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- _ i '~~~ I ~~~u ~~~ 'tetitt . HAWKER ON SHOOTING. üblished this day, in Svo., price 18s., in cloth, Sixth Edition, enlarged and improved, with Thirty Plates and irood.cuts, -I N STRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTS ,. AIEN in all th a t relates to Guns and Shooting; .uif f erence betw een th e Fli n t an d P e rcu s sion System ; p li !eeetl'ation of Game ; Getting Access to all Kinds of p r th ; Secific Direction s , with new Apparatus, for Wild Shooting, both on the Coast and in Fresh Water ; .. y 'W Dire c ti ons f or T rout Fi s hi ng ; an d Ad v i ce t o th e "ng Sportsman on other subjects. By LIEUT.-COL. P. HAWKER. " Colonel Hawker is one of the best shots in Enrc band, and his Instructions to Sportsmen' the very best ook we have en the subject."—Blackwood's Magazine. Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London. 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WA RBURTON—BuRxE—JOHNsorr— t's-tilmoN sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS—GOLDSMI TH 1 \ ‘ ,. 4( ' X "%""--.-JUNIUS BEATTIE CH UR CHILL...-11 A ~RTON'"ERLA ND 13 . ()SWILL COLMAN—T. and J. Burs- BA RETTI.—TIIO3I AS and R• ' 4 'l% " tur kint, N HUGH KELLY MU RPM —Dr. HOADLY Maas4A B ICKER STA PI T ICKELL —HOME—C. YORkE k rne Itte couoNt Mrs. MONTAG U—WHITEHEAD -1414' A :L ICLI '. I HAWKESWORTII—MA LLET—MTS. COW WILKES WILSON—GA INSROROUGHt the ' h ale e very little plunder which fell to tile swell thieves on Monday, is supposed to he 41,4' owing to the timely warnings given by the Press, t ' t 'ts f l o ;' l ,,the . effect of sending the majority of the spec 'Ll with empty pockets. are sure, de l ' 4N, too, Wil l 174 Aious deelatilr a slight notion ' raism himselfl ; WETHERt lock-jaw" vtl bj ect. -(THIS DA ;lit breeze..-- 3. S. E.—Sailed innia, Legrandf Duke of Glouce 2t Hope, from i Quebec. Lady Ridley S to Lloyd's, at of the cessation Belgians, arrive tn. It was sent,; his Majesty next, at half•P )naidered at liberty se adds, in his let° f hostility, he IV ° his fi re. The too -(THIS DA bours to-day. the sitting Men petitioner, !n returned, and tY to it were frivol ° tion was, that 0 1 vere not received of good ; the C' ion, end so have lIS DAY.) ' BRITISH CO?' up fYom the Req and Towns in Eng' .1 4.2 g. IC WEEKS PRECEP .1 40s. .1 419. )RN. 1.1 1.1 S DAY.) E 0' CL 0 CA' .om Antwerp, of t .lie suspension of ej , gians was reeeiv itifying from Geoe that on Thursdei liberty to comol e , provoked, be %Iv io Janeiro, of the ing on well there a National G' is r its sanction. \larch have heel: ican Coffte-hotie e ' ag we bear o f i the late change! appears by a P ji goal of that P' WI on criminal evert the court -v )f the David Cl' it the long ePe l free hundred n'e plum no trans 3, Ata, arrived the ole of which has l ted. T he 0 01 f Tuikey opiu the, were o ff e red la by the SwatiO to loss of the 09 0 • hig ti Sl:e was frog t d had on board pecie. It is said the tapis in Fr ing has brougll' i ench Ministry, sif , ch Funds. The It 53f., and state French capital. re not finally sett, of considerable e Dutch Goverell t hostilities had Lent. it events, our r the account, and then weal h Ministry was in in the city. the Foreign 10 5 1 F-PAST Ofi express from 1 1 ° settlement of t' le r : hey will mostly c:j , s not take the It army. ra S 2 down to 6/1' ather worse, O a. n securities. !EE 0' CL 0 C x, 1 Thaben's Pro c d? 11 on the 'ol3''' titer being interr." it into the Po it ',, isel can hencefo rth nt it. DAY. ommander-in- o,je t i ',)prises the inha bi y and citadel W' i i o4 l alf-past nine oc b t] e hostilities 04 • on your prude r 6 rdingly oppose Or severe penalti es y express orders '1 ;envy requires itv flatter myself •5t ie to me the cov to this day, t ak _ e • own interest Im•-01‘• ivil and militai y sons and prop el tf t. , [ to doubt t h e . Ministry, - i t individual V IC° 0 11 FITT E. M . Ofi j i the Superior opey, putation, of t bs ad, during o t tze gauche, P es not appear Pop party m ade, 0 1) : 11 s t re ngth; f of M. LAT'oAPY equal in 'e to remain 4f fe; he probable oe't jet' / ;est, we do rPorriii PERIER t° 31fO r° the nation...." tDO YOUNG' 2, LospoN. i t - • • , . ~''J , ,Tr le r::', 1.,'. ' ; •,,S! n .PLST Si j 1 II Las ,- , no+.4fr :.:, • - , ~,, .1 ti -A Pada (I ohl! . ::: :11 1,11411114,14 x 3fr,l f.ftpid4 ect:zsr, ~. ( s', , , , tVa :c . ..5i071,,'• ,bliilr) Fsys :rq o,,figsv.pecri i, lil ..,„ •••114, , _ . — i :! ..•s: ;4 ... - A V . , , te7. ,..7.1; ,.. ,„.. 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I'. 5 to 2 agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen 3 to I agst Mr. Stonehewer's Zany 3 to I agst Lord Verulam's Vestris 5 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Banos THE DERBY, 1532. 10 to I agst Lord Exeter's Folly colt 16 to I agst Lord Exeter's Beiram 16 to I agst Duke of Grafton's Pastille colt 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Dulcinea colt DONCASTER ST. EEcEr.. sto agst Lord Jersey's Riddlesworth 6to agst Mr. Robinson's Liverpool to agst Lord Cleveland's Marcus 10 to agst Mr. Houldsworth's Circassian 12 to agst Mr. Rower's Sir John IS to agst Mr. Skipsey's The Saddler a,,, s 18 to agst Mr. Stonehewer's Zany IS to agst Mr. Vansittart's Rubini 18 to agst Mr. Richardson's Lady Elizabeth 25 to agst Mr. Walker's Victoire 25 to 1 agst Mr. Cooke's Incubus YORK AUGUST MEETING. YORK, WEDNESDAY EN'ENING. Every thing continues to go off very flatly. The races are indifferent, the weather gloomy, and the company thinner than has been seen here on any occasion. The only sporting gentlemen present are Lord Kelburne, Sir David Baird, Hon. W. Fox, Captain Grant, Captain Hunter, Mr. G. Walker, Mr. C. Wilson, Mr. Ewhank, Mr. Wyvill, Mt4 - 1544mtelson . ,"'"Mf'; Triciito)ite; Col. Wal lace, Captain Taylor, Mr. G. Baker, and a few others. • A few bets have been made in the course of the day on the Produce Stakes and the St. Leger. Liverpool is backed ' freely for both, and is quoted at lower odds than before ; 1,300 to 200 was taken last night by one of the !arty. The odds this morning were as follow Produce Stakes {to-morrow)-7 to 4 on Mr. Robinson's Liverpool ; 4 to 1 agst Mr. Crompton's Edie Ochiltree. Thirty Guineas Stakes (Friday)-2 to 1 offered agst Lady Elizabeth. Si. Leger-9 to 2 agst Sir M. Wood's Riddlesworth ; 6 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Liverpool; 8 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Marcus; 60 to 1 agst 11r. Crompton's Edie Ochiltree ; 60 to 1 against Lord Milton's Creole ; 60 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Chorister. No others mentioned. The only races to-day that excited any interest were the Two-year-old Stakes and the Great Subscription, of which and the Corporation Plate we subjoin a correct account. