The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-06 00:00:00

Zbir r. 7 itiro SUN-OFFICE, Seven o'C lu'ck. 211,1CE5 OF CA N A. 1.. ,i) OCK2AS SUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. Szc. &C. 'LuNDON, FRIDAY, MAY 6. Pelee .Number Dividend of per CANAL S. Pa per ' se. Share. Seams. Annum, 1,766 7 percent. Ashton & Oldham...Avcrage97/.lBa. set. 9 4 1,482 40, As hby..de_leouch ..... Average 1 1 0 1 0 51 : il s , h . . 7 5 1 1,260 Basingstoke.... 1005 51. Bres e en ock and Abeigavenny -1502. ea. 92 e, , 009 loNth. 101. Birmingham, i-10th share .....1:111. & 7: il. let 4,000 e 0.„„.., Ditto & Liverpool Junceieo o l. l sti t . , 1:1:1 d j 2 . 1 600 31. Bridge water and Taunton.w . • Iti WO 51. Ciiehner and Blackwater ...... WO/. Vt. 101 1001 sl I See eeo 321. Coventry ......... .. ... . . . Croydon... ...... ... Avcrage3 11.2.5,10 d. & 1. - ..... 1001 a 1. 94 2060 51. Os. Dudlee 1002 .e h NO 600 131. Derby 110,000 4 per cent. Danute and eleyne 41 1 .1 25. 4, oed 20 35 - 751 4 ' Ellesmere and Ceester Average M. 'Ali. 9 i 231 02/ Erewaso 6,455 811. Forth and Clyde ....... 100/ so. 1064 - 1001 : ixi, 1;6 124% 1.1e , 5 ,s. Grand .... unction - . on 2,049 1 255. Grand Union leth eih .27 ' 500 ....... ......... 1001 eh. 15 , 1,0001 41. percent . Ditto (eptional) Loan 100 I. .1206 ~....... Grand Western .. 11. sh. a Jpd 10 MO 13 12i. Sei. Glemnrgenseire., Aver. costl72/.110 .50. '2lO '743 12/. el:antlers% 1502 asb. :se.) 6 158 2., Us. Huddersfield! Average O 11. 65.6 d . eh. 13 too a . Kensingtoa lee ;11 at Led 10% 25esoi1 11.10 s. Kennet end Avon, Av.: 9/.les. 10•1 ,soh 184 11,6991 11. 103. Lancaster Average 471. es. 101 1.7 2,8V7e 3 21. Leed sand Liverpool 100!..s ih 710 545: 1 , 1, lOs. Leicester POl. i 'l, 150 ,837 0313. Leicester & Norteempton Aver . eOl. 1, is '72 2,409 103 elenmouthse ire lOOl s 1 200 256 131. Mei ton elosebray - loci. I 'l. 200 600 2a(. Merse.y and Jewell .00 , ah. et() 3,010 11. Ills. Macclesfield lOOl sla all p i le 217 171. Neath loel. ae. Vets 1,4011 si. Peak Forest ......... Avelege ahout 7:11.. 5 1. eel 1 ,418 S 3. Regent's (or London) Av. 3331esee1osi 1. 1 I ;5 72 N. lercedale Averag e eel. cis s. 62 '5/30 83 Shropsaire 1251. sl. 137 'lOO 111. lOs. Somerset Coa l 1503 lei. 171 , 3,0e03 6 rrcent Ditto Lock Fend Si ock 12/ les. ar a. . 11% 70,) 131-1. Stafford aail Worcester 1101 .3 a f% r,OO 151, Shrewsbury...... lesl. .a h. 280 300 sie Gm:bridge .......... '451 .3 h. 395 3;4,07 41. ('s. s. Stratford.ou.Avoe nice • e 01. Vslool. 0.1: ..es h. Vie 33 '.3 1211 Syrensea ... ....... 3,7e2 2 1 . 123 : Severn and Wye &Railway Aseelie9s..:sh. 4 1es 0 ,10 , ..131 1, at. 10s. Trent and Mersey, e share ..- 1001... eh. I , 2.149 ..«..... Tbamea and Medwzy Av. 191. es. ed.. s ;h. 2 1 eteosh.] otiejs . 141. Warwick a nd Birmi e gbarn 100: .s n -I,eel 040 10.. Warwick and elapse. ............ e• .................. 1'9 5 7.000 41 Worcester & Birminghern Av 0 tad t _ 1 ,26„ Wilts aed Beres Averege 971. lOs -.* i. , e expe 36e eOO 6., Wesley and r e itington ............... 1 1 c 0 :; f; t t: i s i h h . . r 7; ,, 6' 2 4 -17 N 1 . V .1 ' e ' y ''' an c ti " A . ........... .....................;."."..... 7.: i 10, .... tn. _0 DOCKS. re L. sh. el " na ''' n c Commerc al ...... .. ........... 1,96515 h. -P• • ....., Rock 105 5 per rent. East and West Inee a ..... e.... ;tea 50L22,3.31011. eil.p.ct. L end e r, 11,0% Ditto isonds Averseel4e;.l . s. sh . 75 2,e00 31. Os. s d. Bristol 0,324 1 . eerier cent. Dit to Notes, various amounts , ,1 ... ( ... 1: 1 , 07 ee2,752 5 per cent. St. Kather ine . ~ c e 100% eno,C4e) 4.5, per cent. Ditto Bonds 20e. 000 4 per cent. Ditto Bones for 10 years ......... ......-..... 100 Deptford 1 ler "01. sh. 11.01. pd ;0 !'RIDGES. f ,fint) I/. Hammersmel , 50/..els• 21% /All 1;700 12. 15s Ditto, New, 0271 per cent., ...... 50!..eh. 15se , • ,~00 5,000 225. 03 Ditto, 1)1d Annuities of el 601. p 2 21 5,0 0 0 103. :11. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 403 peel lee 'tepee/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 275 Vauxhall ......„Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 27 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion sooe. sh. 501. pd 70 51'nee f 6 per cent.' Allianceßritish &Foreign 1001. sh. 113 pd 14 " / ani 158. e0,f)00 6 per cent. Ditto. Marine lOOl. sh. 51. pd 5% 24,001) el. per oh. Atlas 5Ol. sle. 51. pd 14 e, 1,200 esh. 5/. Birmingham tire e5O/. sh. 551. pd 107% 20,000 41. percent. British Fire .50/.sh. 501. pd 41 12,000 01. per cent. leritish Commercial 5O/, Os. 5/. pd 6 5.001! 51. per cent. Clerical & Medico.' LitenlCol.sh.ellOs pd % 4,000 2103 County 1093 sh. 10/. pd 10 11,000 la. Eagle. 'Ol. sh. 51. pd 4% 5 per eerie Economic Lite ...18001. sh. 2503 pd 409 ' ' a nd 3p, nee 2,771 223, perrent. Eeropean Lit: °Oesh. all pd e 2 50,000 es. Ditto, New 0 0/. sh. 21. pd lee .000,000/. feper et Globe Stock 125 tlO,OOO 51• Guareian 30,000 45.0 2 _. Hope 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd riee 2,400 51. 123. 00. imperial lire 5022!. sh 50/. pd 140 ' sh. 10/. pd il 7,500 103. ed. Imperial Lite ... 13,451 51. per eclat. Indemnity Marine lOO/. sh. 82. pd 315 1.040 31 10s Kent Fire 5Ol. sh. all pd 91 31. Ditto Life 'Ol. pd 10,0110 '2ss Law Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 31 3<j beeiti lOs. London, Fire "51.5 h. 12/. 10s. pd 174 3,900 10e. London, Ship a ...... 25/. sh. 12/. IN. pd IN le00„000/. ... ..... Minerva ILe 'OOl. sh. 21,000 5/, per cent. National Loan Fund... eOl. sh 2/. 10i. pd 2% :101,000 et. per cent. Palladium Lite 'Ol. sh. 2/. pd 50,000 5/. per cent. Protector le fe 2te. sh. 2/. eel 17s fid 10,1030 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....1501, sh. 5/. pd 5 L' e,500 11. Provieent Lite .200,000 4s. Od. Rock Life e 59,2201 21. per coat. Royal F.xch epee Stock 170 ;1,000 5 per cent. University Life 100/. sh. 5/. ed 11 10,000 4 par cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd JOINT STUCK BANKS. e 5,003 . ...... .. Agric. and Cone of Irelancles3 sh. 10/. pd le,ooo 9 per cent. A1131:314113 .....1 01 . sh. 40/. pi 5:1,4 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Biteleighan, SC/. sh. Ile. pd 1330 10,000 10 per sent. Birmingham Bank eO/. sh. 101. lid 13 31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. '2O/. p 4 22 1 % 60,000 5/, London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10/. pd 12% .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 501, ed 33 25,0 0 9 Its per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh, le4/. pd 19 50p00 7e percent. Manchester onnt and Liver ] 50/.sh. 151. pd 19% Dise 20,000 7 per vest. Manchester lOO4 sh. 10/. pd 43. 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank of Irelandlool. sh. 2.51.0 41 '11 10,000 6I er emit National Bank of Ireland 511/. Eli. 174/. pd 15 10,000 6 per cent National Proviecial Eng.lool. sh. 25/. pd leiee 00,000 .... ...... Ditto New 103 Eh. 101. pd i 0 10,000 Gloucestershire Wl. sh. 10/. pd 32 6,000 10 pee cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 5/. pd ! % GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 les led Bath 201. oh. 1(11. pd 22 5,000 ..... .... British 401. sh. 16/. pd 19 0,000 raiettelentA Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 111. pd iel 9215 51 lOs Birmingham .50'. sh. 101 4,250 21 Os Bristol "01.50. et; 2,250 Si les Brighton 2O/. sb. 13% 750 21 10s Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 10/. pd 9 8,971 41 per cent Brighton General 2Ol. sh. ail pa 9% 4,000 71.10 x. Continental Consolidated ....751. 621 trei no 0,000 10 1 . City of L o n don .. ....... ..100/.sh. all pd 195 1,000 02. Alto, New lOO/.5h. 75/. a 1) leo 4,000 St.os. Equitable A `ll/. pd 20 10,1100 .11. percent. Imperial 'Ol. sh. 60% 800 51. per cent. Isle nt Thanot eel. sh. 201. pd 19 1.350 Serer cent. Independent 101. sh, all r.. 56 5,000 51. per cent. Phoenix 5O/. sh. 39/, pd nog 1,060 4/. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. SO/. pd 6:1 4,000- ....a.... South Mstropolitan 50/. shee23l/. pd 16 9,000 51. per cent. United General '5O/. sh. 47/. nd SO 240 51. per cent. Warwick 5O/. sh. 50 4011 1,1. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. '22 3,000 3/. Westrninste.r Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 513 sh. 10/. pd 1135 780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS 4,8/4) 344. Birmingham ee' sh. 251. pd 21 4,493 71. East London 1001.3 h. 185103 3,500 21 155. Grand Junction Average 41/. 13s. 4d. sh. e 6 4,000 V. Kent 1004 sh. 52% 272 103 Liverpool Bootle 2ell. sh. 3e5 0,500 2110 s Ncw River London Bridge WaterA nit... CO 6,4,86 21 1011 Manchester and Salford 1001. sh. 54 1.000 5 per cent. South Louden 1001. s h. SiB 11.£04 413 West Middlesex Avenge 631.1125. 9d. sh. 94 4310 1/14s York Bei 'ding Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. e,nvo ..l. Os. Birmingham and Derby ...« 100/ pd 52 0,5250 3 pet cent. Birmingham and Gloucester...el-COL pd 53 15,11( 0 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter 1001. eh. 70 pd 44 7,560 ...... ••• Cheltenham& G. Western 1001. sh. 72e, 3 lei% 3,000 ...,..... Clarence 1003 sh. 1001 pd 20 8.000 ... Dublin and Drogheda 100/. sh. 5/. pd 60,400 ..,.»,.. Eastern Counties 25/. so. 231. pd 10 10,000 1 per cent. Great North of Englandloo/. sh. 100/. pd 83 10,918 12 per cent. GranaJunction lOO3 sh, all pe 182 25, 0 00 4 per cent. Great Western 100/. sh. 653 pd et% 25,000 3 per cent. Ditto New 50/. sh. 50/. pd 64% 6,000 5 per cent Gosport Junction... 50/. sh. 50/. pd ;i 2,01)0 8 per cent. Hartlepool 1001.:3. MIL pd 145% 8.000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 50/, pd 40 * 2,100 4 per cent. Leeds and Selby len Ito C 5 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10(3sh, 100394 188% 7,968 Paper cent. Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. pd 01 11,495 10 lice coat. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 45 2/3,000 ......... Lannon and Brighton ;01. sh, 501. r d 31144 24,00 0 20,00 0 3 ner cent. London and Greenwich ...eel/. es• eel. pd see 25,000 91 per sh. London & Birmingham 1003 sh. 90/. pd 182' - 25,000 2e 7s ed. Ditto Quarter Shares ...25/. sh. 53 pd 17 ' 31 _250 re. le 4d. Ditto New Shares 3 ' )/.sh. 32/ pd . 30 1 ' 36,0e0 3 per sh. L on d on an d S.Western Av.:384173.0d. 63 ' ,/ , 9 ; 13,000 ......... London and Croydenl Av. 131. 15s. 9d. 9 7 1 • •-•••• Ditto Naw Serge...s 13 , 000 4f , per de, Manchester and Leeds...loo/. sh. '7O/.pd S7 I C 0,000 -.a." Ditto Half Shares so.f. 30/ 10,000 ........ Manchester and Birmiegham '701.s h..4 P O d /. n - , - , .. ...... Ditto Extension , 0,000 iie lee Midland Counties.. 'OO/. sh. 10'711. pd 2 Pd 15,000 H. Os. North Midl and 1/.105. Ditto New 10,256 1/.los. Northern and Eastern.... 50/ h 4 5 04 pd 3 e4ie ;PO efeooo 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover p d ii 7 1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO / I . • s -h. 26 vo , ......... Thames Haven 501. sh 5/ pd 6,000 10 1 . per cent. York and North Midland 50 . s h. 501 . .pd e3e, MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 4.000 1 1 . 53 . Alter'sl.l ii. tiej, psi 12 P 5/. eh IV, Its pd lee 0,000 ... . Anglo Mexicareiss. 51. pm.lool. sh, al e d 2x," -- Ditto Subscription 'ls3 pu 3 2,060 Bolanos 1501.11 h till pd 4 10,000 11. 10s Brafilianlmp.iss.sl. pm...3sesh. 214 pd 8% 6 , 000 „,....... Maceubas & Locaes United 25/ 5h.251. pd 0 4 01,000 Ditto St. John Del Itey ...DM sh. 14/. pd 1 N IC , 000 Bolivar Copper Company, 20/, sh. 201. pd 1 10,0(X) ...me, Ditto Scrip ' 104 sh. 10/. pd 2 20,000 .... ..... British Iron WOO sh. 701. pd 8 ,000 .... ..... British Copper 5/. sh, 441. pd 1% Cit 2 Branca 6e/. pd 5% Candonga 10,000 11 Ckpilpo ..... ... `?01 : .41:, 13Z f, 4 0 8,500 ... Columbian, ill. 51. pm....55/.sh. 501. pd 0% 2e40 el. Eisglieh 20,000 ..... .... General MiningAssc,ciationte , /, sh.l9/. pd 332 . 