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P, V ENING EDITION. LITERATURE. MEMOIRS OF DR. MORRISON.-2 Vols. _Longman, London, 1839. Dr. Robert Morrison, the subject of this biographical sketch, was born in the year 1782., at Morpeth, in Northumberland, whence he was removed, in 1785, to Newcastle, where his early life was spent. His fatter Was a last and boot-tree maker, an exemplary lean, punctual in the discharge of his social and religious duties, and for many years an elder of a Scottish church at Newcastle. Robert received his elementary instruc tion from a maternal uncle, a schoolmaster, under whose care he evinced, from earliest youth, an extraordinary delight in the pursuits of learnieg, though his progress was but slow. His memory was remarkably tenacious, so much so, that when only in his thirteenth year, "he repeated one evening the whole of the hundred and nine teenth psalm, Scottish version, without making a single mistake." At the usual age he was apprenticed to his fa ther, and learned' his trade, at which he worked with Commendable industry. Towards the close of 1797 he became the subject of "that great change which"—to quote the biographer's words—" the Saviour describes as th e new birth ;" and from this period all his thoughts were bent on becoming a Gospel missionary. With this view he entered Hoxton academy, and after going through a regular course of study, was sent out, at his own parti cular request, on a mission to China, " because there the difficulties were the greatest, and to all human appear ance the the most insurmountable"—an observation of Dr. Morrison's, which shows great energy and enthu siasm of character. While preparing for this arduous mission, he studied with indefatigable activity, acquired a sound knowledge of medicine and astronomy, mastered the difficulties of the Chinese language, and then set out on his departure in the year 1807. On his way thither, while yet in the Channel, he encountered a tremendous gale, which he thus describes in his diary : " Before daylight our anchor snapped in two, our mizen and fore-sails split, and we scudded down the Channel under bare poles. The sea ran mountains high, and the atmosphere was so thick with snow, that we could not see the length of the ship around us. In the midst of our ex tremity, an alarm was raised that the ship was on fire, owing to the bursting of some bottles of oil of vitriol. The pilot and one of the men leaped into the mizen chains, in order to jump overboard, which was to cast the,nselves into the arm s of death, as they preferred death in that form to being burned to death. Happily, however, the other men had courage enough to seize the bottles, and push them over. board." On passing the -Isle of Wight, which he remained on deck to look at, till the-last glimpse had faded in the horizon, the young Missionary gave vent to his feelings in the following pathetic passage, which we quote from his diary : _ _ _ . _ . " Last evening we saw the Isle of Wight, in all proba bility the last of the English coast we shall see. I took farewell of the land I shall visit no more. It is a land that is dear to me—the land of my fathers' sepulchres. There rests my mother I Epithets tail me. Suffice to say, she !vas my mother. With maternal feeling and anxiety, on her dying pillow, she inquired what would be my future destinies. In that land live my father, my brothers, and my sisters. There, too, lives my friend ! The God of Heaven bless that happy land." After a stormy voyage Dr. Morrison reached New York, whence he embarked for Canton. When 'the vessel reached the equinoctial line, the usual rough nau tical ceremonies took place, of which we here subjoin the Doctor's account : " On the 10th instant we passed the equinoctial line. Our people went through the ceremony of ducking. You have doubtless seen and heard accounts of it. H "ex, I will run it hastily over. Neptune and Amphitrite, Most ludicrously dressed, he having an immensly long beard and tail, with a trident in one hand and a speaking trumpet in the other ; she clothed in a rough shaggy skin presented themselves on the forecastle. Those men Rho bad before crossed the line, accompanied the god and goddess, having their trowsers and shirt-sleeves rolled up to as to present their les and arms bare, painted, or rather edaubed, in a most rude manner. Neptune hailed the ship, to , which a person answered in the steerage. Ad vancing with the goddess and their retinue to the quarter deck, I understand,' said he, in a hollow grumbling tone, You have some of my children here who have not before Passed this way ; bring them out, that I may see them ; bear a hand.' One was ima.ediately brought, blindfolded, by tao conductors. Each of them laid a large cudgel on the man's shoulder. Having dragged him before Neptune, they seated him on a half-barrel full of water. Well, my son,' said the god, lam glad to see you pass this way ; you must now hail the line,' putting the trumpet to his mouth for that purpose. He cries Line, a-ho I' at which instant a seamen throws, with violence, a pail of salt water down the trumpet, into the man's mouth. Come now, barber, and shave my son,' said Neptune. The barber steps forward, with a large painter's brush, and be daubs the man's lace and neck with tar or black paint. Amphitrite gives him a cordial, viz. a glass of salt water. An old•rusty hoop is then applied to the man's face, and as the tar is scraped off, the razor is wiped between his lips. Now,' says Neptune, you must make some vows to me; first, you must never eat - brown bread when volt ca.n have white, unless you like it. better.' y es , , says the man, between whose lips a tarry stick is thrust, that he may, as they say, ' kiss the book.' You must never drink water when you can get wine or porter ; you must never lea” the pump till it sucks ; you must serve as you have been, aLI that come this way.' To each of these the -mail must reply, and when he opens his lips, the tarry stick-is thrust into hie mouth. Six or eight buckets of weVer are then dashed against him, his seat is removed, and he . tumbles down in the dark almost suffocated, amidst the loud laughter of his shipmates. Half of our People were served thus. The Captain's interference Prevented them from treating me in a similar manner." Arrived at Canton, Dr. Morrison met with consider able opposition to his missionary labours ; nevertheless, 4 c persevered, and was to some extent successful in his efforts. At Macao, whither he went for the benefit of his health, he met with an Englishman named Morton, Whose eldest daughter he married, and was soon after- Wards appointed Chinese translator to the East India Company's Factory, with a salary of five hundred pounds Year. This ensured his continuance in the country, aktd by this it is hoped," observes his biographer," the i nunortal interests of millions were decided." The ap- Pc'io tment, however, was ultimately taken from him, in c onsequence of his refusal to abandon his missionary l abours, which he now prosecuted with more zeal and a tlecess than ever. In 1824, after many years resi %ince i n China, Dr. Morrison returned to England, thieh he qaitted again in 1826 for Canton, where he d ied in the . year 1834, after a few days 'illness. Ilia character, as we judge from the present term*, was one of infinite energy and deter tWination of purpose. Once resolved on a point, I le never swerved' from it, no matter how great Were th e obstacles he had to contend against. His korai and physical courage were remarkable, and not less so his piety, which was.fervent without being in the slightest degree alloyed by cant. His literary acquire kenta were profound and various, and his Dictionai y of the Chinese language will ever remain a triumphant t w. n onument of his indefa t iga ble p owers of a pp lication. The Biographical Memoir before us does every justice to his character, but we think it might have been coni- Pressed within half the space. For the generality of light readers it will not possess much attraction, inasmuch as 1 t contains few striking incidents and still fewer anec dotes. The impress of truth, however, is visible on every Page, and this alone is a great recommendation to the Work, RE CENT MEASURES 1i OR THE PROMO- Ir 7 tSV6iEEUCATION IN ENGLAND. This is the title of a pamphlet just published by Ridgsyay, giving an account of the state of education in England, and the effect of ignorance in increasing crime, together with numerous details of the state of education on the Continent, and a general outline of the Govern ment plan of education, contained in a minute of the Committee of Council of the llth of April, which is superseded by that of the 3d of June. In the Lot minute it is stated that the most useful aPpli,cation of any sums of money voted by Perlis iftent„• in the opinion of the Committee, would consist in the eroployment of those monies in the establishment °f al normal school under the direction of the State, but that th ey had met with so much difficulty in reconciling conflicting Interests, that it is not in the power of the Committee to,mature a plan for the accomplishment of this design without further consideration. The Com mittee therefore recommend simply, that the right of jusptction be retained, and that no further grants he nud e except on this condition, and that a part of the monies be applied to the purpose of inspection, and to the mean,: of, acquiring a complete knowledge of the present state of education in England and Wales. The lattor subject, the state of education in England and Wales, appears to be very imperfectly known, but still sufficient date are given to establish the -degrading fact that England, as regards the education of the People, is behind all the other Protestant States of Eu rope. In Switzerland, which stands at the head of the li s t, th e proportion of scholars to the whole population -Is about 1 in 5, in Prussia it is 1 in 6, Den mar k 1 i n Scotland 1 in 10, and England I in 11. We liave some doubts, however, of the general accuracy 0 1 this li s t, and particularly the last statement ; with the exception of a few districts in the Highlands, and tiles a thinly peopled, nearly the whole of . the people of from are able to read and write, while this f Is so .1r ' b rotn ,being the case in England, that according to the Report of the Poor-law Commissioners it was no uo -"num') thing so find overseers and persons in the nitddle c la sses of society who could not write, and ac tording to reports from the chaplains of gaols, a oas t propwion of the • prisoners ar e unable even '° read. Itt Preston gaol, f or instance, out of 1'129 individuals committed 554 were unable to •- e ad, 220 could Ivrely read, only 152 could readi well and write a littl e , a cid not more than 8 could rem an write No , r .