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nd bankers of London, on the same security at the same period. .The House would be aware that the rate varied considerably, and that there were no official Returns by which any accurate view of the question could be given ; but he be lieved the statement he had made was perfectly correct. By that statement it appeared that the rate of interest on Exchequer Bills was in the early part of 1815 at 91d.per diem. making an annual sum of 51. 6s. 5-fd. At the latter part of . the same year it was per diem. making annu ally 41. 18s. 104 d. In the beginning of . 1816 it was 3,-}d., and .at the latter end it was 3d., mak ing the annual rate of interest 41. lls. 3d. In 1817, at the beginning, it was 22d., making an nually 31. 165., and at the latter end it was 2d, per diem, making per annum 31. Os. 10d. On all of these Bills Government had a premium of 55., consequently an abatement to that amount was to be made for the interest. Comparing these rates of interest with those paid to the Bank of Ireland, it would be seen that had the money been borrowed from out of the money market in this country, there would have been a saving to the public In 1816 - - - £12,489 In 1819 In 1817 - - - 92,000 In 1820 In 1818 - - 19.5,000 making a total of 400,0001. and upwards. After these statements, it would not he necessary for him- to' make any observation. He merely con tended that there ought to be a fair competition, and no preference given to any body whatever in borrowing money for the public service. The motion he had to make was, " That it is the opinion of this House, that it is expedient that tile-same rate of interest should be given on Irish Treasury Bills, as on Exchequer Bills." The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHQEUeIt spoke in 80 low a tone of voice, that we -lost the greater Part of his observations. We understood him to Contend generally that it would not be expe dient at the present moment-10 pay off the re mainder of the debt to the Bank of Ireland, by means of a loan from the English money market itt•three per cent., as the transfer from this cowl; • try to Ireland would occasion'a loss of two per cent. on account of the exchange, and as it was Only proposed by the operation to save one per Cent. there would remain a loss on the whole of one Per cent. He hoped therefore it would be seen that there was no want of economy in continuing to pay, four per cent. for that money. With re spect to the bargain made in 1816, that was a Period of great pressure and distress. He need not recall all the circumstances which led to that state of things, but'the sudden -removal of all the war taxes had forced Government to make some heavy losses. The House knew that in 1819, the debt of Government to the Bank of England was 28,000,0001. It was urged that the imme diate repayment of the debt to the Bank of Ire land would cause a beneficial circulation to the Irish market ; but it should be borne in mind, that the Exchequer Bills did not float about in - tlee Irish market as they did in England. It was -true that the interest of money was very low just now in this country ; but the demand of a loan Alight make an alteration in that respect, and he tlid not think the Bank of England- was disposed just now to make any further advances. - - - £109,000 - - ~94,000 Mr. MABERLEY 'did not think the Right Hon. Gentleman 'had ,given any answer to his com plaint, which was, that a preference was given to the Bank of Ireland, and sometimes to the liank of England, over the Merchants and Bankers of this country-, who were entitled to considera lion from the readiness they had ever evinced in meeting •the demands of Government when they i l "anted money. He could not think th ere w ou ld oe a loss of two per cent. on the exchange, in the event of - transferring money from 'this country to 4reland. He thought himself bound to-take the le-use of the House on this question. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUEIt explained. Sir J. NEWPORT said that there was no period when it was more necessary to extend the circa htting medium of Ireland than the present. He 4 4(.1 before asserted, atmd he now repeated, that the 'experiment had never been fairly tried of Passing Exchequer Bills in Ireland. The Bank of Ireland always monopolized them, and those 1; 1 0 were desirous of possessing them found great difficulty in attaining their object. The House then divided, when the numbers iv't re—_ - 31 - 64 - -33 • For the Motion Against it - Majority - _ lONIA N ISLANDS. Ortettt re-admission to the Gallery, we found HUME on his Ic's, moving for the production of a copy 'a Memorial presented to his al ajeaty's Government, aigned a rl certain Inhabitants of the island of Zante, and presented by a,Por Rossi. Also f o r' th e co py o f a M emor i a l f