6,153 ........ Mexican Company 100/. sh. Get pd 3,(10e ......... Polberou Console -. . 10/ oh. '3l. - Pd 11,500 ......... • Real del Monte Unre . g . lS " tereci ~.2 % 'Ditto Loan Notes.. 50,000 .. ........ .......1503 pd 511 United Mexican, 1311. 2 pre. 90/. sb. all d Duet. Scrip P 3% ' lie Ditto New Scrip West Cork ..«,...«.«.».. .5035h 511 1 30 14 - 38 5% LITERARY 1 NsTrruritiN s. 1,000 ....... London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs.sh. 13' 1,500 London University lOOl. oh. all pd 7 40 0 King' College 100/. 1934 MISCELLANEOUS. 10, VI 15s. Australian Agricultural.lool.'sh. 281 pd 37 6,300 1. percent. British American Land Company 3'll. pd 9 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 10421. sh. 3214 pi 3034 30,000 51. per cent. Upper Canaqa Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent lOO 20,000 11. Cs. General Steam Navigation 15/.• h.,14/. N I V% 103 percent. Hudson's Bay Stock 11. London Com. Sale Rooms ....Av. 751. sh 1934 ..... .... Caoutcheue Company 124/. pd 12e New Brunswick Larsd Cempeey...sol. pd 12 5,987 41. per cent. Reversienary Int. 50c...100/. sin 100/. pd 94 2 e 633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 100' pd 107 4,000 10.000 6,. Van DieMee's Land.... 1001. sh. 1811, pd 10 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES MAY 4, 1842. BAN 1 . 0c0 , 00.0 61, p. ct. Bank of Scotland —.831. Ss. Bd. Ih, all pd 52 1.000,000/ I!. p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 150 500.0001. Si. p. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 105 600,0064 71. p. ct. Commercial 5001. sh. 1 °CZ. pd 239 500,01064. 6n. et. National lOOl. sh. 101. pd 14 500 . 0 001. SI. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 50/. pd 81 1,000,0001. 8 p. et. Westcrn of NSURANCE COScot M Iand PANIES 2001. sh 401. pd 08 I. 250 . 000 Ths 1 1p. ct. Scotti:4l) Untoa 2"/. sh. 11. pd 23s.Cd. 7. 500 In p. ct. Hercules 100!. sh. 10/. pd 12 100.000 10 p. et. Insurance Co. of Sec tland .101. sh. all pd 50.000 10 p. ct. North tritish 2iiol. sh. 101. pd 19% 1000 10 Ps et. Caledoni::n Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 20 5.000 10 p. ct. Edinburgh LiN 1001. sh. 10/. pri 15 100,000 3} p. et. %Vest of Scotland IsCELLANEO El S. 4,818 ......... F.dtn . test Gle.s. lUn. Canalso/. :h. all pd la Di" ~..961. sh. all rid 41 825,40( ei per cont. Edinb. Joint StackV a t er sh all pd 34 1,00002 j per cent. Shotts Iro n Lsh 481. IA 36 0,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 20/ sh. 161. ocl 4..500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Ga. ..... I;sl.sti. all pd 50 1,450 10 per cant. Glasgow Gas ....... 760 7f por cent • Loith Coal Gas ..... sh. 2 , 111)d 2 52 1.154 and D'alke.i.tril ... 71 ;5 4 0 , 7.1;,, 5 i "G The sub-!gorters and letter-carriers of the General Post-office have established a Provident Society, which holds its meetings in Aldersgate-street. It hasn enroll e d accord ing to the Act, and has received the sane of Lo r d L owther, the Postmaster-General, who has, besi,contrib uted to its funds a donation of 501 . The objects of the S ociety are to form a fund for the relief of widows and orphans, children, or nominees of deceased members. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (T HIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) LYME REGIS. Mr. CocKnuaN accepting, as was understood, 'he latter part of the alternative, stated the case for the petitioners, and the Committee was occupied the remainder of the sitting in hearing objections to votes on the ground of removal, but no decision was given. NEWCASTLE UNDER LYNE. Other witnesses were examined, but nothing material transpired, and of course no decision was come to. BAIL COURT.-(TIIISDAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) CHALLAND V. BRAY. Mr. WATSON appeared to show cause against the rule obtained in this case. This action was originally tried before the Sheriffs of Wakefield in Yorkshire, and a verdict was given for the plaintiff. It would appear that the plaintiff and another person had made an agreement to run their horses for a wager of 251. on each side on the public road at Hudders field, and the plaintiff having failed to run his horse on the day appointed, the money which he depo sited was considered to be forfeited. But the plaintiff having objected to the person who held the stakes, brought his action against the defendant, and obtained a verdict for 151., the money which was declared to be forfeited. There were two objections raised ; one that the agreement to run the horses having been signed by a pei son of the name of Eastwood. who was represented as the agent of Challand, the action was misconceived. But the main question was whether the race was one of a legal character or not. Mr. WATSON contended that a race to trot for four miles on a public turnpike road was illegal, and referred to the statutes of the 16th of Charles 2d, and the 13th and 16th of George 2d on the subject. He also contended that it was a nuisance, and that the most serious consequences might result, it such races were to be sanctioned. Mr. BAINES appeared to support the rule, and referred to the Act of the 3rd and 4th of Victoria, chap. 5, which repealed the statute of 13th of George 2d, as far as it related to the subject of horse-racing, and quoted the case of Evans v. Pratt, when it was decided that a race of four miles across the country was not illegal. His Loansurr took time to consider the question. THE CAUBUL MASSACRE. The Alphabetical List of Caubul Officers (published in our paper yesterday), was incorrect in the following instances : Lieut. Hobhouse, H.M., 13th Light Infantry, omitted— stormed a fort at the head of a forlorn hope at Caubul, early in November (vide Lady Sale's Journal ) Skinner, Captain, 61st Native Infantry, missing, explained by a note at the head of the list to mean " supposed to have perished in the passes "—Commissary at Caubul, con cealed by his native servant, given up to the insurgents, em ployed by them in negotiation, and as interpreter, and well treated up to the middle of January, never in " the passes." Burt, Capt., sth Cavalry, reported in the Private Corre spondence of the Times, from the Delhi Gazette, as ransomed and safe in Peshawur, omitted altogether. The expressions " at Cahool," " safe," " at Baderabad," so irregularly used, are calculated to give great uneasiness, and lead to misconception. They only mean that the officer named is alive, and a prisoner in the hai;ds of the Affghans. '1 he ac curacy of the meaning of the word " missing" may be judged of by Capt. Skinner's ese. " Sturt, Lieut., Bengal English killed." There is no such corps—" Engineers" is meant, only the officers of which are English. GREAT FOOT RACE, FOR ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, BETWEEN " THE STAG" (JENKINSON) AND JOHN bAIITEI—DIS TANCE A QUARTER OF A NILE. This match which took place yesterday, at the Swi ss Cot tage, St. John's Wood, has for a considerable time interested the amateurs of pedestrian feats, on account of the supposed extraordivarary capabilities of the men. Jenkinson, better known by his cognomen of " the Stag," has been very suc cessful in his various races, but was defeated in his last undertaking, to run two hundred yards, by Moore of Leicester. Smith has not so often proved his fleetness in Lon don, but, from the power he displayed in the celebrated match with Atkinson, of Newcastle, found plenty of friends willing to invest their money upon his exertions. The men started at five o'clock, Jenkicson having the advantage by at least 2 yards, Smith waiting upon him until about half the distance from home, when he shot by with the speed of an arrow, and won the race, leaving his antagonist seven or eight yards behind. The affair appeared to afford much gratification to a large concourse of spectators, including many sportsmen of the higher order, who have latterly patronised this innocent and fine old Enlish amusement. The quarter of a mile was run in less than a minute; and the betting, at starting, was 6 to 4 on Smith. MORTALITY in the METROPOIS The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered in the week ending April 30, 1842." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Average 1838-9..40-1 Total. Four Four Springs. l Years Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 120 183 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 144 147 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration .I.;seases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. 4 , 5 4 Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 4 9 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 4 6 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c... 4 1 1 Diseases of Uncertain Seat. 93 99 104 o'.d Age, or Natural Decay Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intern- CAUSES OF DEATH. per ance Causes not specified Deaths from all causes. 783 -- - Average Weekly Deaths B7l 912 Population Average Death enu. Weekly in merated Deaths the Ib4l. ltl3?-1,-4e—l. Week , r —...A__—_ l Four 1 Four Ye :rs.lSprings. DISTRICT& West—Kensington, St. George (Hanover-square),Westmin ster, St. Martin in the Fields, St. James North—St. Mary-le-bone, St. Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 156 138 Central—Saint Giles and Saint George Strand, Clerkenwell Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon don, West London, City of London 373,806 188 179 165 East—Shoreditch,Whitechapel, Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392;49i 206 190 158 South—St Saviour, St. Olave, St. George( Southwark), Ber mondsey, Newington, Lam beth, Camberwell, Bother- hitlae, Greenwich Total 1,870,727 912 871 783 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the 32 districts herein meutioned, which include the City of Lon don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality-- and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmith Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad dington, St. Mary ( Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas and St. Paul (Deptford), and \Voolw•ich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was 1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840. and 1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by 208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING April 23. Apr il3O. 61° 69° 38 45 48 56 , 1842. Highest Lowest Daily Mean ......... ... General Register Office, May COAL MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Ships arrived since last market.day, 32. P. cl.l s. d. Carr's Hartley HI 0 1 Walls End Stewart's ......... 2.1 9 Holywell Main l6 fi. Walls End Whitwell... ...... 19 V Leaez's Main 14 0 Walls End Kelloe 2O 9 '1 anfleld Moor l9 6, Tennant's Hartlepool ...... ... 19 0 West Wylam l5 9' Walls End Adelaide .. ...... 20 0 Walls End Hilda lB 01Walls End Seymour Tees... 18 6 Walls End Perkins ...... ,17 0 Walls End Tees Hetton .... 16 9 Walls End Ramsey Walls End Riddell's 59 0 Anthracite 2.1 -0 W. E. Braddyll'sliatton ...:'0 9 Blythe ..... ........ ....... „ l4 6 Walls End Hetton 20 9 Cowpcn Walls End Lambton 2O 9 \ Hartley Walls End Morrison .. 16 0 GC URSE' OF EXCHANGE._( THIS DAY.) Amsterdam . CF. 12 4lGibraltar ... Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ..2 U. 12 8 Genoa . 