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w h , ;se ilooFe isc WO' aolici :onsider try--to ty , and .causT man, a what rock•d various as if needed ved of a prac. :111)- If arms oly al- djplo cou'd I Jecus kneW the ictated 1.) . N. d in' I ost 10 1 Y. sense less t is 13111." io&pte a% serve as period b 3 tini e rsd maj t herefare , t such Plc' any ciao , nor could EVENING EDITION. most unnatural and detestable of all systems was practised. i them annual, le-cat; e, until the expenses of candidates Children, instead of being supported by their parents. were greatly reduced, annual Parliaments would work into were there found to support their parents; children there the hands of the Pesr, the rich merchant, or the man o f l a r ge passed at once from childhood to decripitude and old age, prei city. On the same plan he ol jacted to the annual knowing nothing of the charms of youth. They became system of registration—it threw the representation into the disabled and. diseased, perhaps debased, and p isseol into h ands of thosewith a long ru-se, and keep up its concomitants another world from an early broken-up constitution. And of many agents, so that thee had the evile of annual Parlia yet that e rnieht eu ed and patriotic assembly which called 'tents without any of its advantages. Six or seven years be itself the ileuse of Commons— . theueht were too lone, he woul.l they, fore support any Lord DE VON rose to order. He submitted that the measure for making them triennial. —( Ile - -,r, hear.) Ile Nobe Lord was out of order in his allusion. thought such a measure would please many of the friends Lord STANHOPE then said, to mike the expression of Parliamentary Reform. They never saw a civil list Correct in reference l•o the House of Commons and accep. settled by they Id Parliament, vs the Members having the fear table to the Noble Lord who had just risen to order, he of a general election before their eyes would beintractable. would call it that House which was not enlightened and The Bill for the stables was passed, but he never saw a not patriotic.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He had word about 70,0001. in it from the feast moment it first called it, to be sure, enlightened and -patriotic, but came into the House Up to the present time. Seventy he had used that expression . perhaps erroneously, and, thousand pounds was indeed an enormous sum to lay out in therefore, he would now call it the reverse ; or if it would building stables for those beings. Why that sum would I Please the Noble Lord better be would suppose that no build a palace for a man I This was one of the proofs that such Assembly existed, as perhaps it ought not.—(Hear, there was no difference between a Ileuest of Commons in bear.) But upon this point, if their Lordships, and par- its lifetime and - at the approach of its death, when it was titularly his Noble and Learned Friend opposite (Lord sbeut to render up its accounts to the country ; and it went Brougham), whose erudition was so extensive, would refer, to show that if the period of the existence of a Parliament or bad referred to an edict of the Spanish monarch in the were much shortened—but not so much as to produce much year 1766, be would find there a prohibitipn even against greater expense—it would create a better and a more any slave working till he had arrived at the age of seven- wholesome feeling in its Members. He should now correct ' teen years. Now what was the case here—and their Lord- one or two misstatements which had been made, quite _ ships must listen to that was natural and reasonable, un- unintentionally he was persuaded, by his Noble less they were determined to produce scenes in the Friend; but still they were mis.titements which must not country which he would not venture to describe. Here be permitted to go abroad with the weight of his name at f again be would quote, not a Radical authority—the •u- tsched to them. He ( Earl Stanhope) stated that that thority of a Right lion. Friend of his ahem lie greatly re- House might refuse to receive a Peer, or permit him to vered, and who was in common with himself an old - fash- take his seat, if he were created by the Crown. Now he ioned rory—one, he would not say to the eternal disgrace (Lord B.) had sat upon the Woslsaek for some tears, and of the - House of Commons—so that the Noble Lord (Devon) he never heard a word about this before. The Crown sent need not he alarmed—but to the eternal disgrace of the down Peers to that House according to the 45th article of electors of Leeds, they had not elected for their representa- the Charter (so it was:understood), aed the Clerk at the tiveL-he meant Sir John Beeke t. lie said in a speech table must real their patents or he would incur a penalty. delivered by him at Leeds—" I say that peace at hone A P.m came up introduced by two other Peers. aid then means contentment ; and urkss we can establish such a he went through the courtesy of slinking hands with the system of things as will afford men a fairer remuneration Speaker before he took his seat. What opportunity was fur th e ir labour, and enable them to maintain themselves there then to call into question the pre,ogative of the and their families in comfort, there can be no peace at Crown, which had an undoubted right to create Peers? home ; there never will be peace at home—there never If the Crown had an admitted right to create Peers, Ought to be peace at home." Such fair remuneration to surely no man would sly that the Crown. might the labourer for his labour, as Sir John Beckett spoke of, create a Lord, but not a Peer—a Baron who 'la was utterly impossible to expect, so long as their Lord- must not crime to Parliament though he had received a ships persevered with that most pernicious system of free summons with the Great Seal attaches! to it. Why he trade, and so long as they continued the Currency 11:11. ( Lord Brougham) had issued summonses to Peers to come Do What they would to conceal the evils, probable a very to Parliament, and nobody bad ever thought of interleting short time would be enough for them to be compelled to with them. It would have been a breech of duty, an in.-- retrace their steps upon the subject, except they were de- peachable offence, if he hal neglected to summon them. termined to doom this country to bankruptcy and to ruin. —( Hear, hear.) His Noble Friend stated that the Crown He - conjured their Lordships to consider, as they cught, and the Ministers ii, 1832 threatened to create as many the state and condition of this country—the spit it Peers as should be sufficient to fur ce the Reform Bill and feeling and disposition of the inhabitants. Let through Parliament.. But lie ( Lord Brougham) would theirl s erd e hips not be deceived. A revolution of the most now affirm, that no one Member of his Majesty's Gevern tremendous and terrific n ture—one the most destructive cent had nut only not used such unbecoming language and melancholy in its cotrequences, was now at the thresh- or alluded to so indecorous a topie, but that not one of old of their doer- Even now, at the twelfth hour, they them had even opened his mouth on the subject---( Hear, might be able to avert it by proper and prUdent measures ; hear)—or relative - to ant thing connected with it.—( Hear, but when the crisis arose he held no power of their Lord- hear.) Matters took an entirely different turn, vehich ships—no power of Parliament would be able to ride upon perhaps were not clearly known to some Noble Lords who the whirlwind and direct the storm. Whatever the result ha i thought proper to absent themselves from the House of that revolution might be it would afford him sincere con. and from the public business. If it were intended at that solation at the last hour of his life to re fleet that he had time to create such a number of new Peers, the very. zealously though imperfectly endeavoured to discharge his first thing their L,ordships would have heard of them duty; that he had earnestly, but he feared most ineff c- would be, not in a speech, but it would be when they saw tually, endeavoured to warn their Lordships of the them coming into the House to take their sea's. perils by which the country was encompassed on all sides, Earl STANHOPE—I was present when those words and *of those dangers which, it allowed to continue, threat. were uttered in this House; I have a distinct recollection end inevitable d. struction, not only to all the institutions of it. The words were spoken by the Noble Earl then at of the country, but even to the monarchy itself. He had the head of his M jesty's Government.—( Hear. ) ' now stated more at length than he was afraid some of their Lord BROUG HAM was sore his Noble Friend was Lordships might think he ought to have done, but still as one of the last men to rtete what he did not believe to be concisely as bad been in his power, some of the observa- true. But he (Lord Brougham) bed a distinct and posi tions which appeared to him to suggest themselves upon tive recollection that no such words were said. lie was the subjects of this petition: Long as he had been he had certain that they could not have been said from the course passed hastily and cursorily over parts of the suljects,because which things then took. He ( Lord Brougham) and his they deserved and ought to receive full and frequent discus. friends had made, instead of what was attr.butcd to them, Zion. But having said so much, he would reserve to himself a very innocent threat—they threatened to resign.— the privilege of replying if necessary to any other observe- ( Laughter.) lie had himself distinctly stated Chit they tions that might be offered, and move that these petitions be would resign if they could not carry through that Bill, laid on th e talle. which they considered as absolutely necessary for the wel- Lord BROUG II AM was quite certain of one thing, fare of the country.