The Sun. — London, England, 1833-08-13 00:00:00

~~'l k. f rt agaln l i" , iey had hey ht robbed in 'e felt it S e ; Gentlo ll3a pr tion which 'Lit talents fo r b,{ racked by t bd both for ry, kr, 3„,orted th_neioo4 I‘lollll‘ k. Y.) . , Pi ~ f Proprietor~ ol ,her the COlOll,l I privilege il l f d i ailed the ,„',O! ]airman, and i l:fr dye o'clock. in the table. 0, of Directors f ie . . yr: by which it irr lt o ,i f inbred to r eall ° e f s ; 1 1 de. lired willit'A ~ a and I)..ratqw f . G. Tucker, de opting of the Yio!, on co ncuro d ° P r gr , i' id signed loy,- j, f ;ton, M r , iS4 r r easons for or ng in the recatii ill, at the ear tj yt h e never , v then did, forr 1 43 bitter extreer ,hould subto-t 1 oppressiona, 'of i ect it, ad d lent would attefo a at first, cvbstu " nces in which Pi 1 acknowledge4_,A. depend upon P., 1 1 kly seated, tha.hots , mpenditure; Ye rn,lgated, Oft i e,aod all that , i your expenditll i add that the 1 de too far. 1 history of .- . 1 the Court A 1 I they, on tbelPi , 1 ions than t hee k 1 1. The five 11,1. were merely g,?l,' mg place fin' 005. 1 tation, the G 'f t , l it, ster Hall, or OS , th e re, if they sfr 1 i t fined that in tbel t at th ,se to be O F s been five ye a i .dia. t m ve ry gre at I - t o di) loch ) ' 't ifo 1 'wetting i If in of whether tiljt ; They had Psrl;l irepared theyo,o 1 ,fraid if jib them th'li il Bill, biota an dp i , ti be beat thing. the ! ' ° . Al, Ido so, OP, d i ti i 11 aitopt, er .4, 1 1 ion to that eu ii est for cdrryid ll o lent would ''° 11 ol talents. tl •.' r . (l the re- atnendfl3oll r YrIN ..) More of the o a r ff,: n the irsre P c ;i; ‘ the last C ` j # o'' ,ourt .ial'e' )inri nee be 0 11, ' y's Gofe r ja pij ',ain .ilter4tr,tri lawns, Wit a SO/ r a n- ad, The flail' 0 , ch related ei of Cidz aja ; curt O f D t ,endineots• bed, had OP' nents of° in a f' S j iii e o 4 'devil's 00(14,, ten they ely heo Cara t of the '1_1(016 1116ter" Ho f' r t hat p$ vol o e But I.° ;toll, haycello' pot' 0 ,1 tt jo r n diog, o .e pi ar 0 , 3 9 V, IL 10 0. 0 ) 1 an (o' It' " tieS rl d Ot $ pd; ( 0 4 0( 0 prLPP ri • ° }l , A r to s rt , g o ; 0 ,3 t etd ie 41 ,1 i his , d p i o e Igo ° ctO „ i iv 04 0' or A i l ten'' er ; ane A l. to br in ( 1 ' or o d"" 4 ie a• ;ifferent ro' : • ' '1 • l , • 1 the Bank, teudino• ~ p. 00,11,,0.e‘0u, tAdi it Ot •. . own %t "IIPY *flui d t. tit. extension of tl•e circulation of its ea, sod t h at in consequence his IMejeety's Gov e rnm e nt hart II risht to expect considerable edvantages from the Bank in ,taro. The Hen. Proori-te r then said, that in the face if Propfistions, and of th at l etter. Lord Alt h orp sa i d ' that raaki h it n Ita'n.-- g bank notes a legal t en d er f arme d no part o f his Hear.) It• was well known in the City o f 1 1 1 : 1 1 : 1 6 . ° ' and ani •ng all mere intile men, bargains were : In the .OVi iIA highest respect, and were considered : -° '''"e I and yet this was the was Lord Althorp viewed 11 : 1 ; . w n o b uld et. That point req .fired no further comment. now proceed to the next pint of the bargain, • Inch was that a Bill sheuld he introduced to review t - t„ un t.i r Y ba nk-, and to hold out an inducement to the re',."shment of joint stock banks, who would not issue '''."' own notes. He knew not whether the strict letrer that th at Part of the bargain had been fulfilled or not. Althorp considered that he had discharged his part of !':g.argain, and certainly a Bill had been introduced respec . t it, but it had been departed from, and the Bill had in I._,tueb various ahsurdirieft and incangruities, that it .‘ l a , : t"o"twai rnitter of wonder that a ,'sinister should be anxio c.,,, Or t t l ' i ti raW from it. The result, however, was, that this whi e lj 4 ' 14 been deprived of one portion of a bargain, by Th at, tthheelyef were induced to make . large concession'. th e b ar . a re, was the second instance in which ll ow g''n had not been fulfilled —(Hear, hear. ) tree ocf.euld the Chancellor of the Exchequer with any hee sere, ej"tioe, state that he felt himself obliged, by t submit °I public opinion in the House of Commons, to he 4' 4 t° the hard necessity of abandoning that which h ear ) Promised, or rather sold, to the Bank.—(Hear, W c'tlicl h Suc h a considet•ation he should have thought, in te ch - : tt e Made that Noble Lord peculiarly jealoushe gre tllt r'°g to the Bank those exclusive rival" es on the Le a k, ,r°l Which rested the main foundation . of i tl'eti T h at part, however, of the exclusive privileFea ! orrt4ani:ti°ifting•land, that no stock bank established within 41 Os:- t . 'nee of London, was to he taken from them— arted from a elea " r ls a he C hancellor of the Exchequer 'l° ‘v, I rgUrnen te as had been shown from his • hniown letters. coatact'eu,telieved, the rule laid down on interpolating . snaking it, la th e "Up that it was binding on the party beli " I se on whieh that party understood it. That he tar e " t ett t() be an established principle, and he would ve i r , i i - , k l. k o t 14,q, t 'at no honest man, unless indeed it was l . 1 'h t . r .,Y s Ministers would depart from it.—(Hear, leer. tied-et‘...l,ancellor of the' Exchequer acknowledged that he I 3 tisa °°(l , as the Bank hat understood, that one o f f . their int thstOvll" Was protection from the rival action Nobl e r at 'lts in London and its neighbouurhodie,rstajnT(d) understanding at ~( 44 4 had admitted that such was his aj ar . "4t privilege had been sold to the Bank n for a peco tigh't con, ; yet he new stated that he thought it d -'' I° °er to adhere to that part of the bargain, 134 said that he would not allow the Bank to retain it.. °Ni:Ptcht4?t xrounds did the Noble Lord . support midi ks ail h W'•Y, he stated that doubts having I . •een raise, stlh a t t be upon every subject, upon that point, he had had • e d the case to the Law Officers of the Crown, who AtiZ 'te tt it as their opinion that that formed no part of the not to tl, ct ;' s ge of the Bank formerly, and tht.refere it oughtsmitted IN ttl Wher e , he would ask, was the case : h u . d asked !he h: ° ;', i nion of the law officers upon it? He M t n :: toe Directors had seen it, and had been ;Old they t kb, t_ '.. Was that just --was it any more than just, I oprti:ll4°Od have n rands possession of that case and ti 4 t s--( H ear, hear) as it was far thein t tr ,e rp ß re a tA. L ei t'' flat s supposed &milt, he would ask whether l its own i ttv tt ri4ht to have been heard, to exelaln tilia:"rerft their interpretation of the contract. iy No i s ip ti , t ) . a h t he ° „ k .sx done, and all the notice the Bank had twelve o'cla:Cukot was the sending of a clause at . ilirt -"',dernanding an answer with respect to it at I N ' , "'look. Such a proceeding, in his opinion, ltr'teaoinettle unjust and unt.onstitutional.—( Hear.) titt j Pe sred in him ' that Miuisters were determined to use titsl:n„Kcuage, "Give in: your watch and your ptl e PT l , ,, i n t: dir ect ,' this nature delays are dangerous—give hid sects I will take your lile." What was it that m they t sia "- ''''? We admit that we agreed to sell you cer t • P 'ivile. h d eur legal advisefs d, Le, ut we are de b Lreg given us their opinio te n rm th in a e t You hid them not Y( q , ,In tak e some of them from you ; we now demand dr t :• immediate acquiescence in th• m ; Parliament is tett:tae to a c l ose , and if you do not inst•ntl) accede, the a cri a.'n Will be ended, t h e whole arrangement will go f or an P'ea la g, and your sit uat i on i n else country will b e a rat h er i 0 sant one " In his o pi n i on, eternal shame was the 141ll'Ittifin of a Government who cooks adopt and sanction 1 a voutse. It was not that which, in the his -otof the country, the B ink had a right to expect 1011 't woull justify — them in stating, that . fo r fidelity in h;Otnent they must cast back a l••nging, lingering ;;, t to bygone times.