The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-29 00:00:00

*mg SPI N of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE I ,VERINa PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE—The c organs of monopoly are immoderately elated by what w e cannot help considering an uncertain tri ph. If these .oracles of an " insane and cruel policy"— as Sir James G r amm designated the corn-laws in his " Corn and Currency'.—be correct in their predictions, the corn-law contxovers)is settled. The majority of Wednesday night, which negatived Mr. Villiers' motion for inquiry, has given perpetuity to the sliding-scale; extinguished the agi tation for corn - law repeal; and reduced the Anti-Corn-law League to a mere name, an empty delusion, which is fast p ass ing away. We, on the contrary, regard the decision as fraught with encouragement to the practical portion of the community. A numerous and daily increasing class are sensible of the mischiefs which the existing system of duties on the importation of corn inflicts upon the coun try ; but they are not disposed to rush upon Charyb dis in order to escape from the perils of Scylla. The tenacity - rrith which the League has clung to the " immediate and total abolition" principle, although it has effected much good by the discussion it has raised on the general question, has provoked the resistance of the landed interests ; and led to that formidable confederacy and co-operation of the protected classes, by which they have sustained the proverbially vacillating Premier in his expressed adhesion to his sliding-scale of duties. This is the immediate and necessary consequence of the extreme demand put forth by the Anti-Corn law League, for immediate and final extinction of the import dirties on corn. But this consequence being now manifested, and the impossibility of obtaining entire aboli tion being shown by the vote of Wednesday, the effect upon practical men will be a disposition to moderate their expecta tions. By co-operating with the firm and consistent advocate of a low fixed duty, the question will be narrowed; the points of difference diminished ; and an early and advantageous settle ment of the controversy, on a basis at once solid and satis factory, be expedited. The majority of Wednesday night was against the League, and its sweeping demands. To the League; then, the result of the division may be discouraging. But to the practical portion of the community, to those who, within and without the walls of Parliament, have opposed a fluctuating system, as alike prejudicial to the consumer and the grower; and have advocated, as immensely superior in all its results to both, a low fixed duty, for the purposes of revenue ; the division will operate as an encouragement to perseverance in pressing their views upon the public mind. In pursuing this mode of action they would be strengthened by constant ac cessions from the ranks of both the extreme parties. The agriculturists, as distinct from the less intelligent section of the landowners, are anything but satisfied with the working of the sliding-scale. They are the prey of anxiety which fluc tuation necessari/yoccasious.The severe loss—in man yi us tan ces absolute ruin—which have fallen upon them at intervals, neither few nor far between, have exposed the fallacy of de pending upon a sliding-scale for protection. The tenant-far mers begin to be .xwake to the deception successfully prac tised upon them in the days of ignorance. The influence of delusion is fast passing away. These men, who formerly hugged their yoke, embraced their fetters, and called the ratt ling of their chains music, are beginning to examine for thein selves, instead of pinning their faith upon the sleeve of their landlords. The result is a revolution in the views of many farmers on the subject of " protection ;" and a shaking of that implicit con fi dence which they once placed in the deceptive promises of the sliding-scale, in many more. From the ranks of the tenant farmers the advocates of a small fixed duty, as giving stability of prices, in the place of un certainty, may confidently expect an accession of effective support. From the manufacturers and traders a large and powerful body of supporters of a moderate fixed duty woul be obtained. We are satisfied that if the great bulk of those classes•cotild be polled upon this question, a majority of their members would regard the substitution of a small fixed duty for the sliding-scale, as the only safe mode of settling the controversy. STANDARD.—The Trish poor-laws came under the con sideration of the House of Lords last night, upon a motion of the Marquis of Clanricarde for some papers. The progress of this great social reform in Ireland has hitherto been far from satisfactory, and sanguine as we have ever been in 'the hope of its success, we own that our expec tations have lately been much clouded, though as yet we do not altogether despair. We were the first of the present generation to urge the necessity of a provision for the Irish poor, analogous to the provision made by the statutes of Elizabeth for the poor of England—those statutes that fixed the Reformation in this country, and laid the firm foundation of civil government amongst us. Our proposition was, however, first made a quarter of a century ago, when the forms, at least, of Irish Government were still Protestant, and when the poor-law to be imported into Ireland was very different from what the Whigs have since made it. We might, therefore, with consistency retract our support of an Irish poor-law at present ; but we do not—the reform is too important to be abandoned, however imperfect its shape, or difficult the circumstances of its adoption. An extract from a Cork paper, which will be found elsewhere, points . out one of the chief difficulties—the spirit of faction which . is permitted, no matter how stupidly, to mix itself in everything to which the political Romanists have access. This, however, though a serious difficulty, is only one of a numerous family, all to be traced to the same parent. If we were aslced to name the most striking cha racteristic of the political Romanists of Ireland, we should say that they are eminently, above all mankind, a dis honourable people. They have lied themselves, and sought to lie others, into the opinion that they are slaves, for the purpose of being able to indulge with the less restraint in the vices of slaves—which vices are the op posite of honourable. They have no confidence, no can dour, no truth, no moral courage. What can be thought of a people with whom pettyfogging fraud is an object of idolatrous worship ? What of a pee- . ple who hail Mr. O'Connell as the hero and the representative of all their qualities—that Mr. O'Connell whose latest exploit it has been to compose libels to be spoken by his own son at the Repeal Association, and to be reported in the repeal newspapers ; taking good care, how ever, that they shall be known for his (Daniel O'Connell's) own work, though he evades the responsibility for the work by withholding his name, and by the circuitous mode in which he publishes it ? Can anything meaner or more dishonourable than this trick be imagined? Yet it only establishes for its author a new claim upon the admiration of the millions as disho - nourable as himself. It is to this dishonourable character, to which the middle and lower class Protestants and the loyal Roman Catholics are in Ireland the only excep tions, that must be abscribed the difficulty, if not impossibility, of introducing useful reforms into that country. Whatever power you place in the hands of men without truth, honesty, shame, or pride, will rather be wasted in the indulgence of the idlest fancies when not employed against you, more especially because, having de wed to you the right to give or to withhold, these dis honoirrable persons affect to receive your most valuable gifts as insults. What hope, then, is there for the success ful inatitution of a system of poor-laws in - Ireland ? None, certainly, while power to thwart it shall rest with the dishonourable and perverse class. But peace and firm ness will, we trust, go far to diminish the numbers and de stroy the influence of this class. And, meanwhile, it is better that the beneficial working of the poor-law should remain in some degree in abeyance, than that the Legis lature should finally condemn the principle of a poor-law by repealing the Act now in existence. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 8 . THE DUKEDOM OF SUSSEX. Mr. ERLE (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of Testerday) said—He submitted that this marriage was bind ing, according to the ordinary rule, by the law of Rome ; and he also submitted that this marriage, ex necessitate, did not presume a marriage as if it had taken place on English ground, or within the English realms. It was a foreign marriage to all intents and purposes. The enact ments referring to the slave trade, evidently contemplated acts which were not done within the English territory. The validity of the marriage was, he contended to be tested by the lex loci in the country where it was performed. He contended that the words of the Marriage Act were not suf ficient to make the marriage in point invalid. The words wanted, in order to effect that object, were—" whether within the realm or without." It had been repeatedly de cided that the intention of the Legislature should be gathered only from the words contained in the statute. The case set up against the marriage was personal incapacity, and he submitted that the words of the Act did not bear that meaning. From the opposition made to the Bill, it seemed probable that the omission to which he referred was inten tional. 