—(llear, bear.) Now he ( Lord that however their I archships might differ from his Noble Brougham) must further correct his Noble Friend. Ile Friend, who had 'j e laborat ely supported the prayer of thought he lied been a little too severe upon the other these petitions, thsezwould receive diem with that atten- House of Parliament, in stating that that. House had tion_p er mit him to add—with that respect and considcra- fallen into universal, aul not unmerited, contempt. Even lion, with which their Lordships were ever ready to if it were true, he had gone too far in saying so. erect the respectful prayers of their countrymen. . Earl STA N HOPE—I did not say that. I stated that The i m p o rt a nce of their subject the vast meet- they had now lost, if they had ever enjoyed, the confid, nee ing at which one of them was agreed to, with of the country, and that " I would not say they bad fallen singular unanimity—he mean t t h e M a nchester meet- into universal and unmerited contempt." tin g , a t ' which 300.000 persons were present—the Lord BROUGHAM—Oh, I Leg pardon. That was great assent given in other parts of the country to the pro- just another way c-f saying the same thing.—( Laughter, ceedings of that meeting, the anxiety which prevailed and hear, hear.) if an Indictment had been taken out over all the manufacturing districts, without any ex- egainst a man for using such language, it would run thus. ception, but particularly in the North and in Scotland, Ile said, " I will not say they have fallen into universal upon this subject, and the countless numbers who had and merited contempt," then and there meaning to any so ; Sent their petitions elsewhere to be presented precisely to and that it was so, and then and thereby he did say the same effect, upon the same grounds—the yet greater so—the fact being notorious.—( Loud laughter, and Hear, number that had even signed these petitions, which there hear.) lie ( Lord B.) was sure that every kind of person, was reason to believe agreed in their prayer, he was per- or at least every kind of opinion, was represented in that fectly certain Would, even if his Noble Friend had House. True there was an overwhelming party there in not recommended it by his statements and Isis favour of the New Poor-law, as there was in this House_ arguments have secured for the petitioners, their and there was a reieectable, though very small minority Lordships' most respectful attention.—( Hear, hear.) against it. But as for thinking that the ether House do- Thongh he might entertain some doubt—though he could minecrecl over the country, or exercised a strong arm over not prob a bly agree in all the doctrines broached by the the people represented or unrepresented, nothing could be Noble Esrl—diere was one in which he could not hesitate moat! absurd. Why they were the most diffident set of fer o ne moment in agreeing most fully with, viz his care people that could be found anynhere. They hardly and feeling for the unrepresented peop'e. It was a pain- ever ventured to express an opinion—the mere expression ful ditty fur those who prepared the Reform Bill—it was a of the inclination of an opinion was enough to satisfy them. Painful duty to thOse who helped and assisted in carrying One day they showed theit inclination by a majotity of five, ''' through Parliament—it was a very painful, but a neces- another by a majority of two.—( Laughter.) Surely those B ary d ut y to drawestrell se fine as would of ,neceFsity exclude Members were anything but dogmatical —( Laughter.), 4 great majority from the exercise of the franchise. They They seemed to be oppressed and overwhelmed by en-com bed adopted les property qualification, but they had all stances of extreme difficulty. They never expressed a along f e l t t h a t i t : w o u ld be necessary to extend the fran- strong opinion—but no doubt the Government would go ehise ; the y'all aleng knew that they excluded many from on better with a majority of two, than a majority of two to th e e lective franchise who were as well qualified to exer- one.---( Laughter.) They might be unfortunate, but he cite it as many of the 101. householders. ' Still they felt must repeat . he thoug ht the words - "universal and unme it at that time necessary to draw a line , until sons • • d were frilled out of reducing the immens e 'means rite contempt" too strong an expression to apply to them. a candidate was liable, had adopte d' ex to ' which As for the petitions now before the House, he ( Lord B.) lification. and they had adopted the 10/. qua- attached the utmost importance to them. He was glad his It, however, was not true that there existed in Noble Friend had entered at ela g into this subject, f or h e the minds of the framers of th at Bill an y id ea of i s b e i n g t h oug ht t h e y were en titl e d t o the - fullest consideration their a final measure—it was rest consistent with truth to say, it Lordships could give them, for they spoke the s e ntiments . was the very reverse of truth t o sa y th a t a ll t h e f ramers o f o f a vast ma j or ity o f th e wor ki ng c l asses — o f a ll the unre that B i ll; to 'say that all the advocates of the Bill ever for presented classes without exception—( Hear, hear, from a moment intended that it should be a final measure—nay, Lord Stanisope)—of those who were for secret voting, he could answer for one who took a deep interest in the provided Universal Suffrage were extended to them—hut ' Bill, that during the whole time it was under discussion he above all, and before all, of those who were determined by entertained a decided opinion that the measure would all peaceful and legal means to work out such political require very great 1 xtension. He most positively denied improvements in their political circumstances as should that the Reform Bill was introduced as a final measure ; extend to them the right of voting. From the communi he denied that it was thought to be so by its framers, or cations he had for some time held with those parties, he by those who took a principal part in passing it could say that the opinions expressed in the petitions w s ere through the House.—( Hear, hear ) He splice with a the opinions, without hesitation and without exception,: of particular remembrance of what were the feelings and what the working classes.---(llear, hear.) fie ( Lord B ) the uttered l a n gua ge of one who, from his position in the would not use the language of intimidatiou. He differed Cabinet, was entitled to some consideration—the Chancel- from the Noll t Lent as to any danger of a revolution. lie for of 1832, who had a considerable share in the freming , had not the slightest apprehensions of a revolution. So of the all—who took a considerable share in the advocacy ' far was he from thinking with the Noble Lord that revolts. of it while it was passing through that House—the Chan- tion was advancing to their gates, he was convinced that cellar, on the 10th of April, 1832, said he had no doubt of the people of this country had Never beer, generally in a the propriety of extending the elective franchise to other more peaceable state or disposition, and thi3'eseneral peace classes—nay, to classes much lower than any t o which the ful disposition was proved by the confined extent of the franchise was given by the Bill, according as the people l a te lo c al out-bre ,ks, for there the spark was struck, the became educated. Those who said that was a final mea- fuel collected, but the fire did not spread.—( Ilea:, hear,) sure, must admit that it was not so considered by the All that had been done in the north, and more recently in Cabinet in their collective capacity. The doctrine of the west of Scotland, had fully demonstrated that the finality would have been better'pleadei in 1832, for then really disaffected, the real lovers of mischief—those the Legislature were granting a great boon to the who were anxious for revolution, aid for breaking the People—that doctrine seemed-to grow and gain strength peace, and for carrying out their views by unlawful means, from that which ought to have uprooted it—it was becom- were a scanty and insignificant number, and incomparably ing stronger just as the people were getting better quell- less in point of importance or respectability of any sort fled for the exercise of the right. A year and a halt ago than those whose opinions were expressed in the petitions be ( Lord Brougham) had en t ere d hi s p ro t es t against the presented by the Noble Lord. But those circumstances, doctrine in that place—lie had followed the course so far from diminishing the claims of the petitioners upon a Noble Friend . of his had .taken. His Noble Friend the House, ought to be the very facts which should incline appealed in a pamphlet, to which allusion had been their Lordships only to weigh well their statements, but at made, to his constituents, and he (Lord Brougham) on the earliest opportunity to grant the prat; er'orthe peti the part of the Parliamentary Reformers, replied to tioners.—( Hear, hear, hear.) , that pamphlet ;he threw out as he hoped a sort of bridge Lord MELBOURNE was not very food of those useless over which his Noble Friend might re-pass, and join discussions—( Hear, hear)—which he regarded as mere ex once more his reforming friends. Well, he hoped that ercitations which-led to no useful result—and he thought his feeble arguments had done some good ; there was it a departure from the early practice of Parliament of much joy cut of the House, there was much j o y in the generally confining one's ebservations to a statement of the House among the friends o f P ar li amen t ar y Reform ; facts of a petition, and of tame principal circumstances con much was the exultation because the doctrine of finality fle eted with it, such as the respectability of a meeting which was thrown overboard—the Ballot was to be made an adopted a petition. Yet, considering the nature of the open question. Thus time passed on, but very shortly petitions described by the Noble Lord who presented them, their tears of joy were turned into those of bitter woe, and descanted upon by the Noble Lord who spoke last— for that question was made an open one for the purpose c onsidering the great body from whom the petitions came, not of hastening that measure to become the law of the and the number of men by whom those Opinions were en land, but for the purpose of opposing it. Plain men like tcrtained, though he apprehended those opinions did not him had the folly to believe that alien thin) orlorty men prevail to that extent mentioned by his Noble and were told they might vote in favour of a measure which Learned Friend—( Hear, hear)—still considering that would naturally increase the minority, they had the fully those opinions extensively pervaded the working classes and to suppose that by so doing they were hastening the were most sedulously inculcated and circulated