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fo labourers under forty years of age, and one year. fur all,- persons over that age He likewise proposed that chi ldren above six years of age, and under twenty-one should be subject to the same regulations with regard to notice as adults, and that they should, on attaining their majority, be entitled to all the advantages to which adults would he entitled. With respect to superannuated slaves, he thought it only just and reasonable that an allowance should be made to their masters for their maintenance. A charge had been made that the slaves would not labour if placed upon the footing of free labourers k but he wis convinced, from the evidence upon the subject, that the charge was totally destitute of foundation. The Hon. Member then referred to the work of Mr. Ward, Oa Mexican Envoy, to prove that sugar, as well as the tropi cal productions, could be raised by free labour as well as by slave labour. In the chartered colonies, as distin guished from the Crown colonies, it was found that the free labourers were the most industrious of the inhabi tants. He, therefore, thought that immediate emanci pation could take place with the greatest safety. He did not perfectly understand the position in which the pro posed measure would place the slaves—whether they were to be on the same footing as that of the free coloured population, or that of the white inhabitants of the colonies. He had no intention of finding fault with the Govern ment plan. On the contrary, he thought that it was de serving of general approbation. His only object was to suggest an improvement on a point upon which he thought improvement was practicable. The Hon. Mein ber concluded by moving a resolution in accordance with the principles stated in his speech. Mr. STRICKLAND regretted that any difficulty I ad arisen upon the subject. The Right Hon. Secretary for the Colonies had described the measure as a great experi ment, and he (Mr. Strickland) was of opinion, that in making such an experiment, unanimity was necessary. He therefore implored the Hon. Member for Weymouth not to divide the House. Mr. STANLEY observed, that if any one thought his Majesty's Ministers had approached this subject without a perbct conviction that it was as awful and critical a ques tion as could possibly be touched upon, that man knew little of the deep anxiety which they had experienced. Whatever difficulties might present themselves to the minds of those who looked even superficially on the ques tian, they were not a tenth of the difficulties which pre sented then .elves to the minds of those who examined it closely.—(Hear, hear.) The most trifling regulation might he pregnant with the most important consequence.. The Hon. and Learned Member for Hull had thanked his Majesty's Ministers for bringing the subject forward. He owed them no thanks. They were compelled to act; for they felt, that take what course they might, it could not be attended with greater evil than any attempt to uphold the existing state of things.—(Hear, hear, hear.) But the responsibility which they felt they were incurring would have been greatly increased indeed if the violence of the one party or the fears of the other, had driven them from the course which they believed to be that most conducive to the general interest.—( Hear, hear.) If the House ne gatived the proposition for temporary apprenticeships, if they declared that as soon as the Bill became law, invent emancipation should ensue, it would be difficult to con jecture what might be the consequences. They would plunge into a state from which there could be no return. If he were pr. pared, like the Hon. Member for Weymouth, to declare that it was of no importance whether or not sugar continued to be cultivated in the West India Isiatals— Mr. BUXTON had not made any such statement. What he bad said was, that if justice were incompatible with the cultivation of sugar, he should prefer justice to sugar.— (Loud laughter.) Mr. STANLEY proceeded. Admitting the Hon. Member for Weymouth did not contemplate such an alter native as the destruction of the cultivation of sugar, be at least contended that in a state of freedom the negro would be physically and now Aly better than be was at present. Now be (Mc. Stanley) was not prepared to adopt that opinion to its fullest extent. He readily admitted that if the alternative was whether we should now enter on a system of cultivation which could be maintained only by barbarous and inhuman treatment, or abandon the com mercial advantages of the undertaking, it would be a great stain upon the country to accept the former branch of that alternative. But in the present critical state of the Weer Indies, when interests so important were at stake, it would be perfectly indefensible upon mere abstract principle a, to take a course which might derange the whole relations of society in the colonies, and hastily throw away ail the advantages now existing. It had been stated that the question was, whether emancipation should be immediate or gradual. That was not ti e question. From the mo ment of the passing of the Act, all the offensive features of slavery would at once he at an end. The right of priperty on the part of the negro would be recognised; lie would be free f capricious punishment ; he would be allowed to enjoy the fruits of his labaur. It would be impossible to call that a state of sl 'very. His Majesty's Ministers had never contended that immediate and Unrestricted freedom was desirable. On the contrary, it would be att nded by numerous dangers. The Hon. Member for Radnor haul expressed his doubt whether any compensation ought to be made to the planters. If the House were to determine that no compensation should be granted to the planters, they would in effect throw out the whole measure. Without proposing compensation, he (Mr. Stanley) could not, as an honest man, have brought the subject under the consideration of the House.—(Hear, Lear.) The great object in view was to make the ham of the proposed change a mixture of compulsory and free labour. Nothing could be more rash than at once to let loose the whole slave population. Ask the West India planters, and they would one and all declare, that without adstrictian to the soil the negroes would be wholly unavail. able. I', therefore, the House were not disposed to pro ceed headlong, and throw everything into confusion, by making an experiment from which there would be no pos sibility of return, they would adopt the more prudent course recommended by his Majesty's Ministers; not doing away r it the dependence of the negroes upon their employers for protection, but depriving slavery of its most offensive cha racteristics. By adopting the course proposed, they would render the slave all but free—they would render him absolutely free within a limited period, the arrival of ohich he might hasten by his own exertions; and at the same time they would not endanger all the mighty inter. sts which were at stake; and would diminish the great, prac tical, and almost overwlohning difficulties which stood in ;the way of arrangement. He implored all parties, there fore, to make mutual cuncessions, and to co-operate in agreeing to the proposed plan, the details of which might be most advantageously filled up by the Colonial Legis haures.