'The Act would probably not have been allowed to pass without amendment, had it contained the words, " whether within the realm or without" It was upon the question of construction that their Lordships were asked to decide; for down to that time, • notwith standing the judgment of Dr. Wynn, the illegi timacy of the marriage could not he considered res judicata. . What took place was in the nature of a compro miie. The Duke of Sussex having no funds but what were under the control of his father, the case was compromised on a provision being made for Lady Augusta, with an agreement on her part that she would discontinue to use the royal arms, and the style and title of Duchess of Sussex. The question of the policy of extending the Act to foreign marriages was entirely in favour of his argument. A decla ration of invalidity must be a violation of those principles by which nations were held together. The marriage was valid in Hanover and in foreign countries generally ; even Ireland was totally unaffected by the Royal Marriage Act. He trusted that no violation of known principles would be re sorted to, but that the marriage de facto would be declared to be a marriage valid in law. At the conclusion of the Learned Counsel's address, the following question was submitted to the common-law Judges by the Lord Chancellor for their opinion :—" Evidence being offered of a marriage solemnized at Rome, in the year 1793, by an English priest, according to the rites of the Church of England, between A B, a son of his Majesty King George the Third, and C D, a British subject, without the previous consent of his said Majesty, assuming such evidence to have been sufficient to establish a valid marriage between A B and CD, independently of the provisions of the statute of the 12th ;. George 111., chap. 11, would it be sufficient, having regard to .that statute, to establish a valid marriage in a Suit in which the elder son of A B claims an estate in England as son of A B, by virtue of such marriage ?" The Committee was then adjourned sine die. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLERKE,..V WELL. -Sarah Murray, a cook, in the employment of Mrs. Jane Fa:th Aust, the proprietress of a boarding-house, at 68, Guildford-street, Russell square, was charged with stealing a quantity of house linen, wearin g apparel, and a turquoise ring, the property of her mistress ; also with stealing a satin vest, belonging to Mr. S auley, a student for the bar, who lives there. Both cases were established against the prisoner, most of the stolen property having been found in her 1,„ Or in the pawn•office ; but sho attempted to justify herself for the robbery on the lacipient barrister, by alleging *hat he had criminal intercourse with her. Mr. Saidey, however, demurred to the plea in abate ment. The prisoner admitted having stolen Mrs. Aust's house linen, and seeing Mrs. Aust was determined to prosecute her, she !Rated that Mrs. Aust was in the constant habit of giving false characters to servants, and sometimes had ten or a dozen servants in her house, who, after re maining there a day or two, received an excellent cha racter of long servitude from Mrs. Aust. Mrs. Aust—l deny it. _Mr. GREENWOOD—DO you know Maine? Mrs. Aust —I do. Mr. GREENWOOD —Did you never give a character for servitude to any person who did not live with you? Mrs. Aust—Never. • Mr. GREENWOOD—You are on your oath, ccnsider what you say. Mrs. Aust—l'm positive of it. Mr. GREENwoop—(holding up a written testimonial , affixed to it)—Do you know that, Madam ? Mrs. Aust . blushed, and was silent. Mr. CrutlExwoon—Did you not give several charac ters to persons who - did not live with you? Mr. Aust . hesitated, and said she did not recollect. Mr. GREENWOOD—(exlibiting a bundle of written testimonials) —Pray, Ma'am, how many cooks have you had living with you at the same time? Mrs. Aust—One. Mr. GREENWOOD—(holding up the papers)—Then how has it come to pass that you gave seven 'different characters to cooks at the same period? Mrs. Aust—l do not recollect it. Mr. GREENWOOD—Why read this one, and deny it to be yours if you can. Mrs. Aust declared her sight was very bad.—(A laugh.) The prisoner declared she had the eye of a lynx, and indeed the lady seemed to be in full possession of her visual powers. Mr. GREENWOOD—Abundant facts have come to my knowledge regarding your habits in this respect, and I warn you that the Act of Parliament awards a penalty of 201. for each offence of giving a false character. Depositions for trial were then taken down, and the prisoner was locked up. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Juno 28.) SUGAll.—lmporters of West India Muscovado Sugar have been less inclined to press sales this week, and the rates previously established are generally sustained. To-day importers of West India Muscovado Sugar submitting to rather lower rates, snaking the decline for the week 6d on the better and Gd to Is per cwt on the lower sorts, caused a fair demand to prevail for Grocery and Refining purposes,.and 350 hhds were disposed of, including 90 hhds of Trinidad at public sale, which went at 56s to 56s 6d per cwt for middling yellow rather bright. REFINED.—To-day several parcels of Refined Sugar were taken by the home trade; standard lumps at 765, and brown lumps 74z Gd to 75s per cwt. For Bonded Crushed Sugar prices are on the advance; sales made-at 26s to 26s 3d per cwt. There is very little offering. MAURITIUS.--This afternoon 11,848 bags were brought to public sale, and nearly all disposed of at a reduction on former rates of Is for the better, and Is Gd to 2s per cwt for the lower descriptions; low brown sold at 48s to 49s 6d, middling 51s to 51s 6d, good 53s to 53s 6d, fine 54s to 54s Gd, low yellow 55s to 565., middling 56s 6d to 58s 6d, good 59s to 62s sd, fine 63s to 645, and very superior bright 67s Gd per cwt. EAST Isnia.—This afternoon at public sale 126 bags of Bengal and 600 bags of Madras were offered ; the former sold at the former value; sound fetched 61s, and damaged 60s per cwt, but the latter went 2s per cwt cheaper, low heavy dark brown selling at 43s to 445, and rather better 'quality 46s to 48s per cwt. FOREIGN.—T9-day there was more inquiry for Foreign Sugar, and a cargo of 2,300 boxes fine new yellow Havannah was sold for a near port at 21s Gd per cwt, one of white for Russia at 29s;and 150 cases of brown Bahia on the spot at 18s 9d. MOLASSES.—This afternoon there was little business done in West India, and at public sale 110 puns of Trinidad blues were all taken at 25s per "cwt for good quality. Cocoa.—West India at former rates ; Trinidad were bought in at 423 per cwt for middling red. Foreign cannot be quoted lower. COFFEE.—Although there has been an immense quantity of West India Coffee brought forward this week, still the home trade have been eager purchasers of all clean descrip tions. This afternoon West India Coffee met with less atten tion, and 196 casks 203 barrels at public sale went 2s to 3s per cwt under former rates ; Jamaica, ordinar y mid, 96s to 103 s, mid 84s to 90S, low mid 78s to 82s, fine fine ordinary 68s to 755, fine ordinary GO3 6d to 665, Triage 40s to 503 per cwt. Ceylon was disposed of to a fair extent privately; holders would not generally sell good ord under 50s per cwt. TEa.—No public sale of Tea has been held this week ; there has been more demand privately for black, and several parcels have been disposed of at full rates; low Congou for cash has fetched 100 to 11d, and good common llid to is per lb; but for green the market has a dull appearance, and prices are drooping. To-day the few parcels of Tea disposed of were at easier rates; low common Congou, cash, 10d to 100, fair Ild, and Twankay ordinary is 2d to is 2id per lb. SPICES.—With Cassia Lignea the market has been better supplied this week. This afternoon 1,106 bags of Sumatra Pepper were offered at public sale ; sound, all taken in rather above the value, common quality at 21d; sea damaged, first class at lid to 24d, second and third class 2id to 2icl per lb. 40 cases bold Malabar Ginger went at 89s to 91s for good bold, being very full rates. RICE.—The operations in Bengal have been upon a large scale this week ; good white fetched 12s to 12s 6d, good mid dling Its to Ils 6d, low middling yellowish white lOs 6d to lls, small broken white lOs to 103 6d, and sea damaged 8s 6d to lls ad per cwt. Madras has been in better demand. Ordinary bold yellow Madagascar sold at 8s to Ss 6d, law white 8s 6d to 9s, and sea damaged 6s to 8s 6d per cwt. Java upon former terms. Cleaned Rice at 13s to 16s for Patna, and 21s to 26s per cwt for Carolina. Ruar, BRANDY, AND HOLLAND.S.--.TaMaiCa Rum at very full rates ; gaod and fine qualities are most in request, fair quality 33 to 36 per cent 0 P at 3s 6d to 3s 9d, good 32 to 35 O P 4s to 4s 6d, and fine 32 to 36 0 p 4s 9d to 5s per gallon. Leewards sold at 2s 2d to 2s 2id proof strength, and good brown do 2s 3d per gallon. Demerara 3s to 3s 4d for good and; fine descriptions. Calcutta at Is lld to Is llid proof, with certificate ; the chief holders will not sell under 2s per gallon. Brandy is attracting but little attention, the prices being low ; we quote Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1832, hhds 5s sd, puns 5s 3d ; ditto 1839, hhds 53 3d, puns 5s hl ; ditto 1840, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; ditto 1841, hhds 5s hi, puns 4s Ild; ditto 1842, hhds 43 10d, puns 4s 8d ; mid to good mid of other brands 3s to 4s 6d, and low 2s 8d to 2s lld per gallon. Geneva for exportation at Is 9d to is 10d; and tine, fit for duty, is fetching 3s to 3s 4d - per gallon. SAGO upon rather lower terms ; fine. small white Pearl taken in at 20s to 23s per cwt. Sago Flour is in demand privately at 19s to 20s ; 108 61 to 15s for sea damaged, and 6s 6d per cwt for ditto and repacked. Bermuda Arrowroot at lld to is Id; St. Vincent's 54d to'lqd ; Jamaica 8d to 10d; other sorts West India Is to is 21d; East India 2id to 3d; South Sea 21d; East India Tamarinds very low, 15s to 17s per cwt. Ixnmo.—Prices lower for East India. For Spanish there are still few purchasers, but holders are not pressing sales. thr.s.—Southern Oil fine quality at 321t0 33/, good 30/ 15s to 311155, and middling dark 301 to 3015 s per tan. Seal Oil, pale at 351 to 35/ 10s, and some merchants will not sell under 361 per tun. Cod at 331 103 to 34/ per tun. Sperm at 80/ to 831 10s. Linseed Oil at 253 6d to 25s 9d per cwt on the spot. Rape Oil 38a to 383 6d for pale, and 376 to 37s 6(1 per cwt for brown. In Cocoa Nut Oil little has been done. Palm fine is fetching 28s to 28s 6d per cwt. Olive is not much wanted. Gallipoli at 48/ to 49/; Spanish 471 to 471 10s; and Barbary 46/ per tun. This afternoon, Ceylon Cocoa Nut taken in at 30s ; Southern sold at 30/ lOs to 33/ 10s; Sea Elephant Oil, in bond for exportation, 2615 s to 27/. TALLOW.