The Sun. — London, England, 1833-05-23 00:00:00

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With nt i tt b ztilza t z tl in iete,, published ) übli:lierl (to be continued Monthly, price half- a •crown, Part I. of tH E Z NATIONAL Edi t i on o f PORTRAIT GAL , I.ER y :VaVed , • A Seri es o f P ortra i ts , w i t h M emo i r s, etlq b 4 the hiehest st le, from the most authentic ori minent NI rs. ,elotieltbeiriacrYpautnodnerat'atke have ever established a bette it is it n i t m a a ti le t 's it iv s e a s to at the i dant upon th r ten they " a 's an interest a hundredfold great p c e r ru t s h a a l n of t o h u a r t ;torßie,47ess without such an auxiliary. We see the faith ^.,4lol,4B,,pose who have played extraordinary parts, and pelr tes race men amongs . t men. d We i r is eadth u e n i_ , :; t 1 tgE:ci.anct o the r a n ce as thg e clia e r r a e ct m er a s de ati f.r d ee co: f t r e t ir the p, h er, /c.ich thtth r edoubled animation, the events, in the midst eY li ved, moved, and had their being."—Morning %de r , I k iler th fro' the New Edition received by every Book e Ki ngdom. : Fisher, Son, and Co. 1 1 4 FOR EDINBURGH. p L EITH AND LONDON NEW L ' C I'AL I , E ,ANI-s HIPS, ROYAL WILLIAM and t P ,, , Net ed ADELAIDE, each 200 horse's power, are now et:, sail from ' the St. Katharine's Dock . Wharf,. O'tir will land their Passengers, &c., in Leith " follow • Vitt, "El A/ ' C 0„..! D, JASe ii } ,oyAIti,,LIAM, wp . mander Saturday, May 25, at Ten, P.m. IpyAL a r, commander' 3 Saturday, June 1, at Ten, P.M. 41$LAIDE: Saturday, June 8, at Ten, r.m. ti e: , LIAM Saturday, June 15, at Ten, P.M. 'IT following Saturday till further notice. MeatikßES, INCLUDING PROVISIONS. 4 0 C lrr ia 4ol )i r t i t o 2 10 0 yictil-ge!' Horses, and Goods, on Freight as usual. Alf ot at '! ) o obt a i ne d, b ert h s secure d, an d G oo d s re -llttia;r4os. 11.tuPtnent, at th e L e ith and Glasgow Wharf. Also, ~' 1 1 ,,,,r tt lt et; obertson, Saunderson 164, Strand ; H. Underwood, 56, Boar and Castle Inn, Ox -11I; at' ‘ Mr. Sl ar k , Old , White Horse Cellar, Picea 'r. Gilbert, Blossoms Inn, Lawrence-lane, 'lie4""f t here li g ht goods are received, and forwarded till Five o'clock on the day of starting. JOSEPH ADAMS, Agent, Leith and Glasgow Wharf. f ., 4 I ) I• I I '„,SUCCEDANEUM FOR FILLING DE b,4)4II7I,IIETEI, without Heat or Pressure, and IN \ire, s wIRLE ARTIFICIAL TEETH, witheut *lher Ligatures. ir„"IEUR MALLAN and SONS, Sur i,!lttie°4-DentiBts, No. 32, GREAT RUSSELL , ,7 4 iis BLOOMSBURY, grateful for the high and k tt Patronage which has so eminently distinguished ';. -' t kl o b•''otfal exertions since their arrival in the British r eePectfully anno unce to their Friends and the i; , l'tp; general, that they still continue to restore DE- Let4 ) , T EETII, with their celebrated MINERAL flty r ' N EUM, so universally recommended by the hhi ti o ' London and Paris. The operation of Filling 1 11 , 1 '°l roed in a few seconds, without the slightest Wif` ; , or pressure. They also FASTEN LOOSE „"Ql.i' n manner singularly efficacious, and SUPPLY 1011ti e ° ,.,' PARTIAL SETS of TEETH formed of the N,s,'',RHODIBLE MINERAL, or of Natural Sub tO ,ithout WIRE or other LIGATURES—guarPn ' tg, "n'wer every purpose for Articulating and Masti l'lA`har • p ges as in Paris. ul a Nty are respectfully invited to witness the suc- I N,h:'thlt of the Mineral Succedaneum. kl'asi2lle of the above firm may be consulted Mon- Oli.itL4ursdays, for a short period, at Mrs. Short's, li it l e t et t Cu reat Yarmouth ; ane inG tchfield's, Market-plac d e, .IthNorwich.termediate Charges as in Paris. CAUTION. t Public is earnestly warned against 414 'er IMITATIONS of DR. SOLOMON'S 14, ous i, k, kli t i o. L .; HALM OF GILEAD, put forth by several It `" individuals to ensnare and deceive. .The l,ertnation so long enjoyed by this excellent Medicine k'fi',„ e4r e of Indigestion, Nervous Complaints, Declines, 74. d i : 4 es induced by excessive Indulgences, and the ;Iti p t tt l 'iand for it, have tempted the worthless and un •if,ll to this ne f ar i ous practice, b y w hi c h many i n - A N i t l 'e been irreparably injured. These imitations N tit :t only to t h e Name of this Medicine, but to the re ent", Wrappers on the Bottles, and every dis tor th g Mark except that which would involve the I j • ti tt 4(3, L) ePredator, namely, the words " SAMUEL •", LIVERPOOL," engraved . on the Govern . - :" . ,1 ) affixed to each Bottle, to imitate which Punishable as such. To this Distinguishing s s ' o P u blie attention is particularly directed, without t rie - t CORDIAL BALM" whatever has any claim 4,;,•" ri' t ' of Dr. Solomon's invention. :"Thine Medicine is prepared at Gilead House, I t itl ' `b t ,,P ° .°l, and d• Sanger, No. 150, and Mrs. Chandler, 76, r4Nt.; r "t ; Savory, Moore, and Co., Bond-street, and Q ttll sr ce , k Gifford Strand ; J. Harris, St. Paul's Pyp,"ie ite . "; J. Marriner, Cheapside; Stradling, Royal trd, Smith and Co, No. 29, Haymarket; J. G. PioFop''teehapel; G. Pink, Borough ; Yeatman and ytl,l'!'etreet, Cripplegate; R. Waylatt, Pavement, t't . 'I4, R LIL Johnston, No. 68, Cornhill ; R. E. Dear, iq 4t , li i - 7 4 treet ; Norton and Turner, Holborn; W. F. IlitAttleti.'iarnent-street ; P. Boully, Bermondsey-street; `. ti t, ; t i l ls. each, and family bottles, containing the l'ur small ones, for 335. Ott CIII ICITY. A misapprehension appears "i N4 ti:„,, prevail 11 Y to in regard to what is called posi t k7gativeelectricity. Writers on the subject t h h a e v i e r lnuderatood, or not clearly exp . lainer f , ittkf t nsua . lly said that an excited stick o sealin . g an excited rod of glass, are . in the opposite but they l itt l ttir 4l tive and negative, which rs true !lb ti tle 3 ' t hat wax slightly and wax highly excited are t t Aly t Nitive and the other negative, h u h this is itti, t4 , l , e . , ' and .h same rule holds good t w e i g th . regard ti va 'title is, ' e bowever, this remarkable difference erence 411b stances—that the more highly is ex greater the quantity of elasticity on it;and the here. txcited, the less elasticity it has; 'lt tt tl tt, 4 ,,tt certain criterion of negative, n w or ax, l t ass of ttk. t rt ' 4 ' also, if a Leyden jar be charged, say g to d B e o th e Henley's electrometer, and another to 79 t - It ' : a in rrner would be positive in relation to the a - 1 , 4 th, °441 seem, therefore, more appropriate to sub ► t, rina Plus and minus. Ot departs,:tl have appeared in such swar i m ec s . in :14 of the west of rance, andcihl-General h et i's to vegetation, that the Cou n ene . ral m of M ina ° hav e ass i gne d a auras o f 6,000 f r . for their de the rate of ten sous a bushel. 41, A Bata qt , RENCONTRE.--BOTH COMBA- Ott) 4i owNEn.