The Sun. — London, England, 1830-11-06 00:00:00

~.f, 0,„ '~ ,~; ~, 'h .a4i,A) 0 001.„ iiii;tivir",-c4l:ol4ifibe Hon. Member meant to say that rd4ttttirnteoteetbituld be monopolized by men of large .:fortittie s %llofitnpfissible that persons holding such offices attil-.ll;ixvitikeitate•in the House, should not receive money fur their pubtic services. It might be that .unfounded assertions' from the confidence with which they were put forward, might find' credit•with some new Mem hero ; but if these gentlemen had been, like him, five-and-twenty years in the House they would know that concession sail reduction with respect to places of this description had been always going on—that there was not one of them which did not require much labour and anxi ous thought. and that they certainly were not overpaid ; at least he was not aware they were overpifid.. If they were so, let the Hon, Member show that they were, and how they were, overpaid. Let him point out the saving which cou'd be Awed, and he (Mr. Baring) thought that the experience of his conduct would prove that he would not hesitate to concur in a proper or advisable re duction.—(Cheers.)—But he would say that, in the pre sent condition of the country, exaggerated statements and inflammatory observations addressed to the lower elasaes, - were calculated to provoke a state of things which 'would press most grievously upon them and the country at large. Now, as he was on the subject of such statements he would remark, that he lately saw in a placard, set forth in a window, 'that the Earl of Eldon had pensions and allowaners to the amount of 30,0001. a-year. Mr. HUME (in an angry tone) denied that he was the - author of the placard,' or that he had ever made such an assertion.--.(The Hon. Member • was stopped by cries of tt order.') Mr. BARING said the lion. Member did him injustice in thinking be was always to be speaking about him when he was alluding to exaggerated statements and inflamma tory language;---(Cheers and laughter.)---But since the Hon. Member put it to him so very urgently, he would take leave to observe, that of whatever character might have been the statements he made, he never came forward to remove exaggeration, which was as much the duty of a public man, . especially in such times, to, to expose abuses; (Cheers.) ---But to proceed.-t h eta was in the card in the window a long list of other pensions given to other per sons, and equally well-rounded with that attributed to Lord Elden. It was well knoWn his Lordship received his re tired pension, as a Lord Chancellor, of 4,0001. loam. He was no admirer, and never had been en admirer, of Lord Eldon's politiceLcharacter, but his private character it was impossible not to respect • and he was sure no one would say that a man who had devoted so lung a period of his life to the arduous duties 'of his office, was overpaid with such a retired pets.ion.--( Hear. )---But if, perchance, the Hon. Member should think it excessive, let it he brought before the House. It really was, however, im possible to see such exaggeration without a strong feeling of the danger it cannot fail to produce. The House of Commons was acting in the face of the country. It was good for nothing but as representing the feeling of the sound and sensible part of the community, which, thank God, by the increased diffusion of education, formed the great body of the people, and was able to judge ha - nutty and truly of the measures brought forward in the House.—(Cheers ).--From this portion of the people it was impossible to conceal anything ; it was net desirable to conceal anything from them ; but it was the duty of every man who had the interest of his country at heart, to disavow and expose exaggeration, and condemn the use of inflammatory langusge.—joud cheers.) lie was led to make these observations from his knowledge of the great credulity which prevailed as well in a certain portion of the mercantile close, as in other classes of the community, and apprehension of the mischief that might be oecasioned. He disapproved of the question which had been put to . Government respecting the repeal or reduction of tax ation. He considered the proper course to pursue would be first to go into, into the Committee, and see if the Right floneurable Gentleman opposite proposed any extravagant grant. If he did, then oppose him. Let them proceed uteri') the principles of an enlightened eco nomy—( Neer, bear !)---net upon those of a low sordid ton . nonay..--(Cheers,)—Let them look fairly and honestly to every thing ; that was brought forward. Having first granted the supplies to the Crown, and provided for the several branches of the public service, let them see what - the revenue of the country was, and what saving could be effected. It was ridiculous to talk of repeating taxes until they ascertained what reduction could he effected in their supply to the Crown, with a due regard to the dig• nit) , and wants of the Sovereign. This done,- and the ne, (*silkiest of the public wriest . being provided for, they would then be enabled , :to decide upon what reduction could he, tkifsculd. There was one other topic to which he wished to advert, knowing the unpopularity which at tached itself to any roan who said theriewa* nut tiny great distress In the country. The fact was, the country always must be, from its position, and from the nature of its popu lation, to a certain degree, in a state of distreas. At pre bent, therefore, there was, as at all other times, distress; but it was not ,anything to lie compared to that which ex isted any year since the peace. It was a gross exaggera tion to describe the people of England as a starving people. cheers.)- e -Tha country was ping on in a reit -senable quiet way : excitement, as he said before, on the one side, and appreheopion on the other, had, it was true, produced a temporary exacerbation ; but the course which, exaggerated statements would probably lead the lower orders to, would have the effect riot of alleviating, but of increasing the evils under whirs!) they suffered. Lord HOWICK defended the Member for Middlesex's conduct, and said there was more danger from suppressing the notice of abuses than from any language which could be used. He contended that the more exaggerated were • the statements in circulation abroad, the greater reason was there for having the truth told within the doom of flint House. lie complained of the Ihm. Member for Callington for having read an unnecemary lecture to the Hon. Member for Middlesex ► and stated that there was nobody, in his opinion, oppo sed to l'arlimentary . Reform except those who had an interest in maintaining abuses. Sir R. PEEL defended himself l'imn having dealt harshly with the Hon. Member for Middlesex. He had not spoken of hint as a firebrarid. He had declared, and he repeated it, that to sly the people of England were in a state of starvation, was a gross exaggeration ; but did be not say it was unintentional 7-411 ear, brai.).—He mole an unfortunate blunder the. other night : but this evening he bad laid a particular capitols on " uninten • atrial." When he submitted that the laugosgtt used by e k e R em Gentleman was calculated to increant the in flammation already existing, ha referred to express words ; but he acquitted bim of any bad intentions, with the same candour lw acquitted the Duke of Wellington. The ex premion, however, about the condition of the people was on exaggeration ; and when the Hon. bletober expressed his hope that the Government would be disidactii, was it fit or proper, or becoming language to send forth to an excited and easily stimulated people, that he trusted a day of vengeance would come.—(Loud Agent ) COLONIES, Mr. LABOUCHEITEa:ked if the report frotn the Commissioners to inquire into the expenditure of the Co lonies had been made out. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that the report was not ready; but that considerable pro. peso bed been made in it. SUPPLY. (in the motion of the CHASCILLOIL of the Exciox4tma j the Speaker lett the Chair. Sir A. ORAN? then trick the Chair. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that a S4pply be wanted to his Majesty, Mr. HUME slid that if be did not oppose Mr. Speaker's leaving the Chairs it was not that he was satisfied by what the Melt Hon. Gentleman had said about Belgium. He contended ho had great reason to complain. lii. the Right Hon, Clentleman forgotten the lecture which was reed to him the other night by the lion. Member for York shire, about going to sleep during a speech—(Laughter)— and then coming to answer it ttventy-four houre after. Why there might be a delay of any length—of a week, or & month.. (Laughter.) He thought it was very hard, that if ho chanced to make use of the word .vengrance at t two o'clock be the mornings that it should he brought up ageinat him two days afttr—(Laughter)—espordally when he retracted inituediately.