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~, Ye7icel it was to be converted into a land tax or rent charge: and in either case a reduction mast necessarily take place ' l n Point of amount. The right honourable gentleman viteferred to the 3d section of the bill to show the injustice .(ilehieh it would work upon the lay impropriators, and con 'tended that b the 53d clause their income would be re duced in the proportion of one-fourth or one-fifth. The that right gentleman (Mr. Littleton), however, stated now proposed a decrease of only 15 per cent.in every instance, while it was clear that under the bill, as it stood, the titheowner who was entitled to 1001. would receive only soi . ; or, according to the right hon. gentleman's alteration, 85/. But would this be any relief to the party r l i allY Paying? Undoubtedly it would not, for he, under the G overnment would have to pay the 100/., although h ; "°vernment would retain 15 per cent. out of it in their h ands, and to be disposed of as they thought fit. But there was also another point which would more explicitly how the injustice of this measure. Suppose a lay impro- Priator had under the act introduced by the right hon. Rentleman the Secretary for the Colonies availed himself the power which that act gave him to commute his tith es , what would the result be? Why, that instead of u.ecesi!ary tithes, what 1001. he would only get 68/., and this was a consequence of the wording of the 40th section, ‘911(: " empowered the commissioners to make their deci nen, not according to the original composition, but ac „'"iog to the sum which would become due and payable t - . 1 the Ist of November after the passing of this act. But h"ee__sacrifice of property which must take place did not stop „ r e. After tithe had been , converted into a land-tax or t4 i , L eharge the owner of the land might redeem it at six ‘, ." Years' purchase. This would give the lay impro- Iritator whose income amounted to 100/. a year 1,600/. ; .1 although that was the sum to which he was entitled, he Z s still to suffer a deduction of 15 per cent., which would anal his purchase-money to less than 1,400/. It was true until his money was invested in land he was to derive a : i ncome out of the interest it produced ; but all this was 4 ,,,emlipani e d by incalculable difficulties, for was it to be :PPosed for a mo men t that the instant the redemption mu ne ., ._ ,as ~ i n a4l received, it could be profitably invested either this bill °r otherwise? (Hear, hear.) The principle of manner was only taking a step towards dealing in the same tiw, 6 with any other property, whether lay or ecclesias that (lir: c a t r i e: not, whenever the popular cry should rise in felt t h at ,n• Under this representation of the bill, he 1 . 5 . under ordinary circumstances it would have been c l_(_ ll :ty to oppose it ; but when he was told that he must wilder e to tak e t hi s measure, or be prepared to adopt the •le• hutviews of those who professed to agree in the pri sit _ would carry i t to still greater extremes, in this tion ho h a d no c h o i ce , and had only to edkole him selfwith knowi ng th at h e had opposed to the best of his Power the very first steps in this unjust and most impolitic Turse in winch the Government were engaged. He "° , lld therefor e be an unwilling supporter of it, although he should vo t e f or th e secon d rea di ng o f t h e bill . , Mr. LAMBERT sa id hi s o bj ec ti on to t h e measure was toat it would not be final, but left the country to five more Years of struggle and agitation. He had no doubt of the good intentions of the Government, for what possible inte rest could they have in keeping the country in its present miserable condition? But there was something more than Pond intention wanted; it was necessary that the system of tithe in Ireland should be understood, which, from its be ing so unlike the tithe in England, was not generally the ease with gentlemen in that house. This was the reaon Why the different measures hi therto applied had failed of ieit effect. And the same result, for the same reason, w o ..i • ot t _ ',‘ attend the pr esen t bill . T he hon. member con t7l(ted that th e measure was founded in injustice, and an 4,lJastice that must only aggravate the exasperated feelings th _the people. For these reasons he felt bound to oppose e Motion for the second reading. M r . Fill „„ i _, ei EIL said the hon. gentleman was not the only to _". o ° ' who usually supported Minister_,_s and yet refused the 7 pt this measure at their hands. Nay, he would ask W ere ' w ho among the ,members of any party from Ireland inerob their supporters! (Hear.) Was there one Irish i t tl e l4 e •. T A l e :TY W P as arty in that house who would support the not one. (Hear, hear. ) Here, then, am n was not only a majority, but a unanimous feeling, I St e ° gst the 105 members sent there from Ireland an-ainst 44measure. Surely the house would attend to thatbuna -1 maturele.tof? manopinio, would it not? Who had concocted the I I s Had y Irish member been consulted when i znhe„of thorned?is Did ministers, before preparing it, issue circulars from Downing-street to gentlemen N 0,.," tin , were wont to summon in their hour of need? vi e -e ' The measure had been concocted without the ad or e bonne nowledge of an Irishman, and no one acquainted 44 ted with the interests of Ireland could be found to this, up and say that he supported it. (Hear. ) p_id . " h e would ask, bear him out in what he has said upon ),,,erit occasion, when he asked by whom was lrel t ai h i . i n - : t e i rtted ? Was she to be governed by IrishnnutTeminan the q i ` e r? With all respect forthe right hon . . ef an whose intentions he believed to be the bestth that couldmate any man's breast, he knew . about as , f ile , l l of Ireland and her wants as he (Mr. Shell) knew ') A„,,`"e Island of Japan. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) h r . ' Yet he had brought forward and called upon the N „,Vse to pass this measure upon the great and crying evil -.4:1 ' Was the source of all the unhappiness of Ireland, and ( 11 ,1, ° •", e acquainted with the country had been asked for an t r ot ' l t i Tn about it. His first objection to the measure was look at the the patronage of the Crown. Let them to be p a i d '" e office of receiver which it created. The income amount. ~ Yearly inte the hands of receivers of estates would have fie t() 1:1 -` )0 ,000/., and upon this each receiver was to s ure ~, oe Per cent. Another tremendous evil of the mea eouotr' 'n( l be that it would perpetuate discord in the tli n ;v, and lead, as he verily believed, to a frightful shed g of blood. How would the measure work ? lle TN(' state the points of its operation as briefly as possible. t• t r People had said and still said that they would not pay 11 1 1 ,,, - "• The Government had tried to make them, and ti eoiddlan. They tried the bayonet of the soldier and h 4 '%abre of the horseman to enforce the payment, and they failed, Having failed then in compelling the people tope , Pay tithes to the clergy, they had now resorted to the th - , dient of making the King the assignee of Ltithes, and th unfortunate landlord was to be made to pay them to t Kin g within a certain time, or he must pay six per cent. ill a( tdittoon their amount. He thought the landlords class ntlemen on whom this six per cent. pay taelit Would e ha g v e e some effect. If, after the Ist of No t;""tv n a ext---let Protestant landlords remember that—if ce l l% Y . e t t i ti i i t 7 o t° pay tithe to the King, whether they had re- Nua. r tint ' they were to be charged with this six per Then upon the amount due. This was at least a novel plan. tittAolfarest;;nother question upon which . he . h . a o d n heard that ministers were divided in opini , namely, in •. ‘ Th O a - MR the appropriation of church propertyp4ced r'f h t , - v a n 'is of the commissioners by this bill. The spach tha t il i "mg at the opening of Par . liainent recommended h P Property of the church should be maintained. But tl Yt i ! l is bill the money of the church was to be paid into \thet a h:` r i s of the comniissioners, and he would ask the house 4 , t , i% °f taro did not perceive that here was an apropri t",a3 th ~ property of the church ? He heard it i med. ;: f . lB 114, i n° 1 1eynot to be laid out in land ? He called upon appr, .! 