The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-11 00:00:00

IMPERIAL• PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. to. The House sat to-day shortly before Four o'Clock. Earl Sr. GERMANS took the oaths and his seat. The House then adjourned during pleasure. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack again shortly after Five o'Clock. Earl POWIS presented two petitions from parishes in the county of Montgomery in favour of the Ecclesias • tical Courts Bill. The Noble Earl also presented a petition from the Bath Church of England Lay Society, praying for the repeal of the Bill joining the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. The Noble Earl begged to state that it was the intention of this Society, shortly after Easter, to bring the considera tion of this subject before the House. The Earl of DALHOUSIE laid on the table certain returns relative to the Customs. RAILWAYS. The Earl of DALHOUSIE gave notice that to morrow he would lay before their Lordships some c ommunications relative to the Railway Department of the Beard of Trade. The papers would bear upon the powers of the Board of Trade, and the course pursued by them in obtaining railway accommodation tbr the public in the south-eastern districts. For some time past a general misapprehension prevailed with resspect to the jurisdiction of this department of thet beard in such matters, and• the course the Board • of Trade- had' adopted to obtain this accommodation. He -should at the -same time take the opportunity of submitting to - theireLordships his views upon the ex tent of the jurisdiction, and the course of proceeding adopted in coming - to a conclusion as to what was or was not a sufficient amount of railway accommo dation. THE ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had to crave their Lordships attention while he submitted to . their Lordships' her Majesty's most gracious answer to the Address of their 'Lordships on the Speech from the Throne. Her Majesty, in the answer, which Lis Lordship read, expressed herself as being fully assured of the loyalty of the House. The terms of the Address gave great satisfaction, and she relied with confidence on their Lordships' support in her Majesty's endeavours to promote the happiness and contentment of her Majesty's subjects. • On the motion of the Earl of SIIAFTESBURY, the answer of her Majesty was ordered to be entered on the journals of the House. LAW OF BANKRUPTCY. Lord BROUGHAM g ave notice that to-morrow he would present to their Lordships' a petition of some importance on the subject of the proceedings which took place before the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy in the City . of Lon don._ His Lordship also gave notice that on an early day next week he should renew the Bill which he brought before their Lordships last year, relative to the Bankruptcy Law, and which would contain certain clauses su g gested by a Noble Friend 'and a Reverend Prelate, who was not then present, for destroying the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court in certain matters. RIGHT OP SEARCH. Lord BROUGHAM wished to know if the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs had any ob jection to lay on the table of the House the corre spondence which had taken place between her Ma jesty's Government and the French 'Ministry on the subject of the Right of Search? The Earl of ABERDEEN said he was prepared to lay portions of it before their Lordships. Lord BROUGHAM asked if it would be printed? The Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to re ply in the affirmative. POSTAL REGULATIO S. The Earl of -ABERDEEN laid upon the table of the House the convention between her Majesty and the King of the Belgians relating to communication by post between this country and Belgium. • GOVERNMENT MEASURES. The Marquis of NORMAN-BY said he held in his hand certain returns granted to a motion made at the conclusion of last session, relating to the period at which different Bills bad come up from the other House. He found that three-fourths of the Bills in the last session came up in the month ofJuly. He be lieved' he was correct in stating that nearly se verity of them did so. It was impossible to judge of the intentions of her Majesty's Govern merit from • the - measures alluded to in the speech from the Throne. - It did not appear to bins that any of these Bills: were likely to be originated in that House; and as the Easter recess would hap. pen vet.; early, he did not apprehend that there could be any immediate attempt on the part of the Noble Duke and his colleagues to remedy the evil of which he complained. Ile was sure, however, that the Noble Duke would exert his powerful in 'fluence with his colleagues in the other House to secure that as many Bills as possible should be brought into that House soon after Easter, instead of all being postponed, as was the case last session, until the last month of its continuance. Tile Duke of WELLINGTON sail he did nut understand the Nob!e Marquis to put any question— his suggestion should certainly he' attended to. The .Marquis of NORMANBY said he would ask the Nuh!e Duke whether any of the measures - in co Itnni)!ation woad originate in that House, and whether they were likely to have any important mea sates submitted to them before the Easter rcces The Duke of WELLLNGTON requested the • Marluis of Normanby to let his questi m stand as a notice fur to morrow. BAH. - IN ERROR. Lord CAMPBELL said, in connexion with the question put by the Noble and Learned Marquis, he begged to draw the attention of his Noble and Learned Friend the Lord Chancellor to fac Bill with respect to bail in error in criminal cases. He hoped there would be no delay in bringing forward that measure, and having been brought in under the auspices of his Noble and Learned Friend, it would be sent down to the other House as soon as possible. Another point to which he begged leave to draw his Noble and Learned Friend's atten tion arose out of a criminal proceeding to which he was sorry to refer, because he was most anxious not to revive any pa',c discus4ons with regard to it, or to say anything which eould it the el ;:latest clgre!_l lie Noble and L:J;m7,l Friend. lie r. - ;ecred to thy. • moda of fi:ociling reference to a jury whkb had haeu imp; opsriy iaALrned. Hs 90)uld V assume that the opinion of the learned judges, whom their Lordships had consulted on that subject, Pe as per fectly correct ; he would also assume that his Noble and Learned Friend took a Correct view of the matter when he concurred in that opinion. Then, supposing it was so, how was the law %vitt regard to a jury improperly returned? In that case, as the law now stood, the accused party was without reinedy, because the challenge to the arm- was token away, according to the recent decision of• the judges. Before the law was recently altered, and when the sheriff was entrusted with the duty of returning the jury, a challenge to the array would lie if the jury was improperly • returned by the sheriff. He did not find fault with ' the law which altered the mode by which the jury was returned. On the contrary, he thought it was an excellent law. According to the recent decision of the judges, the challenge to the array was gone; and, though lie bowed to the decision of the learned judges, . he shciuld have humbly thought that some other mode of redress would be pointed out, if that were the case. However, assuming the decision of' the learned judges to he right, he thought that the Noble and ' Learned Lord would acknowledge that the law ought not to be left as it was at present; and if •it was not the intention 'of her Majesty's Government to bring in a Bill (in whose hands he would much prefer to ' leave the subject) to remedy this defect in the law, he would feel it his duty to bring in a Bill for that purpose. He, therefore, wished to know whether her . 3,laleety's Government had any such intention ? The LORD CHANCELLOR said that two ques tions were proposed to him. The first was whether, in pursuance of engagements into which he entered the other night, it was his intention to bring in a Bill with regard to the subject of bail in error. He begged leave to state that he had directed his attention to the subject, and that it was his intention within a few days to bring in a Bill on the matter, founded is no inconsiderable degree on the Bill of his Noble and Learned Friend. He thouifht his Noble and Learned Friend was under a misapprehension with regard to the other subject. He (the Lord Chancel hoe) did not understand the learned judges to have given " opinion as to the effect stated by the °l3, ' an d' Learned Lord. Certainly, as far as he (the Lord Chancellor) was concerned, he never in tended to expres s think the learned ‘l'ch an opinion, and he did not to the effect th a t the ju dge s elie had given any opinion .nge to the array was taken away in consequence of any A alteration made in the jury-jaw by, a recent the Legislature. decided was, that et - of challenge to the All they , particular case array did not lie in Learned Lord. that a referred to by the Noble and alluded to e ither rde iti he a e defect n e The challenge to the array of the returning officer , or an unindiff learned judges stated iat on this reco e r as no imputation of partiality—that there was e n re th w * in the record showing unindifference. Therefore o i t? challenge to the array could not be allowed. Th e e particular defect in this instance arose from a defect in the bank. Tile:book was defective, but the sheriff was bound to select from