--(Cries of, " No, no.") At least he explained that he only meant he wished the Ali- Meter* should be displaced, Streit conduct could only be used by the7Right, nom tientlentan in the absence of ar gument lie called an die Hon. Member tar Callington to chew why he (Mr. IL) ttrsa s dangerous man. Ile melted him what were the exaggerated and intiammitory espiessiont ha hid used -T lie had never uttered 'such exaggerations lc that House ;le the Hon. Mentiag Or Cal lingtons....(Laughtee,)-..-It ill became hint (Mr, 13.) to join the Government in damaging his (Mr. IL's) wets. , taunts. He denied allegations altogether of not having t-spisimel away any exaggerations into which he might Lowe LAW:. It, was unfriendly in the Ilan. Qe s alesna&— in a 'man enjoying his great vitaiitiptenee, , -Whigli MX far more than irsc(ltlr. H.) thought tie deserved for anything he hail tiona.....to.etuleavour to damage his statements. Ile eapreitate4 all attempt* to hold him up as a man who was urging Ake prihiia ter their snub the ihmoutattla Oa. 11iaim rtilihtil stint theta tvaa sityrirra Eiiery man spoke s ,„ ihm. Member did not free it with his, great rehti.rult ;alai his money right awl left,, B ut sol l s is s u um,ssotliority he could too , that prevailed in the ogricolturei. - the manimsetoSis sg , smut all the other great interests. Ile hail a right to 00444, t 4 having his statements damageth—(tatughter.).—Wo4, or phrases used in a former debate should not be again brought forward a Member should only allude to the tone of a speech which had been delivered ; therefore, the Right Hon. Gentleman was irregular; and if his Hon. Friend did not stand up and tell the exaggerated ex pressions he had used - that evening, he too would be irregular. His Hon. Friend, too, the Worthy Alderman, got a bee in :his bonnet the other night and attacked him—(Loud -laughter, and cries of Question.") He took that opportunity Of stating, that ifarsybody cried " question" during the Session while he was speaking, he would that instant - move an adjournment, and put a stop to all business. It was very indecent—he bad his ,eye on them.—(Laughter,) He saw the cry come from a-corner in which there was a Secretary to the Treasury and-a Lord of the Admiralty. " Sir (said he to the Speaker), I wilibring them up on a complaint before you,—(Great laughter.) if they wish to stay they must behave themselves. They may go away if they like, but make their absence known to the Country,— (Laugh ter.) Now I hope you'll take It well" (addressing the Hon. alembers teem whom he supposed the cry proceeded.)—(Loud laughter.) He knew the Bight Hon. Secretary was impatient ; but he had borne his lash with great patience. — (Laughter.) lie did hold up both his hands and eyes, when the Honourable Member for Callington declared his Ignorance of the power of money, or :place, sinecures, or taxes in that House. Let the ! lion. Member go to the back of the Treasury benches, and let them nor not have him in their quarters. He did not like snakes in the grassif the Hon. Member was to attack them in theflank, let him not be in their camp. He denied having alluded to Officers on the Treasury bench. lie knew that to the Right Hon. Baronet the emoluments of obese were nothing—it was the place, the power; the patronage he desired. He thought nothing week; do with Government except stopping the supplies until they de clared their intentions. The Ministry were ready enough to snake up their minds against the people—let them see if they tumid not force them to reduction. Mr. BARING shortly replied, stating that he considered what the Hon. Gentleman had said about the House of Commons was egress exaggeration, and that the general tenour of his speech was inflammatory in the extreme. Mr. TENNYSON declared that the Hon. Member for Mid. (nosey had said nothing lie would bertfraid to any himself. If it was said that there was to be any , abatement of the public extant diture, and the Minister was asked in what manner or on what articles that abatement was to be offbeted, he ought to answer, not as the Right lion. Gentlemen had 'done to-night, but by telling the House whether such was the intention of Govern. merit; and by stating, at the same time, that the articles on which the reduction was to take place could only be conveniently enumerated in the budget of the Chancellor at the Exchequer. If the House found, as he believed they would, 'het so many hundred thousands would not be requires' for a particular service as were required last year, they must be certain that taxes' could he remitted in some quarter; and there could be no objection to ask in what quarter; if any, the 'Government intended to remit them: Celossel SIPTHORP thought it would be more gratyfying to the country, and more creditable to Ministers, If they came down to that House and distinctly pledged themselves that some re duction should take place. The people of England were willing enough to pay supplies that they thought to be at all necessary ; but When they found that their money was demanded for the sup port of placemen and pensioners, or for adding fresh wings to Windsor Castle, they would feel reluctant to furnish supplies for such purposes.—(Hear hear, hear.) He said, therefore, that it would be more gratifying if the Ministers came down prepared with some cataplasm—(A laugh)—or some condoling draught for the agonies °realm' of this impoverished. people. Ile would sup port the people, not In their riotous conduct—for that he should ' be the first to oppose and put down—but in their constitutional and legal mode of demanding a reduction of their burdens ; and, in his opinion, the Ministry not only ought , but would find they must do something more than they had hitherto done for the re lief of the people.—(Hear, hear.) The resolution was agreed to, and the House resumed. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND. • Mr. DOHERTY moved for leave to bring in ABM for the more effivtual Administration of Justice in Ireland. Mr. O'CONNELL should not oppose the motion . Asa Bill of this kind had been passed for England, he thought it might be beneficial to have something of the kind for Ireland. bomecon. venience would arise from regulating Terms there as here; but he trusted that nothing which this Bill could effect would be so far mistaken in Ireland, as to be thoughta reform of the law. In consequence of the evils of the present system of lawodne-tenths of the peep e were refused the means of justice. Now he was upon this subject, he would say that no men ought to be ap pointed as Judges who had not been much employed as Advocates. No man who was not well acquainted with the technicalities of the law could, nosier the present system of law, make a good Judge ; yet he was sorry to say, that the system of appointing J .fudges in Ireland was regulated by political merits, not by ireohie, knowledge and skill ; and those gentlemen—he would not call them adventurers—who best served the Government in that House were preferred to the situation of Judges. He asked whether that was not the case with the last judicial appointment in Ireland 7 On that occasion slid the Ministers go and look out for men like Pennefather and Holmes—men who were entrusted by the public with business as sulvocates, and were therelbre fit to be entrusted with it as Judges Y No such Utley but they ap pointed a gentleman whose services to the M 1, 4041111 that HOMO seemed to have been his chief title to the distinction—who did not reside often in Ireland, and who could tint, therefore, be in t hrustely acquainted with the business of the Court. He admitted that the gentleman he referred to was a man of talent, but talent was not sufficient ; technical knowledge was required,, and no man who absented, himself from the Courts could acquire that technical knowledge which, in the present state of the law, was absolutely necessary. The fact he had mentioned showed the ne cessity of a separate Parhament in Ireland, fur appointments of the kind he had mentioned were never made here, because this Parliament kept Such a strict watch over the Ministers that they dared not snake mere Judges who had not betbre attained a high degree of, profession' reputation. The appointments of the Judges were matters of the highesit importance, for they made more taw than even that House itself, lie trusted that in t'uture he should never see judicial 'amid laments made in Ireland, ex. ceps from among men of practical experience. He lonsed besides that no political ;nations would ever be appointed to judicial sitnalions, and the feeling that they were unlit 'for web offices would snake hits decline the Bench oven if it should be ()tinned to him (which was not at all likely) by the Government,—Lenve was then given POOR SETTLEMENT. Mr. WAVLAND moved for leave to bring in a Bill to regu. late Parish Settlements, anti stated that the law of settlement was at present in a very uncertain state. The occupation of a tene ment of MI. a year had Ibrinerly been held to confer a settle. went, but a case In the