—For Russian Tallow on the spot prices are still on the advance ; P Y Candle at 41s 3d to 4ls 6d per cwt ; for delivery in the last three months of the year at 42s 6d to 42s 9d. Town Tallow at 40s 6d to 41s per cwt, nett cash. This afternoon New South Wales Tallow sold at 34s 6d to 41s 9d, Cape 44s to 455, Odessa 40s to 4)s 6d, Smith American 34s to 41s per cwt, HAMB URGII MAIL. FROM THE DANUBE, JUNE 12.—Letters from the Prin cipalities on the Danube say, that extraordinary sensa tion has been created in the higher circles there by the intelligence said to have been received from St. Peters burg, that endeavours are making on the part•of Russia to unite Servia, Wallachia Moldavia, with the adjacent Turkish provinces into a kingdom, under the supremacy of Turkey, and the protection of Russia. The report adds that the Duke of Leuchtenberg is destined to be the sovereign of tins new kingdom, whereas, according to other accounts, Russiawould leave the choice entirely to the Porte, and the great European powers. Some steps are said to have been already taken at Constanti nople to bring about this project, which is consideredlas the only means of relieving the Porte from the difficul ties with which it is surrounded on every side. It seems that some intimations have been made at Vienna, at least this is thought to explain the reports in circulation re specting the object of the Emperor of Russia's visit to the British capital. CUXIIAVEN, JUNE 22.-250 bundles of twist, part of the cargo of the Manchester, have been brought on shore here, probably more will be saved. The sale by auction is fixed for the 26th. BUSUM, JUNE 24.—" The following goods from the Manchester have been brought ashore here by some shippers, and landed under my directions, and taken charge of by the bailiff : "364 parkets of twist, 112 pieces of velvet, 55 pieces of calico, 10 packets of full, 199 packets of twist, 59 packets of calico. " An almost equally large quantity will be landed to morrow. There are also some ladies' clothes, linen dresses, collars, and stockings, the latter marked M.H.S. —(From a letter from Mr. Dutton, at Cuxhaven, to Mr. R. H. Sloman, at Hamburgb.) " With this letter, I received, likewise, the information that a dead body had been found in the neighbourhood. •° R. M. SLOMAN." CCXHAVEN, JUNE 23.—At Hedewigenkoog, Busum, Sze., a quantity of manufactured goods, and 2,000 bundles of twist, from the wreck of the Manchester, have been save d. PRAGUE, JUNE 10.—For some days past, several thousand workmen, in the cotton manufactories belong ing to the Jews in this city, who have ridnnpd thoir wages beyond all moderation, are in a state of open tumult. They meet by night in the quarries, near Prague ; and in the day time, these men, infuriated by distress and misery, destroy the machinery in the manu factories. We have just returned from a walk outside the gates, where we saw that a whole regiment of soldiers bad to march out to restore order. PRAGUE, JUNE 19.—Though the machinery in some manufactories was destroyed, the display of a sufficient military force, and earnest remonstrances, have suc ceeded in restoring order among the workmen, without being obliged to employ force. They have returned to their work. A strict inquiry is instituted by the judicial authorities into this deplorable circumstance, and the guilty will, doubtless, be punished as they deserve. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, JUNE 25. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shar6... _ 1675 Anglo-Russian Loan Russian spar Cent., Ist series, Certificate lO5 Inscription, Ist series lO5 Russian 3 per Cent. Mope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 7•••• 98% Ditto in Certificates ••• DS New 4 per Cent. (1840) AO% 90 Dutch Actual Debt, 234 per Cent ...... Ditto 13 per Cent. - Anglo-Danish Loan, 8 per Cent .......••••••••••• 95% p 534 Spanish, New 5 per Cents. .......... - Polish Bonds •••••• —.—..—. New Tickets — ter as forenoon. TlioNtAs CAMPBELL.—The remains of this great poet will be interred in the Poets' C or n e r, in West pai Abbey, on Wednesday ne x t, at h a lf-past ele ven thein The n iblemen and gentlemen attend ing the funeral, as a mark of respect to his memory, will assemble at th e A bb ey at a quarter past eleven o'clock. The funeral procession will enter at the west door. The late poet, i n hi s will, mentions two articles as the "jewels of his property." These articles consist of a silver bowl, presented to him by the students of Glasgow when he was Rector. of that U n iv ers ity, and a queen Vi c t or i a , with given to him by her copy of the engraved portrait of her Majesty's autograph to it, Majesty. The crop of melons and pumpkins this year at Havering estate (Captain Walker's) . has been estimated at seventy to eighty tons. The pumpkins are of very fine E sort, would not only keep well hence to n t ,lnd, but be found an admirable article of sea stock.—Australlan Paper. Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and also •from the Governor of St. Selena, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1844. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 28. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at. Five o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL and the Earl of WINCHILSEA pre sented petitions against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. IRISH MARRIAGES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second read ing of this Bill, intimating that he would take the dis cussion on going into Committee. The Archbishop of ARMAGH trusted that the Bill would be referred to the Select Committee which had been appointed upon the subject of Irish marriages. After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on. Friday next. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Paisley against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. SUGAR DUTIES BILL. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the first reading of this Bill, and gave notice that he should move the second reading of the Bill on Monday. The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be printed. OPENING LETTERS AT THE POST-OFFICE. The Earl of RADNOR presented a petition from Mr. Mazzini, complaining that his letters had been opened at the Post-oeffice, and praying for inquiry. The Noble Earl said he should on Thursday call the attention of their Lordships - to the subject of the petition, by moving for a Committee to inquire into it. He wished now to ask whether a. warrant had been issued by the Secretary of State for opening Mr. Mazzini'S letters ? The Duke of WELLINGTON said he was unable to answer the question. Lord BROUGHAM said the power of opening letters at the Pos t-office had existed since the time of Oliver Cromwell.. A few nights ago it was stated that the practice wens established in the reign of Queen Anne. After a -few words from the Earl of RADNOR, Lord CAMPBELL said it was not intended by the original Aect that letters should be secretly opened and sealed up aigain.—(Hear, hear.) The Act provided that suspicious letters should be seized, and might be used as evidence in a court of law. The Act also provided that every lett ex opened or detained, should be opened under a warrant, in such case, from one of the principal Se cretaries of State. General warrants could not, there fore, be legal. The LOED CHANCELLOR said, if a warrant were issued to empower the Postmaster to open all letters of A. B. witietu a certain time, that was a warrant for each letter to bes opened. The Act of Parliament would be quite nugetory, unless they put this construction upon it. Lord CAMPBELL did not find fault with the law, but with fne manner in which the law was carried out. Lord BROUGHAM thought the gravamen of this case was that of opening the letters, and not the seal ing them up again and forwarding them. Lord DENMAN thought that, when this subject was brought,fairly before their Lordships, they would see that it wris not a question of antiquarian history, but a question affecting the liberty of every subject of the realm. Re felt convinced that if it were not, that he would thereby overthrow a colleague—the Noble Duke himself (the Duke of Wellington), who came down with a measure to modify that Act which gave the power of opening letters. The LC 'RD CHANCELLOR said, that his Noble and Leaded Friend (Lord Campbell) had referred to the original Act ; perhaps he would read to them the words of tb e existing Act. Lord Cat.MPBELL said it provided that a warrant should be issued in each case when a letter was to be opened. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that to do that the Secretary of State would have to go to the Post-office, and put his finger on a letter, and say " Open this." Lord DE NMAN thought there was another mode.— (Cheers.) They established a system of espionage at the Post- oftice. A spy might write to the Secretary of State, and nay, "You will receive a letter from Ports mouth on its ch a day." He felt that the Secretary could not conveniently exercise this enormous power, unless he stopped every letter on a certain day. If the Act of Parliament was dilicult to be carried into opera tion, so much the better. Such Acts ought to be difficult of being carried into operation. The circumstances of this particular case which had come to the knowledge of their Lordships made it most imperative on the Government to introduce some new measure, to render the law clear on the subject. Lord BROUGHAM observed that they were not bound to make intelligible every Act of Parlia ment ; but, for the last hundred and fifty years, by all Governments, this law had been acted on in one way, and now his Noble and Learned Friend creme forward and suggested that the proper way to carry the law into execution was one which it was almost impoisible to adopt. His Noble and Learned Friend assumed that they must have a spy who knew the handwriting, whereas all they knew was, that A. B. was plotting against the State. his reading of the Act of Parliament would reduce it to insignificance, and he thought they were bound to place such a construction upon it, borne out as they were with the practical sense of the words, as would signify that a general warrant for opening all letters was sufficient to justify each indivi dual opening. The LORD CHANCELLOR sahj, the words of the Act were that the Postmaster-General should swear that he would not open any letter or letters except by express warrant from the Secretary of State—that in cluded the plural as well as the singular. Lord CAMPBELL—That is not the enacting clause. Tho LORD CHANCELLOR—It was the oath the party took, and if there was any doubt about the con struceion of the Act, they must go to the oath to exem plify it. It had been supposed that a Tory Government had brought forward this Act.