The Sun. — London, England, 1833-03-22 00:00:00

At/7(jeC4,- ( ( , c~l/ C)c) , now going on, and that a great quantity of forged note(. had been lately uttered in Ireland, in different parts of the county of Nottingham, and in Hot:l4°n, in Devonshirety . Mr. Cope, upon being informed o f the particular, of th''" hove-mentioned cases, instantly declared his belief that Richard Coster was a participator in the forgery. Air. Freshfield then put all the documents which he received upon the anhject into the hands of Mr. Cope, and reques•ed f hat that officer would make every exerti• n to detect the :Atilt} , parties. He also stated that expense was not at all to be considered, as the protection of the public was , he """'""'" object, and the plan of deception was one which was likely succeed in many instances. Mr. Cope, knowing that Coster was acquainted with 'he persons of all the long-established city officers, ap aointed a new officer, named Meeley, to wa'cii the move orents of the person who might cad at No. 84, Bishops :ate-rreet, for tie parcels. But he stationed Roe, one of the most acute and spirited of the city police, in a house ooposite to the place at which it was expected the sup.. .osed Mr. Jackson, or his emissary, would appear. Roe rid a comolete command of No. 154., which was neither nore nor less th .n the Four S Wall% Inn, the ['milord of ehich gave Mr. Cop e and his man ad tacilit.es. At a-out vo o'clo kon Tuesday. Aleeley, the officer, who was laced near the booking office of the Fair Swans, env a oan named Sdrith comeoist of the office with two parcels, .nd followed him. Roe immediaely lett his holing olace to Blow Metley, and saw Richard Coster, the moment he got .nto the street, evi 'curly w i•ching time move:nerve of smith. Coster upon casting his eye on Roe turned round opidenly and ran off as taut as he could. R puisiied rim, crying " Stop thief," Ind Mr. P arse. the landlord , 1 the Four Swans, caught and sccurtd Cover. in the mean time, secured Smith. Coster. noon being brought to the Min-ion hoirsee aked Mr. Freshfield what charge there was agains him e " Mr. Freshfield stated that the char g e w a s f u r utter i ng .rged floret! ; hut, as the witnesses could not tie brougi.t ip to town for a few days, the case must be pustpoiled irnil Monday. Custer, who did not appear to be at all al trtned, was then rem nded for further examinwion. Mr. Cope stated that tl e public were greatly indebted o Mr Pearee, the proprietor of th.. Fuur Scans, for his oaduct on the occasion. 1.-Cll.:10E OP ORDNA NCE, MARCH 18. 18313. t "4 PRPCCIPA I. OFFICERS of his lnie.,e,:hr,:eTAlESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give N- P4()POSALS will he received a• the Ord th:%,` 4 ce. at Waltham Ahhey, on or before TUESDAY. i ~,`" °f Ap ril, 1 833, at T velve o'Clock, from sne, f 1. '''S ,8 Ibe willin g to TENDER for the SUPPLY 'the7oo B undles of SEASONED BLACK DOGWOOD, t,° h e t ''' b e well scraped of its Balk, and each Bundle ,. 1 , , , 0 - 6 feet in length, 2 feet 9 inches in girth at one foot a ft s , :gf, ie ,,i , t f hP lv )° o, tr a.,, an d the ,. interior i of the Bundle to be of that n, the outside. To he delivered, 411 expense, on or before the 31st of May, 1833, atnt,tyh' CYlinder Rouse of the Royal Gunpowder Manufae " Iv_",o!1 hjeet to the approval of the respective Officers A 4nb4 0l Abbey -.n v f.._ , .. t 'l further explanation will be riven, on application or the 4 llant.CAdonel Moody, Royal Engineers, in charge Pal Gunpowder M inufactory, at Waltham Abbey. By Order of the Board, R. BYHAM, Secretary. LA URIE. MAYOR. A comm ON COUNCIL held in the 4 Thur,(:harab.r of the Guildh II of the city of London, R ev , 'aY, the 21st (lay of March, 1833 ; . n.. dee4vel unanimously, That this Court rely with co ti re ad 4,1 h, det erminatio n of his M , jesty's 'Ministers to i c lin e ., l'ele, exPnditue and relieve the burdens of a l ' i tos, ''., the community, and are of opinion that tande tlep e ,,l n !' window taxes are Unjust in th-ir principle t te n Ci lti their operation, th e collection of which is a ' with • litigation, ' Ito vexatious occasioned ~e,. , I PPeals n , •In ~,,, t 'too press with great severity on retail t!.a i . high e r Iloilt,e-,':t()t who for purposes of business live in t he h eol ,_ ents ; that the window tax is injuriou t s .is to t 61,4 4 t n and comfort of the industrious classes, and l ito,,i 4'ediate repeal of the house and window taxes will 11,,,o,therd satisfaction and .übstantial relief. Ib uve r d tinanimously, That a petition, founded on the s ofp,,,,et"ution, Le prepared and presented to hot h House iiati,,,,,.. WOODTHORPE. I P eOlll JAMES WALE, DECEASED. _ Vtr - " e ., N EXT of KIN of Mr. A )( 1'.5 eity ; '"-E, wit, carried on the busine•s of an Aput,9es - is.4ooXfor.l street, London, between the y• ars I I . *ill and who died intestate in or previous to 1803, lkist 4 P7, either p,r-onafv or by letter (if tit nt 't n u , b e Paid), to IClessrd. White and Pigott the -1,, the latter, t i lie . Will h1 1te . 0 %. 12, Great Matlluirough street, London, I 1 ,, ' rnething to their Advantage. iir s;,,'‘ZAAR, KING -STREET AND BAKER REET, PORTMAN SQUARE.. , , , 4 Froprietor of this splendid Establi-h -"N , - P^t hegs to announce to the Public that the several Illk4'etlte for of ' HORSES and CA and - t:ltni t4e S esbY COMNIISSION, as well as the Harttes ~.,ti,it "ePartnients, the Riding School, and the h Ladies' deter 'itiat,,';'t continued as formerly, and to state 'nth t P 4 1 ,4 Preserve most strictly his character . o m f Agent e, Au ctin: d " - le Sr Sale of Horses and Carriages. , ev e d ata for Horses every Saturday, and for Car 1e.,,,,,Y other Tueslay. IPPI I —- 11-i LPA ROA_ Al I_, , '_ , Vl' THIS DAY, FRIDAY, MARCH 22. ' • - At " '''") y • : ,40 1116:;- 4•;:ic • I LioCi ) 14r11111Fulj I° \ till corionuteol,,o tendency Syld pres sing then ther..o The re` 4 46. 6 ` l ' ° e n t ora pr' ., —'l , O llP t Urcha s l fi ddie at Dal e , n uoif• rd. T he e of wh ich quay 96° .' W a terfor d6o ent) 705. 1,4:01 a 60c; z3ble , a 375. P oi Jciles * lama „d L 11961 India ror !mos 5 2 . s ,ond (1; 13 , 1"1 3/. 7s• 0. 12,046.) lON ( PRICE 71). ) shutting up those shops, they would do a great deal own good than they were likely to do by going on with thei, Coercive Bill. . . traitor, and a trait, error, and would prove detrimental to the best interests of religious education. The present system had had a trial of !early a year, and it had in the no! th of Ireland signally 'ailed. He recommended his Majesty's Government, if ii vas found necessary and desirable, exclusively to appro priate one grant to the education of Roman Catholics, anc propose another for the benefit of the Protestant inha Pit pots of Ireland. Thus the general education of al' !lasses of his Majesty's subjects would he promoted. Mr. GRATTAN and Mr. RUllivEN said a few wordslin :import of the system of national educ ition which bad peen established by his Majesty's Government for Ireland (here was a strong impression througuubt Ireland of the ;rest advantage of av , ich the present system had been. pad would be productive of, comp tred with what ban esulted from the education monopoly of the Kt.dare •treet Society system. Sir ROBERT BATESON considered the present sys t.in objectionable, because it had divided the Catholics Ind Protestant: in Ireland. and bees use it was not fiasco the only foundation of Christianity—the Holy Scrip tures. is the foulest fiend on earth."