The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-06 00:00:00

lA± ES TO SIR ROBERT PEEL. (From the Sunday Times.) [Occasioned by reading his exculpatory speech in defence of Attorney-General Smith, and his announcement that, to deter duellists, he had deprived Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett's widow of her pension.] What! defend like a lawyer, a lawyer's transgressions— What ! palliate all 'twas your place to condemn ; With the orphan's appeal mix a counsel's confessions, And, pardoning the latter, hurl vengeance on them ! Think the dead was the challeng'd one, forced by the fashion -Your own acts have sanction'd* to answer the call; That SMITH was the creature of petulant passion— - 'Twas ids chance to triumph, 'twas FAwcErr's to fall. Go hence with ye—rest on the beautiful bosom That pillows your head, and be calm if you can ; Be one vision the last on your eyes as you close them— That you've beggared a widow, whilst shielding a man. Oh! east off the mire of political bias, Your heart was ne'er doubted—go do thyself right ; Remember the deed of the prophet Elias,t Give the orphans their pittance, the widow her mite. Oh ! bring your heart home to its holy affections, Warm and fresh let the current of charity flow ; Is it nobler to add to the widow's afflictions, Or feel the full force of her husband-less woe?. By your love for the beautiful woman you cherish , •By the life-blood that once in your mother's veins ran ; Oh! drive not the widow, the orphan, to perish, Though you act like a Minister, feel as a MAN !-L. R. * Vide Peel's intended duel with O'Connell twenty-seven years since. .• ‘. 4 And the widow said, as the Lord thy God liveth have . not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel and a little'oil in a cruise; and behold I am gathering two sticks that I may go in anti dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die. " And Elijah said unto her, fear not. The barrel of meal shall-not waste, neither shall ee cruise of oil fail."—l at Kings, chap. 27.—Elijah and Elias are the same. RAILWAYS. (FROM OUR CITY CORRESPONDENT.) A considerable degree of interest is taken among capitalists at'the proceedings in Parliament with respect to the result of . the inquiries now. progressing upon the subject of rail ways. The immense sums laid out in those undertakings, amounting, to nearly 50 millions sterling, subscribed for by thousands of individuals, make the subject almost a national one. Our columns have already teemed with remarks with re spect to the exactions of too many of the Directors of Railways, and the want of proper accommodation and protection from the weather now felt by the poorer classes. These are sub jects well-deserving the attention of the Committee of the House of Commons, and the example set by the French Government in this respect is worthy following. We understand an ordinance has been issued that upon all.railways, third class carriages must be covered over, and the passengers in them protected by curtains. The fares, too, are to be settled by a Committee appointed for that purpose, so that passengers, from the highest to the lowest, shall not be left to the caprice or exactions of any body of men. A provincial share-broker, in his letter read yesterday, states— " The great extent of capital already invested in railways, their improved management, and the care now bestowed on their regulation and safety in - all %respects by Parliament, makes them a valuable 'addition to the securities usually resorted to for trust purposes. The great and rapidly increasing wealth of the country having so diminished the income arising from the public funds and other legalized sources, has rendered it important for survivors to have the benefit of railways with a fund .of paid-up capi tal amounting to nearly 50,000,0001., iri their power for investment. As trustees generally haVe at the present time no discretion in this matter — all persons making wills should consult and be. goVerired by the . Opinion of their professional-advisers: . Toe make - - the safest use of railway investments for trust purposes, works should be selected that have been in full operation for every kind of traffic for. the Trecaorting Iwo years, and whose capital ac count is closed ; in order that this point might be well under stood, a register Should be kept to ascertain it by some public authority, that could be referred to, as the Board of Trade or otherwise, as Parliament might deem proper." SPIRIt ofthe PUBLIC JOURNALS EROS[ THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Lord Warsley last night renewed his no tice of motion " for th4appointment of a Select Commit tee to inquire into the mode of appointment, the duties, and the present Sestem of remunerating the clerks to jus tices at petty sessions in England and Wales, and to report the evidessFe., and their opinion thereon to the House." The lateness of the period at which his Lordship brought this subject before the House of Commons last year, induced him to postpone it to a future session. The motion now stands for Tuesday, the 12th of March. The present system which, we have reason to believe, Lard Worsley will attempt to reform, is fraught with evils which, but to state, is to ensure their eondemna tion from all who are not personally interested in their preservation from exposure to the public eye, and eradication from the forms of justice. The first of these evils belongs to the mode of remunerating the clerks in petty sessions. This is at present by fees upon summary convictions. A petty assault, or an offence under the Wilful Damage Act, for which on con viction the magistrates deem a fine of sixpence, or a shilling, sufficient punishment, is increased, in the ratio of shillings to pence, by the " costs of conviction." With a special reference to the subject of Lord Worsley's motion, we have, from week to week,looked through the reports of the proceedings in petty sessions, as given by the provincial journals of several counties; and we state, as the result of our investigation, that the general amount of costs, on a summary conviction for a trifling offence, averages twelve shillings ; while the average amount of fine inflicted for such offences does not exceed a shilling— in many instances the penalty was considera bly less. But, whether the fine were one shilling or twenty, the " costs" were the same ! This system—now sought to be amended, if not al together changed for one more just and equitable—is not less impolitic to the county rate-payers than it is manifestly oppressive to the poorer classes. The poor labourer who, by ignorance or accident, becomes subject to the fine of a shilling, would find the payment of that sum sufficiently onerous—especially when the loss of his days wages, occasioned by his attendance before the justices for the hearing of his case, is added to the . fine. But this he might pay. The privations of a month might permit him to scrape together the amount . of the penalty. We scarcely need remark, that. he must subject himself and family to severe privations to enable, him to do so out of his wages of 7s. or Bs, per week. But when the justice's clerk announces the amount of costs, his poverty frequently prevents him from attempting the arduous undertaking of pay ment. The alternative is " a month," or "six weeks' imprisonment," in the county prison, in default of pay ment—according as the magistrates compute the pay ment of the penalty by a period of incarceration of the person, where the emptiness of the purse precludes the possibility of atoning for the shilling delinquency in any other way. Then come the charges of the constable for conveying the defaulter to gaol—his food and other expenses therein—loss of his place of work, caused by compulsory absence from his labour—the parochial assistance which his wife and family will probably rerire dining his imprisonment ! Add to these the contamination to which the man has been exposed by associating with poachers and thieves in the prison— the stigma which rests upon him, and the suspi cion with which he is regarded, and the consequent dis inclination to engage him as a workman by the farmers, if he be an agricultural labourer, or by the tradesmen, if be be a mechanic—for he has been the tenant of a gaol !—and some of the effects of sending a poor man to prison. to associate with those who are and ought to be subjected to such restraint and punishment, in de fault 'of payment of costs, will be seen. That the con sequences of doing so are here rather under than over stated, is well known by thwe who have had an oppor tunity of' watching the operations of the system 41 the country generally, and especially in the agricultural .districts. What objection, then, can be brought. against paying the clerks to justices in petty sessions out of the county rate? Paying them by costs on summary con victions subjects the ratepayers to a large increase by thg items we have enumerated, and by the consequences we:have described in the above summary. STANDARD.