—(Hear.) Colonel CONOLLY perfectly agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman. He was convinced that all the evils of slavery, great as they were, were trifling compared with the evils which would be the result of precipitate and in stantaneous emancipation. L..rd HOWICK had done all that he could to procure unanimity. He had induced an Hon. Friend to wave oce amendment of which he bad given notice, and be certainly should not vote for the amendment of the Honourable Member for Dover. Further than tl.at, however, he could not go. He regretted that his Rigl.t flonoure.le Friend had not accepted his (Lord Howick's) advice. n.st to press the present resulu- tion. It pledgul the House to a measure with respt ct to ;Le apprenticeship of the negroes, on which it was u terly ;;;rnpossible that any human being could have any other than the most vague and indistinct notion. To such a plecip it was natural to feel a strong, and certainly not an unreasonable, objection. Then as to the new state of socte;y which was to be created. He did not know how the difficultieß, and they were many, of theit new si!ua- tint' wvre to be met ; he had heard of no plan which was to be brou2ht f,rward to meet them.—(ll,ar, hear.) He knew that slaves were degraded and debased; but be must contend that his Right Hon. Friend would be inise- rahly mistaken in his views and hops as to the pioha. tionary sate which he proposed. The question aiose in this new divosal of time, bow fir it wr,u d prove pro— fitable to the slave hiiioßlf; and al.o whether this pro. posed state of freedom could be made consi'tent wit'. the continued cultivation of the colonies. Lord AI.THORP was indistinctly heard. We tinder sttimi his Lordship to contend, that working by pi. t e was a much better syst.m than by the day, and it wett'd be found that the negroes would be better off in evety re spect, and better in their conduct, when th.y .veto em plojed on their own behalf. The argument whit b had been principally used went entirely to force a postpone ment of the discussion. But what was the tvil in his (Mr. Buxton's) re.oluti,n? It certainly pledged the House thit a state of apptentieeslti o was nee.ssaiv, but there would be ample opportut.iti es fur subsequent discus sion of the point. But be (Lord Altioirp) should lo kat the question only in one great point —as question of hear.) If they could effelt th at great justice —(Hear, act of national justice, without working injustic e to others, and without destroying the cultivatio n o f the colonies—for that was one must important consideration—they ought nut to hired, and cure be was his countrymen would not heed, some slight sacrice, that might be necessary.—(Hear, i ear.) The prirsc4OPtiel“btage?; in the proposed plan w as this, tic it itti.4ll .. t4o,FOurer to the soil. Now it had b - stated imthi conise;t'd the debate that the negroes, te i trrinancipated, potild-rg oil:—that they wou:d nut c iftslliiabnartin)lerTaftj - in; inducements; but t:os he d d. Indeed, hi. bad usi US in his own init.ti that \ k\i' • • they would be found, ultimately at all events, to labour willingly and sedulously. He had no apprehensions in ' his own mind but that the measure would be fraught with many advantages; and that it would, above all, avoid that ruin and destruction of which so many asserted it would be productive. Mr. RONAYNE said the object of the present reso lution was to coerce the negroes into a mongrel state of existence. Mr. MACAULAY said he should vote for the resolu tion as it now stood.—(Hear, bear.) The question was still left open as to the term of apprenticeship. The Hon. Member for Weymouth had himself, a few days ago, pro posed a resolution which was identically the same—that all slaves should be liberated at a future time, not to ex tend beyond one year. Between the resolution he alluded to and the one then before them, there was not the slight est contradiction. He must vote against the Hen. Member for Weymouth's amendment; for be could not answer to his conscience if he supported it. Mr. F. BUXTON moved, as an amendment, that the words "to labour for wages" should be inserted. A change of that nature he considered to be of the utmost importance to the tranquillity of the colonies. Mr. Secretary STANLEY observed that no Member, by agreeing to the resolution as it stood, at all bound him self to time. The wish of the Government was to fix an extreme limit beyond which the Colonial Legislatures could not pass, but short of which they might atop in any case, where they happened to be so disposed. In every case where there was labour performed, and wages paid far that labour, his object was, that that labour should be voluntary, and that, as to the extent of that labour, the labourer should be perfectly free. The plan proposed by him was, that a certain quantity of labour should be given to the master by the apprenticed negro. in consideration of his being provided by that master with food, clothing, medicine, and a habitation. To treat that as labouring for wages would be obviously inconsistent with the plan which had already been propounded to the House, and he could not be brought to give his consent to any such amendmen.. Lord HOWICK said it was quite plain that Govern ment could not agree to the proposition of the Hon. Mem ber for Weymouth, consistently with the plan which bad been developed to the House. He was glad to find that his Right Hon. Friend who spoke last had clearly shown the difference between the proposition of the Hon. Mem ber for Weymouth and the plan of his Majesty's Minis cry, than which no two things could be more dissimilar. No • thing could be more obvious than that the plan of the Government was a modified continuance of slavery. He was anxious to impress this particularly on the House, that they were then called upon to vote whether they would or would not keep the negroes three parts slaves ; fur compulsory labour, in consideration of food, clothing, and !edging, amounted to nothing more nor less than slavery. Lord ALTHORP said he could not be a party to sla very, though he had no objection to being a party to ap prenticeship. Mr. HERRIES said he had the utmost difficulty in giving a vote upon the present question—(A laugh).— listening, as he had done, to the conflicting statements of the promoters of the measure on the one hand, and those of the Nable Lord on the other; who, having been in the Colonial Department, became a high authority on the subject. Mr. O'CONNELL said it was partial slavery disguised under the name of apprenticeships. It was an enormous practical blunder to suppose that the proposed apprentices, under that arrangement, could be anything else than slaves. —(Cries of " Oh.") The question simply resolved itself into one of freedom or slavery. After some 'tribal amendments in the resolution bad been agreed to, and that the main question was about to be put, Mr. F. BUXTON said, as any such alterations as he contemplated could be proposed in Committee, he should not trouble the House by opposing his Majesty's Govern ment on the present resolution. It was understood that either Mr. O'CoNsfEat. or Mr. FIALCOMB resisted the withdrawal of the amendment, hut, from the confusion which prevailed from the approach o the division, it was impossible to ascertain which. The House then divided— For the original motion Against it Majority On our re-admission, we found Mr. STANLEY, moving the fourth resolution, which provided for the just and equitable compensation which it became nei essay to make to those whose property would he