The Sun. — London, England, 1833-03-13 00:00:00

rl (R 61411). •ne roe stasoU It if t h e eattoconye, § 0 01 ;tin° l oted , apP ° '„ be It 013 9 10 o ld t o ",i,fg e the,' ti,e irld th3 COO V .I` w th fu rpc: o! a bao to 3? „ bd oncius io , stag e () for if unsel ; CA W ' t in/ ,e(1 r ule cor of the /10( 10 :we e TY a ' en Ca er ; that : 3 , , l ie niqutt the ; o at , " "' for e an d oil 0 1 en trea ted t ot: roil o to f' 'l4 , t ritiM erit. va@ l) . ° 0P Co its Co eteireadisly,, 6 6 I) , resa t° c l o i p n ?P ...c da, Or , 11 0 4 10 7 1ottU t ( " I le Pre ore 0 thd. t oi , Conviolin ,ersos' tli te Dot WtO f 3 , d h i, ion ° „ 00 t , rerb ° "oll o " 4 o ther le d? as fri' ° e%cu' e' hoo , g t , ttee oo- Lai° ill •4: ,EC ri(3 l )°lt e ; leav e cA ll i 4 ht b:1, 0 ; t b l , 9 er i been . 0 ojl ai led e 1 14 ooli t ;e to 1) 0 oh to iat t oti llt t-ng on Thursday next. Ills object, in making , „ Iti t , Was to obtain a disclosure of the facts . of the t th, ° Induce witnesses to come forward, in order , e gailty....i f ' Pooli cra; i .anyht duelnh,. and that l lta N ei o pt ohtato the redress to them In all su . c . h . • t d 'food ti,"" u Ptlon. If the gentlemen returned did h itA eir And s ere, 00 inquiry could of course be . in t; hot allt„°° detection of the corrupt practices arrived * ere t o der `QI , CIIBe he understood the sitting Member ' ita hi % (me°d their seats. From the representations made 'lftli tn r. En ke), it would appear that at the Stafford tweed , 4 1 R ene of such gross corruption and bribery 0c '444,1 ! °`l , ld itareelybe beliea by the House, ac :44 itott a h - tn eY were to have cases of gross corrup la hit hard whit hefOre them.--(A laugh.) He held tickets t itot to the whlch had been given to the voters as single 1, 1 ,11 kid others of which were sealed, with a f the w e , e re With a double seal. The single sealed '40414 Prelented to those who gave single votes, and plot:tealed tickets were presented to those who gave ki t eit, tt li t i t ig cii o.)4ll4aErt, thought the present an unfair pro wl e glitetyart of the Hon. Member. I gnite `‘tß said, the Hon. Member for Coventry Ntif Y iri, entitled to make his statement, in order to ~,..k . ttja th . ,h e Was about to make. 47, ithi -- 4,`' E . w ished to stat the extraordinary circurn- He had %kr Induced him to move for the Bill. I t o a , or tetred , CI "Y two individuals who had paid the money f vA G , t,ts that those tickets were i-sued to 524 o o f ut fl o ie rail ateitat7ta.who formed the majority in t t „ el ltne o f 7 On one side of the markedtickets tl4 N v . e as ul. p e ,. 1; am 'le party who voted . and was entitled tq the • - "toth °n the other sid e was marked the sum to be s' NO e 4te r• The alt o , Poin t d o ie sum varied from four pounds to roes of t h e :"--(A laugh.) When be . said that 524 out t : t 'l ti c k et*, loters who formed the majority bad received ed for l om be . thought he had made out a case which t is • e t oquiry._ ( tit to 1,„ 1 . 4 which that inquiry should be pursued, r Hear, hear.) With respect . t o o it .i •P t."itt .,g theca% fairybforethe House, he thought f4lt orient c o ln e hest. If they were to proceed to . examine s m ti t , i, Illroittee of the House, without taking me to 'A I tsZ ee ., tl " of those who gave evidence, u u n -i , t r o . e ll s i s n e g s . e tto t f t "enorelves implicated would be I 4 1 for ' b war d for fear of being exposed to a . civil °ltl kel tiber Y• He d the present plan as the an d h LIY tc , bri g proposed get, A, ng the guilty persons to punishment, u estion. Sa o t d j other reason for making the grossest ha l able t o a g n g d l 0 , en vo o es or :; 44t iret t e t: a:4 : d a b t ta ti t o i t t t is il e : e vas she o u n i e d o h f e th a e h t h rt "hef o - ,.' of corruption and bribery. which had he hoped the House would . adopt 1, 14 41,,,enre the p blic from such practices, and 44 , evil w h. , u ~t e ti koti„ 3 b , le. was quite intole . rable. ti n 4104. eiog read from the Chair, . came to ~,, detettn, IthartEa. said, that before the House o p t a.s. 4 ), h e t t n l a tion on the motion of the Member . for Co 14"ttnity ; li ght it might be well for him i t c o h t h ak e e w th as e orl: l ti ted 4, tYreaenting a petition with I lo wt they h i , °at subject. The House would wl : be . able, ti a ,, 'it it : I N the statement of the petitioners, to judge COI ti, might b e them accede to the mo ,-.,oicse lt, ~ Proper for to , al t ot t o in. u lember The petition was from cer dai•letZha°' t he borou . 11 of Stafford, who stated that e ltti o - • thTy3lld, Grono g w, and Blount were the cant the 4,1„1 ,rePresentation of that hot ugh at the last 1 ,1 4 11% 40f to at they (the petitioners) were canvassed by ktit...4Dtt.,, la el C4l ll l ,.' I,4"trt interrupted the Hon. Member. f The nee Ila o ;go ei : he was about to present was in substance Ih. tt ill s t it. .° ; but the time had gone by when the 1144 liq li eceive such petitions. . th, 4 ltf tth 11 . did not see that in this case a Bill of In lloPidticii„neeessary. He was decidedly favourable to t Ille ll „1 1, ti . „, - ; (4 the Bill ; but he saw no reason why Ifini m sl tp:,: t ed to one borough ; he saw no reason why 41 1 ,',, St4tilllfe which made such a Bill proper as re -84 - 1( 4N) should not make it likewise proper . as f i l kfo lorib4r°. (Hear, bear.) He thought that if 441'0'Co-'atiOil against any of the witnesses examined su _ .. th e L 4,11.1), proittee were made out, that would . be aff of As 1 3t ah t for the House to suspend the sittin b s . h i iil'S ;7: He wished for a general measure which ti t pL•t e l ' n '" all cases of corruption. re it avi!INLI.L If cannot have a general law, of t a - b *e ll e - 'e let i " ; have l a particular law. —( ll c e t a . r o ;) li te - ° ill efie asked to give leave for the introd I It 'ttilNa ttlelnnity, to protect the witnesses who . o u a ro ie ug t h o \f„, (1 1 1 / 4 4 4 i n a. case, which, if proved, the borough ti 1t0,.;. -11 it coin will, be disfranchised—(Hear,he a a n r d ) ik,'`utto 'die to think that if such a case of gross NaV i hyclltoruPtion and bribery be made out as that ' r ited..?iSt at r Hon. Member for Coventry, the t lth et ' i r ba t °4l could remain in schedule C, or any other ht bet ti den: ite dule A. The Hon. Member t sa s y a s fe , ly that ~, l l l t tit h efo re e i t of such a nature as canno the "%C u t of - ,, th e Committee, the House can suspendh s Dlts t ,,_' k it '"e C ommittee till an Act of Indemnitybyi ti l , 0 the Actre it not better to obviate every difficulty heore tol7kbeZ just no w ? (Hear, hear.) To sail her L'?" Stafford may, perhaps, have some.egoboed ks.itlok„eeieeting to the passing of such an Act, t he:: to ' Prejudice his case ; but I understand e t a tt s h a e s or se 4 ,r 1 1 1 ,._" 0 objection to the Bill. If such of ,7 i eitti . : 4 ll . ) - 7, c1 by, what isthe the use d'rect no -4 Dos., h lon take away by it the tioClt, /r individuals, but you leave the ' elec r t u o p r! ot i l l , l f 11 4 4 naore dangerous and equally certain tttstlika„ste'riPtation offered to them by wealth— mr d the an the hc..,4 4 te will then be between the reformed andh now ilefeZta,„ustitnency, that more crimes . will. called 4 ts a N4 trlieure the saute average. This is the less i f h i it 4,44 ornament but it is not reformed . !in bola' 4 L, 4 111 1 44 :, t ; ' ) Prevent Members from obtaining seats to -404' tot h ., r _ i 'ulg the electors.—(Hear.) We oughtlni all ~6 26 ,1 a. 17 1 :4 in the way. Let us sweep tle v ei4t rat k l e it elttlition. Metn . ber has stated that 524 out of : 4 ot 4 e k rne m., ' were bribed—surely that is . a case . for t utih„,,, So there were two in the majority who g 0 I d L e o ii ! i'', , : What an exemplary pair scenee every e r t ty l h r a e ab y s. a tr rn hr ij u se s r ; ‘'we tk l t is ti 01,17 r names should be written in let t te t r h s er o e f b 'rer 17 ho se: h° handed down to posterity l'oti Ord of t tsen in Stafford. bore Rill j . the„ la 4 464 1 4 y t o t e to in br a e t ak Su d e n i t i v a n once extinguishing theit Ikt!kri, te4444,1, if that s borough is really as guilty as roptitittuAltfis(liear, hear.) et 'e u r e '4114 Mid, that if reports were true, the c?r -celZrZelettleslit°_4ll of . Stafford was the greatest which of the House. k b. 7, N o f '''t , 4, ! eonsideratioi? k lner tia ,Noir t ,,: t ds that the information . which he re tli • tAh 11 0 0 'r that 0 gentlemen, neither of whom were tel N o ae. h e at) ctt°?s w e t tat who paid the money with which t h ' e N ' l e cem bribed, to those electors ?