The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-31 00:00:00

f O r ' ' 1011),°k CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION COMMISSION.-(THIS DAY.) The Commissioners nsumed their adjourned investiga tions this morning at ten o'clock. Sir F. PALO RAVE in the chair. Mr. Woodtborp, the town clerk, proceeded to give hi evidence relative to the election of Aldermen, and the time of their meetings. The City Chamberlain is annually elected on Mid aummer-day by the liverymen of the several wards, in Common Hall assembled. Any two liverymen could propose a candidate in writing. The only q ualification was that of being a freeman of the city. The election proceeded by a show of hands, and if a poll was demanded it was regulated under the 11 George I. chap 18, in the same way as in the case of "the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. Altho &h annna elected, - it bad been the praciice cfAlitsr i vinaless- lity objection was - ereiltrOlirl instances in Which eletiksillrfl tins determined at the end of a year, such as those of Hvrison and Wilkes in 1714 and 1756. When a vacancy oarred, the office was the subject of canvass and competition. There was no provision in the Act for vacating the office in case of insolvency, bank ruptcy, or non-residence; but the Chamberlain had to give security to the amount of 40,0001. on bond, with five securities, 25,000/. for the city funds, and 15,0001. as Treasurer of the Orphan's Fund. He was ad mitted and sworn in before the Court of Aldermen. Nor to the passing of the statute 2 George 1., chap. 18, the-Common Council were joint electors with the livery. men, both in the case of the. Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Bridge Master, and Chandaerlain.• The auditors of the Chamberlain's accounts were elected on the same day, and in the same manner. The only other officers which came under the general designation in the statute of " all and other officers chosen by the liverymen," were the " ale connere," but how their elec tion came to be in the livery he did not know. Politics did not appear to have any influence in the election of the Chamberlain. Official fitness seemed to he the only consideration. Imthe case of John Wilkes, politics had no doubt some innate ; but now, as far as his (Mr. Woodthorp's) experience went, he could say that except in the case of Members -of Parliament, political feeling did not prevail in any ..of the City elections. Bridge masters gave security, on, their election, to the extent of 1,5001., in three sureties. The usual practice was to fill up, as soon as aky r , vacancy occurred, through death, or otherwise, prerkibs to the annual election. There was rur iratl: fitness required beyond being a freeman. 'the 'as usually filled up by some re• spectable old decayed citizen. It was a matter more of benevolent than political feeling, and never led to any higher civic office. It was a responsible office, though not at the present' lithe. It was quite open to the whole Livery, and its patronage was not in any particular part of the Corporation. They are admitted and sworn before the Aldermen. The four auditors of the bridge-master's accounts were elected from among the freemen, under the statute of George the First. These offices were not usually contested. They were elected for two years, two retiring each year. Auditors appear to have been as soon as Edward the First ; their appointment then was in the hands of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty ; but afterwards they appeared to have been elected by the Li verymen. They were generally take❑ from respectable tradesmen, who were conversant with accounts. They were admitted and sworn in by no particular body of the Corporation. The Ale Conners were elected by the Liverymen ; they were formerly called surveyors of ale breweries. The origin of the office was in the 34th of Henry VI., and power was given to them peaceably to enter in the day-time into all ale and beer breweries, to see the proportion and quality of corn and other ingredients made use of in the making of beer, with power to punish and commit, according to their discre tion. They were elected annually, but usually re-elected ; their only qualification was being freemen. Their office was very much contested by decayed tradesmen and pub licans. One of the largest contractors, formerly in Lon don, of butcher meat, was now one of them. The aboli tion of the office was contemplated. The canvassing that was necessary was exceedingly expensive to the candidates. Last Midsummer there was a vacancy. They were ad mitted and sworn in by the Town-Clei k, or his deputy. in the outer chamber, commonly called the Lord Mayor's Court. On being sworn, the Lord Mayor granted them his warrant. • The four district surveyors were elected by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, under the 14th Geo. 111. Their election took place in the month of May ; their appoint ment arose under one of the oldest by-laws of the City of London, so far hack as the time of