The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-25 00:00:00

bad there planted their standard. Let them tell them Oat they had taken their position, and that they (would not be driven from it—that they had com menced the battle, and that they would continue it, however few they should get to support it. Let them tell them that they had put their hand to the plough, to plough through this old, hard, weed-grown land of protection, and that they would never take their hand from it until -the field was all turned up, and the seed sown had produced a rich and abundant harvest. — (Great cheering.) The CHAIRMAN then announced, that Lord Kin naird would take the chair at the next meeting, after which the meeting separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. NEW MARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT. • Although it must have been obvious to all unprejudiced people that The Ugly Buck could not have won a yard fur ther than he did, his party still " bear up" stcutly, and the consequence is that "at this writing" no one will bet n'. - ore than 9to 2 against him. Ratan has backers at sto and now that Elemi, whose running was just as good_ Chad) as it was in October last, is out of the race. :will. tecome even a better favourite. The betting generarty has been excessively dull this evening, scarcely warrar.dng the quotatiots sub joined CIZESTY,IL CUP. 6 to 1 agst Bramble 20 to 1 agst Roscius 8 to 1 agst Pagan 25 to 1 agst Rowland 10 to 1 agst Red Deer—t 25 to 1 agst Everton 14 to 1 a6st Ply.traoh—t ! 25 to 1 agst Nutwith - --- DEIII3Y. sto 2 agst Ratan—t YY 33 tol agst King of the Gipsies 9to 2 *gat - Ugly Back—t 100 to 1 agst Elemi 14 to 1 agst Loander—t No others mentioned. OAKS. Bto 1 agst Barricade—t I llto 1 agst Princess 8 to 1 agst.The Bee 16 to 1 agst Fanny Eden The only race that has filled for to-morrow is the 50/. 8.C., for which Lord Exeter's Maria Diaz, and Lord Albemarle's Candidate are entered. WEDNESD t Y. W. for four-yrs-olds, 7st 81b ; five yrs, Bst 111 b ; six and aged, 95t 31b. B.C. --- Mr. Watson's Antidote, 4 yrs (Rogers) 1 Lord Exeter's Maria Diaz, 4 yrs Even betting. .Tee mare made running at a steady racing pace to the Duke's stand, where the horse took it up, left her at the cords and won easy by three lengths. Match.--T.Y.C., 200, h, ft. Duke of Bedford's Oakley, list 710 (Robinson), beat Lord Exeter's Pergularia, 4sL 71b (Kitchener). 9to 2 on Oakley, who won easy by a length. sweepstakes of 50 soy. each, h ft, T. NI.M. (5 -Subs.) Duke of Rutland's Hyrcanian, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Cotton) 1 Colonel Peel's I-am-not-aware, aged ; Est 121 b 2 Lord Chesterfield's Barbarina, 4 yrs, sst 41b • 13 to 8 on Hyrcanian, 13 to 6 agst I-am-not-aware, and 4 to 1. agst Barbarina. \Von by a length ; Bar barina was beaten a long way. BETTING THIS MORNING. DERBY.-5 to 2 agst Ratan (taken), 4to 1 agst The Ugly Bud:, 16 to 1 agst Bay Morons, 16 to I agst Cam panero, 40 to 1 agst Lancet. OAKS.-16 to 1 agst Emerald, 25 to I agst Crenoiine. The others as before. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1844. Acceptances for the Sul6)llt Stakes.—St. Lawrence, aged, 9st—Semiseria, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Roscius, aged, Bst 21b —Scat teen, 5 yrs, 7st 10113—Ben-y-Ghlo, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—I-am- not aware, aged,.7st 71b—Minotaur, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Cataract ; 4 vrs, 7st 51b—Albion, 5 vrs, 7St 41b—Everton, 4 yrs, 7st— Syntaxina, 6 yrs, 7st—ilartshoni, 4 yrs, Est 9Th—Sister to Potentia, 4 yrs, Gst 61b—The Acre, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Bourra Tomacha, 4 yrs, Gst 4th—f. by Beiram out of Manto, 3 yips, sst 61b—Deace Ace, 3 yrs, sst Gib—Buzz, 3 yrs, sst 41b— Epilogue, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Lucy Long, 3 yrs, 4ot 81b—Candi date, 3 yrs, 4st Slb. ST. GEORGE'S BOAT CLUB REGATTA. • The gentlemen composing the St. George's Aquatic Club on Tuesday opened their season with a boat-race and break fast, in honour of their tutelary saint. The gentlemen met at. live in the afternoon, at their rooms, at the Messrs. Serle's, when, although it had been expected that there would have been members enough present to constitute four boats' crews, in consequence of the indisposition of two very able hands, but three were lotted for, who took their seats and colours in the following order : Black—Messrs. Smythe (stroke), Wadham, Biddle, A. Johnson, Hyde (coxswain). White—Messrs. G. Bannister (stroke), Keys, Termiol, Watkins, W. Collier (coxswain). Yellow—Messrs. .IPKay (stroke), Emsresby, Harrison, Teens, H. Banister (coxswain). The Royal Academicians, Guy's Club, a portion of the Leander, and a general good sprinkling of company, were out to see the match, which extended over the usual aquatic course, Westminster to Putney. At half-past five the gen tlemen effected a gpod start, black being nearest the Surrey shore, white to the Middlesex, and the other in the centre. White took the most trifling lead for a few seconds, when black went oar and oar with them ; and, after a dozen pulls, headed them. White was not so easily shaken off, but made a sharp spurt off Lambeth Palace, and again at Vauxhall bridge, but could not succeed in overtaking their opponents. Black held "the pride of place" throughout, and won by four lengths ; yellow was tailed. The gentlemen afterwards sat down and did ample justice to some very choice viands, at the Bells Tavern. CHESTER CUP. TO THE EDl7'Ol? OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having read several conjectures as to the num ber of horses likely to start for the Chester Cup, I have carefully looked over the list of acceptances, and predict thirty horses will run for the Cup; and should this be the case an unexpected horse will carry off the prize; therefore if the owners hare any spirit at ad, they will hare a shy, Mt or mils.—Yours, respectfully, Newcastle, April 22, 1844, A LOUR OF THE TURF. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. La Sontrunibula resumed its place on Tuesday at her Ma- 1 jesty's Theatre. This opera is full of the melodious freshness of Bellini's genius, inspired as he was by Pasta, for whom it was composed; for if it be true that composers form the artiste, it is equally true that the artiste stimulates and in spires the composers. Bellini's attention was first drawn to the subject by the great success of the ballet of La &Imam bola, then given in Paris, the music of which had been ar ranged by Herold. • lie was struck by tile beauty of the sub ject, the tnithfulness and naturalness of the situations, and he applied to the Chevalier Romani, who produced a libretto, which hasipassed through the fiery ordeal of the most jaun diced criticism untouched. To this admirable libretto Bellini wedded his - music. From the beginning to the end of the opera there is " a philosophy," if we may be allowed the expression, a meanin g in the music in harmony with the words and the situation, and melodies which are expressive of love, fear, and heart-rer sling anguish, until the charming "Ah, non Guinge" beautifully and eloquently expresses the exquisite joy of the happy girl. Madame Persiani's personification of the in nocent village maiden is too well known to need description or critici.aa. Mario's performance in this opera has gained for hire_ rnuch applause. There is in Mario's voice a sweet ness ':hat addresses itself at once to the heart, and what he mig'at be said to have wanted last year in that peculiar finish wl - dch can only be acquired and learned by incessant appli• cation and study. The part of Elvino, which was composed for Rubini in his most palmy days, and for the most peculiar and most beautiful part of his voice, is a part Of such exceed ing difficulty, that there is scarcely to be • found an artist in Italy who dare attempt it; and to come near Rulsini in this part Is iu itself a triumph. The duo, " D'nu Pensiero," with Persiani, secured au encore, as did the " Pesci ii guardo" of Mario. F. Lablache acquitted himself welt 'in th e unassum ing part of Rudolf° and at the close of the opera Madame Fermin, Mario, and F. Lablache, were called to receive the plauditi of the audience. The ballet of Gisel/e followed, and made iia more than regret the approaching departure of Car lotta Grisi, who leaves London on Wednesday next. The house was crowded, and there was a very large attendance of distinguished personages, among whom we observed her „Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, who was accom s.ssnied by the Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementine 'Villiers and the Hon. Mr. Fane, Prince Edward of Saxe Weituar, Lord and Lady Barrington, and Sir A. Barnard oc cupled 'the Queen Dowager's box. We also observed the Duke of Devonshire, the larquises of Salisbury, Normanby, Douro, Clanricarde, Worcester, and Huntley ; the Earls of Pembroke, Liverpool, Wilton, Shelburne, Rosebery, Brown low, and Belfast; the Countesses of Shelburne, Rosebery, Wicklow; Lords Sandys, Altamont, TeMpletown, Alfred Paget,' Rendlesham, 'Alford ; Ladies Fitzroy Somerset, Al ford, Catherine Cavendish, Primrose, Shaw Stewart, Boyer Sinvtlre, Howard, Mary Monck, Augusta Somerset, Duff) Mallon, Bold HA outon ; Sirs H. Webb, Frederick Pollock, C. Keat, A. Duff, C. Marshall ; Mrs..Burg . ess ; Hon. General Cpton, Hon. John Kennedy, Hon. Captain Upton, Colonel VS igram : Messrs. H. Broadwood, C. - Standish, 11. Baring, C. Foril, &c. DISTRESSING SUICIDE OF A RESPECTABLE YOUNG I...kt)Y Tuesday morning, Miss Eliza Lavany, a lady living with her moth er and sistcrs in Plumber's-row, Commercial road East, who it seems unt il w i t hi n th e l as t three days had conducted herself with that strict propriety befitting the respectability of her station, When an extraordinary change was perceptible by her friends, and she seemed to abandon herself to despair. Between eight and nine o'clock, she put on an elegant velvet dress, and, proceeding from her room to the attic, got out on the roof, and flung herself from the parapet to the pavement. She fell upon the left side of her head, and was instantly taken up by Serjeant Eves, H 14, and constable Foye, II 9g, who were close to the spot, hen life was found to be extinct. We are bound to notice Mr. H ogg ' s exp li c i t de claratioorn that he never applied to Government, i n any way , direct indirect, through any channel, for any otlice