3 niMiSterS to answer him upon this question the ~ Trlation. He demanded of them, in the name o r, i , o 1)1 ” _,. • ne 1,, ,i ' ta Ireland, were they agreed upon that question? l ' er ton a i ar id learned gentleman concluded by appealing t011.,,L710 the•chief secretary for Ireland, the president see r , ta of control, the first lord of the admiralty, and this Not :'-'' to the colonies, to declare their opinionsupon , Air, s i ,' the house. '" ) .iectio n e r i e ,-ary STANLEY rose to answer the points of ' t t lairist th och the hon. and learned gentleman had alleged 1 1,, 1, rne e , Measure. With regard to the last objection of .eat hed 1, gentleman, he should take that first. The Itiforn_,gentleman complained that the house was not aer ee rt as to whether all the ministers of the crown were lo the as to the mode of appropriating the fund to be paid flap t i_ e ."lmissioners. F or hi s own part he did not see % tilt uts materially affected the question as it stood at pre lilt,' 1 : i i The learned gentleman had s i ng l e d out himself and K.- Rot hon. friends from their colleagues, as if for the CPese of appearing to be acqua i nted with their opi lr.. lusts upon the subject. (I I ear, hear, hear.) Now, 1 ,vould tell the learned gentleman, th at , whether his I l' 3, sty's ministers were agreed on the speculative question I th e appropriation of this fund, when it should have , e ,,_ • ; th t g lie er e eated or not, they were all most cordially agreed in Tit i t; essay of maintaining the property in the possession 11,4esent owners (alters) whether or not they might Pri kti t ty take into their discussion the . mode of its appro. :'oe t`:; 1 ; and that, waving the consideration of that ques tis 1 , - o Lt future period, they were determined not t_o_ suffer ', lll 4r r e rtY to be forced by violence on the orl i sid o c ;,h n e o r r i "lear,i,: a w r ay b y fraud and chicanery " ( , ) ' et e ,l to th • ) The hon. and learned : I " ll °intu tets : Patronage the government would the o h : . - . 1 : 1 6 learned` the receivers of estatri.eildsNowwo,ublifdtbhee g h o o od n.. ' 4 1. th t gentleman or any of his r lit r i . o Point ti Dtlor t out a way by which money of this de g,t,"'e wh o "uld be collected without collectors, or to . _ fi t ly! 'en, would collect the funds without being paid, h b , ; illiit e ,41'nt would be very much obliged to him a nd . e . ' I'ver, 11 4'4413 ' to foreg thpat onage. Until then, hcT - itVencee.*as afraid-the e m - nst r submit to the infliction with r t ," w as , hat then,. slid the hon. and learned gentleman, nt ' sid e Po unitormi in the system proposed. . On the ti l ' ii t 3 l M. tt l) h t ! hedge the tenant would be paying tithe, and s• tit b e er Bete th e l an dl or d. Why, how monstrous then 'ad to ' he ar '''' th e Jee one side of a hedge a tithe-free estate, ReutiL i l lefier side land chargeable with tithe. (Hear, il to a t irtern oiA. ;4 1, Would be the whole amount of the learned -'. Tin 'h ea e i, J ec tion—that two farms whh might happen tie ' ( ""1. ,„ other cid ' Mal, -.. eutbe i not come under ac t e same rule. sli e t,chhail all .i r for Kildare, to whom the learned gen ; ti, t ha n `teee, at i ton üb itv, and from whom the house had heard a t ern] , use in %%hi 1 6 would say he had never heard one in ' 'teel.:; Itely a„ (I ell the opinions of the speaker were more ' 'ath' e v( ' ; and e ahnly or, as he believed, more honestly , was : th w 0 that hon. b had said that he would had s 'l c e,t th e , I° °large on the landlord at once. That • tleyer'' t ,d th at. 'iliac taken by the learned gentleman. He fth ee ue 0p p „,,, , p was a resistance to tithe Which could . trlt. l , l 'M. ) '' • What did he mean by that argument? tifl 4 . , a t ° say ;7 11 t a l t u m th speak plainly his sentiments. Did he t:::liitivt'e';ilhalatetualtilnoi, .allteo-ethteeyiytwe're to give up the collection of b ~4 7 v i ir „ hie ~ t to be divided between the landlord and m by ust th r e es b o a r y t on t e o t the H on e ly o otp r. er s a . l3 .) I t ) ,-,, vcrnment were adopting a, better course when they steered between the two, and endeavoured to avoid the evils of 'either. The hon. and learned gentle man asked that, as the Government and the clergy had beer, unable to collcettithediow could they expect theland lords to be able . te 'clo io? Surely he did not mean to put in comparison the difficulty which either of those parties were under, and those which the landlord would have in reco vering his rent. 'He Would say that it would be unjust if it would put money into the pockets of the landlords ; and that, consequently, it would be a fraud committed upon the clergy. He had beard much said about the difference of of the measures proposed for both countries. The hon. and learned gentleman should take into consideration the real and actual difference that existed between those coun tries. He considered that Ireland was not unfairly dealt with, and that the accusation of being favourable to English landlords and unfavourable to Irish landlords must fall to the ground. He had promised the honourable gen tleman not to enter into any great extent as to the details of the bill, but to merely touch _upon one or two points, and he trusted that he had kept his promise. He hoped the hon. member for Wexford would no t press his intention of adjourning the debate on the question. He wished that the bill might be allowed to be read a second time, and that those clauses which seemed to be objec tionable might be discussed in committee. Mr. BLACKNEY said if this bill was introduced the landlords must be supported by the military, and the In surrection Act must be put in force in his oppressed and unhappy country. The right hon. gentleman might pre pare himself for those scenes which Ireland had experi enced for so many centuries. Mr. ONAYNE rose to move the adjournment of the house. Ldrd ALTHORP said that for convenience' sake the house might sit later that night. The next day being Sa turday it would be inconvenient to adjourn the house at that hour. Mr. WALKER said he was not an advocate of sweep ing away all tithes—but he wished their extinction, taking the word in the sense of the right hon. Secretary for the Colonies, namely, doing away with the character that be longed to the old tithe system. There should have been an ad valorem tax upon lands before they were liable to tithes. He held that the same principle should be applied to Irelad that was applied to England. He hoped the present n measure would be postponed for some little time longer. Mr. RONAYNE asked the hon. member for Wex ford whether he would withdraw his motion, in order that he might move the adjournment of the debate ? Mr. O'REILLY hoped that the hon. member for Wex ford would not withdraw his motion.