The Sun. — London, England, 1833-02-15 00:00:00

F_ 4 §P!'g loud cr fo ietain ° le bn a from bi 4 , „y ° 1 1" r w °To ° „r 9, " til -( C rl e4 o.f w jj n othing: o h igioti 0 ,1 ° co 10 1 vie, 3° t he :ness the Lune b e fl t' e j do , L:i (01p ,0 - t sUb)retedu Y the,ro Lan. t he . ,„ tbjectio it' th... 4 to t he present system of direct taxation is this, s to c it does Rot fall with equal severity on all classes—that ol th e r a rt of the community pays in the same proportion with , it f working classes. The poor man, in some cases, pays ir (4t3 ' tißles, . s the rich in , the same direct tax, • and •as much as n man 6r s l at Ppo the whole taxation, the middle and working d i os su l ' Pah' ten times as much as the nobility and lin - a' and owners is, four thousand per cent. in the one case, once th 'a ' 6, no nusano per cent. in the otter case.—(Cries (, w s he o n f " th e ' N fl i ok nil i • I '' and groans.) Stop, then, for flee kr th e ii u ' e Lord opposite is to bring forward his c m a) oSionfor toy fo n ume go into a Committee of Supply. and I pledge l c pled, to Prove the correctness of what I say; nay more, 0 audth%rnyself to demonstrate, that if the nobility, the clergy, a 01 th e gentry had paid in the same proportion , to ld n cl ot e( b, othat the poorer classes have done, there wou is a ,e, .stat_n: farthing of that debt now due. Now, that , -v c,.1 5 1 ent which I think wil! be interesting.—(A laugh.) ,0: hoa r, ' na y they laugh that pocket the money.—(Hear, ii aiske.nddaughter.) I have only one more observation to ir' toti ''' Right Hon. Member opposite, relative that lio h. 4,0:41 Which exposed those 113 sackers of the pu l , t a lul t Y t i who pocket 65 0,000/. of the money of the lisor, r asi to the wages of 163,000 weavers, an P d ec t P o e t — he th em I t " of the first five counties in England, taking el:il iac , li alphabetical order, or the first twelve e 14 ',i,'''' taking them in the same order. That Right Whicit`i'lea'lernan said, in bringing forward the . in d ot d io h n i — in th e , 5 did with ability and public spirit which noi . m. prt;•,,roenatest credit.—that "if this statement . made theeßighti 1-104.1ce not could." Now, I will remind lisq, eatietnan, that that ase still exists,. and that he t ot t -'n t wo years in office • and,l say that if that state. t ' - alak • • ' • .•11 _(Cheers.) s . es no impression, nothing Is i . m s . FERGUSON said he would vote against the '4ll l : ti . of the Hon. Member for Middlesex, bnt aft any tit ite t ui) . e he was ready to support the abolition o nne. t rit ' Whi elao on i nvestigation, should be found to he u S ty or i n , i• • An. , po itic. 4 41 "°'";• MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, tii,e. o ge ' t tliat he thought the better way would be to win \i, e rY Man according to his work. A i ' l i ts . 4 l l l: uti Si t l h E e n. was a good deal surprised at the manner t i Eight Hon. Member, the First b. Lo t r — d aonf ex. Prt hio A tY, had expressed himself on one . su Ilid,i rl ade use of with that peculiar iec r modesty . for .. W i dth that Gentleman was distinguished. He PI . • Sh I/ ot Struck with his saying that "he gave d such such and Now h t( k4 " - Cr_ 45 Made such and such appointments. Ni l ,* Sheil) thought that the sole question . was, whether ° t•l l i g - ht .. ll ° ll . Gentleman should continue to give those 00hon !attire, whether he was to select the individuals t kt s s ilt to conf er such offices, or that the House of Com. rthtiausuld have the selections of theproper objects of 'Pas% He begged that no Member should consider the t ,At, l n at issue, as to the continuance or a tion of the htyil'aitq.u.estion ; the real question was, whethi r his Ma op ti, »twisters should have the power to confer rewards tlit,t4t Public servants • whether they were to he , the me ttigt,through which the ' gloriously maimed,. and illus biaY tuutilated (Loud liughter might laugh, )—they tt 'as ii "Otv co reason to retract the expression,. he saw no . titis,,,"llY those who were wounded in defence of their 11 4, 1ii i Y i : s.hould not be considered as gloriously . maimed 11 l Righ t mutilated. The question was whether ' T w i r Mo. Gentleman was to have the choice of nl, I l i ° 'houlil be marked out for reward a d distinc. t 44 e,`" t hought that tl e Right Hon. Member attached t se effect of the prospect of the re tard th ( pence to the otiti, l , a n it deserved. He (Mr. Shed) doubted f ,,h t a h a e_ lit-i:adsoldier, when mounting the breach at St. ' 4 ,1, 4 '!such regard whether lie . received a reward or t t i 4t th . a ' l ll he thought the soldier and sailor deserved :her e ' services should not be forgotten, and that their .e tktrtlaYs should b. spent in comfort snit compet-nee. . IPt tt, " w ith the Right Hon. Gentleman in that re • 4 aist T heir only point of difference was, whether his hthe ktr.Minister - or the House of Commons were to have :tit iil e ,tisn of t ' h o ose who were deserving of rewards. Og h: R o ti n t o ; r f a Je J t iei y:_ t s rib A u t t i i r , i ) i ns. t .ers contended that they load the could not agree with the ti:obj,et:'. Baronet in that conclusion. In the choice the'lt ' 't Was proper that the public should he satisfied Hots' was that to be Ili hyi rtioat deserving were chosen. Itil''slhke choitit emanating from the people's representa- Ne 7 e r'tielusion necessarily to be drawn was, that the si," oi Cointrions ought to exercise the control over the , t° , ah.o7i,hlhe Ministers said that . they (the H iuse) wi . the. 'a khiii, these offices—they did not say that they wished \th e 441 the offie es —it was not the should he de. qu r es c ti:m before them lisi,e4 question was, whether A, L B .,a , 6: hey said that these ,rltelthe offices they held . T 1 7 il tup ,'ag once given to persons; it would be cruel now the objection which aer,srve the m of them. That stss 9 1 41 tio r t , i,.. 1 2 5 i 1 ) had to putting oo th li e l 'a b con_s r i o d n 7ation of this I ght forward. ,ty all klinewll t h h ‘ e , :st t i h m e ates h House sympathised wheu heard the" /11 : 1 t ' s : 1 an individual was brought forward; ti the i y n ,ntion tht'ty evsning with what disapprobat!on i Ik e r kill 'e" of two individuals was receivec T . h le Tb s at tn w pa as . Illitt•P't)c why he ob'ected to the delay. tl t ,. with th eindivid j ual, and under that sy • I , , till t .! ii the office.—(Cheers.) As . thecas a e h m t s • Pe a tt y l a t a t i e e h t Yy , be t f l o 'e r Y e then stihr'ee they should consider it in the (11 1 1.. t the time to consider each in di v idual case.- 14 ,,tile ' : " a 1 ..) The Hon. Member who had itroduced the '4ll'' ltientioned the appointment to the office of Cin k 'of th ON ; 5 Rsund 'Tower at n but merely Windsor. . He adverted to ri 'll iu i et now not as a topic for declamatio , . nc . vi.. :lii Al w hat a ' n effect it had when the names of in di vi. »4i.l"'ere mentioned. He, therefore, thieught quest t ril Ri u t h tY ou t !' consider the question as an abstract que i , Pgh t , t regard to individuals, and on that account ' set ae tue present period was the most proper for its emi t Sslj4•-•-(C. eery.) l'ttl' II (C rose and said presenttht a g w r a e s et ; l ,n w .r i n tl . i i,'i n. 4. M ember for Tipperary, that the p .. . i i 4 1 4 ": - ;sr e ! t , i °°• On e more important in hisopinion 1 I,l' a4ttated in that House or in any popular assem lit,,beth le the as put by the Hon. .Gentleman, was, Illi , " the control of rewards for services should con- a' heretofore, in the executive, or be placed for the_ li' u nder the control of the House of Commons. 