it. The sheriff had no t ing to do with the formation of the book, though he was obliged to take the names from it. He apprehended that the learned judges gave no opinion as to the effect which his Noble Friend had stated. He admitted that this evil required a remedy. The defect of the book might arise from design or from • accident. The jury might be improperly impannelled. He did not deny that these things required a remedy; he had directed his attention to the subject, and if' he - ftwd it possible to provide a remedy for that defect •••. —that is, if no remedy at present existed, he would ' feel it his duty to bring in a Bill on the subject, and so remedy the omission. The defect of this case had arisen from legislative measures introduced for the purpose of altering the jury-law. The common law did not apply to the case, and the Legislature had provided no remedy for the defect. Lord CAMPBELL was extremely glad to hear that his Noble Friend had directed his attention to the subject; but he felt sure that upon further consideration he would find the opinion of the learned judges to be, that the right of chal lenge to the array had been taken away alto gether. They said that a difference or de fect arising from partiality was the only ground for challenging. the array. The matter was taken altogether out of the hands of the sheriff: where the Recorder erred there did not seem to be any remedy. lie would not trouble the' House further on the sub ject, resting with confidence on the assurance of his Noble and Learned Friends. THE INCOME-TAX. • - - - •' liament, he thought, was entitled to this information. He also wished to see what had been the working of the Irish spirit duties. The Noble Duke would re collect that, in the first instance, the tax on Irish spirits had been increased, but this increased tax bad been followed by a deficiency in the revenue. The Government very properly took the mat ter into their consideration, and repealed the duty. He wished to see what had been the working of that alteration, and he trusted there would_ be no objection to the return. The accounts of the Excise would show the consumption of the present year as compared with former years There were two other articles in which alterations had been made, and respecting • which he also wished some information. One was the article of timber. He considered that the sacrifice of the duty on colonial timber was most unwise, because it had not benefited the consumer, while a great loss had resulted to the revenue. The other :article to which he alluded was that of coffee. He believed that the measure of her Ma jesty's Government with respect to coffee, though not, perhaps, so complete as might have been wished—was not only a step, but a very great step in the right direction.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that the great increase which had taken place in thi; artrele had arisen from this measure, He was of the same opinion with respect to the wool-duty for; although the - agricultural interest had been very "much alarmed by it, yet he believed that so far from their fears being well founded it had greatly benefited them. He ventured to express a hope that the same course with respect to the duty on cotton wool would be pursued, as the effect of that tax on our manufacturer in foreign markets was very severely felt, as in those markets his articles had to compete with articles manufactured from cotton that had never been taxed. Lord MONTEP,GLE then rose and said, that their Lordships were aware that he had a motion on the paper of this evening fur the annual balance sheet of income and expenditure; and accounts re lating to trade and navigation in certain branches. He (Lord Monteagle) would not have taken up any considerable portion of their Lordships' time upon this subject had r not an impression, caused by a paragraph in her Majesty's gracious speech, been created out of doors, and on that passage he intended to make a few observations. The passage referred to said that it would be for them to determine whether it would not be prudent to continue the property-tax for a limited period. Now that part of her Majesty's speech might be inter preted in two ways, and it was most material that it should be properly understood by the country. Their Lordships were aware that when the tax was first enacted, its objects were merely of a temporary kind, and no expectations were entertained that it would afterwards be made part of the ways and means of this country. Un doubtedly it would not be so objectionable if it . were only intended as a partial experiment for the purpose of remitting some other obnoxious tax, or giving relief in any case that pressed heavily on the community; but if it were intended, as they had reason to fear, to make the income-tax part of the permanent ways and means of the country, then, indeed, was it essentially necessary that the people should be aware of the real intentions of the Government. It was one thing to submit to an inconvenience and inequality of pressure, as in the case of this tax, and quite a different one to consent to a permanent impo sition. He thought that no one could doubt the ex pediency of continuing the income-tax for the present, and he should state in a few words why he thought so. Dealing in round numbers there was a surplus of three millions over expenditure. Now, although the public were led to consider that this was a large augmentation of the public revenue, and that this sum, therefore, fbrmed a fluid upon which different classes, upon whom particular taxes pressed, might think they had a right to draw, it was time that there was an actual surplus of 3,000,0001. But then it was provided by the property tax, which yielded 5,009,0001., and was only a tem porary impost. Looking t the regular and fixed sources of increase there was in fact no surplus. There was quite As great a deficiency now, as when the income tax was imposed, if that tax were allowed to expire. It must be obvious to every one that the expiration of that tax, under such circumstances, the Government could not think of ; and he trusted that neither House of Parliament would consent to its expiration. The question, then, was, whether the tax was to be con tinued as the relief of a temporary pressure, or was to be continued as a substitute for other taxes to be repealed. But if it were proposed, on the strength of the temporary surplus, to reduce judiciously some taxes which might, as had been found to be the re suit in the case of other reductions, tend ultimately to raise the permanent revenue and diminish the deficiency, no one could object to that policy. The papers which he was about to call for would illustrate the working . of the changes which had taken place, and he had in tended to move for another paper, in which he was anticipated by his Noble Friend Lord Dalhousie, whom he must take that opportunity of congra tulating upon his recent appointment to the head of the department with which that paper was connected. This document, which would probably be delivered in the course of tomorrow, was one of the most important and valuable papers. illustrative of their customs laws, that had ever been drawn up or pre pared for Parliament. It furnished some inferences, with respect to their customs duties, of a most important nature. It exhibited in two com parative tables the state of the customs duties in the two years preceding - the alteration of the tariff, and for the two years immediately suc ceeding that alteration. They were classed in two different modes. The first was an analysis, according to the different heads of duty, of articles pro ducing from 100!. to 100,0001. a-year ; the other was an analysis of the respective amount of duty raised on different classes of articles. By this it appeared that out of 22,000,000/. raised upon 813 articles there were 585, or about three-fourths of the whole, which produced only 42,000/. a year. Parliament had the power of reducing the whole amount of the cus toms' duties payabl_e on three-fourths of the articles subjected to duty, at a loss only of 42,000/. But if such • a proposal ever came before them, he would suggest to his Noble Friend that, ir. their anxiety to give all possible relief to trade and commerce, they ought not to deprive themselves of the opportunity of gaining jut and correct statis• tical information. This error had been committed with respect to the Irish trade. In their anxiety tore ' move all restrictions from it, they had done away with the necessity of any customs entries whatever. Thus, from their desire to place it as much as possible on the footing of a coasting-trade, they had put it out of their power to prove to the Irish people that their condition had progressively unproved, and that their consumption of the necessaries of life was daily extending itself. Ti!ere were several other curious facts which were equally apparent in the document before him, and to eAddi he had. been calling their Lordships' I,ttent:oo, upoo which ha f.....;ipected considerable dis cusion oc id arize. It was not now his intention to enter- time at. length into this subl2et, but , xlrn it came to be discussed before their Loi-d -shins it would appear that in the reduction made upon articles of consumption, those reductions ‘votild appear to have been made upon articles of minor importance. It would also appear that taking into account the 'Character of the articles that this reduction had been made upon, there had been comparatively little or .no reduction upon articles of raw . .material, upon, articles partly