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w IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 4. The ballot for Stafford went off in consequence of there being no one to answer when the parties to the tition were called in; and the gallery wa•, in consequence, opened at a quarter pas► four o'clock. Mr. LEACH presented a petition from Farnham, con cerning the payment of tithe.. Sir T. FRENIANTLE said he had a petition to pre sent from Mr. Charles Beamish, late a clerk in the Navy Pay-office, who had been removed from his situation without sufficient cause. The petition was important to the public, as well as to the individual, as involving a question of unnecessary superannuation. The Hon. Member then went into the particulars of the peti tion, from which it appeared that he had been in the service twenty-seven years, having been appointed in 1805 ; that for the last seven years he lied been acting as chief clerk to the third class at the Navy Pay-office in Plymouth, where he bad been stationed for ten years ; and that, at the time when he was in expectation of pro motion, he was surprised with a notification that he was to be placed on the superannuated list. He had applied to the Treasurer of the Navy, and subsequently to Lord Grey, and other members of the Government, begging to be restored to his situation, or be inform-d of the grounds of his dismissal. Being still able and willing to perform the duties of the situation, he objected to becom ing a pensioner and burden to the public. He thought the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Treasurer to the Navy, could not do other. than state the grounds of this gentleman's dismissal.—(Hear, hear.) The Honour able Baronet then adverted to the estimates for the Navy Pay-office, and contended that, according to the present system, more money was expended in salaries and sitiperennuations than had been for some years previously. He showed a considerable increase of expenditure i❑ the Navy Pay-office department. He did not wish to impute any harshness to the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. I', Thomson), nor any desire to deprive an individual of proper remuneration; but he thought that the Right Hon. Gentleman should have inquired into the private mss umstances of the individual before he cut off •o great a portion of his salary. He hoped the explanation of the night Hon. Gentleman would be satisfactory, test If not, he (Sir T. Fremantle) should feel it his duty 'to proceed further. At the suggestion of the SPEAKER, who observed that the petition, being one for remuneration, ought not to be introduced except by the consent of the Crown (as we understcod), it was read, and besides praying fur remuneration, it prayed also that the petitioner be re instated. Mr. P. THOMSON said he should have been sorry if, from any want of form, the petition had been rejected. He could wish that the Hon. Baronet bad not gone into any statement respecting the expenses of the Navy Pay-office without giving him notice, because he was in consequence prevented, for want of documents, from answering him. He had no doubt if he had had notice to prepare himself with figures and calculations, he should have been able to show that the Hon. Baronet was wholly mistaken in his result.—(Hear, hear.) It was always painful for any min at the head of any department to answer the call of the public for a more economical arrangement in his office, and at the same time to avoid doing any injury to individuals. The present, however, was not one of the cases of that description which weighed so heavily with him, for however unpleasant it might be to speak of the merits or demerits of any individual, he shoutl be compelled to etete such a case as he felt confident would induce the House to agree with him in what he had done. It was not necessary for him to go into all the details of the petition. The first complaint was, that by an Order in Council of 1822, the petitioner was deprived of certain emoluments to which be had considered him self entitled. That certainly was the case, but that was an arrangement that was deemed necessary to be made for the purposes of economy, and the peti tioner only shared the fate of other clerks.—(Hear.) The next complaint of the petitioner was that he had not been promoted. The Hon. Baronet had stated, on behalf of the petitioner two special grounds of complaint, first, that, upon grounds of economy the Government were not warranted in depriving the gentle man of his situation ; and next, that, upon ground, of ca pacity and zeal, the Government ought not only to have retained Mr. Beamish in his office, but have pro moted him.—(Hear, hear.) Of all the gentlemen who had been superannuated, Mr. Bearnish, he admitted, was the only forced one. It might he said, why did not the Government continue this gentleman in his office of third clerk, or make him a second one ? It was painful to him to state anything against an individual, but as he hail been challenged by the Hen. Baronet, he would state that he did not promote Mr. Beamish, because he thought, from the records of the office, he should be doing an act of injustice to the public and to himself if he did so. He found, from the minutes on the books of his office, there had been frequent hickerings and complaints of this gentleman. In stating this he did not mean to impeach the integrity of this gentleman at all; but from the bodily infirmities with which Mr. Beamish was afflicted, added to the circumstances to which he had adverted, lie (Mr. T. ) considered himself hound to adopt the course he had done. The Right Hon. Gentleman went on at some length to show that there was no feundation for the charges that had been made of grievance in this particular instance ; that it was absolutely essential to the due administration of the public service that there should be a discretion in the bead of a department over those who were in the subordinate branches, and that it would be extremely inconvenient for the House to take into consideration such cases as the present. If such were allowed, and it any subsequent proceeding were founded on this petition, it would be impossible fur aoy gentleman duly to perform his duty at the bead of any of the departments. Colonel Davies, Sir. G. GREY, and Sir E. KNATCH BUee supported the petition, and endeavoured to shoe , that there was a particular grievance in the present in stance, while not the slightest imputation could be east on the character or integrity of Mr. Beamish. Mr. HUME said that though this was the case of an individual, it involved a principle of great importance. The question was whether the heads of offices were to have the power of burdening the public with pensioners just at their pleasure ?—(Hear, hear.) From the inquiries he (Mr. H.) had made, Mr. Beamish, whom he had seen, had conducted his duties with the most strict integrity, which was admitted in that House, and was now quite capable of continuing to per form his duty. No man had ever declared him to be in eipable. He (Mr. Hume) hoped the Hon. Baronet would move for the appointment of a Committee on this subject, which he would second with great pleasure, as it would be then seen whether due discretion had been used. No one could deny that a discretion rested with the heads of offices, but individuals in public offices were not to be sent adrift without a moment's notice, and the public loaded with pen sioners, at the caprice of any one. The public were paying no less than half a million of money for the Superannuation list. When Lord Guderich was in the office which the Right Hon. Gentleman now filled, he stated that be had no doubt when any appointments were made, they would be filled up from the superannuated list.