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each. T.Y.C. (22 subs.) Mr. S. Fox's Julius 1 Mr. G. Walker's E by Partisan Mr. Powlett's gr. E by Figaro The following also started but were not placid :—Mr. Powlett's b. f. by Whisker (was 4th); Mr. Houldsworth's Discount (was sth) ; Col. Cradock's c. by Lottery; Mr. Foulis's b. f. by Confederate ; and Mr. Hope's b. c. by Figaro. Betting-6 to 4 agst Mr. Powlett's f. by Whisker, 5 to 2 agst Mr. Walker's, 6 to 1 agst Julius, and 8 to 1 agst Discount. Without any thing like a fills?. start they went off at a very moderate pace for two-year-olds, Mr. Foulis's f. leading, the second place being alternately taken by Jnlius, Discount, and Mr. Powlett's two. At the stand the pace became rather severe, and some shifting of places ensued as a matter of course. Mr. Foulis's f. fell off, and Juli , is took up the running, Mr. Walker's f. at the same time beginning to creep up half-way between the stand and the chair, got up and made a desperate effort to win, but ineffectually, Julius being the first horse by a length. Thus nearly all the 2-yr-old stakes run this year in the north have been won by Jerry stock. The winner was ridden by Templeman ; Mr. Walker's f. (purchased from Mr. Powlett for 1,200 gs) by Scott; Miss Fanny f. by H. Edwards ; gr. f. by G. Nelson ; Discount, by Darling ; Col. Cradock's, by Holmes ; Foulis's, by Gar butt; and Mr. Hope's, by Lye. One-third of the Great Subscription of 25 sm. each, and 50 added. (13 subs.) Two miles. Lord Cleveland's Maria 1 Mr. Petre's Brunswicker Duke of Leeds's Lady Mowbray :3 Lord Scarborough's Chancellor 6t04 on Maria, and sto 2 agst Brunswicker. Chan cellor cut out the work (if work it could be called) at a wretched pace, followed by Lady Mowbray as far as the Middlethorpe corner, whore the pace got stronger. Maria and Brunswicker then came up to Chancellor, and in an other quarter of a mile Maria went a-head ; at the Stand Chancellor declined, his place being immediately taken by Brunswicker, who, spite of flogging, was defeated in a par ticularly neat style by half a length. The winner rode by Lye, Brunswicker by Scott, Lady Mowbray by Tern plernan, and Chancellor by Nelson. The Corporation Purse of 501. ; the winner to be sold for 200, &c. Heats, a mile and three-quarters. Mr. J. Scott's Rodolph Mr. S. L. Fox's b. f. by Lottery 2 3 2 Mr. Attwood's Penthesilca Mr. Cropper's ch. c. by Whisker 3 2 dr Won in a canter. APPOINTMENTS FOR THURSDAY. Produce Stakes of 100 each—Of the 18 horses entered the following only are here :—Tiberius, filly by St. Patrick, out of Blue Stocking, filly by Comus, out of Georgiana, Hamilcar, Liverpool, and Edie OcPtree. The Horoby Stakes of 100 each, for two-year-olds— Only two out of the seven avid start, Beaufort and Buffoon. Filly Stakes (five subs.)—Lady Elizabeth, Sister to Ballad Singer, and Gallopade are here. One-third of the Great Subscription—Rowton, Jenny Mills, Medora, Tamboff, Cambridge, and Fortitude. Two races are advertised for Saturday, the Members' Plate, and a Handicap of 10 soya. each, with 50 added— both heats. YORK, WEDNESDAY, TWELVE, P.M. THE GREAT rRODUCE STAKES (TO.MORROW). 7t04 on Liverpool-9 to 2 agst Edie Ochiltree (taken) The following are expected to start : Liverpool, Edie Ochiltree, Maniac, Tiberius, and one of Lord Kilburne's. GRIAT ST. LEGER. The changes are important ; the Liverpool party have hacked their horse with great spirit, and succeeded in placing him at evens with Riddleiworth, against whom he has the call. Other alterations have also taken place. II to 2 agst Liverpool-11 to 2 agst Iliddlesworth-9 to 1 agst Marcus-15 to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken)-10 to 1 agst Cir cassian-13 to 1 agst The Saddler-15 to 1 agst Sir John-16 to 1 agst Zany -18 to 1 agst Rubini-33 to 1 agst Brother to Tarrare —33 to 1 agst Trulla. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SIR, —Having been half-poisoned, a few days ago, by eating three or four of what appeared to be mushrooms, I send you the following test (of which I was ignorant at that time) whereby to try them, thinking that you will probably give it publicity, for the good of others. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Aug. 3. A READER OF YOUR JOURNAL. A TEST, WHEREBY TO TRY MUSHROOMS. To ascertain whether what appear to be mushrooms are so or not, a little salt should be sprinkled on the inner or spungy part. If in a short time afterwards they turn yellow, they are a very poisonous kind of fungus, but if black, they are to be looked upon as genuine mushrooms. They should never be eaten without this test, since the best judges may be occasionally deceived. It will be gratifying to know that in future e xaminations for King's College the students of Eton College will he placed, not according to their original Pe sition in the school , as was her etofore the case, but accord ing to merit. At Boulogne-sur-Afer there is a woman who has attained the great age of 117 years, and who lives almost entirely upon c3ffee, of which she takes between 30 and 40 cups a day. She was born at Villaroux, three leagues from Chambery, in Savoy. When she was 66, she married a young man of 25, with whom she lived 12 years. In 1829, some medical men who then saw her prognosticated that she would live 30 years longer, but she says she does not intend to die so soon. A countryman not many days since, on being married at Chislett Church, presented the accustomed fees to the clergyman in farthings, which he had saved for the purpose, in the space of seven years. The trea sure was taken to the sanctuary in an old stocking, a mo d e of security that caused much mirth among the villagers._ Kentish Gazette. Yesterday being first day of the oyster season, Billingsgate presented an unusual degree of bustle and confusion. The dock and river were thronged with oyster-boats, which extended nearly as far as London Bridge. The fellowship porters and others declared that they never before recollected such an immense supply, and of so fine a quality. We are happy to say that during the morning, a lthough so muc h cr owded, we did not hear of any accident. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1831. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE , FRENCH PAPERS. OEINIONs Or THE JOURNALS uroN THE LATE EROcEED INGs IN THE CABINET AND cIIAMBER. (From La France Nouvelle.) . The chamber has at length decided, although the we : tion candidate has not been 'named President. The Ministry has not found in the Chamber that decided ma mrity, without which they declared they could not remain it the head of affairs. It is not upon a single fact that this decision has been 'ormeil. On the scrutiny for the Presidency the Ministe .ial candidate was only returned by a majority of one; while on the scrutiny for the Vice-Presidency, M. Du pont de l'Eure, the opposition candiiate, was elected by a najority of ten. Consequently, the Ministry might be considered from hat moment as dissolved, and the dissolution the result :iot of a personal question, but of a question of a Parlia mentary majority, the result of which must always be followed either by the continuance or the dissolution of every Ministry faithful to its principles, and the true laws of a representative Government. (From Le Globe.) _ _ We learn that /11. Casimir Perier has tendered his resignation ; we are ignorant as to the fact whether it has been or will be accepted. His retirement will probably be followed by those of tbeothoc. Members of .the Cabinet.. here we have another instance of the incontinence of public favour. Then, if M. Perier retires, from the constitution of the Chamber, his successor cannot mate rially differ from him. The liberals will consider they have gained a victory in the accession of a new Prime Minis ter; but we should be much astonished if the latter should not soon find out that he had been made use of in his turn. (From Le National.) M. Dupont has obtained for the office of Vice-President a more considerable majority than that of M. Girod for the Presidency. M. Dupin, the very essence of the opinion of the Perier Administration, had 153 votes; M. Dupont, 162. M. Berenger, whom the Ministry has never considered of their party, but who represented a small portion of the gauche mixte, got three votes less than Dupont. The Ministry at once perceived that they could not stand against such a majority. M Lafitte has this moment sent us the following in answer to a letter which has already appeared " To THE EDITOR OF TILE NATIONAL. " PARIS, JULY 31. " Had Marshal Soult done me the honour of answering my letter of the 26th, instead of leaving that trouble to the office of the Invalides, I should have been prevented from giving fresh explanation on the subject. " The article inserted i❑ the Ittoniteur of this morning refers to a mistake of the present Administration. It mixes up my acts and my signatures with those of my house of business. " I again assert, and with a certainty of not being con tradicted, I hail no knowledge of the transaction with M. Meuron. 1 was altogether ignorant of the contract which my house had entered into with the lova!ides. " As soon as I was informed upon the subject I re quested of the Marshal that he would grant leave to have the contract annulled, with an indemnity, and thus I thought the affair was at an end. As a mere merchant it was not my wish to be a contractor, and as President of the Council it was still less consistent with my situation. " A fact which must come home to all is that I was not in Paris on the 21st July, 1830, at the period of the undertaking. On my return upon the 27th, public affairs kept me in a complete ignorance of all the affairs of my house. As soon as I was restored to liberty on the 12th March, I could have applied to the business ; but I had previously renounced all future advantages arising there from, anti my partners had appointed a person to liquidate the affairs. " My house, and not myself, has become security for M. Meuron ; and my house has undertaken the responsi bility in the market. All this has occurred unknown to me, as the demands which have since been made by my substitute. Having become a stranger to all my interests in consequence of the events of July, the result is not so flattering as to prevent me from taking a part in those matters, particularly when other persons arc engaged to accept this office. " In my memorial to the Marshal I called to mind a letter which I had written to him about the time of my retiring from the Ministry; its object was to relieve me from the weight of the above contract. As the affair w as a matter of no difficulty, and could not cost any thing to the State, I depended upon the favourable opinion which had been formed of me. At the present moment I hav e made up my mind to greater sacrifices ; according to many folks those which I have already incurred are not sufficient. " However the case may turn out, I am not anxious, nor do I require any expensive reward. I repeat to the Administration, that the moment that I was acquainted with the debate I should be content with directing a sub division of the troops without smoke. There can be no doubt as to my manner of operating, and still the scale of conduct has not as yet been made known to me. Who ever likes may believe it, but honourable merchants would attempt to say that I had considered the subject of money when the solvency and honour of the house were at stake. " It is not unlikely that the extent of this calumny has been unnoticed. Thank heavens the cause will cease to morrow ! What I have suffered on this account, under the restoration, is nothing to what I have endured since France has got rid of it. Deeply wounded, but not un mindful of what I owe to myself, my principles and senti ments shall undergo no change. They had better leave me in tranquillity; I am not anxious for the contest. If an inquiry is desired lam quite ready. I do not wish to provoke any man, but I am not afraid of any person who may appear. " In whatever the affair may terminate my conscience shall feel satisfied, and my friends, and the recollection of the good I have done, shall remain dear to my memory. May my enemies obtain, one day or other, the same con solations! " J. LAFITTE." FRENCIT FUNDS.