that such measures would be adopted as would be necessary to prevent its spreading. Mr. P. THOMSON said Government bad last week received information of the cholera being at Hamburg. But as the Hamburg steam-boat had net yet arrived, no official information had been received since. From various letters, however, received in London, it appeared that the disease had increased from eleven persons to twenty-one. The necessary directions had been issued to enforce a more strict quarantine on all vessels coming from Hamburg, and also as a precautionary measure on all ves sels coining from ports from the North coast of Denmark, down to the coast of Rotterdam. These orders had been promulgated by the Customs. He felt it necessary to call attention to these circumstances, and to state that instructions would appear in the Gazette of this evening or Friday, for all Magistrates and clergy to promote sufficient precautionary measures. He agreed with the Hon. Baronet, that from all accounts of this disease, it was ridiculous to suppose that it was affected by a sea-ossage. Government had hitherto been enabled to keep the disease away by precautionary measures ; at the same time, it was true that it was seen now to approach these shores. In the event of its arrival, it would depend in a great measure on persons in this country to check it. Mr. WARBURTON was ready to give his hearty sup • port to Ministers in the adoption of any measures that might be thought expedient. Government was bound to do all that human wisdom could suggest, and among other things a cordon ought to be drawn round all infected places. Mr. HUME asked whether any medical persons were resident in Hamburg who could watch and report to Mi nisters upon the progress of the disorder ? There were plenty of people that might he sent. Mr. P. THOMSON added, that directly the cholera morbus mFde its appearance in Russia, medical men bad been dispatched to inquire into the extent and nature of the disease. They were now, he believed, at Hamburg, on their return to this country, and would, of course, forwat d to Ministers any information they might procure. This circumstance was extremely fortunate ; but although no news had been obtained of their actual arrival in Hamburg there was every reason to suppose that they were there, from the date at which it was known that they had quitter St. Petersburali. Mr. TREVOR:mentioned that be had received a com munication from Northumberland, stating that great alarm prevailed there. Sir 11. VYVYAN suggested, that as it was now near the date when the Hamburg steam-boat usually ceased to run, it might be as well to stop that mode of commit- nication. Mr. P. THOMSON apprehended that the enforce ment o f th e q uarantine would effectually accomplish that obj ec t. Sir R. VYVYAN observed that some of the rags im ported had only undergone a quarantine of twenty-one days, which was not sufficient. Mr. P. THOMSON informed the Hon. Baronet that the importation of rags was now prohibited. Mr. HUNT enforced the fitness of taking off the duty on soap, and thereby promoting cleanliness—the greatest preservative against disease. ADJOURNMENT. OF THE HOUSE. Lord ALTHORP,referring to th e n o ti ce h e h a d g i ven yesterday, said that in consequence of the amendments made by the House of Lords in the Vestry Bill, it would he necessary that the House of Commons should meet to— morrow. BANKRUPTCY COURT BILL. Lord ALTI10111) moved the third reading of the Bank ruptcy Court Bill. Mr. WARBURTON asked whether it was necessary, under this Bill, that the three Commissioners of the Sub division Court should be unanimous? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied, that all law yers agreed that a majority of any Court was competent to decide a question before it. After a few words from Mr. C. PELHAM and Mr. WAR BURTON, Mr. HUME asked whether the Noble Lord had pre pared clauses to regulate the superannuation allowances to Commissioners of Bankrupts, and to Judges and Regis trars, under this Bill ? Lord ALTHORY answered, that the claim of each Commissioner to a superannuation allowance would be separately brought before the Treasury ; and that on con sulting with his Noble Friend, the Lord Chancellor, he had found that that Nuble Person fully accorded in the view taken by the Hon. Member, that the Judges and Re. gistrats ought not to receive ratiring pensions, but should provide for their families either out of their savings or by the insurance of their lives. The general Act relating to com p e nsations (lid not apply to judicial offices. Mr. WRANGHAM then proceeded to oppose the third reading of the Bill, adverting to its general demerits, and to the inconvenience of the changes it would introduce. Mr. tRESEIFIELD thought, that if the Bill were re ' lieved from the inconvenience with which it was clogged by the appointment of the official assignees, it would be an improvement upon the present system. But he should vote agamst it on account of that provision. Sir C. WE I HERELL said, that since he first came into Westminster Hall, he had never seen a Bill profess ing to amend the laws which wa so fraught as this Bill with mischief and danger. He hoped that the Bankrupt Courts' Bill would be the last emendation of the law which h e s hould see from the same quarter. He would take leave of the Bill by entering his protest against it, and by a prophecy that it would not endure. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. PROROGATION. Colonel EVANS gave notice that lie would, to-mor tow, Wednesday, move a resolution to the effect, that it is i ne xpedient to defer the re-introduction of the Reform Bill for any longer period than a month. PRINTING NEWS ON COTTON. 11Ir. HUME presented a petition from Owen Davits, complaining that he had suffered a long and illegal irnpri- sonment for printing news upon cottcsn. Mr. Hume sup ported the prayer of the petition. The other Orders of the illy were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past seven. HOUSE OF LORDS, OCTOBRR 10. Lord FARNHAM presented petitions from the cur. poretions of saddlers and coach-mthem of the city of Dublin, against the Reform Bill ; one from the corpora tion of barbers and sta!gehits to the same effect ; and one from the coal-meters of the same city praying for compensation ; also one from the weavers, prayins for the institution of a Board of Trade. Lord DOVER presented a petition from Shipford, in Bedfordshire, in Hvoir of the Reform Bill. Earl CAWDOR preedifed petiticns from Nairne and Renfrew in favour of the Refortn till?. The LORD CHANCELLOR preaenited . ,tifirs rtitfons in favour df the Reform Bill from Ayr, KnattSbc•rot4gh t and other places. Tht Noble and Learned Lord fool: that opportunity of expreSSiiig his regret that a Bill which passed their Lordships' House listi been thrown out in another place, be meant the Bill for tire adual abo lition of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, and for making compensatiot: to the Judges ; it hid been delayed from time to time, and iitatv Was thrown so far back as to put a complete atop to it. It had been said that an inquiry by a Committee was called toe, since with out such inqiiit7 the House could not know fhtlt the Court was a sinecure. But what was passing in Courfs of Justice was matter of comrrion notoriety. What passed in the Court of King's Bench, Comint.n Pleas, Exche quer, or Chancery, or any other Court of itsatice here, was matter of common notoriety, inasmuch as they Were open to all his Majesty's suhjettss and to which the public had a right of access, and upon the groond of that notoriety he had always understood that Parliarrietn had a right to legislate. To say this or that other House had no right to legisla'e upon the open, broad, and notorious fact, vrith out a previous inquiry of this kind, was the most extraor dinary proposition that he had ever heard of. If, how ever, they thought fit to go into die inquiry, there need have been no delay, for the inquiry might bate been fully made in five minutes. The Lord Chief Baron of the Scotch Court of Exchequer was in town, and if they had called on him to attend there, he would at once have told them, that the Court in question only tried, on an aver age, two defended causes in the course of a year. He would not have troubled their Lordships on thin sob ject, however, had it not been for the imputations that had been thrown out against the Lord Chief Ba ron, as if ke had been the cause of this Bill being intro duced, in order to procure a sinecure for himself ; whereas, in point of fact, the only effect of this Bill, as far as it re garded 'rim, was to reduce his salary one-half! His Hon. and valued Friend, the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Ex chequer in Scotland, bad nothing to do with the Bill.— He (the Lord Chancellor) bad not hail the slightest com munication with the Lord Chief Baron about it. He had had no reason to believe that his Hon. Friend was any otherwise than adverse to the Bill, since it reduced the income of his sinecure from 4,0001. a year to 2,000/. — The whole was a sinecure, except as to the trial of the two causes, and he had had no reason to believe that his Hon Friend would not have been very willing to try two causes in a year for 2,000/., being at the rate of 1,000/. per cause. He declared most solemnly that he himself had matured the Bill, without any communication with the Lord Chief Baron. To be sure his Hon. and Worthy Friend cheerfully consented to the arrangement made by the Bill, but that was an abandonment by him of 2,000/. 