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It is cer -1 one of the cleverest and most amusing extrava gaal!zas that have appeared for many seasons, and the ( j t i,ng of the two Keelep, throughout, is in the richest 'l rt o most grotesque style of humour. The house was 13 . 1 arkablY well attended—indeed at 'half-price it was rite erowded—and we never yet saw an, audience so ; l ighted with an evening's performances. For the first 41:oe since it was built, the Lyceum bids fair to become Popular and thriving theatre. THE SCOTCH FREE CHURCH. We copy the following account of the tyrannical pro cec.3ings of the Free Kirkmen towards one of their own body, from the Scotsman, a journal that lately has been rather favourable to the seceders. It now throws them overboard, and justly. We never have had but one opinion of their principles and practice, and every fresh act only confirms us in the belief that, by their disjunc tion from the Church, Scotland has been saved from a more galling thraldom than any that ever afflicted the IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. race : " A considerable sensation has lately been created among Dissenters, by the publication of a pamphlet, from the pen of the Rev. Mr. Waddell, late minister of the Free Church, Gir van, in the presbytery of Ayr. The object of the pamphlet is to show the tyrannical treatment Mr. Waddell has ex perienced at the hands of the Free Church for the simple avowal of, principles hostile to the compulsory support of Christianity. We have hitherto refrained from taking any notice of the case, in the hope that some explanation would be forthcoming to show that the charge was unfounded ; but, so far as we are aware, nothing of the ki n d has y et been attempted. It appears that, in October last, the Free Church congre gation of Girvan transmitted to the Free Church Assembly, then sitting in Glasgow, a petition through their pastor, Mr. Waddell, praying the Assembly to abandon altogether the compulsory theory. Mr. Waddell added another on his own account, requesting the Free Assembly to consider the 23d chapter of the Confession of Faith, on the ground that it is inconsistent with itself and the present position of the Free Church. The Assembly's Committee of Bills, however, re solved to forward them to - the Assembly not as petit ions, but as docunients affordinaterial for a case of discipline against Mr. Waddell. Mr. Waddell protested, and was told that he would-be allowed to state his reasons for dissenting from the resolution to the Assembly. The Assembly, however, broke up without any reference to the subject ; and just as Mr. - Waddell was about to leave Glasgow • for Gir van, he received a letter re-directed from that town, a deed of suspension, signed by the secretary of the acting Com mittee of-the General Assembly's Special Commission, of which Dr. Candlish was convener. This document ordered the petition to be remitted to the Presbytery, suspended Mr: Waddelliund authorised Mr. Wallace of Barr to supply his place, pto tem. Mr. Waddell returned to Girvan, and laid a representition of the case and protest against the appoint ment of an interim minister before the Presbytery of Ayr, who had appointed a committee to meet Mr. Waddell and his friends. A private meeting between the committee and the deposed- minister first took place, when the latter re quested answers to a set of queries on the interpretation of the 23d chapter of the Confession of Faith. The Presby tery maintained its incompetency as a court to reply to any such queries. The committee recommended Mr. Waddell to endeavour to satisfy his mind on the question of endowments by reading Oillespie's " Aaron's Rod Blossom ing". and ,the A Hundred and Eleven Propositions," to which he naturally objected. A conference then took place between the committee and congregation, Mr. Waddell not being pre sent. The former endeavoured to persuade the petitioners to repudiate their petition, which all refused to do. Despairing to move the petitioners, one member of committee, with the concurrence of his brethren, proceeded to assure them, then, that there was no necessity laid upon them to compromise their .own standing in the Free Church, from any desire to befriend their minister, for that his own petition would be quite sufficient to insure his condemnation, if he should ad here to it. This announcement was highly offensive to the petitioners, being a very . palpable attempt to seduce them. not only from the' rofession of their own principles, but from the company of a solitary individual exposed to jeopardy in defence of these principles. " After other proceedings, Mr. Waddell was obliged to re sign, his theoretical Voluntaryism being the only thing that could be brought against him. " In concluding his published defence, Mr. Wa ddell sa y s : " In pleading my own cause, at such a crisis, I plead t he cause of universal conscience. A gross outrage on the com mon sense, and on the spiritual freedom of the whole com munity, has been deliberately perpetrated in the case, and on the person of a solitary individual. He has been driven, by the majesty of aCourt amenable to no man, and scarcely to God, into the corner of rebellion or despair. He might quietly succumb ; or he might fly from persecution, if he would—what of that? The atrocity of persecution remains, and the scourge of the same disgraceful dilemma may be ap plied to the sides of any other soul."' BT ST. JAMES'S. ~,pOBLER'S EXPERIMENT IN NATURAL MAGIC. no ! certain learned pundit bath lately propounded a t heory of m esmer i sm —t o Kit, that those persons wh o _ are in a state o f mesmer i c coma arc posse ssed of th _ de ...il• Now if t hi s eru di te personage we re to witness the t eats of ll err D o bl er he wou ld no d o ubt come to conclusio n th at Herr' Louis Dobler was the fiend 8 hiosself ; and he might advance many arguments in the of his conclusion. For instance, in polite circles, e if ever mentioned, is spoken of as the " Gentle manin liabl e Black," a description which exactly suits llerr Dobler, who last night appeared, for the first time this i n "un on the stage of the St. James's theatre, attired wil l! black velvet tunic, black silk ho!,e, and girt round 40 1. 1 1 a black • leathern band ; moreover, he speaks ori :nuage save erman—the originl language of the for old Zamiel nthe original Der Fr a eischutz-7- and, as self i could s tri cks, they are such as none but the fiend him atccomplish. Does he not produce from one oi bat flowers enough to stock Covent - garden Li set ,_? A mal e M e d e a, does he not resuscitate t h e , he uY boiling th em until they become alive? - True, rat_uperates only on pigeons; but why may he not °pe e a bottle, and ban, breaking un other things? Does he not compress a: cellar produce frc:m it all sorts of wine, and , the bottle, draw from its cavity a pocket Aund i(er 'l l ier ? Seeing these things, could our learned it fail to believe that Herr Dobler was the " Gen linein,s3l.• in Black" in propria, persona? Joking apart, f,:etis er, Ilt-rr Dobler is a very clever artist, and pe r t-- tricks with great neatness and dexterity. e Nißbly amused by his performances last evening, ks er ,l t ,e glad _ to find that so many of his friends had Fell - „ v 4 Le d to welcome his return. The house was ver y ki t "'tended , and every one seemed highly delighted ea r l 'me peiform anCes, which were over at a reaso nabl y Y hoer; RP, A - -- C,..,:VIZARD OF THE NORTH IN /:' 1 , 11 .E COURT OF REQUESTS. bo ur b" av ing been made -generally known in the neigh or i --° °E I of this Court that the Wizard of the North, A d l other terms, Mr. Anderson, now performing at the ohew' Theatre, had been summoned for the cost of a r t, alleged to have been damaged during the per ance at the Adelphi, by reason of the said Wizard - ' in g b • was 31 ced a plumb-pudding therein, every avenue I'h'"'elY crowded. plaintiff, a gawky and unwieldy farmer, named lus' e l n ; ' Orion bein,g called on to state the grounds of lt ereh a .'n) , produced from a sporting pattern silk hand tai 3; the London made," in question, which cer ; n 'Y be . .t b ei ,, re every evidence of queer culinary treatment, pa te, literally marked on the outside with dabs of the and within, and upon. the white kid lining smears . pl aee e Yolk of an egg, most pertinaciously kept their le ad _ a s if in readiness to perfect that adhesion to the Pa d upon a windy day. said p! t° a. thinkin this be enough ground Muster Sirs," "gton, turning over -his hat with a most lugu raa;t countenance, which convulsed the Court. "Ye Ye 4 ' , _ ll g ll —am and laugh yer fill, but it I that can join b re as how I payed a couple of shillings to see the b est T he beaver spoilt besides the guinea for the hat . " !'e countrymanwas evidently working himself Int o a state of forensic madness, but the Wizard ee e r m before him, and the laughter was sue grett— bY the most respectful silence. With .‘ th e t blandness of manner the Wizard addressed fid onnuissioner, who appeared to be rather getty at the near approximation of one to whom t i la tt,ttributed more than mortal powers. He stated a d ve t he had no excuse w hatever to offer. It was an in Ilian to The hat had been returned to th e countr y b u ,„ -11 the second seats by his " familiar," and , in t he tar 3` °f the performance, without the usual and neces abalistic wor d s b e i ng mentally muttered over it , so restore„,, it to its original purity. He was s orr y , ver y b a - ( ii , and as soon as he had heard of it — for the m an ---11, made no complaint at the period of the p erformance aes had hastened to rectify the effects of his forgetful- Pla l i ;, ; ,J,kdded he, " Will the Commis sioners and the what ~" " be satisfied with a hat equa l in ever y respect to one was ere it entered the theatre f very fair proposition , bu t the costs —" " replied the Wizard, " will pay the costs." th T r ,countryman smiled conten t, and at this moment `'°lntnission e r had got the hat in his hand, about to Iv; it over the long green baize-covereil table, when the AZae,l , tt at 4 , suddenly producing a small ivory wand, pointed e ,, - ,'" o hat, said, in a mild and gentlemanly tone, "It zi ew - :„ r ts well, if it be returned at all, it should be returned E S'UN, LONDON, WtnNESD AY - MORNII NG- i APRIL 24,- HOUSE OF LORDS, April 23. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack. at Fiie o'Clock. Lord ROSEBERY presented a petition from a Dissenting congregation in the neighbourhood of Man chester against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. The Bishop'of BANG OR presented several petitions from places in Wales, against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. PRO-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. Earl RADNOR wished to ask his Noble Friend near him (the Duke of Richmond, as we understood) and the Noble Duke opposite (the Duke of Buckingham), whe ther a certain pamphlet, published under the au,p'ces of the Pro-Corn-law League, was sanctioned by them; for, in his opinion, a more discreditable work never ema nated from the press ?