54 ti l't4 ) This kl. pe llue . Was . iiTtild hay out the question was, whether the Commons oA si e the distribution of military rewards; or, as 14 Ori ° ' i t he left to the discretion of the Crown, through Y lll4l . t ' e d „ i • tl . rt t of a responsible Ministry, and subject to an tis khee• 'l " by Parliament ?—( Hear.) He begged Hon. • t t i, w*: nOttO be carried away with the idea that those t r 'lll diti " .5 given on the same terms, and under the same le! ' t 'ee ' 4, ), ' w ith pensions. There was this great diffe 'ts ' t Pensions granted from the consolidated fund 'l ,,: l tkt'' 't l iable to r ' evi - sion but that each of the offices in s 'd l' „ 11 were ao Ily liable to be revised by Parliament ; p A t o th fl l, 4l . _ ight depend iwd upon it, that in case of any gross ih e W tt tc, P, the House would take it up as it bad the t 1 11 4. '°• lie was surprised at the assertion made by tu o I Ilefor'leniber for Surrey, that they . had come down N e , tied House of Commons, witha packed majority i ah• aY the public money. i lo b . • that he spoke of the k%ti\ 'I, RAUCLERK explained 11) Si t I . . la hleut. , 4 t l i H OBHOUSE denied that in either Parlia- He e-nlidt-e Gov ernment bad had a packed . majority. ,tl to the L t itlv ail::: l it as contrary to the Constitution, a . Ng' t. ,, ° ',,° 1 th e country, that this remuneration should s' 44 0 -4 in th e first instance by the House of Com . m t on o s t... . Jilt:4ll4n could say that the pay of the suT u r ig io lion. ""att*,„4 econ mensurate with their services. v4 is ri t e- •: 4 had said, that those who were particularly r ' t ° t .°lt a ail ht be remunerated in some other way. The tote Z i i t to be 1t".:4- 'l'4 ' 64 tvwhether the Parliament were or i the teas, original remunerators ? Let . gentle- . i'l te t , - ,' t° mind the ' immense canvassing which . tit l es a C t isi, - u ty'rY question where private interests, railro p a ar s, s i ; t aess - :' 'were .concerned. Should it result that brano : 1 / 4 11, 11 vi e ',". t 4 confer the original grants for this extent of, eti ls 'avia: lt w ould be impossible to calculate . th;Pati),.(ts cavillings and canvassing i ll Is isti 'ach detail of every case.against s whicl t i Lt would ac- He protested . nre t ht t e t ;ti a e „ ki " of the word " sinecures" in this insta t. a , l'iosi,aiiiia-:""ternplated by the Hon. Gentle Lan e,, h t Na l), were persons paid fur doing not i g. ens.o l n t Ps'7d 1 .4 just to call hII a or any other p i ~,het Lit"ward serviee d a _on -P e, Y a ' sinecure. The Hon. kt ' 4l l os,s 'toted his • ning to be, that he would not taht:t,'UliZe service was not doing nor had been done. ki t 'ltil e (Sir J. C. Hobhouse). But for what 11e It 'itZ l "ie : V " , that these superannuations, or pay for ti•s to hyl h i 's they reallywere, and not, as invidiously aie e i 4A '4 '''' Ho n - Gentleman, ,, sinecures"—that these arty th itt 'ula ttlian., King. i tt ot htt th, iii... ate friirnthe He oot i r n on th g e ly te d o e ; RI Of sl,ar osters had any concealment _ every de pt th t I ) em • There was a complete list . of !itt, W '"^ 'L 0 4 ' 5 of eveiy individual who receive , d iffie a e n r y s t"_rit.sum."..ontended, that a, the pay of general had the In t ,:_i ki ,.... 4 ' i .,e t i n many instances, the King first h q !it t , ° R other remuneration. He had b ! en loTokh ti(ioti:,_ et watt the names in the list that s m a or rn m o n!. .e '44 he`ad tri o ` Was that of Col. Dumas, .t me.rire e'ftle L st . l L i d °kit'''. After many years' service, t any litia:' 'ta to quit the service from havinghe- This P _ 'ha ise s ._ He was, however, Oust entitled to receive erwit-rdweil.4:4t having been wounded in the service. Nju l e d by rving officer had, however, been otherwise 'tut , t 2 545 th e ?:'..llleijesty ; and would th c , olti t.t . ~ iliaisters to task for this ? the iI - Another G excel ., x n c t el with • 41 itio \-4)1 . G . Si tme 4 ot 1., 'ant) had a brevet for Waterloo, _ ' il ° 'I a day. Cul. Loftus Gray, of the e was entitled to a small sum from Covel/. -went, had, in consideration of his services, a petty Go vernorship granted him; Col. Bathurst, too, received a pension for his special services—not more than he deserved. The gist of the question was, whether the control of the army should be lett as at present. According to the terms of the Constitution, it was in the hands of the King. Was it to be turned over to the Parliament? This latter, he contended, would be a mode fir from judicious. If a gross sum were to he voted by Parliament for the pay of the officers, it would be much greater in amount th in the sum at present expended. The officers, as it was, were contented with a small pension, holding the honour of being called Governor of this little place or that, in much higher estimation than the emolument arising front it. He must sty that this Government, as all Go vernments must sometimes he, wis placed in a difficult position. Eve❑ if they went to work retrenching, they were called to account for it. The First Lord of the Ad miralty, who had indulged in some very justifiable little boasts of what retrenchments he had effected, even he had been taken to task by a Gallant Captain. He could not help calling to mind an observation of the Hon. Member for Middlesex (Mr. Hume), the other day, which at the time amused him very much, and which he should not forget for some time to come, which was to the er feet, that all men who took a large part in public matters, like himself (Mr. Hume), should keep things in a proper train, by making Ministers a little uneasy. —(A laugh.) Mr. Hume himself had acted most zea lously up to this principle, for he had continued to annoy every Ministry he had ever come in contact with. With respect to himself (Sir J. C. Hobhouse), he could assure Mr. Flume that his plan had succeeded to his heart's con tent ; for he could assure that Hon. Gentleman that he (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) had not had an hoar's peace since he entered into office. It was no pleasant thing fir him to come down every day to the House, to he badgered by so ingenious a gentleman as Mr. Hume.—(A 1 tugh.) But he was contented, for he knew full well that he and the other Members would meet with their reward, and have justice done them—(Cheers)—for he felt convinced that the people were not the fickle, volatile, inconstant crowd they had been represented ; and that they were not so ignorant of who were their friends, and who not, as not to do justice to the Ministry.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gen tleman had said, " Keep Governments uneasy." Ile allowed that it was proper to have a watch over Ministers, but at the same time do not make them so uneasy as to render them incapable of doing anything at all. He was per suaded the popular feeling was quite in favour of Ministers, and that the whole nation tested in perfect confluence on them. He would convince the House that this was a fact, by giving an account of a meeting that was to have been held that morning in Westminster, at which it was understood the Hon. Member for Surrey (Major Beau clerk) would ue present. This meeting was to take into consideration the repeal of the septennial act, the aboli tion of the assessed taxes, and the adoption of the vote by ballot ; and was to have been held, as usual, at 12 for 1. There were about 70 or 80 people assembled, but not one on the hustings. At one o'clock came the High Bailiff and his posse, who wished to open the proceedings, and therefore wanted to know where the gentlemen were who were to perform for the day. Major BEAUCLERK said, I was not of the party. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE—WeII, no one came, but the bailiff said, that it was supposed two or three friends, whom he (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) now saw opposite him, would be there ; but as none of them catne, tl e meeting was at last obliged to sep irate. This was one instance to show, that there did not exist among the people that feverish anxiety and restlessness which was ascribed to them, except in cases of real grievances; and it was unjust to say that Ministers were not fully acquainted with what those grievances were, and were not prepared to apply practical remedies for them.—(Cheers.) He felt certain that their conduct would not be misjudged, and that they might look with confidence for their reward.—(Cheers.) The people would judge of them by what they had effected by the Reformed Parliament —(Cheers.) Mr. STRICKLAND had all his life been a decided Reformer, and as such a decided enemy to all sinecures. It might, therefore, be asked of him why he gave his vote for• Ministers in the present instance? His answer was, that he did so from a feeling that the motion of the Hon. Member fur Middlesex was founded on a mere abstract proposition, which would not save the people one farthing, and about which they did not care one farthing.— (Cheers.) He wanted Reform to be a substance. Mr. GUEST made a few observations, which were in audible in the gallery. Mr. LABOUCHERE should vote in favour of Mini sters. Au Hon. Gentleman having said that lie should not object to the p. nsions if they had been earned by good service, he wool ! just recd the names of those who enjoyed the sinecures c-qnplained of, and he was sure the House would then be quite sati-lied anout it. The whole amount of the pensions is 4 7001., which is distributed among the following distinguished officers .—Sir Elward Thorn borough, Vice Admiral; Sir Ge , rge Martin, Vice Admi ral ; Lord de Saum rez, General of Marines ; Sir Sidney Smith, Lieutenant- General of Marines ; and Col. bourn, General of Marines. Then followed four Colonels of M trines, all distinguished names. He denied that the dockyards were in a bad condition, or that the Thrums was o pen to invasion. Quite the contrary. Notwith standing the great retrenchments effected in that depart. mint by the present Ministry, all the naval stores were in much greater quantity, and in better order than under the late Administration. Captain YORKE added his strong testimony to this statement of the excellent condition of the dockyards, &c. The navy bad never been more efficient than at present; he p.otesttd against the application of the term sinecures to the pensions granted to n ival officers, all which he said had been well earned. Sir E. CODRINGTON, though he should prefer re ceiving the grant from the legitimate source, would still gladly receive the additional approbation of this House. He considered the half-pay and pensions granted for ser vices as a just debt, and not, according to the opinion very generally entertained, as a retaining fee. He had been glad to hear the pr s-nt debate, as the arguments and facts elicited would set people's minis right on the subject. He agreed in the opinion that the honours attached to the offices were more gratifying than the emoluments, and considered this method of remuneration to be real economy. He would go the whole length in abolishing sinecures and unmerited pensions, but these were neither the one nor the other. Sir F. BURDETT made some observations on the tone of debate assumed by some of the Hon. Members, which, he said, might possibly have some effect on the Corn Ex change at Dublin, or on a person haranguing an indis• criminate assemblage of people in Covent garden, but in this House was misplaced. No honest man requii ed to be admonished that his constituency, that the whole people had their eyes on him ; but no man would be swayed from what his conscience would approve by vio lence of language. The people had been greatly misled with respect to the meaning of the word sinecure ; and he was, therefore, glad to bear this debate, as it would com pletely set them right. Certain assertions had been put forth to them ad captandum, that this I,t as one of the ways taken to pick their pockets. Were such the case, he (Sir Francis) would never consent to it; but the fact was, that it was a cheap way of rewarding these distin guished officers for their splendid services ; they were not sinecurists, but emeriti. The Reformed Parliament would he led by sound argument and facts impartially given, and not be swayed by any preposterous statements or ex aggerations, such as they had heard frotn the Hon. Mem ber for Middlesex, who had illustrated his views of the atrocity of pensions and sinecures by casting up a sum, and staling, that if the salary paid to Speaker Onslow had been continued up to the present day (being saved to the country), and had been put out regularly at compound in terest, it would have amounted to some terrible sum or other, be did not recollect how much ; and then there was another account—that of the salary paid to Speaker Len• thall, that bad been disposed of in a similar way—it would by this time be enough to pay half the National Debt. These were the sort of preposterously theoretical arguments usually made by the Hon. Gentleman, which he (Sir F. Burdett) said had nothing whatever to do with the ques tion. Appeals to figures were always misleading, and never more than in this instance. But even if they were not misieading, be could conscientiously vote on this oc casion against the motion : because he was satisfied that the question was of comparatively little importance ; and was not of sufficient importance to justify them in imped ing the proceedings of Ministers, who were engaged in much more important public business, by such debates. The Gentlemen opposite—at least some of them—com plained of the Reformed Parliament, because the Re formed Parliament was not an instrument in their hands. —(Hear, hear.) The people had now got a Reformed Parliament capable of putting down abuses, and Ministers were engaged in putting them down. While the old system existed, he had signalized its abuses as much as any man ; but the people were not to be told, before the Reformed Parliament had urn got together, that it was incapable of executing its office, because it did nut go along with all the projects of the gentlemen who wished to make use of it for their owu purpo-es.—(Hear, hear.) There were great projects on foot. One Hun. Gentleman announced that he was to prove that the rich paid no taxes.. He should be glad to have that made out, and glad to see any plans by which the taxes—which were a burden to all—could be distributed and arranged,. so that no man should feel them.—(Hear, hear.) Not to touch upon other such projects, he would advert to what the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin said. That Hon. and Learned Member said that a relative of a Noble Lord, a Noble Duke, ought not to hold a Colonelcy of a regiment, because he was a Duke.