The Sun. — London, England, 1836-03-15 00:00:00

_,ONSERVATISM. TT-^ (From the Sherborne Journal.) Have our readers ever observed a dead crow in A corii<ield, stuck up to scare off his fellows from play ing ln,voe among the growing crop ? Though not one Spark of animation thrills throughout. his. fibres, vet Quad and round he goes, bobbing and nodding, to the diAnay of the lnio; . 7ry tribe who are assembled at a short distance. At first they approach him en masse, bobs at them, and off they go ; another approach, tail of the suspended black one seems to show become unwary. The birds attempt to sin, and TAUnd 9i04 flu; skeleton, as '-arly he lit paid for §4ef! t9fFke '‘e state of thing, with the '- which, in 40- n to (tighten riwr t y oorruption and that he has steal on his don.. if to tell them how th. rity. Now this is just Tories and their Conservatis:", thing better than a scarecrow, put those who w0u 1 .4 destroy the crops which the Tories had so plentifully sown. s. - it is this—that the Conservatism means a nythin,fT, great national institutions of the country shall be improved and prt.served by Adapting, th_ern to the increased intelligence and wealtti s } the nati on, and, by spreading their benefits and 1401 , ;;;7 fluence amongst the body of the people ; is the conservatism of the Reformers, upon which principle they extended the Elective Franchise, by means of the Reform Bill, and gave the people the benefit of invigorating the Municipal Corporations, by electing their members. It was the principle upon which the East India Charter was renewed, and which has already revived our commerce—it was the princi ple which gained compensation for the West India proprietors, when slavery was aholiiilied, Now, let us see what the Tories have • set up as the principle of Conservatism. The Government proposes to award the same justice to Ireland as has been granted to England and Scotland, consequently a measure is now before Parliament for Reforming the Irish Corpora tions, and plucking up their corruptitsns ; what say the Tories ? Are they for extending, yet main taining the principles of the Constitution ? No ! Lord Francis Egerton, in the name of Sir Robert Peel, has positively proposed an amendment to anni hilate the Irish Corporations, and confiscate their pro perty—this, coupled with the exposure of the Tories in the House of Lords, who, for some absurd scheme, have been convicted of a mysterious correspondence with Colonel Fairman, in which the army was to be made use of for an unexplained purpose—this is their Conservatism, and we candidly confess it is nothing more than a scarecrow, which turns round with every wind that blows, and is set up for an artful,' though unsuccessful purpose, to frighten and mislead the un wary. The following is a very good description of parties from the pen of a friend of ours, which appeared in a contemporary paper, the Bath Journal:— " The two most prominent terms in the political . voca bulary, and which appear to me to form the chief sources of party discord in the present day, are, Conservative and Radical. - 1 ' real " The term Conservative, Sir, is easily and quickly posed of. The definition, which, as I presume, ninety-nine out of a hundred men of common sense would give of the Conservative—spite of the denial, vain, and coy excuse' of the Tory Journals, snivling and booing,' " Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms"— would be this : and inflated strutting biped (marvellously like a courting turkey-cock), puffed up with the vain con ceit that he and his party (exclusively) deserve all " the good things" in the country : and, therefore, determined, at all hazards, to con-serve, pre-serve, and re-serve all the said good things' to his and their peculiar use. " But with respect to the Radical, Sir, our definition must be somewhat more laboured, for it is a generic and not a specific word, and applies to two descriptions of poli tical entities : bearing, indeed, a general resemblance to each other, but differing in some of their less prominent features. These two s)ecles may, I think, be properly treated of under the two following designations—a Radical in the abstract, and a Constitutional Radical. " Their general resemblance consists in their grounding their respective theories on the same grand principle—that the end, design, and intention of all human government is the good of the governed ; the point on which they differ is the application of this principle to the form of government, and the mode of carrying it on. " The Radical in the abstract, if he had the creation of a state, would mould it into a democratic form, or common wealth, somewhat similar to the United States of America ; because he feels assured that this modification of govern ment is by far the cheapest which he could adopt. " He would make all the offices of Government elective and temporary, because he conceives that this is the only method of rendering those who fill them thoroughly respon sible to the people. " He would adopt universal suffrage, because he holds that every species of property has an equal right to be re preseated and secured to its own owner ; and because, in his' estimation, both labour and skill have the character of pro perty, and may, consequently, claim an equal right to the elective franchise, with the more palpable possessions of lands, houses, and personal wealth. "He would introduce no . political union between Church and State, because it is his opinion th a t suc h a relationship is unscriptural,incongruous, and equally detri mental to both. He would have no compulsory payments to the minis. ;ers of religion, but commit them (as in the primitive :imes) to the voluntary and grateful remuneration of their )wn peculiar flocks, because he imagines that such an ar rangement would engender affection on the part of the con ;regations towards their teachers, and would encourage he zeal of the pastors in the exercise of their spiritual unctions. " He would reject all tests, articles or religion, and other stumbling-blocks and rocks of offence,' to the consience ; , ecause he is aware that the intercourse between man and is God ought not to be regulated by forms of faith and lodes of worship invented by the legislature, or specified by ►ct of Parliament, " He would not permit hereditary titles, but connect iese marks of distinction with office, and limit their con nuance to the life of the official, because he thinks Le erceives that hereditary titles are of no use to the cOmmu ity, and are too apt to generate pride, vanity, and folly in ie individuals who possess them. " He would encourage, by every possible means, and on le most popular and impartial plan, sound, useful, and •actical education in his new-formed state ; because, his Immon sense dictates to him, that virtue (in the nature things) must eventually grow out of knowledge ; and rtue, he knows, would soon be dissatisfied with herself if e were not associated with religion. " Bear with me, Sir, a little longer, and I will conclude y letter, with the detinitim or portrait of a Constitutionai adical. " Prejudices, Sir, are not always blameable. When Tried in favour of that which is good, they reflect the aracter of their objects, and become both praiseworthy d estimable. The Constitutional Radical feels and ac owledges this sort of prejudice, in behalf of his country d institutions' Born, bred, and matured in t':e one, and intified from his earliest infancy with the other ; the for. a. has his affection, the latter his respect, and his best orgies are always at the service of both. He regards the cited Monarchy under which he lives, and its frame of vernment, civil and ecclesiastical, as better calculated than r other to promote and secure the well-being of the coin mity ; but it is the contemplation of these in their theo- ical purity, which wins his attachment and commands his erence. The magnificent Constitution of his country, , is his idol ; that Constitution which first breathed and >ke in the laws and institutions of