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sasas ciple -throughout the whole of their diplomatic intercourse , ? W ere there not complaints from every portion of Europe of -the intervention of this country—intervention too of the worst kind, of that kind most likely to prove injurious to their best interests—intervention in the domestic quarrels of nations (as we understood)? Even on that very even ing papers were to be laid upon the table in which would be, found stronger instances of intervention than were to be found at any former period with the affairs of any country in Europe, except in a time of war. The en gagements into which the Noble Earl and his colleagues had entered imposed upon this country the necessity of per petual intervention in the affairs of countries with which they had no more to do than with any other countries in Europe. The Noble Earl in reviewing the measures of his Government brought up again the question of West India slavery, and said that question, so long an insuperable difficulty, had been finally and satisfactorily settled. It was yet too early to say that it was a satisfactory, or would turn out a successful, settlement of the question. ft remained yet to be seen whether the Noble Earl was right or wrong, and whether, after an expen diture of twenty millions, the desired object would be attained. He hoped to God the event would prove that the Noble Earl was right ; but it was too soon to boast of a final settlement of that great question until they had further time to see how it worked. He might make the same observation with respect to the Charter of the East India Company, and the terms upon which it was renewed. The China ti ade was thrown open, and other important changes were made. Here also, as in the case of West India slavery, they must wait till they saw how the change worked before any person could pronounce confi dently whether it was for good or for evil. The Noble Earl adverted to the settlement of the Bank question. That ar rangement was effected in a great measure through a very vo luminous and tedious correspondence, but it did not appear to have been so clearly arranged as to the terms of renewal, as to exclude some doubts and serious difficulties. There was a difficulty arising out of one of the clauses of that very Bill, now under consideration. Had the Noble Earl not adverted unnecessarily, as he thought, to these points, it would have saved him the very unpleasant duty of making any observa tions upon them. The Noble Earl, in the course of his speech, made some observations upon the sort of opposition with which he had invariably been met upon all occasions in that House. For his own part, he could conscientiously say that he never was disposed to oppose any measures of the Noble Earl, un less they were of such a nature that he could not, consistently with a sense of duty, give them his support. Some of them it was quite impossible he could approve of, and from others he differed in some important circumstances, though he might concur in others ; but he was always happy to support the Noble Earl, when he could do so conscientiously. He sup ported him last session in one of his measures, and was pre pared in the present session to support him in the Coercion Bill, and the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill, if not altered in such a way as he could not approve of. He never opposed the Noble Earl's Government but with pain, and from an honest conviction that he was not pursuing the course he thought most conducive to the welfare of the country. The LORD CHANCELLOR.—My Lords, I am very unwilling to trespass upon your Lordships' attention ; but after the speech of the Noble Duke. I must claim your indulgence while I make a few observations. I rise, my Lords, under the influence of feelings very different from those with which the Noble Duke must have heard the speech of my Noble Friend, who has so long presided over the councils of his Majesty. I then took it for granted that the feeling with which I had listened to that speech was universally shared by your Lord ships; and, my Lords, I must still say, that nothing that has since passed in this House has convinced me that the feeling with which I heard my Noble Friend's speech is not ge neral.' —( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") That the Noble Duke should have felt himself capable of entering, at this par ticular moment, into a consideration of the state of parties, I own I have felt surprised ; but, my Lords, there is no accounting for tastes.—( Great laughter.) I am confident that if the sense of your Lordships were taken on this matter, there would be found a large majority who share my surprise and astonishment at the taste of the Noble Duke. Neverthe less, though such is my opinion of the impropriety of going into a discussion on general topics at this moment, I am dragged by the Noble Duke into a discussion on the points to which he has referred. Unless Judges had decided that justice demanded that one side only should be heard, and that that side should be that of the person who made the impeach ment and the attack, it is proper that I should shortly advert to the extraordinary speech of the Noble Duke.—( Hear, hear, hear.) My Lords, I never, in the whole course of my life, heard a speech so little calculated as that of my Noble Friend to excite angry passions, or any feeling of animosity. Never, my Lords, has it been my lot to hear a speech more touching in its nature, more fair in its statements, or in which a more anxious desire to avoid imputing blame to any person, or in any quarter, was shown. My Lords, the Noble Earl has stated his reasons—his unhappy reasons—for retiring from the councils of his Sovereign ; which retirement no one can more regret than I do. My Noble Friend, in stating that he had come to the resolution of laying down his official life—God forbid that he should be deprived of his natural life for many years to come—took leave to indulge in a retrospect of what his Administration had done for the country : and he also took occasion to refer to some of the numerous calumnies by which he had been assailed—calumnies of the falsest kind which man ever had to struggle against—overwhelming his accusers by the simple statement of facts. Was there any thing improper or unreasonable in thus meeting and putting down his slan derers ? And yet, my Lords, it is this reference to the calum nies with which my Noble Friend has been so often assailed that the Duke represents as a panegyric on his own Govern ment. My Noble Friend may, indeed, challenge those who arraign his conduct to meet him any day, at any time, or at any place, to discuss the measures which he has pursued. My Lords, I came to this House with the t ull purpose of not opening my mouth ; but, in conse quence of the speech of the Noble Duke, I feel myself under the necessity of trespassing on your Lordships' attention for a few minutes longer. In the outset, I wish to state, that, with one exception, none of the present Ministers had quitted the service of their King. The Noble Duke has told your Lord ships that nothing but the most extreme, the most urgent ne cessity, could justify Ministers in abandoning the service of their Sovereign. That, my Lords, is my opinion, and my prin ciple ; and never shall it be said of me that I shrunk from personal privations—that I hesitated to sacrifice all personal convenience, comfort, and ease of mind, rather than act up to this principle, and serve my country and my King. My Lords (said his Lordship, with peculiar emphasis), I need not, after this, add, that I have not resigned.