The Sun. — London, England, 1836-02-24 00:00:00

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Batik Stock for Acount JArgil 5, 18 , 4 , ..... .... -..- ihdla Stock for Acount einnian. 5, 1 7.'.......... ...... ..., .4- , -.- Consols for Acconit um ........... .......,........ -- pm. €2.44.-0 1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds •,,,,..... -- B elgian I3onds Ditto Account u ; BrDitto Account . ............ ... ' Portuguese Bond , azilian Bonds . ..... . ......... .. Ditto Account — Ditto Account ........ Ditto New Bolds S3I4 Buenos Ayres Bonds . ....... 36 Ditto Accoun; — CDitto Accrunt — Ditto, 3Mr etnt hillian Bonds ..... .. ....... .. ..... —Prussian Bonds • Ditto Account • Russian Bonds, 1821 . Collinth an Bonds — i Ditto Accoint Ditto Account ; Ditto Metalic Cokunbian Bonds, :WI 31%74 ;Spanish Bond: _ 'Ditto Account — ; Ditto Account — DittoDanisll Bonds 7 7 14 7! Ditto Bonds, M 1 45 i 5 I A 'it l' Account — ; Ditto Accoutt 4i , ,i 3 :. 5' s N Gree), Bonds ; French, 5 per te n t . .... ...... 109 . 75 e , pit h B onds, 19'25 _ I____ 4 per cent. f —c Ditto Account 1-- *A.m. :mt. _f —4. 'Me xican Bonds, 5 p er cent — ,---• s r eichinge 2sf tit:c D itto Account — Dutch, 2 1 4 pc , cent. -554 Ditto Ditto, Account 6 per cent, -- I Ditto Account —+ 'Ditto, 5 percent IO4N, V. Neapolitan i Ditto Account — No. 13,555, LONDON., WEDNESDAY EYJ. - !;N/N - G -FEBRIJA:RY 24, 1830 PRICE 7D. I necessary measure. They 'cannot " kick against the pricks. " They eannnt arrest its progress. The prin ciple is triumphing in spite of thr:rn ; and needs but their bigoted hostility to 'insure it a still more decisive victory. For once ; then, let them take common s2nse to their aid. A " still tongue maketh a wise head,' and who knows, if the Tories are discreetly quiet and for bearing when the Irish Church question comes on for div• cussion, that the country may begirt to have some little faith in •their sagacity. Here is a temptation for tlft Prince of Waterloo to dam up the flood-gates of I .lis Conservative wrath ! Here is a temptation for RODE Nto look, and say nothin g ! But will th e T or i es act forbearingin this spirit ? W e hope so, for otherwise they will be but as the viper biting against the file, which cracks every tooth in her head, in a vain effort to revenge herself on the obnoxious iron. contains Royal Ordinances for the appointment of the following Ministers M. Eris—President or the Council and Becretary:for Foreign Affiirs. M. SAlTZET—Justice. Count de MoNTALivET—=lnteriore M. PASEIT--.-Ctlttlintifeet SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.j J 3 IPERIAL (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, fki. W:-SsiVi, tnedcrate,—Arrived the Dublin Lass, Silk, from Dublin ; Ratigef, Satiate ; trout Belfast ; Bussorah Merchant, Moncrieff, from Calcutta ; Unanimity; iititc bert, from Oporto.—Arrived from the. River, and remain with the. rest of the outward-bound, the John, Landecomb, for Trinidad ; Frederict, liror4ii, rue Nen% Lecffie Patriot Martin, for Sydney ; Ellen, Yoeman, for Singapore ; Tartar, Ccontliti for Trieste ; Jane, for St. Vincent's. • HOUSE OP LORDS, FEBRUARY 24. The Earl of SIIATTEMIR Y in the absenc e o f th e L o rd- Chancellor, took his scat on the Woolsack tit twenty minutes ptist liVe O'clock. AGEIICULTURAL DISTRESS. The Dukd t'f WEL LII' , IO TON presented a petition from the occupieis of 'anti In Hampshire, complaining of agricul tural distress, and praying that some measure might be adopted to aileVlate msd remove their grievances. Lord DE GREY presented a petition to the same effect from the AgricultUral Association at Boroughbridge. • APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATES. Baron PELET (DE LA LOZEkE)—Public Instruction. Three departments remain to be filled in this lis The appointments, according to the Dcbats, will rul thus : • Count D'ARGOUT—Finance. Marslial AlmsoN—War. Admiral DUPERRE—Navy. Thus after floundering-about for nearly three weeks, the King has succeeded in doing what he might have accomplished three days after the dissolution. Never theless he has_ not been ink ; for, if the intelligenee received by us this morning be correct, he has suc ceeded in nearly disabling the OppoSition. Great hopes are entertained of M. TIMERS as Foreign Secre tary ; although, as President of the Council, he it wanting in dignity, and is a total stranger to the ar t of impressing strang ers w ith a favourable opinion o' his abilities. This is chiefly owing to the flippancy of his manner, which is much more that of a dancing, master than a great statesman. It is reported that MM. GUIZOT and PERSIL will be raised to the peer age. The retirement of the late Minister of Public Instruction will be severely felt in the department over which he so abl.4 presided, _LVI, PERSIL, was-the-cred:' Idie of the Court, consequently his secession from the Cabinet is greatly - regretted by the Royal family. FRENCH FUNDS.—Psans, FEnaumtic,A. Five per Cents., 109 f. 65c. Oc. 55c. Four per Cents., 102 f. 25e. Three per Cents. 80f. 80c 85c. 75c. Bank Acti ms, 2,165 f. Rente de Naples, 9 +l - . 80c. 90c. 85c. 89c. Roman Five per Cents ., 104.' Spanish Actives, 47% %l A . Spanish Differes, 23%. • Passives, 15% % U. Borat Spanish Loan, :'4. • Bel g ian Loan, Five per Cents., 101. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 53 53% Haitian Loan, 4COf. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 23.—Wind S.W., fine. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 22.—Wind S.W. FALMOUTH., FEB. 22.—Wind S. W. to W. S. W.—Arrived the Enchantress, Christie, from Charente. Off port, the M.Bryan, Roman, from Sydney. Sailed the Reind eer pac k e t, f or Li s b on . ISLE OF Wm lit, FEB. 23.—Arrived off port the Tyne, from the Mauritius. PRICES OF SHARES 1 IS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. . Bolivar Cop er Mining Corapany 2O Ditto Scrip 4 Real del Monte Mining ' :0., Registered 634 10s. 6,1. Ditto Unregistered. Birmingham and De Great W ,rb Railway Coman . . Commercial Blatkriall Raily Compan p y y .......... ...... 2 Western R ailway Company lO Hull and Selby r lailway Company 5 Brighton Raifr,ay Company 5 Brighton (11,..nnie10 2 London alio, Dover Railway Company 1 London ar.d Gravesend Railway Company 1 Londoni„_, 'and Greenwich Railway Company 2.1 London and Southampton Railway Company l5 - ,"°'.,n and Croydon Railway Company ‘ ,.`" , "..h Midland Railway Company 5 vr.ti Dieman's Land Agricultural Company l7 ' BRISTOL, FEB. 23.—Arrived the Henry, Allen;from the Ca. naries; and Cove, Cattley, from Lisbon. Hum., FEB. 22.—Arrived the Reliance, Thompson, from Got. tenburg. 23 12N 3524 We are extremely sorry for the fate of Mr. BUCKING HAM'S Bill, which was thrown out last night, on the second reading. Those who wish to see by what arguments the barbarous despotism of the Russian Autocrat may be vin dicated, should read with care the speech of that luminary of law and liberty, J. A. ROEBUCK, Esq. Let Mr. BUCK INGHAM, however, not be discotiraged. His claims are claims of justice, and must sooner or later prevail. 17V, 3% , 4N 1 %4 29 4. 3 4 3 RAIIiSGATE, FEB. 23.—Arrived Leipsig, Hurst, from Charente, LIVERPOOL, FEB. 23.—Arrived the Prince Regent, Herman from Gibraltar. A bottle, which it appears had been driven by the wind and cur rents about 600 leagues has been found upon the coast near Pon tusval (Finisterre), inside which is the following letter : The ship Lonisa,.llaillie, of London. Capt. James Wildgoose, on her voyage from Demerara to London, out 33 days, all on board well. Lat. 40 deg. 16 min. N., long. 37 deg. 57 min. W. Into whuselbever hand this may come, it is earnestly requested that they will give this publicity through the London journals. James Pollard, passenger. Wildgoose. The Adelphi, of Liverpool : Joh n , o f ditt o ; J ane , o f Ch es t e r ; and John and ary, of Pinhetti, were on shore near Bangor, 16th instant. 2 10 14 16 17 ( OUItSE OF EXCH, Amsterdam C.F 12 6 bitto, at sight Antwer Harrikurp g M.B. 13 14 A ltona... 13 14 P aris, 3 day s ' s i g ht 25 7‘) itto 0i) Bordeaux . 2 Us. Z Fr ankfort OR Maine, Ex. n ' 15.4 ,95 Petershuigh, rub1e......',', Us. 10 .0 Berlin 7. 3 Vienna, effective P ......2 M lO 14 Trieste ...... ditto. Madrid ............ 