The Sun. — London, England, 1833-02-09 00:00:00

0 bees 10, otea gee bite : he O s t ell s i d ""° self e g r egiously:mistaletn.-(Cbeers from ration, I se c , ek) He repeated, that when the Honourable edinarY „ 1 1leg' , 'oernatuleonan (Mr. O'Dwyer) asked the question, "Are you to reconcile feittining o h r ids es e t o r n o s y c i i n e g ne t e he the Church?" greatest h p e nss D i b r ie Lush ren.isl,Poc'unetnitye,7_.,o ington r or te_edetst(es7f2 4 I_, the i nterrogatory with the solemn obligation c l• On ß d a it r i 7 ol o f Ibel ki,o.reitoareZd•---(Near, hear, hear.) Others might be int he 1 ! ° ° l lgati o ° u° In defining the scope and extent of the this pt the O re , gila s 13 of the oath ; but he took the plain and intelli• at •• tneani ne • :in'r ber of the l' - esta te wo , -- e of it to be, that those who entered the here read : 1 11; w ooke.. 0 lici never lend themselves to any attempt to rd Pluok e et '',,'• Fe al i b i:3 ; ll r d.estroy the Protestant establiehment. -(Cheers. ) bed the "ae.i'i rtfor ts 6 of , I ?e (Dr. Luebington) was an advocate for the , r ls y et he .. ;he Church, and for the remedy of its abuses, lion of four i i s inlashi l to vourr would go, ao far as his own bumble endea tabt thrill" • tod. A ° go, to maintain it inviolate even unto the Y 4 the P Ro e ?1 ' 1 to the pros • for tithes mentioned by the words s i - s pot' ~. • ! em s prosecutions he (Mr. si t o "oerat e _ "sl, they were instituted io pursuance of a from a ~, „‘ pta s at 11,41 regardwitii.Presa into which Government isad . been forced • • feces- , sat il, to costs, he might be permitted to state, alin H g e P wout s r a t p; :, ..f,,,,,, 4 7 0 A.tt. :: ney and Solicitor-General for Ireland had o other rai 0 "as G en ,I 'Ye a shilling in the shape of fees, There t iGarope . 'e ons ,_ tleree n in the House who could not bear testi ; Hon. p the prel which the fact 11,4 sad takenof place on the present question, there had resolved to /. I „ Ceth °ll t t't, disturb e slightest attempt made to deny the existence 'Pre real e , of ance in Ireland-in fact the admission was una °l. s r g etarY fbt ' hab itshi that the country was in a condition scarcely e See , re f r! arri se , e there was, therefore, no other conclusion to be ironet %°o o llf f or t , 4 at than this, that instant ' means must be adopted xistence of , lot 1 " Rote • i lto, wi , etion of persons and property. The question, as astoni:hriseus: I, reed y r deli the House had to decide, was the proper ra id their le ' . rte tie t i de ~ der such circumstances, resorted to. Ott the btu.4laneyi heard the often-repeated cry of do jug- Church Pr l l e . r . e t' h esti the grievous, the calamitous system 1.1 'es I a mere u ls ." Which ,t 0 0 afirePp, °lated Ireland, were, in the first instance, gentry ~,rl9 kea, so approach could be made towards that itai n n :iiitoi:ros riesere of . r are Justice which, on the one side, was so loudly "' The mess ur : e . ;, 11, 5ed . ' a nd Which, certainly, on the other, was not ees s "' "ah affairs For himself, he bad always upon the subject of I said, " h „ t le th at b utation ; il - se; th at ~ eed a follower of Mr. Grattan, and he found catholic Por h 0 eh dis tinguished man had, on different occasions, 'Church tai'sta- t ,te of aft:eintirnents which, if applied to the present pos. unction 10s, pal lei rdo Is, would be an exertion of the soundest poli -111, that ' 4 . In the year 1808, what was the language devoid of i.,s Ce great man ? He said, in pity to Ireland, arm the thought tl '' t thattrorno 'merit, age, 1 . , , c oori ,_°t With He to save the unhappy people of He & 6 :e t _Tee so , IrY from each other-in humanity to save the eople. . rry 011 i'llty t 6`.1, erOpettieS of the unoffending portion of his Ma ,h prer gos , ' N ilo uoJects itt that country.-(Hear, hear, bear.) He Ri g ht 7 / aldlitio"sitittltotitei'lightest hesitation in saying, that he, for one, he clergy • . o il , would 'i t '. ' a Na t if he been found amongst the supporters of the sea ding, 11 / le, °e had seen the slightest reason to think that sect, by •- , Tie bet ty `4B _were contemplated towards Ireland of greater parishes ° I r for of duty t h an , 4e lli aibi were absolutely necessary for the repression eeded. ;'beers) f o r a !e el , n e, and accompanied at the same time with cope at •th Ur " of conciliation and such a meed of justice si-vep(CoceLsrij,, °liatle,tteelldeebesisities. of the country and . the suggestions of an • zle I. 1 1 'sg said anlty and a wise policy might recommend. ,1 a sin , eals , e tog thus much upon the subject of . Ilish affairs, nent, tnene,,,, A, 5 , ( s r,. e l k tn k a e one remark on another topic of the ad , uncontrow. g rei," t : s na tu r the lto eIY, that which had reference to our foreign adebted f° ,i,ef l hid ~t ik T h , erairintehde btye a a s o.4 44) soeb tns e Right Hon. Baronet on the other side s 0 ,,,, , s od 11 ` , " the legality of the embargo on Dutch yes ele I , Cu4r 'd seemed to contend that, in every instance, iter.) • ~,, I he el'es w , tied oe yeriv ife, e e s gr este ere out initiatory to war. There could not , altl r naist!ke• Lord Stowell-than whom there ar to the 100 t he iiis . so t b e theo death 00th foi er i t d o , a higher authority-had in many instances ression. . 411 ,1 c is e4oit tea ts 0 , that embargoes were not necessarily the he referreup N th o . f tear. Let the House only remember the p p i s , e s , e invasion of Hanover by Russia. That was for J Ir a , .5 o f ab l e : . a torsh l P'e th e !t ' lv a' as between Russia and England, nor a ddicltatorshiP,,6, il Shie° leadin g to war between those countries, fur , s s ou s „ u 'l l , tTe shahrn, that attacks made upon Hanover did peculiar's e s e' el s i i, ~ ue s* to , , t 4 1 sf i , etest degree affect the well-being of any one ear.) " , dao!,e et a h et J4tY's subjects in . Great Britain, and yet these only be e 01,k , g'ss we , of t he . 0 A d i) g at re laid on without the slightest hesitation. ;egrity , Ho s t! ,i teS 4 ei l ll i e s t,troarrio v erY part of the foreign policy of the present rl, he could not but say that he thought it cried o w i sr to ro ,) , (Cbee 1. (4 'Pr Y respect that which was entitled to the confi nee r-- - A je, , ,gee th e L ., m id a VO L : byT with " i hear' House, and the thanks of the couenry.- ich in t he roi l, e oia l , ,o lle - 0 4 r t .) He should now only trouble the House S, tHa s s ir,,,. two remarks further, and they should, he eted-- ov ( e C r b o r..,V; o It l a t e i e . "' hem, relate to matters only of the very eated e .beyrr, it ha itl°Portance. Much reference had been made to believe t ~ 0 is b S easur e of Reform, and by many Hon. Members ant on oe Y e t i s ys- , , 4 6o,teen t reated, as he should be inclined to regard it, have elnP , b, , its ~, 11Q-uNe was snare, at least so far as the extension of the to the de a ` 10, concerned ; at the same time, that if a eno ublished i f a , s e' th e seers 3 . d ~‘ Iti,,` r tade in favour of the ballot, he should, after -and m s figS, "LthS - "lef s • • rioting which had come rid-(Hear, 1 t o I 'l h is arising from open nci-- st,e ° ll ' t I. 44 1. k nowledge, not be disposed to refuse his support , tai's yhe of i ° l :ts 1 4 ; 11 alteration. But whether with reference to that or to 8 d oa 1 ti pt 'ibt., ) °t her question, he hoped the House would feel ten tatir; 5 ~ 3 1 , 1 4„. I ' o ° 14expediency of crowding too many questions what A J oh, `9. 