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S EC()N ED V1110•C,4 SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE THIS EVENING. _ FOREIGN OFFICE, Armt. 9. The Kiug has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint Henry William Macaulay, Esq. to be his Majesty's Judge, and Walter William Lewis, Esq. to be Majesty's Arbitrator, in the Mixed British and Spanish Court of Justice, and Michael Linnin,, ,, Melville, Esq. to be Secretary or Registrar to the said Mixed British and Spanish Court of Justice, to be established at Sierra Leone : and William Sharp Mackay, Esq. to be his 'Ma o jesty is 's Judge, and Edward Wyndham Ha rrin g ton Schenley, Esq. t be h Majesty's Arbitrator, to the Mixed British and Spanish Court of Justice, to be established at the Havannah, under the Treaty con cluded between his Majesty and the Queen Regent of Spain, on the 9.3 th of June, 183.5, for the abolition of the Slave Trade, and in pursuance of the Act of Parliament for carrying the said Treaty into effect! WHITEHALL, APRIL 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Stephen Hill, the younger, of Salisbury, in the ceunty of Wilts, Gentleman, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, APRIL 29. The King has bees► pleased to constitute and appoint the Right. Honourable Robert Montgomery Lord Belhaven to be his Ma jesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. WAR!OFFICE, Apßzr. 29. - 2.1 Regiment of Life Guards—Licut. Sir J. A. Cathcart, Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice Trotter, who retires ; Cornet and Sub-Lieut. T. Ogilvy to be Lieutenant, bypureleise, vice Sir J. A. Carthcart, April 29 ; J. J. Wakehurst Peyton, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henniker, promoted, April 28 ; E. V. Mackinnon, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ogilvy, April 29: 4th Regimen, of Light Dragoons—Lieut. 11. D. Campbell, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Vernon, who ex changes, April 29. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet Andrew Spottiswoode to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leg,ard ; J. W. G. Spicer. Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, %ice Spottiswoode, April 29. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoon;—Cape. G. Weston, from the 15th Foot, to be Captain, vice Megan, who exchanges, April3o. 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. J. Phelps to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ttnison, who retire: ; Cornet J. 11. Culpeper to be Lieutenant, by puscha;e, vire Phelps; FL Tonge; Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Culpeper, April 29. 15th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. J. Vernon, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant,. vice Campbell, who' ex changes, April ; Cornet C. H. Drummond, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Feliowes, who retires, April 30. Coldstream Regiment. of Foot Guards—Battalion-Surgeon T. Maynard to be Surgeon-Major, 'vice W. Whymper, M.D., who retires upon half-pay, April 29. 15th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. T. IL Western to be Captain, by purchase, vice Temple, who retires, April 29 ; Captain T. T. Magan, from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Wes ton, who exchanges, April 30 ; Ensign 11. S. Colman to be Lieu tenant, by purchese, vice Wertern, April 29 ; D. Cape], Gent. to be ensign, by purchase, April 29. 17th Foot—Ensign S. IT. Corry to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Duke, who retires ; T. 0. Iluttledge, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dimond, who retires, April 29 ; J. V. Tuthill, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Corry, Aprl 30. Met Foot—Lieut. A. C. Erriugton to be Adjutant, vice Gray, who resigns the Atijutancy only, April 29. 58th Foot—Captain A. Ileyerhoielt, from lia:f-pay unattached, to he Captain, vice J. W. Fisher, who exchanges, 30th April ; Lieut. J nuchanon, fieen half-pay 43d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thverimadt, promoted, Anr.l 20. 71st Foot—G. A. Atylv, Gent., to Ensign, Ly purchase, vice Garrett, who retires. April 29. 7t!i D. Grifido to ha Lieutenant, without pur.: l ll.3^, vie:: Bell, clezemeil, April (ith ; J. 1). Brabazon, Gent. to he Eroign, April 29. 8.5 t:: Font— Afistaut-Surr, , cco W. C. IT.w.ofrey, from the 95th Foot, to be Assistant-: - zurgeon, April 9 lst Foot—Qum tei--I‘la•ftet W, 13a.:efoot, from Half-ply -Coat bc! Quarterimt:tcr. Vir:e 04-or7e l'ergusoq. whl retires u: farrier ltref-rav as Li:etc:not of the 97th Poo.`, April N. 1 , 1;ot Staii-As,iatant Surg.oon Duncan AIlleel; to be A.- si,ta , it- Surgeon, vice llutufrev.appoin , ed the.33tb Font, ApriP.9. Wcst India Ilegiment—r. M. IV. Pogson, Gent., to b 2 En pure!laar, Apr:l '4. 2LI West ont—Lient. A. Edgar t.) be Captain, by F. C. Richardson to b e•-) RaV, N . ; D ret ; icutvn . a.bt, by Eti.:c PitIVNET C•rta:n Botikunin P. Shoe, 6:: the 4th iNiralas Inrantry to loove ile:11 rank o: Licutcna.nt-Coi3nel 0.1 a rart:cular in Penia, April2fi IT:'..;ATTACEED T.) ho Captitir.s wiC.A.ut pu:ohasto GY.:.llll,isinacni, and Licur. A A prd —Lit-ut. T. Dcacon, from the ou,:t, from the L3th Foot, Beve lIOSPITAL STAFF, T. C •::t,.nr, 7,1. 1)., to be Assistant-trgcon to the Forces, .1.111.? ck, appointed to the 9:All Foot, April tn. MEMORANDA. _ ..... The CliriStilt) TI:ITTIeS OF Ensign Ile , . iiv, of tae Ist West India Re:?itnent, are , :;ustavtii llaniko,k, and nut John. The :ate Sta 4 2l- A'2`• istain-Surgeon 11.olpvt I.ain , Si resignation, is Feb. 17, 1833. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, A - eat:. 2Z. Regiment or Artlllory--First. Lieut. C. Gosaing to he Sec•on I Captain, vies , Wymt, retired on hall-pay ; S:e;:nit,l R. M. Fliers to be First Lieutenant, vivo Gastling, Apra 19. Commission by the. Lord Lieutenant of the County of Warwiek. Warwidc , hire Itegiment Yeoir.anrY Cavalry.—J. Willcox, Gent., tale Surgeon, April 13. Commission by the the Lord Lieut. of the county of Oxford. Watlington Division Troop of o.:fordshire C.tvalry—Cornet W. S. Blackstone to be Lieut., vice W. F. L. Stile, religne;l; E. H. Halton, Gent., to be Coronet, vice W. S. Blackstone, pro moted, April 27. DECT.ARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN WHITEHEAD, (Ver. Wooirord, Essex. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. JOSEPH HADLEY, button manufacturer, Birmingham, from April 19, to May 10, at ten, at Badenlmrst's New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. JOHN HILL. teazle dealer, South Milford. Yorkshire. GEORtiE ACKLAM, coach-builder, Cheltenham. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM PORTER. Etrocer, East-lane, Walworth Surrey. GEORGE WILLIAM FINCH. coach-proprietor, Devonshire place, .Green-lanes, Newington, Middlesex. GEORGE WALKER and WILLIAM HAGUE WALKER, iron-founders, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. WILLIAM DURRANT, dealer, Hartley, Kent. • ROBERT JONES the younger, draper, Carnarvon. JOHN LYTHGOE, cooper, Liverpool. RICHARD TODD, livery-stable-keeper, Bath. GEORGE PERKINS, silk-spinner, Booth-I'o\lSn, Yorkshire. DANIEL DAY ORLIDGE, wine-merchant, Bristol. JOHN BUSH and NEAST GREVILLE PRIDEAUX, scriveners, Bristol. CO URSE OF EXCHANGE. A:ristertialll C.F. 12 IN ("horn Ditto, at tight Ron. Main '-' U. 12 7 Milan 11 Antwerp l2 1: Venice 47 Hatnturg 11.1.1. !:I 14 's:aples Altona... 1:114 Palermo per oz. 122% Paris, 3 days' sight :25 , 0 Li,lion Ditto ....... .............. 