37 1 4 Cadiz . Bilhoa ......... ........ 317774 Bareolona . .................. .. .3 S.vill e.. • G ibraltrAr .... ......„ kNOE YESTERDAY. Leghorn. 17 14 Genoa ::6 Milan.., . '3l Ventre 47 Naples 4014 Palermo per oz. 1224. Lt bon 5. ' ,14 Oporto 513 N Rio Janeiro • 372 Bahia , .. .... e 26 Buenos A yies - Dublin, 21 days' sight N, Cork l% ST. AIicHAEL's,,FEB. 3.—Le Comete, which was blown from 'hence the 21st ult., returned the 31st, and sailed for Pernambuco. WHITSTABLE, FEB. 23.—The Gleaner, Evans, has had her leak stopped, and will return to London. DIEPPE, FEB. 19.—Arrived the Russell, Myrtle, from Dover, with damage—master and four of the crew washed ouerboard. PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ Portbgal Gold, coin 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bar 5...... 3 17 9 yew Doubloons New Dollars ........... 0 4 111% Silver, bars. standard O5 0 THE FUNDS - (THIS DAY.) , MGR WATER AT LOND ON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. sil,tning 55 minutes after 7. Eyening. ..... 27 minutes after 8 CITY, TTVELVE O'CLOCK. EXPRESS FROM MAnßln.—We have received letters from Madrid of the 14th inst., in which it is stated that on the 12th the THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, a Sacred and Miscellaneous Performance of Music, consisting of a Selection from Handel's Oratorio of Government had sent to the army 24,000;000 of reals (240,000/. ) It is stated in these letters, written by persons of the first authority, that the whole of the army was paid up to the 31st of December, before the remittance of the above amount. A corps of 25,000 men is organising in Arragon, to be commissioned by General It odil.—The capital was tranquil, and some offers had been made to the Minister to advance money upon the confiscated Church property, and upon the revenues of the tobacco, which in Spain are very extensive. Sydney papers to the 20th September have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. We extract the fol lowing:— . EXCHANGE ON LONPON. One month, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 2.5 t 50c. Three months, paper, —f. —c.; money, 23f. 35e. —Cours Authentique. SAMSON. Also from Haydn's Grand Oratorio of THE CREATION. Part I I.—A Selection of Pieces from Handel's Oratorio of THE MESSIAH. To conclude with a Selection from THE HISTORICAL RECORDS. Principal Performers —Messrs. Braham, Phillips, Hobbs, Henry, !i Gi ubelei, Seguin, Alen, Herr Lutgen, Mr. M. W. Balfe ; Miss Shirreff, rk Seguin, Miss K. Robson, and Mrs. H. R. Bishop ; Mr. Lindley, Signor Dragolletti, Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Willman, and Mr. G. Cooke. Director, Mr. Bochsa; Conductor, Mr. T. Cooke; Leader, Mr. 14°4 ; Chorus Master, Mr. J. T. Harris. Bouitsn, THREE O'CLOCK.—It was expected this morning that the announcement about the Ministry would have revived the market, and raised prices, but from the opening of the Bourse the 3 per Cents. were done at 80f. 90c. They have since receded to 80f. 80c. sellers. The Spanish stocks are rather worse, it having been reported that the Carlists occupy the heights of Portugalette, and that they have carried some artillery to the spot. Active; 47i; Passivs, QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 109 f. 60c. ; Three per Cents., 80f. 75c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, —; Gueb bards, —; Differes, lax ; New Loan, —; Actives. 474; Passives, 151; Ducats, 99 85 ; Romans, 104 ; Pedros, —; Belgians, 104 ; Dutch, —f. —c. ; Haytians, 400 f. —c. ; Miguels, 533 ; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 13i ; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 23i ; Five per Cent. Perpe tuelles, —; Royal Loan, 34. 1-77. rf -Itll LONDON, AESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1836. ta}:e:relook on , the discussion that took place last night in House of Co - Lumens, on the subject of Orange Lodges, Pregn,Ant with advantage to Ireland than any that hasaken plr.ice for years. At length we have it formally coodnuisittittuedti by the Legislature that these Institutions are un humb Qu'al, and should be put down. At length cant— e„-i'lland mock-loyalty have given up their pre ' t l( -s. " .4 s, quitted the field, and surrendered at discretion. Ir, - flrtl HUME'S exposure of the Orange system was so com- Ljel.e ; his arguments so unanswerable ; his mode of en ng them so unobjectionable, that even the most tugoted adherents of this system had not a word to say for themselves. What indeed could be urged in reply to the tst. onourable Member's statement that *" there were in ex ence an large body o f O rangemen, amounting, according looth.oeoiroow calcul a ti on , to 200,000 men in Ireland, and men in England,"' w hi c h vast con f e d eracy, by the Ile, whe never portio ns o f i t assem b led in the sister-coun jtrY, always met armed, and were accompanied generally, ~,only by the , Gentlemen of the neighbourhood, but x:Phakagistrates, Deputy Lieutenants, Clergymen, and others . ° ought to have k.nown. better. But this, though injurious e ' l ll , ,o,ugh to good order, is by no means the worst part of the di l!. The Orangemen, it seems, yield absolute and uncon ditional submisQ: nto t h eir " I mperial Grand Master " the wo d ,io .. fo r r " Imnerial "is too significant to be easily t° got . t en ___ ~-; L ., the -ki like Of CUMBERLAN D ; who is thus enabled of and t h w e 7(l a 7;e3wer, detrimental in the highest degree urcerly at variance with, the principles of been f ur Co,o:istitution. In Ireland, the Orange system has from the Years above all law. Judges have denounced it ti re. je ' D en* but in vain ; it has trampled upon all jus op_ T here were i ns t ances, " said Mr. HUME, " of men , i ._,••Arged with murd er , upon oath, being permitted t o escape , about an effort to d e t a i n them." It was man enough for a lo t o b e an Orangeman q to pl ace hi m , in Ireland, above th e r . e 4 cll of th e law. Though th e h a lf -starved Catholic might be transported for stealin g even a quartern loaf,. the Orangeman might commit murder with impunity. He bore 4h- out him a " c h armed life " which fine—imprisonment— traps v portation—or the Ivater—were alike unable to reach. ‘ -'s it not full time th4t such a m ons t rous system should ° e put down ? Yet Sir IL PEEL, though well he knew iefthe e xtent •f its in'suriousnes s , never venture d to meddle i r ti At i tcti t •; . 2 . nd eveit STANLEY—the wou ld-b e R e f ormer war, equally unwilling to interfere. . Precious , p orm ers thes e , an d worthy o f all trust and honour . it?"'ever, the evil, thank GOD, has at length reached ilt ., height, and the iron heel of Government is to r" i i t• Colonel FAIRMA N may protest—Lord KENYON (and43' sit u Colonel the " Illustrious" CUMBERLAND himself blast e e notlllustrious," i f h b " who is ?) may still r and talk loudly of opposition : but there is h o h ell) for it ; they must ' succumb, one and all, f i lle ti r t e , '; again to raise their heads as Orangemen. It is in- fir "3' to Lord MULGRAYE'S credit, that from the very 1,..:t moment of his accession to the Irish Viceroyalty, he ; 4 . done all that lay in his power to crush the Ascendancy t e Yste ua• He has given fair play to Catholic and Pro stant, He supremacy to neither. May he long Vail,°otinue Mess" his impartial career, and generations yet unborn the memory of the Ruler, nd that she was under the protection of the British who first taught Ire iiosttution. We have no desire to indulge in :"generous exultation over the fallen ; but we ~a_no?t express the pleasure we feel at witnessing the the dust, humbled condition of the Orangemen. They are in the .ux_A,ruestc„iiieut-iitlliiket,l,leLfuecoiftero_f njeusrtice on their necks. They ‘,lll better than them . selve s ; e h r en to ce ri t s i e le a s g o a r in ry ." None know 1.,0e3: made last night. Sir W. MOLESWORTII hinted that it Parthian fight 2_ ;Ad have been no great matter, if they had all been trans truly' with the Duke of CUMLERLAND at their head ; and not Y ti .we ourselves should be of the same opinion, did we link that the morality of our Australian Colonies 4lilit suffe r b • the importatio n of such desperate offenders. Lord j 3 P z:ZPetm our; RUSSELL'S speech was in excellent taste, .rate, convincing, and not batin g a jot of the hi right s of the Government. The Orangemen besought e l m. almost in tears, not to insert the words "for the dis °u,r'lgement of Orange societies" in his motion for an thisess to the Crown ; but his Lordship was imperative ; .