what ever, - excepting with one insignificant an d merely routine ex ception—viz., his contributing his interest to an application for a "auger's place. Nothing can be more decisive than this, And we are glad that our question has elicited from him so explicit a contradiction. The report did n o t, h owever, , originate with ourselves, but was, it will be remembered, li ma _ tioned in the newspapOrs last summer.77'infes. DETERMINED SUICIDE OP A IRENCII CAPTAIN . On Tilesdav French brig St. Jean, from G rave li nee, Arrived at t having on board the body o f t h e en t n h i e ng ' swharf, Teach. captain,V ictorl.avalee, il'ho hung himself on board at Ha'.f ivThe vessel arrived with eatggs. The captain, whO Gravesend yesterday .afternoon at one o'clock, loaded -was well known to the tidet-swaiters the e r u r p ese w e a l rd n s .as of n t zk en in ty g years, appeared in low m op the river. At eight o'clock he went into his cabin, as the rrew, supposed, to retire to rest. About half an hour after, Cairnes, one of the tide-waiters, went t 0 0 0 the get companion d -way leading to the cabin, and attempted silk handkerchief to an Findinr , some stoppage, he looke about and discovered.the deceased hanging . by his neck by a iron catch, used in by the companion-way. Deceased was He was cut down, and found to be quite dead. at forty five ,years of age, and has left a wife and large family Gravelinas. Hs was part owner of the vessel and . cargo. The body w as removed th i s morning to S t. Ola-, e's work house, to await an inquest. HAIR -CUTTING. IN TIIE CITY PRISONS.—A few days ago, as Alderman Farebrother, who was sitting at Guildhall, i committed two lads to the City Bridewell for one month Upon a charge of petty larceny, the worthy magistrate issued some directions relative to the treatment of the prisoners, a ; subject which, it appears, is now occupying the attention of the Court of Aldermen. 11.3 said that. they must not have i their hair cut so close and in such a manner that, upon their liberation, they would be recognised as offenders against the law, and consequently be unable to obtain honest employ- ! went; and that the prisoners might easily be kept clean without the assistance of the barber. Those orders were to I be observed until the next meeting of the Co urt of Alder men, when some general instructions upon the subject would be issued. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 24. The SPEAKER took the Che;fr nt the usual hour. NEW 112110 ER. The Marquis of BLAND' ORD took the oaths and his seat for Woodstock. Mr. DENNLSTOUN, presented petitions against the Prisons Bill, from the Magistrates and Councils of Glasgow, Rutherglen, and Renfrew; from the Glasgow Emancipatinn Societ,y, against the admission of sugar produced by slave labour, and from the merchants and hankers of Glasgow, for the repeal of the Duties on Cotton Wool. MASTERS AND SERVANTS BILL. Mr. GIBSON presented a petition from Nottingham against the Master P...nd Servants Bill. Mr. AGIZAONBY presented a petition from Cocker mouth. Mr 70IVETT presented a petition.from Exeter to the sa t e effect. COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. GREENE, as Chairman of the Committee of Se liction, begged leave to state to the House, that some in convenience had been occasioned to the persons inter ested in the Hull Dccks Biil, in consequence of the aryi.nts not having received notice of the adjournment of the House and the Committee till Friday. That Com mittee had been appointed for Thursday, and as it could not sit on that day, he now moved that it should have leave to sit on Friday.—Ordered. An HON. MEMBER presented a petition from a place in Tyrone in favour of Presbyterian marriages. The British Iron Company Bill was read a third time and passed. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. DIVETT presented a petition from Exeter, pray ing for the admission of sugar the produce of free labour. Lord HOWICK presented a similar petition from Sutherland. Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition to the same effect from Kendal. COAL DUTIES.-COTTON DUTY. Lord HOWICK presented a petition from the Town Council of Sunderland, praying for the repeal of the export duty on coal. Lord SANDON presented a petition from the manu facturers of Heywood, in Lancashire, praying for the repeal of the duty upon the importation of raw cotton. THE CIIARiTABLE PAWN SOCIETY. The Nomx Lorin also presented a petition from the pawnbrokers of Liverpool against the Charitable Pawn Societies Act. Mr. HAWES presented a similar petition, but the names of the petitioners were not heard in the gallery. Mr. TATTON EGERTON presented a petition against any alteration in the Bishoprics of Bangor and St. Asaph. Mr. DICKENSON presented a petition from a regis trar in Somersctshire, praying that Taunton might be placed in schedule C in the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill. NEW ZEALAND. Mr.. AG LIONBY said, that on Friday evening last, when the estimates were before the Committee, a consi derable part of the discussion arose on the subject of New Zealand, the state of the colony, and the manage ment of the Company's affairs. He then implored the Government to grant an inquiry, and the Noble Lord zt the head of the Colonial Department acknowledged that the matter was a very important one, and, as he be liel el that the Noble Lo - rd would not object to the ap pointment of a Select Committee, he now begged to move that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the state of the Colony of New Zealand, and the proceedings of the Company, the said Committee to re port its proceedings to the House. Mr. LABOUCHERE thought that the consent of the Colonial Secretary was not alone necessary. The House ought also to decide whether the subject was of impor tance enough for a Select Committee, and was entitled to have some notice of the motion. Mr. AGLIONBY said the blame of not having given notice was entirely his own ; he would comply with the suggestion of the Hon. Member, and give notice of his motion for Friday next. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Sir R. PEEL moved that the House at its rising do adjourn till Friday next.—Agreed to. NOTICES OF INIOTION. LORD LIEUTENANTCY OF IRELAND. Mr. HUME gave notice that he would, on this day fortnight, bring forward the motion of which he had given notice respecting the abolition of the Lord Lieu tenantcy of Ireland. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. _ _ _ Mr. BORTLIWICK gave notice that, on the motion for going into Committee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, he would move that the House resolve itself into the same Committee on that day six months.—(Laughter.) FACADE OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Mr. M. MILNES gave notice that, on Friday next, ho would ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the First Lord of the Treasury, as a trustee of the British Museum, whether the new façade htld been definitively agreed on; for, if not, he would move for a Select Committee to reconsider the plan. INFLUENCE OF PEERS IN ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that on Thursday fortnight he would move for a Select Committee to in quire what persons had been, either directly or indi rectly, nominated through the influence of Peers or other persons, to sit for boroughs as Members of the House of Commons. SLAVE TRADE. Mr. M.III . I:NES gave notice that he would on Mon day move for a return of the number of British cruisers which had been employed from 1831 in the suppression of the slave trade ; also for a similar return with regard to French cruisers. COLONIAL ESTIMATES. Mr. HUME said that two nights ago, in the dis cussion on the colonial estimates, it had been agreed that certain returns should be made relating to colonial in come and expenditure. Those returns would be very voluminous. He, however, had prepared a digest of returns, which would be much less voluminous, but which would answer all the purpose, and he therefore begged leave to move for them.—Agreed to. SINKING FUND. Mr. HUME would move, if the motion were not ob jected to, for returns of the amount of the Sinking Fund; of the sums which had been voted from that fund; of the various purposes to which those amounts had been ap propriated; and of the sum to which the Sinking Fund would have amounted if those appropriations had not taken place. Sir GEORGE CLERK thought the Hon. Gentleman had better give notice. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. Mr. T. DUNCONIBE wished to know when the k Ec clesiastical Courts Bill would be brought on. It stood in the Orders for Monday next. Dr. NICHOLL intended to move on Monday that the Bill be committed pro forma in order to enable the House to get through the money clauses awarding com pensation. Mr. BORTHWICK had already given a notice on the subject. If he allowed the House to go into Committee pro forma, he should lose his right, and he therefore gave notice that when the Hon. and Learned Gentleman should move the commitment of the Bill, he should pro pose his amendment. lilt IVICECE.