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HIS most Salutary Beverage is a condensed -A- and sparkling solution of VITAL AIR, as it exists in the Nitrous Oxide of Sir Humphry Davy, and possesses in a mo derate degeee the exhilarating properties of that Gas upon the System. It is accordingly recommended to the DEPRESSED in SPIRITS, to the DEBILITATED, and to the EX HAUSTED by fatigue, too late hours, or intense application to business. The sufferers by ASTHMA and the DYSPEP TIC, have derived singular benefit by its use, as well as the CONSUMPTIVE. It possesses also the antacid qualities of SODA WATER, and may be taken at all times by the most delicate. Manufactured by the Patentee, No. 8, Fitzroy street, and Sold at fis. per dozen, by all respectable Chemists in London, and by Poole, Brighton; Maddock, Tonbridge Wells ; Twenborrow, Leamington; Tylee and Co., Bath ; Ferris and Co., Bristol ; Spence, York; Law, Manchester ; Greville, Northampton ; and Baker, Edinburgh. 21, Fleet-street. TEETH—THE NEW DURABLE TEETH. 31 ES SRS. CARTWRIGHT and BROWNE, Surgeon Dentists, beg to call the at tention of the Public to their NEW DURABLE TEETH, which so closely resemble the natural teeth, both in shape and co lour, that they cannot be distinguished from them by the closest observer, with the advantage that they will NEVER CHANGE COLOUR, DECAY, WEAR OUT, or BREAK OFF, and a Complete Set of Teeth, on Fine Gold, for which they will only charge from Fifteen to Eighteen Guineas, will last for Twenty Years or upwards. A single tooth fitted at One Guinea, and inferior sorts of teeth from 5/. per set. Messrs. C. and 8., from their great experience in the pro fession, can guarantee to restore perfect mastication a n d articu lation, succeeded in thousands of cases, in many of which other dentists had entirely failed. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. MESSRS. SLOAN and CO., M em b ers o f the Royal College of Surgeons, No. 4, Argyll-place, Regent-street, and No. 28, Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside, may be consulted from Eight o'Clock in the Morning until Ten at Night, on every variety and stage of Syphilis with that deli cacy and secrecy they have hitherto observed. The treatment they pursue is the result of twenty-two years' extensive and successful practice in London, and will not subject any patient to confinement or hindrance from business. Cases of an ex treme nature they eradicate in eight or ten days, or if slight or recent in two or three, without the indiscriminate use of mer cury, and at a moderate expense. Seminal weakness, Gonor rhoea, an d Strictures of the Urethra, unhappily so prevaleot, are treated upon those unerring principles which have insured to Messrs. Sloan and Co. so large a share of public patronage, and which it will be their future exertion to maintain. N. B.—Letters, post paid, enclosing a fee, will be answered by return, and country patients corresponded with until re covery. MURRAY'S FLUID MAGNESIA, LETTER FROM SIR JAMES MURRAY TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE LONDON MEDICAL SOCIETY. Gentlemen, —ln April last your enlightened Society honoured me by a vote of thanks for my discovery of the pro cesses for preparing and concentrating Fluid Magnesia, and separating from it Gypsum, Lime, Silicia, and other impurities, which abound in common and Calcined Magnesia. Although these processes required thirty years' attention, and immense expense, to reach perfection, yet certai n reta il drug gists, and others, suddenly substituteimitations of their own, without any experience or knowledge of my recent improve ments. As such substitutions are calculated to bring the name of Fluid Magnesia into disrepute, I feel it a duty to my profession and the public to sustain the merits and credit of the genuine concentrated solution. I return you thanks, Gentlemen, for assisting my efforts in establishing this elegant preparation. I request you to name " Murray's Fluid Magnesia" in your prescriptions, and to order it from the authorized agents, to avoid the dangerous risk of adulteration. I have the honour to be, Gentleman, your obedient servant, JAMES MURRAY, M.D. Sold by Savory and Moore, Bond-street, Regent-street ; Gifford, 104, Strand ; Wright, Gloucester-place ; Woolling, 35, Piccadilly ; Ancell and Elam, 196, Oxford -street; Stampa, Leadenhall-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street • Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; and wholesale (only) at 33, Piccadilly, and all the wholesale houses. o. 14,654. W I TIS H COLONIAL BANK and LOAN COMPANY. 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THE LITERARY GAZETTE of THIS DAY, August 24, No. 1,179, Contains the first portion of an important View of the Present State of British India, written by Count Bjornstjerna, the Swedish Ambassador at our Court ; and the Exposition of M. Daguerre's secret in the explanation of his entire process of Photogenic Drawing, by M. Arago, to the French Institute, on Monday, from our Cc's-re spondent in Paris. Arrangements have been made for giving a most ample Re port of the Proceedings of the British Association, which is on the eve of celebrating its Ninth Anniversary, at Birmingham. London : W. A. Scripps, 7, Wellington-street, Strand. THE LANCET, AUGUST 24. Edited by Mr. WAKLEY, M.P. CONTENTS:- 1. Tea, its pernicious and its ber eficial uses-2. The Chlorosis of Females, not to be treated as a specific disease-3. Changes in the Body after Death-4. Guesses at Age-5. Social Duty of Life Assurance-6. Fatal Midwifery-7. The New Edin burgh Pharmacopoeia-8. Interesting Cases at the Hospitals 9. 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In the event of my success, I can only repeat to you the as surance that my services shall be unremittingly devoted to the promotion of your interests, and the vy ellare of our native fel low wibjects placed under the protection of the East India Company. On the day of Election being fixed I shall transmit to those Proprietors who have kindly promised me their suffrages the necessary Proxy-papers, and also to those who may do me the favour to intimate their wishes to that effect. I feel grateful for the important assurances of support I hav e already received. I have the honour to be, with respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient and obliged servant, W. H. SYKES, Lieut.-Col. Bombay Army. 47, Albion-street, Hyde Park, Aug. 23, 1839. Col. Sykes's Committee sits Daily at the London Tavern Bishopsgate-street. DEWHURST ON THE SILK-WORM. Second Edition, price 28. 