(I carried his motion without a division. We hope submission on the part of the Oppositio n is an earnest of their intentions to act with equal moderation, on the 9ue?tion of the Irish Church ; and that it will operat e as a . useful warnincr to PEEL and WELLINGTON. They may rely. en it t hat they can do no good by thwarting such 4 A debate more curious than important —more pregnant with the spirit of party than imbued with the principles of justice--arose in the House of Peers last night, on LORD WHARNCLIFFE'S motion respecting the appointment of Bo rough Magiitrates; undo'. the Municipal Reform Bill. The noble Baron is blessed with those peculiar powers of ora tory, whickhappily enable certain di'§tftiguislied argue for hours together upon a question, without pro nouncing it either better or worse than it was represented to be at the commencement. LORD WHARNCLIFFE raises up no nine-pin objections merely to display his skill at overturning them. His method is to send forth his argu ment two-and-two—fit apostles of the opposition —one for and the other against, and leave to the public the choice'of deciding upon them. His Lordship reminded the House that when the Municipal Reform Bill was before Parlia ment, the legislature had been told that a great and benefi cial change would take place in the organization of the corpo rate bodies throughout the kingdom. That change he assured their Lordships had not taken place—the abuses com plained of under the old system had not been removed. Did his Lordship therefore condemn the Bill, as Ministers might have been prepared to expect ? Not at all. On the contrary, he assured their Lordships that the Bill was an excellent Bill, and in the end would produce the fair re"- presentation of all parties ! Lest we might be suspected of mis-stating what fell from the Noble Lord, we will quote his own expressions as reported in the Times—a journal with which, (always excepting questions of Foreign policy,) we have few sympathies- in common. " They had been told that that Bill would introduce a new era—that corporate funds would be fairly dealt with—that the administration of justice would be more pure and perfect—and that party and political feeling would no longer be the sole passport to municipal office. They now had popular election ; but it appeared to him that the evils which had been complain ed of under the old system were not removed." Now for the causes of the disappointment and the future operation of the Bill :—" The great body of the voters in many bo roughs had got rid of the old town-councillors, who were all of a peculiar class of politics —a result which, from the be ginning, he expected. There was no doubt that it was quite natural for those who had been so long excluded from power to take this step. He, however, confessed to their Lordships and he did not doubt but such would be fact, that, in spite of any improper elections that had been made, he did hope that in the end the result of this Bill would be a fair representation of all parties," Thus according to the Noble Lord, the failure in the application of the principle of the Bill was owing to the excited, state of the country. What then was the ground of his motion? Why this :—That the Noble Secretary of State for the Home Department had consulted the Town Councils in the selection of the new Magistracy. And how did the Noble Lord prove this ? The process was worthy of the intellect of a Conservative Peer. " With respect to GUILDFORD," said the Noble Lord, " What has been the conduct of the Government ? Why, of the nine Conser vatives, whose names had been sent up as Magistrates, several had been overthrown by the Secretary of State, and persons were selected who had voted for the Whig Candidate at the last election." This, of course, was con clusive of the fact that Lord JOHN RUSSELL was the there creature of the Town Councils ! Lord WHARNCLIFFE complained that when their Lordships had twice altered the Clause in the Municipal Reform Bill, which left the nomination of the Magistracy to the Toivn Councils, Lord JOHN RUSSELL had consoled the House of Commons, by telling them " that it did not much matter what their lordships had done in this case ; for, so long as he and his colleagues remained in office, the opinion of the Town Councils would have the greatest weight with them." Yet what is the charge made by Lord WHARNCLIFFE against the Noble Secretary for the Home Department ? Why, that in no fewer than eleven Boroughs, Lord JOHN RUSSELL paid no regard to the prayers of the Conservative ratepay ers, but nolens volens forced them to put up with a libera Magistracy of the Government's nomination ! Thus, accord ...... . ing to the Noble Peer, if the amendment of their lordships had been carried out in an extehsive spirit, there would not have been a conservative magistrate in the kingdom. And yet, by a process of reasoning which we cannot comprehend, the fault is owing to the radical composition of the Town Councils—bodies much more. Conservative than the Secre tary of State for the Home Department—and through the neglect of whose addresses by the Home Office, the coun try is inundated by a radical magistracy ! This, of course. is sound Tory logic. In fact the whole of the arguments used by LORD WHARNCLIFFE may. be summed up thus : The right of ,appointing the Municipal Magistr ac y i s th e just prerogative of the Crown. The Crown has exercised this prerogative in such and lel) instances, against the Petition of certain municipa- Therefoie the Crown has lost its just prerogative! Or : The Crown must exercise the right of appointing their Municipal Magistracy to prevent that body from being composed of radical elements : But the Crown has exercised the right of appointing the Municipal Magistracy : Therefore the Magistracy is comp ose d o f ra di ca l e l emen t s . • Such in fact is th reasoning of the Noble Lord on the subject of Municipal Magisterial appointments as exercised by the Crown. But LORD WITARNCLI}FE was not wanting in logical acumen of a rarer stamp than any we have yet referred to. Pointing triumphantly to the - impartiality of • the Tories in the nomination of the County Magistracy, his Lordship observed—" Ile could certainly say, that in his own county he knew no instance in which a man had been excluded from the magistracy on account of his politics. He was, undoubtedly, acquainted with cases in which individuals, well known as agitators, were refused the commission of tIW peace, for it was thought that there could be no worse conservators of the peace than men who were always tempting the people to break it." What a nice distinction is here made between the tree and its fruit! " The tree is a good tree—an excellent tree . —l will plant it anywhere, provided you can guarante e it s p u tti ng f ort h no l eaves or blossoms. Assure me that it.will not grow, and I will place it in any part of my grounds you may think proper. It is not the tree but the bark, the leaves, the blossoms, to which I have an insuperable objection !" This is surely worthy of a doctor of the Sorbonne ! The second speech of the the Noble Lord is much richer in absurdity than the first, but we have not time now to do more than merely allude to it. - The speech of the Noble Baron met an admirable correc tive in the eloquent vindication of the Government by Lord MELBOURNE and the LORD CHANCELLOR. The latter Noble Lord assured the House that so far from following implicitly the advice of the Town Councils, Lord J. RUSSELL has used his influence in correcting those errors into which they were led by the heat of party. In fact the Government ob tained a signal triumph, which the publication of the re turns moved for will render still more complete. The Tories are in despair. They see that they have no longer a chance of regaining power. Even hope— the last • resource of the unfortunate—has forsaken them. But to break their fall, they set up for Impartialists. King JAMES, in opening the Parliament of .1621 admitted that there was in the