25 95 Antwerp l2 8 Milan Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Venice .. 47 A ltona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 7' / Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaua 26 0 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 152% Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 36.4 Buenos Ayres Berlin.— ... ............ 7 New Y or k,2l da ys s igh t 46 i Vienna,. effee. IL 3M. 955 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto .. 956 'micas OF IiOLLION, , 'PI M Os. Madrid Cadiz 36 Bilbao Barcelona Seville Porta - gal Gold Com 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9 , Silver in Bars 0 4 11 BRIGHTON ELECTION. (THIS DAY.) TEREE O'CLOCK. Harvey Harford ... Brooker 1,243 615 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of May 6.) SUGAR.—The wand having changed, arrivals have com menced to come in ; buyers, however, have evinced less incli nation to purchase, and have submitted to a reduction on former rates of 6d to is per cwt. To-day the West India Market exhibited a dull appearance, the demand was limited both for the scale and the pan, and the supply of Sugar being on the increase. Importers were compelled again to submit to lower rates, snaking the decline for the week Is 6d to 2s per cwt, and the purchases only 500 hhds and tierces. The arrivals of Bengal and Mauritius Sugar have commenced to come in freely, and of West India several ships are daily expected. The market closed heavily for all sorts of Sugar. REFINED.—The home trade have been eager buyers of all descriptions of Refined Goods, and have cleared the market this week, paying an advance on former rates of is to is 6d per cwt. To-day Refined Goods were taken sparingly by the home trade, and lower rates were accepted; Standard Lumps selling at 84s to 84s 6d per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar sells slowly at 28s 3d to 28s 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS.—A good demand has existed both for brown and yellow sorts, and the rates previously established have been sustained. This afternoon the trade operated less freely at the public sales, which consisted of 5,198 bags, 44 casks; the bid dings were languid, and not above half found buyers is to Is 6d under former rates • fine yellow selling at 66s to 675, good 64s to 65s 6d, middling 63s to 645, low 61s 6d to 6•2 s per cwt. EAST INDIA—This afternoon several parcels of Bengal were offered at public sale, viz. 4,352 bags duty paid, and 1,183 bags in bond; the saes went off quietly,.apl prices declined is per cwt nearly the whole of the sugar however sbld at the follow ing rates, duty paid—flue white at Ges to 705, good 66s to 67s 6d, mid 65s to 65s sd, mid brown 45s to 47s 6d, good to fine 52s to 55s 6d, mid yellow 60s 6d to 645, strong fine yellow (Dobah) 65s 6d to 6Ss 6d ; Sugar in bond went as follows-- white 38s to 40s, mid yellow 32s 6d to 36s 6d, low 27s 6d to 235, low brown 23s to 27s per cwt. FOREIGN.—In Brazil there has been a good business trans acted in both white and brown sorts, but at prices 6d per cwt. under those of last week for all kinds; at 22s for white, and 17s for brown ; at auction 200 casee 41 brls have been offered, which found buyers at and after the sale— Bahia, good mid white went at 22s to 22s 6d, mid 21s 6d, good brown 16s to 17s, fine 17s to 18s, foxy 16s, mid grey 18s, dabs 11 s ; Pernambuco, low brown 14s, good 15s to 15s 6d, low soft yellow 16s to 16s 6d, low soft white 17s 6d to 19s, good mid dry white 22s to 22s 6d, mid 21s, low 19s 6d to 20s 6d per cwt. Yellow Havannah is held with firmness, at full rates. MOLASSES—Prices have been fully sustained for West India this week. Dominica of fine quality at 295, Barbadoes 31s to 323, Demerara common and good 25% to 275, St. Vincents and Berhice 25s to 25s 6d per cwt. Lengal Syrup at 17s. Fu reign Molasses at 8s to 8s 6d per cwt. Rust, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—In Leeward Island Rum former rates have been barely sustained. The purchases ate not worth enumerating, 2s 41(1 is the nearest value for Proof. Jamaica, at 4s 6d to 4s Bil for 30 to 32 per cent. over proof for common. Calcutta Rum at the low duty of is 10d, and a small parcel at the high duty of Is 64d to is 7d per gallon. For Brandy we have to report a firm market.. Cognac, first brands of the vintage of 1835, hhds 5s 7d, puns 5s 5d ; ditto, 1837, hhds 53 3d, puns 5s Id , ditto 1838, hhds 5s Id, puns 4s I Id ; ditto 1839, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d; ditto 1840, hhds 4s, puns :is 10d per gallon. Geneva common at is 11d to 2s. yer gallon. Prices have advanced 4d per gallon for British Corn Spirits. IllcE.—Bengal Rice has met with less attention this week, good middling white went at lOs to lOs 6d, and middling 99 6d to lOs per cwt : Java yellow at 6s 6d to 9s 6d, low white 9s 6d to 10s, middling to fine 16s 6d to 12s per cwt none has been offered at auction. Carolina first sort at 30s, and other kinds at 25s to 28s. Patna at 14s to 19s per cwt. COFFEE.—West India Coffee has been less inquired for this week, and the business transacted has been upon a small scale only, the trade taking only ample for their immediate wants. Holders have been enabled to obtain full rates. This afternoon few purchases were made privately i in Coffee for home consump tion, and fur shipment scarcely an inquiry existed; at public sale 466 bags Dutch Company's Java via Cape, and 201 bags Bata via, all damaged , were offered, whsch went at steady rates, the former as follows. Ist class sea damaged good ord pale at 45s 6d to 46s 6d, 2d do. 43s 6d, sea damaged and repacked Ist class good ord pale greenish 46s to 49s 6d, fine do. 52s to 54 6d, 2d class sea damaged and repacked good ord 45s to 46s 6d, and fine 55s 6d ; Batavia good ord yellow fetched 31s 6d to 345. TEA.—To-day the operations inTea were extremely limited, and it is difficult to quote prices ; the trade are waiting for the public sales declared for Tuesday, the total quantity that will be offered is expected to amount to 26,000 pkgs ; Is 94d to is 9 1 ,4 . d is the nearest value of Company's Congou, cash, and common sound Free Trade Congcu, 13 tad per lb. The public sales declared for the 10th May comprise 15,300 packages. THE LONDON GAZETFE (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, MAY 6. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant J. R. J. Coles, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Turner, who exchanges, May 6. 7th Regiment of Dragcon Guards—C. G. O'Callaghan, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Jones, who retires, Blay 6. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet J. Gardiner, from half-pay 10th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, repaying the dif ference, vice Roche, promoted; H. C. Morgan, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gardiner, who retires, May 6. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. E. J. Turner, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Coles, who exchanges; Lieutenant J. W. Robarts, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Ryder, who exchanges, May 6. ]oth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. W. A. Ryder, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Robarts, who exchanges, May 6. 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major J. R. Smyth, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice A. C. Lowe, who exchanges, receiving the difference, May 6. 4th Regiment of Foot—Ensign D. F. Chambers, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Kenting, appointed to the Saint Helena Regiment, May 6. Ensign H. Fitzgerald, from 14th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Chambers, May 6. Bth Foot—Captain E. Cheney, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice C. I'. Trapaud, who exchanges, May 6. Lieutenant S. Brown to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cheney, who retires, May 6. Ensign A. Leslie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brown, May 6. Gentleman Cadet J. H. E. Roebeck, from the Royal Mili tary College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Leslie, May 6. 10th Foot—M. C. Singleton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Charlton, whose appointment has been cancelled, May 6th. 14th Foot—J. H. Graham, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fitzgerald, appointed to the 4th Foot, M a y 6th. 15th oot—Lieut. H. G. Grierson to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Western, who retires; Ensign T. Hutton to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Grierson; W. D. Hague, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hutton, May 6th. 21st Fost—Capt. the Hon. C. R. West, from half-pay Un attached, to be Captain, vice N. Wrixon, who exchanges, re ceiving the difference, May 6. 24th Foot—Lieut. H. Paynter to be Captain, by purchase, vice Preston, who retires. Ensign J. S. Shore to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Paynter. A. Woodgate, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Shore, May 6. 48th Foot—Capt. W. Codd to be Major, without purchase, vice P. J. Wiliats, who retires upon full-pay. Lieut. A. Domilan, to be Captain, vice Codd, May 6. 53d Foot—Ensign . H. Fenton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Allez, deceased, April 22. 66th Foot—Major S. W. L. Stratton to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Freeth, who retires ; Capt. D. H. Lawrelto be Major, by purchase, vice Stretton ; Lieut. F. A. Errington to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lawrell; Ensign T. Stirling to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice hrrington ; G. W. Massy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stirling, May 6. 138th Foot—H. Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bridgman, who retires, May 6. 71st Foot—Ensign A. Denny. from the 74th Foot, to be En sign, vice Whittingham, promoted, May 6. 74th Foot—Lieutenant P. W. L. Hawker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thompson, who retires; Ensign T. W. E vans to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hawker; Anthony Den ny, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Evans, May 6. 81st Foot—Lieutenant T. S. Perry to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Hill, promoted in the Ist West India Regiment; Ensign J. Woods to be Li eu t enan t, by p urc h ase, v i ce P erry ; T. D).. Perry, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Woods, May 6. biith Foot—Captain D. Darroch, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice James M'lntyre, who exchanges; Lieu tenant .E. Hickey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dar roch, who retires ; Ensign A. L. Holland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hickey ; F. R. Creed, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holland, May 6. Ist West India Regiment—Major G. Graham, from half pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Mills, promoted ; Brevet- Major E. R. Hill, from the 81st Foot, to be Major, by purchase, vice Graham. who , retires, May 6. 3d West India Regiment—Lieut. J. F. de Tessier, from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Oke, who retires, May 6. UNATTACHED.—Lieut. H. Fane, from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, May 6. BREVET.—Capt. D. Darroch, of the 86th Foot, to be Major in the Army, June 28; Capt. E. Cheney, of the Bth Foot, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23 ; Capt. J. I. Willes, of the Royal Marines, to be Major in the Array; Lieut. W. F. Hay, (Adjutant to the East India Company's Depot at Chatham), to have the rank of Captain in the Army while so employed, May 6. MEMORANDUM.