—(" Oh, oh !") He re peated the assertion, because it was dishonest. The pamphlet laid down particular dogmas, with out at all giving data for their conclusions. (The Noble Earl then read several quotations fi om the pamphlet alluded to, in support of his assertion, and concluded by repeating his q uestion.) The Duke of RICHMO.NI) said he thought that the practice of asking questions ought not to be extended. It was all very well to put questions to the members of her Majesty's Govern ment, but certainly he thought it was not likely to increase the dignity of their Lordships' Ileuse for a member of the Anti-Cbrn-law League, as his Noble Friend was, to stand up in his place and put a question to him (the Duke of Richmond), who was a member of a Protection Society.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He felt that the proper course to adopt was not to answer so paltry a question, further than to say that he thought the pamphlet a most excellent one, and that if it was not a good one his Noble Friend would not find fault with it. He thought his Noble Friend was quite as much in error in the present instance as he was when he last attacked him (the Duke of Richmond). In that instance, instead of replying to him in his place, his Hon. Friend published his answer in the shape of a letter in the newspapers, with his name attached. The author of the pamphlet was long known, and although of similar politics to the Noble Lord, yet he did not seek to destroy the agriculture of the country. It was true the Noble Lord had taken the chair at a late meeting of the Anti- Corn-law League in Covent-garden, where he certainly exhibited as a great actor—(Laughter)—and, there fore, it was natural that he should wish to impugn a do cument which so successfully exhibited the Anti-Corn law League in its true colours. For his own part, he !.hould say, in reply to the observations of his Noble Friend, that he would never leave the Agricultural Pro tection Society until they had completely succeeded in putting down the Anti-Corn-law League, than which he believed there never existed in England a more unconstitutional body. The Protection So ciety would never have been formed if the Anti-Corn law League had not attacked the tenant farmers of England as they had done, and accused them of apathy. He should only say further that he considered this pamphlet quite as good as his Noble Friend thought it a bad one. After a few words from Earl RADNOR, the matter dropped. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition, complaining of the late decision in the case of the Presbyterian marriage question. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR stated to their Lord ships that, on Friday next, the day originally named, he should propose the second reading of the Dissenter' Chapels Bill, and go into Committee en the Bill upon the following Friday. FACTORIES BILL. _ _ _ found the Hon. Member for Knaresborough had left his place, I inferred he had run away from the charge he had preferred against us. Upon his refusing to join issue here, ein the only place where such a chage could be investigated, I for one, am most per fectly satisfied to leave this matter where it now stands. The House and the public will be able to judge of the conduct of the Hon. Member, and it will be for the House to determine what course it is for them to pursue under the circumstances. Sir R. PEEL strongly advised the House, in a case of such importance as the present, to let some interval elapse before they should determine what course to pur sue. We cannot (said the ight Honourable Gen tleman) adopt, in this arena of free discussion, where we permit the acts of public men and public au thorities to be discussed—we cannot adopt any proceed ing, either for the purpose of vindicating the ac cused or of censuring the accuser, without es tablishing a most important precedent.—(Hear.) I think, therefore, it is most important, before we come to any division, that we should look back to such records as may be within our reach for the purpose of ascertaining what course the House has taken under any circumstances et all analagoue to these. The House will bear in mind, that supposing a charge, were preferred against a public officer, implying on his part great miscon duct, dishonourable conduct, by a member of the minority, nothing would be so easy as for the majority to support that public officer, to brand the accuser, and to vindicate the accused.—(Hear, hear.) A precedent, therefore, is very important, and. if abused, might be dangerous ; and consider ing the immense constitutional importance of perfectly free discussion in this House, and considering that all objectionable precedents ori ginate in some exceptional cases, where, looking ab stractedly at the individualcase, indignant feelingsprompt to some sudden and precipitate step ; adverting to these considerations, my advice. to the House, taken as I am by surprise on the present occasion, is to adjourn the discussion, so as to allow time for determin ing what course should be taken.—(Hear, hear.) Sir, I must say that since the day when the conjuror under took to compress himself into a quart bottle, there never has been experienced greater disappointment than is felt on this occasion.—(Great laughter.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he had no objection to offer to the adjournment of this discussion, and he quite agreed with the Right Hon. Gentlemen, that it was ex tremely desirable to take time to form a deliberate opinion on a subject of this nature. At the same time he had no hesitation to state at once what was his im pression. It was to have been expected that the Hon Gen tleman would that day have either repeated his charges or have withdrawn and retracted those charges.—(Hear.) He had taken neither course, and he had fled from the charge without abandoning it.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Beverley, very naturally, in this state of things, asked the House to interpose. He understood him most distinctly to ask the House to interpose on this subject, after the statements which had been made. He added, most truly, that he was not the person to bring this subject forward ; that so fax as it depended upon him, it might have rested ; but that having been brought forward, he could not rest satisfied unless the House pro nounced some opinion upon it. He thought the demand a most fair one. The Hon. Gentleman stood in a posi tion of great importance, and every one who filled the situation of Chairman of an Election Committee was in volved in the question, whether the House would not think it necessary to protect Members in that situation against charges thus lightly made, and thus apparently, but not fairly and honestly, abandoned. With respect to the eourse (continued the Noble Lord) which we are called On to adopt with regard to the Hon. and Learned Gentle man, the Member for Beverley, I think that that course does not admit of any difficulty. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman has read from a newspaper an extract of a speech made by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough. We have heard the Hon. Member for Knaresborough state that that report is correct. I think, therefore, with all due deference to ether Hon. Members, and more especially to you, Sir, that if the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman to-morrow put in that newspaper, and has the passage read, that the House of Commons then come to a resolution to the effect that an Honourable Member of this House, mentioning, of course, the name of Mr. Ferrand, had acknowledged himself to be the author of the speech produced, and that the House is of opinion that the charge contained in that speech against another Honourable Member of this. House, is a false and calumnious charge.—(Cheers.) I, for one, am prepared to take that course—(Loud cheers.) If there is any one who, as the Honourable and Learned Gentleman says, imagines that, for one moment, there can be any doubt on this subject—if there is any one who thinks that the Hon. Gentleman, in the discharge of his duty, for one moment considered what course it would be desirable for him to pursue in order to please a Minister of the Crown—or that there is the slightest particle of evidence to show that, in the execution of his duties as a Chairman of a Committee, he in the slightest degree permitted himself to be controlled by the Go vernment—if any :one entertained any doubt upon the subject—it would be perfectly competent for that Hon. Member to give expression to his opinions. For myself, I have not the smallest doubt on the subject. I think that after the assertion of such a charge, and after such a contradiction has been given to it, such a resolution of the House as that to which I have alluded is due to the Hon. and Learned Member against whom the charge was brought, and also due to the character of the House. (Cheers.) The case of the Right Hon. Gentleman is so far different, that he has not asked for the opi nion of the House. Ido not understand him to say that he thinks it necessary to call in his case for any decision of the House. At the same time ray opinion is, that after the manner in which this matter has been stated, some mode should be adopted by which an Hon. Mem ber in his place, imputing to a Minister of the Crown that lie had procured a false report to be made by an officer under his direction, for the purpose of bringinc , charges against a Member of that House, was an utterly groundless charge.--(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentle man himself does not make any formal complaint. I think it necessary that we • should see what resolution the House has come to on such subjects on former occasions, when it has been thought neces sary to come to resolutions on the subject of the con duct of Members of the House. The last case in which any resolutions of this description were come to, was in the case of Mr. O'Connell, which stated that all the Members serving on Election Committees had been guilty of bribery. That was a general charge, which I thought the House would have done well not to notice. The House, however, differed from me in opinion, and we have, therefore, a precedent on the subject. I think that any general charge such as that against all the Members composing Election Commit tees, ought not to be noticed; but it is different in the case of a particular charge a specific accusation brought against a particular Member, whether he be holding an office under the Crown, or whether he be entrusted with the discharge of important duties. I am afraid that, on the one hand, if we invariably enter into the general subjects of all imputations that may be made upon the conduct of Members of this House, that we should be involved in endless difficulties ; but, on the other hand, if we pass over such imputations as those which have been avowed by a Member of this House we should render ourselves liable to the imputation of being indifferent to the character of this House.