- - -7MR7FERRY.ND'S ACCUSATIONS. Sir JAMES GRAHAM rose and said—Sir, I rise to address the House on a case of privilege. At the same time, I may truly state, I think, both on the part of my Hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and myself, that I am extremely unwilling to occupy any portion of the time of the House in hearing a statement on a purely personal matter. If I could have regarded it merely as a personal matter I should have hesitated long before I brought it before the attention of the House; but, as I said yesterday, I feel strongly, that whatever concerns any Hon. Member of this House, is indissolubly connected with this House itself, and, after what occurred on Monday and 1 yesterday, lam satisfied that the deliberate opinion and dispassionate judgment of the House is, that the matter then considered cannot be allowed to rest where it now is. The course with respect to the case of the Hon. Member for Beverley that has been pointed out for adoption is, that certain passages of his speech, purport ing to be delivered by the Hon. Member fur Knaresbo rough, and published in the Times newspaper of Wed nesday, the 10th of April last, should be read. These passages contained, first, the charge against myself, and, secondly, the charge which applies both to the Hon. Member for Beverley and myself. Ido not think it right to add more now, and I deem that I shall best discharge my duty—and I believe my Hon. Friend concurs with me in that opinion—by laying the two passages on the table for the purpose of having them mad by the Clerk. The Clerk at the table then read the following pas ! sage :—" The meeting should remember that no man had resisted the poor-law more vigorously than Mr. Walter, and it therefore was felt necessary by Sir James Graham to get him unseated. Against that gentleman's (Mr. Walter's) return a petition had Leen presented, and in that Fetition an allega tion was made that between thirty and forty pounds bad been improperly expended. His speech went on to say that the Committee to try this petition consisted of three Whigs and of three Tories, and its Chairman was Mr. 1 Hogg, the Member for Beverley, one of the most pure boroughs in the kingdom, but whether he (Mr. Hogg) ! got his sent for forty pounds or not, he (Mr. Ferrand) did not exactly know. This Tory i Chairman, aided by Sir James Graham, unseated Mr. Walter. Mr. Hogg tried to explain away his con \ duct on that occasion and all the Government side of I the Ho use , on which sat, listened with feelings of dis -1 gust whil e h e 'hi ggled and haggled ' i n that explanat i on. i There was but one man on that side of the House who vociferou s ly c h eered, and that one man was Sir James 1 Graham. ' IW h h e e s n r t E he Clerk had d one read i ng, T SPEAKER said — lstheHon.Member for Knaves ! borough in his place ? No answer being returned, Sir R. PEEL said—Sir, I believe lam acting in con e havein undertaking, e h r t o ttg to o 11 )43 wipositi on thge i n n er w a h l k it:lm l account o fo f r t m he ity placed in this House, as the head of her Majesty's Go respectfully to tender to the H ouse inv vernn "nt , as to the course which it will be de-sirabpileniotno take.—(Hear, bear.) I advised the H ouse, in I the course of yesterday evening, when this subject was ender consideration, to permit an interval to elapse before they came to any decision, in order that there might be the opportunity during that interval for each Member, taking an interest in this case, to refer to the i precedents which have been established in cases at all of an analogous nature. The position in which we arenow placed is this—that two Members of this House,con sidering that their character is affected by charges which apes'. to have been preferred against them in a speech deli vered at a public meeting, reported in one of the newspa pers of this country, and attributed to a Member of Ws House, have thought fit, in the exercise of their right, as Members of Parliamentito place on the table of thoZou., THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 25 1844 endeavoured to retore some degree of order to their proceedings, and to invest the course they v. ere taking with some degree of dignity and decorum. But the question was, after wasting two nights on this subject, whether, after the extract had been read at the table, they should not go a step further, and let the matter fall altogether to the ground. They were now entering on the question of what limits ought to be drawn in public discussion. In case of any charge made in that House, was the House to convert itself into a court of honour to decide upon it ? There was sufficient power to keep a speaker in order in that individual responsibility which attached to every man. 119 had heard graver charges than any which were made by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough. He had heard last cession the leader of the House of Commons charge an Hon. Gentleman opposite with making speeches which would lead to assassination. —(Hear, hear.) How was the Right Honourable Gentleman treated ? Was he howled at and pouted down ? No ; Hon. Gentleman opposite sunk before the accusation in a manner which told little for their spirit.—(Laughter, and " Hear, hear.") But, in this instance, because the individual was obnoxious to them, he was treated in a different manner. He did not agree with the Hon. Member for Knaresborcugh. lie entirely disapproved of the course lie had taken. He objected t. the spirit which animated his remarks. But because that Hon. Member was obnoxious, and because he was not backed the moment he made thischarge he was baited. —(Hear, hear.) Gentleman after gentleman got up and asked him, " Why did- you say this ?" If the Hon. Member had the common courtesy of society exercised towards him, he would have had an opportunity of extricating himself from the painful position in which he was placed.— (Hear, hear.) It had been said that the Hon. Gentleman had flown from the tribunal. He (Mr. D'lsraeli) was not at all surprised that he did not wish that tribunal to decide the question. He had no communication with him on the subject, except for one moment when ho was passing out of the House, on which occasion he told him that he had a bad case and a worse tribunal.—(Laughter.) That was his (Mr. Disraeli's) opinion. lie believed the Honourable Member for Knaresborough had not de ferred to the tribunal, but had demurred to it. He considered it was unnecessary for him to enter into any explanations with the House, but that individuals who thought themselves offended would take their own course. lie did not consider that this quarrel I should be made the quarrel of the House of Commons, or that the House should convert itself into a court of honour.—(Hear, hear.) The practical question for them to consider was—whether the House ought to establish so dangerous a precedent. The ques t tion b twcen the Hon. Member and the Right Hon. Gen tleman was very different from that between him and the I Hon. Member for Beverley.—(Hear.) He had heard the Hon Member for Knaresborough, on several occasions, enter into the Mott question and the Keightly Union, and he had heard the Right Hon Gentleman the Secre tary of State for the Home Department. and the Right Honourable Gentleman at the head of the Government, answer him, and enter upon all the details. He never could depict to himself any clear idea with regard to that involved and implicated transaction. All he could understand was, that there had been a sub commission who had made a report which had been brought forward. That the transaction was involved in obscure and suspicious circumstances, no one could deny, but it was absurd to suppose that theßigh(lion. Gentle man should make such a perverted use of his power for so slight an object.—(Cheers and laughter.) But it should be remembered that this was the case of a Member of Parliament of warm feelings, who was not supported by any great party, who imagined that an attempt had been made by a Minister of the Crown to put him down, and that he had resisted that attempt. They s hould make some allowance for the exaggerations which excited feelings and pardonable vanity—(Cheers and laughter) —would naturally induce a Member under those circum stances to make use of while addressing the masses of the operative community with which he deeply sympathised. What could be more natural than that he should say, " I did this ; I said this? An attempt was made to put me down by a Minister of the Crown, who drew from a green box an unpublished report, but it would not do, I was not to be crushed." Are we, Sir (continued the Hon. Gentleman), come to such a pass that a Member of Parliament was not to be allowed to say this?—(lronical cheers, and laughter.) Was it for a great statesman like the Right Hon. Gentleman, to come forward with a demure countenance and say, " the State is in danger, there's something rotten in the state of Denmark ? The House of Commons must interfere to vindicate the reputation of this strong (even if not popular) Ministry." —(Loud cheers and laughter.) The Right Hon. Gen tleman did not appear at first disposed to move in the subject, and if it had not been for the attack on the Hon. Member for Beverley, he thought they would never have heard of the great Mott case.—(Cheers and laughter.) He declared solemnly that he had never read the speech of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, he had never heard it read until ho bad heard it read with unusual powers of elocution by the Learned Clerk at the table.—(Laughter.) He had paid great attention to it, and he confessed that he had been astonished at the weakness of the assault. He really thought that on that occasion, when addressing the masses and the mil lions, the Hon. Member for Knaresborough had lost a great deal of that impassioned fervour which usually characterised his addresses.—(Cheers and laughter.) It appeared to him that he did not attack the Hon. Mem ber for Beverley, absent, with half the furor which he ex hibited in attacking the Hon. Member for Stockport. present.—(Hear.) He really thought that they might with as much reason have had the speeches which he made almost every night, read at the table, and then have had the Secretary of State solemnly moving a resolution on the subject. Now, he thought this subject had been treated by one great master in the right spirit, Be thought that when the Right Hon. Gentleman, with that historical research which he al ways displayed, called their attention to the case of the . bottle conjuror, he hit the right nail on the head.— . (Laughter.) He was surprised after the admirable example which the Right Hon. Gentleman had set to find him followed as he had been by the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire. There was always something very chivalric about the Noble Lord ; but when they wished to exhibit a perfect model for the Hon. Member for Knaresborough—when they wished to teach him what should be the spirit of Parliamentary discussion, and how an Honourable Member of that House should hesitate before he made a statement that could not be proved, he was rather surprised to find the Noble Lord, the Member ror North Lancashire, get up, and, in his zeal for his Right Hon. Friend, denounce the statements made by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough as false and calumnious, and announce that the Hon. Member for Knaresborough was conscious that they were false and calumnious when he made them. That was an example which the Hon. Member for Knaresborough would probably study as a selection model ; and when he returned to that House and le ' re sumed his place, they would probably find hi s s p eec h es distinguished con of f c by nc i t a h t a o t ry a c m K e p n r i e t s y of man ner , an d c h o i ce s 0 n which always cha racterised the speeches of the Noble Lord.