manufactured, and upon manufactured articles, while upn the other hand it would appear that the great increase had taken place upon articles of fool. It was for these reasons that' he deemed it of much im portance to call their Lordships' attention to the fact that this temporary tax had not produced an equiva lent equal to the sacrifice. This was not the proper time to argue this question, but he did not think it was out of place in hini to take the liberty of drawing their Lordships' attention to this tax. In speaking of articles of food he did not of course mean to include every article that came under that designation, such as brandy, &c., but he alluded to the article of tea, upon which,lie found a considerable increase, and that circumstance had been fully explained in the document before him. lie had found that no alteration had been made in the rate of duty upon that article, which was 2s. Id. in the pound, though considerable altera tion had taken place in the price. Whether a reduc tion in the price of the article had been owing to a reduction in the duty or the value, it was a matter of indifference to the public, but the result of the reduc tion in the price had been an increase in the consumption of the article to the amount of about a million of pounds weight. The fall had been in the price of the article from ?3.6d. to ls. 6d. per pound, thereby accounting for the increase in the consump tion. His reasons for referring to those subjects was for the purpose of showing that the increase surplus of the revenue was Rot so great as had been imagined. Then with regard to another article of general consumption sugar . Last year an alteration was made in the duties im posed upon sugar. One scale of duty was imposed sugar the product of Brit ish possessions; an other scale was imposed upon foreign sugar the pro duction of free labour, such as sugars from China, Jaya, and Manilla ; and power was given to her Majesty in Council, on satisfactory proof being given that it was produced by free labour in other countries, to add those countries to the list. There was also a clause in the Act entitling countries which had with us treaties of reciprocity to the benefit of the reduction. Now he should like to see whether there had taken place for home consumption any of that description of free-labour sugar, not the production of British possessions. He was aware that the Bill had not come into practical operation until the month of November last, and, therefore, it could not be considered as a fair specimen of the working of the Bill. The policy of th e G overnmen t i n f ram i ng that Bill was to give the preference to free-labour sugar, but it would be excessively whimsical if it should turn out that no foreign free-labour sugar had been admitted un d er its provisions, but that slave-labour sugar ' which it was the object of Parliame n t to exclu, had been admitted. r H es e pe be e l tn beeniie;dththeeraedinhaidssionof somehim Louisiana, 9 de r and s i n h C e o , un an ci d those who acted w i t h l under had the la s ttotreaie year s contended that Louisiana sugar , of reciprocity, would be en ti t l e d benefit of the Act. Some Manilla sugar had, bee believed, arrived, but owing to some difficulty, had not yet been admitted to home consumption. Par. been received since a similar question was put last year. But with respect to the payments to the Tem ple of Juggernaut, he had to state, that the annual payment was formerly 60,000 rupees, but so much of the lands had been restored as reduced it to 36,000 rupees, and it was intended to restore the remaining lands, so as to render the payment altogether unne cessary. He thought it was but justice that the House of Lords should have 'time to consider these matters. It was true they had not the right to alter any measures, but they • had the right surely to. exercise their judgment upon them. Indeed, they did not do their duty without they did so. He trusted that, in future, Bills of such im portance as those he had adverted to would not be hurried through the House; because the re sult was, that their Lordships had not the opportunity of fully considering them. The Noble Lord concluded by moving for the papers for which he had given notice. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that it could not be expected that he would be pre pared to answer the speech of the Noble Lord. With respect to the papers, there could be no ob jection to the production of them; and the Noble Lord might rely upon it that it was cer tainly the desire and wish of the Government to give to that House every information upon all these ques tions, in order that they might have an opportunity of discussing them all. At the present moment, he had already stated, it was impossible for him to follow the Noble Lord through the discussion of these questions. Her Majesty's servants it must be ex pected would wait till the financial statement was made in another place, before they interfered in these matters. The production of the papers was then ordered, and the House adjourned._ HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 10. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four. THAMES EMBANKMENT BILL. The Sheriffs of London were introduced by the Ser geant-at-Arms, and presented a petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Members of theTouncil in Com mon Council assembled, respecting the Thames Embank ment Bill. Ti 141 SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARIr 1845. eloque rick; • and as much truth but what is the Prime Minister to do ? It is certain that he has a surplus of nearly three millions and a half: But three millions and a half will not afford a reduc tion of about fifteen or twenty millions, which, at a moderate computation, he is urged to reduce, and yet each interest tells him that the empire will infallibly be ruined, if the tax which presses upon .it be not re. moved. This is a distressing position, into which Sir Robert Peel has brought himself by his surplus ; but there is consolation. Though each interest insists upon the necessity of the concession, which it claims as of vital importance to the empire, each allows that all other interests may go on very well as.they are. Thus all the votes being collected, each interest will have but one vote against all the others, and thus the result will be a great majority against the taking off any one tax. 'And in good truth, this result would seem to be fully justified by the prosperity of the country under its present system of taxation. We have not the most distant notion of what the Premier is to' propose on Friday ; but we know what we should do in his place—take care to disoblige no one interest by giving a preference to any other;. leave the taxes just where they are, and devote the surplus to the defence of the country, by additions to our, steam navy, and by the construction of ports and harbours. his air athlitional recommendation of this mode of applying the - surplus, that nearly every sHliegef it would be expended in the wages of labour —no small of etiiation tosthe poor- , rites, no slight benefit VS the agriculturiSt and to thel'exci:-e revenue. THE SENTINEL.—The - perfection Of - a Royal Speech is to string sentences together devoid of all Meaning. • Words without ideas, - inane paragraphs, vhgue generalities, and bed grammar, are the staple elements of these documents. The Sovereign, we need not tell our readers, has nothing whatever to do in their composition ; no more, indeed, than boys in a school with the speeches they are calk ci upon to spout before " breaking up," by their elocution-master. Knowing, as we do, that the undivided and unremitting efforts of the Oligarchy, since 1688, have been devoted to the weakening and degrading of Royalty, we are not surprised that. they should compel their enthrored victims to recite annually those dull platitudes et rhetoric, and endeavour to fasten the authorship on them. However, this dirty trick is pretty well worn out ; and the public generally are now aware, that the prologue to the new annual edition f the Comedy of Errors, to be played by the national comedians in the Holy Chapel of St. Stephen's, is the veritable composition of the Prime Minister. Let us examine some of the paragraphs in the speech which the Queen' was compelled to recite on Tuesday last, from the MS. of Sir Robert Peel. Her Majesty says;—" Among all classes of my people, there is generally prevalent a spirit of loyalty and cheerful obedience to the law." If by loyalty is understood a personal respect and attachment towards the amiable lady who, by right of primogeniture, wears the Crown of these realms, we fully admit the truth "of the senti ment ; but if the term is intended to be taken in a wider sense, and meant to convey an idea, that the people are contented with the institutions under which they live, then we tell Sir Robert Peel, that he has put Lingua:4,e into the mouth of his Royal Mistress, which he knows to be fabulous. This word "loyalty" is too often used in a very lax and most unwarrantable sense ; and a logical definition of it is greatly to be desiclerated. Attack Bishops and the Church shouts disloyalty ; assail hereditary legislation and the Peers yell out disloyalty ; in fact, every species of State scoundrelism, when it receives a staggering blow from the arm of justice, sneaks behind the throne for shelter, and attempts to turn attention from its own vil belies by some lachrymose whinings over the fictitious dangers of monarchy. We are told of the " cheerful " obedience paid by the people to the