2U.23 90 Oporto 5l Marseilles. Frank toi t nit Maine, EN. NI. 154 Bahia Petersbutgb, rabic 'I Us. 10 0 Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effective 11 "NIIO I I Cork .. Tr i es, t v ditto.. lO 12 Madrid "6 3 .4 PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Cadiz '37 Portugal (bold,. coin £0 , I 0 Billinq Birtelona 'IN New Mut;lootis S.wille N New Dollars ...... ........... It 411 Gibraltar -(THIS DAY.) 111 1!,2 DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE. THIS DAY. The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock. The argument on the vote of Edward Stanley, which com menced on Thursday, was resumed to-day. The voter, it ap peared, acted at the election in the capacity of the Sheriff's poll clerk, and it was contended by Mr. Austen that this case came within the disqualifying clause in the Act of Parliament. The Learned Gentleman quoted a decision in the. New Wind sor Committee, where it was held that such votes were in valid. The vote was allowed. John Stanley, a deputy clerk of the peace, was next objected to. The objection was however over-ruled. Mr. AUSTEN then proposed to strike off the vote of John Franklin, who, it appeared, was personated at the election. It was proved that the voter who3e name was on the poll for the petitioners had died 12 months before the I2th of Jan. 1835. Vote struck off. . William Jones, in the same class, was next objected to. A witness named Malachi Coyle stated before the Commissioners that he voted in the name of William Jones at the election for West and Hamilton. The evidence relating to this case was very voluminous, and was read at length by Mr. Hutton. The Committtee resolved, " That the case of personation restin. , on the testimony of Malachi Coyle, woo is considered by the' Committee to be utterly unworthy of credit, the name of William Jones must remain on the poll." Mr. Hrrros next objected to the vote of Rainsford Collins for not having been six rnonths on the registry previous to the election. It appeared the name.on the poll book was entered through mistake Beresford Collins, and the sitting Members not havinr, stated an objection to this person in their exchange Est% and no evidence having been offered before the Commissioners, the vote was allowed. . William Dunbar was objected to by Mr. Hutton, as having voted, his name not being upon the registry, as required by the Reform Act. The vote was allowed, and the Committee then adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow. IMPERIAL PAR.LIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Loan CHANCELLOR his seat Woolsaek at the usual hour. GALWAY PACKET STATION. The Earl of RlPON.pre3ented a petition from the Landed Proprietors, Manufacturers and others of Athlone, in Ireland praying that a Railway might be permitted to be formed from Athlone to Galway, and that a Packet Station might be esta blished at Galway. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Mr. BAINES and others brought up the Leeds BridLfe Bill. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS (IRELAND.) _ The Earl of RIPON gave notice that he should, on Friday next, submit submit a motion to their Lordships for certain papers con nected with the funds in the bands of the Ecclesiastical Com missioners in Ireland. HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition in favour of the Hull and Selby Railway. The Earl of HADDINGTON presented petitions in favour of the Grand Junction Railway. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND.) Earl GREY presented a petition from Pomfret in favour of the Irish Municipal Corporations Bill. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. Earl RODEN presented petitions from Carlow, Wexford and other places, praying that some measure might be adopted to compel a better observance of the Sabbath Day. SCOTCH ENTAIL BILL. Lord ROSEBERY postponed the second reading of the Scotch Entail Bill till Friday the 16th of May. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND.) The Earl of HADDINGTON called the attention of the Government to certain inaccuracies in the amended returns which had been ordered relative to the Constabulary Force in Ireland. He would not move for any further returns, but he wished the Noble Viscount (Duncannon) would take some means to correct the returns that were already before the House. After some observations from Lord Ellenberough, Lord Duncannon, and the Marquis of Londonderry across the table, which were totally inaudible, the subject dropped. Lord FITZGERALD presented a petition from West meath, complaining of the excessive burthens of grand jury taxation. The Marquis of BUTE presented a petition from Shrews bury, praying for the better observance of the Sabbath. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair this day at the usual hour. NORWICH CEMETERY. On the motion of Sir RONALD FERGUSSON, the Norwich Cemetery Bill was read a third time and passed. MANCHESTER AND CHESHIRE RAILWAY. Mr. DAVENPORT presented a petition in favour of the Manchester and Cheshire Junction Railway Bill. SOUTH DURHAM RAILWAY. An How. NIF,=Ea presented a petition against the South Durham Railway Bilk BRIGHTON RAILWAY. Lord G. LENNOX presented a petition from Stcyning, in favour of Cundy's Line of Railway between London and Brighton without a tunnel. NEW MILLS AND HAYFIELD GAS BILL. On the motion of Mr. GISBORNE this Bill was read a third time and passed. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. Lord ACHESON presented a petition from Armagh in favour of the coast line of railway between Dublin and Drogheda. PASTURAGE BILL. Mr. HOGG presented a petition from Beverley in favour of the Pasturage Bill ; also a petition against the North Eastern Railway Bill. GLASGOW AND FORFAR RAILWAY. Mr. R. STEUART presented a petition in favour of the Glasgow and Forfar Railway Bill. ALSTONEFIELD INCLOSURE. Sir 0. MOSELY brought up the Report of the Committee on the Alstonefield Inclosure Bill. MARINE INSURANCES. Sir J. JOHNSTONE presented a petition from the mer chants of Searboroui..h against the duty on Marine Insurances. SABBATH OBSERVANCE. Colonel WOOD, and several other Hcn. Mea.bers presented petitions for the better observance of the Sabbath. Mr. H INDL E Y presented a petition from Ashton-under- Line, Leeds ; and Warrington, praying for a repeal of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers ; abo from the Dissenters of Cra -ven-street Chapel, or, the subject of Dissenters' grievances; also from the handloom weavers of Camlachy, praying for lief; re also a petition from Lewis'oury, praying for a Ten Hours Factory Bill. Mr. F. SHAW presented petitions from St. James's, St. Thomas's, St. Patrick's. and several other parishes in Dub no, in f,,vour of the Exclse Liccitccs' Bill, of which notice had been given by the Noble Secretary for Ireland. Ile did not know rshy it hail been so long delayed, and he hoped his M.jesty's Government intended proceeding with it. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. Mr. IL's NDAL PLUNKET presented a petition from Drogheda in favour of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway B:11. Mr. FORBES presented two petitions from places in Stir ling-shire, against the fourth clause of the Salmon Fisheries Bid. Sir 0. MOSELEY presented a petition from the town of Derby, praying th,-,t no further grant of money be made to the College of Maynooth ; and a number of petitions from places in the county of Derby, praying that in all railway Bills a clause be introduced to prevent all travelling upon them on Sunday.—( A laugh.) Mr. W. DUN CO MBE presented a petition front the eler (rvraan, and one from the Operatives of the West R idin g of 'Yorkshire, against the Factory Bill now before the [louse. Mr. PARROTT presented fifteen petitions from three pa rishes in the County "of Devon, against the Tithe Bill. The petitioners said their,present situation was a _much better one than that which would be established under the Bill, and pray ing that the Bill be abandoned. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. G ROTE presented a petition from the London and China Trading Association, praying for an equalization of the duties on East and West India 'Sugar. He never could con ceive why there should be a difference between the two coun tries. Sugar had now risen 70 per cent.. and there was no guarantee for its not further increasing in price, except by en cow aging the importation of Sugar from the East India depen dencies. In his opinion, equalization was called for upon every principle of fairness and justice. Mr. E WART supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. M ACLEAN considered the equalization of the duties unnecessary. Mr. M. PHILLIPS protested against the continuance of these duties, after so much had been paid to the West India proprietors. After some few observations from the Hon. Member, which were inaudible, the petition was laid on the table. Mr. GROTE presented another petition, signed by a very respectable body of Dissenters, praying for the repeal of the duties upon materials used in building churches ; also a petition from Great Yarmouth, praying for the abolition of the punish ment of death ; also two other petitions, one from Norwich, and the other from Mr. Chapman, the printer and publisher of the Sunday Times newspaper, praying for the total repeal of the Stamp Duties on Newspapers. Mr. GULLY presented a petition from Pontefract, praying for the repeal of the Stamp Duties on Newspapers, and another from the same