—((sheers.) He felt that he I , R in apologise for having detained the C urt SO hat 41 Uttering sentiments which he could not ' 1 a - breast of eve!) , man les, L t el to actuate the . i 1 , t 407 t 4 a "xiffus to keep up his own d — ig ( o H it e y d , r, and hea t r i up, „411 t interests of his country the'D-r'il.rtner occasion he had urged the Court to adopt teaeti.°Pnaitian of Ministers upon the ground that the Wes of 4„iirtroediate settlement of this important question Il e felt * t . h l e l4 ‘t slot greatest importance to the country. Ptt lent la , ilte 'llsity for it in a tenfold degree at the i pit sent 4 fitment -u ; and he would appeal to th e "ants ' was not notorious that a conviction Il t , t t% il t i t tl:t i l le g :g t h i r e Was settled had produced a n dter.edil mind, and a new ranee of priclest suchhe 1,4 k t h e ' c '"'lshed on that understanding.—(Hear.) :144, case, and he defied denial, what trigtetfulcnse •lith .wOuld not result from having the _ subject (Ilear,"i'llefan,d the whole matter again l set afloat • 44144411,14)yeit,,h vo al i l th its al i t ni t t h is ee e vi r( s ) t h h e e c h .a a i d nm pi n n i t t e y r: V4)4 4 .t)''" Government had perilled it. .It woe . tor . that kir, ,` 0 aet 43 • playPrivii it thought best to secure its ou n rights tetti, 'Res; but as he theught it would be better to t i t l ° the ropositi..n of Ministers rattier than to tame'hi, 1 Public Welfare in jeopardy, he should hold the ~r t i,,, and in favou r of that proposition, ' a ll t iti„ii °f tiros Most strongly protesting against the yacci P r tis at , 4 that had 00 W beCutile so character lyric of the f i t' ' l i . trtet::°;eranr!ent, and their departure from solemn high ay that ' Which the Court had hel so lament ,tile a a sh coeL 4 , t , d aY. Tire Worthy Proprietor, after paying . 11. -tra ck. e• itnent to the late Governor, and regretting his 4' 4' VI 7 or he was sure he would have supported . him in ' t lrittri t :: 4 Which he took, c , ncluded by submitting the i, 41P1,11,, %Motions for the adoption of the Court : to `"tvtl'l7*-That this Court feels itself bound, in justice tl i'elie e " ar seter, to protest against the treatment it has 1 14 4 1. 7, tp t i:,: li ti " . ! the bands of the Chancellor of the Excite prt:Y lim . 1 ;"! in the opinion of this Court, most i.inpro bl;heitior, n i v aq departed from the terms of his own i;'''ilee,"" ; and after having engaged to grant certain t l'sty e ' n -3 t O the Bank, on consideration of stipulated peen ,-7 13 auk e° has since determined to withhold from t:i 'th ' 4 ll - t' tn t lro . e Of the most important of those privileges, 4t Y uti : Eki ng a corresponding abatement in the pecu- S ee 4'l"teratinn. (I'll ; at ti ' d seri,„l)', ---That althoh course of procedur . e e s -- "eil the Bank in rejecting the arrangement, this Nt that the extensive injury to the public in °to e st 416, 1 • % eke ef . es fs be the result, . ',, 4 iont k " had been made upon tie conviction that the t t E igt o wea settled, is unwilling to assert its undoubted "e 44,444 authorises the Court of Directors to submit to %4 Thi,-,lllit"rtunt. pt'ltl 1,-"`That the Governor and Deputy Governor I ..'ltiti l : 44 °0 the Chancellor if the Exchequer with d % ti t d sh°4l,lsod that the papers . that had af b th ee e n 'll4. be printed, for the use L Illrlet:s"'• C t t,u a r t of y h a l 11;01-,211111 tees to second the motion. Although hi , i i 4" t. e .I Y l'uPpin•ted the present Government, be shoul i o . a t R .1 44 4 ssbatned of himself it he had slit unit from st.cont dZi a.htYnsure se eloquentlyexpressed by his Hon. Friend, ' t sed 'h h 5 arm most perfectly convinced was so hilly 11 14 e t" t l 'inZ• (11 , e", liedr. ) He had int , rifled to have gone 1 , ,1. tithr theme oiscussion upon the subject, but he should t h at ed ire"mtimente which hail been so nobly deli• s he should second the motion, in order to ',hew hr; Y vi,, ~ brine ere ready to sacrifi•e at wh it they thought the ottbl• I ' l l4l •le 4 p ie interest their own interests and their own kr e ithgt. it l i, • V , Yea h,. . 0 said, that their monopoly would he de he tilraaiii. by Solicitor G, nei al and Law Advi..ers of the_ tp!„tteL, it great argument of the Chancello . r I I if the b e i qur, of having only one bank of issue, sally ~i( i t t . i* , ` !. ) td by bus .Zn proposition, fur by the lip ct lj i d '1 General there might he a hundred. lie , pet,,t mit are the evilr which weuld arise trom the ‘ti 't ‘ Qh °I th fizmiLlner th e r,evitnieutazre o t f i l e o . , xt session. The inea unti y hanks an•-I tha 4 sap' 44, 1 ; -4 : e Wal of the charter, must go hand in Th"at e i 4t . w as not sale that theme should be s tr ay ate upon the subject.—( Hear, bear, thZass:.. bi ut. not to proceed till they knew upon whet ted. tiestoelt banks and other banks were to be b: th,, ,tt rt.40,4:6"1d, there One, take •he liberty of itil)Vint. iltejkat," t c l ori, to the affect that it War the epiiiion nil se tcci 4 t the tenet; al of ti e Bank Chanter ghoul , Ineeo ti °bless up..n the terms of the lee rof the kr se ' °t th e E h to tc . ' fete,__ xo • quer, of the 2d May, 1833. ~ tt red ~_, xa. concurred in every word thatbeen 1: Is m , .odl theta let' rence to the conduct of the Governti em 414 Wli g ieb tn. T y were a•iked to surrender a privile.e „ mur tio ta-ii, had tntrtained any doubt for ti e Y, the pr.y lase of establiahing a transfer bank. ffe had teen consulted upon tFe subject himsslc and the result was founded upon the opinion of other high authorities that no joint stock hank °I d•.po+it could he eatahlished con.istent with the privi leges of the ILnk of England.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Was the Solicitor-General only to decide the law upon a question upon which lawyers as competent as himself entertained a different opinion ? Was the Court to relin quish its privilege at the mere dictum of the Solicitor- General ? If they were to come to such a pass, they mu.t forego all the feelings of independence, which had in fluenced for so many years the conduct of the Bank. It was fur the public benefit that they should all have time to consider of the subject, and he should therefore propose that the meeting should adjourn to this day week. After a short discussion, Mr. YocNc withdrew hiq amendment. A PIit.PRIETOR asked whether it would not he ex pedient that certain hard words in the resolutions proposed by Mr. Lloyd should not be softened. There was the word "unjust," in particular, which bad better be omitted. Mr. LLOYD could not consent to alter his resolutions, for he thought they properly expressed the conduct of the Government towards the Bank. It was always desirah'e to omit any violent expressions, but he thought the Court would go along with him on the present occasion. Mr. BLACKBURN said that the present Government had been the only Government which had broken faith with the Bank. The question was then put on the motion for adjourn ment, when the numbers were, for the adjournment 20, against it 26, After some discussion of no interest, Sir J. SCARLETT read the Acts of Parliament under which the Company enjoyed their present privileges, with a view to show that hitherto the Bank was by law the only establishment consi.ting of more than six partners which could act as a hank of deposit. The GOVERN , R. then put the first resolution, which he declared to be carried. The GOVERNOR then proceeded to put the second reso lution, but was interrupted by Mr. BLACKBURN, who said that he should insist upon being heard upon it. He thought it would be better for the Proprietors merely to state their assent or their dissent to the conduct of the Government keeping to themselves their own reasons for so doing.