Richard I. The office was generally eanteetivir the candidates were required to produce testimonials of their professional qualifications and skill in building. They were appointed over respective ohs tricts. They did not usually exchange their districts. They were generally continued in office, and took the oath prescribed by the statute. There was no rule or order that obliged the candidates to be freemen, but such were gene rally elected. it did not lead to any higher office. There were no instances of removal. The Keeper of Newgate was appointed by the Court of Aldermen. The office is held for life. In some instances the nomination of the Sheriff was accepted by the Court, but such has not been the general rule. The Sheriffs, however, have claimed it. At the recent election in November last, the Sheriffs did not nominate. They could not agree. If the office was thrown open there was a contest. There was a formal admission, but no appointment under seal. He received a formal deputation on the annual appointment of the new Sheriffs, on which occasion he tendered security. It is not usual to fill up the office from other offices, although in the two last elec tions it was given to the two City Marshals. It was a very ancient office, and existed so far back as the time of Edward 111. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before B. ROTCH, Esq., M.P., and a Bench of Ma grs.rates.) John Cranston was indicted for stealing, on the 4th instant, 70 lbs. of lead, and four iron frames, the pro perty of Mr. Hawkins, of Goodman's-fields. Joseph Floodpage deposed, that be was agent t) the prosecutor, who was owner of the houses 71, 72, and 73, in Lambeth-street, all of which had iron window frames, and lead pipes all round. John Savage, a carpenter, was employed on the house in question. On the day named in the indictment he went into No. 73, where he found the prisoner engaged in cutting away the lead pipes. The frames and pipes Lad been taken from the others previously. Police constable 178 H, took the prisoner into custody on the charge made by last witness. He found the lead and frames ready to be taken away. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen tenced to he transported for seven years. John Brown, a youth, was found Guilty of stealing a piece of mutton from the shop of Sarah Prime, and was sentenced to seven years' transportation. The prisoner, in his defence, said it was not from the ... prosecutor's shop he stole the meat but from another. Michael Hanogan was indicted for stealing a packet handkerchief from the person of Slater Geogehan in Drury-lane, on the 12th of the present month. He was found guilty, and being an old offender, received sentence of transportation for seven years. Mary Ann Granger was also sentenced to be trans ported for seven years, for stealing a cloak on the 7th inst. Thomas Head, a child of only nine years of age, was found Guilty of stealing a pair of shoes from the shop of John Feetal. He was caught in the act. He was recommended to mercy on account of his youth. The policeman said the father of the prisoner was a very respectable man, but he refused to come forward, because the boy bad been so frequently guilty of the same kind of offence. _ . The CHAIRMAN in sentencing the prisoner told him that if he ever appeared there again upon a charge of felony he would most certainly he transported. The sen tence then was that he be confined in the House of Cor rection for the term of two months, to have two whip pings, and to be confined in a solitary place two weeks of the time. ECCENTRICITIES OF THE MIDDLE RANKS. --Nothing escapes the notice of our comic novelist, Hook, if it ever had existence within the bills of mortolity. The metrop o li s i s a mine of gold to him ; and he finds some thing worth the search where few but himself would think of looking at a ll. London is his proper home, his lawful right, and he may justly lay cl lint to he considered as its -literary Lord May or . fiery person " about town" is his property, and he Paints and publishes him as he pleases; be regards whole fami l i es , n ay, whole classes of men, as so much raw material to b e manufactured into mirth. He ~. is equally happy in a couin t i ng .t i owe in the East, or at a ball in the West, or at a dinn er party midway between the two. His story of " Maxwell" fully verities these • remarks. It overflows with wit and humour, and is judiciously selected to follow the celebrated story of " Eugene Aram," by Mr. Bulwer, the best production of this eminent novelist, in the Standard Novels and Ro mances, decidedly the cheapest publication of the day. COURT CIRCULAR. Earl Grey arrived in town yesterday afternoon, from the seat of Lord Dacre, the Hon, Herts. Despatches were received yesterday at the office of the S-cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, from Lord William Russell, our Minister at Lisbon. The Marquis of Slieo, and Mr. Mayers, the agent for Barbadoes, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial. (Bee. Count Polion, the