The Sun. — London, England, 1833-02-07 00:00:00

..0 "_' ,~ 'ar' hear)-- en tured t° F r ei xould !la° o'clock in tt '' ' n itt e e wer e not to a_10:0 m i g ht u 0 ud of the I - W I t nine 0.6 % . ;taut, he to reflui" io a ft e r h , " him it that the gi n ; 9 to 12 o Clod e to hear what? ‘l/4; :erly r be well own in rot1:1:,, an sugge stca o Lswer.t Members to d for the 0 t lion. 133r° ared W be ie had 1 0°P : is w illing t" - ee weel° tr. W1L 55 , 5 j; 'stion s h o- usual se esid ingerneat st . i , as, as do ° , ested that ! p o rt at int,' t which we , A Y.) l' CL 0 ' S o uth Ao' 3:—" overnto ea t, ted." do 5 in both public, 1 y an d the j C an did, AO for the 3C v i .0 FO4 C / r N • ration pired. 13 : 1 e quoted ling ha` lerman 871 • for the s r Tess fro lli ts ' le acc7; t il l in si g d: at" ; g been cc. „ t L ornillr i o at i l een dolic it pric c4 ,; Yat' cLocl ...... ..... •••• DAN . )' ld A eck a re, o o.'r, ,ich I ! fr : 4 ; l ` . bft4 311 roof FRENCH PAPERS. mrres...tinstan Th e , . (From Galignani's Messenger.) . . fre,„ coutnertirnent has received the following intelligence the thlople of the 15th ult., which shows that with i ra dent of the Augsburg Gazette is totally misinformed the ette. qard to France having taken no part in the affairs of --." The l has set out 1 * Alez, nd . ate Capitan Paella, Halil Pacha n , elnde a ra ntern, Cl !l, furnished with full powers to co . n ar time the tiear,ref with Mehemet Ali, and is at the ham . e t,su iai t4t b . a finnan releasing him from the interdiction . . tio ed ns betw een ' 4l bY the Sultan. After reiterated commun ica the latte rhas the Porte and the French Charge d'Affaires,Pcha and Alex, n s d en e . toff despatches to the camp of Ibrahim d an a v recent Ino, ia. The Egyptian army has not . ma o e f ai . ckher." T he 4,,, bu t continues to occupy the env . irons . it qatt ah , 1.460rg Gazette of the Ist inst. bring, the . following ro r d h, ':, intelligence of the 'tli ult. from . Vienna ..___." Ae_ been ec e i i , e,i g 15° accounts from Constantinople, which justhavee nen con_ el uded t it , Y e 4ress, an armistice for 40 days has just c tta_ tions fo.:,Ween the Egyptians and the Turks. The ne . go on kith th ; 'He final settlement of the differences are carried Powe rs. 14441 at ardour by the representatives of the European t any.f 4tho TheY have it ii asserted, solemnly protested again " i llity - , r ad vance ' on the part of Ibrahim. Perfect . trai l i... Visheikevailed at Constantinople, and the people anxiously '''ttri,Peaee. The exchange of couriers between 4itioi,,,s;l4,t,inonpgle is exceedingly activ e." i . teiier Cents., 104 f. 60c. _ . I ~W,l", PARIS, Fen. 5. mai 104 t. Re,,, ; " 41 Of icy :, 70c. 70c. 80c. 105 f. 101 f. Pee. 95c. .____ . .„,,,___ her ,,,, Ceht.'",;s 1 05 E ; Four and a Half per Cents., 1001, 1 2 1 , 1 : ::`' '1 ‘.' 'ail • Three Cents 78f. SSc. Ssc. 80F. 75c. '4 l i t , ~ 74 . , ~,.._, per . f 1,.. , oc. -,-. . ilff National Loan, 9, ti ` , , ki ", ; Ce nk 41. Z. 7pt ioc. l 2. 5 _7!.1 1 r Rente do 'Naples, 89f : SOc. 46 ki,,' 80 c. 90f; 9`ofFtii,rs' ',0f.15e,, ; Roman Five . per Ce . r , l : ,_ Nae".l4b; rtente d'Es c i;aTne, Five per Cent., 111 ; i !R,1„" . &;' 3 V , , , 4s it %1 P e r Cents. 38 1 4 v ''S % 3,9 :I';.4„.?e.74PellpetUell sS,,PRk4 . oYal Spanish' Loan, 85 85 1 ,, ; e ,O ft „ 1 ' 12 6214 :r 63 6274 6.3 1 ,, 6 3•1, ; Loan, 1831, Belgian e one 5'.,°,4111 „,.' - ' 31 4 1. , , 'az iz pit-287"u 88. Exchange on London, '-- ' , ,fill; per, '2-? 3 1 ." . :-"Tn.. - ey, 25f 70c. hree months, paper, 41'4 ' 4 , .` i sf.. iloc. " Co ' nrs heat ßutique. • ... HAMBURG PAPERS. Jt s idk GERMANY. '' r tl T. 4 to l e jkN * 9 • 3 '• In consequence of excesses committed by a Se vt'elh;s'udents in the night of the 31st inst. the Magistrate di tale wa, -ar t at the request, as we learn, of our Academical nauced on the ind to send a detachment of sol_ • v N gUarter them only in the environs of the town, IA be at hand in case the disorder should be re. Is % -,411,130rt the authorities ' of our University in enforcing 4 ,,,, 34 ' ' ‘e 4 : the investigation of the circumstances. The ex. n- Nat e :: ren ewed last night, and this morning it was thought 441 ) a ' uri call in the military, and, in consequence . , 300 th is re at thi s tht moment entering the town. It is hoped • „ 11 Pass over quietly. Several students are wounded, "arned Buchwald, of Weimar, who received so dan ect,N4t7tr,%hd by a blow on the head that it has been found "'EN - tr ePan him, is not expected to recover. \• t•hn-'ll, JAN 0 5 , Yesterday two of the students of Oeco ns - ide - redthe most guilty, were brought hither futthe,', cl :4'ilit arY escort. Since the excesses on the no 4,,tetisorders have taken place at Jena. 411 , 44 fr°nl East Gothland announce that on the 13th of "11‘"light ho kof an earthquake was felt there. b t NI , • c , °l) Nect J AN• esterday the . Assembly . of the State re i 4e ci t o W O great ceremony, and his Majesty the King ad_ at Ito i ,, t . h e ,l l the following words from the Throne: 7 -t h ler it as one of the happiest events of my life that -44 age I have the pleasure of seeing you, Gentle oflhe 4)-11 e•lewly-elected representatives of my people, assembled c 'ne) a nd to co-operate with you in promoting the . welfare . t olk 444 o 4 . lit ry. t s , ' What I hope and wish from this Diet will be : Il ete i :, - `ed to You by my Minister." i 4 l t tte e T 1 1. Von Linde ' the Minister of State, made a after which M. Von Geresdorf, President of the ' 4 ' A b„--"berre- ed his Majesty and the Prince Co-Regent , 4 .e t ieAs ss m E XCHANGES ON LONDON. Ock t i' l'un• 1 13 1214 ; two months, 13 11. itio.,-,0144, J AN . . 25.—Thirty days, 14 11. j ; N • 29 ::-Tiree months, 6 29. 4 23.—Two months, 616 615 a Prrs, Feb. 1. P AIN of ST. PAUL, COVENT-GARDEN. (THIS DAY.) 11 14 41 4 11 Nad Cti %.4 oPO o th , - 1? a Vestry Meeting of the inhabitants of this "el - en th e su bj ec t o f th e numerous surc h arges et n b Att L ,., the district surveyor of the assessed taxes. tro;othe • (.! o itTi n 00D the Churchwarden, in the Chair. the Vestry Clerk, read the minutes of Q t , c lecl to t "'eeting, and the report of the deputation op. 1% , th e W.ait upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, h e 4 1 to,UbJect. The Report stated that Lord Althorp ex t.43%'itile the Deputation his apprehensions that it would be k I t,:a) this year to attempt the repeal of the assessed tt 1.24 ti ,`"eir prin c ip a l object would be to relieve the ;Altti ' e Working classes of society. His Lordship begged • ‘ , Pon the most aggravated cases of complaint. th:; t4 r t ; ' 41 13 discussion, it was resolved to petition the Le ore' kek b l! ePeal the house and w i n d ow d u ti es , an d t o reques t l'tofereBp Lorifton. Westminster to present and support the , i • INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) N it FROM LLOY D'S. 'Terceira; and t r Z l ,k l ti,:,,L L ::• t s i, ; --- - in N P V a it t i a d ; W., moderate.—Arrived the Strati_ Jane, Smith, :14', rt[rtannas, from St. Michael's.. r , f i l h iw o d e l i n t E h l , iz t a h b o et h h r , ig Ph t. i a l.... 'tl'it e ' " 0 11 tbr Jamaica, remains ft)i.oals,,infd the rest of the outw . ard- a b i o id u l'he Marsden, the Ann, Thomas, ,e t., x.r.°Til Newcastle to Jamaic h a I,:l3l.:ACtc,hael's to London, put back and and remain. ed his Majesty's ships t h il Yttij h ' l ' Ea. 6 Wind S. W.—. '''',l4:;,,--lad Larne, Edward, from Oporto, and the Huskis. hi' (11-'lnanks, from Jamaica. ' "'Nrs._l°liTll, FEB. 5. Wind W.—bailed his Ma j est y 's Pn h vent ~ \N. ' , ry,: '4 a cruise. '' 'der ' ' CI IITH , FE„. 