our Saxon ancestors, I which, at divers subsequent times, has been reduced to t metry—recognised, restored, repaired, strengthened, and. .ast defined by Magna Charta—by the Confirmatio Car mr—by the Petition of Right—by the, Habeas Corpus t—by the Bill of Rights—by the Act of Settlement— , though last not least, by the glorious Reform Bill, with its provisions and capabilities, if they be ho tly and vigorously carried out into practico will leave Constitutional Radical nothing to want or wish for on. score of popular freedom, With these impressions, and these feelings at his heart, Constitutional Radical regards the chief Magistrate conscientious respect—with the kind consideration of e Toby towards the fly ; he would not injure a hair us head ;' not a gem of the smallest size would he re . e from the crown, did it sparkle there, according to not a prerogative would he strip from it, if the hand he constitution had placed it amongst its jewels. On :..ontrary, he would most cheerfully defend its present ession, and future legitimate descent; with all his Lt and main,' against every Germanized whiskered ender to it ; against all the secret plottings of an )ge conspiracy ; and all the open operations of a Carlton The same principles would he act up.au with respect e Aristocracy of the country—leaving their hereditary , stars, garters, ribbons, and other pkiy-things, nn ied ; he would interfere solely with their hereditary lonsible legislation ; he would include the Aristocracy a the spirit and letter of the Reform Bill, and render kings' constitutional, by the agents being accountable people for the nature, tendency, an d consequences of acts. its interference with the Church would be of a similar ving, and not destructive, character ; he would relieve bishop=, as a body, from the burthen of .their Parlia mentary duties, confining the trouble of sitting in the Upper House to the two Archbishops and three assistant Prelates ; he would have no .translations, save the removal into the metropolitan sc.eS (when they b ecame vacant ) o f t h e two Prelates, who had longest worn the mitre ; he would (with a sacred regard to vested, existing in:crests) abolish nil those ecclesiastical dig nities which may b e ornamen t a l, b u t certainly are not useful ,' and devote their incomes to increase the annual value of the Small-r livings ;he would introduce the principle of equalization into church- preferment, pro portioning the value of the living to the quantum of spi ritual duty which it required ; and he would transfer the purnant of tithe from the farmer to the landlord. Ft lie would relieve all Dissenters, of every sect and every „ an y,, f ro m all existing disabilities, and award to them equal e i f il r• - rllts with their fellow subjects. • rI e wR4i4 a.49t file 44110, to ieeure the free and in dependent exercise of the &active fi•anchise, and institute triennial Parliaments, to insure to the constituent a faithful dischaep o til§ ( ii4RO; , 01be ho would do instant junice !Q o '4 BrtermtslY and long-injured mem . - for tvhich, as Burke said, Clod had done so much, try., . ••• . 1,, • and man so nue? Irelandby giving to her re form, ecclesiwtieal an 4 pi01?-14 s7stem of poors' law—and a heavy tax upon her 44.?,mge 4i4toMeY —and, by bidding her rejoice, after her centuries of suffer ;e-* (to adopt the language of her great patriot) in being thei • gq.cFr!c4 t!.9 -;titt9 being acimiited to tne same p - c . . 7 .7 4 .7. —a . -•-• -- same march 21 amelioration and improvement with Eng land and ficotiand, l " In short, Sir (to close my long epistle), the t heart s desire' of the Constitutional Radical is, to see a King pa rental and beloved—an Aristocracy respeetabie, and re spected, because it is useful—a Hotisc of Commons (freely elected by a free people) upright, patriotic, independent— a priesthood desecularized, spiritual, and zealous—a magis tracy conscientious, just, and. humane—landlorch libpral, z; farmers and artipnl fullurn.ployed, and fairly moral and p,olltlcat Wed. of his country as hoautiful anti flourishing az, the vordant garniture of its hills and willies," • THE CREW OF THE MIDDLETON.—Other two of tile pilera bar died, making now twelve altogether who have fallen victims to th'e hardslups or the voyage, and seven widows remain to deplore the nntimely death of their hoshands. DEATH-BLOW TO CHURCH RATES.—On Friday morning last, a vestry was held at the Episcopal Chapel, Penzance, for levying a Church-rate of 4001. upon the inha bitants ; at which meeting Mr. Colenso observed, that he thought the time was come when the Church-people should pay 'their own p;perim.., ff ; boiyeyer i the church was so poor that it could not pay its own engagemen'is, which how ever he did not infer (casting his eye over the splendid chapel) from the appearances around him, he would recommend its supports to apply to the Ministers, as some of the future sav ings from the bishopric of Durham, now fallen in hand, might perhaps be appropriated to their rplief, In conclusion, Mr. Colenso moved, " that this meeting or vestry do adjourn to this day twelve months." The motion was eventually carried by a large majority. The Dublin Society have obtained an elephant from the Zoological Gardens, which was to have been sent to Liver pool per canal on Thursday last. The animal was walked very quietly to Paddington for embarkation, where every pre paration was made ; but as soon as the slings were placed, and the animal nearly in the barge, its struggles and cries became truly frightful ; it dashed the paolta&es about in every direc tion, climbed over with extraordinary activity the enclosure prepared for it, nearly swamped the barge, and got its fore feet into another barge lying alongside : after repeated attempts it was found impossible to secure it, and it was re landed to be conveyed to Bristol by land. The Petition from Carlisle in favoor of the repeal of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, contained nearly 1,000 signatures A very interesting ceremony was witnessed in Louth Church on Sunday evening last—viz., the baptism of a con verted Jew. The individual came from Prussia about twelve months ago, having been seriously persecuted there in conse quence of his desire to become a Christian. He has been duly examined by the Rev. J. Horner, Rector of South Reston, the Rev. R. Taylor, of Tetney, and by the Rev. E. R. Mantel], Vicar of Louth, by whom he was baptised. The Rev. John Horner, the Rev. J. Daintry, Curate of Tothill, and Miss E. 'Morris, of Louth, acted as the young man's sponsors on the occasion. His intention is (as soon as he is somewhat better versed in the English language) to publish a full statement of the reasons and circumstances which have led to his conversion. He is very regular in his attendance at the parish church, and listens with devout attenton to the exposition of doctrine from the pulpit. —Boston Herald. A toad, imbedded in an apparently solid mass of stone, was discovered last September, in a field at W., to the utter horror of the operator when the shivered block disclosed its unsightly inmate. The creature thus instantaneously re stored to light and life, hopped vigorously away, before the momentary surprise had been surmounted ; and being hotly pursued by a dog which was standing near, it escaped beyond discovery into the long grass and weeds of the neighbouring hedge. The colour of the toad was an ashy brown—pale and sickly. The interior of the stone was moist, and the upper portion had been hollow, but was too much broken to allow of a minute examination. The stone was such as is found among the common schist.—Mirror. CHILD POISONED —Last week a child was poi soLed at Nlalton, by an overdose of laudanum. It had been left to the care of a young girl, and being cross and bad to manage, a female neighbour persuaded the girl to allow her to quiet it, by giving it a little lodamy. What was considered a proper dose, was poured from a tea-cup and administered, and soon the child was asleep in death's embrace. An inquest was taken by the Coroner, and the verdict of the Jury was— Died from the effects of laudanum, improperly but ignorantly administered. FREE GIFT.