—Vol. 4. The SPEAKER—As the Hon. Member has now an• swered the H tn. Member for Oldham, it would be quit , out of order ftr him to proceed. Mr. HEATHCOTE (as we understood his name to be) was persuaded, the strongest feeling prevailed throughou , the country, to induce something to he done on the subject of the malt and hop tax. When a Committee on this subject should be appointed, he had no climb, that circutn s'ances would he disclosed which would induce a repeal of this tax wi , hout delay. Mr. GUEST was of opinion that the beer shops had the worst and most demoralizing effects. Mr. PALMER had another p -titi•in upon the same sub j,ct frotn Tylhurst, signed principally by the labouring classes, praying that the hover laws might be revised. Mr. THROGMORTON made a few observations which were , otally inaudible in the gallery. Mr. R. FERGUSSON presented a petition from Dy sart against the present law of Church patronage in Scot land, and he trusted some appropriate Act would soon be introduced to the House on this important subject. Mr. FERGUSSON presented a petition from the town and parish of Burnt Tolland, praying for the better ob servance of the Sabbath. Mr. WILSON PAT TEN presented petitions from 80l ton, Bury, Halton, and several other parishes in the count, of Lancaster, praying for the better observance of the Sal, hath. Also one from St. Helen's, to the same effect which also prayed that the House would do away with a S.turday and Monday market., and that they would atm all travelling on the Sunday, not excepting eve , the Royal Family. Also, one from B Oton, signed by al the Magistrates anti most of the inhabitants, against th, Beer Act, and praying that the consumption of beer on th premises should be prohibited ; and also one from tht e , 'ntlennen who formed the Committee of Mr. Rowan• Douglas, at the late Liverpool election. They stated th• had heard a petition had been presented to that noust romplaining that bribery and corruption had been mua•i. practised at that election. They denied that they ha( l in any case been guilty of such acts, and prayed that thew might ►'e heard before the Committee. Mr. MAXWELL presenteda petition from the parish nt Listnahago, praying for the better observance of the Stb bat, ; and one from the same place, praying for the aholithm of slavery. Also petitions from Stone house, praying that church patronage might be modified, to altogether abolished—that slavery might cease in the colonies belonging to this country, and one praying fo the abolition of taxes, anti another from the same place. praying for the institution of a Board of Trade in Scot land, and one from P. llockshaws, pr tying for the a'toli tin of Church patronage. The Honourable Member said, that he intended to have addressed the House upon some of th se subjects; but as he knew that the questions of slavery and church patronage were untie: the consideration of Government, lie would content him self with merely presenting the petitions. As to the ques tion "1 the institution of a board of trade in Scotland, he could not say any thing upon that subject without go'ng fully into it. He would therefore give notice that he should bring it before the House on another occasion. very stead Java 10,64 Col ° ho a nd ot leman d it on !TM , ' 7 • m o a 6e 9 6 Aronr O9 iel3ide 1;0° ' 7 ' tter 9 !es 6 6 , c rton' 32. Lord Viscount VILLIERS presented a petition from the inhabitants of a parish in Devon, for the bettet ob servance of the Sabbath. Tie petitioners subrni , ted that the laws were found to be inadequate to ma n ,ain the right observance of the Sabbath as in. tended by legislative en ictment, under the au•bority of the Christian religion, and they trumbly prayed that the House would adopt such measures as were fitted tti procure the observance of that day, and especially to pu , a stop to Sunday trading. Lord WATERPARK presented petitions from Snels ,on, from Mestree, Notmellie, and from the chapelry o Derby Abbey, in the county of Derby, in favour of a iietter observance of th- Sabbath, and for the immediate ibolition of nelro slay ry. Lord MOLYNEUX presented a petition for Stockport for the better observance of tile Sabbath, and praying for an investigation into the effects of the Beer Bill. In this last prayer lie concurred, but with respect to the better observance of the Sabbath, although he wished it to be properly observed, he should he sorry to see it made a day of rigid penance, in;tad of peaceful rest and inno cent enjoyment. rHE f 0; So r i" s. li i 3 1 V 0 1 . 1 4 0 V 9 5 513 lats. to 1 ' 4 BURY ST. EDMUNDS.-A trial, of an ex ,arirdinary descripti,n, was exported to come on. It vvis a capital charge against two clergymen. a rector and a orate, in this county. The char g e is for the crimen inter Christianos baud nominandstm. The G and fury returne " a true bid." The morn,nt the bll was eturned, Sergeant STORKS, counsel f)r the defendants, Jroduced a certiorari, by which the proceedings are re• noved into the Court of King's Bench. Pr-vioualy to the finding the bill, the Lesrne I Judge (Vatmitati). hd7ing teen informed that a certiorari was to be produced, ae •eded to a motion of the pro;ecu'or's counsel, and had the lefendants called on their recognizances, who, not appear ing, their reognizances were estreated. The plwer of the Judge to call a defendant on his recogniz triers, before an .ndictment found by the Grand Jury, admits a doubt—nor is the course a usual one. It was said the defendants ob. , tiined the certiorari on the ground of not being able to have a fair trial here. ;. to X; 6 6 11 0 » n 4, per tho:j!„/ d• ... ...... ....... ••• oi ...... ." 1 ...... .. 0 ;74 ...... • ...... . ‘ „j, , ... . •h• / t 0 . ..... 0 4 . 54 :, r.) of. 4 , 41b. ,er sae Sir G. HEATFICOTE presented a petition from a pa rish in Lincolnshire, praying f o r the abolition of the As sessed Taxes. Also a petition from the parish of Leek, in the county of Lincoln, fur the speedy abolition of Slavery. but dial ring from mo-t others by praying for a due and adequate compensation to the present slave owners. He had al-o a petition of considerable importance to the agri cultural districs from the parish of Kirton, in the county of Lincoln, relating to a Bill for the improvement of labourers in agriculture, but which, in other words, had been called a Bill, which enables three-fourth of a parish to make labour compulsory—that Bill had been tried in many 'wishes of the county of Lincoln, and bad been found to produce the most beneficial effect— but there was a clause in it by which the ope ration of the Bill was confined to parishes the rates of which were ss. in the pound and upwards, leaving, therefore, all parishes with a less amount of rate wholly without its benefits. The parish of Kirt-n was large and populous, and there were many parishes, th t wished that clause to be repealed, in order th it the benefits of the Act might be extended to them. He feared that a Bill to repeal that clause would meet with much opposition, chiefly from the northern parts of the country ; but it was grievous to perceive a large quantity of labourers, in many parishes consisting of twenty, thirty, or forty men, wasted on the roads, when they could be so well empin3ed in the fields.