—(Cries of "Ad journ," and " Go on.") Mr. CAREW refused to withdraw his motion until he saw whether his friends wished him to do so or to persist. Mr. O'REILLY earnestly wished that the motion should not be withdrawn. Mr. O'CONNELL said, that the hon. member for Wexford was probably not aware that, even if his amend ment were to be withdrawn or negatived on a division, it would still be in the power of any other hon. member to move the adjournment of the debate to seine other day. Mr. LITTLETON begged it to be understood that he did not wish to seek for any kind of unfair advantage in pressing forward the question before hon. members had expressed their opinions upon it. But it should be recol lected that Monday was fixed for a debate which would probably occupy the attention of the house for the whole night ; and an that he now asked was, that the house would allow the bill nosy under consideration to be read a second time, it being an understanding that no hon. member should be considered to have pledged his eventual support to the measure by such a proceeding. If his request were granted he proposed asking that on Monday the bill should be committed pro ,firma, and on subsequent occasions there would be ample opportunity for the discussion of the details of the measure. Mr. O'CONNELL felt very sorry that from principle he could not accede to the request of the right hon. Se cretary. His (Mr. O'C.'s) opinions upon this measure were so decided that he intended to take every opportunity of ascertaining the sense of the house upon it. The house then divided, when the numbers appeared— For the amendment 74 Against it Majority —l67 On our re-admission to the gallery we understood it to have been agreed to that the further debate on the ques tion should stand adjourned till Tuesday. TRIAL OF OFFENCES AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. E. DENISON obtained leave to bring in a bill to enable magistrates of counties and boroughs to commit prisoners for trial on charges of felony to the Quarter Ses sions of their respective counties.—Read a first time. POOR LAWS' AMENDMENT BILL. Colonel EVANS, in moving for a return from the com missioners for paving, lighting, and watching Regent street, of the sums expended by them (under the several Acts of Parliament relating , thereto), from the Ist of January, 1816, to the Ist of January last, said that, in the absence of his colleague, who had a petition to present, numerously signed by his constituents, against the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill, he had to request his Majesty's Government to postpone to a more distant period than Monday next the bringing on of this important subject. He thought that, in a matter of such serious consequence, they ought not to be so precipitate. The object of the petition to which he had adverted was not desired by the petitioners only; he, believed that the opinions they enter tained were very prevalent, and sufficient time ought to be allowed for the expression of them. Lord ALTHORP said, that the business of the house rendered it impossible that the motion relating to the Poor Laws Bill could come on next Monday ' • and the Irish Tithe Bill having been fixed for Tuesday, it was equally certain that the Poor Laws Bill could not come on then. The object of the hon. and gallant member who desired the postponement of the bill would, therefore, be attained. He (Lord Althorp) believed that the hon. and gallant gentleman objected to the principle of the bill, and that he, therefore, should be favourable to its being delayed was not unnatural ; but, on the other hand, there were many who would be very sorry if the bill did not pass. He (Lord Althorp) had no objection to the measure receiving the fullest possible consideration, and he believed it had obtained very general attention ; in proof of which he would inform the house that he had this day received a suggestion from a person who lived on the south side of the Thames, which perfectly agreed with a suggestion he had received from a gentleman on the north side of the Thames. These propositions would be acted on, and lie hoped they would have the effect of diminishing the ob jections to the measure. The second reading would, under the circumstances he had stated, not be likely to come on before Friday, and ample time would be allowed between that stage of the bill and the committee. Mr. YOUNG thought it prudent that sufficient time should be allowed to enable hon. members to communicate with their constituents in the country. He would, there fore, request the noble lord not to bring the subject forward sooner than Monday week. Lord ALTII ORP could not consent to such a postpone ment at this advanced period of the session. He believed that the general feeling throughout the country was in favour of the measure, and much disappointment would, consequently, be occasioned were it not passed into a l aw. Colonel EVANS thought it extraordinary that the noble lord should know how the country felt towards the bill, his lordship not having afforded the country time to think on the subject. He could state that those with whom he (Colonel Evans) was most intimately acquainted, regarded the measure with extreme alarm. Mr. PETER hoped the noble lord would not dela y the measure unnecessarily. The subject had been long before the public, through the reports of the commissioners. 11Ir. YOUNG said it only very recently transpired that it was the intention of Government to act on the report of the commissioners. The conversation here dropped. The return moved for by Colonel Evans was ordered. The LORD ADVOCATE obtained leave to bring in a bill for the amendment and better administration of the laws relating to bankrupts in Scotland. Mr. S. RICE brought up the report of the factory commissioners ; also, the report of the poor laws' com missioners. 14_1r. HAWES said he had a petition to present. tlent l a r n . R p petition at that late hour. (A laugh.) e l r i s T is l te l d V , E h N e ( o A b i j r ec . objected to the presentation f house be counted. (Laughter, Ifthehnno. gen tleman three or four members Ruthven)remaini n g. ) there A n o o li t l b d e ll in lo g y m e o tl r i e at th th an e The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at half-past two o'clock. THE MARCH OF MEALS. —The French, whO in matters of taste invariably set us a bright ex ample, are about to t eac h us a new luxury i ibun the shape houses. Om of perambulating coffe e _ largest size arc now fitting up in Pa r i s , sintendedes of the for the use of those who, laudably wishing to do two things at once, will have the opportunity of moving from one point to another while eating their dinner or luxuriating over their taste de cafe. A constant sup ply of ready-cooked dishes, continually kept warm, will be contained in each. They will have certain depots where fresh supplies may be procured, and thus the peripatetic gourmand has only to step in and at once refresh his limbs and his appetite. COLBURN'S MODERN NOVELISTS.