—( Laughter from the Op position Peers.) Some of your Lordships (here the Noble Lord looked the Tory Peers full in the face) seemed disposed to laugh. Perhaps you would have no objection, at the present time, to take a share in the government of the country._ (Hear, hear, hear, and laughter from the Ministerial side 'of the House.) If you are not aware of the difficulties of governing the country just now, I can assure you that I am. I know so much of those difficulties, that nothing but a sense of duty has prevented me from following the example of my Noble Friend at the head of the Go vernment. The Noble Duke has admitted that my Noble Friend has made out a case for his retirement from the Coun cils of his Sovereign ; but said that he had made out none for the Noble Lord in the other House, who had retired with him. I hesitate not, my Lords, to say that I concur with the Noble Duke in that opinion, and I hold that the Noble Lord ought not to have resigned. There does not at this moment exist among public men a more virtuous, or honest, or straight forward man than the Noble Lord; but his too sensitive feel ing has led him in this instance to take a step which he ought not to have taken, and which I trust the country may not have cause to regret. The Noble Duke has accused the Noble Earl of attacking his (the Duke of Wellington's) Right Hon. Friend in the other House, because the Right Hon. Gentle man called for the production of the correspondence which , ' passed between the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the English Government on the subject of the renewal of the measure now before their Lordships. I speak on behalf of Ministers past and future, and I speak on behalf of the Crown, when I say that that correspondence ought to be withheld. What, my Lords, is it to be endured that when his Majesty's Government get certain confidential information from one of its servants, and when a certain mea sure is brought forward, that you ask whether this servant of Government never entertained a different opinion ? in other words, whether the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland never held a different opinion from the one he last expressed on the sub - ject ? This is the same as to say, that because you have had doubts two days or two weeks ago, these doubts must not be , r emoved. The language, forsooth, of this exper ienced States man ( Sir R. Peel)—this sensible man—this logical reasoner, is this : I won't vote for the renewal of the measure unless you show me the private correspondence of the Lord-Lieutenant as well as the official. This, my Lords, is exactly the state of the case. Government gave the official correspondence of the Lord-Lieutenant, and then the Right Hon. Gentleman asked for the production of his Lordship's private letters. If your Lordships think there is a single sentence in that which was wrung from the Noble Earl which can have a tendency to diminish the praise to which he is entitled, all I shall say is, that I leave you to the enjoyment of your opinion. The Noble Duke next attacks my Noble Friend on the subject of his foreign policy, and asserts that Europe is in an unsettled state just now. An Hon. Member in the other House of Parliament—l do not know what place he is Member for now, but at the time I refer to he was Member for Taunton—this Hon. Gentleman, who, fifteen years ago, did all but head the opposition of that time against the law monopoly, and which he now strenuously supports—this Hon. Gentleman said, when my Noble Friend accepted office, that if, after that time, the peace of Europe should be preserved, it would be a perfect " miracle. It so happens that the Noble Earl has kept the peace of Europe for three years and a half and more, and I think we have yet four months of the fourth year which we can spare the Hon. Gentleman. If his Noble Friend's work be not marred, there is a strong probability of the peace of Europe being permanent. The Noble Duke has stated, and, as he says, without any intention of attaching blame to the Government of my Noble Friend, that in no other period, since - the time of Lord George Gordon's riots in 1780, was there so much blood shed as since this Government came into office. If any person but the Noble Duke had said this--if any one had said that blame was to be attached to the Go vernment for the manner in which the law was administered under it—if any one had said that it was rigorous in exacting justice, that it was even cruel and oppressive in its operations, all who heard him would have said, that though the attack was made in this House, yet as it could not be believed by those who heard it, it must be meant to be conveyed elsewhere —to places where it should be credited ; that it was meant, not for the ears of this assembly, but for other assemblies to which some other orators are in the habit of addressing their inflammatory speeches ; that it was meant for the associations of Ireland, to whom some popular orators are in the habit of addressing speeches and letters, which no one is more ready to complain of than the Noble Duke himself when it suits his --, purpose, and that though the communication was made here— when such an address was made as that delivered by the Noble Duke, it was with the perfect knowledge that it should be conveyed to the same quarter.----( Hear, hear.) It seemed intended to convey no blame in saying that there was more blood shed under the Administration of my Noble Friend than under any former one. It is no blame of itself to say so, when it is stated fairly and simply ; but when it is stated as was done by the Noble Duke, when it is made odious by the contrast drawn between it and the acts of former Adminis trations, it wears the aspect of blame, of blame wholly, and of nothing but blame.--( Hear, hear, hear.) But what was the fact ? What showed the severity which caused the shedding of so much blood? Let the House look to the opinions of the Judges sent on the Special Commissions which it became the duty of the Government to issue in re gard to the system of incendiarism which unhappily prevailed when they came into office, and let them then say if the Go vernment deserves the sneers of the Noble Duke ? My No ble Friend (the Lord Chief Justice) who presided on that oc casion—l mean who presided over the prosecutions in his capa city of Attorney-General—knows the care with which each individual case was sifted ; he knows how the subject was evening after evening matter of anxious deliberation in the Ca binet, and that no cases were selected for the vengeance of the law but such as it became the imperative duty of the Go vernment should not be passed by; he knows that when three or four cases were selected out of the whole number of cases in which verdicts were found against the prisoners, there was, among the Judges who tried the cases, but one sub ject of complaint, 'and that was, that so many of those unfortunate persons were not put to death as those re vered and Learned Judges thought there ought to have been.—( Hear.) The Noble Duke could not, therefore, mean to attach blame to my Noble Friend, by saying that so much blood was shed during his Administration. All the Noble Duke undoubtedly meant was, that my Noble Friend had not an easy time of it while he was in office. My Noble Friend well knows that. No one knows it better. He had not an easy time of it ; but, on the contrary, he was in office during a period which required the exercise of firmness and vigour, tempered with mercy.—( Hear, hear.) lam anxious that we should be put on our trial upon this subject. —( Hear, hear.) I should then be able to show, if allowed to do so, that in every one of those cases in which the law was allowed to tnke its course, we should be justified by both judges and jury —( Hear, hear )---and that we did not go even to the length to which we might be justified in going, but preferred the exer cise of vigour tempered with mercy and humanity.—( Hear, hear.) The consequence of this course has since been seen. Public feeling, which had been roused, was put down, without being scared by unnecessary severity or prosecutions, and tran quillity and peace were restored to the country. In short, the country was brought to that quiet and peaceful state in which it now is, and in which my Noble Friend leaves it—a happy con trast, as it is, to that state in which it was when my Noble Friend assumed the Government.—( Hear, hear.) My Lords, the Noble Duke has alluded, in the retrospect which he took of the state of the country, to the revolutions of Paris and of Brussels. Of the revolution of Brussels I shall say nothing. lam one of those who least approved of it. I said so at the time it happened, and lam still of the same opinion. It was a dismemberment of a kingdom, and a revolution without any sufficient grounds. But the revolution, as it is called at Paris, was on different grounds, and I am not of the same opinion with regard to it. The three days at Paris I do not call a revolution.—( Lord Rolle shook his head.) The Noble Lord may dissent, but I do not call it a revolution, no more than if the Noble Lord—l mean the Noble Lord near me, who is so connected with Devonshire—were called to the head of his Majesty's Government, and if one of his first acts should be to abolish the liberty of the press, to suspend the Magna Charta, the Habeas Corpus, the Bill of Rights, and all the other bul warks of our constitution, and that I should oppose those uncon stitutional acts, which I now warn the Noble Lord I shall do, if he comes into office and attempts them ; if this House should throw the Noble Lord into some place of confinement on the coast of Devonshire for his mal-administration, and if I attempt to excite my fellow-citizens to erect a free govern ment in place of his despotic government, this was all that was attempted in France, and this was effected. It is not he who endeavours to procure a fair and just administration of the law who makes revolution—( Hear, hear,)—but he makes re volution who violates or unreasonably disputes with the laws as established.