04 0 attention of Government in that their first ever used re it he °P a R ef() t he ri t * O4 . by th rated Parliament, for all that they might thatconsider;n, f el e 5 of a " be morePparent accomplishment of many object, . ioa o , 4,41 beingthan counterbalanced by the evils of most destrue` seitl,kt i s , .. • . d d ie a it , te st \V AL , pel fectly and injudiciously treate . ; to to ° eh r a e il rER said, that he could not allow himself to a all par 0 tritentei(Ot vote, though he should not trespass long on Ge atleV,, 1 14 °1 1 01 , 4 ! W . the House. Notwithstanding the num lion' p r obs, oo ti, t titlttianl contlined in his Majesty's speech, the debate or ' ) ., rs isn I , lity 4i 04 . W holly turned upon a single topic-namely, Y Hm e , e ti s ' p, 0 4 with Ireland. On that head all he should then the disti o j , , s 4,4,, that , _ „ o r , Of t , , 1 4 1 ~ he cordially agreed with the sentiment ex des is owlS _ 01, the 4 t „ ''''e speech : he should ever oppose a separation potism' s , e D o ~ oti.aetilfea c°,dntries, and every idea of difference between 'y wile' 11hterid b 'NI /s°° inhabited them. With respect to . the and 10 ' /fie e, a 'il ° loti on seth••" - ` l e 4 h,,io th e of the Noble Lord, the most interesting, t h o e k t rwwt hat eir s ee til ltitt e oynt trio Perplexing part of it related to Ireland. • d i s ele ell that o t , 11 , 4 t country demanded the most speedy and he n • 0 1018 t es, ttes o ,? ll tion ; and they were now to decide whether The 1 in t b Pit t , "(in could be bestowed most beneficially by courtesy s o° 'ifs t th e , , : a u to ~r eli p ,O, or course suggested by the Hon. Member for ateu in , ght• to 'lil t .bY proceeding-so tar as they could, under r, and 14 ssre, badlhe elrcesisr wool'; se S hp eorh ances-by the usual helotmetod of replying rid dre o! t_ p 0 ,0 , 41, 04 , and then entering, with ost pomp- I s an , eu r Pr l r , iti e Pi'lie d , the consideration of the proper remedies to t it : y A wb e i w et t 1 / 4 1. " 4 the removal of those evils, which everybody eecurre" nil° e - IQ t o • tlil dot% °ach es , Met. It had been slid, that the speech ant of acct i noo r th, i I te to 'ld too strong terms of menace against the For libel • e f l a si t the' setae: se Public peace in Ireland. He contended net. aes ", ei ` s were justly employed against the violaters of ware 0 f all fr o., a,s,Nief of B l ed with assurances of the redress of wrongs, thei r tro t $ Isigh al ot e , ' t arring. On this subject of suffering, he r that pro th , t t rOngl I 00. ,iet 1 4„ f roth t , - Y i mpressed by what had fallen on the first gilt lists 91 ' f de ßi ,` t hat ii "e Memb e r for Knaresborough, than by an i ' n f ve old V r t of 4 4 Stt oo, sd been seid on the other side about political Inge a y , °l o ll lato Pay t , e a nd partial administration of justice. Want to . s e's„ete.., hi oe, were ti, and starvation, which was the conse it his ' i r it 0 0 ; s o 14 affect s u ffi e . r an d s o d N I ecte. , lent to account for the substantial evils ore, /e i s re to 11 1 ,„ 4 the happiness of the Irish people ; and he ke tell bo t a! ,o ts t , log t,tiee th at Provision Provision for the poor would be among the in: . a I , o # l, Pop 4 `, l ii ti .' tt W ere to be applied. He was far from wish_ n-tha" di'l t is t , Kit e were 0 P eti t , te e, a desire for agitadon to any individual ; a they t o i s ee ito , etirl)s be, wao destitute as the Irish peasantry were admit d most that °. eepi t ' and mould° always be ready for the commission of ;oat to , ~e ettA o I uot never want a leader. Having given this iuticip an at i l'oce l . - i ' ii , i.t . tiOn 4 , ~4 [ 4 , ', so d hopin g that effectual measures would be gret a eon ° / oeC t ltio t ", the Government, he should support the origi 'ailed 3 „,„ c Ol!, th _ e Op t , 4 - Ravi n said thus much concerning Ireland, ear.) ts` apt C ti s h e 4 ,. g rest ii. e g t iglu be permitted to say a few words re dineonutretoP f l e , %,, isb a r , : r gl esd. He wished for the adoption of every 1 . Reform as anxiously as any one ; he : e l t but : 0 -r ooe ( e t/ 0:e; t ' ti f otl liu .s . , 4 i ,t r o y r: tl C ,: sl relief of the middle and industrious classes . , g, 0 14 4', he tb 4l kl, as a means, for a revised system of taxa ' °b ". l- t e s °' $l sat e t ; cl i u gbt this was a subject of such importance princip 00, Is a. let w s bo , 4 N well have formed one of the topics of the ringr -- if 11 1 0 I, O ttpith . ;I n ee, e l 41 4, r oo , standing the pressure of taxation, which vig" a ; regr t ,) , P l 4y,m t s , g'Y felt every where, and particularly of the deeP'Y ti e , lit t i 4 "i th 1. s e l e agents of the Tax-office bad of late dis [ember W sle , her e s 'its °ln naischievous alacrity, by which, however, ndulge• n or,; th o s a g gain s b vat, fad t i k, ad orn , Y the revenue, but much ill-humour load r t e i r e T ar t he f : 5 1 ~ ,: tr t y t ' v l h oli : f " against the Government. He indulged ' the t le , i. h t i o e 4 h hadhoWever, that the same spirit in the ...gl ebe l e t s : 8 0 11° j ; but e t o ,,f e iel,.es . o to sug.,iven birth to the Reform Bill, and had g e ed l° sa yr, i e 'at e „° 1 tb n ," a happy conclusion, would unite with d "-- si' tr gdi °I ~‘ House, and enable them to cat ry every k e of deeet‘tl All 'ty re pe ace; if t" -- p t y . t hes 4 , so , cal Reform that would relieve the exist "vi Os too 'l4 lti t ' Place the people in a state of comfort. ;lens° 1/ klt ° 44,8 sit, app o lb lty Y , nei th , however, had not been the growth of th os :rs or ll t lti oore _er could the cure of them be effected by interfe rivs oo . under 4 Veil, 11s„,of s i !.. He expressed himself sorry for any , / .4.ar.i 0,4 u, 41 5 ..4 '4 'ls'on between the friendsof Reform and --a.' et I,' - •eft • ‘‘, r 9 wh tiOn i'l ) , y iali tr , 4 1 h al 4, 0 liad already done so much, and by Ins _ „ e s. „, e , , tared(cseers , .v. sair s , . 'loped so many other important mea vb, bei:, ew e 4 . /li , would be carried in a constitutional stmt ogitetse°l4()Oans,„ s - tan t rS s s ",,,e`, , ,, wer e 14 ) e t ') 1 1 , 4 ''c'LL-sHon. Gentlemen on the other --„ islit r, 0 0 9 : 0 Wh o s his t : the y / that the power possessed by he Irish '-) 'o l ° I, Pos s •e kl tht°hl sere termed was a ower which they Luebe (piles ab l e the e ' 1 s at 015; 6 ! t aking advantage P of - but let those the 5 te a , 4l ld 4 Y th e nl "rs not overlook g li ' fact-the power use, • ro pra, o sea or ,eed se - a g i rar t e . deep' j os , 0 1 rolo ar C eo °I th °t'a was a power proceeding from sci Jai, pr eo r i thuli e i ?' ter tleu)an° Government itself. An Hon. and yert Neer, IV , he se4s "let td l t le r eope °Pposite had spoken in rather extra „......(eleaor'oo.",, s-es sorrl ueely e e jll of t i ' l g the oath taken by Roman Ca at re 3u d , Pd 4,„ ~ to sc`Pee ted 't Rouse. It was an argument that 11:rose. ill Le e j int to have heard from so learned a . man d , P • 0 , •10' L 44 he • t klk 54 auth • c loatl ° o f l v oy c lit t i.,- or O,rity in that House and out of it arY se°'e Si ' °' tl i l qiel e at ' lesi en seoen.ae°. Lcelesiastical Court ; from such a reger eat' oo o l, , of the tor s it : ai ltit ' o ? to hear it said that the oath taken t t o w h ear %t e si. the %„„ L e in out from assuming any share . . as the 11 . : 3 tie ° 0! a si L4 hed te -r '' "f settling by law the temporalt . ties thi n eL srol" t hI I e s I N th .'" due t •` • "rcla • 0 d rfs to w e op oi _ i e , fr and he felt the more surpris . ed , e suPP s iogd he fel t o _lth 4 , u 4 th, , ) ca one of those who so long mm -02 ° be t e l letr' "tie s ,: reli ef o'frle Coronation Oath should not in assuill' o' 4 4 Pti eos the Catholicsconfessed of t he ' to learn that a gentleman who had taken the oath of supremacy, and declared that no foreign potentate had any spiritual jurisdiction in this country— an assertion not literally the fact —could then come for. ward to twit the Roman Catholic Members of that House on the oath they bad taken, fur he must know that a foreign Prelate bad spiritual jurisdiction in this country ; or, if he did not know it, lie must be the most ignorant of men. If Ministers ought to be grateful to any set of men, they ought to be to the Irish Members, for they had supported them in carrying their most wished-for mea sures. He would leave it to a Reformed Parliament to decide whether Ministers were grateful towards Irish Members, and whether they deserved that confidence from the people which they required. They could expect no confidence from the Irish people, since they seemed, by the measures they proposed, to desire an extension of the tithe system. Mr. STANLEY denied that the Government had any such intention ; the collection of tithes might be varied and extended, but the principle which would he adopted relative to them would be founded on a just and fait• com mutation. Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL begged the Right Hon. Gentleman's pardon for taking his words according to the common acceptation, and wished that the expressions of Ministers might be so regulated as to be easily understood by common understandings. At all events, he was confi dent that the Right Hon. Secretary's statement with re spect to tithes would not meet with the approbation of the Irish people. They could expect no confidence from the Irish people as long as they prosecuted, through the me dium of their Attorney-General, such journals as the Tipperary Free Press and the Dublin Comet, whilst they forbore to meddle with English papers equally op posed to their persons and measures. But this was only an exemplification of the difference of the application of time law in the two countries. The Hon. M tuber con cluded by stating, most energetically, that the representa tives of Ireland would not be forced from the strong ground upon which they stood, neither by the extempo. raneous invectives nor the prepared harangues of those who sat upon the Treasury Benches, and in their• imme diate neighbourhood. Mr. SHAW rose amidst loud cries of" Question and Spoke." He said he was satisfied that Irish Members were listened to by the House with the greatest courtesy, and he admitted the justice of many of their complaints. He considered that the speech from the throne was in many respects satisfactory, and particularly in that part which promised the means of securing property and life. He was surprised, however, at one statement he bad heard, because he considered it a most unaccountable dis crepancy—he meant the cause to which the anarchy that prevailed in Ireland was attributed. Nothing could be more diverse than the opinions of the Right Hon. Secre tary for Ireland and the lion. Member fur Dublin on this head. The former attributed the disturbed state of Le land to the agitation of the latter, and the latter asserted that it was owing to the misgovernment of the former. There might be some truth in each accusation, but there was little doubt that the principal source of Irish disturb ance sprung from agitation, and every body knew who was the " head and front" of agitation. When be said agita tion was the principal cause, he did not wish to be under stood that it was the sole cause, for Ireland had been disturbed for twenty years, though the Hon. 'Wernher for Dublin had not professed the trade of agitator for more than two years. He wished to use no harsh expres sions, but he contended that the mistaken notions of Go vernment were the real cause of the prevalence of democratic feelings in Ireland, and that it was those notions which in vested the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin with all but despotic and dictatorial sway. No doubt there were disturbances in Ireland, but it was ridiculous to accuse, as the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin did, the Irish Magistracy of being the chief causes of them. He con tended, that there were no other body of men similarly si tuated, who acted with more forbearance, and with a fairer spirit of impartiality. The truth was, that the Hon. and Learned 'Wernher was jealous of every species of authority but his Own..-. 4 Hear, hear.) The great fault of the Irish Magistracy was, that they were net content with passive resistance, and that they were not susceptible to the influ ence of bribery and patronage. The only patronage now exercised in Ireland was that in the power of the Irish Chancellor, and that was extended to his sons and rela tions, who, no doubt, were worthy, by their talents and experience, of the preference extended towards them. He was far from accusing the Irish Chancellor of injustice ; but he might do so with the same fairness that the Hon. Member for Middlesex accused Baron Pennefather, assert ing that he should be impeached ; and that it was no wonder that crime prevailed in Ireland whilst suth a Judge was allowed to remain upon the bench. He knew not the grounds upon which that eminent and impartial individual should be set do a n as the source of so much crime as was attributed to him by the Hon. Member for Middlesex. Was it not monstrous that an eminent and excellent Judge like Mr. Justice Penne• father, whose name has al ways bee❑ beyond the reach of calumny, should now stand impeached for all the grievances with which Ireland has been cursed ? The Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin called upon the Government to do justice to Ireland ; but did the Hon. and Learned Member speak in that House as he did when he addressed his countrymen in other places ? That Hon. and Learned Member told his countrymen that no man should hold property in Ireland who possessed property in another country.—(Hear.) He would read an extract from an Irish paper, which showed the feelings entertained by that class in Ireland. It coramenctd by commen. ing upon another paper which spoke of the gri. vances of Ireland, but which (it said) omitted mentioning the real robber of the substances of the Irish people—the absentee. It then stated that die Marquis of Lansdowne, a good landlord and MI excellent man (the writer believed), possessed an income of 40,0001. a year from Irish land, all of which he spent in England. Now, would the English Parliament consent to lay a tax of '75 per cent. on the income of such men ? _ _ No less would do ; and then he would only have 251. to spend out of the country, instead of 100/.—(A laugh.) He did not speak of this in derision. It was, in fact, a dreadful state of things, and proved the different modes adopted by the agitators to spread their baneful agitation. The sentiments and intentions of the Hon. Member for Dublin were plainly pointed out by his own words, for that gentleman had said that " he would not be satisfied till he had crossed the threshold of an Irish Parliament in College-green, and till he saw justice done to Ireland." He (Mr. Shaw) thought that he had made out to the House that they could not satisfy that Hon. and Learned Member but by the repeal of the Union ; but he (Mr. Shaw) would say, that he would rather drag on his exi,t ence, if even in wretchedness, than, by such a measure, lose his property, his liberty, and perhaps his life. He agreed with the Hon. and Learned Member for the 'rower Hamlets in the construction he put on the oaths taken by Catholic Members of Parliament on the admission to that House ; be thought that it was both for the honour of the country and equitable that that oath should be abolished. —(Hear, hear, hear.) An Hon. Member had charged the Hon. Member for Colchester with having exaggerated the state of Ireland. Did any one doubt that Ireland was in a state of the wildest confusion and anarchy, and that the relations of society were in a great measure dissolved ? (Cheers.) He received by that day's post a letter which described the state of the country as most fearful, and as getting worse and worse every day. It mentioned a most brutal case which had happened on the previous Friday, of a poor man who was warned to give up the farm which he possessed. The man refused, and got a party of the constabulary to protect him. The party, however, re turned in larger numbers, and burned down his house ; yet it was found itnpossible to discover who the authors of that outrage were. The Hon. Mem ber then mentioned the case of an Irish clergy man, at present i❑ Liverpool, who was obliged to fly the country on account of the spirit of rancour and animosity with which the people were impressed towards him. This clergyman was warned not to return home, for if be were to pass one hour at home, that hour would be his last. He could mention many instances of clergymen who had been obliged to forsake their homes, their families, and their means of support, on account of this wroched state of affairs, but who were too high-mind e d to' cons plain, and preferred hiding their sufferings from the eyes of the world, to being held up as objects of commiseration and pity. He would put it to their feelings of humanity, if such a state of affairs as that should be allowed to con tinue?—(Cheers.) The clergy had been stated as being the principll cause of the grievances and misfortunes of Ireland, and that their rapacity in exacting their tithes had been extreme. He d -nied it, and would refer to the re- port of the Lords Commissioners, which stated that the demands of the clergy were extremely moderate, and that they were not rigorous in their mode of exacting them. It was not consistent with humanity that they should be thus maligned. It had been stated that there were ten thousand processes out at the instance of clergymen for their tithes, and that these processes were, in most instances, for very small sums. Did that prove the inability of the people to meet those small demands? No ; but it proved their obstinacy and determination not to pay them.