injured by the proposed measure. The House was bound, and be was sure the country would willingly make that compensation. He took fur granted that every Mem ber of that House would agree with him, that in dealing with a question of that description, they were called upon to make compensation for the loss of that which had been times out of number recognised as property, which had been made the subject of purchase and of sale, which had been made the subject of family sett.ernents, anti which, more perhaps than any other species of properly, had been mortgaged and encumbered. He could not think that in dealing with property of that nature, the House could do otherwise than deal with it as they would with any other description of property ; and that further, they would not leave the compensation to be settled at some remo.e and in definite period—they would, with their usual liberality and regard to justice, not leave it to some subsequent time, but deal with it at once. By the proposed measure, they took away from the slave proprietor one-fourth of his property in the slave at once ; they then charged the proprietors with the maintenance of the slave for a limited period, and at the expiration of that the present owners would lose all pro perty in the negroes. He could not suppose for a mo ment that the House would refuse its assent to the propo sition with which he intended to conclude, when they recollected the immense number of very helpless persons who were interested in West India property, and when they recollected the very small degree in which, speaking numerically, they were represented in that House. It was pet fectly true that they might upon paper emancipate the slave ; but it was equally true that they could not secure that cordial concurrence and co-operation which was essential to the success of the measure, if they dealt wish the West India proprietors in an illiberal or nig gardly manner. If lie knew anything of the people of this country, he was sure that, with an object like the present in view, they would not stop to inquire whether they ought to pay more or less money, but would ghdly th,n,ant to make some sacrifice to gain their ob ject, to attain their end, and to do it in the best possible manner, by procuring the cordial co-operation of those whose assistance those that desired the measure to be fully effectual, must be desirous to obtain. He had made a calculation with reference not only to the value of human lif , but also with regard to the amount of the property they were now about to withdraw from the West Indians, by taking away from the masters the services of the slaves, and calculating the slaves at 401. a head, or taking 30 millions for the whole of their present value, he could not bring the amount of that which they were about to take from the West Indians to a lower sum than 15 millions. In the calculation of that sum, he had admitted (or the detriment in the value a the slaves in the course of twelve years, and for the loss which the toasters sustained from the probable advantage of the men who might be born in a state of slavery. But even taking that in the most un favourable point of view, he could not reduce it to a lower amount than 15 millions. But in a question of this kind. they weir bound not only to look to the question of va'ne, but at that of the risk to be encountered. They were bound, in measuring the amount of compensation, to take such a view of the matter as would be most likely to p e vent those scenes which would entail, if they unfortunately happened, a tenfold greater expense than could now be avoided.—(Hear.) He thought it best to deal freely and frankly with the House, and to s are to them and to the public that which he confessed had weighed with his inind„ and that which had weighed with the Government, in proposing the grant of a larger sum than that of 15 mil lions ; and that ground was, that every one connected -282 with West India property, without any exception what. _ . ever, stated th.tt the sum of fifteen million,' would be inaiiequa , e to the lons they must suffer, and that if that sum alone was granted, they should feel bound to abstain from giving their concurrence or assistance in carrying on those mercantile transactions on which the very exist ence of the West India colonies depended. On the other hand the West India body bad given their assurance that if th s country, in consideration of the property in volved, of the object in view, of the sacrifice that mast be made to attain it, would consent to vote to the proprietors ....... .... a sum of 20 millions, that great interest, VVl;oseimpor tance every one mu,t acknowledge, would lend their full concurrence and cordial co-operation, not only here but in the West Indies. It was better to affect no disguise on such a subject. He stated, therefore, his opinion, that 15 millions would be inadequate to the lo•e that would be sustained ; at the same time he was ready to admit, that 20 millions might be more than adequice to that loss. But then the result would infinitely more than counter balance the disadvantage of the increase on the sum, for the measure would be mere likely, when supported by the cordial co•operation of the planters, to be safely t-ff ctual. He hoped, therefore, for the concurrence of the Members o: the House with the proposition he had just made; and he trusted that that proposition would equally meet with the support and approbition of those of tovir coto , tit , Artitl, who were really anxious to tffict the anancipstion of the slaves safely. The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved, that his Majesty be empowered to grant a sum not ex ceeding 20 millions to the West India p'anters, to be ap propriated as Parliament should determine. Colonel DAVIES thought it was too late an hour for a question of such magnitude to be discussed.—(Cries of " Adjourn," "Go on.") He felt as much as any one the hardship upon the West India planters, but at the same time be must recollect the people of this country.—(Hear, hear.) He must remember the burdens which they were weighed down with—be must recollect the manifestations of distress now unhappily too prevalent. Were they not only to refuse any remission of taxes, but even to lay fresh burdens upon the shoulders of the people ? He must say, that he thought the system now proposed was the most judged that could have been brought before the House. The twenty millions now asked for would not relieve the dis tresses of the West India interest. They might as well be thrown into the sea. He should not now go into the question, but he was convinced that some other means must be taken to relieve them. He therefore gave notice, that at the proper period he should move, " That it be an instruction to the Committee to reduce the Duties on Sugar to 17e. per cwt."—(Hear, hear.) That would be a real advantage to the coloniats, by increasing the con. gumption of sugar—(Hear)—and at the tame tim e it would be a bene fi t to the people of this country, by giving them at a cheaper rate an article of necessary consurnp tion.