01 his income ; and vet ignorant and factious men im• puted to him that this Bill was a job of his prepared by him for his own benefit. It was of great importance to the public to get rid of the expense of this Court, and it was of much more importance in another view than that of the mere money saved ; for it was of the highest im portance that the public should not be put to expense fur tie support of Courts where the situations of the Judges were sinecures,—since an expense of that kind was dero gatory to the judicial character, and Judges ought always to be not only without blame, but above suspicion.— This last consideration was of more consequence than the mere saving, and he hoped that the Bill would be passed at the earliest period in the next Session.— Having thus cleared his Honourable Friend the Lord Chief Baron from the unfounded accusations against him, he might be permitted to say a few word, about some additional unfounded imputations against himself. It had been arid that be had. called upon Masters in Chancery to retire, in order to have an oppor tunity of appointing others in their stead, who were con siderably advanced in age. But he had never called upon Masters in Chancery- to retire—he had no power to call upon them to retire, or at least he had no power to call on them to obey. But one did retire, and presented to him it certificate that be had served the office for twenty-six years, considerably more than the time required to entitle him to his retiring pension ; and that he (the Lord Chan cellor) was bound to admit, unless he could show, which he could not, that the retiring Master was perfectly able to discharge his duties. But then it had been said that he had appo need Masters of sixty-five and seventy years of age. Well, what then ? If they had been persons in high practice, and of acknowledged experience and talents, and were still in the full possession of their powers, why not appoint them ? But at the same time he had taken care that they should not have their retiring pensions unless they' served the office for the full period required by the regula tions of the office, and a minute of this had been entered in the Court of Chancery, so that his successor might be offi cially apprised, that unless the Masters when they retired bad served the office for twenty years, they were entitled to no pension. And this was what was called jobbing ! Oh, but then it was said that one of the appointed Masters, his old and valued friend, Mr. Henry Martin, had been retired from practice for fifteen years. The fact was, that it was fifteens months. He had been in practice in the Court of Ex chequer, and at the head of that bar, till within this year cad a quarter ; he had seen him there; and he defied any one to find a better Master : he was the very best that could have been found in the Court of Chancery for these last twenty years. With another Master in Chancery— the first whom he had appointed, lw had never been in the same room till he had appointed him ; and a gentle man more adverse to his party and to his political views, both as to Church and State, he could not have appointed. That gentleman was a friend of Lord Eldon's, and lie thought that Lord Eldon ought to have appointed him to be a Master in Chancery, and Lord Eldora not having done it, he (Lord Brougham) had determined to do so. But the imputation upon him as to the appointment of this gentleman was not a bit more perverse and unfounded than the imputation with respect to Mr. Henry Martin, who was the fittest person that could be found. He hoped he did not improperly trespass on the time of their Lord ships when he took the opportunity to repel these most mi. founded imputations—which he did with perfect good humour—although it might at first be difficult to con ceive the ignorance and perversion of understanding from which they had originated. But certain per sons had successors, and these persons did not much like their successors, and were not very scrupulous about matters of fact when they endeavoured to vituperate and disparage these successors, and to destroy the Government with whom they were connected ; and the hostility was the more embittered when they saw no reasonable prospect of succeeding their successors. Their position was, indeed, cheerless and dark, and dismal, with scarcely the feeblest ray of light to comfort them, or alle viate the despair to which they were doomed. Bnt we, continued his Lordship, cared less for this dirk position, for we were intent upon plans of Reform in the law, upon plans of Reform in Parliament, and upon projects for the advantage of our own country and the general benefit of mankind ; and the contemplation of these subjects en lightened and cheered us in the long gloom in which we were immured. But when they were immersed in that dismal gloom, they bad nothing like this to cheer them, nothing to dispel the dark horrors of their position, ex cept