6,—wind S. S. W. —Arrived fr,t:r trans sailed Sept. 21, i Port, Black, from Valparaiso,, —Arrived the tt ., 14 11 it ° bee. " • left there his Majesty s ships D s u w bl a in r,p a i n t d e a c n h: l ,hi ' t,, ke ' and a; ' Rio Janeiro His Majesty's s p -,, -• Arrived the Royal George, Homan, o from St. Mi. 114" tht Abnett, from off Opor .. , a t ; 1 :11 1' ' 011 Z .1,.1117B). '4 Win . d W. 5 p ..1 . V.-- wi k ll r i r aU d a d Ann, ~, f h . , 'kite, from St. Michae s , the Alex_ 11° , , , . '°- Trieste; and Pero, Rutter, from the Cape of Good cl s _ I ' o a, 4 C 1 1.1Ty 4 s.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Ra 'l.l'Z'Z':l4,ja-ne,--R"a'rriEsilto, from Fayal ; tl f i r e om So s la t e . e :4i ß c a h r a r e e l t ,s t .. , h lag e ; and the Marie Cecile, JoUx, b°:,,lnfZ,),being a French vessel, is detained by the Custom_ k:,`,111, a rs, for a breach of the navigation l,, laws, she having •41,,,r‘ca_r.go of fruit from St . . Michaeto.. W.S.W.—Sailed his 41NY';',, U . 1 11, FEB. 4.—Wind W iisbon arkl't AtNtso"lll' Pike, for Oporto . an i d w V strong breezes Ay,„ 414 411 y 11 1, FEB. .s.—Win, . s.v ,.:vith mails. 13, s'; , ---Arrived the Duke of I ork packet, from Buenos 0f f e. h., 1 9 ; 'ain't: Nov. 20 ; Monte Video 2flth, and Rio Janeiro, St. Michael's. t, 's - the Lively, Cuthburton, from ,'s os. 1,,, Th e "I D Q r . .ibX and Hyena, from Malta ; and his Maies- Nlh 'fihns from Plymouth, bound to . the coast of Africa, i ' l b tlt l'n Packet sailed from Rio Janeirofo o r o Bahia, Per_ board, trail ha'Pttl'Ond Falmouth, with 8 00,000 dollars 'Z it t 0 . ,,, (*1 his Majesty'sship Clio, which was on . her passage T h . -4t, h -..nd Cape Born, ..,u . ,:4-t"11:,:. eth;:alklanl Islands, to h W t h which place she proceeded• hose services were re . - 1' ,4 th ` t Packet, from Falmouth, arrived at Rio Dec. 16 ; 0;4 Is4i3ekatrice packet, same day, into tßheioßoinvetrheFllasttch. Pte, ~, from Falmouth, was going t,lv p 4fLica..ltlt'ool, p . 4 Arrived the Berlin, Moss, from ehh_l4to,il'ornas, Jones, lß and Mary Howland,. Aiken, from 4.sl"olltrtit: a nd Hardware, Arriv Seward,.... from Messina.. the Britannia, Ferries, t l4. •t ha ./ 4 k ll , ti4S.E,U sa l il . ecl — the 20th October. O rr ct i o m b r e t r. l ief ''APLE, Fee. 5.--Arrived 4 hilisl!l',. rived the Rose, Zea, from 1) A ,!' NI " 9L, FEB, 6.—Arrived the Bicton, Laing, from ? -.,,.. N. , '4r'alo 'IOII TH, FEB, 4,—Arrived the Jane, England, from I, o\t ; k ls tl 4k hlte l l'tll• s . —Arrived the Nereus, Williams, from (: har s i: Ai t:',,nd Alert, Humble, from , . 1 , P - ,, 4 0 . 1 1 ? "a• 6 . —Arrived the Nassau, Hunter, from i4,4 4 11, .. 4 „ t , 1a44 : 14 1 '' 'l ' a l. : l d n ' 5 . --- • Arrived the Sisters, Johns, fromNea, 'feklc; Dolphin, Hampton, from Trif . nt k y, Newfound_ Nti ItllA,.bannd to St John's, New Brunsisic 'h l' ' ' 4 • -. ' v nn. 5 ' Arrived the Farmer, Fox, from St. saS.-;‘N.fl,,k'd Pulteney, Lucas, from Seville. lli''''''.4 l ' ''," : } CItEEK, FEB. s.—Arrived the Jane, DY t'elli Les'e; F ountain, Berry, and Henry and Sarah, i, 41 " , i4a ; and Barkley, Gestring, from Denia, s 'reef,',,, , ,tkk , Th e - "nn ' I A. ," 'lnflatt, from Dundalk to Liverpool, was totally is iN k e , l est Hoyle the ad instant. Th,t4,t, h,„i'her was driven on shore near Skceness . the leakY.- ''litat;;,xPeeted to be got oft'; cargo . discharging. Th, , • ri Penfold, to Zante, put into Littlehamption, NW, attie, kie A x t zt 4,,' tl fter o ,, e tr lla,ris, C b a o p u e nd tr t a o yie Newfoundland, put back to Thelltia. he Wight, the Pembroke, Meadows, from th e 4.. ti N ,_ Ist :4 41t ilisI' frorn bengal, and Voyager, Anderson, from T he Pe , . ' 4ve arrived in the River ; the latter sailed the inriThil :1153 The :)lis,l,iN..q '' av cs, fr om London, has arrived in the Co_ lii a , kw ') ate' h ank , 'ld Jane, of Portland, was wrecked on the -. Vv t ......''ear Wexford, Ist inst. and N k k I y --- i ‘ i . "-''' ,, , c "der, 4 t v . LWSPAPER FOR TILE ARMI. ; ti li t c L,N i ile:l7.:t hiL,W:ii,)::: rtsi.l u w e s a p t:. p l etro, entitledreiii iti remind t , 1e ,., Public that (I, i ult -, N im A v s a a r : Hl, t) Y ir 4k t (pvr• '444-"T," is to come ' deli; " Putictil'e 7d.), shoul E l be forwe.rded to the News- S T ael.Y. 1 , 1 1 '' , , by Friday evening, to insure an early ), -N bi t OPPicx is at 19, CATHERINE -STREET, 'l lti ti :. I ' , . i' AI l i . 's , c ; ' ° 4 1. THE BRISTOL MAGISTRATES.— ..0i t, } Attorn hl: b ) e to t eY-General has directed a nulls 15,0- creli Mit "iur e : td u Pon all the in 6 .rmations against n t , l, ,atertot7 es ....../3,,, , so that no further proceedings ca b `3eo/ ilottenal. KECOND SUN-OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. 111 PERIA LPA !ILIA M ENT THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took his seat shortly before four o'clock. FEES OF THE HOUSE. Mr. DIVETT put a question to the Speaker relative to certain fees (as we urulerstood) to the Clerks of the House; but from the low tone in which he spoke, our reporter could not hear the question distinctly. The SPEAKER said, any answer which he could give to such a question would have been far more valuable and more sife if the Hon. Member had called his attention to the subject first out of the chair, when he could ascertain the length of time such fees had been demanded, by what right they were justified, and whether they had been legally de • mantled or had crept in by abuse or ancient usage. He would take care that no fees should be demanded, unless they were justifiti, and he would undertake to make an inquiry into thee.—(Hear.) It was not only his duty but his honest inclination to give the House, particularly new Members, every information—(Hear, hear)—but that information might be imperfect or erroneous, it gen tlemen did not come to him before the night, not for any purpose of his own but for their satisfaction.—( Heir.) Mr. DIVETT expressed himself satisfied with what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman. REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON. On the motion of Mr. Alderman WOOD a new writ was ordered for the election of a Member for the City of London in the room of Alderman Waithnian, deceased. Mr. GORING (as we believe) begged to ask the Noble Lord (Althorp) if it was his intention to bring forward any measure to alter and amend the provisions of the Beer Bill. The SPEAKER interrupted the Hon. Member by saying that it was not usual to ask a question upon a public matter during the proceedings on private business. Mr. HODGSON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Clarence Railway Cmpany, in the County of Durham, to make branch railways. Mr. MANGLES presented a petition from Guildford, praying for a better observance of the Lord's day. Mr. JERVIS gave notice that, on the 14th inst., he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the amount of fines payable by persons becoming freemen of cities and boroughs by birth, servitude, and marri.ge ; and that to-morrow he would move fur csrtain returns connected with corporations in England. Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE presented a petitio❑ from Clerkenwell, for the repeal of the house and window tax. Mr. R. STUART wished to ask a question of the Noble Lord (Althorp), which was of considerable im portance, not merely to his own constituents, but to Scot land generally. He put it in consequence of the Noble Lord having stated it to he his intention to amend and alter the laws relating to existing Corporations in England. He wished to knaw whether it was the intention of hie Majesty's Government to submit to the House any mea sure to .titer and amend the existing laws relating to Cor porations, and to the present mode of electing Magistrates of boroughs in Scotland. Lord ALTHORP begged to observe that he had not said he intended to bring in a Bill to alter existing Cor porations in England, but that he intended only to move for a Special Committee to inquire into them. With regard to Scotland, he could state that a Bill was in pre paration.for a reform of the Scotch burghs—(Hear, hear) —and that notice of it would have been given had his Hon. and Learned Friend the Lord Advocate been in his place. In answer to a question from an HON. MEMBER, Lord ALTHOtiP said the Government would have no objectio❑ to the appointment of a Committee of In quiry into the state of the Corporations of Ireland. - Sir ROBERT INGLIS said, as the Noble Lord had given notice that it was the intention of Govern ment to introduce a measure for Reform in the Church, he wished now ru ask whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord to furnish any materials to the House by which the Members might be prepared to come to a proper conclusion on the subject. Laid ALTHORN said he had no information to lay before the House at present. He considered it his duty to give all the informvion in his power ; but he thought it would be better that it should be given when leave was moved for to bring in the Mr. O'CONNELL said that he had a motion on the paper respecting the Corporations of Ireland, which he was willing to give up if the subject was taken up by his Majest)'s Government. Lord ALTHORP said they would have no objection, in fact he was anxious that a Committee should be ap pointed. Mr. HILL presented a petition, signed by 7,600 persons, inhabitants of Hull, praying for a Reform in the Corporation of that town. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman said, to show the necessity for the interference of that House, it was only necessary for him to stste, that for the last two hundred years the Court of King's Bench had been strenuously endea vouring to uphold the close system, and give all pro tection to the self-elected Na.:gistrates, and, of course, do away with the undoubted rights of the people. If the business ie England were at all to be attended to during the prt sent Session, he was satisfied that the time of the Huse could not be better employed than in ex tending the principles of the Reform Act to all the corpo rations of England.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. STRICKLAND and another How. MEMBER supported the prayer of the petition, and expressed their hopes that the Committee promised by the Noble Lord upon the subject of Corporations would point out some remedy for the abuses which had grown up, in their petition laid upon the table. Mr. FREDERICK NORTH presented a petition from the Corporation of Hastings against the Sale of Beer Act. An lioN. MEMBER asked whether it was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to bring in any meisure to amend that Act? Lord ALTHORP said that he had no intention of the kind, but that if any Hon. Member thought fit to move for a Committee of Inquiry into the working of that Act, he saw no objection to it.—(Hear, hear.) The petition was then Ijid on the table. Mr. ROTCH presented a petition from Knareshorough, in favour of the repeal of the house and window tax dutits. Mr. C. MARJORIBANKS presented a petition from Linthorn, in favour of the better observance of the Sabbath.—Both of the above laid upon the table. Mr. WILKS presented a Fetition from the Committee of the Protestant Society for the Protection of Religious Liberty, in favour of the complete emancipation of the Jews. He had no doubt that this was but the first of many petitions which would be presented upon the subject, and he trusted that their prayer would be complied with. By the repeal of the Test and Corporation Act, the Jews were now ex• pos, d to particular hardships, for they were unable, if they were enforced against them, to resist the penalties from which they used formerly to be cleared in common with other Dissenters by the annual bill of indemnity. The petition having been laid upon the table, Mr. WILKS moved that it be printed. Sir ROBERT INGLIS objected to the presenting of the petition on the ground that it purported to come from a Committee, and not from a public body ; and also be cause it would occasion discus4ion, which would he in consistent with the arrangement entered into last night on the subject of printing petitions. Mr. O'CONNELL attached great weight and import ance to the petition. It come from a Protestant Society having for its object the protection of religious liberty. He represented a constituency of a different persuasion. But he and his constituents were equally anxious for the est 4. blishment of perfect fie,dorn of conscience, and on the most extensive score of religious liberty. He would, however, recommend to the Hon. Member (Wilks) rather than provoke discussion on its printing, to withdraw the petition for a few days. Mr. MILKS objected to any limit ition of the pri vileges of Members on the subject of printing petitions. He thought any attempt to preclude printing of pet t;ons, recommended either by the body from whence they came, er by the magnitude of the subject to which they referred, interfered not only with the rights of the House, but of the general constituency. Rather, however, than occupy, at present, the attention of the House, he would adopt the suggestion of the Honourable and Learned !tim ber for Dublin, and withdraw the petition for a few days. The Honourable Member gave notice of his irtentiou to move, on the sth of March, for , . . , . . is m t,' , - , r,'• _: ~., .. ... ' .... .... _-- (No. 12,M9.) LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1833. Select Committee, to consider the general state of parochial registries in England and Wales, and of the laws relating thereto ; and for certain accounts of birth., marri ,ges, and deaths. On March 12, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to exempt from poor rates all churches, chapels, and other places exclusively appropriated to religion. Mr. FINCH wished to ask a question of the Npble Lord opposite—whether or not his Majesty's Government intended to bring forward any measure for the suppression of Political Unions. Lord ALTHORP said it was not his intention to bring forward any such measure.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. GROTE moved for certain returns of silk im • pore l from January, 1832, to January, 1833. Lord ALTHORP did not object to the returns. Mr. MACKENZIE presented a petition from the parish of Kilceugh, in the county of Perth, relative to the better observance of the Sabbath. The SPEAKER intimated that the present was the time to receive all election petitions. The Right Hon. Gentleman read the usual order applicable to the mode of receiving those petitions. After which, The CHIEV CLEM , : called out the name of each peti tion ; those against the returns for the borough of Petersfield, the city of Oxford, the borough of Coleraine, the borough of StiSford, and the city of Bath, were o dered to he taken into consideration on Tuesday fort night ; those against the returns for the boroughs of Tivrrtoa and Carnarvon were ordered to be considered on Thursday fortnight. should he petitioned on these subjects, my answer tva• that before the King's speech was delivered and th, explanation of Ministers received, it would not I. right to embarrass the Government. But if tl:e No Lord opposite thinks that because the people have been quiescent, because they have not been clamorous P r relief, it is owing enti•ely to their indifference, h. will find he is much mistaken, and that their silence only arose from the confidence in tho•e Ministers who had done so much for Reform that they would he anxious ti follow up th t great measure with other measure, for practicil relief. Without these what is Reform I hope, therefore. that Ministers do intend to justify this conduct, which the people have reposed in them. The Noble Lord opposite cannot he ignorant, flu• requent deputations have waited on him, of the forling in (LEFT SPEAKTNG.