—On Tuesday night an inquest was t At I t the Black Horse Tavern, High-street, Poplar, BAKER and a respectable jury, on view of Enwaan CHAPMAN, a fisherman, aged 26 MASTERMAN was a m a rin er on board h'lrtirin'e fishing-sma c k, b e l ong i ng t o Barking. On I tl 4 l ‘C' d aY befor e , a b ou t noon , h e (witness) with a w ith two boys, formed the crew of the Eclipse, tt L l 5 , 1- g,in a boat, and proceeded along the creek to yak tb - ' 44 their vessel. While proceeding along the tp ht deceased and a young man, named Jast d Es , t oNC: l44 ted of their respective strength, and, in order t e o t t • a l 4l Who was really the strongest, they agree rior tt: tl tth at each other. In a short time the to t , a la d tact of WHITE was apparent, ar.d su h p e e had to t ratt,aed the boat round against his adversary. This " a nnOyed the deceased, and he and WiiirE tt l tt, "4 % 411 d R ;ts , tll then to blows. Wi . tness, however, 'it' l l,' and kept therm from fighting two or three "g the trip • On reaching the Eclipse, 111 '41, ' l Ying in the ' Thames about half a mile from l 'ti l ‘l ' r ut ta t -4 t.he creek, they all went on board, and 4 „ 4 i he , h " duty In about five minutes after :, , 1 1 t)o heard xclaim--. 46 Oh, God ! look some one e ,'ls e4 a4,l ' n g aft he saw the legs and feet of - h' ut 4 n, d JAMES WHITE on the surface of pla him an instant they were invisible. it from their appearance, that they had fast id 4 ), to th 4 ri and h ad fallen head foremost verboard. 9 t ) ,:h further question, frotn the Coroner and th .tyeu,wneas admitted that the deceased and Iris t,'4l h alf :L.re intoxicated, as well as almost all the crew, 4 1 , 1 - d ‘ tt pint of rum and nine or ten quarts of ale t tt t k k tt., 4 4 before they had left Barking. Oro:lace ;th o 't den?' aPprentice hoardthe Eclipse, deposed that Thetor te at s•eas, d and on th e tact W HITE getting en deck, the former y et. el' to fight him on the weather scupper ma et Wurrs agreed to fight, and they set too. t i h t t%ti4t.d„,4teht:ralblowir at each Other, but both being ' l ') Y did not d o one another any harm. ,At r tto r4 : . , round both closed and fell ov he k verdict of Found Drowned.erboard. I, vitb ice Ke pro that j u st into ioor 'rust _ uite The not, up, the srti one, hicb ell' ring unto the .) till tole the sold ; cIAY rice The .hick 6, 613 [ndis The c or• v; 3 ' ocg ; i feW vieel' ob. , race' r o°l4 ) 6°'' i11g,..,' t 6d., i ofl' Deo been last t de „a no!' alio I P . oil,' ce of r los 10 ra nd at 0 d 3 14; 81 ticl• ; 0311, an ' D th e firm^ tho° 3 - 0 4 0 00 2OP 9C 4 ' 41P 0; 6 4 . 0 ' 0 6 0 10 1144 Pd; §• ad . wt . /4. aj36 14 16 v 00 i •0 * 1 0 • 00 t 0 , p r o n 0 133C4' LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1833. No. 12,699.) THE LATE DUEL AT EXETER. We stated last week that messengers had been despatched to Plymouth to prevent the departure of S;r J. Jeffcott, but they had arrived after the ship which was to take him out to Sierra Leone had sailed. We understand, however, that a me morial has been addressed to the Colonial Secre tary, and it has been reported that a fact-sailing cutter has been despatched after the Britomart. At half-past seven o'clock on Saturday evening the Coroner for the city issued a summons for the as sembling of a jury to hold an inquest, and a jury of most respectable men met the same evening, and, having proceeded to view the body, they were di,- missed until nine o'clock this day (Monday), for the purpose, in the mean time, of the body under going a post mortem examination. Mr. Barnes continued to attend Dr. Hennis con stantly, until a few minutes of his death, which took place on Saturday evening shortly before five o'clock. Dr. Hennis was perfectly sensible that it was a mor tal wound, and was heard to express that opinion on the Friday morning. He received the sacrament on Saturday, the day after he received the wound, and again the day before his death; and the Rev. Mr. Clack, the father of the young lady to whom Dr. Hennis was very shortly to be married, admi nistered it. He was at times clouded, but gene rally collected, clear, and firm, till within a few hours of his death, with occasional wanderings, from his fever and the effect of medicine. He asked Mr. Barnes's opinion of his state at eleven o'clock on Friday morning, saying, " Will it soon prove fatal ?" When Mr. Barnes answered to this anxious inquiry, " I fear you are not so well," Dr. Hennis then said, " I know it must soon be over." He then paused, and added, " I could not help it, I tried—l have no one to blame—protect all if you can, especially the married—may I see my brother ? I shall soon be out of this scene, before the Gover nor of us all." About half an hour after he again spoke to Mr. Barnes. He took Mr. Barnes by the hand and said, " Thank you for all your kindness ; poor Halstead could not but go out with me—he is the son of a widow—he would not have gone with any other person—it was to serve me, but he was compelled to do so by two other gentlemen." He was then about to receive the sacrament. The jury re-assembled on Monday morning,when the Coroner, before any evidence was adduced, took the opportunity of forbidding any publication of the proceedings, at least, at the present time. At eleven this day (Tuesday) the verdict was not returned. Wishing to do away a false impression which ap pears to exist in the mind of the public with refe- rence to the flint stone found in the body of Dr. Hennis, we must state the fact that, when the parties were on the ground, they tossed up for a choice of pistols. They were then loaded by the respective seconds, Dr. Hennis's friend having loaded that used by Sir J. W. Jetrcott, and Sir J. W. Jeffcott's friend the one for Dr. Hennis. This fact does away the possibility of attaching any blame to S:r J. W. or his friends, as far as this transaction goes. We would likewise add that Dr. Hennis did not fire; which intention, we under stand, was expressed to his second, Captain Hal stead, on their way to the place of meeting.— Western Luminary. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) EXETER, MAY 21, 8 O'CLOCK, P.M.—The inquest upon the body of the late Dr. Hennis has just ter minated. After having retired two hours, the jury returned a verdict to the following effect :—" That Peter Hennis, Esq., M.D., came by his death from a pistol-ball, fired by Sir John Jeffeott, of Haldon, in the county of Devon, on the 10Th of May; and that Captain George Halsted, Charles Milford, and Robert Holland, were there aiding and abetting the said Sir John Jeffcott ; and further, that Sir John Jeffeott, Captain George Halsted, Charles Milford, and Robert Holland, are severally guilty of wilful murder. The jurors, considering that Capt. George Halsted did every thing in his power to prevent the duel, regret that they feel themselves compelled by the law to return tins verdict against him." Dr. Hennis's funeral will take place on Thursday morn ing, at St. Sidwell's church. His Majesty's ship Romney, from Plymouth and Cork, with troops, arrived at Barbadoes on the Bth ult. His Majesty's ship Revenge, which had also taken troops there from Gibraltar, was to sail for England on the 10th ult. The latter vessel arrived at Plymouth on Monday. THE CALYPSO PACKET.