—OH Saturday last a party were drinking at a public house in the environs of Chesterfield, and after regaling themselves some time, one of the company re quested " strap" for a quart. " Mine host," who beins at the time Bacchiplenus, replied he would sooner make him a present of a 51. note, wl.ieh was instantly produced on the table and eagerly accepted by his guest, who, observinr, to the com pany, " nothing was so free as a g if t ," made observing exit from the house. Boniface, after " chewing the' end" of reflection for a while, sought the assistance of the authorities, who in formed him that the only remedy in the case was to frighten the holder into a restitution. A constable was immediately employed, who, with some difficulty, found the young man; after some discourse, the production of the handcuffs bad the desired effect, and the donative (minus )s. 6d.) was handed over to the landlord, who declared he would never deposit any more 51. notes in the hands of another itinerant banker._ Derbyshire Chronicle. FRONTIERS OF POLAND, FEB. 26.—1 t is asserted that since the occupation of Cracow and its territory by the troops of the protecting Powers, important discoveries have been made in that town. They relate to the plan of a con spracy, whose branches extended to all the parts of the old kingdom of Poland, and whose object was no less than the organization of a general and simultaneous insurrection of those provinces. The Consul of a great Power at Cracow is said not to have been unacquainted with that. project. Some accomplices and protectors in the neighbouring coun tries are also talked of. The execution of the plan, it is said, was to have been deferred till the moment when the crisis expected iti the East should take place. Whatever may be the truth of this statement, it is a fact affirmed by several tra vellers, that thei;e have been, in the course of last winter, fre quent movements of troops in the properly-called kingdom of Poland, Russian Lithuania, Podolia, and Volhynia, and that. the 'regiments that had begun their march to the Pruth and Lower Danube have been, against all expectation, replaced by other corps from the interior of Russia. Other regiments have been countermanded on the eve of beginning their march to those provinces, so that the number of Russian troops in Poland and the before-mentioned provinces has rather in_ crewed than diminished since last autumn. This fact is tf.. o more remarkable,.as the maintenance of those troops in r ..)0-land land and the provinces we have named costs the Governraelit a great deal more than in the interior of Russia. It is said, moreover, that the garrison of Lemberg, in Gallicia, has been reinforced with t.vo or three battalions. In the Government of Posen, and in Prussian Upper Silesia, the soldiers on leave of absence and the recruits arc recalled.this year earlier than usual.—Augsburg Gazette. DREADFUL MURDER AND StrICIDE AT EYAM. —The village of Eyam, in this county, was thrown into a state of excitement in the forenna,ni of Monday, fiy the disco very of Francis Frith and b.s; wife• iiw bed w - i►.h their throats cut, and quite dead. Frith i4r some time pP.st has been in a desponding state of mind, and there is no ".,coubt but that the unfortunate man first cut his wife's thrr,at, and then perpe t. ated the horrid deed upon his own pt•rson. The father of Fr:th's wife has been in the habit of residing under the same roof; and there is a conatnunication from one house to the other, through which she 'usually went to make her father a fire every morning ; but es she did not on Monday morning come as usual, he knocked at the communicating door to awake her. No answer wes made. He then tried the door, and found it fastened: This circumstance alarmed the old man,and he got a neighbouring joiner to enter the house through the window and open the street door. Having let in several others, they proceeded up stairs to the bed-roam, and were horror struck at finding them both in bed, cover , A with blood, and quite dead —the wife with her throat cti4 the hed clothes quite up to her neck, and lying as if she was. asleep ; the clothes had evidently been drawn up to her neck irt the husband, after he had com mitted the dreadful deed. afli'e latter lay with his back towards her, and with his right arm out of bed ; and it appears after cutting his own throat, had flung the razor from him to the foot of the bed. Although he had been in a low state of mind for some time, the last few weeks he appeared to be getting well, and assui►,e.i his usual cheerfulness. An Inquest has been held on the bodies before Mr. Mender, at the Bull's Head, and a verdict returned---" That Francis Frith, in a fit of in sanity, cut his wife's throat, and afterwards his own."—Derby shire Chronicle. We are pleased to bear that the 01(1 Freemen are at last beginning to open their eyes to the deceptions, which have been so long employed - to keep them under the dominion and influence of the Tories, and are expressing an inclination, in the event of another election, no more to separate them selves, in feeling and sympathy, from their fellow -townsmen, but to make common cause with them for the general good which they. have been so often deluded' to oppose. Bandon must go.—Liverpool Chronicle. THE ADMINISTRATION. - The missing whale ships have, for the most part, re turned in safety. They have broken the ice barrier: on the Northern Ocean and gained the several ports to which they belonged, br:nging joy and gladness to the hearts of the sorrowing and weeping friends who were mourn mg fur them as lost. But the unfortunate Tories who, on the day of the Address at the opening of the Ses sion, were reported by the London Press in the pay of the faction, to be frozen up on the various roads leading to the metropolis, are yet missing. They arc still buried beneath the snow which overwhelmed them on that eventful day, and if speedy efforts are not made - to extricate and release them, the Session will be over, long before th e y can b e b roug h t to rescue their friend s from the ruin which is impending over them. There are, indeed, people sceptical enough to regard the story of the snow storm descending as an avalanche upon such multitudes of the Tories, as " a weak invention of the enemy," a fable, a regular " Maunchausen" and " Joe Miller," And they gfctP!l(l their reasons for so thinking, on the feet that none of the neformers wer e incommoded or im peded by the Maid 4torni, which appears to be alto goiter partial in its operations, selecting only the tu les fur the victims of " its piteous pl,3int we, ourselves,. Tat 3 ^0,11, w05 3; 41 to cloAh4 4 o tlona ei the faction as it) the cause of their digponi fiture---in truth, it iN wet music to our "":s to listen to a ocanfosziden which implies !. L iat they believe them selves to baa that th e ver y e l emen t s d ec l are against them. But, joking apart, we are rejoiced, and, we are sore the P,Agntity will rejoice with us, to see the decfea§ed atTength of the Tory Opposition in the Douse of Commons. They had talked so long; so loudly, and so fiercely, during the recess, of the con verts whom they had made and their certain success when Parliament should again assemble, that, in spite of our former experience of their tricks, we could not help indolzing rears and misgivings. Now, howev er , that their trial is come, their strength is discovered to be all talk, vox et proterea nihil." Their threat too of seizing the reins of Government, and reinforcing thei*- selves by • haring recourse to another Dissolution of Parliament has al so evaporated. The Corporations, formerly a reserve for th e champtons of corruption to retire Lynn in their hour of need, are now against them, and, whenever another election comes, instead of increasing, as heretofore, will help greatly to diminish their present force. In fact, we consider that never did a liberal Cabinet hold a more promising tenure of office than Lord Melbourne's does at this moment.. The country is with him—his popularity daily in creases—the liberal measures progressing and promul gated give universal satisfaction, and unite all divi sions and shades of Reformers as one man in his favour and for his support. But it is not merely our own opinion which we are giving, We have, during the • last few days, soon communications from sr. , — bers on the liberal side of the ..rat Mem thinking the present % i ' -mouse. They ail agree i n " ministration to be firmly and per maner_tfl.37 established, beyond the reach either of open strength or Court intrigue. Thevspeak of the Opposition as completely broken both in hope and spirit, and, what is of more consequence, rent and spilt by divisions amongst themselves. The Ultras, they say, make no disguise of their h a t re d o f P ee l, an d t h e tr i mm i ng, shuffling, " How happy could I be with either" kind of policy which lie now pursues on so many occasions, while he is as little anxious to conceal the contempt he feels for their folly and infatuation. 