—The May Number of this cheap Monthly Library of Enter tainment, contains Mr. Hook's Last Series of " Sayings and Doings." It has been justly observed, that " these tales partake of the merits of the former series, while they excel them in vivacity, truth, and copiousness of character. In the facility with which Mr. Hook sketches personal peculiarities, he is unrivalled : the readiness with which he falls into all the niceties and fami liarities which mark the tone of society is equally striking. The little appearance of labour in his writings, the singular warmth and unstudied vigour of his sentences, complete the effect, and make his works the most lively, and at the same time the truest pic tures of life we have yet met with." PROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, Las 1, 1834. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, for granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, to Admiral Sir James Hawkins Whitsbed, GAVB:, of Killincarrick, in the county of Wicklow, and 'of jobs , town, in the county of Dublin, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten• • ' WHITEHALL, MAr The King has been pleased to present the Revi Samuel Smith to the church and parish of Borne, in the presby tery and stew•artry of Kirkcudbright, vacant by the death of the Rev. James Gordon. • FOREIGN -OFFICE, Mar 2. It has been notified by the Ottoman Government to his Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, by a communica tion dated the 31st March, 1834, that the Sublime Porte has given instructions fur the establishment of a strict blockade of the island of Samos. WHITEHALL, FKB. 3. The Lord Chancellor • has appointed William Cook, of Pocklington, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 2. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. W. C. J. Campbell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edwards, pro moted; Cornet J. G. W. Brydges to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campbell; 11. N. S. Shrapnel, Gent., t o be Cornet, by purchase, vice Brydges, dated May 2, 1834. tOth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet 1). Hene age to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Norman , who re tires; W. Tomline, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,vice Heneage, May 2. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain F. V. Harcourt, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lord Templemore, who retires ; Lieut. W. F. J. Lautour, to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Harcourt ; the lion. A. Gordon, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lautour, May 2. 3d Foot--Ensign John C. Handfield, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mackay, who retir `teaserthu Hand- James Netterville, Gent., to be Ensign , by pu, vice field, May 2. 6th Foot—Ensign Lord C. Kerr, from the 90th Regi ment, to be Li e utenant, by purchase, vice Brady, who retires, May 2. 19th Foot--F. Seymour, Gent._, to be M Ensign, by pur chase, vice Beamish , who retires, ay 2- 20th Foot—G. \V. R ice, Gent., to be. Ensign, by pur chase, vice Tripp, who retires, May 2. 37th Foot—Lieutenant E. Willis to be Captain, by purchase, Vice Todd, who retires ; Ensign F. A. Cook to be Li eu tenant, by purchase, vice Willis ; H. R. Bredin, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cook , M a y 2. Gent., 49th Foot --Ensign .1. Heatley to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice - Rundle, promoted, March 2 8 ; R. A. Seymour, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Heatley, May 2. 53th Foot—J. 11. Lavee, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Wormington, who retires, May 2. 62d Foot--Ensign. G. E. Olpherts to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Clark, deceased ; Lieutenant J. Story, from the half-pay Unatached, to be Lieut ntment h enan as t, w ithout purchase, vice 'Vincen t t, whose appoi not taken place ; Sergeant-Major W. Guy to be Ensign, vice Olpherts, May 2. 63d Foot—Ensign S. Harries to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Montgomery , who retires ; P. Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harries, May 2. 90th Foot--D. F. Mackworth, Gent., to he Ensign, by purchases vice Lord C. Kerr , prom oted in the 6th regi ment, May 2. Ceylon Regiment--Capt. J. Anderson to be Major, 11. without purchase, vice Bircham, deceased ; Lieut. Gray to be Captain, vice Anderson; Second Lieut. J. F. Field to be First Lieutena nt, vice Gra y ; Ensign W. P . Clarke, from half-pay 12th Regiment, to be Second Lieu tenant, vice Field, May 2. UNATTACHED. Captain R. B. Edwards, from the 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Major of Infantry, by purc hase, Ma y 2, 1834. • BREVET. • Major \V. Wvlde, of the Royal Artillery, to have the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while employed on 'a special service in Portugal, May 2. MEMORANDA. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel P. Adamson, upon half-pay as Major of the Portuguese Officers , has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an Unattached com mission, he having settled in the colonies, May 2. The commissions of Surgeon Milken, of the Rifle Brigade, and Surgeon Lyons, of the 34th Foot, have been dated 17th March, 1834, and not 6th February, 1834, as stated in the Gazette of the 14th of that month. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of • Warwick. Warwickshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.. W. Wilmot, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Palmer, resigned. April 21. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. GEORGE STOCKER, grocer, High-street, White chapel. BANKRUPTS. FREDERICK WEBB, robe-maker, Fleet-street, to surrender '.‘lay 20, at half-past one, and June 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stedman, Throgmorton street. ROBERT EDGAR, wine-merchant, Harp-lane, Tower-street, May 16, at one, and June 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pearce and Co., St. Swithin's-. lane. TIMMAS HUNT, bookbinder, St. Mary-Axe, May 14, at eleven, and June 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Newbon, Great Carter-lane, Doctor's Com mons. RICHARD BOWLES, carpenter, Spalding, Lincoln shire, May 13 and June 13, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pritchard and Goddard, New Bridge-street, London. _ _ WILLIAM STEVENS, jun., auctioneer, Old Jewry, May 9, at twelve, and June 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Walmeley and Co., Chancery-lane. JAMES GREEN, draper, Cheltenham, Gloucester shire, May 9, at two, and J une 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turner, Basing-lane, Bread-street. SAMUEL CRANFIELD, innkeeper, Colchester, May 12 and June 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fisher, Castle-street, Holborn. WILLIAM GOULD, brewer, Star-court, Rosemary lane, May 13, at twelve, and June 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Body, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. THOMAS WILLIAMS POLTON, fruiterer, Bath, May 14 and June 13, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Bath. Adlington and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Bat chellor and Co., Bath. MICHAEL FISHER, provision -dealer, Huddersfield, May 16, at twelve, and