The Sun. — London, England, 1833-06-24 00:00:00

T II NCR AND ENGLISH POST-OFFICE _..........._ We m ent i fle:1 on 31onlay last that an arrangement ha.! Zi o made between the Posttnasteros. Ge ts in E neral in Engianif . t he Direct o r-General of the P ance, %chic' thlated for a daily estafette between London and Pari , ithe tra nsm i ss i on of letters. ii The negotiations on this subject began on the part of the r p: t Admini strat i on o f F rance, whose further proposed bn sttelnents for f a cilitating the intercourse between the two ; i et n o tr ies have either been coldly received or entirely re kg" by the au t h or iti es o n this side of the water. Oa: übours having no monopoly to preserve, and no sinis objects to gratify, thought that in England they would 01 4 I ' l4 ll a congenial disposition to remove inconvenience , l d to oh ei . extend communications ; they accordingly sent 1 4 !ritreetor and Sub-Director-Gener it of the Adminis ati,," of the posts to concert with the Post-office in l k -„n "ll on this subject of a new arrangement. This was Proof 1 , 4 of confidence which, in a free country like tlih, h t , e uo'ler a liberal Government like ours, ought to have (to 4 properly appreciated, and to have met with a he ; ki ll ' i llg desire of amelioration. Our readers will see, from fined, recital of facts, how far the object has been at ' , n ed, and to whom its partial failure is to be asciii.ed. tit `tic object of the French Government was to make the t o nations—so far as post-office communications are h ne etnerl..—sirni!ar to two provinces of the same state t herefo re propose d four or five points of more or less ti"ance, but all tending to the same end, and none of calculated to compromise a single punctilio of tkt tl i c ulal independent.e, or to sacrifice a single atom of °pal interest: • The delivery of letters between tEe two offices of London i ti ! d Paris has hitherto, as everybody knows, been only four a -week ; the French proposed that the communi -4',10n should be daily. 14 41 1 letters addressed to Paris, or to any part of France, .., sent to the Post-office in London, must be franked out i 4 gland, otherwise they are never transmitted. The t ench G overnmen t , or rather the French Administration h aT'sts, proposed an arrangement by which the postage of t '`" letters might be paid on their delivery, and copse , rilly th e previous franking be rendered merely op- The g ibe English Post-office has hitherto held the monopoly I tti f °reign journals, and charges at the rate of postage upon era for any foreign journal entering this country with being commissioned by its own clerks or agents. The ,: e ' nch Direction of Posts proposed to change th is sy s- an d to circulate English journals in France either f ree b_ o.f postage or at a small rate of expense, provided the 7glish Post-office would allow the same facilities for the a nstriission and distribution of French journals. d• , Is irected letters containing money from either coun- ! Pl., which rpver reached the persons for whom they were It - s mied, were kept in both countries, and never deli ''btted to the writers, though, upon being opened, they i t ikkined addresses by which the writers might have been 4 116 w 1 1, and the money might have been restored to its a lt ful owners. The French Government , if it bad to have been guided by any disgraceful desire of 4 Y advantage, ought to have proposed no change in this "Peet, because it was nearly the sole gainer by the ex :ltine practice. Such miserable sums were confiscated to State, and in some years they amounted to 7,0001 or Fr ench to the French treasury; whereas, having few absentees among us, we obtained no compensation ~, '" return for such a source of legaliz,cl plunder. The 'l lll inist ra ti on of the French Post-office, feeling a repug ace to such g a ins, honestly proposed that after a certain "kiation of such unclaimed or misdirected correspondence "'e letters should be delivered monthly to the Post-office O f the country whence they came. hi It sometimes happens that letters containing money or 1 , 113 are lost, and as no engagement exists between the ,wit-office of this country and that of France, no gua :Mee can be given lor their valuable content.t. The it ector of the French Post-office proposed an arrange keet o n this point, which would, in the case of reeom !ehded letters, have made the one Administration a secu ",!Y for th e ac t o f th e oth e r. Several other improvements ca ; Minor importance, such as the transmission of the proof ;4 fl eets or the copy of works printing in either count y , 1 1 the other, at the cost and with the rapidity of the 4411 Frnission of pamphlets or journals, were likewise pro ed by the French Post-office, all tendig to estalish a 'Nem of free intercourse—of cheap, expe n ditious, re b gular, I nd sal e c ommunication'; but into these details we shall n ot at present enter. And what, does the English public think, has been by all these proposed advantages? What is the • r esult of negotiations so zealously and disinterestedly Pressed by the age nts of the French Post-office admini itration ? We are almost ashamed to pronounce the r eply which truth compels us to make. The only two is ea- W hich our Post-office would agree to regulate by l ate treaty with the French were the first and fourth in our foregoing enumeration. We are thus to have, by t he grac e o f our P ost- , ffi ce di ctators , t h e b ene fi t o f a d a il y delivery of French letters, and the restoration of unclaimed °r misdirected correspondence, and that is all that we ! ukt ainr at least for the present, and with the consent of i u r present managers. The power of forwarding un 4nked letters,—the free transmission or the reasonable P"tage of journals,—and all the other means of facilit et klt correspondence and communication proposed by our ktive and enlightened neighbours, have been rejected by our cautieus and stationary Post-office authorities, who `re an enamoured of " the wisdom of our ancestors" that o b ey would have continued to send the letter-bags by the `" Pack-horse, had they found him in use, and would as bon think of driving the mail-coach over the cliffs of as of altering any part of their present arrange flts with the coast or with foreigners. The motives of their resistances to the proposed changes ire of course various, but all terminate in the love of gain, in the love of ease. Their monopoly of the journals is '';••tearron why they object to any agreement for their mus 11 " free transmission, and their dislike at corresponding lt.eui th e number of letters transmitted to Paris, and th ‘lencing accounts with a foreign establishment respecting err postage, is the ground of their opposition to the op ti6?,''al franking. We shall have other opportunities of p ing them that this is not the proper way of serving the clblic in these reforming times, and that if they cannot do . getter:irk in a better and more disinterested manner, others 'III d o it for them. We are sorry to see that the Duke of Richmond, whose views we believe were most just, has .11 4 so completely mastered by his subordinates.— Times. SOMETHING REALLY OUT OF THE COM 14°X WAY.—Mr. WOOD, whose severe loss by fire we th cutioned, has found some kind friends, who, in consi ‘ation of his advanced years and unblemished character, 44 ve determined to get up a concert for his benefit. l 'Arra, and other first-rate vocalists have kindly volun 'it'*rvil their services gratuitously, and it is even said PA r bas consented to do the same. A perfbrmance so 'Meted by that wonderful musician must attract as an I traordinary novelty.— Sunday Times. BisHops.