The Sun. — London, England, 1833-03-29 00:00:00

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Al most the i r l ast act increase the weight of the shackles ed on f discussion. i. I," f ree ',l,r r'RANCIS VINCENT, it will be seen by our r i na trient _ ary report, came forward last night to ' unt eer the reducina, within reasonable limits, , er w h ich , has been so much abused, not 'a Y 11 P ub lic but by private oppressors. Sir , t 4Ne ; Proposes to do away with ex-olizeio in j,',NtfenS, to exempt from the operation of the • Pers on , • C. 1 3 "knowingly committing an offence, ‘t th e °t t he most important alteration, and he prowl titne the most just and necessary, i gat,on co _to allow ; Pc)ses ' i 8 - l ien, y m , P l ained of to be pleaded in justifica go much It 11 Wonderful that a people possessingi_o 10t,z good sense as the English shOu d d b s the ~e suffered themselves to be tetillb°llstrons gagged dogma that truth is a atd : tr uth be publicly spoken and vindicated, whi c h shall find that many social nuisances n tspo,:lY nourish in the shade, will 11 k . : e to public opinion. wither s o b. In fact, if ''' t re l) 4 VINcENT succeeds in this point, anti f c, cl a l do not see how a Reformed House. it,o lie w i ll B can have the face to oppose him in 1111 v i e h ave done more to increase the restraints l I:btrlriead,weaadliai.:ll,tvativl)styyrattny, now only covert y h . of above or below the reac c.. thing almost which has o A ti sin ce the invention of printi"g* oth, , , its , u, • lery Important alteration Sir FRAN 1111al is an d IS, to leave to the Jury to decide ilier: - ; a ''d what is not maliciously published. ,sugg est 'S another matter, too, which we would °l3 l light Properly be left to the discretion f ir l , s , all acti on ' n amely, who should pay the costs o . t linl v : ; - T A Jury may feel that a plaintiff has cer zeb,reel,nist oson t b ri i ii s isn i gt_ i ,e, but that the injury he has i.,. d and the spirit by which . t° t h d r actuate sobad, as to make it unjust elle ie,:endant, that he should pay snore than t te k 4ll' d l ; g damag es . Verdicts to that effect . i a c -41 ecli.-411 g l Y often given ; but the defendant in of 1)(41 case has frequently to pay some hundr.etbls, je deei t4l ; in the shape of costs, to obtain which such actin generally the sole object of bringing fo rne `l'll e.els ' A knavish attorney has i d ee i. fetet 't b 'ing a dozen actions against dia. ta eter P4tli es for an injury done to IC • • a far t h i , , ' which has been estimated to amount to o . illtie,g'e worth. Increasing the power . ~,,,t , °I. the 4° w ould take the common sense view lerv, 4 etatter, instead of looking to the bare o 4t op, ee of certain technical formalities, would the p:', a great measure, the abuses to which the p ; . O ent Practice is open. We shall watch i 114 ht,! res a of th e Bill Sir FRANCIS VINCENT °e t c or tt in with great interest, and give it i ' al support. 4...0 il h -________.„. k B St 1 ''IIOIIGI-1 AM, we are rejoiced to see e egth again brought forward his Local is tet° e lj P rt l s a , ilii , l ' It is but little different from that before W hich , he in the first instance laid °" l irniti ' is i'° ‘ .lll The most material alteration Ile eesit '''g the actions of debt, which are of to a ctio ns Y t r ° he brought before the new courts, f tort ( 1, ' t 't 2 01. and under, and actions of ° I, III YOr t- o ° l se in which damages to the amount ge we t ,.) and under, are sought, leaving power, : b ntl g ' i t h ° , t he parties in the first kind of actions, r eh ' e s b r' s suit by agreement between them "a es, the local court, even if it should be mus t ref ab ove above 201. For the other details thewe ProN i e t our readers to the ample report . of nin al 'oll itt a D ill the House of Lords, give \V, b ee loton. will h h ope that this time Lord BROUGHAM po rt , t ° bring his precious freight safely NI A r 'tin ---------"."-- 7 41 ZR i 4Ne ; Ili Lancaster to Liverpool andiN_lr d - , ir, r l . 4 l4 ' il ‘v . 4 o, l )o 'tpon e d last night to the la ''' th at ' "e SOLICITOR-GENERAL I. observ- a still l 4 th ere were numerous app ications ,_ o ,e f ' ri l 1 3 01 ,, : t tlature, it might he expedient to I' 'eeid e I. ti t t he KING in Council to hear give 'ith D . -IN them. Mr. EWART commented }e eet',rea. Pteprietv on the evil of having ti , fr° l ' 4 assi e held at a place fifty-two miles . t; ' ''re Li t i vet P°ol and fifty-four from Manchester, is .‘°4 the tll'eat mass of the provincial popu _ il i ~es,i(led- Mr. J. W. FATTEN postponed °>)e till 41"tler) respecting the Factories om t m o " post-Nilheld4Y) Lord ASHLEY consenting B___. t e 4 eend reading; of the Factories ill i 'Cord A great 444 1 ALTH ORP is making efforts to hi ' 6 n l 'l'llort in the House of Commons for () N h tlei al exposé. It is now said among per t°4l:;° ate generally well informed, that , his the window taxes, )3 ' 4 4 4 1 ' will give way on l e ; et. t4 ill et e to the inhabited house tax, with lity ' t - I, lll(4 ifieations, having a tendency to re -1441't the "Nustrious and middle classes, anti 'l' Uhler 'jell contribute more than they now that head of taxation. 4 4,1. state, I stt: lt Merit t KS made a c urious and important la night, on moving the appoint generalst S rel at ; slat Se "et Committee to consider the of to tiro Parochi a l r eg istries, and the laws ;0 (41 '11) b aPtl s e registri e s, a nd the registration . . • M a d st n , , marriages, deaths, and burials forit ° lit 4 an d Wales. The Hon. Member ti°rl rlf se e4l l t str olig case forlegislative inquiry ; Ac t bi rth .at pres en t t h ere i s no registra (ie sat In the country , an d t h a t an I 1 ' at e th e Ne the Thi r d, intended to ob .l,h4se of I:dlifficulty, was a l tere d i n the re gist er orris ' so as to exclude births. , n o av ail a. Di ssenters, too , are o f might4l, 48 'Aenc e in a l aw - su i t ; yet t h ere i s a;ri not, at Mr. ILKS observed, who re 6 is is hi s thil dt °h e time or oth er , find his own toatior, 0; 4 ' 8 prop erty d epen d ent on t h e the eY and 8 °11 • a Dis senter ' s birth. The At great ir C l , ei _ t : r . 3 . 