—(Hear, r t no *e e d* -L bly agreed with the Hon. Member, that It iiit t 4 biiisloiltiesn the case which might prevent t , l3 ,e4l l tith ver Y,, oein brought home to those who were l e kkopoe-tt,!och g a B . ill as that proposed ; it migh Nat to ' Sr ~ ''' adopt it ; but to him it appeared that thero_tore,"'„enirtity proposed by the . Hon. Member, til t ' l 4 - In t na 1 ractices of the guilty, and to screen ~ Il klii . th e n . a - P c • ilt He (Mr. lir g) .1 1 -C 4 - lti,„ ea their . . '4444,4 eh:Probable that if corruptio and . bribery to kit to;Nlnus extent had been practised, it would be ,h;_tt,L i t° ve it. House thought there t ''') h e 'et said, that if the . allos h tter - 11I t i,,:st b e - Way of procuring . rioo th e Willing to adopt it. His only object in ' 4 tr i ad ~triotion at all was, to expose the most noto horZ tl'4,tenalve system of corruption which had ever il hl Ili 41 blue k l A The corruption of t e I. ' k 41Staft now ' g e. • Even before % httiti is had long been notorious. h' k it °it r e n ' ''"selt 4 ou s ; P r esented it, the price of a vote . . wass/. " l elitt„_en tint then, to be of . the same opinion with v 44 '444 k : i I nLject of Parliamentary Reform,.. that ,. et tit at 44 to them as an argument in its m it , t `\ , q 4 4 th e give listv Y got tate ki -4 1 ra ft ~,i ' tot , f e to eto order. He begged to ask, whether o;' 4 L t h e.„.ptejudice the Jury who were to try the •te 4 4 ' 4it'''e,.. hy su it statements. t i e l 3 lr. ttirt.tlseld,:tt t hought that the . Hon. Member was Ile "t st 4t 7i% on could be influenced by a histo intlat,,ltatiZ tl'i electi e ona of Stafford. —(Hear, hear.) Was . L .Ne„ ! o the arguments 04 k ...INN:6Nors. ~ glinlelltB used by Mr. Sheridan,. to le l° No! 4 tt Reformers, which , ot Stafford to become if _... --,%1.-)Natn„frtsent you get Si. for a vote ; but you An IN utty Reform,~ you w ill probably get -,•,.1 _ lt ; ..., 4s l of i u ,84 44,1 laugh.) t7tthttlttidalekaitty)lllllll4 (name unknown . ) said, that if this ' d I . ad any effect at all, it would be to pro direetlyer! E °.r :,14,.(luents. He could say, that the present Th e u r thd•winord had not been guilty of bribery, either Itle ge oid treetly. li t t er ,k° Wati then putand agreed to. i i ,,itti o , _!CX raw. _ , ~ ' 4 Oftel th e st leo tor leave to postpone . the con- Aft ee orel i to the auod Election Committee, from the kiti, c attune ai„„ Past of play. ''' APrii -,tlssi the hit, . .1414 then'....e latter date was altered to the til l , 1..• k ii i . ) ltA iti wocion was agreed to. he did so t th ' trott.t N4iTuIC AUTHORS. „, 1 flat f.. 1 ft 1h...• c , mot ins for leave to bring . in a ci, lierVatiO4,7 t hre4l4trt hall of dramatic authors, said that ogislative ,Z Itk_ ti, 3 , to occupy the House with many sncAt this r ,,,, ea 1,,, ke oilWa sure that the necessity of some ed e r the uke.",,pttild.ti,Zte Jtcubjecthvvas universally adm eo i n tt trof 1 ell t other I,IZ Properta;st :urcsh p a o s ss w es a s s e very properly 4 4 ha the field of literature by the Invs of copyright. A play, when published, might be acted upon any stage without the consent of the author, and without his deriving a single shilling from the profits . _ of the performance. It might not only be acted at one theatre, but at 100 theatres, and though perhaps it filled the pockets of the managers, not a single penny might accrue from its performance, however successful or however re peated, to the unfortunate author. It was to remedy such a state of things that he proposed to bring in the present Bill, and he begged to observe, that in the Committee which sit Upon this subj,ct last session there was not a single dissentient voice as to the injustice of the present system, and as to the advantages which literature would derive from a change in it such as that which be was now about to propose.—(Hear.) By the Bill which he was going to btjng in, it was proposed to allow to dramatic authors the same copyright that was, by the existing law, given to all other authera,—namely, for 2S years, or for the life of the author. It also enacted that no play should be performed at any theatre without the author's consent, and that if played without his consent be should have the right of applying to a court of law for damages against the proprietor of the theatre where it was so played, the maximum of the damages to be given to him to be 501., and the minimum 101, for every night the said play was so performed. The evil of the existing system was pretty abundantly evinced by the striking decline of the modern drama, and he was quite sure that the result of the pro posed change in that system would be, that greater talents and a higher order of genius would be enlisted in the ser vie of the stage, and that the dramatic literature of the country would once more regain that exalted position from which it had been degraded by the want of the necessary encouragement and protection. It was but justice to his Hun. Friend opposite (the Member for Dungarvon) to say that he had been foremost in his efforts to procure such protection for dramatic authors. In a late session his Hon. Friend was the first to propose a measure similar to the present, and be was therefore sure that as his Right Hon. Friend had been the earliest and ablest advocate of the interests of dramatic authors, be might count upon his supporting the prt sent Bill. The Hon. Member con cluded by moving for leave to bring in the Bill. Mr. G. LAMB said, that as far as he was acquainted with the provisions of the Bill of his Hon. Friend, they bad his approval, and he did hope that the consequence of pa , sing such a measure would be to elevate dramatic lite rature from that depressed state in which, he was sorry to say, it, as well as all other interests connected with the drama, had been fur many years. It struck him that 101. would be too large a minimum of damages to be given in some cases. It would be too large, for instance, in the case of a manager of a company of strolling players, but at the same time it would be scarcely worth an author's while to proceed againq a man of straw, such as a manager of strolling players usually was. lie trusted there would be no difficulty in passing such a measure as this through Parliament.—Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES. Mr. L. BULWER said be now rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill " for licensing theatres, and for the better regulation of dramatic performances in the cities of London and Westminster, and within 20 miles thereof," and in doing so be should feel it necessary to trouble the House with but a very few observations. The Bill which he was now about to introduce was founded upon the re commendation of the Committee of last session upon dra matic performances, and be should read to the House the paragraph from the report in which that recommendation was contained :—" In respect to the licensing of theatres, the Committee are of opinion that the laws would be rendered more clear and effectual by con fining the sole power and authority to license theatres throughout the metropolis (as well as in places of Royal residence) to the Lord Chamberlain ; and that his, the sole jurisdiction, should be extended 20 miles round London (that being the point at which magistrates now have the power of licensing theatres for the legitimate drama). And as the Committee believe that the interests of the drama will be considerably advanced by the natural consequences of fair competition in its representation, they recommend that the Lord Chamberlain should con tinue a license to all the theatres licensed at present, whe- ther by himself or by the megistrates. The Committee are also of opinion, partly from the difficulty of defining, by clear and legal distinctions, ' the legitimate drama,' and principally from the propriety of giving a full open ing, as well to the higher as to the more humble orders of dramatic talent, that the proprietors and managers of the said theatres should be allowed to exhibit, at their option, the legitimate drama, and all such plays as have received or shall receive the sanction of the censor." This Bill was, as he had just said, chiefly founded upon that paragraph of the report, in the first instance, as regarded the throwing open the performance of the regular drama, and, in the second place, in confining the authority of licensing solely to the Lord Chamberlain, within the district therein specified. The three objects which the Bill had in view were-Ist, to afford to the public at large the full advantage derivable from regular dramatic representations ; 2d, to prevent the inhabitants of any district from being subjected, against their will, to the an noyince of any theatrical speculations ; and, 3d, to guard against the exercise of any kind of partiality on the part of the licensing authority. With such objects in view, the Bill proposed to enact, in the first instance, that if any person should be desirous of obtaining a license for the ex hibition of dramatic performances at any theatre within the limits of the Act, he must post a notice of such intention on the outer door of such theatre 3 calendar months before the annual licensing day at which auch application was intended to be made—that copies of such notice must be at the same time served upon the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish in which the theatre was situate, and that he must insert a copy of the said notice once a-week during the said three months in two of the daily morning newspapers. The same provisions were made applicable to the case where the theatre was not built or finished at the period when the application was made ; and it was further provided that in the latter case the per son so applying should deposit in the Lord Chamberlain's office descriptive plans and particulars of the mode in which it was intended to build, or finish the building, exhibiting the extent, elevation, and mode of structure of the said theatre, and the number of persons that it would he calcul it d to contain; that such plans should lie in the Lord Chamberlain's office, open to the public inspection, trorn the time of their being there deposited until the annual licensing day; and that in case a majority of tl e persons interested in the property contiguous to such theatre, or the proposed site thereof, should, in a petition to be presented to the Lord Chamberlain two months before the licensing day, signify their dissent to the licens ing of it, such license should not be granted, but that if no such petition should be presented, the Lord Chamber lain should be obliged to grant the license as prayed for. It was further provided that nothing contained in the Act should be construed to affect the right of any person to object to the licensing of any theatre by reason of any thing which, by the common law, would, at the passing of the Act, he considered a sufficient objection to the licensing of such theatre. The Bill also provided that where license was sought for a theatre, a certificate of the stability and safety of such theatre, signed by three archi tects or surveyors, should be produced by the persons so applying to the Lord Chamberlain ; and it also gave to the Lord Chamberlain summary power in cases where plays were performed at places not duly licensed, or in cases where the proprietors of theatres exceeded the limits of their licenses. It would be observed that no discretion as to granting a license was vested in the Lord Chamberlain where the provisions of the Act bad been fully complied with, and where no memorial bad been presented within the time specified against the granting of such license. As to the office of censor, he for his part must say that he thought such an office was perfectly unnecessary.— (Hear, hear.) Undoubtedly the evidence which had been given by the present censor before the Committee had failed to convince him either as to the importance of the functions attached to that office, or as to the discretion with which they had been exercised; but as it might prove fatal to the Bill if proposed to abolish that office, it pro posed to leave the authority of the censor just as it was at present. The Bill provided the following graduated scale of fees as payable to the Lord Chamberlain, or his deputy, for the licensing of theatres and dramatic pro ductions :-- _ " For every original license granted to a theatre... £s 5 0 " For every . renewal of a license to a theatre 2 2 0 " For examining every plan or entertainment of the stage of five or more acts 2 0 " For examining every play or entertainment of the stage of three or four acts 1 11 6 1 ' For examining every play or entertainment of the 1 1 0 stage of two acts 11 For examining every play or en tertainment of the 0 10 6 stage of one act " For examining every address, song, or other compo sition, not included in either of the above descrip t ions The Hon. Member concluded by moving for leave to bring in the Bill. Mr. G. LAMB did not mean to offer on this odcasion any opposition to the Bill proposed by his Hon. Friend ; on the contrary, be thought that the time was come when some such measure should be passed with regard to dramatic performances. It was extremely doubtful that any good would arise from the interference of the Legisla ture in controlling the public in matters of taste. There certainly was an idea in this town,_ and in other towns where theatres were, that the neighbourhood of theatres caused the introduction of a loose population, and, at all events, their neighbourhood was often objected to by per- I sons resident in the vicinity. It was, therefore, but right to give them the power of objecting to their introduction. He feared that there would be some difficulty as to the summary power proposed to be given to the Lord Cham berlain. In consequence of the repeal, as proposed by this Act, of the 10th of George 11., by which players were classed with " rogues and vagabonds," the summary power of search, on the part of the police, would be taken away, and difficulties certainly would, in some cases, lie in the exercise of the summary power proposed to be given to the Lord Chamberlain. With regard to the censorship, h e thought it was productive of utility, and that it could not be dispensed with. He trusted that his Hon. Friend would not hurry the Bill through the House, but that he would afford time to the persons in this metropolis who were interested in its provisions to make their representa tions to the House either for or against the measure. He hoped that by the passing of such a measure the law on this subject would be at length placed upon an intelligibl e foundation, for it had been of late years so complicated, and so variously interpreted, that there was no understand ing how any theatre stood. Mr. HUME was sorry to hear the Hon. Gentleman express his opinion in favour of the retention of the cen sorship upon dramatic performances. He was quite sure the present and for many years depressed state of the dram.► was attributable to the protection of the Lord Chamber lain and the surveillance of the censor. It was well known that the jurisdiction of the Chamberlain opened the door to bribery and corruption. Tne license-fees system spoke for itself, and could nut he too soon altered. The drama no less than the public would be benefitted by unrestricted competition, under which genius and talent would thrive, and corruption could not.