rom certa i n 'Th 4an abitants of Zante, presented by Signor Spiridone, Agent of tae lonian Police, With a statement explanatory of the c au s es of the detention of certain inhabitants of that island in' 819. GOULBURN-Said, he should state his objection to the Production of the Papers in question in few words. The .Me- ITiorial which the Hon., Member mentioned was a papdr pur- P°t ting to be a p e titi on , an d was seize d at Z ante as a paper o f 4 seditious tendency, which was not to be suffered to pass be- . e i a a l lse it bore the tide of a petition- to the King. The indiVidual Cta 4ll4 aiding and abetting in' this affair was a Member of the i a ler brnent, and was of course dismissed from his office on Go found to be connected with measnros sobversive of the ve rnMent of the State. As a proof of the improper con ( La . ` . t of this indiiidual, - he was suspended from his functions I,Y the native Legislative Assembly of tha Island of which ' e was a Member. With respect to the other paper the Ho nourable Member alluded to, he was convinced there wer e no 54ch memorials in the department to which he had the hon our to bela na .. • A aa tr. HUME made a few observ a tion s i n re ply. t r. MARRYATT thought, for th e h onour o f th ose en !'llsted with the government of the lonian Isl es , as we ll as f or t he honour of the Government at home, the Papers ought to be IttProducedt-Ig ent on the merits of the case. The modems were th en severa ll y put. T he first was imme diately negatived. Th e G a ll ery was cleared for a division on ne second but we u n d erstan d i t was fi nally lost without a sion. When strangers were re-admitted, Mr. Hu am was submitting a motion to the Ilouse for an address tithe King, for a: Copy of a. Memori a l on t h e subject of Grievances complained of in the lonian Islands, and for an Account of the number of persons Put to death by Martial Law, on the occasion of the Insurrec `ion at Santa Maura, 1819. *r Sir J. NEWPORT thought there was a great deal in the ' 4 otrian Isles that ought to come before the House. If this Foutury was to be considered the protector of the lonian Isles, It ought to be so in reality. Mr. GOULBURN said, if the Hon. B arone t t ho ug h t proper %to bring forw ar d a motion on tile subject, h e s h ou ld b e per f ect l y ach to meet it, and to prove that the engagements of this a,,uritry with respect to the lonian Isles had been faithfully ful tuliioti.o,, He moved to leave out all the words of the-original 100- , r o . at.er the word " that," fot the puraose of inserting words, k_aling fa r " Extracts frona any Dispatches received from aitif:lio:fGeparal Frrick Adaon t relative to the Insurrection in air e Sarita auran 11119." .aar. Buy IE observed, what he wanted was an account of the state of the jail. What the ion. Gentleman proposed to give him was the statement of the jailer. Mr. GOULBURN did not know that the lonian Islands &Ore any resemblance to a jail, or that Major-General Adam had any thing in common with a jailer. The motion was then negatived and the amendment agreed to. GRAMPOUgD DISTRANCIIISEMENT BILL. Lord MILToN rose to move the Order of the Day for taking into further consideration the Lords' Amendments to the Grampound Disfran chisement Bill. He would say a few - words to guard against the idea that he approved of the Amendments. He should have been much better pleased if the Bill was left in the state in-which it was when sent up to the Lords. As, however, it was a measure which passed that House for the disfranchisement of a corrupt Borough, he should be sorry if any proceedings they might adopt with respect to the Amendments, should risk the loss of the Bill. It was necessary to convince the nation, by accepting the Bill even as now amend ed, that they were not playing with the subject. If it should be thought that the due balance of interests in that House might be injured by the of two Members to the landed interest, some measure might hereafter be devised to re medy the inconvenience. He should now con tent himself with moving that the Amendments be taken into further consideration. Lord J. RUSSELL seconded the motion. Mr. W. WY NN said, he regretted the altera tions made in the Bill, not that it affected the principle, but as the Lords had agreed to the disfranchisement of Grampound, he thought it would have been better if they had sent down a separate Bill mentioning the place to which they wished the franchise to be transferred. To at tempt, however, any amendment now would only risk the loss of the measure. He thought the situation of the county of York, unless divided into two counties, would be rendered much worse by having to elect four Representatives in place of two. It would afford opportunities of keeping open the when there was no hope or chance of success. It was likely too that the