—( Hear, hear.) I think the dynasty which then reigned in France has rightly and properly ceased to reign. I say that the brave people of that country have done well to break the chains which imbecile tyrants would rivet upon them.—( Hear, hear.) I rejoice, then, that the revolu. tion of the three days of July, at Paris, has taken place ; and my opinion regarding it is utterly different from my opinion in regard to the revolution of Brussels. I know not that there is any more with which it is necessary for me to trouble your Lordships at this time. I consider that, in alluding to the other topics on which the Noble Duke has spoken, as of the emancipation of the West India slaves, he has prema turely occupied the ground.—( Hear, hear.) All that he knew of the manner in which the measure for the emancipation of the slaves is, that hitherto no measure could work better.—( Hear, hear. )—and that from the good sense dis played by the Colonial Legislatures, as well as the proper feeling shown by the planters themselves, there is every chance of its ultimate complete success.—( Hear, hear.) It is not necessary that I should say more on this subject ; but I cannot at this hour withhold from my Noble Friend, without any regard to party feelings, his just share of praise for the blessings which that measure is likely to produce. Ido not know why the Noble Duke considered it necessary to stand so much on the defensive as he did to-night. Perhaps he thought that, by defending himself, he could the more easily attack my Noble Friend; but certainly he was more on the defensive to night than he ever was since 1811.—( A laugh.) My Noble friend did not attack the Noble Duke nor his party. He merely said that it had been his misfortune to meet often with opposition in this House. " But (says the Noble Duke) we did not support the Noble Earl when we could not support him ; and we opposed him only when we dis approved of his measures or differed from him in opinion." That was all my Noble Friend said. He said that it aug mented the difficulties which he had .to encounter ; that whenever your Lordships could differ with him you did. —(" No, no I " from the Opposition.) Your Lordships will not say this ; but since I have been dragged forward to say a few words in the defence of my Noble Friend on this occasion, I will say that your Lordships, on very many occasions—con scientiously no doubt, and not with the view of opposing the Government—did differ with my Noble Friend and his Admi nistration. In the measures, for instance, brought forward for the improvement of the laws, and in the Local Courts Bill, you did not oppose the preliminary stages—you did not oppose going into Committee; you deemed it expedient, because you differed in opinion regarding them, that they should be looked into and thoroughly examined ; you took pains to sift them, and did not make up your judicial minds, excepting so far as to support all the provisions of the bills till they arrived at the last stage—till the twelfth hour. Then there was such a bustle, such numbers of despatches, such numbers of couriers running to and fro, such extensive correspondence by general post and by two-penny—( A laugh)—such quantities of proxies, that the judicial business in the morning of that day was stopped friim the eagerness of Noble Lords to enter then, and such crowding down to the House that the very avenues to it were stopped, and I saw that the fate of my unfortunate bill was sealed.—( Hear, and a laugh.) But all this anxiety on the part of your Lordships was doubtless not with a view of opposing the Government, but merely because you were conscientiously con vinced that the measure was a bad one. All that my Noble Friend did was to lament that your Lordships on some occa sions appeared to have made up your minds that you would not support him, even if you could. With respect to the reform—l must mention the Reform Bill in justice to my Noble Friend—and I beg it to be remembered, that while we met with such violent opposition to that Bill, and my Noble Friend found it necessary to make up his mind to resign his office, the Noble Duke and his party were so little opposed to the measure itself, that they intended, if they had then come into office, to bring in the Reform Bill themselves ; and that with such trifling alterations that no supporter of the Re form Bill, as introduced by his Noble Friend, could have ob jected to it.—( Hear, hear.) This was another instance of the delusion under which the Noble Duke laboured in saying that no feeling existed to oppose the Government, excepting when its measures were disapproved of—( Hear, hear.) I have again to say, that it was with the deepest concern and regret—and in this I am sure I shall for once have a majority of your Lordships with me—it was with the deepest regret I heard my Noble Friend announce that his determination to retire from the public service was final. This is a regret in which all will participate. To you and to the country at large it must be a subject of deep sorrow that my Noble Friend, with his robust understanding, with his firm temper, his manly feelings, his purely honourable mind, with every quality of the head and heart in which he excels almost all the statesmen of our time, with all these qualities remaining to him in as absolute perfection as ever— and I who have the happiness of knowing him in private—l who live with him in daily and almost hourly communication— I who see him unprepared—(your Lordships see him in a state of perhaps greater preparation )—I can give my unhesitating, glad, and exulting testimony to the fact, that never since I have known him—which is now about thirty years—never was his intellect more perfect or his vigour and capacity more ca pable of holding and directing - the helm of the State than at the present moment--( Cheers )--that in the painful moment of taking leave of your Lordships in his official capacity he should feel somewhat dispirited—that with somewhat less of bodily strength than he once had—as I have known him to complain was the case within the last year and a half—that for these reasons he should distrust his forces, and court a retire ment which the whole world will hold to be premature, I con sider a cruel calamity to the country of which he is one of the choicest ornaments, and one of whose most precious and valuable possessions is the public character of my Noble Friend.—( Cheers.) The people of other lands who one day fall down and worship the idol which their own hands have raised, and on another day when its claims to vene ration have increased, rather than been impaired, cast away that worship, and break to pieces the idol which their hands have fashioned. Unlike the sober-minded, ra tional, and reflecting people, whom it is my pride, as well as pleasure, to call my countrymen — unlike the English peo ple—and in them I include the Irish as well as the other in habitants of Great Britain; they know the value of my Noble Friend too well thus to cast him off; and they deemed it their pride and their pleasure to give him their undivided confidence. —( Cheers.) And it is my firm and heartfelt belief, that of all the gloomy days which have dawned for half a century on the people of England, there was no more gloomy day than that on which my Noble Friend will, for the first time, have discovered that he has ceased being the chief promoter of all measures of rational and just improvement among the people ; that he has ceased to be their moderator, when their zeal and unformed opinions shall have carried them too far, and on all occasions their advocate and protector, and as truly the mi- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1i.k.34. nister of their heart -3, as he was the servant of the King's gracious choice.