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)"..00111/1. is one of the ‘vorst enemies of Reform. The Gallant Officers htwever, didwt*titure to deny one of his asser eiclrs. He had never ililitised his sentiments. He was 4.ce(urnier, but the particular measure before the House slid not comp up to his idea of Reform. He did not accust Otis Majesty's Ministers of having deluded tire country, by holding out expectations that their Reform Bill would make bread aml clothing cheap but if they had not, others had. The people had been drlnded, but they had disco_ vexed their error upon reflection, and would be &hatted no longer.—(Hear, ltear.)—lf the measure wa.s to be what the Noble Lord opposite (Lord J. Russell) said it should be, he then was an enemy to the measure. Sir C. FORBES said that Edinburgh and Dundee were not the only places in Scotland where evil conse quences had ensued from the introduction of the Reform Bill. Much mischief had likewise been done in Perth and Glasgow, in the latter of which places the mob went so far as to hoist the tri-co!oured Rag. Lord MAHON wished to know whether, if any propo sition should be made to preserve the relative proportion of the representatives of England, Ireland, and Scotland as it now stood, Ministers would consider that it involved a violation of the principle of the Bill ? No answer was given to this question. The petition was then ordered to lie en the table. Mr. WrsE's motion respecting education in Ireland, and Mr. GUEST'S, respecting the pensions payable out of the Civil List, which stood for to-day, were both postponed, the latter to Thursday the 21st instant. PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND. Mr. STANLEY moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the promotion of public works in Ireland. lie stated, that after the explanations which were made, on a previous even i ng , of the views of Government, by a Noble Lord, on moving for a vote of 50,0001., he should not go at present into any details, but would content himself with moving for leave to bring in the Bill. Leave to bring in the Bill was then given. LAW REFORM.—IRELAND. Mr. CRAMPTON, after making a few observations, which were inaudible in the gallery, moved for le3ve to bring in a Bill to improve the administration of the law in Ireland. Mr. O'CONNELL slid that this Bill, like the play of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet left out, omitted the most important matter. The objr-et of the Bill was to assimilate the laws of Ireland to those of England, and yet not a word was mentioned in the Bill abort the grand jury laws. He understood that the last Government had seen the evil of the present grand jury system in Ireland, and had prepare I a Bill to assimilate it to the English sr,- tern. If it was the intention of the present Government to bring in a particular Bill for that purpose, he would not at present say any thing on the ,!übjeet. Mr. CRAMPTON said it was true that a Bill had been prepared by the late Government on the subject of the grand jury system, and he promised to give it the fullest consideration. It seas very probable that it might be brought in, but he could not give any pledge on the sub ject. Mr. O'CONNELL raid, that there was nothing of which the people of Ireland had so much right. toto com plain as the gross partiality displayed is the selection of juries. It appeared from a report presented to that House, that the Sheriffs in Dublin were elected foiparty purposes, and were obliged to give party pledges previous to their election. (Here there was a cry of " Order ;" in conse quence of slight confusion in the Holmes) Ohl" ex. claimed the Hon. and Learned Member, " this is a subject of very little importance,—it is only a matter relating to Ireland,—nothing but a proposition to improve the admi nistration of justice in Ireland, which is not worth listen ing to."---(Ord,r being restored, the Hon. and Learned Wernher resumed his ergurnent.) He said that the lists of the special juries were all made out by the deputy of Lord Seymour Conway, who always put in theta members of the corporation, mostly of little property, and as little expectations. This deputy had the selection of all special juries for the law courts of Dublin, including the Court of King's Bench. This was considered an evil by the last Administration, and they therefore prepared a Bill for the purpose of putting an end to it. By a report made to that House, it appeared that any person, oa giving twenty guineas to the sub-sheriff, might have whatever jury he pleased. The Bill which the last Government brought in to assimilate the jury laws of Ireland to those of England, had been withdrawn on the understanding that it was to be reintroduced early this session ; but now the House was told that that Bill, re lating as it did to a most important matter, might be brought in perhaps. He could not he content with such vague promises; he did not ask for any thing unreason able ; he asked for impartial Juries, and he called upon the present Government to bring forward a measure to promote the attainment of so de.irable an object. He be lieved the Irish Insolvent Act would shortly expire. He therefore thought that it would be best to leave all mat ters connected with that out of the present Bill, and have a particular Bill to regulate the Insolvent Court of Ireland. The manner in which the Judges—one of them in par ticular—conducted the business of that Court did not give satisfaction ; and it was his duty to present to the House a petition from a large body of mercantile persons, calling upon the House to consider the state of the insolvent law. He implored the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Crampton) to leave nut of the Bill any alteration of the ejectment law. There were at present facilities enough for landlords to crush their tenants. Since the Union several Statutes had been passed in favour of the landlords and against the tenantry. There was now a servile war raging in Ireland, of poverty against property, and he was afraid that the discontent of the lower &asses would only be aggravated, if any steps were taken to increase the power of the landlords over the tenantry. Mr. CRAMPTON said, that with respect to the Bill of the late Government on the subject of the Grand Jury laws, he bad not had as yet time fully to consider it, but he promised to give it his hest attention. The disturb ances in Ireland were not attributable, he believed, to the administration of justice in that country, which was as pure and as impartial as in England. The proposed Bill contained one or two clauses for the purpose of giving re lief to such persons as had been committed to prison for contempt of Court which had