—In the House of Lords, last night, Lord Brougham called the attention of the House and of the public to a late trial and conviction of an indivi dual in the state of Louisiana (United States), for aiding in the escape of a slave. For this offence the law of Louisiana imposes the penalty of death, and the unhappy cotivict has been ordered for execution on the 26th of next month. The Noble and Learned Lord disclaimed sny purpose of interfering with the independent autho rity.of the country in which this frightful and most disgusting tragedy is impending, or even of censuring the laws which lead to consequences so hideous ; his only object, he said, was to save the threatened victim, if possible, by presenting to the people of Louisiana the view which would be taken in Europe of :his destruction. Lord Brougham, in the part hebas taken, has acted with judgment and good taste, worthy of his humanity. True, we as Englishmen have nosight to question the authority of an American Go vernment, or to censure its laws, whatever may be the vri rate opinion of each of us upon those laws. B u t, as men ; we-..have a right to protest against an act of barbarons inhumanity, wherever threatened, or wherever perpe " "Homo sum, et humani nihil a me alienum puto," said the Heathen poet ; and as Christians we inve a peremptory duty to exercise all the means that laWfully we can to prevent the commission of an atrocious crime. Now a strong and indignant expression of opinion presents means within our reach, and means which we are bound to - use ; and to such an expression Lord Brougham's notice summons the country, at least summons the press, which reflects the public feeling: Pu . blic opinion, according to Mr. Locke, possesses an s influence upon the actions of men more power ful' than the sanctions of religion a n d o f l aw, and it is certainly more prompt than either in the exercise of its influence ; but there is, if we may so speak, a public opinion of the conduct of nations, as there is a public opinion of the acts of individuals among nations ; and if the United States will maintain a respectable character in the family of civilised nations, they must respect .the opinions which foreigners ferm of their pro ceedings. We readily imitate Lord Brougham's wise example, in abstaining from all offensive toplbs, while considering this particular mat ter; but we cannot help congratulating the nations which ha.ye expelled the use of slavery upon their escape from, temptation to cruelty of the most terrible kind, whfch they owe to that expulsion—a temptation which has unfortunately most force wherever the freemen are most free. An indifference to the lives and hap piness of fellow creatures, is the blackest stain upon the Roman character—a stain. from which the; brightest names in Ro man hi s t or y a r e not free ; but this had its origin in the use of slavery—for when men are - oxice made familiar with bloodshed in the murder of slates, they will soon redden their hands in the blood of fellow-citizens. We will not ask whether this progress to cruel baTbarism has taken place to any extent in the south ern and western States of istissi , s4AsneliteabLeensinisnst" wealth, because we would avoid every offensive allusion ; but we point with pride to the freest people in the world, and the people who for the longest . period have been free in themselves, and free from the coniaet of slavery—•A e point with pride to the people of England, distinguished above a!1 other people on the face of the earth, by a horror of bloodshed, that we would think instinctive to the Anglo-Saxon race did we not unhappily see that some of that race, when. thrown into the society of slavery,. have lost the glorious distinction. Let us hope that Lord Brougham's notice will have its desired effect, and that we shall not have to add to the proofs of the degrading influence of slavery one more odious, because proving a cruelty more deliberate and more diffused than any we have yet witnessed. • P 't•; rl 7 - 7 r 7;7 THE SUS,LO DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARC lE/ e, 044. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Londun New P,ice Current of March 5 ) Svc a R.-The ratespreviously established are fully sustained for West India Sugar ; grocers and refiners have been de sirous to purchase all descriptions, but. business has been checked by the very small and indifferent assortment at market- To-day there was little business transacted in the West India Sugar market, and the purchases are not worth enumerating, but the supply being still scanty, merchants were enabled to obtain former rates. • REFINED. —The home trade have been free purchasers of Refined Sugar, paying stiffer rates. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 23s to 23s 64 per cwt paid. To-day several parcels of Refined goods were taken by the home trade, standard Lumps at 78s 6d to 795, and brown Grocery 77s to 77s 6d per cwt. Pieces and Bastards are much wanted, but the supply is small. Bonded Crushed Sugar sells readily at 26s 6d per cwt. Loaves much in demand. Ma arrius.—This afternoon bright yellow and strong re fining qualities sold at a decline on former rates of 6d to is per cwt ; fine yellow went at 675, good 64s to 655, middling and good middling 61s to 63s 6d, strong grey 60s tid to 61s, low 58s to 59s 6d, and fine brown 58s to 593 per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon 1,509 bags Bengal were offered at public sale, nearly the whole damaged ; good sound white sold at 67s 6d to 683, middling grey 625, middling yellow 61s to 635, low b 9,, white damp and washed 651 6d to 66s 6d, yellow ditto 57s to 62s 6d, good damp brown 56s 6d per cwt, being rather under former rates. FORZIGN.--Yellow Havannah Sugar, fine at 22s to 22$ 6d, other descriptions at 20s to 21s 6d per cwt ; white Havannah, good taken in. at 28s to 28s 6d, middling 26s to 27s 6d, and low 24s 6d to 25, 6d ; damaged fetched 21s to 25s 6d per, cwt. Brazil has sustained the previous currency. Java Sugar at rather higher rates for brown, but white qualities went rater cheaper. - MoLAsses.—For . West India higher rates asked-;' good De merara at 26s 6d, and Antigua at 28s per cwt. , Bengal Mo lasses at 18s to I9s per cwt. COCOA.—West India at rather higher prices ; Trinidad fine 54s to 565, good 50s to 535, middling 48s to 495, and low 45s to 47s per cwt. Para taken in at 28s 6d for good fair red ; two lots sold at 293 per cal. This afternoon Trinidad sold at 46s to 46s 6d for low grey. Ricz.—ln cleaned Rice a good deal has been done at 14e to 17s for Patna, and 21s to 26s per cwt for Carolina. This afternoon Bengal Rice at 21s for good middling white; sea damaged fetched 93 to 11s 6d per cwt. Privately some parcels of Eaat India Rice were sold. SAGO.—This afternoon Sago is in less request : good large Pearl at 181 to 18s 6d, !diddling taken in at 17s, and small brown at 15s to 16s, being the full value. Tapioca only part sold at 5d to 7d per lb. COFFEE.—The business transacted privately in West India Coffee has been at full rates, but the supply at market is not sufficient for the increasing wants of the trade. This after noon the demand privately was brisk for Foreign Coffee, and prices are still on the advance, St. Domingo sell ing at 31s to 32. and Brazil 31s to 34s per cwt; some merchants will not sell at these rates, owing to the excited state of the Harnburgh market. East India Coffee met with less attention, but former rates were sustained. 3,016 ,bags were submitted to public competition and partly sold. Batavia, fine ordinary mixed pale 42 s to 44 5 , good ordinary mixed pale 32s 6d to 335, ordinary3ls to 31s 6d, *a damaged first class 303 6d to 375, second class 28s to 295, third class 22s 6d to 263, fourth class 21s ,; Singapore Java, gOod ordinary pale 38s 6d; a small part of the Batavia was taken in at 38s 6d to 395. Of Ceylon, by private contrast some parcels were sold at 68s for good ordinary. TEA.—Since this day week the market has presented a lively appearance ; the trade have been eager purchasers of black and green tea : large parcels have been taken by specu lators, and prices have again advanced Id, making the rise, as compared with last public sales rates, ld to lid per lb. To-day 2 Pekoe Ouchain, 30 Hyson, 1,204 Young Hyson, 590 Sou chong, 223 Imperial, 380 Gunpowder, and the biddings were brisk at the sales for all descriptions of Tea, and the advanced rates established in the private market were fully sustained for Congou and Twankay ; Gunpowder and Young Hyson went aS stiff rates, but Flowery Pekoe must be considered 2d per 11? lower. RUM,'NRANDY, AND HOLIANDS.—For all descriptions of Hum prices have further advanced. Jamaica at an ad vance on previous rates o f Id t o 2d per ga ll on ; i n secon d hands 700 puns sold at 3s to 5s 6d for 30 to 36 over proof of ldw to fine quality ;Calcutta, proof with certificate, is 10d to 13 10 1 / 0 paid For Demerara and Leewards, prices have fur ther improved, the former at 2s 10d to 3s 2d for 30 to 38 . . .. ppr cent over, and the latter at 2s Okd to 2s Id proof strength. p l For Brandy th e mark e t h as a fi rm appearance; e quote Cognac, best brands of the vintage, o 1838, hhds' at 5 5 11d, p u n s 5 s 9d ; ditt o , 1839, hhds 5s Bd, os 58 6d; ditto,,lB4o, hhds 5s 6d, puns 5s 4d; ditto, 1641. - ,' Olds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d; ditto, 1842, hhds 55 3d, puns 54_, Id ; _ mid marks 3s 8d to 4s 6d, and low 3s to 3s 7d per gall. Geneva, for shipping is wanted at Is 10d to is lld ; fine for 44 . is 21_ 4d to 3s per gallon. ' English Spirits 10s 2d per gallon, cash, and 105 3d for single puncheons. To-day 2s Id to 2s 2d, paid flf proof ' Leewards, 33 to 3s 3d for fair and fine Demerara 3s 3to 3s 9d fer ord to a mid Jamaica , and Is ,10d to Is lld for pool' Calcutta. ' I Sezczi.—A lively demand has existed for Cassia Ligneas aid prices have advanced ls ,per cwt . for the lower qualities. This afternoon the market for Pepper was quiet; Sumatra sdund nearly all taken in at 3d for good light ; sea damaged sold at 2d to 3d ; a,few lots of sound sold at 3Ad ; white partly sold at 5d to sid fot mid rather mixed. Pimento mid at 3d to 30 per lb ; four cases of Nutmegs sold at 35 to 3s 7d. Itinino.—Madras at 2s 9d to 3s 6d, being an advance on the last quarterly sale of 2d to 3d per lb. Bengal at a small advance ; the sorts most in request have been those from 3s to 35 9d. The demand for Spanish Indigo is on the increase, and prices are advancing. ; Oita.—There has been an Increased demand for all descrip tilms of common Fish Oils. Cod has advanced to 331 to 33/ lOs per tun. Pale Seal at 34/ lOs to 354 and Southern at 32/ to 35/ per tun., Sperm Oil at 68/ per tun for. British. Linseed Oil at 270 to 27s 3d per cwt on the spot. In Olive Oil r a ther higher rates given for better qualities; Gallipoli 46/ to 4 Spanish 421 to 421 10s, and Barbary 411 to 41/ 10s per. i 1, t n., Cocoa Nut Oil has been in request. Ceylon fetched 30s 6d t 3ls per cwt. Rape Oil at.3ss 9d to 363 for. pale, and 343 6d t 355 per cwt for b ro wn.. Palm. Oil firm ; - fine quality is 28s to 2 s 6d, per cwt. North American Lard Oil bought in -at 421 per tun. . , ' Tau.ow.