—A variety of circumstances, not Ul of recent date, have long caused the votes of the 4 ishops in the House of Lords, on every important occa• 1i ", to be viewed with apprehension and suspicion. . /i 'hough in the Ordination Service they are solemnly ad ' J i lted to act only " for the glory of Gon," and not to be it covetous nor greedy of filthy lucre," the admirable tact bore o f them have shown fur securing worldly pro. Ps ") , and distinctions, both for themselves and their vela , has engendered in the popular mind an idea that a Iti hop is not a venerable, sanctified, high-minded person, 'sae thoughts are all of Heaven, and who aims, by ex ftl4Ple as well as precipt, to wean the minds of others 43 earth. On the contrary, the opinion too generally :ecived is, that a Bishop is a vastly overpaid functionary, :no is, ever on the alert to gain or dispose of fat livings, L . ") to this end, always ready to play the game of the ,7itlister, or, in particular cases , f the individual likely L° beco me Minister, without reference to the wishes or the 'terms of the people. Sunday Times. A HAPPY IL LUST RATIO N.—A steerage tlieenger must be very uncomfortable, especially when the ii:ather is rough, and the waves beating over the sides and 44 * of. the vessel. It is perhaps necessary, however, that : should have felt the misery of a steerage passage , in tiler to judge of the comparative comforts of a packet's cshi Qh. p. It is better to begin life in the steerage of society, finish it in the cabin, than to have to walk forward ' old ag e , or late in life.—Mackenzie. SHARPE, THE SELF-ACCUSED MURDERER. This man who untierwent several eximinatiens at : ten-square ' in consequence of having accused himself v ; bein g concerned in the murder at Chelsea, but after - OYds denied it, was on Thursday discharged from prison t Y Proclamation, he having been sent to the House of Cor ett'tion for want of sureties. On being liberated, be pro i*ded to the residence of the female with whom he had t 'g cohabited, and demanded a trunk, containing various bPlicates and other property, which she not only refused live up, but threatened to have him again sent to pri \i,n' He consequently on Saturday applied to Alr. t il l "; of Queen-square, for his advice under the cir kilkitances,. and was told to apply to his " solicitor," k t he case did not cotue within the jurisdiction of the 4 i l tistracy. SHARPS, who looks dreadfully bad and thin, t the office, grumbling at his bard late. IRISH. CHURCH TEMPORALITIES BILL DIVISION ON MR. STANLEY'S MOTION TO STRIKE OUT THE 147TH CLAUSE OF THE IRISH CHURCH TEMPORALITIES BILL, ON THE 2IsT OF JUNE, 1833. It is always of importance that the public should have correct lists of every division in the Houses of Parliament, and especially so on questions where a great principle is involved. The vote of Friday last may be considered as deserving of particular notice. We have often had lo de plore that means are not adopted for taking all the divi -810119 accurately ; and at present we present the majority and minority almost as correct as a division in a Com mittee of the House could be taken. The minority of 150 we understand to be correct. In the majority of 281, who voted with Ministers, there may be sore errors, but we shall be ready to rectify them. It is at the same time to be regretted that only 332 Members out o; 658 were present—and it is also to be Wished that an opportunity may be taken, ere the session closes, for ascertaining the real opinion of the House of Commons, whether church property is to be considered as public pro. perty or not. -+r~ LIST OF THE MEMBERS Who divided ot: the 21st June, 1833, for retaining the 147th clause, which directed that the surplus moneys from the sales of the Bishops' lands, " shall be applied to such purposes as Parliament might hereafter appoint and direct." For retaining the clause For striking it out Majority with 3 MINO. 150 281 Ministers --.131 'RIT Y. Roebuck, J. A.—Bath Rolfe, R. M.—Penrhyu lomilly, —Ludlow Etomilly, J.—Bridport Russell, Lord C. J. F.—Bedford shire Scholefield J.—Birmingham Stanley, E. J.—North Cheshire Strutt, Edmund—Derby rayleur, W.—Bridgewater Tennyson, Right Hon. C.— Lambeth Thicknesse, R.—Wigan Todd, J. Ruddell—Honiton Tooke, W.—Truro rorrens, R.—Bolton Trelawney, W. L. S.—East Cornwall Turner, W.—Blackburn Vincent, Sir F.—St. Albans Wigney, I. N.—Brighton Wood, M.—London Walter, John—Berkshire Warburton, H.—Bridport Waal, H. G.—St. Albans Watkins, J. L. V.—Brecon Wason, Rigby—lpswich ENGLAND. Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth Attwood, Thos.—Birmingham Bainbridge, E. T.—Taunton Beauclerk, Aubrey Wm.—East Surrey Beaumont, T. W.—South Nor. thumberland Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Blamire, W.—East Cumberland Bowes, John—South Durham Briggs, R.—Halifax Briscoe, J. I.—East Surrey Brocklehurst, J.—Mar clesfield Brotherton, Joseph—Salford Buckingham, J. S.—Sheffield Buller, Charles—Liskeard Bulwer, H. L.—Coventry Cayley, E. S.—North Yorkshire Chaytor, Sir W.—Sunderland Chichester, J. P. B.—Barnstaple Childers, J. W.—Cambridgesh. Clay, W.—Tower Hamlets Cobbett, Curteis, H. B.—East Sussex Dashwood, G. H.—Bucks Davies, Colonel—Worcester Div ett, E.—Exeter Dundas, Capt.—Greenwich Dundas, J. C.—Richmond Ellis, W.—Leicester Evans, Wm.—Leicester Ewart, W.—Liverpool Evans, Colonel—Westminster Faithful, George—Brighton Fellowes, N.—North Devon Fielden, John—Oldham Gaskell, D.—Wakefield Gisborne, T.—North Derbysh. Grote, George—London Guest J. J —Merthyr Tydvil Guise, Sir B.W.—East Glouces. tershire Hall, Benjamin—Monmouth Harland, W. C.—Durham Harvey, D. W.—Colchester Hawes, Benjamin—Lambeth Hawkins, J. H.—Newport, Isle of Wight Heathcote, G. J.—Lincolnshire Heron, Sir R.—Peterborough Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire Howard, P. IL—Carlisle Hudson, T.—Evesham Hume, Joseph—Middlesex Humphery, John—Southwark Ingilby, Sir W. A.—Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire James, \V.—Carlisle Jervis, J.—Chester Lambton, IL—North Durham Langdale, Hon. C.—Beverley Lee, J. L.—Wells Leech, J.—West Surrey Leonard, T. B.—Maldon Lister, E. Cunliffe—Bradford Lloyd, J. H.—Stockport Lopez, Sir R. F.—Westbury Martin, J.—Tewkesbury Methuen, P.—North Wiltshire' Molesw•orth, Sir William—East Cornwall Moreton, Hon. H.—Gloucester' Morrison, J.—lpswich. Ord, W. H.—Newport, Isle of Wight Palmer, General—Bath Parrott, J.—Totness Pease, Joseph—South Durham Philips, M.—Manchester Potter, Richard—Wigan Pryse, P.—Cardigan • Richards, J.—Knaresborough Robinson, G. R.—Worcester MAJO ENGLAND. Andover, Visc.—Malmesbury Apsiey, Lord—Cirencester Ashley, Lord—Dorsetshire Atherley, A.—Southampton Attwood, M.—Whitehaveti Baring, A.—North Essex Baring, F.—Thetford Bentinck, Ld. G.—King's Lynn' Berkeley, G. C. F.—West Glou. cestershire Bethel!, IL—East Yorkshire Bisn, Thomas—Leominster Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingford Boss, J. G.—Northallerton Brigstock, W. P.—East Somer. setshire Brodie, W. B.—New Sarum Brougham, J.—Kendal Buller, E.—North Staffordshire Buller, J. \V.—Exeter Bulteel, J. ('.—South Devon Burton, Henry—Beverley Byng, Sir John—Wareham Byng, Geo.—Middlesex Campbell, Sir J.—Dudley Carter, J. B.—Portsmouth Cartwright, W. R.—South Nor t h am ptonsh ire Cavendish, Lord—North Der. byshire Cavendish, C. C.—East Sussex Cayley, Sir G.—Scarborough Chandos, Marquis of—Bucks Chaplin, I'.—Stamford Chapman, A.—Whitby Chetwynd, Capt. W.—Stafford Clive, Viscount—Ludlow Clive, It. H.—South Shropshire Clive, Edward B.—Hereford Codrington, Sir E.—Devonport Collier, J.—Plymouth Cooper, Hon. A. H.—Dorchester Crawley, S.—Bedford Dare, R. W. H.—South Essex Darlington, Earl of—South Shropshire Donkin, Sir It. S.—Berwick Duncannon, Vis.—Nottingham Duncombe, Hon. \V.—North Yorkshire Dundas, Sir R. L.—Richmond Edwards, John Ebrington, Visc.—North Devon Egerton, W. T.—North Cheshire Ellice, E.—Coventry Estcourt, T. G. B.—Oxford Un. Etwall, R.—Andover Fancourt, Major—Barnstaple Fazakerley, J. N.—Peterboro' Fenton, J.—Rochdale Ferguson, Sir R.