been the result of ignorance, Sir E. SUGDEN considered the statement of the Hon. and Learned Member (Mr. Crampton) respecting the Grand Jury which had been brought forward he the late Government, very fair. Ile was glad to see that a clause was to be inserted in the proposed Bill, to give re lief to those unfortunate persons who were suffering for contempt of Court. When he introduced his Bill to re lieve a similar class of persons in England, he had pro posed extending the provisions to Ireland ; but there were certain technical difficulties, which prevented him doing so. From what had fallen from the Hon. and Learned Member for Waterford, it appeared that be was an advo cate for cheap law, except where landlords were concerned, Now he (Sir E. Sugden) would be disposed to give his support to any process efficacious enough to prevent liti gation and expence, which must ultimately fall on the poor tenant. Mr. HUAIE complained of the equivocal manner in which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Cramp ton) had spoken respecting the most important question affecting Ireland—the Grand Jury system. He conceived that the same facilities should be afforded for forming im partial juries in Ireland as existed in England. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not pledge himself to bring forward the particular Bill to which the Hon- Member for Middlesex had alluded, but he would pledge himself that a measure should be brought forward on the part of Government, as soon as he and his colleagues could turn their attention to the subject. Mr. RUTHVEN said, that Ireland ought to have the h.snefit of the English laws, wherever they could be ap- Ilied to the former country. The motion was then agreed to. PRIVILEGES._(PECUNIARY PENALTIES.) Mr. C. WYNN moved, that the House do agree with the resolution s passed on a former evening by a Committee of the fluu,". The object of the resolutions was to relax the privil eges of the n repaired it, se, in cases where the public in terestsand with the approbation of the Speaker. Under the syste m now proposed to be adopted, Bills for the amendment o f the crimini law, containing clauses ward which i inflicted l'ul ofi t r penalties, might be brought for n the House venience would result d. . from whi c h great public con- R. Po After andEEL a short Mr. conversati HUME, on th e r b etween Sir W. RIDL EY , Si r m . . , luti , were agreed to. CIVIL LIST 1:11.1Ln.5 wVe The House then resolved itself into aCommittee of th e who's House o n the Civil List Bill. The CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHE q u Ea moved that a blank, left in one of the clauses of the 114 he filled up with the words lc That the sum of 510,0001. b e granted out of the Consolidated Fund for the support of his Majesty's household, and the honour and dignity of the Crown." Mr. HUME having been a member of the Committee which resolved that this sum should he reduced by 12,0001., felt it his duty to move as an amendment that only the sun of 498,0001. be granted for the purpose specified. Mr. O'CONNELL seconded the amendment. Mr. ROBINSON spoke in support of the amendment. Sir R. PEEL entirely approved of the course which ject. In his opinion nothing would be More injudicious than to give rounds for future applications to Parliament, deh•aying debts which might hereafter be incurred by the grown, in consequence of an allowance too limited to satisfy the claims and necesbities incidental to Royalty. He therefore most cotdially assented to the proposal of the Noble LoH ) ts'oeing founded in justice and sanctioned by son n 4. Mr. HUME thought that the present condition ef The country required more reductions that Mitlsters had hitherto made, and for that rn.ase.n Would still abide by the , opinion which he hart alrvady expressed. however, look ing to the thin state of the House, he thanld crntent him sal- with protesting against the tottrne-, in this instance, Tamed by the !Coble Lord% Without pressing for a division, The original resohltion was accordingly agreed to, In a short conversation which ensued relative to a verbal amendment in a subsequent resolntic'n, Mr. HUME took t 4 .e 'Opportunity to suggest that the allowance to the several branches of the Royal Family ought to undergo some reduction in common with all other pv.hlk salaries, in consideration of the comparative cheat' , nets of provisions since theze allowances ht.'d bee origi nally granted. Such a diminutiot might tVith the greater propriety he proposed, as the in.'Wnt members of the Royal Family enjoyed t'he herreil. of survivorship, for it was pro vided, that at the 'death of one Prince of the Blood his allowance theeld be so apportioned as considerably to in- creme the incomes of the others. If, therefore, no pm position of the nature he recommended ehould emanate from Government, he should feel it his duty, on the bring ing up of the repot t, when the House resumed, to give notice of his intention, at an early day, to move an ithcnti moot to that tifect. 520,000/. for the Civil Liztt 'expenses of his Majesty was the next vote, Mr. GOB:' By proposed that the sum be increased to ,P. , ..3'3,600/., thereby leaving a surplus of 20,0004 for such contingent expenses as might be incurrtd during the year, and which Parliament could not then anticipate. The actual expense was, at present, 510,000e1. i and lit thought that 10,0001. was not a sufteient surplus to be plo.ced at the disposal of the King, the dignity of the Crown, and the conrthience of Parliament being taken into consideration. Mn O'CONNELL could not subscribe to the clutttine of the P.ight Hon. Gentleman. He thot!ght; that Parlia• ment could not be too wary its plai!ing surplus sums over the actual expenditure in the hands of any Minister, and should therefore propose, as an amendment on the Right Mott Gentleman's proposition, that the sum be reduced to 510,0001. Even this sum would leave a surplus to meet extraordinary contingencist 3 for the actual estimate was but 498,0001. The CHANCULOR of the EXCHEQUER would leave the matter in the hands of the Committee, though his own feelings were in favour of the larger surplus. After a few words from Mr. HUME, in favour of Mr. O'Connell's amendment, the Committee divided— For Mr. P'OiNlikr..r.'s amendment to reduce the esti mate Lei 510,000/ 10—Against it, 44—Majority in favour, We presume, of Mr. GOULBURN'S motion to increase the surplus to 20,000/.-34. On our re-admission to the Gallery we found Mr. HUME moving as an amendment on the vote of 123,0001. for his Majesty's household expenses, that it be minted to 11n,344/. The amendment was negatived without a division, and the original resolution agreed to. The Bill, with its amendments, WAS then ordered to be reported. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow, Mr. HUMS asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he Intended to refer the other charges on the Civil List to the Consideration of a Select Committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, if we heard him correctly, said that it was not his intention so to refer them at present. If, when he proposed to refer these charges to a Committee of the whole House, any gentleman should propose to refer them to the considera tion of a Select Committee, he should be prepared to state more fully the intentions of his :Majesty's Govern ment, and their reasons for entertaining them. INIr. HUME then gave notice that he should on a future day move that these charges be referred to the considera tion of a Select Committee. JEWISH EMANCIPATION. Mr. GOULBURN wished to know whether his Right Hon. Friend opposite intended to proceed with his mo tion regarding the Jews, which stood for discussion on Thursday evening. Mr. IL GRANT, though he retained his former opi n'ons and intentions on this subject, was inclined to post pone bringing forward his motion till after the settlement of the Reform Bill, as be did not wish to add any fresh cause of excitement to the public mind. The conduct of those most materially interested in the success of his mo tion was most proper in leaving their claims to the dis cretion of the House, and Pot wishing to obstruct tide pro gress of another great question by obtruding them at pre sent upon its notice. On the motion of Mr. LITTLETON, the report on the Money Payment Acts Repeal Bill was further considered. The amendments were agreed to, the Bill was ordered to be read a third time this day se'nnight, and then engrossed. On the motion of Mr. LITTLETON, the Money Pay ment of Wages Bill was re-committed. On the House re ' solving itself into a Committee, Mr. HUNIF, held the principle of this Bill to be errone ous. He would not therefore discuss its clauses, but move that the Chairman do now leave the chair. Sir II BATESON inquired whether this Bill was in tended to extend to Ireland? Mr. LITTLETON replied that it did not ; but he should have no objection to extend its provisions to that country. Sir 11. BATESON contended that it was important that the provisions of the 1.1 . 111 should extend to Ireland. Mr. LITTLETON begged to observe, in explanation, that the title of the Bill contained the words " to certain parts of Great Britain ;" and that he was therefore afraid dist it could not be extended to Ireland. B another fill, however, the enactments of the measure miitithe extended to Ire:and. Mr. WARBURTON would not now go into the dis cussion of the merits of this Bill, to which he had before expressed his decided opposition. He was glad, however, to find that the Bill had been so materially altered from the form in whith It had originally been laid before them. Ile felt it the more unnecessary to discuss the measure, in his opinion, it would be found totally inoperative, even if it should he passed into a law. Mr. WESTERN said, that however be might appre- ciate the motives of the Ron. :Member for Staffordshire in bringing forward this Bill, yet, believing the principle of it to he so pernicious, he must decidedly oppose it. It was impossible to tell how far such a principle might he carried, or what extent of mischief might result from the adoption of such a principle. He believed the house had never interfered between the master and the man, except to the detriment of the latter. Mr. TENNANT was opposed to the Bill, and thought that the only effect of it would be to prevent the poor man obtaining the best market he could for the only thing he had to sell, natnely, his labour. It was not always that laws which originated in good motives were the best laws, or the laws most calculated to effect the object towards which they were directed. Thus the usury laws were intended to benefit the borrowers of money ; but they were in effect most disadvantageous to the borrowers, as many of t' e gentlemen he was now addressing might have experienced.—(A laugh.)—According to the definition of " wages" in this Bill, the clauses of the Bill would not touch any contract which was partly in money and partly in goods. • Mr. MORRISON believed that the Bill would be found in practice an interference between master and man, which was never advisable, without the possibi!ity of effecting that which was the professed object of the inter ference. If, however, the Bill did operate at all, he was sure that it would do the labourers no good, and that it was very likely to do them much harm. In some parts of the country it would throw hundreds out of employment. Mr. W. WHITMORE said, that if he thought that the bargains in question were matters of pure competition between the masters and the labourers, he should agree with the Hon. Member for Middlesex and the other Mem bers opposite; but as he considered the truck system to be a system of positive compulsion upon the labourers, he believed that that would be a wholesome and beneficial law which should make all such contracts to be carried into effect by means of money. Under this system, the man who was employed by the truck-master constantly, became in debt with the shop, and then it was impossible for him to leave that particular employment. Being in the master's debt, the man was altogether in the master's power. None of the gentlemen opposite had ventured to say that the truck system was one which it would be ad- L e country sai : l ut that the general system, allow generally ; but then if it were not a good tw .A ti l la r r . ~ . districts why should it he allowed to prevail in par (oll4'tTCOctßNNofEtl.ll . best feature in this Bill was, that it would be q uite opposed to a measure whichy w i e n n o t per i a k tiv , e ii. H e was interfere with the freedom of labour. The ttinCkliii.slit.eto was the result and the proof of the etisterie'Of'perv Y er m ty and distress in the country ; end this was nit - the way to to int•'reac'e the market for labour, and to increase the com petition among the masters. Mr. AIABERLY said that this Bill was contrary to all the general principles of political economy. Why was it confined to England? The whoie agricultural wages in Scotland consisted in barter, and this Bill did not ex. tend to Scotland. HC, for otie . , we; for leaVing MEtniffac turers anci trade akonc. in hi§ 'opinion, the grand prin ciple was not to legislate at all for such niatters, but to let every thing Pend p:rt!per level in the open market. Mr. LITI'LETON said, that all he 'Wanted in bringing forward this Bill was to ca'rry into effect the ekitting laws on the subject. It appeared to him that Parliame nt should either . tiepeal . th',4se .airs altogether, or not allow them to lic eVit?,eti. He maintained that the measure in its present shape would be perfectly effective for the o bject which it had in view. There was a general call throughout the country amongst those who were most interested it'L fief, matter for such a measure, end hord the abuse would at length cnnset*t to its ltdo' k itioli. Mr. R. GOltb'ON . said, that his impression was, that `chi Bill would be wholly ineffectual. He should certainly oppose it, for it appeared to him to be a perfectly useless and very absurd measure. Indeed, of all the absurd pieces of legislation that had ever been introduced into the Bri tish Legislature, this was, in his opinion, the greatest. He would only salt. for instance, why were Lincolnshire and stveral other counties exempted from the operation of this Bill? Why was such an absurd eietttption introduced into it ? Mr. Alderifiak WOOD had the same objection to urge agai4.st the till, for he could not understand why Corn wall should have been exempted from its operation. As, however, the Hon. Member for Staffordshire thought that the Bill was calculated to prevent the truck system, he (Alderman Wood) would support it. Mr. LITTLETON said that the reason why certain counties had been exempted from the operation of the Bill was that it had not linen proved that the truck system ex in those counties. Mr. Hums:, Mr. GORDON, and Mr. LITTLETON, ex plained. Mr. HUNT said, that although there might be some difficulty in carrying the Act into effect, yet he hoped that for the sake of t.e labouring poor, who suffered great hardships, the Bill would pass. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that those Hon. Members who had opposed this Bill had argued upon a false foundation. They had assumed that the labourers were always competent to make contracts, whereas they were in every case - in debt to their masters, and therefore it was impossible for them to resist the con troul of their masters, and they were obliged to take goods from them at any rate. All this Bill did, was to enable the labourers to know what were the bargains they aid make. When this measure first came before him, he had had some doubts of its policy ; but after a full conside ration of the facts, he felt it to he his duty to support it. Lord G. SOMERSET opposed the Bill. Mr. P. THOMPSON did not expect that such a law could be perfect at once; but it was less likely to be evaded, and was therefore a better law than the present. After some observations fuom Mr. GORDON, Lord SANDON, and Mr. TENNANT, the House divided— The numbers were— . For the amendment l5 Against it Majority in favour of the Bill Several amendments were then agreed to, after which the House mimed. The report was then brought up, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Mon day, and the Bill as amended to be printed, The Tobacco (Ireland) Bill went through a Committee, and the report was ordered to he received to-morrow (this d STATE OP THE COUNTY OF CLARE. 31r. O'BRIEN gave notice that he would to-morrow (this day) call the attention of the House to the alarming state of the county of Clare. Sir W. INGILBY presented petitions from Louth, and other places in the county of Lincoln, and from a place in the county of York, in favour of Reform. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past One o'clock. To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The men of Monmouthshire are up. The county which for sixty years has been held,under the influence of the Beaufort family will now be contested, and most assuredly successfully contested. Win: William's, Esq., of Langibby Castle, has been solicited, by a most powerful body of requisitionists, to become a candidate for the county, to which he has, from true patriotic feelings, given his consent. This is not all, Benjamin Hall, Esq., also a right minded, independent man, stands for the Munmoutb . - shire boroughs with equal prospect of success. Let Eng lishmen do their duty, and the supporters of corruption will be taught a lesson they will never forget. Newport, April 11. Z. REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR.,—Allow me, as a very old subscriber to The Sun, to endelvour, - by means of•your widely circulated paper, to answer some of the objections made to Lord John Russell's memorable Reform Bill. Most of the objections are pue rile, to say the least of them ; and others display an ignorance of history which is unaccountable in persons of education. Among the puerile objections may he numbered those which would reject the Bill in toto, because of some se• condary defects, which can be easily amended in Com mittee. rhos, if Devonport, or any other populous place, may have been overlooked, it can be easily added. too, if a rental of 101. be considered as coming too near universal suffrage in towns, why cannot the qu►lification be put hi4l-er, without casting out the Bill altogether ? So likewise if, in the Scotch Bill, the classification of counties might have been better, let a better distribution of them be made; but, in the name of reason, let us not be compelled to endure the parchment voters in counties, and the paltry borough system, merely because Caithness is to be joined to Sutherland, or Clackmannan and Kin ross not ranked exactly as a Scotchman would have placed them. _ . Another objection to the Bill is the novelty of some of its provisions. What ignorance ! ! for what is our pre e.nt system but a series of novelties and innovations, heaped one upon another from time to time? Septennial and triennial Parliaments were each novelties when first enacted. So, tea, were our Protestant establishment, and the exclusion of Papists, much greater innovations than was their re-admission to their ancient rights. Nay, at its institution, the House of Commons itself was an inno vation; for, till then, a second Chamber did not exist: yet now, the Reform of that Chamber is to be proclaimed a greater novelty than the establishment of the Chamber itself ! ! !—greater than increasing the whole Legislature one half, that is from two branches to three ! I Another objection is the quantum of change proposed to be done at one stroke. But why is this ?