—ln the. Russian Tallow market prices have im ptired. On the spot 40a 6d to 41s per cwt paid for P. Y. C tulle, of first . quality; for delivery-41s 6d to 42s paid for the last .three months of the year. South American fetched 3 s6d to 395, and very low soft 312,9 d to 32s 6d ; second sort SS. Petersburgh Y e ll ow C an dl e 37 s 3d t o 39 s 9d, and Italian 3 1 s 2d to 39s 9d.. Town Tallow 40s 6d to 41s nett cash. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • MANSION-HQ V S,s. • iliesterdain lad, about 15 years of age, in the service of Joseph Witney, of Heneao-e-lane, chimney-sweeper, was brought before. Sir Peter 'Laurie, upon the chalge of having embezzled the sum of one shilling; 'which he had received for cleaning• a chimney in the house. of Mr. Puff, of Leadenhall-street. • , In - : the progress of this investigation Sir Peter Laurie ascertained that, the prisoner had cleansed the chimney by climbing . instead of having done. the job, as required by Act of Parliarnent, with the machine. • Sir PETER LAURIE—How happens it that this boy .was allowed, to work himself up the chimney with his knees and elbows, directly in the, teeth of the • statute, which was intended and calculated to do. so much- good ? Why was not the machine used'?--The complainant said the chimney could not be properly swept with a ma chine, and he therefore permitted the prisoner to,tro - ,up,_ bnklie had learned from the prisoner previoasly that he was twenty-one years old, the age at which people were 'authorised to ascend. ;Sir P. LAutuE--TwentY-one ! Why, he is no more tNtenty-one than he is thirty-one years of age. Any body would see at once that he was not more than 15. The complainant—He assured me he was past the age. The prisoner ---Never, your Lordship. Master never asked me any age, bat sent me up without saying a word.• The complainant considered 'himself hound to take the prisoner's word,. which certainly was passed, or there should have been no climbing. Beside's, the prisoner had received Is. Gd. for the work... The prisoner said he .had received Is. 6d. for ascend ing, but he considered .himself entitled to what he got for sweeping a chimney with himself. Whatever he re ceived for sweeping with the machine he regularly handed' over to his•master. . . • !Sir P..l.4 . tram—lt is worse than slavery in. the West Indies, to send him up a.chimney, and must not suffer, sq excellent an Act or Vailiablent to be violated:with: impunity. I hope this does not often happen. Complainant—Oh, dear! not at all. The prisOner—l. have been With -, Mr. Witney three weeks, and have be,n up the flue three . .times since have been employed by him.. f' Sir PETER-LAURIE—The Act inflictsa penalty of lOr. upon the party who allows a person, Under years of age, to climb a chimney, for the purpdse 9t, sweeping it. I discharge the prisoner,, on'the charge Hof embezzling; but I direct. that the , person, whose chimney lie has climbed, 'he stinitnoucl befere me on . ,Thursday next,, to answer (or thuss.etting the law at defiance. • I trust that the. public will .givo me assistance- in enforcing the oto servance of this most necessary. The summons was accordingly issued. Several boyi,'Who'stated that they' travelled to London, from various parts of the country, to' seek. employment, were brought up, charged Withhaving;,in gang, .taken bread out or. a baker's sh o p. Sir PETE* LAURIE said it .wa s. well known through the country -that sums of money. were, sent by benevo lent individualS,for the poor-boxes, at- the poli ee , o ffi ces, . and that sort of intelligence was .sure to bring up vast numbers, upon the speculation of distress. • Mr. Goodman: Sta(ed :that as many as: thirty-eight country people had been before the Lord Mayor , on the preceding day pleading destitution. The increase of ap plications of this kind were so frightfully great of late, that it was quite impossible to deal with them. Sir I'. LAURIE trusted that in the Amended Poor-law Bill some "provision would be made to meet the .evil which entailed such expense and trouble upon the City of London. He sent,the boys to the union..: - About, a dozen girls were afterwards brought up, charged with . having broken the windows of the union, and also thownnlows of. the Mansion-house. They said their object was to get admission into Bridewell. Sir P. LAURIE: refused to send them t o B r id ewe ll, but ordered a , couple of Officers to *0 them to Peekham. workhouse. - - . . It is now the constant practice of the refractory ,of both sexes to break the windpws of the Manttion-house. • • WORSHIP:STREET . • Thomas Burton,an old soldier, who stood :charged with having : attempted to obtain various sums from •different 'individuals, under: the pretence that he was their forgotten relative, just returned from abroad, was placed, bcfo Bingham for final: examination. The &eta-of the ,case have already appeared, and it may hnssgo It led :that: the only instanco in o .which he Actually succeededdninbtainingoznon4y-Wasfroin young Married woman named Caroline Williams, upon whom he played off a slight variation from his usual stratagem, and pretended that he was charged with the delivery of sundry valuable presents from her brother, who was a soldier in Canada, and that they were then lying at the Custom-house. The evidence in the above case having been completed, Mr. BROUGHAM inquired whether any additional cases had been discovered. Ilaywood, the summoning officer, said, that among a great number of defrauded individuals who had seen him in prison, he was recognised by an old army sur geon upon he had called in prosecution of .his. swindling scheme, and promised to present him with a. parrot which he had brought from abroad, but the gentleman in question was himself too old a soldier to be so easily imposed upon, and he sent him off to practise his arts on persons of greater credulity. - The prisoner here handed " . up a written paper to the Bench, in which it was stated, that he had received several gun-shot wounds in the head, which rendered him at times unconscious of what he was about. Mr. BINGHAM observed that it was rather unfortunate for the prisoner that he had prepared such a document, as it furnished indubitable evidence of his being the same person who had committed a similar series of au dacious frauds in the neighbourhood of Liverpool. He had received a letter that morning from Mr. Henry Dobson, of Broadwood House, near Liverpool, stating that a person answering the exact description of the prisoner, and whose bead was scarred from alleged musket• wounds , _ had defrauded numerous persons in that part of the country by means of the same artful device which he had practised in the metropolis. He should order both the documents to be preserved and produced in evidence at the Central Criminal Court, to which he should commit the prisoner for trial. The depositions of the several witnesses were then completed, and the prisoner was fully committed. CLERKEN WELL. Yesterday two able-bodied men, named Ponter and &nylon, were charged with refusing to perform the work assigned them by Act of Parliament in the Ilol born Union workhouse. On the previous night the pri soners were admitted as destitute poor by Barlow, the porter. They had their bed and breakfast, but in the morning positively refused to pick half a pound of oakum, the task assigned to them. The case having been proved, Mr. COMBE gave the prisoners the option of going back to the workhouse and doing the work. They positively refused, and were sent to the House of Correction for seven days. An elderly, weather-beaten lookine , man applied to Mr. Combe for assistance under the following circum stances :—He stated that he was a native of Newfound land, and had been chief mate on board the ship Thomas, Captain Grange master, which arrived in London in October last. On landing here he became very ill, and was at first confined in St. Thomas's, and subsequently in the London hospital. When convalescent, he found that his ship had returned to Newfoundland, and being wholly destitute, he applied for relief in the first in stance to Lord Stanley, the Secretary for the Colonies, and subsequently to the Lord Mayor, but from neither received any assistance. He then applied to the Board of Admiralty, and received an answer from the Secretary, the Hon. Sidney Herbert, in which that gentleman stated that he regretted the Board of *Admiralty could not assist him, but at the same time enclosing a sum suffi cient to convey him to Liverpool, whence he might find aivessel that would take him back to his native place. Applicant went to Liverpool, but after remaining there for a considerable time, and being unable to attain his object, returned to London. He arrived here this day, and he sought of the Magistrate to assist him, being v4ithout money and friends. t Mr. CoinmE said his better course would be to apply tO the workhouse. The applicant, whose appearance bespoke great desti t*tion, declared, in the most earnest manner, that he had not tasted a morsel of food for the last forty-eight hours, and that he was unable to walk from weakness. Mr. COMAE observed that he could as easily have ob tained a ship from Liverpool as from London to New foundland. The worthy Magistrate, however, directed that he should have an immediate supply of food. Mary Hartwell, aged 20, was charged with breaking three panes of glass at the Clerkenwell workhouse. Smith, the porter, proved the offence, which indeed the prisoner herself admitted. Both her hands were bandaged, having been cut and mangled by the glass. Mr. Comitz—Why did you break the windows ? Prisoner—Because I was refused relief or admission this morning, when I applied for it at the workhouse. Mr. COMBE—Who refused. you ? Prisoner=-Mr. Gooksey, the overseer. He said, " What does a prosti tnte like you want with relief ?" • • Mr. Harriet, the master of the workhouse, said the prisoner had been formerly an inmate of the workhouse. 