---(No, no.) He so understood it, and the Hon. and Learned Member cen sured that Noble Duke for holding a sinecure. The Hon. and Learned Member said that a Colonelcy of a regiment was a sinecure—why it was one of the great rewards which were given to a long life of briliant military ser vices. The Hon. and Learned M-Inber would then keep all regiments from p issing into the hands of Noblemen, a•id be would keep all Dukes out of the army—describing their rewards as sinecures which they received fur their services. But what would be the effect if the Noble Duke were not to take his pay? Why, the effect would be eitrer that no man must go into the army who was not able to live wholly without its rewards, or who had no thing el•e but its pay. And what would be the consequenc e of that ? All regiments must be given to those who were not gentlemen ; and a great writer had said that, in the leading profession of arms, no man could expect to com mand, who was not a gentleman.—(Hear, hear; Oh, oh ; No, no.) Everything that could make the profession fit for a gentleman was there, and to gratify the noble ambi. tion of serving a man's country in the army was often the stimulus to many honourable exertions.—(Hear, hear.) The effect, lie believed, of the Hon. and Learned Mem bet's plan would he most injurious to the army. Nothing could be so mi-chievous, and he was glad the Noble Duke was Colonel of a regiment—glad that he took his salary ; and he hoped the ranks of the army would long be filled with persons of that description. To say that an officer, who had served, and was a Colonel of a regiment, was not to take the pay, because he was a Nobleman, would be of the greatest detriment to the public service. H e felt that he ought to oppose the motion, and he should do that if there were some risk in it, and some merit in it, though there was not likely to be any risk, and therefore no merit ; but if there were all possible risk on his part, and therefore a great dell of merit in opposing it, he should do so, and do it conscientiously, and he should do the same if lie were speaking in the Parliament on Col lege-green, though he might not do it there with the same safety.—(Hear, hear; Question, question.) Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL rose amidst loud calls of " Question," but, after a short time, obtained a hearing. lie was surprised, he said, at the speech of the Hon. Baronet. Before the Hon. Baronet made any allusions to speeches at College-green or any where else--and made those allusions as reproaches—the Hon. Baronet ought to wipe out of his own recollection, and the recollection of the House, that there was such a place as Palace-yard.— ( Hear.) The Hon. Baronet was now supporting sinecures, though for 25 years, in every speech he had uttered, and every address he had sent forth to his constitu ents, he had abused sinecures as the plague spots of. the State. He begged in particular the Hon. Baronet not to forget, that in one of his addresses to the electors of Westminster, before he was sitting on the Mini sterial side of the House, he not only talked of sine cures as evils, but he told the people not to rest. till they . had made all the sinecurists disgorge all that they had ever taken in past times of their ill-gotten and enormous wealth.—(Loud and continued cheers. ) The present motion did not go to make the" sinecurists disgorge what they had got ; it only went to prevent them gorging in future : but the Hon. Baronet, in the fervour of his zeal when he was on that side of the House, wished to h ive a law with a retrospective operation.—(Hear, bear.) He wished the Hon. Baronet joy of his consistency. The Hou. Baronet talked of arguments ad cuptandum rulyras, but if ever there was a man who had made use of such arguments, who had indeed lived upon them, it was the Hun. Baronet.—(Cheers.) If the Hun. Baronet had left th at off, he might at least suffer others to catch the mantle that was falling from his shoulders, now that he was ascending to the third heaven. The Hight Hon. Baronet, the other Member for Westminster, had said that some speeches were intended for the public huviings, so the two Members for Westminster seemed to hunt in couples. [Sir J. Hobhouse was understood to deny that he had made any such allusion.] Certainly the Right Hon. Baronets acted together, and he had only to say, that when they came to the hustings again, they might find more difficulty in defending their conduct. The Hon. Baronet said the gentlemen who supported the motion did not like the Reformed Parliament, because it was not an instrument in their hands.—(Hear, hear.) The Hun. Baronet was hasty in coming to a conclusion that they had no weight in the House because they were nut numerou-ly supported on the only question they had yet dehaaed ; but let the Hon. Baronet wait till those debates went forth to the country, let him see what impression they made, and what support the people gave to the opposition, and then see whether or not they had weight in the Parlia ment. The Hon. Baronet wound find, he believed, that they had great weight on this very question of sinecures. The Hon. Baronet bad talked unfairly of the argument of the Han. and Learned Member for Dublin relative to the Noble Duke, who was a colonel of a regiment. What the Hun. and Learned Member said was, that the sum which went to that Noble Duke might be much better appropriated to five or six poor and meritorious offi cers. The Hon. and Learned Member concluded by saying that be would vote for the motion on principle, and because he had seen two instances of sinecures in the county with which he was e nnected that were a orth 600/. a year, given to persons, one of whom at least had no claim from services, and that sum of money would support a hundr• d starving labourers for six months.— (Loud ea Is of " Qu-stion.") Mr. BRISCOE obtained a hearing by saying that he could not give a silent vote on this question, particularly as he meant to vo'e in a dill' rent manner from his Hon. Colleague who had already spoken. It he gave his vote far the motion of the Hon. Mother for Middlesex, be should he voting for a great constitutional change. Secondly, if he gave his vote for that motion, he should not, as had been stated by the Hon Member opposite, give any rel et to the people of England. He should not give them any relief, but, on the contrary, should take a large sum of money out of their pockets.--(" No, no;" " Hear, hear.") It was a ereat constitutional principle that the control of the army should be placed in the hands of the Crown, sub ject to the vote of that House: but the motion would vest the control of the army directly in the House.—(Hear, hear, calls of " Question.") If he were an important Member, he would move an amendment, to the effect that an inquiry be made whether or not military sinecures could not be placed on the same footing as the sinecures of the navy. Surely, nsbody would say that the places which were given to naval officers—nobody would say that the office of Rear-Admiral of England was a sinecure which ought to be abolished. He would give his vote honestly against the motion, because it would not give relief ; though he should be ready to give relief by any sa crifices he could make.—(Loud calls of " Question.") Mr. HUME rose to reply. He meant to detain the House but a very few minutes, but there were some things he must remark upon. The Hon. Member for Taunton said, that in a monarchy there must be sinecures— (No, no)—and the Hon. Member for Surrey says this is a great constitutional question, and that the House is going to take the command of the army, but it is not so. Now, if 50 sinecures be good things, why not 500 or 5,000 ?—(" No, no," " Oh, oh.") If it was good in principle, let them follow up the principle, and establish as many sinecures as possible. The Hon. Baronet talked of courting popularity, but no man hail done so more than the Hon. Baronet, and though he may do so no longer, let him not blame those who are only unit iting his for mer example.