—because, we have now to fetch up at once what ought to have been doing gradually for the last 130 years. A mixed Govern ment like ours requires the spirit of liberty to be kept alive by occasional struggles with the crown. But no thing of the kind list occurred since the days of William the Third. Amendments, too, are required every forty or fifty years; but these, when called for, have been inva riably refused. Hence, Slr, the sweeping nature of any Reform Bill at present, having the arrears of 130 years to bring up, and hence why no half (or milk and water) measures would be worth having. Divide the proposed Reform into three or more s t a ges, and give us ene step only every half century, and the Reform had better be quashed altogether. No sops in the pan would be of the smallest use : and no pretended Reformers of abuses should ba listened t,r; who either quarrel about the time when Reform is proposed, or who recomtnead great delays between each successive step. These folks remind me of what Luther observed sarcastically of Leo the Tenth—" The Pope," said he, " is as great a friend to Reform as I am, as he wishes equally all men to he good and find their way to Heaven. But then, /di Holiness would like to put one hundred years between each step." I leave your readers to use their own discriminaeon in selecting the individuals to whom this remark may apply. I remain your obedient servant, CATO, Junior. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India-house, when the following Commanders took leave of the Court previous to departing for their re spective destinations, viz.:.—Captain THOMAS MARQUIS, Rose; Captain ROBERT LOCKE ' Duke of York;, Captain Jositral DUDMAN, Inglis ; and Captain W. R. BLAKELY, Waterloo, to China, direct. Captain CHARLES SHEA was sworn into the command of the Thomas Grenville, consigned to Bengal direct. The East India Company's ship -Abercrombie., Robinson, arrived off Deal on 'the 10th instant; she left China on the 30th of November, the Cape on the 6th of February, and St. lielent on the 20th of the same month. The London, also from China, arrived off thie Sta'rt on the - ,t ; she sailed from thence on thel6th of Decent; 9th instan J. ENJBANK, General Accountant. Excise Office, London, March 19, 1831. MALT DRAWBACK. RETURN of the Total Amount of Money paid, and which may. be claimed as DRAWBACK for MAl:fused by Distillers in Scotland and Ireland from 10th October, 18'23, to sth January, 1831; distinguishing each Country. • • ' , Net Amount of Drawback paid. X. s. d. 1,841,574 10 10-1 40,835 16 5 Total Drawback Deduction for from 10th Oct. Gross Amount Malt deficient, 1E 0 23, to sth Jan. of Drawback. at 9.5. 7d. per 1831. i Bushel. X. c. d.\ X. a. d. Scotland 1,948,377 13 9 106,80'2 16 101 Ireland J. EWBANK, General Accountant. Excise Office, London, March 19, 1831. STEAM VESSELS. RETURN of all STEAM VESSELS employed between the ISLE of WIGHT and the C AST of HAMPSHIRE, with an Account or E_ intimate of the Number of PASSENGERS during the last Year. yesseLs' Names. Medina Earl of Mahnel , bury George the Fourth Lord Yarborough Union Estimated Number of Passengers. 10,004 10,000 16,000 29,200 80,200 9,240 5,760 Arrow Duke of Buccleugh Glasgow JOHN COVEY, Registrar General. Office of Registrar General of Shipping, Custom House, London, March 19, 1831. ROADS AND BRIDGES, IRELAND. The SIXTH REPORT of the COMMISSIONERS appointed under the Act 6 Geo. IV. c. 101, to provide for the Repairing, Maintaining, and Keeping in Repair, certain ROADS and BRIDGES in IRELAND. TB THE KNIGHTS, CITIZENS, AND BURGESSES, IN PAR- LIATotENT ASSYMBLED. Since our last Report the part of the Road through the Bogra Mountains in the county of Cork, has been finished, under the direction of Mr. Griffith, Civil Engineer, and placed, by order of Government, under our management thus completing the entire of the Public Roads in the Southern District which had been undertaken by that officer. The Ro .ds generally have been maintaioed in good and suffi cient repair to meet the increasing traffic ; and while we deem it right to observe that the expenditure in the Clare District has considerably increased beyond our expectation, and exceeded the amount disbursed in the preceding year, we have, nevertheless, reason to calculate upon a future diminished expense for its maintenance. Previous to the close of the year the Lord Lieutenant was pleased to order that the new Road which extends through the mountains from Newport to Thurles, in the county of Tipperary, and which had been made under the direction of Mr. Griffith, should be placed under the care and superintendence of this Board; in consequence of which, Mr. Killaly, our Engineer, in spected the same, and repotted that the entire of the works, both earth and masonry, were executed in a manlier highly creditable to the Engineer and his assistants. This Road is 23x. 6p. 29. P. in length. No Roads in the West of Ireland have been committed to our care within the period to which this Re port refers. Annexed is a Schedule of the Roads under our charge; also an Account of Receipts and Expenditure made up to the ‘..)sth December, ;830, agreeably to the provisions of the Act 6 Geo. IV. c. 101. JAMES SAURIN. HENRY R. PAINE. J. ARMIT. JOHN RADCLIFF, Navigation Office, March 11, 1831. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION (WALES ) An ACCOUNT Kf the Nnhihet,bf tiOtISES of 101. Rent and la i ,Ra~tts iii the several TO W N,S of WALES, specifiet in Scht , dule (F.) annexed td the Bill for, Reforniing the Repre sentation of E'ngland and N, Vales ; Ccigether with the Popula. tiOn of the same from the last Returns. icumber SitreTo*h tbunt y. Plates sharing in the Election of Burgesses. Principal Borough. Houses of 10/. rent and upwards Popula tion ac cording to the Census of 18'21. Beaumaris Cardigan taiinariilen "1 Carnarvon Denbigh Flint Cardiff' Montgomery....] Ilaverfordwest. Pembroke Radnor Holyhead Aherystwith Lappet, • • • AiVar Llanellv Pwllheli INewin !Conway Bangor Ruthen Holt Wrexham Rhyddlam . Overton Carwig • Caergonly olvNvtlf..; Llandaff Cowbridge Merthyr Tydvil Aberdare Llantrissent , Llanidloes Welchpool Machynllcth Llanfylling, xewtown Natberth St. David's Fishguard Milford Haven . Tenby Wigton . Knighton Rhayader Kevenleece Knucklas ..... Presteigne Anglesea Cardigan cftttitttheff Catnarvon Denbigh Flint Glamorgan .... Montgomery.. [ Pembroke Ditto Radnor Office for Taxes, March 22, 1831. ROBERT MIT HENRY CAME' Correct as regards the Population, NVhitehall, March 23, 1831. S. M. PHILL SPIRITS. t 7 ., 2 2 , t: ,1' * • , "c ? • " <lC,,—r• •—• •• " <— • § . i; A _g cc :A' r c • . 6 ,„ • w , 3 c' oc 2-. g , , F - Et 5,) ; ay.— 7.3. 9 4 ' F; i; .T z . ;,„ S a;r • • 2 57.› ;5 ? 2 . - g rzE . ...E. • 2 \3/// o t —0 '-' 7, c-. • oxP. h c= t:, .= ;-2 Lys' I"~~' a a ABSTRACT, Showing the Extent of Roads in each County under the Ma nagement of the Directors-General of Inland Navigation, as Commissioners under the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 101. M. F. P. County of Clare 47 4 0 Galway Roscommon l4 0 0 Mayo '2 0 10 Leitrim - 3 4 5 Limerick • '3O 7 0 Kerry - Cork Fa 6 20 Tipperary 23 6 29 Navigation Office, March 11, IS3I. Mika 374 I 2 W. SEARIGHT, Sec. • -- GENERAL ABSTRACT if the Receipts and Expenditure of the Commissioners for maintaining certain Roads and Bridges in Ireland, in carrying into execution an Act passed in the Sth year of the reign of his Majesty Geo. 4, c. 101, during the year ending on 25th De cember, 1800. RICCEITTS. . _. X. S. d. EXPENDITURE. Ba l a nce in the Bank of Ireland to the Board's credit on 25th December, 1829 205 6 0 Received from the Isreasur7 since that penod ......6,997 16 10, On the a. d. County of Clare ..... 