'the board had obtained several situations for her, but she left them all. She was a very bad character. Mr. COMBE—But let her he as bad as she can be, still if she be destitute she ought to have relief ? and has a Tight to demand it. The refusal of relief may force them to beCome prostitutes. The prisoner said that when she applied she was in very great want. Mr, Barnet said he could not say whether or not she vas refused relief, but he knew the windows were broken. Mr. Comaz directed the overseer to be sent for. In about an hour afterwards the master returned into Court, and said the overseer was so busy , . in discharging the duties of his office, that he could not attend before the Court. The reason assigned by the overseer for not relieving the prisoner was that she was so insolent. Mr. COMBE fined the prisoner 35., the amount of damage dqne, or a week's imprisonment. Five pounds were sent to Mr. Combe yesterday for the use of the poor box of this Court, by an anonymous con-• tributor, the receipt of which we were requested to ac knowledge. James and Alfred Stroud, respectable looking trades men residing in the Southwark Bridge-road, were charged with assaulting Mr. Bradley Thornhill, a corn dealer, living in Gray's Inn-terrace, Gray's Inn-road, under rather singular circumstances. The prosecutor deposed that on the 27th ult., he ac companied the defendants to the Old Swan Tavern in Holloway. •On their way thither, they stopped at several Oldie houses. When they reached the Swan, the de fendant Alfred asked him, to play at "four points"; witness did so; he, was very drunk,:and lost all the money lie had on his person 71.; he subsequently recollected having given the defendants a 201. bill, and an acceptance for 361. To the latter document he affixed his name, hilt in an hour after, reflecting on what he had done, lie s*atched the 361. acceptance out of the hand of Alfred, and tore it in pieces. Alfred then knocked Witness down and kicked him. until his face was covered with 'blood, and his sides sore. Witness . endorsed his to the 20/. bill at the instance of James, but was so intoxicated at the moment as to be quite uncon siious of what he was doing. The fragments of the bill were picked up by a friend of the defendants, and carefully put together, so as to form a whole. Witness obtained the 201 bill from the defendants by means of a rise since the assault. Evidence was tendered to show that the prosecutor had himself challenged the defendants to play with him, that the money was fairly won from him, that he was net drunk, and that .he had struck the first blow. _, Mr. COMAE said he w ou ld no t u nd erta k e t o d ec id e the matter then. It seemed to be a very nefarious trans ation, and it was evident that the prosecutor was drunk at the time he lost the money. He would bind over the defendants in two sureties of 40/. each to an swer any charge that might be preferred against them at the sessions. BOW-STREET. Mrs. Warner, the landlady of the Grapes Tavern in Rose s4eet, Long-acre, wa•cunimoned before Mr. Twyford for keping her house open after twelve o'clock at night on Saturday; the 24th of February, for the sale of spirituous litmors. Mr. Johnstone attended on behalf of the defendant. The first witness called was Police-sergeant Dominick Cord, F 15, who - stated that, tout twenty minutes past twelve o'clock on the morning of '11)7 _ "isv Sanday, the 25th of ;February, he was on duty in. Rose-street, Lpng-acre, when his attention was directed to the house kept by the defendant. ' A constable had informed hits that he had seen two men conic out of the house. The witness went up to the house and knocked, upon which a man opened the door and asked who was there? Witness said, " It is the police. You have got persons inside the house." The man imme diately replied, "There is no person here - e xce pt a f ew f r i en d s up stairs, and they will be down presently." He (witness) then went up stairs and found eleven men sitting ronnd the room smoking and drinking. lie merely said that they ought to be out of the house before that time, and then he left., The Clerk—Did you Nee the landlady at that tithe ? Wit n think I saw her in the parlour. Inspector Medlicot was then called, and he said that, in consequence 'of What the last witness told him, he went to the house kept .by the defendant about a quarter to one (Mock on the morning in question. He saw five men sitting up stairs. Ile spoke to the defendant as to the lateness of the . hour, and she - said she could not very well turn her customers °fit. ' • j Mr. J6lthstone-asked what was the general character of the. IMUse? In:Spector Medlicot—lt is a very well conducted hpuse generally. - ThiS was the evidence in support of the complaint. Mr. Johnstone said there was no evidence that liquor had teen sold after twelve o'clock on the Saturday night. The evidence merely went to show that parties were in the house partaking of liquor after that hour. Mr. l'w - rFORD—It is' not necessary to prove' that money was taken. Tlie Act of Parliament does not only apply to selling liquor after a - certain hour, but also to a person keep ing his house open for the sale of liquor. Now it appears from the evidence; that at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock on this Saturday night, eleven persons were seen drinking together, and at a quarter to one on Sunday morning, five •persons were seen drinking together.. Mr. Johnstone—l can produce seVeral witnesses who will prove that 'no liquor was supplied after the hour iri queStion. The words of the Act of Parliament are not " keeping open" -bnt " any person opening." The Clerk—The 'words are " any licenced victualler open ing his house within the metropolitan police district for the sale of wines, spirits, &c." Mr. Twyvoup—Exactly. Now you may show if you like that no liquor was sold after twelve o'clock. Mr. Johnstone—l Wintall gentlemen who frequent the de fendant's house. is a house in which a number of trades men meet in the evening after their business is over. Mr. Twit-man—Ye -8, but cannot make any distinction. Mr. Johnstone—l will call my witnesses. Mr. A. APAllanVas then caned, and he sa id th a t h e was ! in the habit of frequenting this house. The waiter was never allowed to supply.anything after twelve o'clock on the Sa tiirday nights. He (witness) had frequented the house for fourteen years and he haduever once known this rule broken through. Mr. Johnstone—Can you speak, of your own knowledge, :IS to this particular evening? Mr. INPAllan—l can. The defendant has lived in this neighbourhood for forty years, and I ani sure that the whole parish can bear testimony as to the respectability of the house. Mr. TwyForti)H.ls it the custom to call for a quantity of liquor sufficient to last the night, immediately before twelve o'clock? Mr. APAllan—Decidedly not. Mr. TwATonv—What were you drinking? Mr. M'Allan -Whisky. Mr. johnstono—Do not a great many gentlemen, who frequent that house, drink wine and water? Mr. WAllan--. A great many of them do, Mr. TwyFonp—Well, in this case, I do not feel inclined to say that the defendant's house was kept open for the sale of spirituous liquors; but it was a very proper case to bring before me.—The summons was then dismissed. Dividend per Annum. 51 per cent. 41. per cent 41. 8/. 15s. 71. 11. ss. 3/ 1 - 2 s. 81 15e. . 11. 10s. 34/. 101. 171. 30!. 176. tkl. 10i. 6 percent. 28 ISL 201. It. 10s. 151. 321.706. 101. 81. 10s. 11:48. 3 per cent. per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 3/. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 1,34 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. IN per cent. 1/. Os. Rd. 18s. Id. per cent. 11. 7s. 3i. 10s. 4 percent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. l 3 .Tid pr sb 5!. ss. 4 per cent. Is. per share 5 per cent. 34 5 per centa & 30s. bds.s fit per cent. 5 per cent. per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. PEACES OP SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE 'AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 5. Names of Com panies. Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ashby-de-la-Zouch-ay Basingstoke Brecknock & Abergay Bit min gham, 1.16 th sh Do. and Livcrp. June Chelmer & Blackwator Coven try Crom ford Dudley ....... Derby Danube and Mayne Ellesraere and Chester Erewash Forth and Clyde...». Grand Junction ..... Grand Union Grand Surrey ...... Grand Western Glamorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham Huddersfield .........av Kennet :..id Avon _av Lancaster ay Leeds and Liverpool... 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Midland Ditto New Shares 20 0 6 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 to 5 , 1 0 0 50 0 0 0 50 0 25 00 10 0 0 o 41 13 4 I @o o 0 3 0 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 10 0 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 100 0 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 U 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 0)0 0 0 luo 0 0 50 0 50 9 (1 50 0 • 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 ivrines. Albion Alien Anglo Mex., iss, U. p.m Ditto Subscription.-- Bolanos Ditty, Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss.s/.p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U. Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candonga. • Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Columbian, lbs. W. p.m General Mining «. Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Notts Rhymney Iron Santiago de United Max., iss.2l. pm. Ditto Scrip • Ditto New Scrip...