— (Cheers.) .I have thus stated, shortly, what my impres sions'are as tb the course to be pursued, and if any bet ter course can be suggested to-morrow I shall be quite ready to listen to it ; and I think it would be better now to adjourn the question till to-morrow. Lord STANLEY—I concur with the Noble Lord in the propriety of the House not taking any course now upon these extraordinary circumstances, for I believe that there is no case in Parliamentary history which can fairly be made the ground of precedent for the extraor dinary circumstance which has occurred this evening. I do not believe that, with regard to the groundlessness of the Charge made either against my Right Hon. Friend or my Hon. Friend, there is in this House the smallest difference, or shade of difference, of opinion,—(Cheers.) I do not believe that a man here does not believe—that he does not feel confident not only upon the charge itself, but on the- entire and absolute improbability of proving them.—(Cheers.) But more than this, I be lieve that, at the time those charges were made, the Hon. Member who made them had not the slightest ground for believing that they were true.—(Cheers.) This being the case, the Member of this House repeat ing those, calumnious charges in his place in this House, is challenged to the proof of those charges, and with an appearance of boldness, comes down to this House on the following day pledged, as far as he can be pledged, to substantiate those charges in the presence of that tribunal to which the accused had appealed, and before which he himself, in duty bound, was compelled to sub stantiate his imputations. On his second appearance, when the case was ready to beleard—when the tribunal was ready to which an appeal had been made—what course was taken by the Hon. Member for e Knares- the borough ? It was this that , at the appearnci nof fi si r d s e t s o o u f tb th r e e ak n i n ou g s o e b tl y i atthnatural fifeeling excited gof h o both e Hon. Gentleman, he demurs to the authority of this tri bunal, and says that this assembly is not k one to which he would appeal, or Lwhich he would t t hin tha q t ua t lified to judge of the propriety of his himself, he was an assembly between which and . himself had stated, there existed no sympathy of feeling—(Cheers) —and adhering to the charge which he had made, not only declines to substantiate had been seneedni is the nthabet indignation broughtont n House au e vftQoiettrhhttie draws, witho ut allowin g the accused themselves to I differ from the Noble Lord in thinking that or i u n so t mp h i i an s tit c oe a nr s e ‘av w nh pb to y u er grosshs x ui p mea e . ? s d s N lib t n i e l w e ll i it entirely depends upon the feelings of the parties. The Noble Lord draws a distinction between the case of my Right Hon. Friend and the ca se o f my Hon. Friend the y Member for Beverley. He said that the rlon. Member p fo e r a le d Beverley tothe hadprotection app e aled o t o f the s House, djugm judgment t and a and that had my y - Right Hon. Friend did not do so. Now that is not the question which the House has to determine. It is not with respect to th e i n di v id ua l character of certain Mem bersg alone that we h ave t o decide—we are not to ud e by the indignation felt by one party or the contempt which is shown by another. But it is for the House to consider what course it will pursue for the mainten ance of its own character and its own honour. But I am sure the Noble Lord will see with me—(Lord John Russell made some observations across the table, which induced Lord Stanley to sit down). Lord J. RUSSELL then said—What I stated was, that it made some difference as to the form in which the House should proceed. As to the case of the Hon. Member for Beverley, that gentleman could put in the newspaper and have it read by the Clerk of the House, as it was admitted by the Hon. Member for Knaree borough ; but he thought that in respect to his Right Hon. Friend, who *as a Minister of the Crown for the Home Department, the form of proceeding should per haps be somewhat different. Lord STANLEY was glad that the Noble Lord had - - given the explanation, and stated the distinction, which he had drawn) but he must say,- that if they were to take notice of the charge against one Member, and pass over the imputations which had been cast upon another, they would seem to give a sanction to the calumny. Ile had only to repeat, that whatever course the House should think proper to take in one case, they would take the same course with regard to the other charge brought forward by the same individual under similar circum stances. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had not proposed that edif rerent course should be followed in the two cases. But he had suggested the direct course they might ta!--e ii the case of the Hon. Member for Beverley. The SPEAKER said there was no question before th c House ; but if the House wished to come to any future determination on the subject, he would recommend tha t the newspaper, which had been admitted by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, should be read by the clerk at the table, and then the House could consider what further was to be done. Mr.-BLACKBURN wished to say a few words on this occasion. On a former occasion, when he was _Chair men of the Shaftesbury Committee, he had been foully and calumniously assailed ; and he came before the House to claim its support. His slanderers were shielded and protected by the Noble Lord the Member fur London, 'but he did receive support f r om th e N o ble ford the Member for North Lancashire. He would advise the House then, seeing that time was to be given for reflection, to go back to the Shaftesbury case, and he trusted that, in the present instance, they would show a little better feeling than they had in that. Sir ROBERT PEEL trusted the advice for delay which had been given would at once be acted upon.— (Hear, hear.) The House wonld lose nothing by this, but would be in a much better position than now to de cide upon the course that ought to be pursued. Sir R. INGLIS rose, but the rush of Members to the door prevented him from being heard, and, in a few seconds, the beaches of the House were comparatively empty. CONVOCATION OF THE CLERGY. Mr. P. BORTHWICK rose for the purpose of pro posing the following motion for an " address to her Ma jesty, praying that her Majesty will be graciousfy pleased to afford to Parliament, in all matters ecclesiastical, the advice and assistance of the clergy in convocation as sembled, according to the Constitution and the ancient usage of the realm." The Hon. Member was for some minutes unable to proceed in consequence of the noise from Members quitting the House. Some degree of quiet having been restored, the Hon. Gentleman said he must claim the indulgence and forbearance of the House on the present occasion. The circumstances under which he addressed the House, added to the disadvantages which surrounded the subject he had to submit to their consideration. That subject was no less than the most cherished rights and liberties, which it was their pride and privilege to defend at the present time, and transmit un impaired to posterity. Yet to the greater number of those whom he was then addressing, little more than the name of the institution, in favour of which he was speaking, was known. This was not a question of theology; if it were, another place would have been the most proper for bringing it forward. It would be well to know what a convocation of the clergy was, what was its character, and what were its uses. At the original introduction of Chris tianity into the country, the bishops of the diocese from time to time collected the clergy to consult them on the affairs of the Church. All matters of doctrine and dis cipline, and all matters relating to the efficiency of the Church were discussed in those synods. In the course of time those convocations were divided into two—those of York and Canterbury. The Crown applied to those convocations in order to obtain supplies for the public service, they having the power of self-taxation. In the year 1664, it was agreed that the clergy should give up their privilege of self - taxation, and since that time there was a singular want of care in calling that body together. The convocation of the clergy at a time when its Mem bers shed their blood in defence of their rights, pro ceeded steadily in a course of action to which we owed, at the present day, the salvation of the English Consti tution from the tyranny and oppression which was brought to bear upon it. As a Member of- that House, he was called on to legislate upon the subject of popular education, and therefore he wished to have the opportu nity of those standing council to the realm, who had been provided by the Constitution, and who were beat able to inform him as to the proper mode of legislating on so important a subject. An Hox. MEMBER moved that the House be counted, and, there being only twenty-seven Members present, the House adjourned, at Seven o'Clock, until to-morrow. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedtin s cd the House of Commons.) MONDAY, APRIL 22. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the wards " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question :" The House divided : ............ MAJORITY—NOES, 102. Acheson, Viscount Ellice, E. Miles, P. W. S. Aldam, William Ellis, Wynn Munts, G. F. Arkwright, George Ewart, W. Murphy, F. S. Balfour, J. M. Fitzmaurice, W. Ord, W. Bannerman, A. Forman, T. Seaton Oswald, Alexander Barnard, E. G. Forster, Matthew Patten, Wilson Berkeley, Captain Fox, S. Lane Pendarves, E. W. Bowing Dr. Fuller, A. E. Philips, G. It. Bright, John Gibson, T. M. Plumridge, Captain Brisco, Musgrave Gill, Thomas Rashleigh, Wm. Broadley, Henry Gisborne, Thomas Repton, George J. Brotherton, Joseph Gladstone, Captain Ross, D. R. Busfeild, 'William tlreenall, Peter Rutherford, A. Butler, Colonel Greene, T. Scott, Robert Byng, George Grey, Sir G. Smith, Benjamin Cavendish, G. H. Hastie, Archibald Smy th , Sir G. li Chute, W. L. Hawes, B. Stanley, Hon. W. Collett, W. R. Hay, Sir A. L. Stuart, Villiers Collett, John Hepburn, Sir T. B. Strutt, Edward Craig, W. Gibson Hill, Lord Marcus Thornely, Thomas Cressweß i _A. J. B. Hinde, J. H. Traill, G. Cripps, W. Hindley, Charles Trelawny, J. S. Dennistoun, J. Hume, Joseph Troubridge, Sir T. D'lsrseli, Benjamin Inglis, Sir K. Tufnell, Henry Douglas, Sir H. Jervis, John Vane, Lord H.' Douglas, Sir C. Johnstone, Sir John Vivian, John Duds Duncan, Lord Kemble, Henry Wakley, Thomas Duncan, George Labouohere, H. Walker, R. Duncombe, T. S. Layard, Captain Williams, W. Duncombe, A. Lennox, Lord A. . Wilshere, W. puncombe, Hon. 0. Lowther, J. H. Wyse, 1. Dundas,:Admiral M. Geachy, F. A. Yorke, R. H. Dundas, David M`Neill, Duncan TELLERS. Ebrington, Viscount Marshall W. Macaulay, T. 11 , Ellice, Rt. Hon. K Maule, lion. Fox Hodgson. R. MINORITY—AYES, 23. Blackburne, .I.lreand Fremantle, Sir T. Marton, G. Buller, Sir J. Y. Godson, Richard Mauntell, T. P. Clerk, Sir George Gore, W. Ormsby Shirley, E. P. Clive, Viscount Gore, W. R. 0. Smith, Abel Dalrymple, Captain Hanmer, Sir John Wall, B, Duffield, Thomas Hornby, John Egerton, W. T. Houldsworth, T. TELLIIIIII. Forbes, William Lockhart, William Wyndham Colonel Forester, Hon. G. Alarsham, Viscount Borthwick, Peter ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. Order for second readihg read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question :" The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 158. Ackers, James Esteoutt, T. G. B. Meynell , Captain Acland Sir T. D Flower, Sir James Mordaunt, SilV. Acland, T. D. Forbes,William Morris, David Adderley, C. B. Forman, T. S. Neeld, Joseph Ainsworth, Peter Gaskell, J. M. Neeld, John Antrobus, Edmund Gladstone, W. E. Neville Ralph Arbuthnot, Hon. H. Gladstone, J. N. Newpo r t , Vi count Archdall, Captain Godson, Richard Newry Viscount Arkwright Geot ge Gordon, Captain Nichol s , Sir John Astell, William Gore, W. 0. Nerreys„ Lord Baird, William Graham, Sir James Northland, Lord Baring, W. B. Granger, T. C. O'Brien, A. S. Barrington, Viscount Greenall, Peter Owen, Sir John Baskerville, T. B. M Greene, F. Peel, Sir Robert Bateson, Robert Grimaton, Lord Pennant, Colonel Blackburne, J. I. Hanmer, Sir John Plumptre, J. P. Blakemore, R. Harcourt, GZG.III Pringl, A. ' Boldero, Henry G. Hardlnge Sir H. Rashlegh, Wm. Borthwick, Peter Harris, E. A. J. Rendlesham, Lord Betfieldßeriah Hayes, Sir E. Repton, G. W. J. Brisco, M. Heathcote, Sir W. Richards, Richard Broadley, H. Henley, J. Werner Round, C. G. Brooke, Sir A. B. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Round, John . Brooke Colonel Bruce, Lord Ernest Herbert, Hon. S. R ound , w Bruges, W. H. L. Hervey, Lord Alfred Russell, . Buck, Lewis W. Hinde, J. H. Sandon, Lord Seymour Sir H. B. Buckley, Edmuml Hodgson, R. Shirley, S e ym our, Sir Cardwell, Edward Hogg, J. W. Cayley. E. S. C c h h a e r ls t e e a ri , s, v H isco on un F t . Lord Stanley, Lord, Christopher, It. A. Ingestre, __ Stewart, John Clerk, Sir Gorge Ingli , Sir s Sir R. H. Stuart, Henry Clive, Viscount It James, Sir 1 a t er. HH ll : ll : e a s l NV v .. Charles A ' C o ii r t Somerset, oi i ri b , i t 3; h et h e r s r . e p ts , , i C rLo o H l r o .d ne o l . Sutton, Hon. H. AL Jermyn, Earl t live, R. H. Tollemache, J. Trench, Sir F. W. Trevor, Hon. G. B. Cr r ry in ,mble, Henry Trotter, John Cripps, W. Knatehbull, SU" E. Vesey, Hon. Thomas Compton,g t o n H. Hon. Sir H e. I, Henryr V y •. jj .l o, e )i r hi v :li i s s et , 7 J n s . ,:i. s 4 r,. J. Darby, George - Knight, Henry Gaily Vivian, J. H. Davies, D. A. S. Lascelles, W. S. Wellesley, Lord C. D ic k ies enson, E. Zeckett Legh, G. C. Whitmore, T. Lennox, Lord A. Williams, W. • o, ,Dod d, ug as( Dic kinson, e .. r r gFe. H l . 1. . Liddel, H. T. Wintrington, Sir T. Lincoln, Earl cf lmuglas, Sir C.Wood, Colonel T. Douglas, J. D. S. Lockhart, William Wortley, Jas. Duffield, T. D. Lygon, General Wyndham, Colonel Duncombe, 0. M'Geachy, F. A. Yorke, E. T. East, James Buller Wtieill, Duncan Young, John Egerton, W. 'I. Manners, Lord J. Eliot, Lord Martin, C. \V. Emlyn, Viscount Maaterman, John Escett, Bichkam Maxwell, J. P TELLIM. Fremantle, Sir T. Baring, H. Al I N E O : ip ß i hl : i n T is : Y hoon — te ,NHOoEw Howard 89. Aglionby, H. A. Barnard,Bßl 3 ea e Baring, t r l i o e jn o, y hl S t ' I .'1 H. .. G. G. Fechell, Captain Evans, W. Philips, M. Evart, William Plumridge, Captain Forster, Matthew l'rotheroe, Edward French, F. Russell, Lord John Rutherfurd, A Berkeley, Captain Gisborne, Thomas Scholefield, Joshua Bernal, R. Gore, Robert Scott, Rokert Bernal, Captain Grey, Sir G. Seymour, Lord Bowring, Dr. Grosvenor. Lord R. Shelburne, Eartof Buller, C. Hastie, A. Smith, t Vernon Busfeild, W. Hatton Captain Stansfield, W It. Butler, P. S. Hawes, B. Stock, Sergeant Cavendish Hon. G. Hay, Sir A. Strickland, Sir 0. Chapman, l. B. Hcathcoat, J. Strutt, Edward Christie, W. D. Hobbouse, Sir J. C. Tancred, Henry W. Clay, Sir W. Howard, E. G. lhornely, Thomas Colebrooke, Sir T. i-inwick. Lord Trelawny J. S. Collett, John Labouchere, H. Wakley, Thomas Craig, W. G. Langston J. H. Walker, R. Dashwood, G. IL Lemon, Sir C. Warburton, Henry Denison. W. J. Macaulay, T. B. Watson, W. II Denison,John Evelyn Marjoribanks, S. Wilde, Sir T. Duncan, Lord Marshall, William Wilshere, W. George Marsland. H. Wood , Charles Duncan, Duncombe, T. S. Mitchell, T. A. W r i g htson, W. Dundas, Admiral Murphy, F. S. - Yorke, H. Redhead Dundas, David Napier, Sir Charles Easthope, Sir John Paget, F. TELLERS. `.; arr, . _____.—...........0...... Ebrington, Viscount P PalmekerstoJn, Viscount W i l lic l u r:r li d M. A C. Ellis, Wynn TAE AliNnns.—Two or three of the Derbyshire vcoaanlLord colliers'sh have, within wages, ithi andlastnthe h few the m days,en a consented rnin onsreentutedtogadt; ce their their work. In this county the rascally truck system has been practised at some collieries for a length of time, and to a most audacious extent, almost as open as any public ah(2. Some of 'these robbers of poor men have been the first in timi ranks to brawl against the "strike," and misrepresent the men's earnings. Prosecutions are likely to reach the doors of the truck gentlemen, and every honest person will be - glad of it.—From a Correspondent. NICOLAS DE WITTE, THE CELEBRATED HARPIST. —lle Witte expired in Golden-square, on Saturday, from in— flammation, after an illness of a few days. M. de Witte wee the son of the Russian General of that name, and had takes to the profession owing to a severe accident he met with why in the cayalr‘,', which disabled him for life. eordwainers and tailors of Brighton a2, - ainit, the Masters THE WELLINGTON STATUE IN THE CITY.— At the list meeting of the Royal Exchange Committee on the sub ject of placing the statue of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, by Sir Francis Chantrey, the trustees, Mr. John Masterman and Sir Peter Laurie, and the executors, Mr. Turner, R.A., and Mr. Jones, discussed, at considerable length, the question as to the most eligible position of the e q uestrian figure on the s pot selected in the front of the Roy al Exchange. Upon that occasion Sir Peter Laurie stated that Sir Francis Chantrey always expressed a wish that the statue should face the south, in order that it might have the advantage of the sun, for which purpose the eminent sculptor suggested the re moval of the ugly upper storey of the Mansion-house, which wa s accordingly taken down , to t he manifest improvement of that edifice. Mr. Jones confirmed the statement as to the opinion and wish of Sir Francis Chantrey. The Committee, however, came to the resolution, that, as the front of the Royal Exchange faced the west, it would, notwithstanding the impression upon the mind of so high an authority, be preposterous to turn the face of the statue away from that direction, and they accordingly egree d unanimously that.the Duke should , front Cheapside. Mr. Turner, the other exe cutor, informed the Committee that the statue and pedestal had long been completed; and he trusted that by the 18th of June, the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, the public would have a complete opportunity of judging of the merits of the performance. The Committee seemed to entertain no doubt that on the anniversary of the memorable event the statue would be erected. LIGHT GOLD.—The tricks, amounting to cheatery, yet playing off upon the public, are as innumerable as they are scandalous. Even a nobleman's steward, on receiving Lady-day rents, just now, weighed gold , char g ed tenants with deficiency, and then paid light coin away again, even to their own workmen. The Government proclamation has produced a feeling throughout the country (and still increases) that will not soon cease. Those who could and can the least bear the loss, suffer the most.—From a Correspondent. • 4 -_, MILITARY INTELLIGENCE — CHATHAM , APRIL 22. 4 tri e _ ' , REIT BRITAIN STEAMER. — We regret we The following regiments from the provisio nal battalion of this p sa r f able to st a t e that any arrangement has yet been de garrison have this day received orders for embarkation, to Rhe in ur extricating the Great Britain from her difficult po - procee d to the three presidencies of India during the present N et : The correspondence of the Dock Company with the season. Those for Bengal are the 9th, 10th, 29th, 31st, 39th, beta tors of the G rea t Western Steam - s hip Company having 40th, 50th, and 6 2 d, with the follow in g officers of each cor p s, saat iliorsvaided to the Board of Trade, that Hon. Board have ordered by Colonel Thomas Weare, K.H., of the battalion, Ne e re ply , which, we are informed, is tantamount to are to hold themselves in readiness to embark for India in the natteendation to the steam. ship company to comply with ships as they are taken up for the conveyance of troops de feints Proposed by the Dock Directors. The general in- Lieutenant Creagh, Ensign O'Connor, Ensign Foster, Ensign ing t ° those required was the great obstacle in the way of acced- Hawes, of the 9tl ; Captain Staunton, Captain Shandly, no es _ , terms, and hew this difficulty is to be got over is Ensign Angelo, of the 10th ; Ensign Francis, Ensign White, eo nears, to discover. Meanwhile time and tide, which wait f•T. Ensign Scudamore, of the 29th ; Major James Spence, Lieut. vessel swill not easily admit of the liberation . of the majestic Elmslie, Ensign Paul, Ensign Hutton, 31st ; ieut.L Wolfe, ra esa „aiier the beginning of May or early in June. . Unless Lieut. Reader, Lieut. Ensor, Lieut. Bray, .Lieut.. Fitzgerald, to b ; are provided for that purpose within that period, it is Assistant -Surgeon M'Gregor, 39th ; Captain Valiant, Captain hef o f eared the Great Britain may not reach the ocean Smith, Ensign Payne, 40th ; Captain Stapleton, Lieutenant sisirl.eo,?e setting in of the high tides of autumn.—Bristo/ Malony, Actiug-Adjutant of the Provisional Battalion, Lieut. Pg Montrn oren cie, Ensign Venables , Ensign Vernett, Ensign day "cri PLAYS.