13 5 Cork 992 0 7 Galway 390 2 9; Kerry 559 15 Leitrim 37 10 'I Limerick 475 12 7i Mayo 506 17 11 Roscommon 292 2 11 Balance in the Bank of Ireland to the Board's credit, on 25th De cember, MO 1,147 1 0 £7,703 2 10 £7,203 '2 10 D. MANNING, Accountant. Navigation Office, Jan. 8, STANDARD NOVELS, UNIFORM WITH THE WAVICKLET NOVELS. --Th e second number of this truly national undertaking appeared on the let of the present month, and contains the whole of Gonwm's celebrated story of "Caleb Williams." The Atlas, speaking of this admirable work, mays—" If there be any gentleman or lady born within the present century who may not have read " Caleb Williains"—and if there be such we are willing to believe that the omission bas been merely an act of inevitable postponement waiting upon engagements that could not wait upon time—we advise them to seize speedily upon the opportunity here presented to them to make themselves acquainted with one of the moat singular and powerful works of uction in our own or any other langnage.—lt is a terri'ale picture of the human heart ; it. searches our common nature to the quick, and exposes thel GENERAL DIEBITSC IL A Polish Paper gives the following article, which it attributes to the pen of a retired Prussian Officer DOW in Poland !—" It will belong to our illustrious officers, so nuriteroatsin Europe ; t o judge if Marshal Diebitsch has developed, under the ramparts or Praga, that profound knowledge which the German Papers are pleased to recognize in him. These Captains will also judge if the laurels won so easily at the foot of the Baleati have not been swept away by the thunder of the Poles. What is certain i•, that the hero of the nofth does not respect much one of the finest virtues,—l mean truth, and that he transforms without the least scruple defeats into • brilliant victories. A stranger, but not indifferent to the cause of Poland, and an eye-witness of the battle of Grochow, I will rectify with the most conscientious impartiality the report of General Diebitsch. The General says Prince Szaehowski made a vigorous attack with the bayonet on the left of the Polish troops, and it was only to effectuate a junction with the grand army that he made his retreat' To this first assertion lanswer, that I saw,after abattle of several hours, Count Diebitsch himself abandon the field of battle, and retreat, completely routed before General Krukowiecki, who continued pursuing him, and who succeeded in separating the Russian corps into two different divisions, and carried off several pieces of cannon, This is the first victory of the Russian army. At the centre, notwithstanding the great superiority of the Russian forces, and their ar tillery twice as numerous as ours, the two armies remained in the same positions. On the right of the Poles, and consequently on the left of the Rus sians, the combat was most fierce. The wood was taken and retaken by both armies. I saw the RUA.- sian columns often renewed, march up to the attack, while the Polish battalions remained elways the same. It is true that the cuirassiers of Prince Al. bert advanced a little ; but it is also true that the fire of the Polish infantry, and the attack of two squadrons of the 2d Lancers, and of the regiment of Zamoyski, lately organized, completely exterminated ail that regiment. This is the second victory the Russians gained on the 25th. " The Poles were certainly unable to maintain this position, attacked as they were by a force s ) much superior, protected by a destructive fire of upwards of 100 pieces of cannon. But the Rus sian chief had not the satisfaction of seeing the na tional troops put to flight, and much less of seeing them hide themselves within the walls of Praga; for they retired in the greatest order, and only to the distance of a verste. How, then, is it, that the genius of Marshal Diebitsch Zabalkanski was un able to derive any advantage front a victory which he calls decisive? There are answers in abund ance. It is because he could not, because he had gained no victory, because . he had himself run a great chance of being completely defeated. If Ge neral Krukowiecki, after having routed the corps or Prince Szichotvski, had advanced against the right wing of the enemy, that same day the destiny of Poland would have been decided, and the Polish eagle would now fly triumphant farbeyond the Bug. Marshal Diebitsch complains of not having been able to carry off any standards from the Poles ; but he says nothing (probably through modesty) of the four flags the Poles have taken during this short campaign. " From all I ha...e seen since the invasion of the Russians, I must confess that what I lately heard a distinguished Polish officer say, seems to me very judicious. Let us thank Providence,' said he, 6 that Marshal Diebitsch should have been chosen to command the Russian army.' He is one of those chiefs, now so numerous, who are able to pur sue an enemy in retreat, and who know how to place their soldiers in a line, and make them fire until there he no more soldiers or cartouchea. Were those immense forces directed by another chief, the supernatural bravery of our troops would be, per haps, useless. As to the judgment ore may form respecting a General who has the boldness to de ceive his master, Europe will pronounce it.' " M., a retired Prussian Officer." The Echo of Poland contains the following article :—" We do not accuse the Prussian Govern ment, but its delegates, for persecuting arbitrarily our countrymen of Posen, and for raising innumer able difficulties, when it is their duty to deliver them passports for the mother country. The hospitality of the inhabitants of great Poland has such charms for the gentlemen employed in the Prussian service, that they are not desirous of quitting so agreeable a residence. That is no doubt the reason why, since our glorious revolution, they employ every possible, means to prevent our countrymen from changing their residence. We flatter ourselves the Prussian Govern- ment, so celebrated for its wisdom, will do usjustice with respect to these prevarications, so contrary to the right of nations and against every principle of good faith." The same paper has the following : " General Diebitsch transferred his head-quarters on the 9th of March from Garwolin to Macejowice. He caused to be proclaimed in all the churches, that the inhabitants had nothing to fear, rind that they might quietly remain in their village•. The Russians, nevertheless, continued to pillage and lay waste the whole country. On the 9th they forced the in habitants to take the oath of fidelity to the Emperor, and having taken possession of all the previsions, they gave an ounce of salt for each cottage. What prodigality ! Not content with this, they took with them all the men able to bear arms, and made them march in the rear of the army." A letter from Galway states that the gentle men of the county are actively employed in fortifying their houses ; some of them have swivels fitted up, fur the pur pose of firing upon any party that may visit them.