—( Hear, hear.) He believed his Hon. Friend, the Member for Shoreham, intended to bring in a Bill to remedy that grievance ; but, if be did not, he (Sir G. H.) would do so. He assured the Hon. B,ronet who had introduced the Bill to which he alluded, that it had conferred much benefit in many parts of the country. An Han. MEstriea, whose name we could not learn, said, that the Bill had been more beneficial in the agricul tural districts than any other that had ever been in troduced. L 'rd ORANVILLE: SOMERSET presented a similar petition from Pontipool in Monmouth, and Cotgrave, in the county of L.icester. Mr. PRYNR presented a similar petition from Cam bride; also a petition from the united boroughs of Hun tingdon and Godmanchester, for the repeal or modification of the assessed taxes. Also a petition from Belfast and Newry, signed by;certain persons called Stperaists, who had so strong a scruple to the taking of an oath as to prefer suffering any degree of hardship to do so. The object of this petition, as of others he should have to present upon this subject, was to have the petitioners placed upon the sirne footing as the Quakers and Muravians, in being allowed to affirm in stead of to swear. On Monday last Mr. WILLIAM TAYLOR, of Heckington, who was found guilty on the Friday pre vious, of the wilful murder of WILLIAM BURBANKS, was execute lat Lincoln Castle. It is a singular circumstanc-, - hat exactly a week after be had committed the murder, and at the very same hour, he attempted to Pet the Castle on fire, but was fortunately detected. 4 , At a meeting of the Irish Volunteers, (at which the Earl of MILLTOWN was present), held on Wed nesd:ty last at Dublin, Mr. DOMINICK DOYLE PLUM] a vote of national confidence in Mr. O'CoNNELL, on which a motion to refer the resolution to a standing Committee was passed unanimously. LOBSTERS.—SOUTHEY mentions, in his Naval History, that " naval war, since the introduction of gunpowder, has affected the lobsters. Ater a great naval action, the fishermen say that those on the adjacent coast are found to have cast their claws, and for awhile they forsake those parts." Mr. HALLYBURTON presented a petition from Cur ritnuir, Forfarshire, praying fur the better observance of the Sabbath nay. _ _ _ o' 4 te t ° 3(,' vie. to o 54 , 3' 2 '• t 3. 3 0 4 SI to 3 86. I 0 1 • 35 0 6 5 0 40 P 40 $ el) 4 3 6 6 g 1 I ' aa 6 ;k) Mr. BURTON presented a petition from the inha bitants of Beverley, Yorkshire, re , pecting the Beverley Corporation. Mr. HALL presented petitions from five Fiendly So cieties in Newport, and a p,tition from the inhabitants of Monmouth against the Irish Coercion Bill. Mr. H. GRATTAN presented petitions from Kel dearehy, Dunnsinane, and several other places in the county of Meath, for the abolition of tithes and vestry cess. Also from Stapletown, Thick, and Stowmarket.— and several parishes in Wicklow, against the Irish Coercive Bill; also from a parish in Meath, and against the Grand Jury Laws : and from Kilmore, praying for a repeal of the Union. CHEAP, EDUCATION.—The following were die prices at a school kept by the father of the late Dr. ADAM CLARii :—" Reading lid. per week ; writing 2d. ; writing and accounts 4d. ; and Greek and Latin 7s. per quarter." Mr. FITZGERALD presented petitions against the Irish Coercive But from lunishowen, Mosstown, and Kilbend. „4 ,_r 0 3A 11 6 1 ( 1 ) 0 1 0 1 , 3 0 Sir G. PHILLIPS bore testimony to the benefit which had hen derived in the parish in which he resided from the Bill in question. Before it was taken into operation by that parish the rates were high, and there was a super abundance of labour ; but by the operation of the Act, the rates had been lessened, and it was found that there was no longer any superabundance of labour. Mr. CORBETT was of opinion that the Bill should be extended to all parishes, hut there should be some pro vision to induce farmers to have men and b ,, y servants in their houses.—(Hear, hear.) If tint were done, they would accomplish that most desirable of all desirable things, namely, getting the young men back again. _ . Mr. G. EVANS obtained leave to bring in the Dublin and Kingston Railway Bill. Lord TULLAMORE then took the oaths and his seat for Penayn, and the ffiuse adjlurned. 1 1 0 I 1 20 e r 0,1. Pm, to i v:, to 9 , 04. a to POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAIVSION-110 USE. EXTENSITE FORGERIES UPON THE BANK OF ENGLAND. —The Lord Mayor received in due time the following let ter : " Honiton, March 16, 1633. I . ' P 3 o Ig o 0 ‘Y A " My Lord Mayor,—Having observed your Lordship's un. wearied exertions to protect the public, and to detect and pu nish villainy and fraud in every instance to which your atten tion has been directed, I beg to trouble you with this letter, trusting that my motives may be a sufficient excuse for thus intruding on you. . - Sir EDWARD HEATHCOTE believed that the Big which he understood was to be introduced, would not contain a clause to effect that object, but he hoped that no apposition would be made to the introduction of it by any other Member. The petitions were ordered to lie ou the table. 19 0 : 7 6 Th, s IiOUSE OF COMMONS. 1-104.tt 1 1 1 t too k his seat at a quarter pist twelve p t r tIA•611 L'ALY took t h e oat h s an d hi s sea t as Mem enf3q,4 4,i"lintY of G a l way. Z in n of Sir E WILMOT, the amendments 4%; 4 ; 1 time t, uPon•Donniow Cliiireh Bill were real a a lid the \Vellsbourn and Stratford-upon. d i t i r ll 4E N ‘i ii t i N tv_aa read a third time and pas-ell. itlii„ rn Ts IN THE CITY OF LONDON. pith n•m" WOOD obtained leave to bring in n v' e tt . , l be n g TUI and c , rry into aff•ct two agreements mad o e f i e r l : I n I of Ely, for purchasing the fee-simple parish '• ti t he . of St. Dunstan-in-the-Nest, bl i !' , /A TRH LAIS,::',OW FACULTY OF PROCURATORS. t and -"• OSWALD brought in a Bill for .r e i s o t: : teetiring a Fund for the relief of the W idows in . sh ' v t ' tv ri l t i i,l un emhers of the Faculty of Procurator, tip,'" was read a first time. 4'11'441 SriI()VENIENTS IN DUMFRIES. _ nth t : j a „A RP E moved tot, and obtained, leave to ~e111,,.,." 1r .rhe better lighting, paving, cleansing. and be t ,: t 4 :tt, g il l ' i ci r° t ` k ing the bur . gha of . Dumfries anof Places adjacent, and for estifilishing a tro;nl Police therein. 4r '' dra 44 t NI ' l ter N t 1. tiri , ught in a Bill . for the better Or ti , alo lands in the manor of La owland.—Re d Sir 41p RO VE I IENTS IN HERNE. tots t : l4 L T CRBULL obtained leave tobring in a l'ghting., and otherwise improving the t urtp l l iol)6 o l4 the colitis), of K nt. 15 if.' to ad r 'CIN brought in a B II for makin! a new -• h am 1, 4441 Oalest.eail, in the county of Durham. ' d 4 61- '1 ‘ v ay of Axwell Pak and Shntley Bridge. ()4 Ttlltl4l'. (13 4p1, I bt C LARENCE RAILWAY. -441 ) -. 