'eneral both remarked on entences resulting from the want of such a register. Mr. W mits's mo tion was agreed to. It is, we understand, quite true that Mr. EDWARD ELLICE has been offered the post of Secretary-at-War, but it does not appear that he has signified his intention of accepting it. For some time past, Mr. ELLICE has been in cessantly teased to resume office, and many per sons imagine that it was with the view of getting rid of these importunities that he determined on proceeding to Canada, where he has extensive property. He was at the Treasury this morn ing, probably on this affair, and we have no doubt that every effort will be made by Earl GREY to induce Mr. ELLICE to alter his deter mination of proceeding to Canada. The West-India interest are in high spirits at the change which is about to take place at the Colonial-office, it being thought by them, with how much reason we pretend not to guess, that Mr. STANLEY is more favourable to them than Lord GODERICH. There is very little pros pect, however, of their being allowed to effect more with Mr. STANLEY than with his prede cessor, as the Abolitionists are gaining strength hourly. Within the last two days, a circular has been sent to all the Wesleyan societies in England, from whom petitions against negr o slavery will be received within a short period. The French papers o --- t ‘v eunesday contain a list, circulated i❑ Paris, of the new Ministry, generally spoken of, but not yet confirmed. The Journal du Commerce lays great stress, and justly, on the necessity of curbing the ambitious intentions of Russia with respect to Turkey. The recognition of Egypt as an independent state is considered to be as necessary to the in terest of Europe generally, as it is indispensable to the safety of the Turkish empire. NN e are almost of the same opinion, for the SULTAN will find the army of Egypt more serviceable as an auxiliary than as a foe. Be sides, the only way for the SULTAN to cope with Russia is to insure unanimity among his own satraps, who are now in a state of rebellion. Don CARLOS, his family, and the Princess of BEIRA, left Madrid on the 16th inst. for Lisbon. It appears, by authentic accounts from Vienna, that the Russian Government has given orders for the suspension of the decree of banishment agaigst the Polish families who had fallen under the displeasure of the autocrat. This suspen sion is not attributed to the remonstrances of the British and French Cabinets, but to the universal cry of indignation which prevails throughout Germany. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As your Report of my speech on Tuesday evening is, in substance, very accurate, allow me to request the favour of your correcting a material error. It is stated that Tobacco was an article on which I recorn. mended a reduction of duty, which was not the case. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Fenton's Hotel, March 28. G. R. ROBINSON. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY. FROM 1,1.0 Y WS. DEAL, MARCH 28. Wind S. W.—Arrived from London the Narcissus, Park, for Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Wind S.S.W.--Passed by the John Adam, Butler, from Bengal, sailed the 11th October, Cape the 3d January, and St. Helena the 23(1. FALMOUTH, MAticit 27.—Wind E.S.E. to S.W., strong gales and squally.—Arrived the Navarin, Hunter, from Jacmel. Off port the Moiro, O'Brien, from Mauritius, sailed the 22(1 December. COWES, MARCH 28.—Arrived the Potomac, Cowdry, from China; and Cleopatra, Sweet, from Batavia. D ART MOUTH, MARCH 27 —Arrived off port the Thomas Coutts, Christie, from China; Vesta, Balm, from Port-au. Prince; and Louisa, from Baltimore. PENZANCE, Matto' 27.—Arrived off port the Boyne, Brown, from the Cape of Good Hope, sailed the 10th January. BRISTOL, MARCH 28,—Arrived the Ada, Fawkner, from the Mauritius; Brilliant, Yeasley, from St. Michael's; Lu cretia, Gilmore, and Sarah, Webber, from Charente. GREENOCK, MARCH 26.—Arrived the Ariel, Thompson, from Demerara. CORK. MARCH 2.5 AND 26.—Arrived the Spartan, Lumsden, from Java, sailed the Bth November, and St. Helena the 25th January; John Taylor, Crawford, from Bombay; and Peter I and Rebecca, Reid, from London. The Syden, Burd, bound to Batavia, was totally lost on the Apoa shoal, August 21—crew saved, and arrived at Manilla. The Methridate, Pacy, from Bourbon► to Marseilles, put into the Mauritius—leaky, cargo discharging. The Mary, Dobson, from Bengal to Liverpool, put into the Mauritius with loss of masts, &c., and five feet water in her hold—part of the cargo washed out, the remaider discharging with damage. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The French mail arrived late this morning, and the estafette letters were not delivered until eleven o'clock. We hear that the French funds come 77f. 60c., about 3s per cent. higher, and Spanish iy per cent. higher. We do not hear that it brings any news of importance. The mail from Constan tinople was received in Paris, and the private accounts received in the above capital state that a division of the Egyptian troops had taken possession of Manachia and Smyrna. Its object was only to obtain an easy supply of pro visions for the Egyptian army. All was tranquil at Smyrna; the report spread that Ibrahim Pacha had marched on to Broussa was not correct; instead of his having advanced he obeyed the orders of his father, and stopped his march on Con. stantinople, withdrawing his troops into the rear of Kiutakia to Karahissa. The Gazette of the Maine states as follows :—" Recent ad. vices received from Moldavia and Walachia, state that not a single Russian corps has as yet been put into motion to enter Turkey, but the regiments stationed on the frontiers have re ceived orders to hold themselves ready to march on the first signal." THE FUNDS. We have a great number of arrivals this morning from In. dia, several of which are of old dates, excepting one from Bom bay, of January 10; and the Company's ship Sir Thomas Coutts, which left China on the 16th of November. The let ters from the latter are just delivered. As yet we have not heard of any news of importance. We understand that a large quan. tity of silver has been brought over from India. The City, late in the afternoon of yesterday, was thrown into some confusion by a general report of the resignation of Mi. !linters ; this morning the cat is out of the bag, and it is only a change of places, which is much approved of in general, more particularly the removal of Stanley, as it is thought it will hate a favourable effect in Ireland. The plans of Go vernment, in respect to the West India slaves, are as yet un der consideration, and doubts are still entertained of the eman cipation of the negroes. Consols opened heavy at the prices they left off-87 for the Account ; but, the French prices coming higher, they im proved to 87 !i HALF-PAST ONE. The market, which was rather heavy in the early part of the day, has become more animated, and Consols have improved from S7lti to 87 for the Account. We have neither political news nor reports at present. In the Foreign market it is settling day, and it is chiefly oc cupied in adjusting their accounts. All at present is going off well. The heaviest account is that of Dutch. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 87 sj Vi• Mr. O'CONNELL has addressed a letter to Mr. DWYER, in which he recommends the Irish Volun teers not to dissolve themselves, as such a dissolution would be tantamount to an admission that they were an illegal assembly. Some labourers on the roads, near Surfleet, last week discovered four pot jars, in which were the bodies of four infant children. —Boston Herald. The Garde National of Marseilles states that on the 16th inst. the lightning struck a farm-house at l'Estaque, where three young girls were asleep in one bed, and killed her who was in the middle, without injuring either of the others. IMPERIALPARLIAMENT THIS DAY, FRIDAY, NIARCH 29. The EirEAKEn. entered the House soon after twelve o'cl Eck. Mr. PRICE PRICE took the oaths and his seat for Car digan ST. GEORGE'S MARKET. Mr. Alderman WOOD pres-nted a petition from the parish officers of St. Jiii , n's and St. Thomas's, South. work. ag•iinst the Bill for making a new market in the parish of S . George. THE CLARENC.E (DURHAM) RAILWAY. Mr. HODGSON presented a petition from the Cla renc, Railway Company, praying for leave to exhibit a petition to brine in a Bill. On the motion of Mr. MADOCKS the amendments to the Abergavenny Rod Bill were read a second time. Captain YORKE brought in a Bill to enclose lands, aml to einntnute the tithes in the parish of Oakington, in tne county of Cambridge.—Read a first time. The amendments to the Denbigh and Mole Road Bill were read a second time. .BICESTER AND SWALLINGTON RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. DAWSON, the Leicester and Swa lington Railway Bill was read a second time. MARYPORT HARBOUR. On the motion of Mr. BELL, the Bill for improving the Harbour of Maryport was read a second time. On the motion of Mr. DENISON, the amendments to the Egbam and Bagshot Road Bill were read a secor.d time. GREENWICH RAILWAY. Mr. Sheriff HUMPHERY presented a petition from the corporalio❑ of St. Thomas's Hospital against such parts of the Greenwich Railway Bill as affect , d their in terests.—Referred to the Committee on the said Bill. The Haverfordwest Bridge Bill was read a second Mr. LAWSON presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Boswell, in the county of Leicester, praying for the entire abolition of slavery throu:hout his Majesty's dominions; also a petition from Toomas Newbold, a schoolmaster of Walcot, in the county of Leicester, for a reduction of the duty on taxed carts ; and one from the Political Union of the working classes of Loughborough, for the a. , olition of the corn laws, for a retrenchment in all the departments of the State, and for a substitution of the property tax for the present system of taxation. Mr. FOLEY presented a petition from the town and neioibouthood of Tenbury in the county of Worcester ; for the ab , lition of slavery. Mr. BARNARD presented petitions from St. Paul's, Deptford, and from Greenwich, for the abolition of the house and window duty. Mr. TALBOT presented a petition from St. Mary's, New Ross, praying the House to take into its considera tion the manner in which the charity funds of that town are administered ; one from the same place against cot• porate abuses, and another against tithes. Also a petition from L idy's Island against the legislative union ; and one from New Ross, praying for Parliamentary aid, for the purpose of making a canal from that town to Kilkenny. Mr. Sergeant PERRIN presented a petition from Carrickmacross, in the county of Monaghan against tithes, and from two parishes in the same county against the Irish Disturbances Bill ; one from the Irish Law Society, complaining of the alteration of the currency in the two countries, and praying that the jurisdicti , n of the Sim ill Debts Courts may he extended; and one from the Go . vernor and Gaol officers of the gaol of Monaghan, praying that they might he put upon the same footing as ganl , rs in England, which was referred to the Committee on the Grand Jury Bill. Mr. WALKER presented a petition from the united parishes of Rossgarlane and Inch, praying for the vote by AI-o petitions from the parishes of Kilmabridge, Ferns, and Glynn, against the Irish Disturbances Bill; and from the parishes of Tinter, Rossgarlane, and Inch, against tithes. Mr. M'LOUGHLIN presented a petition from the Governor and sub-officers of the Galway gaol, praying that they might be placed upon the same footing as gaolers in England. The lion. Member also presented a petition for the abolition of tithes, from John NAwlan, in the parish of Barryeany, in tl.e county of Galway. Sir ANDREW AGNEW prevented petitions in favour of the proposed Bill tor the better too-ettrance of the Sab bath from Jedburgh, Burnley, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Kirby Londsdale, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Colchester, Market: Drayton, Ashhnurne, Woburn, from the poulterers, coach proprietors, and fishmongers of the city of London, the Presbytery of E linburgh, Birmingham, Paisley, Wig ton, Inverness, and several other place.. Mr. BEAUMONT said that he had a petition to pre sent on the satne subject ; but it had not yet fallen to his turn tie pres-nt the petition, and be feared that his con stituents, from whom he had received it, might consider that be had been neglectful of their wishes. He did net mean to impute the exercise of cant to the Honourable -m cr below him (Sir A. Agnew) either in bringing torward the proposed measure, or presenting those peti tions with the object of which he (Mr. Beaumont) en tirely disagreed; but he was opinion that cant and hy pocrisy had mu h to do with the crying out for the better observance of the Sabbath. At the proper season lie should move an amendment upon the title of the Bill, eAlicli lie seould designate, " a Bill for the better Promo tion of Gint." Mr. HUME was of opinion that it was not by legis lation that the people could be compelled to become pious. He was exceedingly anxious to see the Sabbath Day pro per y observed ; but he thought the proposed measure by no means likely to produce that effect. Sir ANDREW AGNEW said, from what had been o'iserved to the House, it would seem that there was some inisconceptien rela ive to the measure he was about t► bring forward.