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The House sat to-day at half-past 3 o'clock. Prayer were read by the Bishop of Hereford, shortly after which their Lordships adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCELLOR, on taking his seat on the Woolsack, at 5 clock, informed their Lordships, that the House had waited on his Majesty, according to his Royal permission, yesterday, at two o'clock. for purpose of presenting the address, to which hi• Majesty had returned the following most gracious answer : —'' Sly Lords, I thank you for your loyal and dutiful address. I receive with peculiar satisfaction your deter. initiation to support me by all means in your po , s•er in my determination to preserve the Legislative Union of Ireland with this country as indissolubly connected with the peace, security, and welfare of my dominions." On the motion of the Earl of SiIAFTESBURY the address was ordered to be printed. Lord TEYNHANI gave notice of his intention to move on Monday next for a copy of the proclamation of the Lords Justices of Ireland, during the time the county of Mayo was in a state of rebellion, and requiring additional force. The Duke of LEINSTER presenter] a petition from Kildare, against tithes. The Bishop of BATH and WELLS presen'ed a peti tion from those two cities, against that provision of the Beer Bill which allowed beer to be drank upon the pre mi.es. Lord KING, seeing several of the Right Reverend Pre lates in their places, would take that opportunity of moving for some information respecting particular parts of the revenue of the Church.—(Hear.) He (Lord King) was glad to bear that it was the intention of his Majesty's Government to bring forward some measure of Church Reform, as he was convinced that Ministers and Ministers only could make such a reform effectual. From the herds of the church it was ridiculous to suppose i could be derived, as, from the Reformation to the present time, they had been the means of protecting many of those abuses, the correction of which would have taken place but for the course they had pursued. The abuses on which he particularly wished to have information, were those connected with the high function aries and dignitaries of the Church—those cooling more immediately under the cogniz ince of the Bishops ; he alluded to that portion of the revenues of the Church enjoyed by the Deans, Chapters, and even Bishops, where they held livings annexed to their Sees. Those great personages abs - racted a large portion of the re venues of the Church, while the pittance that was given to the ministers who did the whole of the duty, was scandalous in the extreme. In his (Lord King's) opinion, the first reform that should take place in the Church, was the more equal distribution of its income. —(Hear, hear.) What information he wanted was, the amount of the salaries or stipends which were given to the officiating ministers, where the income of the Church was enjoyed by these great ecclesiastics. For the purpose of in stancing the necessity of the information he required, he would state to their Lordships how many of the working clergy in different parts of the country were pail for their labours. In a parish in Devonshire, the church of which belonged to the See of Exeter with an income of more than fifteen hundred a year, the officiating clergyman was only paid 601. At Swainbridge, in Devon, the income of the parish church of which belonged to the Dean of Exeter, the officiating clergyman was only paid 401. In a parish belonging to the canons of Windsor, the clergyman was only paid 60/. a year, and at South Molt in the salary had been increased from 60/. to 80/. a year. At Preston, in Holderness, to the living of which was attached land to the value of upwards of 1,4001. a year, the income of which belonged to the Dean of York, the officiating minister was allowed for his services, some paltry tithes hardly worth collecting, amounting to about 60/. a year. In a parish in Oxfordshire, the income of which amounted to upwards of 2,0001. a year, the minister was given only 301. a year, which was made up by the inhabitants to 70/. He (Lord King) was glad that the King's speech had told them that there was to be a more equitable distri bution of the revenues of the Church. He trusted that in that distribution, pluralities would be put an end to; and that ecclesiastical persons would be compelled to perform their ecclesiastical duties properly. The Reforms that had hitherto taken place in the revenues of the Church, if Reforms they could be called, were at the expense of the people, the immense incomes of its dignitaries still being enjoyed by them, the officiat ing clergymen being paid out of the pockets of their parishioners. He (Lord King), however, trusted the time was not far distant, when these persons would be obliged to disgorge part of the immense revenues which they enjoyed from the Church.—( Hear, hear.) An other Bill was brought forward after Sir W. Scott's, which was equally delusive, and fell to the ground still born—a perfect abortion. With regard to the overgrown See of Derry, Government the year before last resolved,upon the vacancy of that See occurring, to limit the immense in come, but the clergy objected ; and that S-e would yet be found to be the East Retford of the Church. The Noble Lord was happy to find, however, that it was now admitted by the Bishops themselves, that the collection of tithes was productive of much animosity between the Ciergy and the Laity. He then gave notice that he should move for certain returns of Church Benefices throughout England and Wales. The Bishop of LONDON said, that although the attacks which the Noble Lord was in the habit of making on his Bench, could not be agreeable to any one, yet he was glad that he had ths:s early broken ground, because it afforded an opportunity of giving some contradiction to the statements he was in the habit of dealing in ; for in- stance, the Noble Lord was pleased to ask in a taunting manner which of the prelates had returned an answer to the communications made to them by the Commissioners of the real property? Fur his own part he hail lost no time in answering to every proposition submitted to him, and he be lieved that other Reverend Bishops had acted similarly, and it was a hasty conclusion to draw, that because the Com missioners had not embodied any suggestion in their report, either made by the Bishops, or as proceeding from themselves upon the subject, therefore no answers had been sent. The Noble Lord had said there had been no incli natieu to improve small benefices—nor had that been agreed mat all except by Government. He could furnish the Noble Lord with a long list of the ecclesiastical persons, some o f whom were in the receipt of great tithes, and others not, who had greatly increas , d small benefices.