—(Laugh ter.) So it always was with the speeches of the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire. He destroyed Mr. Ferrand first, and destroyed his own po sition afterwards. He was the Prince Rupert of Parlia mentary discussion. His charge was resistless, but when he returned, his camp was always in the possession of the enemy.—(Laughter.) Then, as if all the great guns were not sufficient to sink this unfortunate craft, the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department , keeping up the solemn spirit of the farce, rose and said " This is the British House of Commons, and not the hustings." A gentleman might tell lies upon the hustings, but he' was not to tell lies in the House. This was the political morality of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department.—(Hear.) Now he entirely differed from the Right Hon. Gentle man. He did not think they ought to tell lies on the hustings —(Hear, hear.) He thought a gentleman ought to be as measured in what he said on the hustings as in what he said in the House of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) And he would even go further than that, and would say that a gentle man ought not to make pledges on the hustings which he did not mean to redeem in that House. He did not think that gentlemen on the hustings ought to denounce the New Poor-litiv, and come into the House of Commons and vote for it.—(Laughter and cheers.) He called that corrupt and unprincipled conduct— (Cheers)—and if any Honourable Gentleman in that House felt that lie was guilty of this conduct, let him propose a vote of eensure upon him (Mr. D'lsraeli) for uttering such a sentiment.—(Great laughter.) On Friday next, the Hon. Member for Knaresborough was to come into that House, if he accepted the lenient alternative of the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government, and they were to recommence the proceedings of which they had had two rehearsals.—(Laughter.) Whether the piece would succeed after the initiatory proceedings he could not take upon himself to decide, but he did know that any attempt in that House, whether it was right or whether it was wrong, to hunt down an individual had never succeeded, but had always terminated to the disadvantage of the persons attempting it. He remembered what another Sir Robert, who was not a greater man than the present Sir Robert, said with respect to a-similar subject. That Sir Robert said, " I am quite - tired of roasting a parson." After his experience with Mr. Stockdale, and after his contest with the sheriffs, when, as on the present occasion, he was supported by the Noble Lord the Member for London, who had rather withdrawn of late his support from the Government, he (Mr. D'lsraeli) thought the Right Mon. Baronet was taking a good humoured view of this case—a bottle-conjurer view of it—and said—" Why, really, after what has occurred, we ought to allow the matter to drop, feeling quite aware that Mr. Ferrand has already re ceived a great moral lesson, and that when he appears on the hustings in future, I doubt not that he will re member the advice of the Right Hon. Baronet the Se cretary of State, and always be as cautious as he is in the House of Commons."—(Cheers and laughter.) Captain BERKLEY could not agree with the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down in recommending that the two Hon. Gentlemen who were most interested should make this a personal ,quarrel. Such a doctrine was most extraordinary, to sav the least of it. He Capt. Berkeley) hoped that he would be the last in that House to offer one word of offence to any Hon. Gentleman ; but if he ever should do so, he wbuld be ready to apologise fel it the next moment. He never would attempt to make a personal quarrel out of any thing which had taken place in his public character. Perhaps, in the first instance, silent contempt would have been the best cure ; but when, after twenty-four hours' deliberation, the Hon. Member for Knaresborough came down yesterday and pledged himself to the truth of his charge, declaring that he would not retract a single word--(Hear, hear)—under these circumstances he did nott ink that it would be for the dignity of the the passage of which they complain, in order that the House may take that course which may appear to be the best. That is the position in which we are placed. I have referred, Sir, during the interval which has elapsed since this subject was last under our considera tion, to the cases in recent times which appear to bear upon this. I think the three principal cases are, the case of the complaint preferred by Lord Maid stone against Mr. O'Connell, the application made to the House by Mr. Shell, the Right Hon. Gentleman, who is now a Member of this House, for the vindication of his character against certain charges, which were brought against him in a speech delivered by a Member of this Hcuse, Mr. Hill, at a public meeting; and the third case is a complaint made by the Hon. Member for Warrington, Mr. Blackburn, against a gentleman who bad been unseated by the report of a Select Com mittee—Mr. Poulter. Those are the cases in recent times, which appear to have an immediate bear ing upon our proceedings in the present instance. Sir, 1 will not point out the nice distinctions which may exist between these several cases and the present. The con clusion which I have drawn from the course pur sued on the whole of these occasions is this, that it would be right upon the present occasion to re solve that this House will take the complaint, which has now been made by two of its Members, into consi deration on Friday next.—(Hear, hear.) My respect ful advice to the House is, that we shall proceed in this case with strict adherence to all established formalities —that we shall give no party any right to complain 'that we are taking advanvantage of admissions casually made by him, or that we are acting precipitately. or have refused to a'low him an opportunity of explaining anything which he may have said. I think that, in the course of yesterday, the Hon. Mem ber for Knaresborough did distinctly admit that the paragraph complained of contained a correct report of his speech. He also stated that he was prepared to abide by the charge which that paragraph alleges to have been made. Still, although he made that admission, he did not conclude the speech he was then delivering ; and it is possible that had that speech been brought to a con clusion, some mitigating statements would have been made by him, which he had not an opportunity of making. I think that strict justice would in cline me to advise that we should not take advantage of admissions made under such circumstances. —(Cheers.) I should advise that we resolve to take the matter of this complaint into consideration on Friday next ; and I would combine that resolution with another, namely, that the Hun. Member for Knaresborough should attend in his place on Friday next, for the pur pose of hearing that paragraph read to him by the Speak.er, in order that he may state whether or not be admits this report to be a correct report of what he said ; and I think alio that we ought to give him an opportunity of establishing the charges which he has made.—(Cheers.) If he admits the report, and if he states that he is in a condition to prove it, and that he is willing to prove the charges a hich be has preferred, my advice to the House is to give him an unreserved opportunity of doing so. I would not assume the falsity of the report, but I would advise the House to be willing to accept the proof and to appoint a Select Committee fur the purpose of enabling the Hon. Member to substantiate his charges. I will discuss no other contingencies, and I trust that I have spoken as becomes my position in giving my advice to the House. I want to act most dispassionately, and my advice is to act with all due regard to established forms; and I there fore content myself by moving, that the House take this complaint into consideration on Friday next, and if the House should affirm that resolution, I will move that the Member to whom this speech was attributed do attend in his place on that day. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I rise merely to say, that I entirely concur in the course now proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman., I think I cannot do better than refrain from saying a single word more respecting it, as I think a better course could not be pursued under the circumstances.—(Cheers.) Mr. FRENCH—The impression on my mind is, that the words which have been just. read to the House do not bear out the charges which have been made by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough. I cannot see that the passage in the Tines beats out the charge that the Right Hon. Baronet opposite tampered with the Hon. Member fur Beverley, and as to the charge against the Right Hon. Gentleman, I can only say that the Right Hon. Gentleman did read the document which had been got up by Mr. Mott, and which document, if the public papers speak the truth, was acknowledged to be false and Mr. Mott has since been dismissed from his office.— (Hear.) I think that as far as the Hon. Member for Beverley is concerned, he must have perceived from the cheering of the House that his characterstands altogether unimpeached.—(Hear, hear.) As to the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, I must admit that he has the mis fortune of not being able to control his tongue.—(Loud cheers, and laughter.) But I think it is a dangerous precedent that a Minister of the Crown, backed by a majority of the House, should be able to put down any man who ventured to bring a charge against him. On that ground I must object to the motion.—(Hear.) Sir R. PEEL said—Sir, the Hon. Gentleman has altogether mistaken -the course which I meant to pursue. I have proposed a resolution to the effect, that the House shall consider the charge, and shall give the Hun. Mem ber a full opportunity of proving its truth.—(Hear.) Mr. DUNCOMBE was not quite sure that they were going according to precedent. He thought that it was the proprietor or printer of the newspaper who should be called to the bar in this case. The Noble Lord opposite (Lord Stanley) bad gone rather too far when he said that the Hon. Member must have known when he made the charge, that it was untrue. The course proposed by the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department would have been the best, to have the words of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough taken down—(Hear, hear)—without going through the intermediate process of reading a newspaper.