West Riding would return all the four Members, inasmuch as 14,000 polled there at the last elec tion, and only 8000 in the North and East Rid ing. He wished therefore that the Bill might be sent back to the Lords with an amendment, the object of which would be to provide that the West Riding, including the city of York, should send two Representatives to Parliament, arid the East and North Riding two more. They might state at the same time that they did not insist on the amendment, and by that means incur no risk of losing the Bill. It was a course adopted more thin once. Mr. S. WoRTLE - 1 - thought the reasoning of the lion. and Learned Gentleman who spoke last _ _ quite conclusive. He considered himself now as representing the County of York, and though he might feel a personal interest in the measure, in' asmuch as it was likely to superinduce contests, would oppose it, as a Member of Parliament, for whatever county it had 'been proposed. The Lords put that House in a cruel situation. The House of Commons •solemnly decided that the• Elective. Frinchise should be transferred from Grampound to Leeds, and that two.burgesses should be added to the representation of the country. The Lords, on the contrary, said, that £hey must have two knights of the shire and not two burgesses. They should have hesitated before they made so important an alteration. The _ _ Peers could have made no change in the Bill more likely to assist their own influence, which was paramount in many counties, and left no chance of success to any private Gentleman that might oppose them. In the county of York this influence was not so much felt, but still it was not free from it. Sooner than agree to the amend ments, he thought it would be better to have a se parate Bill for the . disfranchisement of Gram. pound, leaving it to be considered next Session to what place the franchise should be transferred. The Lords had agreed to the principle, and no great evil could result from some further delay as to the place. If he found any person disposed to support him, he would take the sense of the House upon the subject. The measure, as now amended, held out the most effectual mode of in creasing the trouble and labour of the Mem bers for the County of York, and also adding to the expellee of private Bills. Let, a person's case be ever so bad, it was most likely that he would find one of the 4 Members to agree to his ,views, and this would necessarily impede the pri vate business of the county. in that House. If he was never again to sit there as one of its Representa tives he would say, on his conscience that he thought the Bill would - be one of the greatest evils that could befal Yorkshire. As to a divi sion into two counties there was -a decided ob- jection to it among all classes. It was wrong to suppose that the 14,000 who polled at the last election from the West Riding all voted one way. The division existed mare between the landed and manufacturing interests than between the different Ridings. I t was not true that the West Riding always sent the two Representatives to that House, though he and his Noble Colleague (Lord Milton) happened to live in a corner of it not six miles asunder. If they_looked to history they would find that the East - and-North Ridings sent a fair proportion. As this Bill, with the Lords' Amendments, would satisfy no party, he thought it would be better to get rid of them by some means. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, the ques tion was certainly attended with some difficulty. What the House had now to consider was, under all the circumstances, which was the most politic mode of proceeding. Though he generally agreed with his Hon. Friend who spoke last, he did not see this subject in the same light. If the pro position for transferring the elective fran chise to Yorkshire came in a separate Bill, they would, it was true, have a better opportunity of discussing, but he thought,the Lords did not go beyond their proper jurisdiction in altering the measure as they had. From the first he endea voured to reconcile the House to the remedy best known to the Constitution, that was to transfer the franchise to the neighbouring hundreds. Ile saw no necessity of a departure from the ancient principle ; but, if they meant to travel out of the old precedents. he contended, when the question was- before the House on a former occasion, that it would be better to transfer the franchise to a county than to a town to transfer it to a place before . :repeesented tlii to _create ,a new franchise. Though the Lords made this altera tion in the Bill, they gave at the same time a pledge honourable to themselves by shewing their disposition to amend the representation where corruption was detected and proved. Ile was not therefore_ disposed to quarrel with the change. He'should think it most unwise