King's Bench had recently decided, that although the person had entered on the occupation cf such a tenement he could gain resettlement under it, unless he con. Witted in it for the full period of omi year. Leave was given, and the Hon. Member afterwards brought in the BBL KING'S PRINTER. Mr. NOTE should not, in moving for the papers which he tow intended to ask for, have entered into what he was obliged a) do, had it not been that evening doubted in that Houset hat any influence was exercised on any Member or that any Mem ber ever voted on any other than on public grounds. He re gretted that the Hon. Member for Callinhton was not present, for he would then hear one Met which was worth 50 arguments, and which proved distinctly that the Ministers were not actuate d by any desire to promote the public good. Ile (Mr. Hume) now complained of the conduct of Ministers, who had not followed up the pledges they had given to the public. They bed pledged themselves to practise economy in every , department of the State would lle show how they had acted with regard to one department. The patent of King's Printer he understood had lately been renewed, though a Committee some years ago had recommended that it should be suffered to expire. Reconsidered the principle of patent offices had been long settled. These pa tents imposed a tart on the public which the King had no right to receive witisout the consent of Parliament ; yet moneys were taken under these patents in the shape of fees and dues, which he was sure the house would never sanction. When he brought forward the question as to the light.houses, he should treat at large the great question of patents. In the year 17 14 ), Mr. Pitt granted a pate»t to John Reeves, Robert George Eyre, and An drew Strachan, appointing them the Kin g% Printers for the pe. riod of thirty years. The chief object of the patent was to secure to John Reeves a sinecure of 1,50 v/. a year. Mr. Pitt knew at the time that the profit was estimated at ti,oool. a year, and he wished Joint Reeves to be secured in the half of that sum for his Ilk )0 patent comprehended not only Bibles and Prayer. hooks but Acts of Parliament, and many other things relating to that and the other House. • In 1810 a committee, of which the lion. Member for Dorsetthire WAS Chairman, sat to inquire into this patent, anti they then made a report winch was intended to ho a ga b le t4l !butte Governments. tie complained that thepo. vernments had not acted upon the recommendation of the an. mittee. lie had told them that John Beeves had been secured in the rotieakion of half the profits of the patent, and in the year 18IY7 that perton filed 4 IMI in Chancery, calling on the otherr'fbr a discovery of the profits, In that 13111 he alleged that the Income amounted to Ofi„disel. and the net profits were 113,(X)iV. a year. The 11111 of course attracted a great deal of the attentien among the public. (if course the matters to be disclosed were ILIA, that it win desirable to prevent the dischwure—the affair WAS settled, AO the Bill was withdrawn. . In the year 1810, the Don. Member for Cert.! Castle submitted to the Howe a propo. sition fur a Committee of inquiry into that and other depart ments. That Committee stated A great deal of matter which was nest useful Information, and . which lie recomtnentled to the notice of the young Members of the House. 'I he committee at pop leafed, among other things, that a saying of 40 par cent. might he effielted, tr the printing then performed under that pa tent were perfermed in another way. Ile had proof that the saving might be mph greater i for he could show that that which WAS now printed for still, might be printed for three farthings, He contended that that Wag it great loss to the country. Besides, we had u Stationery Office, which did the same business at a Much less cost.. The Cointnittee condemned the principle of all p a t e nt offices, as Involving all the evils of commend/ 1 1 monopoly. Ms evil 4 they had carefully poilitcd out and it became the duty at the V o yerdmplitto attend to them. Yet be understood that the patent toe th e Kingf; printer bad been renewed, and renewed as 110 should conteinl, in the face of the Committee and of their report. fie held that the principle of monopoly was an evil, and that the Govermuent of the 'Duke of 'Wellington, which had been praised by th e lumber for Cal Wigton for its readiness to eftbct reduction, did not deserve that praise. Ile wished the lion. Member wait preaent no*, for ho would then say how be inter,. preted one orthgt 'Hon. Member's expressions, The lion. Mein. her had said that the /hike had efreeted as great reductions as were capable of being elkted without i n jury to the public service—that if greater retiftetions were made, the public, aer. vim could not goon. By that expression ho understood that if reduction were male the Minister could not Ctintinue his ma jority in that Ilotise--(bear, bear.)—tte asserted that the only reduction made by the Duke was the petty reduction of a lew yet'. assistant in the Excise, which had gone the round of all th e pator g t 44 , proofs of the Duke's intention to economise. ln under to obtaiii cofrcet information, he should require intermit. Linn in detail of the ex pees.ea pal profits of the eatablishment.— ahe nom Member here read fq p9tire,ct front the charges made m ono year, one of the ttem4 or which, 9 . loyfrs in a general fast, 0911.iu paeited considerable langliter.) , ..+He did oa iduject to the attionnt of )oney so mach tut to the principle, a n d he was ma ll o w by peel *he ear i ed his a : sordid (pylon's , : lie ile, !loved that one o the par of the compact was, the King's Printer should F t In Pattiarne, Ilt il vote for the Ministers:— (No, n0.).-It might not lie in the irm , MI6 he had little doubt that such wits the understandifig 2 s tir be eilluft on any Mernber to say whether be had ever seen rhe Bail iktember vote against the Miniaters. Ile did not think the lion,. Mentlinf had attY !eget 114 to sit in the (louse. At any ride be, otewted to d ill Don. embor sitting in the Haase ; for, by the introduction of b eef, 11, embers, the publie motley WAS lavishly disposed ref and the burdens of the etarpte were inereased,—(l tear, 1 learOeett was OR ipfintince of such timuigt op the public measures of the Cu..o try that he depreeateil. Et WAS by s!tpri unhallowed and illegal iniiiienee that the Ninidiglia Otrevelnitice Welt Supported. No man could g uy that thp yotea of that Ilopie)vero pot influenced with a view. fa lirolit and 011104/Pfnt,-(ifeart hear.)—pe re peated that the btationery Ulnae, winch was tit ported at an ex.. pence ten times greater than any °Mae in the l 4l was of doing much more bu siness than WAS now traintauterl'fitere. n wt. ooipion the King's Printer , app ointed by ratont, was Worse than At ..entractor, itir he was a contractor without a compe ti t or. After what 4 hid stated, was there any man who would say that the GoVerimp44 of the Duke of Wellington deserved the confidence id . the rtoaidrar Y Would the country Function such conduct Y He protested aiaintst ibis whole of the pot patent, and against the continuance of it ; 4arl if It bad been renewed, he thought that the Ho u se ought to bring (hie well who reilewed it, to their her, 'Me House would do so if it didlfs duty ; owlf it tilt zo wi.: should have nothing hitt an irresponsitde Al i ; nistry. ‘'.. ;' 1; respect to the lion. Member who was now con nected with the ittifq of the King's Printer, fie would not say that that I len, Member bad always voted for the Government, in CUMeiIIIVACA Or that appointment, As be WAS not then present in die Douse—Clicar, bear, hear, front Mr. Swittiswode.)--Ilut be would *ay th at he never `knit*/ ttie instance in which that Memorable ,Mittnher had voted against gie p ovortopeot„ "fie Brat return Tor whit:h lie should move would he for twines or , ebstracts of the:4count. or Messrs. Reeves and Strachan, - King's iPrinters, for goods tleiivertst and work performed duringthe lhat toy years. The object he had in view was, to ascertain the es. ;naive of 4cto of Parliament* sent to Jgstive*, bleilibtretei, itze., for which no less than 16,000 i. were charged in one year. He should move, therefore, for an account of the number of Acts of Parliament supplied by the King's Printer to the Houses of Par. liament, Offices of State, Public Libraries, Courts of Justice, Sheriflk, Magistrates, and acting Justices of the Peace in the Kingdom, with a statement of the charge, at so much.per sheet. His third motion would be for a copy of the existing patent to the King's Printer • and' his fourth, for a copy of a certain Bil and answer in a suit in Chancery, in which the King's Printers were plaintillk. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he had some reason to complain of the course pursued by the Hon. Member, who gave notice merely of a motion for a copy of the patent of the King's Printer, to IshichAm opposition was con. templated. The Hon. Member had, nevertheless, made a speech upon a variety of documents, t k which he (the Chancellor of the Lxchenuer) could make no reply, because, not expecting that speech, he had omitted to bring dovii the necessary fioumunts. The ' whole question was, whether ouch a patent as thatbf King% Printer ought to be granted? That patent was not yet before the House, and surely at the present moment it was premature to discuss whether, when Mr. Pitt first granted it, he had given it as a matter of patronage and profit to the individual ? Grant ing for the moment that it was so, , it was , at least fair to relieve the present Government from all obloquy, because they had completely altered the system, and` effbcted a saving for the public instead of creating a charge. Of this fact he should be able to satisfy the House when the documents were upon the table, when he should also show the convenience of havitig an authorised printer for Bibles and Acts of Parliament instead of Universities had to the chances of the trade. At present the had a concurrent right with the King's Printer, and to abolish the patent of the last would not destroy the right of the first. The object was that there shouldbe some responsible pers o n an . thorised to print the laws of God and man, and it was welt known that an Act of Parliament, from the press of the King's Printer, was evidence in a Court of Justice. He denied the present existence of any of the aggravated abuses mentioned by the Hon. Me.nber, and he denied also that the i nuke of Welling. ton had only reduced the patronage of Government by , the abo lition of a single office—that of Assistant-Solicitor to the Excise. lie put it to the Hon. Member whether, as a Gentleman, and not for the sake of argument, he meant to persist in that asset. tion, which every one who heard him, must be aware was not founded in fact ? The fact was, that as vacancies had occurred many of them had not been filled up : the office of one of the Commissioners of Stamps had been abolished ; a Commissioner. ship of the Board of Taxes had also remained vacant, and the same remark might be made of a Commissionership of the Ex cise, all which appointments might have been given away by the Duke of Wellington. The saving, by the removal of Mr. Carr, as Assistant-Solicitor of the Excite, had not been less than 5,0001. a-year. With regard to the observations of the lion. Member on the manner in which the Duke of Wellington had been said to have disabled himself in the I louse of Commons ' he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) could only reply, that the Hon. Gentleman had mistaken what had fallen front his Right Hon. Friend on this point, for all that his Right Iron. Friend had advanced was, that the Duke of Wellington had refused to take that course, with regard to Ministerial patronage, which would have enabled him to secure important additional support. Mr. SPOTTISWOODE contended that the charges of the King's printers would not be found unreasonable. He begged to know on what ground the Hon. Member for Middlesex had dared to assert that he (Mr. Spottiswoode) had entered into a compact with Government that he should always vote in their favour. He bad entered into no such compact; he denied the charge; and if the Hon. Member would not retract it he should throw It back in his teeth. It did not follow, because he ditibred from the Hon. Member for Middleiex, that he (Mr. Spottis. woode) must, of course, be corrupt. He had not the slightest objection to the production of the patent, or of the accounts, and hb challenged inquiry of every kind. He doubted, how. ever, whether the bill and answer In Chancery could be properly laid upon the table. Mr. O'CONNELL observed, that copies of the bill and an. swer might be procured on the payment of fees. It was not charged that the lion. Member (Mr. Spottiswoode) had himself entered into the compact referred to; the Hon. Member for Middlesex had merely remarked upon the singular fact that the vote of the King's limiter was always found on the side of Mini. sters. It true that an Act of Parliament from the press of iliaini'liirinier r w — a - relidenee in a Court of Justice;but no patent was neceuary, inasmuch as any man who had the con. tract was for that purpoae the King's printer. Ho was of old- Mon that the patent was illegal for uncertainty. Mr. MAMMY objected to discussion before the necessary papers were upon the table. The first motion was agreed to, after the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had exempted from it the profits of the King's printer as a private tradesman. Mr. HUME remarked that the Hon. Member (Mr. Spottis woode) had thrown at him what he (Mr. Hume) had never cast in the first instance. Although there was no compact, It was constantly found that • the King's printer bad voted with Go vernment. CHANCELLORThe of the EXCHEQER added, that what had roused the Hon. Member's indignation Wad the notion that he was under a compact to vote for ldinistem Mr. SPOTTISWOODE said that as he had understond the charge, he could not help tliselabning it. The other motions of Mr. Hume were carried, with the cit. ception of that for copies of the hill and answer in Chancery, which wus withdrawn. Mr. HUME moved for a copy of the Regulations now in force for granting Pensions and Allowances to Widows of Officers in the Army, Navy, and Ordnance; to Clerks in Public Offices, ate., in the United Kingdom. He observed that he wished to bring the principle of granting pensions before the House; for, as far as Ins opinion went, he was quite ready to agree to a reso lution, that from this day no new pension should be granted. He did not wish the law to he retrospective; and he was willing, if necessary, that the pay of officers should be raised, As mat ters now stood, extravagance was encouraged by the expectation of a pension. He took this opportunity of stating, that until this vice were taken out of the Poor Laws, the country would never have a bold independent peasantry ; and he contrasted the situation of the peasantry of England with that of the peasantry of Scotland, where however, math distress was prevalent. lie hoped that the subject would be discussed in this Session upon a new principle. Mr. R urn vEll hoped that the principle of not granting pen. sions to the relicts of those who had faithfully served their country would never he sanctioned by the House of Commons, and complained that a number of inferior but deserving clerks had been turned out of their offices without pensions. Lord F. L. GOWER vindicated themanner in which thepen sions of widows were at present. regulated, and denied that it led to extravagance on the part of officers. His predecessors in the situation he now filled had long struggled against feelings of compassion in granting pensions. Mr. WARBunToN said, that if the Noble Lord really meant to introduce economy into his department, he must arm him self with sternness to resist appeals to his feelings. All the Hon. Member for Middlesex wanted was, that officers and men in the army and navy should be placed upon the same footing. Mr. HUME added, that he objected to granting a pension to the widow of the rich man ' and excluding the widow of the poor man; they ought all to be placed upon the same footing. After a few words from Lord F, Gowea and Mr. "'LIMY:, the motion was agreed to. Colonel SIBTHORP brought in a Bill for establishing a Court of Requests for the Recovery of Small Debts in Great Grimsby. —lt was read a first time. —Adjourned tilt Monday. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF bfOTIONS AND ORDERS O) THE DAY WNW STAND IN THE ORDER BOOK FOR Wilt ENSUING WEEK. ORDERS OP 11118 DAY.-MONDAY, NOV. 8. 1. Sussex Juries Bill—Second reading. 2. Trade with British Possessions abroad Act—Committee thereupon. 3. Motion for Supply—Report thereupon, NOTICH Or MOTION. Sir Henry Hardinge—bill for the better regulation of the of rice of Sheriffs of Counties in Ireland. NOTICES OP MOTIONS, TUESDAY, NOV. D. 1. Mr. George Dawson—Bill to extend to Ireland the provisions of the Act prohibiting the growth of Tobacco in England and Sco.huni. • 2. Mr. Solicitor-General—Bill for extending the provisions of the Statute frauds. NOTICE OF srrtots, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10. Mr. Brougham—Local Courts of Justice Bill. NOTICES 01 , MOTIONS, TEURSDAY, NOV. 11. 1. Mr. O'Connell—Bill to repeal the Statute 7 Geo. 4, 0. 22, corn. manly called the Sub-letting Act. 2. Mr. Slaney—Bill to correct abuses in the Poor Laws and Bill for the better rating of tenements under a certain annual value. 3. Lard Francis Leveson Gower—Select Committee on 'rolls and Customs in Ireland. 4. Mr. Spring Itice—Select Committee on the state of the poorer chimes In Ireland, and tho best means of improving their condition. 