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To that observation he would answer, that it was ne cessary to keep up that- establishment, because_ a mo nopoly must exist somewhere, _and he did not think it could be in better hands than those of the Govern ment. If, however, it should be found that the con venience of the public was in any way impeded by that monopoly, undoubtedly it was a subject of just grievance, and ought to be r emedied. (Hear, hear. ) With regard to the complaint of the hon. member for Greenock with respect to the mail-coach establish ment in Scotland, he would merely observe, that if a greater number of coaches were required in Scotland, he had no doubt that there would be no want of con tractors to supply the deficiency, if they conceived that the speculation would be sufficiently pro fitable for them to embark their capital in it. On the whole, he did not think there was any great occasion for the appointment of the commission which it was the object of the present motion to obtain, and therefore' he did not consider that it would be right to address his Ma jesq on the subject, because if the house considered that the improvements going on at the Post-office were a sufficient indication of the wish of the persons con nected with that department to afford every practical convenience to the public, there would be no necessity for the appointmeut of a commission on the subject. With regard to the excise commission appointed last year, it was not a case in point, because in that in stance it was impossible to gain the information sought for without it, but as regarded the Post-office the case was different. If, after the improvements which were contemplated in that department had been carried into effect, a commission should still be necessary, he could have no hesitation in saying that it should be granted ; but considering that such a commission was not neces sary at present, he felt bound to oppose the motion, and he trusted that the house would oppose it also. Mr. BUCKINGHAM wished to state a. few facts on the subject. Formerly the foreign and colonial mails were always taken by Post-office packets, but of late years they had'been taken by the King's ten-gun brigs. The consequences had been most disastrous. From 1793 to the present time, not a single Post office packet had foundered, while, within the last six years, no ' fewer than seven of the King's ten gun brigs had foundered. ( Hear.) Every seaman knew, that although these ten-gun brigs were well adapted for figlrting,they were not at all adapted for the duties of packets In one instance, specie enough had been lost to aay for a whole' set of new packets, to way nothing lives of and letters. The duties also which were imposed on letters and newspapers from the colonies were enormous. When he came from Calcutta, he had to pay 301. duty for a set of news papers ; and when he observed that they were of great importance to him, he was told that he ought to pay more on that account. He was convinced that no step could be more popular than ; so to reduce the Post-office duties as merely to make them pay the expense of transmission ; or if there were a small surplus, to apply that surplus to the creation of new Mr. LABOUCHERE denied that the gun-brigs were so insecure as they were represented to be by the hon. member for Sheffield. It was the intention of the Board of Admiralty gradually to substitute vessels on a new principle, for those which were at present employed in the Post-office service. Major BE AUC LE RK thought his hon. friend had done much service in bringing the subject under the consideration of the house. But after what had oc curred, recommended - him to withdraw his motion till the next session of Parliament. Mr. ROLFE expressed his satisfaction at hearing that it was the intention of the Board of Admiralty gradually to withdraw from the Post-office the descrip tion of vessels now employed upon it. Mr. BARRON adverted to the inefficient state of the packets on the Milford and Dunmore stations. The distance was only eighty miles ; yet fourteen hours were consumed on their passage, which, on the average, ought to be made in ten hours and a half. The coaches were also very tardy ; so that, upon the whole, the merchants in the south of Ireland received their letters six hours later than they ought to receive them. Mr. WOOD observed, that the hon.. gentleman who bad just spoken was, perhaps, not aware that the rackets had been accelerated during the last season. Mr. EWING complimented the Duke of Rich mond, on the zeal and intelligence which he had dis played while he was at the head of the Post-office De partment. Sir P. .STUART did not think that any case had been made out against the Post-office. The Duke of Richmond had laid the foundation of principles which must lead to 'progressive_ improvement in that depart ment. • Mr..WALL ACE said, that all the arguments he had heard only confirmed him in his original opinion. He would notice only two or three matters which had not been properly stated as to the mail coaches ; they were both built and horsed without any open tender, the rides only being disposed of by tender, in which department, it was well known, there was no room for jobbing. With regard to Sunday detention, his views had - been entirely misrepresented from the other side ; he had not proposed there should be a delivery of letters on the Sunday ; his demand was, that the communications of all civilized Europe should not be detained forty-eight hours every week in this metropolis, merely to accommodate a few well-paid Post-office officials ; and lastly, as to a consolidation of Post-office laws, he begged leave to tell the noble lord (the Chancellor, of the Exchequer) that he must have forgotten having told the hon. member for Mid dlesex _on, a former occasion during this session, that the Government had no intention of bringing for ward a bill for the consolidation of these laws, which he (Mr. Wallace) believed to be one great cause of the unsatisfactory state of the Post-office. Hoping, however, that the discussion which had taken place would have a tendency to correct the evils of which lie complained, although he would not withdraw his motion, he would not press it to a division. The motion was then negatived without a division. ROYAL ACADEMY. Mr. E WART postponed (but until what day we were unable to ascertain) his motion for a select com mittee to inquire into the state of the Royal Aca demy ; into it s i n fl uence on the Arts ; and into the propriety of - enlargiug or otherwise altering its exist ing constitution. WINDOW TAX. Mr. THICKNE S SE, after a few observations :which the noise and conversation in the house pre vented us from hearing, further than that we believe the hon. gentleman contended that the present system „favoured the aristocracy on all occasions, moved, that after the end of the present financial half-year, the ' duty on each _window above the number of thirty-nine, in