— (Hear, hear.) He was at the same time free to acknowledge that so much had not been done in this respect as the coun t ry h a d a r i g h t to expect . D ur i ng a considerable period, the puliiic attention had been much taken up by other subjects, and it was not until the last few years that an impetus had been given to the Church at all equal to the necessity of the times. That there were imperfections—that there were ble mishes, he was ready to admit ; but with respect to the present rules of the Caurch, Gn the present ministers of the church, they did not deserve to be called abuses ; but on the contrary, those abuses had been for many years past greatly diminishing. There was not a single abuse—there was not a single imperfection which marred the duty of the Church, and there was not a single abuse which was not likely to I s e removed, and which was nor under gradual improve ment, and, therefore, he thought it too mach than it should he said to their Lordships that the abuses of the Church were growing evils—they were growing less and lea., and would very soon be diminished alto gether. A Bill had been brought into Parliament two years ago, enabling Bishops to augment benefices. It the N dile Lord would take the trouble of looking at that Act, he would find that many poor benefices bad been over rated, and that they were continuing to be so at this mo ment. The Bishops had not been backward iu availing themselves of the facilities afforded them by that Act. He (PRICE 7D.) might mention as instan,es the Dean and Chapter of Durham, the D an and Chapter of Westminster, the Dean and Chapter of Windsor, knd tnuty others w hi c h it was not necessary to trouble their Lord .,hips with, had all been availing themselves of the benefits vested in them by that Act. With respect to pluralities, tke Noble Lord appeared to think, that because a Bilrwas not brought in at once for the purpo e of dimi nishing them, that therefore there was no disposition o❑ the part of the Bishops to diminish the number of their pluralities. Now it had been stated again and again that if the Bill introduced by the most Noble Prelate had been passed into a law, it would speedily have the effect of diminishing them one half. He (the Right Rev. Prelate) took this at least as a disposition to improve ; and if they were not at all tittles ready and willing to rush headlong into every reformation which was proposed by this person or that, they were not therefore to he charged with an indisposition to remove grievances.— (Hear.) With respect to a p articular branch of the Church in Ireland, the Bishopric of Derry, he (the Right Rev. Prelate) was sure, and he was persu ultd that if it sheuld seem fit for any of his Majesty's Ministers to state the case, it would he a lesson to the Noble Loid not to teke for granted remaks or observations from per sons who were indisposed to the Church establishment But to see the necessity of making some inqui y into the foundation of these remarks, before he came forward in that House. and talk in such a way which was likely to excite iii feelings against the Church more than they were at present excited. With respect to the augmentation of poor benefices, he was prepared to go so far as to say that was a blot on the Established Church. and a blot wbich, he trusted, they would soon be able to diminish and alleviate, if not entirely remove.—(Hear, hear.) There was no doubt that one of the greatest blessing desired in this e.untry was to increase the com fort, the respectability, and efficacy of the poor clergy ; hut that could only be done by measures which were not incon sistent with the safety of the Church. By raising their inferior condition of the clergy, there was great danger of their weakening the efficiency of both ; and, therefore, al though some changes, and some important changes, in the Church as established were necessary, yet he (the Right Reverend Prelate) had the fullest confidence in his Majesty's Ministers that they would not propose any change that would not be incom patible with the essential interests of the Church. He felt confident that any measures which his Majesty's Government had in contemplation were not ligely to be removed in consequence of such observations as the Noble Lord had thougut proper .throw out.—(Hear, hear,) The Right Reverend Prelate, as far as the Bench of Bishops was concerned, the Noble Lord had no right to impute (LEFT SdEAKING.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 6. (Continued from our Second Edition of lalit night.) Mr. HUME suggested that the motion had better be de ferred till it was known what arrangements were to be made upon the subject, in which suggestion Sir Andrew Agnew ac quiesced. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL had to present a petition, numerously signed, from Dudley, praying the House to re peal the Speaker's Pension Act. Mr. 'WARBURTON had been requested to support the prayer of the petition, apparently under the notion that lie had a Bill prepared upon the subject. At present he only begged it to be understood that he had no such Bill prepared. The petition was then laid upon the table. Mr. ROBINSON moved for a return of the number of yes. gels which had pas6ed the Sound within a certain period.—Or. dered. Mr. DIVETT gave notice that on Friday he should move for a return of the names and number of the municipal officers in the different Corporations in England and Wales, and the charters under which they held their privileges. Mr. HUME moved for returns of the names and rank, and length of service, of every person in the diplomatic employ of his Majesty, and accounts of other matters, of which he had given notice last session. Lord ALTHORP then rose, but Mr.O'CONNELL, interrupting him, said, he wished to ask a question which related to the army, to that portion of it which was stationed in the Indies. Complaints had reached him, which left no doubt upon his mind that that portion of the army was left without ally of the comforts of their religion, that which he knew of no greater deprivation. He wished to ask the Hon. Secretary at War whether there was any intention of applying a remedy for this grievance. Sir JOHN HOBIIO USE considered the matter complained of as a grievance, and was of opinion that some provision ought to be made for it. At present the Secretary at War acted under a minute of the Treasury, which took away all power from him. In the meantime all he could say on the subject was, that it would receive his best attention. IRISH VAGRANTS. Mrs PALMER begged to put a question to the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite (Mr. Lamb) which was of great importance to the county which he represented (Berks), and to many others. The Right Honourable Gentleman would recollect that about twelve months ago a memorial had been presented from that county, as to the ,ettlement of the Irish va grants, and he (Mr. Palmer) wished ta know if any steps had been taken to alter the law, and thereby relieve the counties from such a heavy burden. Mr. LAMB had no hesitation in informing the House, that that one memorial, and others upon the same subject, had been under the consideration of Government, who thought the best way was to instruct the Commis sioners who were now inquiring into the Poor Laws, to extend their inquiries upon that subject. That was the state in which the case was at present, the Commissioners not having yet made their report. Mr. PALMER was glad to find the Memorial was in the hands of the Commissioners, and was satisfied to take no step upon the subject, until they should make their report. Mr. O'CONNELL said that in consequence of the im portance of the adjourned debate on the address, and the necessity of getting it finished, he would, with the per mission of the House, postpone his motion for leave to bring in a Bill to abolish the Vestry Ce,s in Ireland till Tuesday, the 19th inst. Lord ALTHORP was of opinion that it would be better at once to go on with the adjourned debate, and postpone the Ses:ional Orders which stood for to-night till Monday next, he thought it would be more convenient and hoped it would meet with the approbation of the House.