law. We em phatically deny that the obedience is cheerfuL It arises partly from fear of imprisonment or trans portation, and partly through that prostration of mind and sickness of heart which captives feel after long years of incarceration; or, it may be assimilated to that condition of utter helplessness and hopelessness which the stolen African experiences when pinioned down with iron rivets in the hold of a slave-ship. Sir Robert generalises far too much, when he talks of obe dience to " the law." What does he mean by the ex pression? Does he draw his proofs and illustrations from incendiarism or poaching, or the dead bodies of slaughtered gamekeepers? Is it the law that taxes bread and sugar, for the behoof of that oligarchy whose miserable tool lie is, that the loyal people press to their hearts with fond and grateful endearments? Is it the new poor-law, or the income-tax law, or the tithe-law, or the law which robs a man of the suffrage, or those aggregate laws of Customs and Excise which make the industrious classes pay seventy per cent. out of their earnings to the Chancellor of the Exchequer? We must judge'of the whole by the parts of which it is composed, and which of the parts inspires " cheerfulness," "Utor permisso ; caudmque pilos ut equinse Paulatium vello ; demo tmuli, demo etiam unum, Duns cadet elusus ration() ruentis acervi." Her Majesty hopes that the information collected by the Health of Towns Commission will enable Parliament " to devise the means of promoting the health and com fort of the poorer classes of her subjects." That such is the personal wish of . her Majesty, we have no doubt; and right glad should we be to hear that she proposed to make a royal progress, accompanied by her Ladies of Honour in the character of Sisters of Charity, through the Metropolis, under the guidance of Dr. Southwood Smith and the other medical gentlemen who have given evidence before the Health of Towns Commission. Let her visit Field-court and its neighbourhood, Bethnal green, Spitalfields, and the Borough Mint, and other per manent abodes of fever and miasma, where famine gives its daily levee to hunger. Let her not fear physical force; these are the localities where physical weakness demon strations are exhibited from the first of January to the last day of December. The contrast between such scenes of misery and the gorgeous superabundance of Stowe and Burleigh, would give her some useful hints as to the distribution of wealth, and also point out to her how it happens that the oligarchs can rival royalty itself in mag nificence. Would to Heaven, that Victoria would com mand such a physical weakness demonstration as we have indicated, attended by her official advisers ; and, than, in presence of the ragged, houseless, and starving, ask them to give an account of their stewardship ? Her lkisjesty tells the Legislature, that " the state of the law in, regard to the privileges of the Bank of Ireland, and to other banking establishments in that country and in Scotland, will, no doubt, occupy their attention." This is significant; but we tell Sir Robert Peel, on quite as good evidence as any that he possesses, that the intro duction of a metallic currency into North Britain would i uin that country. We tell him, that Glasgow would be a bankrupt city - in six months after the suppression of cash credits. All the poor who subsist by the fisheries, would be reduced to hovless beggary. It is lucky for him that the working men of England have never yet turned their minds to the truly diabolical system of which he is the worthless and unfeeling advocate. He gained personally a million by the vile Bill of 1819, and his honest father told him he would make that enormous profit by the spoliating measure. But he is not content. He wants more, and the more scarce ho makes money the more power does he throw into the monied class of which he is a leading member. But we will not believe that Scotland will ever succumb to this ignoble money monger, even though he should be backed by those League Members, who, shouting free trade, voted with him to protect the monopoly of that article of trade, called gold—an astounding inconsistency, which we w. uld fain ascribe to want of judgment, rather than want of principle. Her Majesty's speech concludes with an earnest prayer to Divine Providence to direct the wisdom and sustain the virtue of Parliament. We absolutely shuddered when we read the paragraph. What ! does Sir R. Peel put this language into the mouth of his Royal Mistress after having done all in his power to thwart the intentions of Providence by inter cepting its bounties ? Has not God given the harvest, and have out Peel and his crew locked it up in bonded warehouses, while the hungry have been fainting and dying for want of sustenance ? And shall a Legislature thus violating natural law, session after session, dare to profane and desecrate the sanctity of religion by hypo critical appeals to Heaven, when by their simple vote they can liberate the imprisoned food, and enable every hu man being to fulfil the command of his Maker, by earn ing his bread "in the sweat of his brow ?" Verily, we are a most Christian people, and her Majesty is "De fender of the Faith." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 19. (Before the Lord CIuEF BARON and a Special Jury.) _ THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL r. REILLY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The jury returned a verdict for the Crown for the single value---7721. 16s. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Caleb Morris and Charles Crickler were indicted, the former for stealing a purse and two Si; Bank of England notes, the property of George Rogers, and the latter for feloniously re ceiving one of the notes, well knowing that it had been stolen. Mr. Ryland prosecuted, and Mr. Prendergast appeared for the defence. The circumstances under which the charge was preferred against the prisoners will be fresh in the recollection of our readers from the police reports, and it will therefore not be necessary to go into them at any length on the . present occa sion. The prosecutor was at Greenwich on the lit of April, last year, and while proceeding to the railway-station, on his return to London, he lost his purse and its contents. The purse was shortly afterwards picked up by a lad named Stevens, who was at the time an apprentice to the prisoner Morris, who is a tradesman at Greenwich, and he took the purse home to his master. The prisoner examined it, and said that it contained two 51. Bank of England notes, and he claimed them as of right belonging to him, but, at the same time, souse sort of promise was made to the boy, that he should receive 2/. as his share, and it appears that seventeen shillings were in point of fact given to him by his master as part of the 21. Some evidence was adduced to show that the prisoner Morris changed one of the 51. notes in London, in payment for a pair of trowsers, and in order to connect the other prisoner with the transaction. The boy Stevens, deposed that Morris gave him the second 5/. note and told bim to get it changed, and that soon afterwards he said that he had done so, and at the same time observed that the notes had been advertised, and if they did not mind they should get into trouble about them. Mr. PRENDERGAST addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoners, and called several witnesses who gave them an ex cellent character. The RECORDER SUM m eirup, and the j ury acquitted Crick ler and returned a verdict of Guilty against Morris, but, at the same time, strongly recommended him to mercy, in which recommendation the prosecutor also joined. The RECORDER sentenced him to three months' imprison ment without hard labour. The Court then adjourned until Monday, March 3. The Directors of the Cen'r .1 Sambre and Meuse Railway, accompanied by Mr. Drapier, Mr. Taylor the engineer, and the superintendent, had an interview yesterday with the'Belgiall Minister. HUDDERSFIELD RAILWAY. Mr. BUSFEILD presented a petition in favour of the Huddersfield Railway ' SHEFFIELIi CENTRAL RAILWAY. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition in favour of the Sheffield Central Railway Bill. NOTTINGHAM WATER-WORKS COMPANY. Mr. 11. JOHNSTONE presented a petition for the extension of the powers of the Nottingham Water-works Company. INCOME-TAX. Lord DUNCAN begged to call the attention of the House to a petition of considerable importance which he had to present from certain of the inhabitants of Bath, agreed upon at a meeting where tha mayor was in the chair, complaining of the oppressive nature of-the income-tax, and stating their belief that it was unequal i❑ its operation, and particularly heavy in its effects on the poorer classes. As this was a petition embracing matters of great moment to the community, and well advised and considered, he trusted that it would be printed with the votes. MEDICAL REFORM BILL. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from the inhabitants of the borough of Horneastle against the Medical Reform Bill. DIVORCE BILLS. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET moved that the fol lowing Members be appointed to serve on the Select Com tnittee on Divorce Bills :—Mr. Hayter, Mr. Cripps, Mr. Hog, Mr, Burroughes, Mr. Tancred, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Patrick Stewart, Mr. Darby, Mr. Sergeant Stock, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Evans, Mr, Hardy, Mr. Gib:on Craig, and Mr. Robert S'Jott.