amongst measure; but no such thing, there were those who by them by those who had weight with them, so much so, increasing minorities were opposing the measure ; indeed, that it must have been by a, miracle that they did " thee it was to defeat the measure by increasing the mi- not prevail to a much lsrger extent; and upon this ac nority, possibly till it came to within five one day or two count he could admire nettling more than the steady and the next. Let them go on, for it was very often the firm good sense of the majority of the people of this coon case that a aisjority of two was turned into a minority, try, exposed as they had been to the grossest rwisrepre- The Government said to themselves, "we may give our sentations, to the most violent temptations, to the most friends liberty to vote against us, but we are so popular— stimulating descriptions of grievances, all of which had we are so strong—we are so Much respected out of doors been referred to the mad administration of the Govern and so well-supported in—that let us only vote against it, ment of this country, and which grievances it had been and there is no doubt wit will, by increasing the minority, repeatedly stated, might be most easily rem t e t di oi c iht d g -- . defeat the question." T h e Ba l lot w as made an open ques of delaying its being c arr i e d ivat o a ( Hear, hear.) Considering all those grounds, he thought tion for the purposethat the petitions presented by the Noble Earl law. That was a new doctrine, whi c h hi s h um bl e plain were justly entitled to the serious consideration of their sense could never have dreamt of. He was alarmed et Lordships. lie could not but be astonished that con such conduct—he feared it was crafty—be could not help sidering the exertions that had Leen made by active thinking thht those who left a question open for the pur• agents to excite the people of th:.s country, so small an pose of gratifying its friends, and at the same time pleasitg effect had been produced. lie however thought the Noble its bitterest enemies—lie was not sure .that those who Lord had not done wrong in dwelling upon the statements showed such friendship to the measure for the purpose of of these petitions and in urging the arguments they had strangling it, might not bestow another Iscariot embrace heard. He must nevertheless say, that if he (Lord Mel upon some of the other popular measures which he thought bourne) were one of those who attended those meeings, necessary for the welfare of the country._( Laughter.) and had eigned those petitions presented by the Noble His opinion' upon the question of the Suffrage lisd been Earl, he should not be quite satisfi-d with the manner in All who were capable of well and honestly often stated. which the Noble Earl had just discharged the duty which voting—creditably to themselves and leneficially to the those whom he represented had imposed upon hitn. For country—should be allowed to exercise the franchise. the Noble Earl bad disapproved of every one of the objects lie cared not that many who were now electors were die- in the petitions. Annual Parliaments, Universil Suffrage, franchised--the freemen and many of the ten-pound Extension of the Suffrage, were all demanded in the pal ' householders who were nos, so capable of pro- tions, and all objected to by the Noble Lurd ; and the perly exercising the important trust, fur trust it latter he would only concede on a principle whi c h would I was, a n d no right.—( Hear.) lie would give the fran- not be at all agreeable to those who signed the petitions._ chis e t o a ll who were capable of using it with respecter (Hear. hear.) The Noble Earl would confine the eaten bitity o f con d uc t and usefully to the House of Commons. s i on o f the suffrage to certain classes, thereby making The B allot, secret voting, if unaccomp tnicd by a great new distinctions in the society of this country. With re extension of the-frenchise, would do no more than perpe. , spect to those opinions of the Noble Earl, he agreed for tuate the right of those who were now checked in its exer- the most part with him. H e (L or d Melbourne) would not cisc b y t h e unrepresente d. At present the man who imitate his Noble and Learned Friend,by going into a history i votes disch arges a public duty—adopt Secret noting, of the Reform Bill, but be agreed with him that the word fi end they wou ld a t once remove all restraint nality was not to be found in our language—he could not from those who now e ee t eised the franchise under the and it any dictionary—and he was sure that the word was controul—the moral controul of the unrepresented. . By i never used by his Noble Friend elsewhere (Lord J. Russell) the present system of vo ting, the unrepresented indirectly ini the sense it was animadverted upon here. Ile was sure PsrticiPsted in th e f ranc hi se , The Ballot in s uc h a case his N o ble Friend thought with him that no Bill of Parlia• . . w ould e be an i n j ury, and no * improvement. As respected mcn t, that no human measure could be fram e d i n that the . par ment of Members and the property qualification, fixed, solid, and decisive manner that, after exoeriment, it he , oueli t they were hardly worthy of observation. But should not require alteration. He was sure that t his Noble ' hthem-ether qu th . ion, the shortening the duration of Parlia. Friend—he was certain that'll° mar, of sense, could be of ---te - -Masstrahhe strongly favoured. _ lie could not _agree to make opinion that a measure eaneeframeelits Parliament ahoultiebe T 1 , ' 2 N I,ON Di WEDNESDAY, 1 I incapable of change, and that the result of experiment should not de attended to. Bur. for his ( Lord M.'s) own setiefaction, end in vindiestion t f his former conduct, he would here st rte, that in the discussion of the second read ing of the Reform Bill, he stated—and be was then censured for the statement—that, Chet measure, if I eased, would not answer the extravagant art eipations that bad been enter tained of it by a large class of persons.a—(Hear, hear.) lie stated that it would not prevent bribery and corruption. He stated that in its results it trust disappoint many. He • stated that he was perft et!) , aware that the measure must not stop there—( Hear, heer)—that it could not be final— ( Hear, hear)--but that it must lead to large ulterior con sequences.—( Hear, hear.) He must therefere say that he agreed with a great deal of what had been stated by his l\Lible Friend in presenting the petition. He (Lord M.) objected to those measure , demanded in the petitions nor because he regarded them as advances on the Reform Bill—not because he thought they Would go further thin that Bill but because those measures were bad and pernicious in themselves. As frr the proceedings in the other 11 ruse, he was not disposed at present to advert to them at any length, though their Lordships had a perfect right to advert to them whenever they considered them of sufficient importance. As the motion for taking votes at elections by the Ballot had been negatived by a large majority in the other House. he thought that here they were not bound to consider them. It.. did not agree in the alleged efficacy of the Ballot; nor did he think the question was advanced in the other House-by the late division, whatever might te the state of feeling respecting it out of the House. Some persons might think that the making the Ballot an open question would advance it, and others might think that it would retard it, of course their opinions on this point would be influenced by their opinions being tither favourable or opposed to the question. For himself, as he had before sail that lie was not in favour of the Ballot, but he did think that. the making it an open question tended te advance it. The Noble Viscount proceeded as follows : My Lords, I was glad to hear the Noble Earl express his opinion as to the advice which has h. en given to the people to arm.—( Hear, hear.) My Lords, giving that advice to persons to arm in furtherance of political objects, and twinging their free to bear upon the Legislature and the Government, can be considered as nothing less in fact_ unless under a form considered legal, but which I do not consider legal—can he deemed nothing short of an excite ment to rebellion.—(llear, hear.) It can be nothing else, it can have no other meaning—( Hear, hear)—and though the Noble Earl disclaims any participation in this advice, I must observe, that the advice has been given by persons for whom he professes the highest reap pct and re gard, in a respectable station of life, and from whom other feelings and other recommendations might hire• been ex pected.—( Hear, hear.) My Lords, the Noble and Learned Lord remarked with great humour and liveliness upon the state of the other House of Parliament, and the narrow majorities which there take place. Why, my Lords, I recollect the time when I had the honour and pleasure of acting with •my Noble and Leerned Friend, when we did not think it so great a celamity, to be in a narrow majority—when . a majority of one upon the secor d reading of the Reform Bill was thouebt a very good majority to go on with. and I do not remember any such feeling of dis grace as that to. ohich my Noble and I earned Friend adverts. My Lords, as to the situation of the Assembly itself, Ido not see how it is to be he:ped. It is a contin gency that may occur, that parties should be so equally divided. Whether it is advantageous . oFdisidvantageous I do not precisely pretend to determine.—( A laugh ) We must decide by majorities. It may, perhaps. be an unsatisfactory mode of deciding—( Hear, hear)—but it is forced upon us by the imperfections of human nature. No body thinks a majority always in the righ:—( Hear, hear) or a minority always in the wrong.—( Hear, hear ) God knows, I don't.—(Great laughter, caused by the huMour ous way in which the Noble Viscount spoke ) I was bred up in minorities. lam sometimes in a minority myself; therefore all my inclination is the other way, and I am rather •of opinien that the minority is usually in the right.—( Laughter, and hear.) I do not know, boa ever, how these evils can be remedied—they seem the natural evils of human nature. Ido not deny that there are evils and cliflieulties in the state of the country, which require serious consideration. The metters brought be fore us in this petition, and the feelings of the people, are undoubted!) , such as to demand the mist serious conside ration.