„ 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 35 0 0 •25 0 0 20 0 0 -JOO 0 0_ 20 o' 0 `A 0 0 5.5 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 50 • 0 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 Literary. Londn,with Sin. Ticket :London University Russell King% College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada ..... Upper Canada Bonds Copper Miners' Comp Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Diet. Wood Pay., iss. 11. Mex. and S. American Newßrunswick (Land) New Zealand Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land 75 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 g 15 0 0 5 9 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 C COTTISH COM 100 0 0 41 13 4 !lao tl 0 too 0 0 A 117 aid 100 0 0 2. 0 0 32 0 0 FEB. 28, 1 Bank of Scotland Royal Bank ........ British Linen Compny. Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank Central Pk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance Hercules Insurance North Brit. 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CORN-LAWS The Earl of YARBOROUGH presented petitions from Lincolnshire against any alteration in the corn• laws. Lord BROWNLOW presented 52 petitions from places in Yorkshire to the same pffect. The Earl of DEVON presented several petitions to the same effect, but the designations of the petitioners were not heard in the gallery. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. The Marquis of NORMANBY wished to put a question to his Noble Friend on the Woolsack with respect to Presbyterian marriages. He wished to ask his Noble and Learned Friend whether it was intended to re-appoint the Committee of last session on this subject ? Lord LYNDHURST said that the law Lords in that House were divided in opinion upon a case which had come before the House. As soon as they had come to a decision, he would move for the re-appointment of the Committee. IRISH LAND TENURE COMMISSION. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE wished to put some questions to his Noble Friend opposite at the head of the Irish Land Tenure Commission, which he did not think would re quire that lie should make any motion on the subject. There was already prevalent in Ireland, and to a great extent in Eng land also, an opinion that the sufferings of the Irish were owing to the exorbitant rents exacted by the landlords. The appoint ment of the Commission was calculated to aggravate the error; for the Commissioners stated that although they had no power to adjudicate between landlords and tenants yet they would receive any information with respect to particular cases which could illustrate the whole subject. He believed that most pernicious notions. had been encouraged by the appointment of the Commission, and by the conduct of the Commissioners so far. Every man of sense must know that if the land lords were to give up all claim to rent, and the tenants in possession were to have the land in fee, there would be no diminution of the general misery, and no increase of the national wealth. The Com mission had no power to alter the law of real property, and it was, therefore, a mockery and delusion of the people. It had kept up and propagated the notion that the landlords exacted exorbitant rents, and gave rise to innumerable newspaper para graphs of a most pernicious tendency. For instance, a para graph went round the papers that a Noble Friend of his had lowered his rents ten per cent," but, a fortnight afterwards the papers said that they were sorry to learn that the statement was untrue. Why were they sorry ? They ought rather to be glad that there was no occasion to lower the rents.—( Hear.) The cry about fixity of tenure had been the cause, or was supposed to be the cause, of the appointment of the Commission. The greatest objection he had to the Landlord and Tenant Commission was that it was pleaded in bar of all other measures for the improvement of Ireland. There never was a better opportunity than the present for the Imperial Parliament to turn its attention to Ireland with the view of affording employ ment to the great mass of the population. Never was there a momentat which the Government could raise money with more advantage than at the present time. The questions he had to put were firstly, whether the Commission contempleted an alteration of the law which would affect leases and covenants entered into previous to the issuing of the Commission ; secondly, whether they had prepared any report as to the proportion of rent to the value of land. And thirdly, whether they proposed to report the whole evidence taken before the Commission. would be of impossiblethe Noble for Marquis. h im arq to give After The Earl of DEVON sa id t h e i r L or d s hi ps wou ld see t h at i t u give an answer taswsertntiog the thefirsttwo questions course the Commission had taken with respect to their inquiry, the Noble Earl said it was their intention to report the whole of the evidence taken before the Commission. He could only answer that the whole of the cases inquired into would be reported. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that it was some what satisfactory to know that the cases upon which the re port would be founded would be reported also. An inquiry into the tenure of land in Ireland, was really an inquiry into the condition of the peasants; for there were very low labourers who were not paid in part by the letting of land on a principle analogous to that of the allotment system in this country. He again asked was it intended to make any alteration in existing covenants between landlords and tenants ? The Earl of DEVON-1 must decline to answer so delicate a question. MAGISTRATES IN IRELAND. The Marquis of NORMANDY moved for a return of the number and the names:of the Stipendiary Magistrates appointed in Ireland since the Ist of January, 18-11.—Ordered. Their Lordships adjourned at a Quarter-past Six o'Clock. ROUSE OF COMMONS, March 5. The Srmais took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. ROYAL ASSENT. Mr. Putman, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned the Commons to the House of Lords, to hear the royal assent given by commission to several Bills which had been agreed to by both Houses of Parliament, for which see Lords' report. The Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The second read:ng of the Epsom and South Western Rail way Bill was postponed. COLCHESTER AND IPSWICH RAILWAY. Sir WM. El EATHCOTE, in presenting a petition from Sir Robert Harland with respect to the course pursued by the Committee on the Standing Orders in regard to this Bill, wished to have the opinion of the House as to the course that he had pursued with reference to this measure, as Chairman of the Committee. In that character he had refused to hear the soli citor for some of the parties, on the ground that he was not a Parliamentary agent.' Sir GEORGE GREY thought that the decision that had been come to by the Committee was a correct one, but, at the same time, he considered that it would be better that the peti tion should lie on the table, in order that it might be ascertained what the practice was. Lord G. SOMERSET considered that the only party that should be excluded was a paid barrister, but that any other agent, whether Parliamentary or not, was included in the Standing Order. Mr. STRUTT thought if the Committee had power to ex clude counsel they had power also to exclude solicitors. He was, however, willing that the matter should be adjourned to consider the subject thoroughly. For his own part he thought that the word agent" meant " Parliamentary agent." Mr. GREENE considered that Parliamentary agents could only be heard before the Standing Orders' Committee. Mr. AGLION BY said that when he sat on Committees on private Bills, they always considered that the word " agent" signified " Parliamentary agent." Mr. STRUTT said that he had been referred to as having allowed a solicitor, not a Parliamentary agent, to appear for parties in the Committee on the Lancaster and Carlisle Rail way Bill. He could only say, that if such was the fact, it had occurred without his knowledge. The SPEAKER said he agreed with the opinion expressed by the Hon. Member for Derby. When he (the Speaker) held the office of Chairman of the Standing Orders' Committee, persons not being Parliamentary agents were not allowed to appear before Committees of that House for other parties. He was decidedly of opinion that Parliamentary agents were the only persone ad.nitted by the Standing Orders to appear before Committees of that House. Mr. ESTCOURT fully concurred in the opinion expressed by the Speaker. After a few words from Lord G. SOMERSET, The SPEAKER said that the agents were responsible to the House for the fees ; under those circumstances no person ought to be before the House, except through a Parliamentary agent. SECOND READINGS. The Leeds and Bradford Railway, the Guildford Junction Railway, and the Furness. Railway Bills were read a second time. ATHLONE ELECTION. The following Gentlemen were sworn as Members for try ing the petition against the retm•n for the Borough of Ath lone :—The Right Hon. • H. T. L. Corry, Hon. W. 0. Stan.. ley, Mr. H. Beckett, Mr. Wm. Lockhart, Mr. W. Cripps, Mr. H. G. Ward, and Mr. J. S. Pakington. RAILWAYS. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from Birmingham, in favour of a fair competition in the conveyance of goods on railways. PETITIONS. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition agreed on at a public meeting in Liverpool, which the Hon. Member stated, but for the desire of having it speedily prCiented, would have been signed by 20,000 persons. It stated the petitioners' satisfac tion at the intention expressed by her Majesty, to redress the grievances of the people, and they hoped the House would respond to her gracious intention. 1 hey com plained of the imperfect state of the representation of the country, end of the powers assumed by that House in taxing • the people, notwithstanding that im perfect condition of- the representation. They requested the House not to put military power into the hands of the Go vernment, to maintain a state of things in Ireland that would be intolerable in England. They complained of the manner in which money was voted away in that House,. and of the in tolerable wrong that such a multitude should be obliged to pay such sums, while they were not concerned, directly or indirectly, with the representation ; and they prayed that no more public money should .be granted until their grevances were redressed. Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from Preston against the monopoly in the conveyance of goods on railways. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from Kettering, signed by 597 of its inhabitants, complaining that taxation took away from the working man a large portion of his weekly earnings. They alleged that taxation without representation was tyranny, and they prayed that before voting away the public money the House would proceed to redress the people's grievances ; also a petition from the wood-sawyers and masons of Aberdeen to the same effect. SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE METROPOLIS. Mr. EWART presented a petition from the inhabitants of Lambeth, complaining of the conduct of the Lambeth Waterworks Company in not supplying pure water, and praying for inquiry. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN SCOTLAND. Mr. WALLACE ►resented a petition from an individual named Black, complaining of the manner in whicl► justice was administered in the Small Debts Court of the county of Stirling. We understood the Hon. Gentleman to say that it was his intention on some future occasion to call the attention of the House to the subject of the petition. CORN-LAWS. - The How. GENTLEMAN then presented a petition praying For an alteration in the corn laws TOBACCO DUTIES. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented eighteen petitions from the borough of Finsbury praying for an alteration in the duties on tobacco. NEW POOR -LAW. The How. MEMBER then presented petitions from Man chester and from Gravesend, praying that those places might be exempted from the operation of the new poor-law. Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from Man chester, in favour of Lord Ashley's motion for a Select Com mittee to consider the subject of medical relief for the poor. RAILWAY COMMITTEE, Mr. GLADSTONE moved the nomination of the Select Committee on Classification of Railway Bills, in conformity with the fifth resolution on Railways ; --Mr. Bingham Baring, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Rice, Mr. Acland, and Sir John Walsh. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. lAIILNER GIBSON, in the absence of Mr. Rieardp, posti:oned the motion of which that Hon. Gentleman had given notice for to-night, on the subject of commercial treaties, till this day fortnight. Mr. uturr postponed for a fortnight the motion of which he had given notice, on the subject of colonial corn. Mr. ESCOTT gave notice that, on Thursday next, he should call the attention of the flouse to the subject of the fees which were still demanded in criminal courts of justice. POOR-LAWS (IRELAND). Sir D. NORREYS postponed his motion respecting the operation of the poor-laws in Ireland till after Easter. ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF IRELAND. Mr. WARD gave notice that on as early a day as possible after Easter he would move for a Committee of the whole House to inquire into the present state of the temporalities of the Irish Church.—( Hear. ) INTRODUCTION OF ASIATIC L A BOURERS INTO THE WEST INDIES. Sir A. L. HAY gave notice that he would, on Thursday, put a question to the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Co lonies to know whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to afford greater facilities for the introduction of Chinese and other Asiatic labourers into the West Indies ? DUTIES ON MANUFACTURES. Mr. EWART gave notice that on Thursday week he would move fur a repeal of the duties which press upon manufactures ; and also those which tend to encourage smuggling. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. WILLIAMS rose to move, " That no motion, if op posed, shall be brought on and discussed in this House after midnight." The Hon. Member said it was not his intention to interfere with those long party discussions which so often occupied the time of the House to a very late and unseasonable hour. He wished to confine his motion simply to the practical business of the House, and he thought it must be evident to every Hon. Aleniber win) had been in the habit of paying at tention to that subject, that the bringing forward of impor tant questions at a very late hour of the night was not only most inconvenient, but highly detrimental to public in terest.—( Hear, hear.) The general system of trans acting public business was in many respects most objectionable, and important alterations ought to be made —and, in fact, must be made, before the business could be conducted in a manner beneficial to the country. On re ferring to the proceedings of last session, he found that the House had sat Us nights.- During those 119 nights the House sat 10.5 hours after midnight, being nearly one hour after mid night for each sitting: He had often. seen, for want of some regulation of this kind, business of the greatest possible im portanciforced upoothecOnsideration of the House at one or two o'clock in the morning, sometimes even later ; he had seen, in defiance of every remonstrance, - measures brought forward at those hours which ' affected most materially the rights, the liber ties, the lives, and the property of the people of this c ountry. He had also seen, in defiance of -all remonstrance, millions of the public money voted away without any consideration what ever, as to the existence of any necessity for such amounts to the public interest of the country. At these unseasonable hours 'he had seen gentlemen coming in to vote on important questions affecting the lives, properties and liberties of the people, from their balls, their theatres, their operas, and their parties, and voting without any knowledge whatever as to whe ther those measures weregood or bad, with regard to the interests of the country. Such a state of things ought' obe corrected, and there was smother means' of . doing so than limiting the hours of business to something like reasonableness. He had no objection to the debates between the two great parties in that House—one anxious to obtain power, and the other anxious to keep it--being continued, as he had often witnessed, till twilight peeped: through the windows of the House, and Members returned home, from what they call their duties, by the light of the rising sun. But he did object to public business being carried on at theie hours. Nature intended that Hon. Members, instead of wasting their strength in that House,'should refresh themselves by sleep. The Right Hon. Baronet opposite smiled.—(Laughter.) He was quite ready to bear his testimony to the Right Hon. Baronet's attendance in that House, as well as that of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government. They were to be found in their places at the earliest and latest hours, and they certainly displayed an amount of physical strength that often astonished him.—( Hear, and laughter.) But he thought a little more attention tntheir health and comfort, would be an advantage. .They might, at present, be able to attend to their duties, but a time might come when their strength would fail them ; and when these late hours would tell on their strength, and the duration of their lives. If the.goed of the country were consulted in these late hours, they.might be tolerated, bdt the reverse was the fact. , Laws were passed when Hon. Members were fast 'asleep, or in such a" state of drowsiness that they hardly kneW what they were.abent. The intention of the Reform Bill was, that instead of .Hon. Members coming down at midnight, they should come there in a state of perfect sobriety: When he saw the time of the House consumed in passing Acts to explain . and amend other Acts of Parliament, which if Hon. Members had not enacted at those unseasonable hours, such a state of things would never have taken place, he must say that it was discreditable to the House. By keeping those unseasonable hours, when they ought 'to be asleep, 'they passed laws which were neither understood by Hon. Members themselves, nor by the judges who were to administer them. There was no country in Europe which adopted such an unreasonable course of proceeding ; and yet, notwithstanding their late hours, many of the grievances of the country were not redressed. Let them look at the state of matters which Ireland presented. Now what were the complaints and what were the grievances of the people of Ireland ? The Hon. Member for Cork, the re presentative of all Ireland, had often stated in that House that one of the great grievances of Ireland was, that the same law was not applied to that country which was applied to England; he thought the laws for Ireland and England ought to be pre cisely the same.—(Hear, hear.) If they .consu lt e d i n t h at House the wants and wishes of the people, one-third of the time of the House would be saved.—(Hear, hear.) He had no doubt that during the present , session, one-fourth of the time of that House would be _ consumed upon two ; questions—the grievances of Ireland,. -and the corn -laws. It must be apparent to every one that the grievances of Ire land must be redressed, or that country.avotild:laecome a curse instead of a blessing to England.