- Agreed to. PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. STRUVE moved that the following Members be appointed to servo on the Selc:;1, Committee on Pri vate Bills :—Mr. Strutt, Mr. Robert Olive. Mr. Rice, Mr. Villiers Stuart, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. George Caven dish, Mr. Compton, . Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Pakington, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Beckett, Sir; John Yarde Buller, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Richard Walker, Mr. George Phillips, Mr. Bell, Mr. Gibson Craig, O'Connor Don, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Eliot York, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Aglionby, Captain Jones, Mr. Thornely, Mr: BArneby, Mr. Benjamin Wood, Mr. Tattoo Egertoe, Mr. Stinsfield, Lord Worsley, Mr. Henry Bailie, Mr. Edward Buller, Sir William Heatbeote, Mr. Hope John. stone, Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, Mr. Packe, Mr. Acland, Mr. Evans, Mr. Home Drummond, Mr. Childers, Mr. Cornwall Leigh, and Mr. Evelyn Philip Shirley.— Agreed to. FACTORIES. Mr. BROTHERTON moved for a return of the num ber and names of the persons summoned for offences against the Factories Act, between the Ist day of January, 1844, and the Ist day of January, 1845 ; spe cifying the date of the conviction or hearing, the place of hearing, by whom each conviction was made, the offence in each case, and the manner in which the penal ties and ens'l were apprapriated ; also a summary of the total number of informations and convictions, the amount of penalties and costs. NEW WRIT FOR TIIE BOROUGH OF LEWES. Mr. YOUNG moved for the issue of a new writ for the election of a Member of Parliament for the Borough of Lewes, in the room of the Hon. Henry Fitzroy, who has been appointed to an office under the Lords of the Admiralty. NOTICES OF MOTION—WINDOW-TAX. Lord DUNCAN gave notice that on Thursday, the 9.oth instant, he would move for a Committee of the whole House, with the view of repealing the window-tax, unless he were forestalled in that object by the Right lion. Baronet at the head of her Ma je3ty's Government. SIERRA LEONE AND THE MAURITIUS. Mr. HUME gave notice that to-morrow he would move for a return of certain papers connected with the Mauritius and Sierra Leone. COLONIAL ACCOUNTS. • Mr. HUME gave notice that he should postpone till Thursday, the 20th, his motion respecting Colonial Accounts. R AILWAYS. Mr. WALLACE gave notice that to-morrow he would move resolutions relating to certain railways; and he also gave notice that he would bring in a Bill to repeal the Railway Act passed last session. CORN RETURNS. Mr. MILES moved for certain corn returns, in continuation of other returns previously ordered. EDUCATION IN INDIA. Mr. IIUME, seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman the Vice-President of the Board of Control in his place, would take the opportunity of asking whether there was any objection to lay on the table the educational order of the Governor-General of India, of August, 1844 ? • _ _ Mr. BARING's answer was wholly inaudible, but from Mr. Ilume's appearing to be satisfied with it, it was supposed to be, that there was no objection to the return. LARD ELLENBOROUGH _ _ Mr. llUllit wished_further to ask, if there would be any objection to lay before the House the cor respondence which hid taken place between-the Di rectors of the East India Company and her Majesty's Government on the subject of the recal of Lord El lenborough ? Mr. BAnING was again inaudible to the gallery in his answer, but it was received with laughter in the House. Mr. HUME said if the Government had no inten tion to present the papers, perhaps there would be no objection to his moving for them himself?—(A laugh.) Mr. BARING'S answer was not heard. IDOLATRY IN INDIA.—JUGGERNAUT. Sir R. H. INGLIS would take that opportu nity, as the affairs of India had been introduced, to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman whether anything had been done to carry into effect the minute of the Board of Directors of the East India Company, which was to the effect that the Government of India should be separated from all connexion with idolatry and superstition. He wished to ask whether the pay ment of 60,000 rupees per annum to the idol of Juggernaut was continued, or that the land formerly appropriated to the worship of that religion hail been restored to the temple, so as to sever the Christian Government of India from the support of idolatry ? A second question he wished to ask was, whether any steps had been taken to separate the Pagoda lands in Madras (as we understood) from the Government and transfer them to the management of natives, as had been already successfully done in the presidency of Bengal ? Mr.IINRING was understood to say that, with re spect to the last question, no further information had lIMIMINI POOR-LAW IN SCOTLAND. Lord D ALMENY gave notice that he should to morrow ask her Majesty's Government whether they intended to bring in this session any measure for altering or amending the system of poor-laws in Scotland; and if so, whether those alterations would be founded on the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject? SUPPLY. The report on the Committee of Supply was then brought up and agreed to. COMPANIES CLAUSES CONSOLIDA TION BILL. On the motion of Mr. GREENE this Bill was read a second time. RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL. On the motion of Lord G. SOMERSET the Rail way Clauses Consolidation Bill was read second time, and was ordered-to be committed on Thursday. LAND CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL. The Laud Clauses Consolidation -Bill -was•-read a second time, and was ordered to -be committed on Thursday. . . . LAND CLAUSES • •(SCOTLAND) CONSOLI __ DATION BILL. The Land Clauses (Scotland) Consolidation Bill was read a second time, and was ordered to be com mitted on Thursday. RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL (SCOTLAND). This Bill was read a second time, and was ordered to be committed on Thursday. COMPANIES CLAUSES (SCOTLAND) CON SOLIDATION BILL. _ _ Ou the motion of Lord G. SOMERSET this Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday. THE RUBRIC AND BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. Lord EBRINGTON rose to present a petition from the Rev. Dr. Carwithen, rector of Stoke Clims land, in the diocese of Exeter, praying that the sta tutes 2 and 3 Edward VI., c. 1, and 1 Elizabeth, c. 2, may be repealed; and that the House will procure a calm and temperate review of the Book of Common Prayer, rubrics, and canons of the Church of England. The petitioner stated that he was bound by the canons and his ordination vows to obey the commands of his bishop; and that by Acts 2 and 3 Edward VI., and 2 and 3 Elizabeth, he was liable to be indicted by any common informer for any deviation from the rubric ; and that on conviction he was liable to a heavy fine and a lengthened imprisonment. That on conviction for a third offence he was liable to depri vation of all ecclesiastical preferment, and to impri sonment for life. That archbishops and bishops were liable to these punishments for such offences, as well as the inferior clergy; and that he was anxious to perform his ministrations according to the directions of his bishop, and according to law. The petitioner then alluded to the excited state of the diocese of Exeter, and stated that he had recently received three pastoral letters from his bi s hop on the subject, all of which were of different import, and that he felt at a loss to know how to perform his ministry with safety to himself and with satisfaction to his parishioners. He therefore prayed the House to review the directions contained in the rubric and the Book of Common Prayer, as neither the archbishops nor the bishops, either individually or collectively, possessed the power of altering a single letter in them—that the present time appeared to the petitioner to resemble the times just after the restoration of Charles 11., when it was found that the rubric was unsuited to the times, and that monarch was advised to issue a letter to the Convocation, commanding them to revise the Book of Common Prayer, when certain alterations were proposed therein, and approved of by Parliament. The petitioner, with all due deference, submitted to the House that a party had without appealing to con vocation altered the rubric in the Marriage Act of George 111., and he prayed the House to take the subject into serious consideration. The Noble Lord also presented a petition on the same subject, and to the same effect, from another place, signed by the Mayor and Corporation. After a considerable pause Mr. HUME rose and said he wished that in the taxes which were intended to be repealed that on the exportation of coals would be included. WAYS AND MEANS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that; on Wednesday, he would move for a Committee of Ways and Means, in order to enable his Right Hon: Friend at the head of the Government to make his financial statement on Friday. The House then adjourned. DIRECT PORTSMOUTH RA TE WAY. A special meeting-of -the Shareholders of the above Railway was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., in the chair, for the purpose of considering the late adverse decision with respect to this line which the Board of Trade had come to. The CHAIRMAN detailed the various advantages of this proposed line, and contended that the Board of Trade had not given that consideration to the subject which was due to it. The Company had not been allowed to reply to the