-PARIS, AUGUST 3.-Five per Cents., 84E 40c. 50c. 40c. 20c. 2x. 50c. 40c. 30c. 40c. 84f. 50c. 60c. 55c. 50c. 40c. 30c. 20c. 10c. 84f. 8.31. 90c. 84f. 83f. 95c. 75c. 8 0 c. 6 0c. 65c. 60c. RM. 50c. 30c. 40c. 50c. 60c. 50c ; Loan of 1831, 84f. 40c. 84f. 831. 80c. 84f.; Four per Cents., 70f. ; Three per Cents., 53f. 50e. 30c. 20c. 30c. 20c. 30c. 50c. 45c. 40c. 53f. 20c. 52f. 90c. 40c. 30e. 25c. 30c. 25c. 40c. 53f. 30c. 40c. 20c. ; Bank Stock, 1,510 f. 1,500 f. ; Rente de Naples, 65f. 50c. 65f 65f. 10c. 64f. 50c. 651: ; Royal Spa nish Loan, 61% 6O tiO ; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 46% 14 % 46 45% 46. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 10c. ; three months, money, 24f. 95c.-Cours Authoilique. CHELTENHAM, AUG. 3.—The Duke of GLOUCESTER still continues here, and is likely to remain yet a few days longer. The Earls of COVENTRY and ENNISKILLEN have come in within the last day or two. They were both on the Montpelier Promenade this morn ing; also General Carat, who arrived yesterday. Two young ladies, Miss CAREY and Miss CREANE, were professed on Wednesday, at the Presenta tion Convent, near this town. The Rev. Mr. MAGRATII was the officiating Clergyman on the very interesting occa sion.— Tipperary Free Press. It appears from our report of the Home Cir. chit, in this day's Paper, that Mr. Serjeant ANDREI'..S has been indulging in a general tirade against the newspapers of the metropolis, to the no small edification of the good people of Maidstone. The censure or the praise of Ser jeant ANDREWS would be a matter of very little conse quence, estimated either by the weight of his character or the force of his talents; but, as mere impudence is cal culated to give currency to falsehood, it sometimes becomes necessary, for the sake of truth itself, to notice the most empty declaimers, when they misrepresent the character of the daily Pi ess. " Great," said the Learned S e tjoant, " is the injury to private characters from the licentiousness of the Press of the metropolis." He was prosecuting the Brighton Guardian at the time. Now this lugging in of the metropolitan Press on t; charge with which it had no concern, was done purposely for display, to show how sore he could feel, like other great men, who would have cut a more respectable figure if they had kept their complaints to themselves. It is, however, a notorious and admitted fact that there never was a period when the daily Press of this country was so free from all personal and slanderous attacks as the present. But there are al ways a set of little wretched pettifogging politicians at the liar, ready to copy the defects of men more important than themselves. To be celebrated for the same virulence against the Press which'once distinguished Sir JAMES cfiatr.Err, and has latterly seized on Sir ROBERT PEEL, is certainly to approach these eminent persons in one re spect; and we may congratu l ate t h e i r present i m i ta t o r at having already succeeded to as great an extent as ever nature designed he should do in the imitation of men of talent..—Morninq Herald. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 110 USE OF COMMONS, At ?Gun' 4. The SPEAKER took his seat at Three o'clock. COLERAINE ELECTION. Mr. KENIP brought up the report of the Com mittee elected to try the merits of the petition of William Taylor Copeland, El., against the return of Sir John Bridges for the borough of Coleraine, and stated that the Committee had come to the decision that Sir John - Bridges was not duly elected, and that Mr. Copeland ought to have been returned.—The return was, therefore,. ordered to be amended in that respect. Mr. BUCK presented a petition, numerously signed, faun the freemen of the city of Exeter, praying that their 'chartered rights, and those of their children, might not be affected by the Reform Bill. The- lion. Member wa of opinion that the Reform Bill would create much dis satisfaction in the country. . Mr. BULLER said a 'few words, but was so indistinct that we could only collect that he should support the Bill. Mr. BUCK then presented a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and inhabitants, of the city of Exeter, for a relaxation of the criminal code, and the abolition of capital punishment. • Mr. GILLON presented a petition frorn the Town &c. of the burgh of Linlithgow, complaining of the I f.reat de'.ay fli.ft had taken place in the progress of the Merin fill, which they stated to have a tendency to im pair the dignity of Parliament, and to create dissatis faction in all parts of the kingdom, and praying that Mi nisters would carry that great measure of Reform with the least possible clay. Mr. JOHNSTit6sI supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. GILLON, in moving-that it be laid on the table, said lie entirely concurred in the prayer and the spirit of the petition. The most intense anxiety pervaded every part of the country upon this subject, and in Scotland in particular. The Hon. Member regretted to see, night after night, the time of the House wasted in frivolous de bates—(Hear)—which excited the just indignation of the public.—(Hear. ) He entreated the House, from a regard to the interests and the peace of the country, to allow no unnecessary delay in carrying this measure into full effect. The petitioners were a body of men who had shown the most disinterested feelings, by coming for ward and surrendering their exclusive privileges for the public good. Mr. C. W. WYNN admitted the disinterested. ness of the petitioners; but he was surprised that the Town Council of a Scotch borough should set themselves up as judges of the discussions upon the English Reform Bill, the details of which did not concern them, and of which they could have no local knowledge.—(" Hear," from the Opposition.) Of all persons they were not the men capable of saying how long the House should discuss the present Bill. Suppose for a moment it were a case of sixty prisoners in the dock waiting to be tried, would it be proper, upon the verdict being given against one of them, immediately to hang all the rest.