6d. AFAMILIAR TREATISE on the NATU RAL HISTORY and MANAGEMENT of the PHALIENA BOMBYX MORI, or COMMON SILK WORM. By H. W. DEWHURST, Esq. , F.E. S.L. House Surgeon of St. John's British ospital, Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy to the Eclectic Society ; Author of the Natural History of the Arctic Seas, &c. " The more we investigate the objects of creation, the more are we led to contemplate the power, wisdom, beneficence, and majesty oftheir divine Author.' London : Bennett, No. 4, Three Tun Passage, Newgate st reet . IMPERI AL PARLIAMENT. HO USE OF COMMONS, AUGUST 23. Mr. HUME gave notice that he should next Ses.Fion submit to the House whether Acts of Parliament should, in future, be written in modern characters, in stead of black letter, as heretofore. Also, that he should move for a Committee to inquire whether, under the exist ing monopoly, sufficient facilities were afforded for the printing and circulating Acts of Parliament. BANK OF ENGLAND. Also for a Select Committee to inquire into the pecu niary transactions of the Bank of England since the pass►ng of the Bill of 1819, and particularly to ascertain how far these transactions produced the alarming crisis in the mercantile, manufacturing, and commercial affairs of the country in 1825, 1826, 1827, 1836, 1837, and 1839; and also to inquire whether, as the Bank of England was at present constituted, there could be any stability in the cur rency, or that confidence which was necessary to ensure the prosperity of the country. would be entitled to have the Is. 6d. duty taken off hi. pension. Mr. WAK LE Y sa id if suc h were t h e case , w hy did no the Duke of Marlb oroug h app l y to t h e l aw , instead o , coming for this Act. If a poor person h a d a pplied to th. House under simil ar c i rcumstances, no re li e f w ould hay been afforded to hi m . Th e only way o f judging of tb• Intentions of a party was by the acts of a party. When .ver he saw the Hon. Baronet opposite supporting th Government, he was always certain the Government wa -wrong. The Hon. Baronet was most consistent in thi: respect. When he saw two lawyers supporting thi , Bill, he thought that was also a good ground ;ris offering his opposition. When the poor complainec that the intentions of Parliament in passing the 43d of Elizabeth were frustrated by the new Poor law Act, the . % could obtain no re d ress; b ut the instant a r i c h man lik. :he Duke of Marlborough complained, a Bill was brough 'n for his relief. He should not move an amendment, bu• ta any lion. Member would divide with him he shout, certainly divide against the Bill. Mr. FINCH opposed the 13111. Mr. HUME regretted to see his Hon. and Learner Friend the Member for Dublin supporting this Bill. 1 such a measure had been brought forward by any other Member he would hav e b een at once referred to a Court of Justice. Mr. HARCOUT defended the Bill. theßMr. posed of. ili F u lN nt C d H the thug o o ther ht o i r t de w rs a3 o ir tei g ie ul v ar sy to h p a r d oe b e e e e d n wdiitsh. The HOUSI Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. divided, when there appeared-- For the motion Agaimt it Majority .... —44 BANK OF IRELAND ACT CONTINUANCE . 49 •ectly that the rate of int erest was higher in England than t was on the Continent. Th at h e admitted, but the mere rate of interest on temporary accommodation must tot be taken as the actual rate of interest in the money market of this country. The rate of mterest on mortgages had not risen at all in proportion .o the rate of interest that was represented by the money Advances on Stock Exchequer Bills ; on the contrary, 'here was a facility of obtaining money on good mortgages it as reasonable a rate as before the Bank of England raised its interest.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Even the 'unding of the four millions had been completed (for he had 'mow the honour of announcing it was completed, that op.: ration having taken place at one o'clock this day) at 31 63. per cent.—( Hear)—that being the amount of interest which he country would have to pay; therefore it was an error to conclude that there was at this moment a general rate of interest so different between England and the Continent. The Hon. Member for Kilkenny attributed the high rate )f interest altogether to the Bank. But the present state the Corn-laws was at the root of the question.—( Hear, hear.) It could not be expected that the country should make payment for five millions of foreign corn, and that •hat should not create an exchange against the country. Whatever banks existed in this country the necessary con sequence of that altered balance must be the production of ill the phenomena which the Hon. Member attributed to .he existence of the Bank of England. He thought the course pursued by the Hon. Member was very unjust. It diverted the attention of the people of`England, and of the public from the real cause of the whole matter. If we had ► more free trade in foreign corn, and it was paid for by the manufactures of this country, we should not be subject to casualties so great, nor dangers so pressing. He would not now go into the general question of banking in his country. It was sufficient for him to say that he ad hered to the school of economy which he had been ac customed to consider as a sound one—a school supported by the practical opinions of some of the most intelligent men in any country, such men as Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Norman, Mr. Horsley Palmer, whose scientific know ledge was brought to bear on the subject, supported by the weight of their practical experience. The Ho nourable Member for Kilkenny had talked of accuracy, but he should be careful how he mentioned that; for, just to show how correct the Hon. Member was sometimes, a recent French author of eminence on finance, had stated that there was an error of 36,000,000/. in the public accounts of this country.—(A laugh.) But, on in quiry, he found that the French author's mistake arose from his having taken as his authority a resolution moved in that House by the Hon. Member—( Hear, hear, and laughter)—which, however, was negatived without a division—( Mr. Hume, " No such thing.") He had .he work—( Mr. Hume, "So have I")—(Laughter) —why, to this, he the Chancellor of the Exchequer could hini§elf bear testimony,-that the Hon. Member had made an error of 3,000,000/. in the accounts of one year—( Laughter)— thus confounding the net and the gross revenue.—( Laugh ter.) Before he sat down he would venture to remind the House of the triumphant success of his funding operation— ( Hear)—not that he claimed any merit to the Government for it—beyond their having adopted a right principle-- a principle, by means of which, the transaction had been completed on lower terms than had ever been known before. He thanked the Hon. Member for calling for the returns, and he only hoped that he would give them his best con sideration when they were before the House. He felt glad that he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) bad perse vered in his determination to make the competition open, as it had had the effect of giving a great benefit to the public. He had been attacked for this in the press and had been called a bungler, but he would leave it to the public to say whether he was worthy of that designation, after the successful result that had taken place. Mr. O'CONNEL L said, in explanation, that the only arguments which had been used by the Hon. Member for Chichester, were with reference to the cautiousness of the Scotch in money matters, as compared with the English. Mr. HUM E also, in explanation, begged to observe, that he had never said the Usury-laws made money dear. He contended that the thirty-six millions to which he had alluded, were never brought into the Exchequer account until he had detected it. Mr. ELLIS thought every credit was due to the Right Hon. Gentleman for the manner in which he had nego tiated the present loan —( Hear, hear.) Mr. VILLIERS rose to make a few observations on the declaration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which, considering the state of the country, and the present period of the Session, he considered to be a declaration well worthy the most serious attention. He had stated that in his opinion the confusion in our monetary system, and the state of apprehension which existed throughout the country, were entirely attributable to the existing Corn laws—(Cheers)—and this he stated as the result of his experience as a public man, and of the knowledge he had acquired as a Cabinet Minister and as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and this was stated at the close of the Session when they were about to retire for the purpose of reviewing the past and reflecting on the prospects of the coming Ses sion. He hoped the attention of the country would be drawn to this most important statement.