June 13, at ten, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. Richards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn fields, London ; Clough, Huddersfield. WILLIAM HILL, file-manufacturer, Cradley, Wor cestershire, May 13 and June 13, at ten, at the Talbot Hotel, Stourbridge. Clowes and Co., King's Bench walk, Temple, London; Collis Stourbridge. JAMES CHILTON, boarding-house-keeper, Trinity terrace, Southwark, May 12 and June 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hill, Rood-lane, Fenchurch street. DIVIDENDS. T. Cooper, shoemaker, Stafford-row, Pimlico, May 26 —J. Wright, jun., coal-factor, Cross-lane, St. Mary-at- Hill, May 26—C. Holthouse, sugar-refiner, New-road, St. George's Last, May 23-2. J. Panton, farmer, Borden, Kent, May 23—J. Mitchell, merchant, Crescent, Minories, May 23—J. Jackson, mercer, Whitehaven, May 23—J. Stanton, mercer, Northampton, May 26—J. Chapman, shopkeeper, Feltwell, Norfolk, May 27—H. Taylor, ship broker, Bristol, May 27—D. Meldrum, haberdasher, Bath, May 26—C. 11. Byrne, sail-maker, Liverpool, May 27 J. Wright, silk-mercer, Liverpool, May 30—J. Jones, bricklayer, Liverpool, June 3. CERTIFICATES.--MAv J. Richardson, tailor, 'Brownlow-street, Holborn—J. Swift, white-cooper, Liverpool—B. 11. Phillips and John Searle, ship-owners, Totness, Devonshire—C. Christo pherson, printer, Brighton—T. Payne, dealer in horses, Quebec-street, Middlesex—M. Martin, currier, Newbury, Berkshire—J. Fletcher, and G. F. Pattison, hosiers, Man chester—W. D. Wilkinson, Notting-hill. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and J. Jessop, Yorkshire—J. acid W. Wilkins, drapers, Trowbridge, Wiltshire—S. n_a 11. Budd and J. Walker, attorneys, Newgate-street—J. , G. R. Frith, booksellers, Birchin-lane—M. and _ m and H. Saxby, chymists, Lewes, Sussex—J. ThomNas. aNnvu. Wilkinson, ironmongers, Monkwearmouthshore, Durham —C. Rakemus and H. Ernst, Abehurch-lane--W. Carterd and R. Mo rr i son , li nen -d rapers , L e eds—J. Raxendale S. Parker, common-brewers, Old Bracknell, Berkshire — G. Glover, sen., G. Glover, jun., and C. Glover, fur nishing ironmongers, Union-street, Southwark—R. Frog" gatt, J. Froggatt, and R. Bunting, smallware-manufac turers, Manchester—G. F. Walk er and J. Rhodes, mill sawyers, College-wharf, Belvidere-road, Lambeth—J• Clinker and S. Jone s , corn - merc h ants, S sto t. n G e, eo s rg ta e ff 's or E d as sh t— ire l. F. Forster ß meau a o n n d eely,surge ooS Beaumont S. Wade,wool staplers Leeds—J. Ho war d and I'. Palmer, bakers, York street, Battersea-fields—C. Harrison and W. W. Bonny , wine -merchant s , B romp t on— W . and G. 13rocksopp, tea" dealers, High-street, Southwark—F. W. Welsford and W. ' e H. Winch, yeast-merchants, Bett's-street, Ratcliffe -high way—W. Ward, jun. and T. Wa r d, h a tt ers , Liverpool -- C. Clarke and L. jun., linen-drapers, Staley-bridge , Lancashire—T. and J. Cockram, stationers, Congleton, Cheshire—J. Hay and G. Chance, tailors, New Bond street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. JOHN WCALLUM, sen., and JOHN M.CALLUM , jun., coopers, May 14 and June 4, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS , . These two or three days have brought us many letters on the subject of the strike among the jour neymen tailors, nor, although such communications come from interested parties, ought they to .be re jected because of their strong bias in favour of the respective interests of the writers, but canvassed, on the contrary, and carefully sifted for whatever truth may be in them. We have no room at pre sent for any of those productions . either from master tailors or men, but we shal l occasionally touch upon the contents of both. There is - an objection to one of the demands of the men, which is urged by all the masters we have conversed with, and which de serves serious notice. The journeymen require that precisely the same wages shall be given to all the • men without exception. We would, therefore, be much-obliged to any of them who will ex p lain to us why cloth worth ss. per yard should not fetch the . same price in the market as cloth worth 20s. ; for if all artists, good and bad, are to be paid alike, why should not all goods which go by the same name, however different their qualities,fetch an equal sum of money ? We can conceive no oppression upon the masters more cruel, no robbery more criminal or barefaced, than would be such a rule for the pay ment of journeymen established against the mas ters of any trade whatever ; nor against journey ' men of superior qualifications could there be a law more barbarous than that which awarded to them, as their maximum of daily or weekly wages, the very same sum which was made the minimunz for the clumsy, incapable, or idle and drunken work man. Such a rule, indeed, would be fortunately no less impossible to execute, than it would be iniqui tous in its nature. The consequence in the .long run must be, that all indifferent workmen would be gradually weeded out of the respectable shops, and this, too, with impunity to the masters, for the best men would not, in the long run, be mad 'enough to sacrifice themselves and their families for the solo benefit of the undeserving. Again, the mu tineers want to fix another yoke, ostensibly upon the necks of the masters, but in reality on that of the more dexterous and meritorious workmen. They insist that all work shall be done upon the master's premises. There are three objections to this-Ist, that it would take away the bread from many thousands of indus trious and active women,who now make up waistcoats and other light articles of apparel ; 2d, that it tends to aggravate, nay to produce, an evil which has been dwelt upon with much -apparent emphasis by the leaders of the journeymen, and by that scur rilous scamp who signs certain papers as their se cretary ; viz., the unhealthiness of their sedentary employment, which they carry on for so many hours in foul and unwholesome air ; for it is manifest, that if anything can communicate a foetid or pesti lential property to air, it is the congregation of 20, 30, or 40 men in one apartment of moderate size, where they'can during several months of the year have no ventilation of any kind, and where they sit for many hours without any change or interruption. Now if journeymen were to work at home with their families about them, or even where they could form parties of three or four at a time, they would be less exposed to heat and fever—they would be less tempted to drinking or other modes of vice —and 3d, the best among them, being paid by time piece, would be able to reap the fruits of their superiority, and to earn far more than the average wages of their craft, against which fair and equitabl e advantage the levelling requisition of the union plotters has been directed. A good exposure is administered by the correspondent already mentioned to the pretence of some of the combined workmen who talk about the necessity of , intellectual recreation as one of the grounds on which they ca.ll for a diminution of the hours of labour. The " Constant Reader," however, refers to the state of the streets for proof of the elevating character• of those refreshments in which journey- men tailors are prone to indulge, and to the reports of police-offices for the leffects-of their-indulgences . upon themselves and others. The letter of a " Journeyman" deserves to be considered, as does every suggestion offered bond fide with a view to the interests of the poor. 