--(Hear, and laughter.) The demand of these petitioners would amount to that proposition. It was extremely ill-judged of the petitioners, but as the pe tition was respectfully worded it ought to be received. Mr. O'CONNELL said the Right Hon. Gentleman had not made out any case against the petition. The Right Honourable Gentleman talked of this being a Scotch petition, and therefore, because it was remote, the peti tioners had no right to interfere in the English nomination borough system, and compared the petition to a caae of hanging sixty men upon the verdict against one ; in only one point there was a similarity, and that was, that in both cases they were criminal—(Laughter, and " hear")—but in another there was a wide difference, that in the one case the boroughmongers were trying their own cause, while in the other the prisoners were tried by other judges. It was truly painful to hear the long speeches that were made.—(l - lear.) He had heard one gentleman make no less than one speech fourteen times over.— ( Hear, hear, and laughter ) The country certainly would not be deluded by this delay.—(Hear.) The Bill commenced on the 4th of July, the anniversary of Ame rican iruleperdenee, and rultv-they-were at the 4th of Au gust ; he should like to see it finished by the 10th of August, when they could celebrate the English independ ence.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. DUNDAS deprecated the frequent repetitions of the same arguments ; the Scotch people were a reflecting people, and they did not wish the measure hurried through the House. Lord STANLEY was astonished to hear his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Wynn) object to the interference of the petitioners, they had a perfect right to petition this House even against the delays created in the progress of the English Reform Bill ; no person could doubt that great delay had occurred—(Cries of hear, and no)—and he could not con ceive the slightest objection could be urged to the petition. Sir RICHARD V YVYAN deprecated the language of the lion, and Learned Member (Mr. O'Connell) in referring to the anniversary of the American Independence, and also to the anniversary of the 10th August, which was the day on which a monarchy was overthrown.—(Hear.) 1 He asked whether it was decent to send petitions to this House, q uestioning the right of Members to discuss a proposed great change in the Constitution of the country. (Hear.) He might not, perhaps, avail himself of any other occasion to speak, but he claimed for other Members the right to deliver their free opinions, and begged them not to be terrified by meetings of Common Councils, or any other meetings whatever. He hoped they would do their duty, regardless of the taunts which might be east out.--(Hear.) Mr. GRATTAN reprobated the idle waste of time in the discussions upon the Reform Bill. Mr. Ds W. HARVEY said it was not that there was too much deliberation, but that there was a total absence of deliberation in the House,—(Hear)—caused by delay and t h e re petition of speeches. Nearly all the debates of the House bad been monopolised by some six or eight Members on each side, and one Hon. Member had risen twelve or fourteen times in one night upon the same subject, without even having had the merit of speaking to the question. (Hear.) When it was complain e d that a Scotchthat burgb was pressing this Bill on, did no t th e H ouse knowthe greater the delay in this Bill, the longer would the Scotch Bill be deferred.—(Hear.) Mr. WYNN explained that he did not mean to T ight of, the Scotch burghs to petition. As the o ee e a s Fr o enl t o i ott n i r the he was surprised to hear a reference to August,t the anniversary of a day on which nh'eclropfoin, monarchy was overthrown, and the streets of Paris deluged with blood.—(Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL said those events were the consequence o f a dogged refusal of Reform, the want of a just Govern ment, and the usurpation of one which had usurped the people's rights.—( Hear. ) Mr. LEFROY could not conceive upon what principle Ministers were condemning boroughs without hearing Counsel in their behalf. Mr. NORTH was not surprised that those who looked to this measure as a step to the repeal of the Union, and who referred to the American independence, and the events of the 10th of August, were impatient for the passing of this Bill; but he was very much surprised that his M t jesty's Ministers would not allow it to be properly discussed; those Ministers who admitted that they had at first brought in an imperfect Bill, which they were co n pelled hastily to alter, by their masters, the daily pre s. ......(Loud cries of " Hear," from the Opposition.) He conceived that it was only a preparatory measure, and would be supplanted by another in 1832 er 1833. Mr. FERGUSSON was one who would oppose any thing in the shape of intimidation presented to the House, or any attempt, from what quarter soever it might come, to eontroul the House in the fair exercise of its own judgment. He could not, however, but admit there had been great delay, but the delay had not arisen upon discussions on the principle of the measure, nor yet on its general details, but was owing, and owing entirely, to Hon. Member s on the Opposition side of the House repeat ing arguments over and over again, from night to night, on Particular points. He (Mr. Fergusson) trusted all the ex pedition possible would be used; at the same time he could not but hope that the House would not allow a few individuals in this metropolis, or anywhere else, to prompt it to take any steps not sanctioned by the considerate feel ings of the House itself. Mr. ROBINSON thought it very odd that lion. Mem bers,shuuld never have found out the inconvenience of the forms of the House till the present Reform Bill came to be discussed. He considered the imputation of the Hon. and Learned Member who had addressed the House last but one, that the House was likely to be swayed by any thing but its own sense of right and wrodg, unfair, I and one that ought not to have been made. He :kewise thought that petitions On the subject of d e l a y, the passing of this measure, wereliely only to increase