—(Cheers.) It might be now literally said that the security of this country depended entirely on the state of the atmosphere.—( hear.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer agreed in opi nion with a large minority of that House on this subject, and yet when they looked at the constitution of that House what chance did they imagine there was of any change being made in those laws, which, according to that declara tion, were the cause of all these disasters. This was a most serious matter. Here was the -cause of all the confusion pointed out, and yet no one could believe that any remedy would be applied. Did they really believe that things could be sail:red to go on in this manner? withCA Cou ld making any easkeinntgttheheGovernment their Corn-lawo nl choicebe escontent,twioans merely between after y e tw eea aothisopen e statement,n question ? Government opposed to any change in the Corn-laws, or one which left these laws an open question ; but he thought that after the declaration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer it was the duty of the Cabinet to stake their existence on the ques tion, and make it a Government measure. He considered the declaration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer as one of the most important ever made, and the country ought to know what was to be done in consequence. The Corn-laws were not more to be blamed than the Bank monopoly, and the improper mode in which the Rank acted when they found that their bullion was leaving them. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex plained. Mr. WA RB LI RTO N did not agree in all that had fallen from his friends on the present occasion—he did not think that the variations would ever cease so long as the power of regulating the currency was lodged in the hands of merchants or their connections, whose inte rests were concerned in obtaining a rise of prices. Neither did he think that the matter would be mended by transfer ring that power from the Bank to the Directors of Joint stock Banks —(Hear, hear.) Mr. FINCH agreed in all that had fallen from the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton respecting the Corn laws. His opinion was, that so long as the Government had the capital of the Banks of England and Ireland bor rowed, the banking system‘vould not be put on a good and safe footing. The Bill was then ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. The House then resolved itself into Committee on the Bank of Ireland Bill, certain amendments were introduced, and the Bill ordered to be printed, and to be further con sidered this day three months. FUNDING OF EXCHEQUER BILLS. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, the repeal on the Exchequer Bills Funding Bill was received, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed. SALE OF SPIRITS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord MORPETH, on moving the consideration of the Lords' amendments to this Bill, stated that the Lords had struck out a clause which on the motion of an Hon. and Learned- Member, was added by way of rider to the Bill on the third reading, enabling grocers to sell spirits. He (Lord Morpeth) had given his most willing acquiescence to the insertion of that clause, and would have been happy if it had been `: could not pretend - part of the Bill, he did not r e a l the House to disagree to ta ß ko ut iv ib, - e- , ij i d ni % e • t i u i r s ; allowed to remain as part of the Bill. theed re - a i t ns n e o rti m or o s t ur t e h s e th e e lau f s i e o , us a e nd c Zl t th h a in t k th h e c c i4 la .a u s se ca l. l a e s d an on int t e o g the amendments the Lords had made. Mr. O'CONNLLL was exceedingly sorry to hear the Noble Lord assent to that which was called an " amend ment," but which certainly was no improvement at all to g P i a v p e e n rs eis ti e la w t he t r h e e , the Bill. It would inflict a most grie vous i n j ury on a very f m or os r t e je s c a t i n a g eio t u h s e a e n I d a satisfactory use, w as t h a t r e i a t s i o i a n d , large class of th e commun i ty. He had seen by the Daily been introduced by him (Mr. O'Connell), and it was added he had had some political motive in introducing it. Now the clause was supported by the Hon. and Gallant Member for Armagh (Col. Verner) and the Hon. Member for Belfast (Mr. Tennent) as well as himself, and it was rather hard to say what political motive they could have had for jDining in the struggle to procure the insertion of the clause. He hoped the Noble Lord would hold out some expectation of bringing the subject before Parliament early next Ses sion, with the authority of Government, for it was a great grievance that the grocers of Ireland should be de prived of that which the grocers of England could enjoy, and which the grocers of Scotland did enjoy. Lord MORPETH was not willing to give any assu rance which he did not feelhehad a prospect of realising. FISHERIES. Lord PA I LMERSTON obtained leave and brought in a Bill for the purpose of carrying into effect the Convention between her Mi.jesty and the King of the French relative to fisheries on the coasts of the British islands and France. Captain PECHELL having taken a great interest in this subject, begged to say that the Noble Lord ought to think it the proudest era of his political life in having been able to influence the Government of France to interfere in a question which had been 150 years in dispute, and which interference he believed would lead to an amicable and satisfactory result between the fishermen of the two coun• tries. Were it the last act of the Noble Lord's political life, he (Captain Pechell) would say that the Noble Lord bad immortalised himself.—(Dear, and laughter.) The Convention would be found satisfactory to the fisher. men on the ecn:it of Great Britain. It would prevent the collisions which bad taken place, and he trusted the Noble Lord would succeed in suspending the gttinclin g Orders, its no time ought to be lost i t ofrylnc, el l 00 out which would teA4 f 4 ShH proolosino relations ^ ..• of amicable 4tYitA llll tr y P " T.-. :tee measure, I , ranee. _ ~LAERSTON said this was really an impor tant Convention, w‘lich he trusted would bo effectual in preventing the recurrence of those differences which had on many occasions threatened to create very serious diffi- PRICE sd. culties. It was founded on principles of perfect equality. Neither country conceded more than it would obtain, at,d iherefore he trusted it would prove entirely satisfactory to the people of the two countries. The Bill was then read a first and second time, aid committed. The report was then received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to morrow. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS. Mr. HUME called the attention of the House to the petition which he had presented yesterday, from Henry Vincent, and others, confiner'. is Monmouth Gaol, relatiVe to the treatment which they had experienced since the time of their committal. It was impottant that the rule with respect to persons committed for political offences should be properly understood. It appeared that these persons, after a trial of ten hours on ten counts, had been convicted on one count, end a question was put to the Judge as to the manner in which they should be imprisoned. The Learned Judge said that no severity would be used except what was necessary to secure their persons. But it now turned out that they were deprived of the ule of fire, of pens, ink, and paper, and of the use of books. There ought to be some understood rules for the regulation of prisons, and he wished to hear what remedy was likely to be applied under the circumstances. The ATTORNEY.GENERAL said his own feeling was that no unnecessary severity would be applied in any such cases, and he believed he expressed the feel ings of the Government when he said so.--( Hear, hear.) An application had been made by Mr. Stephtns for the use of pen, ink, and paper, and he (the Attorney. General) had requested that no unnecessary severity should be used, and that he should not be subject to such priva tions. He believed, in the present instance, there was not the smallest pretence for saying that anything had been done contrary to the sentence. Mr. O'CONNEL L protested against the doctrine, that because a man was imprisoned, he was to be subject to particular regulations. Imprisonment meant nothing more than the restraining a man from going abroad. It did not mean any species of torture. It was torture to keep a li terary person from the use of pens, ink, and paper —it was torture to keep him from books. When ever a wealthy man was committed to prison, every luxury was afforded him. There ought to be some legal defin'tion of what should amount to imprisonment, and it ought not to be left to the caprice or mistake of Magis trates to say how much it should be heightened. Ile hoped the Attorney-General and the Government would trice the subject into consideration, and do something definite upon it. If no one else did he (Mr. O'Connell) would endea vour to do so next Session, but in the mean time these peons were suffering this infliction superadded to the imprisonment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he was quite certain the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Home Department, would give relief in all cases in which it could properly be called for. He knew that in the case of Vincent, an appeal had been made to the Noble Lord to allow the free use of books, ani the order had been made, provided the books were not of an objectionable ebaracter.—( Hear, hear.) In any case properly made out his Noble Friend would doubtless grant all the relief consistent with the due ad. ministration of the law, and the effectual enforcement of the sentences awarded by Courts of Justice. Mr. SA NFO RD thought that these cases ought to be always left to special applications. He certainly admitted that the discipline of a prison should not be solely at the option of any Magistrates. Nor was it. For the prisons were under the control of Visiting Magistrates, who were entirely guided by the regulations agreed on, firstly the Magistrates in quarter sessions, and afterwards sanctioned by the Judges of Assize. Mr. \VARBURTON said he was glad it would be un. derstood that the Home-office would grant relief in all proper cases. That these prisoners should be without fire in winter was monstrous; indeed, it was enough to kill persons who had been accustomed to comfortable living. Besides, this unjust severity had the effect of exciting the sympathy of the public in the prisoners' favour--( Hear, hear)—instead of, as would otherwise be perhaps the case, creating public concurrence in the justice of the sentence. Mr. HUME expressed his readiness to leave the case in the hands of the Sr2cretary for the Home Department. Sir F. BURDETT considered it quite unconstitutional that men should be subjected to greater inflictions than the sentence of the law specified. —( Hear, hear.) It was no justification in such, a case to say that the regulations had been made by Magistrates.—( Hear, hear.) This injustice, like many others in this country had arisen out of a departure from the old constitutional practice of leaving the regulation of prison discipline to the Sheriffs, who were generally gentlemen of distinction, thoroughly responsible, and very exact in conforming to their rules. He thought that wherever it was found that there had been such a departure from the terms of the Judge's sentence, it should be interfered in, and the in justice prevented, for a monstrous thing it was that it should depend solely on the circumstance of a man's being sant to this or to that prison, with what severity, or with what mildness he should be treated. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the Judges were in the habit of inquiring what was the discipline of the prison—and in the case of the Reverend Mr. Stephens, the Learned Judge, Mr. Justice Patteson a most humane and excellent Judge, having found that the prison to which he bad first sent Mr. Stephens had regulations too harsh for a gentleman of education, altered his direction, and sent Mr. Stephens to the gaol of Chester, where he would be allowed the use of pens, pap , r, books, and other conveniences.—( Hear, hear.) The motion was then withdrawn. JOHNSON'S LIVES OF THE HIGHWAYMEN. In 1 large volume, post octavo, embellished with Twelve fine spirited Engravings, drawn and etched by Franklin. Price 9s. cloth boards. THE LIVES and ACTIONS of the most NOTED HIGHWAYMEN, STREET-ROBBERS. PIRATES, Ste. &c. By Captain CHARLES JOHNSON. The Third Edition, Corrected and Revised. London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside ; and sold by all other booksellers in the United Kingdom; where also may be had Macfarlane's Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers. Price ss. FOURDRINIER'S PATENT. Mr. MARK PHILLIPS, seeing the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House, wished to put a question to bim. A motion was made on the 25th of April last with respect to a grant or compensation to Mr. Fourdrinier. Having been a Member of the Committee he was anxious that the Session should not close without Members knowing what was the compensation that would be awarded, and when the party might expect to receive it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had not had an opportunity of considering the amount of the compensation; but the question was now ripe for consi deration. Sir R. INGLIS hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would, before he quitted office, give his attention to ti,e subject, in order that the same Government which had investigated the case might decide upon it. Mr. HUME said the case of this gentleman deserved consideration. Mr. O'CONNELL said there was no economy more paltry than that which would deprive a person so deserving of his just remuneration. SPIRIT DEALERS. Captain PEC HELL said, in the discussion on the third reading of the Spirit Dealers Bill the Right Hon. Gen tleman gave an intimation that something would be done in the course of next Session, in order to take into consi deration the state of ,the law respecting licensed victuallers. It was important that the trade should have some assurance on the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought this a fit subject for Parliamentary inquiry. Whenever the subject had hitherto come before Parliament there had been so much canvassing on both sides that justice had not been done, and it was to be hoped that on some future oc casion the House would decide the question impartially, and for the general interests of the nation.