Kingdom a body of men called " Undertakers," who had offered to manage both branches of the Legislature for his MAJESTY on certain conditions. That body still lives in the Tories of our day ; but the system of " undertaking" is nearly ex tinct. The last job on public record was that of the PEEL and WELLINGTON, now at liberty to roam whithersoever suits them, without fear of interruption on the part or , our Gracious SOVEREIGN. The Tories are are OUT, and the secret of their fury consists in a conviction that, they can never again come IN. The Moniteur of Monday, which we have received together with the other Paris papers of the same date, ~~ TO BAKERS AND OTHERS. ChUR. JOHN HENSH AW is instructed to an offer, by AUCTION , at G arraway ' s Coffee-house, ge-alley, Co rn hill, on F RIDAY, Feb. 26, unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, the valuable R' LEASE, GOOD WILL, and immediate possession'of an okl-established and highly respectable full-priced BAKER'S SHGP, situate No. 15, Nicho 'as-lane, Cannon -street, in the most, preferable and improving part of the City, which has been very successfully conducted by one fa ily for upwards of thirty years, is now to be disposed of, in conse maquence of the severe indispe.sition of the present proprietor. The y w o n iv, u n d en i a bl e, and capable of great improvement, and with' great confidence be recommended to a purchaser a s a certain fortune ; the premises are in excellent repair, held on lease lw 1 10 1 e unexpi re d term of 21 years, at a moderate rent. ay be v i ewe d , and particulars had on the Premises ; at Garra- Iv aY's ; and of the Auctioneer, N0.:33, Bouverie-street, Fleet street. HAMBURG, FEBRUARY 16, 1836. l EINE BROTHERS Contractors for the State of HAMBURG'S ciREAT LOTTERIES, be g t o decline further orders for the SIXTY-SEVENTH LOTTERY, as they would most probably not reach them till after the BEST PRIZE shall }save been drawn. ?'he publication publication of Tin SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. vi . , , N 4; t • - , THE SPANISH SECURITIES. TO THE EDITbR OF THE SUN. Ste,---The impartiality of your columns, and the strenuous support that your valuable Journal affords to the liberal insti tutions at home and abroad, inspires me with confidence to ad dress to you the following lines : The British people have been most grossly imposed upon ; and malice has set at work all its art to plunder the unwary, and to re duce, if possible, to misery many respectable families vi ho have in vested their property in the Spanish Securities. A Tory faction—a Carlist party—the constant and avowed ene mies of the cause of freedom and improvement over all the world, after having tried in vain their efforts in both Rouses of Parliament, led by men of such character and oratorical powers as the Marquis of Londonderry and Messrs. Fector and Price, in revenge for their defeat, have directed their attacks upon the fortunes of those persons who are giving support to the liberal Spanish cause. It has been for them a matter of no great difficulty to employ some persons lately discharged from the British Legion as tools to perform their work; as vile emissaries to promulgate various reports of the state of the Queen's'cause. Unfortunately, the present profligate and deirioralized state of part of the English Press has lent its assistance to seccni their views by inserting in its columns all the inventions and falsehoods that these worthies have lately circulated. We have heard of the English Legion being reduced- te"3,000 men. It is calculated that 11,000 men have been sent to Spain. What has become of the remainder ? It is allowed that sickness prevails among its ranks ; but only in that d egree w hi c h prevails in all armies during the winter, when they are exposed to the ri gours of the season. Even the plagues of Egypt would not have caused such mortality as they wish the incautious to believe. We have heard of the inability of the Spanish Government to pay the dividends which will fall due in May next. Lot men open their eyes, and see the conspiracy that is practised to frighten them. The conduct of the Spanish Government has been strictly honourable, and entitles it to better estimation and credit. The army is daily receiving additional means, and has increased its force by 50,000 men at least, besides the additional strength of the English, French, and Portuguese Legions ; and a decisive blow is expected as soon as the weather will permit the beginning of general operations. The country in general is enthusiastically raised in support of the Queen and liberal institutions ; handsome donations are potiring into the Treasury from every quarter of the Kingdom. Where are the demonstrations shown in favour of Don Carlos ? Has there a single to all declarettin his favour ? The patriot Alendizabal has completely gained for himself the confidence of the nation; and every measure of his Administration is hailed by the people. With such an array of real and established facts, what doubt can there be of the honourable fulfilment of the obligations of Spain? Mendizabal has promised that he will find means not only to put an end to the civil war, but to consolidate the national credit. But let us suppose for a moment that all the plans of the Minister may fail ; the monastic property of Spain amounts in value to more than 50,000,0001. (fifty millions sterling), consisting of the best land and other most valuable property ; upon the security of which no body will doubt that a sum can be raised (even in Spain without applying to a foreign market), sufficient not only to pay the divi dends, but to enable the Government to meet all its exigencies, even allowing its pecuniary state to be so bad as it has lately been represented. Mendizabal said in the Cortes that "every thing may be obtained of a country when it is not deceived." Let every friend of Spain rally around him and depend on . the assertion of a tried and honest patriot. The cause of the Christinos in Spain is the same that we arc now supporting in England—the cause of the improvement and amelio ration of institutions founded in the times of pries craft and igno rance—tile cause of liberty against intolerance and tyranny—the cause of the people against the formidable power and usurpation of aristocracy and despotism. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, VERITAS. PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY. In the Loans', after some petitions had been presented, LOrd Wharncliffe moved for a copy of the Government circular to the Town Councils of Boroughs relative to the appointment of Magis trit!s, and for the names of the persons appointed Magistrates. His Lordship's motion, the discussion of which occupied the House the whole of the sitting, was with some alterations agreed to. In the COMMONS', Mr. Buckingham's Compensation Bill, on a division, was lost. On the motion of Mr. P. Thomson, th follow ing resolutions, relative to Railroad Bills, were adoptfd by the House :—" That the House would not receive any petition upon a. private bill relative to compliance or non-compliance with the stand ing orders subsequent to the second reading of such bill,—That the House would not receive any such petition relative to any Railway Bill, notice for the second reading of which had been given previous to Monday next.—That it should be a standing order of the House that seven clear days should intervene between the second reading of all Railway Bills and the sitting of the Committee ; and—That in the cases of the Bills that hail been postponed, the said seven days should be allowed from the day originally fixed for the second reading of such Bills, as if they had been then read a second time." Colonel Brtien entered into a variety of personal particulars with a view of clearing his character from the allegations contained in the petition recently presented from Mr. Vigors, relative to the system of Tory intimidation, despotism, and depopulation, practised at Carlow by the Conservatives. M r . H ume then brought on his im portant motion relative to Lords-Lieutenant, Magistrates, and other civil officers of the Crown, being members of Orange societies. Lord John Russell moved as an amendment a resolution for an ad dress to the King, praying his Majesty to discourage the Orange associations and other secret societies. This resolntion was agreed to. We have no room here for. a description of the discussion, but refer to our report of the &bate, which will be read with interest. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). ____.......__ CORN EXCHANGE. T i Tile arrivals of this week are tolerably good of Wheat and Bar ley, but very limited of Oats. Wheat is firm at Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Peas, are unvaried. Oats are rather dearer. Flour is firm at Monday's advance. . A It RIVALS. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. I Flour. . 4,320 vs 3,630 qrs. 1,830 1 qrs. 4,6 t'd sackl --- English ... Irish F.reign. ' ..+................... .. DEATH OF THE LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM. --It is with deep regret that we announce this day the death of the Bishop of Durham (William Van Mildert, D. D. ), which melancholy event took place on Sunday last, at nine a.m. Dr. Van Mildert was consecrated Bishop of Llandaff in 1819, and translated to the see of Durham in 1526.—Morning Paper. RAILROADS ON THE RiIINE.—The Strasbourg Journals state that, notwithstanding the opposition of the army engineers of Mentz, the project of an iron railroad from that town to Wisbaden, is going on, and that, on the first day of aponing the subscription, 1,100,000 f. ‘,Tye subscribed. " - AUSTRALIAN PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION.-The directing Committee or this body held their first meeting, Mr. Macnkeness in the chair, at the Jerusalem Warehouse. There was about twenty members:present, and no business of importance was brought for ward. Mr. Hopkiss presented a requisition signed by himself and about twenty members, desiring , that a public meeting should be called for the purpose of considering the propriety of allowing the members of the association who did not subscribe 5/. per ann. to elect from among themselves a member of the directing Commit tee. A very important motion respecting the legality of judges acting as legislators was called on, but the member who had given notice of moving it not being present, it was allowed to drop, which caused some very pertinent remarks upon the inconvenience that is likely to accrue. Mr. Mackaness' motion concerning the Sale of Crown Land, is o'n the paper for consideration. " The Government have taken every precaution to prevent the spreading of the small-pox, brought into the Colony by the Canton. Every means has been taken to arouse the apathy of the public, and to excite the heads of families to resort to vaccination. A Sydney paper, of Sept. 14, says— " We present our rerders this day with a set of protests, by Ta rious members of Council, which, in absence of admission for re porters, proves that some sharp practice has been going on within the walls of the Council Chamber. The protests of the independent non-official members are particularly strong and just. Those of the Government offices have been drawn forth by an imperative sense of justice to the mother country, as much as to the colony. That the enormous sum of 45,0001. yearly, to maintain the police establishment required by a convict community, has given and con tinues to give displeasure to the country, admits not of dispute. Prices of Wheat at Sydney :—Highest, 16s. per bushel ; lowest. 14s. 6d. ; average, 15s. 3d. By the express from Paris, this morning, we have accounts from Vienna, to the 14th inst., stating that the house of Rothschild and Sina have contracted a loan with Prince Esterhazy, for twenty soil lions of francs, which will be negotiated at four per' cent. It being settling-day in Consols, the brokers and jobbers are chiefly attending to the settling , of their accounts, which will go off well, as there has been little fluctuation during the Account. Consols opened this morning at 911 for the Account, and 914 3 for money ; Exchequer Bills, 19 21 ; India Bonds, 3 5 ; Bank Stock, 218 219 ; India ditto, 256 257. In the Foreign Market the stock jobbing reports of yesterday and the day before, respeeting the affairs of Spain, not being confirmed, Spanish Active Bonds have improved to 454 4 ; Portuguese, 824 834 ; Three per Cents., 524 4 ; Colombian 314 324 ; Mexican 354 364 ; Dutch Two-and-a-half, 551 4 ; Five per Cents., 10-14. HALF-PAST OE. The settling of the Consol Account is going off well, and it turns out to be a Bear Account. Little business doing except arranging their differences. Consols are 91i for Money, and 91i for next Account. Ex chequer Bills, 19 21 ; India Bonds, 3 5 ; Bank Stock, 2181 ; India Stock, 254_257/. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds maintain the price of 45* ; Passive, 143 ; Deferred, 223 ; Portuguese, 83i ; Three per Cents., 521 ; Dutch, 55k. In the Share Market the Great Western are 32 34, the other Shares much the same as yesterday Consols for the Account, 91i 3 THREE 0' CL 0 CR. DEATH FROM FIGHTING.—A man named Bir rell lost his life near Carlisle last week in a pugilistic encoun ter with another man named Gattie. After having fought for some time they commenced wrestling, when a tremendous fall, in which Birrell was undermost, ended the battle.' He was taken up by his second, and said he " felt rather queer." He almost immediately fell from the second's knee, and, having lingered about. six hours, died the same night. Before the occurrence of the fall, the parties were advised to end the matter amicably, as the fight did not originate in any quarrel, but took place merely to put the prowess of the two men to the test. Gattie was willing to accede to the proposal, but the unfortunate deceased refused, adding, that " he would fight it out." An inquest has been held on the body of Birrell, and a verdict of Manslaughter returned against Gattie, who imme diately gave himself up, and expressed his sorrow at the melan choly event. COMPARISON 'OF SPEED.—A French scientific journal states that the ordinary rate is, per second : Of a man walking . Of a good horse in harness Of a rein-deer in a . sledga, on the ice Of an English race-horse Of a hare Of a good sailing ship Of the wind Of sound 1,038 Of a twenty-four pounder cannon-ba11... Of the air which, so divided, returns into space 1,300 A paragraph has been going the round of the papers respecting the new Reform Club, which requires a transposi tion of figures to make it correct. It states that the first shrill. five members pay 2501. To be correct, it should state that the first two hundred and filly members have the option of paying GA to be members for life. 4 feet. ADELPIII THEATRE.—A btistling domestic novelty Was produced at this theatre on Monday night, entitled The Balance of Con!fort ; or, to Marry and not to Marry. Mr: and Mrs. Spicer, recently retired from the wholesale grocery trade in Bucklersbury, and possessing small means and high notions, conspire, with Mr. Pigeon and his wife, to betray Waver into a marriage with Miss Spicer, a girl of seventeen, mightily ro mantic, and already in love with Timewell, a punctual young watchmaker, and nephew to Waver. Busby and Waver are sworn foes to matrimony, have a mortal aversion to being " settled," and while pluming themselves on their own inde pendent enjoyment of liberty, are most egregiously under the domini on o f two j ealous and tyrannical housekeepers. Dorothy Dimple, a useful domestic in the Spicer family, performing the several duties of cook, housemaid, butler, laundress, and ser vant of all work at low wages, completes the list of dramatis persona. Entertainments are given alternately at the resi dences of Spicer and Waver for maturing the schemes of the former, but which glaringly frustrate their intention by ex hibiting the parties in their real characters, open war being proclaimed between the married, and absolute dominion by the housekeepers. The old bachelor abjures his young charmer of sevent een , and determines o n r idding himself of his house keeper. T he gallant watcbmaler, who had contrived to leave the cloak, on a former occasion, out of order, is present at the eclaircissement, and received as the future husband of Miss Clarissa, while Dorothy is rewarded with the promised gold watch for her services. We have seldom witnessed the charac ters