—( Hear, hear.) But that I - consider alarming, and the real cause of the present dangerous state of the country, is the manner in which every man thinks himself justified in pushing his own opinions sto an extreme.— ( Hear, hear ) lf, fer instance, a gentleman thinks we have not done right about the currency—that we ought to have more 11. notes, or to alter the standard of value— then he thinks himself entitled, if the Legislature anti the Government do trot immediately coincide with his views, to call upon the people to rise in their strength—( Laugh ter)—and push everything to the utmost.—( Hear.) In the same way with the Poor-law ; because we have passed a law for the reformation of great and enormous abuses—a law which, I hove no doubt, contributes as much to the comfort of the poor, as it does to the general wel fare of the community—(lle m, hear)—this, forsooth, justifies rebellion and resistance, and the utter dissolution of the bonds of society.—( Hear, hear.) My Lords, it is in fact pushing the doctrine of resistance, admitted to be applicable only to extreme cases ; to every comparatively slight and unimportant case ; and, in the powerful lan gunge of Mr. Burke, it is making the extreme medicine of the Constitution its daily aliment.—( flear, hear.) My Lords, there are no other points on which it is necessary to make any observations. I only lament that my Noble Friend opposite (Earl Stanhope), with his integrity and his right feeling, should have again expressed himself in such strong and Ikter language as to the New Poor law. Lord 13RO UG H A Nl—My Lords, with regard to what I said as to the 1 3allot being made an open question, if the Noble Vit.count's explanation ne true, nothing can be more ob . Yiuus and natural, than that every person being allowed to vote as he pleased, it might be some parties' opinion that this would not advance- • the • cause of the Ballot. —( Viscount Mel' ourne—‘• That is not my opinion.") No ; but what I commented upon was a very different tl.ing. I understood that it had been represented by the.Govern raent elsewhere —not, that I ever read the debates-e-per lisps I ought to be ashamed for saying so—( A laugh)._ hut next to the pain of reading the repent of a debate- in which I myself took a part, is the pain of rending a debate in which I diet not: take a pert-4 Laughter)—but it was stated to me that the Government -represented, in the other [louse, that the object of making the Ballot tin open question was to injure it. Now, as to the offensive ex p-eseions lam accused of having used—l meant no such offence. Leettoinly used a common form of speech— perhaps too carelessly employed—when a cause is sup ported, or pretended to be supported only to be in re; lily retarded. I certainly spoke of that traitorous - personage generally alluded to on such occasions. Then, my Lords, I really em astonished to hear my Noble Friend speak of my having been satisfied with the majority of one on the second reading of the Bill ; for I remember having said, on the following day, 4 4 Well, this majority means disSolu— tion."—( A laugh.) The Marquis of NORM A NBY said the Member of the Government (Lord IlotNick)-who had used the expressions which had been commented upon, respecting the Ballot having been made an open question in order to injure it, had distinctly stated that he spoke only - for himself. Lord BROUGHAM remarked that none of the Noble Lord's colleagues had contradicted the declaration he had made at first. Earl STAN HOP E said in the reign of Queen Anne,. when the twelve Peers were created at once, it was gravely considered whether they. should be allowed to take the oaths; and it was held that the House could constitution ally prevent them taking the oaths.—( Lord Brougham— " But nothing was done.") Beyond all doubt, however, the Hawse could resolve that on a division the names of certain Peers should not be counted, just as any other persons, strangers, who might happen to be in the House. With respect to the threatened creation of Peers et the time of the Reform Bill, he had certainly seen a better beginning, " Dear John Russell"— (a laugh)—and signed Brougham,',' in which something - was said about the King having granted the then Ministry a cat te blanche to create any number of Peers.—( Hear, bear.) Lord. B 11015 G HA M explained. He did not deny the fact of the power having been given, but that Elrl Grey had threatened that House with the use of Hear. ) Earl STAN HO P E—Of course the power was intended to be employed, if the necessity for it had not been prevent ed by a very unconstitutional circular—( Lord Brougham, " No, not a circular")—or letter from the late King's Private Secretary, ecsirin g the absence of many of the Opposition Peers, who acceJed to that as the least dan gerous alternative.--,-( Hear, hear.) The Noble and Learned Lord had said that the country was in no danger of revolution. Ile ( Earl Stanhope) fervently trusted that this might prove true, but he feared. that ills Noble and Learned Lord spoke in utter ignorance of the real feelings and situation of the people. The cause of the continual ex citement in which the people were plunged: and of the great influence of agitators, was the state of poverty and the want of employment which pervaded such large masses. —( Hear, hear.) As to his having opposed the prayer of the petition which he had presented on this occasion, he had candidly told the members of the National Convention who had desired him to present it, that he could not con. scientiously support its principles.—(Hear.) The Duke of WELLINGTON said he must express his opinion of the extreme inexpediency of making int.,m perate harangues upon the presentations of petitions.— ( Hear)—and he was surprised that his Noble Friend— ( Earl Stanhope) should have taken this injudicious course, instead of coming forward and - proposin g such measures as he deemed advantageous for the public interests, whether it were for repealing Peel's Currency Bill, or altering the New Poor-law Act, and if the House would not attend to these subjects, it would then be time enough to make such harang Earl Hear, hear.) After what my Noble Friend the Noble earl has said (continued the N o ble Duke) respecting the arming of the people, I hope we shall have him on our side in the event of any of these armings actually taking place.—(" No, no , " from E ar l Stanhope.) Of this, at least, my Noble Friend may be assured (said the Noble Duke, with a firm and animated voice)—that it will not be doubtful no which side I shall h e found—( Hear, hear)—that I shall be found on the side of good order, and of the law—( Hear).—and I was in hopes that my Noble Friend would have been reaiy to support rn o . Ha would earnestly urge his Noble Friend to bring f or . ward some measures on these subjects, as the more manly and straightforward course, and one more likely to produce satisfaction, than the course he was at present pursuing. He had listened with satisfaction to the sentiments which had been expressed by the Noble Viscount, both with re. gard to the petition which the Noble Earl bad presented, and to the speech by which he bad introduced that peti. tion. He quite concurred with the Noble Viscount in his objections to the extension of the Suffrage, and on the same ground—namely, its extreme incorsistency with the general interests of the country. He agreed in all that had fallen from the Noble Viscount relative to the Ballot, and having entertained those objections to that obnoxious, and he must call it un- English measure, he could not but regret that he should think it was proper that it should be considered an open question. With regard to what bad been said on open questions in another place, he could say that it had been his misfortune to be in office when there were what were called open questions, and he never could consider an open question as anything but a symptom of 1 - weakness on the vart•of the - Government ; es showing that those who were :Acting together in e..rrying on the service of their Sovereign did not agree among themselves, or with their suplorters ; and instead of being thankful fir the establishment of open questions, and considering it a satisfactory eircumqance that such uas thecae, be con. sidered it was a fact most likely to rrive disastrous to the • Government, and eventually to the country. Under these circumstances, a:though be was quite satisfied with the op'nion expressed by the Noble Viscount, he lamented sin cerely that he should have been induced to consider this vestion as an open question.. Earl STANHOI'E had been challenged by his Noble and Illustrious Blend to propose measures in that house. He would in return relate to him a military anecdote. One of the Generals of Louis XIV. returning to Versailles after an unsuccessful campaign was taunted by Louis XIV, who said to him, I expected you would have taken the General of the opposing army prisoner, to which he re. plied, Sire, had I attempted it 1 have very little doubt he would have taken me.—( A laugh. )—Such w ►s his answer. His reason for not proposing measures was, that be had no chance of success. He hoped the Noble Duke would permit him to adopt his own tieties. and wait for better times and an accession of strength. But if a Bill should 63 brought up from the other House for .continuing the power of the dictators. he should take the sense of the House on the subject if . he stool alone. He had voted in a minority of three, and on such an occasion he should not he ashamed of voting in a minority of one. Truth was not to be judged of, I,ke armies, by numbers. The Bills on the table were forward, -d a stage; and on the motion of the Ertl of SHAFT ES BUR Y, the House adjourned, to Thursday next, at a Quarter past Eight o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. (1 7 .-em the Potts and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1839. PUBLIC EDUCATION. Supply—k Committee: Motion made and Question put, " That it. is the npinion of this Committee, that a sum, not exceeding 39,00 M , be grant e d to her Alajesty, f-r Public Ed. cation is Great Br:taiii, in the year 189:"—The Committee divided: FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. Bucks Mditia—The Right Hon Robert John Lord Caring_ ton to be Colonel, vice his. Grace Richard Duke of Buckingha m and Chandos, K. G. , deceased, March 7. Commiisions by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex. West Essex Regular Militia—Q. Dick, Esq., to be Cap tain, vice Judd, June 15. _ Elst Essex Regular Johnson, Esq., to be Cal fain, vice Jessopp, June 13. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. Wilts Regular Militia—%V. A. Heitheote, Esq., to be Cap tain, vice Poore, deceased, June 18. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Stafford , hire - • The Queen's Own Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—W. L. Gilpin, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Chawner, promoted, June 19. BANKRUPTS. HENRY NELSON, warehou,eman, Watling-street, 'to surrender July 9, at one, and Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Copthall-build ing4; Smith an d W e i r, C oopers '-hall, Basingh a li- s t ree t. SIMEON JOHN BOILEAU, dairyman, Grcville-street, Brunswick-square, July 8, at two, and Aug. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basinghall street : Pulling. Temple. GEORGE CHARLES DANE, print-seller, Regent-street, ly 3, and AuguAt 6, at twelve, at tne Court. of Bankruptcy. Lackin2ton, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Jen kinstin, Walbrook. JOHN RIC H A RDSON GOR ST, harness-manufacturer, Liverprtol, July 6, and August 6. at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Taylor, Sharpe,- Field and Jackson, Bedford row, London • Laee3, Clay, and My ers , Li ver pool. ROBERT 13LYTII, common-brewer, Lynn Regis, Nor folk, July 2 and August 6, at twelve, at the Duke's Head Inn, Lynn Regis. Clarke and Metlealf, Lincoln's Inn- fields ; Beckwith, Dye, and Kitson, Worwieh SALOMON SALOMONSO.N. merchant, Threedneedle street, July 4, .at one, and August 6, at eleven, at the Court. of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Phipps, Weavers'-hall, Basinghall-street. WILLIAM COLE, printer and publisher, Crane-comt, Fleet-street, July 8, at one, and August 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clark, official assignee, New Broad street-court ; Parker, St.. Paul's Church -yard. PHILIP CLEMENT .NICOLLE, wine -merchant, South ampton, July 8, and August 6, at twelve, at the Dolphin Ho tel, Southampton. Walker, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury square, London; Deacon and Lou,g SouthaMpton. THOMAS WILSON, hatters'- trimmings manufactiurr, Manchester, Joy 6, and August 6, at three, at the Commis sioners' Rooms, Manchester. Chester, Staple Inn, London; Chapman and Roberts, or Simpson, Manchester. WILLI IM JONES, Newport, Monmouthshire, shop keeper, July 10, and Aug 6, at. ten, at the King's Head Inn, New ort Hall, New Boswell-court, London ; Prothero and Phillips, Newport. NICHOLAS COLSTON, Brixham, Devonshire, draper, July IS, and August 6, at twelve, at the Star Inn, Exeter. Blat:e and Lewis, Essex-street, Strand, London ; Presswell Totces. DIVIDENDS At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall- street. R. H. Franks, hatter, Red-cross-street, Barbican, July 18, at. one—J. P. Hicks and C. E. Hicks, clothiers, Eastington, Gloucestershire, July is, at half-past one—T. Brown, grocer, Cheltenham, July 18, at eleven. In the Country. - . J. May, draper, Newport, Isle of W%ight. July 10, at twelve, at the Bugle Inn, Newport—J. M. Ainsworth, saddlers' iron monger, Birmingham, July 16, at twelve, at the New Royal Hotel, Birminglum—J. Shynn, hotel-keeper, Liverpool, July 16, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—W. Guest, linen-manufacturer, Barnsley, Yorkshire, July 29, at one, at the Town Hall, Sheffield—J., D., and J. Vollans, jun., wool len cloth-manufacturers, Leeds, July 30, at twelve, at the Court-house, Leeds—J. Threlfall and W. Oliver, tailors, Man chester, July 18, at ,c!even, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—H. Kilshaw, cotton-spinner, EdenAeld, Lanca shire, July 20. at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Man chester--. 0. V. Harvey, mercer, Penzance, Cornwall, July 23, at one, at the office of Mr. E. _Millett, Penzance—E. Davies, currier, T!aryg,wndwn, Llanahangel-ystrad, Cardiganshire, July 31, at eleven, at the Black Lion Inn. Cardigan—N. Ca venagh, W. Browne, and H. Browne, haulers, Bath, July 17, at one, at the York House; Baih—T. Chapman, J. Brown, and J. T. Brwsn, coach-masters, Birmingham, July 16, at one, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham—S. Wright, money-scrivener, Knutsford, Cheshire, July la, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—J. Wood, laceman, Manchester, July 18, at twelve, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. MAJORITY-AYES, 275 Ahereromby, G. R. -Stirlingshire'Jamet„ William-Cumbeland Adam, Rear-Adis. Sir C.-Clack. Jervis, J.- Che.-ter nr,nnan Jo linsou, W. Augusius-Oldham Aglionby, H. A.-Cockermouth La'xmchere, Right lion. Dewy- Ainsworth, P.-Bolton Taunton Ale ck, Thomas-Ludlow Lambton, H.-North Durham Alston, Rowland -liertlordshire Langdale, lion. C.-Knaresto Andover, Viscount-Mahnsbury rough Alison, t:olonel-Staffurdshire Langtoi, Col Gore-Somerset Archbold, Rouen-Kildare Leader, J. Tempi., -W. stmitistcr Att wood , Thos.-Birmingham Lemon, Sir Chas.-W. 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H.-Newcastle under Lytne MilveS, II M.-Pontefract Monypenn}, T. (1.-Rye Moroatant, Sir John-Warwicksh - iloro•an, C. M. R.-Brecon Weald, Jci,eph - Chippenham Neeld. John-Cneklade vicholl, J -Cat rr ff Noel, \V lliam M.-Rutland Norrevs, 1 ord-Oxfordstrre Oss ills , Lord -North Nor th um berland o.ven, Sir J.-Pemb okesh:re Packe, t.. W.--Lvivester, South PAington, J. S -Droitwich Palmer, Robert-Ryas Parker, Montagu-Devon Parker, R. T.--Prostott Parker, T. A. W.-Oxtord hire i'..tten, .1. Wils , :it-Laneashire Peel, Rt. E liar. s it R.-- l'aroworty, Peel, Col. Jonathan-Huntingdon Pentherton, Thranas-Ripon Pereeval, .1 G. Vest surrey Pigot, lionert -Bri;Etitorth tlanta, Joseph-Hastings Plumptre, John P --East Kent Polhill, Frederick-Bedford Pollock, Sir E.--Huntingdon PowersGoort, Viscount-Bath Pracd, W. T.- , t. Ives Price, Richard-New Radnor Pringle, Alexander--Selkirkshire Pusey, Philip-Berkshire Rae, itight 'lon. Sir Wm.-Bute Reio, Sir J. Rae-Dover Richards, liichlrd-Mcrionethsh. itwklord, \V.-Aylesbury Rolieston, Col.-S. Nottingham Rose, Sir George-Christchurch Round, Charles Gray-Essex N. Round, John-Maldon Rushbrooke, Colonel-Suffolk Rushout, Geo. Bowles-Evesham Sanderson, Richard-Colchester Sandon, Lord-Liverpool icarlett, Hon. J Y.-Guildford Shaw, lit Hon F.-flu'ilin Univ. 'Sheppard,'Thomas-Frome Shirley, E.. 1 -Warwickpliire Sibtliorp, Colonel-Lincoln S nelatr, S.r George Caithness Smith, Abel-Hertfordshire Smyth, Sir G. H -Colchest, r Somerset, Lord G.-Monnarauthsh. Sp y. Sir S. I'. - Bcdmin Stanley, Edward-Cumberland Stanley, Lord-North Lancashire Stewart, John-l.ymingt on Stormont, Viscount-Perthshire Sturt, Henry Chasi-Dorsetshirc Sugdea, Sir E.-Ripon Tergn:nouth, Lord -Maryleilone Thomas, Colonel-Kinsale Thompson, Ald.-S un d er l an .l !hornbill, G.-Huntingdonshire Trench, Sir E.-Scarborough Vere, Sir C. -East &Wolk Verner, Willi am -Armagh Co. Vernon, G. 11.-East RettOrd Villiers, Viscouir -Weymouth Vivian, John Ennis-'Two WarldMaton 11. S.-West &Mink Walsh, Sir john-Sudhury NVelby, Glynne Earle-Grantham Whitmore, 'l'. C.-nridgenorth Wilbraham, Hon. R. 8.-Lanca shire Williams, Robert-Dorchester Williams ' T. Peers-M.trlow Wilmot, Sir J. E.-Warwickshire Wodehou.e, Edmund-Norfolk Wood, Colonel T.-Brecon Wood, 'Thomas-Middlesex Wyndham, Wadliam - Salisbury Wynn, Right Hon C.W.-Mont. garneryshire Yorke, Hon. E. T.—Cambridgesh Young, John-Cavan Young, Sir W.-Bucks shire • Arc:lid:ill, Geo. M.—Fermanagh Ashley, Lord —Dorsetshire . • Artiveori, M.—Wh.tehaveis Bayge, W.—West - rilrfolk Bailey, Joseph— %Vorcester BaiDie, 11. D.—noniron Baker, Edward—\\ Baring, F.—Thetford Baring, \V. B.—N. Stafilirdshire Barrington, Lord—Berksh re Bareson, Sir IL—Londonderry Bell, Matthew—S. Northumber land Bensinck, I ord G.—Lynn Bethell, Richard—Yorkshire ' Blackstone W. S.—Wallingford Blur, J. Blackstone, Blennerhassett, A. —Kerry Bolder°, Heni y (I.—ChppeilhalTl Bradshaw, James—Canterbury Brainston, T. W.—Essex South Broartley, Henry—East Yorkshire Broadwood, Henry—Bridgewater Brower gg, J. S.—Boston Bruce, Lord E.—Marlborough Bruges, W . H. L.—Bath Buck, L W. Buller, Sir J. Yarde—Devonshire Burr, D 11. D.—Hereford Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham Borroughes, H. N.—East Norfolk Calcraft, John Hales—Wareham Canning, Right Hon. Sir S. Lynn Cantilupe, V iscount—Helston Castlereagh, Vi ct —Down Co. Chapman, Aaron—Whitby Christopher, R. A.-1-incoloshirr Chute, W. L. W.—WeA Norfolk Clot:, Sir G.—Stamford Clive, It. H. South Shropshire Cedrington, C. W.—Gloueestersh.l Cole, Lou. Arthur 11.—Enniskillei,, Cole, Viscount—Fermanagh Colgulioun, John C —itenfrew • Compton ' ti Combe-1 lampshire Conolly, Edward M.—Donegal Cooper, E J.- Sligo Co. Conte, Sir C.—Queen's County Copeland, \V. 'l'. —Stoke- upon- Trent Corry, Hoof H. L.—Tyrone Co. Courtenay, P.—Bridgewater Cresswell, Cresawell—Liverpool Cripps, Jose h —Cirencester D.drymple, S r A.—Brighton' Da er, Hon. G.—Portarlington Dartry, George—East Sussex Darlington, Earl of—Shropshire De Horsey, S. 11.—Newcastle miler Lyme 1Y B —Maidstone Dottio, - A. R.—Southampton Douglas, Sir C. E.—Warwick Dowdeswell, \V.—Tewkesbury Duffield, 1 homas— Abingdon Dugdale, \V. S —Warwickshire Dunbar, George—ltellast 1 /uncombe, Hon A —Fag. Retfcrti. Dungannon, Lord—Durham 1/u I're, George—Buck East, Janic.s Buller— Winchester Kistner, Viscount—Re gate Eaton, 11..l.—Cambridgeshire Egerton, W. Tatton—Cheshire Egerton, Sir P.—Cheshire' Eliot, Lord—East Cornwall Ellis, Jno.—Newry Estcourt, I'.• G. 8.-•--Oxford Univ. Estcourt,•T Junior —tDevizes Farnham, E.ll.—N. Leicestershire Farraild, obert—Sta tibrd redden ' W. J --Blarklinru Fcctor,John ridstone Fellowes, Edw. Huntingdonshire Fielden, John—Oldham Filmer, Sir E.—West Kent Fitzroy, Hon. Henry—Lewes Fkrnitig, John—Hampshire Foley, E. T.—Herefordshire Forester, Hon. 4. —Wenlock Fox Geo. Lane—Beverly Fre btield, James Wm—P.'nryn Gadrell, James Milnes—Wenlock Gladstone, \V. E.—Newark-on- Trent Wynne, Sir S. R. —Flintshire Godson, —Kidderminster Gordon, Hon. W.—Aberdeenshire Gore, O. J. 11.—Carnarvonshire Gore, Ormsby—Salop Coulborn, Right Mon. ll—Cam? bridge Univer y Graham, Right Hon.. Sir 3. It G. Br —Pembroke Grant, F. \V.—lnverness-shire Greene, T. G.