—( Hear, hear.) DUKE OF,MARLBOROUGH'S PENSION BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the third reading of this Bill. Mr. WAKLEY said it was not in the paper. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was because the Hon. Gentleman had counted the House out last evening. Mr. WAKL EY said he had great pleasure in stopping the Bill last night, and did not think it would come on now. Sir R. INGLIS said he hoped no further impediment would be interposed to the progress of the Bill, which he thought effected an act only of tardy, and scarcely entire, justice. Mr. O'CONNELL said for once he agreed with the Hon. Baronet —( A laugh.) The original intention was clearly that the Duke should have the 5,0001. undiminished ; and it should be considered that it had been granted for services by which the Protestant succession was secured to the British throne—(Hear)—services, without which, in all probability, there would now be in possession of the crown _which would not be relished by the Hon. Baronet—( A laugh)—and not more relished by himself—namely, one of the Stuarts.—( Laughter.) The question, however, that was now before the House was entirely of another descrip tion. He could have no party motive in voting for the Duke of Marlborough and those who succeeded him. Ile had no more doubt than he had of his existence that a fairer claim was never brought forward than the present behalf of the Duk e o f M ar lb orough, Th e present one tß i r en ldl win his opinion, nothi ng more than an act o f a yj a u s ;tice. He hoped the integrity of his friends would persuade them to consider the points 01 14, as very little andtheiestice of the ease as everythi ng. Sir CHARLES GREY said he had not looked into this gnestion till yesterday, and after reading the Report of the Committee, he ponld Opt but ponsider o R t thcr 9 wqs a very gravequestion whether, ac c p r di ng to the law and the construction of tatt.ites, fhp.Dilke of Marlborough BILL. Mr. BERNAL brought up the Ifeirrt of the Corn mittee on the Bank of Ireland Act Continuance Bill. Mr. HUM E said he would take this opportunity of mentioning his impression as the state of the country. owing to the continuance of the Bank monopoly in England, and the monopoly in Irelatid, which was con tinued by this Bill. Nothing could be more unsatisfactory than the peseta situation of the country. It was lament. able to see that England, the richest State in Europe, was reduced to the absolute necessity of maintaining its credit by bills of accommodation on another country. This was the fact, and it would tend materially to injure the credit of the country. At this moment the commercial interest in the country ranged- from 6 to 10 per cent. The interest of the Bank of France was 4 per cent., and the banks of Lyons 3 per cent. The high interest in this country was owing to mismanage ment on the part of the Government. He objected to the continuation of the monopoly in England and in Ireland as a great and serious evil. The Bank of Ireland had acted liberally in dealing with the Government, but no thanks to the Government of England, which had placed itself at the mercy of the Bank of England. He thought the continuance of the monopoly for one year objectionable, but it was the least evil from which to choose. The country would next year have opened to it that great question, and he trusted the people of Ireland before Parliament re-assembled, would have expressed ala opinion so decidedly that no Government would place itself in the humiliating position of being beaten by a small minority. He woul d call the at tention of the Right H o n. Gentleman if he were to continue ChaneAlor of the E xchequer—( A laugh) —but if not, he begged to direct the attention of the ne w Chan cellor o f th e E xc h eq uer, who then heard him — ( Laug hte r , and a cry o f " Who i s h e e") —to the state of the country. He would tell him that he was not about to undertake a very easy business in regulating the credit and protecting the interests of the empire, but which rested most uncon stitutionally with a select body who acted for their own interests and for their own purposes.—( Hear, hear.) He al so b egge d to ca ll a tt e ntion to this fact, that the re peal of th e U sury l aws , as regarded commercial transac tions, pla ce d not on ly the foreign commerce of the country, but the home commerce, on quite a different foot ing to what it ever had been. On former occasions, when transmitting goods to any part of Europe, merchants might calculate that the charge on their advances would not ex ceed five per cent., but now they were obliged to be cautious lest they should subject themselves to the grinding charge of 10 or 15 per cent. The consequence was there was a discouragement to all foreign commerce. What would the nations say if England gave a power to any Company to alter at pleasure the length of the foot —( Roars of laughter)—or the size of the pound 7 ( Laughter) —yet, the Bank of England had a worse power of altering the currency. And if the intelligent merchants and manufacturers of this country did not see the ill effects of these constant fluctuations, they would be wanting in their usual prudence and circumspection. The Government had been negligent. The Bank had betrayed the grossest ignorance—not to charge them, with criminal intentions. The Government ought to have taken the subject up. They should have endeavoured to prevent these capricious alterations of the monetary system. These continual fluctuations in price— these " ups and downs" of business,_now excited and bustling, now dull and languid-_' r.--- productive of more misery than any man would imagine, who had not carefully examined into the subject. In Hamburg-, with a metallic currency, interest was now only at five or five and a half per cent., and that was higher than it g h s abee bound gnirdicieutrmossexpressedtpcaeoncmci circumstances as be complain o sdt p thio e dactk t nh theoastth ooi Chancellor jhde f a u en t tbc u ete r ol e lsoteh f r u leeo n cf d Bt i eti n hdl had been for some time. In conclusion the Honour ables ( b d. u t u p nt e d r h a ce M t r i o ft e e n h m l s et e Exchequer was not doing justice to Ireland in allowing the \vi th monopoly ofthe respect to Bank of t the repeated changes is a t that country to were er a continue. taking place in the currency of the country, he would rather do away with the paper currency and resort to a metallic one altogether, than allow them to continue. He felt convinced that, unless some measure was taken in the next Session with regard to the currency, the evils that at pre• sent existed would h e i ncreased. Mr. O'CONNEL L would not oppose the Bill, but he trusted the House would allow him to make a few obser vations. He would not enter into the state of the Banks at Paris and Lyons, but he must protest against some of the heresies of his Hon. Friend the Member for Kil kenny. He had said that the Usury-laws made money dear; he could not agree with him in that, nor could he adopt his doctrine relative to the importation of corn. With respect to the present measure, it would give an opportunity to her Majesty's Government to con. sider