—These performances were on Mon whoattended by . a full and fashionable au dience, amongst Regiment. 50th ; Ensign Robe rts and Ensign Cox, of the 62d Regiment. The officers for Madras are Captain Bell, Captain kara• we noticed—The Earl and Countess of Jersey, the Teals, Lieutenant Bolton, Lieutenant Cumming, Ensign Col isad I° ness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, ville, Ensign Ellison of the 4th ; Lieutenant Peddle, Co el Y 43'ndhurst, Lady Villiers, the French Ambassador and. ba ssaA 88 St; Aulaire, 13:fron de Nieumann, the Turkish Am Assistant-Surgeon Webster, of the 21st Fusiliers ; Lieu tenant L. Trevors, Ensign Smith, 25th ; Lieutenant Ash a ',r and suite, Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord and Lady lii sin r• Count Chabot, Baron Talleyrand, the Belgian Frost, Lieutenant Ahmtity, Lieutenant Grant, 57th ; Lieu tenant Higginbotham. Ensign M'Cauley, Ensiem. Le Grand, Is sbil sier and Madame Van der Weyer, the Earl and Countess Sie a 7, l e, Sir Augustus and Lady Forster, Mr. and Mrs. 63d ; Captain Richardson, 84th ; Captain M'Cs j el, 94th Regi ment. The officers for Bombay are Captain J. Carney, En , silk% David Lyon. Esq., &c. sign Al'Carty, and Ensign Engles, of the 2d Queen's ; Cap • ' CAN ADIAN In g ho HOAX.—At Montreal a very emus- tam Burslem and Ensign Hogg, of the 13th ; Captain Alaule- Less, ax has been practised on the credulity of her Majesty's yerer, Lieutenant Armstrong, Lieutenant Johnstone, and T e t ' ssc i The Gazette tells the tale in these words :—" On Ensign Noland, of the 17th ; Ensign Baldwin, Lieutenant . were that the jeu d'esprit was played off, and if we Miller, 22d ; Lieutenant Dane, Ensign Wright, .Ensign Ellis; ef....t0 s u re that the fair publisher would not sue us for breach 28th ; Captain. Elvington, Lieutenant • Prettyjohn, Ensign ilew e , P s Y ri ght, we shoeld certainly publish it in lieu of the M'Lean, Assistant-Surgeon M'Kinnon, and Assistant-Sur 411d h— expected to-day. It consisted of a very spacious geon owie, of the 78th Highlanders; Lieutenant Wood, te st i b usiness-like newspaper extra, containing the impor- Ensign Gerahtley, Ensign Robinson, and Ensign Stewart — q the n telligence received by special ' express from New York, making a total of 73 officers. The two following detachments le nd. arrival of her Majesty Queen Victoria in Yankee marched this morning from this garrison, as a convict guard, ie gais . It created quite a sensation, and numerous were the to Deptford, where they embark on board the convict ship ered ia `, Jes at the newspaper-office, and the Post-office, by the Barrosa, to proceed with convicts for Van Dieinen's Land. ee, cou 'T's. Mr. Po r t eo us was, of course, unable to give any The guard comprised 1 sergeant, 3 corporals, and 31 rank and set d o ll ,'S o f it, being by special express; but this was only file of the 58th Regiment, with 15 rank and file of the 80th, St the ' n t o official mystery, and his incredulity to vexation to complete the guard. Lieutenant William Birch, of the it „ Post -office being beaten. The Particulars were full, 25th, formerly Adjutant of the 6th Royals, commands the e i s ',.'ne whole narrative could not possibly be more minutely guard, in lieu of Lieutenant Page, of the 58th, who enters the t‘tia_linstantial. As a sample of the style_ of the thing , we 7th Hussars, by purchase; Ensign St. John, of the 80th, and e sa , s ' s t o h,e following paragraph :—' The Royal party dined at 4 women and 1 child, belonging to the soldiers of the 58th, Ch as 'n ur elock. The following gentlemen had the distinguished proceed with the detachment. a od of being present—Majors-General Scott and Wool, DEATH OF LIEUT.-COLONEL SIMSON, K. 11.— Gur of Dallas, Major Jack Downing (commanding This Gallant Officer, who had held the appointment of C oha ,'i . t I,Ionour), the Mayor of the city, and the British Town-Major of Hull, as reward for distinguished ser sveni—ag The greatest good humour prevailed during the vices, for upwards of twenty years, died at his quarters in Astor g• none elicited more praise, or seemed to be more heartily his age. The deceased entered the service of his delleuaveleslss fern ajesty and the Prince, than the national country at an early period of the present century, llaj est .s., oPapkin-pie and apple-sauce; and upon her as an ensign in the 81st Regiment, and with which k 5 a.. . 1 .y 1 s retiring, Prince Albert enjoyed with great gout a he first did duty in Sicily in 1805. Subsequently he ob astiii,i Highness Major Jack Downing, who guessed that his Wined a lieutenancy in in the 43dLight Infantry, then form al Highness had never liquored so well before:" e rr the in g, with the 52d and 95th Rifles, a crack brigade, under his Pett e d . Staudigl, eminent German singer, is ex- relative and patron, Gen. Sir John Moore, at Thorncliffe, on first `° arrive in London on the 10th or 12th of May. His the coast of Kent. In 1807 Lieut. Simsoq embarked with his appearance enailic l will be at the fourth concert of the Millar- regiment at Deal, in the expedition ufidee the late Lord soeiceetrts beet Society on the 13th of May. The services of Staudigl C a thcart, against Copenhagen, and was present at Sir Ar- Con also been already secured by the directors of the Ancient thur Wellesley's gallant affair in the island of Kioge. In the for th ree oc casions ; by the Sacred Harmonic following year Lieutenant Simson was again afloat with alie or Y ' at Exeter Hall, to take part in the performance of a force under the orders of Sir John Moore ; but on their ar ehteartorio, The Death of Abel, and for the Oxford, Man- rival at Gottenburgh, it being found their services would be ,SS , and Liverpool Musical Festivals. unavailing, the expedition was ordered to Portugal. From t3UsT ly tz i n s olvis•—in consequence of the great increase of this period he was identified with the fortune of Sir John thees at Folkestone. it has become necessary to augment Moore, in his advance on the Spanish frontier, and subsequent Customs establishment at that station ; which will in disastrous retreat. Capt. Simson next served through a con futuretereb _ consist of a sub-collector, a sub-controller, one siderable portion of the Peninsula campaign, was present at the number els, landing and coast-waiter, and a proportionate battle of Vittoria, and at the last ffght before Toulouse. On as S e of tide-waiters and boatmen. Officers of experience the preliminaries of peace being signed, the 43d, and other ia ' t . !i .. . e ervice have been selected to fill the superior situations regiments of the light division, were ordered to America, ti ae ct oik stone. It is not proposed to make Folkestone a dis- where they took part in the war of reprisal for the outrages uildernsirt, but it will still remain as a subordinate station committed in Canada. At the attack on New Orleans, Cap s, the control of the Customs at Dover. tarn . Simon, leading the storming party against the principal 5... la zistArinewes ELLE .RAcu eL ,......A melancholy piece of redoubt ef the enemy's position, was thrown into the trench 5 .. 11 ,e, - which we would most willingly contradict, was last pitting by.a round shot, causing the severe wound which resulted in sis a s e n i t i . e e l urrent at the theatres. It was said that Mademoiselle retires from the stage, the state of her health per- the amputation of his lett leg and thigh, and rendered him unfit for further active duties. received then retired with the p arin g ea. her no longer to exercise her profession.—Moniteur rank of Mbt afterwards his staff appoint ment, and the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel, with the 11 . ..I)EPLORABLE AND FATAL ACCIDENT FROM A Hanoverian r b G e i f i t elphic Order, as an acknowledgment of his t in a _ A most deplorable accident occurred yesterday (Fri- Tuesday last, andnetrhalereall the gallant officer took place on m an, afternoon, at the parish of Upton, by which a fine young •' • ail John a Robert Fisher, the son of Mr. John Fisher, cornave been few occasions of this de day) in Hull where the public feeling and sympathy Mrbee, ur dealer, Northgate-street, Rimester, lost his life. haveearnestly enlisted. Thousands of persons at n so • Fisherwiii_t occupies the fifth flour-mill at Upton parish, to tended the ceremonial. Almost every window in the long line of procession was occupied ; many persons were congre t, cu a small farm is attached, and his son, the unfortun ate ' deceased, .was in the habit of going over to assist in the .e roofs of houses, and nearly the whole of the shops About gated on tl were wholly or partially closed.—Ha/ Packet. s'----- 0111 the to three o'clock he and the miller went to clean boar's stye, and with this view the miller endea s , vatlred ROBBERY OF BONDS, BANK-NOTES, &c.—On Sun . but the animal out of the sleeping-house with a 'day evening, between the hours of seven and eight, the dwelt *, ' P si i s n l i o t did not succeed, the hoar refusing to stir. Mr. lug-house of Mr. James Dearlove, No. 2, Bartholomew-ter , than was thi s , opene d the door of the stye still wider race, Bethnal-green, was entered by means of skeleton keys, ;s 7 sa V: ~s ,, and holding a stick in his hand said to his corn- and plundered of property to the amount of 10,0001. It ap erneileAlcr,in. c a " a f s s .1.3 111 drive him out ;" but no sooner had he ad- peered that Mr. Dearlove, who formerly was a brewer, and itt e s e l e his riht l eg th an the ferocioes animal rushed ont latterly has been in the habit of doing some business on the Inge and shortly after six o'clock a lady, who is his hous - bun by th e thi g h w ith his teeth and tusks. The Stock Exchange, had left his house in the course of the even stantly attar the boar with the shovel, and sue keeper and niece went to chapel, leaving everything safe, and e . feted ,y 1 driving him off, and when released Mr. Fisher at lainutes. ln. I,,eangtnhad. fro m the walk towards the house, which is about 50 yards locking the door after her, and on her return home she ound tye, but fell ere h a reached'it, and died in a few the front door locked as she had left it ; and so well had the two hours after to awaken the slightest suspicion that any -se iss . , A large quantity of blood flowed from the wound, thieves executed their work that nothing occurred for nearly ._ • unavai li n g . a jagged appearance, and was about four inches it was medical assistance was speedily p rocured, but rdoibacboevrayryhaadfhtebeen robbery was a T a h e e ar fi e r b st fl t ) h r in t g ba tifit pl t a l t e e d , w to b t ic h b e —Gloucestershire Chronicle. "lent states that • . Ais keeper was in the habit of taking to her bed-room with her oke 't , an inquest was held on the body b John , had been used in the course of the day, and which the house ' de nt ,' 'Sq, coroner, on Saturday, when a verdict of ec • it a cup .. .