a dim, twinkling, glimmering, light, to show them the w a y back to their old places. Under these sad and dismal circumstances, it was natural that they should resort to a little railing to comfort and cheer them ; and hence we may account for these gross misrepresentations of fact, to some of which 1 have had occasion to call your Lordships' attention. I have returns to prove what I have stated in regard to the Court of Exchequer. The Duke of BUCCLELTCH inquired whether the Noble and Learned Lord had any objection to lay those returns on the table? The LORD CHANCELLOR (as we understood him' had no objection. •ier.) orm Bill VESTRIES' BILL. On the order of the day being moved for receiving the report of the Select Vestries' Bill, Lord FALMOUTH moved an amendment, to be intro duced at the end of the Bill, to the effect that the provi sions of the Bill should not apply to patishes in which the number of rate-payers did not exceed 600. Lord MELBOURNE requested that the consideration of this amendment might be postponed for the present, promising to consider of it. The Bishop of LONDON proposed an amendment, to the effect that when the places where vestries had been usually held were found inconvenient, they might be held in other places. This (as we understood) was agreed to. The LORD CHANCELLOR still thought that the adoption of this kind of select vestries should be in the voters who chose to attend. It would be utterly impos. Bible to get 7,000 of the rate-payers of St. Pancras to at b nd. He would, however, postpone his amendment on that head till next year. Some other minor amendments were introduced, and the report was received. Tie 13111 was ordered for a third reading to-morrow. In about en hour the LORD CHANCELLOR returned to the Woolsack, and the Yeoman Usher of the BlAck Rod announced a message from the House of Commons. Mr. Bernal, the Attorney and Solicitor-General, awd nearly twenty other Members of the house of Commons, appeared et the bar with the Bankruptcy Court Bill, with ~ t veral amendments, to which they desired the concur rence of their Lordships, and also with the Crown Land Enclosure Bill, and the Embankments' (Ireland) Bill. The Crown Land Enclosure Bill wes read a first time. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the amendments in the Bankruptcy Court Bill were ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow (this day). Adjourned at a Quarter after Seven o'clock. - - LITERATURE. WESTMINSTER RE VIEW, No. 30. The present number, wiiich we regret not to have had an opportunity of notiei:T before, is full of character and energy. There is not an inferior article, or one that does not broach mill elo quently enforce some new, moral, political, or literary opinion, in it. The first, entitled " Po litical Adventurers—Mr. Canning and Mr. Huskisson," is admirable ; full of truth, full of force, full of argument, full of sincerity. It should as speedily as possible be reprinted in a cheap and commodious form, and circulated by thousands among the people. The chief object of this eloquent essay is to show the mis chievous results that have ensued from the po litical system, as expounded An d acted on for the last fifty Sears and more, by the High Tories. The writer is manifestly master of his subject, and does not mince matters. ,Oa the political character of Mr. Canning, however, we cannot but think that he is unnecessarily severe. He forgets that, from earliest life, this accom plished statesman was the unwilling victim of a • system which it was the favourite object of the only independent portion of his life, if not to abrogate, at least to ameliorate. " The Right of Tithes" is an article admirably suited to the present temper of the times ; and will, we are sure, be read with all the attention it deserves. " Croker's Edition of Boswell's Johnson" is a less fortunate paper. It is throne:tout too eulo gistic, too general, too little discriwinating in the style of its remarks, and will not bear a moment's comparison with the unrivalled ana lysis of the same work by Mr. Macauley in the last published number ofthe Edinburgh Review. " France and the Revolution," thougft the subject be now somewhat hacknied, will still greatly interest and instruct the mind of the reader. " Spasmodic Cholera" is replete with valuable practical information on the subject of this first of bug-bears. The writer clearly leans to the opinion that the cholera is contagious as well as epidemic, and proceeds from an un favourable condition of the earth. The follow ing are among the remedies he prescribes for this formidable and extraordinary pestilence : " If the patient be seen as soon as be is attacked, a vein should be opened in the arm, and blood should be a 1..