he evil complained of. Sir C. FORBES considered, that instead of there having Ten any unnecessary delay, the Bill, so far as it had gone, Ad been permitted to go to its praeent stage infinitely no quick. In short, much more mischief had been one than could be repaired in a century. It appeared to ,irn that the Hon. Members on the opposite side of the i louse were so completely tired of this Bill that they seemed .0 shrink from every thing like a discussion upon it. Infinitely more than half the debate upon it was on his .iile of the House—(Hear s hear.) Still this circum •tance did not affect the votes, whenever the House vent to a division ; and he really thonght, that with the majority which Ministers hail, the best thing they could do would be to dispense with the standing orders 01 he House, to vote themselves into a Select Committee upon the Bill, to report upon it, and to have it read a third time without either any loather debate or further delay. This would be a short mode of going to work, and one that would meet the object of Hon. Mem bers on the other side of the Home, namely, that of satin • Eying the Press and the public. PRICE 7D. WINE DUTIES. Mr. SPRING RICE brought in a Bill for the equali zation of the dutie3 on wines. Colonel TRENCH gall. notice that on Monday next he should move for the appointment of a Select Committee, to consider the mode of making the House of Commons more commodious and less unwholesome.—(Laughter. Mr. LAMBERT withdrew his notice of motion, which he had given for to-night, on the understanding that he' should have the permission of his Majesty's Ministers to make that motion on the first day after the Reform Bill had passed through the Committee. Mr. ATT WOOD accused his Majesty's Government of holding in the Treasury Chambers private meetings of the Members of that House—collecting their tutored 'Dojo. rities, and sending them instructed to vote on a question of the wine duties. That question was brought before the House by surprise, and the resolutions of the 1I th of July were carried by that majority, and with out any other Parliamentary authority. The Go vernment had carried them into effect on the 20th. He considered such proceedings a mockery to the House, alike censurable and illegal. And he felt bound, in order to vindicate its authority and the rights of the people, to move that his Majesty may be graciously pleased to cause to be laid before the House a copy of the authority under which the Board of Customs had proceeded to levy additional ditties on all wines, not Fiench, delivered out of the warehouses for home consumption, since the 20th of July last. Lord ALTHORP would make one remark respecting a question which the lion. Member had stated be (Lord Althorp) had put to him on a former occasion, whether he knew of any meeting of Meml era out of that House. That Hon. Member had denied having attended any meeting, but when he asked the question, he implied no censure on any gentleman even for attending there; knowing as he did the advantage to the House of gentlemen acting to gether, it would, indeed, have been extraordinary in him if he had deemed such conduct at all censurable. The Hon. Member had said that previous to the ovine-duties being brought before the House, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) h-ad engaged a large number of gentlemen to support them. He believed'he might say, in answer to that, that he bad never at all, on any occasion, men tioned the wine duties ; nor had the House been taken by surprise, as the Hon. Member had alleged. He was asked by an Hon. Member opposite when he should bring forward the question of the wine duties, and by an ar rangement which he entered into it was brought on on the 11th.—(Hear.) He had no objection to a copy of the order under which the duties had been levied up to the present time. But as such was the uni form practice of Government he would move, as an amend ment, for the production of all orders of the Treasury by which duties had been varied on authority of the re solutions of the House since January, 1800, together with the resolutions on which they were founded. Mr. ROBINSON thought thr.t tilt Noble Lord might suceeed in establishing a precedent for the practice, but if resolutions in Committee were to have the effect of law, the Bill should be brought in immediately, and passed through both Houses without delay. Mr. GOULBURN did not deny that when duties were to be imposed, it was expedient that they should be imposed at the period at which the resolutions were first passed in Committee ; but it had always been the practice, distinctly and spe cifically, to state in the resolutions the precise pe riod from which the new resolutions were to attach. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by complaining that the original resolutions omitted to state the ditty ac tually levied, and the date from which the duty was levied. Mr. P. THOMPSON said the mode adopted in levying the duty had been adopted, not from its convenience in the collection of the revenue, but of the parties from whom it was to be collected. It had been the custom, on former occasions, to adopt the same course as the Government had pursued in the present instance, and they had in fact taken some resolutions of the year 1825 as their guide. If the Right Hon. Gentleman had looked at the resolutions of 1825 he would have found that the present Government had taken it as a precedent, for those resolutions were as similar as possible to the present.