— (Cries of " No, no.") 'The words which had been left out in the Consolidation Act had been left out by the Whig Administration. Lord CAMPBELL had before declared that the Act had been introduced when he was Attorney-General, and he was responsible for the words of it. That Act had not altered the Act of Anne, which required a special warrant for every opening. The Act had passed originally in the time of Cromwell. Cromwell had heard that a letter written from the King to the Queen was to be brought in a saddle to the Blue Boar, Holborn. He had waited the arrival of the messenger, opened the letter, and found that instead of a blue ribbon he was to have a halter. The LORD CHANCELLOR had been taunted with using the words of the oath only. He would now read the enacting clause. The clause enacted that the Post master-General should not detain or delay any letter or letters except by express warrant in writing under the hands of a principal Secretary of State. Lord CAMPBELL—Read on. The LORD CHANCELLOR —" For every such opening."—(Tremendous Opposition cheers.) Every body knew that—(Renewed cheers and laughter)--but the point turned upon the word " letters."--(Cheers.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that a simple and unlearned man would imagine that a warrant was necessary for every day's opening at least. Ii was im possible that the matter could stop here.-- (Cheers.) They had heard doctrines from his Noble and Learned Friend who spoke from the table, and who was then sitting on the woolsack (Lord Brougham) to which an Englishman could never submit. It was utterly im possible that the Secretary of State could issue a warrant for the general opening of letters except upon informa tion ; and if that were not good information he was guilty of an act of the most desperate tyranny, and which no Government could justify. The accusation against the Tory Government, as they so chose to desig nate themselves, was, that in the case which had been brought before their Lordships by petition they had caused the letters of a gentleman to be opened with no good reason for so doing, and therefore that accusation bad been unjustifiably . brought against a great public officer. If it was denied that these letters had been opened by authority there was an end of the matter; but if it was not denied, they must inquire whether the Postmaster-General had opened these letters under a general warrant, and if so, what reason the Secretary of State had for issuing that warrant. Lord BROUGHAM said he had never been more grossly misrepresented in the whole course of his par liamentary life. His Noble Friend had said that this was the first time that he (Lord Brougham) had laid down the doctrine that the Secretary of State had any right to open letters without any information upon which to proceed. Now this was a gross misapprehension, to say the least of it. Every body mus t a d m it t h at the Se cretary of State must have general information. No Se cretary of State would be justified without information which would load him to empart a party he we) not to open a letter because he dreamt that somebody was sus pected. He must have information that the parties were engaged in treasonable transactions—transactions injurious to the tranquillity of the realm at home, and he might add as to the realms abroad. He did not mean to say that any foreign Minister should be allowed to come and say, " I suspect A. 8., therefore open his letters." But if a British Minister received information that a certain individual was engaged in dangerous and unlawful practices that that individual ought to be watched—that the peace and tranquillity of the country or the due administration of justice required that he should be watched carefully; he (Lord Brougham) said that the Secretary of State had a right, by the fair con struction of that Act, to issue his warrant, and that it was a gross absurdity to say that the Act would compel him to particularise each letter, inasmuch as in 999 cases out of every 1,000 it would be an impossibility. Mr. Fox did not do so, and he was a man who was not very much attached to general warrants, and who was well informed in the law. He (Lord Brougham) had read the signature of Mr. Fox to general' warrants, call ing on the Postmaster-General to detain and open all letters of all foreign Ministers without ahy specification whatever, and also to open any letter of ivhich he might thereafter give notice. A NOBLE LORD—In what year was that ? Lord BROUGHAM—In the year 1782. Mr. Fox, therefore, had exercised this power, and had issued a general warrant for opening the letters of all foreign Ministers, who were living under the especial protection of the Crown in this country. And how could these general warrants be avoided in such cases as these ? Suppose ayostmaster receives two letters for the same man, on the same day, which would he take? It would be, of course, a matter of chance. But he (Lord Brougham) was really ashamed to trouble their Lord ships, by longer arguing on this untenable proposition. Suppose a warrant were issued to take up three men, who could say that that was not a warrant to take up each? ___ _ - The LORD CHANCELLOR—That was an express warrant. Lord BROUGHAM—Yes, that was an express war rant, so it was with all warrants issued fur the opening of letters. The Earl of RADNOR said that his Noble and Learned Friend had not been discussing the merits of the petition before the House, but had rather entered into a technical agreement on the general question, and had not entered into the question as to ',bother any letters had been opened, or whether this one gentleman had been injured. Tbat gentleman complained that his letters had been continually opened for four consecutive months. That was the question on which he (the Earl of Radnor) grounded his motion for a Committee of Inquiry, as to whether this gentleman had been griev ously injured c,r not. His Noble and Learned Friend said that if the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment was informed by one foreign Minister abroad that a certain foreigner living in this country was a danger ous person, that person ought to be watched. He (the Earl of Radnor) said that a man ought only to be watched when he was supposed to be plotting against the realm of England. They were not to play the part of spies to foreign Governments. What excited his surprise was that although this proceeding with respect to this gen tleman had been going on for four months, and been the subject of debate twice in that House, and three times in the House of Commons, yet all the six Cabinet Ministers on the other side of the House had not thought it their duty to inquire from the Secre tary of State of the Home Department—their. colleague —into the circumstances. That was what he must say was most extraordinary. He should endeavour—feeble an advocate as he knew himself to be—to see justice done in the case, and for this purpose he now begged leave to give notice that on Thursday next he should move for aSelect Committee to inquire into the subject. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, after the notice thus given, when the motion of the Noble Lord came on, it would of course be regularly debated. At that moment he would only say if the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department had issued a warrant with re spect to the letters of any person, he was authorised to say it had been done in the form usual in the office; and that the Right Hon. Gentleman had done no more than every Secretary of State had done since the days of Queen Anne.—(Ministerial cheers.) Lord KINNAIRD wished to ask the Noble Duke (Wellington) if there was any secret board at the Post office, to whom such letters, when ordered to be opened, were assigned? The Duke of WELLINGTON said the Noble Lord could not suppose he had any knowledge upon the sub ject; but if the Noble Lord would give notice of a ques tien on the subject, he (the Duke of Wellington) would endeavour to get such information as would enable him to answer it. The subject was then dropped. PUBLIC GRANARIES—CORN. The Earl of WINCHILSEA said he wished to oc cupy their Lordships' time for a very .few minutes, in pointing out to them the expediency and sound policy of establishing public granaries of corn in various districts of the country, under the control of the Government. It was well known to' their Lordships that, at a certain period of the year, when the great bulk of the corn grown was out of the hands of the farmers, that the market became under the control of a small number of men, and that these men could, and did, effect a great and serious rise in the article of wheat, by which they not only gathered a great individual profit on the home grown wheat in their possession, but realised also a fur ther larger profit by the import of great quantities of foreign corn. Now, in his (Lord Winchilsea's) opinion, if any measure could be arranged by which a fair quan tity of corn could always be ready at a fair price for the poor man, they would be conferring on the country a great public benefit. He had often contem plated, with feelings of intense anxiety, what the state of things would be in this country if there should be a failure in the harvest. And what man could say there would not be a bad harvest—nay, no harvest at all, for the produce of the land was in the hands of the Lord? And then, if they looked abroad, and found the same state of things to exist there as in this coun try, the consequences might be such as it was, indeed, awful to contemplate. The plan, then, he had to suggest was that a number of national public granaries say five or six—should be established, each to contain from 300,000 to 500,000 quarters, and that they should be situated in the most appropriate parts, such as Man chester, Hull, Liverpool, Bristol, or, in such parts as might, by competetent judges, be deemed most advisable. As to the agriculturists, he should say to them, so long as you can supply the market at say 555. the quarter, we will not interfere with you ; but, the moment wheat rose above that price, he proposed that Parliament should have the power to open the granaries, and so keep down the price to the sum agreed upon. For the purpose of supplying these granaries, he would allow to Parliament the power of buying corn abroad at the lowest price they could get it at. When he looked at the state of the manufacturing districts, and the vast increase of population, he was of opinion there should be an ample supply of food, at a fair and fixed rate, always at their command. He had exactly the same solicitude for the agricultural population, who equally merited the consideration of their Lordships. The great body of agriculturists never obtained the advantage of high prices. The price of corn was generally at the highest between the month of March and the commencement of harvest, at which time the corn was generally in the hands of speculators. Such a measure as he proposed would be of great benefit to the agricultural labourers, for the rate of wages was regulated by the price of corn. He said this, speakmg from experience as a practical agri culturist. This measure would at all events secure one great benefit to the agricultural interest, namely, fixity of price.