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Baronet had long opposed the Tory faction, because they gave all the offices of the State to the dependents of the aris tocracy ; but what does he now say' Why that all the officers of the army must be gentlemen.—(No, no; Hear.) The Hon. Baronet actually asserted that no man could expect to be a successful officer who was not a gentleman. —(Cheers.) Why what was Napoleon before he was an officer, and what were many of Napoleon's best Generals? A more preposterous proposition than that of the Hon. Baronet be had never heard. He objected to sinecures in principle, and he had introduced the discussion on prin ciple only. Ti ey were payments, but payments under a false name. They were pretexts, and therefore he wanted to have them abolished. The Gallant General, the Mem ber for Nottingham, said he would vote for the motion if any one of the uffices was a complete sinecure. Why here was a case of a man holding au office in Canada, who had never left England. Was not that a sinecure ? So with the whole list. Not one of them hardly was a resident at the place where his office was, and every such office was a complete sinecure. He confidently claimed, therefore, the vote of the Gallant Officer. 'There was the case of Admiral Cockburn, who was now on his wa y to the West Indies, and who was a General of Marines. Could anything be a more complete sinecure than that? He made this motion with no view to harass the Government, but to warn it. He had never seen sinecures (though b e was almost ashamed to say it) half so well defended by' the Tories as they now were by the Whigs.—(Laughter.) The Tories, if they ever came back to office, might learn something of the lion. Member opposite. Such a perver sion of language indeed--in their mouths, it was quite a new language —he had never heard.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Devonport, who had served his country long and arduously, did not get more than was given to two striplings, who were the King's sons.—(Hear, hear.) It was not, without. a feeling of shame that he bad heard that Gallant Officer say he had been out of pocket by serving his c - .untry ; and why should he not receive that 6001. as Lieutenant of the Tower, which was given to a stripling. That showed that these sinecures were not employed to reward services. That he was not inflienced by malicious motives, he could show by his con , luct last session. He had then stated what he should do this session. He had made great sacri fi es to support them then, though he differed from them on many of their financial plans. He had supported them, and he had acquired unpopularity by supporting them ; but he thoueht that they ought to be supported while they were engaged in the work of Retnrm. But were they for ever to go on in the same way ? He had defended the Ministers last session, because they were car rying on that great Reform which he regarded as a means to an end, and was it to be expected that now that they had the means they were to stop short, and not seek the end ? What was wanted was cheap governme t and the extinction of abuses, and for that end Reform was desired. He would leave it to the people of England to say whether or not it was wrong if Ministers desired, as he most anxiously desired, that they should go on in the plan of re moving abuses. He would leave it to the people of England to say whether or not it was right to preserve these sine cures. He lamented to see the Members doing so, as the people had long determined on the abolition of these sinecures, considering them as the means by which the Members of that House and of the other House were bribed and corrupted to trample on the rights of the people. They would be less than freemen if they submitted to such treatment.—(Hear, hear.) The Secretary at War said it would interfere with the prerogative of the Crown, and he had discussed the estimate. The Right Hon. Secretary should have enough of that by and by. In conclusion, the lion. Member called on the House; if they ♦alued principle. to vote fur the motion. The SPEAKER then put the question on Mr. Hutne's motion. The " Ayes" were loud and numerous ;we did not hear one " No." The Speaker decided in favour of the " Ayes." The gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared— For the original motion Against it 232 Majority for Ministers - 91 On re-entering the gallery we found Mr. HUME moving for returns of the Members of this House holding offices under the Crown, the date of their appointments, description of offices, and the amount of their emoluments.—Agreed to. Mr. HUME then moved for returns of the Members of the Jamaica Council, the offices which each held, and the amount of their emoluments. When he obtained these, it was his intention to make a motion on the subject._ Agreed to. Mr. BERNAL brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply. Various public documents were brought up and laid on the table ; but the observations with which they were accompanied were in so low a tone as to be inaudible in the gallery. The Howe adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock. LIST OF TH ON NIR. HOME'S NOTION, RESPECT AND NAVAL ENGLAND. . _ E MINORITY 7ING THE ABOLITION OF MILITARY SINECURES. Putter, R.—Wigan Plumptre, J. P.—East Kent Pryme, G.—Cambridge Ricardo, D.—Stroud Roebuck, J. A.—Bath Romilly, E.—Ludlow Itomilly, J.—Bridport Shawe, It. N.—East Suffolk Simeon, Sir 11. G.— Isleof Wight Spry, S. T.—Bodmin Strutt, E.—Derby Tancred, H. W.—Banbury Tennyson, Right Hon. C.— Lambeth Thicknesse, It.—Wigan Tooke, W.—Truro Townley, It. G.—Cambridgesh. Trelawney, W. L. S.—East Cornwall Turner, W.—Blackburn Vernon, G. H.—East Retford Vincent, Sir F.—St. Albans Walker, It.—Bury Warburton, H.—Bridport Wigney, 1. N.—Brighton Wilks, J.—Boston Williams,!G.—Ashton Willoughby, Sir H. P.—New castle-under-Lyne Wood, N.—London Aglionby,il.Al--C)ekermouth! Astley, Sir J. D.—North Wilt., shire Attwood, Thos.—Birmingham Bayntun, S. A.—York Beauclerk, A. \V.—East Surrey Bolling, W.—Bolton-le-Moors Bowes, John—South I)urham Briggs, R.—Halifax Brodie, W. B.—New Sarum Brotherton, Joseph—Salfbrd Buckingham, J. S.—Shettield Buller, t'harles—Liskeard Buller, E.—North Staffordshire Bulwer, E. L.—Lincoln Bulwer, H. L.—Coventry Cayley, E. S.—North Yorkshire Clay, W.—Tower Hamlets Cobbett, William—Oldham Curt eis, H. B.—East Sussex Davies, T. H.—Worcester Rawson, E.—South Leicestersh. Divett, E.,-Exeter Dykes, F. L. B.—Cockermouth. Ellis, W.—Leicester Etwall, R.—Andover Evans, \V.—Leicester Ewart, \V.—Liverpool Fancourt, Major—Barnstaple Feßowes, H. A. W.—Andover Fellowes, N.—North Devon Fenton, J.—Rochdale Fielden, John—Oldham Fielden, W. J.—Blackburn SCOTLAND. Dalmeny, Lord—Stirling G l'on, W. I).—Falkirk Kinloch, George -.Dundee Oswald, J.—Glasgow uswald, R. A.—Ayrshire Pringle, R.—Selkirkshire Wallace, Robert—Greenock Weinyss, J.—Fifeshire Fryer, R.—Wolverhampton Gaskell, D.—Wakefield Gisborne, T.—North Derbysh. Godson, R —Kidderminster Goring, H. D.—New Shoreham Grote, Geo. —London Guest, J. J —Merthyr Tydvil Guise, Sir B. W.—Gloucestersh. Gully, John—Pontefract Hall, Benjamin—Monmouth Harland, W. C.—Durham Harvey, D. W.—Colchester Hawes, B.—Lambeth Hawkins, J. H.—Newport, Isle of Wight Herrie', J. C.—Harwich Hodges, T. L.—Kent Hodgson, J. —Newcastle-upon- Tyne Hill, M. D.—Kingston-on-Hull Humphery, J.—Southwark Hutt, W.—Kingston-on-Hull Ingi Iby, Sir W. A.—Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire _ IRELAND. Baldwin, Dr.