what course they would pursue with respect to this measure in the next Session. He trusted that next Session the Government would be prepared with some fixed plan. If they wished to do away with the money making portinn - of the system of banking, they ought to declare at once th a t suc h was their intention, and not without making such a declaration borrow assist ance from those gentlemen who were of opinion that banks ought not to issue any notes at all, while they continued the system of giving to one bank the monopoly of issue. The people of Ireland before the ne xt Session would be perfectly informed—indeed they were so already —as to the great risk of continuing the present monopoly. He could remember the melancholy results produced in Ireland by the transition from paper to gold, produced by what was commonly called Peel's Bill. There were more families reduced to distress and starvation in Ireland, in consequence of' that transition— more persons reduced to beggary and despair than there were in France by the horrors of the French Revolution. He knew many persons who bad been previously in the receipt of 1,0001. or 2,0001. per annum, who were reduced to utter destitution, and, literally, to want, by the opera tion of that,transition. It operated more particularly against the landed interest and it affected Ireland more especially, because Ireland was a paying and not a re ceiving country. He therefore deprecated the interference of those theoretical gentlemen, who were anxious to do away altogether with the banking system. He thought making the notes payable on demand was sufficient to meet all the exigencies of the case. The narrowing- the currency was always attended with evils. Lands,have certain fixed bur dens on them, such as provisions for younger children, and mortgages, every one of which, by narrowing the currency, was augmented, while the means of meeting it was dimi nished. Such a system was most mischievous. If the Go vernment were determined to support it let them declare their opinion at the earliest moment, and he should be pre pared to meet them on that question foot to foot. What the people of Ireland required was a full currency, which would have the effect of increasing all commercial trans actions, and bringing a vast quantity of labour into opera_ tion, which would of course increase the quantity of produc tion. When he saw the success of the Scotch system of banking lie eould not for a moment he sitate to be lieve that it would be found equally advantage ous in Ireland . It had been said that the Irish were de ficient in th at prudence and cek l . instead exchanges would coun teract produce in attention to their interests which would be necessary to ensure the success of a sy stem of Joint Stock Banking spurious g r. would n but am o og let t h theme m e r a e t Nt e „ York and they would find that wealthy and industri ous of the com merciallrish, in propo rt i on to their numbers, constituted a lar g e majority.......( Hear, h The creased reaa cs ted vigilance, multiplication aei gad it tendency unsubstantialnn dcee wc o y h f t f e h at e l n s e w e banks, ybank to over i ssue. He be. circula tion, lieved, wherever the sys tem had been in troduced it had 1 : belnofaogu,ndtotoseeit extended eminentlynde, successful ; and he hoped, to every p art of Ireland, with ; let there be a universal limit ation if it was th ought necessary, but let them have no pa r t ial ono. What had the Bank of Ireland ever done that it should be so favoured? Th e people of Ireland were anxious to know what they h a d ever done to deecrve the hi g h eulogiur e pas se d upon th em by the Chancellor of the Exchequer--of ex Let the Government d eal fairly and j us tly . course he spoke of' them merely as a Cot poration. Any attempt to con tinue their monopoly in the next S ession would meet w i t h his most determined opposition, end he would be backed by the sober arid industrious and intellt egeat merchants and manufacturers of Ireland, whose opinion the Government must bow to. The CHANCELLOR of the EX:CHEQUER did not rise to continue the eltsMSlun Upon the Bill, which had so ofteo been gone into, but to correct some of those errors into which the Hon. Member for Kilkenny had fallen, and more especially w i t h rei r oetnec to the partiel repeel of titg usury laws. No person riving heed to the subject could fo r a moment attribute our present difficulties to that ca4sq t The effect of the usury laws wag to TeStrip Rr t lNtmqcistlovi In money. DraptiFltliX l e gls l4 4 l re abandon-' the 4suyy la‘ i ys tho gitiment aLp te d .1. e rumple o annuitieg, Neeoure z. sientleman principle of TIW UQnOU ientleman had stated cor f COLONIAL MAILS. Mr. HUAI E then moved that it is inexpedient to make any contract or agreement for the conveyance of the mails to the West Indies and Continent of South America for so long a period as ten years, and involving an expendi ture of ,400,0001.,2 until full information shall be obtained in that important department, and be laid before this House. In submitting this resolution on a subject to which he had recently adverted—he wished it to be understood that he did not mean to underrate the importance of facilitating the conveyance of the Colonial Mails--on the contrary, he felt this to be most important. But he believed that the Colonial Post-office arrangements had been grossly neg lected, and that the present proceeding was wholly irregular. He had anticpated that the Government would have sent out a Commission to investigate the subject ; and disappointed indeed was he to find that without any public advertisement they should have concluded a contract by which the country would be bound, for ten years, and in a sum of 2,400,0001. The Govern ment should have settled the different lines of communica tion, and managed so that the larger vessels should not be put on the longest transits. An HON. MEMBER moved that the House be counted. The gallery was accordingly cleared ; but i n t h e inte rim sundry Memb e r s ru s hed in from the Lobby and Library, and made up the requisite numbers. On our return we found Mr. HUNIE examining the prospectus of the Company, which had been formed under the title of the " Royal Steam Packet Company," on thc assurance of Government that they should have a Char ter of Incorporation upon the terms he had mentioned. He had no hesitation in saying that, from the information he had received, much more might be saved in the con tract, and that the line of packets might be almost made to support itself. He knew not what power had been given by the Parliament to any authorities to make a contract for ten years, and the sooner a stop was put to those pro ceedings the better. He understood that operations would commence about the end of the year 1841, and it was necessary that the opinion of Parliament should be taken on the subject as early as possible. Mr. WARBURTON seconded the motion. Mr. C. WOOD did not think he could add a great deal to the explanation he had given on Et farmer occasion as to the nature of the contract. There were two or three points to which he thought it neceasary to advert, and first, as to the power of tho Treasury to enter into these contracts. Surely the Hon. Gentleman who had himself recom mended OP. Government to enter into these contracts, woul, l not now deny their power to do so, or if he thought ~Rey had not that power, he never would have urged them to make contracts for the conveyance of the