—( Loud cheering.) After a few words from the Duke of WELLINGTON , which were inaudible in the gallery, the question was put from the Woolsack, and agreed to. The House then adjourned at Half-past Seven till to morrow. ROUSE OF COMMONS, July 9. The SPEAKER resumed the Chair at twenty minutes after five o'clock. It would be impossible to give any idea of the intense interest which pervaded the House. The body of the House and the Galleries were quite crowded with Members very shortly after five o'clock. A message front the Lords was brought in, stating that their Lordships had agreed to the 4 per Cents. Annuity Bill, the London Water Works Company Bill, the Securities' (Ire land) Bill, and the Lambeth Water Works' Company Bill. TREATY WITH PORTUGAL. Lord PALMERSTON, in bringing up the treaty between his Britannic Majesty and the Queen-Regent of Spain and the other Powers, said he wished to say one word in explanation of the delay which had arisen in the presentation of this treaty. This delay he could state had been caused by accidental circumstances, and was not imputable to any hesitation on the part of the Portuguese Government. RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS. Lord ALTH OR P rose amidst a feeling of the most in tense anxiety, and on silence being obtained, his Lordship proceeded—ln the peculiar situation in which I now stand, I find it necessary to make a statement to this House, and I have requested his Majesty's permission to make the statement which I shall now have the honour of submitting.—( Hear, hear.) Sir, when the decision of the Cabinet was required as to whether the Coercion Act should be renewed, I concurred in the neces sity for its renewal, with the omission only of the clauses re lating to court-martials. I hope I need not say, that I did so with the greatest reluctance, and that nothing would have in duced me to do so, but my conviction of the absolute necessity of the case. Private and confidential communications, how ever, from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to indivi dual Members of the Government, brought the sub ject again under the consideration of the Cabinet in the week before last. It was at this time that my Right Hon. Friend, the Secretary for Ireland, suggested to me the pro priety of telling the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite, that the Bill was still under consideration. I saw no harm in this, but I begged him to use extreme caution in his communication, and by no means to commit himself.— ( Great cheers.) As I have said, these communications from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, brought the sub ject again before the Cabinet. From the nature of these communications I was led to believe that the three first clauses of the act, those I mean, which refer to meetings in the parts of Ireland not pro claimed, were not essentially necessary, and that they might be omitted from the new Bill, without endangering the peace of Ireland. Under this impression, I objected to the renewal of these clauses.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) In this opposition my Right Hon. Friends, the Members for Inver ness, for Cambridge, for Edinburgh, and for Coventry, concurred.—( Immense cheering.) The Cabinet, however, decided against us, and we were left in a minority. We, the said minority, had then to consider whether we would acquiesce in this decision, or whether we would break up the Government ? We decided that it was our duty to acquiesce. Upon the most careful consideration which I have been enabled to give to this point since, I am convinced that, with the imperfect knowledge we then had of what had occurred, we were right in so doing. I felt, however, that, in such circumstances, I might be placed in great difficulty and embarassment during the progress of this measure through this House. But when, on Thursday, I heard the statement of my Right Hon. Friend, the Secretary for Ireland, and then for the first time was made aware of the nature and extent of the communication which he had made to the Honour able and Learned Gentleman, I thought it most pro bable that the difficulties and embarrassments to which I have already alluded, in which I should be placed, would prove to be insuperable. The debate on Monday night, on the motion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, proved to me that they were so, and convinced me that I could no longer conduct this Bill through this House, or indeed the public business, and the business of Government in this House with credit to myself, or with advantage to the public.—( Great cheering.) I accordingly wrote that night when I returned home to Lord Grey, and requested him to tender my resig nation to his Majesty, which his Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept. lam authorized by my Right Hon. Friends, to whom I have alluded, to say that they approve of, and concur in, the step which I have taken. This is the state of the case as it respects myself, and indeed as it respects my Right Hon. Friends. I shall be extremely sorry, if the course which I have pursued on this occasion should be disapproved by my fellow-countrymen—( Hear, hear, and cheers); but I should be still more grieved, if it should not be approved of by that large body of Gentlemen in this House, who have hitherto honoured me by so much of their confidence, and who, by their handsome and steady support, have enabled me to maintain a position, for which my abilities would otherwise have so little qualified me. I should feel most deeply indeed if they did not approve of my conduct.—( Renewed cheering.) Sir, I have now made the statement which, I think, has been required of me. I have only, therefore, further to say, that I continue only to hold my office till my successor shall be appointed, but that of course I shall feel it to be my duty to continue the or dinary business of Government in this House.—(The Noble Lord sat down amid the most deafening cheers, which lasted a considerable time.) Mr. LITTLETON said, I am sure that after the statement of my noble friend, the House will indulge me with the oppor tunity of making a very few observations. No individual ever stood in this House in a more painful situation than that which I now occupy.—( Hear.) I have committed two errors ; in the first place, one in holding any communication with the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite, without the previous sanction of the head of his Majesty's Government. I have committed a greater error in placing confidence in one who has proved himself so ill deserving of Cheers.) Nothing is easier than to look back and discover the course which it would have been wisest to have taken. I am now per fectly aware that the wisest thing for my own character and in terests--perhaps the wisest for the interests of my friends in the Government—would have been that I should have re signed my office the very first moment it was communicated to me that the hopes and sincere belief I had enter tained that the clauses in question in the Coercion Bill would have been left out—could not possibly be omitted. I never in my life shall forget the emotion of regret I experienced on receiving that communication • but having reflected that my resignation might have probably influenced the conduct of others, and probably might produce a dissolution of the present Government, I confess I did not think sufficiently highly of myself. I had not sufficient courage to take a step that might create that risk.— ( Loud cheers.) I therefore, Sir, resolved to do that which I hope was not dishonourable.--( Cheers, and hear, hear. ) I resolved to compromise my opinion on this point, albeit that opinion was a decided one, and to abstain from taking that line of conduct, the principle of which I approved in the main. Sir, my Noble Friend ( Lord Althorp) has observed that it was only on Thursday last he was aware of the full extent to which my communication to the Honourable and Learned Gentleman had gone ; but be it borne in mind that so full and so entire was the conviction in my mind—not merely that the conversation which had taken place be tween the Honourable and Learned Gentleman and my self would go no further, but that the clauses in question were sure to be abandoned—that the importance of doing any thing more than merely to inform my Noble Friend of what had taken place had really never occurred to me. ( Hear, hear.) Sir, I shall not detain the house any longer. I have only one anxiety to express, and that is a most anxious desire that the House may feel I have been actuated by no other motive than to promote the peace of a country-- (Immense cheering)—than to promote the peace of a country which has ever since my earliest entrance into public life bad my warmest and sincerest sympathies--( Cheering) —and for which, be it known, at the present time, I was in some degree responsible.—( The Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst long-continued cheering. ) Mr. O'C ONNELL said that the statement which had just been made had been received by the House as it ought. He ( Mr. O'C. ) did not stand up for the purpose of vindicating himself ; on the contrary, he would be content to receive a double portion of blame, if it was thought that he was in any degree culpable. He was convinced (indeed it was impos sible that he should not) that the Right Hon. Gentleman had acted in good faith towards him, and that he had a sincere conviction of the truth of every word that had dropt from him— he believed the Right Hon. Gentleman utterly incapable of any thing else.