5. Sir George Murray—Bill to render admissible Save evidence in the Colonies. oituEt_9F TIIN, DAV. Lttlement of the Poor Bill—Second reeding, rumen or surriwt, MOM', NOV. 12. Mr, Hobhouse- .Address reLnive to the Interference of thili Country with the Affairs of the Netherhunts. WOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. I. Mr. Stanley—ltesolutions relative to the Expenditure on the Rideau Canal.—(Monday, Nov. lb.) 2. Mr. flarvey—Address to his Majesty, that he will be gra ciously pleased to direct the Commissioners appointed to examine into the state of the Law, t inquire forthwith into the powers exercised by the four Inns of Court to ad. mit or 'reject persons who claim to become Members of such Inns, or. being Members, claim to b e ca ll e d to t h e Bar.—(A(twr Christmas.) 110 USE OF COM MONS......museusji. ryA 140 , ,,ontirv, fleSolveth—That this House will not receive any Petition for Private Bills, after Friday, the 95th day of February next. Resolved—That no Private Bill be read the first time after Monday, the gist day of March next. Resolved..-That tide House will not receive any Rep or t o f s uch Private Bill, after Monday, the oth .lay of May next. J. 11. LEY, Cl. Dorn. Cont. ELECTION PETITIONS. Several Petitions complaining of undue elections and returns being attired to be presented, the said Petitions were delivered in at the table I and being all of them Petitions of the last class, wine put into the glass at the table, and drawn by the Clerk in the following order • Dartmouth Borough Election—Petition of John llenry Seale, Esq. and Sir Henry Willoughby, Bart., complaining of that elec tion t —to be taken into consideration upon Thurdday, the , 26th day of this instant Noverniver. Paine Borough Election--Petition of Edmund -Ilopkinson, Esi,„ arid Edward Cheney, Esq,, complaining of that election-- Thursday, the With (14y of this instant November. Vet far Burghs Election—Petition of the Hon. Donald Oglivy,—,Thurettay, the :Id day of December next. Wigan Borough Election... Petition of James Ilardeastle and Richard Potter,' Foqrs...Thursday the tlAth or dam instant'Nov. Rye Town and rot Mection—Petition of De Lacy Evans, No i and 'Benjamin Smith, I , :sti.—Saturday, th e l ot o f J an . ne xt. Marlborough Borough Election — Petition of Sir Alexander Ma et,,flhrt. and John Mirehouse, of this instant Novernber. Esq.—Thursday, the 2Sth day Glogow, I. Ilurghs Eleelion.—Petition of Kirkman Finlay, Edq,—Thureday, the tki day of December next. St. Maws Borough Election—Petition of !mimeo Samuel Boyne, Richard Denman, and Sparse James, electord,fuedday, the 3 , tb day of this instant November. Tipperary County. o ml/in—Petition of the Roy. Walter filles, and others, e lectors —Saturday, the hit o f J anuar y next. l i imerick City Igection--P.tilion or Samuel Dickson, Esq.-- m m : 4y, refi Ist der of January next. weleod TUVirt KitniOliss , Petition of William Hughes and others, freemen—Saturday, the Ist tiny of January next. Carlow Borough Election... Petit ion of r r i t n e i s Bruce, Esq. and others—. Saturday, the lat day of January nest. Dublin city Election—Petition of Henry Grattan, Edmi --83 * turday, the tat clay of January n ex t. Evedhant Borough Election—Petition of Timothy Millingt on ' Win, Beach, and ulcer eleetors—.Thoaday, the ':d nee. next. Bnroughbridge Borough Election—Pt:Wien of Andrew Law` wit m od wtmarrt Alexander Mackinnon—Thursday, thettdd" December hdxt. The Duke of W ELLINtiTow - ,. on his way to the PO Ise of Lords, no Thur►xlay ni g ht, w „ f o n o w e il by WOW persona who hoully hissed and peened fti Me Grace' s carriage passed along the streets. Several stones were flung at the F►}ri ;age, but without doing injury to any per son; the carriage passed on at a lipid rate. ~~ ,~ 3 .:i MR:O'CONNELL TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND. (From the Dublin Morning _Register.) LONDON, 'NOV. I, 1830. I have just heard that the act-of despotism has been repeated. The paltry trick, got up with all the dexterity of pettifogging: skill, to stifle public seotiment, having failed, though it had the name of a Duke at its head—of a Duke who ought to be, though he is not, alas, Irish—this paltry attempt having disgracefully failed—the Government has once more put forth the hideous arm of legal despotism, and proclaimed the " Irish Volunteers.' Understand the legal effect of this document, and obey it to the extent qj the law—but not one jot Rather. Let the obedience to the law, despotic as it is be immediate. There must be per. sons somewhere about the Government—there must be some se. cret and Unknowaadvisers whose sanguinary counsels maybe listened to, Alas for Ireland, if the people were not cautious and prudent. Those who would again extinguish the spirit of Irish liberty in Irish blood must not be gratified. Let no man violate the law. Let every man obey the bfw. I. abjure all those who could refuse to attend to advice so obviously calculated to pro mote the peace and happiness of Ireland. Let, therefore, the law be obeyed. I repeat once more any advice under these heads First—Let there be no illegal oath taken by any person. Secondly—Let there be no secret society formed. Thirdly—Let there be no force or violence whatsoeyer re. sorted to. • Fourthly—Let every effort be Made to reconcile and hind in ties of the strictest kindness and alThctlon the Catholies and Protestants together. He is an enemy to Ireland who dales not promote the most cordial conciliation. Fifthly—Let the law be obeyed. Sixthly—Let the exertions for the repeal of the Union encrease with the feeling of honest indignation, which must till thebreast of every human being who hears of the r, petition of the dpspotic proclamation. Exertions to repeal the Union must be continuous. Meetings to petition should take place in every parish in Ireland.; Peti. tions should be poured on the table of the House of Commons, till it groans beneath them. It is thus alone that the spirit of the people can be constitutionally shown. It is thus that-it will become quite irresistible. But whilst I recommend obedience to the prociamatiom—do advise you to submit beyond the letter - of the law ? Certainly not. Attend then to what the legal effect of the proclamation is—and obey it to that extent only. The proclamation only prohibits "the meetings" of the Irish Volunteers." It does not, and it could not, dissolve that body. The Association of " Irish Volunteers for the repeal of the Union" continues to subsist, notwithstanding the proclamation. It, should continue to subsist. Every man should bertune a member of it, if he desires to see the Union repealed, Or dis. likes despotism. It is not illegal to become a member of that body—and I in, tend immediately to enrol three more of my sons and my two grandsons in the " Irish Volunteers." The secretary is at liberty to take down the names of all persons becoming inemberi4 Thus the Irish Volunteers may increase in numbers laitwith. standing the proclamatlon,•and without violating the law, Re. collect 1 tell you, it isonly "the meetings" which are prohibited. But the meetings are prohibited only in a qualified way; that is, they must disperse after fifteen minutes, if any Majstrate orders them so to disperse. The Irish Volunteers may, eren in the presence of a Magistrate, continue their meetings for four teen minutes without incurring any of the penalties prescribed by the statute. For the present, then, my advice to the " Irish Volunteers," is to continue to procure persons to become members, and I will, by the next post, suggest the mode of holding these fourteen toinetes' meetings. Every thing Trust, however, be perfectly public and above board. But this is not all. No persons ate worthy to be free who do not resist by all legal and constitutional means the progress of despotic authority. These are not times in which any man is warranted in base or timid subserviency to unjust assumptions of power. ' It is. now the duty of every man to rally round all that is left of the law, and to strain every nerve within legal limits for the constitutional regeneration of our country. Let, therefore, public meetings continue in every manner not already prohibited. Besides parochial meetings to petition, you can, in the tow ns and cities, continence a system of public enter tuinments, at which all necessary political subjects may be dis. cussed. 