—(Hear.) He protested against the plea put forward by the Hon. Gen tleman on the part of the monopolists. Mr. WARBURTON said that as the object of the present system was the affording irrational amusements at the dearest rate, so the object of the present Bill would be to afford to the public rational aninsements at the cheapest rate. The object of the great theatres seemed to be to administer rather to the physical than to the men tal gratification of the people.—(A laugis.) As to the existing interests of the patentees of the great theatres, dwelt upon by the Hon. Gentleman, the fact was they had no interest remaining in them, they being mortgaged double and treble deep. He possessed himself a renter's share of 5001. in Covent-garden, which, in addition to a personal admission, entitled him to 25/. per annum—if h e could get it.—(A laugh.) Of course, during the last 12 years he did not receive a single sixpence ; but like every other proprietor, had the right of entering the theatre. He was ready to sacrifice his share, in order to see dra matic performances thrown open to the public. - Mr. EWART regretted that the Bill was confined to the metropolis. He bad himself presented a petition from Liverpool, stating that in that town and its neighbour hood there was a popul .tion of 100,000 persons unpro vided with theatrical amusement. He would move a clause to extend the Bill to the country, if the Hon. Gentle man would not do so himself. Mr. LAMB, in explanation, said he did not raise an obstacle on vested interest, but, merely asked for time for them to make a case out, if they could. He doubted the propriety of extending the Bill to the provinces. Mr. BARING thought the office of censor a most useful one. Hon. Gentlemen had only to judge fur them selves of the effect of an unlicensed system in Paris to arrive at the same conclusion. The productions exhibited in some of the theatres must shock every moral mind. He was not favourable to a vexatious censorship, but one which would enforce a respect for sound morals and public decency. Mr. O'DWYER, having visited Paris, said the result of his travels was, that be differed from the Hon. Mem ber for Essex. Mr. BULWER said that there was no need of a censor ship, as public morals had actually risen higher than the license, which the censor could not lower. This was evi dent from the fact, that many of the old plays, which the censor could not prohibit from being represented, were not and could not be played from their indelicacy. The absence of such exhibitions here as those referred to by the Hon. Member for Essex in Paris was not imputable to our censorship, but a higher standard of public morality. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. BURGH REFCRM (SCOTLAND). The LORD ADVOCATE rose to submit a motion to the House on a very important subject—that of reforming the municipal constitution of the royal burgh of Scotland. It was a subject of which the discussion was likely to be monopolized by the Scotch Members, and he, therefore, would not then enter into any details of the measure. He believed that it would be more convenient to the House, and more conducive to a saving of time, if the discussion were taken at a future period. He proposed, therefore, to read the Bill a first and second time pro forma, and after the second reading he would move that it be referred to a Select Committee. He would propose that this Com mittee should consist of all the Members fur the Scotch burghs, about 23, which would make a very proper Com mittee as to numbers. By so doing the House would not come to a discussion of the measure till it was well ac quainted with it. He would then only move for leave to bring i❑ a Bill to alter and amend the laws with respect to electing the magistrates and town councils of royal burghs in Scotland. Captain W. GORDON expressed his regret that the measure was not in the first instance referred to a Com mittee of Inquiry, as was done with respect to the English and Irish Corporations. He hoped, too, that the Learned Lord would not confine the Select Committee to the Mem bers for Scotch burghs. The LORD ADVOCATE explained, that a conside rable time would elapse before the Committee could come to any conclusion, that the Bill would be amply discussed, and that the Committee would readily listen to any sugges tions. As to placing other Members on the Committee, it would be open to Hon. Members to name whom they pleased when the committee was appointed. Mr. GILLON wished to ask when the Committee would begin its labours? Mr. KENNEDY thought the Committee might begin its labours immediately. Mr. OSWALD gave his support to the motion. An How. MEMBER. asked whether the Learned Lord meant to take any steps to improve the constitution of those burghs which were not Royal Burghs ? We un derstood the Hon. Member to call them Barony Burghs. The LORD ADVOCATE believed that his Majesty's Government had it in contemplation to propose a mea sure for them. He would certainly say, for himself, that be had a Bill in preparation to amend the constitution of the burghs alluded to by the Hon. Member. Mr.ANDREW JOHNSTONE differed from the Hon. Member for Aberdeenshire, as to requiring a Committee of Inquiry, because the subject had already been much in quired into. Burgh Reform had agitated Scotland much more than Parliamentary Reform, and now that they had obtained the latter, he hoped that the former would be also soon obtained. He recommended a sweeping and effectual Reform in the burghs, similar to that which had been made of the Parliament, and not a bit by bit Reform. Leave was then given, and the Bill ordered to be brought in by the Lord A dvocate and Mr. Kennedy. POLICE IN BURGHS (SCOTLAND). Mr. LOCH moved for leave to bring in a Bill to en able all the burghs of Scotland to establish one general system of police. He proposed to mike the qualification for electing the municipal police the same as that for electing Members for that House. Mr. GILLON hoped that the Hon. Member would not adopt this rule, as such a qualification would not satisfy the people of Scotland. Captain DUNLOP hoped that this Bill, like the Bi to be brought in by the Learned Lord, would be referred to a Select Committee.--L•ave given. CONSTABULARY (IRELAND). Sir J. GRAHAM, on the part of Mr. Stanley, as he understood his Right Hon. Friend's proposition to bring in a Bill to amend the Constabulary (Ireland) was to be opposed, postponed that motion. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. The SPEAKER then called on Lord Althorp, who had given notice of a motion to propose that orders of the day should have precedence of motions every day. Lord ALTHORP referred the arrangements agreed to for presenting petitions relative to the Irish Coercive Bill, and expressed a hope that Hon. Members would adhere to that arrangement. That arrangement had been made with a view to hearing those petitions that related to the Bill before it passed through the Honse.