—(Hear.) The principle of the Bill was to recognise the cessation of all labour on the Sabbath Day, and on the second reading of the B II he would receive with great pleasure the suegestions of any Hun. Member, which might best go to the carrying of that principle into effect. Mr. CUTLAR FERGUSSON condemned the using of such language as had ben applied to the contemplated measure, as well as to the petitions that had been pre sented in its support. Some of these petitions were from congregations and towns in Scotland, and he believed it would be admitted that the great majority of the people of Scotland might claim a high character for morality and piety, and that they were sincere in their desire that the observance of the Sabbath should be better kept. Mr. ALEXANDER HOPE felt called upon to dissent from every statem nt made by the Hon. Member for Nor thumberland, which went to tax the petitioners for the due observance of the Sabbath, with cant and hypocrisy. He must pretest against the observations of Honourable Gentlemen, when the religion of the country was called in question.—(N t, no.) Ile might be wrong in saying " the religion (if the country," he meant the religion of the petitioners. Whet that was called into question on an occa sion of such it ter -st, lie must protest aeainst it, observing that he thought tie petitioners were right in bringing their petitions form ard, and that all who supported them would be not only doing their duty to themselves, but to their country in siting in the completion of the measure. He would not now give any opinion with regard to the Bill about to be introduced by the Hon. Baronet; but he must say that the ohs rvations which had fallen from him, leaving it open to all parties to consider the matter, and take Oat course which would be most likely to obtain a use ful and beneficial end, were most candid and Mr. POTTER considered that the Hon. Baronet had not acted fairly by the House. He bad expressed an intention to bring forward a Bill to prevent Sunday trading, but the Bill he new proposed would disorganize the whole social society of England. It might do for Scotland, but it could never be tolerated in this country, and if the House allowed the Bill to proceed to another stage, it would become the laughing-stock of the country. Mr. A. JOHNSTONE deprecated further discussion upon the subject. He considered that it was extremely un•air to make those attacks on the Hon. Baronet, which had been made by the Hon. Members for Northumber land and Wigan. He was much surprised to hear the latter Hon. Member state that the Hon. Baronet had dealt unfairly with the House.—(Hear, hear.) In justification of the Honourable Baronet he must sty that he lad never pledged himself to bring in a Bill of a limited nature, v z., the prevention of Swishy trading. What that Hon. Member had undertaken was to bring in a Bill founded upon the report. of the Committee, upon the table of the House. The Bill was now before the House, and would be shortly before the country, and he felt assured that the Hon. Baronet would not stand forward and defend every iota of the Bill, but would be ready to withdraw from the Bill those provisions which were most ohjec Tenable, The Hon. Member for Middlesex had alluded several times to the opinion of the Bishop of Lon don, that it was impossible to legislate in such a way as to make men more religious and pious. In answer to that he would say that the Hoe. Baronet never attempted the adoption of such a tours., and in his opinion the Legis lature would go far mit of its way in attempting to legis late upon such a point. He deprecated further discussion upon the suttject.•_(Laughter.) He begged to observe that in what he had stated he bad confined himself strictly to ob servations in answer to Hon. Members.—(Hear, hear.) He earnestly entreated the House to give time for the consideration of the provisions of the Bill, and he would promise for his Friend, the Hon. Baronet, and those who supported bins in his views, that they would not be un willing to adopt the sugeestions of Honourable Members, that won it tend to the improvement of the Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL thought it his duty to protest against the Bill as it now was. It was quite a different B;11 to what he expected it would he ; and as it stood he would give it as decidedly his opposition as he had intended to give it his sup tort. Mr. RICHARDS rose to speak to the high cha racter and worth of the petitioners from whom be had presented his petition. He regretted to have heard the language of the Hon. Member for Nor thumberland, language which, if not unparliamentary, was such a s he hoped he would never again hear applied to petitioners who petitioned the House respectfully, awl in a Parliamentary manner. Mr. COBBETT said, example being better than pre cept, the Gentlardan on his left (Mr. Johnstone) had given a pretty good proof of his sincerity that there ought to be no such discussion as that which had just been going on. Without intending, however, to follow that example, he would merely express his thanks to the Hon. Baronet opposite for producing this Bill in the state in which it wag, because it was so bad, and it would make such a revolution in the country, if it pigged into a law, that there could not be the slightest expectation it ever could paas.—(He ir, hear, and laughter.) He agreed with the Hon. Member for Northumberland in every sentiment he hail expressed. Mr. MACLEOD did not think it possible that the Bill in its present shape could ever pass into a law ; and if the Hon. Baronet should proceed with it, or with any such Bill as at present advised, he would give it his most unqualified opposition whenever it might be brought forward. Mr. BROTHERTON said that, although he admitted a m a n was not to be made religious by an Act of Parlia ment, nor was he to be made honest by an Act of Parlia ment, yet lie would give his support to any measure tend ing to lead to the better observance of the Sabbath, be cause it at present w is any thing but properly observed. An Ho`. MEMBER said that if this Bill was to be carried into a law, there were many works in this part of the country, which ever afterwards it would be impos sible to carry on. Mr. GUEST presented a petition from Merthyr Tidvil, against tie Beer Bill. Also a petition from the inhabitants of Taunton, for the better observance of the Sabbath ; an other petition for the abolition of negro slavery ; likewise a petition from the inhabitants of a parish in the county of Devon, respecting certain dues under the control of the cor poration of Exeter; and a petition from the inhabitants