1 would wish that an experiment of a public breakfast were made at the theatre where the last public dinner wiugiven. Tickets, at one shilling a head, may be issued, in sulflcient num. bent to defray all expences. A Committee of Management should, in the first instance, be got up so as to have all arrange ments made to prevent there being any kind of confusion or dis. order, and thus the intrigues of the miserable Antiarish" party may be exposed—the miseries of the country brought for. ward for Investigation and redress and the modes of obtaining that redress, in a legal and constitutional manner, pointed out to the people. If the Government think tit to proclaim down breakfasts, why " then we will resort to a political lunch." If the luncheon be equally dangerous to the peace of the great Duke we shall have political dinners. If political dinners be proclaimed down, we must, like certain sanctified dames, resort to "tea and tracts," leaving us a right to meet at supper, until suppers are also pro. claimed down—a step which I suppose will be postponed until the return to Ireland of that sprig of most martial valour, Sir Henry Hardinge But in sober sadness let us show our solemn determination that no despotism shall deter the friends of the leglslatise inde pendence of Ireland from asserting her claim to relief. Let all be quiet=let all be peaceable—let all be legal—let all be consti tutional—but let us persevere with undaunted rind unmitigated resolution to urge on the tuitional wish for legislative indepen dence. The Duke of Leinster and Sir Charles Morgan, and men of that calibre, have no claim or. our regard. They may call them. selves " the aristocracy," and I suppose they do belong to that illustrious and now fading body...but it is a cruel misfortune for Ireland that mockery must mingle with her misfortunes, and that contempt enhances her miseries. r • People of Ireland—persevere in obedience to the law—but in every exertion consistent with that obedience, calculated to give back to the people of. Ireland their native country. Itecollert•that if you repeal the Union, you get back for Ireland at least eight millions of pounds sterling per annum, which are now raised In, and spent o9tof, I undervalu; the abet of the 'repeal of the Union, when 1 state it at eight millions sterling a year. This is wort)! struggling for—this is worth contending for..-to restore tolreland what she had during the time her domestic legit. laturo was Independent—Abundance and prosperity—sweetened by all the soul-exalting blessings of constitutional liberty. Believe me take, beloved fellow.countrymen, your most faith. and devoted servant, DANIEL O'CONNELL. THE WHALE FISHERY. (From the Hull Advertiser of this city.) The following Table presents, at one view, the results of the late Fishing Season, so far as it can be at present ascertained, with respect to the Ships belonging to thss Port. Ships and Captains. I Sailed. Arrived' Fish. Tun Ozenhope, Mackintosh Lee, Lee Harmony, Parker Abram , Jackson Ariel, !losers Mary Frances, Coldray Comet, Woodhall Jane, Maddison Progress, Dannatt Klrkelln, Carlin William Torr, Dannatt Andrew Marvel, Orton Lord Wellington, Harrison Ellison, Jackson Everthorpe, Johnson Brunswick, Laurel, Manger Odder, Mackenzie Cumbrian, Munro Venerable,Bennet Eagle,Wright Kiero, Martin Alfred, Brass klumphrcys. ..... ........ Donlon, Liiiskill Zephyr, Ash Volunteer, Markham.......... William North Jail. :W Feb. 1 Mar. 11 Loot. Oct. 28 ... il .•• ... 9 Lost Oct. 27 ••••: ~...1 clean . 3 clean clean ... - 15 1199 Id iN.. uv. S Oct. 26 Last. Lost. Oct. 27 ,Oct. ,47 •111 V 5 clean I 6 B 6 ... 21 *ll cfenn ... 2I: ... ... a Ingria, Duncombe, Scottln swan, I)ring North Briton, Story ..... • ..... Harmony, Bratnhana Nov. 2 lOct. 27 3 Whitby Lott. Nov. 2 clean elein dean 'total I fa tio:oittn:luu.ntn(i:soCit jne;°:chltinikiiitpmeitt To complete our list, and give a general view of the Fishery for the present year, we subjoin the return for the other Ports : Wurrav—Phcenlic t 'llallilee, 4 fish, 40 tuns • William and Ann, Terry, lost. NRWCARTI.II—Cove, Palmer, fish, 75 tuns ; Oren. ville Ray, Warham, 4 fish, 130 tuns; Lady Jane, Fleming, 3,fish, BO GRERNOCR...MII3, lust. licawrca— Norfolk, Harrison. 2 fi sh, 00 tuns. BRUNT lewNl►—Majestic, Davidson, 1 fi sh. KlRKALDlC7oCaltinetitoo.ll,BL........aoLid:Bl iii iis he i tu t i u m n ;:E ; Earl re b r i c e Y r: lkividron, clean Thorns, clean ; Triad, Davidson, clean. MUTH—Baffin, Marr, last; Juno, Lyall, I fsh, 15 tuns North Pole, Smith, 1 fish ; Prince' of Orange, Outhen, 1 fish, 14 tunsLltattler, Stodart, lost; Hlverston, Liston, 1 fish, 10 tuns; William and Ann, Smith, clean. Is o Valentine, lost; Advice, Deuchar I fish, tln tuns ; Dorothy, Davidson, 1 fish, 22 tuns ; Fairy. Welch, fish, 3) tuns ; Friendship, Chapman, 1 fish, 12 tune; Horn, 'Stephenson, I fish, 12 tuns ; Princess Charlotte, Adamson, clean; Thomas, Thorns, 1 fish, 22 tans; Three Brothers, Sayan, lost. Morriltosit—Elisa Swim, Fulton, clean; London, Burn, clean;. Monarch, Davidson, fish, 57 tuns; Spencey, Robertson, lost. AlliikiDliEN—Alezarider, Allen, lost; lion Accord, Parker, I fish, 10 tuns ; Dee, Cork, S fish 105 r i o c ; t e t v,,f Shansi,:Ct 111rsi r i nt d lso . ;: tuns; Hercules, Reed, fish, 10 tuns • Lietitis, Clark, lost; Middleton, James, clean ; Middleton, 'Mills, lost; Neptune, 'truce, I fish, 15 tuns ; Princess of Wales, White lost Saint Andrew, Reed, it Huh, '2O tuns. fish, i7,isestluini.l:4:4ll4anenribal'aYingiefits2ht,i,23hu,Rivtifileilaon: lost nin; James, Hogg,• 2 fish, 18 tuns; Mary, Stewart, 1 fish, 10 t Trav eller , iuP erse ver ance , Simpson,7 i t th: , t 1) . I n Superior , s n . tuns, 'fad number of ships to Dav is' Straits, 91. MONEY-MARKET. There has occurred to-day (Friday) this change in the cha racter of the Stock-market, tnat although prices are not higher, the transactions hear a better appearance, and have not that con. tinned downward tendency, which has been thought by the num i e d interest, for these three days past, so fatal a symptom of the state of public credit. Some of them, therefore, compare to.day's fluctuations to the agitation whi c h yellows a storm at sea, and which may be taken as an indication that the worst is over. Latterly there has been nothing like a rally, but the prices remain fixed, or nearly so, to the point to which they had been depressed by a large and repeated sates. The extreme fluctuations this morning in Consols lay between Si 1 4 and 80% ; I but the highest and the lowest were reached several times, and the last quotation was 80% sellers for the Account. The sales were extremely heavy; one brokeraione supplied the market to the extent of 400,04 , A, anti was followed by others in smaller ,urns, but this Was met by purchases on the part of some of the h.ading men in the house, made with great confidence, so that on the whole public confidence is not in a worse state than yester day. in many quarters we have heard apprehensions expressed today of great mercantile failures, but we do not rind that any of note have taken place. It is easy to raise an alarm on such a subject now, though in ordinary times it would command no at. Written, and the el rcumstances, after all, may have nothing to do with the credit of the country itself. This Is what the ettizens generally now lay to their charge, and if the distrust continuo', .11 aAree that there must ensue a severe shock to mercantile cr edit ; may, in that case, as is obvious, it will become the anti nut the cause, of th e d ec li ne in the value of Government Securities. The Bank, if that is not already the case, will be the next to take the alarm ; and, in the struggle for security, every merchant in the country must, at least, suffer some inconve. lance. They latanv4e6ailtriceart.loyucetienou,gathwtowsiuusitetaititistinymfavailu:rsedaiitirouti::: as well as by direct losses by the buntings and plunder in Urns gtitit• oAti Antwerp, the Itlinistiy, if they iced to their perplexities at this moment by any rash or ill-eansidered step in foreign natio, Hence, ptrhaps, in part, the feeling against the Duke of Wellington width htts arisen so suddenly in the City, that r. greater change was probably never experienced in. so Short a time in the popularity of any Mlniater.—Tisties. THE NEW FRENCH MINISTERS. (From a Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle.) Ist. M. Lafitte, Miuister of Finance, and President of ,the Council of Ministers ! ! Mark that ! Pre4ident of the Council of Ministers ! So that he ii to give the tone to the Cabinet, and his grin ciplts are those - which are to prevail. There can be no mistske abPut this I Who then is N. Lafitte? A %pub bean ! an avowed Republican ! an avowed Republican of ' thirty ears' standing ! Why, when, some months ago, I commenced my correspondence with the Morning Chro nick, and said, ~" we are all hastening onwards towards republicanism !" some stared, and others *sighed, an& most of all sneered; and yet, the 3d of November, 1830, we have Lafitte, the Republicen, President of the Council of Ministers of a Citizen Xing, - electe I by the people! and Lafayette, the oldest Republican in Europe, if not in the world, Commander-in-chief of the National Guards of France! Poor Charles X. must be very happy to be four hundred miles further removed from such,/ sad state of things, and must also despair of ruling again - over " his loyal and devoted subjects." I told you the Liberals were not loyal ! But let us go on with M. Lafitte. Well, then, the President of the Council of Ministers was born at Bayonne in 1767, and was the son of a car penter 11—is now in trade—keeps a banking-house- 7 'nd, oh, horrible! is, in fact, a shopkeeper!! The Royalists say, that to have a shopkeeper fora Minister is enough alone to send down the Reines five per cent. France re plies, that she meddles not with the stock-jobbing politics of the Bourse, and that the Rentes go doevn and will go up—for the President of the Council is a Republican, and an honest man. Lafitte began at an early age his commer cial career. For many years he was clerk, then super intendent, and, ultimately, partner, in the banking-touse of Perregaux. After the death of the elder Perregaux, M. Lafitte, for ten years, conducted the house, the son of hie late partner being little snore than a sleeping one in the firm. By talent, industry, good sense, and straight-for ward conduct, he gained a good reputation and a very large fortune. He was named successively President of the Tri bunal of Commerce, and Governor of the Bank of France, the emoluments attached to which office he would not re ceive, although he devoted his time and talents to that great establishment, H. Lafitte is not a man of great education. He is acquainted with his native tongue—speaks plain, good common` sense—understands perfectly-well how to express himself.