— Dublin Evening Post. In reading over the Navy Estimates for the present year, we perceive that a very material alteration has been made, not in the immediate amount, but in the principle, of the pay of a very talented and useful class of officers, which, inasmuch as it deprives them of all hopes of a pension, be their services ever so long and valuable, will, we fear, tend very considerably to diminish the re spectability of that class. We allude to those gentlemen who have been educated at the School of Naval Architec ture in this dock-yard, twelve of whom, as Ppecified be low, have lately been placed on day pay, varying from 9s. Id. to 1 ls. 6d., in common with the labourers of the yard. This very useful establishment bad its origin ;in 1810, and was instituted to promote the advance ment of the science of naval architecture. How far this object has been attained, a reference to the beau tiful models of the Sapphire and Actreon, and many others we could name, will best prove. By the rules and regulations of this institution, under which the students 'originally entered, it was expressly stipulated that " on the expiration of the seven years' apprenticeship the stu dents would be eligible to all situations in the ship building department of his MAJESTY'S service, and in the event of there being no vacancy in any of his MA JESTY'S yards, they would be employed as supernume raries in the yards, until vacancies should occur, and he allowed during such time, for the first three years a sa lary of 160/. per annum, and afterwards a salary of 1801. per annum." We cannot but consider that any deviation from the terms of this regulation, is a breach of contract, and when we reflect that by the late alteration these gen tlemen have not only been placed on a level with the daily labourers, as to the mode in which they are paid, but that they also lose all chance of a pension or superannuation even should they become grey-headed and infirm in his MA JESTY'S service,we do trust that the original intentions of the establishment will not be so entirely disregarded, and that those, whose prospects in life have been embarked in this institution on the faith of the existing law, will not find themselves snddenly reduced to a situation, where they have nothing to look forward to but the certainty of spending their lives in the service of their country, without the possibility of making a provision f or th emse l ves i n their old age, or their families. We have observed, on former occasions, so ready a disposition o n th e p ar t o f G vernment, to relinquish any regulation which may have been adopted without sufficient consideration, to the injury of parties deserving well of their country, that we are not without hope that the alteration we have pointed out will be cancelled. The number of those gentlemen reduced to day-pay are as follows:—At Woolwich, two ;at Chat ham, three ; at Sheerness, one ; at Portsmouth, four ; and at Plymouth, two—making together, twelve,-- ATROCIOUS TREATMENT OV A FEMALE SLAVE. DESPATCH Old LORD GODERICH. The official statement of the cruelties perpetrated by Mr. Bridges on the person of his female slave Kitty Hylton, was laid, a few, diqs ago 3 on the table of the House of Commons. It contains the humane and enlightened judgment of Viscount Goderich on the whole of this infamous transaction, as given or his despatch to Earl Belmore, of the 18th of February, 1831. " have received your Lordship's despatch of the Ist of December, 1830, enclosing a copy of the proceedings before the Council of Protettion ; in the complaints of Kitty Hylton against the Rev. Mr. Bridges. Your Lordship was instructed to obtain this information, in my predecessor's despatch of the 231 October, 1829, and the instruction was repeated on the 13th August, 1830. Obviously desirable as it was that this department should be in full and early possession of all the documents bearing upon this case, I cannot but express my regret that your Lordship should hare allowed more than 12 months to intervene before you transmitted the copy of the proceedings before the Council of Protection. " I have perused this record with feelings of the deepest concern. For a trifling mistake in the exe cution of her master's orde.s, this female slave ap pears to have been first violently struck and kicked by her master, and then, by his directions, flogged with such severity as to have excited the commise ration of every person who bore witness to her ap pearance after the punishment. " Thomas Raffington, Esq., was sworn, and de posed—that Kitty Hylton came to witness on Saturday morning, the 4th, a.m. A servant came in, and told witness a sick woman wanted to see him. Saw her and her situation. Never saw a female in such a situation. Had seen the woman before, but did not know her name. Witness did not examine her particularly, but she was terribly lacerated, and never saw a woman so ill treated.' " Dr. Stennett, who was sworn, states that the woman had two black eyes when sent to the work house, and that he examined her and saw severe marks of punishment ; but he says, if she had had thirty-nine she would not have been healed so soon.' " Mr. F. Harker sworn ; states—That he saw the woman in the morning of Wednesday; Had heard a report of a woman being severely flogged. Examined her. Her eyes were black, as if she had received a severe blow. Her posteriors were very much cut up. On the inner part of her thighs on each there were several black marks.' " The Hon. Henry Cox, sworn ; states—That Kitty Hylton came to him to complain against her master, Mr. Bridges. She was very much injured. Saw her bruises, evidently switching, from the nape of the neck to her posteriors; her face and thighs dreadfully bruised. Has never seen any thing so severe Of the kind.' " It is further stated, and iseorroborated by the evidence of Miss Moreland, that Mr. Bridges struck or kicked the slave after she had been flogged, as well as before, and that he caused her to burn the clothes