—(Hear, hear.) He" (Mr. H.) did not know whether any appoint ments had been made from that list, but from the return he held in his hand, no less than nine appointments had been made to persons who had never been employed before. One had been appointed at the age of 33 years, notwithstanding 45 was the period at which superannuation might take place. If it were said superan nuated persons, fit for further service, would not take inferior offices, and at inferior salaries, he (Mr. Hume) would only rok why clerks in this department of the public set vice should be on a better and more independent foot ing than medical gentlemen? If surgeons in the army or navy on half-pay did not accept of any duty that might be pointed out for them, they were immediately removed from the list of half-pay surgeons, and so ought it to with respect to these men. Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE said he was persuaded that the Right Hon. Secretary was imposed upon, and did not know what he was about when he signed the order complained of--(Hear, hear.) Mr. Bearnish, perhaps, was unfortunat e in having a bad temper, but that was not a sufficient reason fur discharging him from his situation.—(Hear.) With respect to the reduction of which the Right Hon. Gentleman had spoken, he should like to be better informed about to it. He had with him a motion for a return, to which he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not object, which would show what the amount of the saving occasioned by the change which had taken place, amounted to. Lord G. SOMERSET noticed that there were persons of 45 and 59 years of age appointed to situations for the first time, which was against the regulations. Mr. ELLICE said that there must be some mistake in the return, for the regulations were strictly adhered to. Mr. C. WOOD said that a person might have been for years employed in a department, and yet not have In et - , regularly in the troops before. After a few words from Mr. P. THOAISON, Mr. O'CONNELL brought in a Bill for disfranchising the borough of Carrickfergus.—Read a first and second time, and ordered to be committed on that day week. Mr. SINCLAIR postponed his motion which stood for that evening to that day fortnight. MINISTERIAL EXPLANATION. Lord EBRINGTON rose and said, Sir, I have to a , k my Noble Friend, with reference to what occurred in another place last evening, whether it is the intention of his Majesty's Government to make any alteratio❑ in the line of foreign politics they have hitherto pursued ? I am aware, Sir, that this subject will be brought regularly under discussion on the motion to he brought before the fLuse by my Hon. and Gallant Friend on Thursday next ; but I think that it is essential that no steps should be taken by his Majesty's Government in consequence of what has occurred elsewhere, until this House has had an opportunity of expressing an opinion on the subject. Until this House, which has certainly as god a right to express its opinion on all matters as any other branch of the Legislature—(Hear, bear, hear)—and whose sentiments I believe to be diametrically in opposition— (Renewed cries of " Hear, hear," and loud and continued cheering)—to those entertained in another place—until I repeat, this House has had an opportunity of expressing its opinion on the subject, I consider it essential that we should receive an assurance that no change will be made in our line of policy—(Loud cheers)—towards the foreign relations of this country—(Cheers)—because I believe that not only the sentiments of this House, but of a vast majority of those this House represents—(Loud cheers)—are at variance with those unfortunately enter tained by a majority of the other House, not only upon this subject, but upon many other questions which must conic before that House, involving the best and most im portant interests of the country.—(Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON then rose and said, Sir, in reply to the question put by my Noble Friend, I have to state that during the period in which I and the rest of my colleagues have had the honour of being the advisers of the Crown, we have with respect to the affairs of Portugal, as well as with respect to all other parts of our foreign relations, pursued that course, and acted on those prin ciples which we thought most conducive to the interests of the country—(Cheers)—and most consistent with the honour and dignity of the Crown.—(Loud cheers.) And I can assure my Noble Friend and the House, that so lonts as we shall have the honour of performing the responsible task of advising his Majesty, we shall not depart from the course we have hitherto followed—(Renewed cheers) — nor swerve from those principles by which, hitherto, we have been actuated.—(The Noble Lord then sat down amidst general cheering from all parts of the House.) CHINA TRADE. Sir GEO. STAUNTON considered he was doing far better by bringing forward his resolutions at the present time, whilst the question was as yet sub judice between the East India Directors and the Government, than if he brought them forward when the Government plan was finally arranged. The Hon. Baronet the❑ stated that the private trade to China was increasing —that there had been in that trade an increase of 144 private vessels trading to Canton. He stated this because he felt satisfied that it was a proof that a revision of our commercial arrange ments with that country ought to take pldce. He then proceeded to read extracts from several documents, and to comment upon them, but the Hon. Baronet spoke in so very low a tone of voice, that it was utterly impossible to catch the meaning of a single sentence. Mr. Sheriff HUAIPHERY rose and moved that the House be counted. The House was accordingly counted, and more than 40 111,.mbers bring present, we were again admitted into the Gallery. We found Sir George Staunton still addressing the House in the same completely inaudible tone as before. After a few minutes, Mr. Sh,riff HIMINIERY again moved that the Louse be counted. It was counted, and 40 Members not being then pre sent, the House adjout ned at a quarter-past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 4 The Earl of ROSEBERRY presented a petition for the abolition of slavery. The Bishop of LONDON moved that an humble ad dress be presented to his Majesty, praying for copies of the letter, written on the 23d cf February by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Poor Law Commissioners, and of the answer returned by the Commissioners.