-and has even so improve& himself in the art of- public speaking, as to paid for a very good orator, In England you would not thick him elOquent, but at l east he will vie with the Duke of Wellington ! ! In the Chamber of Deputies he' has always supported the cause of liberty, was a devoted hater of the Boutbone—protested against the dissolution of the National Guards—and was the friend of the persecuted Manuel, who has been accused of having composed fur Lafitte sonic of his hest speeches. M. Lafitte, in 1815, after the second capitulation of Paris, when all was dis order and confusion, presented to the public Treasury 80,0001. sterling, to preserve the eountty from ruin—and during the late Revolution of July opened his Bank to all the. poor and unfortunate who applied for relief, gave them money, provisions, • and arms, and urged on that Revolu tion, to march with which he is now appointed President of the Council of Ministers ! Besides these acts of gene resity, he presented to the fund for the relief of the widows and wounded the sum of 20,0001. sterling ! ! M. Lafitte, on being elected fur the departments of Seine and Basses Pyrenees, selected the latter as the place of his birth, and has recently been re-elected at Bayonne without opposition. To Beranger, the songster of France., he was a friend in his imprisontnent, and visited and cheered him iu his captivity. When the Bourbons op pressed that . admirable poet, and when in poverty and wretchedness he pined, Lafitte folded him in hi* arms, gave him in his house an asylum, and delicately placed him in a bureau in his vast establishment, where there was, however, scarcely any thing to do, in order that the needy but independent Beranger might not feel that he was a pensioner on the bounty of his patron. Thin is Lafitte. He may have comtnereial enemies, and banking opponents, and Stock Exchange antagonists, but be has no personal foe ; and no one disputes the honesty of his conduct, the integrity of his political life, or his devotednees to the cause of the people. The daughter of M. Lafitte is married to the son of the Marshal Ney, the Prince of Moskwa. This marriage has been called one of ostentation, and Lathe has been charged with a love of rank, and of splen dour and titles. If this charge had been true,- this Re publican Minister might have been Peer of France himself in Charles the Tenth's reign, if he would only have aban doned his course of fearless opposition to the Bourbon dynasty. This is our President of Council and Minister of Finance. Some wish he had accepted the post of Mi nister of the Interior, and that a hanker had not been chosen as the Chief of the Treasury. It may be that this objection is a good one—though the undoubted immense wealth of thii firm and solid capitalist, added to hie pru dence and honour, would be sufficient guarantees against any malversation, and would secure to the rentier (tem& deuce, and the Government support. 2. Marshal Marquis. Maison, Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Marquis is no new man to Europe. He is well known, and his mare name is it tower of strength. He was born at Epluay, in November, 1771, and entered .1...... 117t in the servi , e of the Viriunteers organised in Paris in 1792. From that period to 1914, he never retied to serve his country as a soldier, and various were the wounds he re ceived on the field of battle. 1n•1794, on the let July, before Mons, at , the head of a few grenadier', he contested with 800 Austrians ; and when he found hitnsell alone in the midst of his enemies, he refused to sheathe his sword, and was left for dead on the ground. To follow him in his career would be a long though a pleasing task. In 1800 he fought in Holland, and was wounded by a ball in his chest. At the peace of Amiens, he received the Vice of Commandant of the Department of Tanaro—assisted at the battle of Austerlitz, and distinguished himself in the campaign, of Prussia in 1806. He subsequently served under Victor in Spain, when he w.a wounded seriously in his right foot. Subsequently be served under Bernadotte against the Walcheren expedition ; and afterwards showed new proofs of courage and talent in the war against Russia. On one occasion, after having two horses killed under him, and being wounded 'by a ball in his shoulder, he mounted the third charger, and led on hie troops to' victory. In 1818, he received the command of the hotly of the army destined to defend the Rhine, and to cover Belgium. Defeated, how ever, at Antwerp, Louvain, &c., he retired to Lille, and there signed an armistice with the Allied Powers, and give in his adhesion to the decree of the Senate which, pronounced the fall of N a p o l eon ! I n 1815 h e was ma d e Peer of France and Governor of Faris—and when Louis XVIII. gave to France a Charts, the Marshal Maison was conscientiously disposed to support the King, because lie believed that the 510:larch gave with honest intentioas, anti did not intend subsequently to withdraw or to alter the Charts, which he appeared freely to bestow. Since that period, Maison has distinguished himself by his oppo sition to the Villele faction—aud to all measures not fa vourable to public liberty—and has been a zealous advocate of popular rights in the Chamber of Peers. Matson, is, undoubtedly, more a great Military Commander than * Diplomatist, or Minister of State; but his acquaintance with foreign countries and Courts, the high respect in which his talents and character are held by all foreign Powers, and the certainty which every one will have,wken they rend his name, that France does not intend. to "Omit to any system of foreign dictation or chicanery, will give great weight and imputance to the new Ministry. Mahlon, during the time of Napoleon, uever concealed his desire fur a less absolute Government, and for a Charts or a Constitution. He joined the party of Louis XVIII., I when lie gave the Charts, hoping that he should see France enjoy the liberal instivrions which it promised ; 1 but when lie found otherwise lie joined the opposition. and to him was entrusted, in August last, the task, in , conjunction with Otlillon Barrot and M. de Schonen, of conducting to Cherbourg the cortege of the fallen and now exiled Bouillons. It must however be admitted that the President of the Council is • more republican than Marshal Meison, and that whilst all the rest belong to the Extreme Gauche, perhaps the Marquis must he classed with that portion of the Centre Gauche, which borders on the Extreme. His selection is, however, judicious, and there can be no doubt that he will march with M. Lafitte, Dupont de I'Eure, Sehastiani, Sce. &e, 8. The Count Montalivet, Peer of France, Miniiter of the Interior ! What age is he ?—Twenty-eight twenty-eight ! 