—Nottingham Fielden, W. J.—Blackburn Finch, G.—Stamford Folkes Sir W.—Norfolk Fox,Col. C. R.—Tavistock Fremantle, Sir T.—Buckingham, Gaskell, J. M.—Wenlock Gladstone,W.E.—Newark-upon- Trent Gordon, IL—Cricklade Goulburn, H.—Cambridge Uni versity Graham, Sir J.—East Cumber. land Grant, Right H on. R.—Finsbury Grey, C.—Chipping-Wycombe Grey, Sir G.—Devonport Gronow, Capt.—Stafford Hughes, Hughes—Oxford liaise, James—St. Ives Handley, Wm. F.—Newark upon-Trent Handley, Henry—Lincolnshire, parts of Kesteven Hanmer, Sir J.—Shrewsbury Harcourt, G. G.—Oxfordshire Hardinge, Sir H.—Launceston Hardy, John—Bradford Heathcote, Sir G.—Rutlandsh. Heneage, G. F.—Lincoln Henniker, Lord—East Suffolk Herbert, Hon. S.—South Wilts Herries, J. C.—Harwich Hodges, T. L.—East Kent Hodgson, J.—Newcastle-upon- Tyne Hornby, E. G.—Warrington Home, Sir W. Marylebone Hotham, Lord—Leominster Houldsworth, T.—North Not tinghamshire Howick, Visc.—North North umberland Holcomb, John—Dover Hope, H. T.—Gloucester Hurst, R. IL—Horsham Hyett, W. H.—Stroud Ingham, R.—South Shields Inglis, Sir R. H.—Oxford Uni versity Jermyn, Earl—Bury, Suffolk Jerningham, H. V.—Pontefract Johnstone, Sir J. V. B.—.Searbro Keppel, Hon. G.—East Norfolk Kerry, Earl of—Caine Key, Sir J.—London King, E. B.—Warwick Labouchere, Henry—Taunton Lamont, Norman—Wells Langston, J. H.—Oxford Langton, Wm. Gore—East So mersetshire Lefevre, C. S.—North Hants Lemon, Sir C.—West Cornwall Lennox, Lord A.—Chichester Lester, B. Lester—Poole Lewis, T. F.—Radnorshire Lincoln, Earl of—South Notts Littleton, E. J.--South Stafford. shire SCOTLAND, Abercromby, Right Hon. J.— Edinburgh Ferguson, R.—Dysart, &c. Fleming, Hon. C.—Stirlingsh. Glion, W. D.—Falkirk Hallyburton, D. G.—Forfarsh. Oswald, R. A.—Ayrshire Oswald, J. Glasgow Parnell, Sir H.—Dundee Stewart, R.—Haddington, &c. Wallace, Robert—Greenock IRELAND. Baldwin, Dr. H.—Cork City Barron, P.—Waterford City Bellew, R. M.—Louth Bernard, Hon. W. S.—Bandon Browne, D.—Mayo Browne, J.—Mayo Blake Martin--:Galway Chapman, M. L—We;tmeatli Coote, Sir C.—Queen's Co. Copeland, Alderman Evans, G.—Dublin Co. Finn, 'W. F.—Kilkenny Co. Fitzgerald, Thomas—Louth Fitzsimon, C.—Dublin t o. Fitzsimon, N.—King's Co. Grattan, H.—M eath Co. ;Jephson, D. O.—Mallow Lalor, Patrick—Queen's Co. Martin, J.—Sligo Nagle, Sir R.—Westmeath !O'Brien, Cornelius—Clare I O'Conner Don—Roscommon ,O'Connell, Maurice—Tralee !O'Connell, John —Youghali 'O'Connell, Morgan—Meath O'Connor, Feargus—Cork Co. 10'Ferrall, R. M.—Kildare !Roche, William—Limerick .Ronayne, D.—Clonmell i Ruth ven, Edward—Kildare ißuthven, E. S.—Dublin Stawell,Colonel—Kinsale Sullivan, Richard—Kilkenny i Talbot J. H.—New Ross Talbot, J.—Athlone Vigors, N. A.—Carlow Walker, C. A.—Wexford Wallace, T.—Carlow White, S.—Leitrim Co. TELLERS. O'Connell, Daniel—Dublin RITY. Locke, W.—Devizes Lowther, Col.—Westmoreland Lumley, Lord—North Notting hamshire Lushington, Dr.—Tower Haml. Lyall, G.—London Lygon, Hon. Colonel H.—West Worcestershire Moberly, W. L.—Chatham Macaulay, T. B.—Leeds Mangles, J.—Guildford Marryatt, J.—Sandwich Marshall, J.—Leeds Mildmay, P. St. J Winchester Miller, Wm. H.—Newcastle under-Lyme Milton, Viscount—North Nor thamptonshire Molyneux, Lord—S. Lancashire Morpeth, Ld—.West Yorkshire Mosley, Sir o.—North Stafford shire Mostyn, E. M. L—Flintshire Norreys, Lord—Oxfordshire North, F.—Hastings Ossulston, Lord—North North umberland Owen, H.—Pembroke Palmer, C. F.—Reading Palmer, It—Berkshire Palmerston, Lord—South Hants Parker, J.—Sheffield Pechell, Sir S. J. B.—Widnsor Peel, sir R.—Tamworth Peel, Col. J.—Huntingdon Pelham, Hon. C. E. W.—Lin. colnshire, parts of Lindsey Pendarves, E. W. %V.—West Cornwall Peter, W.—Bodmin Philips, Sir G.—South Warwick shire Ph illpotts, J.—Gloucester Pigot, R.—Bridgewater Pinney, W.—Lyme Regis Plumptre, J. P.—East Kent Ponsonby, Hon. W. F. S.— Dorsetshire Poulter, J. S.—Shaftesbury Powell, Colonel—Cardiganshire Poyntz, W. S.—Ashburton Price, Sir R.—Herefordshire Pryme, G.—Cambridge Reid, Sir J. R.—Dover Rice, Right Hon. T. S.—Cam bridge Rick ford, W.—Aylesbury Rider, Thomas—West Kent Ridley, Sir M. W.—Newcastle upon-Tyne Robarts, A. W.—Maidstone floss, C.—Northampton Rotch, B.—Knaresborough Rumbold, C. Ed.—Yarmouth Russell, Lord John—South De vonshire Russell, W. C.—East Worces shire Ryle, J.—Macclesfield Sanderson, R.—Colchester Sandon, Lord—Liverpool Sanford, E. A.—West Somer. setshire Scott, Sir E. D.—Lichfield Seale, Colonel—Dartmouth Sebright, Sir J. S.—Hertfordsh. Shawe, R. N.—East Suffolk Sheppard, T.—Frome Simeon, Sir R.G.—lsle of Wight Skipwith, Sir G.—Warwicksh. Smith, J. A.—Chichester Smith, J.—Buckinghamshire Smith, R. V.—Northampton Somerset, Lord G. C. H —Mon mouthshire Spankie, Mr. Serg.—Finsbury stanley, Hon. E. G. S.—North Lancashire Stanley, H. T.—Preston Stanley, K —West Cumberland Staveley, T K.—Ripon Stormont, Lord—Norwich Surrey, Earl of—West Sussex Sutton, Rt. Hon. C. M.—Cam. bndge University Tancred, H. W.—!anbury Taylor, Right Hon. M. A.— Sudbury Thompson, Ald.—Sunderland Thomson, Hon. C. P.—Man chester Tower, C. T.—Harwich Townley, R. G.—Cambridgesh. Troubridge, SirT. E.—Sandwich Tullamore, Lord—Pen ryn Tyrrell, Sir J. T.—North Essex Verney, Sir H.—Buckingham Vernon, Hon. G. J. V.—South Derbyshire Vernon, G. H.—East Retford 'Villiers, Viscount—Honiton Vivian, Sir R. H.—Truro Vivian, J. H.—Swansea Wilbraham,G.—South Cheshire Williamson, Sir H —NorthDtir ham Willoughby, Sir H. P.—New ca,tle-under-Lyn e Winnington, Sir T.—Bewdley Williams, G.—Ashton Wood, C.—Halitax Walker, R.—Bury Wall, C. B.—Guildford Walsh, Sir J. B.—Sudbury Waterpark, Lord—South Der byshire Wedgewood, J.—Stoke Weyland, IL—Oxfordshire Whitbread, W. H.—Bedford Wrottesley, Sir J.—South Staf. fords h ire Wynn, Sir W. W.—Denbigh shire Yorke, C. P.—Cambridgeshire Young, G. F.—Tynemonth SCOTL AN D. Adam, C.—Clackmannanshire Agnew, Sir A.—Wiatonshire Arbuthnot, Gen.—Kincardine shire Bannerman, A.—Aberdeen Colquhoun, J. C.—Dumbarton shire Dunlop, J.—Kilmarnock Elliot, Hon. G.— Roxburghsh ire Ewing, James—Glasgow Ferguson, G.—Banffshire Gordon, Call. W.—Aberdeen shire Grant, C.—lnverness-shire Hay, Sir J.—Peebles-shire Hay, A. L.—Elgin, &c. Jeffrey, Rt. Hon. F. —Edinburgh Johnstone, J. J. H.—Dumfries shire Johnston, A.—St. Andrews Kennedy, T. F.—Ayr, &c. Loch, J.—Wick, &c. Mackenzie, J. A. S.—Ross-shire Macleod, R.—Sutherlandshire Maxwell, Sir J.—Paisley Murray, J. A.—Leith Ross, H.—Montrose, &c. METROPOLITAN COU] SURREY, SUSS: DIVISION OF FIFTY-NINE MEMBERS One was in the Chair of the Committee, 22 voted with Ministers for striking out the 147th Clause of the Irish Temporalities Bill, 15 for retaining it, and 23 were absent, of whom one Paired for retaining the Cl Anse. MAJORITY. MIDDLESEX. Byng, G.—County Spankie, R.—Finsbury Grant, Rt. Hon. R.—Finsbury Key, Sir J.—London Lyall, G.—London Horne, Sir W.—Marylebone LushingtonDr.--TowerHamlets SURREY. Mangles, J.—Guildford Wall, C. B.—Guildford SUSSEX. Surrey, Earl—West County Smith, J. A.—Chichester Lennox, Lord A.—Chichester Hurst, R. H.—Horsham Spencer, Capt. F.—Midhurst KENT. Knatchbull, Sir E.—East Kent Hodges, J. L.—West Kent Rider, T.—West Kent Mabelly, W. L.—Chatham Reid, Sir J. R.—Dover Halcomb, J.—Dover Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Robarts, A. W.—Maidstone Troubridge, Sir E.T.—Sandwich MINORITY. Hawes, B.—Lambeth I Humphery, J.—Southwark: MIDDLESEIC, Hume, J.—County Wood, Alderman—London Grote, G.—London SUSSEX. Clay, Curteis, H.—East Sussex W.—Tower Hamlets Evans, Col.—Westminster Faithful, G.—Brighton SURREY. Wigney, I. N.—Brighton Briscoe, J. I.—East Surrey Beauclerk, W. A.—E Surrey Leech, J.—West Surrey Tennyson, C.—Lambeth KENT. Dundas, J. W.—Greenwich PAIRED OFF. Kemp, T. R.