of Brighton which had been intrusted to him by one of the Hon. Members for that place to present, signed by 1,400 persons, against the Irish Coercive Bill. Mr. BENTINCK had been requested to support the prayer of the petition from Taunton, for the better observ ance of the Sabbath. He did not think that much could be done in this respect by legislative enactment. He thought example would be infinitely more effectual on the part of the influential than anything Parliament could do. Mr. FAITHFUL was satisfied that what the Hun. Baronet had in view could never be accomplished by the Bill he bad brought in. Lord W. LENNOX rose to order. When a petition was handed over for presentation by a Member to whom it had been sent, to another Member, it was not compe- I tent on the presentation of that petition for any Hon. Member to make observations upon it. Mr. SPEAKER considered that the lion. Member for Brighton was in strict order; but still nothing could tend more to prevent the House knowing what the object of petitioners themselves was, than using petitions as pegs upon which to hang debates, and which had been done to a very considerable extent this morning. Lord W. LENNOX undoubtedly understood that when a petition was presented to the House by any Honourable Member than that to whom it had been sent, it was not competent for any Member to debate upon it.—(Cries of " No, no.") It was so laid down the other day, and he himself was stopped in consequence. Mr. SPEAKER—AII I can say is, that I did not so lay it down.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. FAITHFUL would abstain from further occupying the attention of the House on the present subject ju-t now, assuring the Hon. Baronet that his Bill never could pass i ito a law. On the motion of Mr. BANNERMAN, the petition respecting the corporation of Exeter was ordered to be re ferred to the Committee on corporations. He then pre sented four petitions from Aberdeen for the strict ob servance of the Sabbath, for the repeal of the assessed taxes, in favour of the Labour in Factories Regu lation Bill, and for the repeal of the soap duty. He also presented petitions from the inhabitants of New Mills, from the town of Perth, and from the parishioners of Eshe against the system of Church patronage. Mr. O'DWYER presented a petition from the nianu• facturers and we ivers of cotton in the town and county of Galway, complaining of the distress to which they were reduced, and praying for a repeal of the legislative union, to which they attributed that distress. He also presented a petition from Drogheda against the game laws. If the Secretary for the Home Department had been in his place, he (Mr. O'Dwyer) intended to have asked nim a question upon a very remarkable letter, which he hid seen in the Time., of to-day, stating that two men were to be executed to morrow, if no order to the contrary was sent front the Home Department. Those two men had been convicted of an infringement of the game laws.—(Hear, hear.) The letter was written by the Reverend Mr. Maherly, and stated circumstances which, if they were well founded, should lead to a remission of the sentence. He hoped that some mercy would be ex tended to those unfortunate men. Mr. GILLON presented petitions from Kilsyth, Airdree, Lanark, and Hamilton, against the present Church Eats blishrnent in Ireland. The petitioners were fully con vinced that the real cause of discontent in Ireland was the unjust anti impolitic endeavour to force on the people of that country a religious in which they did net believe. He hoped the House would, by the vote to-night, prevent the infliction of military despotism in Ireland. He also presented a petition from Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, complaintng of the general dis• tress which pervaded the industrious and productive classes, particularly that of the hand-loom weavers. They attributed that distress, among other causes, to the ruinous competition of needy adventurers who were obliged to bring their goods into market and sell them at reduced prices. The mischief, although very injurious to the manufacturers themselve-, fell most severely on the poor weavers. They prayed the House to establish a Central Board of Tiede, with subsidiary bowls in' dif ferent parts of the country for the purpose of fixing the rates of wages. As the 'liaise had refused, and that in an extraordinary manner, to grant the motion made a lew nights ago, to inquire into the present general distress of the country, and as a motion was on the books to inquire into the distress of it particular class, he should give that motion his cordial support, when the Hon. Member for Lanarkshire (Mr. M .xwell) brought it forward. The LORD ADVOCATE presented a petition from Edinburgh, adopted at a respectable meeting, and signed by 6.000 persons, in favour of the immediate abolition of slavery, which had his entire concurrence; also a petition from Edinburgh for the better observance of the Sabbath ; also a petition from the Merchants' company Edin burgh, for the repeal of the assessed taxes ; also a petition from the same body in favour of burgh reform in Scot land ; also a petition from the Edinburgh College of Sur geons, complaining of the monopoly exercised by the Apothecaries' Company of London, and praying for a re• peal of the last Apothecaries Act. The SOLICITOR•GENERAL said that he bad been requested to support the prayer of the petition, and which he begged to do. of The the Earl ah eh o t f ie O n R o N f lE el L av l e E r.o pre fr s o et tn ited K p ii e s t y i t t h io , n ß s la in favour irgocvtie, Aughtergaven, and Piteairn, all in the county of Perth ; also, petitions against the lay patronage exercised in the Church of Scotland, from Auchterarder, Comririe, Muthil, Crief, P drie, and Benlochie; also, petitions praying for the better observance of the Sabbath, from Dundee, Dumblitne, Auchterarder, Muthi I, and Stranraer ; also a petition in favour of the Factory Bill, from the manufacturers and others of the parish of Blairgowrie and Ratrey. Colonel HAY presented a petition from the inhabitants of the Royal borough of Inverary, relative to Church pa. tronage in Scotland. lie bagged to observe, in al lusion to a statement made by an Honourable Member to-day, that the Church would soon be swept from the face of the country, but he hoped the Church of Scot land never would be so swept away. The Gallant Colonel then presented two petitions from the inhabitants of the towns of B tuff and Cullen, praying for the reduction of the duties on soap. Mr. COBBETT complained that no member of his Majesty's Government had, according to their promise, been present during the presentation of petitions, and as he did net think there were above fourteen or fifteen Mem bers present to receive the sixty petitions he had to pre sent, he begged to move that the House be counted. Mr. LABOUCHERE said it was most desirable that a Cabinet Minister should be in that House during the pre sentation of petitions, but the Hon. Member must be aware that a great pressure of public business might at times render it impossible. Such was the fact at present. He knew for certain that Lord Altborp was most anxious to attend ttuday ; indeed, he had been requested by tha , Noble Lord, if any observation was made on the su h r ct to pologise for his ab4ence. Under these circumstance:• he hoped the Hon. Member would not persevere in hi motion. Mr. COBBETT intimated his intention to persevere. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. In the mean time Lord JOHN RUSSELL entered, and was addressing the House when we entered. fit said, that if it was necessary for him to make an apology to the House for his absence, his was that be had been attending a Committee, where the interests of his con stituents were much concerned.—(While the Noble Lord was speaking, a great number of Members entered the House amidst much laughter.) Mr. SANDFORD would only make one remark. At that moment there were 26 committees sitting. Under those circumstances he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would withdraw his motion. Mr. COBBETT (looking round and laughing) said that he would not now persevere. Mr. Sheriff HUMPHERY presented petitions for the better observance of the Sabbath, from the parishes of St. Margaret, Westminster, Stratford-le-Bow, St. Ann and St. Agnes, St. ()lave, Southwark, St. John, liamp• stead, and the congregation assembly at Buckingham Chapel ; also one from the parish of St. Saviour's, South wark, for the abolition of the house and window tax, and one from the same parish against the New Police Act, and praying that they might again hare the superintendence of the police in their parish. Many lion. Members having left the House during the presentation of these petitions, Mr. COBBETT again moved that the House be counted, amidst cries of" Oh, oh." Stringers were or• dered to withdraw, and the House was counted, when enough were present to form a House. On our again being admitted, we found Mr. RONALD FERGUSON presenting a petitico from the frame-workers of a place in Herefordshire, pra3 ing for an alteration in the corn laws; for the abolition of all taxes pressing on the industrious portion of the commit nity, and that the rate of wages might he fixed. T Hon. Member said that he concurred fully with the peti- tioners in their prayer, excepting as appljed to the fix;nk of the rate of wages, which he feared would not he found to be so feasible. The Hon. Member then pres-qatel petition from the Protestant Dis-enters, under the deno mination of Baptists, assembling in George-street, Not tingham. The petitioners stated that they felt themselve• to be grieved and oppressed by being compelled to pay any thing towards the support of the Church Establishment. and prayed to be exempted from the payment of Church cess, to which exemption they conceived they bad an ad ditional claim, from the relief afforded to Irish Catholic, from such payments. He alio presented a petition from the same body, praying for the abolition of slavery. Mr. WATTS presented a p-tition from the city of Canterbury in support of the Bill for the better ob. servance of the S bhsth. The Hon. Gentlemen bad in , tended to have voted in favour of such a measure ; thy it was impossible for him to support the Bill introduce , : by the Hon. Baronet. Should that Bill pass into a law, he would recommend the Han. Baronet to introduce another for tile confinement of all persons to their houses during Sundays.--(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Lord GEORGE LENNOX presented a petition. signed by 200 inhabitants of the norough of Horsham, an d another signed by about 700 Members of the Horsham p o litical Union, praying for a repeal of the duty on malt, hops, and soap. The latter petition also stated that th. petitioners had heard that large sums of money had beer, voted out of their pockets by previous Parliaments at ver late boors, and prayed that the Hon. House would hold i ts s ittings at earlier hours. SIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM BILL. Mr. HUME brought up the report of the Cammittet, with the amendments tha , had been made. Mr. COBB ETT said that on the third reading of the Bill, he should present a petition to the House, from Mm. G. Sosne, praying that he might be heard by Counsel at the bar, against the Bill. The SPEAKER observed that as it was a private Bil it was r of necessary to give notice. The Dublin Steam Picket Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The SPEAKER then proceeded to call over the different names to the Members in his list, through the whole of which he proceeded without a single Member answering to his name in consequence of the thin attendance of the House. The SPEAKER then proceeded to call the names from the Notice Bo ik, and had proeerded through the list to the extent of 50 or 60 names, till he came to that of Mr. BULLER, who presented petitions from Kingston, in Staffordshire, for the better observance of the Sabbath. The SPEAKER then called upwards of 50 more names over from the book, none of the Hon. Members being present till it came to Mr. COBBE fT, who said he had upwards:oi 60 petitions to present. He begged to remind the House of the objection which he bad made to the present mode of presentint. petitions. He hail now waited upwards of a fortnight lot his turn, and had it not been for the absence of lion. Mem bers he should not have bees able to present them to.day. It would he apparent to the House, from the list that the Right Hon. Speaker had read ever, that the names of several Hon. Members were repeated five or six times over. As long as such a system was allowed to be per sisted ia, the presentation of petitions would become a nullity. There were not at the present moment 20 Mem bers in the House to wiiness the presentation of petitions. The Hon. Member then real from a list the fallowing petitions :—from the borough of Carmarthen, and from two places in the county of Carmarthen, agairr: the Irish I Coercive Bill; from Preston, agreed to at a public me t conven d by the Mayor, praying that their Irish eret , ren