of a farce more aptly east, or more favourably received. • THE MOTHER OF NAPOLEON, ROME, FEB. 16. ----The anniversary of the Pope's accession to the Throne has been celebr a t e d to -d ay b y a solvaul PrYICQ . perfgriuV in til e e 4 Sistine Chapel. Almost an the public buildings, and a gre— `l_lltinber of private houses, were illuminated last night. The French EMbassv and French Academy chiefly distinguished thems e l ves for their splendid ill um i na ti ons . At the same time that the Romans were walking in the Corso { -and that the people evinced their joy by nol - sy demonstrations, the body of the late Madame Letitia was being conveyed to the church of Santa Maria, on the Via Lath. It will he afterwards trans ferred t o the little village of &motto, and remain there till further orders. A service has been performed for the repose of that lady's soul. The crowd that had assembled to be pre sent at the ceremony was greatly disappointed. Instead of a pompous funeral a mere coffin, followed by the people of Ma dame Letitia's household, composed the simple and affecting spectacle offered in the funeral cf the mother of Napoleon. The Government had desired that the ceremony Might take place in the plainest manner, in order to•prayent any occasion of disturbance.—Augsbur h g G azette. . • The same NOBLE LORD said he would then present the pe tition of which he had given notice last night, viz., a petition from the burgesses and other inhabitants of Rochester, com plaining of the conduct of the Secretary of State for the Home Department with respect to thu appointment of the magistrates of that town. As in the course of tfie address he was about to make, he would have to comment upon the tfausactions that had taken place at Rochester, it would be a loss of time fur ther to allude to them at present. In pursuance of the 110- tice of motion which he had given, he thought it his duty to bring before the House certain circumstances attending upon the appointment of the Magistracy of several boroughs in the schedules of the Act of Parliament passed last Session ; and it was his intention, before he sat down, to move for certain papers connected therewith. In makin g ,; a motion of this kind it was the duty of every Noble Lord to lay before the House the grounds upon which it was to be sup ported. In the first place, therefore, he must call to their minds-what had passed upon this subject during the debates not only there, but elsewhere, upon the Municipal Act of last Session. They were told that that Bill would produce a new era—that it would get rid of the old corrupt corporations-- that it would purity the sources of the administration of justice—and that it would likewise put an end to all corrupt influence. They were not only to have the old boroughs placed by means of this Bill on a new footing, but all the practices of the old corporations were to be at once swept away. He confessed that he always doubted this, but at the same time lie was free to confess, with respect to the accusations made against the old boroughs, that he believed it was necessary to reform those institutions, and to bring them back to the purposes for which they were originally insti tuted.—(Hear, hear.) It was necessary they should be reformed ' • and no word had passed his lips which could be construed into a disapproval of the general principle. His Noble Friend behind him (the Duke of Wellington) and his Noble Friends opposite, concurred in the same principle. He stated that he believed they required reform, he believed the old system to be - insufficient, and that the absence of all influence of the mass of the people in the election of the Members of the Corporations, was an evil which ought to be re medied. He should also state whilst they reformed these evil: they ought to take care not to leave the very evils which they pretended to reform, and that a measure which was to put an end to exclusion, should notbe merely to change the parties excluded. He had now to call the attention of their Lordships to the ope ration of the Act, and it appeared to him that not alone in the choice of Town Councillors, but still more in the choice of Magistrates, the principle of exclusion was still kept up. —(Hear.) In order to come to a right conclusion upon that point it was necessary to look to what had taken place before the Bill came into operation. Undoubtedly the Ma gistrates and Town Councils were all of a certain way of thinking, and elected upon principles of exclusion which, pre vious to the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, and the Emancipation of the Roman Catholics, was strictly ad hered to, and it was not unnatural that the systems of not admit ting Dissenters or Roman Catholics to Corporations should •be acted upon, as they could not be legally admitted. But he (Lord Wharncliffe) was free to confess that the principle of exclusion was one which could not be continued; and he had told many Members of Corporations out of that House, that if they persisted in that system of exclusion, they would force upon the Crown and upon Parliament air alteration in the system. When that Bill came up from the House of Commons, it was the business of their Lordships to see whether its provisions were likely to ensure the pur poses for which the measure was proposed. They had first taken special care as to the manner in which the town-coun cillors should be appointed, and with respect to the adminis tration of justice. The Bill as it came to that House gave the town councils the power of nominating the Justices, and giving a veto to the Crown only. Their Lordships had altered that so as to take nominations out of the hands of the town councils. Their Lordships had done right in that, in order to ensure the impartial administration of justice. Ihe Bill was then sent down to the House of Commons, and they all knew that the amendment introduced by their Lordships was at first rejected, and their own insisted. When the Bill was again sent back, their Lordships most wisely, and prudently insisted upon that clause; and he ( Lord W.) had read with great surprise, that in the debate which took place in the House of Commons after the Bill had been sent down a second time, on that occasion the Honourable the Sec retary of State for the Home Department, the leader of the House of Commons, stood up in his place and, not using the very words, but words to the same effect, had stated that " it did not much matter what their Lordships had done, so long as he and his colleagues remained in office : the opinions of the town-councils would have the greatest weight with _ _ with them."—( Hear, hear.) It appeared to himi ( Lord Wharncliffe) that a Minister of State who, after a Bill had passed their Lordships, would stand up in his place and tell the people of England "it is true the Parliament has passed such a clause, but we have a way to avoid it." That he (Lord NV.) repeated appeared t o him one of the most unjustifiable expressions that were ever used. So the Bill passed, and such was the law, and that being the case—now came the question how it operates. The election of Town Councillors turned out just as he (Lord W.) anticipated, viz.,- that the great body of the voters had got rid of the old Town Councillors, who were all of a particular class of politics, and he (Lord NV.) expected no other result. There was no doubt that it was quite natural that such should have been the case--kept out of power as the party hall been for so long a time. He still, however, had no doubt the result of the Bill would be a fair. representation of all parties, and therefore he would not say more upon the subject: of elections. He was, however, obliged to refer to the proceedings of the Town Councils : those proceedings showed most clearly that these bodies were the very last that the Secretary of State should have applied to for such recommendations—they at that very moment of time being flushed with victory. The result was, as was to be expected, that the lists for the Ma• gistracy sent up by them were entirely of one class of politics. In some instances there might be found one, two, three, or four of Conservative opinions returned, but some how it turned out that they had been always rejected. On the other hand, there were some of the boroughs where a majority of the Town Council had been returned of Conservative opinions, and to their honour, the lists sent up by them were marked by a very liberal spirit. He would ilrst instance the borough of Southampton.. The majority of the Town Council there were Conservative, yet to their credit they sent up a list of ten, five of each party. In the letter sent to him they were called five Conservatives, and five who were sometimes Conservative Whigs, sometimes Whip, sometimes Whig Radicals. and sometimes plainly Radicals. Some of these terms he could not understand—he 'did know what a Conservative was ; he also could understand a Conservative Whig—he was a Whig in opinion, but - Iva:: led away by the party ; hut he really could not see how the other parties could at all come into conjunc tinn.