to dis franchise Grampound at present, and postpone any further proceedings to another Session, be cause the Lords, though they pledged them selves to the principle with this Amendment, did not pledge themselves to any further proposition that might be made the next time that Parliament met. The best course would be to pass the Bill as amended. This would not _make it an irrevocable measure. It would be competent hereafter to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Mr. W. Wynn) to propose the division of Yorkshire into two counties. He would not pledge himself to oppose such a pro position, though he apprehended it would be found attended with considerable difficulty in the execution. Parliament was committed on this Bill, and they would do themselves more cre dit by adopting it with the present amendments, than if they were to pass it in the most perfect ' form in another Session. Lord J. RUSSELL said, the question before . the House was, whether or not the Bill under consi deration, as amended, was so ill adapted to its object, that it would be well to reject it. The object was first to reform the Borough of Gram pound, and then to transfer the right of return ing two Representatives to another place. It had been decided that the Borough was corrupt, and that the elective franchise should be transferred to some other place, and to this the Lords had agreed. The House of Commons had proposed to give the franchise to the Borough of Leeds, the Lords decided that it should be transferred to the large County of York, to which they pros posed to" give two additional Members. Now, though he wished that Leeds should return two Members to Parliament, h.e was, still of opinion that more Members ought to be given to the County of York. What had been said ()Nile injurious consequences - of four Members being sent from the County he did not understand ; as to him it - appeared quite clear, that in a variety of instances the business might be performed better by four than by two. He was therefore content that the Bill, as amended, should pass ; but in a future Session he proposed to call the attention of the House to the claims of large towns to send Members to that House. Mr. SMYTII, under all the circumstances of the case, thought it would' be' best to agree to the Amendments. A Bill could subsequently be in troduced to divide the county if that should be thought desirable. Mr.WILBERFORCE thought it would be difficult to divide the county in the way proposed. He would suggest that it might be better to let the County of York return two Members to Parlia ment as it did at present, and then one . Member 'might be returned from the West a nd another from the North Riding, in place of those formerly sent from Grampotind. This arrangeMent might be connected with the amendments thade to the Bill. He would oppose any thing that went to endanger the Bill altogether. Lord MILTON Put it to those Gentlemen who were .not comiected with the county' of York, to Say whether it would be a wise or a kind thing to say, " the county, shall be divided," and to tell those. whose interests had been blended through many generations, that they should now be separated. -Be did not see that giving four members to the county would be likely to in crease the expence of Elections. lie could not say what effect the measure would have in that respect. . Upon the whole, he thought the wisest thing the House could do • N vould be to agree to the Amendments of the Lords, though the Amend- - men ts were not, in his opinion, th e b e st th a t m i g ht haVe been made. Mr. R. MARTIN offered a few remarks on the measure, which, from the noise that prevailed, were but. imperfectly heard in the gallery. The question was then put and carried, and the Muse forth with proceeded to take . the Amendments into consideration. After a - few words from Mr. C. W. WYNNE, • the Amend ments were a ,, reed to. Lord MILTON then gave notice of his intention to move to morrow for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the Poll as con nected with the Grampound Disfranchisement Bill. -. The Order of the Day was then read for receiving the Report of the Committee of Supply. CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION. Mr. BROUGHAM rose before the Report of Supply could be. brought up, and apologised for taking the opportunity to bring before the House the conduct of a body . calling themselves the Constitutional Association. On a former day he considered those persons dangerouS in a constitu tional view, and he had since been strengthened in that opinion. He held in his hand the copy of a letter, which had been transmitted by the As sociation to the Magistracy of that House,— (Hear !)