—(Hear, hear.) He did not mean to justify in the slightest degree the speech of the Hon. Member, nor did he think there was the slightest ground for the accusation. But he must also recollect that the two gentlemen impugned had allowed ten days to pass over without noticing the charges, instead of calling the accuser to account on the first day after the recess, which was what lie (Mr. Duncombe) had expected when he read the speech.—(Hear, hear.) No doubt the charge was calumnious, and, as it was made in the pre since of thousands, no time should have been lost in calling for explanation in the House on the first op portunity.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Be verley had said that he had been advised by his friends to treat the charge with silent contempt.—(Hear.) In his opinion the advice so given was sound and good. But then another Hon. Member, totally unconnected with the matter—whose name had never been brought forward in relation to it—got up and said to the Hon. Member for Knaresborough (Mr. Ferrand), " Pray, Sir, did you say so and so?"—(Laughter.) Now, in answer to that question, had he (Mr. Duncombe) been the per son interrogated, he should have said, " Pray, Sir, what business is that of yours?"—(Loud laughter and cheers.) He should, however, if interrogated by certain of the Hon. Gentlemen, certainly have given them the satis faction they had a right to ask, either in that House or out of it. But they not choosing to ask it, he really had not been . able 10 see what right any other Honourable Member had to ask it for them.—(Loud cheers.) But the ques tion having been put, they had now to deal with a state ment which had been avowed, and they were doing so in a very round-about way. In his opinion, the most proper course now to pursue was to re fer the matter to a Committee of three or five Mem bers—aye, and he would not object to the Hon. Member for Knaresborough himself nominating that Committee. If, before that Committee, he refused to substantiate his accusations, or if, in that Com mittee, he failed in substantiating his charges, then it would be fur the House to exercise its undoubted au thority should not that Hon. Gentleman—as he hoped he would do, and as he (Mr. Duncombe) would not hesitate to do—at once withdraw the charges he might be mi -1 able to substantiate, and express his regret for making assertions for which there was no foundation.—(Cheers.) Mr. D'ISRAELI said he had been a member of the Nottingham Committee, and could bear witness to the utter groundlessness of the charges brought against the Hon. Member for Beverley.—(Hear, hear.) No man's conduct could have been more satisfactory. True he (Mr. D'lsraeli) differed in opinion with the Honourable Gentleman, but ho never for one moment questioned the conscientiousness of his deci sions. With regard to Mr. Ferrand, he entirely dis approved of the course he had lately been pursuing in the country. He disagreed as to the spirit he evinced and the tone he used towards the master-manufacturers. He acknowledged them to be an order of men second in importance to none ; but in treating this subject as the House seemed now inclined to treat it, he thought they were taking a very injudicious course, and one of which they would repent. There were two courses open to the Bon. Member for Beverley. Having felt that the charge ought to be noticed, he might have asked some friend, some man of sense, temper, and firmness, to have applied to the Hon. Member for Knaresborough. He knew that some gentlemen thought that an appeal of this kind immediately led to Wimbledon-common and pistols ; but he believed that in 990 cases out of a thousand this was not the case. If the affair had been entrusted to an individual of that character, it was impossible but the result must have been satisfactory to the Hon. Member for Beverley, and not degrading to the Honourable Member for Knaresborough. But there was another course open to the Honourable Member for Be verley. He might have thrown himself upon the House, and might have asked it to give him its protection in his official character.—(" So he did.") But the Hon. Gentleman did neither ; he neither made a public nor private complaint on the subject. The mat ter was brought forward by the Hon. Gentleman who as sumed the office in that House of public prosecutor.— (Ministerial cheers). He brought it forward without the least notice without affording the object of it, that golden bridge which the social spirit and social usages usually furnished to every one in similar cir cumstances—he brought it forward without giving the slightest opportunity for accommodation.—(" Hear, hear," from Mr. Roebuck.) The Hon. Member for Bath seemed to exult in the effect he had produced ; he totally disapproved of the conduct of the Member for Knares borough; he knew the imputation he made to be false and frivolous, but nothing would exceed the indecorous conduct of the House if it assumed the judicial e e e i e : m. be s e ful very o ones,rßath, character, in m hat was anything but a judi c i a l spirit. Th e charge was suddenly made by the Hon. A br f indeed the su U c i h th a s s s a h r o ca w s ed ms —notvery successful disposi tion to be p resent, though the hand of the master might not Beverley p had no apParent. The Honourable Member f or capacity, to thought appealproper, to eit t h h e e r inhis private or üblic Honour able Member for Knaresborough. The affair was t ot fire notice e t e h f q question bopredcyiptihatatet was House, h ad shownan d th e a v d e i r s y . position not in accordance to what he believed to be the judieklepirtit The Bight Hon. Baronet bed, to-night; he believed that the charges against the Member for Beverley were unfounded. As to the other part of the question, as the Right Hon. Baronet had himself said that he should wish the matter to rest where it was, he thought the House would he justified in letting it drop. As he denied the right of the Hon. Member for Bath to get the House to prosecute others just when he might please to interfere, he should therefore move the previous question as an amendment on the motion before the House. Mr. SMYTHE seconded the amendment. In doing so, he disclaimed any concurrence in the opinions ex pressed by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough. He believed that the course he had taken on the Factory ques tion was pernicious and illusive ; nor did he believe that the Noble Member for Dorsetshire wished to use any in direct means of crushing any political opponent whatever. He could afferd to say that the straightforward conduct of the Right Hon. Baronet en the factory agitation question had been not among the least of the signal proofs of the great administrative ability of that Right lion. Gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) That hallucination of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough with regard to the Right Hon. Gentlemen the Secretary of State for the Home Department could only be paralleled by his hal lucination with regard to the Commissioners. He be lieved that the Hon. Gentleman was in earnest. With respect to what fell from the Prime Minister re garding the appointment of a Committee before which Mr. Ferrand was to be called, he did not think that Committee desirable, because the difference was not about a question of fact, but a question of motives. The Hon. Member for Knaresborough had no more facts to adduce than what he had adduced. In the case of the Hon. Member for Beverley, he believed that, so far from having been influenced by any vicious or un worthy motive, that Hon. Member was influenced by an outrageous sense of public virtue.—(Great laughter.) The House had affirmed the decision of the Committee, and so declared that the Hon. Member, who paid 401. for a vote, could not have a seat in the British Legis lature. The Hon. Member for Beverley had certainly shown more than Roman virtue, and the House liad shown more than Roman effrontery ; because, unlike the Roman augurs, they could look one another in the face without laughiug.—(A laugh.) Hon. Members would find it difficult to give pros fs of their belief to that House, though they might believe very firmly. What Hon. Member could take it upon himself to bring for ward proofs of the correctness of his belief ?—( A laugh)—even the most general sort of belief ? Could the Hon. Member for Tamworth give proofs of his be lief ?—(Great laughter.) The Hon. Member for Fins bury believed in the six points of the Charter. Could he adduce proofs of his belief ? Mr. DUNCOMBE—Yes, certainly.—(Laughter.) Mr. SMYTHE would be very curious to hear such an exposition. The whole of this mischief had origi nated with the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Mem ber for Bath, and the whole of that Hon. Member's conduct certainly seemed something like an understand ing between purity and power. If he were called upon to justify that belief he could only say that he had been induced to form it by an attentive observation of the political career of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman.— (Cheers.) He was not to be deceived by his mock sympathy with a spurious patriotism.—(Cheers.) He was assailing all, yet sparing one.—(Loud cheers.) He was assaulting all, yet fawning upon one. He was constantly saying, if I were not the Diogenes of Bath, I would be the Alexander of Tamworth.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Member for Bath had taken the Hon. Member for Knaresborough by surprise ; he had taken the House by surprise; he had taken the country by surprise; for he doubted not but that the country would feel surprised when they saw the House postpon ink the consideration of the poor-law to enter, at his in stigation, upon these paltry personalities.—(Cheers.) The country would be the more surprised at this, be cause they saw the Hon. and Learned Gentlemanuniting in his own person the most perfect antithesis, being at the same the rebels' agent and the Queen's counsel— the champion of Papineau and the champion of the Secretary of State.