—(tlear.) 'rite neat borough to ►which he would refer ►was Guildford—there also the Majority was Conservative. They returned a list of 12 nalres, of Phich 9 were Conservatives and 3 were Liberals. In Bristol there vtas a very consider able majority of Conservatives, and they sent up a list 'con taining 12 Conseryativeb and )2 Whigs. Exeter was. mainly Conservative, yet they returned 8 Conservatives and 4 Radicals. He ought to observe to their Lni'dsbip!, that no sooner were the elections over, than a circular issuettrttro :he Secretary of State's office, called upon the Town Cot - ft - Nil to send up a list of the individuals elected, and whom they had reoalmended• The first upon the list was Yarmouth, 1n which thei'd were 53 Liberals to 3 Conservatives. The Town Council of War' wick was very nearly under tl►eaame circtrustanceg. They had nominated 20, of whom 12 were stated to be Whigs, one doubtful, and .7 Tories, and what was very extraordinary was, that out of those Tories as they were called who were nominated, one was eighty-one years of age, and another seventy. Leeds had - sent up a list of seventeen liberals and one conservative. Coventry, under the same circumstances, had sent up a list of twelve to one. Lord MELBOURNE enquired bow the Noble Lord came to know their politics. Lord \VII A'RNCLIFFE—The Noble Viscount might look at one of the newspapers supporting his own government, and there be would find it stated in terms that could not be mistaken. How did he know what line of politics the Noble Viscount pursued?—(hear, hear.) Then there was Cam bridge and Liverpool—he would not go through the whole,- for they were all to the same effect. They had all been nominated avowedly upon one side, keeping up an exclusiVe systein.--(Hear,) Then be would look to the proceedings of the Government. Ileliad commented before upon the fact of a pplying to the Town Cou nc il s f or li sts, end taking them as their basis. He quite agreed with all the doctrines that .had been so well laid d own b y the Noble and Learned Lord on tire 1 , -41 . the ether day. It was the businesS of those whom he advised not to tatZ t!:e opinion merely of the Lord Lieutenant—not- to take the opinion of :Thy indivi dual, or any set of individuals—but to endeavour to find out who were the most competent man, and who were m os t lik e l y to d o justice. He would now take those towns of great rila,gnitude in which there wi a r s s a contested election. In Leeds the Magistrac ie last " contested, and he would just read an extract from intoti the Report of the Commissioners upon their inTl i i i rY t ' y Corporation of Leeds. 46 The great yn t i 'e tah s n P r lc s t tp l e, b ecitr i present members of the Corporation, d " (Hear.) and conduct and justice, are universal! Why was there such a course adopted member of the Corpora tion, impartial a r t t iha the They had made an individual a m who was also the editor of Leeds, under such circum- He asked, could the people of e a newspaper.:(LHeeecali?) ,stances, feel satisfied that the persons nominated by the Town Council were all of one particular line of politics—of one class in the state?' He might be told the office of a magistrate was not one of emolument, - and} in counties not one of influence, but in towns it was one of consid6sable importance, and particularly so in a.town where there was a contested election, and where party spirit ran high. Every man ulshod to be distinguished from his fellows, but not marked out because csf their political opinions. It was said to be the object of the Refori- Bill to do away with all invidious distinctions, but he cou ld neS un d erstan d h ow that eas reconcileable with the fact of the Govesnment setting aside all those who differed from them in opinion. In Liver pool great dissatisfaction existed with the old Corporation, but it had not been removed by the new. With respect to Guild. ford, he supposed that the defence which would be set up in this case would be the same as that with respect to Liverpool, namely, that as there was an exhibition of strong political feel ing on one side it would be extremely inconvenient to appoint si Justices opposed to it. Of the twelve, nine were .Conserva tives, and three entertained Liberal opinions. Eight' of the • Conservatives were overlooked by the Secretary of State ; one Only .VDAS retained, and the three Whigs were kept.—( Hear, hear.) He should now refer the House to a case which' he had mentioned on a former occasion—the case of the bo rough of Wigan. This borough he believed was a consider able place, and the new town council possessed what were, called liberal opinions. These gentlemen sent up a list of persons, every one of whom was on their side in politics. Two memorials were subsequently sent, to which the Secretary of State for the Home Department returned an answer, intimat ing that the memorials had been received after the appoint ments bad been completed. A letter was afterwards sent to the same Noble Lord prsTing an inquiry into the fitness of the parties appointed, and wn:ch stated that the recommen dation of the town council could slot have been in the hands of Government more than three or icor days before the ap pointments were completed, and that that secommendation was not sufficient to warrant the issuing of the ssammissions. I also expressed tlse hope that the commissions would be stayed until it had been satisfactorily ascertained that the parties were fit and proper persons to be justices. These memorials - were all disregarded, and no alterati on was made i n t h e ap pointments. He should now refer their Lordships to a case in which he had not to complain of partiality; but he had to complain that an appointment of justices had been made at the suggestion of the Members for the place to which he alluded. He alluded to the borough of Rochester. In the election of the town council the votes were equal, and so the councillors were equally divided between the two parties,, ni.le being Con servatives and nine .Liberals. The consequenee was that when the two parties met, neither being willing to give way to the other, they could not agree in the appoint ment of a Mayor, or in the choice of Aldermen.—(Bear.) To remedy this state of things, the Secretary for the Home Department sent a letter to the Corporation ; but he (Lord Wharncliffe) would ask the House whether such a case as this was ever anticipated ? The provision respecting the AI.. dermen was given by the other House as a sort of concession to that House. He had Loped that the old Aldermen would have been appointed; but the other House had made a sort of concession in this respect. If he could have anticipated such a case, he for one would say that he never would have ac cepted such a provision, which he knew would have the effect of increasing party feeling and animosities in all the boroughs in the kingdom. At Rochester, an officer connected with the excise and the customs had been appointed a Justice. —( Hear, hear.) After the letter from the Secretary of State, asking the town council to send up a list of names, and that body being unable to do so from the reason to which he had before alluded, the Secretary (Lord J. Russell) pro ceeded to appoint the Justices on the recommendation, as he subsequently said in answer to an application made to him on the subject, of the two Members 11;r the borough. Here, there fore, was a case in which the Secretary of State, not being able to make the appointments on the recommendation of the proper authorities—the town council—had thought proper to make the appointment on the recommendation of the Members representing the borough in Parliament. He was informed by his friend Sir E. Knatchbull that some of these newly-ap pointed Justices had endeavoured to implicate the old magis trates of the borough, by adopting a course which they thought • would cause them to refuse to swear' them in. They were, however, unsuccessful in their endeavours • the old magis trates having been put on their guard.