—Lewes COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sopisia visited :heir Majesties on Saturday. The King gave audiences on Saturday, at the Palace at St. James's, to the Hanoverian Minister, Earl Grey, the Duke of Roxburgh, the Earl of Albemarle, Sir James Kempt, and Sir James Raynett. The Queen, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, honoured the Countess of Brownlow with her company on Saturday, at the dejeune given by her Ladyship at her residence in Be!grave square. Prince George of Cambridge, accompanied by his preceptor, the Rev. Mr. Wood, was of the party. About five o'clock the Prince and his tutor left town for Windsor Castle. Their Majesties left town about five o'clock on Saturday afternoon in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Lancers, for the Palace at Windsor. The Duke of Cumberland honoured the Rev. Mr. Thurlow with his company at dinner on Saturday evening, at his re sidence in Saville street. The Earl of Eldon, the Earl of Falmouth, and Lord Kenyon, were among the party to meet his Royal Highness. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, and their Royal Highnesses' Household, attended Divine Service yes terday at the Palace at Kensington. The Rev. Mr. Pitman officiated. The Princes Alexander and Charles of Solms were present at the review at Wormwood Scrubs on Saturday. In the even ing their Highnesses dined with the Marquis of Stafford in Cleveland square, and afterwards went to Kew. Mr. Burge, the Agent for Jamaica, accompanied by Messrs. Barrett and Hodson (from Jamaica), had an interview with Mr. Secretary Stanley, on Saturday, at the Colonial Office. Viscount Althorp has been indisposed during the last few days, but is recovering. The Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council held a meeting on Saturday, in the Council Chamber, which was attended by the Master of the Rolls, Messrs. Pierrepoint, Taylor, and Ellice. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Two appeals were set down for hearing—Pownall v. Mascall, from Antigua : and Douglas v. Smith ; and another from St. Vincent's. In the latter case, which had been partly heard at a former meeting, the Master of the Rolls, on the part of their Lordships, stated their decision to be against the will (not executed) as no sufficient evidence had been adduced to prove that the deceased (Dr. Brown) had been prevented from executing the deed between the time that it was dated and the period of his decease. The will could not, either, be held good for the personal estate, inasmuch as, by the terms of the deed, the real property would be liable to be rendered an auxiliary fund to the personal estate. The cause will, therefore, be sent back to the Court below, viz., the Court of Ordinary at St. Vincent's. THEIR MAJESTIES. The King and Queen left St. James's at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, on their return to Windsor, partook of a dejenne at Lord Brownlow's on their route, and arrived at the Castle at half-past seven. Their Majesties are quite well. The Queen, besides attending the Drawing-room on Thursday and the Ball last night, has been honouring many places of public amusement with her patronage and presence; besides dispensing her charity in various quarters. Last night her Majesty gave her last Ball for the season at St. James's. The invitations, which were exceedingly nume. rows, were issued without the slightest reference to political feelings, and upwards of 1,100 persons assembled in the Ball_ room, in which were stationed Weippert's and Collinet's bands. The effect of so much beauty congregated on one spot, the forest of feathers, and the brilliant display of diamonds and other jewels, was dazzling beyond description ;. but perhaps the most imposing part of the spectacle is when the King and Queen walk down between these splendid ranks, previous to taking their station in the room. Among other members of the Royal Family present were the Duchess of Kent, her son, and the two Princes of Wirtemberg (the Princess Victoria having been to Woolwich was not present) ; the Duke of Cumberland, Prince George of Cambridge, the two Princes of Solms, &c. The King and Queen led the way into the Banquetting-room at half-past twelve, where supper was laid out. The King did not return to the,ball-room afterwards, but the Queen again honoured the company with her presence, and remained until about three o'clock, when a great many persons also retired. The younger portion of the company, however, continued dancing until a late hour this morning. Her Majesty did not dance. It was considered to be an excellent Ball, and a brilliant conclusion of the Court gayeties for the season. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, and other noble and distinguished personages, are expected to pay a visit to their Majesties in the early part of the week. It is announced that the King will hold his next Levee on Thursday, instead of Wednesday. It is presumed that this arrangement has been made in consequence of Wednesday being the anniversary of his Majesty's Accession, when the King may wish to spend the day among the members of his family.— Windsor Express. HER IVIAJESTY'S STATE BALL. Her Majesty gave a state ball on Friday night, at St. James's palace, the preparations for which were similar to those on former occasions. A guard of honour, composed of the Life Guards Cuirassiers, marched in the large court-yard at the east side of the palace. The King's guard were on duty in the Standard Court-yard. The usual attendants on state occasions were at their stations; and a numerous party of the Yeomen guard, headed by their Exons, Messrs. C. Hancock and Pearson, lined the approaches to the State Rooms. The two Ball Rooms, the Drawing Room (or George the Third's Room), the King's Closet, and the Portrait Gallery, were all very bril liantly illuminated with ormolu chandeliers, candelabra on pedestals (some of them boldly carved and gilt) and branches, all containing wax lights, which displayed the rooms to the greatest advantage. The company began to arrive at the Palace before ten o'clock ; the ladies in dresses of the most elegant description, and the gentlemen in full court costume; Members of the or ders of Knighthood wearing their different insignia. The head-dresses of the ladies were as splendid as at a Drawing Room—many of them having magnificent displays of diamonds and precious stones; several of the ladies had also the sto macher in jewels. The company was extremely numerous. GRAND REVIEW OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. BEFORE THE DUCHESS OF KENT AND THE PRINCESS VICTORIA, ON WOOLWICH COMMON. On Friday last a grand review of Royal Artillery took place on Woolwich Common and in Plumstead Marshes, in the presence of the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria. At half-past ten o'clock a detachment of the Royal Horse Ar tillery, under the command of Lieutenant B. Cuppage, re ceived the Royal Visiters in the Broadway, Deptford, and escorted them to the Royal Arsenal gates at Woolwich, where their Royal Highnesses received a Royal salute of twenty-one gulls. After inspecting the Arsenal the Royal Visiters pro ceeded to Plumstead Marshes, where the practice of Con greve rockets was performed in excellent style, under the command of Major Danby. The following number of rockets were thrown, viz.:—twenty-eight twelve pounders, and one hundred and sixteen six-pounders.—(lt was intended to have thrown many more twelve-pounders, but from the number of ships passing and repassing along the river it was considered too dangerous.)—General Miller then practised his new.invented ten-inch gun with great suc. G.—Caithness-shire Stewart, Sir M. S.—Renfrewph, Stewart, E.—Wigton, Trail!, G.—Orkney I ICELAND. Aclieson,Eord—Co. of Arm gb Archdall, Gen. M.—Fermanagh Bateson, Sir R.—Londonderry Belfast, Earl of—Antrim Co. Castlereagh, Vise.—Down Christmas, W.—Waterford Cole, Lord —Fermanagh Cole Hon. Arthur—Enniskillen I ' Conollv, E. M.—Donegal Cooper, E. J.—Sligo Co. Corry, Hon. H. L.