—The following is an extract of a private letter from Halifax, Nova Scotia, dated the 30th of April last :—" It is asserted that the pilot who took out the Calypso from hence advised Mr. PEYTON to lay-to at night, as there were many ice oergs just a-head of him, but that he ridiculed the notion, and declared his intention to make all the sail he could. Two, I think, or, perhaps, three days after he sailed, guns were distinctly heard from this place, and a fisherman who came in stated that he bad seen an English bark, evidently in distress, surrounded by ice, and firing guns for assistance; that the sea ran so high be could not get near ber, but that she looked like a packet. This I certainly heard on the fourth day after the Calypso had sailed ; but it was supposed at the time to be a packet from England, but found to be the contrary. It is now concluded to have been the Calypso." DOVER, MAY 19.—Sailed yesterday his Ma jesty's packet Firefly, with the mail, and many passengers, amongst whom were Prince Czartoryski and suite, Sir C. W. Anstruther, Mrs. Quick, F. de St. Paye, &c. &c. for Calais. Arrived yesterday his Majesty's packet, Fer ret, with the Chevalier Pinto Seures, Dr. Pleader, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Shewill, and other passengers, from Calais. Also his Majesty's packet Spitfire, from Ostend, with the mail, despatches, and between twenty and thirty passengers, amongst whom were Mr. Lusada, Mr. R. M. Hanley, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. W. F. Holton, Mr. Vaostratam, and Captain Rodney Mundy, with despatches, &c. &c. A messenger, with despatches from Spain, came across in an open boat, called the St. Jack, from Calais. To-day arrived his Majesty s packet Firefly, with the carriage of Mr. Grant and family, Mons. Perin, Dr. Edwards, Mrs. Mariee, &c., from Calais. Also the Royal George steam vessel, from Boulogne, with Brook Richmond, Esq., Mr. Ince, Mona. Dusak, Mr. Wham, Mr. Tate, Mr. Batt, &c. The Britannia steam vessel, and the Dart sailing vessel, came into the roads this morning, from Ostend, with about 300 troops for the army of Don Pedro; after receiving on hoard the officers who have been here for some time waiting the arrival of the troops, the Wellington and Britannia steam vessels proceeded down the Channel with them for Falmouth. ACCELERATION OF THE LONDON MAIL. —Tne Duke of RICHMOND, Postmaster-General, to whom a memorial on this subject was recently forwarded, has summoned the mail contractors to meet him, on Wednes day next, in London, for the purpose of ascertaining their opinion as to accelerating the arrival of the mail at Liver pool. As the proprietors of the coach are known to be anxious that it should arrive in time for passengers for Dublin to proceed by the post-office steam-packets, we may expect shortly to have the London newspapers , deliver e d by half past four and the let t e rs b y five ()clock in the afternoon.—Liverpool Albion this day. THE BANKING INTEREST.—We have al ready noticed various branches of commerce that are deeply involved in the prosperity of the West India colonies, but we bay e not before referred to the banking interest, which will suffer sever e ly in the present crisis of colon ial affairs. Many of the London bankers hold securities upon West India property to an immense amount. As prudent men of business they have advanced such sums upon estates in the islands as they thought th e m to be worth, calculating upon every probable contingency. But should the Go vernment plan of negro emancipation produce the conse quences which every man acquainted with the West Indies expects from it, the estates in question will not be worth the parchment that the mortgages are engrossed upon. — Morning Paper. BRAZIL PAPERS. Rio DE JANEIRO, FEB. 21.—Despatches from Per nambuco give accounts of various successes obtained over the rebels, who, in a proclamation, dated Dee. 12, an nounced that their august Emperor, Don Pedro 1., was nt Rio de Janeiro. This deep itch, re'ating the success ob tained against them comes to Dec. 25. FEB. 22.—The Diario contains in this and the follow ing numbers a decree of the Regency for the organization of the Courts of Justice, and the mode of proceeding. The Decree consists of ninety-six articles. FFB. 23.—Official accounts from Villa de Compos announce that immense damage has been done there by an extraordinary rise of the river Par ihiba, which had inundated all the neighbouring plantations, swept away the crops and the buildings, and destroyed at least a fourth part of the town. Subscriptions are opened for the relief of ihe sufferers, whose situation is distressing in the ex• treme. The Government has taken measures to afford them assistance. FEB. 27.—A Portaria from the Minister of Finance to the Treasurer, orders him to pay into the hands of Samuel Phillips and Co., the sum of 50,000 milrees, to be transmitted to London, through the medium of their house in that city, on account of the payment of the Brazilian loans in April next, including therein the amount of the Custom-house bills (Escriptos cr Ay'an dega) existing in the general coffers, with discount at 5-Bths per cent. per month. A notice from the Minister of Marine announces the cap ture, at Ilha Grande, of the Lebre schooner, which was proved, by the papers found on board, to have brought a cargo of slaves from the coast of Africa. MARCH B.—The Regency has decreed that the sentence of condemnation passed on the brig Peruano, captured by the Maria habe/ corvette, Captain John Posese Grenfeli, shall be declared null and void ; the brig, with the cargo, &,!., to be restored to the owners; but the captors not to he answerable for the loss or injury, or for the costs of the proceedings. Another decree revokes the condemnation of the Eng lish brig Rob Roy, taken at Pernambuco by the Maceyo corvette, of the Imperial Navy. The brig, with its cargo, &c., or the value of the same, to be paid to the owners or their agents, with the amount of all the loss and injury caused by the captors. An official note from the Minister of the Interior an nounces, that the province of Ceara is tranquil since the rebel Pinto Madeira was taken, that the rebels in Pernam buco had been beaten and driven from that province, and that the few that remained, and had fled to Alajoa's, would probably be soon extinguished. Lastly, that a'l those rebels, though they proclaim Don Pedro 1., ate in fact highway robbers, and ferocious assassins. MARCH decree signed by the Emperor, sanc tions the resolution of the Legislative Assembly, which authorizes the Government to incur all the expenses ne cessary for extending the use of vaccination throughout the empire. A despatch from the Minister of Finance to the Presi dent of Maranham, informs him that it has been decided, conformably to the opinion of the Board of Finance of that province, that ships are not to pay the anchorage duty for the time they are under quarantine. MARCH 22.