arguments brought forward by their opponents ; the reason alleged by the Chair man of the Board, Lord Dalhousie, that it was phy sically impossible. Under these circumstances -he Contended that it waa their duty t o go to P ar li ament and m r have . y their uNG case the Secretary, thoroughly en read a report from th Investigated. the Directors, which stated that the Committee had fully considered the position in which this undertak ing was placed, and its chances of ultimate success, which, with every respect for the Board - of Trade, they could not believe were materially diminished by their recent announcement, seeing that, with very limited experience, and a system ill-adapted for the attainment of correct information, it had been physi cally impossible for that Honourable Board, by reason of the . multiplicity of schemes submitted to their notice, to give to each a sufficient attention. It was now understood, that notwithstanding their reports competing railways would be referred to Select Committees, whose decisions, founded upon evidence publicly given, and after all parties had b een f u lly heard in the presence of each other, in .accordance . with the recognised principles of English justice, could alone be satisfactory and final. Before such a tribunal the Committee felt assured that they would be able to prove that the direct London and Portsmouth Line would afford the safest, the cheapest, and the most expeditious railway commu nication between London and Portsmouth ; that it was earnestly desired by the towns of Dorking, Godal ming, Haslemere,.Petersfield, and Havant ; and more especially by the large and important towns of Portsea and Portsmouth.; .some of which places would, by the adoption of the line favoured by the Board of Trade, be wholly deprived of the advantages of railway tra velling they so much required ; that it had the general concurrence and support of the principal landowners on the line,and in its neighbourhood, whilst the com peting railways were not desired by the inhabitants of the districts through which they would respectively pass, nor by the towns of Portsea• and Portsmouth, and would be met by the most determined opposition of a large body of influential landowners. The Committee were therefore unanimously of opinion, that it was expedient that this undertaking should be submitted to Parliament. Resolution', empowering the Directot•s to go to Parliament; but limiting the liability of Shareholders, in case the Bill should be unsuccessful, to 10s. per share for future expenses, were then passed. An option was given to the Shareholders to go on or not, providing they made their election on or before the 20th inst.---The meeting then separated. SOUTHAMPTON, FED. W.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pacha. Captain Burney, arrived this morning, at eleven o'clock, from Vigo, king ing the following mails :—Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo. Her dates of departure are as follow: —from Gibraltar, Feb. Ist ; Cadiz, 2d ; Lisbon, 4th ; Oporto, sth ; and Vigo, itb. Ships of war lying at Gibraltar-None. c a th z _am.S. Scout, a Swedish brig, and a corvette, having been in search of three piratical vessels, reported to having been seen off Cape St. Vin cent. Specie on Board—Six packages. List of Pas. sengers—Thirteen, including the master a nd shipwre,:ked seamen who abandoned their vessel in a sinking state, the brig Idus, of London, from Ichaboe, bound to London, on the 14th January, in lat. 49 N, long. 9 W.. also four men from the schooner Tumbler, wrecked off Cadiz; also from Oporto, the master and two apprentices of the brig 'Liebe, wrecked on Oporto Bar. Three other passengers. SAM SLICK'S CRAVAT.—" There is a change in the fashion here, Squire," says be, " black stooks aint the go no longer with full dress, and the white ones aint quite up to the notch, nother ; to my mind they are a leetle servantry. A man of fashion must mind his eye' always. I guess I'll send and get some white muslins, but then the difficulty is to tie them neat. Perhaps nothin' in natur is so difficult as to tie a white cravat so as not to rumfoozle it or silo it. It requires quite a slight of hand, that's a fact. I used to get our beautiful litttle champer-help to do it when I first come, for women's fingers aint all thumbs, like men's ; but the angeliferous dear was too short to reach up easy, so I had to stand her on the foot-stool, and that was so tottish, I had to put one hand on one side of her waist, and one on t'other, to steady her like, and that used to set her little heart a beatin' like a drum, and kinder agi tated her, and it made me feel sort of all overish too, so we ginn it up, for it took too long."—The Attache. Mr. Darby, M.P., had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the Board of Trade. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, FEB. G.—The Minister of Public Works received to•day a deputation of the principal proprietors of iron-works interested in the railway of Sambre and Meuse, who came to assure him that they had no part whatever in the intrigues, the ob• ject of which is to support the line of Tayl.r ; that they all desire the prompt execution of the first proposed line, which will suffice for al! the wants of that industrious country, which wants nothing more than this vent for its production to attain all the development of which it is su.,ceptible. The Minis:er received these gentlemen in a favourable manner, and had no difficulty in satisfying them. The Chamber of Representatives resumed to-day the debate on the articles of the budget of the department of the'iriterior. Article 3 was withdrawn. Article 4 (now article 3) was agreed to, as well as all the articles of the ‘.),d and 3d chapters, and the first ten articles of chapter 4. BRUSSELS, FEB. 7.—The Chamber of Representatives, after the presentation of several reports, continued the debate on the budget of the department of the interior, several articles of which were agreed to. Several petitions have been presented to the Chamber, and to the Minister of Public Works, to obtain a reform in the Post-office. If we are rightly informed; a plan has been drawn up in the office of the Minister ; admitting the reform in principle, but recommending the progres sive application ofit. It is hoped that the • plan may be laid before the Chamber before the close of this ses sion. The greatest obstacle appears to be the fear that is entertained in the Finance Department of a diminution of the revenue. To remove that objection, the merchants who have the greatest interest in that reform should im mediately point out the means of making good the defi ciency, if there should be any. We have had very unpleasant weather for three days past. Yesterday we had a thunder storm with snow, hail, and rain, which continued for four-and-twenty hours, and has been succeeded by a pretty severe frost. There is, however, a pretty certain indication that the spring will be mild and favourable—this is, that the spots in the sun have greatly diminished. Mr. Forster. the astronomer at Bruges, has ascertained by a great number of experiments that these spots have a great influence in the temperature.—Brussels papers, Feb. 8. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, TF..13. 5 per Cent. Metalliques •• . • 11114 4 per Cent. ditto• • • 3 per Ceut. ditto ..... • . ........ ••••• • . • • 78 Loan, 1834 ........ • .......... ..... Bank Shares • •• Esterhazy's Loan ••• • • • • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand . • 192.4 Glog,gnitz Milan •••• • • • . —Allgemeinc Zeitung, Feb. 4. DUTCH FUNDS.--AMSTERDAII., I' ES. M. , ney. Bills. Actual Debt, 21; 2 per Cent • • • • • 64 644 Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent.• • . • Ditto, 5 per Cent... • • • 9'.) , ; 100 Amort Syndic, 412 per Cent .• . • 09.4 1001 i Ditto, 3 1 .2 per Cent •••••••• • • • • • • • • -- Commercial Company, 41: 2 per Cent • 1471,', 114 East India Loan, 4 per Cent .• • ... 48i 9811 Exchanze on London, one month.. • ... 12 17.3 Two months,— ....... . At sight.. - On Ilamburgh ...... 33 43.15 Two months.. On Paris ................- Two mouths. —Dutch rapers, Feb. 8. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.--Bziuni, FEE, 4. - Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3!( 2 per Cent ••• • • 104) 1-12 99 7-12 Pruss. English Bowls, 1830, 4 per Cent.. - - Exchange on London, 2 months ••. • • ... 621 624 —Universal. Prussian Gazate, Feb. 7. LIAMBIII6II BOIZSENIIALLE, FEB. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents •••••••• • • • • • . • • --- 113 Bank Shares .. • • • • .• - Anglo-Russian Loan .• • • Russian 5 per Cent., Muni.). Certificate. 10511 Ditto lot series Inscription • .. •. Ditto, Dope and Co., 3d and 4th series • • 1191,E 53 !4 Ditto, in Certificate . . NOV 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• • • • 92 91 Ditto Stieglitz • • Spanish New 5 per Cent • • • • • • • • S, 21 Ditto 3 per Cent . ..... .... Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2 1 ; per Cent • • 40 Dutch Actual Debt, 21: 2 per Cent ••• • .• 63 1 4 63 Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844. •• • 871 i s 7 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 p:_r Cent •• •• • • 87!." 2 87' National Bank Shares • • •• • Exchange on London. Petersburgh, Three months ••• • • • 377 , F . , Bremen, Two months...... —llamburgh Borsenhalle, Feb. 4. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, FLB. 3. Actual Debt, il, per Cent •••••• • • • • • • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • • -- Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • ... 