—( Hear.) He trusted that the House would permit him ( Mr. 0' C. ), humble individual as he w as, to appeal to its justice. He called on them to recollect that his unfor tunate countrymen had reposed in him for thirty years an un limited confidence, and that he would be the most abject of human beings, if he had any thought which was not absorbed in the wish to promote their interests, and advance their liberties. He would ask Hon. Gentlemen, before they condemned him, if England or Scotland were placed as Ireland was, must they not wish to maintain for their respective countries that portion of equality to which they were entitled; and if he (Mr. O'Connell) had one duty greater than another to discharge, it was that Ireland should be their co-equal.—( Great cheering.) He was • deeply convinced that the Right Hon. Gentleman and the Noble Lord were perfectly right in deeming that those clauses were utterly unnecessary to preserve the peace of Ire land. He (Mr. O'Connell) acted upon the suggestion given to him. He would not take any merit to himself for it, but he would have been wrong if he had published one single line or said one single word that would have infringed upon the c onfidence reposed in him, or furnished a pretext for any person to taunt the Noble Lord or the Right Honourable Gentleman with any of those excesses which his (Mr. O'Connell's) con due* `'""" would have provoked. it was only to preserve 3• ` lac country from that danger that these Gentlemen lima • so acted. The House would recollect that he (Mr. (1 .: Connell) was not a private individual, and that so lon's as explicit confidence had been reposed in him, he ha'', not mentioned a single name, but he had to procure the consent of others—of the party with which he acted•—and he could positively state that he did not utter a word, or give a hint, to any person, of the quarter from which he had received the intimation. If, finding himself deceived in point of fact (though not intentionally), he did not rise to vindicate himself, he would be content to receive a double portion of blame. He ( Mr. O'Connell) was as anxious as any other person for the maintenance of an administration of liberal principles, such as those professed by the four Cabinet Ministers who had just been named. They had his (Mr. O'Connell's) confidence—(hear)—and he believed they had the confidence of the country.—( Loud and continued cheer ing.) He thought the strongest Administration that ever was formed would be formed upon the principles which these Ministers had individually entertained with those colleagues who combined with them in the same sentiments, and gave the full benefit of their advocacy to the great prin ciple of reform, with which their names would be ever con nected. He begged to withdraw his motion. Mr. HUME rose to move the order of the day, and in doing so would take an opportunity of expressing how seriously sorry he was to hear what he had just heard from the Noble Lord and the Right Honourable Gentleman—( Hear, hear, hear.) Although, on some occasions, he had taken an adverse position to the ministry of Lord Grey, he must say that he still had some confidence in that Ministry.— ( Hear, hear.) It was with extreme regret, therefore, that he had heard his Lordship had been placed in a situation in which he was compelled to resign, rather than to sacrifice his principles. So much noise was occasioned by Hon. Members leaving the House, that Mr. Hume sat down. Lord ALTHORP then rose and said, I wish to confine myself to my own case, but I ought to have stated in my first address, that in consequence of myself and my Right Honourable Friend retiring from office, Lord Grey will, by this time, have stated in another place that the Admi nistration is at an end.—( Great sensation.) Mr. HUME rose immediately and said, can any one state that any Administration could be formed on any other principles than those of that liberal character professed by the Noble Lord and his colleagues? Attempts may be made, but I mistake the feeling of the House and country if it is not utterly impossible to saddle upon the country a Tory Government.—( Loud cheers.) I therefore express my regret again at what has occurred. The order of the day was then read. SALE OF BEER BILL. Sir E. KNATCHBULL and other Hon. Members pre sented some petitions in favour of the Bill. Sir E. KNATCHBULL expressed a hope that the Hon. Member for Cork (Mr. F. O'Connor) would not, as he had intimated an intention of doing, press the motion of which he had given notice as an amendment to the order of the day for going into Corpnlittee on this Bill. Such a course, he thought, would not be very gracious on the part of the Hon. Gentleman; and as individual Members had only one day in the week to bring forward their measures, he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not impede the progress of this Bill, by adopting so unusual a course. Mr. HUME rose and said the House was not in a condition to transact business. The question being put—. Mr. 1.. O'CONNOR said that the motion to which the Hon. Baronet referred was one of considerable importance, at all events to the individuals to whom it related. The liberty of those individuals was materially affected by it ; and, having already made several attempts to bring it on, he had only to now that he would accede to the Hon. Baronet's request, pro vided the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite (the Attor ney-General) would appoint some early day for the discussion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed that, as his in fluence as a Member of the Government was at an end, he could not do as the Hon. Gentleman desired. This, how ever, he would say, that whenever the motion was brought forward, he should be fully prepared to meet the Hon. Gen tleman upon it. Mr. F. O'CONNOR was understood to postpone his mo tion for a fortnight. Sir E. KNATCHBULL said that he would adopt any course the House desired, but he at the same time hoped the Hon. Member for Middlesex would withdraw his motion, if it were only to enable him to postpone the Committee until Friday next. W. HUME assented, and accordingly withdrew his motion. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURTS BILL. The Central Criminal Courts Bill was, on the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, and after a brief discussion, read a third time. Mr. ROTCH proposed a clause by way of rider, excepting the county of Middlesex from all liability on account of ex penses for calendars and other sessional papers beyond those to which it was at present subject. The clause was agreed to. . . ne Hon. and Learned Gentleman also proposed, that in. stead of coming into operation on the Ist of October, the Bil should not take effect until the 31st of that month. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned a few minutes after half-past six o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS: LIST OF THE MINORITY Of 21 (Tellers included), who, at half-past two o'clock on Tues day morning, voted for the third reading of Mr. Poulter's Sab. bath Bill. Baines, E. Baring, F. Brotherton, J. Eking, J. Forster, C. Hardy, J. Harland, W. C. Hughes, H. Sandon, Viscount Sheppard, 'l'. Vyvyan, Sir R. Williams, W. A. Inglis, Sir It. H. Jerningliain, H.V. S. Langdale, Hon. C. Littleton, E. J. Pease, Joseph Perceval, Colon I TELLERS. Plumptre, J. P. Cayley. E. S. Poulter, J. S. LIST Of 21, who voted for Societies Bill, for all funds, on the Bth of A ttwood, T. I Baillie, J. E. Baines, E. Bernal, R. Briggs, R. Cayley, E S. Duncombe, T. OF THE MINORITY Mr. Forster's Amendment to the Friendly lowing the unrestricted investment of their July. Gordon, Hon. W. Gully, J. Hawk es, T. Lister, E. C. Maxwell, J. Parrott, J. Philips, M. Ruthven, E. Scale, Colonel Stanley, E. J. Wilbraham, G. Williams, Colonel TELLER, Forster, C. LIST Of 73, who voted on for a Select Commi' renewal of the Coe Aglionby, H. A. Atwood, T. Barry, J. S. Bellew, R. M. Bewes, T. Itlackburne, J. Blake, J. M. Brotherton, J. Browne, D., Buckingham, J. S. Buller, C. Bulwer, tf. L. Callaghan, D. Chapman, M. L. (lay, W. Dashwood, G. H. Dobbin, L Duncombe, T.] Evans, G. Ewing, J. Fancourt, C. S. J. Fitzsimon, C. Gillon, W. D. Grattan, H. Grattan, James Grote, G. OF THE MINORITY the 7th of July for Mr. O'Connell's motion tee to examine the evidence on which the non Bill is demanded Guest, J. J. Gully, J. Hall, B. Hardy, J. Hawkins, J. H. Hurst, R. H. Jacob, E. James, W. Jervis, J. Langton, ('ol. G. Lymh, A. H. Martin, T. Mullins, F. W. Nagle, sir It O'Connell, Maurice O'Connell, Morgan O'Connell, John O'Connor, Feargus O'Dwyer, A. C. O'Reilly, W Palmer, General