—(Hear.) He should certainly, if the Right Hon. Gentleman now pressed his motion, take the sense of the House upon it, especially as it was coupled with a pro. posed increase of the duty on sugar, which he thought would be as disadvantageous to the colonists as it would be vexatious to the people of this country. Mr. J. SMITH, amidst opposing cries of "Adjourn," and "Go on," said that no man in that House had taken a deeper interest in the present question than he bad done. He had been in business as a merchant in this city for the last forty years, and he had had an opportunity of observing and judging of the extent and importance of the West India trade, and of its effects on sur manufactures and commerce, and he must own that he had never felt half the anxiety on any question that he had felt on this. He was, and always had been an enemy to slavery in all forms —mental or personal ; but he could not vote for the abo lition of slavery in the West Indies, if its abolition were to be coupled with the commission of an injustice. It would be unjust and base to liberate the slave with one hand, and with the other to condemn his friends and ac quaintances to poverty, destitution, and misery. —(Hear, hear.) In this country there were many whose children hail no means of acquiring education but in parish schools, and he himself had known a most amiable and virtuous lady reduced to utter distress. He could not condemn his fellow-subjects to this misery. He should therefore most readily vote in favour of the proposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He should do this—not only for the reason he had just stated, but also because it was abso lutely necessary to have the assistance of the West Indians, in order to insure the success of the scheme. A failure in it would shake the 'national credit by endangering the existence arid safety of the colonies. Under these circum stances, he thought they ought not to stop for a few mil lions. They had been told that there was great and uni versal distress in the country. He must say, though he knew it would expose him to obloquy, that he did not be lieve one word of it. Distress, of course, there must and would be in a country like this ; but still it was not ge neral nor universal ; and he believed that the coun ry would consent, in order to see the emancipation of the slaves safely effected, to pay the sum proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr. GISBORNE must say that he did not think it fur in the Right Hon. Gentleman to call on the House to come to a vote on this question now. The House had no means of judging of the question now. The Right Hon. Gentleman had three times changed his course. At first he proposed to lend the West Indians fifteen millions. He (Mr. Gishorne) must say that he thought it a pretty strong step when the Right Hon. Gentleman came down and changed that proposition, and said, I do not mean to lend, but absolutely to give the fifteen millions—(Hear, hear)—but now, this night, without the slightest prepara tion, he chang d again, and proposed to make the gift, not fifteen merely, hut twenty millions—(Hear, hear) — for such, said the Right Hon. Gentleman, is what I now discover to be the right amount of compensation. He (Mr. oi -borne) had always been in favour of a fair coats pensation to the West Indians—the people of this country were so, but the amount of that comp. n-ation could not he agreed to in that hasty way. The question ought not to he press , d on to-night, the more so, as, if the House now voted this resolutien for the maximum, they would, in fact, pledge themselves to that amount.—(Hear.) Mt. STANLEY, under these circumstance., consented not to press the question to a oivision now.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to min, that whatever might be the amount of compensation, the money would not be p lid till the details of the measure had been carried into effect by the Colo nial Legislatures. The fleuse resumed. On the motion of Lord ALTHORP, the Bank question was postponed to Fri , tay. STAMP DUTIES. In answer to a qua stir n Irian Mr. HUME, Mr. S. RICE stated, that the present advertisement duty would erase in the next quarter. Mr. HUME then expressed his wish that the law should be so altered that a pa, er putting forth a second edition, should nor, if it had one or two fresh advertisements in that edition, pay a duty as if all the advertisements were fresh advertisements, or the paper a chff rent day's paper. Such, he believed, now was the case. Mr. S. RICE was not aware of the fact, and said that the question had better be deferred till the report was brought up. On the clause respecting the repeal of the stamps on the policies of insurances of farming stock and agricul tural produce being put, Mr. HUME said that he thought the benefits of the clause ought to be extended to all other property as wel as agricultural ; but this was only another instance o the partiality of the Legislature towards the landed in. terests.—(oh, nit. ) Lord ALTHORP s tid that the reduction of duty about to be made, aid not bear out the accusation of the Hon. Member. The reason why the stamps on such policies of insurance was taken off was, because agricultural pro• duce been lately so much exposed to the fires of incen diaries. The clause was then passed. On the clause respecting the reduction on policies of marine insurance being put, Mr. F. YOUNG objected to the clause, saying it would only benefit the insurances at Lloyd's, and would not ex tend to his constituents of the North. The whole amount of this duty was 260,0001. The Noble Lord proposed taking off 100,000/. ; it would be better to reduce it by one half, for then the benefit would be more generally felt. The revenue would not suffer by his suggestion, as the policies would increase in proportion to the reduction of duty. Mr. SPRING RICE and Lord ALTIIORP defended the clause as it then stood. Mr. Lim, Mr. ROBINSON, and another Hon. Member favoured the suggestion of Mr. F. Young. Mr. S. RlCE—They could not afford to take off so much of the duty, but what they took off would tend to prevent foreign competition on the matter. Mr. PEASE said, that many of his constituents were waiting for the result of the present measure, to see whether they ought not to establish an insurance agency in the United States of America. Mr. P. THOMSON thought it very strange that this sgency was not established before, and that the Hon. Gen tleman's constituents shoul , l think of establishing it only at the moment when ne,rly one half of this duty was about to be taken I.ff. He said there were so fumy advantages in insuring in this country, that although the duty was higher than abroad, still merchants would prefer those solid advantages to the alight economy gained by the lower duty abroad. Mr. LYALL wished, as we understood, that the duty should be reduced, in order to induce foreign merchants tO I nure in this country. The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. Mr. S. RICE moved that a clause should be inserted to take off the duty on pamphlets. This duty was very small in its amount, but very grievous to publishers. He would, further, propose that a copy of each pamphlet be deposited in the Stamp office, as a security for the number of adver tisements attached to it. Mr. JERVIS asked if it were necessary to deposit the whole work. Under the present system, parties were hound to give 14 copies of each new work, which was found to be a great hardship, and in many expensive works absorbed the whale of the profits. If an additional copy was required, the hardship would be still more felt. Lunt ALTHORP said that the present clause did not apply to expensive works. Alter a few words from Mr. SPRING RICE, the clause was agreed to. The House then resumed, the CHAIRMAN reported progress, and the report was ordered to be brought up to morrow (this day). CATHOLIC MARRIAGES. Lord AIOLYNEUX moved for leave to bring in a Bill to put Citholic marriages on the same footing with the marriages of Protestants, Jews, Quakers, and other Dia . . 