—(Loud cheers.) The outrages, of which the Hon. Member for Waterford complained, were not partial, or confined to particular districts ; they were uni versal. He was aware of many persons who would be in comfortable circumstances if the country were in a more peaceable and settled state, who would, he believed, he glad to exchange their means and their mansions for the more humble but secure possessions of the peasantry of Great Britain. He could say that for the last few months not a post arrived but be trembled lest it would bring the account of the murder of some friend, some rela tion or acquaintance, or of the destruction of their property. It was not long since he received a letter from a friend, who said he would be at his (Mr. Shaw's) house next day, but by the next post ne received accounts that hisfriend was attacked on the high road, and brutally murdered, and that at mid-day, and in the presence of a hundred persons, yet not one could be get to come forward to give evidence against the murderers.—(Loud cheers.) The unfor tunate gentleman to whom he alluded was the Rev. Mr. Ferguson.—(Hear, hear.) There were many other instances which he could bring forward of persons being murdered by parties in search of fire-arms, or who had some real or imaginary grievance to complain of, and took this mode of wreaking their vengeance ; but be thought he had said enough to show that the state of Ireland was not exaggerated.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Now he would beg to ask what justiee could be done to Ireland when such was the state of so. ciety in that country ? Would it not he the best act of jus tice to arm the Executive with additional powers to put down those sets of lawless ruffians who destroy the peace of the country, assail the lives of its inhabitants, and bring destruction on their property and possessions ? Th e friends of England call loudly for justice—the subjects of the King of England call loudly for Justice and protec tion, and will it be refused them ?—(Loud cheers.) li e would now ask if the English nation was ready to do jus tice to his unfortunate country, and give protection to the gentry of Ireland, which were the slender, the only thread which bound Ireland with this country, and which was daily in danger of being broken. They might get rid of Ireland altogether, but Ireland would he found to be either the principal strong hold of England, if united, er, if separated, its greatest danger. Would they support the gentry of that country, which were the only link which bound them to it ? He agreed with the Member for Tarn worth, that the question of the repeal of the Union was one which required inquiry ; but they should recollect that the danger from Ireland was imminent, and required imme diate attention. When a house was on fire, they did not wait to ask how the fire originated—their plain duty was to take immediate steps to extinguish it.—(Loud and continued cheerin!.) Mr. WALKER said, that they heard much of the ex cesses committed against, and the cruelties suffered by, the innocent in Ireland ; but they belrd little of what pro duced such a state of things—they heard little of what go ided the people to madness. He considered that the system of police was one of the great causes of the discon tent and outrage. That police thought nothing of shoot ing the people t .like dogs, and they were never punished for their crimes. He knew the Irish well, and he was sure that they would never submit to such a system. They heard little of the conduct of the Irish Conservative landlords, and their treatment to their tenants at the last election, but he knew of the severe treatment many of them suffered because they exercised their constitutional rights as given them by the Reform Bill according to their consciences. He was astonished to bear an Hon. Member praise the clergy for their moderation in exacting their tithes. He knew many instances of the most unfeeling oppression —certainly for small sums—but these small sums were wrung from the widow and the orphan. The Hon. Member then complained that Catholics were not employed as stipendiary magistrates, or in the police, and stated that circumstances c ime under his observation which pointed out the improper line drawn between those profess.. ing the two religions. He did not object to the employ ment of military in Ireland. The country people liked the army, but they detested the police, because they were brutal in their conduct towards the people, and because persons injured could in very few instances obtain redress. The Hon. Member then mentioned three cases of great oppression which came under his own observation, in all of which murders had been committed, or at least deaths occasioned by the police ; yet in which it defied the ag grieved parties to get them punished, as even when some of the parties were found guilty, they were afterwards pardoned by the Lord Lieutenant. Mr. FERGUS O'CONNOR said, that as one of the representatives of the largest constituency in Ireland, he was unwilling to let this debat e close without offering a few remarks upon it. He trusted that Parliament would not think of arming the most unpopular Government which ever was in Ireland with additional and unconstitutional poweis to put down a state of society which had not been proved to exist. They were told that there were many cases in which tithes had not been paid; hut they were not told that in many other cases these tithes were paid by the sale of all the property of the p tyers. The Hon. Mem ber for Tamworth had said, that though lie did not coincide in opinion with the acts of the Minister., yet he would vote for coercive measures. On the question of the re peal of the Union, too, he was ready to hear arguments, though he declared, at the same time, that he had made up his mind on the subject. That Hon. Member asked, was it the object of England that Ireland should be misgo. verned—that she should havea defective policeor had Grand Jurors? but did the Hon. Member venture to declare that such was not the case ? The Hon. Member then detailed at some length a case in which he had considered it neces sary to prosecute a constable for brutal conduct in firing a t a person, but which prosecution was pronounced to be frivolous and vexatious. The Hon. Secretary for Ireland had stated that be would rather expose himself to be bayonetted or pistolled, than agree to the repeal of the Union ; but he (Mr. O'Connor) rather than see his country oppressed, would expose himself to pistols, gu ns , bayonets, blunderbusses, or fire-arms.—(Loud laughter.) If there was to be a Union, let it be a real, sincere one, or let it be dissolved at once. The House might proceed to hap additional oppression on Ireland; but he would tell the House, that it did not know how soon the application of arbirrary measures, of the same strength, might be de manded for England,—( Hear, hear, hear.) The Session was not far advanced—the ballot remained to be intro duced—(Hear, bear)—the assessed taxes to be repealed —triennial Parliaments to be restored ; all these were before the House, and it would have Ireland also before it. —(Laughter and cheers, accompanied by loud cries of Question.") Captain YORKE said, that the arguments urged by the Hon. Member who had just sat down were the precise cause of his rising to address the House. That Hon. Gentleman said, there were a variety of motions to be brought forward which, alone, would occupy Parliament for a year ; and these motions were of such a descriptio❑ that they tended to overwhelm the Constitution. At such a moment, when a feeling was abroad likely to excite the public mind, he thought it his duty to support the Hon. Gentlemen opposite (Ministers), in order to strengthen the Administration ; but he by no means pledged himself to the approval of all contained in the address. Looking to the foreign policy of Ministers—(Laughter, and cries of " Question ")—he could not agree with them. As to that part also which related to the Irish Churcis, anything tending to separate Irish Protestant interests from English Protestant interests should never meet with support from him. He was sent, by a large and respectable constituency, a free, unshackled Member to Parliament, and he would best consult their feelings and his own when he supported law and order, and on every occasion strengthened the Administration when it was oppressed by Hon. Memb, . . . . of principles similar to those hell by the Hon. Gentleman who had last spoken.