93 Ditto Three per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • , I)itto Thirty-soven.:llillions, ditto Ditto, ditto, 1840. •.••••••• • • .. .. .. Ditto, ditto, 18 1.1 . 102 Ditto of the City, 18-13 103 Ditto, 1832 • • • • • -•- Bank of Belgium • —lints:ids rapers. Feb. 5. YPIRiT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. GLOBE.—If the decisions of the Council of Trent, an'l " the whole cycle of Roman doctrine,"—if the eon-. tinual insinuation, and frequent direct assertion, that Protestantism is-heresy—if the assumption, as self-evi dent excellencies, on every occasion, of the Romish dis tinctive characters of priestly-obligatory, and .gsne rally-meritorious celibacy, confession, absolute spiritual direction, &c., &c.—if the re-publication of all the legends of English monkery, through all the dark ages, and the obtrusiou on the astonished eyes of the English public in the nineteenth century of thaumaturgic toe-nails and timber-shavings, old clothes, and old tombstones—if all this is consistent with the creed of the Church of England, and if the uncen sured inculcation of all this within the walls of the University of Oxford is consistent with the moral and intelLctual reputation of that University—then we admit that its convocation will be meddling as need lessly, as certain of our Contemporaries think they will, in expressing any *pinion of their own on Thursday next. But, if any men, holding Protestant principles, ever were called upon to stand forth, and say they hold them—if any provocation possibly can be given to men, who believe the Reformation COB quered great privileges for them, to vindicate those privileges in the face of first covert— now oven—insult—then surely the members of that Univer . sity are so called upon, and the ill-blood threatened as likely to result from their obeying this call will have been generated by no act of theirs. The whole question is, whether they do adhere to Protestant free dom, as freedom which ought in England, and an English University, to be exercised and enjoyed, or no. The root of the controversy is not this or that dogma— but the. right of our forefathers, and of u their sons, to assert the freedom of national ed ueettien from Y he obligation to bow to one exclusive set of dogmas, imposed by a foreign hierarchy. It is this obligation which is now now asserted in language of defiance and insult. Wee unequivocally asserted by the new Oxford school — and have now avowals instead of intimations of "deep and burning hatred of the Reformation" — explicit instead of oracular vaticinations that " the demon of Protestantism will tear and rend the body which it possesses, before it leaves it." These manifestoes of hostility to the Church of England (so far as free from Rome) present the novel feature of being framed in the Church and University, and of avowedly founding their legitimacy on a sense of the articles expressly devised to defeat their purpose. It is quite in vain for these dealers in duplicity in the sense of plain English to tell us that Low Church men also evade such of our forms as they dislike. Whether Low Churchmen are or are not justified in so doing, we inquire not at present. But no Churchmen, save this new junto, assert a right to take their stand • in the Church for the express purpose of pouring un limited insult and reproach on every point of doctrine and practice which distinguishes this Church from an other. It will not be denied that there is a fundamental distinction between the English view and the Romish view of what constitutes a church. These men stand alone in borrowing the artillery of the Vatican to discharge on us from within our own pale. They stand alone in insi nuating, or openly advancing, the charge of schism against separate Anglicanism—the duty of devotion to the See of Rome—the character of heresy in all timings that distinguish (and because they distinguish) our symbols from those of Rome. It is trite that, in so doing, they necessarily brand themselves also as heretics. For Rome allows, no churchinanship out of her communion—and no excuse but invincible ignorance in any individual remaining without that communion. These - men, having lost the plea of invincible ignorance, stand self-convicted here tics, every hour they stand out of Roman communion. And here we come to the practical consequence of their views in the University. They are turning it into a petit sentinaire for the supply of Rome with proselytes and priests. All who receive " the whole cycle of Roman doctrine" into honest hearts must necessarily act in accordance with the most important of all her doctrines—that, namely-, which anathematises as heresy whatever is held or taught (and simply as being so held or taught) out of Roman communion. It is a new phenomenon in polemics, for men to ransack the Ro an armoury for all its most poisoned we a p ons o f 6ffence against their o wn nom i nal communion—while every Roman theolog ian can tell them, th a t o f a ll heretics their case is most hOpeless, because the 7 alone stand golf-Convicted of heresy clung to in the light of knowledge. The consistent disciples - of Newmanism have, therefore, seceded, in considerable numbers, to Rome. And Mr. Newman has himself acknowledged hiswrittngs as a" disposing cause" to these Conversions. It is unquestionable that 'those writings are also the w T e d r a l 3 e - t devoted 9 o . And, to forsooth, Rome. is original source of what we deem the far less honourable alternative—namely,. of the subscription of Anglican ar - ea m ab ? id dotelfin expressing r n etha t aa h i gan Univ e rsity Convocation t o expre ss ought t e ds l m : o a l e g yee i r i e m c te s h a tern t eE h d flue u a is. t subscription, coupled with this avowal, is Mr. Ward's sense upon any its sense of this revived lore of Loyola ! Those who subject.. If so, let it be so stated. Let the University abdicate all its collective functions. In this way, its re fusal to give . ju4gment will at least not be construed as a refusal to vindicate common sense and honest consistency, for fear they should retard the conversion of Oxford to , Roman Catholicism. rentatcinaomtn he a rt froamvo STANDARD.—The property-tax, the sugar duties, the tax on tea, the assessed taxes, the cotton tax, the malt-tax, the duty on paper, and we know not lunv many more taxes, had all found champions to claim their abolition, when on Saturday a meeting of soap boilers and Members of Parliament assembled to insist upon the abolition of the duty on soap, one-half the former duty having been long since repealed. The soap discussion fills about four closely printed columns of the Morning Ch►onicle, and who ever reads the speeches of Messrs. Hawes, Joseph Hume, &c., must rise from the perusal with the conviction that the soap-tax is really the only tax that imposes any burthen on the country. To be sure, the same thing has been said of every other tax with as much SIGS,- .......,,... .- ........--- POLICE INTELLIGENCE . (YESTERDAY.) GUIL9HALL. . Julius Henrich Bruck, and Ferdinand Zadock Hers*l4 of Pancras-lane, merchants, and Jacob Jones, a solicitor'..s clerk, attended a re-examination upon a charge of coufederat ing together to defraud Frederick Barrel!, by persuading hill' to become a partner in the firm of Bruck and Co., importers of German goods, by falsely pretending the said firm wer€: carrying on a most prosperous trade, by which they turnV" 60 per cent. per annum on the capital employed; whereas , I fact, the said firm was not in a prosper ous condition; and 2501., which Mr. Barrel a dvanced for the purpos e of buYiog goods, was employed in pacifying thinning creditors. Mr. Clarkson attended, with Mr. Flower fo r the prosecti: tion ; and 'Mr. Bodkin, with Mr. Lewis, Mr. Sydney , au u another solicitor, for the fendants. Dr Isaac Ezechiel, who de was alleged to have taken a p art , in the conspiracy, and who was summone d, was called, bi, did not answer, nor was he represented by attorney. ..., Mr. Bodkin Said the case was adjourned at the last heal. ing at the desire of the complainant, to enable h that im to btth.! further evidence, and the defendants now a pp lied . same favour might be shown to them. H e was net h 1 ' .: condition that day to put in so full an a nswer to the cal opened on the other side as he wished. He therefore pci)e" an adjournment to the 24th instant. ad' Mr. Clarkson said he would offer no opposition to the , journment, but he wished to put some evidence on the::_. nutes, as it was inconvenient to persons holdingofficial si 3 tioris to be absent. - ' , Mr. Bodkin had no objection tp relieving fhb Vitliess es in the way proposed. , • • Francis floss, Clerk to the Registrar of the'Court of Fe to the view, said: he had searched the books in respect . 0 bankruptcy of Ferdinand Zadock Hershfeld in. 182 S, a,,. found that uo certificate had been granted to covedbatit,,Le John Cox, acting assignee uneer the fiat, p thu;!, defendant was the same personas was then declared b ank rupt. The estate paid 3 1 ,41 in the potind, and no io n re: r. „ Air. Clarkson then pia in an office copy of an extract ? r e the schedule of Hershfeld, filed in the Insolvent Court, at b :,,,„ same time that he was declared a bankrupt. Upon his ar s . plication to be relieved he was remanded for three mo . a . it His debts were set down at 13,0001., his ,credits at 23 91 , 00 certificate from the Insolvent Court further showed the D part f these crts ha been realised. This was the e whole of of the evidence propose d lief given. 