9, titers. Ttie Registr,tion 13111,.iutrodueed by his Friend the Methl:er for Iluitou, although it would paidy do away with the injustice to Catholics, did not afford a complete remedy. He (Lord Molyneur) wished simply to do away with the necessity of two ceremonies in the case of mar. riages between Catholics. He would not even include those in which only one of the pirties was of the Catholic religion. The motion, having been seconded, was unanimously agreed to. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. Mr. W. PETER obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend and consolidate the Acts relating to the better ob servance of the Sabbath. ADMIRALTY COURT. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, being aware that the Speaker had been for twelve hours in the chair, would not encroach further upon the time of the House in making a speech upon this occasion. He would therefore move that a Se lect Committee be appointed to inquire into the office, (tutus, and emoluments of the Judges of the Prerogative Court, the High Court of Admiralty, the Consistory Court, and the Dean of Arches, and to report. Mr. HUME moved that the name of Mr. Jervis be added to the Committee. The motion, as amended, was agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at half-past two o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT. Yesterday the Royal Assent was given by Commission to the following Bills :—Soap Duties Bill—Starch Duties Bill—Dramatic Authors Bill—Savings Banks Annuities Bill—lmperial Continental Gas Association Bill—Glasgow Procurators' Widows Fund Bill—Edinburgh Life Assurance Company Bill—Economic Life Assurance Company Bill —York Markets Bill—Rye Harbour Bill—Birkenhead Improvement Bill—Leicester and Swannington Railway Bill—Stratford and Moreton Railway Company Bill— Grand Junction Railway Company Bill—North Level Drainage Bill—Farringdon and Burford Road Bill—War rington and Wigan Road Bill—Huntley Roads Bill— Haddon and Bentley Roads 1111—Whitchurch and Alder maston Roads Bill—Black Dog Roads Bill—Gateshead and Sundry Road Bill—Brougham and Penrith Roads Bill—Storring , on Road Bill—Offhant and Ditchelliug Road Bill—Tadcaster Bridge Road Bill— Rochdale and Edenfield Road Bill—Highhury Place Road Bill—Ayles• bury and Thatne Road Bill—Rugby and Hinckley Roads Bill—Brimington and Chesterfield Road Bill—Bodmin Roads Bill—Gloucester and Cheltenham Roads Bill— Fyfield Road Bill—Swindon Roads Bill—Kingston-upon- Hull and Beverley Roads Bill—Chepstow and Abergavenny Roads Bill—Cambridge Colleges Estate Bill—Hamilton's Estate Bill—Morris's Estate Bill—Edward's Estate Bill —Wisbech (Cambridge) Inclosure Bill—Middleton by Wirksworth (Derby) Inclosure Bill—Ganerew (Hereford) Inclosure Bill—Elkstone (Gloucester) Inclosure Bill— West Moor (Somerset) Inclosure Bill—Great Givendale (York) Inclosure 8.11-o,kington (Cambridge) Incksure Bill—Lakenheath (Suffolk) Inclosure Bill—Yardley (Worcester) Inclosure Bull—Bepton (Sussex) Inclosure Bill—Leisler's Naturalization Bill. COUNTRY BANKERS. The resolutions agreed to by the Committee of country bankers against the propo , ed alterations in the system of banking are conceived, we understand, in a spirit of very strong opposition to them. The following are a few of the arguments that have been circulated to .day in support of their view of the question : That in case of a general substitution of Bauk of Eng land notes for country notes, the agricultural interest will be liable to suffer materially, because, as business is now managed by country bankers issuing their own notes, the advances made by them to farmers are usually the last to be withdrawn. That looking as well as other men of business to the rate of exchange, and the probability of some difficulty in the supply of money in London, the invariable rule laid down by them is to shorten the accommodation in London, and to maintain all their country advances to the full. That supposing country bankers to use Bank of Eng land notes exclusively, and that the Bank will regulate its advances to the country by the rate of exchange, advanc ing freely when the exchange is high, and withdrawing them as it declines, the country bankers will necessarily follow the course of the Bank, and in the case of a failing exchange will call in their advances in the country. That in consequence of this, the implied bond between the country banker and his customers will c are. As the case now stands, the customer assists the country banker in the first instance by taking his notes, and afterwards circulating them ; therefore, when the season of difficulty eons..., the country banker feels bound in honour not to withdraw his advances. Under the new system, no deli cacy of this sort can be exercised. The country banker will feel himself at full liberty to choose between the person who owes him a certain sum of money and the securities lie holds in London, which will have fallen in price, and to save himself from loss by the sale of his securities, he will call in his advances from his country customers as a matter of course. The above are given as part of the areumenti of a very important class of the moneyed interest against the new system of banking, wi hoot intending thereby to offer any opinion on their validity, and merely with the view to ibsist in having all the bearings of this very important question more fully understood.— Times. LAW NOTICES. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the Right Hon. JOHN SINGLETON, Lord LYNDHURST, Lord Chief Baron of hi. Majesty's Court of Exeht quer after Trinity Term, 1833. MIDDLESEX. Thursday, June 13, Revenue and Common Juries. Saturday, IS, (Stevens v. Rennie. Special Appointment) and Common Juries. Monday, 17, and Tuesday 18, Common Juries. Wednesday 19, Special Juries. Thursday, 20, and Friday, 21, Common Juries. Saturday, 22, Special Juries. Monday, 21, C ininon Juries. Tuesday, 25, Special Juries. Wednesday, 26, Common Juries. LONDON. Friday, June 14, Common Juries. Thursday, 27 (Adjournment Day), Common Juries. Friday, 28, Common Juries. Saturday, 29, special Juries Monday, July 1, Common Juries. Tuesday, 2, Special Juries. Wednesday, 3, and Thursday, 4, Common Juries. Friday, 5, Special Juries. Saturday, 6, Common Juries. Monday, 8, Special Juries, Tuesday, 9, and Wednesday, 10, Common Juries. N.B. Special Juries left untried on the day for which they are appointed will stand over until the next day appointed Special Juries. To sit at ten o'clock on each day. OXFORD CIRCUIT. Days and places appointed fur holding the Summer Ass:zes, before Chief Justice TINDAL and Mr. Baron GURNEY. BERKSHIRE—Thursday, July 11, at Abingdon. OXFORDSHIRE—Saturday, July 13, at (3xford. WORCESTERSHIRE—Thursday, July 18, at Worcester. CITY Or WORCESTER— Thursday, July 18, at Worcester. STAFFORDSHIRE—Tuesday, July 23, at Stafford. SHROPSHIRE—Tuesday, July 30, at Shrewsbury. HEREFORDSHIRE—Saturday, Aug. 3, at Hereford. MoNmouTusntßE—Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Monmouth. GLoucESTERSHIRE—Saturday, Aug. 10, at Gloucester. CITY OF GLOUCESTER—Saturday, Aug. 10, at Gloucester. ADMIRALTY COURT.