place praying for the abolition of the punish• ment of death. FIRE INSURANCES. An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition from Suffolk, com plaining of the duty on fire insurances, and praying that it might be mitigated, by the reduction of at least half the duty NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Man chester, praying for the total abolition of the Duty on News papers. Also a petition from the workmen of Dorset, to the same effect. DUTY ON SPIRITS. Colonel WOOD presented a petition from the Licensed Victuallers of Ealing, Brentford, Chiswick, Hammersmith, and other places in Middlesex, praying that the increase duty on spirits which was proposed last year might be altered, and that the duty should be imposed on the quantity sold, and not on the value of the House. The petitioners also stated that they hoped when the Chascellor of the Exchequer brought the subject forward those alterations would be effected SMITHFIELD MARKET. Mr. BISH, presented a petition from the merchants graziers, &c., of the county of Worcester, praying that Smith. field Market might not be removed. NEWSPAPER TAXES. Mr. NV ALL ACE presented three petitions from Norwich, Inverness:and the Political Union of Glasgow, praying for the total abolition of the Stamp Duties on Newspapers. He wished the Chancellor of the Exchequer to know that the public had taken up this question in earnest, and they would demand its total repeal. Colonel THOMSON presented a petition from Hull to the same effect. Mr. ENVART presented a petition from Liverpool witl: a similar prayer. Mr. HUME presented fifteen petitions from Chatham, Col chester, Roscrea, Bristol, Inverness, St. Andrew's Gloucester, Glasgow, Dundee, and other places, also from the working classes of Liverpool to the same effect. Mr. ANGERSTEIN presented a petition on the sam subject. COACH OWNERS. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from the coach pro prietors of Fife, praying for a repeal of the duties which affec. them. SPIRIT LICENSES (IRELAND). Mr. W. ROCHE presented a petition from the spirit dealers of Limerick, complaining of clauses in the new Bill for regulating the sale of spirits in Ireland, also a petition on the subject of the Criminal Law, praying for its amelioration. MARINE INSURANCES. _ _ Mr. PARKER presented a petition from Sheffield, pray ing for the repeal of the duty on marine insurances. LORD'S DAY. Mr. FINNEY presented a petition for the better observ ance of the Lord's Day. FACTORIES BILL. Mr. G. F. YOUNG presented a petition, signed by be tween 1,400 and 1,500 inhabitants of Macclesfield, praying that in the New Factories Bill the hours of labour may be limited to ten hours a-day, and that no children under the age of nine years shall be employed in factories. Mr. EW ART presented three petitions for the abolition of capital punishment, except in cases of wilful murder: also two petitions from Cardigan, for the better observance of the Lord's Day. _ FACTORIES. Mr. WAKI,F,Y presented a petition from the operative weaver's of St. Margaret's, Bethnel-green, praying that the Eight Hours' Factory Bill might not be repealed, or, if re pealed, that the time of working should be limited to ten . . pet:non trom the power-loom overlo o k ers o f likosubrtso;n .also a Ashton-under-Line, to the same effect. Mr. PEASE presented petitions from Newcastle and other places, praying that capital punishment might be abolished in all cases except murder. SEE OF DURHAM. The HON. MEMBER also present a petition from Durham, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1856. praying, that in the event of the revenues of the see of Dur ham being curtailed, the surplus might be applied to the reli gious and moral education of the people of that county. Mr. BROTHERTON had been requested to support the prayer of the petition from Durham. In doing so he would merely take occasion to remark that in that county where the eccle siastical revenues were the largest, the condition of the people with regard to education was the most deplorable. Mr. TREVOR was obliged to protest against the state ment just made in the strongest manner. He would be un worthy of the situation which he held, the representative of a large clerical constituency, if he sat still and heard such a charge made without giving it a decided contradiction. Nits ROBINSON presented a petition from Worcester in favour of the Manchester and Chester Railway Bill. Mr. ANG E R STE IN brought up the Report of the Green wich Improvement Bill. Sir R. FERGUSON moved the 3d Reading of the Not tingham Cemetery Bill. Read a third time and passed. COUNTY RATES. Mr. ESTCOURT wished to know from the Hon. Gentle man opposite (Mr. Shaw Lefevre) when he expected the Report of the Commissioners on County Rates would be pre sented ? Mr. S. LEFEVRE said that he expected the Report would be made shortly. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS' BILL. On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the House went into Committee on this Bill. Mr. BERNAL in the Chair. Clauses 49 and 50 were then agreed to. On clause 51 being read, Mr. DUNCOMBE wished to add the clause of which he had given notice, the object being that no tenant should be deprived of his vote in consequence of his landlord having compounded with the parish for the parochial rate. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the clause on the ground of irregularity. Mr. DUNCOMBE said the object of the clause was to place the electors of boroughs on the footing of those of coun ties. He hoped his Majesty's Attorney-General would give some reason for his objection besides the grounds which he had stated. lie (Mr. Duncombe) maintained that his amendment was perfectly regular. The amendment having been put from the chair, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would feel it his duty to oppose the motion. In the first place it was quite irregular, and the Hon. Member was endeavouring to do indirectly what he could not do directly. The present was quite a dis tinct and specific clause. and had no relation to that to which it was said to be an amendment. He objected to it further, inasmuch as the present Bill did not seek to make any change in the qualification in the franchise, it was merely a Bill to facilitate the registration of voters. He was not bound, he thought, to enter upon the merits of the question, but he apprehended it would open the door to much fraud. Mr. KEMP totally differed front the view taken by his Right Hon. Friend the Attorney-General. He thought the amendment would be highly advantageous. After a few words from Captain PECHELL ' Mr. ROBINSON said he supp os e d 'the Hon. Member for Finsbury would be satisfied if the Attorneys General would re cognize the priniple ent'soiiei in his resolution. He (Mr. IL) warmly supported the principle. Mr. DUNCOMBE thought the Attorney-General was renderirrtr, the Bill as vexations as it was possible. He would divide the House. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said his only object was to preserve the franchise as it was before. 'the Gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared— For the clause as it stood For the amendment Majority The elause was then agreed to. On the 52d clause being put, Mr. PEMBERTON said he had heard with the greatest pleasure what had fallen from the Attorney-General, because unquestionably on the same prin eples his Hon. and Learned Friend must support him ( Mr. Pembe. ton) in his opposition to the present clause.—( Hear.) lie (the Attorney-General) had stated that it was no part of the object or principle of their Bill to alter the right of vot i ig. and that its objet was to provide a more convenient re gistration, ned to remove any doubts that existed as to the present right of voting. If, therefore, he found that this clause was one which beyoed all doubt altered the right of voting. and destroyed existing qualifications, and made new ones ; he oiled upon him (the Atturaey.General), in common consist e.:cy, whether he approved of this clause or not, to concur with him (Mr. Pemberton) in throwing this clause out of the Bill. The clause stated that doubts existed upon the subject. Now doubts did exist, and if they did, the clause would. not remove them. He wished that either land alone or houses alone should give the right of voting. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the clause was intended to remove doubts which existed, and for the better registration of voters. The framers of the Reform Act were aware that it would become necessary, from time to time, to take measures fur the Purpose of explaining parts of the Act, and that it would be requisite to apply to Parliament to make amendments in it. The object of the clause was to entitle any person occupying a house or shed or tenement with land attached, to have the va`ue that laid included in the valuation.—( Hear, hear.) He could net agree to omit the clause altogether, but he had no objection to put the other one to the sense of the House. PEMBERTON hoped if the Noble Lord brought in a Bill to disfranchise these voters, he would also bring in a BM to disfranchise the forty-shilling voters of Dewsbury. Mr. W. PRA E D said he would oppose the clause decidedly, and would divide the House upon it. Mr. E WART would cordially support the clause of the Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Pemberton). Mr. AV LE AN .also supported the clause. The SO LICITO R.- GENERAL opposed it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the clause. Mr. S. WORT LEY.—I said that the effect of notinsert ing the proposed clause , would be the means o f disfranchising 18 or 20 persons. Af,er a few words from W. C. Wool), • Sir J.• GRAHAM objected to the clause as it stood, on ac count of the inequality to which it gave rise. It gave an advantage to the voters in boroughs and towns over those in the agricultural districts. If the Noble Lord (Lord J. Rus sell) would consent to the omission of the words 4! not being a house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop," he thought that it would remedy this inequality. Mr. C. BULLER thought the proposition of the Hon. Bart. very !air as it except as it applied to the word Dwelling House. After a few words from Mr. C. BULLER and Lord JOHN RInSELL, Sir ROBERT PEEL wished to put on record his objec tion to the clause altogether, inasmuch as it was a dangerous precedent in a bill professing to facilitate the registry, to introduce a clause changing the qualification itself. The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. (LEFT SITTING. per cent. upon the whole rental. By certain privileges (as we understood) the College of Justice was exempted from taxation to the amount of 13 per cent. The Faculty of Advocates, how ever, offered to give up these privileges for the sake of the community. The question ought to be taken into consideration. There were large districts within the town which enjoyed the exclusive privilege of not paying Poor Rates.—( Hear. ) He maintained that the citizens of Edinburgh should not be taxed, as was proposed, to the amount of 20,0001. per annum, and he submitted that the House ought not to entertain a mea -1 sure of so partial a nature, to the prejudice of a vast body of the community. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL expressed his astonish ment that any Hon. Member of that House could come for ward to make such a proposition. What was the object of ;he present Bill ? About the year 1698, a Bill was In troduced for the relief of the poor into which the members of the College of Justice, consisting of the judges, advocates, solicitors, writers, and their clerks—a very powerful and influential body, contrived to have a clause inserted exempting them from contributing to the poor's rates —at that period the rate was trifling, but it was now very bur thensome, and it was for the purpose of putting an end to that most unjust, and, h would say, scandalous exemp tion, that the present Bill had been introduced.—( Hear, hear.) The fact was, a very large proportion of the members of the College of Justice were favourable to the measure, they were actually ashamed of their exemp• tion.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for St. Andrew's now stood forward as the zealous defender of that body—they were vested rights, and should be continued in secula seculo rum. In France the ancient noblesse were exempt from con tributing to the relief of the poor, and the Honourable and Learned Member for St. Andrews, it appeared. wished to he on a footing with the French noblesse.—(Hear, hear.) The lion. Member had stated that this Bill was an innovation and an invasion. of the rights of property, but this could not be the case, inasmuch as the tax was a personal one. Under these circumstances he trusted the lion. Member for St. Andrews would meet with no sympathy from that House. Sir G. CLERK hoped the House would not set aside the vested rights of any body of persons without compensation. The Society of Advocates were willing to give up their privi leges upon conditions—which conditions were not to be for their own benefit, but for the community at large—upon the condition that no tax whatever should be levied upon any House of less value than 101. Had that been done the questions of the annuity-tax and the poor-rates would have been settled upon a firm basis. Last session the Lord Advo cate had promised to bring in a Bill for the purpose of set tling the two questions. The Society of Advocates had then declared their intention of giving up their privileges if the two Bills were conjoined, but if they were disjoined, they would oppose both. That declaration was made in June last year, and yet, although the House sat for three months after, no Bill was brought in by the Learned Lord, nor was any mention made of it. Why was that ? Li a measure of this kind, due provision ought to be made for the Clergy of the Established Church. The Faculty of Advo cates were justified in making stipulations so purely disinte rested, and he trusted the House would not deprive them of privileges which they had always exercised in so laudable a manner. They were willing to give up these privileges, but they would not do so till some plan was proposed for set tling all these questions that disturbed the peace of the popu lation of Edinburgh.—( Hear, hear.) Re trusted after what had fallen from the Hon. and Learned Attorney-General last night, that a Bill would soon be brought in to settle the An nuity Tax.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. R. STE UA RT was very glad to hear the Hon. Ba ronet, the Member for the county of Edinburgh, give up this claim of exemption ; but he was greatly surprised to hear the Honourable Member fur St. Andrews support it. The Hon. Baronet objected to any measure until the whole question was gone into ; but he must know that the rest of the inhabitants of Edinburgh would be relieved one-fifth of the present amount of taxes imposed upon them.—( Hear.) The lion. Baronet expressed surprise that the Lord Advocate had not during the last Session, brought in a Bill on the subject of the Annuity Tax ; but he must be aware that there are questions still pending in the Courts of Law which must be decided before any settlement can be effected.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He had not heard any reason why the rich should be exempt while the poor were subject to a heavy tax. All that was proposed by the Bill before the House was to remove an abuse which had existed for centuries, and which no one had attempted to defend. It was said the privilege had been hitherto used by the College of Jus tice without disadvantage to the public. He should be sorry to cast any reflections on that body or any member of it, but he trusted the House would not affirm the principle of exempting any longer the rich from a tax which persons far less able to hear it were still subject to. Mr. PRINGLE said the Members of the College of Jus tice had paid large fees for their admission. He therefore thought it hard that they should be deprived of their vested rights. The Faculty of Advocates had already signified their willingness to give up this privilege, but this should not be mixed up with any other question. The LORD ADVOCATE thought it a monstrous thing that any body should be exempt from contributing to the sup port of the poor. It was not a right attached to property. Upon what ground, therefore, so reasonable a proposition was to be resisted he could not divine. The Gallery was then cleared for a division. The numbers were— Ayes Noes Majority in favour of the Bill --31 VOTING IN VESTRIES. ____ . 108 Mr. WA KLE Y moved fur leave to bring " in a Bill to re peal the sStli of George 111., chap. 69., so far as the same relates to the manner of voting in vestries, and to alter the mode of voting in all cases in which the manner described in that Act is adopted by other Acts of Parliament." The Hon. Member stated that he hoped no objection would be given to the introduction of the Bill—(Hear)—as every opportunity would be given to Hon. Members to discuss the principle of the Bill at the second reading. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said this Bill differed essentially to the one brought in by his Hon. and Gallant Friend the Mem- ' ber for Westminster ; he should, therefore, feel it his duty to oppose it on a seeond reading. Mr. A. TREVOR thought that the Bill, if passed into a law, would be most mischievous. Mr. HUME said that his lion. Friend merely proposed to do zu.vay with an innovation on the law of t he land. After a few words from Dr. BO WRING and Mr. BEN NETT, leave was given to bring in the Bill. THE INQUESTS AT WOOLWICH. Mr. WAKLE Y moved for a " copy of the evidence and verdicts of the juries at the inquests lately held at Woolwich, on the bodies of two marines who had been subjected to the punishment of flogging." It was with deep regret he heard that the motion which he was about to make would be opposed by the Ministers of the Crown. It appeared to him of great importance that the evidence taken on such an occasion, and before such an initiatory court, should be laid before the House. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that in cases of a very seri ous and grave nature the House might be justified in calling for the notes of the coroner, but in such a case as the pre sent Ile considered it most inexpedient that the evidence taken before a legal tribunal should be submitted to that House.— ( Hear, hear.) He thought that the Hon. Member for Fins bury had failed in making out a case of necessity for the pro duction of this evidence.—( Hear.) Mr. HUME observed that his Hon. Friend's motion merely embodied the public wish on the subject, as expressed at the time of these occurrences. Mr. WAKLEY admitted that there was no exact prece dent for the motion which he made.—Motion withdrawn. COPYRIGHT ACT. Mr. BUCKINGHAM moved "for the repeal of so much of the Copyright Act, as enjoined the gratuitous delivery of eleven copies of every published work to eleven of the public institutions, colleges, and libraries of different towns in the kingdom." Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion. Mr. A. TREVOR considered it so dangerous that he should oppose the motion at its introduction. Mr. GOULBURN looked upon any change of the pro posed kind as one which he felt bound to oppose. Mr. C. WYNN thought the subject should be fully considered. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER should be very glad to see the Bill, when it was introduced, and hoped the House would give it every possible attention. After a few words from Dr. Lefroy, Sir R. Inglis, Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Baines, Mr. BUCKINGHAM expressed his wish to shape the mea sure in such a manner as would obviate all objections. The motion was agreed to ; and the Bill was ordered to be brought in by Mr. Buckingham, Colonel Thompson, and Mr. Ewart. PATENTS. Mr. M‘K INNON would not press his motion for " A Select Committee to consider the expediency of amending the pre sent system of granting patents ; and of rendering more easy and expeditious, and also less expensive and less liable to liti gation, the manner of securing to individuals the benefit of their inventions ; but on Thursday, May 19, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law to that effect. GRAND JURY LAWS (IRELAND). Lord Viscount MORPETH, after describing the principal provisions of his intended measure, moved for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate and amend the Grand Jury Laws in Ireland. After a few observations from Mr. W. S. O'Brien, Mr. Shaw, Mr. M. Chapman, Mr. Sharman Crawford, Mr. French, Mr. Sergeant Jackson, and Mr. Standish Barry, leave was given to bring in the Bill. DEBTS FOR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS. Mr. GILL ON then moved for leave to bring in a Bill "to alter and amend certain clauses in the 6th Geo. IV., c. 81, and 9th Geo. IV. c. 58, relating to the granting of certi ficates to keep alehouses and victualling houses, in which ale, beer, spirits, and other exciseable liquors may be sold by re tail in Scotland, and to enable the holders of licenses, except in cases of change of circumstances or delinquency, to obtain a renewal of such licenses from the excise ; and further to enable his Majesty's justices of the peace or magistrates in Scotland to grant certificates for the sale of ale and beer only, without such certificate entitling the holder thereof to demand from the excise a license for the sale of spirits and other ex ciscable liquors." Sir G. CLERK opposed the motion. He had great doubts whether a change in the present system of licensing public houses in Scotland would either be useful or advantageous to the people of that country. Mr. WALLACE seconded the motion. It was high time that a complete change should take place in the system of licensing Publicans in Scotland. He differed widely from the Hon. Baronet the Member for Edinburghshire. There was a monopoly—and that too of the very worst kind—that of THE MARKETS. (From the New London Price Current.) Hoes.---The prices are firm, but there has been much less done this week ; supplies continue small. INDIGO.-The Market has been very dull, no purchases reported. NITUATE OF SODA. -Some small parcels sold at 20s. a 203. 6d. TOBACCO.-The only purchase this week-300 hogsheads fine. Virginia, at 5i -d. to 64. per lb. RICE.-Business of anv consequence is prevented from being done in East India Rice, owing to - the importers still wanting higher prices; the lowest price of wheat 12s. SALTPETRE. -Prices of rough this week are 6d. a Is. lower, and the m irket still very heavy ; at auction 360 bags damp but not bold, refraction 101 went at 255. 6d. a 265. TEA. -The tea trade is exceedingly dull, low Congous are held for a profit, but there are sellers of other kinds at cost price, a large quantity of the forthcoming sales consist of fine qualities, the sales of free trade advertised are 30,776 packages, 17th May, 44,000 packages to follow the Company's June Sale, the inspection of the former will commence on Monday next. This afternoon the Market is steady, and prices firm ; the holders not disposed to give way. Company's Teas of the last sale arc at a premium, generally from a halfpenny and and one penny per lb. TURPENTINE. -A cargo of rough just arrived is offering at 18s. 3d. In Spirits there is a fair business doing, but at Is. lower prices. COCOA.-Prices continue high ; • of Brazil at auc ti on 248 bags fine red Bahia sold at 41s. 6d. to 445. 6d. SILK.-The demand for raw silk is good, and the sales generally at the late advance. On.s.-The prices of every description of Fish Oils have given way 10s. a 20e., and in some cases even 405., and the demand has become extremely moderate, occasioned by the large quantities of Southern offered at public sales of late; at auc tion on Tuesday 213 tuns Southern sold slowly, fine at 361. 10s. a 371. 10s., ord. to good 33/. 103. a 351. Linseed Oil is dull of sale, and freely offered at the reduced price of 445. Rape is again Is. lower. PROVISIONS. -Irish butter is in brisk request, and it is now quite evident that all the old butter will be consumed previous to the arrival of the new. Corks landed this week have been sold at 903., and Limerick also at the same price ; sales of the new make of the latter have been made on the other side at 105 s. There is a good demand for Dutch, but owin g to the abundant supplies p rices have g iven wa y 2 s. Bacon has advanced several shillings, and the demand brisk on board and landed, 50s. to 545. for prime small seizable, and 48s. to 50s. for heavy, lard is Is. to 2s. dearer, and a good deal doing. Hams and bale tierce middles in brisk request ; Scotch pork dull and lower. India beef is 3s. to ss. higher, pork is rather lower. DYES. -By private contract there is a great deal doing in Cochineal, and a public sale of 33 bags Honduras sold 4d. to sd. Uglier, and is supposed to have been taken on speculation, low to middling silvers sell at 7s. 3d. to 7s. 9d . ;_Lac Dye is still in brisk request ,• at auction, 18 chests sold at Is. a 1 s.li-d. for ordinary. There has been nothing doing in Indigo. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 9.g, EDINBURGH POOR BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition from Edinburgh against the Scotch Salmon Fisheries Bill. The Learned Gentleman also brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the Edinburgh Poor Bill. Mr. A. JOHN ST ONE objected to certain privileges being taken from the Corporation of Edinburgh in the manner pro posed by the Bill. Every person admitted into the Corpora tion must be qualified by education, and was obliged to pay large fines for his admission.