—[During the time the Noble Lord was speaking, Mr. Robinson rose two or three times, and was understood to express a determination to present his petitions, which did not relate to the Irish Bill, to-morrow.] When his Lordship had finished, Mr. ROBINSON should take the sense of the House on his own intention. Mr. O'CONNELL hoped the Hon. Member would not. It would be of no use to receive the petitions of the people against the Bill after it was passed. Mr. H. GRATTAN hoped the Hon. Member would wave his intention. Mr. HUME thought the Hon. Member for Worcester should raise the question then, and not wait till the next day. Lord ALTHORP thought it was impossible to raise the question then. It was in the power of any Hot]. Mem ber to present a petition ; but it was in the power of the House to decide that it should not be received. There certainly was a general understanding, that the petitions e elating to the Irish Bill should alone be presented : but the House could not prevent other petitions being brought before it, if Hon. Gentlemen offered them. He had given• notice of a motion, to call the attention of the House to the propriety, in the present state of business, of always taking the orders of the day before notices, during the progress of the Irish Bill. He did not intend to take the sense of the House on that motion, but he only wished that an understanding should become:to on the subject. He hoped that gentlemen would not press their notices, and allow the orders of the day to take precedence, so as not to interfere with ti►e progress of the Irish Bill. WARBURTON was underrood to _ ask, at what boor of a night the Noble Lord contemplated bringing the debate to a close ? Lord ALT HORP could not possibly say beforehand. He thought if any one question were decided at not a very late hour, so as to allow other business to come on, th e debate might then terminate. Mr. WARBURTON wished to ask the Hon. Member (or Worcester, if it were his intention to interfere with t h e arrangement for presenting petitions against. the Bill? If the Hon. Member meant to raise the question, he had letter do it then. He thought a resolution might be moved, that no petitions should be presented to-morrow, but petitions relative to the Irish Bill. If there were no objection to that mode of settling the question, he should have no objection to move such a resolution. Mr. ROBINSON said the present mode of proceeding was neither more nor less than an interference with the rights and privileges of the House. —(No, no. ) If he were not allowed to present petitions which he thought of im portance, and if be were not allowed to submit motions which he had regularly given notice, what was that but infringing on the rights and privileges of the Mem bers ?—(No, no.) He admitted that there had been an understanding across the table, between the Noble Lord awl the Hen. and Learned Member for Dublin; and he know that the House generally acceded to those understandings to which the parties most in t rested caw. He did not _wish to interfere with such understandings; but he wished to ask, would the Noble Lord assure him auy day on which he might bring forward his motion. Ile had a notice fixed for the 2fith, cn a subject which he considered of great importance— when was he to be assured of an opportunity of bringing that forward? The notice-hook, up to the 20th of May, was filled up with motions four or live for each day, and motions of a description that each of them would, as things were now discussed, take four or five days to discuss it. If the country was not to be altogether deceived— and if the House was to have time for deliberation— something must b,, , done to obviate the pressure of business. He wished to know whether all other business was to be put au end to till the Irish Bill was passed ? Lord ALTHORP had always supposed that the deci sions of the House would be guided by good sense and discretion. Ile had, however, been apprehensive that the eagerness of gentlemen to bring forward motions would lead the House to attempt to do more business than it possibly could do in one session. That apprehension had been real zed. On looking at the notice-book, he found so many notices of motions on very important subjects, that every man acquainted with business must know it would be impossible to get through them in one session. Mr. HUME asked, was all the business of the country to give place to the Irish Bill ? On two grounds the Bill, he thought, should be abandoned—fist, because it entirely interrupted the business of the House; secondly, because by every account from Ireland it would quite unnecessary to put it into operation. But as to the pre cise course to be taken on the question before the House, he would not come to any uuderstandieg. Lord ALTHORP thought it strange that the accommo dation granted to him by the minority in the last Parlia ment should be refused to him in this.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. D. W. HARVEY had been, and still was, a most determined opponent of the Bill ; but having been intro duced, the sooner it was got rid of the better. The SOLICITOR , GENEILAL, and another HON. MEM BER, briefly expressed themselves to the same effect. Mr. A. BARING said that the Ministry showed no disposition to afford information or encourage general discussion on the great questions of Tithes, Corporations, the Bank Charter, and the East India Company. In his opinion the four, as enumerated by him, might be pro posed on one day—(A laugh)—and then left for the general discussion of the country. After a few words from Mr. WARBURTON about Irish petitions, Lord ALTHORP hoped he should be able to introduce the measure of Church Reform on Thursday. The pro- position of the Hon. Member for Essex was a most extra ordinary one. If the four Bills should be proposed in one day, they would be attacked all through the country by the opponents of Government and its measures. Mr. BARING said, if a Bill were once brought forward, it would be impossible to prevent a general discussion of it. Mr. RUTHVEN said that the Irish coercive measure was introduced to draw public attention from the violation of the pledges made by Government. They were thus enabled to shift aside the questions of economy, reduc tion of taxation, &c., and deny the country the relief which it had a right to claim et their hands.—(Hear.) An Hox. MEstBEJ having made some observations, which were quite inaudible, The House resolved itself into a Committee upon Ex chequer Rills. FOREIGN CORN. Mr. FRYER wished to put two questions to the Noble Lord opposite—let, Whether it was the intention of Go vernment to permit foreign grain, or flour now in bond to be taken, subject to such rate and proportion of duty as it should appear the parties were competent to pay, and as might be obtained from them ? 2dly, Whether it was intended to admit colonial grain into the home market under a lower rate of duty than at present demanded, or any fixed duty at all ?, Lord ALTHORP could assure the Hon. Gentleman that neither of these measures were in contemplation. SUGAR AND PENSION DUTIES BILL. Mr. TODD objected to any additional protecting duties being imposed on sugar. Mr. HUME concurred with the Hon. Member ; but he wished to know from the Noble Lord (Althorp), whether the pensions chargeable on the 44 per cent. duties were referred solely to that source ? The 41 per cent. duties were defective in amount, and be should like to ascertain on what authority it was that the deficits were paid out of the Consolidated Fund? He was not aware of the ex istence of any Act of Parliament sanctioning it. Lord ALTHORP said the 44 per cent. duties bad been transferred by the Crown to the public service, and were naturally transferred subject to all the charges to which they were then liable. As to the second question, he could not at that moment answer it ; but he believed that the deficiencies had not been made good out of any other fund. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr. LITTLETON presented several petitions against the Beer Act, and for the better observance of the Sabbath. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at half-past eleven. The KING will give a grand State dinner to the Knights of the Garter, on St. George's day, in the same style of magnificence as that given by his MAJEm last season. The dissolution of Earl DUDLEY took place at bis residence in Park-lane, whither he had been re moved from the sequestered villa which he occupied in the neighbourhood of Norwood. The Noble Earl's mother, and the eldest son of the Rev. HUMBLE WARD (now Lord WARD of Birmingham) we:e the constant attendants on the Noble invalid during his last illness. The extensive estates of the Noble Earl are situated chiefly in the counties of Stafford and Worcester. A new Play, founded on the interesting story of the Bastile, written by Mr. FRANK MILLS, and which has been accepted by the lessee of Covent-garden, will, we understand embrace all the popular talent of the theatre in its representation. Some splendid scenery, painted by GRIEVE, is in preparation for this drama, which will be produced immediately after Easter. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE LATE EARL FITZWILLIAM.—A public meeting of the inhabi tants of Sheffield was held at the Town Hall, on Wednes day last, for the purpose of considering the best means of testifying the gratitude of the people of Sheffield to the memory of the late Earl FITZWILLIAM. It was resolved that the contemplated mark of respect should be embodied in an address, to be forwarded to the present Earl FITZ. WILLIAM ; and that a bust of the late Noble and vene rable Earl be executed by Mr. LAW, and placed in the New Cutlers' Hall. PADDY M'KEW IN THE NORTH.--An incendiary spy has paid a visit to part of the county Mo naghan. A few days ago, be was in the parish of Tyhollan, where he op,nly offered two guineas bounty to each recruit that would enlist in a secret association, which he professes himself an emissary to establish. We call upon the people to be on their guard, and not only to avoid the snares of such miscreants, but to denounce all secret societies as the greatest obstacle in the way of a rne- . liorating the conditio n an d esta bli s hi ng t h e i n d epen d e nce of the country..—.lViwry. Examiner. IRISH CHURCH REFORM BILL. Lord Althorp moved, on the 11th of March, that the second reading of the Bill should take place on Thursday, the 14th of March. Lord Granville Somerset moved to insert Monday, the 18th of Match. The House divided— For Lord Althorp's motion For Lord G. Somerset's ditto 4B Majority for reading the Bill on the 14th March... 141 LIST OF' TIL OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY MARCH FOR READING THE IRI 14TH, INSTEAD OF TIIE 18TH 01 ENGLAND. 1 r.;,' MAJORITY -NINE, WHO VOTED ON THE 11TH NH CHURCH REFORM BILL ON THE ,F MARCH. Romilly, J.—Bridport Romilly, E.—Ludlow Rotch, B.—Knaresborough Russell, Lord John—South De ' vonshirc ' Russell, Lord C. J. F.—Bedford shire Scholefield, J. —Birmingham Sheppard, T.—Frome Slaney, R. A.—Shrewsbury Smith, J. A.—Chichester Stanley, H. T.—Preston Staunton, Sir G.--South Hants Staveley, T. K.—Ripon Strickland, G.—West Yorkshire Strutt, E.—Derby Taylcur, W.—Bridgewater Tennyson, Right Hon. C.— Lambeth Thomson, Hon. C. P.—Man chester Throckmorton, R. G.—Berks Tracy, C. IL—Tewkesbury Trelawney, W. L. S.—East Cornwall Turner, W.—Blackburn Tynte, C. K. K.—Bridgewater Vincent, Sir F.—St. Albans Vivian, J. FL—Swansea Warburton, H.—Bridport Ward, H. G.—St. Albans Watson, R.—Canterbury Wedgewood, J.—Stoke Wilks, J.—Boston Williams, G.—Ashton Williamson, Sir H —NortliDur. ham Wilmot, Sir E. E.—North War wickshire Wood, M.—London Wood, C.—Halitax Wynn, Right Hon. C. W. W.— Montgomeryshire Young, Cr. F.—Tynemouth Aglionbr,ii.Z:6ckermouth Althorp, Viscount—South Nor thamptonshire Astley, Sir J. D.—North Wilt- shire Attwood, Thos.—Birmingham Beauclerk, Aubrey Wm.—Eastl Surrey ;eaumont, T. W.—South Nor. th timberland Benett, J.—South Wiltshire Berkeley, M. F.—Gloucester Berkeley, C. F —Cheltenham Biddulph It. M.—Denbighshire Brodie, W. B.—New Sarum Brotherton, Joseph—Salford Brougham, J.—Kendal Bulkeley, Sir R. W.—Anglesea Buller, E.—North Staftbrdshire Buller, Charles—Liskeard Bulteel, J. C.—South Devon Burdett, Sir F.—Westminster Campbell, Sir J.—Dudley Chaytor, Sir W.—Sunderland Chichester, J. P. B. —l.3etrnstaplel Clay, W.—Tower Hamlets Cobbctt, William—Oldham Codrington, Sir E.—Devonport Davenport, J.—Stoke-on-Trent Davies, T. H.—Worcester Denison, W. J.—West Surrey Donkin, Sir 11. S.—Berwick Dundas ' J. W.—Greenwich Dykes, F. L. B.—Cockermouth Ebrington, Visc.—North Devon Ellice, E.—Coventry Ellis, \V.—Leicester Ewart, W.—Liverpool Faithful, George—Brighton Fancoua, Major—Barnstaple Fenton, J.—Rochdale Fielden, W. J.—Blackburn Fleetwood, P. H.—Preston Fort, J.—Clitheroe Gordon, R.—Cricklade Gore, M.—Devizes Goring, H. D.—New Shoreham Graham, Sir J.—East Cumber- land Grey, C.—Chipping-Wlambe Grownow, Capt.—Staffbrd Guest, J. J.—Merthyr Tydvil Gully, John—Pontefract Hall, Benjamin—Monmouth Harland, W. C.—Durham Harvey, D. W.—Colchester Hawes, B.—Lambeth Hawkins, J. H.—Newport, Isle of Wight Heathcoat, J.—Tiverton Heneage, G. F.—Lincoln Hobhouse, Sir J.—Westminster Hornby, E. G.—Warrington Horne, Sir W.--Marylcbone Hudson, T.—Evesham Hume, J.—Middlesex Humphery, John—Southwark Hutt, W.—Kingston-on-Hull Hyett, W. H.—Stroud Ingllby, Sir W. A.—Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire James, W.—Carlisle. Lamont, J. C.—Wells Langdale, Hon. C.—Beverley Langston, J. H.--Oxford Leech, J.—West Surrey Lefevre, C. S.—North Hants. Lemon, Sir C.—West Cornwall Lennox, Lord J.—West Sussex Lennox, Lord A.—Chichester Lister, E. Cunliffe—Bradford Madocks, J.—Denbigh Marshall, J.—Leeds Methuen, P.—North Wiltshire Mildmay, P. St. J.— Winchester Molesworth, Sir William—East Cornwall Morpeth, 141.—West Yorkshire Mostyn, E. M. L —Flintshire Neale, Sir IL—Lymington Ord, W. H.—Newport, Isle of Wight . Palmer, General—Bath Parker, J.—Shetlield Parrott, J.—Totness Pcndarves, E. W. W.—West Cornwall Peter, W.—Bodmin Petre, Hon. E. R.—York Philips, Sir G.—South Warwick. shil.e . Philips, M.—Manchester Potter, R.—Wigan Rick ford, W.—Aylesbury Robarts, A. W.—Maidstone Roebuck, J. A.—Bath Rolfe, R. M.—Penrhyn LIST OF TIL OF FORTY-EIGHT (TELLERS INCLI SOMERSET'S MOTION FOR POE FROM THURSDAY TO MONDAY N ENGLAND. Ashley, Lord—Dorsetshire Baring, A.—North Essex Baring, H. B.—Marlborough Baring, W. B.—Winchester Bethel!, R.—East Yorkshire Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingford Bruce, Lord E.—Marlborough Cartwright, W. R.—South Nor thamptonshire Chapman, A.—Whitby Dare, R. W. H.—South Essex Darlington, Earl of—South Shropshire Egerton, W. T.—NorthCheshire Fox, Sackville L.—Helleston Gladstone,W.E.—Newark-upon , Trent Grimston, Visc.—Hertfordshire Hanmer, Sir J.—Shrewsbury Hov, J. B.—Southampton Inglis, Sir R. I - I.—Oxford versity Nicholl, J —Cardiff Norrey;, Lord—Oxfordshire Peel, Sir R.—Tamworth Pugh, D.—Montgomery Robinson, G. R.—Worcester Sandon, Lord—Liverpool Scarlett, Sir J.—Norwich Somerset, Lord G. C. IL—Mon. mouthshire SCOTLAND, Ahercromby, Itight Hon. J.— Edinburgh Bannerman, A.—Aberdeen Colquhoun, J. C.—Dumbarton shire Elliot, Hon. G.—Roxburghshire Ewing, James—Glasgow Ferguson, R.—Dysart, &ie. Fergusson, R. C.—Kirkeud- bright Gilion, W. D.—Falkirk Hay, A. L.—Elgin, &c. Johnston, A.—St. Andrews Loch, J.—Wick, &c. Maxwell, John—Lanarkshire Ormelie, Earl of—Perthshire oswald, it. A.:—Ayrshire Oswald, J.—Glasgow Ross, H.—Montrose, &c. Sharpe, General—Dumfries, &c. Sinclair, G.—Caithness-shire Stewart, Sir M. S.—Renfrewsh. Wallace, Robert—Greenock IRELAND. Baldwin, Dr.—Cork City Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Barron, Pierce—Waterford City Blackney, W.—Co. of Carlow Daunt, T. o.—Mallow Dobbin, L.—Armagh Finn, W. F.—Kilkenny Fitzgerald, Thomas—Louth Fitzsimon, C.—Dublin Co. Fitzsimon, N.—King's County Galway, J. M.—Waterford Co. Grattan, J.—Co. of Wicklow Grattan, Henry—Meath Hill, Lord Arthur—Down Co. Hill, Lord M.—Newry Lalor, Patrick—Queen's Co. Lamb, Hon. G.—Dungarvou Lynch, A. H.—Galway M.Laughlin, L —Galway Macnamara, W. N.—Clare Co. Macnamara, T.7-Enntt Martin, T.-:-Galway Co. O'Callaghan, C.—Tipperary O'Connell, Daniel—Dublin O'Connell, Maurice—Tralce O'Connell, Charles—Kerry O'Connell, Morgan—Meath O'Connell, John—Youghall O'Connor, Don—Roscom. Co. O'Connor, Fergus—Cork Co. O'Dwyer, A. C.—Drogheda Roche, W.—Limerick Roche, D.—Limerick Ronayne, D.—Clonmell Rocke, J. H.—Longford Talbot, J. H.—New Ross Vigors, N. A.—Carlow E MINORITY UDED), WHO NOTED FOR LORD G• trPONINO TIIE SECOND READING TEXT. Stanley, E.—West Cumberland Vyvyan, Sir R. R.—Bristol Willoughby, Sir H. P.—New castle-under-Lyne SCOTLAND. Agnew, Sir A.—Wigtonshire Arbuthnot, Gen.—Kincardine. shire Ferguson, G.—Banffshire Hope, Hon. Sir A.—Linlith. I gowshire IRELAND. Christmas, W.—Waterford Cole, Lord—Fermanagh Conolly, E. M.