—The following Mem bers were appointed as a Select Committee last night to inquire into the office and duties, the appointments, salary, and emoluments of the Judges of the Prerogative Court and the High Court of Admiralty, of the Dean of the Arches, and of the Judge of the Consistory Court o London : Graham, Sia. R. G. Baring, A. Labouchere, H. Campbell, J. l'eel, Sir B. Thompson, W. Goulburn, H. Grote, G. Scarlett, Sir James IV)nn, C. W. Hume, Joseph 'Nichol!, J. Pollock, F. Fazakerly, J. N, Sanclon, Lord Lyall, G Shaw, F. Spankie, Sergeant Wood, G. W. ,Perrin, Sergeant Etnington, Llrd tiroui,ham, W. Lemon, Sir C. Lushington, Dr, Carter, J. B. AberiTomby, Right Inglis, Sir R. H. Hon. J. Warburton, H. Fergusson, R. C. _ Bet hell, R. Pechell, Sir J. S B. Jervis, J. CIVIL LIST CHARGES. The following Members of the House of Commons were on Friday night appointed on the Select Commi;tee "to consider the charges borne upon the Civil List of his late Majesty, and remaining unprovided G!r _ . Rice, T. S. Phillips, Sir G. Campbell, J. A lthorp, Viscount , Wrottesley, Sir J. B. L am b ert, H . Peel, Sir It. Stormont, Viscount Vyvyan, Sir It. Hume, Joseph Davies, 'l'. Lefevre, C. S. Johnstone, Sir J. V. Stawell, Colonel O'Connor Don Goulburn, H. Lewis, T. F. lephson, C. D. 0. curteis, H. B. Fremantle, Sir T. Murray, J. A. Baring, F. Perrin, L. , fancred, H. W. Wynn, C. W. The following gentlemen were on Saturday called to the degree of Barrister..at-Law by the Honourable. Society of Lincoln's Inn :--BALnwtx FRANCIS I)urrA, ; BRENT SPENCER FOLLETT, E.q. ; JOHN WYND. HAM BRUCE, Esq. ; THOMAS TURNER, Esq. ; and THOMAS EDWARD BRIARLY, Esq. Lord Vernon has left town for Plymouth, where his Lord►+hip's beautiful yacht, the Hawk, was taken out of dock, and is now ready for eea. Several of the Royal Yacht Club are assembling at Plymouth and Cowes. The Duke of Norfolk, in his yacht the Arundel, will .b 9 rtly resume his aquatic excur*iuus. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Perceiving that you have commenced giving the London Gazette in a second edition of your excellent Paper on Friday evenings, you may rely that every regi ment and depot, or detachment, in England, Scotland, and Ireland, being (Cavalry and Infantry) 129 will take it in if you so continue to do, for the sake of seeing the military part of it as regards promotions, appointments, removals, exchanges, &c. &c., as it was what the military have so long wanted, for seeing it so much sooner is often productive of particular service, and interesting to those concerned or not. Many officers, too, of all ranks on half -ply will also take it, who are watching for appoint. ments or otherwise interested. I shall notice it to my friends whenever I have an opportunity, and write imme diately to the regiment I command to send for it. You may insert a copy of this in your Paper, if you think proper, as it may be a hint to those who have not yet your Paper at the mess , a of regiments. I am, Sir, yours, &c. Bath, June 10. F. G. C. [We are much obliged for the courtesy and good inten tions of our Gallant Correspondent ; but we have been in the constant practice of giving army promotions, &c., in the Second Edition of The Sun for years past, and shall so continue to do.—En.] PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. JOINT STOCK BANKS. An ACCOUNT of PLACES where UNITED or JOINT STOCK BANKS have been Established under the Act 7 Geo. IV. c. 46, together with the Number of Partners therein, since the 25th May, 1832. Places. Birmingham .....„„ Bradford, Yorkshire Banks. Bank of Birmingham Bradford Commercial Joint Leeds... Stock Bank Leeds Banking Company Liverpool Commercial Bank ing Company Mirfield and Huddersfleld District Banking Company North of England Joint Stock Banking Company; Saddleworth Banking Coni Liverpool Mirfield, Huddersfield, i Wakefield, Dewsbury, and Saddleworth Newcastle.upon-Tyne Saddleworth in York shire, Ashton and Old ham in Lancashire Wakefield York, Bridlington and] Drittield pany Wakefield Banking Company York Union Banking Com- No. of Partner 149 1 111 ..- - 457 1 70 1 191 1 303 11 „ 1 200 pan y TEESDALE COCKELL, Distributor. Stamp-office, Somerset-place, June 4, 1833. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, 1833. MONDAY. —lOO, h. ft.—Mr. Hunter's Volage, Bst.7ib. agst. Lord Lichfield's Gab, Bst. 31b. D.M. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1833. MONDAY.-Mr. M. Stanley's Crutch, Bst. Blb agst. Lord Exeter's Galata, Bst. 11b. T.Y.C. 200, h. ft. Lord Lichfield's Gab, Bst. 71b., agst. Lord Tavistock's Cowdray, 7st. 21b. D.M. 100, h. ft. Lord Lichfield's Minster, 7st. 91b., agst. Mr. Yates's Vagabond, '7st. 7•b. D.M. 100, h. ft. TUESDAY. —Mr. Hunter's Rouncival, 4 yrs., Bst. 71b., agst. Colonel Peel's Malibran, 3 yrs., 7st. A. F. 100, h.ft. FRIDAY.-Mr. M. Stanley's Crutch, Bst. 71b., agst. Mr. Kent's Ruhini, 7st. 91b. T.Y.C. 100, h. ft. HOUGHTON MEETING, 1833. MONDAY.-Lord Exeter's Sir Robert, Bst. 71b., aget. Mr. Payne's c. by Wangler—Whiteboy's dam, 7st. 7ib. R.M. THURSDAY. —Sweepstak t e of 50 sovs. each, b.ft. C.C. General Grosvenor's Dick, by Lamplighter, Bst. 71b. ; Mr. Cosby's Pussy, by Pollio, Bst. 41b. ; Lord Verulam's f. by Maineluke—Brocard, Sst. 311,. ; Lord Chesterfield's f. by Partisin—Bugle's dam, Sit. 21b. GOODWOOD RACES, 1839. FIRST DAY.—Mr. Kent's Baleine, 9st., aget. Mr. Cosby's Pussy, 64. 111 b. Three quarters of a mile. 100, h. ft, THIRD DAY.—Lord Exeter's Cactus, Bst. 71b., avg. Lord Conynghatres Brother to Blythe, Bst. Sib. Mile. 100, h. ft. 79 horses are named for the Goodwood Stakes, and 37 for the Cup. TATTERSALL'S The room was numerously attended yesterday, as much for the purpose of speculation as for settling accounts on the late Ascot Heath Races ; some of these were tolerably heavy, consi. dering the comparative unimportance of the stakes It will be seen below that the favourite found backers at 9tO 2. The Mole was also in force, and Frankenstein is again in the market. Glaucus was quoted at 20 to I, without any supporters. 'The prices left off' as follow : DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 9 to 2 agst Duke of Cleveland's Muley Moloch 15 to 2 apt Mr. Watts's Belshazzar 14 to I agst Mr. Watts's Rockingham 15 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Mussulman 14 to 1 agst Colonel Crawford's The Mole 20 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Glaucus 20 to 1 apt Mr. Walker's Connoisseur 20 to 1 agst Lord Warwick's Trepidation 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Frankenstein Even between six and the field 430 to 2UO agstt 51uley Moloch and Belshazzar N MA RIC ET JULY STAKES. 5 to 1 apt Mr. Sowerby's Malcolm (taken) :GOODWOOD UP 6 to 4 offered agst Sir M. Wood's Camarine (p. p.) THE BANK QUESTION.