—(llear,liiar, ) It was evi • dent, also, that the corn-laws must be put an end to. 1)1;14, then, he would ask, were not some meailtr ;:adOpted in order to settle those two que s ti ons Zi rit e people called upon them loudly to do so ;'.....an if they I• resisted that appeal, the worst results might beseitprtrilc hVe believed that if these two questions were settled that of the time of the House would be saved. He advised Minis ters also to bring forward measures they intended to proceed with at an early period of the session, and he entreated them to discontinue the practice of bringing on Bills which were never intended to be proceeded with., It must be apparent to every member that much of the time of the House had been consumed . by discussing Bills that never were intended to be passed into a law. Since he had had a seat in:that House, from four to five months of the session had been wasted upon all manner of isle debates—(Load cheers from the Ministerial side of the House)—upon questions in which the public took no interest. In the session of 1840, gentlemen on the other side of the House consumed nearly the whole of that session in the most idle, and, as regarded the public interest, the most worthless motions—not worthless to them, because their object was to get hold of place, power, and pelf. No doubt the gentlemen who sat behind the Treasury Bench had, as well as those who sat en that Bench, derived consi derable advantage . from the change, but that change had produced no advantage to the people of this coun try. How had the time of the House been consumed dur ing the last session ? Parliament had met on the 3d of Fe bruary, and during the months of February, March, April, and May they had passed 26 Bills; during the month of June they had passed 10 Bills; and d ur i ng th month of July 20 Bills, while in the three first weeks of the month of August, during which alone the House had sat, forty-four Bills had been sent up to the other House. Was that a proper mode of conducting hu iness ? No one could defend that system. The House of Lords would, while the present party was in power, pass any Bills which they might think proper to send up, but under the late Government a certain legal. Lord had thrown bundles upon bundles of Bills under the table. upon the plea that they had beensent up at too late a period of the session to have proper consideration given to them. He hoped that the state ment which he had made would satisfy the majority of the House—( A laugh)—that it would be greatly con ducive to the health of the Members, and to the interests of the country, that they should legislate for the people during hours when their mental faculties were in a proper state of af'tivity and clearness, and not when they were muddled.— (A. laugh.) The Hon. Member concluded by proposing the motion of which belied given notice. Mr. BROTHERTON seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could hardly persuade himself that the Honourable Gentleman was in earnest in making such a proposition to the House. He gave the Hon. Gentleman every credit for his anxiety with regard to the health of the Members of the House, but it was not so much the discussing of matters at a late hour of the night which was prejudicial to their health, but the being obliged to hear long speeches at early and late hours.— (Cheers.) When Hon. Gentlemen got up upon all subjects and treated them with dissertations on the corn-laws and Ireland, it producei a degree of lassitude which was most injurious.—( Loud cheers and laughter.) When the earlier portion of the night was occupied in discussing useless subjects, it rendered it necessary for them to sit up late to forward the public busi ness. Unless they sat up late for the purpose, they would have no opportunity of doing any business at all. The Hon. Gentleman complained of the inattention and haste with which tiny discussed public measures, and he said that while they passed twenty. six Bills only in the first part of the session, they passed a considerable number of Bills at the end. But Hon. Gentlemen who took up the time of the House in discussing useless subjects were the cause of this. The dis cussion of many Bills was frequently put off at the request of Hon. Gentlemen theinselves, who wished to consult their constituents. It would be found that those debates, which occupied the time of the House after twelve o'clock, were those which were begun before that hour. There might be occasions where great public interests required that public measures should be introduced and discussed at any hour, how ever late, and he thought that the House would act in the manner most conducive to the public interests, by not con senting to a specific resolution of this kin.!. He had no fear of their health being injured so long as they had the Hon. Gen man opposite amongst them (Mr. Brotherton), who watched over the early hours of the House with so much amenity and consideration.—(Cheers.) So long as he might remain a Member of this House he was sure they would not waste their time or their constitutions in the way so dreaded by the Hon. Member for Coventry.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. BROTHERTON rose, and there was general cheering from all sides of the House. The Hon. Gentleman said he should trouble the House only with a word or two. The Hon. Member for Coventry had seen the very poor success which had attended his (Mr. Brotherton's) efforts en this subject, and had kindly come forward with his powerful aid, and he trusted that he would have a larger minority to support him than he had hitherto been able to command. He did think that if the proposal of his Honourable Friend were carried it would be found exceedingly 'useful, and that if they adjourned re gularly at early hours they would materially facili tate the business of the House, and do no injury to the public interests. The remarks which had fallen from the Right Honourable Gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, brought to his mind an anecdote of Queen Eliza beth. That good Queen had, on one occasion, sent down a message to her faithful Commons, admonishing them not to consume so much time in long speeches and useless mo tions.—( Loud cheers and laughter.) If the right good Queen of the present day were to send down a similar message to that House—( Loud cheers)—no one would deny its appro priateness, and, for his own part, he should be the first to join in a vote of thanks to her Majesty for her most gracious communication.—(Loud cheers.) He was sure there were many speeches delive re d i n th a t House that might be usefully curtailed, and many motions brought forward that they would have lost nothing had they never heard of.—(Cheers. ) For his own part, he se ld om t ro ubled the House with motions—( Hear, hear)— an d h e was n ot aware that he had eve the made any long speech es —(Ch eers ) —and in supporting be in present motion, he did so b ecause he thought it ought own carried, though Hon. M em b ers h a d the remedy their hands if they cho se t o a d op t it. Hon. Alenibers in that House often talked 'of the wisdom of their ancestors, but they seemed to forget that __those always did their wor k by day-light. Hehadan.a sug- : gestion to make, which he thought ;n ight be usefully acted upon,s It was that the House should not sit after twelve o'clock, unle eighty Members were present. Whilst he threw out this 7 1 gestion, h.. co ns id ere d it perfectly useless to atttempt to eatoYi4 out as the Ho use was th en const i tute d . H e wou ld therefor e support the resolution of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Wi though of course he knew too well from past experienceoo excellent as the proposition wo u ld b e i n practice, th e would not sanction it. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion • • Against it Majority against the motion ..... ..• ----- METROPOLITAN POLICE. to in• , Mr. TUFNELL rose to move for a Select Committe e the 1 quire into the cost of the Metropolitan Police Force, an d doo - manner in which the sums levied as police rates are assessetrie. the different parishes within the Metropolitan Police Di' t hat 3 . In moving for this Committee, he thought it right to stat d e iet d , he had no intention of calling for an inquiry into the elm ~,iect the New Police. The House knew that accusations o, , n ut . had gone forth against the body, and at its first establwurago the force did not give satisfaction. The Right Hons, :t d• Baronet, when introducing the Police Bill, had said tbstP t b s or no increase of !expense would arise to.each district W2O formation of the police force, but that life and propertY ; sp y receive additional security from it. He would show, in, „"0. places, there had be en no a ddit iona l secur ity t o life an r id s perty, while th e ra t e h a d b een d ou bl e d. H e thought P! it , 0 4 justified in saying that the new police had given no sees f r o l o s property.—( Hear, hear.) Wh en a c h an ge was made • bts. ' local t o a central one, the House was bound to protect local I t o. The Bill had been pasted under the pretence that ne iti os tional burdens would be imposed upon the parishes. The_A oe. ' Hon. Baronet had stated so, the Bill had been prope,3l-0 that condition, and on that condition oppositioo has to. avoided, and yet year after year these burdens had bee a oft - he , creased. The parishioners did complain of the adoPti em t i Or . central system; but the complaint was that the express s itteit tion upon which the 13111 had been passed had been vied and that the rates had been nea r ly doubled. The rates P i o of +. most heavily not upon the rich, but upon the poorer .!....q, rate-payers. He held in his hand a report of Mt. 1 ,!,7; t i1s the Commissioner of City poli ce , wh o stated that wr: o 3 City police cost only 761. per head, the Marylebonepollef ed • , 120/. per head. This was a state of things which reqz ir remedy. Before he concluded, he would refer to 81 00 equality of the assessments of the different parisheS• lte, Act of 1836, the poor-rate hid been assessed at the n e t s co te but this was rendered useless' because it was not maf:o 4 o• isulsory to adopt that m o d e of va l u ation. If the Right. Gentleman read the report, he would soon perceive wta noo ts. inequalities existed with regard to the nese s ,, 6 o ote. mkt He found in many parishes that th e bu r d e ns were w hich He thought, therefore, there was ground for the motion cow k he made. He had no intenticn of finding fault with th:i t i l er ' missioners of Police. What h e de s i re d to s ee was, th b t fats lations of the Police Bill, when it was carried, broug„r.g. effect. On that occ as i on th e au th or o f the Bill (Lid Its Peel) said that ultimately no increased burden w t . 