'the complaint of ill treatment suffered by journeymen from tyrannical or unprincipled masters is; we are afraid, very far from being unfounded, but, like similar occurrences in private families, they bring their own cure. No bad master of a private house has a chance of being so well served as those who treat their domestics with kindness' and consideration. We point atten tion to an important communication from Newbury, under the head of " Trades' Unions," where, at a meeting of the inhabitants, they resolved against employing any persons in any branch of business who were members of trades' unions. If this manly spirit spreads through the country, the game is up with the " strikers."—Tintes. " TRADES' UNIONS. " A numerous and very respectable meeting of the in habitants of Newbury and Sp eenhamland was held on Wed nesday last, on the subject abovenamed. The meeting was called by the Mayor, in consequence of a requisition to him, signed by nearly 100 of the inhabitants. The fol lowing resolutions were proposed and carried, with the ex ception of about 20 or 30 hands being held up against them. Some members of the unions attended the meeting and were heard with attention, but their statements were not calculated to rem ove the im p ression that almost unani mously exists here ag ainst the improper formation of these clubs, or societies, or . lodges, or any other cognomen by which they are known. It is hoped and believed that this in so far as it will show the indus trious spirit reigns here, on early notice of the formation of a lodge at Newbury will erally, not to subject themselves to ei s na Uch unlawful fraternity. The reso bttt the e e oui dictation attended ma alo •i isf t et h ea ntri g si a o: gt lutions were— " 1. That it is the decided conviction of this meeting that the prevalence of trades' unions would be destructive of the commercial and trading interests of this country, and that they would prove more particularly injurious to , the interests of the labouring classes. "2. That the inhabitants of this town, seeing no better Means of accomplishing the much-desired end contemplated by this meeting, do resolve that we will not employ any member of the trades' union. "3. That in order snore effectually to carry the last re solution into effect, it is resolved, that all persons having an interest in the suppression of trades' unions be requested to subscribe the following declaration ; and that the decla ration be carried round from house to house for the pur pose of signature : W e , the undersigned inhabitants of Newbury and its vicinity, do hereby declare our determination not to employ any person who is a member of a trade's union.' the "4. That the than ks of the meeting be given to mayor for calling the meeting, and for be impartial con duct in the chair. Times. We have elsewhere given a report of a meeting of the inhabitants of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, on the s ubject of trades' unions. We can conceive nothing more mischievous than the anarchy caused by the unions, and we are glad to see that all those who e mploy workmen are fully alive to the danger to which they are exposed, and determined to meet it manfully. No man can consider himself a master s o long as he is under the control of workmen who dictate to him the mode in which he shall conduct his business, and protect each other in all 'sorts of irregularities. We regret the distress to which all m i sg uided journeymen tailors will be exposed by their foolish scheme ; for the result of the strike will be to overwhelm the trade with strangers from all parts, and when the strike is over, a number of workmen, unable to find employment, will be literally b e ggars. The worst of the matter is, that many inno cent families, dragged into those unions, and kept in them by fear, will suffer equally with others. The idea of an union of all the trades, each trade in succession, under a strike, receiving assistance from all the rest, sufficiently indicates the course which the masters must pursue. The masters as well as the men suffer greatly from a strike ; their shop rents and taxes must all the while be paid, while n othing is coming in ; but the purses of the mas ters and their credit will enable them to hold out longer than the men ; and if the worst comes to the worst, the masters throughout the metropolis NV ill aid the masters who are suffering from a strike. The unions must be put down by vigorous and well-combined efforts. The system is necessarily t he worst of all tyrannies. The leaders must abet the men in all their misconduct, because, if they were to show any ba,kWardness, bolder men would drive them from their eminence. In this way every quarrelsome, ill-conditioned workman is able o set his master at defiance, becalise he knows hat the leaders of the union must protect them ( r incur the reproach of neglecting the interests of the men. This is one of . those conjunctures which eminently call for the display of promptitude and firmness. Hesitation or indecision now, at the critical moment; can never be allowed for after wards. The masters must put their shoulders fairly to the wheel. Success is certain, if the masters are true to themselves. In society, they who pos sess property must be the masters of those who possess only their hands,--Morning Chronicle. For these twenty years there has been nothing but complaining on account of the disastrous effects produced by the practice of paying the wages of labour out of the poor rates, which, by destroying the connection between labour and its reward, had everywhere filled parishes with a number of unem ployed workmen. Of late years, the evil seems to have gained such an ascendancy, that, according to the most respectable evidence, the whole property of parishes is often found insufficient for the support of paupers. We have always understood that there was but one remedy for this social disease, which threatens to engulph the whole property of the country—the power of distinguishing between the independent labourer and the pauper. We have never for a moment been under the delusion that the task of bringing about this revolution would not be one of tremendous difficulty ; and, in truth, we never believed that there would be sufficient virtue and public spirit in any Ministry to undertake the task. The Tory Ministers, whose object it was to rub on as long as possible, and to make no present sacrifice to avert any evil, however ruinous, if the encountering it could possibly be staved off, might have applied themselves to the grap pling with the poor laws when it would have been far less difficult to apply a remedy. • But, with the exception of the Duke of Wellington, to whom it would be unjust to ascribe the selfishness which we are now condemning, the Tories suffered evils to accumulate on evils, in all our institutions, till a dissolution of the social system itself Was threa tened. The present ministers, from their accession to office till this hour, have in their conduct exhi bited in every respect the most complete contrast to their predecessors. They have boldly grappled with the inveterate evils of our laws and institu tions. But let no man, or set of men, lay the flat tering unction to their souls, that in the