—The Committee of Country Bankers have resumed their sittings at RAD LEY's, Blackfriars, under the presidency of H. HOBHOUS; , brother of the late Member for Wes.minster. This Committee, emanating from the entire of the provincial hankers, sat several weeks last year, on the subject which has now again brought them together. A meeting of the wbo!e body of provincial bankers, or shareholders in Joint Stock Companies, was held on Saturday, but it was pri vate. It is said to be the intention of this body to call a geceril public meeting, in a day or two, upon the subject of Lord ALTHORP'S proposi , ions. THE FACTORY COMMISSION RECALLED. —We learn by tie Manchester Chronicle of Saturday, that the Commissioners appointed in that town have re ceived peremptory orders to return home by the 20th. By this sudden termination of their labours, it is added, the inquiry will be concluded before half the field has been traver, , ed, only two er three principal towns in Lanca shire having yet been visited. It was high time that this farce should be withdrawn. Followed by the unanimous hootings of the people, it had become a mere useless waste of time and money, without even a hope of succeeding in its purpose of getting up a creditable case for the mill owners. DEATH OF THE ANTE-DELUVIAN FROG. - . -This extraordinary creature, which was discovered, o; readers will remember, some months ago, embedded in a solid block of millstone gut, on Stainmoor, died a few days since, at Brough. Mr. RuasEY, in whose possession it has been since its discovery, has had it preserved, as a great natural curiosity.— Carlisle Patriot. STEAM-BOAT A CCID EN T.—On Sunday morning, as the Venus steam-vessel, filled with passen gers, was on her way to Gravesend, a fishing boat, con taining five men, which was proceeding in the same direc tion, off Put feet, on the Essex shore, went so close along side the steamer, that the swell caused her to upset, and the fishermen were immersed in the stream. The engines were immediately stopped, and every assistance rendered by the passengers and crew of the Venus, who picked up four of the men in a very exhausted state, and brought them on board, where proper attention was paid them. The fifth was picked up by the people in a smack which was proceeding down the river; but it was some time before be displayed any symptoms of animation. MOST DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—We had this day three weeks the pleasure of announcing the mar• riage of NORTHEND NICHOL HAMERTON, Esq., of Castle House, Rastrick ; but it is our painful duty on this occa. sion to record a most distressing accident which has caused his death. It appeared in evidence that on Thursday last Mr. HAMEItTON, accompanied by the gamekeeper of Fixby Park, went in pursuit of rabuits. They start, dat about haif- past two o'clock in the afternoon, and proceeded to wards the Bath House, where they separated. They each had a percussion gun. When he had got about half way into the park, the gamekeeper heard the report of a gun, but could not see by whom discharged. He proceeded to the new inn, and heard some one groaning, and there found Mr. H. on his hands and knees, and bleeding prc. fusefy. He was wounded on the left side. He gave an alarm, and called to a person pa-sing, who immediately took a horse and went to Elland for a surgeon. He was then taken to Mr. COOPER'S, at Fixby Hall. In answ e r to a question by the coroner, the witness said when he first got up to him his gun was at his side, with tie ram rod at the distance of about four or five yards from him. He was lying on a bank-side. Witness inquired what had happened, and the deceased replied " bis gun had gone off." He lived about three hours after he was taken to Fixby Hall. A juryma n here obser ve d t h at i t would have been more satisfactory if they could have had the evidence of the surgeon who hail attended the deceased ; but be being Mr. H.'s brother (of Elland), it was abandoned. It was stated by one of the Jurymen that Mr. HAMERTON had said to his brother just before he expired, " I was charging my gun, when it went off." The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death, with a deodand of ss. upon the gun. "--heeds Intelliyencer. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland grand Public Breakfast yesterday at Sion.how sex, which was honoured with the presence of jesties and Suite, the Duke and Duchess of Ct the Princes Alexander and Charles of Salmi, numerous party of the Nobility and Gentry were at the fete. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Vici and walked in Hyde park yesterday afternoon. Mr. Burge, the Agent for Jamaica, ace( Messrs. Barrett and Hodgson (from Jamaica), ference with Mr. Secretary Stanley yesterday at nial-office. A deputation from the Company of Stationers, ing Mr. Alderman Venables, Messrs. C. Rivington, fall, and Reeves, had an interview with Viscount yesterday, at the Treasury. The Belgian Minister, and the Earl of Granvillt Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Foreign. Alderman Wood, Mr. Thompson, and a deput.. the city, accompanied by the City Remembrance , an interview with Viscount Althorp yesterday. The Bishop of London, the Earl of Clarendon, bert Inglis, and Archdeacon Hamilton (from the for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts a conference yesterday with Mr. Secretary S: Mr. Clay, and a deputation, visited Viscount yesterday. Lord Sandon and Mr. P. Stewart, M. p. , had a kg yesterday with Viscount Althorp and Mr. Stanl The Master of the Rolls, the Speaker of the Commons, Lord John Russell, Lord and Lady Ly- Viscount Howick, and Lady Georgiana Grey, and Georgiana Harvey, were among the visiters to the Spa, at Norwood, on Saturday. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE, ARRIVALS. Prince and Princess Lieven, at Ashburnham from a visit to their Majesties at Windsor ; Lord Hamilton, at Argyll House, from Camb►idge Un the Earl and Countess of Moray, and the Ladies St Berkeley-square, from Donne Castle, Perthshire Countess of Coventry, from the Continent; Vis Dudley and Ward, in Bryanston-square, from the Hotel at Brighton ; the Dowager Marchioness of bury, in Arlington-street, from Fern-hill ; the Ear ) Countess of Romney, in St. James's-square, ft Moat, near Maidstone ; the Earl and Countess o) at Symmons's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Colonel and Mrs. By, at Raggett's Hotel, Dover• from a tour ; Captain Morgan, at ditto, from Br►f Miss Wickham, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemar l from her seat In Oxfordshire ; the Rev. H. C. the Royal Hotel, Jermyn.street, from Bury St. Edint. Mr. and Mrs. J. Littledale, in Grosvenor-street, foga Continent ; the Marquis of Bristol, from his seat, Heath ; Captain Green, at the British Hotel, street, from Chatham ; William Tomlins, Esq., at from a tour. th e lq ] th, '()4l. erer 1 . 11 • 1 , tit „ C°ll otry, v4l e tim p 1 3RC 44 hai , 41t1 st nc ' show will 1 3 7 Usefu MOfl)ii • e , 4 ' 11 e ; 1: —. .1. mland t i t. tt. Ret ., ou ge, 0; i . h i e : .. c . :7 of thei r ':,. lied t-- FCa , : ..per C Cam' ; lime , ko , 1 e t 4 An Were ' i l i n i lS l 2 : ~, Bro . ~ •••-• Victoria 5 : ;5: sr ack ) °. id 'kiw i . comps!) 5, 1 s „. ir 1 1), had a' ' , 0 p y a t toe , •,,, tzr O i cotters, '' :1: 4 ceou . ti t , ta a p i _ t ngtoe, , A -011d ,oust A'' i ' tt;T. 4 ur ~. Armoure knd a kayak, ''. A fton : ign-offic e ' , n -*" , , • • B on , .putatioll , g ottelonn ibraneer , 1 ,' 44 1 1; .. , g o 1, , "s ~ don, Sir , , 1 nounll m the ' i, ,11 0n 1i... 1 o Part.) , •• 4 b eeo%' : o ta ti n u l t eyi l : ':.' ic„,... iu ' e i rl d ie t n , i c o 14, t c , ...0un , had a ' p k "•-• S ta nley' I °ks 01 the Hoilie i tex. wi IY Lyndb 111 4 y, and : . x I :P. hi to the Be ' ati tn " ecta al ,1 Mir II k • . . on LNCE, ~ . 