—(Mr. Goulburn here observed across the table, that the resolu tions of 1825 were for a reduction of the duty.) It was not a question of reduction but of date ; the Right Hon. Gentleman said, these resolutions should state the date from which the duty was to he levied ; the question of whether they were resolutions for reducing or for increasing the duty was not applicable, for if the resolu tions for reducing the duty bore no date from whence it was to be reduced, those for increasing the duty need not state the date. The case of 1825 was a'so similar to this in another point ; for, after these resolutions were passed (although it was a considerable time after wards) a Bill was introduced, enacting that the reduc tion of the duty should take effect from the period of passing the resolution, and that would be done in the present case. As regarded the wine trade, it had been found a great convenience to the traders to levy the ditty from the period that the resolutions had been passed ; but then this was upon the understanding that a Bill would be brought in for that purpose. He had heard no complaints upon that subject; on the con trary, be understood it had been very convenient to the trade. Mr. GOULBURN believed there had at one time been a very different feeling at the Treasury upon this subject than seemed to be entertained now, After some observations from Sir Charles Wetherell, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Callaghan, and Mr. Attwood, the amendment was agreed to. On the motion of Lord ALTHORP the report of the Committee on the King's message for the better provision of the Duchess of Kent was brought up, and a Bill or dered to be brought in according to the resolutions. REFORM BILL. The Order of the DJ) , for the House to resolve itsel into a Committee of the whole House on the above Bil was read. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, Mr. BERNAL in the Chair. On the question " that Wolverhampton, including the townships of Wolverhampton, Bilston, Willenhall, Wed nesfield, and the parish of Sedgley, Staffordshire, stand part of schedule C," Mr. CHOKER complained of the manner in which it was proposed to add the population of surrounding places to that of Wolverhampton, in order to swell the whole to such an amount as would justify Ministers in proposing to give two Members to the new borough. He complained that Ministers appeared to proceed upon no intelligible principle in apportioning the population of the new bo roughs. The population of Wolverhamption was increased by draughts from the surrounding localities, in order to entitle it to send two Members to Par!;nment, whilst Walsall was left standing with its own population. and was to return only one Member. As far as he could per ceive, no provision whatever seemed to have been made for the representation of the lirge and populous town of Wednesbury. Why could not this town be united with Walsall, so as to enable them together to return two Members? Mr. LITTLETON said, that the arrangement which Ministers had proposed with respect to Staffordshire had given universal satisfaction in the county. The inhabi tants of the district to which the Right Hon. Gentleman bad alluded, considered trat they would be adequately re presented. Sir R. PEEL said, that Ministers should endeavour to ta Per Cent ( eulse their measures asrer 4l f: lf? ;•ta[: :.: ; 6 l-1 70 .i. : , :. ‘tv i ta: , \ . N e r A a s i o s a n i h i . e thought that they should unite,i i 'e7; r: Lord J. RUSSET.L said, that it would be the proper ;me to discuss that point when the ease of Walsall should tome before the Committee. Sir J. WROTTESLEY was desirous that no altera ion should be made in the schedule as far as regarded the ,aunty of Stafford. After a few words from Sir C. WETHERELL, the ques tion was then agreed to. The next question, as amended on the motion of Lord fob Russell, was—" That the words the Tower llim'ets, including the Tower Division in Ossulston Hundred and the Liberty or the Tower, Middlesex, stand part of sche dule a," Sir E. F2 6 UDEN said That the object of this Bill was t ) take away the rights of freeho'!ders, and to consult only the rights of the occupiers of tenements- The Govern sent took out of counties large districts!, and formed them nto boroughs. They conferred the right of voting on •he lower orders of the people, who were let in to overbear the agricultural population. He called upon all inde pendent Members, as they desired to stand well with pos terEty, to examine c'osc'y all the el111;4 , s of this Bill, and ,articularly those which created the new constituency. Lord ALTHOIIP thought there was no weight in the objection of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. Sir C. WETHERELL said that this Bill, as amended, ,lave a bonus to the freeholders of the city of London, which was not given to them by the original Bill. lie 'opposed that this was in consequence of the lead which London had taken in the Reform question, a lead which he worthy Alderman who spoke Let night scented to think the city ought to extend to that House. Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIS observed, that the city of London had never formed a part of the county of Mid- Ilesex, and that it could only receive that privilege now on the score of expediency. The 16th clause must be intended, or there would be a contradiction in the Bill. Mr. Alderman WOOD said that there were very few freeholders in London, as was proved by the great diffi culty they always had to make up a jury fur the Admi ralty Conti. There was no such thing as a low order of freeholders in London. The freeholds were either in the hands of substantial persons, or of corporations. He would take this opportunity of expressing his surprise, that his Worthy and Learned Brother Alderman near him, the Member for Boroughbridge (Sir C. Wetherell)—( Hear and much laughter)—should take every occasion of bear ing hard upon London Aldermen. Surely a London Al derman was as good as a Bristol Alderman, and the lion. and Learned Gentleman was only a Bristol Alderman.— (Ilear, and much laughter.) Ile did not wish to run down Bristol Aldermen, and still less did lie wish to run down so distinguished a member of that body as the Learned Gentleman, who was Recorder as well as Alder man of Bristol ; but he did think, that his Learned and Worthy Brother of Bristol might have a little snore le sped for the Aldermanic fraternity in other corporations. He could only account fur his conduct on the-part of his Worthy and Learned Brother Aldermanota the ground that it had escaped his (Sir C. Wetherell's) recollection that lie (Sir C. Wetherell) was an Alderman. Perhaps his Worthy and Learned Brother would recollect this fur the future, and bear in mind, that when he was sneering at Aldermen, he was cutting jokes upon himself as well ae upon others.