'We like to hear all this ; we augur well from it for the country. What says the adage ? " When rogues fall out, honest men may expect to get their own." And, in like manner, the people must be gainers by any schism which breaks out in the Tory camp. Reformers, how ever, must not too confidently count the divisions of their enemies as part and parcel of their own strength, but must still be vigilant .and active. Aide toi and cid t'aidera. When mischief is to be done, when bigotry is to be supported, when oppression is to be enforced, when popular rights are to be withstood, when the spread of liberal principles is to be resisted, the fragments into which Toryism seems, fo: the mo ment, to be broken, will again, like the detached parts of a worm, unite s and fight in a firm and determined phalanx against all that is good, all that savours of im provement. The worm, be it observed, which -we pressed into our service in the foregoing simile, is the blind worm—the very type of Toryism !—Liverpool Chronicle. - 11-; IVI AMU II 15, 1856. r eit Which slavery occas i one d, i n or d er to save t h em f r o m oppression. " 6. 'Mat several estates will exceed the present crop in the next year, and the majority will equal it. " 7. That when this is not the case, it can be traced to sufficient causes, independent of- the loss of labour, which of course must have considerable effect, when it is recol lected that on many estates the slaves were compelled not only to work day and night as long as nature would allow of it, and in such manner as their bodily endurance would permit, for the six week-days, but were often compelled to pot sugar on the Sunday. • " 8. That a manifest supineness has been exhibited on several plantations, by the fact that the next year's crops are often estimated at much more than the present. I know of several individual instances of persons declining to put in plant canes last year, in consequence of the certainty by anticipation, which they felt that the crop would not be taken off at all, " 9. The returns I send home herewith will show that the preparatio ns f or t h e next year ' s crop h ave not b een so entirely neglected as has been asserted. " 10. That the new system' furnished a most admirable excuse for any failures and neglects which may have taken place, and which will not therefore be attributed to their real cause. proof of it the relue " 11. My conviction is, that in many instances the opi nions of individuals are much more favourable as to fu- Wm IPAvveots than they chose to allow, and' I offer in to© many in°' ge tti n g a n y information upon the ances to my sob:- • ~..et. ' - ance which has been shown in but " 19— That the overseers in many, I fearlessly say, very many instances, have not given hearty co-operation to the new law, feeling themselves shorn of all their beams by its operation. • " 13. That many of the attornies and managers have been so very loud in their assertion of the failure of the system, that they are now unwilling to admit the errors of their opinions. " Tlie first prophecy was, blood and destruction on the Ist of August : in this they were wrong. The second, that this scene would take place at Christmas, as it had not taken place in August :in this they were wrong. The third, that the apprentices would not work for wages : in this they were wrong, as I know of no instance where the usual wages were offered, and where they were refused. The fourth was, that this crop could not be taken off : in this they were wrong ; as it has been taken off in many places much earlier than usual ; and if protracted in others, it has been as much from the weather, and the refusal to give wages, in many instanees i ' as from any other cause affecting the success of the new system. " 14. Having been driven from all these points, they have now created for themselves a fresh object of terror, namely, the next year's crop. On this paint, 1 have had some doubts all along, and therefore, send the information I have re ceived, in order that judgment may be given by others. I freely confess, that the report is, on the whole, much more favourable than I ever expected. " 15. That the manufacture and cultivation • ble, and has received the least .-- has been conducted on the most antinuo- of sugar • assistance from the u system possi modern improvement. ever used machinery. The plough is hardly ..- • , ,vnere adopted this year from necessity, it has -.istvered completely. The cattle-mills, which are so ge neral, must be abandoned, as they work so very slowly that they cannot meet the diminished hours of labour of the field gangs. " 16. That the ginger, arrow-root, and coffee plantations are as flourishing as ever they were known to be. " 17. That the negroes will improve, because they have done so since the Ist of August, gradually but certainly, in all parts where severity has not been practised. 18. That they bare had very little encouragement from many of the managers. " 19. That in the whole of the early part, the number of Special Magistratds was quite insufficient, and this affects them more than might be at first imagined, as they show unlimited confidence in those (the great majority, I am proud to say) who treat them with true kindness. " 20. That they passed their holydays at Christmas in an unusually orderly manner, and that there was, literally speaking, I verily believe, not 20 absentees from their la bour on the 29th of December, and that they worked on New Year's day without a murmur. " 21. That there has been as yet no increase of religious instruction or education, and very little of good example. That the crop this year has been taken off without a single instance of resistance, and of a superior quality to that here tofore made. _ _ _ " 22. That there has been less stock lost this year than usual. "'23. That they have in most instances worked cheer fully, day and night (when allowed to do so by night), for hire, on five days of the week. " 24. That they now dig cane holes in many parts of the island at one halfpenny per hill, earning a dollar a day, often digging 160 a day, when 70 to 80 was their task during slavery. " 25. That several planters reluctantly confess, that more work has been done this year than the last, and that many objections have been made to my comparing this year's work to the last, because it was notorious they did not work at all last year." ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. The Anti-Slavery Society have published an appeal con tabling a mass of evidence as to the operation of the presen law for the abolition of slavery in the colonies of Great Britain, and particularly in the West Indies. The object of this appeal is to show that the present law, particularly that part of it which recognises the principle of apprentice ship, is defective in its operation, and subversive of the end which the Government and the nation had in view. After slating many cases in which the oppression of the appren tices was made out by competent witnesses, and other facts of importance were proved, the pamphlet to which we al lude proceeds as follows : " The following has been received from a "Jamaica Magi strate since these sheets have been in the _press : " I now forward a few cases, out of the many atrocious acts brought before me, during a short part of the time that I administered justice in parish, from which you can make any extracts that may be necessary, to stimulate the many to exertion, who imagine they have done all that is requisite for the long-suffering and still hourly injured negro. Let the abolitionists but know that their work is only in part accomplished. To stop now would be to sanction the numerous acts of oppression and injustice the poor appren tices are doomed to undergo, and that too, be it understood, for a longer period than the law contemplates ; as the Busba magistrates (that is, those in the interest of the planters) can condemn (and it is too frequently done) the apprentices to make up any lost time to their masters, even beyond and after the Ist of August 1840, under that vile clause of the Abolition Act by which the master escapes justice, although the apprentice is amenable to all its severity. So that the old law is carried prospectively into the new, against the apprentice." •' Another letter, only just received from Berbice, writ ten by a gentleman who has been long resident here, con cludes thus :---‘ It appears to me that the great object is, to get all they can from the blood and muscles of these poor people during the years of apprenticeship. Do exert your self to get rid of the apprenticeship system ; if it continues these poor people will be so emaciated with stripes and hard labour, that they will be worth nothing.' " It is now, horiever, time to turn our attention to the character and conduct which these greatly oppressed people have maintained, under all the cruelties and hardships which are so frequently inflicted upon them, notwithstandinT the enormous sacrifice which has been made in the hope of pro curing for them the blessings of freedom. IV.—EXTRACTS RELATIVE TO THE CONDUCT Or THE NEGUOES. " The almost universally good conduct of the apprentices is so generally known and acknowledged, as to render it scarcely necessary to enter on the subject here, or to give at any considerable length docum..mts in proof of it. " Their excellent and praiseworthy conduct at the period when the Emancipation Act came into operation was no ticed in the postscript to the last Number of the Anti- Slavery Reporter' (No. 112.) Since that period there has been no falling off in this respect ; all parties, with the ex ception of some of the least respectable class of planters of the old school of slavery, have expressed themselves satis fied with their general conduct. Governors and Lieute nant-Governors, Bishops, and the Clergy of all demontina. tions, Military Commanders, and Civil functionaries,•hav e coincided in adding the testimony of their approbation. This will be sufficiently shown by the few extracts which follow. JAMAlCA.—Extract of a Despatch from the Marquis of Sligo, Governor of Jamaica, to Lord Glenelg dated June 21, 1835. " The following arc a few -memoranda respecting Jamaica, the result of some considration and observation, com bined with the best informs .tion that could be procured :- 1. The quality of tb e sugar made this year is bona fide far superior to what h; .s been heretofore made by night work on the majority of e;states in the island. " 2. There has been by far less stock lost in this year's crop than in that of the: preceding year's, and in many places it has been taken o ff by a smaller number. "3. The stocks are gene rally speaking, in much better con dition this year than the y were at the close of any former year's crop, when they hive been so weak that many of them have died in conseque ace. "4. That the apprentices generally are evidently becom ing more reconciled to the systen, and work cheerfully for money-hire, both night and. -lay, and that they are becoming better behaved every day. " 5. That they may be expected still further to improve as soon as they begin to f.eei the natural impetus of educa tion and religion, and as they get rid of the system of de- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Meßeg 14. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the Woolsack at the usual hour. A RIGHT REV. PRELATE presentei a petition against the probate clause of the Ecclesiastical Courts Consolidation Bill. Lord HATHERTON presented a petition to the same effect. Lord GLENELG moved that the order of the day for the House going into Committee on the Bill for improving the administration of justice in the West Indies be discharged, and that this Committee be postponed till Friday. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. _ _ . Lord RADNOR presented a petition from some place in Cumberland, praying for a repeal of the Stamp Duty on Newspaper:. IRISH CLERGY. Lord RODEN rose to present the petition of which he had given notice on a former day—a petition emanating from a most respectable and praiseworthy body of men in Ireland, namely, the Protestant clergy of the diocese of Tuam, Arda, Kilalla, A thenry, and Clonfert.—( Hear.) The petitioners stated that many untoward circumstances had hitherto pre vented them from enforcing their just rights and collecting their tithes—that an extensive combination existed against them, which, from their poverty they were unable to resist, by maintain ing expensive suits.. That many kind and benevolent persons pitying their distresied situation, came forward and formed themselves into a Society, called the Lay Association. That the object of the Society was the protection of.the Protestant Clergy of Ireland against this combination ; and that from measures pursued by thi s b o dy it h a d b e en already proved that the present law was found fully sufficient to enforce their rights, and their incomes were as recoverable by law as any other description of debt. Petitioners, therefore, prayed that their Lordships would not sanction any alteration in the law which would have the effect of reducing their incomes. The Noble Lord would not enter into a dis cussion on the topics referred to in the petition at that time, but he could assure their Lordships that the Protestant clergy of Ireland would never consent to a reduction of a single iota of their incomes. Lord WINCHILSEA supported the views of the peti tioners. and declared his determination to stand or fall by the principle. Such was the state of the unfortunate Protestant clergy of Ireland, that Insurance Companies would not effect an insurance on the lives of a Protestant clergyman, without inserting a clause in the policy that no benefit should result from such insurance if the party insured came to a violent death. Was it possible that such things could take place in a land of liberty. Surely it was afoul disgrace to the Legislature of the country.—(Hear.) If the present course was pursued by his Majesty's Minis ters, he would stand forward and raise in this country such a feeling as should compel them to do justice to this body of 'men, and to take their case into comideraticn. He hoped and i_rusted that some Noble Lord would bring the subject under the consideration of the House, and that the House would give prove it a full, fair, and impartial consideration ; and • h e would venture to say that he would prove such a conspiracy against liberty and property — (He ar ) — n o t confined ucth a o t h eca P se ro o t f es c ti r t u n e t li c y le a r n g d y— op ( p H re e s a s r i , on he a a s r) nTs h u e np v'o r u ai ld _ Yelled in the history of this country.. The petition was then laid on the table. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS' BILL. . Lord KENYON presented a petition from some place in the county of Worcester, against the probate clause of this Bill. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a similar petition from some place in the North Riding of Yorkshire. AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. The Marquis of LONDONDERRYapoIogized to the House for not being able to submit to their consideration those papers and correspondence for which he had moved. He wished, however, to call their Lordships' attention to the course pursued by the Noble Viscount opposite on Thursday. The Noble Viscount told him when he asked for a particular despatch that it was lost. He conceived this to be a very extraordinary circumstance, but it reminded him of a Dutch despatch that had been lost on a former occasion.—( A laugh.) The Noble Viscount had since put in a supplementary pa per, which turned out to be the very despatch that had been lost. He wished to know further, whether to the last letter of the correspondence, which was dated so far back as September, Any answer had been received in the Foreign Office. It was hardly possible that between September and March no com munication on these important points should have been re ceived by the Foreign Office. He had asked the Noble Viscount to state whether this was the case or not, and the answer was given in the Noble Viscount's off-hand way, th at no communication had been received. But be thought he could convict the Noble Viscount from his own mouth ; for the Noble Viscount the other night stated that these prisoners were transported from Cadiz to Porto Rico. From whence had the Noble Viscount received this information if there had been no answer to the last letter ?—( Cries of Hear, hear, hear.) He would not make any further observations at present, as from the lateness of the hour at which the pa. per was put in it was totally impossible for him to be prepared to go fully into the case. Therefore, with the permission of the House, he would withdraw his motion for to-day, and fix it for Friday or Monday, when he would go into the considera tion of the whole of these papers, with a view of framing a motion upon them. Lord MELBOURNE did not know that the Noble Lord had stated sufficient grounds for postponing his motion ; but the Noble Lord was master of his own proceedings. In point of common sense, however, he had never heard a more insufficient or unsatisfactory ground for postponing a mo tion.—( Hear.) The paper to which the Noble Lord alluded anybody might read in five minutes, and fully consider in ten minutes. The paper did not vary the case in the slightest degree. He would make no observations on the withdrawing of this motion ; he would only state that he did not acquiesce in the validity of the reasons assigned by the Noble Lord for so doing. The Noble Lord was the most difficult man to satisfy that he ever had to deal with.---( Hoar, and laughter. ) He was extremely discontented when he was told that this paper was lost, and now he is equally discontented when it is found. They were told when it was lost that it was a most important paper, and now that it was found he requires time to consider whether it is important or not.— ( Hear, hear.) The letter had been sent to him (Lord Melbourne) from the Foreign Office. 1-1 had put it in a box with other papers, and it was missi ng i n th e office. He had instit u t e d a search, and had discovered the paper; and having discovered it, he thought the best way was to lay it on the table, in order that it might be printed. He had re quested the Clerk to inform the Noble Lord of the circumstance, and if he (Lord M.) had seen the Noble Lord, he would have informed him himself. He could assure the Noble Lord that until within these few weeks there had been no further information on the subject whatever, and no further official application had been made to the Spanish Government.—( Hear, hear.) These prisoners were young men of very respectable families, and had they joined the army of Don Carlos they would have given him considerable influence. These were the facts, though ho had no official knowledge of them; but it was not to be supposed that our Ambassador would be • en tirely inactive upon the subject, or that he would not do every thing in his power to protect . the safety of these individuals, and procure their liberation.—( Hear.) He did not think it would be prudent in the Government to make an official application to which a decided refusal might be given. As an additional reason why . the Noble Lord should put off his motion, he begged to say that he had a number of supplementary papers which might supply him with further information.--( Hear, hear.) The Duke of WELLINGTON was most anxious that his Noble Friend should state specifically what his charges were against his Majesty's late and present Government.—( Hear.) It was not quite fair if charges were to be made and then abandoned, and he thought his Noble Friend should state speci fically what the charges were, and name a day for their dis cussion.—( Hear, hear.) The Marquis of LONDONDERRY had hot had the ad vantage of the advice of the Noble Dele, as to the course which he intended to pursue in tile present instance. As, however, he had been so r i rsessed (and he must say a little unfairlya he had ho objection to state what his in tentions w e 'n relative to these unfortunate individuals, who, according to the Noble Viscount's statement, were trans ported to Porto Rico. In looking at that correspondence it was impossible not to admire the statesmanlike and sound princi ples laid down in the despatches of the Noble Duke. If their spirit had been followed up, he (the Marquis of Londonderry) would not have any occasion to take up their Lordships' time. But he would maintain, that from the first document up to the present time, the question regarding these individuals had re mained in abeyance. It appeared now, that notwithstanding the application that had been made ,these individuals, after six ' months' confinement, were to be sent to Botany nay—to Porto Rico—and they would be probably drowned or subject to work as galley slaves for life. Look at the state in which Great Britain stood—was she not actually, aiding and abetting to keep up the Queen's power in Spain, and had she not sent arms out to the amount of five hundred thousand pounds— and yet with all this she could not obtain from that Govern ment the release or discharge of these twenty-seven officers. The Carlists had 300 Christino officers in their custody, and if their friends were used in this barbarous manner, would they not retaliate, and then the war must go on in the same mur derous manner in which it had already been conducted. He was most anxious only that these things should be put an end to. It was seen that nine months had elapsed since the Noble Duke had written the despatch alluded to, ani they were now told there had yet been no answer; did that show any energy on the part of the Government. They were doubly interested now in the question, as there was now a legion of English men in that country. Surely it was our duty to put an end to such scenes of blood, or the subjects of his Majesty might be the victims. He did not complain of the despatch of the Noble Duke, but because it had not been followed up. The Noble Lord was all energy when an unfortunate Bishop was to be castigated, but where had it been these nine months? All he wanted was some expression on the part of the House, so that the Government might be induced to insist upon the war being carried on in a civilized and proper manner. The Duke of WELLINGTON felt that he was personally interested in this question ; and when the Noble Marquis thought proper to bring forward his motion, he would be able to show clearly that ,he and his Majesty's late Government were implicated in character in it. The Noble Marquis had deemed fit to enter upon the subject, but he (the Duke of Wellington) would not now follow him. That was not the first time or the first occasion on which the Noble Marquis in troduced the matter. He did so last year, and if be (the Duke of Wellington) was not mistaken, lie told him that that he and the late Government were interested in character in it; and when the subject was brought under discussion he would be able to show that they did their duty in the matter, and that if any thing had been left undone which the Noble Marquis wished to be done, it was because it was found impossible to go further, and if he brought on a further discussion, he would show that there were other interests depending on tle , question. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY thought the Noble Duke had taken a view of the question not warranted by what fell from him. He did not charge the late Government with any neglect in this matter. What he complained of was that the despatch being dated the 17th of February, 1835, and it being now March, 1836, he wished to know why some arrangement had not been effected, or some an swer obtained ?—( Hear, hear.) What he had done was in consequence of his conscientious conviction that his Majesty's Ministers had not taken steps to avert in that country the horrors of civil war, and be only did his duty by bringing the matter under discussion. In the present temper of the House, he would not, however, pro ceed further. The Duke of WELLINGTON hoped the Noble Lord would give notice of a specific motion. He (the Duke of Wellington) would then, as far as the late Government was concerned, be prepared to meet the charge. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY—.In consequence of the feeling which seemed to pervade the House, he would recal the motion, also the one regarding Spain which stood for a future day. ECCESIASTICAL LEASES RESTRICTION BILL. This Bill went through a Committee, after which their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARcH 14. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. The Sheriffs of London appeared at the far io present a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council cf the city of London, praying to be heard by Counsel against the London Grand Junction Railway Bill. Mr. BOWES presented two petitions against the same Bill. SOUTH DURHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. fIUTT presented two petitions against this Bill. After a short conversation respecting the Standing Orders, the Bill was read a second time. Lord EASTNOR presented a petition, from an individc.al, against the Brighton Railway Bill. LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY. The London and Cambridge Railway Bill was read a second time, arid ordered to be committed. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. Mr. E VANS brought in a Bill for making a Railway from Dublin to Drogheda, to be called the Grad Northern Trunk Railway, with several branches therefrom, which was read a first time. Mr. PEASE presented petitions against the Bridlington Pier and Harbour Bill. Mr. CIIILDERS presented petitions from the trustees of some road, against the Hull and Selby Railway Bill, and against the River Dunn Navigation Bill. Mr. WILKS presented a petition from the Romford Na vigation Company against the Midland Counties Railway Bill. ULSTER RAILWAY. On the motion of Lord CASTLEREAGH the Ulster Rail way Committee were empowered to send fur papers, persons, and records. LONDON GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the London and Birmingham Railway Company, against the London Grand Junction Railway Bill. Mr. MA RSLAND presented a petition against the Stockton Gas Bill, and one from the Trustees of a Alar.chester road, against the Chester Grand Junction Railway Bill. ATCHERLEY AQUEDUCT. Mr. TtionsLEY and Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY presented seve ral petitions against the Tettenhall and Atcherle y Canal and Aqueduct They wo u ld g i ve i t t h e i r most decided op position. Mr. ORMSBY GORE thought it right to undeceive the House as to the character of the Bill. By this canal it was not intended to take away any of the water from that canal to which the worthy Baronet had alluded, and of which he was so large a proprietor. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal had started the opposition to this Bill, which would have the effect, if carried into operation, of saving water and of saving 2,0001., which now went into the pockets of the monopolists —(Cheers)—the Worcestershire and Staffordshire Canal, of which the Hon. Baronet was the largest proprietor. If the Bill had not merit in itself throw it out altogether; but there was no ground stated in the petitions that had been presented why the course proposed should not be adopted. The present Bill was a public case in opposition to private monopoly. —( Cheers.) By the proposed Bill no less than thirty-two' miles of water-carriage and two-thirds of freight were saved. He regretted that the Hon. Baronet had brought so shameful a case before the House of Commons. Sir J. WR OTTE SLE Y challenged the Hon. Member opposite to produce a single instance in which he had brought a shameful case before the House.—( Great cheering.) He submitted to the House whether the language used by the Hon. Member was not most unparliamentary.—(Cheers.) He considered it most indecent in him to say that he was the largest proprietor in the Worcester and Staffordshire Canal, which was not the fact ; in the other Canal he certainly was a - large proprietor, but in the Worcestershire and Staffordshire be held only six shares.—( Cheers.) And was it to be supposed that at his time of life—( Continued cheering)—be would sa crifice his character for the paltry consideration of the dividends on thossi:shares.--( Increased cheers.) Bc considered the ob servations of the lion. Member uncalled for, and he trusted the 'louse would view them in the light they deserved.—( Cheer s. ) Mr. 0. GO RE cou ld assure the Hon. Baronet, that lie did not apply the word " shameful " personally to him—( —but he must be allowed to say the opposition was a most shameful one on the part of the monopolists. Mr. A TTWO 0 D rose to present petitions in favour of the Bill. The SPEAKER. suggested that the question no 7, before the House was whether the Committee should be revived. Mr. CLIVE doubted whether the question could be enter tained by the House at the present moment. Mr. AGLIONBY thought the House ought to come to a vote upon the question at the present moment. After a few observations from the SPEAKER, Sir J. WROTTESLEY said that he would bow to th e Chair, and withd r a w hi s pctition.—( Hear, h ear .) Tlv peti tion was accordingly withdrawn. LONDON GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY._ Mr. TOOKE presented a petition from the householders of Hatton-garden against this Bill. BRIGHTON RAILWAY. Mr. HURST presented a petition against the London and Brighton Railway Bill, Stevenson's line. YORK AND HULL RAILWAY. Mr. EGERTON presented a petition against the York and Hull Railway Bill. CHESHIRE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. BULLER presented a petition againit the Cheshire Grand Junction Railway Bill. Sir 0. MOSLEY presented a petition to the same effect. An HON. MEMBER moved the second reading of the Bill. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed, LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY. Mr. CHILDERS presented a petition against the London and Cambridge Railway Bill. WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL. Mr. BYNG moved the second reading of the Westminster Hospital Incorporation Bill.—Read a second time. LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY. Captain ALSAGER moved that the London and Croy don Railway Bill should be referred to the Surrey list.—Motion agreed to. Mr. PARKER presented a petition from Derby, against the Manchester and Cheshire Junction Railway. Major BE AUCLERK _presented a petition from a place in Surrey, against the Brighton Railway (Stevenson's line) Bill. TETTENHALL AND ATCIiERLEY CANAL. Mr. HAWKE S moved the second reading of the Tetten hall and Atcherley Canal Bill. Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY did not rise for the purpose of taking the sense of the House against the second reading of the Bill, as he thought the objections which might be brought against it would be best stated in the Committee. He was, as he had already said, a shareholder in both the canals ; and he could state to the House that the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal had reduced their tonnage from two shillings to one shilling. He had been the instigator of that measure, and he did not think in honour that any Bill could be brought forward for the purpose of lowering that compensation. All he asked was that the Bill should go into Committee, when these facts could be stated, and then when the Bill came for a third reading, he was satisfied he would have laid sufficient grounds for the House to reject it. Mr. ORMSBY GORE said the present Bill would be a very serious advantage to the great iron manufacturing and mining districts in that part of the country who were at pre sent subjected to a heavy tax. Independently of this, the canal would be a means of shortening the distance considerably, and he believed the opposition to it was nothing more than monopoly against the interests of the public. The Bill was then read a second time. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL presented v. petition from the provost, magistrates, and town.council of Edinburgh against the Trinity Harbour Bill. Mr. PARKER presented a petition from Sheffield against the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway Bill. Mr. DENNISON presented a petition from Dorking in favour of Stevenson's line of railway, and praying the House not to pass the Bill for Sir Joins Rennie's line. IRWELL NAVIGATION. Lord F. EGERTON presented a petition from the Trus tees of Ihe Duke of Bridgewater against the Irwell Naviga tion Bill, praying to be heard by counsel against it. He would take that opportunity of confirming every statement made in the petition, and of complaining that he was compelled to pre sent the petition in consequence of one which had been pre sented two days ago by his Honourable Friend the Member for Bradford.—(Hear, hear.) It was rather unusual to have petitions presented to that House affecting any Member of it, without giving him notice of the intention. He did not blame his Hon. Friend, but he believed there would scarcely be found another attorney in England than the one engaged in this transaction, who would put a number of petitions in the hands of an Hon. Member, without stating to him what their contents were, especially when they were of so peculiar a nature. He hoped the present petition would be referred UP the same Committee as the other, where they would be con sidered. Mr. HARDY said that some short time since he had been requested by a solicitor he knew, when he went the Northern Circuit, to present four petitions in favour of the Bill, and agreeably to that request he bad presented the petitions. When he did so he was not at all aware that the Bill eit'aer affected the Noble Lord or the other Noble Personage who had petitioned. The petition was ordered to be referred to the Committee. MANCHESTER AND CHESTER RAILWAY- Lord F. EGERTON presented a petition against the IMl'an• chester and Chester Junction Railway Bill. BRIDLINGTON PIER BILL. Mr. BETHEL moved the second reading of jlis The Bill was not one of those schemes of which so many had lately been submitted to Parliament ; it was Inerely an ap plication to renew a Bill which Parliament bad granted front the time of William 111. Sir E. CODRINGITON supported the Bill. It should be known that for one vessel lost in consequence of a southerly wind, there were ten from the effects of a northerly one. Mr. HARLAND moved that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. PEA SE opposed the Bill. Mr. LABOUCHERE and Mr. G. F. YOUNG supported the amendment. Mr. CHAPMAN thought there was no man of common humanity who would oppose the Bill. Mr. R. TREVOR supported the amendment. Mr. B. THONISON felt called upon to support the second reading of the Bill, considering that the people of Bridlington had a claim upon the House for the protection of their lives and property. Sir GEORGE STRICKL AND supported the second reading of the Bill, being perfectly convinced, if the harbour was not kept up, many human lives would be lost. Mr. P. THOMSON thought this was one of a class of private Bills which subject the country to taxation. H° should give it his opposition. It was not the mode in which the subject should be brought before Parliament. In his opinion the subject ought to be brought forward as a public After a few observations from Colonel SIBTHORP, strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when the numbers were—. For the second reading •83 Against it Majority against the Second Reading-23 DORCHESTER LABOURERS. In reply to a question from Mr. WAKLEY, Lord J. RUSSELL said that his Majesty had granted a free pardon to all . the Dorchester convicts.—(Cheers.) IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL. Mr. O'CONNELL wished to know from his Majesty's Attorney-General what course it was intended to pursue with respect to a measure which had been very unequivocally ap proved of by that House—ho meant the Imprisonment fur Debt Bill ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was authorised to state that a measure of the same nature as that which had al ready received the sanction of that House would very s hortly be introduced into the House of Lords, and after the decided opinion expressed in the House of Commons this arrangement would, in all probability, be the most likely to facilitate its ul timate success.—( Hear, hear.) POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. DUNCOMBE wished to know if his Majesty's Ge vernment had received any report from the Poor-Law Com missioners respecting some allegations made in a letter frcm a Mr. Pettigrew ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL had no official information on the subject to which the Hon. Member referred; but from the in formation received by the Poor-Law Commissioners, it ap peared that the whole of Mr. Pettigrew's statement was not to be taken for granted. Lord JOHN RUSSELL postponed, till next Friday, the. second reading of the Registration of Bi r th s , & c . Bill, 1 16 the Bill for uniting to the Crown the County Palatine of Durham. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, that the House do go into Committee on the MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (IRELAND) BILL , The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition fro° the citizens of Edinburgh, praying that the system of Muni cipal Reform, from which Scotland had derived so much ad vantage, may be introduced into Ireland. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a similar petition from the inhabitants of Dumfries ( Scotland), and petitions from the Trades' Union of Dublin, praying that the qualification might not be so high as was intended in the Bill. Mr. lIUME presented a petition from Leicester, prayi n g that the cities and towns of Ireland might obtain the advan tage of that Reform in their municipal institutions which wag, at present conferring great benefit upon t h e inhabitants of Leicester. Petitions were presented by Mr. SHARMAN C R Awro . fh from Drogheda; and by M r . G. S. BARRY, in favour of Cor poration Reform ; and against it by Colonel VERNER and Mr• SHAW. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD also presented a petitiT i , from Ban gor , i n th e county D own, for a reduct i on o f the qua lification. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from certain parties in Dublin, praying for compensation for losses they sustain in case the Corporation Bill should pass into law. Mr. O'CONNELL said that if the parties made out a case entitling th em t o compensat i on , t h ey wou ld no doubt re ceive it. The House then went into Committee, and it was proposed that clause 1 should stand part of the Bill. should Wit] & ir j t; TFat 41Q,,t XOll ,l r N. Ng ,