7 1 " M HODGSON, the Clarence bolt' lI IN ' i' I 7,;Y Rill was r real a third time_ and passed. AttOVEMENTS AT LEITH. ti - 1 11 / hrou I in a Bill to improve the Har 11,Ntti Leithtlle a d a first time. in tt, EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET. . rtte 'Nil " I ' r • MEMBER brought in a Bill tor establish- ' t "R the Nlark et i n the vicin i ty of Ed i n b urg h , an d customs and tolls to be taken thereat.— ' 4114 4 ' ; R t P in ' t ,', , ,?,,,iOTO-.irottght up the report of the Committee W t'ur hl, ' re ade petiti on , which was ordered to be twitt e - O N brought up the Report of the Com. \t„ 'Rh Road Bill. lati 4 .• T RANIES TUNNEL. ttleiti,ta th e /brought in a Bill to amend the Act re. c"arnea Tunnel Company, and i to enable s • ' Atitaftl er sum% of money, to carry on t ! e wo . k . 45 ltia 4 , am,",eRONIBIE obtained leave to bring in a l‘lt t ht Act relating to the Edinburgh Life for \VlCt%Dariv. ()I P r ti ' l tl ''% 4A TIANI obtained leave to bring in a Bill Petitior-th4'l'atket, and otherwise improving the town fr oit t ',‘, 4 . The Hon. Member also presented a • Pra llin k ‘ u ,t Proprietors of the_ Grand Junction hlr 4, 41 ``' be heard by counsel against the Bir• '4114 4 ' 14 XW D nh ,rion Railway C o mpa n y. i 1 CAR rnal t i CAI obtained leave to bring in a Bill to ; k i t ! C,)," obtained l e ave t o b r i ne i n a Bill f or 144 'n q t)11 .41 f rom th e Ri ver Sl aney to E nn i scort h y: 11 the I,IS obtained leave to bring in a Bill for im 111tAbirat Gravi-send. , '44): I'AtAtubOLITION 01 SLAVERY. • Presented petitions rom the clergy and atl i , l °` the cowry of Berks. from .f Wa h ntige,and di4i '4 o 1 1 4 Place s in that county, prayin g abolition "th e Yi e o r Yi The Hon. Member concurred most cor p pe tition. 4 1) 1115 t? lir tl Y l; e A l l'i fh E e o e F THE SABBATH. _ a lrg o k. t ed of NlcatisEn. also presented petitions from the 1 11 q rove in the parish of \Vantage ; from the f rn th e pshes of c'ad h of Ashhourne , ro °ttt Tattenhall, and Bradfield, in the county Psl,,t,'°hA,%;aYing the House to introduce a law for the 1 • \l:tilf• - ' l 'e. of the Sibliath, and the prevention of tht,t /▪ leer Oil Sundays. 4 ' 4 Dt kiti could t allow the presentation of ll l no . f , ' ‘ 1 11)1• 1 1 " Pass unnoticed. He had that morn t in , g f iZttiq:ltia,:t which had been published on the pa a r law ) e t t iii k :ttr, l) , who prayed for the introduction of of Ci t u ti b lth i'ttvance of the Sabbath. In the beginning W as stated that the uno. , servance of the fi t 't 4 0 0 in crease to t h e b eer trade. it H I:,,r i Plettl'ia t °4 `e to hear t h at i n mi n d, for would t th- ""pi n t the petiti ons were bottomed on the ti l „R th is trade in the hands of those c hilli ca! t o t % ,t_ of it, thereby preventing those who 11~g 1 + spoils. sir business on Sundays from engaging • As h „ Was, in fact, a matter of pounds, r 'ei and of the Gowel.—(Laughte • ) " 4 ‘f ea,' that n" ' • he bad to tf tc-to the next petition C 4 it t , t ee "e Sheriff, Grand Jury, and other gen °i:ritt,l/4,441it,(11;1tY of Berks, respecting beer-sto ps, A n h gun. Members opposite would not think t oo " ti i i "), titi.,,' 4o 'e it came from those gentlemen. I, 2 did not know why the lion. Meinber : - "Pec a t "erittt ""ttld be of • that the petition was p a , l to th e . opinion with ka t , of t) , hear.) The remedy . ti e d Malt ''' - ' ll "pa was to he found in t i t)! li t "eer %1 wa , a " hop tax.—(Hir.) The per otetr. Fly t),,,,iie,tr unless those tax s e ws re repealed, or 4 k P t , IS; said to K " ttri4; tllat tii whisky shops in Ireland •qtitt that ki tn ' i •.e in Eng to„k I , trity to the beer shops . a 4 „ 0. place ouch fur the former having the w Th e "ei i t , The moat numerous crimes that fifths h ihity ',At:e ra 4!'4 about the whisky shops in Ire hi; V'th Dublin at ere of opinion that ' l aj:at, l44 th,'" productive of at least four- Ali g i q t took place throutir,out Ireland, anti "'a Would adopt :time measures fur e,O 1 -,,i, 24. ~....,,, d. 4 5. --- d'4lJ l 5 .d.z,,1 6 0 72040 4 .0 , 62 0 7 00 A i l ,3 10' ) ov . o. e 0 0 ' ~ ,,, , , , s.i t r y ,vhe3 , s , P r o 4 iS• t 0 ' l tjt V , r lb. ; wt . i : P er c .....garc 1 6 , reas u e g i ,:•65 i 43 od ,;,0600, 2.2 g Ole " ,10° 4 1 4 '00 ° 0 1 t'Ca' O e d ,356 od 11 ,1 rd 15 ' 4illet'llt ... -0 0- 0 ....... „0 0 4 ..... ..... •••• . 00l ........ .... ) verej a ok f the ."- 3 0f sl o il be S ou t di" Il e Thee„ ero4 , fish , r l "o4 Pe" efe 1. 41‘ ;tree, the Of' di e dshir e, )11. the Ard en ' o f!' the 13" ( 1 a da005; " orth -r° ‘ fL f oy of IT' f R e q ee l VoIll4O O Y, .7 Cole br° r laug 4" ry V 3°) (l '' S o :/ toll, W. G u "r ' ill, ye a c hild scat c pbUr , jos , nas W ill of II eldes t 500 4, ts,•o: l if e. I t c , ,, : r u t;ve .110 viv is• . 1 10 , '(1 3litre-coort' e 6 P , Lter, f Lt ° orol' sgUa ref )r4 l)°r. Mr. HARPER presented a petition from Henley-upon- Thames, praying for the better observance of the S tbaath. Also a petition from the s outhern part of the county of Oxford to the same effect. This petition was signed by ail the incumbents in teat part of the country. and presented a contradiction to the Hon. Member for Oldham's asser tion that these petitions came from interested parties. For his own part, the Hon. Member thought that some thing ought to be done with a view to the better °harry • ance of the Sabbath, and to have us restored to the ancient policy with respect to that subject To his judgment much more might be usefully done by the example of the upper classes—( hear, hear, bear)—than by any legislative Act that could he passed. Nothing could he productive of so much coot! as the upper classes being more attentive to their religious conduct—abstaining as much as possible from putting labour into movement on the Sabbath Day, and by paying wages at any oth-r time than on the Saturday evening, he effect of which was to occasion a great deal of shopping on the Sabbath Diy. Even if the House should be of opinion when a Bill was introduced, that it was necessary to adopt the an• cient penalties, it would be necessary to recollect that all penalties, except so far as they concurred with public opinion, had the eff.ct of creating a❑ unsatisfactory feel ing. The next petition be hail to present was from Chipping N Kum, which prayed the House to adopt mea sures for the entire abolition of colonial slavery. On this subje c t he I ad devoted all his tff ins to bring about a rea amiable but not rash measure, to have this effect. Mr. COBBET said the Hon. Member appeared to think something ou,lit to be done to make the present comfortnable to the ancient practice of the country with regard to the Sabbath. Now the ancient practice was that fairs and maikets should be held on the Safibath thtougbout the country. So much then for bringing back the modern or present prac•ice to the ancient practice. The Hon. Member bad also seemed to impute to him (Mr. Cobtiet , ) that he was the originator of the opinion that these petitions sometimes proceeded from interes ed motives. I! was the petitioners themselves who had made this statement. They hail promulgated their views in the alive of a pamphlet, and hail given the form of petitions for requesting petitions of that sort to be drawn out, to be signed and to be presented to the House ; and, in the outset 