— (Hear, hear.) The real persons they had to deal with was Parhament, who would overcome any Minister, and therefore Lord Althorp would be hound to do as much as he could to carry the intentions which he had stated into effect; for should he deviate from so doing. they all knew that the Par liament, strangely constituted as it at present was, would tell Lorl Althorp he was not parsuing the course he ought to adopt. He wished that when the matter went forth to the public, it should be known th it it was not the unanimous opinion of the Proprietors of the Bank of England that their notes should be made a legal tender.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The Learned Gentleman then went on to deprecate the conduct of the corporation, in making disclosures to his Nlajesty'a Ministers, which they had denied to the Proprietors, and concluded by stating that it was the opinion of many of the most eminent lawyers who were dead, but whose opinions were on record, and it was also the opinions of many of the most eminent lawyers of the present day, that the privileges of the Bank w• re such as to prevent the establishment of any bank within the metropolis aud its neighbourhood. He (Mr. B.) hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would he induced to leave the matter unsettled. as it was before the opinion of the Learned Solicitor-General had been takes. Mr. YOUNG then moved, which was seconded by Mr. R. WlLLtaarsoN, that the Court should then adjourn till Friday, which, upon a show of hands, was carried. The Court then adjourned till Friday. DISTRESSED POLES. MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE DIS TRESSED POLES-(TIIIS DAY.) A public meting was held to-day at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Qieen's--treet, Lincoln's-inn-fields, to adopt measures for the relief of the distressed Poles, who hadsf , ught refu4e in Swi,s.rland. The meeting was called in pursuance of an invitation, which had been signed by a vas, number of the most elistinguiAed Memhers of both Houses of Parliament, to the public, to meet them on this dar. There wa• but a thin attendance on the part of the public, but on the platform was a number of Peers, Mem tiers of the House of Commons. arid other public cha racters, , imong whom were C.I. Leicester Stanhope, Mr. Canit.bell, the poe , , &c. Lord DUDLEY STUART, in taking the chair in the ab sence of Mr. C. Ferguson, M.P., described the stiff •rings of those of the high-minded and patriotic Pales, who were now residing in Switzerland ; 460 Poles, mo. ly officers in the late army, and all of them persons who had possessed rank and fortune, were now auve3isting on the precarious and scanty ch irity of the poor peasantry of the Canton of Berne. Application had been made by the Deputy of that Canton to the Federal G vernment of Switzerland for some better provision for those gallant men, but that Government, under a certain influence, had refused it, arid from the extreme poverty of tt e pea.ants, the Poles were now reduced to a state of the greatest privation. It had been, therefore. determined to make an appeal on their behalf to the British public, to whom appeals of this nature were never tnede in vain. —(Cheers. ) The NoBLE CHAIRMAN then read a list of subscriptians from variutt. put.hc character., who were not able to attend. Among them were.—the Marquis of Conyngham 20/., Lord Mdrpeth 10/., Lord R. Grosvenor 5/., Mr. E. G. S aniey &c. Resolutions in furtherance of the object of the meeting were then moved by Lord Landon, Mr. Buckingham, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Mr. Evart, &-.c. DI PERIL% 11.1 1 A ithlA3l.•::\rl THIS DAY, TUESDAY, AUG. 13. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The gallery was opened at twenty minutes plot twelve o'clock, when we found about thirty members in he House. On the motion of Lord ALTHORP, the House went into Committee on the Factories Bill. Mr. Bernal in the chair. Mr. 0. W. WOOD, on clause 8, which enacts th the employment of children under eleven, twelve, and thirteen years of age for more thin eight hours a day should be prohibited, moved, as an amendment, that it Ihe expiration of six months after the passing of the Act, no child under eleven years of age should be permitted to work more than eight hours ; that no child under the age of twelve years should be permitted, after the expira• tion of eighteen months after the passing of the Bill, to work for more than eight hours a day ; and that after the expiration of two years after the passing of the Bill, no child under thirteen years should he permitted to work more than eight hours a day. This, he said, he did that the elf ct of the Bill might be gradu Lord ALTHORP objected to the amendment as post poning the operation of the Bill. Mr: BROTHERTON said he should prefer a general me of ten hours. An HON. MEMBER would support the amendment, from his knowledge of the impossibility of procuring rel iys. The information from the country convinced him that a graduated scale would be infinitely preferable. Mr. STR LITT (-xpressed himself in t.tvout iof the clause. Mr. POULETT THOMSON observed that the prin ciple of eradations was, perhaps, necessary to carry the Bill efficientl) into effect —so, indeed, as to insure the co operation of the masters. Lord MORPETH was averse to the adoptiln of such lengthened periods ; but he would not object to a graduated system, the extent of time being bit - died to six months. Mr. HYETT said, he understood the object of the Bill to be, to meet the wishes of both operatives and masters, .n.l he ohjec•ed to th e am en d men t on b e h a lf o f th e f o rm e r. _ _ _ _ Mr. MAXWELL was of opinion, that any sudden al eration w uld oe found to be an evil to a I paries.— (Heai.) The first proposition of the Hon. Member's onendment was then put and carried without a division. 0., the question 01 postponing the operation of the el iuse is affecting ehil 'yen of 12 years of age for IS months, Lord ALTHORP proposed the adoption of 12 months for 18. Mr. G. W. WOOD spoke in favour of the larger pe riod, as propube in his amendment. After i.onie o'iservations by Mr. Oswald, Mr. Pou'ett Thomson, Mr. Mark Phillips, Lord M irptth, and Sir H. W i lloughby, the House divided— For Mr. Wood's Amendment to insert eighteen months 34 Against it Majority The third proposition of Mr. Woon s ss as ihe-n agreed to, .nd the elawue so anuendtd, orders d to stand part of the Bill. Mr. 13110 T lIERTON moved as an amendment to the 9'h clau se , that ten hums be imeerted for eight bou.F, or ..i.ildren under 13 years of age. Mr- HYETT semi , ed th amendra,ot. The Bill bad peen framed to meet abuses in certon districts, but it Was dlcul i ted to produce great inconeLnience in phces w here io abuses weir alleged. Lord ALTHORP eonsijered the speech just ma it " a speech upon the principle of the Till, and if the Rouse were to discuss the principle of the measure upon every clause in this way, it would be impossible to think of getting the B•ll through this Session. The House had already stated to the public, that the intention was to restrict the hours of labour of children under 13, to eight hours, and if they were not to act upon the prin ciple which they had professed they would proceed upon, tl , e public must be disappointed, and have their confidence shaken. Mr. BOLLING said, that if the Noble Lord had in troduced a Bill upon a principle that was found to he impracticable, he must like a wise man retire from it. Relays could not be carried into effect unless as connected with the bouts, and a ten hours Bill would probably pre vent the necessity of them. Colonel. WOOD stiegested the withdrawal of the clause till the !wincing up of the report. Colonel TORRENS maintained that the only sure and satiefaetory method of settling the question would he by adopting the amendment of the Hon. Member for Salford. Mr. J. FIELDEN also supported the amendment. Mr. E. G. STANLEY could not see how in con sistency with its pledges to the country the House could adopt the principle of the Hon. Member (Mr Brotherton). The House had already decided the question of the Ten Hours' 1111.