discharge of their most sacred duties to their country tlie will receive the meed of general approbation. In proportion to the arduous nature of the duty will be the acrimony and bitterness of the invectives directed against them. If the evils of the poor law system werZ light, and could be easily remedied, instead of being, as they are, a burden pressing with dreadful severity on the country, and the parent of every species of demoralization—if there were any hope that by ordinary means the pauperism which is spreading like a gangrene over the country could be checked—we could make allowance for the howl which is raised against ministers. In the Times of yesterday there is an article (one of a series, conceived in the same spirit) in which the Poor Law Amendment Bill .is condemned with as much asperity as could be displayed if Mi nisters were wantonly departing from a system tin der which the country was enjoying a full measure of happiness and tranquillity, and were recurring to harsh and severe remedies, when a mild course would be equally efficient. Who doubts that the powers of the commissioners are great ? Who doubts that, in the exercise of these powers, they will create much discontent ? for the habits of the labouring popula tion of whole districts, cannot be changed without producing much suffering, and consequently much discontent. The question is not—are the powers given to the commissioners excessive ? Are pa rishes to be subjected, in the first instance, to some additional expense ? But can we restore the la bourers to independence by other means than the establishment of district workhouses ? It is clear that the parishes themselves have not at present the means of employing the redundant labourers ; and so long as there are unemployed labourers in a pa rish, they reduce the whole to the level of pauper ism. What is now the state of the labourers through a great part of the country ? nWe have be fore us the charge delivered to the Grand Jury of the county of Norfolk, at the Easter quarter ses sions, 1834, by John Weyland, Esq., F.R.S. Mr. Weyland, as we have already observed, distinguished himself by publications on the poor'laws so early as 1807, and we perhaps have dealt out too hard a measure of justice to him for falling then into the general error that extraordinary means were neces sary to supply labour for the rapidly increasing de mand for it. However, the consequences of the artificial system of supporting the families of married men at the expense of single men, and thereby in suring an abundant supply of labour, though not then anticipated, have long been bitterly felt ; and Mr. Weyland, in his capacity of chairman of ma gistrates, bears his testimony to a state of things almost amounting to a dissolution of society. " Last year (he says) we tried in this county (exclusive of summary convictions) prisoners to the amount of one a day for the whole year, which was a great increase over preceding years. In the first three months of this year, from January to March :31, 1834, there have been tried no fewer than 340 in the 90 days, or at the rate of 3,1 prisoners for each day, in a population of 300,000." In describing the poor laws, as now administered, Mr. Weyland says, --'4 What are the natural results? A market over stocked with labour, and therefore scanty payments to all, combined with an expectation of good pay ments without work—disappointment therefore, general discontent, and general degradation ! How many of you would be thankful to retain labourers from a foreign parish—dependant only on their good conduct for support—did you not feel that you would be compelled to dismiss them in favour of some settled men,' whose only claim to employ ment is that they are pensioners upon the parish. In short, I believe it to be the result of our (lady experience, under this system of abuse, that many, who would otherwise have been industrious and careful, have been made indolent and thoughtless of the interest of their employers ; that many who would otherwise have been prudent, have become spendthrifts, from the absence of an adequate mo tive to save ; that many who would otherwise have been well conditioned, have become insubordinate, in hopes of extorting by clamour what they think is denied to their just expectations, and (it is heart breaking to think) malicious against those indivi duals whose duty it is to deny She fulfilment of those fallacious expectations. That this, as a general picture, is too faithful, there is every reason to believe ; that it is not universally true I know, and to the cause of the dis tinction I shall presently advert. * * * Dice, the system lead to the encourag e ment of vice, by making the sober drunken, and the honest thieves ? It certainly has a strong tendency to do so, inasmuch as it gives men money for no labour, or for that which is merely nominal ; and idleness as we all know, is the parent of vice. The money given is not sufficient to satisfy the cravings of an idle man ; he is under strong temptations to make up the deficiency by the plunder of his neighbours, a calling which is always accompanied by habitual intoxication." Mr. Weyland, after noticing the oftlie :_ ba „ st s ar u ( c l) h , , la g ls e • n s laws, these a faint outline of evils, which, beginning as a cloud, no bigger than a man's hand, and scarcely per ceptible, has at length overspread and darkened the beer- s forcible hopsh e observations frtlit whole political atmosphere, casting a moral blight over the length and breadth of the land, and threat ening a storm with force sufficient to overturn the Whole fabric of society. Let it not be thought that these things, having reference chiefly to parochial management, are only of parochial importance." In the towns, the evil is less felt. The parishes of the metropolis, for instance, are of a magnitude to provide for themselves all that is necessary for efficient discipline. But the parishes m towns ought to remember that the country parishes are unable to extricate themselves from their present dif ficulties without a remedy very different from what be obtainedy, however, under the that present the ability stet. of canof the It v a n toministers to execute such a law must materially depend on the support they receive ; and if vestries, halloed on by newspapers, stir up a fierce opposition to the scheme, it must be abandoned. It will require the support of parliament and the support. of publie opinion. The time is rapidly approaching when the question will be decided by a servile war, and when every man possessed of property will ha Forced, nolens miens, to take a decided part. If the people will not avert the danger, by adoptin remedies while it is yet time, they must not quarrel with the consequences. We are as much opposed to all plans of centralization as any persons can be, and if we saw any means by which the la bourers could be restored to independence short of withdrawing able-bodied paupers from their respec tive parishes in which there is no employment for them, we should be opposed to the present plan. District workhouses are therefore essential to the re nedy wherever there are redundancies, and we know that though parishes have long had the example be fore them of what can be done at Southwell and dsewhere, they will not profit by them. Nothing to easy as to tell how parishes could be kept in a wealthy state, if they were ever in such a state and all the criticisms of the ministerial plan which we have seen merely inform us how the abuses :save arisen, and how they might have been avoided. The real difficulty is left untouched.