—Agreed to. Earl GREY presented several petitions for the abolition of slavery and burgh reform in Scotland. Lord ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition, pray ing that a coroner's inquest might be held upon all per sons who die in mad-houses. The order of the day having been read, Earl ST. VINCENT rose and apologized for troubling their Lordships, for he (lid not suppose that he could put forth any new argument, except that which arose from the great weight to be attached to the petition he should present—a petition coming from a numerous and respectable body of persons interested in the West India colonies, consisting of bankers, merchants, mortgagees, and persons of various descriptions. They felt that not only their property derived from their ancestors, but the lives of all resident i❑ the colonies, would be endangered by the measures now before the House of Commons. He felt justified in trespassing upon their Lordships, in giving a short history of the nature and the manner in which that property was obtained. The slave trade commenced i❑ the reign of Eli zabeth, and in the reign of William an Act was passed, he believed 10 cap. 27, for encouraging the African slave trade ; duties were imposed upon all things imported into the colonies, except slaves, gold, and silver. In the 13th and 14th of George 111. Acts were passed, inviting not only the people of this country, but foreigners, to invest their money in colonial securities ; and in those Acts slave's were particularly mentioned, and under them mort gages had taken place. Those Acts were passed for the protection of the mortgagees, as well as the mortgagors. By another Act, the 58th of George 111., the manner, in which a mortgage should be executed was par ticularly specified. The Government of this country had sold both land and slaves and there were se veral petitioners now holding property of that description. It had been thrown out in that House, and he was sorry to hear it, he confess, d, that the West India proprietor had no abstract right in the slaves, but he did not understand what was meant by that abstract right, when it was sanc tioned by the established law of this country.—(Hear.) If we were to look to that, to what lengths would it not lead ? Slavery in Scotland was ❑ot put an end to till 1779, and if their Lordships would refer to the principal Act, that of the 27th George 111., they would find that it was not abolished on account of the hard ships of the slaves, but for other reasons. It was to be hoped, therefore, that the remunerations, relief, or compensation tor the property withdrawn front the West Indies, would not be considered as for spoliation. On that subject there seemed to be but one opinion on all sides, and the petitioners stated that they wished to throw no obstacle in the way of emancipation. That position was proved by the first resolution of the Govern ment having been passed in the other Howe unanimously.—(Hear.) The petitioners had long ago stated their wish to put an end to slavery ; all they warred was that they should receive compensation for their property.—( Hear.) He would suggest to the Govern ment whether it was not expedient to rest at one point--in the meantime whether it would not be better to appoint a Commission to proceed to the West Indies and co-operate with the planters in the amelioration of the conditio❑ of the slaves. He said that it was not to be expected that the slaves would work, fur it must be considered that the production o► produce of the means of living was so very easy that there was no inducement for them to use any exertion. He concluded by moving that the petition be read by the Clerk After that bad been done, The Earl of RIPON rose. He said that was not the proper time for entering into the full consideration of such a question as had then been brought before the House ; an extended discussion of it at the present moment he thought would not tend to the speedy settlement of the question. He must, however, say a few words upon the subject, and first he would state the gratification he felt at the manner in which it had been introduced by his Noble Friend. His Noble Friend had referred to a series of laws paper] by the Legislature of this country, by which the right of property in slaves had been confirmed to those who had the misfortune—for so he (the Earl of Ripon) could not but consider it—of possessing them, and had urged that fact as a reason why the Legislature should not withdraw that species of property from then, without giving full compensation. He would not enter into the abstract question of the right of slavery, but could not help observing, that all the feelings of our nature, and all those principl es w hi ch must be eternally true, dc. dared, in fact recoiled, against identifyi ng a property in lands or moveables with an unrestricted right of posses sion over the labour, persons, and, if be considered the matter historically, he feared he might add, the lives of their fellow-creattnes.—(Hear, hear.) But though the best feelings of their nature were opposed to the recogni tion of such a species of property, he yet held that, a s the law of the land had created a right of property in negro slaves—as the state was a party and participator in its existence, it would be most unjust to exempt the state from its share of the consequences. If, therefore, an . , measure for the abolition of slavery should come before their Lordships, it should be considered in reference to this fact and principle —that a national wrong required a national remedy,—that is, that the ❑ation should contribute towards compensating for its own general institutions.— (Hear, hear.) If any specific measure for the abolition of slavery should, in the course of the session, come before him, he should be prepared to show, in detail, that the most careful examination of circumstances had led him to the conclusion, that the time, the period—which no mere human hand could have delayed —was arrived when Par liament must of necessity deal with the question with a view to its final settlement.—(Hear.) Lord SUFFIELD, on presenting a petition for the abolition of negro slavery from Cork, signed by 6,000 persons, contended that the right of property of man in man was contrary to the law of nature, to reason, and revealed religion. The negro had an immortal soul, and as such was responsible in a future state of exisiesk e and lie appealed to the Right Rev. Bishops, whether free agency was not a necessary condition of this responsibi lity. He also appealed to them, whether a black's soul was not as dear to God Almighty as the soul of any of their Lordships. The fact was, slavery was destructive of the interests of religion, as well as of the physical comforts of the negro—witness the diminution of 52,000 negroes, out of an aggregate number, in eleven years. The Noble Lord having quoted Blackstone, in order to show that slavery was opposed to the free principles of the British constitution, and the opinion of Chief Justice Holt, to the effect that even Parliament did not possess the power of declaring, by enactment, that slivery should be established in the British dominions, proceeded to cite a case mentioned in Mr. Jereinie's " Essays on Colonial Slavery," which showed that, not later than 1815, a slave boy was in Martinique hanged for running away from his master, while his mother, who harboured him, eras, after being compelled to witness his execution, con demned to perpetual imprisonment. Now, in this hor rible case, what was the crime? Was the negro property ? If so, he must be at best stolen goods. To whom did his body and its use belong by the lacy of nature, but to him self? From whom, therefore, in running away, did he take anything ? Surely only his own body, which be longed to himself alone. He need not dwell upon the argument of custom or usage, which had been set up in justification of the present system of negro slavery, as Lord Mansfield had clearly over-ruled it, that such a cus tom was a malus usus which the law could not sanction. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition from certain ship-owners, merchants, planters, and traders, in terested in the West India colonies; also in reference to the condition of those colon'es. The petition, which was signed by 1,960 persons, including 16 of the first bankers in London, prayed the attention of the Legislature to the injurious effects not only upon themselves, as part of the ' general commerce of the country, but to the public inte rests at large, of aoy scheme likely to subvert the existing relations of the West India colonies. He confessed that it was the probability of those losses, as an effect of the proposed scheme of Ministers, that made him regard it with touch apprehension. It was not, however, with a view to oppo,ir g its progress that lie presented the present petition, but with the hope of inducing their Lordships to proceed slowly and gradually, and above all, in con cert with the West India legislatures themselves, i❑ legis lating for the great interests involved in those colonies. The petitioners dwelt most upon the loss which would ensue to the public treasury no less than to themselves from any rash disturbance of the present system. He did not think the petitioners overrated the importance of those colonies to the mother country. On the best consideration of the subject, he had no hesitation in declaring that the West Indies were worth no less than 12 000,0001. an nually to England, of which 5,000.0001. were received by the revenue by way of duty, but little more than 2,000,0001. by the West India proprietors resident here, the remainder being appropriated to the merchants and shipowners who traded with the West Indies. Setting aside, therefore, the mere interests of the planters, it was the duty of the Legislature to pause ere it disturbed a State of things productive of such important advantages to the great reneral commerce of the mother country. Let them recollect that to take one item alone, not less than 240,000 tons were annually employed in our West India comm-mce. The question of emanci patio❑ was surrounded with difficulties. When they were told that the slaws had been wholly emancipated in some of the American states, for example, they should bear in mind that emancipation in these cases was th consequence of experiments, which had demonstrated the advint iges of free labour over slave labour, both i❑ cheapness and in amount. Now no such circumstances obtained in the West Indies; if labour was free there, there would be little or no produce, and yet it was pro posed to force a system of free labour is colonies so unfit ted for its adoption.—(Hear.) The great question after all to be determined was, first, whether free labour was adequate to the pro•luce and wantM of the West Indies ; and, secondly, whether, tinder any circumstances, tree negroes and tree whites could co-exist together in a sate of equal freedom.—(Hear.) He maintained that they could not, and he appealed to experience as a testimony. Experience also showed that it was rash to expect that a free West India negro would work as long and as effi ciently as he does now. It would be impossible to carry the propos-d measures of Government into execution with- out the full concurrence of the local legislatures. Tbo•e measures could only be effected after a lapse of some time, and at no inconsiderable expense. He trusted that no thing would be done incautiously or hastily. It was ❑ecessary to bear in mind the state of society in the West India colonies : besides the colonial proprietors in this country, there was a large body of proprietors living in the colonies, and those persons were looking with the utmost anxiety ano jealousy at all the proceedings of the legislature at home. - He entreated the House to endeavour to carry the colonists i 1 long with it, not only lbr their sakes, hut for its own ; also for the sake of humanity, and of the unfortunate. If emancipation were pressed forward too hastily, and without the cooperation of the local latures, scenes might occur such as had been witnessed in the French colonies, but which he hoped never would be witnessed in the English colonies.—(near.) The Noble Duke also presented a petition from Greenock to the same eff-ct as that before mentioned. Lord SUFFIELD, in presenting a petition from Roch dale for the abolition of slavery, denied that there was any ground for the Noble Duke's apprehension th it the ne groes when emancipated would not labour in the produc tion of sugar or otherwise. The evidence of Admiral Fleming, with respect to the cultivation of sugar at Cuba, the Bahamas, and Caraceas, had set that point at rest, and satisfactorily proved that there was no danger of such a result. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that the Noble Duke appeared to him to have begged the question throughout. The Noble Duke stated that the West India colonies were worth 12,000,0001. a year to us, and that they produced 5,000,0001. to the revenue: but the same sum would find its way into the revenue if sugar were brought from other colonies, and consumed to the same extent, and under like circumstances, in this country. (" Nu," from the Duke of Wellington.) No! Well, he had thought this a proposition so clear, that it could be necessary only to state it, in order to have it admitted at once.--(Hear, hear.) In the saute way, too, the Noble Duke might be assured that our merchants and our ship ping would find employment. He did not deny that some portion of the taxation might be paid by the producers, but the great bulk of it came out of the pockets of the consumers. He could not but express his satisfaction at the calm and liberal tone of the Noble Lord who bad presented the first petition on the subject. He felt confi dent that the advice which that Noble Lord gave ta the colonial interests was worthy of him to give, and of them to receive; be trusted it would be acted on. He entirely agreed with the Noble Duke, that the more the colonists cud be brought to co-operate with the Legislature, and the further they could be carried along with it, the wetter; but he did not concur io what the Noble Duke might probably consider a corollory on that proposition—namely, that unless the colonial legis laturea consented to act, and till they did act, it was im possible for the British Government to p e rf orm t h at great arid important duty to which it stood pledged to the slave, to the master, and to the country. He trusted that the colonists would listen to the sound, judicious, and temperate advice of these West India proprietors who re sided in this country, now that Parliament was disposed —nay, determined to have the question settled on just grounds, but within a reasonable ti tne— i n point of fact, as speedily as po.,sible. Ihe mere sen di ng out of such resolutions as had happily passed the Commons last night without a division would be of the greatest use, by im pressing the colonists with a sense of the unanimity that prevailed on the subject ; but so long as a hope or fancy was indulged that the House of Lords would oppose itself to a settlement of the question (which expectation he trusted their Lordships would speedily put an end to), lie was aware that a satisfactoiy conclu , ion could not be arrived at with the concurrence of the colonial legislatures. The Noble and Learned Lord then pre sewed petitions for the total and speedy abolition of slavery from females of Bradford ; from Beverley ; and - 42 other places. The Noble and Learned Lord also presented a petition from the corporation of merchants cf Glasgow, praying to be heard by counsel against the Bill for establishing a new Court of Bankruptcy ; also far an alteration of the jurisdiction of sheriffs in cases of • bankruptcy. With respect to the first part of the peti tion, he believed there was no such Bill as was therein alluded to before either House of Parliament ; and with regard to the second, he might now state that a commis sion was about to issue for the purpose of instituting an inquiry into various matters connected with the law of Scotland, and that this sheriff's jurisdiction in bank ruptcy was one of the five heads of inquiry which had • been pointed out as constituting the field for the