—Donegal Corry, Hon. H. L.—Tyrone Co. Gladstone, T.—Portarlington Jones, T.—Londonderry Co. Leroy, Dr.—Dublin University Maxwell, H.—Cavan Maxwell, J. W.—Downpatrick Perceval, Colonel—Sligo Co. Shaw, F.—Dublin University Verner, Col. W.—Armagh Co. Young, J. —Cavan Co. TELLERS. IStormont, Lord—Norwich Ross, C.—Northampton COURT CIRCULAR. His Excellency Namick Pacha, accompanied by M. Mavro jeni, had interviews yesterday with Earl Grey, at the Treasury, and with Viscount Palmerston at the Foreign-office. The Dukes of Cumberland and Gloucester visited the Prin cess Augusta on Monday, at St. James's Palace. Prince Talleyrand and the Bavarian and Belgian Ministers had interviews with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The Right Hon. Charles Grant visited Viscount Goderich yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Archbishop of Dublin, and Viscounts Goderich and Al. thorp, had interviews with Earl Grey on Monday, at the Trea sury. The Duke of Richmond visited the Noble Earl yesterday. Mr. Bischoff, from the Van Diemen's Land Company, had an interview with Viscount Goderich yesterday, at the Colonial. office. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne gave a grand ball on Monday evening, at Lansdowne.house, which was very numerously attended by the Nobility and Gentry. Sir L. Smith, recently appointed to the Government of Bar badoes, had an interview, to take leave of Viscount Goderich, on Monday, at the Colonial.office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING. Arccptances for the Free Handicap for 4-yr.-olds. Mowbray Hill, 7st. 51b. ; Kitty Fisher, 7st. Db. ; Maid of Honour, 7st. ; Napoleon le Grand, 7st. ; Miss Lytham, list. 121 b. ; b. c. by Figaro, 6st. 71b. ASCOT HEATH RACES. Entry for the Albany Stakes. Uncle Toby, c. by Swiss—Galena, Cactus, c. by Sultan— Emmeline, Mount Eagle, c. by Catton—Twatty, Astracus, Cin. derella, The Bravo. The Swinley Stakes. Spencer, 4 yrs. ; Twatty c. 3 yrs. ; Damascus, 4 yrs. ; Non Cornpos, 4 yrs. The Windsor Forest Stakes. Sister to Terry Alt, Fanny Grey, Active, Mantilla, Amima, Myrrha. The Gold Cup. C. by Swiss—Galena, 3 yrs. ; Beiram, 4 yrs.; Galata, 4 yrs. Mount Eagle, 3 'yrs. ; Runemede, 4 yrs. ; Camarine, 5 yrs. Lucetta, aged ; Variation, 6 yrs. Cotteeford Races take place on the 20th instant ; Lick field Spring on the 27th ; Croxton Park, on the Sd o : April, and Bath Spring, on the 17th of April. THE KEMBLES.—We learn from the Amer.ican papers that the Earl of MULGR&VZ has invited Mr. Karnmx and his daughter to Kingston. TRISH COERCIVE BlLL.—Thursday night above 1,000 individuals, the great majority of whom were tradesmen, assembled in the large Waterloo-rooms, called by an anonymous placard, to consider th e p r opri e ty of pe titioning Parliament against passing a Bill "for the sup pression (as the placard has it) of the liberties of Ireland." JAMES AYTOU N, Esq., Advocate, was called to the chair, when several resolutions against the measure now in the House of Commons were moved and seconded, and along with them a petition to Parliament, carried by acclama tion. Besides the Chairman, the meeting was addressed by Mr. TArr, bookseller, Mr. JAMESON, W. S., Mr. MOFFAT, Dalkeith, Major BROWN, and several others. Some of the sentiments of the speakers were met by a few faint hisses, but these were speedily drowned amid general cheers,— Caledonian Mercury. FROM LAST- NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 12. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Northampton (Northern Division)—The Honour able William Charles Wentworth Fitzwilliam, commonly called Lord Viscount Milton, in the room of Lord Viscount Milton, now Earl Fitzwilliam. Commission by the Loid Lieutenant of the County of Forfax. Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia—Sutherland Geg. Gordon Orr, to be Ensicn. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Mid Lothian. Royal Mid Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—Steuart Bayley Hare, Gent., to be Cornet. BANKRUPTS. rcni Goren t r a g e e n . a s i t: d e e N t WILLIAM TWYCROSS, leather.dreeser, Godalming, Sur rey, to surrender March 28, at two, and April 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pontifex, St Andrew's-court, Holbortii JOSEPH SPI VEY, provision-agent, King-street, Great Her: the Court of Bankruptcy. Frances, Austin-friars. ,a Nation, p , p o i t r i g c h , a A r l d a . r s c t h r ee 22 t , : p a h o d , tm A a p i r , . I s l . 23 q u. a , e 1 even,. JOHN MATTHEW WILLIAMS, bill-broker, Totterl*, March 21, and April 23, at eleven, at the e Bankrupt* JOHN CANN, eating-house-keeper, Broad-street, illcioitis; bury, March 20, at one, and April W, at twelve, at the Coilit of Bankruptcy. Clift and Fisher, Red Lion-square. ROBERT WA LK INGTON, upholsterer, High Holborn, March 19, at ten, and April 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bank. rsptcy. Turner, Clifford's Inn. JAMES GREEN, ramrod-maker, Birmingham, April 6, at one, and 23, at three, at the Union Inn, Birmingham. Holmt, Frampton, and Loftus, New Inn, London ; Bartleet, Birmingham. JOSEPH MELLOR, tailor, Manchester, April 1,2, and 23, at two, at the Star lnu, Manchester. Neild, King-street, Cheap. side, London; Hewitt, Manchester. HENRY PRATT, miller, Bileton, Staffordshire, March 25, at four, 26, and April 23, at eleven, at the King's Arm's Inn, Bilston. Wright, Golden-square, London; Garwood, Bilston: JAMES BENT, cotton-spinier, nßankfoot, Halifax, York= shire, April 2, and 23, at twelve, at the White Lion Inn, Hali, fax. Wigglesworth and Ridsdale, Gray's Inn-square, Lcindbnit Sutcliffe and Son, Hebdon Bridge, near Halifax. ELIZABETH SCOTT, grocer, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, March 2 17, at twelve, and April 25, at ten, at the house of Mr. Palmer, Great Yarmouth. Palmer, Great Yarntouthi Clarke, Richards, and Medcalfe, Lincoln's Inn.ilelds, Ltindtin, JOSEPH HARTLEY, miller, Oaken Gates, Shiffnalli Shidp shire, March 22, and April '23 at ten, at the Royal V.cttirta Hotel, Newport, Shropshire. Brooks and Smallwood, Newpoit.; Hicks and Marris, Gray's Inn-aquare, London. CHARLES TUCK, shipwright, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, March 26, at six, 27, at nine, and April 23, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Palmer, Great Yarmouth. Palmer, Great Yarmouth; Swain, Stevens, Maples, Pears; and Hunt, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London. ROBERT HODGSON, common-brewer, Manchester, March 2, at nine, and April 23, at one, at the Star Inn, Manchester. M ilne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London; Crossley and Sudlow, Manchester, DIVIDENDS. C. Fuller, merchant, Paradise-row, Islington, March 22, at three, at the Court of Bankruptcy—G. Littlewood and T. Green, printers, Green Arbour-court, Old Bailey, April 2, at half-past ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Williams, sent, and J. Wil liams, jun., coppersmiths, Houndsditch, April 3, at half-bast ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Snow, scrivener ; Woreeilet; April 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—H. Carter, thymist: Hastings, April 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—G. It: Braine, uilder, East-street, Manchester-square, April 3, at twd, at the Court oh Bankruptcy—W. and J. Baynes, booksellers, Pa ternoster-row, April 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy— W. North, dealer, Carmarthen, April 6, at the White Lion Inn, Bristol—J. Sherratt, money.scrivener, Prescot, Lancashire, April 3, at twelve, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool—E. Manley, loachme-maker, Chowbent-within-Atherton, Lancashire, April 4, at twelve,at the Commercial Inn, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire --J. Wright, jun., jeweller, Nottingham, April 3, at eleven, at the Punch Bowl Tavern, Nottingham—lL Whitworth and J. Bennett, cotton-spinners Wilderswood.in.Horwich, Lancashire, April 3, at ten, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. CERTIFICATES.