—( Hear, hear.) The two Members for this borough were supporters of the Govern ment. Now, be would ask the House whether it could have been the intention of Ministers that the Corporation Bill should be made use of for such a purpose ?—( Hear.) The answer that would be given was " Yes." Yes it ssas. There was no concealment of politics here—the appointmeot was of Libe ral magistrates. He hoped, as he did not wish to impute to any set of men conduct which they did not deserve, that the Government had unknowingly put themselves in the :lands of these two Hon. Gentlemen. Shortly after the appoins`snent, a letter was sent to Lord John Russell, to which his Lordship returned an answer, stating that upon a consideration of the circumstances stated to him by Mr. Bernal (one of the mem bers for Rochester) on the one side, and by the Gentlemen who brought the letter on the other, he had determined not to propose to the Lord Chancellor to make any change in the Commission; but he added that when the town council was competent to act he would hays the whole question considered with the view of ascertaining the p;•opriety of the late appoint ments. He (Lord Wharneliffe) would appeal to the Noble and Learned Lord on the - Woolsack, who was responsible for these appointments, whether they were proper appointments ? At Dover several labourers employed by Government had voted for the Conservative candidate. This was considered an of fence, and accordingly Colonel Leith Hay (the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance) and Colonel Fanshawe were sent down to inquire into the matter. The result was that these labourers received notice to quit the houses allowed them by Government within a month it was, however, only fair to add, that on Saturday last a lettes was received withdrawing the notice. He knew the defence usually set up with respect to exclusion of parties. If the whole 'slumber of Commis sions in the county were taken, a great IDajority would be found to be held by persons entertaining one I ,'trticular class of political opinions. It arose in this way : —Tlsree-fourths of the magistracy were Conservative.--(Hear, hes.r.) did not say this unadvisedly or without authority, for he could cite in support of his statement the most able paper of the other party—the Edinburgh Review. That periodical stated in one of its articles, that of persons possessing an income of 5001., the great majority were Conservatives.—(Hear.) He thought that known agitators ought not to be put in the com mission of the Peace, for they were certainly the worst con servators of the peace. Magistrates had, undoubtedly, a grave responsibility attached to their office. They were bound to preserve the peace, and to see justice properly administered ; and this, he thought, could not be adequately accomplished, -if justices were appointed who differed entirely from the inhabi tants of the boroughs. He should now read his motion, which was, that a humble address be presented to his Majesty, pray ing that a copy of the circular addressed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the town clerks of the bo roughs mentioned in the schedules to the Municipal Reform Bill, requiring them to send up a list of persons fit to be an pointed borough justices, might be laid oc the table of tin: House. ' Also copies of the lists which had beet: sent up, and the names of persons who had been put in the coi•urnssion of the Peace. Viscount MELBOURNE begged leave to make one gene ral remark, which he thought would entirely over-ride the whole of the speech of the Noble Lord. That Noble Lord's case might be very good—all his arguments perfectly decisive, and all that he had stated by way of inculpation extremely con clusive ; but he ( Viscount Melbourne) begged .to' state that the Noble Lord assumed the whole of his facts, as well as the political characters, and the unfitness of the persons appointed.—( Cries of No, no.") He ( Viscount Melbourne) meant to say that the Noble Lord did assume his facts. In the. case of the borough of Wigan, all was. very well. The Noble Lord said that the Government did not attend to the memorials, as it pt;ceeded to appoint the parties first named by the town council, and the whole gist of the Noble Lord's argument lay in the quest:pn, whether or not the per sons recommended by the town coux:ril were fit and proper persons to be appointed. Now these fa. is were entirely as sined, without a shadow of proof. The NOL l e Lord assumed political characters and opinions—the whole mot l character of the nation was in his hands—he said that this ma. was unfit, and that this set of men were also unfit. He (Viscount Mel bourne) said this was not the case. Lord WI-I A RNCLIFFE rose and denied the statemel. , t of the Noble Viscount, in an observation not perfectly heard in the Gallery. Viscount MELBOURNE—This is in iaterpretation of whet the Noble Lord said. Lord W II A RN C LUTE bad nct Said at" ything against those persons or any one else as individuals. lie only spoke of them in their pnblie capacity. Viscount MELBOURNE resumed. lie said that the parties in question according to the admission of the Noble Lord, might be perfectly fitting and perfectly suited to the office to which they had been appointed. The Noble Lord h ,::I spoken of the opinions of persons. Ilow did he know t h em .; It was very well known that perpetual mistakes were ma de on thu: subject by many persons ; but by none so frequently as by th ,:::e who were opp ose d to t h em . - lie ( Yis count Melbourne) was at all disposed to adopt the opinions of the Noble Lord with re! which he condemned, neither wte.' he inclined to' consider r con t;:set to the class of politi the Noble Lord's judgment on the sub. ) : v o crating elusive. The Noble Lord began his speeCh I ).Y c rOdt r iced last the manner in which the Corporation Bill Ms.' introduced et as decisive hs d , stayd . t s hat . Fear. The Noble Lord said that the Ministry i and pro that it would retneve all the evils of the Id the Bill would have the effect of putting an cncl e te s e e a re r.. , ,Y feeling , duce perfect. quiet and peace. He had l' ever been expres,ed. not remember that such an opinionp the Bill to he that which lie considered the very ,( t coount3Melbourne) did limited the' power. of near in mind that the justices, by begged their Lordships to genera suffrage of the bureescr jubsetisete.sairiti of these corporations, and he left to the Quarter Session - b .., this Bili, were The 1,111 certainly gave the justices the power of licensing —a poker e l3ill b s y v teas other brought hands.up which was extremely abused, ~. extremeh formidable, and oce and prohibited from sitthigat r. s. wished recollect tosea h exercised o..t t il from the House of Commons with another provision in this re spect. Their Lordships had not approvqd of that provision, which heir i h , e t, r s d h s o h u i i l , d s 1 1 1, 17: a and perh:ps their Lordships had not erred in coming to that decision ; het these eirezlinstanees alone, he thought, proved hew deeply the Geverntnent had felt his power a power w hich ni ight confer a lucrative trade, and which m ight interrupt a nu e trade already establi s h e d , and ruin a man who had invested a capital in his trade ---such a power, he repeated, was extremely formidable, and their Lordships were bound to consider whe ther some remedy could not be devised to obviate the evils oc casioned by it. The Noble Lord - cpndemned his (Viscount Melbourne's) Noble Friend in the House of Commons for hay ing stated his intention, notwithstanding the alterations which had been introduced, still to take the opinio of the tow n councils as to the appointment of the Justicei. •The Nobl.