labours of the commissionyrs. He mentioned the subject of the commission the more particularly in consequence of a gross misstatement which had found its way into one newspaper, and which was the more inexcusabl e as being built up:m a suppression of part of what he had stated when announcing the establishment of the commission. The subject of attack assumed by the writer was, that this was to be a measure of expense, and that the commis sioners were to he paid, and the paragraph proceeded to say that the Scotch lawyers, like the English, would no doubt be glad to share in such a thing as the profits of a commission. Now, this might be a very pleasant ob servation if there were a tittle of truth in it, hut the fact happened to be the other way. He had dis tinctly stated that the commissioners, greatly to their credit, had offered to serve on the commission gratuitously, which, therefore, as fu• as the ex penses of the commissions were concerned, would not cost the country a single farthing. The person who saw the attack, and directed his (the Lord Chancellor's) atten tion to the subject, had the curiosity to look into the paper further, for the purpose of ascertaining whether there had been a suppression of what he stated to their Lordships with respect to the gratuitous services of the Commis-ioners, and it was found that the statement had been (he did not say wilfully) suppressed. He repeated, his statement was not there, but the comment did ap pear, slandering the Government and professional men, who were supposed to he snatching at emolument in an unbecoming manner. He ,N as not in the habit of making complaints on such subjects ; he did not believe, that in the whole course of his life he had ever complained of a newspaper statement with respect to himself; but here, where he found gross injustice done to others, by imputing ; to them mean and unworthy motives, at the very moment when the individuals in question were giving a remark able instance of disinterestedness, he thought it his duty to complain of so gross and scandalous a misstatement, and to express his regret that any writer should have re sort,d to such a course.—Adjourned. MAJORITY AND MINORITY ON THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S MOTION, DUKES. Cuml4erland Gloucester Beaufort Newcastle Northumberland Wellington MA RQUISSES. Salisbury Bute Thomond Exeter Cholmondeley Aylesbury Camden MAJORITY. EARLS. ILonsdale Verulam ,Brownlow l3eauchamp Eldon BARONS. Colchester Clanbrassil (Earl of Roden) Ravensworth Delainere Forrester Bexley Penshurst (Viscount Strangford) Feversham Lyndhurst Melross (Earl of Ibid. dington) Stuart de Rothsay Wallace Wyn ford Coventry Northwick VISCOUNTS. Sidmouth Gordon (Earl of Aberdeen) Beresford Willoughbyde Broke Colville Hay (Earl of Kin non!) llynevor EARLS. Abingdon Orkney Dartmouth Delawarr Bathurst Norwich (Duke of Gordon) Beverley Mansfield Liverpool Longford Wicklow Behnore Caledon Rosslyn Limerick Powis B IRONS. Montagu Gage Saltersford (Earl of Courtoun) Calthorpe De Dunstanville Rolle Bayning Carbery Dufferin Redesdale Ellenborough Arden Sheffield (Earl of) Me!drum (Earl of Aboyne) BISHOPS. Bath and Wells Bristol Gloucester Rochester David Ossory Exeter TELLER. Lord Kenyon PAIRED OFF. Earl of Malmesbury Duke of Rutland Manners The Lord Chancellor MINORITY. EARLS. DUKES. H R. H. the Duke of Sussex Somerset Richmond Cleveland MARQUISES. Lansdowne Northampton Westminster Westmeath Ripon Granville ISCOUNTS. St. Vincent Melbourne BARONS. Dacre Stourton Berners Paget (Uxbridge) Howard ofEttinghan Petro Dormer Stafford tlyron Howland cf avistotik; Gower Holland Sundridge (Duke of Argyll) Foley Suffield Lyttleton Dundas Liltord Dunally Barham Gardner Lynedoch EARLS. Shrewsbury Huntingdon Thanet Tankerville Hillsborough (Mar quis of Downshire), Albemarle Oxford Cornwall s Radnor Cadogan Chichester Gosford Grey Morley Amherst BARONS. 11111 Minster (Conyng ham) Somerhill (Marquis of Clanrie,,rde) Fife (Earl of Fife) Rosebery Sefton Clements (Earl of Leitrim) Chasvorth (Earl of Meath) Howden Panmure NAtlinore Wenlock Segrave Templemore Dinorhen Cloncurry BMW' Chichester TELLE R. Lord Auckland PAIRED OFF. Earl of Durham Earl of Carlisle SOUTH STAFFORD LLECTION. JUNE 4.—The preparations for an expected contest of great severity, and extraordinary confusion of parries, were suddenly suspended on the eve of the poll by the following public communicitions:— "TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. " I have the honour of announcing the resignation of my Lord Ingestrie as a candidate for representing you. " The following communications on the subject are pub lished with the permission of Mr. John Smith, his Lordship's agent. " 11. I). ACLAND, " Acting Chairman of Mr. Littleton's Central Committee. " Lichfield, June 4, 1833." " SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ELECTION. " Lion Hotel, Wolverhampton, June 3, 1833. " Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that Lord Ingestrie gives up the present contest. I annex a copy of circular to his Lord ship's agents. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, " JOHN SMITH. " To the Chairman of Mr. Littleton's Committee, Lichfield." (copy.) " Lion Inn, Wolverhampton, June 3, 1833. " Dear Sir,—Upon receiving the agents' returns, Lord In. gestrie finds that he took the field too late, and therefore has determined to give up the present contest. This determina. tion you will make known by all possible means, and without a moment's delay, as his Lordship would be sorry to put the county to any further trouble, or Mr. Littleton to further expense. I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, " JOHN SMITH." At eleven o'clock, after the poll bad opened, Mr. Little ton addressed the electors in the usual terms of congratu lation, and commented on the singular union of parties of the two extremes, by whom he was to have been opposed, stating, that if they had met him at the poll, he should have beat them two to one. He then said that two da)s would probaldy elapse before he should be legally declared the sitting Member, but he doubted not that on Friday he should meet again his old friends in the character of their representative. FANCY FAIR.—On Monday, the Ladies' B.ziar, in the Regent's Park, closed, and with its close the town lias lost one of the most agreeable lounges the season has offered. This Bazaar was held for the benefit of the Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear—an institution of which we do not speak too highly when we say that, perhaps, no other charity has, in the same space of time (about 17 years), done more for the relief of the afflicted poor. Dis eases of the ear are of a p ecu li ar ly di stress i ng nature, and the treatment is so distinct from the practice of medical men generally, that they have commonly been allowed to run their course, unalleviated by scientific ad vice ; so that what in its incipient stage might have been easily removed, has by neglect become confirmed and in curable deafness. Infants born deaf and dumb, also, have hitherto been condemned to this state of deprivation till nine or ten years old, without even an attempt to relieve them, by which time the organs have become rigid and insensible from desuetude, and accordingly little has ever been effected in such cases, notwithstanding the pain and constraint to which these victims of false system have been subjected. The plan of Mr. Cunns, the excellent surgeon of this Institution, is diametrically opposed to such a course; he says, that a s soon as a child is two or and does n o t h ear an d speak, it ought to a skilful p erson, an d means