Parrott, J. Potter, R. Richards, J. Itippon, C. Robinson, G. R. Roche, W. Roche, D. Ronayne, D. Hominy, J. Ruthven, E. Ruthven, ►s. S. Scholefield, J. Shell, R. L. Staveley, T. K. Sullivan, R. Thompson, Aid. Turner, \V. Vigors, N. A. Walker, C. A. Wallace, T. Waltier, R. Walter, J. Warburton, 11. Wason, It. Whalley, Sir S. Williams, Colonel TELLRES. Hume, Joseph O'Connell, D Saturday morning, just as the carriage in which her Majesty was going down to Woolwich had passed through the Marsh-gate at Lambeth, an old woman wanted to cross the road, and, not properly estimating the difference between her own speed and that of the Royal vehicle, made, as well as she could, " a run for it," and in so doing came in contact with the leaders, by which she was thrown down, falling just out of the range of the carriage wheels. Some of the escort at the side of the vehicle rode over her, but fortunately for her, by their training, troop horses will not, if they can at all avoid it, tread on anything on the ground, so that, although at least twenty of them passed over, she received no other injury than a trifling bruise on her cheek and a slight scratch on her nose ; but her fright, as may be imagined, was excessive. The answer to inquiries at the residence of Earl Bathurst yesterday in Arlingtorr-street was that he had passed a quiet night, and was better. The Earl has been indisposed several weeks, and was in consequence absent from the Duke o f Wellington's grand Waterloo fete. The journal de Morlaix contains the following rather extraordinary story :—" Penhors Maudez, a lad of fourteen, remarkable for his strength and courage, whilst guarding a flock of sheep, saw an enormous wolf approaching him. Nothing daunted, he advanced to the encounter, armed only with a stick ; and the wolf having,very unwisely afforded him the opportunity, he caught him by the tail, and getting into the fissure of the rock, held the animal suspended during a space of five minutes, till a labourer, drawn to the spot by the cries of the youth, came and killed the monster with a pitchfork. The animal, on being measured, was found to be fi v e French feet, including the tail, which we must suppose to have been considerably stretched by the long suspension." Mademoiselle Celeste's popularity was the cause of a fracas on Wednesday night. After her Danse des _Polies, there was a general call for its repetition. After some pause Mr. Balls attempted to gain a hearing, when a scene ensued which baffles all description. A gentleman in the lower boxes pointed his stick, as if a gun, at Mr. Balls, whilst others waved their handkerchiefs to encourage the applause. Mr. Balls made his exit without having gained a hearing. The manager, Mr. Clarke, next made his appearance, hat in hand, with no better success, and the gun was again levelled at him. On Mr. Clarke remonstrating on the impropriety of his con duct, the stranger knocked Mr. Clarke's hat out of his hand with the stick which he had with him. This had the effect of calming all parties, and in consequence of the cries of Shame," and " Turn him out," which were loudly echoed from every part of the house, Messrs. T. D. Lambert and R. M. Lynch were taken from it, and lodged in durance vile for the night. Mr. Clarke then explained that Mademoiselle Ce leste was but slowly recovering- from a severe illness, and could not then undergo the fatigue of a second performance, but she would appear between the acts of the afterpiece,which was allowed to proceed without any further disturbance. The gentlemen were brought up the next morning before the Mayor and Sir John Tobin, and, as Mr. Lambert declined apo logizing for his conduct, he was fined.W., which he paid there and then.—Liverpool Journal. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, JULY B.—The following account is given of the Journal du Commerce of Antwerp, respecting the troubles which, according to the Phace, were said to have broken out in Friesland:—" Several journals, on the authority of a paper of this city, speak of troubles as having broken out in Fries land. If the fact in question is not wholly false this time, like most of the accounts published in that Antwerp journal re specting Holland, there is at least great exaggeration in the manner in which it relates it. It is true that there have been some disorders in Friesland, and that they were excited by a small number of unfortunate persons, who were not able to pay their taxes, but these disorders were very far from being of such a nature as is pretended. In particular it is false that the refusal to pay taxes is general in Freisland, and that it has been necessary to send a strong military force to that province. Our correspondent in Holland assures us, that the whole is confined to the opposition of a small number of persons, who are obstinate or unable to pay, and that there is no more reason to apprehend civil war in that province than in any other part of the Dutch territory. The last documents relative to the indictment against the persons to be tried at Mons for the riots at Brussels, in April last, have been communicated to them. They form a very large volume. The witnesses are summoned for the 14th of this month. We (the Courrier Beige) have already given our opinion of the law on the import duty upon linen, which in our opinion will afford but small assistance to the linen trade, and of which the only result will be. that of opening the door to restrictions. Now that the Chamber has entered on this course it will hardly stop, and we do not despair of seeing the little commercial liberty that the country enjoyed gradually dis appear. The law on the corn trade will soon furnish the represen tatives of the nation, with another opportunity of manifesting their tendency to restrictions and prohibitions." The Chamber of Representatives, in its sitting of yesterday, concluded the dis cussion of the articles of the law on the import and transit duties on linen ; 65 Members were present, of whom 48 voted for, and 15 against the law. Two Members, Messieurs Hoff schmidt and Dumotier declined voting, the former because he thought the law bad, the latter because he would have voted for a protecting law, but cannot assent to one which he con siders as prohibitory. - BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, JULY 8. Actual Debt, 2 per Cent. 52 Rothschild's Lean, 5 per Cent 9814 Loan of the City, 1832, 4 per Cent 9 6 3 /4 —Brussels Papers, July 8. ST. PETERSBURGII, JUNE 25. —Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia arrived to-day, at one o'clock, in good health, after a most fortunate voyage, at Peterhoof, where they were received with the greatest joy by the Emperor and the Empress, and the Imperial Family. The Dutch ship of the line, the Zeeurv, with the Prince Frederick Henry of the Netherlands on board, has arrived in our Road. News has been received from Moscow of the death of Prince Kolschuberg, President of the Council of the Empire, and Chancellor of the Affairs of the Interior. The Imperial Ukase of the 19th October, 1831, had sub jected the citizens and free cultivators of the governments of Witepsk, Mobilew, Minsk, Kameniez, Podolk, Kiew, Vol hynia, Grodno, and the province of Byalystock, to personal military service, and they were in consequence to furnish ten recruits for every 500 inhabitants. The execution of this measure, however, was suspended by an ordonnance of the 14th of January, 1834. Under a new Imperial order this levy of recruits is to take place imme diately, and completed at the latest on the Ist of September. The inhabitants who supply the recruits are to furnish like wise the sum of 38 rubles for the equipment of each man.— Prussian State Gazette, July 4. The Spanish Minister, accredited to our Court, Don Guoliercy de das Rios, has left us, and, according to all ap pearances, he will not return for a long time. This absence of the diplomatic representative of Spain is, however, not oc casioned by the departure of M. Liebermann, our Minister from Madrid, but on account of the turn of affairs which has taken place in Spain and Portugal, as well as in connection with those of Switzerland, and in the influence which Eng land and France exercises in those countries. The principle on which those powers act, have necessarily caused other Ca binets to make representations to which, for the present at least, no satisfactory answers have been returned, and which will give use to long diplomatic negotiations. Until these are terminated, it must be difficult on our side to acknowledge officially the persons at present reigning.—Frankfort Papers, July 2. FRANCFORT, JUNE 26.