Sardinian Charge d'Affaires, visited several of the Foreign Ministers yesterday. Sir George Shee, Under• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, was expected to arrive in town last night. FASHIONABLE 'INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. : The Earl of Onslow, at Richmond, from his seat, Clandon, Surrey; General Bailey, in Albemarle-street, from Canter bury; Mrs. Myton, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Cheltenham ; William Lewi s, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Littledale, in Brook-street, from Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Crosby and family, at Hawkin's Hotel, Dover and Albemarle-streets, from Canterbury ; Henry Owen, Esq., at Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, from Cambridge ; J. B. Oliphant, Esq., at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, from Bristol ; Charles Scott Murray, in Cavendish-square, from Hambledon, Bucks ; the Countess Dowager Clare and Lady Isabella Fitzgibbon, in Belgrave-square, from Lincolnshire; Viscount Grimston, in Grosvenor-square, from Gorhambury, Herts ; Colonel Chaplin, in Welbeck-street, from Lincolnshire; Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Leigh, in Dover street, from Cheltenham; the Misses Barham, in Queen Anne-street, from Hastings ; Sir Edward Blount, Bart., in Great Cumberland-Place, from Staffordshire; Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson and Miss Rhodes, at Gould's London Hotel, Albemarle-street; General Dawson and family, at ditto. DEPARTURES. The Hon. Mr. Craven, from Charles-street, Berkeley-square, for Hampstead Lodge, Berks ; Charles Standish, Esq., and sons, from Symmons's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Brighton ; William Parker Hammond, Esq., from Batt's Hotel, Dover street, for his seat in Cambridgeshire ; Captain Ainslie, from ditto; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph and family, from Hawkin's Hotel, Dover and Albemarle-streets, for Herts ; the Rev. Mr. Moore, from ditto, for Windsor ; R. Lawellen. EAO., frnm nostrott , 1-rotel. Dovor-c1a,..i., sot- Bath ; Hon. Henry Howard, from Fenton'l Hotel, St. James's-street, for York shire; John Blackburn, Esq., from ditto, for Ireland; P. Blackburn, Esq., from ditto, for Windsor; Captain Douglas, from ditto, for Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire; D. Shafto, Esq., from ditto, on a tour; - Rogers, Esq., from ditto, for Coventry ; Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, from Park-lane, for their seat, in Norfolk; the Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile and family, from Gould's London Hotel, Albemarle-street; the Viscount Dungarvon, from ditto ; General Taylor, from ditto, for the residence of Lord George Quin, Park-lane ; Sir Thomas and Lady Barker and family, from ditto, for their seat, Etomb-park, Lincolnshire. REPUBLIC DEBT. The state of the national finances must occupy a pro minent place in all addresses by executive magistrates to legislative bodies ; but probably it has never been the goad fortune of any other people, obliged to mortgage for a time the resources of their posterity, to hear a language Eke that of President Jackson to the American Congress at Washington on the 3d instant. Nearly every Govern ment in Europe or America has been under the necessity in times of war or danger to anticipate its income ; but we know of no other nation but the Americans who can declare that their funded debt bas been entirely redeemed —that their bonds have been cancelled without an act of bankruptcy—and that their annual revenue is free to meet their annual expenditure. Tie result, no less satisfactory than honourable, should be proclaimed in the face of the eiviliz !el world, and should be held out as a bright example to monarchies and republics. The Americans, in 18 , years of peace, have relieved themselves from the accumu lated burdens of two wars, by a steady application of their surplus revenue to redeem their incumbrances, and have thus given the best reproof to those admirers of their re publican system who propose the use of a sponge for effacing national obligations. The success of this remarkable experiment has established the truth of some important points, which have often been made the subject of controversy in this country. It has proved, when taken in conjunction with the acknow ledged prosperity of the American Union—first, that a nation, though by its increasing wealth it may outgrow the oppressive feeling of its burdens, will proceed faster in the career of improvement if it has nn burdens at all ; secondly, that if the money of the fundholder is returned to him, he will find a beneficial employment for his capital, however large the sum, in undertakings of trade and industry; and, lastly, that by a steady adherence to the principles of public faith and national honour, the entire extinction of a very large debt may be accomplished, and rendered consistent, not only with the general welfare, but with the advantage of the state annuitants themselves; for we have heard no complaints among the people of the United States that they are obliged to take beck their money which they had lent to Government. Times. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIB,—As a constant reader of your valuable jour nal, may I be permitted to intrude upon your no• tice, with a few remarks relative to the case of the unfortunate holders of South American and Spanish Bonds, in the earnest hope that, through your columns, it may attract the notice of those in " authority," who alone can serve them. Can it he credited, Mr. Editor, as appears from a recent statement in a morning paper, that (including ar rears of interest) the sum total, slue to shareholders, amounts to the enormous sum of ferty.five millions ster ling, equal almost to the annual revenue of the United Kingdom. Conceive, then, the injury done to the national resources by the detraction 'from circulation of so much capital, and which has driven into exile in foreign lands so many thousands of British subjects and their families, the loss of whose incomes has put it out of their power to remain at home. Surely the British Government has an interest in seeing them righted, if only viewed as a national question ; and this too at a time when there is so loud a clamour for the reps ,l of the Assessed Taxes and other burdens. Experience has unhappily shown that all appeals to the justice, humanity, or sense of honour of the Government of these states are but as empty sounds ; but let our Government only adopt a decided tone in their remonstrances, and something may be hoped for. Nor is their ingratitude less glaring than their bad faith towards the gallant Britons who fought the battles of Columbia and Chili, and subsequently covered them, as with an ./Egis, from the more formidable designs of the Holy Al liance. Let then, Mr. Editor, the Government only exert themselves manfully to recover their debts, and then the increase of revenue that must accrue to them from these sources will easily enable them to lighten the public burdens without in the least impairing any of the national establishments. . remain, Mr. Editor, your most obedient servant, COLUMBUS. The gayeties at Woburn Abbey have com menced with great spirit. Lord John Russell has been there since Christmas-day with other distinguished visi tants. The grand galleries were illuminated on each evening. Concertantes and cards have filled up the intervals between the balls and other fetes. The Duke and Duchess and the family, including the M irquis aid Marchioness of Abercorn, will remain at the Abbey until the middle of March, when they coma to town for the fashionable season. Lord Abercorn has once visited the Priory at Stanmore since his return from the North to inspect the progress of the improvements in that chateau. Earl Craven, with the Countess Craven and the Hon. Frederick Keppel Craven, arrived at Woburn on Friday, on a visit to the Noble host and hostess. Mr. Spring Rice left his residence in Mans field-street yesterday for Ireland, where he will make a stay of three weeks. Colonel Powell, Lord Lieutenant and M.P. for the county of Cardigan, has been confined to his bed upwards of a fortnight by severe illness. We are happy to hear, however, the Hon. Member is in a fair way of recovery. A deep gloom has been cast over several Noble families at the present season of general festivity by the premature demise of the young and lovely Lady Ogilvie, who expired at the residence of Sir John Ogilvie, in Eaton place, on Friday last. Her Ladyship was the youngest daughter of the late Lord Henry Howard Moly oeux Howard, only brother to the present Duke of Norfolk, and advanced to the precedency of a Duke's youngest son in 1817, and sister to the Countess of Carnarvon, Vis e„untess Andover, and Mr. Wentworth Buller. In 1831 Miss Howard was united to Sir John Ogilvie, Batt., of Inverquhatity, then an officer in the 2d Lite Guart:s. Her Ladyship was only in her 22d year. The Countess Rossi (formerly Mademoiselle Sontag) and her husband arrived at Brussels on Thursday last. Mr. Charles Scott (son of the late Sir Wal ter) of the Foreign Office, has been appointed an attache to Mr. Villier'a embassy at Madrid, where he arrived I n the 14th inst. from England. THE PARLIAMENTARY SPEECHIFICA TION TABLE, for the WHOLE SESSION 1833. (From the Spectator.) The readers of the Spectator may perhaps remember, that in the first quarter of the last Session of Parliament, we presented them with a Speechification Table, or a tabular view of the number of times each Member of the House of Commons had spoken, and bow many columns and lines in the Mirror of Parliament (in other words, how much of the House's time) his speeches occupied. Our object in so doing at that time, was to disprove a Conservative misrepresentation, that it was owing: to the operation of the Reform Bill that so many and so long speeches were made, the Members returned by the newly enfranchised boroughs being the great talkers. The table ed hew ,completely the Conservatives were in the *we to put the saddle on the ri g ht horse—tb convict the old Members, the real offenders, of the sin of much talking. We have since caused this table to be completed, and it now comprises an account of all the speechification of the Session, as we find it recorded in our text-book, the Mirror of Parliament. Here it is : -- SPEAKERS. TIMES. SPACE. Cols. Lines. • • 9 71 .. 