—Capt. E. Cox, Unattached, has bean al lowed to retire from the Service, with the sale of his commis sion, he being about to become a settler in Canada, Nay 6. The Christian names of Second Lieutenant Raynes, of the 23d Foot, are Robert Taylor, not Edward Villiers, as previously stated. 'l he Christian names of Ensign Amid, of the 64th Fooi axe George Lewis Dive. _ _ _ The promotion of Ensign D. F. Ogilby, of the 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, in the 10th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of 15th April, 1842, has been cancelled. The Christian name of Assistant-Surgeon Howard, of the 20th Foot, is Edward, not Henry, as previously stated. ADMIRALTY, MAI' 5. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant A. Anderson to be Captain, vice Laurie, deceased ; Second Lieutenant R. S. Harrison to be First Lieutenant, vice Anderson, promoted. Commission by the Lerd Lieutenant of the county of Northumberland. Northumberland Militia-11e Right Hon. A. G. Percy, commonly called Lord Lovaine, to be Captain, vice Ward, de ceased, April 19. WHITEHALL, MAY 2. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Pick Allison, of Thirak, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN YOUNG, victualler, Lambeth-marsh, Surrey. WILLIAM HOOPER, tobacco manufacturer, Reading, Berkshire. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. JOHN HOPE LOWRDES, merchant, Liverpool. JAMES LOCKWOOD, linen and woollen draper, Wake. field. BANKRUPTS. JOSEPH HILL, grocer, Chichester. JOSEPH ROGERS, scrivener, Bromyard, Herefordshire, JOSEPH SOUTHERN, victualler, Kidderminster, Wor cestershire. DOMINICK POPE, merchant, Fenchurch-street, City. 111 WILLIAM CHANDLEY, carpenter, Manchester -street, Gray's Inn-road. JOHN SATTERTHWAITE, wine merchant, Cullum street, London. GEORGE SHERLOCK, ship broker, Liverpool. RICHARD SAN DERSON, corn-factor, Leeds. HENRY CAPEL, wine and spirit merchant, .Coopers'- row, Tower-hill. ISAAC SEALBY, edge tool manufacturer, Keswick. WILLIAM HOUNSFIELD, commission merchant, Man chester. ROBERT WATSON, worsted manufacturer, Colne, Lan cashire. PRICE OF SUGAR.-. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending May 3, 1842, is 41s. lid. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at the usual hour. A Message from the House of Commons brought up the Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill, the Exchequer Bills (9,500,0001.) Bill, the Punishment of Death Bill, the Victoria Park Bill, the Dublin Police Bill, the Kensington and Knightsbridge Openings Bill, the Equitable Gas Company Bill, the South wark Improvement Bill, the Stanhope and Tyne Railway Bill, the Greenwich Harbour Bill, and several other private Bills. NATIONAL EDUCATION. The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition from a parish in the county of Wicklow, in favour of the Church Education Society. CATHOLIC GRIEVANCES. Lord CAMOYS presentedpaTtion; complaining of the grievances to which Catholics are subjected, in prisons, in mili tary service, and in Union-houses, from the following places : Bungay, in Suffolk, Staffordshire, Durham, Warwick, Lan caster, Norfolk, and Chepstow. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN COLLIERIES. The Bishop of NORWICH presented five petitions from several mining districts, complaining of the employment of children, and esiecially of females in mines. He stated on, the authority of the Report of the Commissieriers, that the female children were exposed not only to the most painful toil, to the most degrading profligacy from infancy to womanhood, and that operatives in other branches of labour will not marry the women brought up in the mines. Lord FITZWILLIAM agreed that it would be impossible to exaggerate the evils of which the petitioners complained, considering the danger of interfering with any of their fellow subjects, as to the way in which they might choose to employ their labour. But if the House should think it necessary to legislate in this case, it was highly important before they did so, carefully to consider the facts set forth in the Report to which the Right Rev. Prelate had referred. They should also consi der whether there was not equal degradation and depravity in the employment of females in other departments of labour. He thought, however, that there were matters complained of in the petition which it carne within the province of legislation to for bid. But he was certain that those practices did not prevail gnerally in all the mining districts of England. He could even give his own evidence'that they did not generaly prevail in the districts from which the petition came. (LEFT SPEARING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. Mr. REDINGTON brought up the Report from the Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition against the return for the Borough of Southampton. The resolution the Committee had agreed to was, that Viscount Bruce (now Lord Elgin) and C. C. Martyn, Esq., were nut duly elected, and that the election for the Borough of Southampton was vo id. Th at t h e sa id Vi scount Bruce, and C. C. Martyn, had by their agents been guilty of bribery, but that there was no proof that the said Viscount Bruce, and C. C. Martyn, Esq., were cognisant cf such bribery. The Committee a l so reported t h at very extens i ve treating prevailed during the election, and that the amount of money expended in the contest, 5,600/., having far exceeded the ordinary and legal charges of an election, it %Naos a matter which deserved the serious consideration of the House. SECOND READINGS. The Boston Harbour Bill (No. 2), and the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Railway Biil (No. 2), were read a second time. Colonel SIBTHORP presented a petition against the Bos ton Harbour Bill OF (No. 3. NORTH The Great North of E ng l an d R a il way Bill was read a third time and passed. NGLAND RAILWAY. CATHOLIC GRIEVANCES. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the Ca tholics of Warwickshire, complaining of the grievances to which Catholics are subjected, particularly in military service, or in prisons. THE DUBLIN FREEMEN. Mr. GREGORY presented a petition from the Conserva tives of Dublin, praying that some measure might be adopted to facilitate the admission of freemen, and to insure the attend ance of the Lord Nlavor when required. Mr. O'CONNELL said, as the petition referred personally to himself, he might be allowed the liberty of saying a few 'words respecting it. Since he had been Lord Mayor, he had admitted 1,400 freemen, but it was not stated that he had admitted one, except on the proper and legal oath—the late Lord Mayor admitted 600 in one evening. The petitioners did not allege that he had not applied the same rule to all parties, or that he had admitted a single person, or rejected a single per son improperly. He, therefore, considered the petition a kind of public declaration in his favour. Mr. GREGORY explained that the petition did not com plain of the nu m b er adm i tted on either side, or of the right to admit them ; it merely prayed for some measure to facilitate their admission, and ensure the attendance of the Lord Mayor. Mr. O'CONNELL said he had omitted one day from illness, bat had any of these parties expressed their desire fer his at tendance, he wo u ld h ave l eft London for that purfose. HARDY presented a petition from 4,500 inhabitants of Bradford, complaining ~f the excessive labour to which the operatives were subjected, with inadequate wages, at some parts of the year, and of total want of employment at others ; and praying that the House would agree to a Bill fur regulating the hours of labour. S Mr. VILLIERS pr CORN LAW resented several petitions from operatives in Staffordshire and Cheshire, praying for the removal of all restrictions upon the importation of food. Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH presented several peti • tions from millers in the county of Tipperary, and other parts of Ireland, against the importation of foreign flour. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. Mr. H. BARING moved that a new writ be issued for the Borough of Southampton, the late election from that bo rough having been declared void by a Committee of the House. Mr. WARD said that after the report which the House had jest heard at the bar--( Hear, hear)—which made grave alle gations not merely against the former Members, but against a large portion of the constituency, insomuch that an extensive system of treating and bribery was said to be locally organised ; he thought that no step ought to be taken until the House had the evidence before it.—( Hear, hear.) The Chairman had moved that the evidence be re ported, and until it was reported they ought not to proceed further in respect to this election, especially when it was recol lected that the Committee had three several times to apply to the House during the inquiry. If there were any doubt as to the propriety of waiting for the evidence, he would move that the report be read by the Clerk at the table, and he would subsequently move that the motion for a new writ be adjourned. After a few words from Mr. Baring and Mr. H. Hinde, who !econdrd Mr. Ward's motion, the report was read by the Clerk. Mr. STANLEY said that the Hon. Gentleman who made the motion, having alluded to what passed a the Committee, he begged to say that he made a motion before the Corn mittoee that the writ be suspen,led till the evidence was laid before the Heuse, but he was not supported. Sir C. W. WYNN was rising to address the House, when Mr. BERNAL moved that the Hon. Baronet be allowed to address the House from his seat.--( Hear, he;r.) Sir C. W. WYNN said, that as long as he was able to ad dress the House on his legs, he thought it was better that he should conform to the usual course. With regard to the motion before the House, he thought it better that it should be adjourned.—( Hear.) He hoped the Hon. Member would have no objection to adjourn the debate on the issuing of a new writ till Monday next. Mr. WARD said that he had no objection. He should therefore move that it be adjourned till Monday next. Mr. BARING said the most convenient course for him to adopt would be to withdraw his motion altogether. Mr. H. HINDE only wished the House should not act in igno rance of the circumstances. The evidence before the Committee showed that a large sum of money was spent by local associations before the testing of the writ; and the difficulty was, that if the issuing of the writ was suspended, an opportunity would be afforded of practising that very system of treating which it was their Object to put an end to. The motion was then withdrawn. NEW WINDSOR ELECTION PETITION. The SPEAKER informed the House that he had received notice, on the part of the petitioners against the return for the borough of New Windsor, that it was not their intention to prosecute the petition. Lord F. EGERTON presented a petition (we did not hear from what place) praying for an alteration in the Turnpike Act. Mr. GORDON presented a petition praying for an altera tion in the Poor-laws. Mr. TURNER presented a petition from Cornwall (as we understood) complaining of the proposed alteration in the duties on foreign copper ere. Mr. A GLIONBY presented a petition from Cockermouth, against the practice of admi n i ster i ng oaths. Mr. V. SMITH brought up the Report of the National Breakwater Committee. hlr. T. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from Bromley and Sbeffield in favour of a repeal of the Poor-law Amendment Bill. Lord WORSLEY presented a petition from a place in Gloucestershire against the Income-tax. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he should take an early opportunity of calling the attention of the House to the state of the administration of justice in Ireland. ELECTION PETITIONS. Mr. ROEBUCK then rose, and said, seeing both the Hon. Members for Reading in their places, I rise for the purpose of putting the question of which I have given notice; but before I do so, Sir, perhaps the House will allow me to say that in taking this extraordinary course—extracrdinary I know it to be—l am, I think, justified in so doing, by some very extraordinary circumstances. It has been stated very generally, that with respect to the election for the town of Rending, that on the merits of the petition being tried by the Committee appointed for that purpose, there was a compromise agreed to, and it is stated that to that com promise both the lion. Members now sitting were parties. Thinking that they would be most anxious to be relieved from the imputation connected with such a transaction, and desirous of maintaining the purity of this House, I thought it my duty, as it had come to my knowledge, to put disti nc tly to each Member the que s ti on w hi c h I have put upon the notice paper of the House. I 'have heard, and have reason to believe, that the Election Committee appointed to try the question of the Reading Election had th e i r b us i ness enth ely put an °L i t t o by a compromise made on the part of one or both of the Hen. Alembers, now the sitting Members for Reading, 4nd that a bond has been entered into by some parties, with their knowledge, if not in their name, the one or either of them, though declared by the Committee to be the sitting Member for Heading, should resign his seat by the accept. ante of the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, thereby defeating entirely the determination of the Com mittee, and as it certainly appears to me, thereby violating the privilege s of this House. Therefore, Sir, with perfect re spect for both these Hon. Members, I now proceed to put the question to Lord Chelsea, whether he is cognisant of or party to any arrangement by which it has been agreed that one or other of those Hon. Members is to accept the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, in order to vacate the seat notwithstanding that he has been declared duly elocted, by the Select Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition presented to this House against his return. Lord CHBLSEA said, as the Hon. and Learned Gentleman has done me the honour to put my name first on the list of those included in the notice which he has given for this evening. I am perfectly prepared to state to him how far I feel it con sistent with the duty which I owe to myself to gratify his searching spirit of investigation, holding as I do a very strong t opinionru. this ded H e Members may justly con s id er th a t ma tt ers of are strictly private, and ought not to be in most pere mprily to and most unequivocally to give any answer whatever to the Rouse. I think myself bound to decline questi o n which the Honourable and Learned Member has put t o me _ ( Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) At the same tim e I trust the Hon. and Learned Member will allow me t o regret that he should have so far departed from the deep and sound discretion which characterizes his proceed.. ings in thi s H ouse as to indulge in a practice which, were the circumstan ces rever se d, if I were the catechiser and he the catechumen, he Would see great reason to withstand and condemn. Mr. ROEBUCK felt I proceed in th e same respectful perfectly manner to put the same ques t Ge ntleman, ion to the Hon. Gen•lean the colleague of the Noble Lord. Mr. C. RUSSELL: satisfied with that answer. denied that the Hon. Member for Bath had any right to ask hi m w hat his intentions and purposes were respecting his ret a i ning his seat in P ar li ament. H e ( M r. R . ) h e ld that sent by a ri g h t as e his—by the returns of a very large perfect as that by which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman h majority of a v ery e p ld nu mero us constituency. That right had been affirmed by th e decision o f th e on ly t r ib una l w hi c h b y l aw was competent t o eor „ idar it.— (H ear ) If any d ou b t ex i ste d as to the mode in which the petition against his return was withdrawn. ft was for the Committee which formed that tribunal, and not for the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, to complain, consider, and adjudicate upon that measure.— ( Hear, Bear.) If Hon. Members of that House were to be thus catechised respecting t h eir sea t s w h a t H onoura b le Member would h e f re e from being harassed during the whole duration of a Parliament.—( Hear, bear.) If that H use will sanction such questions being put to Hon. Mem bers, they would make a s tride, and a long stride, towards the resumption of the worst and most improper jurisdiction, which, after long experien ce , had been deliberately and wisely re nounced, and which, if revived, the seats of Honourable Members would again become the sport of party contention, personal envy, and inquisitiveness. In conformity with the prin ciple which had been adopted by that House he (Mr. R.) declined answering the question put him by the Hon. and Learned Member for B a th—(Ministerial cheers)—and he protested against that House drawing any inference whatever from his refuse' to answer the question which had been now put to him, and which the Honourable and Learned Member had in right, either personal or Parliamentary, to pl 4 to him OIL R.). The Hon. and Leartied Member for Bath might draw whatever inference he pleased in silence, and his inference might be about as pertinent as his question. Mr. ROEBUCK—I oeeed in the examination I 'nave pro posed, believing, that if 1 hear aught that would be detrimental to any Member of this House, I will do that which is most advantageous to the House itself. I shall now proceed to put a question to the Hn. and Gallant Member for Penryn. —( Cheers.) 1, therefore, ask him if he was a party to, or cognizant of, any agreement by which he, in the mo n th o f J u ly nex t, or anywhre about that time, is to accept the Chiltern Hundreds, although he hail been declared elected by the Committee ap pointed to try the validity of his election, it being notorious that acts of bribery were proved at that election, and I wish to know if he is cognisant of any such Acts.—( Hear, hear.) Captain PLUMRIDGE—I do not think I have any fault to find with the Hon. Member for the question he proposes. (Laughter 'and cheers.) I shall answer the question truly, without fearing that I shall compromise myself; and I say that I was not cognisant of the arrangement until after it was made.—(Loud cheers from the Opposition benches, and laughter from the Ministerial side of the House. I assure you that the a. rsngement did not please me then, nor does it now— (Laughter) —hut I always thought that when a person put his case into the hands of his lawyer, it was to be entirely left with him to settle it as he thought fit : and in this case I think the act was premature. I hope I have now answered the question, and I could not do so more fairly.—(Lond (Awe's.) Mr. ROEBUCK : I beg leave to return thanks to the Hon. and Gallant Member for the extreme candour arid fair ness with which he has answered the quostion I put to him.-- (Loud cheers.) I could expect nothing from the Hon. and Gallant Member but a fair and honourable answer.—(Cheers.) In the same spirit of inquiry which I have shown, 1 now beg to ask a question of the Right Honourable Baronet, the Member for Nottingham.—(Laughter.) I wish to ask whether he has been a party to or cognizant of, or whether, being cognizant of it, he has taken any advantage of an agreement of the following description : that a sum of money has been paid down to avoid the investigation of the Committee respecting the bribery alleged to have taken place at Nottingham—that a fresh sum has been paid down as a pledge, by which it should be permitted to an Hon. Gentle. man to walk over the course, as it is called, whether he has any knowledge of it, or whether any such terms, or any ap proximating to them, had been come to? Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE—I can make the samo answer as has already been given, that I do not admit the right of the Hon. and Learned Member to put the question ; therefore I shall not answer it. I shall say no more, Sir, because Ido not consider that more is called for.—( Cheers. ) Mr. ROEBUCK—I agree with the Right Hon. Gentle man that nothing more is called for.—(Order, order.) After I had left this Rouse last night, I understand that a motion-- (Loud cc es of " Order.") lam speaking of the Hon. Gen tleman the late Member for Nottingham, Sir G. H. de Lar= pent, I think.—(Loud cries of " Order.") I was but about to explain to the House why I was going to ask the question. —(Order, order. ) At half-past twelve or one o'clock on the day before, it was signsfied that that Honourable Gentleman had accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, and therefore I cannot put th e ques ti on t o hi m . —(L aug h ter ) Now, sir, I am going to ask a question of an Hon. Friend of mine, the Member for Lewes. lam about to ask him if he is cognizant of a party to an agreement, or arrangement, by with which the question of bribery at the election of Lewes is to be drawn from the consideration of the Committee, so as to admit a Member into this House, who was not returned by the re turning officer, but eho would come into this House by agree • meet between the Hon. Gentleman and that party. This is the only question I shall put to the Hon. Member. Mr. ELPHINSTONE—In answer to the question, I have to state that a compromise did take place upon that Commit' ee by my Hon. Colleague on the other side. I must further state directly or indirectly have 1 consemplated accepting the Chil tern huudreds.—( Cheers. ) Mr. ROEBUCK—I return my best thanke to the Hon. Gentlemen. I have now to ask the Hon. Member for Har wich, or rather the two Hon. Members, whether they are party to, or cognizant of any agreement, by which either of these Hon. Members is to retire from the seat which he now holds. by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds, for the purpose of letting another person into the House, and by those means avoiding the consideration of bribery before the Committee. Major IsERESFORD—I do in one singular particular fully agree with the Hon. Member, viz. that the present conduct is most extraordinary. Neither my Hon. Colleague nor myself can conceive what right the Honourable and Learned Gentleman has to ask me this question here in my face, relative to any private errangements of my own, and therefore, I oecidedly decline to answer the qnestion, which the I - lon. and Learned Gentleman has asked me. How ever, if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman has any prima facia case with regard to the Harwich election petition—if he has any grounds to go upon, let him bring it before a competent tribunal, let him bring it before this House, and then I will be ready to explain to the House, and thereby clear my character frem the slurs these sort of questions throw upon it, and I trust I shall prove myself free from all blame. Belene that tribunal 1 will willingly state all I know, and I perhaps may then gratify the active curiosity of the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen, but I will not give an answer to the Learned inquisitor himself, but to the House.