—Cork City Barry, S.—Cork Co. Bellew, R. M.—Louth Butler, Hon. P.—Kilkenny Co Daunt, T. 0 —Mallow Ffrench, F.—Rosscommon Finn, W. F.—Kilkenny Fitzgerald, Thomas—Louth Fitzsimon, C.—Dublin Co. Fitzsimon, N.—King's County' Grattan, Henry—Meath Grattan, J.—Co. of Wicklow Lalor, Patrick—Queen's Co. Lynch, A. H.—Galway McLaughlin, L —Galway Nagle, Sir Ili—Westmeath O'Brien, Cornelius—Clare O'Connell, Charles—Kerry O'Connell, Daniel—Dublin O'Connell, John—Youghall O'Connell, Maurice—Tralee O'Connell, Morgan—Meath O'Connor, Fergus—Cork Co. OTerrall, R. M.—Kildare Roche, D.—Limerick Rothe, W. —Limerick Rocke, J. EL—Longford Roe, James—Cashell fluthvun, Kildare Ruthven, E. S.—Dublin iheil, R. L.—Tipperary :ullivan, R.—Kilkenny Vigors, N. A.—Carlow Wallace, T.—Carlow Jervis, J.l:-Chester Key, Sir J —London King, E. B.—Warwick Langdale, Hon. C.—Beverley Lennox,Lord W.—King'sLynn Lester, B. Lester—Poole llarsland, Martin, J.—Tewkestiury Molesworth, Sir William—East Cornwall _ Mosley, Sir o.—North Stafford. shire 04:W. H.—Newport, Isle of Wight Palmer, General—Bath Parrott, .I.—Totness Philips, M.—Manchester Phillipps, C. M.—North Leices tershire TELLERS. Fiume, J.—Middlesex Robinson, G. R.—Worcester Phillpotts, J.—Gloucester THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS..— Colonel MACKINNON'S account of the origin and services of this gallant corps has just issued from the press. The grand merit of these productions is the impartial spirit in which it is penned. Gdonel MACKINNON does not fail to cen sure where he conceives censure ought to rest, and to award praise where it is deserved. He spares no pains on all occasions to arrive at truth ; and to effect this, the first authorities have been consulted. The future histo rian may, therefore, refer with safety to his work, which must be pronounced a valuable addition to the history of our own times. Engravings of the numerous medals presented from time to time to the Regiment, in con sideration for its services, are most exquisitely executed : they are, indeed, complete gems of art. The volumes which are dedicated to his MAJESTY, are altogether beauti fully got up. We congratulate Mr. BENTLEY upon the production of a work which must raise his already high natne as a publisher. HOT-PRESSED.--. A punster, observing two Sheriff's officers runningafter an ingenious, hut distressed author, remarked, tha it was a new edition of the " Pur suits of Literature," unbound, but hot-pressed. FRIGHT.r UL SHIPWRECK—LOSS OF LIFE. During the heavy gale of wind from the W.S.W., on Saturday night, a brig, which was afterwards discovered to be the Anne, of Whitehaven, was observed to be in distress, from the water guard station at Ballybigue. She made some exertions to gain the Tralee bay, but in vain, owing to three of her hands being washed overboard, off the Hogs. In approaching Ballyhigue bay, the mast and yards were carried off by the board, and three more of the crew lost ; and another, ►he seventh, a man of the name of SMITH, was seen rolling in the surf almost exhausted, when fortunately for the poor fellow, Tilos. GRIFFIN, an extra man of the coast guards, and a native of Tralee Spa, happened to see him, and, notwithstanding the tremendous sea which then rolled mountains high, saved the life of SMITH to the great danger of his own. The bodies of the captain and two of the crew have been found since Sunday. 'Too much praise cannot be given to GRIFFIN, for his humane and extraordinary exertions on this occasion. The vessel is a total wreck.— Tralee Mercury. LOVE AND SUICIDE.—An inquest was held on Wednesday last, at Tydd St. Mary, on the body of SUSANNAH SNISDALE, aged 27. It appeared that the deceased had kept company with, and was much attached to, a youm; man named CHRISTOPHER MAX El, but that he (N/AxEy) had some time ago told deceased that he in tended to break off the acquaintance. This greatly affected her, and caused her to show some symptoms of an un s'ttled tnind. On Sunday, the 3d instant, they were to gether, when MAXEY again told the deceased that the acquaintance must cease. They parted, she refusing to speck to him. In about a quarter of an hour after the cries of a female were heard to proceed from a drain. The neighbours immediately hastened to the spot, and found the body of the poor girl floating on the water. They drew out her liieless body; and from their alarm, none had presence of mind to call for medical aid, or take any measure to restore life. The deceased had taken off her hat, cap, and shawl. The unfortunate girl had borne an excellent character. She had been for some years afflicted with fits of spasms at the chest. Verdict—" Drowned herself under the it.fluenee of aberration of mind."— Spaldiny Herald, DUBLIN, Fla. IS. It appears from your Journal and other respectable London papers, that the opinion of the people of Ireland bis u A ri r , a is j ity. Th e p u bli c P r'ss o f thi s esty's sp eec h wa s looked out for on wi t t h h e c a o d n d s i re i e s e e country, though not speaking the sentiments of the entire of the people, has already pretty well informed you on this subject. So far as it is clearly understood, that Ministers intend adopting coercive measuresas the first step towards the restoration of peace, it may be safily asserted that the majority in numbers, property, and intellect of Iri-hmen are indignant at the announcement. And that such feel ings of disc itisfaction hare not been already fully developed through public meetings, is simply owing to this fact— that notwithstanding all that has been said in Parliament, and written without its doors, we are not yet quite cer trio that his Majesty's Ministers will have recourse to coercive measures in Ireland, before they have given an earnest pledge and guarantee, that such a policy shall be accompanied, if not preceded, by a sweeping redress of inveterate grievances. So early as Saturday last, a numerous and respectable body of the citizens of Dublin had a requisition drawn up for a meeting of the people, to express their sentiments at this important crisis. That such meeting has not yet taken place is owing to what I have just stated—namely. the want of definite knowledge of the intentions of Government. From the London Journals, arrived this morning, however, we are induced to believe that on Tuesday night Ministers will have fully explained themselves in the House of Commons. So far as I can collect public opinion, those explanations will be waited for before the public meeting in contemplation takes place. Intelligence of the debate on Tuesday is, therefore, expected with great anxiety, after which a pub lic meeting will be called for Friday or Saturday next. In the meantime, you may assure your readers, that a suspen sion of the Habeas Corpus Act, or any other stretch of the prerogative in Ireland will not be productive of good effects. However much and earnestly all the influential and honest portion of society here deprecate our present state of anarchy and insecurity of life and property, they, or at least the majority of them, are convinced th it coercive measures should follow, anh not precede, some salutary reform of the long list of abuses io this unfortunate country. GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, FEB. 9.