mails. These contracts necessarily depended upon the annual votes of Parliament, and if the Hon. Member referred to what had been the uniform practice, he would find that there were regular votes of Parliament on the subject. So far, there. fore, as the power went, there had never been any question, and it had been invariably exercised, subject to the opinion of the House in the annual estimates. It was urged that inquiry should be made as to the regular lines of commu nication, and the best mode of transmitting the mails. But did the Hon. Member suppose that the parsons at the head of the Post-office communication iti that part of the world and at home were without any information on the subject —that they were not acquainted with the prevalent winds and currents, and that the naval officers on the West India station, the Post-office, and the Trea sury, were not possessed of all the information that could possibly be given on the subject, so as to enable them to de , side upon the most eligible plan! It was further urged that it was a great waste of strength to employ lar ge vesse l s in• c o mmunications between the t different islands; but if vessels of large tonnage a.nnd ordergrea L power were required at all, it was in these places, b that the mails from the different islands motigaehdt.—e in time ( 1 for the homeward-bound packet to Etta ) the Hon. Member's There a as no ground, therefore, for.afamberhad Nowsaid that no • objection on that point. One Hon repeated corn fact was that the Admiralty had no complaints had been made on this subject. received v essels employed to con_ 'here was also this great plaints of the inefficiency of the l tend with the Gulf stream. There had the experience which advantage, that few persons h down; the am steam vessels eebnroksennt operations. the Ad . miralty Fo h u a r d aosuttooft esev c o o i n l clu o c f ting of large steam during the last year, employed in the W es havingt lndies completelyhad b thus proving the absolute necessity of employ ing steam i a Iniralty to furnish d i vessels of large power in those seas. H e h ad him m sir e w d ith one thom of tchollaio ecilerktss which of the Admiralty been received I on this subject at the Admiralty, during the course of the last year, and he had been furnished with an immense pile o f p a pers in consequence. It had been stated that no complaints had been recei ve d except f.om persons into ; rested in this contract. Complaints had been received from the British merchants residing in • Nlexico ; from the merchants of Liverpool ; from the merchants of Bristol ; from tho merchants of Barbadoes • from the merchants of Jamaica, and from Mr. Burge, the agent from that island ; from the inhabitants of Meuntserrat ; from British mer chants at the Havannah ; for the Deputy Postmaster at , Jamaica; from the Governor of the Leeward Islands; , and from the Governor of Antigua. All those were per , • sons residing in that part of the world, and who were to tally unconnected with the parties who had entered into this contract. He had received a representation from the ['resident of the Chamber of Commerce at Glasgow, stat int- that the merchants of Glasgow were better acquainted with these matters than any other persons, and could give the Admiralty much useful information. Ile had returned an ; newer, stating that he should be happy to receive any supgestions tram them, hut from that hour to this Le had received no communication w h , lever prom thrs , gentlemen, nor had he any reason to suppose that he should. He ent'rely agreed with his Hon. Friend that the principle of public competition aught to be acted on as far as possible, but however good this was in theory they had found that in every case in which they had put up a contract to public competition they had failed. The principle had always failed in practice. They had put up the contract for carrying the mails to Halifax to public competition, and the lowest offer they had fo: communication twice a month was 45,000/. They had afterwards however made a private ca n tract for a fortnightly communication with Halifax and Nova Scotia, and a branch communication to Qa, bee, and Boston for tiO 0001. The great advantag e of public competition was, in his opinion, the enabling them to jute for what sum the contracts might be performed. ne contracts which they had entered into in this instance were as low as those into which they had entered for co:.veying the mails to Halifax, the terms of which were twice as good as the best offers that had been made by i-üblic competition. li e therefore considered that the terms were advantage ous . \ With regard to the time for which the contract bad been entered into, how could the Hon. Gentleman suppose that any body of men would make an outlay of from 80,0004 to 100,0001. in the building of steam vessels, unless their agreement was such as to enable them to wear out these vessels, or at least secure them scmcthing like an adequate return for their outlay—( Hear, and cheers.)• The Government had stipulated that if any great improve. meat took place in the mode of impelling steam-vessels, that then the parties to this contract were bound-, upon a suggestion being made to that effect from the Admiralty, to adopt such improvements. He did net think that any Government could have done snore in order. to ensure the greatest facility. Mr. WARBURTON thought tba Government erect entitled to the thanks of the country, for the contracts that had entered into upon this subject ; but the qtestion was, whether on entering into contracts for so long a period, the public ought not to be satisfied that they were entering into those that were most beneficial to the public. An Hos. MEMBER here moved that the House be counted, and forty Members not being present, the House adjourned till to-morrow (this day), at twelve o'clock. 11 0 USE OP LORD S.—Auc. 23. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. The Consolidated Fund Bill, the Exchequer Bills Bill, and the Bankrupts' (Ireland) Bill passed through Con mittces of the whole House. A message from the Commons brought up the Sale of Spirits Licenses (Ireland) Bill, and sevethl Wier Bills. On the motion of Lord DUNCANNOSr their Lord ships agreed to the amendments of the Commons to the Dublin Police Bill, and the Sale of Spirits Licenses (Ire land) Bill. On the motion of Lord DUNCANNON the London Bridge Approaches Bill, the Manchester Police Bill, and the CorFoiate Property (Ireland) Bill were respectively read a third time and passed. COUNTY AND DISTRICT CONSTABULARY BILL. Lord DUNCANNON moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the County and District Con stabulary Bill. Lord REDESDALE moved an amendment to the effect that the number of constables should be as one to every 1,500 instead of as one to every 1,000. Lord DUNCANNON hoped the Noble Lord would not press his amendment. Lord REDESDALE withdrew his opposition, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Lord DUNCANNON the Adminis tration of Justice (Parts of Counties) Bill passed through a Committee, and was ordered to be reported without amendments. BOLTON POLICE BILL. Lord DUNCANNON moved the Order of the Day for bringing up the Report upon the Bolton Police Bill. He was sorry to say that he could not consent to the Noble and Learned Lord's suggestion opposite to give up this Bill, and he trusted the Noble and Learned Lord would not continue to press his objection. He had prepared ah amendment which he hoped would get over the Noble and Learned Lord's objection as to Little Bolton. He had received a letter from the Mayor, which was a refutation of many charges that had been brought against him. Lord L Y ND H IJR ST wished to know if the 31 ayor de nied that he had signed a requisition for a meeting to be held on 1301 ton Moor ? Lord DUN CA NNONsaid that hedid make such a denial. Lord LYNDHURST said that it did not appear that he denied having signed a requisition, calling upon the Bo roughreeves to call a public meeting. Nor did he say he was not present at meetings, and seconded some of the re solutions. But, however, as he was told there was to be au inquiry into his conduct, he should not enter into that sub- ject just now. Lord D UNCANNON said that the inquiry would go to his conduct since he had been Mayor. It would be most unjust to institute it in reference to his prior conduct. Lord LYNDHURST said the Noble Viscount was incorrect in stating that there were now only seven con stables of the Borcughreeves'. The two Bosough reeves themselves were constables.