which had been stained with her blood. The only part of this evidence which is in any degree impugned, is that of Dr. Stennert and Mr. Harker, to the fact of her having black. eyes;' and all that appears to the contrary is the evidence of Colin,' apparently a servant, or, at all events, an inmate in Mr. Bridges' house, who says that he did not per ceive any marks of violence upon her face. When Mr. Bridges was called upon for his defence, all that appears upon the record is, that he admitted that he had ordered the woman to be switched for her insolence, but denies that he went down from his hjuzse. On the contrary, he had sent. her down to be switched by the watchman.' " The result of these proceedings was, that on its being put to the vote whether Mr. Bridges should he prosecuted or not, it was carrid by a majority of thirteen to four against the prosecution.' And when a bill of indictment was, nevertheless, pre ferred against Mr. Bridges, by the Attorney-Gene ral, under the direction of the Secretary of State, it was thrown out by the Grand Jury. It would be with extreme reluctance that I could be induced to doubt that the gentlemen who composed the Grand Jury on this occasion performed their duty consci entiously, according to the terms of the oath which they had taken : but I have the opinion of the At torney-General for Jamaica before me, who reported„ that having maturely considered the evidence which had, been offered to the Magistrates and the Vestry, he could feel no hesitation in declaring that the Grand Jury have committed an error of judgment, which, for every consideration of what is due to the ends of public justice, to their own good repute, and to the credit of the Colonial Society, is deeply to be deplored. " Were 1 to assume the judgment of the Grand Jury to be correct, it would follow that the laws of Jamaica afford to the slave no protection from such sufferings as those which are shown, by evidence upon oath, to have been undergone by the slave Kitty Hylton. With respect to the offender in this case your Lordship will readily conceive how much the regret which I should feel at such conduct on the part of any person filling a respectable station in society is aggravated by the circumstance of that person being a Minister of the Gospel. Unmanly and disgraceful as the conduct of Mr. Bridges would have been, even had it proceeded no further than the blows inflicted by his own hand, I should have been willing to seek some apology for it in a mo mentary ebullition of anger, however apparently un provoked, and however unbecoming the sacred cha racter of his profession. But, for the repeated and persevering cruelty of his subsequent conduct I can find no extenuation; and I can only lament that the ends of justice have Leen defeated, and that the crime of Mr. Bridges must be left unpunished. " If Mr. Bridges be a Magistrate, your Lordship will lose no time, if it be not already done,.in eras ing his name from the Commission of the Peace." TILE YOUNG DUKE.—We are requested to state that this new work, by the Author of " Vivian Grey," will he published on Saturday next by Messrs. COLBEIRN and BENTLEY, and may be had of all book sellers in town and country. _ We have somewhere seen it remarked that Marshal Diebitsch's name, when translated into plain English, means nothing more nor less than Thievish ! Why do not our translators translate the German names as well as news ? How well it would read at the end of a de.patch—" With every respect I hare the honour to re main, at your service, Thievish !'' In a late number of the Sydney Gazette ap pears the following amusing advertisement :—" Notice to Gentlemen Housebreakers and Thieves. J. WARMAN will feel obliged to the intruders that broke into hie domi cile OR Sunday morning last, between the hours of one and two, to return him the small quantity of plate they took that morning. J. WARMAN would not trouble them, but the articles are family presents." During the illuminations in Edinburgh the apartments in the palace occupied by the French refugees were brilliantly lighted up. Even CHARLES X. complied to popular feeling and illuminated his bed-room. Our cor respondent had the curiosity to mount Arthur's Seat, and lie states that the houses of all the farmers were bril liantly lighted, and as far as the eye could' reach, the country exhibited one splendid blaze. —Edinburgh Papers PORTRAIT OF A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. —Sir Simon SteeltraP, of Steeltrap-lodge, Member for Crouching Curtown, Justice of the Peace for the county, and Lord of the united manors of Spring-gun and-Treadmill, a great preserver of game and public mo rals. By administering the laws which he assists in mak ing, he disposes, at hi s p leas ure, of the land and its live stock, including all the two l egged varieties wi th and a ith out feathers, in it circumferen ce o f sev eral miles round Steeltrap -lodge. Ile has enclosed commons and woodl ands; abolished cottage - ga r dens ; taken the vil la g e cricket- g r ound into his own park , out of pure retard to the sancti ty of Sunday; shut up footpaths and aleh ouses (all but thole s fid o e n rs one-third of the ; committ e d a which belong to his electioneering friend, Mr. Quassia, the n b r e c r h ) e ;Put o d t ol a v n few far and convicted dl peasantry—suspected the rest —and p assed nearl y t he whole of them through a who l e some course of p rison disci pline , ype,tita. its —shot which has finished their education at the expense of the Castle, 'FORD. 'BELL. dPPS. PRICE Bank Stock 3 per Cent. I 3r Cent.C, 3 Per Cent. Ditto 'Red NCR' 34per 3 per Cent 4 per Cent. 1 tallk bong 44 5; Ir Oct. 10, If Jan. Jan. 5, 5, Ir April 5, V Jan. 5, V PRICES OF Austrian Bo Brazilian Bo l'ilenos Ayr, Chilian 118 m Colombian Ditto, 1824 Danish Greek Bond! Ditto, 182.5 Guatimala Mexican Bo Ditto, 1825 Brazilian Irr Ditto Nat Eti WEDI From tion of I have bee the peop serupuloi to allow escape d granted ; where cl served, t We regr become of vacill Minister evince wolfish faction, has at 1 spirit, at i 8 in a duties tl not desi alarm, o the caus hazard t by way vigilanci from cir( imperati mons la sion on announ , should Fition f but that the slig the essi part, of raging wished former. without spatch ( interest may in progres reconci rious ni whole z Bill ? the mo cannot system by wh would an ind sition— rations side of people of a fa( vacillal still ni juilitii must t come i By Russ it inst it. I prehei fright( too c point vincib bimse discor head his ve W --tha will I be rn is to PRICE `. V a : ." c Fro ` , l 61 173 3 2 45 35 _ 4,071 3,556 937 5,649 1,876 1.61 t 1,105 3,575 1,2 M 1,432. 11,081 1,467 bite,B 952 1,554 753 1,191 &47 371 1,941 THE thing to tl on 1 your and