— Agreed to. RESUMED DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. The Noble Lord then moved the order of the day for re suming the adjourned debate on the addres, which was read, and Mr. HUME, in rising to recommence the adj 'tuned de bate said, I will beg at the outset to recall the attention of the House to the real question before it. Although I think the great length of time which has been bestowed on the question ought in part to have been otherwise occupied, I must say that I do not think it is the fault of the Hon. Member for Dublin or the other Irish Members who have spoken, that the debate has taken the tur❑ it has ; for a more pointed attack I never heard than was male upon them. Whilst the mover of the Address attacked Hon. Members on this side of the House for their con duct not here but elsewhere, they did not utter a word a'mut England or Scotland, but spoke as if no such countries existed.—(Hear.) 1 will state my view of what I conceive to be the duties imps, d upon us. More is expected front this Parliament than front any ether that has ever been assembled. But it strangely happens that there has hardly been a speech from the throne which has paid less attention to the questions which uow interest the body of the community. I was in hopes that a Reformed Parliament would have had addressed to is something clearer in the shape of the King's speech than has heretofore been the practice, and that it would at least have contained an out:ine or intimation of what the Government intended to do. Now if we may take the speech as indicative of the iatention of the Government, we must conclude that noth ing is to be done this session for England except with regard to the Bank Charter, the East India Charter question, anti the reform of the Church.—(A laugh.) If 1 look to the speech of last year, I find that more attention was paid to the internal condition of the country, than is now exhibited.—(Mr. Hume here read an extract from the King's speech last year, respecting the necessity of alle viating the distresses of the country.) Now the question I would put to his Majesty's Ministers is this—Whether the country is now in a better condition than at the pe riod I refer to ? They certainly cannot consider it to be in a prosperous condition, or they would have congratu lated us upon it in the usual way. The conclusion I draw from their silence is that they intend to do nothing to relieve the distress felt by different interests in the country. I can assure them that they are misinformed, or mis judge the wishes of the people of England if they suppose that because they have not petitioned, they do not expect a large reduction of expenditure and taxation, and also relief from an alteration in the mode of levying its amount. Not a word is said in his Maje,y's speech, however, of the necessity of modi fying or reducing the taxes. We know, however, that the middling classes, those who, as the phrase is, are endeavouring to p , y their way, it is who want relief. Sir, when I think of the intentions of Government, as far as I can collect them from their acts—when I consi der that in answer to the question which I proposed, whether they meant to abolish a military sinecure office, they stated .‘ N.,"—l am afraid the country will feel sadly disappointed.—(Hear.)—l wish most anxiously to afford the Noble Lord opposite an opportunity of stating explicitly before the conclusion of this debate what their intentions are upon the subject of taxation—whether they mean to propose any alleviation of the burdens of the people, and whether they mean to put others in the place of what it may be their intention to repeal. At present I so lemnly enter my protest on behalf of my constituents. They expect, and the people of England I believe gene , rally expect, that something decisive should have been stated upon this subject, either in the speech from the Thone, or in explanation by some Mem ber of his Majesty's Government. I say this is the feeling of the country generally ; and although nothing was stated by the mover of this address, respect ing Scotland or Ireland, if I cin judge from information I have received, they ezpect relief, not merely by the withdrawal of taxes, but by the disband ing of useless establishments, and the reduc tion of over-paid salaries. I think, Sir, I am therefore warranted in saying that much disappointment will be felt in every district of the country at the silence which prevails in his Majesty's speech on the subject. I am therefor anxious that his Majesty's Ministers, before this debate is concluded, shoeld take an opportunity of stating whethea they have any intention•, and what, both as regards the reduction, eharste, or substitution of taxes. The Hon. Member, .1 believe, ft om Worcester, has given notice of a motion on the suhject of property tax, but I do not think that the question of the reduction or charge of taxation should he left to any individual ; it ought, indeed, to come before his Majesty's Ministers. I cannot, therefore, but express my deep regret that all illu sion to so important a subject should have been altogether omitted in his Majesty's speech. Sir, from the experi ence which i have Fa f in these matters, I know, that when things were prosperous—whenever there was the least probability of relief, or of an intention to grant any relief, from the great burden of taxation that pressed upon the people cn intimation to that effect was to be found in the speech, and 1 take this opportunity of saying, that I am now convinced more than ever of the truth of the maxim laid down by t►.e late venerable, and, I hope, venerated m As, Jeremy Ben tham, that no Gevernment will ever yield one shil ling to the people, unless the people t xert themselves, and calls on them until, in fact, the ruling few are made a little uneasy in their situations, and are obliged to yield. Sir, I will state candidly that when applications have been made to me whether Parliament _ z ,4 Z -te.2 r i t rvr_. 4 • 44k 4t4,41•#1fr0p:4.%,!* f• - - • . - .11 o\vkil/A / 72 f= • ••• /41* BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord A LTHORP then rose to move the usual sessional orders. The first business of the House was the reeep_ tion of petitions, which, under the old plan, was very im perfect.— (Hear.) He considered also, that, under the old plan, that subject had interfered much with the legitimate business of the House. He was speaking to many gentle. teen who had been in the last House of Commons, who knew that it had often been endeavoured to be remedied by different modes, the one which had been most generally followed was, Members balloting for their turns, a mode which he considered to be not very consistent with the business of the House, or its dignity. Under those circumstances a Member might have in his possession a most important pe. tition during the whole of the session, without having any op_ portnnity of presenting it. Another mode had been, that of presenting petitions after the usual business of the House had been finished ; but the House 'would at once see, that any petition which required discussion, could not at that time be presented with any advantage. In consequence of those unsa tisfactory modes, at the suggestion of the Hon. Baronet opposite, a Committee had been appointed—a Committee of the whole House, before whom petitions were to be presented, and to cease at a certain hour. This plan had also been found ineffectual. Ile thought it snore desirable that the petitions should be pre. sented while the House was regularly sitting with the Speaker in the Chair. Such had been the custom hitherto, and it was most desirable that it should continue so. The plan which he should have the honour to propose, and a statement of which had been published for the information of Members, was to that effect. Every gentleman would have an opportunity of presenting his petitions, and much more conveniently than under a former system. The proposition was thie,that the Speaker should take the chair at 12 o'clock, and sit till 3, that at 3 the House should adjourn, in whatever business it was then en gaged, and that the debate on the petition, which might then be under discussion, should be adjourned till the following morning ; that at 5 the House should again meet, and the busi ness on the order book be immediately commenced and pro_ ceeded with,which would give ample time without sitting too late for the legislative functions of the House. It was very desirable that thus an interval should be made between the presentation of petitions and the general business. In the first place, it secured that the public business should commence at five, and then it would be extremely advantageous to those gentlemen who hadattended the presentation of petitions, by affording them an opportunity of taking some refreshment.