any dwelling-house in Great Britain, should be the • same as was now chargeable on each window above the number of eleven, and below the number of forty. The SPEAKER informed the hon. member that it was irregular to bring the 'subject forivard in that stage. He. rhust move that the house should resolie itself into a committee upon it. Mr. THICK NE SSE accordingly moved that the house should resolve into a committee to consider the Window Duty Acts. Lord ALtHORP observed that the points to which the hon. member had alluded had attracted his attention ; but that the particular pressure was so slight, that he had not thought it worth while to bring • the subject forward for the consideration of Parliament. If any alteration were to take place, it ought to be at both ends of the scale. The anomalies which had been pointed out should, however, again command his earnest attention. ( Hear.) Mr. HUME said, he was glad to find it was the . intention of the noble lord the Chaheellor of the Ex ' cheque r to attend to the anomalies that had been pointed out, and would, therefore, recommend the hon. member ( Mr. Thicknesse) to withdraw his motion. Mr. THICKNE SSE withdrew his motion. CONSULAR APPOINTMENTS. Mr. HESKETH FLEETWOOD rose to bring forward his motion for a " select committee to inquire into the duties, qualific a tio ns , modes of appointmen t, expens es , responsibilities, and all other matters relating to the character and condition of his Majesty's Consuls resident in foreign states, with a view to rendering those functionaries more' efficient in advancing the - strictly commercial interests of British subjects, in securing the due protection of their persons and pro- Perties abroad, in collecting and furnishing information connected with trade, and otherwise in preserving old and opening new channels of commercial inter course." The honourable gentleman said he had reason to suppose that the advanced state of the sa lon was the only circumstance which would have an y influen ce w i t h his Majesty's Ministers in their con duct, should they have determined on opposing the motion of which he had given notice. But when he reflected that Ministers had themselves so very lately pursued a similar course, with reference to another subject, he did not see with what propriety they could plead the ad.,catOin v anced period to which the se ssion had ran RP j ust ificat i on for opposing him. Besides, every hon. gentleman in that house must be aware of the early notice which he. gave of his intention to move for a committee—of the constant attendance he had paid at all times, in the hope of the opportunity of being heard—and of the utter impos,Foility of earlier introducing the subject to the house. Therefore, he hoped that Ministers would advance no such plea as a ground for opposing him, or that, if they did so, the house would not think it right to sanction it. And how could he be sure that the subject would have due attention at as early a period as possible ? Could he have any definite understanding that some advance should be made in the matter at an early period of the next session, he would cheerfully consent to wait. The consular department, it could not be denied, had been long in anything but an efficient state ; but this, surely, would hardly excite surprise in the minds of those who reflected on the variable circumstances on which it was placed, owing to changes in the Ministry, and other causes. But the fact was, that the whole system was based on wrong principles, and it could not, therefore, be expected to work well for the com mercial interests of the country. Investigation judi ciously carried on, so as to sift the matter thoroughly, would - alone remedy abuses, and open the path to fu ture good. During the last summer, it had been his lot to make an extensive tour on the Continent, and he, of course, took every opportunity—as indeed was the duty of each member of that house—of inquiring into every matter which might, either immediately or re motely, bear upon the interests of his country. Even at Calais he found regulations subsisting which were most detrimental to our trade ; and in various parts of the country items in treaties which ought to command the immediate attention of every consul, who was solicitous to extend the commerce of his country, and, through him, of the government. If, then, he found disadvantageous regulations so near home, what might he not suppose to be in existence in more dis tant regions ? He was not a little surprised to find that, under a treaty made in the year 1827, the sum of four teen francs had been added to the duty previously levied on coal and iron entering France, by which the impost now amounted, on 2241b5. of iron,' to no loss than thirty-two francs. Sweden had greatly the ad vantage over our merchants,_ and so had many other countries in various ways. But these matters were not known, and would not be till our consular department was more efficient, and till existing commercial treaties were fully and thoroughly. understood by them. He held the opinion that the character of a consul - should be strictly and purely commercial ; that his habits should have been formed to commercial pursuits, and that he should have a sound and comprehensive know ledge of the bearings of our trade. Experience in these matters was everything—without it we could never hope to be without constant and heairy losses. Hitherto it had been the custom to appoint as consuls men selected from any department of the public ser vice, however alien his pursuits might have previously been to the duties which he was called upon in his new character to discharge. Practical knowledge was the essential qualification, and this ought never to be lost sight of. Now, the first step, in his opinion, towards improving the consular department, was to take it entirely away from the control of the Foreign-office, and place it under the management of the Board of Trade. Let this be done, and the result, he was satisfied, would be highly honourable to the public service andmost advantageous for the interests of our commerce. That kind of skill which was desirable at the Foreign-office, and which was frequently billeted on the consular de partment was not always the most beneficial. Diplo matic talent was seldom advantageous in commercial negociation. There was another point to which he was desirous of calling the attention of the house. h was well known there was a vast mass of statistical in formation, which could and ought to be procured by the consuls, the circulation of which would be at tended with the best results in this country. The acquisition of all such documents ought to be a special instruction to every gentleman representing the com mercial interests of this country in foreign parts. He really was at a loss to find any statistical inform ation that had been furnished by our government agents, save and except one solitary census of Ame rica, which was in the library of that house. In Spain, a