----and it purported to be a copy of ano ther circular which the Association issued' to' all the Magistrates of the United Kingdom. It was to expound to the 'Magistracy the law of libel, as found in a pamphlet under the auspices of the Bridge-street Committee It was legal for one or two personS in a particular case. to combine for the purpose of carrying on a temperate pro secution. .Many societies had been formed fOr disinterested purposes, and such associations were legal ; but when they saw a society founded on a system of indictment and prosecution, which exclusively belonged to the Attorney-General,' they were justified in pronouncing it uncon stitutional. The ' Learned Gentleman then read the letter to the House, which was signed J. B. Sharp, 6, Bridge-street, Blackfiiars. The writer stated that he was desired by the Com mittee to transmit a copy of their orders, and ex position of the law of libel, which' would be found explanatory of their intention. In pursuance of the 6th Resolution, the Committee had found it necessary to institute prosecutions against se- - veral persons engaged in publishing seditious libels, some of which had been abandoned in con sequence of the parti'es expressing contrition, sur rendering, on oath', their entire stock of libellous and seditious matter, and entering into an en gagement never to publish the like again. After reading the above with comments, Mr. 'Brougham . . . contended that the Association formed a - most dangerous self-constituted body, coming forward to discharge the duties of the Attorney-General, •and promulgate .- their eXposition Of the law to bias the Magistracy of the country. No man could doubt that backed with large funds they became an object of terror, and any person threatened . by them would doubtless relinquish a publication, whether seditious or not. They stated that prosecutions were going on against a notorious vender of seditious works at Manches ter, and under. that character the individual Was to be tried by them. It was enough to merely mention this to the House. Every lion. Member would deprecate such an Association. It was not the least evil attached to this Association, that forty Peers - claiming high rank in the land, had lent their names to such proceedings. Those persons might at last be the judges of the very persons they had prosecuted . by their Attorney. lie wished to impress on the House that these proceedings poisoned justice in its very source. It called up angry feelings in jurors who might belong to the Society it se lf. A man wou ld h a v e no chance in-a trial where the influence of any of the Association prevailed. A worthy and re spectable man seeing the name of a Noble Lord of great wealth and influence in the county to which he belonged, said, " If this Lord's name j was among the Association, and a man was tried' by his tenants,. he could not have fair and honest jurors." The remedy for these abuses lay with the Attorney-General, who could put a stop to all prosecutions by soli prosequi. Such proceed ings ought to be' stopped by the use of the Attor ney-General's power. lie considered. the esta blishment of the Association illegal, and in a 1 constitutional point of view one o f th e grea t est abuses. Mr. SCARLETT said his Hon. and Learned Friend had said enough on a former occasion to convince the House of the bad effect produced by the Association alluded to. On the paper which had been read he did not wish to offer any remark. He was only desirous of address int; a few observations to the House on the illegality of the motives of those Gentlemen who formed the Association. The party ag grieved were in general the prosecutors, but in cases Where crimes affected the public interest, the Attorney-General was the means of bringing offenders to ,justice. lie did not suppose it was the intention of any one to reflect on the At torney-General for neglect of duty, but this As sociation was a libel on him, as it imputed to that Hon. and Learned Gentleman laxity in the dis charge of his duty. It was a combination to do the duty of the Attorney-General. If several attorneys were to go about the country, prose cuting for offences against the State, would it not be said they were usurping the duty of the At torney-General ? No person who considered this Association in a constitutional point of view, could fail to concur in all that had been said by his Hon. and Learned Friend. Mr. WARRE observed, that the highest law authorities in that House had expressed their opinions declaring the Association illegal, and as there was no Member in the House who defended it, the Association must be taken to be illegal. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY considered the whole proceeding on the subject extraordinary. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had risen to deliver his sentiments in the absence of the At torney-General, stating what was the duty of the Attorney-General, and what ought to be done to check an illegal Association. The Noble Marquis heard that it was illegal, but he did not rely with confidence on the wisdom of the re marks he had heard, because history furnished many instances of similar associations which had not been declared illegal by any competent tri 'bunal. He might ask why the truth did not rush on the mind of Lawyers when early transac tions of similardescription came under discussion ? His Lordship had heard of individuals with large funds having formed societies to prosecute offender& for the - benefit of the public. Great names had been seen in these Associations which might have poisoned the minds of Jurors just as well as the Association which had been brought under the consideration of the House. No ob jection was •made to those Associations by Lawyers. It seemed that all the sensibility of the Leanted Gentlemen was reserved for the crime of libel and sedition. The Association to prosecute libel had been called conspiracy, and the subject occasioned a display•of learning sel dom heard in that House. Sir J. SEUR'rcu - r rose to deprecate the self 'constituted althority which presumed to give ad vice to the Magistrates, and lay down the law. As a Magistrate, he protested against what he considered indecent and unconstitutional con duct. Mr. IlnotrartAra explained. He said, there was no case of Association that bore the least re semblance to the Association in question. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY instanced' the Society for the Suppression of Vice. The only difference was, that they prosecuted for indecent publications--the present Association for sedi tious Libels. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL felt himself called on, in the absencof the Attorney-Genera!, to say a few Words. tt had been said the. society in question took upon itself to prosecute contrary to law. .On the contrary, he was ready to con ' tend that they did nothing inimical to the spirit 'of the COnstitution.—(llear, heart on both sides of the 'llouse.)-lie wished to know whether the Members of that House or the Judges of the land were to decide on the law ? That House was certainly not the tribunal to decide upon the established. law of the land. The Judges were eompithmt to decide, and in a recent application made by one of the persons prosecuted by the Association, they did not say the prosecution was illegal. The question of the legality or the prosecution instituted by the Society'Came no der their cousideration.L--(Criesef " No, no !") He was ITresent at the time when the' quegtion of the 'prosecutien was .introduced, and he never heard the Judge intimate that the Society was unconstitutional; or contrary to the law of the land. If it had been illegal those Judges would have expressed their opinion, and as they did not; it was to be sitpported. Woald any one say that persons .combining together, and forming a fund to punish persons violating the law, *ere acting un constitu tiona ? Did they not bring every charge before the Grand Jury to decide, and could any one say in association who did so was illegal ? It was not—and he expressed a hope that what he said would go forth to the public—it was not the duty of the Attorney-General to hunt out libels, neither was it for his- Learned Friend .to eriter roll pi - osequi. Would any lawyer say that• his Learned Friend, exercising a sound discretion, could enter soli proscqui? No honourable man who was a subject to the monarchy could for one moment suppose the Attorney-General, in the stria line of his duty, could follow the Course laid down by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. Lord Mt t,ToN was surprised -at the manner in which the Hon, and Learned Gentleman retreat ed from the responsibility °fills first assertion. Ile had stated, in the first instance, that the Judg , 2s had declared this society to be legal ; and then he wishes the House of Commons to believe, that because they have not said it was-illegal, it Must be legal ; but he would ask the Solicitor-Gene ral if it was usual for the Judges,when a subjectsof this nature was incidentally brought before them, to express an opinion on .that subject without hearing the remarks or arguments of Counsel,- Then the Learned Solicitor-General proceeded to pronounce what he could not but consider a phillippic on the negligence of his Learned Friend the Attorney-General. lie said that he had lately seen a most atrocious libel upon the person of the King, and it was reserved for the Constitution_ al Association to prosecute that libel. The SOLICITOR GENERAL, in explanation, said that his Learned Friend, the Attorney General, had never seen the libel to which he had al luded. At the time that he (the Solicitor Ge neral) had seen it, the Bill of Indictment had been found, so that the interference of the. Attorney General would have been