be imme im'etaianrkseedn"l;)ify'or developi ng t h e use of the faculties of (i th ree ei hearing and speech. The success of this rational method is most obvious in the cure of several cases under 11r. Guam's hands; two of which (girls) being in the gar dens on Saturday, were noticed by the LORD MAYOR, who, previously a little sceptical on the subject, avowed that his doubts were now removed. The beautiful grounds of Mr. J. JENKINS (during the lifetime of their former proprietor, a terra incognita to all but the great) were on these days filled with all that could fascinate the eye, charm the ear, please the palate, in fact, " wrap the senses in Elyisum ;" and we tru,t this serviceable Insti tution has been essentially benefited thereby. We have been informed, that GAYNOR, CuaTis, and all individual who acted as one of the refe• reel at the late fatal fight, were apprehend e d last night in the vicinity of Barnet. BANK CHARTER. A question much agitated among capitalists at this mo ment is that of determining, under the altered circumstances of the case, what the real value is of Bank Stock, and thf. inquiry is of some utility in a general point of view, be cause by the result we get at something near the tact of the rate at which the holders estimate the advantages of the bargain about to be concluded with the Government. The first step to the solution of the problem is to ascer tain the value of Bank Stock, supposing the profits of the establishment to remain exactly what they are, and, at the same time, the diminution of the capital to be made, toge ther with the reduction of 120,000/. from the charge of transacting the Government business. The difference between the value so settled and the market price of the day will, of course, represent the anticipated profits of the new Charter. The present capital of the Rink is 14.686,800/, on which 8 per cent. for several years has been divided among the proprietors, and as 3 per cent, is paid on this capital by the Government, the trading profit of the Bank, as dis tinguished from the interest of capital, has been 5 per cent., or 733,4341. From this the Government now take 120,0001., leaving the total profit, if to continue at the same rate, 613,4341. The capital being reduced by 25 per cent or 3,500,000/., this profit would become divisible on a capital of (in round numbers) 11,100,000/., and would be at the rate of 5- per cent., making the dividends, with the per tentage received from Government, and supposing the whole profit to be apportioned, 81- per cent, on the re duced capital. The Government la aye reserved the power of determi ning the Charter at the end of 11 years, and, if acted on, the capital of the Bank would then be at par, to which is to be added the amount of reserved profit in baud, which in F. bruary, 1832, was 2,637,7601., and the estimated value of the buildings 1,000,0001., making together about 33 per cent. on the capital of 11,000,0001., and the present value of the stock consequently only 133 per cent. Whatever is given beyond that price is for the 11 years' lease or goodwill of the business. The market price of Bank Stock is rather unsteady, but take it at 201, and deducting the 25 per cent. of capital to be paid off, it leaves 179/. as the value of 751. in the new stock, or at the rate of 238 for the 1001. stock. There fore, 1051 , the difference between 238 and 133, is the sum given now on each 100/. Bank Stock for possession during 11 years of the new privileges. To warrant this, the Bank should accumulate, during the 11 years, a fur ther reserved fund or profit to the amount of 15,000,0001. Our moneyed men are too sagacious not to form a tolerably good calculation of the value of securities of any descrip tion, and the fair inference is, that they do not - , on this occasion, greatly err in supporting the current quotation of Bank Stock. As a commentary on the bargain made with the Directors, it is worth all the arguments in the world. What has partly assisted to blind the public to the true bearings of it laas solely been the circumstance of the reduction of the capital, which is no advantage whatever to the Government. Ilad that clause been omitted in the proposals made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Stock would have risen at once more than 30 per cent., and thus have exposed at once, so as to preclude all possi bility of mistake, the improvidence of the bargain proposed to be made.— Times. THE BANK CHARTER. _ - In pursuance of a resolutio❑ passed at the Special Meeting of the Proprietors of Bank Stock, held on Friday last, a copy of some parts of the correspondence that has taken place between his Majesty's Government and the Governor and Deputy Governor relative to the renewal of the Charter has been prep tied, and will be laid before the adjourned Court c.f Proprietors to be held this day. The first letter in this correspondence is signed by Lnrd Althorp, and dated li , wning-street, April 1, 1833. In this letter his Lordship informs the Governor and Deputy. Governor of the Bank that he was directed by Government to propose—l. That the Charter be renewed for ten years from the Ist of Auqust, 1833. 2. That no bank of more than six partners should be established within twenty-five miles from London ; but banks established at a greater distance may issue notes payable in London. 3. That Bank of England notes should he a legal tender, except at the Bank, or its branches. 4. and 5. That bills having less than three months to run be exempted from the usury I iws ; that the Batik accounts should be published, &c. 7. That banks of more than six partners should be consi dered joint stock banks ; that no such bank shall he established within twenty-five miles of London, or in any part of England and Wales, without a charter from the Crown. 9. That in case joint-stork banks issue their ow n not e s, the following conditions should be inserted in the charter :- Ist. That the partners shall be subject to unlimited liability. 2d. That one half of the subscribed capital shall be paid up and deposited in Government or other available security 3d. That the firm or corporation of the Bank, as such, shall not hold any of the shares. 4th. That the account of such joint-stock banks shall be periodically published. 10th and I I th. That joint-stock banks privileged to issue their own notes shall have shares of not less than 1001. each. That in case of private banks of issue of not more than six partners periodical accounts shall be confidentially sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer 12th. All banks to compound for the stamp duty on their notes. These proposals Lord Althorn considered as calculated to improve the system of the paper circulation of the coun try, and confer substantial advantages on the Bank; the Government therefore expected a liberal compensation, and it proposed to reduce the debt due to the Bank from 14,500,0001. to 7,000,0001 " This will reduce the an nual payment from the Government to the Bank from 435,0001. to 210,0001., and will leave a dividend to the Proprietors of 939,0001., or more than thirteen per cent. on the remaining funded capital. The actual capital of the Bank may, however, be stated at 19,000,0001., and ►he dividend 1,161,0001." The Noble Lord then entered in(o other statements, the result of which is that Govern. ment would pay the Bank 7,500,0001., and that the Bank should manage the public debt without receiving any payment for the performance of this duty. His Lot tiship further proposed that the Proprietors should re ceive a dividend of ten per cent. on the actual capital of 7,000,0001, ; that the accumulation