—(Cheers.) It would also, in a great degree, put an end to the agitation on the subject of the corn laws, which was at present producing such an injurious effect to the country, and during the course of which the gentry and aristocracy of England were held up to the hatred of the people as sordid persons, wishing to enrich themselves at the expense of the community. He had brought forward this question from no party feelings, and there were many persons, for whose opinion he entertained the highest respect, who approved of his views on the subject, and he trusted that he should some day have the happiness of seeing this plan tried. Lord MONTEAGLE thought the speech of the Noble Lord a most important one, and if his high cha racter were not sufficient to acquit him of the charge of being actuated by party spirit in bringing forward this proposition, the calm and logical tone of' his speech would at once negative such a supposition. It was quite true that the corn trade was in few hands. Some of those in whose hands it was were great capitalists some times, but there were others who were mere speculators trading upon the capital of others. It was true also that the increase of price benefited the speculator and not the agriculturist; but, why was this? The trade was open to any man—there was no license required to em bark in it. Why, therefore, was the trade in few hands? Because by their artificial laws, they made the trade in corn so gambling that no man of prudence would em bark in it.—(Hear, hear.) By the law the sp ecu l a t or had every inducement to withhold his wheat from the market at the time prices were rising, when it was most wanted—he had the double mot ive o f pro fi t i ng b y a rise in price and a fall in duty —and when the price was raised so high that the duty fell to a shilling, then the market was at once glutted, and such would ever be the case under the sliding scale. —(Hear, hear.) He now came to the remedy which the Noble Earl proposed for these evils, and ther e was cer tainly no inconsistency in his proposition, and much might be said in favour of some remedy as long as they continued the sliding scale. If they had adhered ta an unnatural system, they must apply an unnatural remedy to the evils arising out of it.—(Hear, hear.) But al though the Noble Earl might be logically right, yet he thought that practically he was wrong. The scheme was no novelty, and he would quote the opinion of Mr. Burke on the subject, from his tract on scarcity, which he had written at the desire of Mr. Pitt. Mr. Burke said that he feared some such measure had been proposed as the establishment of public granaries. If such a scheme were adopted, he should not like to answer for the safety of the granary, or of its agents, or of the town in which it was situated, in the first storm of popular phrenzy which f 4.11 on it. The construction of those granaries would be attended by an expense beyond cal culation, the purchase of grain would be enormous, and the loss by waste and corruption of the grain would be incalculable. He thought the arguments of the Noble Earl were some of the strongest arguments he had ever heard against the sliding scale. The Duke of RICHMOND, in opposing the views taken by the Noble Earl with respect to the establish ment of public granaries, said that it was not the sliding scale which caused fluctuations in price. It was the weather which caused fluctuations. The best way to pre vent a scarcity in this country was to keep a majority, such as that which had occurred in another place the other night, against a repeal ofthe corn-laws.—(Laughter.: The Earl of WINCHILSEA replied, and the subjec dropped. SUGAR DUTIES BILL. The Duke of WELLINGTON said the second read•. ng of this Bill would be moved on Monday, and he would then move that the Committee bo negatived, and take the third reading on Tuesday, after the Law of Libel Bill. Sir G. CLERK and others brought up the Dissenters' Chapels Bill from the Commons. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS (IRELAND) The House then went into Coinmittee on this Bill. The clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed, and the report ordered to be received on Monday. PARISHES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the second reading of this Bill. Lord CAMPBELL thought there was no necessity for multiplying parishes in Scotland. He objected to this Bill on the ground of its being unjust to the tithe holder in Scotland. Under the 10th section of this Bill any trustee or tutor to a union could give away for the site of a church a manse or glebe, provided these lands did not exceed four acres. Could there be a more un just interference with the rights of property than this ? The Earl of MINTO thought that when a division of a parish took place the two incoming ministers should be placed on the same footing with respect to each other. The Earl of DUNMORE supported the Bill. The Earl of HADDINGTON said that the principle of which the Noble Lord (Campbell) complained was not a new principle, but had frequently been introduced into former Bills. It was very essential to Scotland that this Bill should pass this session, for he believed it would go far to heal differences which hid long existed. The Duke of RICHMOND thought the present Bill was an infringement of the rights of property, but still he thought a Bill of the kind was necessary. After a few words from the Earl of DALHOUSIE, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be commit ted on Friday next. The County Rates Bill was read a second time. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 28. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from Brix ham against the Dissenters' Chipls Bill. Major MACNAMARA presented a petition in favour of the Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON also pr.sented a petition in fi - your of the Bill from a place uiLancashire. Mr. EVANS presented a petition from Beale, in Derbyshire, against the Bill. • CoL VERNON presented four petitions against tho Bill. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from the Brighton Railway Company against the Bill relating to railways, which has lately been introduced. Lord SANDON presented a petition from the wood sawyers of Liverpool, praying for protection. Lord ADARE presented a petition from Somerset, against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from the parish of Forest, in Guernsey, complaining of the proceedings in the Royal Court of Guernsey, and praying for inquiry. The Hon. Member gave notice that he should, on Tues day, move that this petition be printed, with a view to his founding a motion thereon. Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from the opera tive wood sawyers of Manchester and Salford, praying for protection. Mr. BUCK presented seventeen petitions, praying for agricultural protection. JOINT• STOCK BANKS. Mr. GLADSTONE moved that the Joint-stock Bank Regulation and Registration Bill be recommitted, for the purpose of introducing two alterations tending to relax the stringency of the provisions of the Act. He pro posed that the Registrar of Joint-stock Banks should not be obliged to satisfy himself of the legality of every act to which he attached his name ; another alteration went to prevent the auditors of these banks from taking part in their management. The House went into Committee, and the amendments were received. After a few words from Sir THOS. WILDE, Mr. GLADSTONE said they had arrived at a period of the session at which it was necessary that a great economy of the public time should be gradually effected; he should propose, that on Wednesday next the House do sit at 12 o'clock; he should try the experiment of the early sitting on the present Bill, which, he pro posed, should be recommitted on Wednesday next. — Agreed to. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES' REMEDY AT LAW AND EQUITY BILL. Mr. GLADSTONE moved that this Bill be recom mitted pro. forma, for the purpose of stating an altera tion he intended to introduce, making the provisions of the Bill applicable to existing Companies generally. The House went into Committee, and the amendment was received. CANAL COMPANIES BILL. On the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE the order of the day for going into Committee on this Bill was read, for the purpose of postp3ning it till this day week. On the motion of the same HON. GENTLEMAN the Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill was posponed till Wednesday next. Mr. YOUNG presented petitions from the north of Ireland against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. OPENING LETTERS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the inhabitants of Camberwell and Walworth, complaining of the system of opening letters, which the petitioners considered interfered with the liberty of the subject and the freedom of thought and expression. They stated that it struck at the root of domestic intercourse, and they prayed the House to take immediate steps to repeal the clause in the Act of Parliament conferring this power, or such other steps as would pre vent the social intercourse of her Majesty's subjects from being placed at the mercy of any of her Majesty's Secretaries of State ; also petitions to the same effect from Carlisle. Somers-town, Lambeth, Dumfries, Not tingham, and Bethnal-green. DUTY ON IRON. Dr. BOWRING begged leave to put the question, of which he had given notice to the Right Honourable Gentleman at the head of her Majesty's Government, respecting the renewed intention of the Zollverein to place a higher duty upon British iron, and particu la -ly on pig iron. He had seen that communications had taken place between the different deputies and the States they represented, and that the concurrence of those States had been obtained to discuss this question. He did not understand that any peremptory instructions had been given to the delegates to insist on the rise of duty, but they were to assemble in September next, when this topic would be again introduced. The question he wished to ask was, whether her Majesty's Government bad taken any measures on the subject, or made any representations to prevent such a disastrous result from taking place ? Sir H. PEEL said that her Majesty's Government had not received any direct official information with regard to the steps to which the lion. Gentleman re ferred, but private communications had been received which Jed them to believe that there was a strong desire to raise the duty on iron. Representations had been made by her Majesty's Government, giving their own sensa of such policy, and it was stated to her Majesty's Government that there might be increase of duty for a certain limited time. It would be difficult to answer what might be the result of the assembly which would take place, for they had every reason to think that there would be a strong opposition to the measure. COL. STODDART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY. Mr. B. COCHRANE wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman whethei he had received any direct account from Dr. Wolff respecting the fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly, and he also wished to know whether her Majesty's Government had given any support to Dr. - Wolff on his mission to Bukhara, and whether he went to that country with the-sanction of her Majesty's Government ? Sir R. PEEL said that Dr. Wolff did not undertake his journey to Bokhara with the direct sanction of her Majesty's Government, because those means of working on the Governor of that country were very ineffectual ; but they told Dr. Wolff that, if he undertook the jour ney on his own responsibility, he would receive every assistance that her Majesty's Government could afford ; and they had an acknowledgment from Dr. Wolff, thanking her Majesty's Government for the assistance which he had received in his journey from British agents. Communications had been received from Dr. Wolff, and Col Shiel, her Majesty's represen tative at Teheran. The letter of Colonel Shiel was dated so recently as the 6th of May, and the letter of Dr. Wolff was dated the 12th of April, at which time he was within three days of Bokhara. The two officers were in prison at the time that this person made his communication to Colonel Sheil. The officers had been two years in prison, and he had not heard of any public execution. Colonel Sheil had stated to the Government in his communications that it was difficult to collect from the conflicting testimony whether the execution had taken place or not : it certainly had not taken place in public. Mr. B. COCHRANE wished to ask how these officers had been employed by her Majesty's Government ? Sir R. PEEL said that Colonel Stoddart was em ployed upon a mission to Khiva, and when that mission was extended to Bokhars, he was allowed to avail hime self of the services of Captain Conolly. THE IRISH REGISTRATION BILL. Lord HOWICK begged to ask the Right Hon. Gentle man, the First Lord of the Treasury, what were the in tentions of the Government as to the Bill for amending the law with respect to the registration of votes in Ireland ? Sir ROBERT PEEL said that he did not think the Bill could be carried further than the second reading in the present session. - BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. B. COCHRANE said, before the House proceeded with the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, ho wished to make a few observations with respect to the course adopted on Government nights with reference to the business of the House. The House had generally understood that the question of the poor-laws was to be brought forward that night. He did not want to annoy the Government, but there must be some reason for postponing the . poor-law, and that reason, he had no hesitation in saying, was that the Bank Charter had not been sufficiently proceeded with last night. Now the postponemt nt was a great inconvenience to Hon. Mem bers who had stayed in town for the purpose of attend ing the discussion. The question of the poor-law came on first in that House on the Bth of February. Week after week had been named for further pro ceeding with the measure, but nothing had been done in it yet, and th ey were exactly in the same situation now as they were before. He thought the Bank Charter Bill should be postponed, and the Poor-law Bill taken that night, after the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. It would be far more convenient if the Government would keep to the particular measures ap pointed for each evening. Sir R. PEEL had the greatest sympathy for the un fortunate Members who were kept away from the coun try.—(A laugh.) He was as anxious to get there as any ore—(Hear, hear)—but lion. Members should recollect that the members of her Majesty's Government had at tended that House, for some time past, each day from five o'clock till half-past one, upon the average. Their only desire had been to take that business that was most conducive to the public interest. With respect to some measures the Government had no dis cretion ; that was the case relative to the Sugar Duties Bill, which expired on the sth of next month, and he would put it to Hon. Members whether the Bank Charter Bill was not a measure of great importance ; it was necessary that measure should he carried in order to put down commercial speculation. He thought it a measure quite as important as the Poor-law Bill. He admitted there was great advantage in pro ceeding with the - measures appointed for the day, but that could -not always be done. It was much better to proceed with measures at once than to postpone them, for after an interval of four or five weeks they returned to the subject like giants re freshed, and the subject was debated over again. He and his colleagues sat there nine hours every night for the purpose of forwarding public business, and he thought it was most important to dispose of the Dis senters' Chapels Bill, the Sugar Duties Bill, and the Bank Charter Bill, before proceeding to other measures. --(Hear, hear.) He had given a rash pledge with regard to the Irish Registration Bill, in order to meet the convenience of Irish Members. He had found that pledge so inconvenient to redeem, that it would make him exceedingly cautious how he gave anotheree-- (A. laugh.) He admitted the claims of the Poor-law Amendment Bill to immediate attention. The Irish Re gistration Bill stood for Monday. The Bank Charter Bill had to go through Committee. The Dissenters' Cha pels Bill he hoped would be disposed of in two or three hours, and then they would be at liberty to fix a day fur the Poor-law Bill. Lord HOWICK agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet in opinion that the Bank Charter Bill, the Sugar Duties Bill, and the Dissenters' Chapels Bill ought to have pre cedence of other measures, but he would suggest to him whether in order to expedite that happy release to w hi c h they all looked f o rwa r d—the end of the session—as ho had informed them that the discussion of the Irish Regis tration could lead to no useful result, he would suggest the propriety of discharging the order i for the second read ing of the Bill. If it had been intend e d to persevere with the Bill, he should have attended to give his reasons fur his vote, but as the discussion could lead to no useful result he should not like the trouble to take a part in it. By persevering; in the course which he had laid down the Right Hon. Baronet could only give rise to a long, angry, and useless debate, which would most probably be adjourned. By discharging the order he would be enabled at once to proceed with public business, and he doubted not but that the Irish Members would be perfectly satisfied with the Right Honourable Baronet giving up the Bill, and would release him from his pledge and thus spare the House a vain and fruitless discussion. This would enable the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir R. Peel) sooner to meet the wi. , hes of the Hon. Gentle man (Mr. Cochrane), and it would also enable him ' sooner to fulfil the expectations of the country with respect to many measures then pending. Mr. M. O'CONNELL saki it had never orcurred to him that the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) would have put him in the situation of returning thanks to him; but he certainly felt called upon to do so after what had fallen from him with respect to the Irish Registration of Voters Bill ; and most happy should he be to renew and add to his thanks, if the Right Hon. Baronet would give the same assurance of delay with the Irish Munici pal Registration Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Sir ROBERT PEEL said they had brought forward the Irish Registration Bill with the full intention of passing it into a law. It should be recollected that it was at the urgent request of lion. Gentlemen on the Opposition side of the House that he had postponed the second reading of it.—(Ministerial cheers.) He still adhered fully and entirely to the principle of that Bill—(Hear, hear)—but in . the present state of public business, and seeing that, even if the Bid were carried into a law, it would not affect the present year's registration, he saw no use in unnecessarily pressing it beyond a second reading. At the same time, he thought a discussion of its principle—and he saw no reason whatever why it should be an angry one—would be very desirable. Such discussion could not be other ise than advantageous to the Government, and might the bettor enable the country to form an opinion upon it. As to the discussion being of an angry and acrimonious character, that, of course, rested with the Noble Lord himself (Lord Howick). Mr. ROEBUCK said the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir R. Peel) had forgotten one thing in his category— a Bill called the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill.—(Laughter.) He should wish to know whether the Government in tended to abandon that measure also? Sir R. PEEL said he could not answer then as to all these Bills separately ; the Noble Lord opposite had suggested that he (Sir R. Peel) should state what mea sures the Government had a prospect of carrying, and what measures they did not expect to pass into laws. He did not at the time comply with the Noble Lord's request, but on an early day in the next week he should be pre - pared to state what Bills would be proceeded with, and what abandoned. Mr. ESCOT f said it was very desirable, if it suited the convenience of the Government, that the Ecclesias tical Courts Bill should be one of the measures to be post poned for another session. It was certainly not one that could be brought to any satisfactory settlement. Lord J. RUSSELL said there was another measure— (Laughter)— the County Courts RD, which he under stood from the Right Hon. Baronet lead been deferred, in consequence of a measure being under consideration in the House of Lords, for the abolition of imprisonment for debt, which it was supposed would materially alter the provisions of the County Courts Bill. At that time it appeared the Government highly approved of the measure brought in by Lord Cottenham, but since then other circumstances had occurred. He (Lord J. Rus sell) understood that this Bill and another were referred to a Select Committee of the House of Lords, where it would probably remaia for the remainder of the session. He should be glad to know what the views of the Go vernment were with respect to this measure, and whether it had changed its views since the former answer was given ? Me. P. BORTHWICK complained of the postpone ment of the Poor-law Bill on several occasions for two years past. He hoped that if brought forward, reason able time would be afforded Hon. Members for discuss- in:2; it. Sir J. GRAHAM said that on an early day next week he wou:d fix those measures, which it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to press, and the order in which they were to come on. He could assure the Hon. Gentleman and the House that it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to press forward the Poor-law Amendment Bill, and to take the earliest opportunity for that purpose. Had the Dissen ters' Chapels Bill been read a third time last night, he would have brought on the Poor-law Amendment Bill that night, but more inconvenience would result from not proceeding with the Dissenters' Chapels Bill than from postponing the Poor-law Bill. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. _ _ On the motion for the reading of the order of the day for the third reading of the Dissenters' Chapels Bil', Mr. COLQUHOUN said that, notwithstanding all the talent which had been ranged in favour of the Bill in that House, the feeling against it out of doors was still as strong as ever. The Dissenters entertained no hos tile feeling against the Unitarians. This Bill was in part wholly unnecessary, and, where necessary, it would lead to great practical injustice. It was said that a great many lawsuits would be the consequence if the Bill did not pass. He did not believe that would be the case, for the common sense of the parties would prevent that. He denied that the grievances of the class of Dissenters who would be relieved by this Bill were so great as to justify so great an alteration of the law. The Bill broke in upon the wholesome principle by , which the Legislature had hitherto protected trust pro perty. His Right Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Home Department proposed a Bill to interfere with charitable trusts. That Bill was objected to, and did not pass. In his opinion the question ought to be left to the Courts of Law, and ought not to be, inter fered with by the Legislature. The Bill, in his opinion, introduced a dangerous principle with respect to trust property, and he should therefore move that it be read a third time that day six months. Sir It. INGLIS seconded the motion. He retained the same opinions now as he did when the Bill was read a second time. The Bill had been altered in Committee, and en recommittal, and on the bringing up of the report, but he believed its substantial character remained unaltered. The second clause of the Bill, which was the vital one, remained unaltered. It still guaranteed per petual possession, requiring nothing more from the par ties than that they should have been in possession with or without the consent of the founders. He could assure the House that the measure was regarded with deep ap prehension and pain, he might almost have said of horror, by the great mass of people out of doors. He had never treated the question as a religious one, he looked on it simply as a matter of property. But the whole question had been so completely exhausted by the discussion, and the pamphlets that had been written upon it, that he should not detain the House further, but simply con clude by seconding the amendment. Lord ELIOT could assure his Hon Friend, that if he had any bias on the question at al', it was rather unfa vourable to the measure than otherwise. He thought it would be impossible to distinguish between those cases where trusts had been founded originally by Unitarians, and those where, from the lapse of time, the Unitarian doctrine came to be taught. L >oking to all the circum stances, he thought it was but an act of justice that the Bill should pass. Sir THOS. WILDE said that at first he held an opi- nion adverse to the Bill, and having been waited on by several persons interested in the Bill, he gave it consi derable attention, and the conclusion he came to was, that it was a Bill to prevent the confiscation of property.— (Hear, hear.). Considerable misrepresentation prevailed with regard to it. The Honourable Gentleman opposite him had certainly mistaken the law as applicable to trusts. The principal object of the Bill was to extend to the trustees of chaeels the same protection which was al lowed by the law to all other trustees. In the case of Lady Hewley's trust there had been expended upwards of 30,0001., and yet a new suit was about to be instituted. The Bill was to be opposed, not by the persons interested, but by those who would absorb the whole fund in costs of law.—(Hear, hear.) The Bitl would have no other effect than preventing the future misapplication of the funds of any charity. He (Sir T. Wilde) had entered into the investigation with a strong impression against the Bill, but since he had considered it fully, he had felt it to be his duty to support the measure.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. and Learned Member had charged him with having undertaken to lead the Opposition to this measure in that House. He had doge no such thing.-- (Hear, hear.) What he really did do was this. A de putation waited .ir•nt him, ine discussed the Bili with them, and his impression was adverse to the measure. The lion. Gentleman said that he (Sir T. Wilde) had had their papers. He had had no such thing ; hut he had asked the Right Hon. Baronet for more time to consider the Bill, and he, with his usual courtesy, had granted it. The statement of the Hon. and Learned Member regarding his (Sir T. Wilde's) having been en gaged by any party out of the House to oppose the Bill was wholly without foundation. He had not been even asked to do so, nor to take any other part than as an individual Member of Parliament. He had been, it was true, originally opposed to the Bill, but had subsequently changed his mind on the subject, and intimated to several of his Hon. Friends such change of opinion, and, fur ther, that he meant to state his reasons for the change in Parliament. He must now say that he thought the Bill was a good one, and that the Government had acted wisely in introducing it to the House. His constituents were, it was true, opposed to it, and were anxious that their representatives should oppose it; but, convinced as he was of its utility, he felt it his painful duty to act contrary to their wishes. .Mr. SHAW explained, and repeated the expressions he really had used regarding the Hon. and Learned Member for Worcester. He had especially guarded his expressions against any personal censure upon that Hon. and Learned Member; he had even said..on the occasion that he imputed no blame whatever to him. He had upon that discussion inaccurately stated that an emi nent member of the Synod of Ulster, Dr. Montgomery, had subscribed to the Trinitarian form of faith. He had been since informed by that eminent individual that such was not the case. Regarding the Bill itself he en tertained the same opinions as formerly, and would oppose the third r ea di ng. oppose were then ordered to withdrawn, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the third reading Against it Majority fur the third reading —l2o The announcement of the numbers was received with lou I cheering. NEW WRIT. A new writ was moved and ordered for Limerick, in the room of Sir D. Roche, Bark, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. BANK C [TARTER BILL. The House then went into Committee on the Bank Charter Bill. Clauses 7,8, 9, 10, and 11 were agreed :o. On claiEe 12 Icing put, Colonel SIBTFIORP asked tLe question of which he had given notice, as to the difference of the actual amount of circulation by extending the issue of notes by the private and Joint-stock banking empanies to the average of the last four years, instead of limiting it to the last three months. Sir R. PEEL said it was impossible to take the are rage so as to suit every case. The period taken "Ms that which involved the least risk of disturbing any le" terest. The longer the period over which they extended the average, the more numerous would be the cases that Would require special clauses. The country banks oteo 6 to set the diminution of competition, he was procur i ng for them, against the restriction h e was i m p os ing wt h respect to