might not be subjected to military law, to deprived of the right of trial by jury ; from Norwich fir the repeal of taxes, and praying that no more blood might be shed in the collection of tithes in Ire anti ; from three places in the county of Mayo, and frotn the Tower Hamlets to the same effect ; from tto city of Ely, for the repeal of the assessed taxes; front Chipping Norton, for the repeal of some of the taxes, and the substitution of a property tax; from two persons named Hunt and JoLnstone, for a repeal of taxes, and against the Irish Coercive Bill ; and from a person name Anson, against local taxation. Th it was the grosses s 3 stem of taxation, for many of the general taxes were 110' half so cruel in their operation as the local taxes. The truth was, that a set of interested individuals got Bil passed on their own plausible stories, without the peopo knowing how to go about opposing them, and the conse quenee was, that they were grievously taxed by the local acts ; from Manchester for the repe it of taxes on know ledee. What was meant by that knowledge be did not know, fur it could not mean newspapers.—(A laugh.) He should call such a tax, a tax on lies and nonsense. From James Duna, a barrister, complaining of the pro ceeding of the Magistrates of Cheshire; from a per son at Leamington, against the system of tithes ; front Joseph Townehend Gorman, of Gray's Inn, praying that defendants in actions far libel might be allowed to prove the truth of the libel ; another petition for the repeal ot the taxes on knowledge ; ft om the Society of Free In quirer in St. Marylebone, praying that persecutions far re:igious opinions might cease, and for the release of the Rev. Robert Taylor—(that prayer he hoped the Heuer would grant, as it bad received so many petitions in fa your of the Jews) ; from the same parties, praying the House to take into consideration the case of Rich ,rd Carlile.—( Hear, hear, hear.) Mr. Carlile was not prosecuted for religious opinions, but for seditious libels ; he had suffered two years' unprisonment, and at the end of that period, he was to pay a fine and find bail, neither of which he c uld do, so that it was to him imprison ment for life. That was quite contrary to the Bill of Rights, which stated that no person should be required to produce excessive bail, anti it should not be allowed ; from Manchester, complaining of the nu merous evils which resulted in making laws at midnight, and praying the House to alter its present practice in that respect ; from Norwich, against what was called white slavery, and the distress of the working classes; from Eccli ehill, in the county of York, in favour of the 10 hours Factory Labour Bill—s prayer which he believed was likely to be granted ; from a place in the county of Nottingham, for relief from distress Also petitions against the Coercive 831, from the Political Union of CI theroe ; from Spitalfields, which prayed that just measures might be taken against those who proposed it ; from the h toilet of Seale, in Lancashire, which far ther prayed that its proposers might be impeached; from a public meeting assembled at Wisite Conduit House, which styled it the Bloody Bill for Ireland ; and from Llanelly. Also petitions from Bristol in favour of the better observance of the Sabbath. From the Northern Political Union, in favour the Vote by Ballot and the repeal of the Septennial Act, and from John Marshall, of Canterbury, praying the House to make justice snore cheap and attorneys more honest.—(Laughter.) Also a petition from Oldham to throw Coroner's Courts open. Also a petition from Manchester, signed by 36,000 per sons, many of them of the greatest opulence, against the Irish Coercive Bill. The Han. Member then presenteA petitions from the la bourers of Stoke-Hclycross, in the county of Norfolk, front parishes in the counties of Mayo, Leitrim and Wexford ; from the Political Union of Jedtereough; from tne inhabitants of Hythe, in Suffolk; from Gisborne and I.tmington; from the Norwich Political tint 'n from the mha it,;.tm ro . John. ,, ,e, in lienfcewsh le ; loin the Kilburnie Union„i,vrahire ; fr-ot Chowbent s; from the inhabitants of Hammersmith; f 0 ' 1 'hr Nation! Political Union, and from Tunbridge, K•ittp azainst the Irish Coercive Bill. Alan petition. from the Pollockshead Political Union, praying for triennial Parliaments ; from Denbigh against corporation abuses ; from certain members of the National Union of the Working Classes, for a diminution of their buedens; and hid ti r iae e k e e e hn i a v ifi t i • f. - om Richard Newson, a soldier of the 53d Regiment, onplaining of unjust treatment, and praying the House t investigate his complaint. The Mrarnea for the Tower EI unlets presented a petition from an officer, the other day, c unplaining that he hail been oppressed by a courttnartial, and he had done himself much honour by the manner in which he had brought it forward. He would not do himself leas by taking up the case of this poor man, who trivial offences_( Hear, hear, hear) —the first being from iont t I t ti: a c ed e t,oleirspeeren. proper dur entrusted hundred lashes ef l d a p s t h ao e p ti tehr for tocr Committee. thern: wrap up his ammunition in. He particularly wished that that petition should be printed, and complained that the power to do so The House was granting 14,000/. a year for a Mu ton for the pleasures of th e r i c h, w hil e it grudged 1,000/ a•year for printing the petitions of the poor. ['he Hon. Member then presented two petitions for Dr. Baldwin, against the Irish Coercive Bill. Mr. LITTLETON denied that the parties presenting oe•i•ions eottld not claim to have their petitions read at length or printed. tient-. a t Fr.itUUSON was desirous that the petition ,vhich the Hon. Member htd pr. sensed relative to the flagging of a person of the name of flews an should be taken into the serious consideration of the House, be cause, if the contents were true, it was a disgrace to the army of this country. Lord J. RUSSLLL said he should take an opportunity .1 getting the particulars from the War-office, and •tating them to the House. Mr. COBBETT was about to present one of hia peti 'ions, when the Speaker left the chair, it being three FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Messager thlsCliambres of Wednesday.) PARIS, MARCH 26.