—Tyrone Co Daly, James—Galway Co. Ferguson, Sir R—Londonderry Hayes, Sir E.—Donegal Hill, Lord M.—Newry Knox, Col.—Dungannon Lefroy, A.—Longford Max well,H.—Cavan Mullins, F. W.—Kerry Co. O'Neill, fln. Gen.—Antrim Co. Oxmantown, Lord—King's Co. Perceval, Colonel—Sligo Co. Perrin, Louis—Monaghan 'Shaw, F.—Dublin University !Tennant, J E.—Belfast Verner, Colonel—Armagh Co. Young, J.—Cavan TIES OF MIDDLESEX ;X, AND KENT. cess. After the conclusion of the rocket practice the Royal party and suite returned to the officers' mess-room, fronting Woolwich Common, where they partook of a sumptuous repast provided by the Commandant of the garrison. The excellent band of the Artillery Corps performed, in front of the mess. room windows, grand martial airs. At half past three o'clock their Royal Highnesses and suite proceeded to the Common, where the grand review of battering and horse artillery corn_ menced. The battering train, consisting of twelve guns, under the command of Colonel Cleveland, commenced by firing shot and shells from the mortar battery, at a flag-staff, distance 1,000 yards, with admirable precision. Atter the battering train and horse artillery had passed the royal party in rev i ew,numerou s evolutions and excellent firing followed. The royal party then quitted the Common under a royal salute, and returned to Kensington Palace, passing over Blackheath, escorted by a de tachment of Horse Artillery, under the command of Lieute nant Wakefield. Woolwich and the Common were crowde‘l to excess by nobility and gentry, who came from distant parts to witness the review. We believe there was only one accident during the day, which occurred to a gunner of No. 9 gun, who was thrown from his seat and severely injured by the wheel ~ r the carriage. MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE. The principal modistes at the west end of the town are at present in full activity in preparing splendid trousseaux for weddings which are on the tapis. We have heard several named, but believe the following to be those likely most im mediately to take place. Mrs. W. Curwen, of Bryanston-square, a widow lady, pos sessing a fortune of 200,000/. in her own right, is shortly to be led to the altar by Ogilby, Esq , a gentleman of very large landed estates. Count Danniskiold Samoe, attache to the Danish Legation, will, it is said, be shortly united to Lady B— B—, the eldest daughter of a Noble Marquis. The marriage of the beautiful and Hon. Miss Forrester, sister to the Countess of Chesterfield, with Lord Albert Conyngham will, it is expected, be solemnized in a few days. On dit that the young Earl of Kerry (eldest son of the Mar quis of Lansdowne) will shortly be united to the beautiful and highly accomplished Miss Ponsonby, daughter of Viscount Duncannon. It is also said that the eldest daughter cf the Hon. Mrs. General Meade, will shortly be united to a gentleman of large fortune. KING'S THEATRE. The Opera of Norma was repeated on Saturday. It was composed by BELLINI expressly for Madame PASTA, who, of course sustains the part of the heroine. The story is a sort of nzele of those of Anna Bolena, Medea, and La Vestale, as may be seen from the following sketch Norma, a Priestess of the Druids, is beloved by Pollio, a Roman Consul, by whom she has two children. The affections of her lover, however, shortly turn to a new object, aid Adal gisa, a younger Druidess, usurps the place of his former love. Norma learns this fatal truth from the lips of her rival herself, and in the first transports of her rage meditates the murder of her two children. In fine, Adalgisa, on discovering the per fidy of her admirer, nobly casts him off, while Norma, being discovered to have conducted herself in a manner not wholly consistent with the laws of the Druids, becomes a victim of their rigidity. There are but three characters in this Opera, and these were sustained by PASTA, MERIC, and DONZELLI. The former was, of course, by her singing and acting, the main feature and attraction of the Opera. Nothing could be finer than her aria con coro in the first act, and her duets with MERIC and DON ZELLI in the second. Mcitc's voice harmonized extremely well with PASTA'S, while DONZELLI'S splendid organ gave, as usual, to the recitative of his part an effect with which no other singer could have invested it. The choruses went well, par ticularly the hymn in the first act, and the war song in the second. The Ballet of La Sylphide, with TACLIONI, followed. The house was crowded. DRAMATIC INTELLIGENCE. What will be the fate of the Dramatic Performances Bill seems very uncertain; and the labours of the Committee — which has been sitting upon it for the last three weeks--have not improved its principle ; and, as we learn, hate very little amended its details. A certain number of theatres are to be positively licensed by the Bill, without any farther inquiry, or the exercise of any discretion on the part of the Lord Cham berlain, or of the Home Department, to which it has been pro posed to transfer the superintendence of the drama. Nothing can be more absurd than such an arrangement; which, with out even individual responsibility, must make the monopoly hereafter closer than ever. We are sure that Mr. Bulwer has done his best to resist such a plan, which has been forced upon him by some of the wiseacres of the Committee, who know just as much about the drama as they do of legislation. It is mere folly for bodies of men to attempt to deal with such a subject, and it would have been far better to have left it just where it was—in the hands of the Lord Chamberlain. In that, we believe, after all, it will end ; and the Duke of Devon. shire will then have it in his power to exercise the natural liberality of his disposition, which is now controled by the un certainty of the result of the present proceedings. We apprehend there is very little probability that the peti tion to the King by the actors of Covent-garden, &c., for a third patent theatre will be successful. If there were no other reason against it, the Bill now in progress (progress ?) would tend to defeat the application ; since the King may very fairly reply, that he does not think it right to take any new measures until he sees the result of the pending deliberations. A number of dramatic authors dined on Saturday at the Garrick's Head, in Bow-street, for the purpose of completing their plan of compensation from country theatres, under the Bill which has just passed the Legislature, and which con tains, although the fact is not generally known, a retrospec tive clause, applicable to pieces written during the last ten years. It is a pity, instead of dining at the Garrick's Head, that they are not able to dine at the Garrick Club : it ought to be freely open to all authors of good reputation ; and the sort of rule established in the body, that no more honorary mem bers than Sheridan Knowles and Fawcett shall be elected, ought to be abrogated. This would materially tend to accomplish the beneficial object for which the Club was expressly formed, viz., to promote a union and co-operation of authors, actors, and of all persons interested in the drama. The scale of re muneration to authors by managers in the pi ovinces who wish to act their productions, has been fixed very low, in order to give as little discouragement as possible : for a five-act comedy or tragedy, 10s. per night is all that is required for the author, while 7s. for a two-act piece, 4nd ss. for a one-act interlude is considered at present a sufficient remuneration. Circulars to this effect have been sent round by an agent appointed by the authors generally; and in no principal town of the kingdom can there be a moment's hesitation in complying with such reasonable terms. It gives us pleasure to find, that the recent success of the performers at the Adelphi has enabled them to pay full sa laries to the