2 81 • • 0 35 • 21 47 . • 4 35 ~.337 22 .. 0 6 • • 18 0 38 13 ▪ 60 13 0 11 ... 0 38 ... 0 21 0 10 ~.. 17 4. 0 64 ~.. 65 60 1 15 99 Abercrombie, J. Acheson, Visct. Adam, Admiral Aglionby, H. A. Agnew, Sir A. Althorp, Visct. 1026 .... Arbuthnot, Gen Ashley, Lord Attwood, M. Attwood, T. Atberley, A. Baillie, J. E. lid!lie, Col Baillie, Mr. R.. B rldwin, Dr. Bannerman, A.. Baring, A. Baring, H.. Baring, F. T Barrrarti, Barron, H. W. Barry, G. S. Bateson, Sir R. Bayntun, S Beauclerk, Major . . Beaumont, T. W. Belfast, Earl. Brllew, R. M Benett, J. Bentinck, Lord Berkeley, Captain Berkeley, Hon. C. Berkeley, G. Bernal, R.. l7 ... Bish, T. Blake, Sir F. Blake, W. Blamire, W. .. Blaney, Captain Blunt, Sir C. Bolling, W Briscoe, J. I. Brocklehurst, J. Brodie, W. B Brotberton, J. Brougham, W.. Brown, D. .. 57 .... 35 ... 1 87 uL ~.. 28 42 ~.. 0 5 P.," 7 44 ... 29 ... 39 . 3 56 11 36 0 59 ~ 0 4 2 45 ~ 9 49 3 6 2 3i 0 34 . 0 25 14 86 , 1 71 0 29 . 2 0 , 4 42 0 7 10 ... 0 12 4 0 . 11 19 . 1 6 38 ... 27 ... 16 ... 2 68 • 7 SS ... 11 84 3 44 5 1 4 24 SS 24 0 15 .... 17 61 0 13 2 75 0 20 ~.. 11 80 • 7 35 • 16 84 7 64 .... 0 53 • 2 0 .... 27 2 1 74 0 32 • 1 16 0 12 • 2 5 • 1 54 .... 2 5 0 4 • 18 0 BI own, J. Bruce l5 .. Buckingham, J. S. Bulkeley, Sir R. Buller, C. Buller, J. Buller, E. .. Butted, J. Bulwer, E. L. Bulwer, H. L. Burdett, Sir F. Burrell, Sir C. Burton, H. B Butler, Hun. P Buxton, T. F Byng, Sir J. Byng, G. Callaghan, D Calvert, N Carter, J. B. Carew, R. S Castlereagh, Viscount Cavendish, Colonel Ca) ley ; E. S C.t)ley, Sir G. Campbell, Sir J. 14 ... 3S .., 26 .. Chandos, Marquis Chapman, M. L. Chapman, A. Chaytor, Sir W.... ........... 1 Chetwynd, Captain 4 Chichester, Lord 1 Chichester, J. P. B. Childers, J. W. Christmas, J Clay, W. Cobbett, W. Codrington, Sir E 46 . Colquhoun, J. C. Conolly, Colonel Cooper, E Coate, Sir C. Cornish, J. Crawford Curteis, E. B. Curteis, H. B. Dalrymple, Sir J. Dalmeny, Lord Dare, R. W. H. Darlington, Earl lO Daunt, W. J. Davenport, J 1 . Davies, T. H Denison, E. J Denison, W. J 4 Dellwyn, L. W. 1 Divett, T,. Dobbin, L 3 . Donkin, Sir R. 4 Dugdale, W. S 2 . Duncannon, Lord 7l . Duncombe, Honourable W 8 Dundas, Captain J. W 6 Dunlop, J .•• 6 Dyng, Sir• J. (?) 1 Dykes, F. L. B 1 Eastnor, Viscount 3 Ebrington, Viscount 35 Egerton, W 1 Ellice, E. 55 Elliott, Honourable G l4 El Estcourt, 'l'. B. Evans, Col .... 111 Evans, G. Evans, W 7 Ewart, Ewing, J Faithful, G Fancourt, Major Fellowes, N Fenton, Captain Ferguson, Sir R. C. .. .., Ferguson, R. Fergusson, R. C Fielden, J Fiehien, W Finch, G Finn, W Fiizgerald, T Fiozsimon, C 10 . 112 Fitzsimon, N. Folkes, Sir NV Forster, J. C Fordwicb, Viscount Fox, Colonel Fleming, Admiral Fremantle, Sir T nench, F Fryer, R Gasket!, M Gladstone, W. E Gladstone, F Gisborne ... Gillon, W. D Godson, Gordon, Captain W G rdon, Mr. R )6 Goring, H. D lO Goulburn, H 4B Graham, Sir. J 62 Grant, C 62 Grant, Robert 4B Grattan, J. Grattan, H Green, T. G Grey, Sir G ll 64 4 ... 39 .. 56 .. 1 .. s 25 . . 32 23 15 85 0 8 17 31 23 87 4 8 1 6 1 48 0 11 3 69 0 11 0 79 3 55 IS 67 4 34 • 14 48 2 12 • 11 56 ▪ 1 83 IS 18 12 57 24 85 ▪ 0 55 ▪ 8 2 ▪ 2 31 ▪ 23 61 • 29 79 ...... 43 71 ...... 32 26 ..... 5 45 .. . ...... 0 50 ...... 4 31 SPEAKERS. Trans. SPACE. Cols. Lines. Grimstone, Viscount 1 Grosvenor, Lord R 5 Grote, G 39 Guest, J. J 2 Gully, J 1 Halyburton, D. G 2 Halford, Sir H lO Hall, B }Lacombe, Mr SO Handley, Major B l 4 Handley, H. Handley, W. F 3 Hanmer, Colonel 5 Harcourt, G. V 4 Hardy, J 54 Hatdinge, Sir H l9 Harland, W 3 Harvey, D. W BO Hawes, 8. 5 1 34 Hawkins, J. H 5 Hay, Colonel L lB Hay, Sir . .1 '7 Hayes, Sir E 6 Heathcote,,G. J. Heatlicote, -.1 4 Henniker, Lord Heron, Sir I r Herries, Right'Hon . . J C r 4O Hill, M. D. .1. PS 1 36 Hobbouse, Sir J. C. Hodges, T. L. ,. . 6 Hodgson, J. Hope, Sir A 4 Horne, Sir W 33 Houldsworth,' T. Hothatn, Lord Howard, F. G Howard, P. H. Howiek, Viscount Hoy, J. B 1 Hudson, F Hume, J. II- --ri"-"" ' I -_ s . __.,,,-- -JO Hurst, R. 2 Hutt, W. Hughes, Hughes l 9 Hyett, W. - 6 Ingestrie, Viscount 2 Ingham, R Inglehy, Sir W. A. Inglis, Sir R. H. James, W l 2 Jarvis, J. Jeffrey, F. Ld. Ad 63 J.Thson Jermyn, Earl 1 Johnstone, J. J. H Johnstone, A 53 Jones, Ciptain T Keane, Sir R Kennedy, T. F. 2B Kennedy, J. Kerrison, Sir E. Kerry, Earl of.. Keppel, Hon. G Key, Sir J. King, E. B. Knatchbull, Sir Edward 53 Labouchere, H 8 Lalor, P Lamb, Hon. G Lambert, H Lamont, N 1 Langdale, C 9 Langtog, Colonel, G 2 ... .. 0 32 Leech, J 2 Lefevre, S ll Lefroy, Dr 36 Lennard, T. B 27 Lennox, Lord A 3 ...... 