—The negotiations respecting Lux emburg are still continued, but without promising a speedy result. There is at this moment a very violent correspondence between General Dumoulin and General Tabor, the former claiming the military limits of the fortress to extend four miles, and the Belgian General protesting against it. This may lead to serious consequences, unless the Governments come to an understanding how far the military limits shall extend. At Berlin this subject is under consider ation, to avoid, 'by some means or another, extremities being resorted to. Possibly the researches of 1831, which decided the territorial proportions between Holland and Bel gium, may serve as a basis, and thus the relations be again re stored as they were formerly. It is said that the Dutch Go vernment have expressed a wish to bring an end to the differences with Belgium, and for this purpose a project has been drawn up at the Hague, by which they say an arrange ment may be brought abo u t.—Allgemeine Zeitung, July 4. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET .JULY MEETING. Wednesday. The Town Plate of 501. for 3-yrs. -old ; Colts, Bst. 41b. ; fillies, e3t. Last mile and a distance of B. C. Sir M. Wood's Charivari (Pavis) I Duke of Portland's Armadillo Mr Hunter's Morotto The following were .not placed:—Sir S. Graham's Zulima (a good fourth), Mr. Greville's Faunus, General Grosvenor's Bon Ton, Mr. Wigram's ch. f. by Moses or Nigel, and Mr. Clover's b. f. by 131acklock, dam by Amadis. Betting-5 to 2 agst. Arma dillo, 3 to 1 agst. Zulima, 7 to 2 agst. Morotto, and 9 to 2 agst. Charivari. Won by a length. Match—Mr. Pettit's Mac Arab, ist. 111 b. (Conolly), beat Lord Tavistock's f. by Rasping—Morisca, Bst. 71b., by a neck. Betting —2 to 1 on the winner. Match, 100, h. ft., T. Y. C.—Lord Exeter's Sister to Baleine, Ist. 91b. (Natt), beat Mr. Thornhill's Harum Searum, Bst. 71b., by a length. Betting-2 to lon the winner. Handicap of 15 sovs. each. From the Starting-post of B.M. to the end of the New T. Y. C. 5 subs. Mr. Yates's Sensitive, 5 yrs., Bst. 61b Mavis 1 Mr. Bloss's Water Witch, 6 yrs., Bst. 121 b Lord Lichfield's Gab, 6 yrs., Bst. I Ilb Lord Tavistock's f. by Rasping, 3 yrs., 6st. 101 b Mr. Sowerby's Volage, aged, 9st. 131 b Betting--5 to 2 agst Sensitive, 3to 1 agst. Gab, 4to 1 agst. Vo lage, 4to 1 agst. Water Witch, and 9to 2 agst. Rasping. Won easy by two lengths. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 2-yr.-olds, 6st. 111 b. ; 3-yrs.. 9st. New T. Y. C. 5 subs. Mr. Yates's Ince, 3 yrs 0 Mr. Sowerby's onstantia, 2 yrs 0 Dead heat. Mr. Mill's Camlet, 2 yrs. ; Mr. Newton's Herberl4, 2 yrs. ; Lord Lowther's c. by Lamplighter, 2 yrs. ; and Mr. Wilson's f.-- Ridotto, 2 yrs., also started. After the dead heat Mr. Yates and Mr. Sowerby divided, and Ince walked over. Betting-11 to 10 agst Itidotto, and 3 to 1 agst. Ince. The Chesterfield Stakes of 30 sous. each, 20 ft., for 2-yr.-olds. Last half of B.M. 26 subs. Sir M. Wood's c. by Camel—Robinson Sir M. Wood's f. by Emilius or Lamplighter 2 Mr. Pettit's Kate Kearney (91b. extra) 3 The following also started :—General Grosvenor's Symmetry, Mr. Spalding's Lady Albert, Mr. S. Stanley's c. out of Clansman's dam, Mr. Bloss's Matilda, and Mr. Goodwin sf. by Camel—Galatea. Betting-5 to 4 agst. Kate Kearney, and 2to 1 agst. Aspasia. Won by a length. LANCASTER RACES, July 8. Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, h. ft., for 2-yr.-olds ; colts, Bst. 51b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b. T. Y.C. Sir E. Dodsworth's b. f. by Comus walked over. A Maiden Plate of 501., the gift of his Grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, for horses that never won 50/. at any one time. Two mile heats. Mr. Armitage's Peter Simple, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. Arrowsmith's ch. c. by Figaro, 3 yrs Four others started, but only the above two were placed. B.RIDGEWATER RACES, July 8. Bridgewater Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, 3 ft. Heats, about a mile and a quarter. Mr. G. Chambers's Roulette, 4 yrs 1 1 Mr. Tayleur named Cantab, 5 yrs 2 2 Mr. C. K. K. Tynte, named Coronet, aged Mr. Reeves's Harlot, aged 3 dr Mr. Hewett's f. by Little John or Gaberlunzie A Plate of 501. given by the Members for the County Heats, to start at the distance, and go once round. Mr. Houldsworth's Partridge, 3 yrs Colonel Tynte's Cornelian, aged Mr. Tayleur's . Frederica, 6 yrs The Town Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added by the Inhabitants of Bridgewater. Mr. Allies's Snake, 3 yrs Mr. E. Bryant, jun.'s, Forest Lass, aged 2 2 Mr. Leigh's Pleader, 4 yrs 5 3 Mr. Hewlett's Black Jack Mr. Parr's Ghost, aged Mr. Harris's Miss Southcott, 5 yrs 1 1 CAPTAIN GRANT'S BREEDING STUD. This stud, consisting of twenty-seven lots, was put up for sale this morning, when the following were sold : Pimlico, with a colt foal by Peter Lely Maiden, with a colt foal by Peter Lely—sold to the King BO Fantasima, with a colt foal by Peter Lely—to the King l5O Miss O'Neill, with a colt foal by Peter Lely—to the King 43 Worthless, with a filly foal by Peter Lely—Lord Chesterfield 360 Lady Emily, covered by Filho—Mr. Thornhill lO5 Seamew, by Emilius—Lord Lichfield l5O Two-yrs-old Filly by Filho, Miss O'Neill--Mr. Meynell 5O Yearling Filly by Camel, Maiden—Lord Albemarle 6O Guineas. SOUTII HAMS, DEVON.—The apples continue to grow remarkably well, and cider is now retailed at some places at Id. per quart. New potatoes 14d. per peck. TVestern Luminary. _ FUNERAL OF MR. ST. JOHN LONG.—Yesterday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, the remains of Mr. St. John Long were removed from his residence, No. 42, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, for interment in a vault in the new ceme tery in the Harrow -road. The funeral cavalcade consisted of porters on horsback, a hearse, containing the body, in an de-, gant coffin, covered with rich black velvet, drawn by six horses, three mourning coaches, each drawn by four horses, followed by a retinue of sixteen noblemen and gentlemen's carriages, POOR LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—.You would oblige a correspondent if y o u would favour with insertion in your excellent journal the foll9wlng queries, which have jnst been offered to the Peers :- 1. Do the Poor Rates exceed one and one-half per cent. 6n. the full rents in the Lo w l an d s , an d one quarter o f th a t small sum in the Highlands ? 2. Are there either workhouses in agricultural districts, or salaried Commissioners north of Be rw i c k ? 3. Is not the right of levying and disposing of the rates there confined solely to proprietors 4. Is not agriculture as much improving in Scotland :is it is deteriorating in England ? 5. May Englishmen then hope that the new PoOr Lai Bill will be suspended till a fair trial has been given, whether owners are not as capable, in South as North Britain, of taking due care of the infirm, and supplying such work to thi able bodied, by the improved cultivation of the soil, as will -make bread cheap, restore fallen rents, and produce the same satis faction in England as in Scotland [We insert the above on the principle of impartiality: — ' ED. SUN.] Kent, July 8, 1834. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) (FRO LLOYD DEAL, JULY 9. —Wind M N. W., S.) moderate. —Arrived tLe Duke of Argyle, Bristow, from Calcutta—sailed 14th Feb., from Cape of Good Hope, 3d May, and from St. Helena, =3 2 d May. Arrived from the river and sailed, the Marquis of Has tings, and Malabar, Luck, for Bombay. Arrived from till river and remain, th e F erguson , Y oung , f or Calc u tta; sun' Hero of Malown, Smith, for Bombay. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 9.--Wind N.W.to W.—Passed bY, the Childe Harold, Greenfield, from Calcutta—sailed 3d March, from St. Helena Bth May. Arrived the Osprey , Payne, from Corunna ; William Harris, transport, from Fer nando ; Montreal, Champlin, from New York—sailed 19th inst. ; and Dart, Ormiston, from Madeira—sailed 19th ult. FALMOUTH, JULY b.—Wind N. W. to N.N. W., fresh breezes.—Arrived the Opossum packet from Jamaica, s ailed 3d ult. ; Lady Mary Pelham packet, from the Leeward Islands, sailed from St. Thomas's Bth ult. ; Helme, Astrole,o from Odessa; and Lightning, L egge tt, f rom S m y rna: up port, the Antmus, Sargent, from Jamaica ; Water Witch/ Fallant, from Messina ; and Lavinia, Caldwell, from VillanoY s ' DOVER, JULY S.—Arrived off port, the Lady Nugen t ', M'Donald, from Bombay, sailed Feb. 26, f rom th e t a pe o ,a Good Hope April 29, and from St. Helena May 10 Mar colm, Eyles, from Calcutta, sailed Feb. 22 • Sophia; Thorn hill, from Calcutta, sailed Feb. 20, and from the Cape ° f Good Hope May 5 ; and Royal George, Embleton, from the : Mauritius, sailed March 29, from the Cape of Good HaP e May 6, and from St. Helena the 21st. PLYMOUTH, JULY B.