° in 1 Scotland coul d furnth Sue, g a return as this, or any thing like it. In n u- I ranee the proportion of scholars to the p P . %ti c'n the Roman States 1 in 5 ,, s 1 in 17, and a, ; the showing that i;ere there is most Church ' th ere thereby r•iere is least knowledge. If we had prcp?r ,!tilrns, we believe the diocese of Canterbury would, al t hat respect, vie with the Papal States, In other parts of the country the reports from the chapLins of gaols are US bad, probably, as could be returned by nOy .chap lia of a gao l i n th e R oman S tates . Wi tness the 1316!-ure drawn by the chaplain of the county gaol at Bedford t---0 " The great leading characteristic of the prisoners (he stated) was ignorance, heathenish ignorance of the simplest truths." At Midsummer Quarter Session he reported that " as to the condition, mentally and morally, of his unhappy charge, he regretted to say it could scarcely be more igno rant or degraded. It was his conviction that no pen could depict in colours sufficiently dark the moral and spiritual ignorance and debasement of the vastly greater number of those unhappy beings who pass through the prisons." The Report of the chaplain of the county gaol of Warwick gives a similar picture of the criminals there : .‘ Their condition, as regards education, is this ; of every twenty-four who arc committed, on an average seven have been taught to read and write ; eight can read only ; and nine can do neither ; most of those who can write can read tolerably well, though their writing is generally a very poor performance; but at least the half of those who can read only, do it very badle. With regard to those im portant parts of education, religion and morality, generally speaking, no instruction whatever appears to have been given to them ; for in a vast majority of instances, the per. sons who come to prison are utterly ignorant both of the simokst truths of religion, and of the plainest precepts of nal ality." - t` England alone," the writer adds, "of all the Protes tant States:of Europe, appears, as regards education, to have misunderstood the genius of Protestantism. With the wealthiest and most enlightened ar ist o crac y , the richest and most influential Church, and:the most enterprising mid dle class, her lower orders are, as a mass, more ignorant and less civilized than those of any other large Protestant country in Europe." There are also some curious, interesting, and satis factory details relative to the progress and effects of education in France, from which it appears that nearly all the crime in France is committed by persons who are ignorant, and within a fraction all the crime is con fined to those whose instruction has been limited to reading and writing. We close our remarks on this useful pamphlet with one extract, and it would ha difficult to find a better proof of the great blessings conferred by education, and the misery entailed on the lower classes by ignorance, than the few following facts. In a report made to M. Guizot, when Minister of Public Instruction, are these words : " Thus it appears that, out of 50 persons sentenced to death, not one, belonged to the well-educated class ; that 47 in that class were subjected to only slight correctional punishments, and four to simple surveillance ; leaving only 49 t‘ell educa!ed persona out of the whole population of more than 32,000,000, or 1 in 664.678 persons, who, in the course uf the year 1833 were considered deserving of pu nishments in any degree severe.", SECOND EDITION. SUN LFFI c.E, Seven o Clock. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Courier of this evenirg, discussing Mr. O'Connell's speech last night in the House of Commons, remarks as follows A very fertile topic with Mr. O'Connell is the injustice done to Ireland by the inferior quality of her Reform Act, as compared with that of England. Would Mr. O'Connell wish them to have the English Reform Act, with all its faults, transferred to Ireland? The Schedule. B BoroughS, almost as rotten now as in 1829 ? the pauper freeholder, and the sorry slavery of the tenant at will ? There arc advantages, no doubt, in the English Act which have been withheld from Ireland, but there are defecta in it, the infliction of which has been spared to Ireland. The very character of the representa tives chosen by the Irish constituency, is a sufficient reply to the delusive sophism to which Mr. O'Connell is never weary of returning," The Globe inclines to the opinion that the Lords will pass the Portuguese Slave Trade Bill, which in its first form, they rejected the other evening, observing :—" The course their Lordships in their wisdom may be pleased to take, in order to extricate themselves from the dilemma in which they have involved themselves, remains to be seen. The immediate condemnation of their conduct in rejecting the former Bill, not merely by the Members of the Commons who are opposed to the principles and policy in which a majority of their Lordships rejoice, but by the most distin guished of their own party in the House of Commons, may, possibly, induce them to pause ere they, by a repeti tion of their act, draw down upon themselves the burst of indignant feeling with which the great bulk of the nation will not fail to visit the disappointment of its hopes of seeing an effectual check placed on the prosecution of this infernal traffic." _ . The Standard, in a leading article, the text of which is fui nished by the Lords' erasure last night of some of the clauses of the Metropolitan Police Improvement Bill, thus attacks the Melbourne administration : --" The House of Lords, thanks to the perseverance of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham, atoned last evenin. , for the error of having sanctioned the second reading of' the Metropolitan Police Improvement Bill, by striking out some of its most objectionable clauses. Enough, however, remains to render the Bill highly unconstitutional and mischievous. By no Government that has ever presided over the affairs of Great Britain, have the liberties of the people, in the truest and most healthy signification of the phrase, been less respected than by that of Lord Melbourne. With all the common-places of liberality continually in their mouths, they have contrived to avoid exhibiting, by any single measure, the slightest sympathy for the humbler classes of the community. On the contrary, they have treated them uniformly as if worthy only of the distinguished honour of being their slaves. This total disregard of the feelings and necessities of the lower orders, has been a marked feature of Lord Mel bourne's Government ; and would have proved more ob noxious than it has, but for the interposition of the House of Lords." COURSE OF EX CH. Awsterlaiu._C.l i2 6 Ditto, iight Rotterdam 2 U. 12 6:y Antwerp.. Hamburg. A1t0na..... Paris. 3 days' sight 25 4tl Ditto... ........... 3 Ms 25 70 Marseille*. Bourileatix Frankfort on Maims, Ex.M. 151 N, Pctershutgh, ruble... 3 Us lO% &Hits Vienna, effective t1...3 51 lO 8 10 9 41V ( E. —THIS DAY.) .f1i,r41y...r , ,• 48 Leg nom .30 30 Genoa .. Mila.)..„ . Venice 47 Naples .......... ................ Paler oo —. per oz. 120 Lisuon 51% Okazlo 545i Rio Janeiro 27 Bahia 27 Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia 4O Pill Ci. OF BULLION, per (iZ. Portugal hold, coin .£0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars... 0 6 0 New Doubloons .... ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars Madrid 37 ....... Gilboa . ' 6 4 4 Barcelona 16 1 ,4 Seville 3655 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. 'From the London New Price Current of August 13.) SUGAR'—The transactions in the British Plantation Sugar market since this day week have been limited; the demand from the grocers has been on a small scale for brown as well as for yellow qualities ; the refiners have bought sparingly, and such of the merchants as 'have been inclined to realize, have been compelled to submit to a reduction on previous rates of 6d per cwt ; the purchases have amounted to 1,400 hhds and trees, including 170 casks Barbadoes at auction, which sold rather cheaper, mid to good brought 65s to 67s 6d, 60 casks were damaged and sold at 64s to 66s Gd for washed and shifted; 100 Barbadoes at auction, good and fine fetched 67s to 693, and m d to good mid 65s to 66s Gd per cwt. REFINED.—In the Refined market previous rates have been supported. In goods made from Foreign Sugar there has been less business done, and 34s 6d is the price of Crushed, at which some small parcels have been sold. Treacle has sold steadily, and former rates have been maintained. 