—Lancashire Gi iinsdirch, T.—Macclesfield Gr:lnstoy, Viscount—Hertford shire Grioiston, lion. E. 11—St. Al. ban's Hale, B. R.—Gloucestershire • lialford, Henry—Leicestershire Hircourt, G. G. V —Oxfordshire Harcourt, G. S.—Bucks Ilardinge,_ Right Hon. Sir H.- 1 auncesten flaw kes, Thomas—Dudley Hayes, Sir E.—Donegal Ileatheote, Sir W.—S. Hampshire Heneage, A W.—Devizes Hennlicer, Lord—East Sutiblk Heiiburn,`i'r T. - Iladdingtonshire Herbert, Hon. S.—South Wilts !ferries, Rt. Hon. J. C.—Harwich Hill, Sir Rowland—Shropshire Hillsborough, Earl of—Down Ilinde, J. Hodgson—Newcastle. urn-Tyne Hodgson, Frederick—Barnstaple Ilotlgson,,ltd.—llerwick-on-Tweed Hogg, James Weir—Beverley Holmes, Hon NV.—lsle of Wight Holmes, \V.—Berwick.onTweed 1 rope, Charles Linlith gowsh ire Hope, H. 'l'. Gloucester Hope, G. W.—Weymouth Hotharn, Lord—Leominster Houldsworth, 'l'. Nottinghamsh. Houston, G. J.—Renfrewshire TELLERS. Fremantle, Sir Thom: 4 —Burki Baring, 11, 3. —Marlborough L.- Mr. C. O'Brien and Sir E. Kerrison have re newed their pair until the 13th of July. COURT OF ALDERMEN. After the election of Sheriff'., &c. oa Midsummer Day, a Court of Aldermen was held .f.a the transaciim of ordi nary busineE3. COMPLAINT MADE DT THE JUDGES. • Alderman SCITOLEY having expressed a hope that some of the junior Aldermen would contrive to annex the per formance of the duties of Alderman Birch, who was con. fined by indi.position, to that of the duties of their own. Sheriff Wool) informed the Court that arrabgementi had been mate to sapply the deficiency at the Central C - iminal Court. The Sheriff took the opportunity of mentioning that the duties of the Aldermen had been con• siderably increased by the sessional business of that Court. Ile thought it necessary too to state that the Judges had very frequently complitne4 'that cases of comparatively frivolous import, which ought to have been tried at the Qdarter Sessions, were brought before them, and oceu ied the time which ought to have been devoted to more l• - serious investigation. The Sessions were protracted by the course complained of to the great, inconvenience of public, and the enormous expense of the county. He be lieved that the - cause of complaint arose from a diff.retice of opinion between some of the polic. , magistrates and Sergeant Ad ims, which had the eff'ct of diAncl;ning the latter to send those small cases before the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions. The consequence was, that the Sessions, at the Central Criminal Court, were extended to an extraordinary length, and the obligation of the Al dermen to attend to that and other duties, pressed very severely upon them. The Court would form some opinion of the business thus imposed upon the Judges, when he mentioned that one of them had been just engaged in trying a parson fi- stealing a duck value one shilling. Some members of the Court trusted that the Police Magistrates would render any further notice of the practice of swelling by such means the calendar of the Centrist Criminal Court unnecessary. la all pr,bability that practice originated in the desire of the Police Magistrates to make a show of their official exertions. CARLOW ELECTION COMMITTEE (YESTERDAY). -- -- The whole day was occupied with the further conside ration of the vote of John Carpenter, which had already occupied three days. The evidence had not concluded when it was announced that the Speaker was at prayers. CRIMINAL COURT-YESTERDAY. At half-past one o'clock the Court adjourned for re freshment, and, on the re-assembling of the Jury, the trial was proceeded with. Roe, the often- of Guildhall, was next examined, and detailed the circumstances under which he arrested the Caepars. Mr. Hartley, one of the prosecutors, stated that the prisoner, Lewin Cospv, was a clerk in the house, and had the entire management during his absence. Witness was in Dublin during the time that the transactions connected with the robbery had been carried, on. The, full value of the gold dust had been paid by him and the other partners to the Brazilian Company. On cross-examination he stated that, by the advice of his legal advisers, it was considered necessary to make certain proposals to Solomons, and to admit him as Queen's evidence ; the terms were, that he was to give up what portion of the gold dust he had in his possession, and papers. He was.not aware whether the gold wis given up to the officers, or whether, on the second search of Solomons' house, it was put in a place where they could find it. The officers, Roe and Lee, had the gold in their possession, which was valued at about 2,400/. In answer to questions from Mr. PHILLIPS, witness said L 1.% in Caspar had, during the - two years he had been in their service, thousands and thousands of pounds worth of property passed through his hands, and hos had fre quent opportunities of absconding with property to con siderablv higher extent than the value of the gold dust. On the 15th of December last, he (Lewin Caspar) received into his band.; specie to the extent of lo,twoon-,1311,-000l and 150 0001., and went home with it. The coutisel far the prosecution were about calling other Witnesses, but, it being close upon six o'clock, the Court adjourned the trial till ten o'clock to. morrow (tl:is d ty). The Jury were then Conveyed to the London Coffee House, where they were locked up for the night. The prisonera stood throughout the trial, with the ex ception of Mrs. Abrahams, who was accommodated with a 'seat '; thee appeared not the least concerned, but con. versed together with the greatest indifference. POPULAR NOVELS OF THE SEASON.—This tr o u u e r tiv E e u c r l t a ,p ss ea o n f w r o em rk p s , ,. : i i n to w rs l:ie n h ev w c e r so performed ig hlydecidedly their amusing excel doubleneld a n s l office more c fliciently than they do at the present moment ;—witness the following remark able variety which have just appeared i —lmprimis—" The Lion," a novel, whose second title, " A tale of the Lite rary Coteries," so distinctly intimates i's character, that all we need refer to is the singularfelicity and spirit with ' which the satirist has fulfilled his task. 2. " Fair 11,sa mend,"—a lofty and pure romance of the historic charac ter, the very antipodes of the preceding. yet equally full of talent and entertainment. 3. " The Phantom Ship," _Captain Marryatt's stirring and attractive Tale of the Sea. 4. " Cranmer,"—a work of the most original de scription—sui generis—full of the crotchets of genius, and opening a new vein in the rich mine of novel writing. 5. " The Youth of Shakspeare,"— a work equally singular in its way, "of imagination all compact," and yet as true to life and nature, is it is full of poetry and fancy. 6. " The Banished," edited by James Morter, Esq.,— a purely " historical " romance, of the admirable " We verley" school, and not disgracing the form and tone which it so boldly adopts. 7. " The R•imanoe of the Harem," in which the profuse fancy and oriental imagination of its writer . ( Miss Perdoe) expatiate with a warmth and bril liance reseinbliog those of the sun of that favoured clime where its scenes ate laid. DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION.—At length those dreadful maladies are completely obviated, without torture and serious risk by medical treatment. The Messrs. S. and Ii Solomons, Opticians and A urists to their Majesties the l(Mg and Queen of • Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, &C. &c., 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, have constructed a Voice-Conductor, and newly-invented Spec tacle Lenses, which willbiefonutiondn toof striking eff merit ctin is laid instant relief. It is seldom or ever that as invention before the public that ignorant pretenders do not start forth : in no case is this more observable than in Ireland as well as England, by persons vvho not only assume the name of So lumens, but actually as liavir% - r, a c3nnection with their house, 39, Albemarle-street. Numerous ladies and gentle men arc daily calling who have been misled by these preten ders, and who have made purchases of their spurious imi tations, which they term -Voice Conductors and Spectacles, supposing them to he the Messrs. Solemons' invention, which not only proved to be useless but productive of very ill effects. Tho Messrs. Sulomoas do not employ any agents • or travellers—their improvements in the materials are secrets .to"themselves, and are solely confined to their establish ment, Albemarle-street. _ TIIE Hors IN KENT.—About 'Maidstone the Vnes have made great prolress during the last week, but. the vermin have rather increased. The number of fly has decreased, but tho aphides arc much more numerous, and are to 'be .fund in' most of the grounds. In Leeds, Langley, Otham, &c., the lands are not quite so foul _as they were, bait fire.blaq has made its appearance in many of the weak grounds under the hills. It is ex pected by rxperiencrd growers that the most f a vou ra bl e growth tomb will come this %ear from Mid. Kent. A t Gould burst,erhurst, liorsmonden, Ticeh urst, an d adjoin ing parishes, the hops have made vigorous shoots, and not withstanding that there has been ac increase of fly in the same grounds, to 'the extent of 100 on a leaf, it does not appear to stop their progress. ti the limt it nexty \ and t , i r t(rilltuei gaalhril\attbytlioltciiiirg)noahtfip.t.lsti e t e r t h e eadt According to a German Paper Mehemet Ali has declared that if Russia would guarantee his independence, would vsithchaw his troops from Syria, and and the herelit - ary succession of the Sovereignty to his htehat'province altogether to the Porte. extreme fickleness of the weather during the has checked the hay harvest; which, ' however, had boi. partially commenced in this neighbourhood ; the the "sec : tg•rreolflealepteyki.s. tied ii p sTT r )c o n,o, v r. I, e :ige p .ur r le o , gi prall gatheringy swathe is, abandoni family, aT i 1 The extreme week we understand, generally heavy; and should the wilt he most excellent. The rains hive improved the wheats and grains surprisingly ;- all look at present t to i hn t e i o t t i h s l , een t hop must promising. bines, otherwise the plant i, healthy weather of and flourishing, the former, present conse cutive years' failure of apples is a most serious thing for the The a a roost ) e farmers of this county— Hereford Tinies. CoRN-LAWS.