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dustry of his Hon. Friends, and be prepared to report it to the House. Undoubtedly the affirmation of such a proposition as that of the Hon. Member for Dublin would be of no importance, except as it would lead to the inference that certain sinecures should be ab6lished imme diately, which were undoubtedly open to future abolition ; but which could not he abolished imme diately without gross injustice. With respect to the legal sinecures to which he had already adverted, there was one great mistake. When they were granted, the appointments of the Judges were cot what they were at present, and those sinecures were granted to make up the deficiency. He did not defend the act, but of course it could not occur again. It was impossible to advert to the subject of sinecures, without thinking with edmiration of the noble conduct of Lord Camden. Ti e step which had been taken by that Noble Marquis, was a rare instance of disinterestedness in any man, aid an unexampled instance in a public man. It was certainly to be regretted that such a pattern of virtue and patriotism had not met with a single imitator. But it must be recollected that it was one thing for an individual spon taneously to take a course of virtue and patriotism, and another thing to compel an individual to relinquish that to which he was by law entitled. He had now said enough to furnish a complete answer to the statements of the Hon. Member opposite. That Hon. Member accused them of having failed in the performance of their duty. He denied it ; and he asserted that they hail made great reductions wherever it was practicable, and that, consider ing all the circumstances in which they were placed, they must be admitted to have re.'eerned their pledges, and, in redeeming them, to have done their duty. Mr. H. L. BULWER said that though he did not think they acted rightly, who were always making attacks on the Government, and denying that they did anything, yet it must be admitted that a watchful opposition not confining themselves strictly to recommendations that n ere easily practicable, but occasionally going a little beyond that line, and urging the Ministers forward to do some thing more, were of great advantage both to the country and the Ministers, the latter of whom frequently were glad to have forced on them an excuse for doing what the people required. He admitted that the Government had reduced 40,0001. a year out of 140,000/. a year, in our di plomatic service. —(Hear, hear.) Less expense was now necessary in that department than formerly; for then, when Ministers were sent to Kings alone, it might tee a wise policy to give them the means of expi nding large sums, and living in the style of those around them ; but now that Kings were not the only persons, tut men who were responsible not only to Kings, but to repre sentative assemblies, and that business was the chief ob ject of the mission, the necessity of a large expenditure was considerably diminished. The Government had cer teinly done something in this matter ; but they might advantageously carry it much further. He wished his Hon. Friend would withdraw the motion, which was too general and comprehensive in its nature, and would in troduce to the notice of the House some individual case, to which no vague and general answer could be given. He knew that this was the case as to most matters of finance; for he had once undertaken to bring forward a question on that subject, but was warned by the Hon. Member for Middlesex, that it would occupy him some months to examine the documents necessary to render his statements intelligible. Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY could not but remember that the present Government had come into office upon - the distinct pledge of economy, and yet now in the 18th year of peace, the expenditure still continued most enor mous. He admitted that the Government had done something ; but not to such an extent as to satisfy the reasonable wishes of the people. They had come into office opposed to the known wishes of a majority in another piece, and had been placed by the people in a prouder situation than any of their predecessors ; and all this upon their pledging themselves to economy. Yet he could not congratulate them on their having satisfied the hopes of the people in the reductions they had effected. Perhaps, in answer to this, the Noble Lord would appeal to the reduction of the duty on soap, and to the repeal of a few other comparatively trifling duties ; but the people would not be satisfied till they got rid of that direct taxation which so much oppressed them. Their wishes on that suhj'ct were known to the Noble Lord before he came into office, and he must be considered to have taken office with the intention of gratifying those wishes. He (Sir S. Whalley) could not offer his humble support to the Government till the wishes of his constituents in this respect were satisfied. The metropolis suffered most from these direct taxes, and had a right to complain. Nothing made the present Ministers so popular when they were out of office, as their opinions upon the Pension List. But hew had the expectations which those opinions raised been fulfilled? He was glad that the Ministers did not mean to oppose the placing of this resolution on the minutes of the House, and he should therefore hope that the Hon. Member would not withdraw it, but would put it on the records of that House, as a proof that that House did bear in mind the necessity of economy, and was desi rous of gratifying the wishes of the people. Sir H. VERNEY said that he could not let the observa tions of the Hon. Member for Coventry pass without some remark. That Hon. Member seemed to suppose that the expenses of the diplomatic es•ablishments of this country might be considerably lessened. Now, he must say, that Consuls under the present system were less efficient in maintaining the inter eats of British merchants than they had been under the former system. In his opinion they should be persons with a respectable salary, and not merchants actually engaged in trade. He r e co mmen d e d th e Govern ment to observe the condition of South America most at tentively. On the death of Dr. Francis, extensive domi nions of Paraguay, now under his control, would present a wide field to British industry and enterprise. He hoped that the Government would establish a good Consulship at Monte Video, by the castle of which all ships must piss to make their way to those parts of South America, where he believed a most extensive commerce would be called into existence, when the Chine.e system of exclu sion maintained by Dr. Francis was at an end. In the same manner he advised the Government to watch the trade on the western coast of South America, as he be lieved it would materially affect our trade with China. It would he the more necessary to do this when we threw open, as we were about to do, the trade of Cline. 