01 the pamphlet, they very elaborately stated the great injustice they sustained in their trade, be cause all Other parties did not observe the Sabbath as they o l d ; therefore he had said that it had bee❑ made with them a question of pounds, shillings, and pence. He did not accuse all the petitioners on this subject of the same motives ; he bell ved that the petitioners from Scot land were actuated its religious motives-0 is he believed from what he had seen when in Scotland. But atter all, wh a t was the House to do? They could not pr vent people tram employing their servants on Sundays—they could not prevent farmers fiom employing their labourers—they cool f not prevent rowers frem -ending their apprentices on errands on Sundays—nor could the% say to the rich they should not allow their tashionahle ladies to ride out in their c ,rria.ges on Sundays, and use their footmen and grooms. He had ha I a go o d deal of experience in the en plo)ment of servants, both in town and country, and he was clearly oh opinion, that no late• could be passed on this solnect, which would not do more harm than good. Mr. HARCOURT, in explanation, said that he by no means expressed an opinion as to what tvie neceasary to be done in the details of the Bill introduced into this House, but merely said, tl:a• if the pen )1 system were to be kept up, it would be desirable to accommodate the pe nalties to the change value of money. He was far ftom having any puri , anical wishes to curtail the recreation of the poor, who certainly in firmer times, especially in the country, enjoyed much more recreation on the Sunday than they now did ; but the object of his argument was to show, that they would do less by legislation than by examp'ea An flocs. MEMBER. said that the present pen ilty was s o low, that parties were known to say that it was worth their while to break the law, incur the penalty, and pay three months in advance, in order to save the Bench any further time. Alt. BLACKSTONE said he should certainly support any practical measure for the better observance of the S‘libath. Mr. E. J. STANLEY presented a petition from the master manufacturers of Stockport, praying that furher evidence might be rak••n before the Factories Bill was passed, in order that they might have an opportunity of clearing their character of the imputations cast upon them in the ex-pciP te evidence brought forward by Mr. Sa der. He concurred in the prayer of the petition, but could not concur in some of its statements. The Bill brought in some years ago, by Sir John Hohhouse, had not had a fair trial, for it was confined in its operation to a very small portion of the manufacturers of this country. 1 , had not been tried at all in the woollen, the silk, or the hemp manufactories, so that how far it would protect the children employed in that manufacture was not known. He thought there ought to lie an inquiry instituted into its effect, in order that it might be seen whether there might ❑ot be some alteration in that Bill to shorten the hours of labour, to which he was favourable, al though not to the extent proposed in the Bill by Mr. Sadler and the Noble Lord the Member for Dorsetshite, would not be sufficient to cure the evils of which they a❑ complained, and put a stop to the oppression which had been undoubtedly exercised. He considered the petitioners had made out such a case as entitled them to have an in quity either by a committee or a commission. It he thought that the object of the petitioners was to stave off the introduction of a measure that was so necessary, he would not lend himself to it; but in his opinion it would have quite the contrary effect —that by such an inquiry as they prayed for, a measure that would be satisfactory to all parties might he brought in and passed into a law, and thereby saving much time. He trusted that the House would grant the prayer of the petitioner, and that the inquiry would be immediately proceeded with. Lord MOLYNEUX had been requested to support the petition, which be did with much pleasure.--(Hear.) He had the honour of representing one of the largest m inuiacturiniz districts, and from his own knowledge he could state that the electors had been much wronged in the statement, that had gone forth to the world on a pre vious occasion. He called upon the Members for boroughs in Lancashire, not to be led away by the fear of lo,ing their popularity, but boldly to come forward and state the truth upon this subject. Mr. C. FERGUSSON said that his opinion upon this subject was not founded upon any notion of the tyranny of the manufacturers, but on toe facts stated by the manufac turers themselves. His opinion was founded upon the fact that the children were worked twelve and more bouts a-d iy. He would take the evidence of the medical men. who were of opinion tlt.it not even adults could with safety to their health be worked for that period, and could it be imagined that children could work so long without the deepest injury to themselves? Unless the manufac turers could alter that fact, he should feel justified in voting for the Bill. Mr. HOWARD said that the manufacturers in that part of the country with which he was connected (Carlisle), wished for the most rigid inquiry into this subject, feeling that a stigma bad been c ist upon them which had been highly injurious to them. They had been held up to the reproach of the whole nation, and they naturally felt a desire to meet it. The cotton manufac. turers alone had been hitherto protected by the Legisla ture, but the s,me protection sbou.d extend to the other branches of manufactures. He was by no means oppot.ed to the principle of the Bill, for he thought, without pre. -opposing cruelty on tne part or une manotacturers, that 12. or 14 hours a day for children's labour were by far too much. He thought that many Hon. Members had been carried away by an impulse of humanity, and had cast a reproach unnecessarily on the manufacturers. Mr. W. PATTEN put it to the House whether it would not have been far better that this discussion shou'd have been postponed until the motion came regularly before them.—( Hear, hear.) Many Membsrs in the late Pirliatnent had opposed even the appointment of a Com. inittee, and no doubt the same reasons which then actuated them would induce them to oppose a commission ; hot he thought th it very few would be found to oppose the Bill. Mr. WILBRAHAM begged to state that there was not in the House a mite ardent friend to any Bill which went to throw the protecting arm of the law round those children than himself, but he intreated the House to look at the palpable injustice of passing the Bill without inquiry, and without listening to the complaints of those who were to be affected by it. He would not go into the evidence given before the Committee ; but he would just remind the House, that out of the number of witnesses who were examined, there were ten from Scot land, two only from the whole county of Chester, and from Leeds and its neighleiarhoad forty nine. He did n it know how that di-parity might sff et the case ; but he thought that a further inquiry should be made, other wise the purposes of the Bill would probably be defeated. Sir G. PHILLIPS stated, that as he resided in and represented an agricultural district, his att'-n ion had not been so much direct d to the tnanufacturing districts of late as it had formerly been ; but since this subject had b-en under discussion, he had obtained all the information upon it that he could.