• h e i 5... !, gentleman who _et • zi, Death was returned. Two deep - ashes appeared on i every night, - and which could not be found. This fact being Int th ; h . ' . all e li c i' •at that part popularly called th g y and the communicated to Mr. Dearlove, hehastened up stairs to was &li e d in st e are Pe d t'shaetea;lthough board, in which he kept his cash-box, and, finding locked, - --s sa ;."S! been present when thethought all was safe. On unlocking it, however, W;a been impossible t have accident occurred it would , _ he dis ceyered that the cash-box, with its valuable „ s A., t adds to the o saved the life of the deceased. contents, waa well as hisgold watch and appendages, , k ,...) ( sa ne f ea . es. calamity is that the animal was known to gone, as t cl 'i ,ssatro•ste ions, and ought not to have been kept. It was del other property. - Amongst the property carried away were r s •, g in the course litt,,, 'TEAM of Saturday evening.] colonial, and other bonds for 3,0001., bills of exchan fge or Veie sts ,, AnOVE BRIDGE.—There landed from the: nearly 4,0001., two Bank of England notes for 100/. each, 2 ,46 .*" °ls Sunday three Bank of England notes of 501. each, and two of 51. each, i Puthtqi 3 . 4,32 - —at Chelsea, 5,743 ; Wandsworth, ; .Kew, 2,619 ; Richmond, 4 , 8241 - h .111 v aluable ro rt - sif ic etF: .._ vti 1 ex.s s fo r p pe ~ s . ey e ? the astonishment of all present, this was the case, kat Y particle o f egg, flour, and the other g astronomic t d t er with w hi c h the hat was bedaubed , had disa pp ear • and the brilliancy, y e t smoothness of the chapeau , I lato _ l s carcely have been greater had it but just left t h e " of the most fashionable of hatters. and Servants Dig. Mr. HUME; presented a petition to the same effect from the County of Furcar ; atso at peitiun praying fur a reduction of.the tobacco (titles. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition, praying for a repeal of the duty on the iiiipottation of foreign wool. Mr. AUDI' A presented thrue petitions against the Leeds and Bradfold Railway Bill.' NOTICES OF MOTION.-COMPENSATION IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY: Mr. WATSON gave notice that he would postpone his motion relative to compensation to officers of the Court of Chanvery till the 7th of May. 'TIE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that he would move in Committee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, that it be an instruction to the 'Committee to abolish all ecclesiastical courts, and to transfer their jurisdiction to the civil courts of the country. QUARANTINE. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on this day fortnight he would call the attention of the House to the subject of quarantine. On the motion of Mr. HUME, returns were ordered respecting the sums paid on account of the New Houses of Parliament. TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY. Dr. BOWRING said he wished to know from the Goverment whether they had any knowledge of a treaty between the United States of America and the German Zollverein, for the mutual admission of articles at lower rates than if imported from Great Britain or other countries. On the 23d of March this treaty was signed by the representative of - the German Union and the Minister of the United States. It had been stated to him that under this treaty tobacco, the produce of Ame rica, was to be admitted into the States of the German Union at a duty of four dollars. He was informed also that the German States' Union entered into an arrange ment that they would not raise the duty on rice, and that cotton wool, which was imp ftted from the United States, should be imported without the payment of any duty; that in consideration of the advantages o btained by the Americans in Germa Prussia, on behalf of the Ger man Commercial Union, had agreed that tobacco should be admitted into Germany from the United States at a duty not exceeding 15 per cent. ; honey at a duty not exceeding 20 per cent., and other articles, which hewould not mention, at a duty not exceeding 10 per cent. He begged, therefore, to inquire of the Right Hon. Baronet, whether 'he was cognisant of the facts which he had stated—whether those facts were correct—and whether it .was the intention of the Government to make any arrangements on the subject in consequence Sir R. PEEL said the statement of-the lion. Gentle man was substantially correct, and that a treaty had been signed by Prussia, on the part of the German Zoll verein, and the representative of the United States, sti pulating that certain duties should be paid on certain articles introduced from either country as the Hon. Gen tleman had stated ; but at the same time that treaty bad not yet been ratified. , Mr. LABOUCHERE stated that from - the treaties that existed between the United States and this country, it would be impossible for the United States to admit the productions, of Germany on more favourable terms than they adthitted the manufactures of this country. Of course, then, any reductiou made in favour of Prus sian manufactures by America must be equally .advan• tap,-eous to the productions of this country. Sir R. PEEL said the attention of her Majesty's Go vernment had been drawn to the subject: The treaty existing between this country and the United States stipulated for the admission into America of produc tions, on the footing of the most favoured nations, on condition of conceding equivalent advantages. HoW ever, as the treaty to which allusion had been made by the Hon. Gentleman had not been ratified, he thought it bet ter to abstain from making any observations just now upon it. Lord HATHERTON presented a petition, signed by the heads of eight firms in the iron trade, in Stafford shire, in which upwards of 5,000 men were employed, praying that no limitation in the hours of labour should be enacted by their Lordships, but that the work people might be allowed to exercise their own discretion. He concurred in the prayer of the petition. Lord BROUGHAM, after a few remarks upon the truck system, again deprecated any restriction of the hours of labour ; for, he said, if legislative interference was necessary, he should rather exert it against the ca pital of the large manufacturer than against the labour of the artisan. Lord BROWNLOW thought it would be much better if they were to defer any discussion upon the subject of th e Factories Bill until it came regularly before their Lordships. The Bishop of LONDON presented several petitions from Presbyterian ministers and congregations in the north of Ireland, in connection• with the General As sembly, against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a number of petitions from places in the county of Ross, agamst any alteration in the corn-laws. BHURTPORE. The Marquis of NORMANBY, after presenting a petition from a Presbyterian congregation in the north of Ireland in favour of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, gave notice, that on Monday he should ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Board of Control if any further extracts or communications had been received from the Gover nor-General of India respecting the treaty of Bhurtpore. THE IRISH POOR-LAW. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE wished to ask the Noble Duke opposite whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to propose any alteration in the Irish Poor-law Act ? The Duke of WELLINGTON, who spoke very indis tinctly, said a report had been received from the Com missioners appointed to inquire into this subject, and that, after consideration, it had been sent back to them to make certain emendations. The report would soon be laid upon the table of their Lordships' House, and until such information was before them he thought it would be better to defer framing any legislative measure. If they thought it would be better to appoint a Com mission, he, for one, had no objection to such a course. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, from what had fallen from the Noble Duke, supposed that there was no intention to make any alteration. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, what he stated was that he thought it best to defer any measure until they should have had time to consider the report. The Marquis of NORMANBY said he wished to Call the attention of their Lordships to one point, which, in the present state of Ireland was one of vast importance. He alluded to the manner in which the juries empannelled at the last assizes of the county Monaghan ha been con stituted in the Queen v. Hanlon, and odthers. In that part of Ireland this matter had excited the greatest dissatisfaction, because a feeling prevailed there that many of the jurors had been struck off because they were Roman Catholics, and certainly he thought that there were certain circum stances which were calculated to excite those suspicions. Many of the jurors whose names had been struck off the panel were most respectable, and not the slightest impu tation could be cast upon their character which justified their names in being removed. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said he held in his hand a letter from the Crown solicitor, in which this matter was fully explained, and which completely proved that no man was removed on account of his politics or religion, but the fact was, that all those names which bad been struck off the panel were either relations, near neigh bours of the • traverser., or were in some way or another unfitted for actin g as jurors. The first name which had been set aside by whose the Crown solicitor was the son of a person father had been tried at Armagh for Ribbonism —the very crime of which the traversers were accused ; another was a near relation of one of the prisoners, and a third was a neighbour of another. Lord CAMPBELL 'gave the Government credit for every good intention, but still he was not at all satisfied with the explanation rendered by the Noble Lord the President of the Council. He thought the slightest suspicion of partiality, on account of religion, should not be allowed to remain upon the public mind. After a few words from the Earl of Wicklow, Lord Wharncliffe, and the Marquis of Clanricarde, the House adjourned at Seven o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 23. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. NEW MEMBER. Mr. T. BARING took the oaths and his seat for Huntingdon. COLCHESTER AND HARWICH RAILWAY BILL - Mr. C. ROUND moved, " That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Colchester and Harwich R di mly Bill (No. 2) and the Harwich Railway and Pier that it be at liberty to deem the line of railway from Colchester to Harwich, projected by Mr. Hosking (as mentioned in the petition of Sir Henry Webb, Bart., and William Adams Smith, Esq., presented to the House on the 19th day of this instant April), a competing line in contemplation, and to hear the said petitioners, as prayed by their petition, in support thereof.' Sir A. L. HAY thought that, as the petitioners prayed to be heard in support of their petition, it v 4 ould be only just to them to grant their request. After a few words from Lord G. Somerset, Mr. Beres- ford, awl Mr. Smith, Sir GEO. STRICKLAND thought that the Standing Orders on the subject of railways were much too stringent. Parties were now enabled to get up a railway line without any due notice, and so suddenly were those projects brought befor e the house that they had no op portunity of fairly considering the respective interests of the several parties. Thinking it to be the duty of Par liament tti protect the public against those wild schemes, he should be glad to see those rules in some degree modified. Mr. JERVIS supported the motion. Sir GEORGE SMYTH said that he did not think the Committee was the proper tribunal to investigate the claims of competing lines. He would oppose the motion. The House then divided, when the numbers were— , For the motion 27 Against it Majority against the motion —7l Mr. MACKIN NON presented a petition against the Leeds and Bradford Railway. Col. WOOD presented a petition from a parish in Cardiganshire, praying that if the County Courts Bill should pass into a law, the judges to be appointed under it should be gentlemen well versed in the Welsh lan guage.—(Laughter.) Mr. BATESON presented a petition praying that all marriages celebrated by Presbyterian ministers in Ire land might be at once legalised. Mr. ROSS presented a petition from Belfast praying fer a measure to legalise Presbyterian mixed marriages; also, a petition from the same place praying for a reduc tion of the duties on raw cotton. Mr. WYNN ELLIS presented a petition against the County Courts Bill, praying that it might not pass into a law: Captain rEcum presented a petition from the GREECE. Sir R. PEEL, in laying on the table of the House certain papers, by command a her Majesty, said there were amongst them papers relating to the recent events in Greece, and he felt confident that the House, on pe rusing them, would view, with the greatest satisfaction, the successful results of the efforts which had been made by popular assemblies, convened under very critical circumstances, to establish the principles of free representative government and to combine with them limited monarchy.—(Cheers.) He felt the strongest confidence that when the house viewed the course which her Majesty's Government had taken, they would approve of the advice which they had given and the measures which they had adopted for the pur pose of bringing this great effort to a successful issue. FEES TO MAGISTRATES' CLERKS. _ . Lord DUNCAN • said, seeing the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Secretary for the Borne Department in his j)laCe, he rose to put a question to him on the sub ject of fees to magistrates' clerks, of which he had given him notice. On the 13th of March, the Noble Lord the Member for Lincolnshire was induced to withdraw the motion which he had made on the subject, in con sequence of an assurance from her Majesty's Govern ment that a Bill would shortly be brought forward. On the 2d of April he had put a question on the same subject to the Right Hon. Gentleman the Under Secre tary of State for the Home Department, the answer to which was so vague as to lead him to suppose that the Bill would not be brought forward so early as had been expected. He begged now to ask at what period the Bill was likely to be introduced ? Sir J. GRAHAM said he was anxious to do all in his power to expedite public business. A Bill was under his consideration which was in a state of preparation, and it would be introduced as soon as it was complete. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords brought down certain Bills. VESTRIES IN CHURCHES BILL. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN brought in a, Bill to pro hibit the holding of vestries in Churches, which was read a first time. The Hon. Gentleman then moved that it be read a second time on Wednesday. . Mr. HAWES hoped the Hon. Member would not fix *so early a day as Wednesday for the second reading of the Bill. It - was necessary that the Bill should be freely circulated through the country, in order that the parties interested might have an opportunity of becoming ac quainted with the provisions of the Bill. That oppor tunity would not be afforded to them if the Bill were read a second time at so early a, day as Wednesday next. He therefore hoped that the Hon. Gentleman would post pone the second reading of the Bill to Wednesday three• weeks. ‘ a ysa. sec tollntdimtiamteelyonarllrraendgneedsdtahya, t for th tn e i g ß h 11 . 1 should be read RELIGIOUS TESTS IN SCOTCH UNIVER- SITIES. Mr. FOX MAULS presented two petitions—one from the Senate of th e University of Glasgow , and an other from the stud en t s of that University—against the subjecting the members of the Universities of Scot land to religious tests. He gave notice that he should, that day week, call the attention of the House to the subject matter of those petitions, and in order that they might be in the hands of Hon. Members in time to enable them to make themselves acquainted with the subject, he begged to move that the petitions be printed and circulated with the Votes.—Sgreed to. • MR. FERR AND'S ACCUSATIONS. Mr. FE RRAND rose and said, Sir, I have dur ing this morning minutely examined into all the speeches which I made in the manufacturing districts during the Easter recess, and which have been published in the Times newspaper. I have, Sir, paid particular attention to the leading articles of the Times, in which are certain extracts from speeches of mine, said to bear ors the Right lion. the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Learned Mem ber for Beverley. Sir, it is not my intention to retract One syllable which I used in those speeches, nor to ex tenuate or explain away a single sentence. When I made use of that language, I asserted the sacred pre rogative of a free-born Englishman, and I expressed my opinion upon the public conduct of two public officers. Sir, I defy this House to deprive me of that privilege. .The opinion which I formed of the conduct of those two public officers is supported by the public press 'of the country, and is backed by public opinion. But, Sir, if, in making use of those expressions, I have in any, way wounded the 'personal honour of any Member—(Here the Hon. Member was interupted by loud ironical cheers) —Sir, the party spirit and unmanly bearing which was exhibited towards me last night, and persisted in this instant, should, Sir, remind those Honourable Gentle men—and I am sure, Sir, I shall be backed 'with the feeling of Englishmen at large—that this House is the last tribunal for them to appeal to. (Here the Hon. Gentleman paused, took up his hat, walked deliberately from his seat, and bowing to the Speaker left the House. Sir James Graham who had not observed this movement, rose to reply to the Hon. Gentleman, but as he was laying his hat on the table, a loud burst of uproarious mirth broke from all parts of the House, and on the Right Hon. Baronet's turning round, and ascertaining the cause, he heartily joined in the laughter, and resumed his seat. The laughter and confusion continued for some time, and it was again and again renewed, as Mr. Borthwick attempted to address the House. After this Hon. Gentleman had remained upon his legs some time without being able to utter a s yllable), M r . ROEBUCK rose, but was met with loud cries of Order, order, " Chair, chair," and much confusion, in the midst of which Mr. Borthwick sat down. The Hon. and Learned Member (Mr. Roebuck) said—Sir, I rose to Order.—(Cheers and cries of " Chair.") I aro sure the House, Sir, must have understood from what passed last night, and from the transactions of last night, that a most serious charge was .made before this House against a Minister of the Crown.—, (Cries of " Order:,) H owev er ludicrous m a y h a v e been 'the upshot of t he hear, and laughter)— MBEIt rose to order. He said the Hon. mMaAnetmtebrile—rO(fNl:reMaErE'vesham was in possession of the House. — (Hear, hear, and cries of "Go on, Roebuc k. ") The Hon. Member for Bath had not said one word to order. Mr. ROEBUCK—Whv, Sir, I have not uttered so much as one se ntence—(Neers, and cries of " Go on, go on," and " Chair, chair")-- Mr. SPEAKER —The Hon. Member for Evesham 'was certainly in possession of the Chair ; but the Hon. Member for Bath rose to order, and dr e ssed himself to any question of ord he has not yet ad dressed Mr. ROEBUCK—Sir, I rose merely to say that I thought it pertinent to the question of order to explain to the House now the serious circumstances which oc curred last night--(Loud cries of .'llear," and "Order.") Sir, I think that those circumstalces may he regarded as constituting a question of privilege.— (11( ar, hear.) Sir, I thought that adiscussion of privilege was to take hear)—but an Hon. Mem (sitiaeteamr'ent—wheiher satisfactory or nbplaceeort rosel twl and endoVt made e: a i l a( Sir, I rise merely to ask you, Whether—after what Cheers and laughter.) Therefore, passed in the House last night—it is becoming and fitting to allow those proceedings to pass over in so slight and Os we understood) so contemptuous a, wanner ? 1?;44,- (Cheers.) If, Sir, you do not think so, lam prepared to make a motion.—(Cheers.) Mr. SPEAKER—The Hon. Gentleman has put a qaestion to me on a subject which does not form part of the Orders of the House, and on which it is not for me to decide.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Hogg then rose at the same time with Mr. Borth wick and Sir IL Inglis, amidst loud and repeated cries of "Go on, Hogg,' " Order, order," &c. At length Sir R. Inglis and Mr. Hogg sat down, and Mr. BORTHWICK said that he thought that he ought to have been heard when he was in possession of the House. lie thought that if the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman opposite wished to continue the discussion of last night, he ought to give notice.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," de risive cheers. and continued calls for Mr. Hogg, to which, at length, Mr. Borthwick gave way.) Mr. 110GG hen rose, amidst cheers, and said :—I hope to receive the indulgence of the House, and I think that I am not going too tar when I say that the case is a matter of privilege. An imputation of interfering with the privileges of the House has been cast upon the Secretary for the Home Department, a Minister of the Crown.