—( Hear. ) Sir H. WILLOUGHBY and Mr. CAYLEY supported the amendment. The gallery was then cleared for a division. When there appeared, For the amendment lt; Against it 4O —24 Majority _ _ During the exclusion of strangers, Mr. CAYLEY moved an amendment, the precise nature of which, how ever, we could not ascertain. It was lost. The clause, as amended, was the❑ agreed to. Clause 9 was next put, which, with a verbal amendment, was ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses 10, 11, 12, and 13, with trifling amendments, were severally ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 14 as amended was agreed to, and ordered to stand part of the Bill. The House resumed. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again this evening. It being three o'clock, the SPEAKER left the Chair. ALLEGED MURDER AT DEPTFORD. EXTRAORDINARY and MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR The towns of Deptford and Greenwich were yesterday the scene of unusual excitement, by a report that a barbarous mur der had been committed at No. 18, Old King-street, Deptford, on the person of an old man named William Rudland, who was found dead on the floor of his apartment—his wife, in a state of insensibility, lying by his side. Rudland, who was formerly a shipwright in Deptford dock-yard, and has amassed considera ble property, had lived with his wife, an aged and infirm woman, for several years in the above house. Their habits were very reserved, and it was seldom they conversed with any of the neigh bours. On Sunday the inhabitants of King-street were surprised at observing the window shutters closed. Yesterday morning the house was in the same state, and the neighbours becoming alarmed, communicated their suspicions to two policemen named Browne and Cook, who proceeded to enter the house in company with a tradesman named Clark. The kitchen door was found on the latch, and they had no difficulty in obtaining admission. On proceeding into the front room on the first floor, Mr. and Mrs. Rudland were found lying on the floor, with a quantity of blood about them and on their persons. At the first glance the old man's throat appeared to have been cut, and some wounds were visible on his face. He was quite dead. Mrs Rudland was partially undressed, and exhibited no sign of life; but, on lifting her on the bed, it was found that she still breathed. The policemen and Crouch, a parish constable, went over the house, but nothing appeared to have been disturbed, nor was there any signs of thieves having entered the house. Mrs. Rudland was immediately put to bed, and a surgeon bled her, and administered some medicines. Soon afterwards she was questioned by the medical gentleman whether any one had ill.used her, or murdered her husband ; and in conse quence of something she said in reply, Mr. Thomas, Inspector of R division, and several policemen, went in search of Daniel and Morris Welch, brothers, and men of indifferent character. The former was shortly after apprehended by Sergeant Collins, No. IS R; and the other, hearing of the inquiries made after him, gave himself up, and declared his innocence of the mur der. Yesterday evening, at eight o'clock, Mr. Carttar, the Coroner for Kent, and a respectable Jury, assembled in the long room of the Red Cow Tavern, High-street, Deptford, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Mr. William Rudland. Messrs. Downing and Drury, surgeons in Deptford, said the bruises about the deceased's head and face were very slight. The mark under the chin was merely superficial, and could not have been inflicted with a knife or other sharp instrument. It was in fact nothing but a scratch. A good deal of blood had flowed from the nose and mouth, but they could give no opinion respecting the cause of death, until a post mortem exa mination had taken place. The woman's left arm was discoloured, evidently from pressure, but there was not the slightest appearance of violence. They asked her M' any one had hurt her husband, and she said, " Dan-Morris," but afterwards recalled her words, and faintly articulated " No," to every question they put to her. Sergeant COLLINS said, that Daniel and Morris Welch, who were in custody, formerly lived in the same street, three doors from the deceased's house. After hearing other evidence which threw no light on the mysterious affair, the Inquest was adjourned until Thursday evening, and the body was ordered to be opened. ANNUITY TAX.—We have stopped the press to announee the fact, that our public sprited towns man, WILLIAM TAIT Esq., bookseller, was this morning incarcerated in the Calton Gm], for non-payment of this obnoxious tax ! ! ! Scotsman. Some of the morning papers have got it that the Loan CHANCELLOR Will sit in Lincoln's Inn Hall this day week. This is erroneous. He will sit there on Thursday next to give judgments. OPERATION—SIR JOHN LEACH.—A s if fated to such events, this great judicial character had, on Tuesday last, to submit to another surgical operation. His Honour's sight has been gradually imp tiring for the last two years, and on the day after be closed his Nitting‘ for the recess, Mr. TYRRELL, of Bridge-street, Black friars, surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, performed o❑ hint the operation of extraction for cataract of the right eye. The operation was m inaged with great precision and dexterity, and has been a'tended with the most per fect success. The only untoward circumstance that has occurred since the performance of the operation was an injury done to the eye by the patient during his sleep on Friday night, hut by the prompt and skilful attention of his medical attendant, the effect which might otherwise have been most serious, was restrained to a very limite‘t extent. The sight is now completely restored, and his Honour is already in a condition to leave town. On Thursday week the boats of the Harpy revenue cutter, Lieut. T. H. HoLm.mg, R.N., Com mander, captured off Beggars Island. St. German's Lake, a vessel called the Liberty, of Guernsey, having on board two men and 92 tubs of con'raband spirits.—The men have been sentenced to seven years' servitude in his Ma jesty's navy.—lldniouth Packet. EXECUTlON.—Yesterday morning HENRY NICHOLL, I ite Captain on the retired list of the 14th re giment of infantry, was executed at Horsemonger lane gaol. He was tried and found guilty of an abominable offence, at the late Surrey Ass , zes, anti in the course of the trial it was proved in evidence, that he belonged to a rang of which BEAUCLERY, who. it may be recollected. committed suicide some time since in the county gaol, formed one of the parties. NICHOLL had entered tit« army at an early period of life, and formerly belonged to the 72d, from which he rich inged into the 14th Foot, and wit , this regiment had setn a good deal of service abroad. The night previous to his execution lie slept soundly for some hours, and on awakening and inquiring the hour ap. peared anxious for the arrival of the Sheriff and the ex ecutioner. At nine o'clock precisely he was led from his cell to the place of execution, which is immediately over the errrance into the gaol, and after a short time spent in prayer the drop fell, and he soon ceased to exist. A large concourse of people assembled to witness the execution. LAMENTABLE FATE OF DR. DIXON, THE AFRICAN TKAVELLER.