should he divided, one half to be added to the capital of the Bank, the other to be deducted from the interest paid as interest to the Bank by the public. On the /2tla April, 1833, the Governor and Deputy Governor replied to this communication, forwarding a minute of the Court of Directors, dated the day preced ing. The Court, in reply to the proposals of Govern ment, expressed a wish not to intrude their opinions " with respect to any general principle which his Ma jesty's Ministers may think proper to propose for the due regulation of the currency." " The Court limit themselves to two general heads -Ist. Such of the propositions as immediately affect the public utility of the Bank. 2d. The compensation proposed to be required from the Bank for the renewal of the ex clusive privileges." The Directors discussed these points on public grounds, it being evident " that no other motive than the public good could warrant an expectation of a renewal of the Charter of the Bank of England." The Court doubted the policy of fixing the period for so short a term as ten years. The Court admitted the pro priety of securing the country against improper manage ment, and of affording Government a fair and just parti cipation in the advantages of the connection of the Bank with the State. The Court recommended the renewal for twenty•one years, as " frequent interference with the monetary system, and the channels through which it is ad ministered, is an evil of no ordinary magnitude." The Court considered that if the principle of continuing the exclusive privileges as the pivot of the whole circula tion of the country be sound it could not be desirable to con tract its present sphere of action. The Court was impressed with the helief that the public sustained no inconvenience from the present limits of its action, and that collision be tween the issues of the Bank and other establishments issuing paper money, is one of the evils of the present state of things; by contracting the exclusive privileges of the Bank, the difficulties attached to it will be increased. The Court expressed considerable doubts on the policy of reducing the capital to the extent proposed, though the Chancellor of the Exchequer considered it unnecessarily large. The Court submitted that the reduction of the capital at a time when the liabilities or the Bank were augmented by making- notes a legal tender was a measure of questionable policy. " At present," the Curt states, " the credit of the Bank is proverbial, and which can wdy be attributable to the tolguitude of the capital of which it is known to be posse-sed. The breath of an opinion of a contrary character at any time entertained would shake the whole country to its centre, am! the Court cannot contemplate the possibility of such an Occur r,nee without considerable apprehension." The Court therefore urged a reconsideration of the proposal. Upon the momentous point of the publication of the accounts of the Bank weekly the Court felt the interests of the public and the Bank as completely identifh d ; but the Court doubted the safety of publishing the accounts under the existing collision between the issues of the Bank and other bodies in the interior of England, Ireland, and Scotland. The Court admitted the policy of submitting •uch accounts privately to Government. The converti bility of the whole circulation and of the intertst was upheld by the surplus gold deposited in the land, few private banks maintaining more t 9 meet their ordinary demands, and all from the Bank of England in times of Bank had sustained thee demands at v " the Court cannot refrain from referring trous period of 1825 in proof of their when the credit of the Bank was solely ei extent of the internal demand for coin." of opinion that the publication of its that time have much increased its difficulties were opposed to the publication as proposed. With respect to the concessions demo( Bank, viz , to manage the debt free of State and to diVide with Coeernn►ent any given amount of cash surplus, and a dividend cent. on seven millions of funded capital, the Chancellor of the Exchequer could not remuneration derived by the B ink too large, extension of the Charter required concessions. was bound to took to its prtneht annual art and secondly the sources of profits after the ductien of capital. The present profits amount upon an a\ 1,170,0001. per annum from the followint deducting the expenses of the year:— Interest on funded capital Government business, as per account 170; dered to the Committee of the I-tome of rOmniCris • • Private business Net profit on the aggregate capital of about nineteen millions The profits of the capital t, be reduced svil. Interest on the funded capital • • ' , Government business, as per account with ti. athfitiein of 1 per cent. on the ...... Privatebusiness Net profit on au aggregate capital of abou 113( 3 milieus From this latter amount it is proposed by ' of the Exchegner that the Bach F1hr...1! 250,0001. per aommt. the Court, by the I) , merit, wished to exhibit the impossibility of : such a proposal for the acceptance of the Gent. Proprietors. The proposal is neith e r more nor that the Bank shall manage the Funded Debt, lation of paper money, and the Government counts, gratuitously, depositing with the seven millions as security for their transaction 9 The Cam of Directors admit the justice of participation on the part of the Government in of an increase in the issues of the Bank, the deposits, or an advance in the rate of intenst. hoped the plan would be modified, that the Dig actuated by no illiberal spirit, and were ready to any proposition founded upon the basis of fair, calculations of what the Government could obtv new Bank, if now formed, with the capital and principle by which it is proposed the Bank of shall in future be conducted. On Saturday, the 13th April, the Governor pttty Governor of the Bank had a conference Althorp, the result of which was, that on the suggested various conditions for the renewal of ter, which they felt justified in recommending to . of Propfietors for atkption. These suggests acted upon chiefly by Lord Althorp, and formfd of his plan as detailed in his letter read at the ' Friday last. „j The toihwing suggestions were also containv letter to the Alinister:—. That the Balk be permitted to divide nine P e r per annum to the Proprietors on the capital held vermnent ; to accumulate a cash surplus of tin before any further allowance be made to the that the cash surplus should not be reduced minions and a half; that after the accumulation surplus, and the payment of the dividend of nine' one moiety of ev, ry further accumulation should - ally subtracted horn the sums paid by Governmen t Bank ; but, if in lieu of such participation of Pi' niters prel w rred a defined compens i tion, the Co ur t posed that one per cent, per annum on any bank notes in circulation and Government de eeeding in the aggregate 24 millions (circus millions, Government deposits four milions) he deducted from the sums annually payable by Gr to the Bank. int eg to ittt,tltl) lig the Dis jet•-'--__ ore thes 7,p , Ps i( 1. , all obi'' flit4f7lnnk - of presis)ole: l ' t • le i .. 'IA c o varioui t d ' ,C,,C,„„. ring to tolltilvi,, present ,• Cettl' endanger') •- kent,, g The CA/ 0 1• , 1 42 t 1, I , R A. account' oll'Il,„• le 1 . 8 , f , ilties. I t ' ; Ati, 5 ,,:1ii I ro n s; d p . roil c :il iti, ti)::ttPriiati4l! 731:011, !manded I ' 4 o rl••••!:, IA al expetl*.ollltilt7--,... vidend 9° it t l :, lion,l, al, the l'illa `keen; arge, but ° t ( i 4 liitZ°o A;lt'ael not but tta')Al3on Mons. i i4 t tl ' lTq b.4 • ' tit midi, I average/ ,!itititaecoi • the poll) ii l i tio a : lin , i bi t t t t ° , 4,, 1-1 . , 'in ~: sources 1,„/-kor.,,, 1 avernge,into: it,:-tial.,eicenou,-, ......... :kw, it,1i5,120„i',... nt ref): l'l.Aec's. °late of jedd lit r o rl R oh l .......... 