—An official account, given by the phy sicians employed by the Government, describes an epi demic now raging in the parish of Trajo, which the doc tor declares to have originated in measmata from the marshy grounds, which he characterizes as a malignant intermittent fever, vulgarly called Illacaca, with some points of resemblance to the oriental plague and to the Gibraltar fever, observed by Louiz and Trousseau ; these points are, on the one band, the suppuration of the paro tid and inguinal glands, on the other, the change of colour peculiar to the patients. MARCH 26.—The ninth anniversary of the solemnity of taking the oath to the Constitution of the Empire of Brazil was celebrated yesterday, with all the demonstra tions of joy suitable to the occasion.—Diario do Governo, to March 26 inclusive. IRISH CHURCH.—By an account recently presented to the House of Commons, and printed by its authority, it appears that the number of benefices in Ire land of above '2,000/. a.year value is eleven, one of them being of the annual value of 2,8001. ; of above 1,000/. and under 2,000/. value the number is 91 ; of 7501. to 1,0001. there are 96; of 5001. to 7501., there are 250; of 250/. to 5001. there are 425 livings; and all the re maining livings in Ireland, to the number of 583, are below the annual value of 2501., many of them being very considerably below that amount. This account, it should be observed, is drawn from the income of the Church at a period anterior to the comtnencement of passive resistance. SUICIDE OF A WEST INDIA MERCHANT.— Yesterday an inquest was held at Sambrook House, Bssinghall-street, on the body of CHARLES BROOK, Esq., a West India merchant, residing at Ditton, aged 71. About half-past eight o'clock, a report of a pistol was heard in the deceased's bed-room ; and, on the butler bursting open the door, he found him on the bed, with his head completely shattered, and a pistol on the floor.—On his table were found two papers in his writing, to the fallow ing effect : "My grAndenother's watch for Fanny. Mercy, mercy ! Wilde's horrible details are insupportable !"—The Jury were informed, that the latter words had reference to a suit in Chancery, in which the deceased became entitled to only one-third of some valuable estates, instead of one half, as he bad anticipated. Mr. WILDE was his soli. ciror. The deceased was affected with a determination of blood to the head. Verdict—Temporary Derangement. SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Grapes, in Bow-street, Covent-garden, on the body of Mr. ELLoms, a teacher of music and languages. A policeman of the F division, named Cooriza, said he was i❑ the gallery of Drury-lane Theatre, on Monday night, about half-past 11, when he saw the deceased stag gering along the upper row of seats, as if intoxicated. He next saw him fall, and witne's found he was unwell. He then asked some young men to assist him in carrying the poor man out, as he was dying. The reply was, " Take him out yourself; do you think we've nothing to do but to help you to carry dead men out ?" When the deceased was got out into the air lite was extinct. Mr. SMITH said, the deceased had died of apoplexy.—Verdict "Apoplexy." . . The influenza, with which the metropolis has been so severely visited, is still very prevalent in most of the towns in the south and western parts of the king dom ; and though it has not proved so fatal in the country as in London, it leaves a lassitude which totally unfits people for a time from resuming their ordinary pursuits. A few days since a considerable portion of the embankment of the Regent's Canal, which forms the gardens of the villas on South Bank, Regent's Park, gave way and fell into the water, carrying with it trees, plan tations, summer-houses, palings, &c. ; fortunately no persons were on the spot at the time, or the most lamen table consequences would in all probability have ensued. This occurrence took place in the night time, and was unaccompanied by any noise. The surprise of the inha bitants may be imagined, when, on getting up on the following morning, they discovered that one-half of their gardens had disappeared, as if by magic ; the ground in the immediate neighbourhood hereabout is very insecure, having been formed of the earth thrown up at the time of digging the canal, which, in this particular part, was cut very deep to obtain the level ; and the sinking of walls and other buildings hereabouts is not of unfrequent occurrence. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-DUELIN. HENRY-STREET.—BREACH OF PROMISE or MARRIAGE. —A respectably-attired female, of youthful and extremely prepossessing appearance, applied for the assistance of the magistrates. She stated that afire had been seduced under promise of marriage, and her betrayer had refused to fulfil his promise, and he was now in the office. Sir WILLIAM STAGIER (as we understood) intimated that the magistrates could afford no relief. The lady appeared much dissatis fied; and, perceiving the gay Lothario making his escape from the board-room, she immediately pursued him. " Love's blind, they say," and upon no other principle can we account why the fal: one should have been led astray by the diminutive nod unfavoured suitor, against whom she at present co:nplained. She seized him in the hall of the police-office, betore he had effected his escape, and displiyed a most unfeminine vigour of arm in drag ging him into the peace officer's room, where she kept him fur a considerable time in " durance vile." No way dis heartened by the failure of his first essay, the faithless swain made another effort to escape, and, darting through the door, ran down Henry-street, pursued by the lady, who quickly succeeded in captivating his person as she had before his erratic affections. He quietly submitted to his fate, and was carried off in triumph by his successful pur suer.—Dublin Paper. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 22. On the Earl of SHAFTESBURY taking his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock, _ _ _ Lord CAVENDISH, Mr. PENDARVES, and other Gentle men of the House of Commons, brought up the Bodmin Road Bill, the Derby Road Bill, the Cheltenham and Gloucester Road Bill, and other Private Bills, which were read a first time. Lord CAsvuoa and the Earl of MEATH presented peti tions from Dublin, and other places, for the abolition of slavery, and the better observance of the Sabbath. Lord FIFE presented a petition against slavery. The annual accounts of the Margate pier and harbour were laid upon the table. The Bishop of BATH and WELLS presented peti tions for the better observance of the Sabbath from places in Sotnersetshire. The Earl of GOSFORD presented petitions for the abolition of sl 'very, from Northfield and Southfield, in the county of Devon. The Report of the Committee upon the Personal Estates Bill was broneht up, and the House adjourned till to morrow at half. past three o'clock, HOUSE OF COM}IONS, Afar 22. There being a ballot for a Committee to try the merits of the election fur Montgomery, the gallery was not opened until a quarter before five o'cbick ; at which time we found nearly 200 Members in the House. GRAVESEND PIER BILL. Mr. RIDER presented a petition in favour of the Graves end Pier Bill from some place i❑ Kent. Mr. HODGES presented it similar petition, and then moved the third reading of the Bill. On the motion being put, Sir E. CODRINGTON said he had a petition to pre sent against the Bill, and he intended to oppose the third reading of the Bill, for reasons which he would state as briefly as possible. If the Bill were carried into effect, he felt thoroughly convinced that it would create a serious impediment to the navigation of the river Thames. It was intended th it the pier should project a distance of 105 feet into the river; and the proposers of the plan declared, that as it would be erected on piles, it could not affect the navigation of the river by causing any alluvial deposits ; but he (Sir Edward Codrington) was convinced that, however slender their piles might he, they would occasion a collection of alluvial deposits on ebb tides, and prevent any reaction, so as to remove the impediment by the flood tides. Higher up the liver a projection of only 2b feet had been objected to, and very justly, for it had caused an eddy, which occasioned a deposit of so much soil that it required an expenditure of upwards of 120,0001. to re move it. Tne party who hid erected that pro jection was prosecuted, and, he believed, had been cast; but from some cause or other the nuisance bad been per mitted to remain; and he understood that the place had been purchased for 45,0001. to insure its entire removal. Besides creating a shoal, the projection of the pier so far into the river would materially impede the working of vessels ; and this was a more serious injury than might be at first supposed, for it w.nt into a depth of twenty-seven feet water, a draught exceeding that of by far the greater number of vessels coming up the river even in a laden state. In fact it would he, to a certain extent, a prevention to ves sels passing up and down, excepting with a fair wind. If this projection were permitted, others would grow up on both sides of the river, until it would become neces sary at last to have an Act for opening the navigation of the Thames.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member then described an injury which had occurred to one of his Ma jesty's vessels in the river Medway, from a shoal occasioned there by a similar projection to the one proposed ; and alluded to the existence of some such obstructions in the harbour of Portsmouth, all of which Government was at this moment either prosecuting purchasing. With all the advantages of the Breakwater at Plymouth it had thrown up a shoal which, however, was not of any serious consequence, owing to the water there being so deep, but in Portsmouth harbour there was a projection, which had been productive of much injury. He was sure that any one who went to look at the effects of all projections on the River, would find that very extensive shoals had been formed, and great injury had consequently arisen. Owing to the projection (which the Hon. and Gallant Officer cited) he knew it had cost the Government 175,0001. to clear away the accumulations. If the river Thames were to be kept navigable up to London, he thought that it would be necessary to clear away all pro jections that now existed. He did not think it necessary to go at any length into the claims of a I irge body of persons—the boatmen of Gravesend, but he must say. that if this Bill passed they would be driven out of employ ment, and would thereby have a stronger claim to pensions, of which they had been hitherto deprived, although most of them had served their country for a long period. Mr. HUAIE denied that the solid dam, erected at Woolwich, was at all to be compared with the projec tio❑ proposed by the present Bill. The Hon. and Gallant officer had argued, that as the former had occasioned a great accumulation of alluvial matter, which proved inju rious to the river, the same eff ct would be produced by the proposed pier at Gravesend. Now, it so happened that the proposed pier would be perfectly open, so as to admit a free rush of the tide, and therefore no accumula tion could be produced. Besides, the injury which was so dreaded was nothing in comparison with the many advantages which the public would derive from the erection of the proposed pier. The Admiralty, the City of London (the Conservatives of the River Thames) had approved of the pier, and as to the interests of the class of persons advocated by the Hon. and Gallant Member, he (Mr. Hume) could say that they were protected by the Bill as much as was con,istent with the general interests of the public Sir E. TROUBRIDGE opposed the Bill. Sir James Cockburn had stated teat the effect of such a projection would be extremely injurious to the navigation of the river —indeed, that all projections on a river were in jurious, as creating an accumulation of matter, and con sequent narrowing of the river. Sir B. Martin and Sir J. Bereslord were of the same opinion, and the latter, in a letter, stated that two engineers had told him that the projection " would be ruinous to the navigation of that part of the river.'' It was true the pier was to be open, but it was to have 24 pillars, which were to be sunk into the chalk. An eddy would be created by the pier, which would infallibly create an alluvial deposit. No doubt it would be a pleasant thing to land on a pier, and the pier was very pretty to look at, but these were not cunsiderations to induce them to ruin the navigation of the Thames. Mr. GEORGE FREDERICK YOUNG said that he had a great interest in the navigation of the river, from being so deeply concerned in shipping, but he felt bound to say that be had come to a conclusion quite different front that of the Gallant Officer who had just sat down.