0 81 Lennox, Lord W l 4 Lennox, Lord G 7 Lewis, T - 5 Leniford, Mr 1 Littleton, E. J 95 Lloyd, J. H 24 Loch, J 2 Lowther, Viscount 3 Lushington, D 55 Lyall, G lB ' Lynch, A. H Maherley, Colonel W l 2 Macaulay, T. II 32 Mackenzie, J 6 M'Leod, R 9 Mahon, Viscount 3 Manners, Lord R 1 Mandeville, Lord 2 Marjoribanks Marryatt, J 8 .•.... 3 33 Marshall, J l 2 Martin, J 2 Maxfield, W 1 Maxfield, Sir J 5 Maxfield, J. W 25 Methuen, P Mildmay, Sir J 3 Mills, J 1 Members," Honourable 259 Molesworth, Sir W '7 Molyneux, Lord 6 Moreton, Honourable A 1 Morpeth, Viscount 4l Morrison, J 7 Mosley, Sir 0 l 5 Mullins, F. W 1 Murray, J. A 3l Nagle, Sir R 1 Newark, Lord 1 Nichol, J 9 Norreys, Lord. 1 North, F 2 O'Brien, C 1 O'Connell, C 1 O'Connell, D 647 338 88 O'Connell, J 2 O'Connell, Morgan 4 ...... 0 80 O'Connell, Maurice l 6 O'Connor, Don 7 O'Connor, Fergus 72 O'Dwyer, A. C O'Feri all, 0. M O'Grady, Colonel Oliphant, L 4 O'Reilly, W 32 Ord, NV 2 Ormelie, Earl l 3 OswaNI, J Oswald, R 4 Oxinantown, Lord l 7 Parker, J. Parker, Sir H. Palmer, General 6 Palmer, Robert Palmer, C. F l 6 Palmerston, Lord Parnell, Sir H l 3 Parrott, J ll Patten, J. W ll Pease, J 49 Pechell, Sir J 1 Peel, Sir R lO6 132 26 P. el, Colonel 2 Pelham, C 2 Pendarves, E 1 Perceval, Colonel 4.'7 Perrin, Sergeant 44 Petre, Honourable E 9 Peter, W l7 ...... 14 0 Philips, Mark 4l Philips, Sir G l 3 Phillpotts, J 6 ...... 0 49 Phipps 1 ...... 0 30 Plumptre, J. P l3 ...... 6 27 Pollock, F. Portman. E. B 3 ...... 1 46 Potter, R. 4O Poulter, J ..... 12 ...... 11 37 Powell, Col. ..................... 1 ...... 0 5 1 6 6 Price, Sir R. ..................... 2 PrYme, G ......................... 65 Reid, Sr, J. R. .................. 3 Rice, T. S ......................... 178 Richards, J. ..................... 26 Ridley, Sir M. .................. 43 Rippon, C. ..................... 3 Robins on , G. ................ 124 R och e , D. ....................... 7 Roche, W. ........................ 13 8 22 Roe) .. .......................... 2 Roebuck, A Rolfe, R. ... .................... 4 Romilly, J. ..................... 16 R°lnill Y , E. ..................... 1 Ronayn-, D. ..................... 23 Ross, C. ....................... 3 - • , _ ...... .. * Speakers whose names the Reporters had been unable to learn, are in the Mirror put down as " Honourable Alemters." Spiwans. Tons. SPACS. Cols. Lines 7 31 R 099, 11. Rotch, B. Rourke, J 1 ...... 0 76 Russell, C 2 Russell, ',old J 79 ...... 42 49 Ruthven, E. S 9B .. ... 28 28 Ruthven, E., jun. Ryall, J 2 Sandford, E. A l7 ...... 3 3 3 Sandon. Viscount Seale, Lien t.-Colonel 3 Seabright, Sir J. Scsrlett, Sir J. Scholefield, J 4 Scott, J. W 1 Sharpe, Gen 5 Shawe, F 246 _ _ Shave, N. R 2 Sheil, R. L. 71 Shepherd, T. Sinclair, G. 2 33 Skipwell, Sir G. Stoney, R. A. Smith, R. V. 8 Smith, J. Somerset, Lord G 3B Spankie, Sergeant Scrape, P Stanley, E. J l 6 Stanley, E. G 292 292 2 Stanley, H. T 1 S!anley, E. 4 Staunton, Sir G l 2 Stewart, C 1 Stewart, P. M 25 S'ewart, It l4 Stewart, E 2 Stewart, Sir M 6 Stewart, Sir H 1 .. •.. 0 57 S•ewert, J 1 Stormont, Viscount . . l 2 Strickland, G Strutt, E. Sutton, WO* Iforrs. - C M 143 Sullivan, R 6 Talbot, J. H lO Tancred, H. W 3 Tayleure, W 2 Taylor, A 1 Tennant, J. E lB Tennyson, C Thicknesse, It 6 Thomson, P. Thompson, Alderman 34 Todd, R 6 Tooke, W 3B Tnrrens, Colonel Tower, C. T. 3 Tracey, C. H 3 Trelawney, W. S 1 Trevor, G. It 3 Troubridge, Sir E 5 Tullamore, Lord 4 Turner, W 1 ...... 0 2 Tynte, C. J. K Tynte, C. K. K l 2 Tyrrell, C 3 Tyrrell, J. T 8 Verney, Sir H. Vernon, G. H. Verner, Colonel H 6 Vigors, N. A 2 Vincent, Sir F.. . 9 Vivian, J. H 4 Vivian, Sir H. Vyvyan, Sir 11 2l Walker, C. A l 3 Walker, R 4 Wallace, R 43 Wallace, T 7 Walsh, Sir J Walter, J. Warburton, H. Ward, H. G Worre, J. A. Wason, W. R. 53 Watson, 11 1 Wemyss, J 1 Weyland, Major R 1 Williams, Colonel Wilbraham, G. Wilkes, J. Wilmot, Sir J. E. l 2 Willoughby, Sir H 2B White, L. Whitmore, W. W l6 Whalley, Sir•S Wood, G. W 35 Wood, Alderman Wood, C....... 4 Wood, Colonel . ... 21 Wrottesley, Sir J. Wynne, C. W. W ... 153 .. ... 58 36 Yelverton, W. FL Young, J. Young, G. F l2l . 2O 34 Yorke, Captain C. P l 2 From this document it appears that there were 11,709 speeches made, which occupy 5,094 columns of the Mirror, each column containing 90 lines. Lord Althorp, the Leader of the House, has made the greatest number.of speeches ; but Mr. O'Connell takes up the most room,—haviug, however, the advantage of his Lordship in this respect by only one column. The greatest talkers, after the two just mentioned, were Mr. Hume, Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Stanley, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Wynne. Mr. Shaw, Mr. O'Dwyer, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Sir John Campbell. With the exception of Messrs. Cobbett and O'Dwyer, it will be seen that they are all old Members, and would have had seats in Parliament had the Reform Bill been rejected. The Scotch Members appear to have been very silent—cannie and cautious. Mr. Robert Wallace, with his forty-three speeches, takes the lead among them. Opposite the venerable and once famous name of Francis Jeffrey, we find only seven