—(Cheers.) Sir R. INGLIS wished that the advice of his Right Hon. Friend, with regard to this debate, had been taken in the first instance, and that he should not have had such an authority as his Noble Friend behind him asserting that there were but two courses which, under the circumstances, could be pursued, either to refer to a court of law, or to have recourse to the other remedy, which had been not obscurely hinted at by another Hon. Member. It appeared from these statements that it was necessary either to have recourse to the law or to violate the law. He (Sir R. Inglis;, however, thought there was another course open. That course was the course taken by the House on the three former occasions to which his Right Hon. Friend bad referred, establishing the precedents upon which he asked the House then to act. He could hardly think that he had misunderstood his Noble Friend, considering , the interest with which h e always listened to what fell from him ; but, considering the principles to which he adverted, he thought he was called upon to approve the conclusion to which he ap peared to have come. Mr. Hume and Mr. Roebuck rose together to address the House. There being repeated calls for the latter, Mr. Hume withdrew. Mr. ROEBUCK said he feared that he should disap point the House; he was going to speak to the question. —(Laughter.) It struck him that the position of the question was a very simple one, and if the House would permit him he would state what he conceived it to be in three words. A Member of that House had charged a Minister of the Crown with improperly using the powers of his office, for the purpose of getting a report made to that House which was false, to the end that he might crush a Member of that House. That charge was made in the hearing of the House by a Member of the House. He further went on to say that the same Minister of the Crown had em ployed his influence with a Member of that House to forget the oath which he had given to administer jus tice, and to return an untrue verdict.—(Cries of " No, no.") On the first of these charges a motion was made in that House, and, before he noticed the motion, he would remind the House how the charge came before it. " The whole of the mischief," said an lion. Member, " is attributable to the Hon. Member for Bath." Now he had thought fit to ask the Hon. Member for Knaresbo rough if ho had made a certain accusation ? That Hon. Member complained of his not having given him notice ; but he at once affirmed that he had made the charge, and he also repeated it. Were he to charge the Hon. Member opposite with robbery, surely he would not say that he ought to have given notice of the charge. The Hon. Member for Knaresborough complained of the want of notice, but he admitted that he had made the charge, and he repeated the words which he had used on a former occasion. The words were these. The Ho nourable Member admitted that he used the words attri buted to him in the newspapers.—(Hear, bear.) How could he (Mr. Roebuck) be called on to make a defence for the part he had taken ? These were charges which were worth repeating, but before he should think them worth while to refute they must come in a more formi dable manner than those made against him (Mr. Roebuck) by the other side.—(Cheers,) 't he Noble Lord did not seem to understand the extent of his own proposition of " the previous question." The effect was that the House gave no opinion upon the subject.—(Cheers.) But when a Member of that House charged a Minister of the Crown with having used his power to crush a Mem ber of that House, had they come to this pass that the House would express no opinion of the charge ?—(Hear.) It had been said that they were bullying and running down the Member for Knaresborough. Why all the bully ing and running down was on the other side.—(Hear.) He had thought it was his duty, after he read the accu sation, to take the first opportunity, when he saw the Member for Knaresborough in his place, to call on him to prove the truth of his charge—(Hear) —and he thought that no honest man would make such charges without being oble to prove them.—(llear.) The House House that the matter should be allowed to drop.— ! gave him an opportunity of substantiating his charges— I LLOYD'S SHIPPING. (Cheers.) It must be in the recollection of every gen- ihe again admitted the charges, and then fled from the LONDON, APRIL 24.—Light northerly breeze, and cloudy. tleman in the House that the Hon. Member for Knares accusation. The House, however, in its sense of justice, DEAL, APRIL 23.—A.M. Wind light and variable.-8 P.m': borough had been cheered on in the most vociferous said—" No, we will. determine nothing now, but S.W.—Arrd. Hamayoon, M‘Killer ' and Kandiana, Rogers, manner by a set of gentlemen who, whenever the Honourable G en tl eman s h a ll h ave a f art h er i Calcutta; Emily, Greaves, ditto, for Newcastle • Eleanor, Johnson, Cuba, with loss of maintopinaSt; Caleb Angus, the Honourable Gentleman indulged in any coarse oppportunity of rxplaining , hiinself."—(Hear, hear.) S language levelled against the Members of the League, He should wish to k now , w h a t t h e H on . M em b er f or "'endures ; Haabet, Ruse, Cha r l es t on , f or C o p en h agen . id. Advocate, Sydney; Elizabeth and Jane, Launceston; Oly o n o is. or the Opposition of that House, enc'turaged him by. their Shrewsbury, and the Noble Lord opposite (Lord J. s, =om en,, ; John and Tam Shunter, Cape of G d "sweet voices."—(Cheers and lauehter.) These were, Manners) meant by gentlemanly arrangement ? Why, Mope; Ed Attica; Alice, Jamaica •It rancis Burr, Boston;; in a great measure, the party answerable for the scrape he thought no other interpretation could be put upon. et. Patrick, Quebec; loyal Tar (steamer),' Madeira. in which he had now got. It was ver y a ptly remar k e d his words, than that the charges should be substantiated OFF THE WIGHT, Amite 20—Flora, Otters, for Bremen. by a gentleman on that (th e Opp os iti o n) s id e of the Iby the pistol. What else could he understood, when he PLYMOUTH, Arnie 23.—Wind, variable.—Arrd. Lord House, that the Hon. Member f o r Knaresborough had said th , ' ihm. Member fur Beverley should apply to a William Bentin c k, L on d on , f or P or t Philli p . been kept like a dog chained up to check the manufec- friend, who would at once get him out of any difficulty. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 24.—Arrd. Trent (steamer), West turers, and that, having broken his chain,he turned round He (Mr. Reebtich) thought that after what h a d on. Indies, Carthagena 16th, Demerara 19th, Trinidad 20th, and worried his master.—(Cheers and laughter.) curved in this House within the last two months, Jamaica 23d, Barbadoes 24th, Grenada 26th, St. Thomas'ie Lord JOHN MANNERS said it had been his inten- Such a suggestion was most disgraceful to those who tion when he came into the House, if any vote of cen- made it. It had been said that 1 his question was too in- i OFF DOVER, Amur, 24.—Weser, Texas, for Bremen. . list ult. PORTSMOUTH APRIL ' - '3 —Wind S h ,, ht sin —iota. TTU isve sure should have been proposed, !,.) move the previous . significant to take up the lilac of the H. use. Let them - .' -' . - " !-.., ' ". A t . - • .retta, London, fur Sycbov, New south \V ales ; Vietur;a. ditto, question, and he now thought that it would be the best see how the matter stood. One Hon. Member rest. in course . for him to make that motion ss an amendment his place and accused anorh, r be.tore the Hou-e and the for New York. ' - LIVERPOOL, APRIL 19.—The Blerg, arrived at St. Ilelsaae upon the present question.—(Hear, hear.) First, on country of acting corruptly. Agein, he made a charge experienced a hurricane Jan. 28, let. 19 S., ion. 8 E.E., Aka general grounds, because he was net prepared to agree in against a Minister of the Crewn of exercising the in- wind veering from N.E. round by N. to S.W. the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary fluence of his office for a similar end, and therefore he , LIVERPOOL, _Arm, 23.—Winti W.S.W. to N.W., modes of State for the Home Department, that the House was thought this wets a natter which called f o r th e special rate.—Arrd. Lord Stankv, sierra Leone; Al ertha Jane, bound in every case to interfere in quarrels betwet n in- inter:erence of the Heuse.—(Cheer=.) , Hondurae; Wellington, Jeffries ; New Orleans. Ski. Ellers lie, Rio ; Buckingham, Boston ; Mars, St. John's,'; - ew Bruits dividual Members, and to decide which was right, and Mr. SMYTHE said the lion. Member who had just which was wrong. There seemed then, to be two courses sat down had made assertions which could not b. sub ' l\ v ' i e e W k f n n Z d e rt i 1 ci . r, at r ieb j e a c ; e Ma , gnet, i Messenger, and Argo, P s . i , d rte G r, e . o c r lth i o a e. of procedure—the one which was recognised by the law stantiated.—(Here the cries of " Order" anti " Chair" WATERFORD, APR'IL 21 s Quebec. of the land—there was an appeal to the courts of justice, became so loud as to render the Hon. Member inaudible, CORK, APRIL 21.—S1d. Martha ' ', ' St. iohn's, Ness' to which even at the present moment the Hon. Meinber although by his gesticulation e e could see that he was Brunswick. for Knaresborough was' amenable—the second was speaking with considerable warmth.) . LIMERICK, APRIL 22.—S1d. Energy and Thetis, Quebec. that course of procedure which had been indicated by l e ord HO WICK said he should strongly deprecate the Streoeixess, APRIL 19.—The King William, of Berwick, the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury.—(Great laughter.) mode of s e ttling thi s question e hieh was suggested by which was laid on the beach at the Island of Flotta lab inst., He wished to refer to the particular question us it the Noble Lord opposite. He thought the House was after being ashore, has been assisted round here and will be affected the Hon. Member for Beverley (Mr. Hogg). acting most utiwise.y in carrying this matter any fur- surveyed. Nothing, se. he could assure the H ouse , was further from they ; and his reason fur coming to this conclusion was ICHOROE.—Acrd. Bradshaw, Columbi ne , an d A rg yll, , his intention than to question th e h onour an d i n t egr ity b ecause h e k new th a t th e H ou felt the charge to be Liverpool. of either the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hoeg) or of the utterly groundless and deserving of contempt, and there- THE CURRENTS OF THE OCEAN. Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State fur the fore he hoped it would take no further notice of it. If The following. enclosed in a bottle, was picked up in. Horne Department. Having acquitted himself of any such they took any other course, they were bound to con- i the port of Isabella, on the north coast of Porto Rico, on intention, he must beg the House to reflect upon what sider the consequences that might arise her( after. Al- the 18th March last, and has been lore arcled to Lloyd's: was the direct charge said to have been brought with though no one, for a moment, could imagine " Meet 15, 1838. EIGHT P.sr.—Her Majesty's ship respect to the Hon. Me m b er f or B ever l ey (M r . H ogg ). th e s li g h tes t f oun d at i on f or t h e present accusat i on, Andromache, at sea in let. 47 deg. 10 m i n . N., l on . 34 As that charge had been stated by him (Mr. Hogg). it yet it was possible that at R future period some Minis- deg. 50 min. W., out six days from Plymouth—left was to the effect that that H on . G en tl eman h a d b een i n - t er o f th e C rown m i g h t exerc i se hi s powers i n suc h a S c fl y at n i ne A . m . o f t h e 1 0t h i nst. fluenced in his duty by the Right. Hon. Baronet (Sir J. manner as to call for th e i n t erven ti on o f t h e H ouse , an d " During the last ts o days have e x pe r i ence d a s t r ong; Graham), in order to do an injustice to another Hon. by passing the vete now proposed, it would be establish- southerly current of one knot per hour. This bottle is; Member. Now he (Mr. Hogg), in reading the passage ing a precedent which would deter any Member of that thrown overboard to ascertain the set of the current, and . of which he complained, said that, in a court of justice, House from bringing the matter forward. The man, lie it is requested that the person into whose hands it may such passage would be judged as to its obvious meaning, thought, who made an accusation which he could not fall will cause the circumstance, with particulars, to be and as to the ordinary a c ce pt a ti on o f th e wor d s use d. su b stant i ate , l a id hi mse lf open to that degree of con- published for the benefit of navi e ati o n.. He (Lord J. Manner s ) p ro t es t e d !nest strongly against tempt and ignominy from th a t H ouse an d the country (Signed by the Captain, Mast:.r, and several Offi such a line of argument. The House ought to take which would he quite sufficient punishment for him if cers, both belonging to the vessel and passengers that charge in its literal acceptation, and not to he possessed the feelings of a man or a gentleman. If to Quebec.) put one and one together in order to cumulate an offence. the public were satisfied upon this matter without any VESSELS SPOKEN AVITIL—The James, from London, Such a course he considered to be essentially unfair. resolution, he could see no good that was likely to arise 17th inst., lat. 50, lon. 11; Ava, Portsmouth to Quebec, They could only take the s p eec h i n it s li tera l sense, an d , f rom pass i ng i t. H e could trot see that great difference 18 th, lat. 51, lon. 10; Carisbrook, Belfast to Quebec, that they might judge it in its literal sense, he would between a false accusation made against an individual same day, lat. 51, ion. 8, by the William Thompson, take leave again to read it to the House. (The Noble Member of that House and a Minister of the - arrived at Bristol. Augusta, Bristol to Bombay, sth Lord here read the speech in question.) Now, was there Crown. The House would remember that the ult., lat. 22 S., lon. 29 W., .by the Golconda, England, in these words any imputation of dishonourable motives Hon. Member for Knaresborough had made an arrived at Swansea. Wilhelmine, Regenburg, from on the Member for Beverley ?—(01), oh.) Gentlemen attack upon the Hon. Member for Stockport a short Buenos Ayres, lat. 38, lon. 67 W., by the Nord, arriv behind him cried " Oh, oh," and su c h m i g ht b e th e i r time s in ce , w h en h e accuse d hi m o f act i ng contrary to in the Downs. El v ir a , Li ver p oo l t o Chi na , s t h u lt., l a t.. opinion. B u t, f rom th e tone of all the altercation, he law, and compelling his labourers to adopt the truck 2, ion. 24 W. ; Woodman, Clyde to Tobago, 21st nit,- believed that the Right Hon. Baronet was very glad that system. In that case nothing was done, yet the House lat. 22 N., lon. 24 W., by the Kandiana, Rogers, arrived Mr. Walter was unseated—that Mr. Walter was turned was perfectly convinced of the falsehood of the charge. in the Downs. Ulverstone, Feb. 12, off the Cape of out of Parliament. Mr. Hogg was the Chairman of the They had already occupied too mu c h o f th e ir time with Good Hope, by the Humayeon, arrived in the Downs. Committee ly which Mr. Walter was unseated. Still, this r subject:—(lleaandlau ht ) H , • t dth t . . , while there were legislative measures of great import to the country pending it was ridiculous in them to waste their time in investigating this trumpery charge. He felt the present charge was utterly false. But nevertheless he did not wish to establish a precedent which would have the effect of preventing the Members of that House from criticising the acts of Ministers of the Crown when their conduct was such as to call, for criticism. He should conclude by expressing his hope that the House would decline any further interference in the matter. Mr. HUME said he was never more surprised than at what had fallen from the Noble Lord the Member for Sunderland. Ile argued as if the Hon. Member for Knaresborough were the only person concerned in this matter. Mr. Ferrand had made a gross charge against a Member of this Hcuse, and that Hon. Member sought the protection of the House. The Noble Lord had used the word " contempt." Now, against no man in that House had so many c h arges been made as against him (Mr. Hume), and he invariably treated them with eontempt on account of their contemptible nature ; but this was not a case to be treated with contempt. An accusation had been brought against an lion. Member, that he was guilty of aidin e , in getting rid of Mr. Walter from the House, because he was troublesome to Minis- ters on account of his motions concerning the poor-law. This assertion had been made, and was believed by a great number of persons, and therefore, there was a direct and tangible charge against the Hon. Member for Beverley and the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State fur the Home Department. Under this conviction, he thought the case deserving of the special notice of the House. Sir J. GRAHAM certainly was of opinion that when such a change as this was was brought fcrward by any Hon. Member, it was the duty of the House to interfere. The Hon. MeMber for Knaresborough had made a deliberate charge against certain Members of the House, and, after an interval of twenty-four hours, when he ought to have had time for due and mature con sideration,he reiterated it; and that charge was a most serious one, so far as a Minister of the Crown was concerned, namely, that he had used his influence in that capacity, for cor rupt purposes. With respect to the charge which had been made against his Hon. Friend the Member for Beverley, he thought that nothing could be mere utterly groundless or false. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought it would be much better if the further discussion of this matter was dropped for the present. With respect to the observations of the Noble Lord opposite, 'he thought it would be as well if they, or any future ones which he might have to make, should be deferred until the time appointed for the fur ther discussion of this subject, namely, next Friday. Mr. HOGG concurred in what had been just ex pressed. He thought it would be much better not to press for any discussion until Friday. Lord J. MANNERS .said, that after what had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Department, and'also from the Noble Lord, he felt it his duty to withdraw his motion. He would just take that opportunity of stating that, in what he had said that evening, he had not intended in the remotest degree to advocate the practice of duelling, as the Hon. Member for Bath had charged him with. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the original motion, after a few words from Lord INGESTRE, was agreed to. 42, by the Rowley, off Cork. Magpie, Liverpool, to the Cape of Good Hope, 3d ult., lat. 5 S., lon. 18 W„.. Celt, from Liverpool, 7th ult., lat. 2 N., lon. 21 W. ; AdVen ture, from Jersey, 16th inst., lat. 47, lon. 16 ; Marianne schooner and Baltimore American ship, 20th, lat. 49, lon. 8; by. the Ystroom, arrived off Falmouth. James Vir, of Garlie's-town, for Rio Janeiro, 11th ult., by :the Jacob Kersting, arrived off Dartmouth. Cornelia brig, of and from Glasgow, with loss of bowsprit, and hard► bore up for that port on the 17th inst., lat. 48, lon. 15, by the Palos, arrived off Falmouth. Victory barque, for New Orleans, 21st ult., lat. 23 N., lon. 34 W., by the Emily, arrived in the Downs. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday,) There was no materiel change in oar market yester•• slay. Perhaps, upon the whole, yarn was a little steadier in price than last week, and rather more business was done, principally on Russian account. In goods, with the exception of shirtings, and other fabrics suitable for the East Indies, which continue in good demand, there was not much business doing, and, though prices• are generally firm, in some few cases trifling reductions were submitted to by manfacturers. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, APRIL 22. —There has been a rather quiet market to-day, some what similar to those of the two last weeks. It has been, what is called " Little Monday," and in general fewer buyers attend. The business transacted has been upon a limited scale, and prices have undeygone little or no change. The wool market still continues dull, and prices stationary. MARKET NEWS-YESTERDAY. CO N-EXCHANGE. Although the supply of English Wheatwas by no meano large, the sale for that article was in a sluggish state ; et Monday's quotations were supported. The best fine Foreign Wheat was held on full terms, but other qualities, including bonded samples, were a mere drug. The quantity of Foreign Barley on show was extensive, owing to which the trade with all kinds of Barley was heavy, and the rates had, in some instances, a downward tendency. Malt moved off slowly at late rates. In Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour, no alteration was noticed. ARRIVAL& Wheat. Barley. English Irish.. 