'Flue Americans had already directed their attention to these matters, and the Sandwich Islands had recently been made a sort of depot by them for their China trade, and their trade with South America. Mr. HUME assured his Hon. Friend that be had never stated that no reductions hod been made by the present Government; on the contrary, he had always admitted that great reductions had been made by it, but still not such reductions as were commensurate either with the wants or the wishes of the country. He begged leave also to remind his Hon. Friend that there had been a consi derable simplification in the public accounts since the year 1821 ; indeed, so much so, thet now any man with a little trouble might m ike himself master of all the public ac counts, save those which regarded sums stopped in their course to the Exchequer. The ecc iunts had already been greatly simplified by his Hon. Ft lend, and he trusted that they would be still further simplified, as they might he with little trouble, in the course of next year. He was sorry to be obliged to tell his Hon. Friend that, of er all the reductions which had been effected by the Govern ment, they had only just left the expenditure at the level at which he :ound it when he took up this sub ject in 1821. The expenditure of 1833 was within a very small fraction as large as the expenditure of 1820. _—(Hear, bear.) The reduction in the amount of it arose entirely from the diminished charge of the national debt since that time.---(Cries of " No.") He would prove that point beyond al: contradiction. He must begin by reminding his lion. Friend of what he (Mr. Hume) had stated in 1821. He had said that in the year 1792 our whole expenditure amounted to 15,000,000/. ; of this sum 9,000,000/. was devoted to defraying the charge of the national debt, and the other 5,000,0001., or rather more, say 5,500,000/, was distributed over the military, naval, civil, and diplomatic services of the country. He had then put it to the House that in the year 1819 the expense or those services had ris- n from 5,500,000/. to 22,000,000/., and that the expense of the debt bail risen from 9,000,000/. to 30,250,000/. In the year 1821 the expenditure was 53,000,000/. ; now it was 50,000,000/. Ot this sum 28,000,000/. and upwards went to p'y the interest of the debt, so that the difference in the amount of the charge of the debt in 1819, and in 1823, seas in ro und numbers, 2,900,000/. Now this was, within a very small fraction, the sum of the difference between the amount of the expenditur e in 1819 and in 1833. He, therefore, contended that he had a right to say that the differ' in e in the expenditure of the two years arose from Cie diminished charge of the n itional debt, eff etef, as by the reduction of t h e 4/ . and the 51. cierybody knew, per Cents to- a stock of a lower denomination. The savi,ne ; _hielVe,4thliehtnents of Ihe year 1820 was now, i .4-:- ll9atitdmitted ,' that in that interim the expenses e" 1 -Out Ott blishmentrhad much increased, and that t,ne s Still litte Government,had done hiuch, and that the a ;rt.irent Government had done more, to reduce our ex. ncliture to. the level of IB2o.—(Hear, hear.) One 4‘. advantage . h44:been derived to the country from :fteeeesion of the present Ministers to office, and that 411 a4shat-they s hati,tedured the charges on the Civi Li , t, an l .-brtritst all the expenses of the State, save abau: calf a Minion, under the control of Parliament. There a•ae no department into which the House could not at present inquire, nor had any accounts for which he had moved yet been refused to his motion. Happen what would, the House was now placed in a situation in which, with a little trouble, it could have the simplest statement of the national finances that man could wish. The Hon. Member then proceeded to remind his Hon. Friend that in the year 1821 be had proposed to make a reduction in the expenditure to the amount of 4,280,0001. ; and that he had gone through every branch of the public service, showing, item by item, how that reduction could be snide in the then existing establishments. That was not, however, all the reduction which he at that time contemplated ; it was only the first instalment which he demanded on behalf of the public.— (Hear.) He showed to the House that, by a reduction of the duties on candles, leather, salt, and soap, all which duties had since been repealed, a reduction might be made to the great relief of the consumers of those articles, and to the amount of 3,000,0001., in the sums paid into the Exchequer by the people. He had, after that reduction, still 1,000,000/. remaining for the benefit of the people. His Hon. Friend seemed to suppose that, as he then called upon the Government to repeal the duties on ex ciseable articles, be was changing his ground in now calling upon them to repeal the house and window tax ; but he denied that there was any inconsistency in his mode of proceeding, as he called upon the House to repeal the house and window tax (as he called upon it in 1820 to repeal the other taxes), because it was an unfair, a partial, and an expensive tax.—(Loud cries of " Hear.") Looking at the change in the currency, which was just then conning into operation, he had advised the House, in 1820, if it could not return to the establishments of 1792, at least to assimilate their condition to that in which they were at that time. He recollected well that when Mr. Pitt and Lord Sidmouth proposed to increase the salaries of different public officers, their reason was that money was so depreciated th •t they could not live upon the amount of their incomes. His argument ever since 1820 had been, that as we had now turned to cash pay ments, and so restored money to its former value, so we ought a'so to reduce the salaries of public servants to tbeir former amount.—(Hear.) It might be an unpleasant necessity to come to such a determination ; but then, as necessity had no law, so also had it no limit.—(Hear.) He admitted that there had been a change in the mode of taxation since 1820 ; but he was sorry to say there had been no change in its amount, no relief given to the people by a reduction of the sum which it extorted from their pockets.—(Hear.) Besides, if the change in the currency were taken into the account, the taxation of the country was now one-third heavier than it was in 1820. For instance, if the taxes were to be paid in corn, it would take one third more quarters to pay them now than it would have taken in 1820.—(Hear.) The point which he wished to bring the House to was this—that though Government had made great reductions, and though several of their changes in taxation had been very beneficial, the same amount as before was taken out of the pockets of the people. Nov, he should wish to see the excise taken off all exciseable articles ; he should also wish to see the duties removed from all raw materials, as such duties were positive impediments to industry; he should wish to see all mono polies extinguished, and pa , ticularly the corn monopoly— (Hear)--because he was convinced that if those beneficial changes were made, the country would bear its burdens with comparatively little trouble.—(Hear.) He thought that where a Government bad made a profligate grant, and where it had allowed a man money for which he had performed no service, the same distinction ought to be drawn by Parliament which, in a similar case, would be drawn by individuals in private life.—(Cheers.) Par. liament ought, he contended, to look at every pension, and to stop the issue of every farthing of public money which was not merited by public service. —(Hear, hear.) If it would only adopt that rule, the taxes would not produce misery to the extent to which they did produce it, and which exceeded the credibility of many gentlemen who then heard him.—(Hear.) The doctrine which bad been laid down that evening by his Hon. Friend would not stand the test of examination. He maintained against his Hon. Friend that all sinecures ought to be swept away.— (Hear, hear.) He held, likewise, that the present Par liament had a right to abolish the pensions which were granted under the authority of a former Parliament.