—(Loud cries of " Question," and " Withdraw.") Mr. EMERSON TENNANT proceeded to address the House amidst some confusion. It was with extreme reluctance he rose on this occasion, but his duty as an Irish Representative—(cries of " Question")—would not allow him to give a silent support to the original motion. —(Hear, hear.) A complaint had been made that Mi- nisters did not detail the measures intended for the relief of Ireland ; but the contrary was the fact, for the King's speech not only contained a recommendation to reform the abuses of the Church—to correct the vicious system of tithes, but that these measures should be accompanied with such others as might be deemed beneficial to Ire land. He denied, therefore, that the King's speech was the meagre, barren document it was represented to be. When Ministers, at the time they required additional powers, announced that they were to be placed in con junction with salutary rneasttres, he did not think that the former could be said to he rashly and mischievously conceded.—(flear, hear.) The Honourable Member for Kilkenny asserted that the Ulster Representatives were Conservative; and prepared to pass over, on the first opportunity, to the ranks arrayed against Minis ters; but this was a mistake. He (Mr. E. T.) amidst a Northern Protestant constituency (Belfast) had avowed his intention and the announcement was received with applause—of aiding, with all his energies, in the thorough reform of the abuses of the Church..—(Hear, hear.) His iesolution, however, was to amend, not to destroy, and that by securing two great objects—the relief of a wretched oppressed people, and the rescue of a merito rious clergy from destruction and misery. —(Cries of " Hear.") He was not Conservative : the numerous and enlightened constituency that sent him to the House, knew that the present anomalous condition of Ireland was a barrier to all improvement. As to the repeal of the Union, he could declare that the northern and eastern parts of Ulster regarded it with the deepest detestation. It was viewed as no more than a means of continuing agi tation when all others had failed, or as the instrument of extorting new measures. The people of Ulster saw the necessity of Reform in every branch of the State; but 1' they did not propose as a remedy for existing evils a chi merical and impracticable project.—(Hear.) The cries of " Question" now became so loud and general that strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided on Mr. O'Connell's amendment : the numbers being— For the amendment 4O Against it 42 Majority for Ministers The announcement of the majority was received with loud clTeri On our re-admission to the House, we found Mr. TENNYSON on his legs, moving a second amend ment. He said that the people of Ireland were looking anxiously towards the Reformed Parliament for some measures of relief, and he thought the House was bound to give them some assurance that their expectations would not be disappointed, and that a favourable disposition ex isted in the House towards that much oppressed people. By adopting the amendment he was about to propose, they would soothe the irritated feelings of the Irish na tion. They would not preclude themselves from the re ception of petitions, or keep open the question of repeal ; whilst, at the same time, they assured his Majesty that they would protect the existing Union against all violent attempts at dissolution.—(Hear.) He then moved, as an amendment, " That all the words in that clause of the address, relating to the grant of additional powers in Ireland, should be left out after the word ' precaution ;' and that the following words be substituted t---As may be found necessary; but if, under the circumstances which may he disclosed to us, we should be induced to in trust his Majesty with additional powers, we shall feel it our duty to accompany that acquiescence by a close and diligent investigation into the causes of discontent in Ire land, with a view to the application of prompt and ef fectual remedies ; and that, although it is our duty to receive the petitions of the people of Ireland, with regard to the Legislative Union between the two countries, and to leave ourselves free to consider that subject, yet we are ready to support his Majesty in maintaining that Union against all lawless attempts to defeat it, or to invade the peace, security, and welfare of his Mijesty's dominions.' $ Mr. HUME rose to second the motion. He was anxious that the first act of the Reformed Parliament towards Ire land should be of a sootheing character. Now the address was a denunciation against the whole people of Ireland.— (6' No, no," and " Hear, hear.") Every man who wished to soothe Ireland and prevent the bitter disappointment which must otherwise inevitably ensue, would cordially support this amendment.—(Hear.) Lord ALTHORP said there was one very material objection which he had to the amendment, that by the address, as originally proposed, the House declared its opinion on the question of repealing the Legislative Union, whereas the amendment left it altogether open.—(Hear, hear.) He could not agree with the Hon. Member for Middlesex, that those who did not vote for the amend tnent would be wanting in sympathy towards Ireland. He thought the House might, at least, put confidence in the Ministers till they heard what were their plans of relief for that country, and then, if they did not think then, sufficient, it was quite time for them to come forward and propose such measures as should seem to them most fitting. He felt it his duty to oppose the adoption of this amendment. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, when there appeared__ For the amendment 6O Against it 393 Majority for Ministers --333 The motion for the address was then agreed to, and the House adjourned till Monday. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 7. The King has been pleased to appoint J. Lyons Nixon, Esq. to be Lieut.-Governor of the Islands of St. Christopher, Nevis, Anguilla, and the Virgin Islands. • ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FILB. 4. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood upon the Right Honourable Charles Richard Vaughan, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 7. The King has been pleased to appoint Captain Sir Charles M. Schomberg, R. N., to be Lieutenant.Goyernor of the Island of Dominica. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 8. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—G. J. Holmes, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Singleton, promoted, Feb. 8. Bth Regiment of Foot—Ensign W. Lay to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Senhouse, promoted ; F. S. Holmes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lay, Feb. 8. 16th Foot—Lieut. J. K. Taylor, from the half-pay of the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice A. R. Evans, who has received a commuted allowance, Feb. 8. 17th Foot—J. Furneaux, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Edwards, appointed to the 74th Regiment, Feb. 8. 18th Foot—Lieut. N. It. Tomlinson, to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Reed, who retires ; Ensign W. Langmead to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tomlinson; H. C. Stratford, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Langmead, Feb. 8. 74th Foot—Ensign R. Maxwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grant, who retires ; Ensign C. Edwards, from the 17th Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Maxwell, Feb. 8. UNATTACHED. Lieut. W. Senhouse, from the Bth Regiment, to be Captain by purchase, Feb.B. MEMORANDUM. Capt. A. Cheyne has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an Unattached Commission, Feb. 8. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. GILBERT WITT, cheesemonger, Chenies.street, Bedford. square. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. EDWARD C ROK ER, tobacconist, LombarZstreet. CHARLES BRO WN,glass-merchant, Tottenham.court-road BANKRUPTS. THOMAS MAY, grocer, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Feb. 17, and March 22, at eleven, at the Tontine Inn, Sheffield. Watson, Sheffield' Atkinson and Pilgrim, Church-court, Lothbury . WILLIAM EAREE, victualler, Birmingham, Feb. 13, and March 22, at twelve, at the White Horse Tavern, Birmingham. Clarke, Richards, and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Colmore Birmingham. ALFRED BARNA RD, money scrivener, Norwich, Feb. 20, and March 22, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Norwich. U nt h ank , Norwich ; Lythgoe, Essex-street, Strand. W IL LI A M EDWARD JOHN NEEP, silversmith, Norwich, Feb. 18, 19, and March 22, at nine, at the office of Mr. C. S. Gil_ man, Norwich. Austin, Field-court, Gray's Inn ; Gilman, Nor wich. WILLIAM DOWN, jun., woollen-draper, Portsea, Feb. 16 and March 22, at twelve, at TotterdelPs Commercial H o t e l : Portsea. Wimburn, Collett, and Dyson, Chancery-lane; Low, Portsea. JAMES MOXON, jun., chymist, Southampton, Feb. 20, at twelve, and March 22, at two, at Totterdell's Commercial Hotel, Portsea. Clark, Richards, and Medealf, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Thorpe, Portsea. JOHN FOSTER, printer, Leeds, Feb. 14, and March 22, at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds. Woodhouse, Temple, London ; Scott, Leeds. THOMAS GRE ATOREX, hay.salesman, Albany-street, Regent's-park, to surrender Feb. 22, at two, and March 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Sylvester and Walker, Fur. nival's Inn, Holborn. DANIEL LEAItY, surgeon, Parliament-street, Feb. 15, at two, and March 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hodg son and Burton, Salisbury-street, Strand. ROBERT HA RDC ASTLE, plumber, West Smithfield, Feb. 15, at half-past eleven, and March 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Dickinson, Gracechurch-street. JOSEPH WOLFE COHEN, jeweller, St. Mary Axe, Feb. 21, and March 22, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Spyer, Broad-street-buildings. WILLIAM ROLINSON JONES, lighterm ,n, Shad-Thames, Southwark, Feb. 16, at ten, and March '52, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Parnther and Fisher, London-street, Fenchurch-street. LOUIS JOSEPH JOHN NOEL, scrivener, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 19, at two, and March 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Sylvester and Walker, Furnival's Inn, and Canterbury. JOHN HARDIMAN and WILLIAM HARDIMAN, ship agents, St. Dunstan's-hill, Lower Thames-street, Feb. 19, at three, and March 22 ; at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Keene, Furnival's inn. CHARLES HANN UM, carpenter, Chippenham, Wiltshire, Feb. 22, at twelve, and March '22, at two, at the Commercial rooms, Bristol. Clarke, Richards, and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn fields, London ,• Cooke and Sons, Bristol. CEORGE SMITH, miller, East Stoke, Dorsetshire, Feb. 18, and March 22, at eleven, at Messrs. Durant and \Vetch's office. Fox, Finsbury.circus ; Durant and Welch, Poole. BENJAMIN STOKES, chandler, Droitwich, Worcestershire, Feb. 22, and March 22, at two, at the C ommerc i a l .rooms, Bris tol. Hicks and Braikenridge, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn ; Peters, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. J. Townsend, dressing manufacturer, March 1, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. C. Knight, druggist, Finsbury-square, March I, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. .t, Newman, victualler, South-street, Chelsea, March 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Tessimond, silk manufacturer, Leek, Staffordshire, March 4, at twelve, at the Roebuck Inn Leek. T. Brookes, h otel-keeper, Hereford, March 4, at eleven, at the Bowling Green Inn, Hereford. 1). Britten, packer, Walthamstow, March 2, at ten, at the Star Inn, Southampton. J. S. Bird an d J. Taylor, cabinet-makers, Bath, March 12, at twelve, at the Three Cups Inn, Bath. W. Tickner, Tenterden, Kent, March 1, at eleven, at the White Lion Inn, Tenterden. R. Musgrove, woollen-draper, March 7, at twelve, at the Com inercial-rooms, Bristol. J. Taylor, boot-maker, Nottingham, March 4, at eleven, at the George the F ourt h I nn, N ott i ngham. P .C.aiul J. B. Fleischmann, merchants, Birmingham, March 4, at twelve, at th e N ew Royal Hotel, Birmingham. R. Pearce and A. Marrack, merchants, Penzance, March 5, at eleven, at the Union Hotel, Penzance. J. Fisher, hatter, Regent street, March 1, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. CERTIFICTES. 1. W. Grant, chaff maker, Jer A myn-street, —MAßCl St. l James's. W. Huline, draper, Manchester. C. B. Wilson, scrivener, Red Lion-square. T. Lockwood, woolstapler, Huddersfield. W. M'Capin, provision-merchant, Belfast. A. Miller, ropemaker, Hermitage, Sussex. T.'Parnall and J. Frank, linen-drapers, Clark's-place, Islington. J. Kirkpatrick, wine -merchant, Clitheroe, Lancashire. S. Farden, dealer, Gutter-lane. G. Williams, lodging -house-keeper, Henrietta-street, Mary lebone. P ARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. C. Thompson and J. Kempe, chymists, Liverpool. B. and W. Lea, engine-turners, St. James's-street, Clerkenwell, G. and R. Innwood, maltsters, Holybourn, Hampshire. T. and J. Harris, brewers, Little Chelsea. I. S. Johnson, jun., and R. Atkinson, jun., cattle-dealers, Higham, Suffolk. T. Court and T. 11. Worrall, merchants, Liverpool. J. and R. Dodd, paper-stainers, Liverpool. 11. Hawksworth and W. Edley, joiners'-tool-makers, Sheffield. W. Sherratt and Ca, dour-dealers, Cheadle, Staffordshire, /7 4 7 . 0 7 - H. Wright and W. Finnigan, cotton-3pinners, Hooley-hill Lancashire. E. Sinclair and W. Punchon, brewers, Monkseaton, Northum. berland. R. Southall. jun., and Co., patent shoe-tip-manufacturers, Bir mingham (as far as regards A. Stocker). J. Ede and Co., West India merchants, Finsbury-place South (as far as regards J. Ede). G. W. and H. Gower, butchers, Tonbridge. J. F. Bowgin and Co., plumbers. Toplis and Co., tobacconists, High-street, Shoreditch (as far as regards H. Toplis). J. Dyer and J. Cartland, brass-founders, Birmingham. J. and W, Bourne, stone-ware-potters, Belper, Derbyshire. .1. Vere and J. R. Ward, bankers, Lombard-street. D. Levy and J. Salmon, merchants, Botolph-lane, Oxford. street. T. Holt and T. Plush, tailors, Sackville•street, Piccadilly. W. E. Whitelock and B. W. Hickling, haberdashers, Strand. W. and J Denston, hatters, Birmingham. T. Heyes and R. Bamber,charcoal.manufacturers, Manchester. R. Bryan and Co., carriers, Dacre.street. S. A. Goddard and Co., merchants, Birmingham. T. Bassford, jun., and W. Hackett, jun., booksellers, Bilston, Staffordshire. KING'S BENCH, FEB. 8. NIARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY'S GRAND FANCY BALL. BANKES V. MARQUIS OF DONEGAL. Mr. PLATT stated, that this was an action to recover the amount of a tailor's bill, amounting to 93/. 4s. 6d. It appeared that the Marquis of Londonderry, in June, 1828, give a grand fancy ball, at Holderness House, at which were to be represented certain, characters of the time of Queen Elizab-th. The defendant was to appear in the character of Lord Burleigh, and got an artist to make a drawing of the figure, in a splendid dress. This was laid before Mr. Baukes, the tailor, who was ordered by the defendant to make a corresponding dress, and at the ready money price—a hint for a moderate bill. The dress was made accordingly, and astonished the company at the ball ► , y its splendour. The plaintiff soon after sent in his bill to the defendant, who made no objection to the amount of the bill, but stated that he could not pay till he got remit tances from Ireland. He, however, never paid. Witness proved the reasonableness of the charges. Mr. DUNDAS contended that they were exorbitant, but called no witnesses.—Verdict for plaintiff—Damages, 931. 4s. 6d. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Richard Terry, a beadle of St. Clement Danes parish, and John Wood, a pauper, employed oc casionally as a door-keeper of the committee room of the workhouse, were brought up on a warrant for committing a violent assault upon Robert Masters, also a pauper of the parish. Mr. A , lant Dichson, a baker in the Strand r ind one of the overseers, was included in the charge, although his name was not in the warrant. Robert Masters stated that be was a parishioner of St. Cletnent's, and was a widower, with two children. On Monday last, at five o'clock, be applied at the workhouse for relief, and Mr. Dickson, who was the sitting overseer, refused to give him any. He asked what be was to do for his children, and Mr. Dickson, in a great passion, rose from his chair and told him he would give him a beating, but resumed his seat, and called out to Terry and Wood, " Thrash him and turn him out." Terry and Wood seized him, knocked him down, and kicked him. He managed to get on his legs, when they again knocked him down and kicked him. Thomas Coward and a young named Miller said they had never seen any of the parties until last Monday, when, passing the workhouse, they saw Terry and Wood turning complainant out with great violence, each of them kick ing and striking him. Several witnesses gave testimony to the same effect. Mr. HaLrs said upon this evidence he must consider Mr. Dickson, the overseer, a defendant, and asked him what he had to say. Mr. Dickson denied using the term " thrash him," and said that the complainant called him by opprobrious names. Terry and Wood denied the conduct imputed to them. Wood, however, admitted that he had tripped up the complainant's heels when he was saucy to the overseer. John Cooke, a lad of Id, said he heard Masters use abusive language to Mr. Dixon before he ordered him to be turned out. Mr. HALLS condemned the conduct of the complainant for using taunting language, but at the same said the man ner in which he had been treated by the overseer, Dick son, and the other defendants, was perfectly unjustifiable. He then fined Mr. Dickson 40s. and costs, and the defen dants Terry and Wood 20s. each. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Thomas Jarvis was yesterday committed for trial, charged with stealing three silver spoons and a silver ladle the property of a Mrs. Plair, a lodger in the boos eof the prisoner's mother. A GAMBLING VICTIM.—An individual in the Grecian costume, presented himself yesterday, before Mr. Co• NANT, to beg some pecuniary assistance in order to enable him to leave the country, and to reach his father, who held some official situation in Paris. He stated that he was a native of Greece, and that his name was Hamet Hali. Unfortunately, he bad contrived, while in London, to get acquainted with a gang of gamblers, who occupied the house No. 60, Quadrant ; and they bad, in a short time, contrived to fleece him of between 5 and 6001. He had, in consequence, been suffering every privation ; and as he was utterly destitute in a strange land, he hoped the Ma gistrate would point out some means by which be would be enabled to join his father, who, perhaps, would then be disposed to assist him. Mr. CONANT said Magistrates had no funds with which to relieve distressed foreigners. He must apply to the overseers of the parish where he had been residing. /~---; springing his rattle, down Portman -street into Portman ,Views, where he lost sight of hire ) . The back gates of the barracks abut on the Mews, and on making a search witness saw the prisoner squatting on the top of the bar rack wall; he desired him to descend, but he refused to do ) so, until a soldier, who came out, said, " Oh, give me that 6relock and I'll soon fetch him down "—(Laughter.) Mr. Rawertesore—Well, that's a pretty way of thief. aking.—(Loud laughter.) Harrison continued—He then jumped down upon wit ness and called him a__ villain. He struck him with his truncheon, and be reeled into another constable', arms. While they were tying his hands he threw something away which he took from his pocket, and which witness afterward, picked up.—(Harrison here produced two silver knives, some loose silver, and other articles, which were identified by Mr. Buckle.) On searching him a- the sta tion-house a phosphorus-box and matches, also some ske leton keys, were found secreted in different parts of his person. William Windley, a private in the Ist Grenadier Guards, deposed that he was sentinel on duty in the barrack-yard on the morning of the robbery. He saw the prisoner on the top of the wad, and so nimbly did he ascend that he never heard him, although the m os t perfect silence p e • vaned. On witness calling out to hi m h e replied with great effrontery, your eyes, if you d on ' t let ere come I'll shoot you." He then p resente d h is ts way firelock, upon which be instantly turned back and dropped into the Mews. A policeman of the C division identified him as eing a notorious burglar. The prisoner said in his defence, that he was returning home from the Theatre that morning, and on passing Buckle's house, he heard a noise, and on stopping to listen, he saw a young man run out, and he pursued him. Mr. Ilawmesole—Well, but you hav'n't told us how you came by the stolen property. Prisoner—The young man threw them away while I was chasing him, and so I picked them up. Mr. RAWLINSON-And I suppose the thief gave an harlequin leap over the barrack wall, and you were still following him. This remark puzzled the prisoner's ingenuity, and Le returned no answer. George Stanwood, a police constable, here stepped for ward, and said he had long wasted the prisoner for a bur glary in Upper Baker -street. Mr. Rawernsoll accordingly remanded him till the evening, when the second charge was gone into. It appeared in this case that the prisoner carried off a considerable quantity of plate during the absence o; Mrs. Neckel, who resides at 23, Upper Baker-street. The fol lowing morning be offered to pledge some of the stolen property with Mr. Tomlinson, pawnbroker, of Upper George-street, but in consequence of the very unsatisfac tory- account which he gave of how he became possessed of it, Mr. Tomlinson detained the property, and sent for an officer, but before his arrivel the prisoner escaped. Two silver spoons were now produced, and identified by Mrs. Neckel as forming part of the booty carried off by tl e thieves. Mr. RAWLINSON—WeII, what have you got to say to this charge? Prisoner—Why, that I found the spoons in Manchester-square wrapped up in paper. Mr. RAWLINSON—You are a very lucky man, and you will be still more so if you can make a Jury believe your story. The prisoner was then fully committed on both the ca pital charges. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Mr. T. Harrison, the landlord of the Dudley Arms, North Wharf-road, Paddington, appeared at this office to answer an information under the Statute of George the Fourth, chap. 30, charging him with having in his possession several gallons of colonial spirits under hydro meter proof, and also with having concealed twenty gallons, which subjected him to a penalty of 100/. or for feiture of the spirits. The Magistrates decided the forfeiture of the property. William Jones, a baker, was charged by Mr. Joseph Ashford, of the Reel Lion, St. John -street, Clerkenwell, with having assaulted him, and being disorderly in lii house. Mr. Ashford deposed that the defendant entered his house, and after conducting himself in a most impro per manner he was remonstrated with, on which he pulled off his coat and challenged to fight witness and any three men in the house, and being a powerful man no one had the temerity to contend with him until he (Mr. Ashford) said, " Well, if you come into the street I will accept )o.ir challenge." The prisoner took his coat and hurried into the street, when witness having attained his object, he shut and bolted the door upon him, when he became ex ceedingly violent, and was given in charge to the policeman. The prisoner in his defence said that he way drunk, a n d knew not what he said or did. Mr. Sergeant SELLOW said that his defence aggravated his offence. He ordered him to find good bail. QUEEN-S Q Uiit RE. Thursday sixteen of the inhabitant householders of the united parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westmin ster, were summoned for arrears of poor rates due. Many of the defendants did not attend, and the officer proved the service of the summons, when an order was made for the payment. Those that slid attend pleaded their total ina bility to pay the rates from the pressure of the times. It appeared from the statement of the parochial