census had been made in 1797—0ne in Prussia, in 1817—of France, Sweden, Belgium, and other coun tries at various periods ; but one only census would be found in their library, and that an old one, of America. He would conclude by observing, that, in his opinion, the consuls should be classed, so as to see which con sulates it was desirable to give to Englishmen and which to foreigners ; and that an inquiry should be made into the desirableness of paying them by fixed salaries, and.of nominating assistants to each appoint ment, so that an efficient number of experienced indi viduals, might be always at_hand to meet the exigen cies of the service, and protect and extend the com merce of the country. . Mr. HUME seconded the motion. Lord PALMERSTON admitted that the subject was one of great importance, and of general interest, but he objected to the appointment of a committee in the present session. The number of committees then sitting was very great, and he had had no opportunity of paying attention to the subject by considering in what way the consular establishment should be fixed for the future. He, however, should have no objection to the appointment of a committee in the next session, and, indeed, he was anxious to give explanations of various details connected with the subject, respecting which great mistakes prevailed. Under these circumstances he would reply to only a few points which had been urged by the hon. member. In the first place, he felt justified in declaring that the present consular esta blishment was far from being inefficient, and that the individuals who composed it were, generally speaking, able and intelligent men. The hon. member appeared to.be under the impression that it was owing to some defect in the consular establishment that the duties on iron and coals imported into France were not placed on a better footing. The fault rested neither with the diplomatic nor consular departments, the fact being that our Government, after the restoration of peace between this country and France, had considered it better that each country should regulate its own tariff, without being bound by any treaty. If the hon. member meant to say that in our treaties of peace we did not obtain commercial advantages commensurate with the triumph of our arms, his (Lord Palmerston's) reply was, that it was a mistaken policy to attempt to over reach our neighbour by commercial bargains, and that the better way was to trade with all the world on equal terms. ( Hear.) Although it might appear on the first blush, that a nation derived great advan tages from abeneficial treaty, yet it would be found that no country could employ such advantages to the detri ment of another for a long time. The hon. member thought that the consuls should possess a more com mercial character than at present, and that they should be under the immediate management of the Board of Trade. Now a consul partook in a great measure of a diplomatic, as well as commercial charac ter, and therefore it was better that he should be under the control of the Foreign Secretary. Besides, whatever statistical - information was required by ,the Board of Trade was obtained through the Foreign Office, and the hon.' member would be astonished at the extent of information which was gained in this way. In conclusion, he assured the hon. member that he would agree to a similar motion next ses sion, and if the honourable member did not _pro pose the appointment of a committee, he (Lord Palmerston) would not neglect to do so. (Hear. Mr. FLEETWOOD expressed himself perfectly satisfied, and withdrew his motion. • GAME CERTIFICATES. Major BEAUCLERK moved the appointment of a committee to inquire into an illegal charge for a game certificate, made upon Mr. Lidmin, by a collector, at the Wandsworth Petty Sessions. Lord H 0 WIC K said the subject did not properly come within a conversationithinthejurisd betweenictiono Mr. fthehouse. After Baiscoa, w ß h A i a c t h No it , a a p n p d e a r a n e o d t h t e h r a H t t h o e N H. ex M t r E a M e e h E a a r , g e i n w t as he on co a M urs cc r o e u F n o t f . of the fee of the magistrate's clerk, Major BE A UCL ERK withdrew the motion. Mr. O'CONNELL moved for copies of the in-. structions issued by the Commander-in-Chief relative to the raising and calling up from the out-pension list the late New South Wales' Veteran Companies._ Ordered. Lord S ANDON obtained leave to bring in a bill to extend the Act (1 Will. IV.) for the more effee. tual protection of stage coach proprietors and common carriers to the owners of steam and other vessels. Mr. T. BARING obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the collection and ma nagement of the revenue and excise. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURTS BILL. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved that the house resolve itself into a committee of the . whole house on the Central Criminal Courts Bill. Mr. HUME begged to ask the hon. and learned gentleman, first, what he assumed the expense of the establishment at present to be ? Secondly, what the prospective expense would be ? And, thirdly, at what period the salaries should be taken as a criterion for the compensation to be given to the officers who should be discharged in consequence of the bill ? He doubted the policy of .allowing the Lords of the Treasury to interfere with the county rates, which were properly placed solely under the control of the magistrates. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES defended the part of the bill which allowed the clerks compensation. Mr. WARBURTON said that the question was, what the income of those gentlemen - was at the period of accepting their present offices, and if their income would be less after the passing of this bill than it then was? Mr. HAWES opposed the bill. Mr. DENISON said, that if those gentlemen re quired compensation, they ought to, come forward and prove the loss they sustained. He supported the bill. Mr. AGLIONBY hopei that the house would con sider well before they adopted the principle of compen sation in this , case. In his opinion, they were not en titled to compensation, for they accepted of the offices for better for worse, and were, therefore, bound to abide by them, whether they rose or fell. After a conversation, in which Mr. ROTCH and the SOLICITOR-GENERAL took apart, the house divided on the question of going into committee on the compen-. sation clause, when there appeared— For the motion l4 Against it INlajority anr ' ainst the motion — l3 After a few words from Mr. ROTCIL and another Hon. MEMBER, the house went into committee on the bill. On the second clause being read, Mr. HAWES proposed, as an amendment, that the word Surrey" be omitted, ac Kent and Essex were not in the same situation as that county. Mr. HUGHES opposed the amendment. He thought the clause would be better as it stood. Lord HO WICK was, of opinion that the amend ment of the hon. member could be more properly in troduced, and his objections to the clause stated, when they came to the 15th clause. Mr. HAWES adopted the suggestion of the noble lord, and withdrew his amendment. . . The clauses up to the fifteenth having been agreed to, the house resumed, when the chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again this day. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at two o'clock. ECO.N EDITIO%. SUN OFFICE, seven o'clock. FINSBURY ELECTION. (THIS DAY.) (Continued from our First Edition). Mr. BABBAGE continued—After sixteen years spent in designing a machine for the benefit of the navy, he h a d not received a single shilling, or even thanks. ( Cheers.) He thanked the electors for hearing him so patiently,. and felt no doubt that he would be the member for the Borough on Tuesday next. Mr. DUNCOMBE then addressed the electors. He stood there as the friend and supporter of civil and religious liberty. In supporting the Reform Bill, he never considered it a final measure. He voted against the clause for the division of counties. If he was re turned, he should endeavour to get that obnoxious clause excluded from the Reform Bill, which made it imperative upon every person to pay all the taxes be fore he was entitled to a vote. He was favourable to the Dissenters, and thought it the height of injustice that persons of one persuasion should pay for the sup port of another. (Cheers.) He had been accused with being a government candidate. All that he had to say to that charge was, that he had nothing to do with the government, and was in no way connected with it. He had been asked why he supported Sir J. Hobhouse ? He , did so because, although he thought him mistaken, yet he believed him honest. (Great confusion.) If he should be returned, and he did not fulfil all he had promised, if he was called upon, he would instantly resign the trust that had been reposed in him. ( Cheers.) Mr. WAKLEY came forward amid great cheering, which lasted several minutes. One of the candidates, in his opinion, stood in a most disgraceful situation, for could it be believed that it were necessary after he had been three several sessions in Parliament, to go through all his Parliamentary life in order to induce the electors to elect him. ( Great confusion.) He de tested Tories, but every man had a right to obtain the suffrages of the electors if he could. As he was a little hit of phrenologist, he had surveyed Mr. Pow nail's head, and he was sure that he was an honest and conscientious man. Of Mr. Babbage, if he was so great and learned a man as he was stated to be, it was a pity that he was not occupying the chair at Cam bridge. Mr. Duncombe had come like a rat-catcher with the ticket upon his back—he came there stating that lie was the late member for Hertford. He did not know upon what principles he came there, without it was as a Whig. The government did not much like. him ( Mr. W. ), because he was the poor man's friend, and they had done all they could to keep him out of Par liament, but he would promise them he would be there, and that very shortly too. ( Laughter.) Mr. Dun combo was a great nominee, ant' was, of course, sup ported by the truckling government press. What would the meeting think of a letter that was written by Lord Althorp to Lord Brougham, stating that there was to be a meeting for the purpose of consider ing whether government" should declare itself hostile to the Times, or endeavour to make friends. That letter was sent to the Times, under the signature of Veritas. That letter was dated on the 19th of June, hence the commencement of the present contest. (Great cheering.) What had Mr. Duncombe done when in Parliament—had he endeavoured to lessen the pension list ? No. He had no doubt what the result of the election would be, but had Mr. Babbage given up, be should not have been so certain of it. He was sure that he should be elected, and if he was, the' electors would always find him do Lis duty, and show his gratitude by his conduct in Parliament (Great cheering.) Mr. DUNCOMBE, in explanation, said, that he had been instrumental in removing several pensions from the pension-list when he was in Parliament. The Returning Officer then took the show of hands, which he declared to be in favour of Thomas Wakley, Esq., amid great and long continued cheering. A poll was then demanded in behalf of Mr. Dun combe, Mr. Pownall, and Mr. Babbage, which was ordered to be taken on Monday and Tuesday next. We cannot close our report without stating that the greatest credit was due to the persons who had the superintendence of the arrangement. The erection of the hustings reflected the greatest credit _upon Mr. Suckling. THE LONDON GA►,ZETTE THIS EVENING. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 5. The King was, this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Humphrey le Fleming Senhouse, Esq., Captain in the Royal Navy, Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 27 MEMBER RIETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PA RLIAMENT. CITY or• EDINBURGH.-The Right Hon. James Aber cromby, Master and Worker of his Majesty's Mint. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 27. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieut. - Hon. F. A. Gordon to be Lieutenant, without purchase, v i ce Parry, deceased, June 18 ; Lieut. •A. W. Bailey, from half-pay . 19th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet and Sub- Lieutenant, vice Gordon, June 27. 6th Regiment of Dragoons-_Lieut. Herbert Mansel, from the 30th Foot, to be Adjutant and Lieutenant, vice Sillery, who exchanges, June 27. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons- 7 Capt. W. Houstoun, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Alexander Viscount Fincastle, who exchanges, receiving the differ ence, June 27. 13th Light Dragoons—Captain Sir A. T. C. Campbell, Bart., from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain vice C. Wetherall, who exchanges, receiving the difference ; June 27. _ . _ _ 15th Light Dragoons—Lieut. E. Wakefield to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Tait, who retires ; Cornet R. Bell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wakefield ; H. W. S. Lowndes, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bell, June 27. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain lion. Wm. Horsley Beresford, from the 72d Foot, to be Lieutenant and. Captain, vice Kemmis, who exchanges, June 27. Ist Regiment of Fo3t--Ensig,n W. H. Brilges to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vie 3 Cooke, who retires, June 7th. ' _ . 12th Foot—Lieut. H. Dorlev, from the 70. h Foot, to be Lieutenant, bice Rogers, who exchanges, June 27. 29th Foot—Lieut. H. Phillpotts, to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Champain, who retires ; Ensign J. 0. Lucas, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Phillpotts ; F. NI • Jern;ngbam, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lu cas, June 27. 