0 thrown upon the parishes. He ( Mr. Tufnell) thong h t a ic r ' Government ought to be able to maintain an efficient Poo • force without such heavy expe ns e s , an d without dang er , to the peace of the country, or the liberty of the subj ect ' ' Mr. MANNERS SUTTON said it would not be h ; O2 . o r • to trouble the House at any length with his reason s L t t). posing this motion. Before, however, he follos7 o he) • Hon. Gentleman through the remarks he had made, h b w i hi' to express the satisfaction he felt, that he did n et '. or-tb e motion, mean to cast any imputation upon the efficient , ' - to gbo ' conduct of the police; force itself. With regard, then , o f it , motion of the Hon. Gentleman. The first r sus tes) referred to the cost of the police force. He (Li u r; ii at et io ar..,: was sure he must be perfectly aware that an a of the expenses of the police force was printed 11 _„ ° t ieiti: upon the table of that House, and which Moe ; the whole of the information he professed to seek. n'ootne . not therefore ground his motion on the ignorance of t h !..estt e upon this portion of his subject ; and he did not atOnt support it by any charge or accusation against the pa r 1 4 1 4,00 had he done so he (Mr. Sutton) should have been Y;t0.1 18 , - Prepared to meet him, and to prove any such chi,. tong: • without foundation. For this purpose he should hs 0 ' . ,834, great aid in the Report of the Committee which sat in t o t fr. the Metropolitan Force , and which reported in the Is to the' vourable terms of it. They stated that subsequentlY o rst . passing of that Act the cost of watching the hea eli t tat th s doubted. But the Hon. Member must re member ~,,t the, whole principle of the Police Act was based on thi s .; 01 borough was watched beyond the mere limits of I . o osr ' number of policemen might and would be.,,,l o iene ri ,,,, at any moment on application to the Cnin,t poll „ ' ' The Hon. Gentleman had stated that the metroP o " o , t Dn • before the passing of the Police Act, were an effiT e n i e d iP' - He admitted that that was the case, but he utterly not ost se they would be so now if the present system was t , • • . With regard to the question of assessment, that subJ ( L e l i e eeo4 escaped the attention of the Committees, and he ur Oit a formed no ground for acceding to the motion. g e , igl at ver' to the House that there was, in fact, no ground shat" assenting to the motion. t i l e .4oo • Mr. BROTHERTON thought it very hard that oe. • should be taxed for the support of the metropolitan P ° o l o o 1r • After a few words from' Mr. TUFNELL, the in -, negatived, without a division. .iO,l The LORD ADVOCATE obt a i ne d leave to 1 )10 0 . , Bill "to facilitate the disjoining or di v iding of populo us ' ' and the erecting of new parishes in Scotland. ' : ,A , SICK POOR. or; Lord ASHLEY said he rejoiced to state that her e so t et . Government had expressed to him their intention ;l e , 1 , e ,,. posing his motion, which stood on the paper, an d " • beci now, therefore, content himself merely by moving ler iii i i tert , Committee "to inquire into the mode of OW 0 / medical relief to the sick poor."—Agreed to. ntonber,,,eo Mr. S. O'BRIEN moved for " a return of the -.- h siw - d unions in England and Wales in which no chaplain s ;be! , appointed on the Ist day of January last, and the ° inmates in such unions at that period."—Ordered. a t . SUPPLY. P o itte e ": Sir G. CLERK brought up the re ort'of the CO - 3 ' • Supply, which was received. . o 'The other Orders'of the Day were th en disposed Of , ina t •• ' • House adjourned at Seven o'Clock. 7 . , I -.................... -00914,' INCENDIARY FIRE AT OFAl,,bing ' Scarcely a night passes without intelligenc e , , - 0 05./ this town . of a fire in the neighbourhood, nn u 'i 0 P2.A. : .19med are the inhabitants to hearing the crY °_,,, f aln . ., sounded in their streets, that, upon the fil - 7;,,, es sk hundreds - may - be - seen hastening towartrl;it, Wthere it, isr,mtpposed to be raging. Oa, „ fi f e. w i li night last, about seven o'clock, the cry of .„.-ior"."0 3( sounded in.SUMvithew's, and the fears of r„„ted ;,; ( 1 , tints dwelling in that part of the town ;7 3- 10 0isc ro, c cp . nfirinatton, .ds - the western horizon was l o o t tt4,c ; ,‘Alith that vivid glare which clearly told w k . ., vlas an awful conflagration, and, as I tla d nY t hoti 3 f ir 7ll,, at no great distance. it was at first suppose be e b te 5,..5 ford was the ill-fated pl ace , as an a larm had lir j o , - 6 1; j the night previous of a fire th e r e , which harr i t o fly to be false. On rea c hi ng Bramford, however' off;roo6,, still appeared to be some considerable distanq,. e y ofi'; a s was at length ascertained to be on the preracrit, John Raynham, of Offton. The Hadleigh at' ev edlog, engines were the first o n th e s p o t, and bad en e - s,re ocil o r getting the fire under, and preventing:the flat il A;s tsece' t ho the dwelling-house, which s tood at no great d : As - 11 41, the time the ;engines from Ipswich arri v . e o . tun' s 0 0 Suffolk Fire Office En g ines were Pas sl %t the7oo# ' Bramford, some miscreants endeavoured 0 , t l t - of P ct ato the wrong track, by directing them to the le il d the late ford. To this, together with the distance , e d the 44 o a f rr t i h va e l r o o f a d a l , e at Ipswichth etiemneg,inmesa.y,rbbee bautturdi b in.. n s t eacie,s:ni rl iris.: consisted of a double barn, stable, bulleel c ocd., 111 0 ,0 0 0 • house, &c. ; a valuable blood horse, worth. tha t] to sow, and a farrow of twelve pits, is although the most praiseworthy Peeffro.rtedvrlisrl:,; that] tilP43 9e l rescue them. The shrieks of the poor ani ul re d bl!•nd piteous to hear. The fire was first discoverra, Atr iortf o vent girl, who was left in charge of the , l _t - A ..,' ef it, Mrs. Raynliatn being from home at the tuu vere pi7 i ,c. , number of the neighbouring peasantrY, ` t heir r ts t ech ' and appeared to vie with one another in . The .ifo ilt worthy exertions to extinguish the ilanle,„ O l e SP We was insured in the Sun, and the buildings '.", of. , i es a t " 0 • Fire-office. The damage' is estimated - ii i o g ~, understand Mr. Raynhatri had some three so te e lfe vi r i t t ootO sent him about two months since, an but , , • made some time ago to fire the stacks, effect.—lpswick Express. ' 1 " -----------... " -" ,, • 'of . Mg L , ~,./.- ATEt o fes, . LEVER S IN EW WORK, APlsv -- rr iz b , OP, cRUIKSHANK.—The numerous admirers .of '` n i` i " - ;' . ,..,' --, :3 5 1 1 0 e 1 I s 8 s ,of Harry Lorrequer," "Charles 0 ' 31 " - NI )1 ' . * Great 'Scc., will be delighted to hear that 1- 11 ' . k - frordili Marlborough-street, announces a n , e , ‘ A v_ r l t yr io .6 0: be. li m Il Lever's pen for immediate publication. to. 'p• his Wanderings and Ponderings,in 3fany Laud s ' 4. 0 4 P of this new production, which will doubtliss . fro o, 0 0 looked for by all who have derived ainusenlo4 ii iii!' Lever's former works. Great additional attractbeoo4 111 4 1 ,41 given to "Arthur O'Leary," from the fact of it s h ie. the, trated by the celebrated George Cruikshank, ,vreitso.l. can hardly fail of finding a host of congenia l s °‘ 0 11 ~ . • dashing sketches of " Harry Lorrequer." • ,CS',.. l as CANTERBURY. SINGULAR CIRCIJIdS" . ~; 00 Woss Tuesday last.a large rat was seen running 119/°. hirk,reed t store in the Cavalry barrack yard, CanterborY: Affi ln w ill) seized and killed by a one-year lamb of the Son01"-Theribe the property of Mr. K. Wall, keeps the Cante e b n i. up !,,° b ,o is a most docile creature, and has been brol l g ,/frool house. The ewe dying a , t the time it was d r l r— tiOg S ' P- .. , been the companion of a litter of Newfoundlaa`" • that time.—Dover Chronicle. . . ~.0.- ilfee' On the Ist inst., at the IP-aroTvilostS's. 0 - 00 - Hon. Mrs. Hodgson, of a son. On the 4th inst., at Curzon-street, the Iron' " Mil. ' . • Hope, of a son. sel l ' of $ s ot! , On the 2d inst., the lady of F. Mildred , Egg' oro Of,' On the 2d inst., at Camberwell, Mrs. W. Gib bs •' re , the On the 2d inst., at Aldborough Lodge, Tc' ril ' l Lo(1-4e, Eton C° of Basil I'. Woodd, Esq., of a daughter. fT. . • On the 3d inst., at Regent-square, the lady 0 d A Esq., of a daughter. goir ell ' • - On the 4th inst., at Clapham, Mrs. Thoma s li,, f f' daughter. w ife 0 . On the 4th inst., at Torrington-square, the übb rf.ter o ce, Fitzlierbert, Esq., of a dau ghte r • On the 4th inst., Mrs. Hodgki ns on, of ilig of a son. ----------------- . tii r a MARRIED• T.' %O ng° On the 27th ult., at St. Mary's, Lambeth, la , A s Breedon, R.N., to Elizabeth Binyon, of Bedford. ... Wi11 1 , 1 .70 On the 28th ult., at Bowness Church, Windernic'q CO' B. Ponsonby, Esq., to Anne Eliza, eldest daughter . Jones Skelton, late Royal Artillery. _-- -- . go DIED. 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The following are the Bills which received the Royal As sent, the Horse Racing Bill, the Officers at Sea Bill, the Me tropolitan Improvement Bill, and Sang's Naturalization Bill. 'their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure. Their Lordships re-assembled at Five o'clock. • THE CASE OF SAMUEL GRAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from a person of the name of Samuel Gray, who stated that he had been tried four times for the offence of shooting at persons in Ireland, and that on the last occasion he was convicted. An objection had been raised, he said, to the peremptory chal lenge which he had claimed. 't hat question came on for dis cussion before the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland, and the decision was against him. tle wished very much to appeal to their Lordship? House against that decision. He was, how ever, destitute of funds necessary for the purpose, and prayed their Lordships to provide him with funds. 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