authorities that the greater part of the arrears were of two and three years' standing. All the defendants were ordered to pay the amount in a few days. A FLYING DUSTI.IAN. —John Stockton, a well-known flying dustman of Duck-lane, Westminster, was charged by a police constable with stealing a quantity of dust from the mansion of his Grace the Duke of Leeds at Whitehall. The fact was clearly proved, and the prisoner was ad judged to pay a penalty of 101. ; in default of which he was committed to prison. William Carter, a well-known pickpocket, was charged with picking a gentleman's pocket in Westminster-hall. The prosecutor did not appear, and the Magistrates committed the prisoner for one mouth to the House of Correction as a rogue and vagabond. Thursday Thomas and Charles Littler, the sham two penny postmen, who were fully committed from this Office last week on several charges of delivering letters with a forged post mark at gentlemen's houses, and obtaining the postage, were again brought up, and placed at the bar be fore Mr. WHITE. Mr. Peacock, the solicitor for the Post-office, called a number of witnesses, who proved several fresh cases against the prisoners similar to those which have already ap peared. He said that he thought he had brought forward sufficient cam to answer the ends of justice, and the parties were all bound over to prosecute. Police sergeant Campbell said there were some other charges against the prisoners of a different nature. Du, plicate' were found upon the prisoners chiefly for lace and lace-veils, and, as the prisoners bad been in the employ of Mr. Wheldon, a lace-naanulactmer in Wood-street, Cheapside, to sell goods by commission, it was suspected that some of the pledged articles might belong to him. Two pawnbrokers attended, and produced several pieces of lace and several lace veils which had been pl-dged by Charles Littler; and Mr. Hammond, clerk t‘ Mr. Wheldon, proved that the property had his employer'os private marks on. Mr. Wheldon was not able to attend, and on this charge the prisoners were remanded. THAMES POLICE. PARENTAL CRUELTY. —John Bayley, an Irishman, in the employ of the Ratcliff Gas Company as a stoker, was charged with cruelty and general inhumanity to his son, John Hayley, a boy aged 13 years. It appeared that the boy's father had married a second wife, who behaved with great harshness towards the fruits of the first marriage, whom she was in the habit of driving from their hom e , and d e priving o f a proper allowance of food. A f e w mon th s s i nce th e b o y, to satisfy the cravings of hunger, stole a half.quartern loaf, and the Magistrates being then ignorant of the real cause of the theft, corns mitted him for trial, and he undtrwent a short period of imprisonment. Since then the stepmother of the poor boy had endeavoured by every means in her power to prejudice the mind of the father against his son, and prevailed upon him to use the boy with merciless severity. On Monday she turned him out of doors, and, for some trivial fault, threw the poker at him. Oa Tu sday the boy was ordered by his father to chop some wood, and having the misfortune to lose the chopper, which was stolen during his temporary absence, the defendant beat him about the head, face, and body with the handle of a whip in a most cruel manner. The boy's person was covered with the marks of the blows. The blow on his cheek had nearly broken the boy's jaw. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said his son was a very bad boy; that he was in the habit of calling hire opprobrious n a m es , an d was a ddi cte d to dishonestptactices. Other evidence was given of the frher's general tyran nical conduct, a nd th e b oy actua ll y praye d t h a t be might be sent to prison out of his way. , the workhouse, BALLAN TINE or d ere d t h e c hild to be taKen to the workhouse, and made an order on the lather to pay a weekly sum for his support. He also compelled the f at h er to find bail, himself in 1001. and two sureties of 50/. eac h , r twelve months, and to pay all t h e to keep the peace costs of the warrant and bail. fo The - East ilia Company have tendered the services of the Royal East India volunteers to Government, to take the Tower duty, should it be necessary for the troops now stationed then to proceed to Ireland. MAR YLEB ONE. Yesterday Mrs. Theodosia Brown, a respectably-at tired female, about thirty years of age, was charged with robbing Mrs. Mary Liest, a widow lady, of various sums of money. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner took apartments in the house of the prosecutrix, in Edward street, Portman-square, where they lived in some degree of intimacy, insomuch that the prisoner had at all times ac cess to her apartments. Since this correspondence had taken place between the parties the prosecutrix had fre quently missed sums of money from her drawers, which never were locked up, but not suspecting her of being the thief till lately, she was determined to watch her ; she ac cordingly put eight sovereigns and three half-sovereigns into a drawer, having previously marked them, and soon after she found that the half-sovereigns were gone. As soon as she made this discovery she called in a policeman, who, on searching the prisoner, found the marked money on her person, and she was accordingly conveyed to the statioa.house. Mrs. Liest said that she had been a sufferer by the prisoner's pilfering system to the amount of up wards of 50/., and that she had bought some very expen sive dresses with the fruits of her plunder. The prisoner, who said nothing in her defence, was fully committed to Newgate. DARING BURGLARY.—On Wednesday Jahn alias Ingall, a young man about 20 years of age, was charged with committing the following burglaries:— Mr. T. P. Buckle, chymist, of No. 235, Oxford -street, stated that about half-past three o'clock on Tuesday morn ing he was disturbed by some rats in a neighbour's house, which awoke him, and he remained awake until about a quarter to four, when be heard the handle of the parlour door (which adjoins his bed-room, and an entrance to which is from a private door in the passage) turned round, and some person enter with a light, which re fleeted in his bed-room, the door in the parlour leading to it being open at the time. Surmising that his servant had mistaken the hour, and got up to light the sre, he called out, " Is that you, Anne ?" when the prisoner, i❑ a feigned tone of voice, answered " Yes, Sir." The voice differing from his servant's, he immediately jumped out of bed, ran across the rosin, and would have succeeded in capturing him had he not slammed the parlour door in the passage in his face, slipped the bolt outside, and thus prevented him from continuing the pursuit. Finding himself thus foiled, he (prosecutor) ran through the shop into the street with only his shirt on, and as the prisoner decamped by the private door, he followed, shouting as loud as he could, " Stop thief!" A policeman happened to be coming up Oxford-street at the time, and the pri soner almost ran into his arms ; but, however, he proved himself too nimble for a single constable, and got away. The policeman followed, springing his rattle, and he re turned home arid dressed himself. In about twenty minutes afterwards several policemen returned to his house with the prisoner in custody, and 011 inspecting the premises he discovered that the prisoner had effected an entrance by the staircase window, which he ascended by climbing up a wall in Mr. Shackle's yard (a livery stable keeper, whose premises adjoin the prosecutor's, and run through Oxford -street into Bryanston-street). A great coat, silk umbrella, and other articles, were removed from the drawing-room to the passage ready to be carried off, and some trifling articles were purloined; but the whole of his money and valuables he kept in the parlour, which the prisoner was rummageing at the time he was fortunately overheard. Police sergeant Harrison stated that about twenty mi. nutes before four o'clock be was on duty in Oxford-street, when he saw the prisoner run out of a house followed by the prosecutor, who had nothing but his shirt on. Ile endeavoured to stop him, but did not succeed, and the pri soner exclaimed, " Oh, that mun's a fool, it's not me," and continued running. Witness followed after bin:, 1 '1