— (Great cheering.) Ought he, or ought any Member of Parliament, to be called upon to destroy the comforts of the widow and the fatherless, and to sell up their bedding, seized for non-payment of assessed taxes, when the pro ceeds of those taxes, and he might say of those sales, went to pay the pensions and sinecures of the rich and affluent ? —(Continued cheering.) He protested against any such doctrine, as not less mcnstrous for its absurdity than for its injustice. The time was fast advancing, and even now was, when an inquiry into the circumstances under which every pension and every sinecure was granted must take place.—(Cheers.) He should not be acting the part of a good steward to the public if he allowed any inducement to prevent him from instituting such an inquiry. He cared not for the rank of the parties; the higher they were the more strict should be the investigation ; the more means they had at command the less regard should be paid to their complaints and remonstrances.—(Cheers.) He recollected well that on a former occasion, when this subject was before Parliament, the Noble Lord opposite had said, " I admit that the parties have no legal claims to these pensions, but I ask the House to grant them on the score of charity." To that assertion he had replied, that " our charity should begin at home, and that we should consider how many of our poorer countrymen were without a home in order to pamper the pride and swell the pensions of the junior members of the aristocracy.''— (Hear, hear.) To these sentiments he still adhered, and he would again repeat that all pensions and sinecures ought to be swept away unless the holders could show that they had deserved them by public services.—( Hear.) He thought that the House had much to answer for in allowing this session to go by without inve_•tigating into this subject. He trusted that in the next session it would show more respect to the rights of the people, and tbat it would not be induced, either by a feeling of false delicacy or by a deference to individuals of high rank, to sanction grants which bad been improperly made by former Parliaments.—(Hear, hear.) Lord ALTHORP expressed his surprise at the observa tion of his Hen. Friend the Member for Middlesex that no reduction had been made in the expenditure of the country save what had been ffected by the reduction of the charges upon the national debt. It was not easy to follow his Hon. Friend through a statement of figures, but be thought that if his Hon. Friend would only com pare the same things i❑ 1820 with the same things in 1833, he would find that reduction had been effected to else amount named by his Hon. Friend (Mr. Rice). His Hon. Friend the Member for Middlesex had taken 53,000,000/. as the amount of our expenditure in 1820, and 50,000,0001. as the amount of our expenditure at pre sent. Now, as be h .d not the papers of his Hon. Friend before him, he could not pretend to say on what data they were founded ; but he could not help thinking that in the former year he bad taken the amount of our expen diture exclusive of the cost of collecting the revenue, and that in the latter year he had taken the amount of our ex• penditure including the same cost.—(Hear.) He would state the amount of the expenditure of our establishments in 1820, and also in' the present year; and, comparing the two, it would appear that in 1820 they coot 22,087,000/., and in the present year 18,050,000/. ; so that the difference between these two sums was the amount of reduction effected in the interim. If he went to the votes of supply, he got the same simple mode of comparison. In 1820 the votes of supply amounted to 19,600,7731. ; in 1821,18,358,6511. ; and, in 1833, to 14,623,2181. De duct this latter sum from the amount of the votes of supply in the years 1820 and 1821, and you will get the amount of reduction stated by his Hon. Friend.—(Hear.) His Hon. Friend, the Member fur Middlesex, had that evening used an argument respecting the reduction of taxation which he (Lord Althorp) had beard him use before on similar occasions. His Hon. Friend had said that if, when taxes were taken off, the revenue, notwithstanding, sprung up to its former amount, the pressure on the peo ple was not removed, inasmuch as they still paid, though in another way, the same amount of taxation. Now, a greater fallacy than this could not be well imagined, for his Hon. Friend could not but be aware that when cer tain taxes were taken off, the relief which the people re ceived from that remission of tax ition enabled them to consume a greater quantity of other taxed articles.— (Hear.) He wished to correct an impression which his Hon. Friend had endeavoured to make upon the House under what he (Lord Althorp) conceived to be a complete misunderstanding. His Hon. Friend had given the Go vernment credit for not waking any objection to his re turns about our expenditure. Now he (Lord Althorp) would bc most happy to grant his Hon. Friend any re turns to establish the rase which he had just stated to the House, if, indeed, there were any such returns, as soon is his Hon. Friend would come forward to move for them. His Hon. Friend had, to a certain extent, misrepresented, though no doubt unintentionally, what he (Lord Althorp) had sail on the subject of pensions. In some instances he had said that the continuance of the pension was a mat ter of charity. He might be right or he might be wrong on that point ; hut the present Government was undoubt -d:y disinterested on the occasion.—( Hear, hear.) These pensions were not held by friends of the Government— they were not given at the request of the friends of the Governmeot—they were not, in one woe,', given by this joveininent.—(Hear.) On the contrary, they were held my persons who, in polities, were opposed to the Govern tnent.—(Hear.) Though he entirely concurred in the doctrine that no pensions ought to be granted improperly, and that no sinecures ought, on any account, to be per mitted in future, he was, nevertheless, unprepared to state that where persons had had grants made to them by au thorities which, at the time, were competent, and now re lied upon them for subsistence, it was justifiable to come forward now and revoke the grants and t ike them away for the future.—(Hear.) That was the doctrine which he had always held when out of office, and to that doc trine he adhered now that he was in office.