'He was one of those who fought with the people—and for the people—and in the ranks of the people on the 27th, 28th, and 29th of July, 1830—against the soldiers of Charles X. 1 He was educated at the Poly technic School. lie is the we of the celebrated Monts livet, who was Minister of the Interior under. Napoleon Buonaparte, and of whom, wh e n a prisoner at St. Helena, the fallen Emperor said, llonnete Jeanine qui m'est da mem+, je tou'ours tendrement attache." Yes, the father of this young roan WWI exiled by the 'Brienne Mi nistry in 1788—was a warm and zealous advocate of the French Revolution—and when, daring the reign of terror, he was Mayor at Valence, he Maintained peace and order, while he protested against the violence and murders which were practised in the capital under the name of liberty. The young Count, though a Peer of France, has not yet the right to take it deliberate part in the Chamber, on account of his age. His appoi n tment is i mpor t sa t, 1 cause it proves that the revolution is nolonger to tell peeled—but is to be allowed to march. , 'Heilta ytaisg",' —Le belongs to this rising generation-=-t t i,thisestv oru of things in France—to this young France, which 1 mends, and will hive all leer institations eorroperldti' the age in which we live. He i s a young mom' tile:l ot' industry—of zeal--of devotedness to his countrt il •-°' he will lead the way to the atta inment of public lart sod not be ever and anon ob struetin ; the march of ll anytro:iyostibeifleiesa tpthiaticiopouo,bilaicen:vroibuies:l :tries will complain of this ins without experience--unused to political Horcrninue intnietit that he Is a young col. the example of Pitt—and ills. be ardent and zealous must not be 'objected his at dour will do them no harm, and will prevent th the age and experience of Malvin awl Lilt t from becoming cold, or from forgetting the nature of Pb eGacwi aahnui itdecl" 4 iri liberty . :l t kli °: objected nation--but / s al Inyb . : dB% 11 t . taoutotatFhti Merllhou, el:g:l°lai:Dslsanedcl°PlaectoPi tanuP'rvu iti:nhicause—and Minister whilst Publichi it h l i 1 l u t r o c ji I t i e l' s a r $ Religion ! Oh! bow the Pr iests will swear-When a. read this! What! M. Merilhou, the ilarrister--die I litical writer—the advocate for the Courtier .I*Yinta? the Republican 11,1erilhou—the defender of neirlYsii'" who for years past have been accused of writing Politi libels! M. wince and aAnider,ilclaiopue,rlblinhiostwer theof Priiiithilielt:nor..:lo,..n, ti of Religion ! Yea, verily, awl so he is! Oh! hoar Jesuits in the Colleges will,trernble!..-how th' P s ' Arrishislin and Cardinals will rant and rave about the "t "" ing in danger," and 6' the Ark of the Lord" heingiu hands of the Philistines; and haw the leotard' the D! of Nrodena's system, who burn Virgil and florseti the Family Shakspeare system, which noldiAte° th' It statuary for the sake of a sham deceney--and the eiliaii of the Jesuit system, who have prepared A ir4t6l Francs., leaving out all that pivoted front the wnevoluth ke, the Restoration ! How all these youths ill kic fight when they perceive that zit, Iliferilhou, the Pep bean, the Liberal Barrister , a young mass •tO 4 " 11° years of age—that he, is eppeiated to slirect the i t cation and superintend the religioul instr°o,:4:l:t people! Yet so it is--and I pletlee lui r " ''''''. new Minister shall perform his duties withiSo.t. said without reproach! He will cut dowe with pruning-knife without mercy. All the eltereill.o_' moths. Holdr of the old system, he will wash low All the wood he will remove. Thole' "le church will have to pay their priests, and thou rib ° to fit not to go will be at liberty to do let witheut it! / pro . te e to support a religion they do not believe in Or most perfect toleration will be allowed--set P. cheer people will be alike protected in the enjoymep °' er ,i6, vil rights and religious privileges -..but sPriei's tht ; will be no longer an introduction to the lce, or to the Treasury. Of the other Ministers it will be ileum:ol6l for ID give you P.O account. a Minitel The republican, Dupont de l'Eure, ren' i t i l ~,,S.l) Justice ! The Eatreme Gauche , if not Gerund,rel'u,"''" I Can; the Minister of Marine ; and °O en " .to , I of the Extreme Gauche of the Chiuber o f POO! b atl u i:e t Ttef w itiir h som o fietW a r our re ri n i OlkiWllsitnrtyishetlrinsat'hejoWttilt7yreehavwe hfaulitlvweereo'ti:a":.l:ri Broglie is gone ! and Guiso; is gone! and M° l '''' g : and so are Casimir Perier, Dupin, and Dillon. They all honest men in their way ; but that war not 4 : 00 , France—of the million—of the majority. We Wept), Admitasttation of the People. There might hare.' Lek republicans than Alaimo and Gerard, but still, tbhroy,,a,e, to the party of the people, and the majority iut L is most decided. ----- n1E:0E1 PROCLAMATION BY Tlal 1 OF THE UNITED STATO` -------.... 0 , i vo " Whereas, by an Act' of the Congreta2 14 ,, i , 1 States, passed on, the 29th day of May, lts"„T; i 1 si vined, that whenever the Prevident of the tcli o .4 , shall receive satisfsctory erilienee that theool2. ..Pri Great Britain will open the pais in it u°, l l ( s, sessions in the W,it Indies, on the continer. to 1 America, the Bahama islands, the Csicoas of I !'„,, f i t muds or 'Sumer Islands, to the vessels rrottoita.l B tlti as for an in or for a limited' re t.,:11, vessels of t h e United .States, end their essruglra;°lll, the colonial ports aforesaid, shall not i r oi t.hie h r sa g ra:y r a higher duties of tonnage or int ti., the United Stater; that the vessels 1 sa"' ; ""''' .1° may import into the said colotosatpe • °which could le Malted States, any article or SP A ' . ~temiees ported in a British vessel into the e lc- Stites may export (row. th the United States; and that the colonies ofitret description, than ,thugrnrivvlintjgulin Ithei:::idPlict.l.lo°7rltit.tilllrr'itirl.4-1:474'11::: Coned, to any country whate v e r, other trr i n ee thit co or possessions of Great Britain,. snY ' lg c _ .aey' sue' exported therefrom in a British v essel, w o , a l, other than the British dominions or' po , 0 lin . said ; leaving the commercial intercourtsti; joie States with all other parts of the H rl frod eriO' or possessions on a footing , not lesl ibee 0 0, the United States than it uMr 11 1 1 ) . ~e d , ,itstr ° is such case, the President of the siu_ est get' be authorized, at any Cote before ths, " . .„,,,1130 t!' Congress, to issue his proclamatiotn deelsrol"sad {(op' received such evidence; and that. tbrrrfh°, '1%4 0 ''' date of such proclamation, the port° °' ~, ti ss 4 •,; ' : e Ilritiveh'ijie.l.l shall be opened, indefinitely, or for a t , . e . ‘ 01 t be 0 1 10 case may be, to British verse" their ' 1 ", , a ltrt _ofthethialoo.l:o, tisk colonial possessions, and eteir eargotk„, a t ori other or higher duty of tonnage oa irr i T t ; le yid 0 1 any description wbatevet, than. 10ulu oe ,, ortif i i, vowels of the United State*, or tbe c ar s hA ll be I lw i t the said British possessions ; and that It t t' o v ,a,d It the said British vessel* to impart into .rsicletoiki:,, and p ib le e m c i e ue bl ia t l r r n ' y he a tion,' passed on the 18th day and to export thereforrn, any article "1'; the Coil.' ~- , 1 tray require. Act, to , esr p t a it . le e i d l t l A , 4, riiitsl: ep ui34 l:l, iti s e ° c A o c i be imported or exported inc '1 • orv ing .. - 1 1 cial Intercourse between the Unite d ( liforri",i, and an Act, entitled $ An Act of AtoPrrile'ej;leti:;l:dicl British Ports,' passed nn t he I.t der o f rept' shall, in such case be suspended, or 31r4° , VOI , . fortbu" il " And whereas, by the said Act, It ''' t o Os a.. United ~,, 0 I ' l that whenever the ports of 66. ' bV e ' , been opened under the authority IMlr t e t j t o so i ; ; ` vessels and their cargoei shall be 01° ' the i ' l" ‘l , , the ports of the United States fr°r" or „ f ol i o vinces, or colonies of Great Britsiot "11,1,011001 e American continent, and north or ce n t' Isar bre° ~ 1 " And whereas aatiafactory evidence ot * bete l, by the President of the United B"''s' tat i d, shall give effect to provisions of the act s i ` or 6 0 be vernment of Great Britain Will ° P eP ions i ° i f period the ports in its colonial past''''o,,, the / : 1 Indies, on the continent of South .0 1 : 3e or Sool!' t or Islands, the Caicos, and the Itertoo°' t o tie' , to the remelt of the United Statficrialisill° upon the terms and according to t he it s aforesaid Act of Congress : ‘,., 1 130 ~.6. ) 1 iO l dttUhhanea:i:tedollospeurocrSwAhat';:tiotiv:bni,deoorelefnfBf:Asetrhoell:', aeiit'ihccabAetejtoeltpifjll)°orerCorbt:se'nerjoibfrctdc-Y-IsLibto-elPswisti:o:l:4o4';:i:l,,,,,o.lAfj:sl4lll4:: from the date of this proclainatioo, or" 0,101700 corning f'om the said British poseeesi ° ! " , / be lgt l upon the terms , set forth in the saidfte6ii 0 , del ti, v ' Au Act concerning Navigation,' na' y ther!liej, of April, 1818 ; the Act suppleMent6Arnt Onto:Ont the 15th day of May, 1820; and the no , t Act to regulate the Commereial Intsre ° , 0 00 1 ,1 United States and certain British Porta•si; 04, day,,of March, 1828, are absolutely, relt°,7,,, OW, ports of the United State*, yearly and their cargoes are aditlitted_9,o4,, e,:" and Colonies of Great Britain, on „,‘":" of lii t American Continent, and North or r'''" hi It States. • of ‘").• 0 ' " Given under my hand, at the ct u t r y, ~,,a 18 5 , sth day of October, in the year of 0 , r sta tes, 55th of the Independence of the initet.',„ jAGI+7 6$ ANDl ig " ~ e front the laillor LLOYDS N8U1.....1"11 _ it— --- Dy the President, el . l ,l la FIELD SrOnTS OA 'fliP 'l,l the the forthcoming edition of this very P 0 v author has given soot attitotto docriptif 4 orand solitary foreets of Scandinavia, in tho Wil, which the bear makes his abode. In th',/:,ft , eeretary St'"' 1 courage 2114 enterprise of the writer Intre'frc" to sift-stet!, *IA so i general, a d eo have been already trsostiteil iota .070 e German, and are expected shortly to Al)P4:4r I not= _n to lovnetraereostfintte icoblaiseio litnerrra.tritvicati,tulrotti lingulge•