—(Hear, hear, bear.) The wharf which bad hen complained of at Wool wich, was not only i solid masonry, but was placed in an eddy of the river, where it would be sure to occasion the accumulation of mud. Now, that at Gravesend was not only to be open, but was placed in a situation where the tide ran with great rapi dity. Upwards of 100,000 persons were in the habit of annually visiting Gravesend front the metropolis, and it was too much to say that they should be obliged to land in boats in all weathers, when they might be provided with such safe accommodation.—(Hear.) Mr. HODGES made some observations, which were inaudible in the Gallery. Admiral FLEMING said, as a seaman, he had no doubt that the intended pier would materially injure the navigation of the river, and he should therefore give it his decided opposition. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the third reading 6B Against it Majority in favour of the third reading —4l The Bill was then read a third time and passed. MONTGOMERY ELECTION. - Mr. DYSON appeared at the bar with the names of the Members who had been bailotted for to try the merits of the election. The following are the names :—J. E. Tennant, Esq., Lord James Henry Fitzroy, Thomas Hudson, Esq,, R. M. Biodulph, Esq., Lord A. Chichester , Sir Major Macnamara, Lord Lincoln, Major E. F. Wilmington, the Hon. Colonel F. Howard, and another Hon. Member. A person brought up the annual returns of the Treasurer of Margate Pier. DOVER ELECTION. Lord CLIVE brought up the report of the select Com mittee, appointed to try the merits of the petition pre sented against the return for this borough, which stated, ( PRICE 7D.) that Mr. John Halcomhe had been duly elected, and the petition and the opposition to it were not friyolot: and vexatious. Lord EASTNOR brought up the Repsrt of the Com mittee appointed to inquire into the merits of the ahoy, election, which stated that Major Nanney was not duly elected, and that Sir C. Paget ought to have been returned. The Clerk of the Crown was ordered to attend to morrow to amend the return. Mr. ROEBUCK postponed the motion of which he bad given notice relative to the Coldbath fields meeting till a day which did not reach us in the gallery. Mr. J. OSWALD presented three petitions from the Magistrates, the commissioners of the police, and the Po. litieal Union of Glasgow, against the Scotch Burgh Re form Bill. Also a petition from Dunbarton against slavery. Mr. H. CURTEIS presented several petitions from places in the county of Sussex, to the same effect ; for the total repeal of the malt duty ; and against the present tithe system. Capt. JONES moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the Acts o. Parliament, relating to the bridge over the Pule at Drrry. and into the application of the tonnage dues levied by the Corporation of Derry, and by the Ballast Office Committee under those Acts, and to report; whether any and what alterations are necessary thereon.—Committer appointed. Mr. TOOKE said be rose with the intention of mak ing the motion of which he bad given notice, relative to the making of certain amendments in the Reform Bill passed in the last session, for England and Wales. It was nut his intention to abide entirely by the forms of the motion of which he had given notice, but to confine himself to such amendments of that Act of the 2d William IV., as would tend to carry its provisions more fully into effect. Previous to his having given no tice of this motion, he had had an interview with the Noble Lord (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), in which he had made a tender of his services for the purpose of promoting the better working of the Bill. But they considered any consideration of the subject in the present session would be premature, and suggested to him whether it would not tie better to defer its consi deration to the next session. But he (Mr. Tooke) could not male this concession agree with his ❑otions of duty. It was not at all his intention to propose any thing that could be considered an infringement on the prin ciple of the Bill. Nor did he mean to detract at all from the credit of those Hon. Members of his Ma jesty's Government, who had introduced measures with the principle of which all must be contented. He would very shortly state the few practical alteration , the Committee would have to consider. If there was not sufficient time within which to pass aßill for the amendment of the Reform Bill during the present session, still the Committee might be appointed, and the evidence they might collect, and the report they might make, might be of most essential service to the revising barristers at the next election. The Hon. Member then adverted in particular to the 231, 26th, 27th, and 40th sections of the Act, as containing ambiguities, and calculated to raise difficulties which it was highly desirable to have remedied, and concluded by moving for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire what alterations were required to be made in the Reform Act, with a view to lessen the expenses and difficulties of registration. Lord JOHN RUSSELL objected to the motion, and trusted that the House would not adopt it. The Govern meat had entered into a consideration of the doub , s ssio to arise upon the face of the Reform Bill, and after care fully considering those doubtful points, and the difficulties stated to be thrown in the way of easy and cheap regis tration, they had come to the opinion that no alteration of that measure ought to be introduced in the present session. They thought it better to give men who Imo been taken by surprise betore, the opportunity of register ing their votes now, and they believed that many of the objections which at first sight appeared so formidable, would he found, upon trial, not to be so serious as was imagined. He wished the Hi,u•e to wait till the end o , the next session of Parliament, and see whether many of the objections now conjured up would not be found to be of no value or weight whatever. An Hort. IllEsinen believed that the objections were more numerous and important than the Noble Lord same. to imagine. Among the rest, he believed it would be found that, by the strict construction of the clause as it now stood, the borough voter would have to pay Is. an nually for the registration of his vote, while the more opu lent county voter would only have to pay Is. for the firs• registration ; and his name being once upon the list, be would always be entitled to his vote while he continued to hold the same property. Mr. WARBURTON said that there were many points on which different Committees had given contradictory de cisions ; and these points, he thought, ought to be settle.' before there was any dissolution of Parliament. If they were not he should like to know how the registering bar risters, in July next, were to decide these disputed points, when they could only refer to contradictory authorities ? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL ot.j.