530 Foreign l,lOO 2,090 lalt, 1,600 qrs. Oats. !lour. qrs. ! SOO mob' 5,4.50 17711XTEC13EL8ML. Although we had only a moderate supply of each kind of Meat, the demand was in a very sluggish state, at barely previous figures :—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 20 4d to 3s 8E1; Lamb, 5s to 6s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. 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HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—The virtue of this most ex' - traordinary medicine is so admirable and efficacious. that; it wonderfully preserves man in health and strength 0 body, and of all the powers and faculties of his mind; It is a sovereign remedrfor all diseases, however bas; that admit of a cure. All persons suffering from general debility, nervous affections, liver or bilious complaints: sick head-aches, indigestion, want of appetite, as wel l as every complaint brought onby sedentery habits, for so such these Pills will be found to give almost immediat e relief. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment), at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis) ; and by almost all respectable ven• dors of medicine throughout the civilised world, in boxes and pots at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., I ls., 225„ and 3 35 * each. BIRTHS. On the 21st inst., at Bath, the lady of Sir Charles Shaw, o f a son, who survived but a short time. ' On the 18th inst., at Tynemouth, Northumberland, 9° lady of Major G. W. Francklyn, of the 37th Regiment, 0 1 ° son and heir. On the 22d inst., at Clapham, the wife of Henri Hodge" Deacon, Esq., of a daughter. On the 18th inst., at Withycombe, near Exmouth, the wif e of John H. Doyle, Esq , of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Colchester, the wife of Arthur Laing, Esq., of a son. On the 20th inst., at Great Russell-street, Bloomsburi. Mrs. R. J. Butt, of a daughter. On the 21st inst., at Gloucester-road, Regent's-park, 3614 R. J. S. Todd, of a son.- On the 21st inst., at Earlswood Lodge, near Reigate, .. lady of Major E. P. Lynch, K.L.S., of a daughter. the. lady On the 21st inst., at Upper Tooting, Mrs: Robert Johno° ° ' of a son. On the 21st inst., Mrs. Curling, Albion road, Stoke NO ingten, of a daughter. On the 22d inst., at Hampstead, the lady of D. S. Bock ett ' Esq., of a daughter. • MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at Florence, at the Briti s h Embassit t t b e i ; . Rev. James Faithfull, of Hatfield, Herts, t o F ann y, daugi" of J. L. Payson, Esq., United States' Consul at Messina. On the 19th inst.,at St. Pancras, New-road, Charles La n mann, Esq., to Emma, second daughte r of G. Bracher, ." 4 " of Stamford-hill. On the 20th inst., at St. James's, Westminster the Be ; John Finlayson, M.A. Christ Church Cathedral, Dubli3O,, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Duncan Fraser, Argyll-street, Regent-street. On the 18th inst., at Aldingbourn, Sussex, Herbert Sce ii i o l berg, Esq., Commander in the Royal Navy, to Sarah, t`' o , 6 daughter of the Rev. W. Stevens Bayton, of Whete r g House, near Chichester. I be° On the 20th inst., at the parish church of St. Mary to the Rev. John Robert Hall, Vicar of Frodsham, Cheap-9e Grace Jane, daughter of the late John Campbell, Eack , merly of Warriston, near Edinburgh. DIED. Isabel'o6 On the 20th inst., at Charles-square, Hoxton, wife of Samuel Austin Fuller, Esq., aged 54. On the 29th of November last, at Hobart-town, - Furneaux Hunt, Esq. 504'' On the 12th inst., Matilda, the wife of William Ba4-9f of Sion-hill, Bath. On the 18th inst., at Brompton-row, Mr. George son, of Camden-town. Lotio' • On the 18th inst., at Huskards, Ingatestone, Essex, „ A 84. relict of the Itev. J. Kelly, LL.D., Rector of be Copford, agn On the 19th inst., at Blanton House, Northurarlalm Tewart, Esq., aged 80. s 3 11/1 On the 19th inst., at Beley-hill, Rochester, Charle Simmons. Esq. inst., solicitor. ' On the 19th at Lansdown-place East, Bath, the John Hunter, A.M., aged 48. of li r ' On the 20th inst., at Wigan, Herbet Gale, elder 50 Rees, Esq. A- 0135 On the 18th. inst., at Gloucester-place, Brightoli,ortheo, Maria, relict of the late Rev. Robert Williams, of Shropshire, Shropshire, aged 64. ar-en Mr. E li" On the 19th inst., at Bow-street, eovent-g Carter, aged 65. Sore° l/ ' On the 19th inst., at Guildford, Captain G eor g e R.N., aged 78. Al . / . Cha rles On the 19th inst., at Heene, near Worthing, • Stevens, late of her Majesty's Receiptof Exchequer. Jo nes On the 20th inst., Eleanor, second daughter eL Chapel, Esq., Fitzroy-square, aged 24. London: Printed and Published by MURDO Yu': ;12, No: 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ofl;ce , % v of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Coon'i Middlesex, Thursday, April 25, 1844. COUNTY CORONERS BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. Clauses 1 to 6 were agreed to. Mr. 111.INIE then objected to the Bill proceeding be fore such a thin House, and moved that the Chairman report progress. After a short conversation, the motion was agreed to, the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Wednesday next. Mr. F. FRENCH was then proceeding to submit a motion respecting the Dublin Jury Lists, when An HoN. MEMBER moved that the House be counted, and there being but 23 Members present, the House ad journed at a Quarter to Eight. It is impossible to read the proceedings at the Woodstock election, onlMonday, without a strong feeling of indignation against the conduct of the Duke of Marlborough. Without assuming all the statements made on that occasion to be accurate (in truth, we know that accuracy is rarely to be looked for ix rival speeches at contested elections), there does appear to be sufficient foundation for the very grave charges made against the Duke, to call at least for denial or explanation on his part. If the charges be left unrefuted, we must say that they leave a most unenviable reputation to the patron of the borough of Woodstock. We trust, and we believe, that of no other so conspicuous member of the aristocracy of England could such tales of heartlessness be told with any semblance of truth. We shall be vet" glad to learn that the Marquis of Blandford, in his promised re • searches on the subject, succeeds in either refuting or reme dying the hardships complained of. The conduct of that young nobleman, on the occasion referred to, evinced both discretion, talent, and good sense. We trust; his future con duct will be in accordance with this early promise. But we feel bound to say, that the disclosures both of the Rev. Mr. Bowles and of Mr. Humphrey present a strang' practical commentary upon the character of the man whose name was placed by the Standard newspaper at the head of a lay address upon the suoject of the Oxford theology. Wherever our divines study the doctrines of religion, we would strongly recommend them to keep as far aloof as possible from the Marlborough school in their tenets touching the duties of a poisessor of property professing to be a Christian.—. Post. - THE WILLS FORGERS.—lmmediately after the sen tences were passed on the convicts Barber, Fletcher, Sanders, Mrs. Dorey, and Lydia Sanders, they were reconveyed to the different wards of the prison, and kept as they were before the trial, separate. The only time they saw each other was when brought up into the Court, and then they held no com munication with each other. Since the sentence has been passed, Barber entertains the same confident hopes as he did before and during the trials, that he shall yet be at liberty; and when he was found guilty, and after he was sentenced, his counsel was heard to remark that the verdict would not stand, and that the sentence would not be carried into effect; and the necessary steps, it is stated, are already being taken for the purpose of preparing a case to be laid before Sir James Graham, and thereby to obtain, through the Right Hon. the Secretary of State, her Majesty's free pardon. It is also un derstood that, as no proof was given as to the forgeries of the different wills, that a question on this point will be raised, so as to obtain the opinion of the Judges. Even on this the friends of Barber are sanguine that the result will be favour • able, and terminate in the indictment being quashed Fletcher, who entertains no such hopes as his fellow convict, is, from his state of health, expected not to survive a very long period of time, for since his committal his disease, that of an affection of the heart, has increased. The other con victs, particularly the two females, consider they have been most mercifully dealt with, and it has been remarked, that from the time of the committal up to yesterday, Mr. Dorey has not been once to see his wife, nor have any of the parties been visited by any one except their professional advisers; and, although kept separate from each other, not a single inquiry was made by any one after each other; the only in stance of anything like sympathy being exhibited, was when Mrs. Sanders heard the jury find her guilty. She burst into a violent flood of tears when her sister took her by the hand, and Sanders put his left arm round his wife's waist. They both begged of her to be composed and to bear her fate with fortitude. Should the intended application on behalf of Barber prove unsuccessful, the three male convicts will directly afterwards be removed to the Millbank Prison, pre paratory to their being sent to New South Wales. ' NEWFOUNDLAND AND BRITISH NORTH AMERICA SOCIETY FOR EDUCATING THE POOR.—On Tuesday afternoon the twentieth anniversary of the above Society was cele brated by a sermon being preached by the Rev. S. S. M. Anderson, M.A., Chaplain to the Queen Dowager, at St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-street, on behalf of the above So ciety, which was founded in 1824, and has for its purpose the founding of schools for the education of poor children in New foundland and Upper Canada, in North America The So ciety has establisbed forty-six schools in Newfoundland, and fifty-two in Canada, in which many hundred children are educated, independent of the day schools. A number of adult schools have also been established. The Rev. Gen tleman advocated the , objects of the charity, and, after I Divine service,- a collection was made in aid of the funds of the Society. A~,~ k9rni k tntr 1 07 ...,2. Thy ar 311 t;°0?-t