—The tion s in Scotland have freely given the use of their Churches to Messrs. Paulton and Shearman, and in one instance, the day appointed for the lecture was announced from the pulpit on the previous Sunday, We confidently trust that ere long those religious bodies who granted the use of their chapels in this country, on former occasions, to Mr. George Taompson and ethers who advocated the cause of the N e gro slave, will afford our lecturers a similar opportunity o f appealing to their Christian sympathies in behalf' of the industrious labourers of their own country, who arc oppressed by a Corn law, which was justly de scribed by the Times newspaper a few months since, to equal in atrocity any monopoly inflicted by Mehemet Ali upon his wretched Egyptian. bond= a _c orn _b no Circular. CERTIFICATES-JuLy 16. J. Jopling, linen-draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Prel ler, merchant, Mincing-lane, London—J. Jeffrey, grocer, Tunbridge• wells, Kent—T. L. Parker, coal-merchant, Edg baston, Kent. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. gins and J. Beecham, drapers, Lincoln—E. Jones and M. llrl e, schoolmistresses, Clapham, Surrey—S. Foot and H. llrodribb, attorneys. Salisbury—J. Pearsall, sen., and J. Pear sall, jun., silkmen, Cheapside—W. Wiiliams and T. Lewis, maltsters, Bridgend Brewery, Glamorganshire—E. Clifton and E. Hitchcock, wine -merchants, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London—l. and NV. Treasure, clothiers, Chard, Somersetshire —J. Smith, and W. P. Smith, jun.. grocers, North Shields, Northumberland-- T. Napier, W. Harvey, and J. Harvey, flonr-factors, Grand Junction-wharf, Whitefriars, London (so far as regards NV. Harvey )—G. W. Veasey. W. Bonfield, and T. Bonfield, jun., coal merchants, Whiting's Wharf, Ratcliff, Middlesex (so far as regards G. W. Wilsey I—T. Vine and J. Penny, drapers, Blandford Forum, Dorsetshire—T. An drews and T. Yallop, horsebreakers, Birmingham—J. W. and G. F. Shepherd, pearl frame •makers, lied Lion-street, Clerk enwell—W. Hodge, G. Beach, and J. Blair, hat-dyers, Wor cester-street, Southwark—J. Pearce and T. Parkin, Britannia metal-Fmiths, Sheffield— J. B. Brooke, Henry Hall and H. Lees, attorneys, Ashton under-Lyne, Lancashire (so far as re • gards H. Lees)—J. Kirkpatrick and T. Cliffe, linen-drapers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—J. Fletcher and E. Ashley, black smiths, Rushol rrt e, Lancashire—E. Tw"•ddell and J. V. Storey, linen-drapers, New castle-upon-Tyne —.T. Ket tlewell, J. Jack son, and A. Clough, stone-merchants, Northrowram, Halifax, Yorifillire (so far as regards A. Clottgh)—E. Aston, E. Hill, J. Hill, and G. Payton, iron-masters, Tipton-green Ironworks ; St atrordthire. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) VES;ELS SPOKEN WITII.--Eavitiia, Clyde, to Demerara, 301 h ult., lat. 26, lon. lon. 38; Elizabeth, Wood. Liver pool to Barbadoes,.2B, lat. 21, lon. 39; Wolumbi 3, LLondon to Quebec, 16th inst.ilat. 50, lin. 11 ; Philomela, 20, lat 48, lon. 9 ; Fifteen, 19, lat. 46 lon. 9 ; Lady of the Lake, Messina to Newry, and Columbir, Smyrna, to London, off G . braltar; Liverpool, steamer, Liverpool to New Yoik. 16.11 inst., lat. 49, lon. 16 ; H. M. S., Orestes frown R,ver Plate, 24th April, and Alert, packet, from Fal mouth, 25th. off Rio Janeiro, by the Opossum. packet. arrived at Falmouth ; ,Majes►ic, 0 Tessa to Falmouth 15:11 inst., off Cape St. Vincent, and Sophia Pate, Odessa London, 20:h, off Cap d.t-Gatt, by the Orontes, Webster, arrived at Falmouth ; Magic, bound to the M •ditcrrancan, 9,11 inst.. lat. 36, lon. 4 ; Joseph Fenton, Messina to Falmouth, 17th. lat. 39, lon. I I, by the Alex andria, Ilawes, arrived at Falmouth ; Maltery, Carossa to Rio Janeiro, 16th ult., lat 13 S., lon. 26 W. ; D ividson, from London. 30, lat 24, 100.19 ; Guiana, Bahia to London, lat 37, lon. :30, by the Woden, Bendixen, ar. rived at Swansea. LAW INTELLIGEN CE. HOUSE OF LORDS, AYE 25. (Before the Lour CHANCELLOR and the Judges.) ATTORNEY GENERAL V. SHORE. Mr. KINPERSLEY COIIC:UdCd the arguments to-day on b-half of the respondents in this appeal. The ATTORNEY GENERAL proceeded to reply; but not having concluded at four o'clock, the further arguments were postponed to Thursday. DIGNOLD V. SPRINGFIELD. This caze stood fcr judgment to.dav ; but in con se. quence of the absence of a Noble arid Learned Lord, thy Lord Chancellor post' oiled giving judgment. INSOLVENT DEBT oRS' COURT, JUNE 25. STATE OF QUEEN'S BENCII PRISON.—IN r.E JOHN HART. This cage came before the Court yesterday, More the L arned Chief Commissioner, on a rule for an allowance. The insolvent, who had lived in New York, suddenly left his creditors. He was remanded for twenty-two mouths for making away with his property. His affidavit shewcd he was with h s family of four children in great. distress ; he had taken a chandler's shop in the Queen's Bench Prison, and from the deserted state of the prison had been obliged to Eve en the stock. The number of prisoners was four hundred less than before the alteration in the law. The latter remark was made by Mr. Cook. The Court discharged the rule on a defect in the affi POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE. TUE CHILDREN'S FRIEND SOCIETY. Yesterlay a poor woman named Armroyd, whose son, \\ illiam Pearce (by 3 former husband) was k cnt from this country under the auspices of the Chi'dren's Friend Society about three years ago, and from whom, as stated by her on a former uccasion, she could not obtain a reply to any of the com munications she had forwarded to him, entered the office after the dispatch of the usual business, and handed to cite sitting Magistrate, Mr. RAWLtNSON, a letter which she had st length received from her child The letter was addressed by the lad to his father and mother, and, in describing his situation and the benefit he had received by being sent out by the Society, he adds. " I wish you mere all as well off as me, for I have got a good master, plenty to cat and drink, and plcaty of good clothes." [Nut having published, like some of our Contempo raries, the letters that calumniated the Swiety, and helped to bring Captain Brenton to his grave, we are not called upon to insert this at length. Since the wicked and mischievous outcry raised against this benevolent Institu tion, several circumstances greatly in its favour, have been brought before the public, r.ot one of which, the Papers we allude to have noticed, and urobabl) this will share the same fate. „Nlr. a,,wlimon, the magistrate, who heard all the complaints, expressed his delight that the letter was of su satisfactory a description.] BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.—Sir William Mulcsworth has aided, by his purse, as many objects of public importance, hem ficial and useful to the people, as any other public man; but when asked to subscribe, as Member for Leeds, to various local undertakings, be very properly refused. His answer to the application was, that he would not degrade the morals of electors by inducing., them to suppose that their choice of a representative de ;.:ended upon his purse or the distribution of money. The a blest man, and the most trustworthy may be, and most often is, poor. Andrew Marvel who is generally cit e d as the example of an efficient and upright representative, was even a needy person. lie performed his public duties well ; and his name is cherished by the people of Huil to this day. Burke, Canning, Pitt, and F'ox were also poor in purse. The debts that they incurred were u nfortunately electioneering and corrupt ; but their public recommenda tions were independent of their fortunnes--their fortunes being very small. Ineeed, until electors shall regard tha mental and moral qualifications of candidates —until they ' shall estimate their capacity to do business, to engage in the investigation of crestions of moment, and to express the judgment that they form—it is vain to expect that the House of Commons can b^ distinguished for good or satis. factory legislation.—:Bath Guardian. _EVENING EDITIO: METROPOLITAN POLITIC SUMMARY. ( The Courier of last evening, in the course of a lea it article on Monday's division in the ,Commons, observes as follows:—" The present Session exceeds in barrenness even tie two that preceded it. This grant of 30,0001. for the purposes of education is, after. all, the achievement on which its claims to public respect will mainly have to depend. The affairs of Jamaica and Canada are neces sarily postponed, because all real deliberation on their com plicated interests is rendered hopeless by the ' state of parties.' Will Ministers do nothing to rouse their friends from their present state of apathy and lethargy ? Lord Mel bourne would be the basest craven that ever ran from a battle-field, if be were to desert his Royal Mistress in her present need. When he stepped forward as the chosen champion of his Sovereign, and that Sovereign a young, an outraged lady, he assumed a responsibility which he cannot Aril k from now. There must be no surrender. The battle must be fought to the last gasp, and if a major's!) , cat rot be had without it, Parliament must be dissolved." The Standard speaks of Monday's division in the fol lowing sneering tone :—" Whether the majority on Lord Stanley's amendment was FIVE or THREE it dil not im prove when the grant, which gave rise to it. came to be itself the subject of decision. The majority last night sank to TWO. Nearly forty placemen, full forty Ro manists, and a number of frifid•sl and anomalously v aried Radicals, about equal in amount to the combined placemen and Romauists, actually swelled the Minis terial majority to TWO. These two, moreover, Minis ters would not have had were .Mr. Clive in his- seat for Ludlow, for which a petition has been presented bed which Mr. Clive will yet occupy. The Ministerial j•iurrials say that some of the Whig- Radical :41(mbcrs were shut out. This is not improbZie. The doors of the House of Commons have a marvellous instinct of closing suddenly against gentlemon who arc in such a position that they must either vote against their party or against the will of those who have sent them 'to Parliament. We have no doubt that the shut out Members did not forget that they Ld Christian and Protestant constituents, who might more freely overlook the exposure to exclusion that, a vote for the grant." The Glo6i; thus expresses itself (II the suLjcct of the Education scheme :—" The country mid it have reason to complain, if circumstances were more f.:vourable, not that Government attempt to do so touch,. but attempt to do no wore. The Intoleraat Abusivcs have exhausted their whole ammunition, have sent their whole iti,:et'Ne force into ac tion, and have after all tailed. They will succeed no bet ter, nay will f..il more signally, on future cecayiolis, when the Government and public shallsee their way to more in:- portant exertions. 