-A letter received from Cape Coast Castle, dated April 28, eaves the followiog account ~f this catastrophe :—Dr. DixoN was proceeding througn t. e interior of Africa, fit:lm the Dahomey coast, to meet Capt in CLAPPERTON and his companions at Katunga. The King into whose territomy he was about to enter from Dahomey, having swot n to aff rd him protection and oisis , atice, came out of his principal town to meet him, attended by his sons and chiefs, and desired his eldest son to swear fidelity to the stranger, after the fashion of th country. Tins is done by era ring a sabre, and m.kinz a long harangue, using the most violent gestures, and pushing the sword in the face of the person in whose f 'vont the oath is taken; in fact, they show their dexterity by rutting close to the face, wit hour actually touching it. Dr. DixoN unfortunately mistook time nature of the ceremony. 'nil thinking the Kin g 'a son mt , ant to kill him, drew hi, -word, and the ust it into his hot.y. The Doctor would have been sacrificed on the spot, but the King ordered hum mu be safely guarded, declaring that lie could not break h's ‘l....)aotch though torDtx his oNve was had bee seo a too b h n killed. is j T oo he de n r ex th t e m p o r r o ni te n t f . tn ooff ff thane m- K a einogi b a u . t to t i l o te m i o n ti s , tant they passer( the bounda ries longer bindin g , th ey r ot on th t e bi D itk oe in t g or th an e d King's oath no killed him." UNIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, AUGUST 12. The Howe resumed at a quarter past five o'clock. Mr. LITTLETON said he had been intrusted with a petition from a gentleman named Molyneux, a Magistrate, of the counties of Stafford and Worcester, and carrying on the business of a banker at Dudley. It alluded to a hand hill which had been extensively circulated in the town of Dudley, and which purported to contain a state ment which had been, on a former occasion, made by his Hon. and Learned Friend the Solicitor -General. In the course of that speech his Hon. and Learned Friend had been made to impute improper conduct and strong party zeal to the Magistrates of Dudley. The SPEAKER asked if th , - petition referred to a speech which had been delivered in that House, as if so, it was contrary to rul•- to allow it to be received. Mr. LITTLETON said the petition merely allude.l to a handbill in which his Honourable and Learned Friend was represented to have made a statement ; but it did not say whether that statement had been made in the House or not.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Littleton) begged leave to say, that upon an iutimatt , knowledge of the four Magistrates of Dudley, lie knew no men of greater honour and respectability than they were. He had never heard that any of those gentlemen had in their administration of the law given dissatisfac tion, and lie entertained a very high respect for them. As to the charge of party spirit, his Hon. and Learned Friend, in his address to his constituents, must have been somewhat in error; because, at the last election, those gentle men afforded him great assistance; the charge therefore of party spirit was necessarily done away with. He was sure that his Hon. and Learned Friend did not intend to throw any discredit on those gentlemen, either individually or as a body, and he appehended his Hon. and Learned Friend had not known them, or he would not have used the words. The petition was then read ; after stating the substance of the complaint made by the Solicitor-General, it corn plained of the injury such statements were likely to pro duce upon their public characters, and prayed the House to institute an inquiry, with a view of ascertaining whether the conduct of the magistrates in the discharge of their duties was in any degree reprehensible. The SOLICITOR GENERAL said he would by no means oppose the prayer of the petition for an investiga tion into the circumstances of the case, for he was quite sure that the result would bear him out in the assertion that he bad made, and which did not go the length of imputing any intentional mis conduct. He was quite convinced that some change must take place in the appointment of the magistracy, and that he had already expressed ; but he was not prepared to expect that the magistrates would have sent such a petition to the House; after the explana , ion which he had given to them on the subject of what he had said in that House. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then read extracts from a lettter he had addressed to the Magistrates, which stated that he considered their conduct as public men as open to comm nt—to such cri ticism as he himself was constantly subjected to; that. he had not imputed misconduct to them, but that they were certainly active and zealous political partisans, and all of one party ;—that they were respectable private characters, chiefly engaged in trades, and from that c - cunastance not fit to adjudicate upon particular statutes; and that be had no intention of giving person .1 offence. After such an explanation, continued the Honourable and Learned Member, he did not expect that any appeal would have been made to that House.—(Hear.) He had that day received a petition which, in one day, had b,en signed by SOO or 400 persons, on the subject of these magistrates, which coinpl tined of the political power so long enjoyed by magistrates of strong party politics, and prayed that such provision might be made as would vest the right of electing magistrates and other civil officers in the community. He would repeat that some change must take place in the system, and that without :ouch delay. He was happy to hear from his Noble Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that it was probable a 13.11 would be brought in next session to enable Dudley, and towns like it, to elect their own inagi-trates.—(Hear. ) S r HENRY HARDINGE said that he had received a petition to present respecting the magistrates of Dudley, hut after the high eulugium which had been pass-d upan them by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, he should deem it unnecessary. He was extremely sorry the Ho nourable and Learned Solicitor-General had not at onc, expressed his regret for having cast an imputation unon the characters of the magistrates of Dudley; but certainly at this late period of the session, after the testimony which had been borne to their char .cter by the Right Hon. Genceman opposite, he did not think it requisite to enter into any inquiry a• to their conduct. Sir 0. MOSLEY begged to hear witness to the re spectability of the magistracy of Dudley, the attack upon whom by the Solicitor-General was only made worse by his apology. He did not believe them to be the zealous political partisans lie represented them to be. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said that no attack was made upon the respectability of the Dudley Magistrates. All that was said was, that like other men they entertained strong political feelings which made them liable to the suspicion of acting from motives not satisfactory to the people.—(Hear, hear.) No one could doubt that the ordinary administration of justice required revision, especially those parts of it intrusted to maxis trates, who did not appear to be in a situation so respon sible to the higher authorities of the law as couA be wished. It was impossible to read the public newspapers without being struck with the w tat of such i revision of the law. This morning he had r.ad a report of the trial of a shepherd at Lewes who had b ee n condemned to transportation for life for sheep stealing, when it appeared that lie had only taken a twill lamb, according to a custom prevalent in the county for shepherd+ to take one of every twin lamb dropped. He trusted that this case would meet with the attention of the proper authorities. Mr. COBBETT thought there must be some mistake in the report, for if a shepherd were to take one of every twins dropped by the ewes, he would soon have Inure than half the flock.