1 n M in i . I t ti n r i ll i rim 4 , l ,°rite , Iham 0° k-t In Lord CI. : P tee k fi; . . ' e Univer ,in c al Ir a lies Stuert', .Cot oi °,; r ; t hahire ; ' 3,ern r Vier:ono A . i rc ilii e Less of ~. .V 9 VA , ~,D127,/itDql.sthniten:Meee.eEtoe,i'ac_arts:vstdr.fieErtijinirourejl..rt°l:g:Oariferob,:reildo4-1•00rf::110,:i1 4 ,, k t el l lye t 1 1 1 if tai l obsAronn t Ti oLu i ' i, i Oe bt ldetl • ily, froo .; h. c t in flatili L rill)a ,'s Hotel ' ga l h e obbins,A, , , f p 0 4 :l°Sn ' h°: o ecteseCW. u a.: s ti'ear e i:re: : )l3llll: g 7 f r;Prlvicee‘idifil:l : : llntitlihtellieerOdlli3trthuti-I:lhealingsfit DEPARTURES. The Earl and Countess Cavan and family, fro.,,t i Orleans Hotel, J erm y n . street , f or t h e i r seat in 07 Wm. Garnett, Esq., an d f am il y , f rom Fenton's Hate' James's-street, for the Continent ; Colonel Robbins, Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, for his sear, near Ala ford ; William G rase tt, j un . E sq., f rom ditto, for „,it, burgh; th e R ev . W. C rewe , f ur h i s seat in Cho' Mr. and Mrs. Batson, from Symmons's Hotel, St. Ja ili ro street, for their seat in Essex ; Mr. and Mrs. 1311. from Raggett's Hotel, Dover -street, for Colchester . Earl of Enniskillen, from Gould's (late Hitchcock's) I ;) , don Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Leamington, "T O , ' shire ; Lord and L a dy D over , f rom Holland House, 0 sington, for their father's (Viscount Clifden's) ee,„ 114 0 /0 Roehampton ; C o l one l an d C at h er i ne Bell, from the E SA, Hotel, Jermyn-str ee t, f or Ch e l ten h am ; J . T. Ord, '-fotk and Mrs. Ord, from ditto, for Dover ; the Earl o f Ol e o from the Stratford Hotel, Oxford -street, on a sll' Rev. Edward and Mr. E. Onwin, from ditto, for yt; vern ; William Hawker, Esq., from ditto, for 'Worra:to William Hicks, Esq., from ditto, for ditto; Henry p 44 terton, Esq., from ditt o f or di tto; Alf re d V ou ng' and Mrs. Young, from ditto, for Dover ; William 1 10. Esq., and M r s. R ow l e y, f rom di tto, f or di tto; Si r to, and Lady Boughton, from ditto, for Ludlow; Jame s Oi l land, E.q., from ditto, for Hastings - Edward 010 Esq., from ditt o ; R ev . Charles Sw ' ,lnny fro m Stamford; Rev. A. M ars h, f tom di tto . ditto, THE REPEAL OF THE UNION. , (From a C . , rrespondent of the Times.) It will be recollected that some tune since Mr. F erg : 0 Connor gave notice that he would bring the subject fore the House of Commons by means of a s p e cific ° I I, tion in favour of the repealing crotchet of Mr. o' o ' l ' l° o Mr. Fergus O'Connor being quite as sincere as h t r , mistaken in his v i ews o f t h e quest i on, could not o° a De stand why the opinion of the Legislature was not formally taken upon a matter the settlement Of W i r e agitators have declared t o b e o f v i ta l i mportanc e t ° i t li land. Mr. O'Conn,ll has had several interviews o il this gentlem a n. H e h as use d every art of persuas ion,.ie has had r e c ourse t o t h e most urgent remonstra nce' , order to deter Mr. Fergus O'Connor from persistinfol, his design. The latter gentleman, however, rein o f o f infl-xib!e, and it wa s a t l ast agree d t h at a Weettlfl " the tail" and o f as many more Irish Aletnners c- b e , o be mustered, should be convened to consider of t he means of silencing the refractory Fergus. fed The aspect of the affair had, indeed, assumes 3 the serious appearance. If the motion were brought ° P humbug of thi s means o f ag i tat i on would be expose":lo4 the ingenuity of th e ag i tator i s not, i t seems, -bore enough to devise a new delusion, wherewith to ° P o re successfully upon the p as si ons an d pre j u di ces o f the to , ignorant among his f e llow- countrymen. W as an w at t guisher t o b e p u t u p on t h e h est b rand of discor d that e ms "Destructiv e " li g ht e d up ? B es id es, w h at was to be;,erol of " the tail," w ith out t h e repea li ng pledge, i f aße one electio n s h ou ld b y any acc id ent occur ? These 'luta tp . sunk deep into the minds of the " Repealers," and tail' was dreadfully agitated. lfibe Accordingly, as many o f t h e I r i s h M em b ers as e°ordi collected 'net yesterday at the King's Arms, Palace - r ; s as s They wer e i n a ll thi rty - two . T he O'Conor to n' called to the Chai r , wh en M r . F ergus O'Connor . o g it 4 his c a s e , an d i ns i ste d upon the necessity of bri;11,00 the questi on o f t h e repea l o f t h e un i on before the .iia during th e p resent sess i on. To shrink from msint"„itlir in th e H ouse or i n i ona wh i ch had made them so on the hustings struck him as a very cowardly pro cee f ell on the part of the repealing representative, and dto unfair one towards the constituents who had sent 41 Parliament. o cte t An altercation th en ensue d o f so v i olent a ch!'rstioS that at on e ti me i t was appre h ended that the ternl.ool of the stru gg l e wou ld b e as trag i cal as the far, b ri ° contest between the two Kilkenny cats, of wh ic o let e more than the tail o f one rema i ne d to tell holy r es d t had been th e con fli c t i n w hi c h t h ey h ad been engilv ge oer•t Mr. O'Connell eventually stated that no persoo , ; e r e / a pledged R e p e al er , was ent i t l e d to vote upon 311:* O'Connor's case, and that if the decision were agatns o , llr, he would neither speak nor vot e u p on t h e que stion_ o eff' brought f orwar d i n t h e H ouse. H i s ch i e f argu e c' against bli ng i ng i t f orwar d t hi s sess i on was, that , the pre' ercion Bill b e i ng i n operat i on, the people wou ld b vented from expressing their feelings on the subjrc t 'Aesr i f colleague (M r . R ut h ven ) , however, showed very - . 0 0. 1 that that Mtjection would be of equal force next sess'ta' now. A di v i s i on at l engt h too k place, when th e o hers were—for Mr. O'Connor's motion of bling l . o g ) JO , ward the questi , n of a repeal of the union this sessil•;4 l against i t , 12. Eight of Mr. O'Conn e ll'l ow° r i,io l voted in th e ma j or i t y ; b ut w h et h er t h e rest o f t he i. ( 0 03 32 had departed, or whether thi y were excludeaj voting on the ground that they were not Fledge • pealers," has not tra n spi re d. .11 1 * a We hardly think M. Fergus O'Connor is a ina - of t h to be det e rr e d t rom hi s purpose b y an expe dien t description, which no intelligent and consciention' man can fail to appreciate as it deserves. P• 4O THE LATE FIRE IN PANTON-Sav` it u o o" We are glad t o h ear t h at some gen l einen w h o bavemoo,ll Mr. Woon, th e p ro p r i etor o f t h e Had in d - to square, whi c h was near l y d estroye d b y fi re , is °°; up a subscriptio n i n hi s f avour . Mr. Woon, vili ° 1 0 0 18 "; fir advan ce d i n y ears , h as ever ma i nta i ne d a high;dol; ter for integrity, and has lost thousands by of disposition. His hotel, although comparatisrella known in En g land, was as c e leb ra t e d i n Geri, ; I _, MtrultiEtt's Hotel, in Paris, is in thi s country; _ befo; curious fact, that Mr. Woon had on ly a s hort tinw„,ce the occurrence of the fire, gone t o th e i ns urance 0 4 0iw renew his insurance, but finding that he bad °° , o d money enough in his pocket, he returned hotner 0 0 0 0 the hurry of business, omitt e d t o pay t h e prelni ° it was too late. INFLUENZA.--Th• to • fue g o v ; t i ll contl n 0 __is malady sti " .- ce o sojourn amongst us, p ay i ng v i s i ts to a l mo st ev in town. We have not, however, heard of anYj is which it bay pr ove d f ata l .—Aber d een Oral." rat ula With Seta s t ates th tly th e 1 serial tWe eti 'I N , or 14 the N 5 h as or '')'' e n of pay e e , a ed _ on act tl et so Otto si A f a Prel h ad s~tc b h leer th e tit . .5 4 ti • 1 4 ::: for k 1,"t",, is A and 'lent o N ar( w th b t oh. e "cern N:(31-11(.1 3tief.