whole company. The same remark, and very nearly to the same extent, will apply to the Olympic, where Knowles had so full a house for his benefit on Thursday, that, when we went to witness the performance, we could gain ad. mission into no part of the theatre. We were very glad to be excluded on such an account. THEATRICAL CHIT-CHAT. The Cheltenham theatre opens on the Ist of July, under the management of Mr. Spencer. Mr. W. Farren has entered into an engagement to perform at the Haymarket theatre for the remainder of the season. Mr. Wallack has just returned from America in perfect health, and will shortly resume his professional exertions either in the metropolis or the provirices. Mr. Yates intends giving his Comic Entertainments at Richmond in the course of the ensuing week. Poor Kean's effects are to be sold by auction for the benefit of his creditors at Richmond this day. Some presents made to the great actor by Mrs. Garrick, are included in the cata logue. A strong desire has been expressed that the creditors may do themselves honour by presenting those interesting memorials, which are of no intrinsic value, to the amiable son of the man whose talents excited such unbounded ad miration. A new two-act comedy, by young Charles Mathews, has been accepted at the Haymarket, and will be produced forthwith. Madame Vestris is engaged at the Haymarket, and will ap pear there immediately after the close of Covent garden. Mr. Keeley goes for a time to the Victoria (late Coburg) theatre. King Leopold was applied to by the English actors at Brus. sels to bespeak a play; his Majesty for some reason declined, but presented the company with 500 florins. The Westmir.ter theatre has been taken by Mr. F. Smithers, late of the Orange theatre, and, it is said, will be opened this, evening. IMPORTANT TO SHIPOWNERS, &C.--EX tract of a letter from JOHN Witics, Esq., M.P., to Mr. NOBLE, of Boston " House of Commons, June 17. "My dear Sir,—l do not know whether the shipowners and mariners of Boston are apprised that the Treasury has at length issued an order that tea for ship's stores may now be shipped in such quantities as are required, according to the duration of the voyage and the number of men. At Hull this order is hailed as a great concession, and a considerable relief to the maritime populace of this town. At Boston, therefore, I pre sume it may also be a benefit, and I shall be obliged if you will give it publicity to the parties affected, if it should as yet bi unknown.—Yours, very truly, " JOLIN WILKS." —Lincolnshire Chronicle. The late rains have materially benefitted the oats and barley, but the wind has certainly injured the wheat very much. The grass will now be in a growing state, and the farmer who has bad patience may yet have a fair crop ; but in most places the grass that has been cut was very short indeed; however, it has nearly all been well got up. Wherever turnips have shown themselves we hear that the fly has taken them.—Brighton Ga2ctte. STATE OF TRADE AT CHORLEY.—The increased demand for cloth has caused considerable activity amongst our manufacturers, and weavers are eagerly sought after. Hand-looms, in tolerable condition, have advanced within these few weeks, from ten to thirty shillings each, but the wages of the weaver have not yet improved...—Manchester Guardian. REPORT from the SELECT COMMITTEE on MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. (O.I.TFRED, HT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, TO BE FRIETI JUNE 4.) REPORT. The Select Commiree appointed to inquire into the Sta.,. of Municipal Corporations in Englaud and Wales an y; Ireland, and to report to the House whether any sod what defects ex'st in their Constitutions, and what measures it airy e in their opinion most expedient t adopt for remedy thereof; and to whom sever.' poi tions respecting Municipal Corporations presented t,. the House in the present Session of Parliament were referred, and who were empowered to report the Mi nutes of Evidence taken before them to the House ; have proceeded at some length into such Inquiry, awl have agreed upon the following Report : Your Committee were of opinion that they should best discharge the duty imposed upon them by inquiring how far the Municipal Corporations in England, Wales and Ire land, as at present constituted, were useful and efficient instruments of local government, rather than by seeking to detect past abuses, with a view to their exposure or pu nishment. Your Committee were required to ascertain whether any or what defects existed in the constitution of corporations, and what measures were expedient to he adopted for the remedy thereof, and with that view the required, in the first instance, the attendance of the chief magistrate and the town-cletk, as being the officers best capable of giving inf wmation respecting the constitu tion of the different Corporations with which they were respectively connected. The Committee state with pi-a sure that they have found a general readiness on the part of the municipal officers whom they have examined to afro, d the information they have required, and they have, in n instance, been obstructed by captious or formal objection. , . It was, however, impossible not to be aware that, from the absence of local information, the inquiries of the Com mittee must be defective, and that many facts material to be known must escape unnoticed. In some instance• persons unconnected with ,the Corporations were exa mined ; but this course led to a conflict of testimony which could only have been met by summoning witnesses from a distance, with inconvenience to the parties, at a peat expense to the public, and would have involved the Committee in a most protracted inquiry, and with no certainty that in the event the result would have proved satisfactory. The consequence is, that the information which the Committee have received has been mainly derived from corporate officers ; but even on their testimony they have no hesitation in expressing a decided opinion, that the defects which have been disclosed are such as to to quire that a further and a searching inquiry should be in stituted, with a view to the adoption of a sufficient re medy. Having come to this conclusion, your Committee are not enabled to offer any final suggestions as to the re medies which ought to be adopted ; and being further of opinion, that from the defective nature of their inquiry, even those cases which they have examined ought to be subjected to further scrutiny, they have thought it de sirable, with very few exceptions, to abstain from point ing out particular defects, or animadverting on indi.i dual testimony, while there is a possibility that a different colour may be given to the case by future investigation. They propose, however, to state in general terms some of the leading points which they think justify their recom mendation that a further inquiry should be instituted, and to suggest some remedies which they deem to be en titled to consideration. The jurisdiction of Corporations is defective in some oases in consequence of the town having been extended beyond the limits of the ancient borough ; and in other cases it is objectionable, from extending to places that are distant, and more properly lulling within tne jurisdiction of county Magistrates. The principle which prevails of a small portion of Cor porators choosing those who are to be associated with them in power, and generally fur life, is felt to be a great griev ance. The tendency of this principle is to maintain an exclusive system, to uphold local, politic.il, and religious party feelings, and is destructive of that confidence which ought always to be reposed in those who are intrusted with control, judicial or otherwise, over their fellow citizens. One of the consequences of this system of close elec tion has been, that publicity has been rarely