-cted to the motion. and observed, that this was neither the proper time, nor was it the proper manner, of introducing the proposed amendments. He admitted that there were some points on which Committees had given contradictory decisions, but he really feared that it would be an endless attempt to reconcile all their various opinions. There was, lie be lieved, no probability of an early dissolution of Parlia ment ; on the contrary, he thought such an event quite improbable, and therefore the House need not be in any anxiety on that point. If a Committee were appointed, he believed that each individual Member would have his own special fancy on the subject ; and that from all these different opinions the matter was likely to be rendered worse than before, and the confusion now said to prevail to he increased. Mr. O'CONNELL said there could be no doubt there were many defects in the wording of the Act. Ministers were afraid to consent to any amendment in the Commit tee; for if they did, a whole week was sure to be waited by their opponents in taunts upon them, for not having produced a perfect measure. The consequence was, that many incongruities remained in the Bill which ought to be altered. The Hon. and Learned Solicitor-General ad mitted the fact of the evil, and yet wished to postpone the cure—a piece of advice that seemed to be quite unintel ligible. There were many contradictory decisions among the registering barristers and among the Committees, and it was advisable tbat these points of difference should be at once settled. Colonel EVANS was also against the postponement, and thought that a Committee ought to be appointed before the period of registration returned. If the Committee were to be refused, he hoped that Ministers were digesting some plan for the amendment and perfecting of the exist ing law. Mr. G. ROBINSON was disposed to leave the matter in the bands of Ministers, under the assurance that the best mode of reconciling the discrepancies between the decisions of revising barristers and of election committees was under consideration.—(Hear.) Mr. WARBURTON proposed, as an amendment of the original motion, that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire especially into the contradictory opinions of re vising barristers and the discordant decisions of election committees. Mr. JERVIS adverted to the practical defects in the working of the Reform Act, as regarded the duties of the revising barristers, and contended that some method should be adopted to ascertain how the measure had operated in different parts of the country. Mr. HALIBURTON was understood to oppose the original motion. Mr. WASON referred to several conflicting decisions by election committees, which rendered it necessary that some general system should be established before the re vising barristers were again called upon to act. In his opinion, the moment a defect was discovered, a remedy ought to be applied to it. and that the recommendatio n of a Select Committee could result ir. in S t . hi ß s I c C as E e farorginuedthe that p o n n o in convenience e m c e o d u y li ; l not increase the certainty of that law, the uncertainty of which was now matter of complaint. The present Go vernment, as the originators of the Reform Act, were pledged to introduce every practical remedy for established defects; and he apprehended that next session would be .ufliciently early for the purpose. Mr. HUME observed, that the Select Committee wa• not to be appointed to decide any question of law, but merely to ascertain a matter cf fact, which matter of fact would be material in governing the conduct of the re vising barristers when they should next be called upon to act. An Horr. Alimzeß said, that if be thought the amend- " e 7.1/2/7 talent of the Hon. Member far BrPport wisuliLl; • .14 ffect of impeding, his Maj-sty'cMiri N ters in - at Or .4tsr inure perfect the machinery of the:Rrrn oppose it ; but feeling that it would / mit have thatelfeet, he should certainly give it his support pilte.t.berKie re commended that the original motion lie'veiiiidia s tii). Ile was sincerely anxious that the great measure of reform should be rendered as perfect as possible, though it was everywhere admitted to be wonderfully correct. Mr. B. CARTER did not object to any real improve ,nents that might he made in the Reform Bill, provided sufficient time were allowed to elapse fur the purpose of ascertaining that the changes proposed were improve ments. In his opinion sufficient time had not elapsed to show whether the Bill had worked well or ill ; but after some experience they would be better pr• pared to legislate —they would be able to judge whether or not the alleged 'efects were so or otherwise. He admitted that some in ,onvenience might arise from contradictory decisions, dut is far as he could learn, the contradictory decisions were confined to the Irish Bill ; that, however, formed no ob jection to the general measure, and he therefore recom mended that the House should avoid anything like pre cipitate legislation. Mr. C. W. WYNN said that the Reform Bill, so far 19 it affected the limitation of the duratian of elections, had worked admirably, and had given universal eatisfac t'on: but not so with that part of it which related to re zistration ; at the same time, he thought it would be the most expedient course for the House not to legislate at present, for there was no measure which they could intro duce then which could be pissed, and sent down time e nough for the lists of the present year. Another reason n favour of delay was, that they ought not to come to any tecision till the business of the Election Committees were over. He did not make these observations with any view of impeding necessary or expedient alteratiorv, but for the sake of guarding against any unnecessary or mischievous , hanges being introduced. It frequently happened before tae revising barristers, that fraudulent voters were objected to—that those objections were substqu-ntly abandoned, (rid those electors were allowed to vote, notwithstanding that they had been objected to before the revising barrister. He thought that the Solicitor-General ought to bring in a Bill to render it practicable for voters to change their resi id !ices without forfeiting their franchises ; also to deter mine how far the revising barrister should enter into the merits of votes which had been withdrawn ; and likewise o place that House in the situation in which it stood be fore, and in which it ought constitutionally to stand—that , f ultimate Judge of every question concerning el ctions. It bad been asked, would they not give credit to overseers for having something like common sense and understand ing? From his experience as a magistrate, lie must be allowed to say, that he was acquainted with no clefts of men who more frequently mistook than they did the in structions given them. Mr. HALCOMI3, as a revising barrister, was of opinion that a declaratory Act ought to be introduced this session, for the purposes mentioned by the last speaker. Mr. O'CONNELL said there could be no objection to the Committee, so far as Ireland was concerned ; for the Al ly part of the English Bill that had given universal s ttisfaction was not to be found in the Irish. If they got the Committee to-night, he would underake to say hat the report would be made before the end of the ad journment. It was especially necessary that something should be done in reference Si Ireland, for toere was a toubt there respecting the 101. and 201 qualification. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—If the Hon. and Learned Member tor Dublin thought the matter could be so easily disposed of, he had better bring in a Bill for the purpose. Nothing could be more objectionable than hasty legislation, and he therefore thought that the quickest way of putting an end to the matter would be by bringing it to the test oda Bill. In his opinion, the best way of meeting the present motion would be to read the Bill a ~.,serid time, and then give it a full examination in Com mittees Mr. JERVIS, when he appealed to his conscience and experience, confessed that he wm• often obliged to keep voters on the lists longer than was proper, on ac •ount of the difficulty of ascertaining whether their n Imes night to be struck out or not. He considered that it would be enough to institute an inquiry in order to have .vidence before them, and every repor t of the Committee should be returned to that House, in order that they might ,e guided by it. Mr. ABERCROMBIE would put it to the House whe ther, if a Committee were now appointed, the House could legislate en its reports that session? and if tie Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Wynn) produced a Bill on the three points he mentioned, he would find mi• ' in I mbour on these points in the Committee than ht ted, He thought the House would do unwisely if it. amending of the Imw out of the hands of Ministt th e knew hest how to deal with it. • 1 10 Lord D. STUART preferred the original motion to the amendment. Mr. LLOYD contended that the present was the best rime for collecting facts, in order that the defects of the law might be corrected as soon as possible. Mr. WYNN explained. Mr. PEASE said that every gentleman connected wit!' counties must mite that already sufficient information had transpired to give churchwardens a complete notion of fail extent of their duty. Mr. C. GRANT would be willing to cede the appoint ment of this Committee, if any sufficient arguments had been adduced for its formation. All this Committee would have to do would be to collect facts, and since all the arguments were founded on the uncertainty of the law me it now stood, how could those facts correct that uncer tainty? He thought that at that time it was not neces sary to go into that Committee. The duty of the Ilouse should be, to be as anxious about amending the law as they had been originally in framing it. He and had Mr. TOOKE should have no objection to leave the matter to tlie Government, if their violation of their enteredo!etlges had tat not Ho u im ie pa i i n re v d i r h t i u s e co o n f fitdbeence Reform Bill, inthem he had entered it with more coal isimstic expectations than his youth justitied.—(Laught..A) Those expectations were disappointed, consequently he must persist in his motion. Mr. SANDFORD wished to know whether it was the intention of Government to take into consideration the measure next session ? He thought that it would be better to leave the measure in the hands of those who bad so successfully conducted the original Act last session. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that certain altera tions in the Reform Bill had already attracted the atten tion of Government. As those alterations would be for the public benefit, Government were resolved to bring forward, next session, a measure embodying the necessary alterations, which measure, be hoped, would give gener.il satisfaction. Mr. WALLACE contended that the Act was liable to many misconstructions and ambiguities, and he saw no reason, nor did he think any other gentleman could see any, for postponing a naeasure that should certainly be immediately adopted. There was another question con nected with the subject which had not been settled, and which he considered ought to be set at rest, namely, whe ther the decision of the revising barrister should or should not be final. The Hon. Member concluded by saying that he would vote for the motion. Mr. C. BULLER would beg of tke Hon. Mover to divide the House on the question, and not leave the sub feet to the discretion of the Government—first, because his Majesty's Ministers might not, perhaps, be always in office, and the motion should, therefore, not be postponed; secondly, because his Majesty's Ministers had quite enough to do already ; thirdly, because his Majesty's Ministers did not do everything so well that he thought the House ought to confide more to them than was absolutely neces sary ; and, fourthly, because the motion was one which aught to emanate from the House generally, and not from the Ministers. Mr. ELLICE bad not expected such animadversions on the Government from the lion. Member who had just sat down, especially as in general the Hon. Member placed confidence in the measures of Government. He thought that they might be freed,from such remarks, if they had had no other merit than that of having made so great and suc cessful an experiment as the Reform Bill was admitted on di hands to be. If the subject of the Hon. Member's ,notion were as simple as had been stated by the Hon. Gentleman who spoke on the other side, he sow no occs sion for the appointment of a Committee. He (Mr. Ellice) lid not, however, consider it of little importance. He would only ask the House to give the Government a little - ime to consider the multiplicity of business in which they were already engaged. He Loped that the House would tot force them to the immediate appointment of ,a Coen nittee to inquire into a subject which the G. , ;.errirnent were pledged to take into their eons.d er ationas speeotly as dontible. He had no doubt that if a Comnsvitee were ap dointed, it would be expected that . some ..renitier of the the member of t he would eg with the con_ .ideation of the momentous questions to coins shortly iefore the House, or on the C,o . mmi',.tees &ready appointeo thejio Governmenty Houseer n n ntto w w oba o ss u e l ar d vi: h; .„til a yia rn :Lit e im m ie b ut e ci r hm o e : ,,, ? u , ; ; _ l e. ) ,: y : ,tai then sitting, that it was impo.sible for them to avend 0 this subject at present. He repeater, however, that all It i° 001 - rge's . per sale r the tion s 10 01 !e in• far 1 the held 0 1 ' a IP . e We anet e ps, mo re LEA / ~ / to& " e