—(Hear, hear.) Under the new arrangement, he would undertake that either, he himself, or some other of the Ministers, should always be . present during the time when petitions were presented. Another part of the plan related to the number of times a, gentleman should speak on a petition; for gentlemen to speak four times on any subject, was calculated very much to delay business, and was wholly unnecessary. By the present proposed form, a gentleman would have the ' opportunity of speaking upon presenting a petition, and another of addressing the House upon it, moving that it be printed. The proposition he had now to make was—" That this House do meet every day, except Saturday, at 12 o'clock, for the pur. pose of receiving petitions, and disposing of private business, and continue to sit till 3 o'clock, unless sooner adjourned." Sir It. PEEL considered it unnecessary to occupy the House long on this resolution. Whatever arrangement might be made, and found to be for the general convenience of Honourable Members, and which was likely to lead to the facilitating of public business, could not but receive his support. At the same time he thought it premature to proceed to make arrangements on this subject at present. The House was adopt ing new arrangement!, composed as it was of nearly 300 new Members, who could not be supposed to be very conversant with public business. Until the House had some idea of the pro bable number of petitions that were likely to be presented, and until the new Members had some little experience in public business, he thought the House could no'i be any way called upon to adopt those arrangements. He doubted whether many Members of the present House had even read the re port of the Committee of the last session, which was drawn up by many of the most able and experienced solicitors of the House, and which was now sought to be en tirely overturned by the present plan. He would, therefore, put it to the new Members themselves to say whether they really felt competent to dispose of such a question, and were ac quainted with public business. The Hon, Baronet was sure that meeting at 9in the morning was open to great objection. lf the Noble Lord had proposed that public business should begin at 9 o'clock or 10 o'clock in the morning—(Hear, hear)—that would be an entirely different thing ; but he ventured to pre dict that the plan proposed by the Noble Lord would have the effect of postponing public business until six o'clock in the cycling. It was to be feared that if the Committee were 6i) ..o proposed by th e N o b le I,6rd might do very • "t" -• ho lived in th e Is ki nity of the House. "pointed to sit at nine, the pl an woe Id he founsl not to answer. to attend Cosifnittees at nine o'c'ock. living several mil es di stant, he (Sir l ed it a great tax t o es qu i re of :T l R, ; : h hotib e eyfartorotrr mightg n rge g een e en tnltli)lebee, able them to attend Committees at nine o'clock, after having sat up the previous night to a late hour. To him it was a matter also of surprise how it could be expected that the Minis. tees of the Crown could attend Committees from 9 to 12 o'clock, that they should then come down to the House to hear p tions till 3 o'clock, and then have two hours, for w' ? to attend Cabinet meetings! The thing was utterly impossitils. in his view, at least the business could fluff bs w.l! d ne when so much was required from every Me nte•.— lie 1.) Then the attendance of the Ministers of the Cro en in rotation. would never give, in his opinion, satisfaction. Added to this it frequently happened that, on the presentation o`pstitions,l c would not say acrimonious but spirited and interesting discussis n took place, and to interrupt those discussions exactly as the clock struck three would be attended with great inconvenience, and it was ludicrous to suppose that the House, after such an interruption, would meet again at five. In fact, the separation of the House at three o'clock woutd - bemost inconvenient, and would tend to delay, rather than facilitate, the public business. In a new, and, With all deference, he would say, an inexpe rienced House of Commons, the plan of the Noble Lord would be found greatly inconvenient. He would suggest whether it would not be desirable to give the House the exl erience of three or four weeks, by which time they would be able to ascer tain the number of petitions that would probably bs pre en ed, and the House would be a little snore experienced. Mr. O'CONNELL said, the present was the fi urth Parli I ment during I s o vie he had the honour of sitti ng i n that flousl i ; . a e belieVed he had sat as many hours during that tinieeny other Member. The inconvenience of the presentmo e of doing business was perfectly obvious, but he diti.nOtlisiiiklhai the plan of the Noble Lord would relieve tattaf,if at all. The inconveni ence th a t had been ex ; 4forelv hen the House met early to re:eive petition; waa:thiftlrey were received with empty benches, and if theHouS ,Ffiet again'at a certain hour for no other business but that of pa. 'talons, the same consequence would be the result. He alone had petitions enough for a fortnight or three weeks. Ile was strongly opposed to transacting business at night ; there was no reason why that should be the only house in the world that did their business by night. It was high time to make some change, and it was worth considering, whether, instead of sitting four days a week, as before, for Wednes days were not considered business days, they should not meet three days at ten o'eloek in the morning, and make an order, that if forty Members were not then present, all who should be absent without excuse, should be taken into custody—(Laughter)—they c0u3.4 give two hours for petitions, and from 12 o'clock till Sin the evening transact all the public and other business. By that plan the whole business of a Private Bill could be done at one sitting, and the expense of keeping . persons in town would be materially reduced. He admitted that by this plan the session might be prolonged, as some Members might say, to their great inconvenience ; but no man sent there by the public had a right to say, that they were inconvenienced. It might be objected that by this arrangement none of the Ministers would be able to attend, for as they bad to attend to their offi cial business in the day, they could not come down to the House before the evening ; but on the other hand, they would have three whole days for their official business, and every evening after the House adjourned. On the whole, he did not think the plan of the Noble Lord would answer, and he thought it would be better to postpone it, !for a future period. He knew, that early adjournments of the House would be moved, and before long he should have to move an ai journment at 9 o'clock. Up to 