—(Hear, bear.) The direct taxation of Edinburgh amounted to noless than 25 ..... _......------. .-...e.-- _ favouritism, or partiality. He held in Iris hand a petition from have to ask the indulgence the House, t any length, James Stevenson, proprietor of a house on one of the leading though it was not his wish to detain the a he found it roads in the county of Renfrew, who had been repeatedly yet he found the subject so uninviting, at least the atten ttract refused alicense, merely because his house stood too near to aso in another place, that it was not easy to a than that rtant public work-that is, the proprietor of that work thought so- tion of his hearers. But a subject more ' r m the country at although he allowed one of his own servants to be licensed to which he was about to bring forward, eithe to House, could sell spirits and ale. James Stevenson's house was well situated large, or to each individual of the of Chancery for a coaching station-had been built on purpose-he was a not be found ; because the Courdteu. ding by far the man of acknowledged good character, and yet he was refused by degrees became the ultimate Court for ' and it was re because, a license, to the great injury of his property-and this although greater portion of the property of their country,te ,_ xity o f t he he could boast of the recommendation of one of the best Ma- sorted to, to decide the nature of property, the ce ic gistrates in Scotland, Sir John Maxwell, the father of the means resorted to for the better enjoymentwas not nO vi Hon. Member for the county of Lanark. The sons of brothers from a variety of other causes, which it o city of this of Magistrates often became dealers in wines and spirits in necessary to explain, a large portion of the continue so as lung Scotland ; and in the city and county of Edinburgh did the country was under the controul, and would io of the Uour t Hon. Baronet, the Member for that county, ever hear of such as the present law existed, under the administra for their Lord persons being refused licenses? of Chancery. The Bill he had now to proposde . ~ t rat of a mime r Mr. ROSS moved the House be counted. ships' adoptiodwas one to provide for the du=b nt Bill required a On our return, we found Court having such extensive jurisdiction d hi s would give Mr. WALL ACE reprobating in very strong terms the eiost patientinquiry, and he was sure their Lor s P they would bear of pproperty, and abortive attempt which had been made to stifle this petition, it their most serious attention, and he ex . sting oils which exposed the Tory system of finding favour with poor with him while he shortly pointed out t d 1 what remedies publicans-a system which he hoped the Hon. Member's Bill which it was proposed to redress, an would put an end to, and place the licensing with the Excise had occurred to him to remove them. As to h th e e re b t e u s e i n n s es w li O ; so that every man of good character might obtain one, and fol- transacted by the Court, he would refer to t had low out his trade and calling without bowing and scraping to he had taken the liberty of calling for. He might think Justices of the Peace, their agents or domestics. He (Mr. these returns from a very early period but . b e d done S O W.) held that every man was entitled to follow any trade he from too early a period for the purpose -but had , aket , p lace pleased, and if publicans disobeyed the law, they would be for the purpose of showing the increase which ' d in the Court, amenable to it, and might be deprived of their licenses ; but since the time when Lord Hardwicke preside of Chance* while they conducted themselves p ro p er ly, it should not be no- which were called the golden days of the Court. ce that time, cessary to apply for new licenses, as was the present vicious Many doubted that the business had increasedsin ulence, and practice. James Stephenson's petiti o n exhibited the residences but considering the increase of the wealth, and P A; ° xtraorionarY of many other publicans, nearer to public works than his house commerce of this country, it would be most e nt of t he was, and yet the sobriety hunters refused that to him which if it had riot increased. When tile first appointmeastonished they granted to others. _ Vice Chancellor's Court took place, he e wa •as not used The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER suggested at what was stated by Sir Samuel Remaly, who w tatements; that as the whole system of licensing would shortly come under to be incorrect--who was most particular in his state „, t _ aeoe y the consideration of the House, it would be better to defer dis- yet he had said that lie believed the business 1 t-'" moved for Hardwicke. cussion on the subject until then. At the same time he agreed had not increased since the time of Lord or ter, in the views of the Hon. Member for G r ee nock, that there lie co n f e ssed he was astonished at it from su ch . a vie tl k _ e, die should in future be an end put to the partial system whic h he and that if they had now such men as Lord Hardt ° , tit the had pointed out, leaving the law to punish offenders , and de- difficulties would cease, and that the evil s were not hear.) prive them of their licenses when necessary. He also ap- system, but in those who administered it.-( proved of the suggestion of permanent licenses, as the Hon. For these reasons, he was anxious to have meansHoefaars the i" - Member had stated it had been found to work well in Ireland. the fact one way or the other, and to know whether fro m After a few words from Mr. MAXWELL and Mr. A. JoIIN - convenience which existed and the dela which occurredc_."..,, STONE, leave was given to bring in the Bill. of fact from an 0 r.s .- the pressure of business, arose in point CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. of business, or from some other cause. For tb . se oa of il'r d Mr. AG LIONBY rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill be was anxious to procure returns from the Pert_ _ pee red to repeal so much of the statutes 9 Geo. IV. c. 31, and 10 Hardwicke's Chancellorship, but, unfortunately t'Y Iperiod, end Geo. IV. c. 34, as relates to the period of the execution of that no books were kept during this t.ese to _ persons convicted of murder, and the prison regulations as to consequently they were unable to make t g ,_ stten murderers under sentence. He would briefly state to the turns.-( Hear.) He would, therefore, call the',l_oo,l t he House what his object was. As the law at present stood, the tion at present to the period of his administration s tr _ ao la be sentence on felons convicted of murder was required to be year 1767, the earliest period at which the return of the carried into execution within forty-eight hours after the sen- complete. It appeared that the average anal , ' of tence was passed, unless Sunday intervened, in which case cases s e t d o wn to be heard in the two certaining Lord Ch" - execution was deferred till the Monday following. The short- the Court of Chancery, viz., the Court of the tho year ness of time thus allowed to elapse between the passing of the seller, and the Court of the Master of the Rolls, the annual - sentence and its being carried into execution often occasioned 1761 to the year 1765, was 411 . This was , w hat sP great injustice to the persons convicted, inasmuch as it pre- rage during that period. Comparing this with ea rs, 5 years , vented, in those cases where the assize town was at a peered upon the returns, the annual returns for the last w au remote distance from the metropolis, any application viz., from 1831 to 1835, was 1,283. Proceedtilv:4lch had to the Crown for mercy, or a mitigation of the sen- other description of business, viz., the petitions_ , e n , oc erY, tence.-( Hear, hear.) So strongly was the hardship of the been presented in the two branches of the Court ofteL'etitions present state of the law felt by the judges of the land, that he found that from 1750-for the returns of the :' 1 760 i it was a well known rule on the circuits to try prisoners w ent back to an earlier period than the cause7;,°duriefiC. from al ay e. charged with the crime of murder on tile Friday, in order that the average during this period was 379, w l4 g . 