—( Hear.) With respect to the subject named in the petition, lie must say that he knew of factories which ha-I existed under the present liw for thirty or forty years ; and. from his own o iservation of those factories, he could state that there were no manufacturing labourers in Lancashire that were in a better situation than the people—male and female—who were employed in them. _(Hear.) Mr. WILKS rose to order. No less than nine gen tlemen had addressed the House upon the presentation of this petition, and he felt quite certain that if such a course were to be adopted, a stop would be put alto gether to the preservation of petitions.—( Hear.) Sir G. PHILLIPS Lad considered himself bound to say a few words, only one side of the question having been stated to the House. If the House did not wish that he should enter further into the subject, lie would give way.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and "Go on.") An Hon. Member had stated, that no evidence could he given that the manner in which children worked in factories was consistent with their health. Now he would only reer that Honourab e Member to the fac tory of Mr. Fielding—(Hear, hear)—where he w.iuld find evidence of the excellent condition in which the children were there.—(flear, bear, hear.) He trusted the House would be careful how it legislated upon this question, as it might, by doing so, inflict injuries which it would be impossible to repiir. In stating that, he begged it to be unders ood by the House that no man was more desirous than himself that the condition of the chil tren g' rurally in factories should be unproved. Mr. CORBETT regrett. d the absence of his Honourable Colleague. lie had himself ns experience in the matter, no knowledge of it, and no reasons to offer to the House ; all that he acted upon was authority-. His Hon. Col league, he believed, worked up no less than a hundredth part of the cotton that was imported into England. He employed several thousand hands, was a firm sup• porer of the Bill of the Noble Lord (Ashley) and a most stern opponen of all species of oppression.—( Hear, bear.) Mr E. J. STANLEY then presented petitions from the manufacture's of soap, for the repeal of the duties on that article. The Him. Member trusted that if the Noble Chancellor of the Exchequer could not wholly rcpsal the duty, he would set himself to work to repeal at least a part of it. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from the inhabitants of Staley Hi idge, in the county of Lancaver, praying for a rernoval of the disabilities under which the Jews laboured. The Hon. Member observed that the petition was nuaierotisly signed, and he trusted that there would be no opposition to the measure about to he introduced on the subject. Indeed he was sure there would not, except from the Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Cohliett). The Hon. Member concurred entirely with the prayer of the petition. He did not see why the Jews should not be allowed the privilege which the Christians possessed, as he could confidently say his Majesty had not in his dominions more loyal or industrious subjects. Also a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of the In dependent denomination of Duttonfield, in the county of Cheshire, for the abolition of slavery. Mr. COIIBETT, with deference to the expression used by the Hon. Member on presenting the petition respecting the Jews, that they were one of the most industrious classes of his M ijesty's subjects, would ask the Hon. Mem ber whether he could produce a Jew who ever dug, who went to plough, or who ever made his own coat or his own s'.oes, or who did any thing at all, except get all the money be could from the pockets of the people? Mr. E. J. STANLEY said, that as the chief objection of the Hon. Mvinb , r for Oldham to the Jews was, that they were blasphemers, and as the Hon. Member in a ft rrner part of his li.e condemned Tom Paine as a bias. ',healer, and yet afterwards assisted at his apotheosis by bringing over his hen, s to this country, he trusted yet to see him &tinge his opinion with regard to the Jews. An Hon. MEMBER rose to call the attention of the House to the wording of the rusolution on the hooks, for the purpose of showing that 40 Members must be pre sent to constitute a House. The SPEAKER said, that as t"e House was not at this time of the thy competent to decide such a question, it was useless t.i disiu's it. Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from certain manufacturers of Derby, praying the House to in stitute a Commission of Inq•tiry befo , e proceeding on the Factories Bill. As the abuses which had been complained ~f had never existed in Derby, 'lt its vicinity, the peti tioners hoped th it the House would hut consider it justice that the statement made with respect to the master manu facturers, personally, should be inquired into. He knew several of the names attached to the petition, and could vouch for their respectability. Mr. STRUTT said that the petition spoke the opinions of all the inanufactur.ra he had conversed with, and he entirely concurred in its prayer. Mr. COHBETT—After the personal a , tack which was just now made upon me by an Hon. Gentleman on the opposite seat whom I do not now see there—(Mr. Stanley at this moment reQumed his seat.) The Hon. Gentleman has accused me of having formerly represented Mr. Paine as a blasphemer, and of having latterly done something which would imply that I ente. tained a iar different be lief. Now I never in the whole course of my life Mr. WILSON PATTEN—I rise to order, Sir, for I do not see how this applies to the present petition. The SPEAKER—What the Hon. Member for Oldham is saying certainly does not apply to the present petition, but it has been the usual practice to afford any Member who has had a charge brought against him the opportu nity of explaining. Mr. COBBETT—Since the time I first spoke of Mr. Paine, I have written a hundred volumes, and have, per haps, had occasion to mention his name three hundred times, but whenever I have mentioned his name, a nd spoken in commendation of his writings. I have never failed to make an exception with regard to his religious writings. As to the act I performed of bringing his re in ►ins to England, I can only say that I held it to be my duty, and that, for the reason I stated at the time, for his having written the books published by him in France and Eng • land relative to the pernicious consequences of p iper mo ney. Mr. Paine was try teacher with regard to paper money, and if his advice had been followed instead of being rejected, we should not have b,en in the state of difficulty in which we now find , urselves with respect to the currency. Mr. E. J. STANLEY said that after what had fallen from the lion. Member for Oldham, he must be allowed to justify himself by reading the very words of the publi c itbm of the Hon. Member himself In no part of the Age of Reason does Paine speak is terms of impious irre vet race of God. He praises Gail, and calls upon His name, and that, too, in a attain of eloquence the equal of which I never heard in any sermon."