1,, Bastards and Pieces prices continue firm. Dutch Crushed &gar is held for 33s 6d per c,vt. Matormats.—The purchases by private contract have bi en limited; and at the public sales of 10,993 bags, former rates were not maintained by 6:1 per cwt, the whole, r, found buyers, middling to fine brown at 60s to 62s Gd, low middling yellow 633 to 63s 6d, middlini 643 to 64s 6d, and good to fine 65s 6d to 67s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—A steady demand has been experienced for Bengal for home consumption, and full prices have been paid; 4.030 bags at public sale were disposed of, fine white at 68 , 4 to 695, good 67s Gd, middling to good middling 65s to 663 Gd, damps 65s to 6Gs Gd, and washed 64s to 65s 6i. Manilla at auction 1,400 bags sold at 19s to 19s Gd for ordinary soft brown, 21s 6d to 22s for low middling yellow, and 178 6:1 to 21s 6d for damps and da maged. Sian: prices remain firm. Java is unaltered in value : the demand, however, privately has been limited, and none has been offered at public sale. FORElGN.—Havannah of strong quality has again been sought after, but the importers not being disposed to sell at present rates, have prevented purchases of moment in white, but of yellow 600 boxes have been sold affoat for Antwerp at 275. Brown Brazil has been taken more freely. 21s to 22s for fair Bahia. Of the present stock of Havannah, 38,000 boxes, 13,000 boxes are white ; at this time last year it was 17,200 boxes, and in 1837 only 6,857 bales. This afternoon 27 chests and 303 brls Rio at auction were all taken in at stiff prices, viz. mid to good soft brown brls at 22s a 22s 6d, and one lot fine yellow in chests at 26s per cwt. MOLASSES—In West India former rates have been main tained. This afternoon 487 puns and 73 casks St. Vincent!, an ordinary dark parcel, w, re submitted to public competition, and all bought in at 33s 6d, but a part has since been sold at that figure. COFFEE—The small quantity of British Plantation Coffee of clean quality at market has again checked the demand; rather higher prices have been paid by private contract for middling and good qualities. This afternoon the auctions consisted of 19 casks 100 bags British Plantation, and 15 bales Mocha; the former was all unclean, and was taken in much above its value, viz., fine ord Berbice at 1105, and fine ord Demerara at 1003 per cwt ; the latter was a very inferior mixed second-hand p ireel, and was bought in at 101 s per cwt. For Java 85s 6d has been paid for good ordinary. West India, of clean quality is wanted, but there is little to be met with. Fo reign is much enquired for, but there is little offering. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOIILANDS.—There has been only : limited ; ddemand for Jamaica as well as for Leew ard Is ' land Ru m f or shipping, and the home trade have bou g ht pa the merchants however will not sell excepting at the rates previously established; id per ga llon under preafruesel el former prices has been offered for seve ral of J ama i ca 30 per cent over proof , but ; 100 p uns have been sold at 6s 4d for 55 to 37 per cent over proof, and 120 puns 30 to 34 over at Gs to 6s 3d ; of Leewards 180 puns have been sold, proofs y eorv i is over not cheaper, at4poae3rs2, Bd, 4 to 8 over 3s 9.1 to 33 10d, 12 ea db,u but the e to pur l c B ha o s s e -e! ha 4 v s e 3 b d eed to lim 4a it 4 ed d_.. t t i r 3 a l n 4 ° d v Geneva has been taken sparingly,sblustr,,:.o-erm. in n r t r h a e te e s a p rl r y ev p a a i r l. t TEA.—The public sales have concluded. The atten. dance of the trade throughout- w of the sales however they did not buy' so freely as the previous state !" , f the market wo n ld h ave warranted, but the merchants evinced n:',.! (12 fi rmn e na 2 s zn a c ri e d me t n h r o ef ad th v e an i nd e rates were es tablished previous to the CZ" supported; towards the close however trade came forward TI-1141 SUN, LONDON- TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, iFi3c). more freely, and there was a brisk demand, more particu larly for low Congous, Twankay, Hyson, and low green Tea ; a great many breaks taken in at the early part were also disposed of, and prices improved, and left off at the following rise on the July ia'es ;—Bohea at an advance of 2d to 3d—Congou, :common qualities 3d higher, blackish leaf kind 2d, blackish leaf strong and Pekoe flavour (which form a proprrtion of this season's arrivals) have hardly Exceeded previous value—Caper, Ning Yong, and Orange Pekoe 2d to 3d higher, Twankay and Hyson Skin 3d higher Hyson common 3d, fine 6d to 8d higher, Young Hyson, Imperial and Gunpowder 3d to 4d higher. Since the sales large purchases have been made, and rather higher prices have been paid; Company's Congous are selling at Is 7d, Free Trade of common quality is sd, and Twankay is 81. For auei nt on the 26th 14 952 pkgs are declared. COCOA.—Bri ish plantation has been less in request by the home trade, and at the public sales of 357 packages pries gave way ls., the principal part however found ba , ers, good red Granada at 455. 6d. a 483., fair to good mid. red Trinidad 453. a 535. 6d., and good at 56a. per cwt. In Foreign some small purchases have been made at the quotations. Tau,ow.—Towards the close of last week prices gave way 6d to is per cwt, but are now quoted at 52s 3d to 52s 6d on the spot, and 43s 6d to arrive in late months of the year. This afkrnoon 432 casks new P Y C were offered at public sale, which sold briskly at 52s 3d to 52s 9d for first quality. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL (in continuation from our First Edition) said— That view had been practically supported by many of the Police Commissioners, because there had been a protest signed by 92 out of 240 Commissioners, stating they considered the rate ought not to be levied by them— that it would be an illegal rate, and that the rate-payers for their own security, had better not pay the rate.— ( Hear, hear.) He did not think the police in Man chester was in a satisfactory state, when on the one hand, there were parties refusing to pay the rate to the Corporation, and on the other parties denying the Police Commissioners had any power to levy the rate. He had very recently received accounts, both from the civil and military authorities of that town, stating that mobs had ceilected at different places for the purpose of inducing men to leave their work, and to produce a general strike by means of terror and intimidation. The police were immediately sent to disperse the mob, two of whom had threatened to set fire to the mills. The military were called out in sup port of the police, and the police were then able to act— they were successful in taking several into custody and dispersing the remainder. Now what would have been the case if there had been no local police in the town and the Commissioners had been unable to maintain an efficient police ? Why, the military would have been called out, and instead of standing by and en abling the police to take those men into custody without injury, they would have charged the rioters, and probably there would have been loss of life.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Would the House be justified in saying they would not take measures in case of necessity to preserve the peace, and that the loss of life was a matter of indifference to Parliament, that they would leave a town in the critical state in which Manches ter was, without providing measures to prevent the calamities that might take place ?—( Hear, hear.) This he ( Lord John Russell) would say that he was at least bound to urge this Bill on the House; and if those lamentable consequences should arise, owing to the want of an efficient police, in consequence of the rejection of the Bill, it would not be because the Government had failed to urge this subject on the House, but because Parliament had refused to interfere.—( Hoar. ) That was the short statement he wished to make in sup. port of the Bill. He knew there were parties at Man chester who opposed the Bi:I, and he was sorry that those parties did not confine themselves to their own means and to their own respectable parties, but that they should re ceive the aid of a great many of those who were the enemies of the law.—( Hear, hear.) He had been informed that at a public meeting those who were now trying to de feat the law, and to establish a reign of terror against the law, had assisted the parties who were opposing this Bill. These parties certainly acted most consistently, because, if they prevented any efficient police being established, their lawless objects would be aided, and their means of intimidating the loyal subjects of the Crown would be promoted, but he would ask that House whether they would countenance views of that sort, or whether they would support a Bill which was essential for the mainten ance of peace and the protection of life and property ? ( Hear, hear. ) Colonel SAL WE Y admitted the necessity of a police in all large towns, but then that police ought to be a constitutional force, and he did not think the police sought to be established by this Bill would be constituttonal. The military would be glad to be relieved from a most painful duty, and which was repugnant- to their feelings ; but any police force that was established, ought to be es. tablished under the entire control of the parties who re. quired Hear. hear.) Mr. C. BULLER said that insinuations had been made against those who opposed the Bill, that they were the enemies of peace and good order, and were opposed to all police. Now all he wished was that the police of Man chester, as well as of Birmingham, should be placed under the authority of the Town Council, elected by the people. ( Hear, hear.) He protested against the new and alarm ing doctrine of vesting the management and control of the whole police of the country not in local autho rities but in persons appointed by the central Go vernment ; but whatever might be the authority in which they who opposed this Bill would place the police, they were perfectly justified in resisting it being placed in those hands which they thought dangerous to the liberties of the country and the efficiency of the police. The Noble Lord had sa!d that the course proposed to be adopted by this Bill was suggested by the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth. All that the Right Hon. Baronet had said was, that under the particular circumstances of the case he should wish that principle to be applied to Birmingham, and he had not said that, when he gave that inch he wished the Noble Lord to take an ell, and go on applying this centralised system of police to the whole country—( Hear, hear)—at any rate if the Right Hon. Ba ronet did not think it worth while to be present and support the Bill, he (Mr. C. Buller) would not allow him to be run down in that most unjust manner by an insinuation that he was for supporting arbitrary and unconstitutional power.