—(Hear, and much laughter.) Lord ALTHORN must suggest to the gentlemen oppo site the inconvenience of debating questions not imme diately before the Committee. After a few words from Sir E. Suonsoe, Mr. Alder man WAITILMAN, and Mr. CHOKER, the question was agreed to. The next question, as verbally amended on the motion of Lord John Russell, was, " that Finsbury, including the parishes and districts of the Finsbury division, in Ossulston hundred, Middlesex ; the parishes and districts of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George-the-Martyr, Saffron-hill, Hatton-garden, Ely -rents, Ely-place, Liberty of the Rolls, St. Giles-in-the-fields, and St. George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, do stand part of schedule C." Mr. J. WEYLAND addressed the Committee at consi derable length, but amidst such loud expressions of im patience from the Ministerial, and such encouraging cheer ing from the Opposition side of the House, that very few of the Hon. Gentleman's observations reached the gallery. We understood the Hon. Gentleman to say that a ten pound constituency was a most improper one,—that there would be just as much distress after the Bill passed as be , fore, anj that the first measure of the reformed Parliament would be to repeal the Corn Laws. The Hon. Gentle man also went into the subjects of taxation,—the ancient government of France, and moderate Reform. He did not like, he said, the constituency which would be constituted, and the representatives who would be returned, under the new circumstances which it was proposed to establish by this Bill. He contended that the Aristocracy should possess a fair balance in the representation, and that they should not constitute a species of representation which was calculated to overturn the best institutions of the country. When they were about establishing a new system of re presentation, they should grant a reasonable and con sistent representation of every class of society throughout the country, and not to throw it thus exclusively into the hands of the middle orders. The present Bill, he was ready to admit, was sound in principle, but it had been hasty and unfortunate in its construction as regarded its details. He did not think that they should have dealt as summarily as they had done with what were called nomi nation boroughs, and it appeared to him that Lis Majesty's Ministers might, if they pleased, have brought forward a measure with respect to which they could have shaken hands with their opponents on the other side of the House. (Cries of " Question.") Colonel BRUCE felt it his duty, as a Scottish Mem ber, to enter his protest against such kind of legislation as this. He should have taken an opportunity of doing so last night, but that on that occasion he had given way to the Hon. Member for Westminster, to the torrent of whose eloquence he was ready to pay his tribute of ap plause. He could compare that lion. Member's eloquenee to nothing but a torrent, and it certainly appeared to have something miraculous in it besides, for the Hon. Member seemed to have given tongues to all the lea ding articles of all the seditious journals in the country. That Hon. Mem ber's torrent of eloquence, which, foaming in its course, and dashing against its sides, had been directed with indiscrimi nate vituperation against that House, and all former Houses of Commons, prevented him (Colonel Bruce) from having an opportunity last night to enter his protest, as he now begged leave to do, against that part of the Bill which went to give to the metropolitan districts nearly one-hall as many Members as all Scotland possessed, and fully as many Members as were given to all the boroughs and towns in Scotland.—(" Hear, hear," from the Opposition.) It had been latterly, he must say, too much the practice to treat Scotland merely as a province in matters of this description, and that practice did not seem to be de parted from in the present instance. Now be begged the House to recollect, that at the period of the Union Scot land treated with England upon equal and independent terms, and that Scotland being a nation of gentlemen, honour was one of the strongest and deepest feelings with the Scottish people, and that they would therefore con sider such treatment as he had mentioned a very great grievance. He should not allude to the proceedings of the livery of London—(Cries of " Oh, oh")—further than to say, that it appeared that a Committee was still sitting in the city which was to fulminate a resolution against the devoted heads of the Metnbers of that house when ever it should seem fitting to those city sages so to do. That circumstance gave a pretty indication of the kind of influence to which the Members for those metropolitan districts would be subject. The fact was, that the Mem bers for the metropolis and the surrounding districts would act as the representatives of individual interests, instead of being the representatives of the whole empire. A subserviency to courts and to patrons was in the slightest degree less debasing and degrading than that subserviency to large bodies of constituents which those Members would be compelled to exhibit. The only diffe sense was, that the subserviency in the one instance was exhibited towards a large public constituency, who were much less likely to arrive at just conclusions in re ference to matters of weight and importance than the private individual was who claimed a subserviency in the other instance. The jurisdiction which was assumed and exercised on the present occasion by the Livery of London was a most unconstitutional one, and the persons who thus set themselves up for judges in such matters were totally incompetent for such a task. They might be very excellent, experienced, and well-qualified judges in mat ters regarding the supply of turtle or the regulation of the markets of London,—they might be most admirable legis lators in all those important matters which had any rela tion to, or connexion with, the government of the stomach, but in matters the consideration of which required any exertion of the higher order of the intellectual faculties they should take care not to interfere, for all such matters were entirely beyond the ken of those city j u dges.--(A laugh.) In conclusion the Hen. Member again entered his protest against the species of legislation which had been adopted in this instance. [ Mr. C. 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