—Vol. 35, p. 725. " The Age of Reason is as despicable as its author. The wretch has all his life been employed in leading fools astray from their duty. His religion is of a piece with his politics, the one inculcates the right of revolting against Government, the other against God."—Vol. 3, p. 389—" Though Thomas Paine was no Christian, he was no blasphemer. He offers no indignity to Gad him .. ee lf," Vol. 35, p. 735—.." Paine was a cruel, treacherous RELIGIOUS DISABILITIES. Lord WILLIAM LENNOX presented a petition from some respectable inhabit ints of the city of Westmitr-ter, professing the Jewish religion, praying for the remo val of the disabilities under which they now labour. In the prayer of the petition he entirely concurred ; he thought it a disgrace to the country that every re nnant of the laws against the religious liberty of the subj-ct had not long since been removed. He believed the Jews were as good subjects as any in the country, and he trusted the House would no longer perpetuate restraints upon any class of religionists, and that the same justice which had been granted to the Roman Catholics, would be extended to the Jews. His Lordship also presented a petition front the Protestant Dissenters in Hornton-street Chapel, Ken sington, praying for a law to put an end to all com. merce upon the Lord's Day. He supported the prayer of the petition, trusting, however, that the higher classes would set an example by a proper obseavance of that day. His Lordship also presented a petition from Kings Lynn, signed by 150 inhabitants of that borough, against the Irish Coercive Bill. Having voted for the mea sure under the impression of its absolute necessity, he could not concur in the petition. He was acquainted with many of the petitioners, for whose respectability be could vouch, and was happy to have agreed with them in op posing that p irt of the Bill which they deemed objection able—the martial law, he having from indisposition been absent, and paired off against that clause. HOUSE AND WINDOW TAX. Mr. Sericant SPANKIE presented a petition from the parish of St. Luke's, MA-Ili-sex, agreed to at a numerous meeting, and signed by 3,000 persons, fur the abolition of the house and window tax. They stated that there were six thousand houses in that parish, of which eight hundred were unoccupied. He could testify, from his knowledge of the place from whence the petition came, that such was the distress among the labouring classes, that they were unable to pay thce taxes, and, therefore, he hoped that his Majesty's Go verment would take the subject into their early consi deration. The effect of those taxes was to send the com merce of London away from it. He was sure that the metropolis was unable to pay their present quota of those taxes, and that it was absolutely necessary to find some other suhsti:ute in lieu of them. Mr. WILLIAM PETER :presented a petition from Rodmin, signed by all the Magistrates, and by most of the respectable inhabitants of that town, in favour of a law to enforc e the better observance of the Sabbath, and complaining of the cb•secration of that holy day, and of the effects of the new Beer Act. He also presented two petitions from the parish of Woolvey, in the county of Warwick, one for the better observance of the S ibbath, and the other complaining of the mischiefs arising from the establishment of new beer shops, and praying for an alteration of the law He also presented ape ition signed by two prr,ons, complaining of abuses in the management of the revenues of the corporation of Saltash—The latter petition was ordered to be referred to the Committee of Corpora•ions. Sir ROBERT BATESON presented a petition from certain clergymen, elders, and members of a Presbyterian under the Synod of Ulster, against the education grant of his Iklaj ,, sty's Government, made last year, to support the system of national education in Ireland. The petitioners stated that they were actuated by no factious opposition to Government, yet they could not but contem plate with alarm and apprehension any invasion like the present of the only legitimate and scriptural principle which should characterise a system of religious education. The present sy stern authoritatively excluded from the use of tha scholars the free and uumutilated use of the Sacred Scrip ture+ dur;ng school hours. The Hon. Baronet agreed with the prayer of the petition. His opinions with those of the great mass of the inhabitants of the province of Utah r remained unchanged—that the system was founded " Several lace-dealers in this town have recently had letters addressed to them by a person signing himself ' William Jack son, No. 84, Bishopsgate-street Within;' among others, Mr. Theophilus Clarke, and Miss Susan Cox. On the other side I send you a copy of one, dated 13th March, received by Mr. Clarke, in reply to which he requested a remittance. This day he received a letter in answer, and one came also addressed to Miss Cox, which 1 opened, she being at Brighton. A cop) of this letter I also send, which, with the one to Mr. Clarke, is dated 15th March. Both these last letters contained remittances of 501., which, perhaps, 1 need hardly add, turn out to be clumsy forgeries on the Bank of England. I have thought it right to enclose those letters, and the notes, to Mr. Freshtield, the soli citor to the Bank of England, in the hope that he will take some steps in the matter; and I have advised him of my having addressed this letter to you. In order to lead to the detection and punishment of the miscreant, I have desired invoices to be sent by this post to Mr. Jackson, as he requests, and advise that he will receive the goods by the mail on Tuesday, agreeably to order. Of course I shall not let the lace be sent, but merely a small quantity, so that if he should take in the parcels he may be indicted for stealing, or obtaining goods under false pre tences, in the event of the charge of issuing forged notes not being brought home to him. Miss Cox's parcel will arrive in town on Tuesday by the Old Exeter Mail, which stops at the Swan.with.two.Necks, Lad.lane, and Mr. Clarke's by the De vonport mail, which stops at the Belle Sauvage, Ludgate.hill ; and if officers be sent in the carts which deliver the parcels, probably Mr. Jackson may be caught in his own trap. " I shall feel obliged by your Lordship directing some one to acknowledge the receipt of this letter, and assuring you of my earnest desire to afford any and every further assistance in my power, " I have the honour to remain, " Your Lordship's obedient humble servant, " ROBT. HY. ABERDEEN, Attorney." The foll Awing are copies of the letters alluded to in Mr. Aberdeen'. communication to the Lord Mayor : (" Immediate and important.") `. Mr. T:Clarke, Lace-manuiacturer, Honiton, Devon. " am informed by an old smuggler of lace into Bel gium that he has heard you will use me well. I shall, there. fore, rely on your honour, punctuality, and secrecy, and request you will on receipt of this, not fail to select me out of all the different sorts of lace you make, an assortment to the amount of 501 worth net, merely by way of specimen of what you can and will do for me. I want the above-named parcel of lace to be in London next Tuesday morning in particular, as I wish to send it away with other goods going on that day.