—(A laugh.) He presumed the Hon. Baronet alluded to a custom which prevailed in some parts of the country of allowing the shep herds one of the lambs when an ewe dropp►d three lambs. If the shepherd hail gone further, he had, he should think, made himself amenable to the law. About the beginning of the session of Parliament he had presented two petitions from Dudley, complaining of the great partiality of the Magistrates, and in some instances of their almost denial of ju.tice. He hoped, therefore, that their petition for an inquiry into their conduct would he granted by the House ; and he saw no reason why it should not take place immediately. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL begged leave to say chat although he knew nothing of the Mag;strates in his legal character, he knew from personal knowledge that they were most active political partisan•. At the same time he did not impute to them any per sonal misconduct. Mr. LITTLETON observed that whatever the Hon. and Learned Gentleman mi , iht believe on this point, the fact was that one of them had been one of the most active friends of the 11..forin Hear.) Sir El. HARDINGE remarked that after the unex eptionable character given of these Magistrates by the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, the accusation of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman did seem to him most mis applied. He hoped that the Hon. and Learned Gentle man would retract it. The SOLICITOR. GENERAL repeated again, for the satisfaction of the Right Hon. and Gallant Member, that he did not impute personal misconduct to these gentlemen ; but still he thought himself entitled to declare, that in his opinion they were zealous and active political parris ins. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman begged to be allowed, now that the attention of the House hail been called to the subject, to present the petition of the inhabitants of Dud ley. com6aining of the conduct of these Magistrates. The SPEAKER, however, said, that this permission could not be granted. The Hon. and Learned Member could not present the petition till it came to his turn to do so. BOROUGH OF STAFFORD. Sir OSWALD NIOSLEY presented a petition from Stone. in Staffordshire, praying that that town might he included in the enlarged limits of the borough of Staff for they urged the Huuse not to think of disfranchising that borough. Sir J. WROTTESLEY supported the prayer of the petition. NATIONAL GAL LERY—BUCKINGHANI PALACE, Mr. HUME wished to put a question to the Lord o lVos i te of some importance. The b urn of 50,0001 td been voted last session towards building a National Gallery, and he wished to know whether anything hit been done in the expenditure of the money? He had understood that the estimate originally delivered was for 32 000/., that Then it was raised to 40,000/., and .iutisequently to 50,000/. ; but that at present tlifficulttes had been found in finishing it at 76,0001. He should be glad to know whether Ministers had come to any and what determination upon the sot ject ? Lord DUNCANNON replied that the Hon. Member was quite correct in his information. The sum of 50,0001. hid been voted IT Parliament last, less on ; since vat time, al terations had be r a sug g e s ted whi c h hat increased the estimate. Complaints had been made against the proposed line, interfering as i t would wit h t h e view 01 At. Martin's Church, so that with the alterations the Gallery would cost more by about ~ i 'l. than the largest sum mentioned by the Hon. Uentleman. As such was the case, a new, more convenient, and tror practicable plan had been proposed for the reception aril exhibition of the national pictures; it was that the: , , should be placed in the Banquetting..house at Whitehall, in that part of the building now employed as a chapel for soldiers. It was a much finer room, and, at a compara tively small cast, would do full justice to the pictures, while recompense could be made to the architect intended to have been employed. To convert the chapel into a gallery, with apartments for a keeper of the pictures, and to erect a new chapel for the soldiers, would not cost more than 25,000/. or 26,000/., and the saving to the public would on the whole b little less than 100,0001. by letting the proposed site for buil.iings which would in no respect interfere with the front of St. Martin's chord: Mr. HUME had observed a great deal of scaffolding about Buckingham Palace; had any increased expense hem incurred there, or was it intended to complete the whol on the scale and plan already submitted to the House ? Lord DUNCANNON could answer the }lon. Member exactly on that subj-ct. He was aware, no doubt, that 75,0001 had been voted to complete the building under the recommendation of a Committee. It had been stated on that occasion that as soon as the building was finished, it would he necessary to come to Parliament for a styli ICI fit ings, fixtures, and decorations, and a very large amoun had been named for the furniture and fixtures. He bad the satisfaction to be able to state, that notwithstanding some changes made in the finishing of the building, it would be completed within the 75,0001. voted.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Member had seen a good dell of scaffolding on , he side of Pimlico—it arose from Government having failed in purchasing at any price which could he justified that part of Pimlico which was required. It had, there fore, been necessary to make offices on that aide of the Palace; they were of stone in order that they might have a handsome appearance, and they had been carried farther in order to give the public the accomm , dation of a wider turning than 114 ire existed. Perhaps the Hon. Gentl-man meant to allude also to a scaffold in front of the Palace; that was connected with what was c,,lled the marble arch, and he was hippy to say that it had been paid for before the repairs of the Paiace were entered upon. Parliament would have to provide in cone way for fixtures, furniture, and .'ecorations, and he (Lord D.) thought that he shoul I be warranted in asking a grant for the purpose even in the prt sent session ; if not, between this date and the next meeting of the House tee works must be susp-nded that would otherwise be entirely finished. I' had been proposed that the sum required for furniture, fittings, lixtuns, and decorations should be 'aken out of the land revenu , s of the Crown, and for that purpose a Bill would be necessary. If it would be any satisfaction to the House to hear his opinion as to the amount, he had talon some trouble to be able to state that 50 0001. would probably be sufficient. It was the express and erarious wish of his Alaj , siy that no more gilding ,nd decoration should be in , roduc. d than was necessary, and he was also anxious that the furniture should not be of the expensive and extravagant descriptio❑ originally contemplated. Sir 11. HARDINGE was desirous of hearing whether the Nvional Glllery had been given up, or whether the nia , ter was yet undec:d.