given to the amount and ap,,lication of the funds belonging to the dif ferent Corporations. It is prub .ble, that if in this respect the Corporators had acted under the influence and con trol of public opinion, their debts would have been less in amount, and more benefit would have been conferred on the community. It is desirable, therefore, that the ma nagement and expenditure of Corporate funds should be subjected to a systematic and efficient control. The powers vested in Corporations for the administra tion of justice, both criminal and civil, ate various and extensive, and are among the most important objects of inquiry. In some cases the choice of Recorders has been, both in practice and in principle, highly creditable to the Corporations ; in other cases Recorders have been chosen of unexceptionable character, but selected rather on ac count of their rank and station, than from a regard to their fitness to discharge the duties of the office. The way in which the juries are summoned seems to be left too much to the discretion of the parties whose duty it is to summon them. Tuere are no regular lists of those liade to serve on juries, and there is no control over the discretion of the officer, who selects, from among those qualified by law, such as he pleases. The civil courts ap pear either to have fallen entirely into disuse, or to have been but little resorted toe According to the evidence given before the Committee, the Admiralty jurisdiction belonging to the Corporation of Yarmouth, is one which has not been administered advantageously or usefully, and that, and others, if such there be, ate very fit subjects for future inquiry and improvement. The privileges and exemptions from tots and dues which are enjoyed by freemen, give them, in some cases, very considerable advantage, in the conduct of the ordinary affairs of life, over those who are not freemen. It is stated that two persons engaged in trade in Hull, and in all other respects being equal, except that the one is, and the other is not, a freeman, the exemption from port and other dues, will give an advantage to the freeman to the amount of 1001. per annum. It may well be questioned whether such exemp tions rest on any public principle sufficiently strong to corn pensive for and justift an interference with that equality of rights which ought to be enjoyed by members of the same community. In most considerable places, Private Acts of Parliament have been obtained fur the purpose of watch ing, paving, and lighting the towns. Thus some im portant functions of police have been transferred to bodies independent of, and unconnected with, the Corporations, and as the Committee did not consider that under the reference made to them, they had power to inquire into the efficiency and administration of those Acts, as regards the police of the respective towns, they have abstained from the inquiry. It may he remarked, however, that it is pro bable, that if the Corporations had been more popularly constituted, and bad enjoyed a larger share of public con fidence, they might have been invested with a greater, if not an exclusive, control, over the execution of these Acts of Parliament. The rates levied by the authority of the Corporations for public purposes, and which in some cases have been to a considerable amount, constitute another fit head of inquiry. Complaints have been made on this subject, and even if no complaints have been made it seems to be expedient that some better and more efficient checks than exist at present should be established for the benefit and protection of those who are to pay the rates. Only two Corporations in Ireland have been inquired into, those of Dublin and Belfast. It may, without exag geration, be said, that Dublin has been hitherto an exclusively Protestant Corporation, and consequently cannot be supposed to nave commanded the respect, or obtained the confidence, of those who are syste matically excluded on account of their religious opinions. This state of things is the more to be deprecated, when it is recollected that this Corporation is invested with large and extensive influence and power, and that Dublin being the seat of the Courts of Law, Juries in all cases are sum. mooed by the officers of a body so exclusively composed. Belfast is a Corporation entirely close ; and now that the Sovereign and his colleagues have ceased to choose the representative to Parliament for the town, they do not appear to exist for any public or useful purpose. In Eng. land your Committee did not enter into any particular in• quiry respecting the charitable funds belonging to the Corporations, because they came within the scope of the inquiries now making by the Commissioners appointed for that purpose. In Ireland there are no such Commission ers, and the evidence given with respect to the charitable funds which have come into possession of the Corporation of Belfast proves how imperiously inquiry is demanded. In the selection of the cases that have been inquired into, an effort was made to obtain examples of towns varying in their Size, circumstances, and the constitution of their Corporations. In a majority of cases, the prin ciple of self-election prevails; Berwick is the must popular in its constitution, but not the most faultless in its practice Bradninch is an agricultural parish in Devonshire, which has been incorporated by charter. No reason appeared why it should have been separated from the other parishes that surround it ; am!, on the contrary, your Committt e cannot hesitate to express their opinion, that the condition of the parish would be improved by being placed under toe ordinary jurisdiction of the magistrates of the county. The inference which your Committee draw, from the cases into which they have inquired, is, that little difficulty wilt be found in suggesaug a !vine ly for 0 e defects whies ip pear t, esti t iii the towns wh re there is a large popula• inn. The reinedi.s, however, which might be applicable t o large towns might not be capable of being ‘, ith equal success to those that are small. This consideration appears to furnish an additional reason for further inquiry, in order that an attempt may he made to arrange the dif ferent Corporations into classes, and to &vise sotre mea .ore to cure the defects, or to remove the evil, of sr: all Corporations. Your Committee are further led to infer that Corp ratien4, as now constituted, are not adapted to the ',re sent state of society ; the Corporate officers are not I identified with the community, who have rarely any in fluence in choosing them, and have no control over their proceedings ; Corporate offices, even the highest in rank, are not always objects of desire, and are likely to he less so now that the political influence of corporations has been so much diminished. To make corporations instru ments of useful and efficient local governtnent, it seems to be essential that the corporate officers should he more po pularly chosen ; that the offices should be accessible to all that have entitled themselves by their conduct to the good opinion and confidence of their fellow•citisens; that their proceedings should be open and subject to the control of public opinion, and that it should be felt by the commu nity that the maintenance of order, and the equal adminis. tration of justice in all things, depend on the energy and principle of the corporate officers. If these objects could be obtained, there seems to be no reason to doubt that the wholesome influence and authority of corporations would be increased, that their powers of usefulness would be ex. tended, that public confidence would be established, and that the desire of honourable distinction and the sense of duty would call into the service of the community those who are most capable of discharging the duties of the cor porate offices with ability and integrity. Such