— ' Mornittg Chronicle. The following,' we have reason to believe, will turn out to be the principal stipulations of t h e treaty between Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal, which has given rise to so much spe.cula tion during the last ten days : Ist. Don Pedro binds himself to expel Don Carlos front Portugal, and to publish an amnesty in favour of such of the adherents of Don Miguel as may, within a limited time, desert the cause of that sovereign. 2.d. The. Queen Regent of Spain binds herself to send an army into Portugal to assist in placing Donna Maria upon the throne. 3d. His Britannic Majesty binds himself to lend the da of such a fleet as may be deemed necessary to co •wera.te with tha land forces of his allies in settling the affairs of Spain and Portugal. 4th. The King of the French binds himself to contribute to the objects of the league such aid, of every kind, as the other three contracting parties may jointly demand. This treaty was signed at London on the 22d of April. It is now a week Since we inquired of our Ministerial contemporaries whether the conditions of the treaty, an these were not a we were led to make this inquiry by an intimation we Lld received upon the subject, and upon the accuracy os' which we placed great reliance. Our Ministerial c‘sh temporaries were condemned to silence. We have now, however, the means, without their assistance, of communicating; to the public the preceding accu rate abstract of r the treaty. It is a treaty which we believe the British Parliament will never sanc tion. Very great and serious inconveniences may be prevented, however, by a strong expression of the opinion of the legislature upon the subjeet,of this unprincipled intervention previous to the ex change of the ratifications.—:Morning Post. COURT OF CHANCERY, MAY 2.. The Long CHANCELLOR, after hearing the argu- Lents in two appeals, gave judgment in the following case : LOUGH V. PETERS. His Loans'in. said that Mr. John Eason, the bro ther of Elizabeth Eason, by his will, dated June, 1816, after making different bequests, devised his property to his sister Elizabeth, who, by her will, dated Oct, 16, 1828, gave to the plaintiff, Mr. John Louch, an annuity or clear yearly sum of 5001., to be paid out of certain land, specified in her will to have been be queathed to her by her brother; and the testatrix also , directed that the annuity in question was to be paid free from all taxes and deductions, and gave the usual power of distress, to the amount of 500/., on the land. The question now before tilt Court was, whether the annuity was subject to legacy duty, and his Honour the Master of the Rolls, from whose decision the pre sent was an appeal, had been clearly of opinion, when the matter had come before him, that it was exempted from legacy duty by the directions in the will. He agreed in the conclusion to which his Honour had. come ; consequently, he should affirm his Honour's decree, with- costs. BAIL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice TAUNTON. TILE TRADES ' UNION S. -THE KING V. ANO, BAYLEY. Mr. R. V. RICHARDtired for a rule to show cause why the defendants should not be admitted to bail, and for a certiorari to bring up the depositions on which they were committed to the gaol at Chester be. fore this court. The learned counsel stated, from the affidavits, that the defendants had been charged before four magistrates of the county of Chester with having been members of an unlawful combination and confe deracy established at Nantwich, and with being pre sent on the Bth of February last at Nantwich, at the taking or assenting to a certain test or declaration not required or authorised by law by William Cappin the younger, shoemaker, of Wistarton, on his becoming a member of the said society. The affidavits further disclosed the belief of the defendants that Cappin, upon whose testimony the defendants were committed, was a person of weak intellect, who had been imposed upon in being induced to prefer the above charge; and that there would not be sufficient proof against them. They were unable to come up to London personally to apply to be admitted to bail, and the present applica tion was therefore made. Mr. Justice TAUNTON—Does the affidavit state that they have made application to the magistrates to be admitted to bail? Mr. Rieliaans—No, my Lord. Mr. Justice TAUNTON—Under what statute are the men charged? Mr. Riciianns—lt appears, my Lord,. that their offence is a misdemeanor punishable with seven years' transportation. I believe your Lordship will find that it is a case similar to one which has lately undergone much discussion in the public prints—l mean the ease of the men lately convicted at the Dorchester assises. Mr. Justice TAUNTON—Is this charge under the same statute as that ? Mr. RICHARDS-1 cannot say, my Lord. The affi davits merely state that the defendants were charged with being members of an unlawful combination or confederacy, &c. Mr. Justice TAUNTON —You may take a rule. Mr. RINI/tuns—l am informed, my Lord, that the offence is a felony, and not a misdemeanor, as I de scribed it. Rule to show cause granted. MONEY-MARKET.--801ne fluctuation has occurred to-day in the English funds, caused, it is said, by some doubts raised as to the practicability of the plan which has been circulated for the reduction of the Four per Cents. The history of it is, that such a plan as that described on Wednesday was suggested to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who appeared dis posed to adopt it, but on taking the opinion of some of the leading members of the moneyed interest, se veral objections were urged to it, and in particular one, that in the case of stock h eld in trust, which a great proportion of the Four per Cents. is, the trustees could not with propriety exchange that stock for a terminable annuity. No doubt exists, however, on the part of the best practical hien in the city, that a con version direct into Three and a Half per Cents., pro vided it were stipulated that no further reduction should take place within 10 or 15 years, might be ef fected with very little difficulty. At present nothing seems to be positively settled on the subject.— Times. On Sunday se'nnight the dwelling house of Mr. Daniel Jobbing, at Uley, in this county, was broken open while the family were at afternoon church, and plundered of 100 sovereigns, two 51. notes, five guineas, and other moneys. he perpetrator of the robbery was discovered by the marks of a wooden leg on the premises, and being immediately pursued was taken at Dursley. Suspicion being excited that part of the property might be concealed in his wooden leg, the leg was taken off and unscrewed, when in an aper ture in the upper part of it 90 sovereigns and two 5/. notes were found. The culprit (Charles Riddiford) is committed to our county gaol for trial for the of fence.—Cheltenham Chronicle. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY I. We lirtvb had about 2,500 bales of cotton sold to-day at steady priees=viz., 500 Bahias, 00. to qd. ; 200 •P, reams, 10id. to I ; 150 Maranhams, bid. to ; remainder in Amerioan, 71c1. to 95d.