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Flora, Rol gier, from Batavia.—Sailed 4th Dec. and Cape 2d.May, the • Lyra, May, for St. John, New Brunswick ; the Mariner,Wick . man, for Quebec ; and Martland, transport, Fawcett, fee° Lisbon, JERSEY, JULY 7.—Arrived the Auley, Le Proig, front 0, Janeiro. BRISTOL, JULY 9.—Arrived the Royal Adelaide, from Bor- deaux ; and Henry, Tobins, from Miramichi. GLOUCESTER, JULY B.—Arrived the Hebe, Partridge, fro' Charente ; and Medway, Aallister, from Wisbay. LIVERPOOL, JULY B.—Arrived the Thomas, Pike, from "ft nidad ; Caroline Augusta, Zebby • Burlington, vans ; Aurora, Dunning, from New drleans; the Credo, Price; , Pictore, Anthony ; Jewell, Fegueira; and Loiely, Cuivo from Cadiz. The Eyr, Holst, from Dram, sunk in Kingston Harbour til l Bth instant, after being on shore. The Priam, Harper, bound to Plymouth, was water-logg e4 fifty miles below Quebec, on the 11th ult. The Dorchester, Carrick, from Calcutta, arrived at the Cape, after being dismasted in a hu r rican e Off the Mattritit* THE QUEEN.—The steam-ship the Batavirr• at' rived yesterday from Rotterdam, and brings the account th at her Majesty arrived there in health and safety on the 6th iest:, s ; in the evening, and proceeded to the Hague, in company lor a the Prince and Princess Frederick of the Netherlands, and tn,, Duke and Duchess of Saxe Weimar. Her Majesty trave w incognito as Duchess of Lancaster. Mr. Hayne (" Pea Green") is still an inmate c l the King's Bench Prison, notwithstanding the discharge Prf nounced by the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtel . : Court. He is detained at the suit of the Crown, for betwe'7, 2001. and 300/., for arrears of assessed taxes incurred whil" , he rented Burderop Park, Wilts, of Mr. Caney, M.P., li b ° opposed Mr. Hayne on his hearing. The Commissioners 11 11 % . no power to discharge. Crown debtors ; he can only obtain t .,'"" liberation from the Lords of the Treas ur y. M r . H a yne I`7, memorialised the Treasury for his discharge. THE LATE LORD ARUNDEL.—This Noble Peet who expired at Rome on the 21st instant, was the 10th Bel Arundel, of Wardour, and brother-in-law to the Duke_ t i° Buckingham, having married Lady Mary Ann Grenville gent Temple, only daughter of the first Marquis of Back n g' ham. His Lordship was a Count of the Holy Roman EmPi; and F. S.A. As his. Lordship has died without issue the devolves on his next brother, the Hon. Henry Boneclic Art del, now Lord Arundel. The late Peer, we believe was only Roman Catholic Nobleman who entertai ne d doeso li tive principles. His Lordship broke up his establishment. Sg Wardour Castle some time since, and retired to the ContittePt. OLD AGE BRINGS OUT FAMILY LIKENESS-guts' —Did you ever rem rk how remarkably old age brings 0 ., family likenesses, which, having been kept, as it were, abeyance while the passions and the business of the world ei l ; grossed the parties, come forth again in age ( as i n i n f a neY)t„, features settling into their primary characters—b e fore disst o . tion ? I have seen some affecting instances of this ; a bra', and sister, than whom no two persons in middle life could h been more unlike in countenance or in character, becoin7 like as twins at last. I now see my father's lineaments in t looking-glass, where they never used to appear.—Southeg' A NEW ISLAND.—Extract of a letter from Capp ', A. Haigh, of the Sir John Rae Reid, in lat. 1.9 S., 1° ,' 1 5 31 W. On the sth instant w e dis covere d an island p lat. 46. 40. S., long. 48. 35. W., varying one point E., o r was first seen about four P.m., bearing N. W. a bout T° o leagues distant. I hauled up a couple of paints to g et yi . better view of it, but night coming on and a hard gale bl°,, ing, I regret to say I was prevented from surveying it accurately as I could have wished. At first we thought it e j ice island, but upon 'a nearer view all hands were convin f e ee t of its being a rocky isle, elevated about one thousand e A above the level of the sea. A detached black rock, was Lo to the eastward of it. The nearest land to this that I P c ie heard of is Isle Grande, differing very much both in Isti t . ne t ' and longitude. There is still a possibility of our having w: cr e deceived by an ice island, but the numerous birds we pet surrounded by during the forenoon argues str ong ly in fanga of land, more especially as shags and divers were see ii species of bird that is only met with where the laau,d near. The existence of the Isle Grande is said to be " doubtful." MRS. SIDDONS WHEN A CHILD.--In the al moranda which she has left me Mrs. Siddons says nothing of her juvenile days, but 1 remember her telling an anecdot e m her infancy which strongly illustrated her confidence it s be t efficacy of prayer, or rather or the Prayer-book. One &f le e mother had promised to take her out the following to a P a ir sure party in the neighbourhood, and she was to wear a t llO pink dress, which became her exceedingly. But whether de' party was to hold, and the pink apparel to L. worn, was t O O pend on the weather to-morrow morning. Ca going t ° e c!, she took with her her Prayer-book, opened, as she suPP ° j at the prayer for fine weather, and she fell asleep with the folded in her little arms. At daybreak she found that sh e 01 been holding the prayer for rain to her breast, and th at , rain, as if Heaven had taken her at her word, was peltlo b ab the windows. But she went to bed again, with the, rr , opened at the right place, and she found the mistake q ul, ` t l;s medied ; for the morning was as pink and beautiful IP dress she was to wear.—. Campbell's Life of Mfrs. Siddos b A deplorable event has within the last few ci f 4 ;l taken place in the family of a hatter in Paris, the resul t ° o p" cynical depravity of the master of the family. This man, dv rated from his wife, having a daughter, aged sixteen , ha or' come so enslaved by the arts of a woman, with whom b e i, rind on an illicit intercourse under the same roof s'f l, i o f daughter, that he left her the entire management of his 01 1 ,: and business whilst absent on his commercial affairs. 111 0 OP, fortunate daughter became of course an object of hatred t bro tP, woman, and had to suffer every species of insult and vir treatment from her, particularly when her father wa s air from home. Driven to despair by this cruel and every' s / 111 f repeated persecution, this poor young girl resolved 0 °, 4 ; destruction, which she accomplished by means of the vaP,'''b burning charcoal, after having written a letter, filled il` t co tc 6 agonized expression of her despair, to her heartless perse v lif f ; and in which she charges her to give her last adieus ' l ,OO father, who was absent from Paris. With what feeling s a father receive such a message from such a person ! THE LAUGHING SKULL.—The tradition (I of the laughing skull possesses a sort of horrible drone:Y: ls A gether unequalled. It is said that a comic actor, or 01 1 by name Clepsanus, once flourished in that island, w° ° t ari,, the Liston of his time ; his face was such a farce 19 " 1 00' . 0 that any person, no matter how much oppressed by tr o d agonizing . grief at the moment, who looked at him, ' o r t e e impossible to avoid laughing. Having fretted his l ieu the stage of this life , he made his exit, and was buried 0 / 41 church-yard, where, in due course of time, all that w.as, : ogi: of him disappeared, except his pericranium. The grave uhr y while making room in the same spot for a new claunantli ri; yelled up the skull of the minstrel, and without at of mcmbering to whom it had once belonged, placed 1 0 large stone that w as on th e s ur f ace o f the earth. Som e glers came into th e ch u rch-yard, and, happening to aer, the said stone, they set up such a peal of lauglater tl' e 3 er Od grave di gger was as t on i s h e d. He looked ab o ut to 61 , 4 0,0 the cause of their mirth, when his eye falling on that IPto the caput from which the mouth and tongue of ClePs s . l 'oe,a li e formerly set m an y an audience in a roar, he, too, P e ' l O the contagion, and laughed till he could dig no longe. l. L,o l , c ll funeral train, for whose reception he had been prepa r 7ol ll , appeared, rending the hair with that melancholy W e 'b o 4 even yet may be heard in some parts of Ireland on Oaait e i sions. But as the procession advanced, and reaehechstio view of the skull of Clepsanus, the notes were sudde nl lddb t , to shouts of irresistable merriment. The tradition a of this singular relic might be seen even within a centu r y ago.—New Monthly Magazine. 3 Ce tto per bat () Per 1 1 ,,k St Yttl c, Arrived, A m , 0 lital n o nue I ca & Du n h F la ; horn "I .-148 gi From , It is Si a; It , C Lo l K ING their , hi s A i 'verrini Tory, Presse b e al N o I is Ctia