'They' have told their force cut to the last man ; they have drained their topics to the lowe,t pr,- jud:ce. Ii the Government plan bad really exhibited all the bosi'ity to ecclesiastical it.fluences which wes pre tended, the cry could not have been raised m ire fiercely. Well I we have seen all that it• can accomplish, and may be sure it will da even less next time.. If we were not persuaded that Government is .perfectly sincere i.: its meaning to effect whatever good can be effected with the present limited vcee, we might almost base suppo.,ied it had asked fur that vote merely on.the same principle as an old soldier might have hoisted a stuffed figure en purpose to have it shot at ! , Fiat experimentam in earpore silt. The experiment has been made. The enemy has been drawn into action, has spent his eff.rts, and we keep the ti The Times of this morning, commenting on Lend 3. Russell's late circular, empowering the Lords Lieutenant of certain disturbed counties to furnish arms to such inha bitants as should volunteer their services f,r the protection o f lif e and property, says The Sdecial Commissions and the Irish Coercion Bill resorted to by Earl Grey, whatever may be said of their expediency, exhibited, at least, no unconstitutional stretch of power en the part of the Cabinet and Legislature which sanctioned them ; but with respect to this novel guerilla armament recommended by Lord Melbourne's Government, the case is quite other wise The Ministry have thereby transgressed their proper ovince, and have thereby assumed an authority which no Ministry has a right to. That the parties to whom a supply of arms has been offered may be little disposed to make a bad use of them, is nothing to the- purrse, even hail we any security that such is the fact. Oar present objection applies, not to the persons who receive the army., but to that unprecedented assumption of power which has ori ginated the arrangement at all ; and on this preliminary point, perhaps the most important of any, we defy the Whigs to justify themselves by even the shadow of an apology. Not that the Chartist insurgents did not re quire to be sharply dealt with ; but that the Government, in attempting to suppress their seditious procee dings by the distribution of fire-arms in a way unknown to the Constitution, have rushed headlong into a Measure which, besides being ludicrously inadequate for - its professed pur pose, establishes a precedent fur future executive usurpa tions, perilous in the highest degree to the liberties of the country. 7 The Morning Chronicle makes the following comments on Viscount Melbourne's speech in the House of Lords last night, in reply to Lord Brougham We regret that his Lordship should have hazarded anything in the shape of apology for Lord Howick's statement, which, whether taken as applicable to that part of the Govern ment hostile to the Ballot, or as he afterwards explained it, conveying only the views by which he was induced to consent to make the question open, was calculated to damage the Ministry, by exciting, .in the Reformers a distrust of their sincerity. " -- May not o -tobserved nis Lordship, " one person (I know not 'ivhother any person has so said) state if this question be fairly and freely discussed, without influence and without constraint, it will be sure to retrograde in public opinion' ; and, on the other hand, a person who is in favour et* the Ballot, urge very na!urally this idea, Give it fair play, and it will be sure to advance in public favour ?' " We confess w think his Lordship has not much mended Lord flow:.ck's pos:tina by this atteropt at applogy. V.hy should the part of the Cabinet host-oaf - to au Ballot have always opposed the making it an open question, except that they conceived the making it an open question would advance it ? Men arc not usually opposed to that which favours their own views. Assuredly that part of the Ca binet which favoured the Ballot ware not opposed to its being an open question. Lord Howick's statement, there fore, only relieved Ministers from the imputation of vindi eating dishonesty by its absurdity," The Morning :Herald still continues to harp on the Ministerial education project, and delivers herself to the following effect : —" Few persona, we believe, will be hardy enough to deny that some step is necessary to check the progress of demoralization. The Whig ecaento will not de ; in fact, it could only tend to increase the evil by giving a sort of legislative sanction to the disregard of religious .ob servances. But, even if the scheme were not chargeable with that defect, is the State to confine all its solicitud e to the children, anti bestow none upon the adults ? Oi what usc.can it be to educate children, and abandon them the next moment to the example of vicious parents, fur whose moral and religious instruction no adequate provision has been made? It is au idle supposition to think that even the best system of education eau prosper under such cir cumstances. No, we must conic at the parents through • the ins!rumentality of the Church. We must afford them at least, the opportunity of religious worship, and then we may indulge some hope that what educatiun may du will not be undone by example at holin." The Morning Post in the course of a flippant leading article, suggested by the late Ministerial inejority of two in the House of Commons, ou the education question, indirectly expresses the opinion that Lord John Russell will not persevere in the measure :—" We can imagine the prob ability of Ministers having attempted a scheme which brings them down to the wretched majority of two, for the sake of ingratiating themselves with their ex acting friends the Dissenters, and without expecting, perhaps without wishing, anything beyond this ; but we eennat conceive the probability that Ministers, , with a majority of only two in their favour, and with a consider able majority of E relish members directly aga i nst t h em, will not abandon the plan they have brought forward for the gratuitous education of the pr ople of England. It is chsracteri.tic of this Adrnieistration not to do what ougl.t to be performed by a Government, and to el a dun m incapacityi what it has attempted from ignorance." The Morning Advertiser alludes in Cie following terms tu, the education grant, and the necessity of persisting in We think we may say that notwithstandiug the merry chirping of the Tories at the smallness of the ma jority, the Government will not be so half-witted as to forego the grant which will have been obtained by so severe a conflict, and in spite of the misrepresentation of • their enemies and of the imputation Of I ad faith s) rock 1 lossiv made, nothing will be done to render the grant sub ' s•:rvient to any other cods than those distinctly stated in the terms of the modified plan The Dissenters and the friends of education and the real Liberal will trace in the course of argument lately adopted, and in the recent pro ceediegs of the Tories, the character of the opposition with which a truly Liberal Government has to coot( ad." HERTFORD CONSERVATIVE FESTIVAL.— 1 The Conservative electors of the borough of Hertford yes terday entertained Sir Thomas .Tinto Farquhar, the un sucees,ful candidate for the representation of the. borough at tlic, !we election, as a token of their high estimation of his conduct in coming forward as a Conservative. Lord Maldon was also invited, but did not come. We are told by the Post that " the proposition for the festival origi natzd solely with the operative Conservative electors, who, although they were not possessed of the means or the in fluence to get up a meeting on a grand scale, yet still were anxious, so far as their means went, to testify their attach meet to the cause o! Conservatism, and to show their de termination of returning a Conservative candidate when the next opportunity offers of enabling them to do:so!" REPRESENTATION OF HULL—We learn from the Hull Ms( rver that on Thursday evening there was a meeting of the Liberal electors to receive James Clay, Esq., as one of the Reform candidates for the representa tion of I-lull in Parliament. Mr. Clay was well received, and after his speech the following resolution was adopted hv the meeting :—" That this meeting:, having heard from 1 Mr. Clay an exposition of his political opinions, highly ttpproves of the same, and pledges itself to support him a% a candidate for the representation of this borough, when ever an election may take place." Three cheers were then eal!el tor, and given with excellent effee'. for Mr. Clay, the I ke for Colonel Thompson, and the like for Mr. litttt, We arc authorized to contradict the state ment relative to the prop ert y left by the Bishop of Petert,orough. Th e whole f,cchold or lan ded p ro p ert y h is Lordship pos. sesscd did not amo unt to ten p ounds p er an num , and After three cheers for the Q ueen, the meetin g se p arat ed. his personal property (arising chiefly from insurances on h i s lif e ), a:ter payment of the necessary charges upon it, was of inconsiderable amount. FAIRLOP FAIR —The usual steps were takep by the Bench at Ilford Petty Sessions, June 22, to Pm' serve the peace t. l ;. Fairlop Fair, a b o dy o f s pecial room-, eer bles being sworn in on the application of Mr. Sp ng and others place r c were ativ ordered e byb booths sßbeenicrhg. cleared e S a o r emde awayby twelve di s cussion took on the Saturday this should be done. It appeared it wss done one y ea r ntht, tie Chairman b ein g anxious that when Mr. Miller collected the tulls, but Mr. Spccring doubted whether it could now be accomplished : he ,how over, promised to UVe his best cY.ertions.— Ease Herald. Z.) t af :1,14'" - vetSmam LC CM e eau.s o w erful oter ut. isc ribe ithrit4 ) rding !aused v tbry ? o n on es, of 'the cause the ; 'loon' h the r dly ,ffect ;ugh' laced r,vlC. t h e ir V on ,cuts urch erlY .sent 711 , e 1 is boa