columns 88 lines, reporter's allowance for thirty. six speeches. Mr. W. Turner, the luminary of Black burn, contrived to get all he had to say in the course of the session into two lines ; and Mr. R. Watson, of Can.' tet bury, was content with four. It is, doubtless, matter for regret, that by far the greater number of their spouting brethren were not equally discreet. We hope that at the close of the ensuing session we may have to record an im provement in this respect. Out of the eleven thousand and odd speeches delivered, it is not illiberal to calculate, that at least ten thousand were not worth delivering or hearing. GERMAN COMMERCIAL SYSTEM. The grand commercial revolution in Germany, which Prussia, with an extraordinary degree of dexterity and perseverance, has been labouring to bring about for the last 10 or 12 years, may be re garded as now nearly consummated. The Prussian Government has established, or is about to esta blish, a commercial confederation more important to the prosperity and union of the separate States of Germany than its existing political league—a confederation which will join the people in a closer alliance than their religion or civil insti tutions—a confederation which, if successful, will do more to promote their internal peace,and to con solidate their external security, than all their joint garrisons or military contingents—a confederation which will level all fiscal barriers among its sepa rate members, and protect its grand frontier by custom-houses instead of fortresses—a confede ration, in short, which will give uniform laws to trade, and remove internal obstacles to trading intercourse, over an extent of coun try, and an amount of population, greater than those of almost any European kingdom, reaching from Cologne to Silesia, from Munich to Konigsberg. The Prussian Government, which has been the creator or chief promoter, must become the soul and director of this powerful comme cial league, and will endeavour to e mploy its advantages as instruments for the advance ment of its own manufacturing industry or poli tical aggrandizement. Besides the 12,000,000 or 13,000,000 of inhabitants which Prussia herself has brought within its sphere, it already includes the kingdoms of Bavaria, Wirtemberg, and Saxony, the Grand Duchy of Baden, the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, the Princi pality of Electoral Hesse, Saxe-Weimar, and nearly all the s maller intervening or bordering states. The final treaty between Prussia, r rs: P c a a y s a se ri l a , , and W H irt e e s m se b . e p rg a tSaxony,a,h, wasß Baden, d H t e o s Hesse- Cassel, 22d of March, and ratified-on the 28th of November last. Others are sending in their adhesion to the union, which must soon cur e. lope the free cities of Hamburg, Lubeck, Bremen, and Frankfort; together with the , wenty or thirty little principalities which are represented in the German Diet. Perhaps it may ultimately include the Swiss Confederation whose commercial interests it must materially affect. At present Germany is separated by as many lines of Custom Houses as it has separate Sovereignties, each of which is an obstacle to its internal trade, having each its own tariff; its own officers, its own fiscal regulations. The transit of merchandise is thus subjected to heavy imposts, to great delay, or to annoying and vexatious examinations. Each Principality regards its confederate as an enemy, a rival, or a smuggler in matters of trade, guarding against the introduction of a bale of cotton or a bag of coffee from its neighbour's territory with as much jealousy as against an invading force or a seditious proclamation. In passing from Hamburg to Vienna you may, perhaps, be stopped at ten or welve lines of Custom Houses. The Diet of Frankfort, which has shown such an extreme anxiety to produce an uniformity of political sentiments, and to establish a general military organization for external defence, has hitherto clone nothing to introduce order into this mass of confusion, or to extend the benefits of trade by a federal code of commercial law, though an engagement of this kind composes one of the fundamental articles of the Confederation. The necessity of a reform was, however, felt by -cssi; 6 4sg...d men Loin. the beginning, and the exertions of individuals or private associations at last compelled their Governments to act. A congress of manufacturers and merchants from different parts of Germany met at Darmstadt and Tubingen in 1819, and concerted measures which they endeavoured without effect to press upon the Diet ; but the Diet was not, probably, _ . the best assembly for settling questions in which every state had such distinct and conflicting interests. Commercial alliances were therefore left to the arrangement of neighbouring govern ments by treaties between themselves, and the first convention of this kind formed was thi t - between Prussia and Hesse Darmstadt, con cluded in the beginning of 1818. The incon veniences which this treaty was intended to remove were glaring, as Darmstadt was