—A change in the Ministry is ge nerally spoken of. ThP following is a hat circulate,' by the adherents of the third party. M. Dupin g Minister of Justice and President of the Council. Duc de Choiseul—Foreign Affairs. Count Mole—The Interior and Public Works. Guilleminot—War. Hutnann—Finance. Etienne—PAlic Instruction. Duforre—Marine. Appert 7 .Prefect Palice. Teste—Prefect of the Seine. We have received, by way of Trieste, news from Alex- Lndria of the 231 and 24th of F-bruary. The P echa was actively engaged in the negotiations for peace, but nothing ranspired relative to his confer..nces with Halil .vho is said, however, not to be authorised to conclude a Infinitive treaty. The debate.; in the Belgian Chamber are also spoken of, aid it was affirmed that the ambas.a.lors of Francs and England hid had a warm dispute with M. Goblet, the %linister for Foreign Affairs. Count Latour Maubourg v:ts said to be especially offended at the Minister's Laving 4. We declared when the siege of Antwerp %yrs in con emplation, that if it intended to make Belgium pay the expense of the expedition, the French army should nut retire." M. Goblet is said to have done as M. Guizot did, and t!) have excused himself as having spoken in the of an extempore discount. FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, Malta! 27. -Five per Cents., 100 f. 25c. 35c. 40c. 50e. tiOc. 65c. 60c. 55c. 65c. 75c. ; Four per Cents., it2f. 60c. ; Five per cents., 70f. 80e. 85c. 90c. 77f: 7sf. 95c. 90c. 05e. 77f. 77f. 15c. 20c. 0 5c. 30c. 35c. 30c. ; Bank AL:ions, 1,700 f. Rente de Naples, 90f. 50c. ; Bente d'Espagne, r ive 18 ; ditto Three per Cents., 44q i ii Bente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, on London, one month, money , 25 f. 75c. ; three months, money, 25f. 60c.-fours A u thentique. 2151 Exchange 737 i, Belgian Loan, 1831, 89 ; H a y tian Loan, PRUSSIAN FUNDS-BERLIN, MARCH 22. St. Schuld Sch. 4 per cent Prussian English Loan, 1815, 5 percent. lO4 Ditto ditto 1822, 5 per cent. lO4 Ditto ditto, 80nd5.... 1830, 4 percent.. - 92% EXCHANGE ON LONDON.—Three months, 6 28%. 'Prussian State Gazette, March'. AMSTERDAM, MARCH 26. Actual Debt, 2% per cent 45% to 46!,4 Amort Syndic, 4 per cent 77 to 77 % Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent. Voluntary Loan, MI, 6 per cent lOl to 101% Ditto, 1832, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1833 5 per Cent. Exchange on London Ditto, two months ll 05 —Dutch Papers, March 26. VIENNA, MARCH 18.—Five per Cent. Metallique., 92 15 32 ; Four per Cents , 82 7-16 ; Bank Stuck, I,2ls.—Allyemeine Zeiturag, March 23. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all kinds of Grain this week are tolerably good, and of Flour there is a plentiful return. For superfine Wheats the trade remains firm at last Monday's quotations, and in. ferior parcels very dull sale. Barley, Beans, and Pease un varied. For Oats, there is a fair demand at former rates— Flour unvaried. - - - - - ---- -- ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats'. Flour. English 5,540 qrs. 5,930 qrs. 5,230 qrs. I 7,930 sacka Irish - 9 010 I - ,-- I - Voreign - - SMITHFIELD MARK] T. This day's supply of each kind of stock was indifferent, both as to numbers and quality, and trade with prone small Mutton .sod Lamb was somewhat brisk, at fully, with Pork a nd Veal lull, at barely Monday's quotations. Mitch Cows went off tar iily at their I ist week's prices, an useful Short-horns, with her small Calf, producing from IS!. to 20!. PRICES PER STONE OF BLISS. TO SINK THE OFFAI.S. s. d. to a. d. i s. 0. toe. a. Inferior Beasts 222 6 j Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto 6 8 7 2 Prime large Oxen... 4 0 4 2 Large coarse Calves 3I o 4 6 l'rime Scots, &c..... 4 2 4 6 Prime small ditto 4 8 3 4 Inferior 5heep........ 0 6 0 Cl Large Hogs m ;ond quality ditto 4 2 4 6 Small Porkers 4 4 4 6 Coarse-woolledditto 5 0 5 2 Suckling Calves 19.5.t028 each. SouthdownWethers 5 2 5 6 QuarteroldPigs 125.t0 IB , .each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 415 2,860 ISO 1110 NEINGATE AND At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. s. d.tos. d. tee!, inferior 2 U 2 2 Mutton, inferior... 2 4 2 6 middling 2 2 2 6 —middling.. 3 0 3 6 prime large 2lO 34-- prime 4 0 4 6 prime small... 3 4 310 Pork, large Veal 3 4 5 0 —small 4 4 5 0 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. With the exception of some half dozen bets on the Derby, the business yesterday afternoon was confined to the Riddlesworth and Oatlands, at the following prices:— RIDDLESWORTH. to 20 agst Lord Tavistock's Anglesea (taken) 6 to 2 agst Mr. Wildon's Sils ertail colt (taken) 4 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Lucius 5 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's two (taken) OATILANI3S. 64 toto agst M r t ags Mr.. Gully's Walker's t, a C d o y n (taken) sol 6 to I agst Mr. Wilson's Argent 10 to 1 agst I 'like of Cleveland's Trustee (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Exeter', Ileiram (taken) DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Mr. Iluntct s ~,rester 16 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's sloses's dant e. (taken) 30 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Cactus (taken) LICHFIELD RACES -- - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27.--The Two Year Old Stakes of 25 sovs. each were won hy Mr. E. Peel's ch. c. Noodle, beating Mr. Mott's Shelah, Mr. James's c. by Redtamite, and Mr. Lacey's Ft antic. A Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each was won by Mr. Lacey's Moselle, beating Lord Chesterfield's Amphitrite, Sir J. Gerard's Only That, and Mr. Williams's 1. by Woful. The Trial Stales of 10 soya, each were won by Mr. \totes Clarion beating Mr. Moore's Giovanni, Mr. Tomes's Burgess, Mr. Lacey's Moselle, and Lord Chester field's Amphitrite. Match, 50.—Lord Lichfield's f. by Camel received Crum General Ya•es's c. by Whisker. The 11 .sworth Stakes of 25 sovs. etch, Mr. Apple thwaite's Dandine, walked over. The Farmer's Plate was won in two beats by Mr. Ro binson's Manuella. THE COURT JOURNAL.—This established and popular "Gazette of the Fashionable World" holds forth flesh attractions to the public under the new manage ment. The number of to-morrow will contain, we ate informed, papers on the following subjects :—The influ ence of example in the fashionable world—Nletnoirs of Tambrrini, the celebrated singer--Prospects of the Sea son—Almacks—The Opera—Private Entertainments — Sketches of Foreign Nobility ; a scene in Brussel.; Park— The English at Brussels—Proposed Court of Honour—Tile I tte Lord Dudley and his Will— Theatrical Rooo!utions Naples ; its Aristocracy ; Equestrian Orders, &e —The new King of Greece—Lion -feeding—The Diusai Nation —Sir Tuomas 11.-- a nd his Lady—Prisatv cotrespend enc. from Paris, Berlin, tse.