00 - Mr. Alderman FLUGRES said he had received some an a ot mous letters relating to parties in this case, which wa e i n g very creditable to them; but the communications u anonymous, he could not place any dependence on the nl ' t rs it l e t e -. Mr. Clarkson said he was not aware of any such nor to which side they referred. t the Mr. .11 dkiti observed that there could be no doubt the , to be , s iv"' proper way to dispose of all anonymous communicatiVuot to commit them to the flames. No dependence i'll'a could be placed upon them. The examination was then adjourned to Feb. 24. CLERKENWELL. , w ith An able-bodied man, named Crean, was chargenived.:. breaking sixteen panes of glass, in the Islington house, which he has been an inmate for years. re 10 The offence was clearly proved, and the damag e " ° t : les 9t at 1/. He had received no provocation vrhatevef, R ho be no immediate eau-e of anger. The master depose d ,, I, o o' was one of the most ill-conducted fellows t c 7 e b e ea Several policemen present recognised him as hav lll ' o ffenc`" peatedly convicted before the police magistrates la in the workhouse.—Committed for six weeks. g er, i n John Staples, the son of Mr. J. StapleA, a coach-trinlconoit Clerkenwell.green, was charged with attemin ill4 t° suicide. berg The prisoner, during the last month, has been - lig it ito day sober. On. Saturday evening his mother, on V i l f. his bed-room, saw him attempting to hang himse'„ screamed, and being frustrated in this attempt , b e r- z stairs, swearing he would cut his throat with ara ° o va constable came in, and he was secured. It c l e arl.y, lll) ; fren i that the unfortunate youth was in a delirium, 11"5'"' yeti intemperance at the time. The prisoner's master came forward and gave 111 • s high character. • Mr. GREENWOOD remonstrated with the young illsli du et. 4 feeling manner on the weakness and folly of 1116 e °11 „0 011 ' ' The prisoner expressed his heartfelt regret ; 11° '1 11 • at the time, and knew not what he was doing . that Mr. GREENWOOD discharged him, but declared - I og ee' were again brought up on a similar charge he Ylll' gste tionably send him for trial. t So f Mr. Joseph Pain Pocklingtt*, a salesman at 99 Market, was charged with assaulting police constf,':dere and with other disorderly conduct. The constan 00 that being on duty in Goswell-street, at a lat e lon stA ll e previous night, the prisoner and two prostitutes erewio to ing at the corner of the street. Witness told the gir ls f o r Of on, but the prisoner said they should not go a w5 Y 0, 11 : t a teh d—d ragged thief, or for any of his gang' insisted on their going away, when the priscatert.byoleFil a n d be e ta. having received any provocation, struck him two blows on the face as quite took his breath Lovn.P bar (15 felt pain from them. The prisoner was perfect*" hailef The prisoner said that he never struck hiubulailns being in his pockets the whole time; he also o":ttoblinv being thrust into a place at the station, mor e res" ' 14 water-closet than any thing else. Inspector Barton said, the apart men t had 11° sll pearance. rl. One'. Mr. Grtmotwoon You must pay 7 1 - , „er• What remedy have I . against this false swear al k"..lc. P rct Mr. GREENWOOD.—Indict for perjury if yo u tot., The money was paid n . tio • in The aspects of agriculture of every deserkat this neighbourhood - are peculiarly favourable tfir; period. The young wheat everywhere exhibLifsWilt. pearance of the most healthy condition. l'''',lterrset season has been highly propitious, and the vvi- Sois er gether is passing off with moderate rigour.' Con ty Gte. FATAL aza ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last, a ~1 13, 1 10 _ 1 30 1 found dead at the bottom of a well 75 feet deer , i " -l IV ° I - 0 . to some cottages opposite the station-hous e y: l bi b bridge. It appears he was known here 0 13 ` , ,, name of " Black Bob," and travelled the 041 ,f t t i1 6 ,70 razor and spectacle seller. He was in a dre i " a ad of intoxication late on the Wednesday even ng'„ - aig .d ",ll supposed he was searching about the yard for ;file lodging in some outhouse when he fell in. SO was bricked up from the ground four feet. of Chronicle. [ADVERTISEMENT.] ASTHMA, St 1 0 1" s etir • BREATH, COUGHS AND COLDS.--A Dula S. t a l i, , I ", e le ;, CASE!—The Rev. David Williams, the rel. A l agi e 'dio leyan Minister at Beaumaris, in the Island 0 4 t hat t a t be states in a letter, dated the 14th Jai u ir) p ', 0: 1 0 8 . 4 ; 103 11 : 1 ( 0 1 recommended Holloway's Pill* to a name of Hugh Davies, who, at the tinie. was , I ,o' unable to walk for want of breath ; that b ete tal °P io' taken them a few days when he appeared he man, his breath was easy and natur vi a o ly ne a e ll :lloit7 r i o ll 'fe.t! creas.ng daily in strength." These cure any cough, colt, or asthma. Sold 1 1 a? A d !, Holloway's Establishment 244, Strand 4)l°' may be had gratis), and by almost all resli c , c e. „ ali t dora of medicine throughout the civilised lor,tot, 1 01 1 1 .0 INCENDIARISM.—On Sunday evening. t he O t bo: seven o'clock, the inhabitants of .Porkell% uiede,coe, of Wendron, were greatly excited by an alsr,'„r l'P;t oa a corn stack, belonging to Willi.m end 11 t i ';,. 0 .4) ÷ , 0 0 brothers, residing it Halw n had beeo " fire. Thewindbeing Y the fir ° I/LI • low at the time, th 0 3° subdued, it having been principally confined t' e veli,oll of the sheaves. Had the wind been blcwh 4 v e derately, the situation of the stack would hi a djoh i ocl endangered the safety of the dwelling-h°tlleePersieers The sufferers are beer retailers, and also sholi f t he p re have been in the habit of supplying scane, ° tu itihf t ael in the neighbourhowl, whose ill success fo r 0 0 , 0 vents their paying off their monthly accoutit;il,, till a more favourable opportunity for se tt : h r ijel ,l, Having lately denied further credit to a los' d a r° were in return threatened with injury, ° their revenge has been satiated by the coat° ie are to shameful act.— llre.st Briton. .0 oiog i It is many tea r rs since milk Was s t be : e cr eo,,:i Preston as it is psent. This may in P ar- the' ll • the high price of hay, but it chiefly arises frein demand among the operatives. Indeed, fill poor-rats, the redced of proviaider ,lip und tbettia,,,ste demand e !Or milk u andbutter, the cond'ition farmers near the town is much better than forilie l -, 0 11 11 , • t Guardian. of t he -1 0 h We understand that the Direc tors Bank have appointed Robert Sytu Wilson,l4'4l.ol that bank, in the room of John Thonisou, Courant, the #— ..........2!----- 0 1 ' BIRTHS. 13 0 ' 11 ' On the Gth of December, 1844, at Mazar ° ' fir' ' wife of Charles J. F. Stuart, Esq.. of a daughter..lo,4oo, On the Ist inst., at Campd u Cottage, -El e° '. r. l' . veir• John Percival, of a daughter. - e On the sth "antsitg.,:taetr.Shoreham, the wif e 01. the me J" e''' Drayton, of a d i of ' On the sth inst., at Acton, Suffolk, the isaf ..4.1 111j ' Lawrence Ottley, of a son. .creder ci of On the 6th inst., at Muswell-hill. Mi l ' " I ' -- ' ls. of a son. the 11' ~, Lewishellib pool' On the 7th inst., at John's-terrace , m3, 8 .E . 00 8 ni rd . ; G o a f l a br s a o i n th . , On the 7th inst. , at Denham Fishery, fly, of a daughter. ‘...... oarvei of On the 7th inst., at Ebley, Gloucester tile ISO - g e, IV . Dt'g On the 7th • Maclean, cl-, of a daughter. . ~„. o f Esq., M.p inst., at Stradsett Hall, the lOW ~ of a daughter. , , j 1101_'., MARBLED. of („10,--,:ii.,, On the 2d of December last at the Cape ,` nth P'fill o Far quhard M. Campbell, E-ci, C ptain in t" e rt i a ter 0 Own Regiment, to Charlotteb '. 3- fourth ds°' ill* late Major R. L lsabella,. _ „_ . . o as. ...410,.." - i t Dickson,icks of the Ist to Ll'' t he D'_.l 0 , ( On the 17th of December, at Cuddaloreon f tbe p,o tt o o the Rev. George MI Chap lain ° dank Indic Company,mt. of Madras,oe eldest op t y Thom _ to Frances Mary Apo . to o, So nal, r as Forbes Reynolds, M.D of Walling Jo e, Clisrdst i On the 3d • nut., at Paris, in the Arnbesssufortb di' Rev. W. Roche, of Versailles, to Catherine, °f Mrs. Slee f N , o enville, near Dieppe - o d, S s eer V DIED. • or u On the 7th of December, at Shanpoore, 11, the ilotr the Rev. Henry Pratt, M•A Chaplain or k sr ot , India Company at that station. .• " . Ss rg Mll e t at station. _ • man, On the 28th 1 u t., at Douglas, Isle or ~ ~. s te' leri youngest daughter ofthe late J J. Grave, r-s'i• /civics'], - On the 30th ult., at Walwcrth. Mr. Jo hn at the London IfTn• - . ' . li' i% ersity, aged 21. uodeabes° t 0 On the 31st ult ,in London, Mr. Jame s .'" ~,' r dirol l Nor On the 3d • 4- ' barlotte • , --5 ) boo , ' ins.., at Leamington, C , biassing ,e• daughter of the late Rev. C. Mordaunt, or b eer' folk, aged 70. : n . of i le I. On the 3d inst., Mr. Thomas GrvennaP, Jn — ' -' 1W • street PI d'll d , eca iy. age 46. n. tbe.o7 40 On the 4th inst., at Newcastle -upon-4d' a ge. ' 1 ;00 1- Myer s, Vicar of Stannington. Northuniberlailottoo, if On the 4th inst.. at Richmon d House , 1311 ' t ie Mather, Esq., aged , Collia On the sth inst , Eliza, the wife of AugtreLtis nick 11Scl'' Esq., aged 24. 'tr,,,.k err' ' A V' d On the sth inst., Peter Ernst, Esq., of" — li bet ll ' ney, aged 72. Eliza f On the 6th inst., at Bramford, near Ipswich, A 84. . A C l iCh, age" el ,° widow of the late R Collin., On the • 7th inst at Chester -place, Larnbeiu, Do,„s' Hyde Williams, i lams, Esq., aged 28. of slr• e On the 7th inst~ . end, Esq., of Blackheath.i og hter ° On the 7th inst~ at Sandgate, 0 ...........„, ,•te Rev. M. I). 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