inter posed between different provinces of the Prussian monarchy, and the benefits which Prussia derived from it presented an additional motive to extend its range and to negotiate on its bases with other states. It stipulated for an entire freedom of internal trade between the two states,—it provided that there should be a suppression of the custom-houses of either on those points of their frontiers where they touched, and it established a uniform tariff, as against foreigners, on their other frontiers, - agreeing to levy the duties under their joint inspection, and to divide them in proper pro portion,. Wirtemberg and Bavaria, in order to remove the same inconveniences, had agreed to a similat treaty, and in May, 1829, these two states on one part, and Prussia and Darmstadt on the other, formed a joint convention, which, though it differed in some respects from the former model, was an important step gained in the progress towards a uniformity of commercial regulations. The new commercial zone thus formed emlwaced a considerable portion of southern and western Germany,and gave Prussia an extended market for her manufactures and produce at the expense of other states. The treaty stipulated that from the Ist of January, 1830, all the indigenous productions of industry and art. belonging to the subjects of any of the contracting parties might with few exceptions be imported duty free from one of their states to he other. These exceptions are divided into two classes—those which were to be perma nent, and those that were only to be tempo rary. The former are unimportant ; such as playing-cards and other articles of government monopoly,--the latter include neatly all the ar ticles of our staple manufactures or colonial produce supplied by Great Britain, by France, or other commercial states, and Prussia shows the dexterity of her management or the greatness of her influence by having induced her confede rates to admit her productions of the same classes of merchandise at duties inferior to those levied on foreigners. Thus cotton-', silks, woollens, hardware, and all the articles of English manu facture, may be imported from Prussia into the confederate states at 25 per cent. lower than from foreign countries. This reduction of duty was to commence in January, 1831, and was to be diminished 50 per cent. on the remainder till the whole was abolished, and these articles could be imported from the country of the confederates duty free, whatever tariff might be established as against foreigners. It is easy to see that Prussia had thus secured a monopoly of some articles of manufacture or con ; sumption in the states of her allies. The found-, ation of the system was thus laid which has since been extended to other principalities, and on which is to be erected the magnificent super structure to which we have alluded. The object of this system is to demolish all local or internal custom-houses—to abolish all the dues, or the obstructions of transit, except road tolls or canal dues—to give the whole of this commercial con federation one frontier from the confines of Aus tria to the verge of France, and from the Swiss mountains to Poland—to establish only one tariff along the whole of this line—to employ only one body of fiscal officers for collecting time duties, with Commissioners of inspection from the chief States, if necessary—to secure a perfect freedom of commercial communication to all within this extreme limit, and in order to facilitate exchanges and promote business, to adopt a common system of money, weight, and measures. The rates of tiro external uniform tariff still remains to be settled, and probably will be settled with some difficulty; the arrangement of the custom-houses, and the mode in which the duties are to be distributed among the confederates, will likewise present practical difficul ties, and as the object cannot be attained without the consent of all the intermediate States, the measure final may be delayed for some m on th s till that o ent is obtained. But we ma k e no d ou b t the special act of the " contine n t a l " system gilit be finally adopted,—that the approaching c Mlnisterial conferences at Vienna will be made subservient to its completion,—that the smaller principalities and the free cities which now thrive by their freedom must conform to its laws or be ex cluded from their best markets; and thus, that Prus tia may be regarded at the present moment as the arbiter of the commercial destinies of a large portion of Europe. 0.1 a future occasion we shall make some r •marks on the probable results of the great com mercial revolution now in progress in Germany-1, ai it respects the commercial improvement anti political influence of Prussia; 2, as it respects the rights and interests of the smaller states; 3, with a reference to the continuance or diminution of the trade of England. We have left ourselves no room i f a: the discussion of these topics to-clay.—Times. 4 4 by P lace' ie A°l m9 O , to VI n of te,. 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