—( Hear.) Mr. BARING complained that the Noble Lord had not yet brought forward the diplomatic and miscellaneous estimates, although it was now the middle of July, and those estimates should have been laid before the House in the month of April, according to the usual practice, any departure from which in this respect gentlemen who sup ported the Noble Lord were in the habit of censuring in the strongest terms when they sat upon the opposition side of the House. What reason the Noble Lord might have in bis own mind for the delay, it was impossible to say, but clearly there could be no Parliamentary ground for a postponement, which was inimical to the public interest, inasmuch as it caused such important subjec•s to be disposed of by thin Houses. With respect to the Hon. Nlember's proposal on the subject of sinecures and pen sions, be should like to know who would ever again trust the country if the bargains which it made with in dividuals were to be set aside? At the same time lie was always ready to vote against useless grants of the public money, and if he were shown any places which were overpaid, 'or any money which was given without service in return, he should resist all such appropriations of the funds of the state. Did the Hon. Member for Mid dlesex forget that there had been a Committee cn the salaries of public officers, of which he (Mr. Baring) was chairman, and that it had reduced salaries considerably ? In all the salaries paid by the Committee the Hon. Mem ber for Middlesex had concurred, with the exception of the Lord Chancellor's salary, which he thought ton high. Reductions in subordinate offices were left the Govern. ment, and it was only fair to add, that they had been made. His belief was, that public officers iu this country were not overpaid, and lie was convinced of the bid economy of cheap services, because, where officers, more especially those functionaries charged with the administration of justice, were ill-paid, they always contrived to pay them selves. Show him any part of the public expenditure that could be safely reduced, and he would vote for re trenchment; but until some practical reductions were pointed out, general declarations, such as those embodied in the resolution, were merely a waste of the time of the House, and of the character and honesty of its Members. Mr. ROBINSON said that it was only the latter part of the resolution that could give rise to discussion, the principle of economy having been long since admitted. Although he was not of opinion that the motion was at all necessary, yet be thought the discussion would be attended with advantage; inasmuch as it had afforded an opportunity to the Hon. Secretary to the Treasury to make out a case (as he had done most satisfactorily), showing that the present Government had redeemed their pledges of economy and retrenchment. With respect to the question of sinecures, it would be better that a motion should be brought forward on that subject in a separate shape. He objected to a sweeping declaration that all sinecures should be abolished, and could not subscribe to the doctrine that in cases where the Legislature had deli berately ratified engagements, it was competent to sue. ceeding Parliaments to set them aside without regard to individual interests. He recommended the /Lin. Member to leave out the latter part of his motion, in order that the House might come to a unanimous vote on the first portion of it. S r G. PHILLIPS thought the Hon. Mover entitled to the thanks of the House for having brought forward his resolution, which had produced one of the clearest, most convincing, and satisfactory speeches from the Hon. Se cretary to the Treasury. Such a triumphant statement had afforded great gratification to him, after having endured the misfortune and disgust, day after day, of hearing unfounded, false, and scandalous allegations made, no doubt in ignorance, by individu ils who declared their opinion that Government had violated its pledges of economy and retrenchment—that it had reduced no taxes, afforded no relief to the people, and earned nothing but disgust and contempt from the nation. Sir R. PEEL objected to the resolution, because he thought the truth which it contained too obvious to need enforcement, and because he disliked to see individual Members bringing forward, without the slightest neces. sity, abstract propositions, about which there was no dispute, and which tended to no practical result. He thought it rather a weakening than an enforcement of the obligation of economy (which all admitted to be indispen sable) to produce mere abstract resolutions on the subject, as if the matter admitted of any doubt of dispute. Gentlemen should not think to elude their duties with respect to attention to details by unmeaning generalities such as these. As the resolution conveyed no censure upon Government, inasmuch as no particular tax was assailed by it—in a word, because it led to no practical result, he objected to it. He readily admitted that the day for sinecures was gone by, and that as soon as existing interests had terminated they should be abolished. But he rested the abolition on this ground—that the public having enabled the Crown to reward public services by superannuations and pensions, sinecures were no longer necessary. Mr. O'DWYER said, if the resolution contained a truism, why did the Right Hon. Baronet refuse to affirm it ?—(A laugh.) Why negative a proposition which he admitted to be true ?—(Sir R. Peel : I do no such thing.) The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to inveigh ag,inst sine cures, and instanced, as a gross abuse in this way, the case of Lord Clifton, who held a sinecure office of 1,700/. a year in Ireland, and had never been called on even to sign his name to a public document. _ . Mr. RUTHVEN, in reply, complained of the imputa tion cast by Sir G. Phillips on Members who opposed the Government, and pressed for further re.renchment. It was too much to assert that such Members were in the habit of making false, scandalous, and unfounded statements. Sir G. PHILLIPS had never insinuated that those Mem bers intended to state what they knew to be false ; they were only mistaken in their view of the subject. Mr. G. YOUNG had never, in the course of his short Parliamentary experience, witnessed a more manifest and glaring absurdity than the present lengthy statement and discussion of an admitted truism displayed. It was not merely absurd, but pernicious, that the time of the House should be so occupied, especially at this late period of the session. For his own part, be should decline to vote at all on the question, not from indifference to the proposition, but through a conviction of its inutility. The House then divided— For Mr. Ruthven's motion BB Against it Majority against Ministers 9 CORPORATION OF GALWAY On the motion of Mr. BLAKE, a return was ordered " of the landed or other estates, ecclesiastical benefices, to which there is a right of presentation, moneys, and other properties, specifying particularly the full amount or an nual value of each, at the disposal of, or by royal grant, charter, custom, prescription, or otherwise, vested in the corporation of Galway ; setting forth the names and abodes of all tenants, lessees, beneficiaries, and other persons de riving any estate, interest, income, or emolument, under or from said corporation: also, an account of all moneys levied or received by said corporation in each year since the year 1800, by right or claim of any toll, custom, duty, murage, pontage, or any other demand, with the names of all persons concerned in the receipt and appropriation thereof, and the names of those who have beenpaidthearned from, the amount paid, and for what c ons id erat i on in each particular case: also, a return of all lands, rights, properties of any description, which have been sold, mort gaged, or alienated by said corporation." CORPORATION OF CASHEL. On the motion of Mr. ROE, a return was ordered " of the names of the persons composing the present Corpora- tion of Cashel, when each person was admitted a member of it, and the corporate office he now holds ; specifyiag such as have registered their votes under the Reform Act; also a return of the estates belonging to the said Corporation, under what charter each is derived, by whom they are now held, and by what tenure, with the names of the granting parties thereto, and to whom granted, term of years, number of acres, and yearly rent, each lease is actually for ; together with a return of whatever tolls, turnpike or customs, belong to the said corporation, their yearly amount, and how disposed of; also an