•d ? Lord ALTiIORP spoke very indistinctly, hut we un derstood him to say that no new exp , nse would he in rut red without the sanction of Parliament. Whatever course was to be Wien with reeard to a National Gal- lery, he strongly recommended that the estimatts should be completed, and the entire SUFI' voted by Parlia ment before the building was commenced. Thi , mode of proceeding might, perhaps, avoid the excess so frequently complained of. Ministers had certainly not yet come to any final decision regarding the N itional Gallery. Sir H. HARDINGE objected to the introduction of the subject when the House was necessarily so thin. Lord DUNCANNON added, that it was necessary to arrive at some conclusion without delay, as Government was bound at an eat ly date to open a passage twenty fe , wide between certain buildings to he erected and the house where the national pictures were at present deposited. Mr. E. G. STANLEY asked whether Nlinisrets were pledged to any particular plan if the national gallery were built? Sir It. INGLIS reminded the House that the intended eallery was for sculptures as well as for paintings. Another point was whether at Whitehall a good light could be obtained hie the pictures. Lord DUNCANNON remarked, that a gallery for pic tures, without watues, was originally contemplated. As to the second point of the Hon. Bironet, he coo d state that the chapel in Whitehall had been examined by com petent persons, who had assured him that it was pecu liarly adapted for the reception of the national pictures. the light would he extremely good, by pl ,cing them upeL screens between the windows. It uas undoubtedly ten« that the building had never been consecrated; and when the project was mentioned to his Majesty, he was pleas., to express his entire approbation of it. As to the extent to which Ministers were pledg-d, lie must say that he thought they were p'edi ; ed to the architect to the extent of the grant, already made for this obj-et by Parliament. That individual hof been direc , ed to prepare a plan upon the scale of 50,0001., and tenders had been received fur the contract. To another quevion from Mr. E. G. STANLEY, Lord DUNCANNON answered, that after the grant of 50,000/ had been made, two or three persons of science were appointed to lo , k over the plan, and some altera tions had been sueges ed by them, one of which was the change of the line of the building, and another increasing its elevation. Of course these alterations would increas, the expense, and it wis supposed that if 62,000/. in the whole could be procured from Parliament, tendeis .nd contracts might be made, and the work be commenced. Af!erwards, when it was found that not less than 75,000/. would be sufficient, the work was at once stopped. Mr. WARBURTON wished to impress upon Govern ment, that whatever site was selected, it ought to be cilia ble of extensi m ; and he ventured to doubt whether the gallery at Whi , ehall would be capable of extension. It might be suited for a temporary deposit of the pictures, but not for a permanent g ,llery. Individuals might, ants no doubt would, make valuable bequests and donations to the gallery, and there ought to be room to add pictures as they were obtained. He begg.d the N :ble Lord to state what, from first to last, the marble arch at Buckingham Palace had cost the country. Lord DUN2ANNON said that the point whether the gallery at Whitehall could not he extended, had been con sidered; snd it wus thought that it might. As to tht last question put by the lion. Gentleman, he (Lord D doubted whether it would be any satisfaction to him to know d:, whole cost of the marble arch. It had certainly been very expensive, and a proposal had been made to poi it down ; but it was thought that that would be a tresl , source of charge, and that the best mode would be to tini•li it merely as it stood at present. Oiiginally it had b .en designed to make it toilet) higher, but it was con sidered that,in that case it would overbear the palace He had the pleasure of assuring the 1-1 , .n. Member and the House tha , th- to rh!e arch had b ell entirely p tid I. Mr. WARBURTON wished to hear, first, what would cost , 0 finish it, and, next, what would be the ex• pence ~f pollin g it down ? DUNCANNON observed, that it hal already cost 70,0001. SINECURES. Mr. HUME gave notice that on Thursday next he would bring on his motion r•-grrding the sinecures held by Lord Melville and Mr. Du alas, and on that cecasion be would move an address to the Clown, praying an in • quiry into all sio.•ewes. Mr. YOUNG presented a petition from the Com mittee of the general Shiu-owners' Society, on the suhj,ct of the East lorlir trade.—Laid upon the table. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL presented the petit on respecting the Magistracy of Dudley, mentioned in former part of the eveninz. IRISH TITHES. Mr. LITTLETON moved the order of the day for the second re,dinz of the Irish Tithes Bill. Mr. WILKS a•ked whether it was intended to force the measure forward without even that degree of inf o ma- Lion which the House always cinsidered necessary upon 'natters of much inferior importance? He Prot-sted strongly agai , st such a proceeding. Mr. WARBURTON objected to the mode in which no •ss th to a million of money had b en thus unexpecti.dly screwed Out of the pocke's of ibe people, but rejoiced that th e p..inciple was established, that, if this country was deterinito d to force the religion of a small minotity up. ri a 1r 'dry of th e p eo pl e o f Irelaud,this country mu st t pay ie n t .—( Hear. ) i L t i i. TTLETON hoped that the principl e o f t h, i i l g .; Bill would not he discussed on the mere motion that do rder of the day be read. The amount in the Bill w s certainly a nollion,but it was not at all probable that an - thing like that sum would be required. Mr. HINE termed the proposed grant of a minim , monstrous and extravagant. Perhaps so monstrous au extravagant a proposition had never been submitted ti Parliament. After their mismanagement of Ireland, h. wondered Ministers were not ashamed to ask for th, money. He insisted that they ought to be impeached I, th e ir m easures of last session, by one of which the Kin had be e n ma d e the great tithe proctor and collector it Ireland, c ontrary to the law of the land. Beaidoi, attempt bad been so futile; only te,ooca. , tit of In . ! (10P4 ten recovered, and that, accordin; to the tt. „rid Leatucti Member for Dublin, at the cost of 25,000/. if this system were to proceed, there could be nothing too , ;tliculous for Ministers to bring forward. The Bi I pro ce.,fol to be a measure the object of which was to accon, plish the recovery of tithes. But was that really the o, ject? Vas it not, on the contrary, intended to confirm by that Bill the ascendancy of the Established Church iR Ireland, which already enjoy e d such vast revenues? In .tead of granting a million for such a purp •se, at the pre— sent moment, or in times like the present, should they not rather occupy themselves with inquiring whether Ilie Established Church ought to be permitted to continue in possession of its present enormous wealth ? If the Noble Lord would put upon the table of the House an annual estimate of the stun really necessary to provid- for the maintenance of the ckray of the Established Church in Ireland, he should not object to the adoption of such means as might be necessary for making the requisite provision, on the condition that a proper arrangement should lie at the same time made respecting the property of the church. Mr. LITTLETON thought that on a former occasion he had laid b , fore the House details amply sufficient to sat;sfy every Hon. Member, and to supersede altogeth , r the necessity of again troubling the House. The Hen. Member for Middlesex hail complained that sufficient in formation had not been laid before the House. Now he was at a loss to see what information could be required blond that contained in the estimate, and the pap, ,s by , veich it ,vas accompanied. The Non. Member had fallen into a grand error if he supp,ise , i that the money required was only for the compensation of the clergy; it was no such thing—it was for the Lay Impropriators. The question resolved itself into this, would the Parliament, ir would they not, support property in Ireland, and yiel.l it the necessary protection —not merely the prop rty of the church, hut property generally ? Sinee the com mencement of the present session there had been as litany as 210 applications to the Irish Government for nilitary assistance to aid in the collection of the f , , e light Hon. Gentleman then went into the par ,:culars of the affray at Middleton, in the county f Cork, ,nd into several of the cases that occurred in I(ltenry end