—(Hear.) But I have still more the right to claim the protection and justice of the House, as I was an officer appointed to a sworn duty.—(Hear, hear.) - I am placed in some dif ficulty as to how I should proceed, in consequence of the declaration made by the Honourable Member ho is now absent. I hold in my hand the speech of the. Honourable Member • which he made last night, and whilst I read it I wish to impress on the House that its meaning cannot be mis taken. I w ill allow him to comment on my condnct as he pleases. I will allow him to say that we were wrong in our decision, and that the law was wrong on which we acted ; but I will not allow him to cast upon me imputations of being in fluenced by a Minister of the Crown in discharging the sacred duty to which I was sworn as a chairman of a committee. if it be true that I had been guilty, or any other officer guilty of such conduct, it would be your duty to express yourself on the infamy of his conduct. But if the charge cannot be substantiated I leave it to you to express your opinion of the man who has made it. I am not sufficiently versed in the forms of this House to know what course with propriety to pursue ; but I claim, as I think I have a right to do, the protection of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government—(Hear, hear)—and I claim the protection of the Noble Lord, the Member for London, who is ever anxious that justice should be done to every man, no matter to what party he may belong.—(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") I claim from them to intimate some pro ceeding by which the opinion of this House may be marked. Perhaps the most proper course will be, that the House shall declare by resolution that the charges brought forward are false and libellous. — (Cheers.) The document I hold in my hand is the re port of the speech delivered by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Ferrand), wherein he refers to what he terms the Right Hon. Secretary's (Sir J. Graham's) delinquencies, in the plain-spoken fashion—(Laughter)—which -is his custom, and in words which are well calculated to gain for him the sympathy of every opponent of the poor law. He says, in that speech, that " the meeting should remember that no man had resisted the poor-law more vigorously than Mr. Walter, and it therefore was felt necessary by Sir James Graham to get him unseated. Against that gentleman's (Mr. Walter's) return a peti tion had been presented, and in that petition an allega tion was made that between thirty and forty pounds had been improperly expended. His speech went on to say that the Committee to try this petition consisted of three Whigs and of three Tories, and its Chairman was Mr. Hogg, the Member for Beverley, one of the most pure boroughs in the kingdom, but whether he (Mr. Hogg) got his seat for 401. or not he (Mr. Ferrand) did not exactly know.—(Hear, hear.) This Tory Chairman, aided by Sir J. Graham, unseated Mr. Walter. Mr. Hogg tried to explain away his conduct on that occasion, and all the Government side of the House on which I sat listened with feelings of disgust while he ' higgled and haggled' in that expla nation.--(thar.) There was but one man on that side of the House who vociferously cheered, and that one man was Sir James Graham." Now, Sir (continued Mr. Hogg), is there any human being who could read that article without an impression that it distinctly charges me with having been influenced by Sir James Graham and the Government basely to forego my duty, and to give a verd ict for the purpose of excluding from the House a person not acceptable to them ? In a court of justice when we seek the obvious meaning of a libel, we ask what is the ordinary acceptation of its terms. I ask you to look at this journal itself—to examine its comments on this imputation upon me—and then I ask any gentleman who has heard me read the extract, if he can have any doubt that the imputation cast on me is that of having been influenced by the basest and most dishonourable motives, and having made myself the instrument of Sir James Graham in unseating Mr. Walter from his place in this House? I ask if any gentleman could have any doubt on the subject? I do not complain of the terms in which my decision has been spoken of. My " higg ling andhaggling" has been dwelt upon, my determination has been dwelt upon, but of this I do not complain. The subject was properly treated by the Noble Lord the Member for London last night, when he said, that whe ther my deductions were right or wrong—whether my law was good or bad, that was nothing to the purpose—that whether my explanation was sa tisfactory or not was nothing to the purpose. I allow every one to form his opinion on these points, and to express that opinion as they please. I confine myself to the one point of the charge that imputes to me impure and dishonourable motives.—(Hear, hear.) I confine myself to this single point ; and when this House talks of keeping its jurisdiction within itself 'and of not resorting to another tribunal, how can it command the confidence of the public if it allow its sworn officeis to be thus assailed ? I hope that those who are more conversant with the forms of this House than myself will kindly suggest what the proper motion ought to be. My idea was, and I assure the House that I never communicated it to a single individual below me, but ' from the long standing of the Right Hon. Baronet in .the House, and from his exalted position, he might be able to treat with in difference in this House what I could not consistently with my duty pass by; and, as the sworn officer of this House, I think I have a still stronger right to request and demand of it, not protection, but justice—(Hear, hear)---than even the Right Hon. Ba ronet himself. I ask the House if these are imputations made on my honour and integrity in the discharge of my duty, and, if they are, I call on the person making them to substantiate those charges, and here I am to meet them.—(Cheers.) If I had done anything to create a doubt or suspicion of my conduct I should be satisfied to meet the consequences, but if no man can state any such grounds, or raise any such doubts in the minds of ho nourable men, then I have a right to the protection of the House, and I hope it will afford it to me.—(Hear, hear.) therefore, trust you will afford me that justice which you can afford to me, and that is to declare that I acted honourably in the discharge of the public duty imposed on me by the House, and to stigma tise those who have cast on me this foul imputation.—(Loud cheers.) I apologise—but I feel I need not apologise to the House—(Cheers) —but the House will recollect I did not bring this forward — (Hear, hear)—l had not the slightest idea of noticing it ; but when it was noticed in this House my personal honour required that it should not be allowed to rest there.—(Hear.) I have been told it was unworthy of my notice, and perhaps I ought to apologise to the House for calling its attention to what was stated in a public journal. But it was stated in order to poison the mind of the public against me, and it was as base an insinua tion as the other. It stated that I was looking for some office or employment from the Government. I ought to apologise to the House for noticing it ; I feel it humiliating to reply to such a charge ; but on my honour, never, either directly or indirectly, from any member of the Government, or any person connected with the Govern ment, have I obtained, or asked, or sought, or applied for, or looked for, any office, or employment, for my self, or any human being belonging to me.—(Loud cheers.) , This insinuation is as base and false as the other, and with the exception of sending an application to my Hon. Friend for the situation of a guager, backed by representations from the place I represent, with that exception I never asked for place or emolument for myself from any Government past or present. I ought to apologise to the House for this; but these calumnies are sent into the world, and circulated by'a journal which is extensively read, and which ought to be above making such imputations—(Hear, hear)—and I therefore think it is my duty to declare indignantly that they are false.—(The Hon. Gentleman sat down amid loud cheers.) Sir J. GRAHAM then rose and said, the House will bear in mind that, at the very moment the Hon. Moil her for Knaresborough resumed his seat, I rose for the purpose of addressing it ; and, Sir, I must remark, after what has fallen from the Hon. and Learned Member for Beverley, that in this House there is no distinction amongst us. We are all honourable men, enjoying the highest honour which in a free country can be imposed on any gentlemen, that of being chosen by the people as their representatives in this assembly. —(Hear, hear.) I conceive that when the honour of a Member of this House is assailed, the honour of the House itself is is jeopardy, and that it is not the duty of the individual Member to vindicate his honour so assailed ; but that it is the duty of the House to ascertain whether the stain cast on the honour of that Member was well founded, If it is the opinion of the House that the charge is well founded, it i s their duty to expel the Member guilty of dishonourable con duct, in order that the honour of the House may remain unstained. The House will recollect that last night I waived my privilege of moving that the words be taken down by the clerk at the table. I am now limiting my observations to the charge f which e the Hon. Member has preferred against mysel. Th accusation was this :—I had used my official power for the purpose of obtain in g a false report. These identical words. Yesterday I stated that I waived my right to have those words taken down. I said it was better the Hon. Member should have an oppor tunity of substantiating his charge. I referred also on this occasion to another charge, which in general terms the Hon. Member for Knaresborough directed against the Hon. Member for Beverley and myself. The lion. Gentleman said that the charge was contained in a report of his speech which had appeared in the Times newspaper, and asked him to come down with report in order t o add the g eneral charge against the Honourable Member for Beverley and myself to the more specific charge against myself alone. I certainly fully expected when the Honourable Member rose in his place, that he came down so prepared, and to give effect to the resolution, I understood. him for mally to have announced last night. Certainly when I rose to address you, and comment on his extraordinary omission on the first and substantial charge against myself, and also on his having for gotten what I understood he had promised in reference to the Hon. Member for Deverley, and I s t hat Sr Filch idea I.' C