— ( Hear, hear, and laughter.) And he begged to tell the Government that he did not think it was decent at this time of the Session, by small majorities in a small House, to carry on Bills which so many Members of different par ties on both sides of the House combined in resisting.— ( Hear, hear.) Mr. BRDiCOE said the Hon Member who had just sat down seemed to think this Bill was to be a permanent one ; but it was only to last until the dispute between the Corporation and the Commissioners was settled by the Coutt of Queen's Bench. This Bill was absolutely re quired, if it was desirable to preserve the peace and order of Manchester. He was surprised at the opposition given to the Bill by the Conservative party, and could not but think that their conduct bore the appearance of faction. Ile hoped the measure would be carried by a considerable majority, and considered the Government entitled to the gratitude and confidence of the country for having intro duced it. Mr. KEMBLE said this measure was not taken up as a party question.—( Hear, hear.) He should object to a Bill of this kind, if it could be shown that no necessity existed for it ; and if it could be shown that a police could be kept up without a Bill of this kind, he would not sup- port it. But it appeared to him that if the House did not pass this Bill, it would incur an immense haz4rd, and when the Government said it was necessary, it was not a time in the present state of the country when he could forbear to give them his vote. Mc. HUME said he had opposed the Birmingham Bill, because it had been introduced against the wish of the Corporation. But there was a great difference between that Bill and the present, for the Manchester Bill had the support of the Corporation cf Manchester. In supporting this Bill he was supporting the means of maintaining the peace of the borough. Mr. D UNCOM BE said the House was plaerd in a situation of difficulty between the speeches of the Hon. Members for Westbury and Kilkenny. But he looked to the petition emanating from men of all parties, signed by 7,200 rate payers, composed of men of all shades of po litics, Tories, and Radicals and Whigs, if such things were to be found in Manchester.—( A laugh.) The Noble Lord had said the petition was signed by the Chartists. He (Mr. D.) did not know why they should not petition as welt as other parties. He admitted that it was the duty of the Ministry and of the House to pre serve the peace and protect property, but that might be done without violating the dearly-cherished rights of the people.—( Hear, hear.) These Bills violated this sacred principle, and he asked Hon. Members to reject it with out reference to party politics. The people ought to have the control of their money, whether it was expended for the relief of the poor or for the preservation of the peace. If this principle should once be adopted it would not stop either at Birmingham or Manchester, but would be ex tended throughout the country whenever the miserable fears of the Ministry of the day should induce them to make such a proposition. Sir R. PRICE said Hon. Members who resisted the Bill omitted to say how an efficient police was to be ex pected in Manchester without this Bilk—( Hear, hear.) He thought the House would assume a fearful respon sibility in rejecting the measure, which he believed at onee necessary and constitutional, and which he earnestly entreated the House not to be so foolish as to throw out— ( Hear, hear. ) Sir C. GREY declared it to be the old Constitutional principle that the police of the country should be derived from the authority of the Crown—the Constabulary were appointed by Magistrates, who bad their Commissions from the Crown—this was the general principle, to which, however, there were exceptions, as in the case of towns which had charters, containing an efficient clause, placing the police under the management of the Councils. Now, in the present case, there were dis putes on that point. And what course would the pre sent Ministry then pursue more consistent with the ancient constitutional practice than establishing, to meet the dreaded emergency during this period of doubt, a force under authority emanating from the Crown.—( Hear.) Mr. FIE L DEN considered it was improperly assumed by the supporters of the Bill that the inhabitants of Man • chester would not take sufficient care of their own pro perty. For himself, he declared that he should feel his property in the toys n less secure under this Bill than with out it ; therefore, he should oppose it. The House then divided, and there appeared— For going into Committee Against it 17 •Aljority On our return to the Gall,-ry, We found the House in CommiWe upon the Bill, and On clause 1 being proposed, Mr. HINDLE Y moved that the words "her Majesty" be omitted, and the words ‘• Town Council" inserted in their place. Ths Committee divided, when there appeared : For the clause For the amendment.. Majority.. The clause was agreed to. Clause 2 was agreed to, with some verbal amendments. Clauses 3,4, and 5 were agreed to. On clause 6 being proposed, - Lord GRANVILL E SOMERSET proposed that the words . " - Treasurer of the Borough" should be omitted, and the, words " Receiver - to be appointed by her Ma jctsty" inserted in their place After a short conversation the amendment was negatived without a division. -55 The clause as amended was then agreed to. Clauses 7 and 8 were agreed to without any amendment. The remaining cruses of the Bill were agreed to. The 'Luse resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up tomorrow. BOLTON POLICE BILL. - - - - On the Order of the Day bell,' read for going into Committee_onthis 13i11 Mr. BOLLING presented a petition, signed by 900 inhabitants, against the Bill, and moved as an amendment that the Bill be committed that day three months. Mr. GRIMSDITCH said the circumstances of the town of Bolton were quite different from those of Manchester, and he trusted the Noble Lord would consider the addi tional burden imposed on the town. The amendment was not pressed, and the House went into Committee on the Bill. The clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed. TITHE COMMUTATION ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL this Bill was read a third time and passed. JOINT STOCK BANKING COMPANIES' BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER the Joint Stock Banking Companies' Bill was read a third time and passed. EXCISE LICENSES (SALE OF SPIRITS) BILL• The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the third reading of this Bill. Mr. A GLIONBY moved the omission of clause A. His object was to restore the 13111 as originally framed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. A distinction had been drawn between brandy and ruin, which had no real founda tion, as to the consumer. And he considered that any person should be able to get a small quantity of spirits at that place where he believed he could get it best, at a wholesale dealer's, and not be compelled to go to a gin palace. He earnestly recommended the blovernment early next Session to consider the whole system of licensing generally—having .regard alike to the interests of the licensed victuallers, the beer-houses, and the public.—( Hear.) Mr. HUME seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUERthought it would have been an improvement of the law to pass the Bill as first framed.—(Hear.) But after a great deal of consideration as to the large interests affected by the Bill, he had agreed to alter the Bill into its present shape, and to that he must adhere. —( Hear.) At the same time the whole subject undoubtedly required great consideration. Captain PECHELL thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer had taken a wise course. He must express his hope that the statutes on the subject generally would soon be consolidated and amended.—( Hear, hear.) The motion was negatived. On the question that the Bill do pass, Mr. M. PHILLIPS begged to join in the request that the general subject would be hereafter considered with attention.—( Hear.) The Bill then paised. The Report on the Patents' Invention Bill was brought up and agreed to. The Real Estates Liabilities Bill was read a third time and passed. SHERIFFS EXEMPTION BILL. _ . The Sheriff; Exemption Bill was then read a third time and passed. • STANNARIES' COURTS BILL. The Lords' amendments to the Seminaries Courts Bill were agreed to. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. The Consolidated Fund Bill was read a second time. EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. The Exchequer Bills Bill was read a second time. CORPORATE PROPERTY (IRELAND.) The Corporate Property (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. LIGHTING THE HOUSE. Sir F. TRENCH said that in bringing forward the motion of which he had given notice, he felt somewhat in the situation of the clergyman who was obliged to com mence the service, in consequence of the non-attendance of the congragation, " My dearly beloved Roger." He begged to call the attention of the House to the experi ments submi►ted to the Bade Light Committee, and to move, " That the lustres be furnished with candles, short threes to the pound, instead of long threes, which give no more light than six to the pound, and which therefore de feat the intention of making a fair comparison bet►veen the power of the Wax Light and the Bade Light."— ( Loud laughter.) Justice had not been done to the candles. The former experiment with the Bade Light had proved a failure, and now they were about to institute a third.—(Hear, hear.) It was a beautiful light, but was not suited to the House. He had been ill treated. Dr. Ure stated that short threes gave a much better light than, long threes—( A laugh)—a long three gave no more light than a six —(Loud laughter)—and yet he had been put off with long threes —( Laughter. ) Mr. PR YM E seconded the motion. Sir R. INGLIS supported the motion, thinking the House indebted to his Gallant Friend for the exertions he had made with respect to lighting the House. The CHANCELLORof theEXCHEQUERthought the time of the House might have been much better em ployed than in discussing tho comparative merits of long threes and short threes.—(Laughter.) He would not throw any obstacle in the way of the experiment, if it was worth while making it. After a short conversation the motion was withdrawn. The other Orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Five o'Clock. HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat oa the Woo sack at Five o'Clock. A message from the Commons brought up the Col lection of Poor-rates Bill, the Birmingham Police Bill, the Slave-trade Suppres s i on Bill, the Disembodied Mi .. litia Bill, the Road-money (Scotland) Bill, the Stan naries Courts Bill, with their Lordships' amendments agreed to, the Prisons Bill with their Lordships' amend ments agreed to, the Excise License Sale of Spirits Bill, the Joint-stock Banking Company Bill, and several other Bills, which were severally read a first time. Lord LYNDHURST presented a petition, praying that certain clauses might be introduced into the Copy hold Enfranchisement Bill. • Also a petition from (as we understood) a Mr. Clarke, praying for compensation in consequence of a clause hi the Metropolitan Police Bill. Lord DUNCANNON said the claim should have his best attention. Lord LYNDHURST said he should propose that the clause be struck out unless compensation were to be made to such persons as the petitioner. The Duke of Richmond supported the claim of the petitioner. Lord LYNDHURST said that if the Noble Vis count would give a similar assurance to that which he gave with respect to the Municipal Corporation Bill, he had no doubt it would be satisfactory. After a few words from Lord DUNCANNON, Viscount MELBOURNE said he had no objection to give a similar assurance. Lord LYNDHURST—Then I am satisfied. UNLAWFUL OATHS, (IRELAND) BILL. Lord DUNCAN NON moved the third reading of this Bill. After a few words from the Earl of GLENGALL, the Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord BROUG HA M presented a petition from three licensed Victualers, the agents representing their brethren in 43 towns, against the Spirit Licences Bill and praying the House to reject it. He trusted their Lordships would, at all events, reject one clause in the 1 3 1 i neitherl he country u nmt w ro yr o e t a t d ns e oi r rn e d i sei howless pt. h a i , t nr ever got was o i e t av be n rs t yu o r t r,o b ac e ne c (r a i, s u l i s es e hho i t opp d ei i d d n t e it would be rejected. Lord ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition against the two Bills connected with the administration of the Poor-laws, now before the House, from the paish of St. Luke, Chelsea. The petitioners prayed that no parish, containing more than 25,000 inhabitants, might be compelled to unite with any other for the purposes of the poor. They also objected to the system of proxy voting, mentioning an instance where one indivi dual obtained 900 proxy votes in favour of his son, and outvoted all the parishioners pre sent. The y also st ated that the law had not operate d econimicall y for th e m, but that the rates had been i ncreased. This was not surprising, considering that th e Clerk received 4001 . a -year, and the Deputy-clerk, in whose f avour t h e proxies had been obtained, 1001. a-year. •A NOBLE Loan enquired the name of the Union. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said—The Kensington Union. Earl STANHOPE presented a petition from the parish of St. Pancras, against the Metropolitan Police Bill, and the Metropolitan Police Courts' Bill. A similar petition from St. Leonard's, Shoreditch. Also a petition from the Kensington Union (we believe) lU t ar against the Collection of Rates' Bill, and a s i m il ar petition from St. Luke's, Che lsea. Also a p etiti on from the Stroud Union against th e new Poor-law, stating that the r a te had steadily and seriouslyincreasednugndenr, p tlrtaatyinßetilLr the immediate A petiniteiodniltferormepeSatl. of hy e Poo r -l aw A c t ; , and petitions against the Bill from the parishes of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr. their Also a petition from the Com missioners o f Paving of the parish of St. George the M art y r. A nother from the parish of Gatesby, and ano ther from the town of Oldham, in Lancas'nire, against the New Poor-law. CAPITAL C ONVICTIONS AT WARWICK. a petition to w hich he Lord B b ß e g O g U e dG theHAaNt I t en t had io nto of Lordships. It Present purported to be the petition of Mr. Carpenter, the Chair man of the Convention representingthe industrious classes. of course their Lordships could only receive the peti tion as the petition of the individual signin g it, because as they could recognize no convention of the industrious classes, nor any representative body except the House of Commons—nevertheless, as it stated the opinions of those classes, he wished to call their Lordships' atten tion to it. The petition stated that three men, named Roberts, Jones, and Howell, were at present under sen tence of death in Warwick gaol, having at the late Assizes been capitally convicted of destroying pro perty at Birmingham they had been committed for riot and afterwards had been capitally in dicted—this circumstanc e had induced many per sons from coming forward, and among others, the master of the prisoners, who would have come for ward to give them a character, had they known they were to be capitally indicted. He did not complain of this, it was what was frequently done, as after a person hid been convicted for riot, it might be afterwards disco vered that there was evidence to support a capital charge. The petitioners also complained that the learned Jucig; in charging the Grand Jury stated that they belonged to an Agragrian Association, the object of which was to deprive others of the property, and to divide it among themselves, and that they were convicted under sne of those barbarous enactments which had escaped the notice of the Legislature. The petitioner also stated that the same Government that had encouraged meetings had, and by a perverted course of reasoning, instituted prosecutionsagainst persons for attending lawful assemblies, and called the attention o f Vieir Lordships to the fact that two of the pr . saners were undefended by counsel, and that the King of the French had recently extended the royal pardon to Barbes, who was convicted of high treason. The petition after repudiating the charge, that Chartists had any desire to plunder property, destroy life, and invade the Constitu tion, praying the House to present an address to the Crown, imploring Her Majesty to extend her Royal pardon to three unfortunate prisoners. SALE OF SPIRITS (IBELAND) BILL. The House then resolved itself into a Committee on this Bill. On the motion of the Earl of WICKLOW, the 9th Clause was struck out. The other clauses were then agreed to, the House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received on Thursday. Tile Assaults Ireland Bill went through Committee. A claim having, on the suggestion of the Earl of GLENGALL, been struck out which prohibited Jus tices of the Peace from deciding on cases of assault when questions of disputed right to land were involved. METROPOLIS POLICE COURTS BILL. Lord DUNCANNON moved the further conside ration of the Report on this Bill. Lord BROUGHAM moved, as an amendment, that the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th clauses be omitted,—tie Bid going to propose at this late period of the Session, an entirely new organization of the police of the metropo litan districts. Lord LYNDURST—And to give the Secretary of State the power of charging the country with 27,000/. additional expense. Lord DUNCANNON admitted' that, but said the amendment would prevent any improvement in the Me tropolitan police system. Lord BROUGHAM—UntiI early next Session, when the Government should consider the question deliberately.