the average. Mr. P. M. STEWART read the clause which is t° prevent banks of. six partners from issuing notes afte r the number of partners shall exceed six, and moved as an amendment to the end of theclause, "provided alway s that it shall be lawful forany banking company to trans' fer its business to any other b an ki ng cotnpany, w h° shall thereupon be entitled to add the circulation of such bank to the previous amount of its own circulation." Sir R. PEEL said it was the intention of the Govern' ment to respect exiting interests, and to protect estab' lishments in the privileges they enjoyed; but it was e rr ; tainly not their intention to permit them to hawk ahl d those privileges in the market. H e k new that he coo l not prevent the addition of part ners i n p r i va te ban' c s i up to the number of six, and he had therefore not tree to do so; but he wished private banks abd country banks to adhere to their respective characters. The 11 0 P• Gentleman proposed—it was as well to use 1 313 m, language—to allow the joint-stock b an k s to b u y tIP privilege of iseue from the privat e b an k e , an d to add i,, t a their own circulation. But several joint-stock bank' 118, an immense number of bran c h es , w i t h ex p e ns In e a ; ive chinery, which were carried on no t w ith a d v ent:lo ° from a desire to monopolise the business of several ~.dist ricts. He had no objection t o see new j o i n t- s to c k bol l ': established under better regulations, which should 074 on their circulation in Bank of England notes. Bu t w , must refuse to adopt the suggesti on of the Hon. Mee r '.' and he hoped the country b a nk ers wou ld s t a nd by P i • in resisting this attempt to swallow up their business. e Mr. DARBY said the country banks took the OW view of the subject as the Right lion. Baronet. sloe, Mr. HAWES said that the o bj ec t o f th e Right Gentleman was to bring Bank o f En g la n d no tes into .:, e culation, and ultimately to ha ve one b an k o f issue. I `, t did not think that was a d es i ra bl e thi ng . He thong they were doing great injusti ce i n un d er - es timating t" stability and utility of country banks. er eat Mr. DARBY thought that the Bill would give te, he security to country banks, and h e b e li eve d that will op:nion of the country bankers'themselves. He d i " n e e see why the Bill should p u t au en d t o th e c irculation country banks unless they found it rather for their f/u • vantage to circulate Bank of England paper. Mr. WILLIAMS th oug ht th e grea t va l ue o f the meesill was, that a greater amount of go ld wou ld be circulat e than at present, and that the paper cir c ulati o n would , diminished, the unsteadiness thereby crea t e d would F' lessened. The Right Ho n . Gentleman was supported .e the country and the H ouse i n regar d t o thi s tneasu'et and the fewer concessions he made the better. Mr. M. PHILIPS thought the tendency of this rn.e o 4 3 ' sure was decidedly good. H e cons id ere d the Conchs', l o to which the Hon. M e mb er f or L am b e th j u mped, tP „ O there was to be ultimately one b an k o f i ss ue, was hasty. ela Mr. P. M. STEWART sa id th a t h e hoped they w ° . e e never approach nearer to one b an k o f issue than would under the present Bill, which he wished welt of though he thought it was d angerous . Ile won't.' press his amendment to a division. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the e 14115.e was agreed to. Clause 12 was agreed to. Clause 13 was agreed to. On clause 14 being proposed, od Mr. P. HOWARD (o n b e h a lf o f M r . P. Turner, s ae in his absence) moved, in line 1 of clause 14, to exp o oo d the words " Provided always," and to insert at the of line 16 of clause 14:—" Provided always, special circumstances arising out of such contract or agreement be explained to such Commissiener : % Stamps and Taxes by one of the contracting Partis such contract or agreement ; and that the said Can a sioners of Stamps and Taxes shall have power to t s od , such special circumstances into their consideration ie pt . justing the average under such contract or agreeT e me s vel a And be it enacted, that with • a view to pre 0 . to the Working classes, that from and after the f P t he ing of this Act, the Governor and Company ue, Bank of England, at their bank, or branch bank of ibs ve , shall take, as of the value of twenty shillings, al l 3° • reigns, and as of the value of ten shillings, all hall o reigns tendered to them, which equally balance hi_ bs ,. scales, notwithstanding the same may not turn the of lance ; and that any loss arising to the said GovernZog that allr and Company of the Bank of England from the t i 3 e d of such sovereigns or half sovereigns, shall be de"" c po e from the profit arising to the public from any in e ri o k of the issues of the Governor and Company of the wic , of England, before such profit be paid over to the P", de. Sir R. PEEL opposed the motion. He s hoals' the cidedly object to any such power b e i ng given t ° se d Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, as that prop° in the amendment. a ) I r . After a few w ords from Colonel SIBTIIORP On A th e W. WILLIAMS, the amendment was withdrawn, an clause agreed to. Clause 15 was agree,' to without discussion. On clause 16, in reply to a question from gr.,- STEWART, t th e Sir R. PEEL said no clause in the Bill, exeeP hor 10th, would apply to Scotland ; but he reserved to to self the right of bringing in a Bill at a future tisee: d i extend the operation of the Bill both to Scotlan d '— Ireland. The clause was then agreed to. Clauses to 19 inclusive were then agreed to. On clause 20 being proposed, 1/1 Mr. S. WORTLEY s ugges t e d th a t some restrfli should be imposed upon the joint-stock banks. ris e Sir R. PEEL said that the object was to enon g fair competition in respect to banking. The clause was then agreed to. The remaining clauses of the Bill were then a gree d° as were also the schedules. Mr. BARNARD prop ose d th a t th e f o llowing,c l3 o l : se e r should be added to the Bill :—" A n d be it t its enacted, that it shall be lawful, with the consent f t ee Queen in Council, fur the Governor and Directors Bank of England, in their banking department, frola;;(1 to time, to withdraw and exchange Bank of Pgder notes of 51. and upwards for B an k o f E ng l a nd notes with' 51., to an amount not e xcee di ng two m illi on s, to best drawn and re-exchanged within o ne y e ar from t he „ exchange, any law to the contrary notwithstand ifi g'uni , Sir R. PEEL objected to the clause, which vi ss mate They l withdrawn. W l/41r preamble was then agreed to, and the BI ll ported to the House amid much cering. r Mr. COLLETT wished toknow whether clause 1 9 o plied to banks in London ? hf tbe Sr R. PEEL—Certainly. He did not see w r ties public should not know who were the responsible Pa in banks in London as well as the country. The Education Bill went through !ommittee. ,„ w ent The Charitable Loans Soci e ti es (reel:nil) 1 3 "`,,a 0 0 through Committee, and was ordered to be Monda next. r eed TheProtProtection of Purchasers (Ireland) Bill was a second time. ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH . . Corr On the motion of Sir C. BURRELL a select,. to mitte was appointed to consid er o f a id to be afr l , e the the repairs of St. M a rgar e t' s Ch urc h, Westnawst er, Lord Committee to consist of Sir Charles Burrell'uivel Howard, Lord Seymo u r, M r . D'Ey nc ourt, Lon' "1 and Stuart, Mr. Jervis Mr. Hindley, Earl of Arntioeel Surrey, Mr. Blackburne, Viscount Mahon, Stsv Rushbrooke, Mr. Willi am Fi e ld en , Mr. Packs , x" ford O'Brien, and Colonel Fox. re fur Sir ROBERT FERGUSON moved for a retnber of the years 1841, 1842, a n d -1843, of the nt tti cp artc, r persons sentenced to transp or t a ti o n by Courts of i wlollu,; Sessions or Gener a l S ess i ons of the Peace in an date of the Session, name of the person sente nce r tstio e ' the offence charged, and the term of tran s P e s.ss o', the number of persons left in cus;ody after each tried during the above period, who were afterwa.--„wed - d Sessions ; the number of persons who have i s triied take their trial at the Assi zes , w ho have been a been afterwards tried at the Sessions. COUNTY COURTS BILL. h olier In answer to a questi o n f rom Mr. 1 - IA IVE !' a 10 4 it was the intention of G overnmen t to tiring hv Courts Bill, and when ? Sir J. GRAHAM said it had already' been et _ a i t , ea pa w r it his Right Hon. Friend (Sir R. Peel) in the evening, that, in the beginning of til e ; ll „ e t oded t d ° the ea; t v oc k• he would state the course the Government I— iloes e - pursue, as well on the Bills already before the e l with those they contemplated introducing. dour The House then, ate Quarter t o Ten o'cloc it t until Monday next. SIX POUNDS of TEA, and upwards, sent, carriag,e o f A r. " part of the Kingdom, at the Wholesale Price, on rece'll " tance, or Post-office order. Black,GreenA B(l.'s°' 2 3 5 5 ..8 4 d d „ ., 3 3 5 5 „ . 3 8 5 d .. , 4d 45 .,. 3s. Sd ., 4d 45., 5 4s. 4d., .s. 76. Coffee, 9d„ Is. Is. 2d., Is 4d., Is. 6d., Is. Bd., 2, G. T. MANSELL and CO., Wholesale Whole'aleTea Del""l c , resP`" LERSI3URY, CHEAPSIDE. " Agencies ' will be friva parties 4s. s., 6s. 4d. 1 6:.1 113siacgi; a the BIRTHS. R h O e n n e, th F e r e 2 n 4 e t e h , t o h f e J 1 a u d n y e e i f n iv st r a e n e t e , i e s la t C ij b . l o t i e r s a u u bt o r r he ° 13 0 I P " of Faure pore and fils, of Saint Peray, of a B°ll. On the 20th inst., Mrs. John Belcher, of a soon.:4he P. On the 21st inst., at Thorp, Essex, the lady "" %co? Hale, of a son. h No rth On the 24th inst., at Dolguog Blachrillet v. Mrs. Edward G. Bartlett, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., at Norwich, Mrs. Henry a son. MARRIED. williara On the 25th inst., at Upper Clapton, the Rev. west Tiverton Preedy, of Sheidol . ) Warwickshire, to Fon2- es• daughter of the late Samuel leney, Esq., of Lewes , g uns genii On the 27th inst., at All Souls, Pla ce, he late B R o ic y h l a e r L d e p e, eb E a sq iy . : t E o s tnne Emilia, only daughter of ~ • prowl' On the 27th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington Martin - s os, Esq., of her Majesty's Ordnance-office, Towe'r, to Gel .' yount:eit daughter of G. Flarkburne, Esq., of Islingt' . 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