—( Cheers.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Cone mittee on the Income-tax Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK considered that he was entitled on the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman to put it to the House whether or not he was entitled to bring forward the question of privilege of which he had given notice last night. He thought after having given a notice of the kind, he had done he was bound to press on the House the question whether, on the subject of breach of privilege, he had not a right to be heard. He had heard certain statements respecting various iliembers of that House in connection .with Election petitions. Those statements having clime to his ear, and being anxious at all times to preserve the character of the Hoose, he had thought it his duty to bring the subject under its consi deration ; and, as a mere matter of privilege, he claimed the right of being heard. Having stated that the state ment affected , certain Members in tho House, he do . mended from it the consideration of the question, and from the Chair its decision, whether or not, if he stated in his place, that he had heard imputations against certain Mem bers whom lie had questioned, he was not justified in bringing it before the consideration of the House. The SPEAKER said if the Hon. Member had any accusa tion to make against any Members of the House by which they had incurred a breach of the privileges of the House, he must first move that those Members attend in their places ; and then if he proved that they had been guilty of such conduct as was a breach of privilege, it would be competent for him to move for a Committee to inquire whether certain actions were or were not a gross breach of the privileges of the House ? If he dist not adopt that course, he was not making such a motion as would entitle him to precedence on the ground of a breach of privilege. Mr. ROEBUCK was ready to state the accusations, and having done so he believed they would be proved to be a gross breach of the privileges of the House, and under these circum stances he though he should be justified in moving for a Com mittee of Inquiry on the subject. Mr. H. ELPHIN STONE said that if his Hon. and Learned Friend had any imputation to throw upon him, he hoped he would bring the charge immediately, and give him at once the opportunity of a reply. Mr. ROEBUCK said that he would do what he could to put the House in possession of the facts of the case, as they had reached him. He was then prepared to state certain imputations made against certain Members. All those Members, or almost all of them, he believed were then in the House; and as they were there he was prepared to make in their presence the statement which he wished to lay before the House. He had said before, that the substances he was about to state were, he believed, a branch of the privileges of the House, as he was sure they were a branch of the common laws of these realms. Under these circumstances he believed he would be in order in moving for a Committee of Privileges to inquire into the facts. The SPEAKER said that under the circumstances stated by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, he should consider he would be in order in moving for the proposed inquiry The House was, however, in this poAtion,—a motion had been made that the Order of the Day for the Committee on the Pro perty Tax Bill should be read, and the Han. and Learned Gentleman could not make his motion unless the previous mo tion were withdrawn. _ Mr. ROEBUCK said that he had no desire to stop the course of the Government ; but if the Right Hon. Baronet thought it would be advantageous for the business of the House that a question affecting its privileges should be immediately brought under its consideration, he (Mr. R.) was prepared to proceed. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that he was quite ready to bow to the decision of the Chair when given against him ; on 'the other hand, he thought it most desirable that any Member who brought forward a motion on the ground of a breach of privilege ought to have that precedence to which he was entitled. But, on the other hand, he thought it would establish a very inconvenient precedent, if an Hon. Gentleman bringing forward a motion should bring it forward contrary to the rules of the House. For his part he was ready to abide by that decision of the House. He need not say how anxious be was upon public grounds that they should proceed with the mea sures introduced by the ,Government, but at the same time although his Right Hon. Gentleman had moved the Order of the Day for Committee on the property-tax, he (Sir R. Peel) should insist upon that circumstance of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was entitled to bring forward a question of privilege.—( Hear, hear.) If the Honourable and Learned Gentleman were to bring forward the motion on Monday, He (Sir R. Peel) should give nothing, but at tile same time he should , say he thought that in the case of a mot i on o f so universal a eharacter, he would'not say more, it would be for the public advantage that there should be some delay before its discus sion. He was not aware what might be the facts which the Honourable and Learned [Gentleman might reveal, but he could not think it would be desirable that the House should at once entertain the question. The matter was one of indifference to the Government as regarded the time at which it might be brought forward, but he could not help thinking that it would be more satis factory to the House, and more consistent with justice to indiviuuals, that the Honourable and Learned Gentleman should give his notice for Monday • next, and allow the House the interval for considering' the motion. But if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman insisted 'on the right, which the Speaker declared he 'possessed, of bringing forward this question, bo, for one, should not insist on the accidental circumstance of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exehequer, baying named the . Order of the Day as an impediment. Mr. , ROEBUCK said, he was quite in the hands of the House as,to whether he should go on now, or defer it till Mon day.—(Loud cries of " Go on, go on.") The Hon. Captain FITZROY asked the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath whether he included him in the list? Mr. ROEBUCK replied in the rffirmative. Capt. FITZROY said in a matter of such importance he trusted the Right Hon. Baronet would allow them time. _ Mr. BERESFORD stated that his colleague, who was unwell, had gone out of town ten days before the Hon. and Learned Member had given notice of his intention.—(Go on. ) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in accord.. ance with the general feeling of the House, withdrew his motion for reading the order of the day, for going into Committee on the Income-tax. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. ROEBUCK then said, the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government had termed the course he had pursued on the present occasion a very extra ordinary one; he quite agreed with the Right don. Gentleman that it was an extraordinary course, but he thought before he sat down he 'should have convinced the House that the cir cumstances under which he acted were also extraordi nary, and that extraordinary evils required extraordinary remedies. He had deviated from the oromary course of mak ing motions before the House, but it was in conse • quence of their being grave suspicion attaching to the two Members sitting ter tha town of Nottingham. He should be able to show the House that there was grave reason for suspicion against the two Mem bers for Nottingham..—( Cries of " One ! One !") Yes ! One had resigned. He shculd be able to show the House that there was _grave reason for suspicion against the two Members for Harwich, or at least against one of them ; he should also show that there were grave suspicions resting on certain transactions connected with the rep resen t a ti on o f Penryn and Falmouth—that there was the same grave suspicion resting on the two Members for Reading, and also on the two Members for Lewes. Now what reasons were there for entertaining these suspicions ? This was a matter in which of all others it . behoved the Howe to be watchful. It was no less 811 accusati on egg this, that certain Members of that House had obtained their seats through intimidation and bribery. He charged the Bight Hon. Member for Nottingham with bribery. lie charged the Gentleman who had recently resigned his seat for Nottingham with bribery. He charged the Honourable Member for Harwich with bribery. He charged one of the Members for Penryn and Falmouth with bribery. He charged the lion. Members for Reading with bribery. He charged the Member for Lewes with bribery. How, it might be asked, had these facts been with drawn from the cognizance of the tribunals by law established ? This it was that had led to the extraordinary proceeding which he had adopted. The law was framed in such a manner that those who were cognisant of their own guilt, were enabled to withdraw the consideiation of the subject from the tribunal by law appointed. But should it therefore be said that Parliament, which possessed large powers, which insti tute inquiries of a much more stringent nature, should there fore suffer these things to be withdrawn from its cognizance— An Act of Parliament had been passed, appointing a tribunal for the trial of election petitions —any one presenting an election petition had by that Act the power of withdrawing it, and this was the manner of proceeding which had taken place. He would suppose a case. Suppose a general election about to take place, and that the two seats for Nottingham were about to be contested ; a sort of a Parliamentary Nopoleon determines to conquer that town ; he jumps upon it, as Napoleon would say, with both his feet—he rushes down into the town, lie bribes every man he meets, he frightens his opponent out of the town, and he is returned. The party who has lost, petitions; the Com mittee is to be struck, say on Monday—fear seizes the Membera and they enter into a compromise with the pasty opposed to them. They paid down money for the purpose of exeulpaiing them selves, and of escaping from the scrutiny of a Committee. They further pledged themselves, the other candidates, to walk over the course. He (Mr. ) hearing of those things, put a question to the Right Hon. Gentleman who must be cog nisant of the circumstances. And now he asked the House what would have been the conduct of each Member of that Ilouse if he had not been cognizant of the fact. Suppose such a question as he had asked to-night had been put to him, what would have been his answer? should he have sheltered himself -under the plea—" that the Hon. and Learned Member for. Bath had no right to put such a question?'' No. He should have been glad of such a question ; he would have said in the face of that House, and of the country, of which he was a representative, that the whole statement was a foul lie and ealhmny. Had not one of those Honourable Members already—what he (Mr. Roebuck) anticipated at Five o'Clock yesterday—accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundr,ds for the purpose of keeping- that very contract which he (Mr. Roebuck) had then given notice of bringing under the consideration of the House He (Mr. Roebuck) was met by a statement upon this subject to which he must advert. It was said, suppose that, under the circumstances mentioned, the Honourable Member found it expensive to protect his seat, what was he to do. He (Mr. R.) allowed that, but his charge went further ; his charge went to say that he heard, and had reason to believe, that some money had been either promised or paid down, for the purpose of escaping the scrutiny of an Election Committee.