—(Hear, hear.) (LEFT SITTING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, AUGUST 12. • The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint Lieutenant-General Sir John Keane, Knight Com mander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be a Knight Grand CrOss of the said Order. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOSEPH WARTNABY, merchant, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street, City. BANKRUPTS. JOHN T REACHER BOWDEN, woollen draper, Addle street, City, to surrender, August 24, at eleven, and Sept. 24, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, B.lsinghall-street, official assignee ; Jones and Son, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury. JANE WILSON and ELIEZER CHATER WILSON, printers, Skinner-street, City, August 24, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 24, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee; Birt, Southampton-street, Fitzroy-square. JAMES MAXINIILIAN CORNWALL, surgeon, Stub bington, Southampton, Aug. 27, at two, and Sept. 24, at twelve, in Fareham. Clement and Newman, Southampton ; Hicks and Braikenridge, Holborn, London. JOHN WAKEHAM EDWARDS, druggist, Kingsbridge, Devonshire, Aug. 23 and Sept. 24, at eleven, in Plymouth. Haley, Kingsbridge ; Fox, Finsbury-circus, London. RICHARD BRIGHT, chymist and druggist Holborn-bars, Aug. 22, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannon, Finsbury-square, official assig nee; Cook and Sanders, New-inn. RICHARD FLACK, victualler, Lambeth-street Aug. 22, Sept. 54, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinginill-street, official assignee ; G. and C. Pollock, Par liament-street. JAMES BOYD, Welbeck-street, St. Marylebone, iron monger, to surrender August 22 and Sept. 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canon, Finsbury-square, Official as signee ; Birt, Southampton-street, Fitzroy-square. RICHARD BLUNDELL, Hooton, Chester, corn-dealer, August 26 and Sept. 24, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Chester, Staple-inn Walker, Chester. WILLIAM PHILLIPS, marine stores dealer, Liverpool, August 24, and Sept. 24, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Kirk, Symond's-inn, London; Yates, Clarendon buildings, Liverpool. WILLIAM KIRBY, ale merchant, Liverpool, August 24, and Sept. 24, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Chester, Staple-inn, London ; Cort, Liverpool. CHARLES ALCOCK, case manufacturer, Sheffield, Aug. 20 and Sept. 24, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Brookfield, Raymond- buildings, ; Grays;ion, London; Rayner and Thompson, Sheffield. • ROBERT LEAKS, dyer, Prestwich Clough, near Man chester, Sept. 3 and 24, at twelve, at the Commissioners'- room!, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Weathtrall, Temple, London ; Hitchcock, Manchester. WILLIAM HENRY HAIGH, flour factor, Wakefield, August 12, at eleven, at the Court House, Wakefield, and September 24, at twelve, at the Court House, Leeds. Taylor and Westmorland, Wakefield; Scott and Bennett, Licoln's Inn-fields. THOMAS HASTINGS, innkeeper, Bradford, August 24, at eleven, at the George Inn, Huddersfield, and September 24, at eleven, at the Court House Leeds. Whitehead and Robin son, Huddersfield ; Clarke and Aledealf, Lincoln's Inn-fields. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Teaverner and C. White, ship and furnishing ironmon gers, St. George's East, Middlesex—T. Ashburner and T. Priestley, spirit merchants, Liverpool—W. W. Snetl and T. W. Snell, merchants, Exeter—J. A. Windsor and N. Peace, fancy paper and message card manufacturers, Vineyard Walk, Coppice-row, Clerkenwell—J. Broadbent, sen., S. L. Broad bent, C. S. Broadbent, and L. Roberts, silk-manufacturers, and warehousemen, Manchester (as far as regards L. Roberts) —J. and W. Lintott, grocers, Horsham, Sussex—R. Watkins and E. B. Puttock, brewers, Arundel, Sussex—G. Lawes and F. Thompson, tailors, Warminster, Wilts—G. Lodge and R. Lamb, bacon-factors, Leeds—T. Evansand D. Beynon, joinors, Liverpool—J. Turner and N. Kershaw, worsted-manufacturers, Midgley, Halifax—W. Day and T. Smith, grocers, High Holborn P., J., J., and H. Frith, opticians, Sheffield—T. and J. Foster, worsted-manufacturers, Horbury, Yorkshire—C.. Bradbury, J. Fletcher, and J. Moss, corn-merchants, Manchester— J. and J. Williams, drapers, Pontypool, Monmouthshire— R. Dunn and J. Ramshaw, carpet manufacturers, Barnard Castle—J. Reyner and J. \Tickers, hatters, Hoyland, York shire-1.. May and S. Abrahams. grocers, High-street, South wark—T. Bowlby and A. G. Rahu, merchants, Sunderland— B. Paradise and T. Sheppard, stationers, Watling-street, City— J. and J. Turberville, sen. and jun., stone-blue-manufacturers, Liverpool—G. Ripley and T. Williamson, engineers, Warring ton, Lancashire—R. and M. Elliott, cabinet-makers, New castle-upon- Tync. SHERIFF COURT, PAISLEY.—RAPID MINISTRATION OF JUSTICE,—On 10th June last, a process for debt was sent to the Sheriff Substitute, on summons, defences, and replies. On the following day it came out with the usual interlocutor, required by act of sederunt, ordaining parties to say whether they held their statements of fact as full and final. Parties having closed the record, the case was again sent to the Sheriff on the 17th. On the 18th it was returned with a decision, on the 24th sent to avisandum on a reclaiming petition for the defender ; on the day after returned with an order on pursuer to answer; on Ist July sent to the Judge on petition and answers; re turned on 2d with an adherence. An appeal was taken to the Sheriff Depute. On the 30th the Sheriff Depute con firmed Sheriff Campbell's sentences, and on the 6th inst. the pursuer's expenses were decerned for. Thus in less than two months, this litigated case, notwithstanding the petition first, and then the appeal, has been finally decided by both sheriff's, The process was five times before the Sheriff Substitute, and always returned with an interlocu tor or decision on the following days. It may be proper to add, that the pursuer who gained the case was a domes tic servant. Procurators, Mr. Jack for the pursuer, Mr. Caldwell for the defender.—Paisley Advertiser. [We are happy to learn from so competent an authority, that Mr. Barr's labours have been so successful in expe diting the administration of justice in the Sheriff's Court. To the exertions of this gentleman the inhabitants of Reafrewshire arc indebted for the adjudication of cases in tao months, which otherwise would have been allowed to slumber for as many sears.] INCENDIARY FIRES.—About two o'clock on Tuesday, a rick of saintfoin, on the farm of Mr. Thomas Dean, at Huttons, in the parish of Hambleden, was dis covered to be on fire, and, although every assistance was afforded, we regret to add, was consumed. A little after nine on Wednesday morning, a hay rick, on the same premises, was fired at the bottom, but from cutting away some portion the greater part was preserved ; the fires of the two pre ceding days, we lament to add, were but the prelude to the third, and more awful conflagration, which broke out in one of the stables adjoining the dwelling-house, between one and lava on Thursday, and terminated in destroying nearly every vestige of property on the premises. Mr. Dean was at Healey Maiket when intelligence first came, from which town the engines of the Sun and Royal Exchange Fire o.fices were quickly dispatched and afforded, with the Marlow engine, the most bene ficial aid in preserving the greater portion of the dwelling-house. The fire, aided by a strong breeze blowing at the time, consumed three barns full of wheat, and destroyed barley (threshed and un threshed), oats, and peas, four stables, granary, an d every hovel, shed, pig-stye, as well as the wash-house, scull er y, and part of the dwelling - ho use, together with a large wheat rick and one of hay; the only . live stock destroyed was a pig. The farming stock was insured in the Norwich Fire Office, and, strange to relate, the agent had arrived about tea minutes to settle the compensation of the fire onTuesday, and was talking to Mrs. Dean in the parl our , w h en t h e serv ant girl came in stating the stables were on fire. The farm buildings and house the property o f Ch as . S co tt Murray, Esq., were insured in the Sun. S evera l o f the ser vants have been privately examined, but nothing has yet transpired likely to lead to a detection of the perpetrators. A reward of 501. has been °flared by the Hambleden As sociation for the discovery of the incendiaries.