1792 it appeared by the Journals that the order of the day was read at 1 o'clock. It was sins e then that they had got into their present method of doing, or rather of not doing, the public bussiness. It was now time for a Reformed House of Commons to put a stop to it, and not pass from twenty to thirty orders after 12 at night. Colonel DAVIES did not think that the plan suggested by the Noble Lord opposite would be found to answer. Ile was satisfied that nineteen times out of twenty, 40 Members would not be collected at twelve o'clock. He agreed for the most part in the suggestions thrown out by the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth. Lord ALTHORP said, that, since it apt eared to be the general feeling of the House that the plan he had prof oiect was not the best that could be adopted, lie was willing to ad. journ the debate for a fortnight. Mr. LITTLETON was of opinion that three weeks would be better than a fortnight. After a few words from Sir ROBERT PEEL, Mr. WILK and Sir T. FaEsiasms:, it was agreed that the question should be adjourned till this day fortnight. Lord ALTHORP then moved one of the usual sessional orders. Mr. LITTLETON submitted that some arrangement should be entered into as to the printing of the petitions, as during the last five years they had cost 12,000/. He suggested that they should be referred to a select Committee to report at intervals to the House on their contents. On the question of the appointment of a Committee of Religion, Mr. HUME thought that, if they appointed such a Com mittee, it ought to be an effective one. Hitherto he believed the appointment to have been a dead letter, lie thought, at the hame time, that the consideration of the question might be postponed. Lord ALTHORP agreed with the Hon. Member in thinking that the resolutions, with respect to the Committee of Religion and the Courts ofJustice, did not press, and might be postponed ; but the resolutions with respect to elections were impertant, and could only be discussed with propriety that evening. After a few words from Mr. HUME, Mr. LITTLETON said he had been poring over the Journals for a portion of the day, and had only found that one instance of the appointment of such a Committee had been resorted to since the Restoration. An HON- INIENIBER, whose name we could not learn, moved that the whole question be adjourned to this day six months. After a few words from Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Stanley, Mr. Wynn, the Solicitor-General, and the Attorney. General, the question was put and carried. BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION. Lord JOHN RUSSELL begged leave to move— .' That all persons who will question any future return of Members to serve in Parliament, upon any allegation of bribery or corruption, and who shall in their petition specifically allege any payment of money or other reward to have been made by any Member, or on his account, or with his privity, since the time of such return, in pursuance or in furtherance of such bri bery or corruption, may question the same at any time within -2S days after the date of such payment ; or, if this House be not sitting at the expiration of the said .'4 days, then within 14 days after the day when the House shall next meet." Mr. R. WASON then moved the following amendment— . That when a petition against the return of any Member shall contain an allegation that such return has been effected by bri. berg and corruption, it is the duty of the Select Committee ap pointed to try the merits of such petition, to receive the evidence which may be ()tiered in suppoi t of such allegation, without re quiring the petitioners to prove that such bribery and corruption was practised by the sitting Member, or his agents." Mr. WARBL'RTON feared Members of Parliament who were perfectly innocent might be subjected to annoyance, and, perhaps, expense, if the amendment were agreed to. Mr. WASON contended that the Member who had been guilty of no bribery could not, by the operation of the amend ment, be subjected to any penalty, nor could the object of honest voters be defeated. Mr. O'CONNELL suggested that it would be well to suffer the present resolution to pass without opposition. Ile had himself' several amendments to propose—one was about the interference of Peers, a second about bribery by unsuccessful candidates ; for here arose many eases that ought to be rigo. rously inquired into. He intended to propose a resolution for a standing Committee, to take questions of bribery into consi deration. Meantime he wished to have this resolution passed anc e lnalaeno. prince'!, that he might have an opportunity of framing his am Mr. WYNN bore testimony to the great difficulty ire the way of a Committee's getting at proof of agency. An HoN. Mioinitst would support the amendment. Sir F. ISURDETP trusted the Hon. Member for Ipswich would withdraw his ameedment for the present. It might be, at a more fitting time, taken into consideration, together with the hints thrown forth by the lion. and Learned Member for Dublin. He had also himself to suggest that it might be cx. pedient on the same occasion to consider the question of inti. midation at elections.-- - (Cheers.) The great object of the Eng. lish law on the subject was,, that elections should be free-- (ilear, hear)—and he begged tn throw out that it would become that . House to take the matter_ into their most serious conside. ration at this period. He would also suggest that, in addition to the Hon. Member's amendment, there might be a resolution passed to the effect that each-Member of the House, on taking ake oaths at the table, should make a declaration that he had Wilikr, by himself or agents, been guilty of any bribery, nor ,waS'he aware that any money had been paid in bribes on his peca'unt ; nor would he-at any future time bribe by himself or others. • Mr. ROBINSON believed that, while there was such anxious competition for seats in Parliament, no resolution like the Noble Lord's or the Hon. Gentleman's would have the effect of preventing bribery. There appeared to him only one mode by which the evil could be either prevented, or in any consider able degree mitigated. As they might compel the voter to take an oath that he had received no bribe, why not call upon the Member to make, not a declaration, but an oath that no act of bribery or corruption had been committed by himself or agents, or with his privity. After a few words from Lord %turnoff?, Dr. BALDWIN, and Lord J. RUSSELL, the amendment was withdrawn, sod the reo lution agreed to. The Sessional Orders respecting arrangements of the Hout were put and agreed to. It was ordered that no petition for private ISills shoal be ro ceived after the t2d of February —no private Bills after tI 2.5 th of March—nereport thereon after the 2Oth of May. NEGRO SLAVERY. On the motion for the resumption of the adjourned debate Mr. F. BUXTON said, that as all allusion to thequestio of negro slavery, in which so large a portion of the q n nity was intensely interested, had been omitted in his M a j e sty % speech of yesterday, he had then given n otice that he wo uld introduce a motion on the subject him self, althou g h w ell . as. cured that it was a question which wo uld be far better in the hands of the Government than of an individual .. lie now, therefore, begged to ask the Noble Lord if Go vernment would undertake it this session , a nd p ro ceed with it at an early )e Hod ? If not, he should feel it his duty to int rod uce rion himself to the consideration of the House. Lord ALTHORP, in reply, stated that Governtu nt had applied their strenuous endeavours to bring forward a tv easu e on that subject and he had reason to hope and to btlitv..— '4 '