other pacts of Ireland He had no difficulty in saying, that if the present Bill was not pas•ed, war, in is most alarming form, must be the immediate c,mse pence, and the most grievous sufferings to itidividue.is of .11 classes must ensue. Such was the stve of thins at the present moment in Ireland, that within the last three it four days, a process server was in such imminent d inger -if being assassinated, that bad he not been lodged in the county gaol as a place of security, no power in that .aoutry could have saved him. As to the am•iiint which formed the principal object of the Bill, it certainly was a million, but he did not think that so much would he necessary. He entertained very little doubt that hat above 600,0001. or 700,000/. would be r, goired. The ,ithes of a sinele year did not exceed 670,000/. The lion. Member for Middlesex asked for security to gua rantee the repayment of the million now prop ised to he granted. He thought that the Bill offered good security or that purpose, and he was sure the House would :igis e vith him, and not with the Hon. Member, in that /pinion it least. He would repeat, that unless they were pre pared to agree to the present measure, tin must be irepared for bloodshed—for a civil war, with all its aggravations, during the whole rime from the rising Parliament until its re-assemblage. Supposing, then, hat the Bill should prove unsuccessful with the House— in event he could not contemplate without the deep st , pprehension—he must then prepare for the painful ditty if using those powars which resided in the Executive for the repression of disorder. The duty would be most dis 'ressing, but it was one from which he should not shrink. He should be prepared to direct the whole force of the c instabulary body, and even of the at my, against the -e-istance which had been raised to the levy of tithes, for .vith them was bound up the whole property of the muntry- 7 411 must share the same fate. Mr. HARVEY was clear in the opinion that the measure of dealt tlae with r reformi ng i t ? esi its use of one ,hen before th e Horse would act as an encour 'gement t o nn i r ): n a a s gad tn e i : de . aynh go T i own I nc t e eoh y ma atleba they l of k ou e rt d eh esta rod By oillion and a half—an establishment not o f t h e s li ghtest s fi b i tl x n ai s i n n h w e g me h a: i'n t n n d t' m ' :ni p , S e n li r n ir i ne e n li r a al dvantage to more than half a million of the inhabitants. What would be the next application to Parliament ? Why, .vtian landlords found their rents were falling, they Inial nothing to do but come to the House, and sure that an inconqusrable combination against rents had been formed, hat n thing could at present be oiitained from their enants, awl that they must request of Parliament to re eognise--such would be the delicate phrase —a loan for five years to meet the emergency.—(H ar, hear.) But ad all that come upon them as a matter of surprise? Had Government no intimation of the approaching stem ? Were there no symptoms to warn them of the danger of .:rideavouring to oppress nine tenths of a people for the advantage of the remaining tenth ? If they vent on vith Bills such as that, they might rest assured that they mould have nothing but complaints of the non-perfortnance, .f contracts—the case of tithes was nothine but the non oerforulance of a contract. If the clergy of Ireland were in listress, why did they nit apply to those who wore the .acne cloth? The E•tablished Church was the United Church of England and Ireland, and there was a larg- fund n this country applicable to any of the purposes of reii zion—lie alluded to Queen Anne's bounty. It might be .aid that that fund, though it amounted to 1,500,0004 vas not applicable to any but defined purposes, and c , uld of he diverted from those. Perhaps the ]douse would , ecollect that it was only two sessions ago when 60 0001. f that fund was taken for the improvement of the Aroll.- •oiscorl Palace on the opp .si , e side of the river. The 'Lind might be diverted into such channels as that, and in oder that the turrets and the battlements of Lambeth eight overawe that House. It would have been much nore expedient and equitable to have had recourse to that und, and then, indeed, there would have been some chance .f repaym-nt from the Irish clergy, for their brethren at his side of the Channel would have known how to manage the matter. Mr. SHAW agreed with the Hon. and Learned Member sho had just spoken, that the principle upon which G vernment price ded was hail, and that it woull be a source f continuing the violation of the law in Ireland. Toe ause of the present d. licit, anti of the present item being iernanded, was the declaration of the Noble L•tril (the Chancellor o! the Exchequer), that if the clergy did not titerfere, and forbear to sue for tithes, he would be him .eif accountable for the arrears of the two list year, anti or the amount of tithes for the present year. the Government and followed up rigorous measures, tithes were paid; but wh n oppost, ~ n d conic dictory ocla nations were issued, to the effect dist G versitnent would andet take to pay them, the consequence was resistance on he part of th ti he payers, which produced the necessily f the present application. Mr. MORE 0 FERRALL supported the second read in, of the Bill. An HON. AIEMBER (whose name we could not learn) .aid that what the lion. Alen - I,er tor Abdolesex a•ke.d tor .vas very proper —that the matt r might be defer, ed for a ew hours, in oilier to examine the Bil , and const ter its t,-.tails. He was surprised that is e Right Hon. Gentle ...in could have refused so reasonable a demand, prcieu arly as it did not in any wiy involve the Liss of toe rues .ure. He could not give his support to the Bill. Lord EBRING'f ON said, that if he thou g ht with an I ..n. ami L-a'ne i Member wh .pike a hide w ile ago ',Mr. D. W. Hine : ), that the measure would lead to a ,•ontinued violation of t•e law, he would not support it, ether would lie support it if he t ought as t e lion. tlenther for Ali dle.ix dui, that it wool encourage rum, ain and Ening oil (linger to th e c h urc h . HUAIE in explanation. In alluding to r',, e danger hat threatened the Church, what I said was , that Parlia went, to keep off that dan ge r, s h ou ld '.mtnediately take t.ito consideration the abuses of th e I r i s h Ch u ,. .11 h ment . esta- Lord EBBING TON—He. could not supp in the mea sure if he thought, as some other Hon. Aleinhers did, that it would be a tax on the people of England, and a burden ob e home by them merely for the rein fof those who sere in d. ht. lle was, hut. ever, convinced that the pro. aimed measure would be a relief to the Irish clergy, and an Wucemen , to the I, ish landlord s to relieve themselves and toeir tenants from the state they were in, caused by disputes &bout tithes. Mr. M. OTERRALL begg , d to say a word or two in explanatt, n. On a firmer orca ion, when Hun AI inhere iijecti-d to any buroen of this sort being thrown gin liish i'rot , stant landlords, he then staled th .t Protestau. land ..irds should not be the first to complain ; and he ad 1,0, hat he relieved Cathoile landforns would rather consent ,o bear their patt of the burden, tlan see Ireland thrown mto the stite it was in last year. Mr. \VARRE said, as he thought that !he grant wculd iltiulattly tall on the p ogle of this country, he could not idp recording his dissent it. Mr. AGLIONBY could not allow the Bill to pass any ,r,•ge without iteclat Ina his' wont s.-rioun o pposition to it. de con s id ere d t h e principle ol the Bill a bonus to the lolation of property, instead of being ',action t o i t , waythlng like pro. Lord A LTHORP WAS anxious to state the eircutustanr, N .der which he considered it the duty of 17,,verurne.it to iriog forw,trd toe resent question. It, had beset argued by