—ln the sitting of the Senate yesterday Count Vilain XIV. made a report on the project of law fur a provisional vote of credit, on which the debate immediately commenced. Count Vilain said he would vote for this project because he thought it would be the last of the kind. He asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs whether the negotiations were in such a state that be could make any communications to the Chamber. The Minister replied that since his last communication at the opening of the session, no diplomatic fact (as he expressed it) had been accomplished. The taking of the citadel, and the evacuation of Belgium by the French army, were two important acts, the first justifying the confidence placed by Belgium in the engagements contracted with it, the second convincing all the Powers of the moderation of the French Government. It is not surprising, however, that there should be a desire to be certain that the Belgian Government is still prepared to defend the rights of the country, and the Mi nister embraces the opportunity to declare that he has contracted no engagements, but such as result from the contents and the ratifications of the treaty of the 15th of November, 1813. Since the signature of that treaty not the smallest concession has been made by Be'gium ; the Government can make none, and if, in the sequel, it consentd to some changes, they could be only on the principle of a just compensation. The project of law was then agreed to without a division. In the Chamber of Representatives, after a long dis cussion on the project of law relative to the omission of treasury bonds, several amendments hiving been proposed, it was resolved to refer the whole to a Comtnittee. BRUSSELS, FEB. 10.—Messrs. Lecocq and Corbisier have just s-t out for Paris on a mission connected with the commercial interests of the country. M. Henly Sruar►, attached to the English Legation in Russia, arrived yesterday evening at Brussels, with de spatches for London, and proceeded on his journey with out delay. General Baron Gerard arrived at Brussels yesterday. BRUSSELS, FEB. 11.-Lord Howard de Walden, En voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Britannic Majesty to the Court of Sweden, has arrived here on his way to Stockholm. Thirty-one chests of muskets, sent from Liege, and in tended for Metz, were seized a few days ago at Luxem burg, by order of General Gredecke. ANTwEar, FEB. 11.—On Saturday evening a letter from Flushing, dated 7th February, was received at Ant werp, which announced that, on the 31st January, King William signed a decree, which ordered the levying of duty conformably to the decrees of the 25th March, 1814, and also according to a decree of 1810. Accounts from Flushing of the Bth confirm the above, and enahle us to add the following particulars. First, we annex the table of the principl- duties that will be levied by virtue of the decrees in question. TARIFF OF DUTIES AT FLUSHING. Potashes, per 500 kilogrammes, 15c.; tin, per 600 plates, 20e.; manufactures, 1 florin per 120 fl. of the value ; cocoa, do. ; camphor, do. ; cotton, per 50 kil., sc. ; coffee, do. ; currants, do. ; cochineal, do., 10e. ; curcuma (Java), 1 fl per 120 fi. of the value; fruits, do; window glass, per crate, sc. ; corn, per last, 15c. ; hemp, per ship hound, 74c. ; horn, per 100, Sc.; dry hides, per 100, 50e.: indigo, per 50 kil., 10e. ; lead, per do., 2c. ; moiler, per do., 5e.; olive oil, per aum, sc. ; rice, per 50 kil., 21c. ; raisins, per 50 kil., sc. ; linseed, per 24 barrels, sc. ; co za, per last, 45e. ; hempseed, per last, 373-e. ; pepper, per 50 kil., 10c. ; spices, per 1205. of the value of If. ; raw sugar, per 50 kil.. 2ac. ; refined sugar, per 50 kil., se. ; tobacco, per 1205. of the value of Ifl. ; tea, per 50 kil., sc. ; pewter, do. ; pitch and tar, per ldst, 15e.; wine, per barrel (four to a ton), 10c.; Rhenish wine, do., 20c. ; brandy, per do., 20c. ; rum, per do., 45c. It was thought at Flushing that the duty would be levied on the Sth, and that the formalities woul.l be very embarrassing. It seems that an officer of thy navy will accompany the custom-house officer, and will have the superintendence of every thing. It is eves said, that the passengers %%ill not be allowed to proceed with the ship. It is further stated, that a single ship *ill not be allowed to go up the Scheldt, but that it will have to wait till two, three, or four arrive, which will be convoyed up the river to L►lle, by a gun-boat. The same will be ob served for those that came down the river; the convey ance of ammunition is forbidden. On the Bth, there were at Flushing two ships bound to Antwerp. It was not known when the mail left, whe ther they had been visited and obliged to pay the duty. The arrival of these two vessels, which has probably been delayed by the rough weather of yesterday, is impatiently expected ; they will put an end to all uncertainty respecting a piece of intelligence which, notwithstandig the positive infor mation that we have received, is still doubted here. W tremble to see it confirmed; the revival of the duty of 1814 being considered as a most fatal blow for one port, not so much on account of the amount of the duty as of the embarrassing formalities which precede and accompany the levying of it, and because this duty, moderate as it is, being allowed, would establish a precedent that might in the sequel be attended with many disastrous 'conse quences.—Journal du Commerce of Antwerp, Feb. 12. ANTWERP, FEB. 12.—The two ships expected from Flushing hail not arrived at one o'clock, but the latest accounts we have received leave no doubt of the existence of the measure so fatal to our commerce, which Holland has just taken. This measure is the closing of the Scheldt. It was ye sterday mentioned to the Government in the Chamber, and what did the Government answer ? It answered, first, that it knew nothing of the matter : that as for the conduct it would observe, if the fact were so, it did not know much more. That the liberty of the Scheldt was indeed a condition to which the raising of the blockade of Maestricht was subordinate, and that it might justly make reprisals by blockading that place again, but that it would not do so, because this would be a rash step ; but that if Holland pushed it to extremity, it might resolve to proceed against the hand of Tornaco par contumace.— Journal du Commerce of Antwerp, Feb. 13. VIENNA, FEB. per Cent., 90; Bank Stock, 1186. The Constantinople wail of Jan. 11, brings no news Allgenic4ne Zeitung, Feb. 7. The Old Bailey GccsiOns commenced yester day, before Mr. Baron BAYLEY, Mr. Justice PATTESON, the LORD MAYOR, the RECORDER, and the other City Authorities. A few trials for petty larcvn - y took place, but none of any public interest. CHOLERA IN IRELAND.—The following shows the state of this disease in Ireland fer the wet k ending Bth February ;—New cases, 536 ; deaths, 305 ; recoveries, 196. The deaths now far exceed the re coveries, which has notlatterly been the case. The place at which the disease most prevails are Tralee, Kilnagariff, C. , atlepollard, Killoughter, Kilkenny, and Herbertstown. XAVIER CHAUBERT, the celebrated Fire King, who caused a little " sensstion" in London about three years since by his poison and boiling-oil swallowing feats, has recently opened a druggist's shop in New York. 117 - 77.7: Tr"r: XAI V. STANDARD NuVELS'. LONDOX, 18S g.' • - The present number of thiS attractive work contains the entire of Madame De Stael's " Corinne," translated—and very well trans lated too—by Miss Isabel HI, with the. excep tion of its poetical passages, which Miss Landon has taken under her own special superintendence. It has also the advantage of two clever embellish ments, one of which represents Corinne impro vising among ruins in the vicinity of Naples, It would - be superfluous to speak in praiSe of a book which all the world has agreed to . admire. We shall content ourselves with saying that it is one of those rare productions of genius, which, the " Anastasius," when once read, are never forgotten. WALKS THROUGH _LONDON. _LONDON, 1833. To country cousins—those good-humoured annoyances—whom the majority of Londoners always love best at arm's length—this book will he a very acceptable present. It will enable them to dispense with a Ciceroni—a point of great moment to their town kinsfolk. The de tails of the various public buildings, exhibitions, amusements, &c., are full and correct. Indeed very considerable labour has been expended on every part of the volume. ILLUSTRATIONS OF POLITICAL ECO- HOMY.