—APRIL 2. J. Dickinson, jun., dealer, Westgate, Northumberland—D. Davis, cotton-factor, Friday-street—J. Lupton, dealer, Middle ham, Yorkshire—E. K. Proctor, engraver, Hermes-street, Pen tonville—T. Freethy, carpenter, Acton, Middlesex—G. Wyatt and H. Thompson, common-brewers, Portpool-lane, Gray's Inn-lane. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Clark and J. Perry—J. Barfield and J. Vaizey, attorneygi Thatcham, Berkshire—R. Caines and C. Kellaway, farmers, Charminster, Dorsetshire—W. Bacon and W. Marks, coal-mer chants, Old Kent-road—J. Beech and G. Hebert, coal.mer_ chents, Lindsey-wharf, Chelsea—W. Cri,p and Co., millers, I ladleigh, Suffolk—J. Hodgson and W. Nowlin, woollen.drapers, Douglas, Isle of Man—J. and G. Fryer, drapers, Poole—P. and J. B. Atkinson, architects, York—M. and A. Vidler, stone masons, Hastings—R. Wilson and T. Hoskayne, starch-manu facturers, Liverpool—J. White and G. T. Short, ironmongers, Southampton—A. Nicoll and J. Sandilands, tailors—J. G. Towler and 'l'. Roberts, wine -merchants, Eton College-wharf, Eton— J. G. Towler and J. Miller, wine-merchants, New Windsor—R. Curtis and J. Hodgson, tanners, Warrington, Lancashire—lt. li. Judd and J. Bodington, corn-dealers, Birmingham—T. Win dow and W. Brooks, bakers, New Gravel-lane—M. and G. Knight, iron-merchants, Bridport, Dorsetshire—T. Halton and W. Talbot, attorneys, Kidderminster—T. Mottram and Co, merchants, Sheffield (so far as regards W. Hawkin)—F. R. Alia pleby and Co., iron-masters, Reinshaw, Derbyshire (so far d regards J. Walker)—D. Buchannan and J. Tomlinson, corn. brokers, Liverpool—W. T. Gooding and W. Hitchings, plumbers, Dorville's-row, Hammersmith—W. R. Wilcox and T. W. Pe ters, linen-drapers, Thornbury, Gloucestershire—W. and W. A. Strong, varnish-makers, Long-acre—J. Monkhouse and Co., carpet.manufacturers, Barnard Castle, Durham. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the 6 . London New Price Current" of yesterday.) SUGAR.—The Sugar Market was very dull last week, and where sales were effected a small reduction in the prices was submitted to. Brown Sugars were sold at 485., Jamaica brown, 4Ss. 6d. and 495., good , scale Sugars 535. ; and, even at the re. duced prices, only about 1,900 hhds. and trs. sold during the heck. The stock of West India Sugar is now 16,207 hhds. nd tierces, which is 4,727 more than last year. The stock of Mauritius is 65,334 bags, being 29,558 more than last year. The delivery of West India Sugar is 1,953 hhds. and trs., being 53'2 less than last year. The delivery of Mauritius 9,261 bags, being 2,819 more than the corresponding week of 1832. This day the Sugar Market has again been very dull, and the holders have evinced an increasing disposition to effect sales. The prices must again be quoted 6d. to Is, per cwt. lower ; very good Sugars have been sold at 48s. The estimated sales are 400 hhds. and tierces. The Refined Market remained in a very depressed state all last week ; brown Lumps 60s. 6d. and 615., crashed 295. 6d. a 30s. 6d. There is no alteration in the Refined Market this afternoon ; it continues dull, but the small stock prevents a fall. The accounts from Hamburg are very un favourable. EAST INDIA SUGAR.—The few parcels 'of East India Sugar last week sold 6d. to is. lower; some parcels of China sold at a similar reduction. This day's public sale 260 bags Bengal Sugar, fair white damp 235. 6d. MAURITIUS SUGAR.—Mauritius Sugar last week Is. lower ; good bright brown 485., and the Sugars up to 50s. all sold 6d. to Is. per cwt. lower; the finer descriptions maintained the former prices. This day's public sale 6,034 bags Mauritius Sugar, a good parcel; a large proportion was taken in; the Sugars which were sold went off at the full Market prices of last week. FOREIGN SUGAR.—There were no purchases of Foreign Sugar by private contract. At public sale on Friday 2,359 boxes yellow Havannah, only a small proportion sold at lower prices than any day previously ; good yellow 21s. a 2`2.5. Gd. Average price of Sugar IL 7s. 5 Md. per cwt. COFFEE.—The Coffee Market was apparently heavy last week, yet there were very considerable sales; above 2,500 bags good Ceylon, 535. a Ms. fid. ; large parcels of Brazil, the ord. at 505., good ord. 51s. 6d. ; St. Domingo, ord. pale, 535. 6d. ; good ord. Ms. and 555. ; good ord. to fine ord. Sumatra, 475. 6d. a 555. ; ord. Jamaica clean, 765. a 78s. The prices of Coffee were little varied ; the market had assumed more firmness. This day's public sale 693 bags Mocha Coffee, all taken in 675. 6d. a 68s. RUM, BRANDY, •ND HOLLANDS.—There is no altera ion in the demand or in the prices of Rum ; the purchases reported consisted of Jamaica at 2s. Bd. to 2s. 10d., and Deme rara 35 over at 2s. 6d. in bond. The inquiries after Rum ap pear to be increasing. In Brandy or Geneva there is little •" variation. The demand for Runs this afternoon appears still to be increasing; one parcel of Leewards 5 over has been sold at Is. 9d., another at Is. 91d. An Excise sale this day at the Excise-office, in Broad-street, Brandy sold at 2s. Ild. per gal lon, and the Geneva at 2s. 10d. TALLOW.-The Tallow Market appears recovering from the depression and alarm of last week; the quotation is Is. higher than the late lowest rate of the market. SPICES.-There is little alteration in Spices. Pepper has been in some demand; the prices arc rather higher. Cloves of first quality, Is. 33. ; Bourbon, lid. Nutmegs, first quality, 4s. 3d. a 4s. 4d. Large sales of Cassia ; ord. at 795., good 795. a 315., and fine 84s. Pimento, 4 % I d. a scl. This day's Public sale--695 bags black Pepper, a part sold at 3 %d. and 3 %d., taken in; 2.24 bags white Pepper, 7d. a 6d., taken in; 110 bags Pimento, withdrawn ; 20 bales Cinnamon, taken in ; 150 chests Cassia Lignea, ord. 795. 6d. a 80s., sold. TEA.-The Tea Sale :-Bohea sold at Is. 9 Nd. a is. 10 %d., 3%d. under last sale. Congou, common, 2s. a 2s. OIA d., 2d. under last sale; good, 2s. o%d. a 2s. 2%d., Id. under last sale; tine, 2s. ad. a 2s. 6d., same as last sale. Congous have finished selling to-day, but no alteration in prices. Campois, refused at former sale, sold at Is. 11 %d. a 2s. ASHES.-In Ashes very little doing; a considerable lot is advertised for public sale this week, which has rather depressed prices. OILS.-Fish and Olive Oils steady in price, with a mode rate business doing. Linseed Oil is firm, with few sellers ; the purchases for export have been considerable during the last week. Rape Oil is a shade lower, and in limited demand. TURPENTINE. -For 2,500 barrels in this week the im. Porters refuse the present prices, and arc storing it ; the demand for Spirits very dull. INDIGO.-The transactions in Indigo are not so extensive this week, owing, no doubt, to the late large sales ; the prices are fully supported, and the market has a very firm appearance. SALTPETRE.-There is little alteration in Saltpetre; the quotation of rough is 275. a 295. ; Madras, and other high refrac tion, of which there is much in the market, 255. a 265. 6d. COTTON.-The Cotton Market is very firm at the late ad vance, but the purchases this week are not so extensive as in the preceding one. This afternoon an advance of Id. has been given on the Madras Cotton upon the last sale; fair quality 5 %d. a Sid. FRUIT.-Red Smyrna Raisins have been in good dema nd for export; most of the stock here consists of inferior quali ty, which have sold in some instances so low as 255. and 305. silver, neat, with only a few RICE.--In rice there is no alteration. COCOA.-There have been sales of good Trinidad Cocoa at 60s. a 625. Foreign Cocoa is neglected. 103 bags of Cochi a9omCoHstllNy of y dimg public sale qualities sags of good black ; they wen t fro sma ll propor 6 m 5. 6d. to Bs. 4d tion were actua per lly sold out apparently only a very at public sale; the Garb lin g s fetched 3s. 9d. to 33. 10d. p er lb . . lb., The Duke of WELLINGTON is expected to .oave town to day for Walther Castle• ■