account of to what uses, corporate or otherwise, the rents and re venues of said corporation have been expended, stating the terns for the year 1832, up to the 29th of last September." CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Mr. SINCLAIR said that, in pursuance of his notice, he now moved for leave to bring in a Bill for emancipat ing the Church of Scotland from the thraldom of patron age which had so long deformed its beauty, impaired its usefulness, and grieved the hearts and consciences of its most attached and zealous friends. The length of his observations should be precisely proportioned "to the mag nitude of the question to which they referred. At so late an hour of the night—at so advanced a period of the session—and after such a series of complicated and multi farious discussions—he felt that any lengthened discussion of a new subject could not lead to any practical result. But he thought it necessary to introduce the question— first, that he 'night account to the people of S o u n d for I the delay which had intervened between the announce ment and the introduction of this motion. His Honour able Friend the Member for Montrose had given notice of his intention to bring this subject before the House on the very first day of the Session ; but having learnt that another individual had been devoting much attention to the cause, be, with the greatest cour tesy and kindness, not only consented, but requested that he (Mr. Sinclair) should bring it before the House. It had been deemed expedient by the Scotch Members to postpone the discussion until after the meeting of the General Assembly, for the purpose of enabling his Ma jesty's Ministers to mature their views upon a subject so deeply interesting to the people of Scotland. That object had now been attained, and he must conf , sa that he contemplated the decisions of that venerable body with feelings of regret and dissappointment. He hoped, indeed, that the passing of the Burgh Reform Bill, as well as the general manifestation of public feeling, might materially influence the returns to future General Assemblies, and the consequent tenor of their proceedings. But they seemed at present to be actuate I by an error, which had often been fatal to ecclesiastical and civil rulers—that of deferring concessions until they came too late—until they were tendered with no grace, and received with no gra titude, because they were extorted from their fears, and not volunteered by their good will. Nor was it less dangerous to imagine, that the quantum of sacrifice, which would content the people at one time, would, under altered cir cumstances, prove equally satisfactory. Some arrange ments as to the call might, some years ago, have been hailed with thankfulness ; but such were the tone and temper of the times, that he thought the people would never be satisfied until p itronage was consigned to Schedule A ; indemnifying, as in the case of the heritable jurisdictions, those who had acquired this right by pur chase or hereditary descent. He should not enter largely into the anomalies which patronage presented : but his own opinion was, that the privilege of choosing a pastor partook largely of a spiritual character, and should be con nected with church member's rights. He should move for the repeal of the Act of Anne, that he might remove an impediment which stood in the way of the General Assembly ; and by proposing that the repeal should take effect two years after the passing of the Bill, which he wishe I to introduce, full time would be given, to the General Assembly, in concurrence with all the true friends of the Church, to adopt, if needful, with the aid of legislatures, such arrangements for conferring the right of suffrage on the Church Members in the various parishes, as would gratify the feelings of the people, induce and enable Dissenters to return to the communion of the Church, and promote the prosperity and the permanence of the establishment. At present, a religious congrega tion was, in a great measure, at the mercy of a patron, who might be an infidel, or an enemy to the peculiar doc• trines of our standards ; nd unless we did away the law of patronage—the original ground of dissent—introduced by an obnoxious administration, and protested against for 70 years by the successive General Assemblies, the Volun tary Church principles would become more and more pre dominant, and the safety of that Establishment endangered, on which the national happiness and morality of Scotland so materially depended. He apologised once more for having, at that late hour, and when labouring under severe illness, so inadequately pleaded the cause of the Christian people of his native land. Mr. H. ROSS, in seconding the motion, said that no man could have laboured with more assiduity than his Hon. Friend the Member for Caithness in his endeavours to obtain for the people of Scotland this great object of which they had been so long, and he would say, so un justly deprived. He thought that the House was now called upon to take the state of the patronage of the Church of Scotland into consideration. There were thousands of Dissenters, who, discontented with the Established Church, annually seceded from it, and no part of the system was so universally disagreeable as the manner in which the pa tronage was distributed. He could say that the people of Scotland were unanimous in favour of a change, and as a proof of that feeling, he had only to remind the House that two hundred petitions in favour of a change of system had been laid on the table. He hoped that his Majesty's Ministers would therefore comply with the motion; but it they did not, and his Hon. Friend were defeated upon this occasion, he (Mr. Ross) hoped that lie would take an opportunity of renewing it next session. The LORD ADVOCATE agreed with the Hon. M.m ber for Caithness, both as to the importance of the sub ject, and the great interest taken in it by the people of Seafood. He hoped, however, that any abuses, and he did nut deny that there were abuses, might be satisfactorily arranged ; and he submitted to the Hon. Member, that it was not expedient to bring forward a motion of such im portance at that late period of the Session, when it was impossible that it could lead to any beneficial or practical result. There was another and important reason why the present motion should not be passed. It was highly pro bable that the General Assembly of the Church of Scot land would of itself come to a satisfactory resolution on the subject. At the last meeting of the General Assembly in May last, a motion which had been brought forward by Dr. Chalmers, for a resolution to give the ialiabitants of parishes the right of negativing the presentation of clergy men appointed by the patrons to the charge of parishes, was negatived by a majority of twelve only out of an assembly consisting of upwards of 300 members. It was probable, therefore, from the smallness of the majority, that at the next meeting of the assembly a resolution in favour of some change would be entered into, and he sub mitted that it would be inexpedient to attempt to legislate upon the subject in the meantime. He doubted, too, if the repeal of the Act, which was the subject of the Hon. Member's motion, would of itself have the effect ex pected from it by the Hon. Member, or give satisfaction to the people of Scotland. He, therefore, recommended to the Hon. Member to withdraw his motion, and to abide by another decision of the General Assembly. After such a decision was come to, the real grievances complained of would be known, and the House would have an opportu nity of legislating on a sure and safe foundation. Ita the meantime he deprecated all premature discussion upon a matter of such great importance. The Right Hon. Gentle man concluded by requesting the Hon. Gentleman to postpone his motion for more mature deliberation. Sir R. PEEL said, he thought the proposition for taking away the patronage from the Crown would lead to local feuds. During his Secretaryship, he was sure that the patronage of the Crown was never exercised for political purposes; he had always recommended to the Crown any person recommended by the parishioners.