—No. NHL THE CHARMED SEA. Either we have not been successful in our en deavours to penetrate through the allegorical veil in which Miss Martineau envelopes her illustra tions of political economy, or the present number is one of the least able of the series. The inten tion of the authoress is to exhibit the progress of society from a state of barter to the use of money, and in her summary at the end of the volume the principles she lays down are perfectly sound, but in the course of the tale turns are occasion ally given to the arguments which induced us to believe that the object in view was to persuade the world that it was a good thing to intrust the regulation of the circulating medium to some one body, such as the Government or the Bank of England, upon whose honesty reliance could be placed. We particularly allude to the 7th chapter. We trust that we have fallen into a mistake, for we should be loth to find so mis chievous a proposition supported by a writer to whose principles we have hitherto been happy to accord almost unqualified praise. The lighter parts of the story, the sugar which is mixed up with the wholesome, though, to unaccustomed tastes, less palatable medicine, which it is the main object of Miss Martineau to induce the novices in political economy to swallow, is, as usual, excellent. We extract a description of a party being lost in a snow-storm in the deserts of Siberia "The clouds hung so low that they seemed to rest on the tops of. the stunted firs; and they slowly rolled and tumbled, as if they were about to enwreatb and carry up those who were moving beneath them. It was time now, Paul perceived, to cease his grumbling, as something more important was on hand than the chase of a black fox. On issuing from a wood, a blinding, suffocating mass of snow was driven in their faces, and compelled them all to turn their backs if they wished to breathe. Not the More for this would Emilia allow them one moment's pause ; and perceiving that the lame Taddeus, whit had, long had some difficulty in proceeding in the usual manner, was utterly unable to walk backwards, she snatched his hand kerchief from his neck, hung it over his face like a veil, seized both his bands, and pulled him on thus blind-folded. " ' Surely,' said Taddeus, we had better climb a:tree, and wait till the drift is past.' " ' Aye, and have our feet frozen off, to say nothing of noses and eats,' replied Paul. ' And supposing we lived till morning, how are we to get home through snow three yards deep, maybe, and not frozen to walking consistence? No, no ; our only chance, if we have one, is in getting on as far as the rocks, at any rate. But God knows I can't keep this up long.' " Paul had more to say ; for the last thing he ever thought of was leaving off talking ; but his companion could no longer hear him. The snow, falling noiselessly as the light, yet stifled all sounds, and the last words of Paul's which were heard, came like murmurs from under a pillow. When these had ceased for some little time, Taddeus addressed him, and got no answer. Growing uneasy, he put out his hand to feel for hint. Paul was certainly not within some yards. Uttering now her first exclamation of fear, Emilia sptang back upon her foot steps, motioning to Tztdd. us not to stir, and in tteo mi nutes returned with her husband, who had tripped and fallen, and been half buried in snow before he could recover himself. In order that this might not happen again, his wife slipped her girdle, and tied it round his arm, hold ing the other end herself, and dragging on their lame friend as before. " This will never do,' said Taddeus, resolutely stop. ping short. ' You two will be lo•t by lagging with me. I shall go back to the wood, and fare as I best may till the storm is over ; and God speed you!' " Paul answered only by pushing him vigorously on, setting his back against Taddeues, so that the breadth of only one person was opposed to the drift, and one made a path for all. This was an amendment ; but Taddeus was still convinced that the two would get on better without him, and again he stiffened himself against being driven forward. " lam going back,' said he, very distinctly. If the plain is passable in the morning. you will come and look for me. if not, never mind. You know I cannot be sorry to get quit so easily of such a life as mine.' " Paul growled impatiently ; but, for once, Taddeus was too nimble for them. He had played them the slip, ,ind they groped after him for some minutes in vain. " It does not much matter,' mo , tered Paul to himself. ' It is only being found a few feet further from one an. other eight months hence, when the snow melts. Emilia and I will stay together, however ; we Will keep one an other warm as long as we can. 'Ti. not so very cpld now, though, to my feeling, as it was; and yet I can scarcely tell whether Emilia grasps me or not. 'Tis the sleepiness that is so odd. One might choose a better time for going to sleep, though there is a big, soft, feather bed about us. But I don't believe I can keep awake two minutes longer. Holloa ! there ! What's that ? Why ! is this Poland again ? Aye, home : yes, yes. Why, mother, you have seen the faint before, and you did not scream so then. But it is so dark. Bring lights. Have you no lights? Eh, what? I can't hear you. My ears ;—hotv they ring ? Lights, I say ! Eh ? Good-night, mother. I'm sleepy. I—l can't.-... good-night.' " And Paul ceased his muttering, having sunk down in the snow some moments before." I N TIMIDATION.—LandIords and their agents have driven whole' streets of their tenantry to the poll, like droves of cattle to the market. In one town the landlord openly avowed his intention of thus forcing the return. In another, after the election was over, the oc cupiers of a Peer's houses, who had dared to obey the King's writ, and choose two Burges,es to represent them, were -served, to the number of some threescore, with notices to quit, by way of revenge, or at least of punishment, to eter others from offending in that behalf. In a third place, the landlord had actually, with a view to the elec, nun, token the precaution of making his yearly tenant., on pain of notice to quit, give up their holdings, and be come weekly tenants, so that they might, 011 the first die. obedience, be turned into the streets, within seven days at farthest, nay, possibly within as many hours ; for he had . only to follow up this pi oceeding (to, which we cannot l d ef i, t e t h h a e rg l e i. i i i oth with the con- • • find any adequate name), with another not one whit worse, and give the week's notice se as to expire on the day of the poll; and then the voter who exercised his right • his duty to his ct'acogivaniunt4isytm,ait'aii if tc d il th idu e ln :e d r o tni " n h. t ai y svil o ens is lee ping with his tautly iu the street that very night its December..—Edinburgh