2,81 3 ' a little extension of time might take place between the sen- the last five years, the annual average wt o f Char' . tence and execution. Now the o bject o f this Bill would be to He had then looked to another branch of the CourL, o f the obtain such an extension of time ; and he thought the practice eery, in order to see what was the pressure on the ti_rn e ' court , of Scotland, in this respect, was we ll wor thy of adoption in Lord Chancellor in hearing appeals from the oth,:averieje England; Ile, therefore, i n t e nded t o p ro pose, that in all cases that of the Master of the Rolls. They found t' . , from of conviction of murder, the sentence of death should not be from 1761 to 1765 was twelve, and the avert o tter s carried into execution before the expiration of 15 days after 1831 to 1835, was fifty-live. The latter applied to a' being them A. sentence was passed, nor later than 27 days. that cccupied considerable time - none of ~ d i s pels!! Mr. EW ART seconded the motion. matters of course. He had now, he trusteo r _ es i o ese ''',` Mr. Sergeant JACKSON said the same law existed in for ever of that imputation on the present course of Dud II Ireland as was complained of in England ; he therefore hoped the Court of Chancery, as compared with the tim e re quir e the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would extend his measure Hardwicke, and the assertion that no assistance Wa s te we l l ! to Ireland. n in his time. No man was more disposed to esti,at s elf• 3 ,, 1 1 Mr. BROTIIERTON was understood to object to the the character of Lord Hardwicke as a Judge than 01 ' if, h a ' punishment of death altogether, img e hiP• few had better opportunities of judging of it than h I.oo ls Mr. POTTER expressed his apprehensions that the Le - ing been entrusted with the manuscript notes of his al the Ic .. o r gislature were proceeding too far in the abolition of capital He had, therefore, a bundant opportunity of tracing ! °sing e a punishments. curacy and industry of that Learned Lord in loiter Mr. HUME was able, from examination, to make a state - the business, which, although it was small es teetielt ment which lie was sure would strike every person as a very with the present time, yet received his unremitting; 00 pr , strong proof of the good that had arisen from ameliorating He found that that Learned Lord had not only mau l _ b y or' s the criminal code, by putting an end, in many cases, to capital notes, but had adopted the best security for the suit ° ! m e the; punishments. He had stated that during the period of five ing his judgments in his own hand, and then delive_ r et ;ed ,l e sears, ending in 1825, there were 990 commitments for That mode of administering justice so much pra ra ise t." .. , horse stealing, averaging 198 commitments in a year ; and Lord Hardwicke, and which must have tended tn a pe actlu it that 37 persons were, during. that p er iod, executed for that great name which belonged to his memory, w as bea r.), e i r offence. He had also stated' that during the period of five always advisable to follow if possible. -( Hear , wr ite VI e years, ending in 1834, there had been 9G6 com mittals, aver- would be absurd to say that Judges were always to irice j tha t aging 193 each year ; and that many were convicted hut not judgments ; but in complicated cases he was con y loa d W t. one. was executed. During the last y e ar, 1835, the number of no course was better for a Judge to adopt, t° . o dgelea l t , individuals committed for that offence was 163, being 30 under to a right conclusion, than writing out hi s j t be se : a ; the average of the preceding five years. But extraordinary as Drawing the comparisons lie had done, it most f t hat g r- o f this fact was, it was but of little moment when compared with posed that he was detracting from t h e c haracter °,,,, ion cerY t another statement which it was in his power to make. During Judge ; his object was to rescue the Court of `'. a abl e ° es the three years ending the Ist of September, 1829, the number the present day from the charge of delay-not bin tin' of committals in the cases of coining, forgery, horse stealinir, perform the business of the Court a s it was done rest i' ,f r sheep stealing, Si. larcenies in dwellings, house breaking, and' of Lord Hardwicke. Looking at the ve r y "' w hate___ A f ` burglary; was 4,622 ; and the number executed was 96. In crease of business in the Courts, no pers °n c einerY 1 ,7, - t s . the three years ending 1835, when ca pital pun i s h men t s were could be at all surprised that the present raathere on in many of these cases discontinued, the c o mmittals were 4,292, not as effectual at the present moment as it wa s `,., ate) '-/.,. and only two persons were executed. other period he was anxious to draw their LordshiP',,bt cl Oa The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER-As they to, was 1813, inasmuch as at that time it was t heu e ° ,--0": 0 11 e. were all agreed, lie hoped, on the propriety o f th e o bj ec t which able to afford assistance in the Court of Chanc i er c a s fa;ci his Hon. and Learned Friend had in view, it would perhaps he cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") Another perio" o p poirl' oe more convenient for him (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) He referred to the year 1823, because there wa g do pted now to confine himself to the expression of hi s en ti re acquies- a Committee to ascertain the best course to h e a ri dinga e o cence in this motion.-( Hear, hear.) H e h o p e d b y th e time despatching the business of the appeals then P e . s et i' B ' l 2, his Hon. Friend anticipated, they should have the report of 1813, they wished to ascertain the average of can: l c- a nd L et o the Commissioners. He rejoiced that this sp ec i a l cas e, in the for hearing in the three years preceding, 1810, 18 ' at the. " I ; r t. present state of the law, had been brought under consideration. so as to know what was the state of the business el G or e n , After a few words from M r. LENNARD, that it became neces sar y to establish the Vice-Cliaoc. hat nt..„, Leave was given to bring in the Bill. The average number of causes in the three years. , l 4 l : s . j d i: p a RAILWAYS. tioned was 540; then, taking the years 1823, 1874' 1 8341 t he Sir HARRY VF,RNEY moved, in pursuance of notice, he took those years as corresponding with 183:' f o od i t e• that a humble address he presented to his Majesty , pray in g 1835, to which he shou l d next refer, b c , „ 0 00 ‘ , 01 , his Majesty to appoint a Royal Commission, to whose consi- average t o b e 945, while in the three last-mention Woe deration should be submitted every proposal to construct a mediately preceding the present t he average numb e riOd ; lee railway in any part of Great Britain and Ireland before the The averages stand thus, then :-541 for the first 1 3 eee . de introduction of a Bill for the purpose into Parliament. for the second period ; and 1,301 for the pres.ent t . .„ 11 ' reg r ea rj The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER felt it his forcing again to the same source of information,,cree Y ee e, duty to negative the motion. petitions, I find the average number during the 0 ,17 0 e After a few words from Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND, Mr. 1821, 1822, and 1823, to have been 1,48 7 ; n eo Con , 1 6; to t" oe ' L Mexweer. and Mr. POTTER, 1834, and 1835, it was 2,817. The appeals the a vera° l B3. " Sir H. VERNEY consented to withdraw his motion. Chancery in 1810, 1811, and 1812, were on , , n 0 33, ortet et CIVIL BILL COURTS (IRELAND) BILL. in 1821, 1822, and 1823 they were 42; ann t est itilP,,bich Upon the order for the recommittal of this Bill, being read, and 1835 they were 55. There is another r° - o n e, , to' Mr. F. FRENCH moved that the House be counted ; branch of business, which has occupied so roue C o urt % a s, when 40 Members not being found in attendance, the same was ha s interf e r e d so much with the business of the a `ii to to o e n eit it reported to' the Speaker, who immediately adjourned the have been the subject of great complaint -I mea s erf t 0 House at half-past ten o'clock. with respect to which I have not thought it nee e , s in tbeotioas for any returns, and for this reason-becanosef t he T o toy' place, the labour of ascertaining the number _ e id be l e t ie would be such, that I thought to impose it ‘e, Wo ..rt, whos steel pose too severe a tax on the officers of the t- , °" cau se a d t eel is the time of the public ; and, secondlfy, ee h ti e rs ,,, an s . ; lot , portion of the motions arc mere motions 0 .t , e o ther f th . f: ought to be separated in such a return from_elroticeeneecen some alteration having taken place in . th a ._F,.. c d, ti L, a te Court, by which motions of course arc distinguish cou ld i/ e 0 t would not be one to which much consequencev_ ero po e t l ice ls; tached, inasmuch as it would not appear % n.a_ e r t be .e a _ j t jet the mere motions of course had been taken 1,11; my O bi t ; ore tion, or what proportion had been omitted• r' House the relative cbec -0.5 :it,eoere‘bioursei n ' es !.. in tc.pc .....00; bring under the consideration of the shewn the e _ o et 1 portance of the business, and as I have is, it caned a,. cu pied by the causes, the petitions, and aPpr bas inc c re a l lu dre , doubted that the other most important r:,,,, I havroporti Del, least in the same proportion as that t d o in v a i n g ; e te_r _P drot au to The probability is that it has increased there i S a a se ir; _ I , because experience has proved that whenside able incr. edges, ye., _ b n eusmohfe number causesmotions.depending, iin there is Court, en;',„„ ereit` - . w e the mere fact of such a cause being in . n , but u'''' ° e o ns e-' 55 , ever may become of it, a new application ee 4 , o nly b „, opportunity of applying by way of mouroefere, the t il er busin e t o necessity for a motion. No doubt, the with the °, t ,, h r of 0 ,4 e ry increased in the same proportion f er to " e Chall c :ot There is another branch, and I shall re Cou rt 01 _, ta nt t iissaheeaernd. arird.tinisblfroccta:ci.irof:;: show to what a degree the business of th e _._ bow intr: or agu e , has increased, but show to your Lordships to c all ) 1 : 4 t he li_ rt machinery is to which I am endeavour.if r, the b a nds t u to a dve ip tion; I mean the state of the fulls, _ 1 1 1 „ I are aht l _ roo ne) 3 in comptant-general. The return to I! , tie . !' ffie ri: . nory i tv I have from the accomptant-gencral o s the Vic e-Cb ilding e e t° be r his hands in 1812, the year before i en d wa g st e t' of (3-° e,9 9. was passed, amounted to 28,137,0,,, : , n th e too nt.. o o f 1,,, f r go account of 6,266 causes - the sum i i , .1.,, athat i t is . o salc , wido j a r! ..o o ct last raiulisi 3en' causes. r , such 3 e rtY, ''''' the tion, such a control over immense 5 b ' importance cYourre 3L9o7r t Bd : s a l; t oi ustiee . "` of th e le r ' al le o c re b il h itele'reo-dr u:hte '7.-4'ell-eni - c' pOasO/Cl.v,oilstiltraftendllai,nv7inags_es of protpot• , jilos..) My Lords, it is my belief, great as i function der w hich " er i e di ; 13 be administeredway to securemf.to. the s u j e lle'tt . * h e, due, but a prompt administration of Chancery, mighty as are the e , un der its e c e rnov a s eice form, and immense as is the propm: . e wi n e e -- o ofjuso ifs that if it were possible-as I hope It infinitelY. T o of is in that Court, it would be resoled t° i n terPo siti o f it, hc c reoet causes of the delay which occur in the adr ninistra - : , r c tb eh ° has been. The public require ie tai to keep uo t v _.„,, it s ' s ... ig Court ; but they make great sacrieces sineis p r L e e e r l e i s, 1 1.4 1 1 a ; they well know that the pressure of That, MY ele yours gr e l: performime its functions speedily. I will now a re was . 1 , d evidenceeby the return to which a _ 1813 , the n _ :dor aD C .110 0 was eO sn 'l d o f ' l. ,ieo ships' attention. Previous to the r t : o ' r :::: : : uses the " al %i n- 40 .. ficulty experienced in getting ethrown in , to If, , CiFo i e pressure of business in the Court very serious impediments obtaining that which it was they applied to it. In the p . public had hel d e and thicro,,l)Lue cery Court, however, the p . , ; ; dministrat.ort - diate ly a ust to ) prospect of a more speedy a I was almost , i r onic . r ,. at that 6 a P: nOtW b ' 0 4. quence was, that taere there was - t t hat by r e e op 1. suitors to that Court. Nowt' business, e leeP ._ d t he . r ot to 4 to induce such an influx o was resew thet r o arif I 'd • tof a new judge there A deCiSIOn t l P_ a ° b ills 0 be pomtmen , • • a judges froi.. f IA a 1 to parties of obtaining very conclusion,bor o 30 t i e e were their o : Y iflt ' That appears the nece es , and the Hors ca tiso, e of of t• of the number of caus h i ittm ber _, O paSS7 CO Ac t immediatel before, thew -t mediately at e 's: I , l :chaner .7 o at_ p e; Bill for the establishmentr before the gassing. was s eer I, e of the e ic a , -_ siog . ce _ O6 D i ~d e gacauses set down i,e):,,, eict4,le„.ovca e the average number after the passing ° N. I 5":,.17. P. number puring o t f he bills three h r ee filed i m during the three years number of causes set down for hearing % a HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 28. The LORD CJIANCELLOR took his scat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. IRISH MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition in favour of the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill. OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD'S DAY. Petitions in favour of the better observance of the Sabbath were presented from Wesleyan Methodists by Lord Yarbo rough, the Bishop of London, the Marquis of Bute, the Earl of Ripon, and the Bishop of Bangor. BOROUGH OF IPSWICH. Lord HAT HE RTO N said he had three petitions to present from the Borough of Ipswich. The first, from the Aldermen and Town Council ; the second, from the Mayor and Magistrates ; and the third from the inhabitants of the town, all very respectably signed. The petitioners represented that great public inconvenience was likely to arise in consequence of an alleged informa lity in the election of the Town Council, and prayed that their Lordships would pass without delay the Bill then before the House, containing clauses which would meet those incon veniences. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. Lord DACRE presented a petition, praying for the abo tion of capital punishments, except in cases of murder. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Mr. BERNAL and others brought up the Grand Junction London and Birmingham Railway Bill, and stated that the Commons had agreed to their Lordships' amendments. The Sussex Turnpike Road Bill was also brought up. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a petition from Houghton-le-Spring, praying for the better observance of the Sabbath. Earl CLARE presented a petition from the European re sidents of Bombay, praying for an equalization of the duties on Sugar and Coffee. Lord DUNCANNON laid on the table the fourth Report of the Commissionere, appointed to inquire into the prisons of Ireland. Lord LANGDALE presented a petition from Robert NP William, against the Grand Junction Railsw.y Bill. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a similar petition from Hull. _ The Earl of ROSEBERY gave notice that it was his intention to move the second reading of the Scotch Entail Bill, on Thursday next. Lord HOLLAND presented two petitions from Mansfield, against the punishment of death in any case except murder. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented the Report of the Committee with respect to both Houses of Parliament. The Belfast and Armazh Railway Bill, the Wearmouth Dock Bill, the Endowment Bill, and the Lanark Road Bill, were severally read a third time and passed. The British Alkali Company's Bill was read a first, and or dered to be read a second time to-morrow. RESIDENCES AND PLURALITIES BILL. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in moving the fur ther consideration of the amendments to the Residences and Pluralities Bill, observed, that as he u nderstoodthcre were some amendments of an important nature to be moved, he would sug gest that they should go into Committee pro forma that even ing; that the several amendments be printed, and if any other amendments were to be moved that they also be printed. After a few words from Lord Ellenhorough, the Duke of Wellington, and Lords Radnor and Melbourne, the Bill was reported, and ordered to be printed. CHANCERY REFORM. The LORD CHANCELLOR, having moved that that part of his Majesty's Speech which relatle to the administration of justice should be read, proccededlfo say , it became his duty to call the attention of their Lordships to the plan which he should submit, for the purpose of carrying into effect the intentions of his Majesty in that part of the speech which had been just read,—(Hear, hear.) He should • 4 4