55° bitt%Ati"°u ' ''''''''' .// , It p 4 1 , * ,,r I about ,0 `-•'1,,411 -4 _C i 1 "Or : ..._ . 4 % ....... .4,p-ill cti, ,---! al will 44 1 7 , 0 10,1 1 : 4 ". N .ns ..... the i ; 55 '0 '4 0 o ' 4"ininl . .....i> to O N , , ......... ~,,,tic)n about 0 0 . 4 ( lik t, lro . , ....... OA ircleac, by the Cl' a,,°n4Nl 0! ajilei ' Ntiii•llt oG t I f l e e rne ce p ro l arn a: Iscfoe • t0,,, ' 4 i: i i „, tel l xo l::: , i tini i ore s : i c e e b n t ,:frteh.t 000 k e rit r ,fei 1, ' ~.ili' , ..et.,' 4 4t , 0 1' 0 1 11aa w n r ie:. e 4,8.: s . t j ,ti l ,, lent banlo P C o t .' the Govefp,' iLls`'t4ll,,t, sactiong O iv ' a ir' an ~hti , Sent in th ee •S t't,, 3 k ° ,/ 7 , the Goeerti; ' - t.);` ),,- 4 st, The ' 'li t ' • .. , 2. le ad D y ir t e o c of fair a11,, u 4 s N t()lllPer id obtain trl• -...e_e r tal and or° ,Itt,t, oou ark of Pig 14a. ,t 4 t ... llkilgh.t„ vernor sad , ........ rence Wi t '', a',; ..... on the P. -';',',•' val o f the p ici .. ...... in gto the ti...,l"*' iggestions , ,riii Forint d the i t !,leihh.,,, the Lneetini 4 ~,,!edtolv. )...... :ontaineJ iv 1 .., ...... ii e g i*: ...... 001, ~., ....... nine per 6 ,, , 4 t ......... :al held bfoo ....... f three o° l , o l ;, :. the public'o4 i g l !iletk a ced bel0v10) 11,144:4 .. ulation 01 ~ i .6art'll,eas 7, I nine per 014 ialLgel how , i b e so ° o 1 tt::trs", eminent teo. 4 tle ol 4. of profit „/ i ,kti be Court rol ~.4)0'41A a ny 01004 , nt deposits A circulation ); lii iw :As fn 1.1 V )he A y Goverpoo• .... T,, t bis4•E tera took pl,l, unieation F ?tilj nar :ndsor, tid, ,01-, In ° lay, at tu'e, , i id en ce of 'C' exCe; as at .ende l o ' 'CELL I, A N s no o ) F it Rictolool t ci V ALTuoitridl hat t t• RLEs G° J , fo r Ai .EY, Lord '' ' T; Of ti e 110.; ; 1 1 4 . A doiberiti' e T ,j • i,, ori IN NOg Vi'K t an, , 001 1, ll 1 a r re, and !kir . d 4 6 ete 1 Ir. Secreti \)ov It ern 1 1 ' Wi th E. it te a r t ter tY q it na ; ° ' , r 0 , i thi s the Ger°, of 18 thibest);:f if, th e a studentt tt,til)', •,1) the ett! r o A: f thr ofeesor, iioo, 4 t 0 ler a sleT,,of z i h e undert°l4 ' I . (101rivntbotei.asu:i ingscotecardtootafecuue::::::piteghit',:j::: i 'l l); l ltt,l3:ttit t iiii i n iovvvl :ehlis, win ,of I, d e i n ter', ~ , i l Ila n --. wee l ' , li k ton COURT CIRCULAR. meeting r o t f m sev A e t r o a n l , iii a f y the i a C h a t b ; in a et e l‘ o l m irs u i ca at a raterwards forwarded to Ilk MAJESTY at Waidsor, Cabinet Council summoned to meet y e st e rday, at o'clock. The Council was h e ld at t h e res id ence count MAID:Me, in Downi ng - street , an d was at' , the LOR D C HANCELLOR , t h e M arqu i s of LANsi Earl GREY, th e E ar l o f R IPON, t h e D u k e of fact Viscounts MELBOURNE, P ALMERSTON, awl ALTHOJ Etrl o' CA RLISLE , t h e Ri g h t H on. CHARLES Sir JAMES G RAHAM , M r . S ecretary STANLEY, • RUSSELL and Lord HOLLAND (the wh o l e of ti e hers of the C a bi ne t). The lUinisters were in de; between thre e a nd t our h ours . Viscount E BRINGTON an d Vi scount D UNCAN NO N Viscount AL TIIORP yester d ay . A deputation, in c l u di ng L or d SANDON and Iff. GLADSTONE, M.P., had au i n t erv i ew w i t h Mr. STANLEY yesterday, at th e Colonial-office. isteunrifittoiool A late t: DRURY-LANE THEATRE. An operetta, called the Students of Jena; °r? Family Concert, the dra•oa translated from the ' and the music by CHELARD, was produced at this Its plot is comprised in one act. Ernest, a st i Jena, who has for some ti me b een sm i tten w i th O- of Adele, the daughter of an old musical professor! up his lodginF in the house of the latter, tinder thin to pay a heavy rent in advance. This being rather rush, and the means of fulfilling it no t ot forthcoming, he is about to be ejected, or starved his landlord, whose indignation on the cash heightened by suspicions of the young student's both upon his wife anal daughter. Starvation is as the safest and surest means of compelling his and accordingly the old fellow takes his family out. nor, and leaves nothing but garbage and sour wire ' rf ie‘ lodger. But Ernest, who has had a favourable in te '3 , with Adele, is content to feed upon love for one tc e ' og s at least, wh en h e rece i ves an apropos letter, contain of° remittance from his uncle, part of which consi'" bil heavy d ra ft on t h e o ld mus i c i an. This app'al 0 be l parse, and the fact of Ernest proving to be the rc er pre of a nobl eman , i n d uce hi m to assent at once to bis:ite pose! for th e h an d o f A dele, and peace and harrn°n.lvo restored. The genera l c h aracter of the eomp ositi",o4 unaffectedness, united to much lightness, elegroF ef ea' skill in the accompaniments. At the same time 2t 0 00 tamed no very str iki ng or b eautiful passages. I thi s re' MALIBRAN took the part of Adele, which, in ev e . .,,hid i spect, s uit e d h er sty l e . T EMPLETON took Ernest, jarP he supported fairly enough. SEGUIN was time Alu si : 0 0" The house w as p re tty f u ll, an d, w i t h a few ex cePi unanimous in ap.ilau, of the piece. ENGLISH OPERA-ADELPHI TUBA' A new operatic extravaganzr, entitled The .1 11 " ce e was produced here last night, and met with entire s li sol e 4 , The object of thi s p i ece i s to prove t h at the rvii°,,soi elixir vit e e o f th e ear l y ages, wh i ch prolonged the 1"-bel sages and philosophers was no fabulous compeu rld „'ell°‘ exists at the p resen t moment under the endearing 3P,`,jor tion of Brandy-anti-water," and that th er e ere , " - by merable dead bodi es w hi c h may b e eas il y animate d 60 cordial spirit. Toby Tramp (Mr. J. REEY,EI:AIO itinerant tragedi a n, encounters an ol d friend, "'bee° Canter (Mr. J. BLAND), in a village where he i'Llef , eol' all but ruin e d, by hi s b ene fit, an d i s o ff ere d a su m ° —sufficient to take him out of his difficulties--if l '„ e 6 rl l° put on an app ro p r i a t e d ress , an d enter an a ntiq" museum as a mummy, in order to enable the sail Ci ltd' d to carry on a lov e a ff a i r w i t h th e antrquiry's 'uglisee When safely deposited in the scene of action, TobY 'wit/ very that Air. Illandrayon. the antiquary (Mr' „ c lef° masts), believes hims e lf t o b e i n possession of the 1";. 1 elixir vita:, which Toby h a vi ng t as t e d, consiG e t i t be a preparation for destroying rats, and °fed is the said eothuilast's intention to try it , : J o! an himself, or by b or i ng through his skull, d i°- dr if his brain has been left entire. From th le , it li ° lemma To le is r e scued by the arrival of his father " t ha t real mummy, which leads Mandruyon to determil ie , ,,tlle, •vhieliever body his elixir revives he will purchase animation of th e b o dy b e ing to him a conv i nc i n g Vr ea ,lr its genuine character. Toby, during the antiquarY ' t oo , ,ence, having exchanged the labels of the two °ore , Iraridv is administered to hint instead of elixir, I e re 4 t' tccordingly, and (r e monstrates his own propos ition g- lo ti die real restorative. Such is a bare outline of the P o , bich, though meagre, has situations that are hig i ',. / Y t 0 i i eruwi —of these, the most promin en tl y so was t" e ilid ,vhich JOHN REEVE fir,t appears as the Mummy. for niece was given out by Ex p f RE—"- repetiriuu, un til 1 - to iiutice, without a di , -etwe i q voice. per MILL Burt N' .-We le arn that the I " 'a n ' mil of Mr. Davin fiAcuE, of liolsturth, ha's ing been burnt ducvn,.....Lerds Merctcry of SaturdAY* ti ouThe rt. se tw o ' at t 4t the