-- (Hear.) Popular election had a tendency to diminish the independence of the Minister. He hoped the House would not rashly affirm the principle of popular election in spiritual casts.—(Hear.) Mr. COLQUHOUN supported the motion, which had for its object the rep.al of an Act passed by the most profligate Administration that ever ruled in England, and which was in express violation of the Constitution of the Church of Scotland. He hoped his Hon. Friend would not agree to withdraw his motion. The Scotch Members bad wai'ed because they did not wish to embarrass Ministers, but that was no reason why it should be alto gether passed over. There was no subject in which the people of Scotland were more deeply interested than the present.—(Cheers.) Mr. GILLON supported the motion. The feeling of the people was, that the present system was corrupt, unjust, and impolitic; and he was convinced that these principles would daily gain ground, till it was impossible to resist them. Mr. ANDREW JOHNSTONE said the yoke of patronage had long galled the neck of the Church of Scotland. The people of that country bad frequently bad most obnoxious ministers forced upon them, and even inducted into their pulpits by an armed force. The great abuses of the system made it imperatively neces sary that some such measure as that proposed by his Hon. Friend should be passed. Church patronage in Scotland stood on a very different footing to the Church patronage of England. Since the reformatioo, 1-ro pastor could be set over a congr ega ti on in Scotland against their consent, without violation of the fundamental rights of that church. Mr. ABERCRONIBIE was sorry to fed himself called upon by an imperious sense of duty to be at issue with any portion of his countrymen on so vital a question as this. He was very glad to sec the Right Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir R. Peel) in his place, as it gave him an opportunity ' of contributing his meel of unfeigned approbation of the eminently impartial and upright manner in which the Right Hon. Baronet had managed this patron 1 ge when it was under his superintendence. Admitting the defects of the system of church patronage in Scotland, lie could not conscientiously agree to the provisions of th e p ropose d Bill . fle thought t h e b e st, and indeed the only proper course, would be, to leave the matter to the decision of the Ge neral Assembly. As the matt e r at p resent stoo d , nothing would be more injurious than to des'roy chur c h patronage without providing an efficient substitute. He therefore trusted that the motion would he withdrawn. If the General Assembly should not decide satisfactorily to the people of Scotland, then the question might come before Parliament in a clear and definite shape. Mr. HALLIBURTON supported the motion. He wished to know how they could repeal the Act establish ing the present system of patronage without establishing some other system. If the proposition of the Hon. Mem ber went merely to abolish the law for a definite time, for t h e purpose of leaving it afterwards to be determined by the House bow the arrangement should be made, so as to settle the establishment on a sound footing, he should feel inclined to vote for the repeal of any law which might in - terfere with that object. Mr. EWING said it had always been considered that the system of patronage, as it existed in the Church of Scotland, was an innovation on its established principles. He cordially supported the measure. Mr. KENNEDY said he was prepared to establish popular election instead of the present system of Church patronage. He only regretted that the measure did not go far enough. He should vote against it on that ground. He thought, however, that the present discussion, although no vote were come to upon the subject, would have a considerable effect on the General Assembly, and make them come to a very different decision from that which they had come to last year upon the subject. Sir ROBERT INGLIS observed that the measure proposed by the Honourable Member for Caithness (Mr. Sinclair) involved principles which affected other established churches as well as that of Scotland ; and was a matter which called for the serious attention of the country gentlemen and members of the church of England. It went farther than the Hon. Member who proposed it appeared 'co be himself aware; for it went to the complete separation of Church and State. Mr. OSWALD recommended that the matter should be left in the hands of the General Assembly. Sir R. FERGUSON said, the able discussion which hail taken place upon the subject would answer all the ends which could be aimed at by the motion, and he there fore recommended its withdrawal. Mr. PRYME said he thought it would appear extremely extraordinary if, when they were conferring upon the people in the burghs of Scotland the power of electing their civil officers, they were to withhold from them the power of electing a minister, with respect to whom it was of so much importance that there should be a good feeling between him and his parishioners. It was said that the introduction of popular election in this case would be pro• ductive of continual discord in parishes. He had lived twenty years in a town where three of the parishes enjoyed popular election, in the choice of their ministers ; he had thus bad an opportunity of seeing its effects ; and it was his opinion that the introduction into a parish of a person who was disagreeable to it was at least productive of equal evil in this respect. Lord ALTHORP said he had no wish to throw any obstacle in the way of this most important question ; but it was impossible for the House to enter into the discussion of the repeal of a statute which conferred on his Majesty certain prerogatives, without having the consent of his Majesty. He was not prepared, at this time, to give that assent. He appealed to the Speaker whether they were competent, under such circumstances, to entertain the question. - The SPEAKER said he bad not before read the Act of Charles 11., by which the patronage in question was con ferred upon the Crown; but he had since sent for it, and had read it. This was certainly a question affecting the rights and privileges of the Crown ; and it was quite clear that it could not be discussed without the consent of his Majesty. Mr. SINCLAIR stated his intention of bringing it be fore the House under more favourable circumstances next session. Mr. PRYME should have been inclined to deny the doctrine laid down by the Chair. It only showed his ig norance ; but he had thought that the House could pro ceed to the repeal of any Act of Parliament without up plying to his Majesty. Lord ALTHORP said that entirely depended upon what the Act of Parliament might be. They could not proceed to take away any right or privilege of the Crown without the consent of the Crown. After a few words from Mr. SHEIL, Mr. SINCLAIR, and an Hox. MEMBER, whose name we did not learn, The SPEAKER said it was quite impossible to enter tain the question in any shape. The SPEAKER observed that he was to blame for having put the question. He did not know the contents of the Act ; but having called for it and read it, he found that the motion could not be entertained by the House without the consent of the Crown, intimated, as usual, through a Privy Councillor. BOROUGH OF HERTFORD. Mr. BERNAL obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the effectual prevention of bribery and corruption in the bo rough of Hertford. On the motion of Mr. GODSON, the Patent Pro tection Bill was read a third time and passed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and at two o'clock this morning the House adjourned. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, JULY 16, 1833. The King has been pleased to present the Rev. John Ewen to the church and parish of Hobkirk, in the presbytery of Jed_ burgh and county of Roxburgh, vacant by the death of the Rev. Benjamin Dickison. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. J. T. PARKER, broker, Cambridge, from July 4 to July 27, at one, at the Red Lion Inn, Cambridge. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. DANIEL ELLIS, boat-builder, Bourne, Stroud, Glou. cestershire. WILLIAM KNOWLSON, WILLIAM SKIN, JOSEPH BILLINGTON, ANNEBAYLIS, and DAVID ALLISON, drapers, Ashton.under-Lyne, Lancashire, as against the said bankrupts, William Knowlson, William Skin, Anne Baylis, and David Allison. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS PAYNE, innkeeper, Folkestone, Kent, July 26 and Aug. 27, at twelve, at the Guildhall, Folkestone. Bond, Folkestone; Boxer, Bow lane, Cheapside, London. _ . WILLIAM JONES, builder, Bridgend, Glamorganshire, August 26 and 27, at eleven, at the Cardiff Arms Inn, Cardiff. Perkins and Kayes, Merthyr Tidvil. JAMES HUSTABLE, freestone-merchant, Bristol, July 31, at two, and Aug. 27, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Savery and Clark, Bristol. JOHN CAPEL JENNINGS and WILLIAM COLLINS JENNINGS, corn-merchants, Bristol, July 24, at one, and Aug. 27, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London; Short, Bevan, and Brittan, Bristol. CHARLES POWELL, linen-draper, Birmingham, July 4, at half-past twelve, and August 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hardwick, Lawrence.lane, London ; Turquand, Copthall.buildings, official assignee. EDWARD CROCKITT, pig.ironmaker, Sedgley, Staf. fordshire, July 30 and Aug. 27, at two, at the New Royal Hotel Birmingham. Barbor, Fetter-lane, Holborn, London ; Fellowes, Dudley. URIAH WRIGHT, carpenter, Bury.street, Westminster, July 23, at half-past one, and August 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basiughall-street, official assignee ; Allen and Co., Carlisle-street, Soho-square. MARY TONGUE, grocer, Birmingham, July 29 and Aug. 27, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. White house, Castle-street, Holborn, London ; Rowlinson, Bir mingham. JOHN SOLLOWAY, horse-dealear, Powick, Worcester shire, July 26 and August 27, at eleven, at the Hare and Hounds Inn, Bedwardine, Worcestershire. Saunders and i Helm, Worcester; Wimburn, Collett, and Dyson, Chancery_ lane, London. WILLIAM BELLAMY, miller, Sheffield, July 26 and August 27, at twelve, at the offices of Messrs. Rodgers and Son, Sheffield. Rodgers, Devonshire-square, London; Rodgers and Son, Sheffield. THOMAS STOKES, grocer, Cradley, Worcestershire, July 30, and August 27, at twelve, at the Globe Tavern, Birming ham. Bigg, Southampton-buildings, London ; Haywood, Bir mingham. AujgOulistN 27, A a r t O w S . , , a c t or t o h - e fac a t l o o r b , e T B a irtngh ver i n n .T a e m m , pl Jz s l t y ree 29 t, Banird mingham. Bigg, Southampton-buildings, London ; Haywood, Birmingham. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G W . W. a . C d o Constantine, t a n N t i o n r m e , a g n i g e p r ai b t e r e y c 0s k a u f a a n c d - Liverpool—E. Bishop and G. Jacob, dress-makers, Liverp oo l — . ec7 Manchester n to —d l—J. Moss and T. Hampson,ship.b ro k ers, c onfectioners, R nrTersf. hodes and J. Rowsby, timber-merchants, Bradford, York shire—C. Herbert and R. Austin, wine and spirit-merchants, Birmingham—W. Johnson and F. Wade, cabinet-makers, Shef field—F. Hutchinson and W. Losh, Epsom salts manufac turers, Felling, Durham—A. 0. Blagden, M. A. and E. Hodg son, J. Elliott, and J. Woollin, silver.platers, Sheffield—J. Den ton and J. Riley, woolstaplers, Bradford, Yorkshire--T. and B. Hurst, plumbers, Warrington, Lancashire—S. Steddy, jun„ and F. J. Johns, timber merchants, Ashford, Kent—G. Good and H. Standerwick, grocers, Basingstoke—H. N. Bate and H. Conn, maltsters, Truro—E. Atherton and W. Craig, engravers, Manchester —J. and C. Butler, M.D., chymists, Dublin. DIVIDENDS. F. Armson, builder, Melcombe-place, Dorset-square, July 26, at twelve—J. Weston, sen., and J. Weston, jun., tailors, Old Bond-street, Aug. 6, at twelve—J. H. Skelton, woollen draper, Aug. 6, at ten—R. Richards, mercer, Marylebone street, Piccadilly, Aug. 6, at two—W. Williams, brandy_ merchant, Dorking, Surrey, Aug. 7, at ten—J. B. Courthope, painter and house decorator, Aug. 8, at ten. CERTIFICATES, Au°. 6. - - R. Drew, currier, Great Sutton-street—J. Munro, iron_ founder, Liverpool—J. Meeks and T. Gummery, upholsterers, Warwick—S. Spafford, corn-miller and drug-grinder, Salford, Manchester—S. Stocker, victualler, Bristol—F. F. Lavanchy and J. It. Lavanchy, warehousemen, Air-street, Piccadilly. STATE OF WEAVING AT PERTH.—We have great pleasure in stating, that the weaving branch of our local manufacture is at present improving. Undrilled zinghams, especially, are in great demand; and one of the i mincipal manufacturers of this fabric has advanced the rate of weaving full 10 per cent.... Scotsman, COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, and Princes ALEXANDER and CHARLES Of Solms, hoof tie Marquis and Marchioness of LONDONDERRY, with company, on Monday, at the Grand Fete given bi Ma, quis and Marchioness, at their seat at Rose Fulham. Prince LIEVEN, Prince TALLEYKAND, and the Dd de Dixo, an d ot h ers o f t h e F ore i gn Ambassador. , Ministers and their Ladies, Viscount PALstEfts.rost.; others of tt,e C a bi net Mi n i sters, an d a I age party Of. Nobility and Gentry left town y.sterday for Munr-1 1 Herta, where th e M arqu i s an Marchioness of Wrst STEIL gave a splendid enterta i nment . Th e PM ALEXANDER and CHARLES Of SOIMS went from ICO the Fete. Mr. COLQUHOUN, the agent for St. Vincent's, and MAYERS, the agent for Barbadoes, transacted be?' yesterday, at the Colonial-office. - Lord HOLLAND had an interview yesterday with GREY, at the Treasury. RHEUMATIC GOUT CURED BY T "MINERAL MAGNET." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LANCE enclose you a case of rheumatic gout whi was cure) by the application of the mineral magi' should you deem it worthy a place in your inestitd i , j >urnal, you will muc h o bli ge , Y ours , very respec tful ) E. S. BLUNDELL' 13, Orchard -street, Portman-square. The subject of this cue, C. W. (Charles Walker, V ( cott's printing-office, Blaekfriars-road, nearly opposite . Magdalen), wt. 45, a j ourneyman pr i nter , h a d en s tolerably good h ea lth un til t h e l ast f our months, dud which tim e h e h a d b een a t tac k e d w i t h rheumatic gollt, severely, as entirely to pr even t hi s p er f orm i ng t h e or dies duties of a prin•er. He had been several weeks o r medical treatment without experiencing much relief. His countenance was pale and anxious, 'skin cold • clammy, pulse 65 and small, tongue slimy and spooi he experienced a numb p iin in the h-, , 1, slept but li . t l y , being prevented by the p t i n i n hi s li m b s, appetite he:; bowels and other functions natural. His frame was g e :, much emaciated, and his general appearance Wier: great constitutional debility, the result of long and stge t ; suffering. He complained of a scalding sensation in the Artie JO tions of the ancle, right knee, and left wrist, w hi c h ri stiff and swollen, but not much inflamed. The tell which pass over the insteps fit like tense chords. t i experienced considerable pain in the f e et an d ancles cc' standing or walking, and he was three hours in bobbril (to use his own expression) t o my res id ence, a di stan ces two miles. June S. The pain and stiffn ess b e i ng more intenei,, the articulations of the right knee and ancle, I p re fe, operating on them, and commen ce d b y pass i ng the m g , : six or eight times round the joints. The patient was 7, mediately relieved. I requ es t e d hi m to r i se from his F, and walk two or thre e ti mes roun d t h e room, which ' instantly did, and said be had not been so easy and cc" fortable for some time. A few directions were given t; specting a m o r e generous di et , an d the pat i ent was deli r to call again on the following day. 9. Ho states that h e rema i ne d f ree f rom pa i n ne ll tl,e evening ; pas se d a more t ranqu il n i g h t , an d persph.4 ; copiously; he was again subj•cted t o th e magnet i c tree mint with the same favourable results. .11 10. The symptoms appear to b e grea tly mitigated I has had a good night's rest ; tongu e c l eaner , pu l se stro ng his ancle is not so stiff, and less painful. I magnet° him, and he was again reieved. ~ 12. Complains of pain in the left knee. In every ogl i respect he is rapidly recovering. I subjected the knee the same magnetic treatment, and he was instantly relie o 11. Is in every respect better, the right sncle and l' have regained their natural size, and he walked to 1 1 , house within the hour without the a id o f hi s l aic° Again tnagnetiz d. 16. The pain and swelling of the left lower extra nearly gone ; health much improved, can walk with 0 19. Doing well. Returned to his work. July 2. Has up to this date experienced no return of pst I have had two other precisely similar cases under same treatment. They have been attended by eV! favourable results. The great similarity, however, tween the three cases, renders it unnecessary for ve give a report of more than one of them. , The Post-office list of Tuesday gives notit f that letters will be f wwarded to the United States by weekly packet-ships from Liverpool, implying, of con!"' that arrangements f or t h at purpose h ave been made 0' the American capt a in s , th ere not b e i ng any packet on - ,4 service of English ownership, whether public or prised though it might be imagined that we have as strong tives as the Americans for establishing such a line of munication. The chief reason, however, for direly public attention to this arrangement is a s a part o f to exertions making by the Post-office to accomplish a be return of revenue for that department, in the course which there is cre dted a degr e e of inconvenience WllO merchants far more than commensur a t e with suc h std/ aO, tage. The conduct of the Post-office is the more gracious, inasmuch as they have been willing ennus oo when the transmission of letters could not be carried 14 through the smallness of the number, hut at a posi ti o , loss, to leave the matter wholly to private mansgerne d but when it grows into somedhing productive they s eise 0 it, and fail at the same time in giving to the merebs!‘ the tic liars which before existed. They will O v have to pay more at Li verpoo l , and have a less eill,l delivery, probably by two or three hours, than they before. The same sort of nuisance l: as been inflicted 0 . 4 regard to the steam p ac k et commun i cat i ons w i th Holl°:r0 Hamburg, and the north of Europe generally. At °, O the Post-office, still adhering to the old and clumsy syst A , of sailing-packets, were compelled, out of absolute shAFF to allow great latitude to the quicker medium, W o o would not have done to enforce the sending by their ° vessels, in the face of private facilities far more cool' of the kind. Hence the conveyan ce o f l et t ers an d sn i o d parcels by the steam-packets was wink e d a t, or Pil a f with very little notice. At length th e Post-Iwo managers have themselves been driven, after resisting i / 0 long as possible 0 into the use of st ea m-p ac k ets , a nd ~.e f merchants, by the mere continuance of th e mo de t', had got accustomed to, suddenly find th emse lves ! % of posed to higher charges, to greater delay, to p e naln„, and all sorts of inconveniences. As an example, a which occurred last week may be cited. A mercall o house in the city had a parcel addressed to it by t ie , last steam packet from Rotterdam, containing satnr is of colonial produce, with orders t o ma k e purchases, this market. This parcel was op ene d at the CusWwo house, the samples taken out, and the written docuweji transferred to the Post-office, from whence they were ° P o delivered after a delay of 24 hours. The samplele which they referred were only obtained two days after application at the Cust o m -h ouse , an d w h en i t was w , late to execute the orders in question. Ther e c a n be oi doubt that in this instance the sending the inetru c tions,_r , speeding the samples in the same parcel was an i n fracto, stlic.ly speaking, of the Post-office privil ege , b u t 50 i o _ 4 ; ance should have been made for the cha nge o f systenii and though the postage were insisted o n , th e mercbao.4, question should , hot have been subj ec t e d t o t h e delay "; inconvenience which actually occurred. It is to be gietted that the transaction was not made the subject an action in on e of our l aw courts, which would pro b e have awarded heavy damages against the Post-'office. department altogether, from the mode in which it is nu, conducted, is very unp o p u l ar , no t t o sa y a b so l ute l y o di° to in the city.— Times. Mr. RusH, whose " Narrative of his Res; dente at the Court of London" is now commanding up o f vided attention, was appointed Minister Pl e nipot e ntiary, the United States to the Court of England in th e y ea r it 3 a period of great interest in our domestic annals. At l i time Lord Livertrooe was Prime Minister, Lord CAS/ og REA GH was Foreign Secretary, Lord SIDXOUTH wolf' Home D,parttnent, Lord ELnott was Chancellor, i r° ol SITTA RT was at the Exchequer, CANN ING a t the Bo" .,1 Control, the Eal of WESTMO RELAND was Lord prr A Seal, and Lord He RROWBY was President of the Coun c i, , Mr. Rum rem iined in England nearly eight y e ars, °lie during that time, inducted as h e w as i nto t h e di p l o o ll . o % and aristocratic circles, possessed the best means of WO an accurate judgment of the highest rank of the people' to A commission de lunatic° inquirendo li io been grante I by the LORD CHANCELLOR of Englan d o f the case of the Earl of KINGSTON, anti will be open s , 0 0 Bristol on Tuesday (this day). Several witnesses r f this country are summoned to attend._ Cork Report er ') THE MOORS.—Spot tsm en anticipate a caP it) crop of birds. The coveys are ear li er , and of °° 1 rer ,tronger than they were last year. 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