—( Hear, hear.) Now, that was not simply acting as if he was unable to go through the contest. It was sa3ing that Le was guilty of that which the petition laid to his charge—that he was prepared to give something to escape from an inquiry. Now he (Mr. R. ) was prepared to say, and did say, that he had heard those things circulated through every portion of the town in which he had been. He was prepared to say, that if they gave him power to bring the question before them, and to examine the agents engaged in those transactions, he would get out all about them. Was the House prepared to say that that gross bribery—that bribery of a whole town for electioneering purposes was rot a gross breach of its privileges. If they were prepared to say so, he had no answer to make; but, if not, there he was in his place, to say that he believed: the accusation, and that, believing it, he was able t o prove it. [LEFT SPEAKING.] .IMPEiiIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMitIIONS, May 5. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before Four o'Clock. APPOINTMENT OF BOROUGH MAGISTRATES. Sir JAMES GRAHAM (in continuation from our Third Edition) said-7 he Hon. Gentleman had correctly referred to what had taken place on the original passing of the Municipal Bill. With respect to the statement made by the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Home Depart ment, it had been proposed, by the then Government, to introduce into the Municipal Bill a provision that the municipal Magistrates should not be ap pointed by the Crown, but elected by the town council. The clause, containing the enactment, after full dis cussion— Lord J. RUSSELL—It was not a clause, but merely a recommendation. , Sir J. GRAHAM thought the provision was em bodied in a clause; however, it was the intention of the framers of the Bill that the municipal Magistrates should be elected by the town council, and not nominated by the Crown. Did the Noble Lord dissent from that ? Lord J. RUSSELL might be wrong, but, as far as his recollection served him, the provision was, that no person should be appointed by the Crown, unless recommended by the town council. Sir J. GRAHAM was obliged to the Noble Lord for his correction, and he would state his case according to the Noble Lord's conception. At the time the Bill was brought forward, it was propo se d t o li m i t the power of the Crown. That was the mol e o f nomination proposed to Parliament, and it was rejected by the Legislature. 'the undoabted prerogative of the Crown was recog nised by Parliament, and the absolute power of nomi nation was given to it. The Noble Lord, either during the passing of the Bill through Parliament, or immedi ately after, made an announcement that, notwithstand ing the decision of the Legislature in the way he had stated, that in the exercise of his power as a Minister of the Crown, he would not appoint any Magistrates unless they received the recommendation of the town council ; in short, that he would, by the use of the pre rogative of the Crown, or rather, be would say, the straining of it, frustrate the decision of the Legislature, and give effect to the opinion of the town councils. Now, the Noble Lord having established the rule, it was of the last importance that he should abide by it. Now lie (Sir James Graham) would just advert to one or two cases of appointments by the Noble Lord, in order to show how strictly the Noble Lord had adhered to the rule which he laid down of not appointing any per sons except those recommended by the town council. The first -case to which he would call the attention of the House was that of Bridport. The town council there were very much divided in politics, but they agreed in recommending to the Noble Lord a mixed Cotumis sion of the Peace. But the Noble Lord if he (Sir Jamas Graham) mistook not, set aside the recommendation and appointed five gentlemen attached to the party now on the Opposition benches of the House, and one of the principles of the party now on that (the Ministerial)side, —(Cheers.) However, that was a case which might appear not very strong. But he would now bring the attention of the House to the case of the borough of Hastings. In that •borough the town council had re peatedly recommended one gentleman, residing in Hast ings, as a person quite fit to fill the office of one of the town Magistrates. Now, the Noble Lord repeatedly set aside that nomination.—(Cheers from the Tories.) But it might be said that in that case, there was some par ticular reason wiiy the Noble Lord had thought it his duty as the responsible advistr or the Crown to make that case an exception to his own general rule, and not to act upon the recommendation of the town council. But let him now mention another case, that of Bristol.—(Cheers.) In that city, at the first election which took place under the Municipal Reform Act, the parties in the town coun cil stood in this relative position :—there were 24 Conser vatives, and 20 of the opposite party. Both parties, for the sake of peace, came to the determination that they should recommend an equal number on both sides, twelve Whig-Radicals, and twelve Conservatives. Let the House remember the doctrine of the Noble Lord, that they should have in the municipalities important tribu nals, Magistrates above the influence of party-feeeling, and that the local administration ofjustice should neither be violated nor suspected.—(Hear, hear.) It had been said that he (Sir J. Graham) had been compelled by his Conservative supporters to swamp their opponents, and to reward and strengthen his partisans, by giving them seats on the Magisterial bench. Let them take the conduct of those Conservatives in the Bristol town council. The Conservative majority was predominant, and very predominant, and what did they do ?—(Hear, hear.) They had a majority, and they knew that the Noble Lord was bound by his promise to abide by the recommendation of the majority ?—(Hear, hear.) Did they take advantage of their superior posi tion ? No ; but for the sake of harmony they agreed to recommend twelve Magistrates on each side.—(Hear, hear.) But what did the Noble Lord do ? He took the twelve recommended by the Whig-Radical Ministry, and six of those recommended by the majority, rejecting six from the list of that majority.—(Tory cheers.) Amongst those rejected was Mr. Daniel—(Hear, hear)—who was at the head of the Conservative party in Bristol—(Hear, hear)—a man of large property and of unblemished re putation, and possessing the confidence of his fellow citizens. He was rejected on account of his alleged ill health, but from sue to the present day he had enjoyed invariable good health, and shamed the weak pretence— (Great Tory cheering)---and he (Sir J. Graham) had had the honour of placing him at the head of the Con servative Magistracy ; but not for the same alphabetical reason which guided him in the case of Dr. Al derson, but, on account of his station and character. Allow him now to bring under the consideration of the House the case of Poole. In the spring of 1836, it being understood that Lord John Russell would adopt the re commendation of town councils throughout the kingdom, sent in the following list to the Home-office. He would not read the names now. Now the Noble Lord, one would imagine, would have exercised some discretion, and would have taken some and rejected others who were recommended the town council. The whole six reco mmen d e d b y t h e town col i:ica of Poole were thatre- re jected by th e N o bl e L or d , an d he subs-4J list another list of names. He appointed, he ir I a the tuted_for , rims .r Graham) tho ug ht, seven M ag i s t ra t es , an d ...9" d House believe it, n o twithst an di ng th e recommendat,..." of the town council, who recommended Conservatives, ono of them only was connected with the Conservatives. Now, in the first place, he was most atialoue to assure the House, that he viewed with extreme regret the tin. cessity of inquiry into the political opinions of municipal powers connected with the administration of justice. He saw as strongly as any Gentlemen • opposite the great misfortune that justice should be 80 con nected with party politics. But that wag not the case with which he had to deal. He s had to deal with municipal Magistrates, steeped up to their necks in party politics—(Hear, hear)—and it was not for him to determine should this Magistracy be so deteriorated, but finding it so, should he with firmness and moderation apply a corrective.—(Hear.) He conceived that with the honest purpose of avoiding undue temptation on the part of the Magistracy to inter fere with party politics, there were two classes of per sons whom lie thought should not be appointed—those were practising attorneys and brewers.—(Hoar, hear.) The late Government made no such exceptions in their appointments—they appointed both brewers and pra.c using attorneys. N otw i thstand i ng t h e pract i ce h a d b een so extensive he (Sir James graham) was not afraid to apply the corrective generally—and he had applied generally.—(Hear.) On the other side practising atter' neys and brewers had been very generally appointed; but be (Sir James Graham) was not aware tieat there was to be found on the whole of his list one prtectising attoreey, one brewer, or ono beneficed clergyma n ; He had stated that the Noble Lord had not very striet4 adhered to his own rule in regard to making appoint' ments from those recommended by the town councilg, He wished now to bring under the notice of the House what was very remarkable, that when Conservative s were appointed a very curious selection was made ill many instances. Conservatives' were, it was true, , pointed in some instances, but in many cases—it wile' be tedious to go through the whole list—in many cases gentlemen of Conservative opinions were appointed I'M either had positively informed the Noble Lord that the/ would not act, or who had made a statement to thst, effect through their agents, or, as was the case in severs' instances, who were from particular circumstances dis:, qualified from voting. He might illustrate that by severe' examples ; but he did not think he could find any case which would make his assertion more clear to the leouSe, than the case of Norwich. In the year 1837 he found that six additional names were selected by the too, council of Norwich to be added to the commission of the peace ; three of these were Whigs, and three were Conservatives. These six were approved of 1 1 the Government ; but while the three Whigt were active men, in the prime of life, two of the Conservatives were extremely aged, and the third was paralytic. At another period he found thee were 19 Magistrates appointed, 13 of whom were Whig able to act on the bench, while of the six Conservative two could not act, one was unable to walk, and of the re mining three, one was 86 years of age, another was and the third was 75.