unnecessary and eirPli improper. _ Mr: WYNN did not rise for the purpose of pro. longing a rather irregular discussion. With're spect to the Association, he thought, with the Learned Solicitor General, that it was not strictly illegal, but he thought it both injurious and -im politic. Hewas always averse to irresponsible bodies, and though he was not surprised at the feeling which must have created such a Society, a desire to diminish the libellous system which had acquired of late such an extensive influence, he still thought the principle most pernicious.. Mr. SCARLETT said it became him to make a few observations. He remembered a person at the Sessions who always supported his law - , by laying a bet that no one could deny it. - His Learned Friend had not gone to that extent. — Nevertheless his Learned Friend had declaie4.l the law in a low tone. His opinion - was; it was - an illegal Association. It was unconstitutional, for the reasons stated by those Hon. Membeni who opposed it.. The House then received the Report of the Committee of Supply, and Mr. BROGDEN took the Chair. Mr. Ilumn, in consequence of the lateness' of lie hour, moved to postpone the proceedings - till :o-morrow, 'which 'motion, after a few words 'mom• the'Marquess of Londonderry, was agreed Lo. • BANKRUPTCY LAWS AMENDMENT Mr. J. SMITH moved the further consideration of-the!)lc port upon the above Bill ; which after a few observations from that lion. Member and Mr. I.4ocxitAnT, was received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on-Monday next. The House was proceeding to dispose of the remaining Ore ens of the Day, When Mr. JAMES moved that it be counted. T,:ne.7.4 not being forty Membe rs presatt, an adjournment . ensued at ONE O'CLOCK. LA - NAT INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 30. THE KING V. MAJOR. CARTWRIGHT, &C. [Further Particulars.] After some further discussion in this case, thc parties were ordered to retire, and amend their affidavits.—The affidavits were finally handed -ro Mr. PEAnsoN to be amended., • • Edmonds addressed the Judges at consider= able length in mitigation of punishment. NVM.a he concluded it was near four o'clock, and the Court deferred further proceedings to Frith -3, when the defendants will again -appear to recei.v4) jtidgment. CONSTTTUTIONAI. ASSOCIATION.--TIIE KING V. DOLBY. M. EvANs 5 Counsel for the defendant, moved the Court for a rule to shew cause why a list' of the names of such persons as composed this So ciety should not be delivered to the defendant, prior to striking_ the Jury. Mr. Justice 13AELEY—You require a list *1 such of the Society as are qualified to serve oti the Jury. ' CHIEF JUSTICE-Take a rule to shew cause. Co RONEAS INctuEsT.HYetterday an Inqub!it was held at the Black Swan, Ryder's-court, Leicester-square, before J. H. °ELL, ESti.- Coroner for NVeStminster, on .th'F7 body of Mr. C. Marshall, who put a period to his existence en T;F:stlay evening at his house, in Cranbourne-street. It 'Ay , peared irom the evidence add uce d, that the deceased had beeri er.,infined • to. , his bed for the last three weeks by a rheurnati - t fever, which increased to such a degree within the last weAr, that his friends were obliged to place a person near him 711 , .dA and day, being apprehensive he would injure himself. .On Titestiay evening, he begged his attendant co iPo and call 'Marshall ; the person. went, and returned in less than :two minute:; ' when ,he - Found Sim with hi s th roat cut. Th e Jury returned a verdict, of " • etittN EXCHANGE, MAY 30.—En consequence of the favourable change in the weather, an abundant supply et. Wllat;the Kal:!s . were vaylichvy this morning, and only a f':w prime samples could be disposed of, tvhieh obtained Monday's ; but . there were no buyers of any other description.__ : Barley is Is..per•quarter lower i and dull sale at that reductlo7;., The Oat trade was exceedinAly heavy to-day, having had larka. atriv;llS since Monday, -and at a decline of from 6d. to Is. fie, ou- - -f-r • very few sales Were made,-. In Beans and Peas there. is. no altration. • • ' • The 111,r. Bowen Coolte,'LL.B.• of Trinity Ball, Cambridge; has been instituted to the vicarage of M r orsbrd', near Barnsle,y,' o: the presentation of his father, the Rector of Garfield, in the West Ridipg of Yorkshiie. !. • - GENERAL REDUCTIQN of TAxEs,--The neee&- sity and expediency ,Of striking off a portion of Hit) NATIONAL- .DENT is very ably argued in the Pamphleteer, No, - 36, just published—by which it is proved that the injury to the Public Credi tor will be very little felt. The subject is ex, petted to be brought under consideration during this Session of. Parliament. In the same. Num her are published, Bowles' Letters. to Lord BY RON ; B. BEAtuttsiNz on tho -Criminal Code.; ConNAtto on Longevity; with several other tirE .Pamphlets.