—Friday's post I shall remit you the money punctually, as I always have my foreign remittances every Friday come in. If you use me well, I expect I shall remit you next week 2001. to 5001. I de. cline doing business only direct with yourself, and not any agent here. If your parcel runs a few pounds over, you need not fear of your money coming. I beg to say that I rely on your attention, not to fail having the lace here Tuesday next, as you will be certain to receive your money beforehand on Sun day. " I am your's, (Signed) " WILLIAM JACKSON, " No. 84, Bishopsgate.street, Within, London. " March 13, 1833." " Mrs. S. Cox, Lace-manufacturer, Honiton, Devonshire. " Madam,—Referring you to my letter of the 13th instant, I have now the pleasure and honour of enclosing you a 501. Bank of England note, relying on your honour to send me, in as portable a parcel as possible, by return of coach, an assort ment of your lace to the amount, to be here on Tuesday morning next without fail. If you send me more I shall re mit you, in my next remittance, which will be on Friday next, and at least to the amount of 2004 to 300/. I beg your secrecy in the affairs between us, being for smuggling, and as I have a large lot of goods going off on Tuesday next, I rely on re. ceiving yours on that day. Please send me the invoice by post.—l am, yours, obedient, " WILLIAM JACKSON. No. 84, Bishopsgate Within, London, March 15. 1533" _ . Mr. Freshtield, the Solicitor to the Bank, upon re ceiving a communication sitnikr to that contained in Mr. Aberdeen's letter to the Lord Mayor, which was opened, accordinz to direction, by Mr. Hohler, on Wednesday, in the absence of the Lord Mayor, who was presiding at the Marylebune election, immediately proceeded to take steps for apprehending the criminal party. He went, ac companied by Mr. Cope, the City M.rsbal, to the office of the Accountant-General of the Bank. The Accoun tant-General stated that it was most necessary that the public should be immediately informed that a most tensive system of forgery upon the Bank of England was CHANGES OF FASHION.—Two centuries ago " old squaretoes" was the stigma attached to age and irarrulity, while in the present day, square-toed shoes arc the very height of juvenile dandyism. Lord W. LENNOX paired off against the 10th clause of the Irish Disturbances Bill, which gives power of trying civil offences by courtsrnartial. M. WARNKOENIG, professor of law in the University of Ghent, who has been engaged these two wears in inquiries on the laws of Flanders in the middle ages, has lately received from the library of Bruges a MS. of the 14th century, the first three leaves of which contain the ancient maritime laws of Datmate. It is well known that the Dutch authors have long maintained that Damrne ,vat the native country of their laws, and that those of Oheron were only a translation from the Flemish. The IIS. of Bruges, which has been scrupulously examined by 11. WARNXOENIG, irrevocably decides the question, and proves the French origin of this celebrated code, which is .:he source of the maritime law of Holland, the North of Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Englan•l, and even Spain, where they were translated in the 13th century. Owing to the lateness of; the hour to which the rebates in the House of Commons were protracted on fitesday night, our reporter omitted to notice that Mr. GUEST moved for a Seleet C mmittee, to inquire into the Fees and Emoluments received by the Officers and Public iervanta of the House of Common', and into the Expenses if passing Private Bills through Parliament The motion was acceded to by his Majesty's Minister., and the fol 'owing Members appointed to sit upon it :—Mr. GUEST, tit.. SPRING RICE. Mr. RoBINSON, Mr. WARBURTON, Lord LoWTHER, Mr. DIVETT, Mr. HALL DARE. Mr. 100 XE, Sir M. W. RInLEY, Mr. VARRE Mr. TENNI . - oN, Mr. WILES, Mr. II ILL, Mr. CUTLAR FERGUSSON, 11r HOPE JOHNsTONE. Mr. LENNARD, Mr. SHAW LE• FEVRE, Mi. PHILLFOTTS, Sr J WRoTTPsi.EV,Mr. HUME, .Ir. GILLON Civonel DAVIES, Mr. E. DENISON, Mr. EIINGHAM BARING, and Mr. JAMES. Coned ring the serge amount paid out of the public puree for the esra ilishmentof the Houses of Parliament—we believe upwards if 130,0001. per annum—and the great expense attending :he passing a.f Private Bills, wlich is so great a bar to im erovement, and to the investment of capital in concerns svhich require the sanction of Parliamentove are ouch pleased that this subject has been taken up by the H us end trust that such savings and alterations will he made is the present rate of the country so loudly calls for. HATTON•GARDEN.—CHARGE OF Nll/11- .sday night, T. WATTS, a man countryfied Wearance, about 30, was eh rged un•fer the following ingular circumstance..:—JOHN Huorres, a bargeman, of Aylesbury. said he was sitting that eveuing in the Albi ,mblic-house, Battle-bridge, when a converreetion arose ihmut the murder of the boyPavtou it, and witness expressed • hope that the murderers might he discovered in the wry that the murderer* of Mr. T. HArnoN, gardener, at Ayles bury, Bucks, who was murdered by three fell•iwa ibout two years alt', were lound out. Two of his murderers, named SEWELL and TAYLOR, were executed. The p .oner, who was in the room, said, " I knew Sewetr. very well—he was my uncle—and I know be war quite nnocenr—he ought not to have been hanged." Witness raked him how he knew SEWELL to Is" innocent? To which the prisoner replied, " I know it." Witness said, " If sou know it, you must know something of the mut , •ler and the prisoner's behaviour was so suspicious, that witness called in a policeman, and gave him into custody. The prisoner said he was a tartnsker at Brantford, and lie had not had the slightest concern in the murder. Mr. ROGERS felt it his duty to remand him for further evidence, and for the attendance of Mr. flagpoles nephew. The following is a 11! 8 'tiers taken into custody by the result of the cbarge•, in, NI ales 49,890 Females 27,630 Total Drunkenpeisonsdismissedwhen sober by the Superintendents. Males Females 10,291 25,71 Y 2 "I s akeil before Magistrates 6,9'31 Total 92,636 Summarily convicted by Magis. st of the number of pri the Metropolitan Police, and the year 1832 : trates. CoMmitted for trial by Magis trates. Males 2,700 Females '9.56 Total ...... 3,656 Discharged by Magistrates. Males 15,727 Females 9,000 Males 1 emales f Total 2.4,727 Convicted and sentenced Males 1,813 Females 496 Total 3,4,,81 Total Acquitted, bills not found, or not prosecuted. Males ..... 6103 IFemales ................. compared with Caonmd otiote sP r 6 , s'l n i f l Total 897 the last year there in an increase of 4,719 risk,. taken in ii c b h y ar t g h e e d, containing the number of per teo precedingcuto yby the e 11 4 Ie i t i r e o t, politan •ng apprehended by the force, the nature of tbe.offenets atat to the different police Offitti. C w h h a i r c g h e, biejaenvepirTnetne