- stracted in proportion to the violence of the symptoms, and the powers of the patient. At the same time a pill, composed of twenty grains of calomel and two grains of solid opium, should be taken, and instantly followed by a draught, composed of one ounce of camphor mixture, one drachm of laudanum, and one drachm of eether. The entire body, but more especially the extremities, should he rubbed with warm flannel, or flannel steeped in spirits of turpentine; and bottles, containing hot water, are to be applied to the feet. If these measures succeed in affording relief, the pill and draught may be repeated in the evening, and half an ounce of castor ail should be given on the following morning; after which no further danger need be apprehended. But if the iymptowns re main unabated, and, as often happens, no blood can be obtained by the lancet, from twenty to thirty leeches should be applied to the pit of the stomach ; time pill and draught should be repeated every two hours, until the spasms relax, and after the leeches have done bleeding, the bowels should be covered with a mustard poultice or a blister. As soon as bile appears in the evacuations, strong hopes of recovery may be entertained, and half a drachm of compound jalap powder, mixed up with two ounces of peppermint water, may then be given to solicit this secre tion, and be repeated if necessary. The attack, if violent, seldom continues longer than from twelve to twenty hours ; but inflammatory action is not unfrequently set up after wards in the brain, stomach, or other important organs, which requires both skill and watchfulness. As medical assistance, however, can always be procured before the case has progressed so far, these accidental consequences may in general be avoided." Prospects of Tory Re-action" is a spirited and intelligent essay, though it takes rather too desponding a tone. The cause of Reform, that is, of some sort of Reform, is safe, and can no more be staved off, than can the incursions of the Atlantic by Dame Partington's mop. Of the remaining articles we have only room and time to say that they will each bear perusal, especially the review of D'lsraeli's " Young Duke," which is as dainty a piece of sarcasm in its way as we ever read. Were it not for the injury that it has done to the trade of the country, we would not regret the conduct of the Peers and Bishops in rejecting the Reform Bill. Their decision on this case has added new energy to the cause of Reform, in all parts of the country, but particularly in Paisley. The great county meet ing which is to take place there on Monday, will be held on the seine piece of ground (Common Hill) as the first Reform meeting that ever took place in tic town, which was in 1792, on the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act ? and the hustings on this occa• sion will stand surrounded with bands of music and adorned with fltgs, within a few hundred yards of the same spot, where the repudiated Reformers of that pe riod addressed their townsmen from au old cart. The inhabitants are making active preparations for the meeting in all parts of the town. On Thursday night meetings were held in several of the quarters to make arrangements for walking to it in procession. In Char leston, Townbead, Sandholes, and Fergualie quarters, t:.e people have been particularly busy. In the Sandholts quarter, the resolution was to march to the ground w:th drums beating and colours flying, with all the para phernalia pertaining to ancient order. And in Fergusir quarter, the inhabitants met and agreed unanimously to join the County Political Union in a body, which they did on the spot ; and also to walk to the meeting in th e same manner as that just described.— Glasgov. Even. Post. A USEFUL DISCOVERY.—In the latter part of last week the drain or ditch which conveys the foul water from Edinburgh through the meadows lying be twixt Meadowbanks Tower and Restalrig, was much swollen with the rain that had fallen, and overflowed its banks at several places. The lower part of Mr. HAMIL TON'S garden, at Sunnybank, was deluged with the fruc tifying stream, and on the waters abating he was sur prised to discover that they clntained other than ferti lizing properties. They were on tkis occasion strongly impregnated with the refuse lime of the gag-works; and in searching through the loose soil of the garden, Sum moned up myriads of worms from all quarters, wh ich were destined never to return to their holes. The solo , tion had dozed the poor creatures so effectually, that in a short time the whole mass expired, apparently in great agony. This is a discovery worth n otice. Mr. HAMIL TON is of opinion that the gas-water will do no harm to the soil, and if this is found to he the case, and means devised to destroy its offen sive smell, perhaps the dis covery of its use in destroying worms will be of gicat be nefit to the horticulturists and gardeners in the neigh boarhoud.....scorenan.