are some of the results which your CoMmittee anticipate from a zealous and honest prosecution of this most important in quiry, and they have accordingly considered with care the best means of attaining the end. Fur the rea sons which have been already stated, your Committee are of opinion, that it is not in their power to bring the inquiry to a satisfactory conclusion. Two plans were suggested ; the one to circulate queries, addressed to the different Corporations ; the other to recommend the ap pointtnent of a Commission. The first plan was rejected on the ground that queries could not be framed so as to meet all the various circumstances of the different Corpo rations ; that they might have been easily evaded ; and that the information must have been partial. The proposal to recommend the appointment of a Com mission has met with the almost general concurrence of the Committee. If the country is divided into districts, the I?bour will he abridged ; the Commissioners being on the spot, will be accessible to those who have important facts to com municate; they will be enabled to command the evidence necessary to decide on the weight of conflicting state ments ; and they may, in a short space of time, collect the necessary information more easily and !Lore accurately than it could be obtained by any other proceeding. Your Commit.ee, therefore, deeply impressed with the im portance of the subject, earnestly recommend that no time should be lost in taking the necessary measures for appointing Commissioners to prosecute the inquiry with promptitude and vigour, so that the materials to be col lected may be arranged and brought under the coos;dera• tion of Parliament early in next Session. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. In the past week the arrivals of most kinds of Grain were to.. lerably good, and of Flour there was a moderate return. The trade throughout the week did not support the previous Mon day's prices. This morning there was a good supply of Wheat fresh at market, and of other Grain rather more samples than of late. The millers manifested very little disposition to purchase Wheat this morning, and the trade was in consequence very dull, prices of all descriptions may be reported 2s. to 3s. per quar ter lower than on this day se'nnight. The late rains are consi dered favourable to the spring crops, and Barley has sold heavily at rather less money. Beans arc more plentiful, and full Is. per quarter cheaper. Pease scarce, with little doing. Oats meet a slack demand, and having a good show of samples, may be re. ported full Is. per quarter lower than on this day se'nnight. The Flour trade has relapsed into its former dull state at last quotations. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) —s. --s. --White (old) Red 1832) 42s. 465. Fine 4Bs. 525. Superfine.. 545. 58s. White (1832). 465. 50s. Fine s2s. 545. ---- Superfine sBs. 625. --- Foreign free 425. 655. Rye Barley 221 245. Grinding 2 ,55. 275. Beans, Small (new) --s. (old) .... —s. —se Tick (new)....26s 30s. • (old) ....Ws. 345. Harrow (new)3os. 345. (old).. 345. 375. Brank. Oats, Feed 16s. 10A. --- New s a. Poland 193. 24e. • New s. Potatoe 233. %s. Malting: Malt Fine New Pease, Grey Nev Maple Ni -- White , Boilers , 30s 325. 425. 48s 52s 56s fir 3os. 325. ew s2s. 545. 345. 365 . 38s. 40s. New Scotch Irish l, Flour Town (per sai 245. 265. Ms 19s 21s. ick) 45s 500 . 425. 45i. Itry 40s. 445. Ss. 9s. Seconds North Coun Bran ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WHIM. 5 F 9 g ' 7 o n From Whence. . 0 • m —Ft ic :-. r. .:4 QM Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks. Aldborongb 162 15 -- -- 10 40 Arundel - -.- -- -- -- Boston - -- 3180 1 90 16 -- Bridlington 7O -- -- 140 -- -- 34 Bridport - -- -- .- -- 15 Clay 250 -- -- -- -- Cowes - _- 301 ). n Colchester- 345 227 652 -- 225 20 946 V Harwich-. 906 130 404 -- 65 -- 490 ; Leigh 733 -- -- 6 61 -- 9 ''' Maldon 737 -- 581 202 214 46 765 Exeter - -- -- -- -- 265 Grimsby - 50 -- 450 -- -- -- Hastings - -- 30 5 -- Hull lBOO -- -- 200 -- -- 240 Ipswtch 206 485 893 -- 55 20 219 Kent 915 262 -- 197 349 32 961 Lowestoft ...... - 7 O 7O -- -- -- -- -- -- Lyme - 150 :-- -- -- 130 Lynn Plymouth Poole - -- 80 -- -- -- 20 . Southwold .... - -- -- Stockton 3O -- ..... -- 11 -- 120 Wells VVisbeach 265 -- -- 2345 200 -- -- Woodbridge 661 130 -- -- 20 10 132 Yarmouth 174 2757 2140 -- -- 13 1015 Aberdeen - -- 1300 -- 6 -ft Banff 3 4 -- 4030 -- 22 -- nerwick - -- 590 75 40 lb Dundee Inverness l5O -- -- 40 -- -- -- 8014 4570 5094 12670 1727 240 5697 IRBIL Flallina Belfast Clare - -- 522 -- -- Dublin Limerick ... - -- -- 1729 -- -- -- Sligo - -- 1050 -- -- 11-- Youghall 2O -- -- 3066 -- -- -- FOREIGN. Dantzic Hamburg - -- -- -- 112 -... Rotterdam --- ...... ...• 4........ Total 10353 4570 5004 19977 1157 358 5725 AGGREGATE Rye, 0--Tareo, 10356 QUA N. Muse 14574 I MITI' 0 inseed,t ;Lard. 21 I 5004 ,I , OTC 119977 KA 11: 1157 :KDS 0: 1 IV/ I I'ULSI .Brank, SMITHFIELD MARKET This day's supply of Beasts, Sheep, Lambs, and Calves, was good, both as to numbers and quality, though not equal to that of last Monday; of Porkers limited. Trade was somewhat brisk with prime meat, at an advance of 2d. per stone, with middling and inferior meat dull, at Friday's quotations. PRICES PER STONE OF SLSS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 0 0 0 Large Lamb 5......... 0 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 210 3 0 Prime small ditto... 4 8 510 Prime large Oxen— 3 6 3 6 Large coarse Calvet 3 0 3 8 Prime Scots, &c 3 8 310 Prime small ditto... 4 4 4 8 Inferior Sheep 2lO 3 0' Large Hogs ......... 3 0 3 8 Second quality ditto 3 6 310 Small Porkers....... 4 2 4 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 4 4 0 Suckling Calves 128.t02,.. each. SouthdownWethers 4 4 4 6 QuarteroldPigs 12s. to 18r.each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERIC ' S STATEMENT. Beasts. I I Sheep and Lambs. Calves. I Pigs. 1,988 23,390 240 170 About 50 of the beasts came up the St. Alban's road ; about 80 up the other northern roads about 50 (including Irish) from the western and midland districts; about 2000 from Nor.. folk, Sutiblk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire ; about 20 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c. in the neighbourhood of London. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL IVIAKKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d..d. a. d. tot, Beef, inferior 2 2 tos 2 4 Mutton, inferior... 2 2 2d. - middling 2 4 2 9 -- middling.. 3 6 SI Q - prime large 303 4 I prime..... 4 4 8 prime amalL 3 4 3 6 Pork, large it 3 8 Veal ..... ... 3 0 4 8 -small . 4 6 4 8 ra;nil • Is. 4d. to 41. id' The KING dined on Thursday with Lord and Lady HOLLAND, at Holland-house. His MAMMY was in excellent health and spirits, and appeared to enjoy the company of his friend•. The LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord GREY, Dukes of RICHMOND and GaArrox, Lord and Lady CLANRICARDS, Lord and Lady TAYIsTOCE, Lord and Lady ALBEMARLE, Lord HOSZBEARY, Lord ST. VIN. CENT, Lord PJLTIMORE, Lord MILFORD, Colonel and Lady MARY Fox, Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, and Mr. ALLEN, were of the party. Hie MAJESTY remained till nearly twelve o'clock, and it was remarked that for years past lie h id not appeared in better health or mm e cheeiiiil. HOP INTELLIGENCE.--WORCESTEIOUNE 21.—The accounts from our plantation are very favour. able. The witid last week did not do any very ina erial damage. Such is the prospect of the crop in all the die. tricts, that there is little doubt of au advance in the duty, Worcester. Herald. ot ti .~ "~~ ~e:, pro , ha 00° bee; giog big i il/1 n e of icergl, pro, bei ° id /3°,1. raw , ' tO I 4,1 5 . 0 .00 00 °11 0 er,l e; 1 ;01 Ito . 4 8 sA to , 04 89 s 9 ;;;ao - Von Pile W.s l. VirA 1300 re cio° 0 1 ' l io° int o e ce n ui ; do" ~