—(Cries of " Hear.") After the Bill passed there would be no power to call on‘ the special constable force; he was sure that the actual -- amount of the rate that would be collected would be no more than 3,200/., which would not support a force more than thirty men. Having made that statement would leave the matter in the hands of the Government; it was for them to say whether a force of only thirty men would be enough to maintain the peace of Bolton. The LORD CHANCELLOR said there was a clause in the Bill especially keeping up the special constab*:e force. Lord LYNDHURST—It was not in the Bill originall#, and the Noble Viscount had made no statement of the fact. Lord RE DE SDAL E made some observation 4 across the table, but which were totally inaudible in the gallery. Lord LYNDHURST said he had been informed that the district to which the taxation Was to extend was an agricultural district, so that it would have to contribute to the police of Bolton and the police of the country. That was an injustice which ought not to be permitted. The Duke of WELLINGTON said the clause which the Noble Viscount (Duncannon), had proposed was to include Little Bolton in the taxation, but moving *h a clause he considered to be an interference with the rights of the other House. Lord Ll' NDUURST said Little Bolton was Arcady bound to contribute to the police of the county, and the Noble Viscount was now introducing a taring clause com pelling them to contribute to the police of Bolton. It was an act of gross injustice, and a direct violation of the privi leges of the other House. Lord BROUGHAM said it was not for their Lordships to interfere. They maintained the House of Commons had no exclusive privileges of the kind, and he had seen enough of the other House to know that their privileges were like the qu'.2,tties of people in private life--they pat them in their pockets when it suited their purpose. The was then ordercdto be read a third time to morrevr, Lord MELBOURNE hid on the table, by command of her Majesty, papers relative to the affairs of the East. BUSINESS OF THE TWO HOUSES. Lord L YND HURST said he was anxious to call their Lordships' attention, in pursuance of the notice which he bad given, to the proceedings of the two Houses of Do liament during the present Session. As far as he . was per sonally concerned, the task was by no means an agreeable one, but he had undertaken it as a duty, and in some sort as a duty which he owed to the Noble Viscount . ; in pursuance, also, in some degree of an intimation re ceived from the Noble Viscount in the early part of the Session ; for their Lordships might recollect that in the debate on the Irish Municipal Bill, he had stated in same detail the hasty and hurried course of that Bill through the other House of Parliament ; and the Noble Viscount had, in reply to those and similar statements, on the part of the Noble Duke, said that it was a very unfair course; that their Lordships should not con sider only a particular case, but should look to the general proceedings of the Government. He concurred at that time in the propriety of that observation of the Noble Viscount's. And he should, in pursuance of that intima tion—in justice to the subject—in justice also to the Noble Viscount—call their Lordships' attention to the whole proceedings of the present Session, in order that, with the whole case fairly before them, statel with perfect plainness and simplicity on his part, they might be in a condition to judge how far the Government were entitled to their confidence and to the confidence of the country. There was ore circumstance exceedingly remarkable, drat during the first five months of the Session no Bill of any importance had passed. Legislation had been a perfect blank. It seemed that the Government were unable to deal with the other House, for the purpose of properly conducting the business of the country ; that it was not until the Benches were emptied, and that 550 Memberi had left town, that they were roused from their supineness, and took any steps whatever for legislation.—( Hear.) This was a striking demonstration of the truth of the the declaration the Throne, of Noble Duke's declaration, that th e Mi n i stry could not carry on the Queen's Government. —(Hear, hear.) In e e xamining the proceedin gs o f this Session, he would first re e fe Ministers which m u with of c r o e u g r a s r e d , b to the measures w hi c h at the meeting of Parliament they considered to the sp as speech t h h from professed to consider necessary for the welfare of the country, and he would inquire to what extent the promises of that speech had been fulfilled by the Government ? The Irish Municipal Bill, they were told, was esser4ial to the interests of that part of the empire. They were told to take measures to settle the affairs of Canada. They were told to consider and carry into effect the recommenda tions of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, es being a matter of great urgency and importance. They -were fur ther told that it was of the first importance to direct their attention to measures for the more speedy and certain ad ministration of justice. These were the prominent parts of her Majesty's Speech ; and he was desirous of leading the present their Lordships through the course of proceedings o f . Session, in order to show how far these particular objects had been accomplished; and, first, w ith respect to the Irish Municipal Bill, it was not his inteutien to enter into details, but their Lordships would ended in order recollect to that i th a d come up to that House—that it wasr as mo n d with the Bil make it ; s n^arly as possible core p of last Session, What was the course pursued by the the objec i ons ma were Noble V scount ? Wh at o f the battle, as to the amendm e proposed by their Lordships to put in the fron t ? With regard to t h e amend.' menu ma made upon the leading c lauses, it was a remar k a b le circumstance , in order to showhow forgetf u l N o b le Lords w ere, that t he same amendments were m a d e i n the Bill no objections wer e ma of last year and de —it went down to the other House of Parliament, and although many ob jections were urged there none had been whispered to, ' that amendment, and yet now so inconsistent were h ,er Majesty's Ministers, that that objection was put in front of the battle and urged as a ground for rejecting the -- r"".7.•-‘