30th Foot—Lieat: C. Sillery, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Manse!, who exchanges, June 27. 44th Foot.—A. H. Ferryman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, -vice Gordon, whO' retires, June 27. 45th Foot.—Lieut. S. G. Dalgety, from the 95th foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Metcalfe, who exchanges, June 27. 47th Foot—Ensign A. Mitchell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lloyd; who retires ; A. J. Gulstan, Gent., to. be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mitchell, June 27. 65th Foot—W - . S. Cook, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Parke, who retires, June 27. 66th Foot--z Lieut. W. L. Dames to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hoare, who retires ; Ensign G. E. Dames to be Lieutenant, -by purchase, vice Dames ; Gentleman Cadet J. B. Hobhouse, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dames, Jund 27. 70th Foot—Lieut.' R. N. Rogers, from the 12th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Darley, who exchanges, June 27. . 72d Foot—Capt. T. A. Kemmis, from the Ist or Gre nadier 'Foot Guards, to be Captain, vice Beresford, who exchanges, June 27. 73d Foot—Ensign W. L. Y. Baker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Langford, who retires ; Gentleman Ca det G. Wardlaw, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Baker, dated June 27. BSth Foot—Lieut. J. sells to be Captain, without put.. chase, vice Spencer, deceased, June 13 ; Gentleman Ca det T. M. Haultain, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensin, without purchase, June 27. 95th Foot — Lieut. G. M. Metcalfe, from the 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dalgety, who exchanges, June 27. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE CANNELL DAVY, linen-draper, New Church-street, Lisson Grove, to surrender July 2, at one, and Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, official as signee ; Dimmock, Pancras-lane, Cheapside. - JOHN TAYLOR and SAMUEL TAYLOR, com mission agents, Castleton Moor, Lancashire, July 15 and Aug: 8, at ten, at the Commissionerf-rooms, Manchester. Denison, Humphrys, and Cunliffe, Manchester ; Walms ley, Keightley, and Parkin Chancery-lane, London. RALFH MOSS and ISAAC BRUNT, silk-manu facturer, Leek, Staffordshire, July 10 and Aug. 8, at two, at the Roebuck Hotel, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Hilliard, Leeh ; Cutten, Ironmonger-lane, London. - THOMAS FRANKLIN, currier, WalsaL Stafford shire, July 17 and Aug. 8, at twelve, at the Lion Hotel, Wolverhampton. Heeley, Walsall ; Turner, Bloomsbury square, London. • JACOB NEWBERY, scrivener, Reading, Berkshire, July 8, .a,tbalf-pest eleven, and August 8, at twelve,. at the Court -of Bankruptcy. Ford, Great Queen-street. Lin coln's Inn-fields ; Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee. RICHARD BENNETT, draper, Worcester, July 11, at two, and August 8, at half-past twelve,, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Ashurst, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. JOHN HENRY BIELEFELD, toyman, St. Mar tin's-lane, July 7 and August 8, at . eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Sheppard, Lepard, and Williams, Cloak lane ; Johnson, Bassinghall-street, official assignee. CHARLES FREDERICK ELDERTON, wax bleacher, Parson's Green, Fulham, July 17, at two, and Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Wey mouth, Old Jewry, or Clark, St. Swithin's4ane, Lom bard-street, official assignee. WILLIAM and FRANCIS - PINCHER, paper-manu fanturers, Ivy Bridge, Devonshire, July 15, and Aug. 8, at • eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Ab church-lane, o ff ic i a l ass i gnee; B enne tt and Paul, Bucklers bury, London. _ _ JAMES PIMPTON, merchant, Finsbury-square, July 8, and Aug. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, official assig nee Cranch, Billiter-square. JOHN CORMIE, earthenware manufacturer, Bursden, Staffordshire, July 10, and August 8, at eleven, at the Roebuck Hotel, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Fenton, New castle-under-Lyme ; Barber, Fetter-lane, London. NICHOLAS TRAFFORD, dealer in brawn, Oxford, July 4, and August. 8, at seven, at the house of Mary Bartram, under the Town Hall, Oxford. Looker, Ox ford ; Flexney, New Bosworth-court, London. HENRY LEACH, and GEORGE LEACH, iron mongers, Romsey, Southampton, July 9, and August 8, at twelve, at the George Inn, Southampton. Walker, Southampton - street, Bloomsbury square, London ; Deacon, Southampton. THOMAS SHARPLES, ironmonger, Liverpool, July 15, and August 8, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Blackstock, Bunee, and Vincent, Temple, London ; Brabner, Liverpool. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF L ORDB. The house met at four o'clock. CHURCH PATRONAGE. The Earl of DREADALIIANE pres Jilted peti tions from Perth and Glasgow, praying that some alteration might be made in the present system of church patronage ; also a petition, praying that the Dissenters might be relieved of their grievances. The noble earl said he would take that opportunity of stating that he was a friend to church establishments, that they %%ere necessary for the welfare of the inha bitants of the country, and that it appeared to him the duty of every christian government to provide fot the religious wants of the people, but still he thought the Dissenters had a perfect right to ask for the removal of any particular grievance that af fected them as Dissenters from the Established Church. He considered that the attack on the Established Church had taken its origin from sectarian jealousy. Since the passing of the Reform Bill the people's minds had been excited to such a pitch, and the desire for reform had become so great in the northern Darts of the empire, as almost amounted to a revolution. He trusted, however, that the claims of all parties would be taken properly into c onsideration, and that finally they would leave no cause to complain. ESTABLISHED CHURCH. Lord KENYON presented a petition (by the desire of a noble viscount), who had been entrusted with it, but who could not attend) from a parish in, Nor folk, praying for the protection of the Established Church. The Earl of DEL AWAR presented a petition from Wisbeach, in the Isle of Ely, in favour of the Established Church, and against the admission of the Dissenters to the universities. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER said he did not p a rticipate in the alarm that seemed to exist in minds of some persons of the Established Church being in danger ; the only danger that he apprehended was of those persons who belonged to it throwing difficulties in the way of those reforms that it was desirous should takeplace. ( Hear.) He had had a petition entrusted to him in favour of the Dissenters, signed by nearly 400 individuals, among whom were the Earls 6f Chichester and Burlington, and Lord John Russell, which he should take the earliest op portunity of presenting, for he considered that it con tained sentiments which should be well known. Petitions in favour of the Established Church, and . against the claims of the Dissenters, were presented , by the Bishop of Meath, from Athlone and parishes in Cork ; by the Bishop of Lincoln, from Hunting don and several other places; by the Bishop. of Wor cester, from several parishes in Westmoreland. LONDON. AND WESTMINSTER BANK. The Earl of RADNOR presented a petition from the shareholders of this bank, praying that the bill lately introduced might be passed into a law. BOROUGH JUSTICE'S BILL. On the motion of Lord DENMAN, this bill was read a second time. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to day by commission to the Freehold Escheats Bill, the Dublin Cemetary Bill, the Perth Harbour Bill, the Irish Mines Bill,the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Bill, the Fishguard Market Bill, Allan's Divorce Bill, the Tyne-bridge Bill, the Hammersmith Vicarage Bill, the Kendal Tithe Bill, the Enfield Enclosure Bill, and several private bills. The Commissioners were the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, and Lord AUCKLAND. ESTABLISHED CHURCH. Petitions were presented in favour of the Esta blished Church, by the Duke of Richmond, Lord Rolle, the Bishop of Gloucester, the Bishop of Lon don, and the Duke of Wellington. COERCION - BILL. Earl GREY gave notice that he should move the renewal of the Coercion Bill on Tuesday next. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. The LORD CHANCELLOR then rose and said, My lords, I am now about to take a step which, after more than 24 years being a member of the other house of .P ar li amen t, an d, God knows, it has not been for any want of occasion, but a consequence of my habitual forbearance, I have never before done ; I mean, my lords, the bringing before your lord ships a b reac h of the privileges of this house, which had it been committed against any other member than myself, I should at any time have felt the reluctance, which I have always entertained upon principle, to visit with the severity of the displeasure of this house, and even now that it is aimed against myself, I do assure your lordships that nothing but absolute, and I will say overruling necessity could have induced me to condescendjto take notice of it; but, my lords, when the grossest falsehood, the most palpable, base, , and audacious; falsehood, is put forward, and that,"too, accompanied by the most gross, low, and detestable ribaldry, and that, too, relative tt one of the officers of your lordships' house, I think I should be wanting in duty to your lord .hips, if I did not bring the subject forward. But, my lords, I shall not have read to the end of what I am about to lay before your lordships, till you will see that I am left no choice upon the present occasion, and that those noble -lords who were kind enough to call my attention to the ar ticle (for I myself would never have seen it from my other occupations) were perfectly correct in their opinion, that it was no matter of choice with me in bringing the matter under your lordships' no tice. I understand that in similar quarters there has been going on for the last six or eight months a series of systematic attacks against me, directed to one object to misrepresent me in the foullest manner, of which I have seen some specimen on the present occasion, and to those who are acquainted with the facts, it will be at once seen, that it is in my judicial character that I have been so foully calumniated. Ido not bla me the tool who has been made the cat's-paw in sending forth their driuelling spite, when it was found that their was no truth in the false reports put forth as to the business of the Court of Chancery being in arrear ; that, on the contrary, the business was reduced to so' low an ebb, that I was obliged to close that court, ex cept for two causes, in which the parties were not quite ready for the regular seal days; when they found that all the chance of arrears in that house was as small as they could find in the Court of Chan cery—when they found that the business of that house was reduced to such a state, that there would be no one cause of any kind ready to go on for weeks before the end of the present session—when they found that all their former statements had ended in falsehood. They looked abroad for food—for grounds upon which to found their attacks. They had re course to the attacks which he would presently lay be fore their lordships—attacks the most calumnious— upon the character of a judge and a member, that had ever been penned. Those attacks are to. be judged of by you and not by. me, and then it cannot be said of me that I am a judge of my own cause. ( Hear.) This cause was tried before the judges, when they gave an unanimous opinion against the appeal. I had made myself master of the arguments ; 1-had attended to the judgment, to the opinion of the judges, and to the authorities cited ; I had made up my mind, and came to this house and delivered my opinion. I moved your lordships' judgment, and gave a very strong, opinion, which was very clearly formed, and very deci dedly entertained, and upon further reflection most confidently and firmly held by, that a more groundless writ of error never came before your lordships' house, and that your lordships were in justice called upon to decide against the appeal with costs. I moved the affirmance of the judgment of the learned judges, and the usual entry was made in the usual man ner in which such entries were always made, and according to the regular form of proceedings in your lordships' house—a form not introduced in recent times, but established long before I had the honour of a seat "in your lordships' house, from which the course of proceedings as to costs, either in substance or in form, in reality or in outward appearance, had been ever interfered with in the slightest particular, except to conform to it and obey it. No one thing was said—no one thing was done—neither a word was spoken, nor a judgment given—or any entry made, altered, or suppressed in this case, which was not regularly, constantly, and, according to the literal fOrms of the proceedings, in this house done daily—aye daily, in every other case which had ever come before your lordships' house. I have read the comment that has been made on tl'ese proceedings—l have further read a great deal of ribaldry which I shall not at present refer to, I will only at present read to your lordships that part of the com ment which contains a grave accusation against myself— a member of your lordships house, a judge acting as a judge, and giving judgment in this house, and pre siding over its proceedings, I have been charged with having garbled and falsified the entry that was made in this case. It was not by insinuation, it was not by an interrogatory mode of charge, that this scandalous, accusation is made. I will read it to your lordships. Lord Brougham then