—(Hear.) It would be tedious tot go through details on the subject ; but still •it was la s ' duty to bring under the notice of the House, in a cote ; pendious form, the general results of the proceedingsf, the Noble Lord, as contrasted with his proceedings. Tny, Hon. Gentleman said, that the object of the Noble Lon had been to select not from any party exclusively. 14 0 1 believed the Ilon. Gentleman even went the length , saying that the Noble Lord had succeeded tolerably we' He would read to the House some specimens of that sat cess. The Magistrates appointed in Bath were twelve' , of those nine were Whig-Radicals and two Conservative In Burnley thirty-three Magistrates, of whom twent t seven were Whigs and six Conservatives. Boston n 7, Magistrates, all Whig-Radicals. Carlisle ten Magistraton all of the same party. Coventry twelve Magistrates, of Whig-Radical. Tcnby four Magistrates, Whig-Radict Derby, eight Magistrates, Whig-Radical. Dartmouth'` six Magistrates, all of the same party. Flint, eight M gistrates ; Grimsby, seven, all Whig-Radicals. In li d verpool thirty-one Magistrates had been appointed, „i whom twenty-five were Whig-Radicals, and only Conservatives. Newcastle-upon-Tyne sixteen MS g" ' trates, of whom thirteen were Whigs and only iltrr Conservatives. In Poole, which he had mentioned b e il fore, there were nine Magistrates, of whom eight - O a. Whigs and one Conservative. Portsmouth, fortunate being represented by the then Chancelhir of the ExcV quer, had eleven Magistrates appointed, all, without of ception, supporters of the late Government.. „In Ric mond, Yorkshire, there had been four Magistrates ap t pointed, all Whig-Radicals. Stockport, twelve Mae trates, all of the same party. Sunderland, ten Ma; trates, all Whig-Radicals: and that brought him tot, question of Gateshead. There wer e two or three toLv v in the county of Durham, having each municipal P,; gistrates—Stockton, Sunderland, and Gateshead. t`' aggregate number of Magistrates in which amounted to , he thought, about twenty. In Stockton there were Orr in Sunderland ten, and in Gateshead six, that was nig_ teen in all. Of all those municipal Magistrates of a' county of Durham, one only was Conservenive; the Magistrates of Stockton being all Whi g -kladical, ten Magistrates of Sunderland, all, without exceptio n of the same party, and of. the six in Gatestlseada e n being a Conservative. And now he was cornolanL against in his place in Parliament for having advisL'd I rn Crown to temper this state of things With moderat; ° ,,' —(Hear, hear.) Because he had endeavoured to P/ T i e throw a tyranny of this deSeription, by which, notl the forms of justice, Justice herself was prestitute° ia "„ (Hear, hear, and cheers)—by a fair exercise of the P', rogative of the Crown ! L e t us h ave d one w ith tr it; pery motions of this descripti on , ; l e t th e Hem Gea t man raise the question fully and fairly beforethe Hen se l( let him' appeal to its decision; and let the House it. se , pronounce whether or not he had discharged aedutl t el l% perative on him.—(Hear, hear.) He had not yet e st !misted the list, and would proceed to Tiverton, "t; five Magistrates were appointed, all Whig-Rtralie at Totnes, four appointed, all Whigs ; at Walsall, 'te appointed, six Whig-Radicals, one Conservative ; Wigan, fourteen appointed, thirteen Whigs, one Cons' e vative ; at 'Worcester, nine appointed, eight Virklts . Radicals, one Conservative ; at Yarmouth, of ninete` o appointed, eighteen were Whig-Radicals, and tee. Conservative. At Kidderminster it had been stt! dee that the Noble Lord appointed three of one ° E y and three of the other ; b ut it was s i ngu l ar t h a t s hor afterwards, one of the Conservatives died, and the Lord filled up the vacancy with two Whig's !—(lls1 hear.) And what was the Whole state of t h e rnuni a e l a a " Magistracy, when he acceded to office ? Omittine"t, l oll seven Magistrates from thirteen places, where he not added to that Bench, and which, therefore, were ll included in the list, the whole number of the Magistri ~e was 1,026 Magistrates, nominated by the Whig G° Y . e y ' e se merit, of w hom 743 were Whigs, and 226 Conserva" h e That was the proportion he had to deal with,wi te , n yc ee , came into office ; the appointments themseit i v,o h did cavilled at by the H ' Hon. Gentlema n •• individ u a ll y ""° not complain of the, selection, but he rested .his e OO plaint on general grounds. The gross number had b ° 01, increased from 1,02 G to 1,435. The House would ree 5 , lect that he had been accused of yielding to undue P re v sure in his exclusion of particular names, but in W a l d stance did he displace a name from the list which P e ,. been left by his predecessor. Ile had received contra% cations on the subject, but he always answered, Aliat i :i f march of the Government would be unste 4 if he removed those names which bad int left by his predecessor. He did not think sl would be safe to enter into the question of indiviun , as character; and he therefore did not remove a single nels from the list.—(Hear.) The entire number now w a / 1,435, and yet he was accused of swamping the Moro tracy. He denied the conversation attributed to be s with the gentlemen of Devonport. If the Hon. Mem os had it from any person who was present on the .00, 3 ;1 his recollection might be more accurate than his (S ir Graham), but, speaking from his recollection, ho say he was misinformed on the subject. But so far 6 0 ; 0 1 wishing to invert the balance of parties—though in. a ° ol l cases that was the case—(Cheers)—th e gen eral i' e of, was that whereas the proportion befor e was 743 to a d the proportion at present was, Whig-Radicals 74.5, fo e Conservatives 629.—(Cheers.) He would, ther e pot • appeal with confidence to the House that leo 1 ' 45 1 01 seeking to swamp any party.—(Cheers.) B at he e ret ready to vindicate his conduct on special er g ex c leil grounds. It was asked from what source he ieriv, e , bat information. He did not apply to the town c . ninct) to he was responsible for the advice he had give u, aog the best of his belief he had not made any ,objeede to individuals, except on the justest - IEI I 4 I the He could say that lie derived his information o 5 _ 4 0 ) character of individuals from the highest qeartat - e es etn gentlemen of honour and integrity, on whose n 'P i r t jess tations he could depend, and on whose recommtea "; 10 00 he acted.—(Cheers.) But he would now let time i,ete hear in what way the Noble Lord, the Member ter nog don, when Secretary of State, obtained hi s inf. 0 31 ne , with regard to the character, age, and t o th e ids Ifl of those whom he appointed to the Magistracy to Buckinghamshire newspaper would be found a no t ic er• correspondents, which bore date January, 1836. was there a letter, dated " Reform Association, 3, t land-row, 24th of January, 1836," signed "James ]a dd' pock," and directed to James Bowles, Esq., yr' jet' sor. He would read to the House that at' ter :—" Will you have the goodness to , t he form me by an early coach to-morrow morning , 0 t•° professions or trades, and politics of the following gentiet ef d Windsor—W. Lee, R. Blunt, R. Pigot, E. Bovende.n, t pd J. Chapman. I shall feel much obliged by your attention ;10 reply. Yours, James Coppock." The answer bore date as 29th of January. Mr. Bowles began by apologising PI delay, which he stated was caused by hi s h av i n g been a b l e „ of and the letter continued thus—.. I now beg to forward fl; the information you require. W. Lee, biewer,,Librs';ot Blunt, saddler, always supported the dovernnient, au' l ~ r • for Ramsbottom; R. Pigot, the like ; E. Bovendena P e e/ • man, and Liberal ; Sir J. Chapman, surgeon, High :"42Strie° (Laughter.) Now he found in the records of the H 0 ,ewer' the appointments en Ist of February, of W. Lee, tp. , 4 3 , 5 eur L and the Liberal ; of R. Blunt, the saddler, who of ti' ported Ramsbottom ; of E. Bovenden, the Liber gi l .„.enel' ° Pigot, the like; and at last of Sir J. Chapman,,for d e hig h s indeed, have been deceived—he might have been. nofe r aa . sake, although he was a High Tory. to — the " Cr u o g w h n rei. ) totem recommendedist ra in the appointments which he had made ; but as yet to t m h a e n in w u h n o i m cip h al e I D ia i d ag Magistracy had t e o e n convicted t" of 6e tt laasca l i .s (Loud cries of " Hear, hear," from the Ministerial lieue, h p es, He was not the Secretary of State who had meow:emote° 4 - 0 1 0 Frost to fill the office of Magistrate.—( Cheers.) 136, 1° 0 0' not add one word in reference to the Hon. Gentlem an' 0 0 tion. He wo u ld on ly say that he wished him joy oft he sP which he bad made on that subject.—( Cheers. ) O • Mr. FOX 111AULE--Having occupied the official ssita A t d he did in the Right Hon. Gentleman's office during 3 1, "?.. e r the period referred to by him , must be his excuse for A da t he ing the House. On the present occasion he addr.wee 44 o House under considerable disadvantage, as he had not sC r e, to the documents the Right Hon. Gentleman had. There ! e e 0 however, some points in the Right Hon. Gesitleman's °riot which he thought he could give a satisfactory explanat ton e r before, however, alluding to them, the House would' P e a' haps, allow him to say that he thought the Right 1i0r , ,. 0 00 tleman might hare answered the speech of his Hone r", with a little more calmness and temper. He coma u°„"f rig what neceerdty there was fur alluding to the position L a s he Hon. Friend in an Election Committee. He t houg" w ite would have been more likely to have carried the 1 subli,_e him in hi s d e f ence, if h e h a d a b sta i ne d f rom any ' suc h - JO' sws -is. The Right HON, Baronet might have draw in sane, bin l i„,i oh between his ems friend's and the po, L ition °l ft itt Noble Frieb..."* the Act of d which alsolishe d rig parliament ; ) '!"!e s His Noble eeriend's position was' this : Poe old Magistrates •in Magistrates. The rejected by the 4.00 s to the Cone''' . the neunscipal towns, it woe duty to advise the Crown as Tlr clause &_ivi . r se g , o ., f 3te the to m t u h n e lci Lords, and when the Bill, • with that cla:ise struck out , o ter l e Friend, to f, sa, doeti to the House of Commons, his Nob . 'e ot p C al row l‘ n iag to induce the House to accept the Bill, stated th4Vcretarl power of the Croitti was patamount, yet he, as s t , State, might modify it. They ought to appoint u .'`. to minister justice, in whom parties to whom they -Fel s % 0 . ; I minister justice entertained entire confidence. a 'et In , could say that in the selection the Right Hon. Bane e., to g made, in Listening to the recommendations generally el ,t7,;40 0 1 , councils, that he had failed to follow a just and right P r if It was not so, if it was not just. why leave it to therrenog iI was not just, why did the Government snbmit to the ne' ene et , she Scotch Reform Act, which gave to the municips e tr er ee the election of municipal Magistrates without the lilt s r f; of the Crown, which system any Scotchman in that Hou_,. or If tell them worked well, and of which there had bees , i, u` t i as il plaint? Why did they continue that system in e° s iettt e f it was so obnoxious in England? If it was so obnf oi seg England, why did, they nut interfere in the g° JI;;, b: d Cl Iraoi ;Fur 'was ;peo `'nici cow An( ',7 4 ; 1 4 , Hi ;he 1 :lies ;two '34, or I 13ar Minn whc • Inst the 41 hr had exel gisti Pass Parr i Tart dorm w 'now laid 'A poiat and a Live z 1 ,,, 31111 i 4t, SeV(a par ti, • Ccias l i d ere chic' su e , Aepri noisy ond b oroi ' beta c verm that bit an -erva tend' were th e ; four THE SUN-, LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1842. 1 L