—Reading Mercury. LAW IN'T'ELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, AUG. 12. The House sat to-day to hear Scotch Appeals. The Peers in attendance were, the Lcrd Chancellor, the Duke of Richmond, and Lord Calthorpe. LANG V. LANG. The arguments in this part heard case were concluded, and The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed giving judgment. MONYPENNI V. CAMPBELL. This case came before their Lordshii s upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Session. The facts of the case may be thus shortly stated :—David Stewart, Earl of Buchan, deceased, succeeded, about the year 1768, to the estate of Strathbrock, as heir under a deed of entail I executed in:1664, and which, subsequent to that period, had constituted the investiture of the estate in the persons of the several possessors. After possessing the lands upon these titles for more than fifty years, the late Earl, in 1819, executed a disposition of the estate in favour of himself and his heirs and assigns whomsoever— thus disregarding the peculiar series of heirs that would have succeeded to him under the entail. This deed, after being carried unto effect by a Crown charter, was followed by a trust conveyance, executed by the late Lord Buchan in 1822, in favour of the appellants. David, Earl of Buchan, the granter of these deeds, died in the year 1629, and the person entitled to succeed him as heir of entail under the deed of 1664 was Henry David, the pre sent Earl. By the trust-deed, however, executed by the late Earl in 1822, the present Earl was excluded from the possession of the estate. The respondent, Mr. Campbell, who was the cr e dit or o f t h e p resent E ar l, o b ta i ne d aga i ns t him, in 1836, a decree of adjudication, Ly which he at tached and vested in his own person all right which the present Earl might h ave t o t h e estate o f S trat hb roc k, an d in particular, the right of reducing the various deeds exe cuted by the late Earl to the exclusion of the present. In virtue of that adjudication, the respondent. as in right of the present Earl, raised the present proceeding of reduction against the appellants, on the ground that the deeds were in law fully granted by the late Earl in pre judice of the deeds of entail of 1664, and of the interests of the present Earl. No defence was set up for the Earl of Buchan, but the appellant contended that the deeds were lawful, inasmuch as the deed of en tail of 1664 was not an effectual deed. The respondent maintained that the entail of 1664 was sufficient to ex clude and set aside the deeds that had been executed. Upon the case coming on before the Court of Session, that Court decided in favour of the respondent, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. Mr. PEMBERTON and Mr. COWAN appeared for the ap pellant, and The LORD ADVOCATE and Mr. K. BRUCE were counsel for the respondent. The arguments, which had not concluded at 4 o'clock, were adjourned to to-morrow (this day). The effects of the late hdavy rains are seriously felt by the farmers who hold meadow land near the tour►o of the Welland, between Harborough and Stamford. Not more than half the crops of hay had been carried, in some places, previous to the rain which fell on Tuesday night, and which has inundated some hundreds of aces. The flood at Harborough on Wednes day was greater than has been known for several years. The depth of water in some parts of the street, near tbo Sheep Market, was little short of a yard, and extended over nearly 500 yards.—Northampton Mercury. DIPERI AL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Ausersr 12. HILL COOLIES. The Marquis of NORMANBY laid on the Table Copies of Correspondence which had taken place rela tive to the Hill Coolies. DUBLIN POLICE. On the motion of Viscount DUNCANNON, the House went into Committee on the Dublin Police Bill. After a short discussion, in which Lord ELLEIVBO - the Marquis of WESTMEATH, and Viscount DUNCANNON took part, the Bill went through a Com mittee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow. SHANNON NAVIGATION. Viscount DUNCANNON moved the Order of the Day for the House going into Committee on the Shan non Navigation Bill. Lord ELLENBOROUGH wished to know whether the estimate included the salaries of officers, and how many years the works would be in progress ? Viscount DUNCANNON said the salaries of offi cers was included, and it was supposed the works would take six years to complete. Lord ELLENBORO UG H said it appeared to him that the amount available for diminishing the evil of want of employment in Ireland, which was the great ground for introducing the present Bill, was very small indeed. Deducting the expense of machinery, &c., and spreading the surplus over a space of six years, it would leave only a sum of about 80,000/. a year to be expended in labour. He did not think, in the present state of the public revenue, the advantages of the plan_ were suffi cient to induce their Lordships to assent to the measure. Viscount DUNCANNON believed it. would be found that there would be not only a great amount of good directly produced by the measure, but that a vast amount of labour would be called for, indirectly, in framing new lines of communication with the improved navigation of the Shannon. Colonel Burgoyne had stated in his letter that he feared the Board of Works would not be able to carry on these works, and recom mended the establishment of a separate Commission, with one paid Commissioner. It was also considered necessary to appoint a solicitor to settle the conflicting claims that were likely to be, made. After a few words from Lord LYNDIJURST and the Marquis of LANspowNE, the Bill went through a Com mittee, and was reported and Ordered to be read a third time on Thursday next. CONSTABULARY (IRELAND). Viscount DUNCANNON moved the second read ing of the Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill, and briefly stated its objects. The Earl of WICKLOW had one or two objections to the Bill, which he should bring forward in Committee. After a few words from Viscount DUNCANNON and Lord FITZGERALD and VESCI the Bill was remd a se cond time. METROPOLIS POLICE BILL. Viscount DUNCANNON moved that the House resolve itself into Committee on the London Metropo lis Police Bill. Lord BROUGHAM had no objection to going into Committee, because it was necessary this Bill should pass during the present Session in one form or other, or all the police-offices would be shut up, but there were several clauses to which he should object ; he objected to the power given to the Government of appointing 27 new officers with salaries of 1400/. a-year each, at the same time permitting them to superannuate any of the present Magistrates on two-thirds of their salary. Ho ob jected also to the power given to Magistrates to commit without the intervention of Grand Jury, Petty Jury, or Public Prosecutor, for what in the margin was de scribed as a petty theft, but what in the body of the Bill was entitled any chattel, so that if a man stole the Pigot Diamond, or a bond for 10,0001., if the Magistrate thought he did it without circumstances of aggravation,he might fine him 5/., or send him to prison for three months, with or without hard labour. This was giving too great power to the Magistrates. He also objected to the 17 clauses giving power to the Secretary of State alone, without the intervention of the Judges, of mak ing regulations for these Courts, providing only that they should be laid before both Houses of Parliament, but unless both Houses agreed to repeal these regulations of the Secretary of State they would have the force of law. The 27th section struck him as most absurd, inasmuch as it enabled any Magistrate to convict a man as a re ceiver of stolen goods if in his house, or his outhouse, stolen goods should be found ; so that if a thief choseto secrete stolen goods in his (Lord Brougham's) coach house, he would be liable to's conviction as a receiver of stolen goods. The blame of this clause, however, did not rest on the framers of this Bill, for he was surprised to find that it existed in former Acts, and was in fact the law at this moment. It was very well that some justices and some informers were not aware of the existence of this clause, His objection to the Bill that it was never brought up to the House until the 6th of August, did not apply to this clause. because it was not a new one. With regard to his other objections, he should take the sense of the Com mittee on them. Viscount DU NC AN NON said respecting the power of removing Magistrates given to the Secretary of State, it had been reported to both Houses by Com mittees which had sat on that subject that some al teration was necessary in the appointment of Magis trates in the metropolitan districts—it was necessary the Secretary of State should possess power to effe3t these alterations, and. unless their Lordships passed this clause, the Secretary of State could not remove these Magistrates, as he could have no power of su perannuation. It could not be supposed that the Se cretary of State . would exer c i se t hi s power nee dl ess l y , as he must do it on his own responsibility. The new Magistrates were to be Barristers of some standing, and he did notconsider twelve hundred pounds a-year too much for that class of persons. The Bill enacted that two Magistrates should be appointed to each office, in stead of them ; and if the present number of officers were continued there would be no increase of the ex pense ; but in consequence of the increased extent of the metropolis an additional number of officers had become necessary, therefore the expense would be greater. His Nobl e an d L earne d F r iend on the Wool sack could speak to that part of the c lause respecting the separate jurisdiction, i n f av our of which, it should be recollected, that two Committees of the House of Com mons and one of their Lordships' House had reported. He had received a letter from one of the Magistrates, re commending the passing of this clause , and stating that if some such enactment was not made, the Ce n t ra l Cri minal Court would be overwhelmed with busin ess . The House then resolved itself into Committee. -• On clause 2 being proposed, Lord BROUGHAM wished merely to move the old Act for another year. This Bill ought to have been brought forward last Session ; by not bringing it forward then, the Crown was actually prevented from dissolving the Parliament, because the instant the Ses sion closed the police offices would all be shut up. He had no doubt that under the second clause half a dozen Magistrattis would be superannuated, and half a dozen new appointments made ; and from the case with which the Bill had passed in another place, he would almost venture to point out who those half dozen would be. The LORD CHANCELLOR said this clause was part of the existing law. Lord BROUGHAM begged pardon. it was the I third clause he objected tn, giving retiring pensions. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that this clause was necessary as the only way of securing the services of an active officer, in place of one rendered incompetent by infirmity. Lord LYNDHURST objected to giving the Secre tary- of State this power ; he thought it would be better merely to renew the existing law for a year, which might be done by passing the first clause and rejecting all the others. The LORD CHANCELLOR had no apprehension of any one retiring on two-thirds of his salary who was able, by continuing to perform the duties of his office, to receive the whole. Lord BROUGHAM said that as this Bill had been passed by a House of Commons that cons i s t e d o f scarcely more than a bare majority, and when it was ound that it votes away so many do isands of pounds and created so much patronage, their Lordships ought never again to complain of the lateness with which a Bill was sent up by the Commons. Lord LYN DHU RST considered it quite monstrous that while there was a House of Commons that might be disposed to consider such a Bill, it should not be introduced, but that when the House was reduced to a mere board of the Government, that then it should be brought in. Lord DUNCANNON said that that had not been the case here, for this Bill had been under discussion in Committee in the House of Commons for the last month. Lord BROUGHAM could assure his Noble Friend that in that he was in a mistake, because he bad nar rowly watched the proceedings of this Bill in the other House, and it. was only a fortnight ago since it had been introduced into a Committee there, and the Votes had shown a bare quorum of the House.—( Hear, hear.) The gallery was then cleared for a division— For the clause Against the clause Majority for the clause —3 Clauses to 24, inclusive, were then agreed to. Lord LYNDHURST objected to clause 25. This clause, for the first time in this country, proposed to take away trial by jury in cases of felony, and to test the trial in an individual appointed by, and removable at the pleasure of the Crown. It proposed further to leave it to the discretion of the Magistrate to say whether he would try the prisoner or not—thereby opening a door to every species of favouritism. It was said that this was only to be in the cases of trifling felony ; but he would warn their Lordships against admitting the prin ciple at all, and he was fortified in his objection to this by the the great authority of Blackstone, in his com ments upon trial by jury. Under these circumstances, he should move as an amendment the omission of this clause. The Earl of DEVON supported the clause. It had been introduced upon the recommendation of the Com missioners, and ought to be retained. Lord BROUGHAM said, even if it was thought fit to introduce that extraordinary change in the criminal law of the country, namely, the power of trying felonies by a single Magistrate, still it would not follow that it would be fitting to introduce the power in such a man ner and at such a time—in a Police Bill at the end of a long Session of Parliament. The Commissioners had themselves confined the operation of the clause to juve nile offenders and petty thefts. He denied that it was carrying out the principle of Sir R. Peel's Bills to introduce such a power as that. Sir R. Peel's propo sition was, that trespasses might be adjudicated upon by a single Magistrate, while the present clause would ex tend that power to cases of felony. He did not think it would be possible for their Lordships to consent to such a clause as the present, which went to abolish trial by jury, when the subject could be more fully dis cussed in the next Session of Parliament. The LORD CHANCELLOR said no one was less disposed to abolish trial by jury than himself ; but it was necessary that they should not fall into the opposite extreme, and inflict a long and unmerited con finement upon parties who might be summarily dealt with before' • the Mag istrate. It appear e d t o hi m , h owever, that the power given to the Justices by the clause was rather too extended, and that some limitation might be judiciously introduced.—(Hear, hear.) Two modes had been suggested, one was to limit the cases to the value of the thing stolen, in his opinion a very inaccu rate test, as there might be circumstances of great ag gravation in such cases—the other was to make the age of the party accused the test, and that appeared to him less liable to objection. It would, perhaps, be bet ter to defer the clause till a future stage of the Bill, when it might be more fully discussed and considered. Lord BROUGHAM would beg .to remind his Noble and Learned Friend that the district to which the clause referred was almost the only one in which the party accused could not endure any very long con finement, as the sessions were held every fortnight, and that was the very longest imprisonment a party could suffer before trial. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the clause, Content 3l Non-Content 34 Majority —3 The clause was consequently lost. Lord BROUGHAM moved the rejection of clause 26, to which his objections applied with equal force as to the one just rejected. The clause was struck out. Lord BROUGHAM also objected to clause 27. Lord LYNDHURST suggested that the clause should be struck out, and an amended clause introduced on the bringing up the Report. After a few words from the LORD CHANCEL LOR the suggestion was acceded to and the clause struck out. On clause 43 being proposed, which prohibits fees to Magistrates' Clerks and the Clerks to Police Magis trates, The Duke of RICHMOND mentioned the case of an individual who was, as he thought, entitled to com pensation. Lord LYNDHURST said that by this Act Police Magistrates could not act out of their courts, and cases of emergency might arise where the presence of a Magis trate might be required. Lord BROUGHAM said the clause must be altered. The clause was then struck out, as was clause 44. The remaining clauses were then disposed of, the schedules agreelto, and the House resumed. Th e Duke of RICHMOND gave notice that on the bringing up the Report, he should move aD amendment to clause 20. The Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. SPIRIT LICENSES (IRELAND) BILL, Viscount DUNCAN NON moved the second read ing of the Spirit License s (I re l an d) Bill, Lord LYNDHURST objected to the last clause. The Earl of WICKLOW said a Bill similar to this clause had been sent up from the other House, but no body had been found to move its second reading, and it consequently fell to the ground. The object was to re peal a Bill introduced by Government prohibiting the sale of spirits by grocers, and yet, because an individual of great influence with the Government, who wished to stand well with the petty grocers of Dublin, thought fit to introduce a clause into the Bill, repealing their own mea sure, the Government permitted him so to do. He consi dered this so gross an attempt at imposition that he trusted the House would make an example of the au thors by refusing a second reading to this Bill. Viscount DU NUANNON said the public would be the sufferers, in the event of this example being made, The clause had not been introduced by the Govern ment, but hnd been proposed in the other Hok:se by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman alluded to-1n a full House, and had been carried. He, so far fro nd attempt ing to impose, had drawn their Lordships' f;,itention to it; therefore, he trusted the Bill would be read a second time. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. SHEEP STEALING (IRELAND) BILL. Viscount DU Ne A N NON moved the second read ing of the Sheep Stealing (I re l an d) Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND thought the law ought to be the same in both countries, and that the prevait Bill was unnecessary. The Earl of WICKLOW supported the Bill . It was necessary in I reland , and if the N o bl e n uke wished it to be extended to England he should nut o bj ect to it. The Bill wa s a second tim e , and ordered to be c ommitted ill to.igoaw. The other Bills on their Lordships' table were ad vanced a m i nu tes to s Nine o'Clock. tage, and the House a dj ourned at Twenty HOUSE OF COIktMONS, Aucusr 12. MUN I C IPA L CORPORATIO N S (IRELAND.) Mr. O'CONNEL (in continuation from our Second 2 Edition) p rocee d ed to spy—Within the I,„st week 0 families had been ousted by the E , ..r1 of Courtown. They did not owe him a shilling rent— they were ready to pay him the full value of his pro perty—but they had been made housrAess, and were now abroad on the pelting common, without covering, without shelter, without food, and without the means of sustenance. Could gentlemen be surprised that riots and agrarian disturbances should take place in Ireland God help them! They had intended to resist, but a gentleman in the neighbourhood and a Catholic clergy man, went to them and gave them good advice, but bad the misery of seeing their houses torn down. Could they wonder that tranquillity should be disturbed when scenes like that took place ?—(Hear, hear.) Could they the be surprised that somethin g w hi c h bad been called Rib. bonism, whatever it was (for although they had heart) . a great Cleal of it yet nobody could tell what it was) teli b ig a l d bl int7 ' of nded t o d o h s R I : m i o b u b l ( o d n s s r p m . r tv n , • g c a s o u t n h: f l a ) v . T o u h ß r e which ut on nh they ly i ! n n g coulf. l 4 b e more false than the charges that bad b:,en mad' relative to Lord Normanby's conduct. Nothin could be more false than the asserti.ca that prorrty was be com i ng i nsecure or life uoLi t 'ie in Ireland. The facts were directly the EV_EINTIN , ;` 14,‘Dirri()N,