proceeded to read the article as follows : " These circumstances are already, perhaps, known to and remembered by our readers ; but what follows will surprise them, however familiar they may be with Lord Brougham's eccentricities." If it be eccentric to sit, as I have sat, in the Court of Chancery, and this house to hear appeals, I hope I shall always be so eccentric. - " The Morning Herald, which contains the fullest re port of Lord Brougham's speech in moving the judgment of the House of Lords upon the case, st•tes that Lord Brougham concluded in these words : I more, my Lords, that the judgment of the Court below be affirmed, with costs not exceeding 3501.' And the Morning Herald proceeds to tell us that the judgment of the Court below was affirmed accordingly.' " ." The Morning Herald is not alone. The solicitors, the short-hand writers, the. Peers (What Peers? Your Lordships are slandered also by this-paper), all concur in asserting that Lord Brougham moved, that the judgment be affirmed,' and that the judgment -was 'affirmed accord ingly.' Now, hew do we find the motion of Lord Brougham and the acquiescence of the house recorded in the Jour nals of the House of Lordi? , " Thus—' Solarte v. Palmer. Further considered ; and Judgment thereon PO STPONED sine die !' " (The word " postponed" is printed in large capitals.) Is it true that the Lord Chief Justice hinted to the Lord Chancellor that the point which had appeared to the Lord Chancellor much too plain for doubt appeared to the Lord Chief Justice far too dark for certainty ? " Is it true that a friendly functionary hinted to Lord Brougham that'he had formerly been Counsel in the cause upon which he was now Judge, and that he had strongly advised the course in the one capacity which he coarsely condemned in the other ? " Is it true that upon the one hint, or-the other hint, or both hints, Lord Brougham prohibited the insertion upon the Journals of the House of the motion which had been made by himself, and the assent which had been given to it by their lordships ? " We cannot answer these questions ; and we do not advise Lord Brougham to attempt an answer to them. We know, however, quite enough. Lord Brougham has done an act of such wanton oppression, of such cruel injustice, that the Journals of the House of Lords must be garbled for the reversal or the concealment - Of it. If there is one nobleman in the Upper House solicitous in the very least degree for the dignity of his order this matter must be noticed without delay. If what we tell is true, Lord Brougham is unfit to preside in the Court of Chan cery as a Judge, to sit in Parliament as a Peer, to move in society as a Gentleman. If what we tell is false,—there never was committed a grosser breach of privilege than that of which we are to-day guilty." (Cries of " Hear.") Therefore, said his lordship, it was that he was com pelled, with all his regard for the freedom of discussion and of the press, as to every public man's conduct, both public and private—be would not stop at his public conduct, but would say, public and private—with all his disposition that every Ipublic man's heart should be open to the canvassed, it was impossible for him to continue sitting on their lordships' woolsack with a view to maintain the privileges of the house, without bringing this publication before their lordships. It was painful to go back to answer the questions that had been thus published, but he had no alternative ; well then is it true that the Lord Chief Justice, &c. certainly,it was not true. " Is it true that a friendly functionary, &c. ?" It was not true. He knew of no friendly functionary, nor hostile, nor any other functionary, except the pub lic newspaper which he had happened to see, thad had stated to him he had been counsel in the cause. Un doubtedly he had been counsel in it at an early stage. " Is it true, &c. ?" It was utterly untrue, scanda lously false, wickedly libellous, and slanderous as every one must see, but not more so than it was from beginning to end, an entire fiction. He knew the origin of this, and the house would see how dangerous a lie was. When a motion was made, and an order di rected to affirm a decree,with 3501. costs, the real amount of the costs was left to be ascertained. 3501. was the maximum sum, but it might be much less. - By an order of his noble and learned predecessor, it had been directed that the amount should not be entered till the sum was ascertained. This great improvement had been made years and years before he had entered that house. On all occasions the order was pronounced, as he had pronounced it, but the entry of the exact sum postponed until the real amount of costs was known. On the occasion alluded to, the gentleman at the table had made the entry without any communica tion to him whatever; not a word, nor a hint, nor a wink passed from him, but they made their MSS. entry in the usual manner. ( Hear, hear. ) Tii:s hal happened twenty times since he hao come to the woolsack. It happened almost every day ; it never took any other course ; and by by no possibility could it have taken any other course. Therefore, their lordships would see how plainly those et:interested inquiries into his judicial procoo - ( Hear, rear, hear), thou it:lts, thu c• adepts Lon Sc:,, S. - . 114 al t e eatmi that eunid be ins ited into their base and cr iwlirg natures, had not the common sense— h.d not the sense that even the very lowest nimals wno were endowed with such poisonous ',gifts 'mad, but they must run themselves into every ape ies of exposure, and that no man could question not only that, but they ran their unhappy victims into nisery, whom they primed with information, and who said—l had it from such or such a one, he knows a Treat deal, and it must be true. .-( Hear, hear.) then they wrote their own - comments, and there was ashered into the world a piece of slander, gross and as malicious, and at the same time as destable, both in its origin and execution, in the feelings that gave rise to it, and in the blundering, the want of common tact as well as honesty as any thing could be. All this was the consequence of that conduct of which he had been speaking. Now, he would not look at the last part of the paragh, fur he could assure their Lordships most sincerely that it produced no other feeling in his mind thin that of the most unutterable con tempt. (Cheers.) Be would not pretend to say he felt injured by it, it did not do hint he slightest injury in any one of his feelings, so Arai hey bad failed in that, if that were one of their ob..' ects in bringing forward a charge which had not the° shadow of foundation. But he would say a word .vith respect to another thing that he was :doused of, namely, of having recoittriOded course which it was said he had decided a&ainst. was usual formerly when judgment was aft 'medi td say :nothing, but he had always. given reasons for ',is affirmation, because he had found it mOki iatisfactory to the suitors, and the courts of law, ,vho were to be regulated by the judgment of their lordships. When he had followed that practice on the present occasion he had stated that opinion unre servedly. LEFT SITTING.} HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER, took the chair at a quarter past five o'clock. The house was summoned to attend a conference with the Lords. Lord SANDON presented a petition from the 31ergy of Liverpool against the admission of Dissen :ers to the Universities. Mr. ROBARTS presented a petition from Maid stone against the Church Rate -Bill. Mr. WARBURTON presented . a petition front Bridport to the same effect, and one from Dumfries and Westminster for reform in the medical laws. Mr. R. TREVOR presented a petition from a parish in Carmarthen in support of the church. Mr. SHELL gave notice that on Wednesday next he would present a petition from the parish of St. Thomas, Dublin, relative to church-rates. Lord ALTHO PE presented four petitions against clauses in the Poor Law's Amendment Bill, and for :the better observance of the Sabbath day. The noble lord then moved the further consideration of the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL begged to know from the right hon. the Secretary for Ireland, if it was intended to bring in the hill for the abolition of imprisonment fni debt in Ireland. _ _ Mr. L ITTL ETON said as soon as the mode of its working had been experienced in England the princi ple would be extended to Ireland. Mr. 0' REM L Y asked if the laws of the treaty be tween Don Miguel and Don Pedro, as stated in the pa pers, were authentic. He understood that the religious members of convents were excluded from the general amnesty. Lord PAL NIER STON was not able to say when he could lay the treaty on the table of the house, but the moment he had received the authentic copy, he should feel it his duty to do so. ( Hear.) He thought that the latter part of the question had reference to domestic policy, which the Government was not called upon to answer, although the Government would do their best to have the terms of the treaty fairly acted upon. Mr. O'REILLY expressed 'kis satisfaction at the explanation of the noble lord. The further consideration of' the report of the com mittee on the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill was then proceeded with. On the question that the amendments be read a second time, Lord G. SOMERSET rose to call the attention Of the house to the circumstance of the difficulty in which the poor would be placed in cases of extreme distress, in consequence of the clause in the bill, which gave the parochial ruthoritics a power to refuse relief in certain cases. There was another point to which he would direct the attention of the noble lord, relative to the power of the commissioners to alter or suspend the regulations under which the paroel i 1 autl,crities acted. This power in his opinion should be modified. Mr. WAL I ER thought that the objections which originally existed against the hill still remained in full force. It could not be denied that the measure, to all purposes, a revolutionary one. The three principal objections which he made were to the central board, the workhouse system, and the emigration clause,. The first would be productive of the most un bounded patronage, and no alteration to meet his objections upon that point. ( Hear, hear.) With respect to the work-house sfstem, had there been any salutary change made ? He contended that there was not, and that the cruelty and oppres sion of the work-house system as set forth in the bill still remained untouched. ( Hear, hear.) The report recommended that the poor should not be brought into contact with the parochial authorities, and yet the bill brought them into direct contact with them by compelling a residence in the workhouse. It appeared that the principle of the emigra tion clause was, that one part of a parish can transport the other out of the country, for no other crime than that of poverty. Nothing could be more cruel and unjust than such a power. He thought the pro visionrelative to voluntary emigration was quite absurd, for no man, whatever his destination might be, would consent to become a voluntary emigrant for life. A portion of the rules was to be set aside for this purpose, and the remainder would be barely able to support the resident paupers. But what would become of the pauper poopulation that was growing up ? Where would the funds come from the growing popu lation ? (LIFT SPEAKING.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, JUNE 26. CASTLE A 1413 SEWELL'S PROPERTY. The bankrupts in this case were bankers in Lom bard -street, against whom a commission of bankruptcy was issued so long ago as 1804. The proceedings under the commission have been extremely long, the estate having been very considerable. The total debts proved against the firm amount to not less than about 204,000/. Dividends have already been declared, amounting to 12s. 2d. in the pound, and a meeting of the creditors was called for to-day, in order that the accounts might be audited. The two last dividends declared show the nicety with which calculations are made to pay over to the creditors the available balance of money in hand. One dividend declared was to the amount of eleven-sixteenths of a penny in the pound. A great number of dividends were uncalled for, and a further dividend arising from this source, among others, was announced, of a farthing and a half in the pound. A small balance out of this extensive estate now re mains in the hands of the official assignee, with which another fractional dividend of small amount will be declared. The Rev. Mr. Artindm, British Chaplain at Smyrna. is about to publish a narrative of some highly interesting Discoveries in Asia Minor, in cluding a. description of the ruins of several ancient cities. As Syria and Mesopotamia illustrate the Old Testament, so does Asia Minor the New for, inde pendently of the Seven Churches of the Revelations, it is in Anatolia that Antioch is situated, rendered so memorable by St. Paul. The actual site of this re nowned place in sacred history hasbeen ascertained by Mr. Arundel', beyond a doubt ; the account of Which will, of course, form a prominent feature of his wcrk. Lord Liverpool wanted nothing but cotnage to have been the best and wisest Minister of mecLrn times ; he was always well informed, always conside rite, and always judicious, when he ventured to act upon his own sense of right. But in compromising a great principle, he virtually (not intentionally) be trayed it ; and more evils are likely to follow from that compromise than broke loose from Pandora's box.— Autobiography of Sir Egerton Budges. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, JUNE 25. —A fair extent of business has been done in our Cat ton market at steady prices—the transactions are f-nly 3,000 bags, viz., Pernams at 12d. to 12 1 0., Sea Islands, 16d. to lad., Egyptians ( Crimson). 13d., and a few Bahias at 100. to lOkd. per lb.